Chapter 175: Rising Ocean Current
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"Hey! Stop messing around! That thing is coming! Hold on tight and stand firm!"
Kurokas, who had been to Sky Island before, saw that the ship had entered the center of the whirlpool and shouted a warning.
"What? What's coming?"
As soon as the words fell, there was a ground-shaking movement.
A large bulge quickly formed in the center of the vortex, pushing the ship out of the deep pit in the center of the vortex.
"Boom!"
A loud bang!
Like popping a pimple, a huge column of water shot out and rushed straight into the sky.
The sails were inflated, and the ship was pushed by the strong updrafts, successfully sailing towards the sky along the surging ocean current.
Just like when we climbed the Upside Down Mountain, we were pushed by the ocean current and drove automatically. However, the speed of this ocean current was countless times faster, and we couldn't see the scenery below clearly in a few seconds. The angle was almost vertical at 90 degrees, so the thrill of the two rides were incomparable.
Gir didn't know how to explain it. Anyway, if Newton came, not only would he not be able to explain it clearly, but he would also be pissed to death.
"Wow ah ah ah ah!"
The people tied to the mast were so frightened by the thrill of ascending to heaven that they screamed like pigs.
"Crunch, crunch~"
Gravity, wind, the powerful impact of ocean currents, all kinds of forces act on the hull and constantly tear and squeeze it, making the hull make a teeth-grinding sound.
"Captain! Captain, although it's not right to say anything unlucky at this time, but, this ship really seems to be unable to hold on any longer!"
Fate's mouth was blown crooked by the wind. He looked worried and stammered his words against the strong wind.
Captain Gel, who was forced into his seat by Weeble, was also panicking. He pretended to be calm, turned around and said with a smile:
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Don't worry..."
"Snapped!"
Before he could finish his words, he saw a few flimsy wooden boards on the bow railing being blown away, as if they were waiting to hit Captain Gul in the face.
I don’t know if it was a psychological effect, but the creaking sound from the hull became louder and louder.
"Ahhh! What should I do, Captain? I really feel like I'm going to fall apart!"
Bi Ya shouted in panic.
This feeling was like suddenly finding a few screws falling out of the seat while riding a roller coaster. Captain Gill swallowed his saliva and pretended to be calm to comfort the crew:
"I have done good deeds all my life, and this is not the way it should end. Even if Jesus came, he would not dare to arrange this for me!"
"Crack! Crack! Crack!"
As soon as Captain Gel finished speaking, he heard a series of crisp sounds, and then saw the wooden boards on the deck break one after another. Soon a crack ran across the hull, and it seemed that the entire ship was about to break in the middle.
"Ahhhh! It's over! Help!"
Fate looked at the cracks near his feet and quickly lifted his foot.
The people and pets tied to the mast were so frightened that they looked like the horror expressions in Munch's famous painting "The Scream".
suddenly!
The ship beneath everyone was quickly covered by a layer of glittering black-purple fluid. When the light faded, the ship that was about to break apart had been restored to its original state. The surface was covered with a layer of black-purple film that shone with the unique luster of metal, and it even looked much stronger than before.
At the critical moment, the man took action!
Barrett, who was sitting on the deck, had his left hand pressed on the wooden board.
"Great! Saved!"
Everyone then felt relieved, breathed a long sigh of relief, and sucked back the half-lost soul.
"Well done! Xiaoba!"
Captain Gel gave Barrett a thumbs up, but the title made his mouth twitch.
"Brother Barrett is so reliable!"
"Luckily you intervened! I almost got scared out of my wits!"
"Heihei, good job Barrett, I almost made a move."
Listening to the praises from everyone on the boat, Barrett felt a little proud in his heart, but on the surface he looked aloof and uttered a "hmm" through his nose.
"Humph! You're making such a fuss. It's really inappropriate."
It seems that the fusion fruit cannot directly repair the ship. Now Barrett is just temporarily using the power of the fusion fruit to reconstruct the entire ship as fusion material, but after the power is released, the ship should return to its original state.
Gel looked and found that Barrett's hand was still on the deck, and he was guessing in his heart.
However, with Barrett's bottomless physical strength, compared to driving a Gundam or Godzilla, the consumption of maintaining a small boat is insignificant to him, and the physical strength consumed may not be recovered as fast as it can be.
If the ship is covered with Armament Haki, as in the original work, where Haki is used to cover Godzilla's form, wouldn't the ship be stronger than one made of Treasure Tree Adam? It's just not so convenient for eating, drinking, defecating, or else it shouldn't be a big deal for Barrett to complete a voyage around the Grand Line.
Gel was no longer worried. He thought that he could just wait until he reached Sky Island and make some repairs so that he could last until he reached the Seven Water City. He had wanted to change the boat for a long time.
Although the configuration of this stolen pirate ship is good, when it was first built, no consideration was taken into account that there would be little giants five or six meters tall on the ship. Several doors on the ship were dismantled and re-enlarged by Gur. Even so, Weevil and Moria still need to bend down and lower their heads to barely squeeze in, which is very inconvenient.
While Captain Gel was daydreaming, the ship had already plunged into the dark cumulonimbus clouds.
"Wow! I can't breathe, gurgle~"
Mosan felt as if he was not in the clouds but fell into the water. He held on for a while and finally couldn't hold his breath anymore. He spit out a string of bubbles and rolled his eyes like a drowning man. Fortunately, he was tied with a rope, otherwise he would have floated away long ago with his body fat ratio.
"Cough, cough, cough!"
When he opened his eyes again after spitting out water, he saw that the boat was floating on a vast sea of white clouds.
"Afu, how are you!"
"I'm fine, I just feel a little out of breath."
Funi replied breathlessly.
Ajin walked forward and untied the people tied to the mast, but the altitude sickness made everyone feel weak all over and their breathing became rapid. They no longer had the energy to be excited about the successful launch.
"Come on, each of you take one. This is a special medicine I developed. You will be fine after taking it."
The ship's doctor, Kurokas, appeared in time, took out a few small green pills and gave one to each person.
Gel was also dizzy and almost hallucinating. Seeing Kurokas at this time was like an angel with a holy light. This is the role of the ship's doctor at a critical moment! Gel also took the pill and quickly threw it into his mouth. This feeling of difficulty breathing was really too uncomfortable.
Only the three giants and the four physical monsters of Señor who were strengthened by the animal-type fruit did not feel anything at all. Akin and Crocus did not need to take medicine and they adapted after a while.
Seeing that Senior was still standing there smoking like nothing had happened, and even asked if he wanted to have one, Captain Gill, who was having a hard time breathing, couldn't help but sigh:
It turns out that the body is the capital of revolution!
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