Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 400 Natural selection, survival of the fittest

The west coast of the Southern Continent and the Old Continent both face the "Storm Ocean" that no one has been able to conquer so far.

This ocean is vast and has extremely complex meteorological conditions. It is considered by naturalists to be a more dangerous sea area than the Sea of ​​​​Echidna.

We have already gone deep into the Ocean of Storms, and about a few hundred kilometers away from the west coast of the Southern Continent, a huge archipelago suddenly emerged from the sea.

The main body consists of 13 small islands and 19 reefs, with a total area of ​​more than 7500 square kilometers.

It looks like it was formed by an underwater volcanic eruption. I don’t know how many years have passed, and the densely packed craters on the island have all turned into clear volcanic lakes of various sizes.

It shows outsiders a magnificent natural scenery that is rarely seen elsewhere.

Two adventure ships are anchored on the edge of a small island in the southeast corner of the archipelago. One of them is the Jackdaw, which has a flaming red sail and is particularly distinctive.

Under the bowsprit of the other ship hung a brightly glowing hound bow statue, which was the protagonist of this sudden accident, the Beagle!
[Hawkeye] James briefly explained the situation to Byron and hung up the call.

He turned his head and looked at the middle-aged black wizard next to him. He was wearing a black robe and a black crown. He was skinny and looked like a black-feathered starling.

“No sir, my ability [Blocking Presence] has a limited range of influence. If I want to maintain it for a long time, it can only cover my Jackdaw at best.

Are you sure this can really shield the entire island from enemy detection?"

When the first colonial war started a few days ago, the Pirate King assigned three warships as scouts to approach and detect the city of Luoyan. By some strange coincidence, they became the members with the least losses in the entire colonial fleet.

After the battle, they did not go to the Centaur Islands to join up with the others, but immediately disbanded on the spot and headed for the New World, starting the first round of tentative land grabbing.

Whale oil technology represents the future, but real fertile land represents the present.

The Jackdaw is having bad luck.

While exploring the ruins of Luoyan City, he was sucked into a sudden blue hole and accidentally came to the west coast, where he happened to encounter the fleeing Beagle.

They were also affected by them and could only gather together and flee for their lives.

The pursuers were too strong, and they could not defeat them even if they joined together, so they could only hide temporarily in this archipelago with relatively complex terrain.

The third-level wizard [Mr. No] Louis Williams immediately showed James his unique skills.

The ritual black magic [Gestalt] recorded in the forbidden book was used:
"If you look in the mirror and say, 'Who are you?' every day for a month, your personality will be completely formatted.

From now on, as long as you activate the secret language of the spirit, you can conceptually reshape yourself into any shape at will.

Whatever you think you are, you will become and have the corresponding functions.

It is a powerful word magic, also known as 'true paranoia'.

For example: a chatty starling, a pink caterpillar, or a giant invisibility cloak that covers an island."

This powerful ability also makes Louis "Mr. No" a highly adaptable and versatile person.

The price is that you have to play the devil's advocate and become a hardcore argumentative person.

No matter what others say, I have to argue with them to feel comfortable.

Hearing James' question, he shook his head decisively:

“No no no, I’m not no sir, I’m an invisible cloak now.

Does an Invisibility Cloak have a mouth? Don't talk to me."

"Uh"

James, who had long known his argumentative nature, could only shut up.

This kind of black magic of the opponent is somewhat similar to his [Fantasy Treasure House]. While it is more adaptable, it will also obviously become crazier.

If you accidentally confuse your own cognition and really think of yourself as something else, you can never change back.

The invisibility cloak is still good, at most it prevents others from finding him outside.

But if you really think that you are a stone, a weed, or even a toilet brush, then you will be unable to live or die.

[Hawkeye] James shook his head and completely gave up the idea of ​​communicating with the first mate.

He was about to go find the Beagle's captain, the naturalist Charles, to tell him that he had found reinforcements.

Toot toot.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way."

A man with an untidy beard and unkempt appearance, who looked like a savage, rushed out from the nearby forest riding a large ground sparrow that was taller than a man.

Behind him, there was a group of giant dragonflies and mosquitoes that were bigger than eagles and were chasing him closely.

"Wow, what a big bug! What a big bird!"

Byron, who had just completed synaesthesia, was shocked, but others were already used to this kind of scene.

The biological characteristics of this island, no, it should be said that the entire southern continent can be summed up in one word: big!

Everything is very large, plants, insects, animals, mushrooms.
Dragonflies with a wingspan of three meters, finches taller than ostriches, millipedes larger than four or five carriages connected together, and brown bears as big as hills are like entering the kingdom of giants.

I finally understand why it was called "Paradise of Beasts" in the mythological era.

"Musketeers, fire!"

boom! boom! boom!
The sailors on the two boats immediately lined up and opened fire, repelling the dragonflies and mosquitoes, and rescued Charles, a third-level naturalist who had secretly gone out to do research on his own.

The latter still held the sparrow's neck, and continued to run wildly while cheering:

"Everyone, you can never guess what a significant discovery I made this time.

This is clearly the same archipelago not far from each other, but there are fourteen species of ground finches with distinctly different appearances and sizes on different islands.

Yet, they all have a common ancestor!

I think this is niche differentiation caused by geographical isolation between islands and different environments on different islands.

In other words, the various creatures in the world may not be created by the Creator and remain unchanged forever as the church preaches.

Instead, over time, different adaptive changes will occur in order to adapt to the environment and different prey.

I think if we can extract the secrets of these finches, there will definitely be a major discovery that will overturn everyone's cognition!"

As he spoke, a dazzling spiritual glow shone from his body, and his spirituality rose steadily.

[Naturalist] will gain the core ability [Exploration and Discovery] at the second level. The more unknowns you explore, the higher your spirituality will be.

At the same time, the rarer the discovery that is first made in the unknown world and the fewer people who discover it, the stronger the ability they gain from it.

At the third level, one will write a [Natural History] of his own.

You can use your own knowledge to summon projections of various known things or supernatural powers. The deeper your understanding of these things, the stronger your strength will be.

The fourth stage is to discover the world, understand the world, extract the truth, research your own original theories, and then publish them so that more people can accept them.

The closer this groundbreaking knowledge is to the truth, the larger its audience will be, and the stronger the naturalist's ability will be. Once the critical point is reached, the fourth level of promotion can be achieved.

This third-level [Naturalist] Charles obviously turned a disaster into a blessing, as he made an incredible discovery here while escaping, and received the gift of the ocean of humanity's collective subconscious for the first time.

A groundbreaking theory seems to be on the verge of emerging.

The sky above seemed to be sensitive to it, and emitted faint rumbling sounds of thunder.

"There are only weirdos on the Beagle!"

James just thought that this adventure team was all weird, but Byron, who had empathy with James, looked at the naturalist as if he saw a priceless treasure.

Even the [Sun Crown] that Edward IV specifically requested to be taken back would immediately pale in comparison to him.

"I have a feeling that this gentleman is going to strip the Creator's Church of its underwear."

I was just about to use James' body to communicate with him.

But he found that the thunder in the sky was getting louder and louder, so he looked up with everyone else.

It was discovered that there were actually several golden chariots rushing towards them from the west coast of the continent. The chariots seemed to be pulled by some kind of flaming giant birds, with only a vague outline.

It makes people feel hot all over at the sight of it.

Rumble.
Several sun chariots galloped forward like meteors across the sky and flew down, making an extremely terrifying sound.

"Oh no, those extraordinary people from the Solar Empire are chasing us."

When the sailors, who had suffered great losses at their hands, saw the identity of the newcomer, they became confused.

At this moment, they were not sure whether the invisible cloak transformed by the usually unreliable "Mr. No" could help them block the sight of the pursuers.

Just when they were clenching their weapons, ready to fight to the death if things went wrong.

The sharp-eyed [Eagle Eye] suddenly discovered that on the sea ahead, there appeared another adventure ship that was clearly of the Old World style.

But it was not the expected reinforcements [Golden Deer], but:

“I know them. They are the fourth-rank adventure captain of the Kingdom of Castile, Francisco Pizarro the Plunderer, and his adventure ship, the Thirteen Warriors!
Huh? Could it be that they also stole things from the Empire of the Sun and are being hunted down by them?"

(End of this chapter)