Alone and Infinite.

Chapter 626 Seraph-Xia

“I used some special connections to find out the information.”

Shanks' voice was unusually heavy:

"Vegapunk is researching eternal energy and is close to success once he successfully creates this energy."

Im's Heavenly King was immediately activated.

Once Im obtains the Heavenly King, the entire world will truly enter an irreversible darkness.

You should know how this great civilization failed eight hundred years ago; it was because Im stole the Heavenly King.

If Joy Boy hadn't destroyed Uranus's energy source, the world wouldn't be what it is today.

We've probably already entered a complete dark age.

Shanks' words completely silenced Rayleigh. After a long while, the old man finally spoke in a low voice:

"Okay. Maybe the future has indeed been changed."

Rayleigh, deep in thought, slowly walked to the table and sat down, returning the Den Den Mushi to its original position.
"So you've already confirmed Im's strength?"

"No, but that's equivalent to confirmation."

Li Xia continued to reply honestly, saying that if you want the help of the characters in the story, you can't use deception. These people have been through so much over the years, it's hard to fool them.

It's easier to just tell the truth.

"No? That's equivalent to confirmation? What does that mean?"

"I don't know what Im's specific abilities are or what his weaknesses are, but I'm sure that's why the world's ceiling is so high."

Im has reached his limit; he can't go any higher.

The world envisioned by the Hall of Light has an upper limit of S+ level. Without any assistance, S+ level alone would allow Li Xia to experience danger and engage in a thrilling battle.

However, Im has a lot of support available, which will inevitably reduce the difficulty of Im. He is probably only between S and S- in difficulty. He doesn't really feel any psychological pressure against bosses in this difficulty range.

"The upper limit? The upper limit of the world?"

Rayleigh stared blankly at Li Xia, then saw the young general in front of him suddenly smile and say:

"Because I've also reached the world's upper limit!"

It was just a simple sentence, but the domineering aura it contained seemed to emanate directly throughout the entire restaurant.

Rayleigh froze, staring intently at Li Xia.

Kizaru pushed up his glasses and opened his eyes wide.

Even Xia Qi, who had been trembling, raised her head and stared in astonishment at Li Xia's young face.

After observing for a long time, Aowu finally spoke. It poked its head out of its dragon egg, yawned, and lazily said:
“If my boss says we can fight, then we definitely can. If it weren’t for the Five Elders and the Knights of God being immortal and too annoying, we would have already stormed into Mary Geoise and dragged Im out.”

There's no need to gather people one by one like this.

Li Xia looked at Kizaru. Among the people present, only Kizaru was an unknown. Even if Rayleigh didn't participate, he wouldn't cause trouble. In fact, if a fight really broke out in Mary Geoise, could Rayleigh resist the urge to lend a hand?

But Kizaru is different. Li Xia hopes that if Kizaru doesn't participate, he can at least remain neutral.

Noticing Li Xia's gaze, Kizaru put his feet up on the table, leaned back, and rested his arms on the backrest, quietly staring at the ceiling.

Countless thoughts surfaced in his mind and then disappeared. He had eaten the Glitter Fruit and was already used to thinking for an almost infinitely long time when he flew as light.

What he heard was so horrifying that Kizaru was completely bewildered.

"very scary."

Kizaru muttered his catchphrase under his breath, but this time it was truly terrifying.
Even the turning point of the world lies in his choice; if he chooses to uphold his duty, he must arrest his fellow general, Wright-Scholes.

If what that kid Xia said is true, then the arrest operation may not be able to be completed, or we may need to send all of the navy's elite forces.

It was an earth-shattering battle no matter what.

But what if you choose another path?
Im doesn't know if it's true, Xia doesn't know if it's true, whether they can win doesn't know, and even if they win, whether the Revolutionary Army can do a good job doesn't know.

Will Xia's lust for power swell after his victory, turning the dragon slayer into a new Celestial Dragon and plunging the world into an even deeper abyss?
All of this is unknown, and it's even a matter of chance.

"This is terrible. I'm just an employee."

Under Li Xia's watchful gaze, Kizaru finally closed his eyes and whispered:

"I will remain neutral. I know nothing about your alliance with the pirates, Xia, nor about the declaration of war. I'm only here to eat."

do you understand? "

Ambiguous justice?
Li Xia was not disappointed; Kizaru's choice to remain neutral was at least a good result.

"Good."

Egghead Island

The apostles, dressed in the technologically advanced clothing of Egghead Island, were strolling around this island that resembled a futuristic metropolis.

"Tch, this run-down place dares to call itself a futuristic city?"

An apostle spat to the side, showing utter disdain for everything on Egghead Island:

"They don't even have the ability to travel between planets; their technology tree is distorted."

"Enough talk, don't forget why we're here!"

The masked captain glanced at him:
"Try to keep a low profile and don't expose yourself. The world is already in chaos, and no one knows how far off timeline we'll go."

Therefore, in addition to the original plan, we must also be prepared to use the backup plan.

"Alright, Captain Beta—"

His subordinates waved their hands lazily, seemingly unconcerned.

Beta looked at his teammates who seemed completely unconcerned, but he felt somewhat helpless. Their summoner squad consisted entirely of summoners, who were proficient in various survival techniques.

The normal way to fight is for the main body to hide and rely on summoned beasts to fight.

Their evasion methods were very clever, and apart from allocating resources to their summoned beasts, they poured all their resources into survival skills.

This has led to a problem: while they are safe, because they have avoided every battle so well, they have gradually lost the sensitivity to danger that an apostle should have.

Just like now, it looks like the entire squad has actually arrived at Egghead Island.

In reality, the five of them had all fled far away; they were merely projections of the androids' consciousnesses. Thinking this, Captain Beta could only sigh deeply and turn to look at another team member:
"Light wave, how's it going? Have you picked up the signal?"

The apostle, wearing glasses and carrying a backpack, looking like a thin elementary school student, pushed up his glasses, stared at the various values ​​and icons on the fully virtual glasses, and shook his head:
"Not yet. The waveform here is very messy. The filter we bought is faulty!"

"Try again, but always remember our goal: Seraphim!"

The World Government has a secret plan to create a 'Seraph' that can replace the Seven Warlords of the Sea by using bloodline factors, Vegapunk's technology, and green blood.

These Seraphim are extremely powerful, possessing strength that surpasses even that of the Primarchs, and are completely under the control of the World Government. For the World Government, relying on Vegapunk to create various robots to gradually replace humans with their various distractions, greed, and tendency to betray, is the true way to maintain its rule.

"There's nothing we can do. Nobody expected the worldline to change so drastically, which caused the underlying parameters of the entire world to change as well."

The elementary school student shrugged, then simply found a bench, sat down, and began to operate the machine with great concentration.

Their goal in coming to Egghead Island was to find the seven Seraphim, who were controlled by chips inside their bodies. This was quite good news for the Apostles.

Anything that is controlled by someone else carries the risk of having control taken away from it at any time.

Like Egghead Island, it looks very advanced, but to the truly high-tech world, it's no different from the countryside.

Because they have ambitiously devised a plan to seize control of the Seraphim, once the Seraphim's presence is detected on Egghead Island and their waves are traced back, the Seraphim will eventually be put into a kind of shutdown state. At this point, only by capturing them and tampering with their chips can they obtain seven very powerful summons!

Most importantly, these seven summoned creatures each possess unique abilities and even greater talents, making them the legendary mini-elite templates!
In the temple, if you don't have a few Seraphim when you go out, you'd be embarrassed to call yourself a top-tier summoner.

These Seraphim are essentially high-level henchmen who have eaten Devil Fruits for free. Since the chip is inside the core, all they need to do is bring it back to the temple for modification and upgrades.

It's like getting a high-level summon for free!

However, although the plan was simple, it was not so easy to implement. If it weren't for the fact that the team had 'Lightwave,' a summoner who specialized in mechanics and intelligent robots, and that they had also purchased some powerful support equipment, the team would have been much stronger.

Beta didn't dare to come to Egghead Island so casually; even so, he still had to take some small risks.

For example, if the project fails, all the highly realistic simulation robots we purchased will be lost, as will the auxiliary equipment they carry.

"Found it! Let me check, these waveforms are indeed unique to Seraphim!"

Guangbo said excitedly, a faint white light emanating from his glasses, and his backpack behind him was emitting bursts of heat.

The small backpack contained the main unit, which would cause the condensation system to emit a large amount of white mist every time it was started at full power.

"Found it? That's fantastic!"

The group immediately became excited, watching the beam of light expectantly, waiting for him to carry out the next step of 'guidance'—luring the Seraphim to a certain place.

"Okay, waveform analysis has begun, we're preparing for induction, wait a minute."

The elementary school student, Guangbo, frowned as he counted the waveforms displayed on his glasses:

"One, two, three, seven, eight??"

There are only seven Seraphim, right? Where did this eight come from?

"It's probably a backup model. They couldn't possibly only build seven; there must be a prototype!"

The teammates offered a barrage of suggestions.

Guangbo thought about it and realized that it was indeed possible that it was a prototype or something similar.

"Alright, then I'll start coaxing you in!"

Invisible ripples emanated from the decorative antenna on his head, and soon the red dots displayed on his glasses began to move.

"Induction successful! Quick, let's get there right away, time is of the essence!"

Guangbo jumped off the chair and immediately ran off into the distance with his short legs, while the others happily followed.

Seraphim are the World Government's treasures. Although they can move freely on Egghead Island, they are always being watched by observers, so all preparations must be completed before the World Government can react.

Inside the Egghead Island research facility, Vegapunk, with his high forehead, stared strangely at Seraphim S-Sha, who suddenly stood up, holding a long spear, and looked exactly like a miniature 'Light Sha':
"Ok?"

S-Xia turned around and said expressionlessly:

"An abnormal waveform has been detected, it looks like an induced waveform, I'll take a look."

"This"

After hesitating for a moment, Vegapunk nodded:
"it is good."

He watched the receding figure, scratched his bald head, and looked on in confusion. This Seraphim was created by him using the bloodline factors of the former Vice Admiral and current Admiral Light Shah.

For some reason, this Seraph is exceptionally powerful. His fellow Seraphs, S-Flamingo and S-Moonlight, are often beaten to tears by him. Moreover, this Seraph is growing at an alarming rate.

He can match S-Bear in strength, S-Eagle in swordsmanship, and S-Shark in karate.
It was exceptionally powerful in every aspect. The most outrageous thing was that Vegapunk had a vague feeling that the chip could not control S-Xia, and that he was just pretending to be able to be controlled.

Fortunately, his personality isn't too bad. He usually stays quiet, either engaging in training that would be terrifying to normal people, or beating up Doflamingo and Moria's clones.

The World Government was extremely satisfied with S-Sha and even made several requests for it, but Vegapunk could only refuse on the grounds that it had not yet been properly tested.

In short, if anyone really did have designs on the Seraphs, Vegapunk could only wish them a speedy recovery.

"I'm coming!"

As the summoner squad watched the red dot get closer and closer, their breathing became rapid.

They took out the suppressors they had prepared beforehand. Seraphim were indeed very strong, but as weapons, they must have handles held by the user. These handles were the breakthroughs!
"Buzz!"

As the red dot approached a certain distance, the light wave slammed down the suppressor, and the powerful wave field even made the dust on the ground jump.

"Success!"

Watching the red dot disappear in an instant, the group excitedly high-fived each other, but Guangbo frowned.

"Wait, there's another red dot!"

Their gazes turned towards the smoke-filled distance, where a figure about 1.2 meters tall, with black wings on his back and flames burning, slowly emerged from the smoke, carrying a small gun that looked like a child's toy in his hand.

The entire Beta squad stared at this unfamiliar figure, asking questions.

who are you?
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1. Monthly pass 2. Recommendation vote

I feel like there were some mistakes in the One Piece storyline. Let's move on quickly. Last time, I got too much stuff from the One Piece dungeon, which resulted in a lack of things to look forward to.

There's really nothing worth taking.

(End of this chapter)