One Piece: Starting with God Valley, intercepting the Dark-Dark Fruit

This laboratory is much larger than the one that houses Stuart, and it has much more complete equipment.

Vegapunk started fiddling with various devices as soon as he entered, while Giger looked around the room and noticed a large number of red apples on a table.

Reaching the table, Giger casually picked up an apple, twirled it in his hand, and noticed a small portion of purple on it, suggesting it was rotten.

However, upon closer inspection, one will find that this part of the purple has an unusual sheen and feels very smooth to the touch, so it doesn't look like it's broken at all.

Looking at the other apples, some have a larger purple area, and some even have several circular patterns of dark green and light green.

Seeing this, Giger roughly understood what was going on with the apples. He turned around and asked,

"Vegapunk, is this the artificial Devil Fruit you've been researching?"

Vegapunk was focused on adjusting a piece of equipment. Upon hearing this, he nodded and said,

"Yes, they were made from the demonic factors extracted from Kaido, but those were all failures. It will take some time before they succeed."

"Yes, I have no doubt that you will succeed."

Vegapunk looked at Giger in surprise and said thank you.

Giger smiled slightly and said,

"You were born for science. As long as you stop thinking about all that nonsense and focus on your science, the world government will give you as much research funding as you need."

Vegapunk nodded, it was unclear whether he listened or not. He had Giger lie down on an experimental table and take off his shirt.

Next, Vegapunk took out tubes with suction cup-like ends and attached them to Gigg's exposed skin.

A series of data immediately appeared on the screen of an instrument next to the experimental table. Vegapunk pinched his chin with one hand, and a look of amazement gradually appeared on his face.

"Unbelievable! I never imagined that the bloodline factors used on you back then would integrate so well. It's simply a scientific miracle!"

Upon hearing this, Giger first breathed a sigh of relief, then asked,

"Are you sure the two bloodline factors have fused perfectly? Then why can't I sense any power belonging to the Lunaria race?"

"Judging from the data here, the integration of the Lunaria bloodline factors with your body is already quite good. However, it should have only been integrated recently, which is still too short a time compared to the Mink Tribe. I remember that you awakened a portion of the Mink Tribe's power when you were a child."

Giger nodded. That was when Lucia broke into the lab to save him; he was less than eight years old then.

Thinking of this, Giger asked,

"Doesn't that mean we'll have to wait a long time?"

"No, your body is much stronger now than it was when you were a child. The Lunaria bloodline factors have been developing along with your body over the years, and now they are very compatible with your body. They will integrate very quickly. If you encounter some kind of opportunity, it may immediately awaken its power completely."

"An opportunity? Like a battle?"

"Yes, pushing one's limits in combat is indeed a very effective way to stimulate fusion."

After saying that, Vegapunk seemed to suddenly remember something and said,

"Saint Giger, perhaps some characteristics of the Lunaria race have already appeared in you, you just haven't realized it."

Giger paused for a moment, then subconsciously touched his back to check if he had grown wings.

However, the skin on his back felt incredibly smooth to the touch, without a single pimple.

Vegapunk told Giger to get off the lab table first, then he ran out in a flash. When he came back, he was carrying a large flamethrower.

He pointed the flamethrower at Gigg and said,

"Gig Saint, I know your Armament Haki is strong, and you're a Logia-type Devil Fruit user, but I hope you won't resist later. Try to feel the flames with your own body. Of course, if you feel pain later, you can stop immediately."

Giggs now understood Vegapunk's intention. He nodded with interest, then walked to an open space, opened his arms, and said...

"You can begin."

As soon as he finished speaking, Vegapunk did not hesitate for a moment and immediately pressed the button. A raging ball of flames instantly engulfed Gigg's body.

Giger's lower body clothing was quickly reduced to ashes by the flames, but his skin showed no signs of damage, and his facial expression remained unchanged, as if he were bathing in flames.

In fact, he didn't feel any burning sensation at all.

Vegapunk kept using the flamethrower until the fuel ran out before stopping, and Giger walked out calmly from the still-burning ground, naked.

Giggs took a new pair of trousers from the Dark Bible and put them on. Although he had been "washed" by flames for half a day, he was in a good mood and smiled at Vegapunk.

"It seems you were right."

However, Vegapunk was not satisfied. Adhering to a rigorous scientific approach, he brought Giger a large basin of water and said...

“Gig Saint, here is a basin of clean water. Put your head in and see if you can breathe. This level of water shouldn’t make you feel weak.”

Vegapunk was unaware that Gig possessed the cursed sword Muramasa, a bug that meant he was unharmed even if Gig were completely submerged in the sea, let alone this basin of water.

However, Giger didn't need to explain this to Vegapunk. He simply put his head underwater and tried to breathe as usual.

At first, Giger did choke a little, but soon his breathing became smoother and smoother, until it was no different from breathing in the air.

Giger tilted his head back, ran his hand through his wet hair, and looked pleased.

This was his first time trying to breathe underwater. Since he got the Muramasa sword, although he was not afraid of the sea, he would still instinctively hold his breath when he was about to dive underwater.

If he hadn't deliberately tried it today, he really wouldn't have discovered this characteristic of his.

He was now 100% certain that the Lunaria race's racial characteristic of being able to adapt to any natural environment had been perfectly manifested in him.

Of course, the most crucial element is still the fire ability. The destructive power of the fire is secondary; what Giger wants is the terrifying defense and speed of the Lunaria race!

Chapter 110 Multiple Devil Fruit Users

After learning that the Lunarian bloodline factor within him had begun to awaken, Giger still had one thing to confirm.

He glanced down at his scarred left chest and said,

"Vegapunk, I have two kinds of green blood in my body, right?"

Vegapunk nodded. He was very certain of this, because he was the one who provided the two samples of green blood to Grando back then.

Giger continued,

"Green blood can not only carry bloodline factors, but also the power of Devil Fruits, that is, Devil factors, is that right?"

Vegapunk paused for a moment, but being as clever as he was, he quickly guessed what Giggs meant. He asked hesitantly,

"Saint Giger, are you asking yourself if you can eat another Devil Fruit?"

Giger shook his head and held up two fingers, saying...

"No, there are two."

"...Theoretically, it should be possible, but it's far too risky! If something goes wrong, your body will collapse!"

"Heh, physical breakdown? I've already been through it once, so it won't hurt to try again."

Vegapunk swallowed hard and said,

"But why would you take this risk? With your status, almost no one in this world can threaten you!"

"Who would complain about having too much power? I ask you, were those two portions of green blood you injected into me back then capable of carrying the demonic factor?"

"Yes, you can. Actually, back then, Saint Gulando wanted to add demonic factors to the green blood, but I stopped him. As you know, just two bloodline factors were enough to bring your body to the brink of collapse. If demonic factors were added, you simply wouldn't have been able to withstand it back then!"

"Yes, your point of view is correct, and it saved my life."

If Gulando Saint had truly injected Gigg with green blood containing demonic factors back then, given Gigg's physical condition at the time, he would probably have turned to ashes on the spot, with no chance of "resurrection."

Thinking of this, Giger gave Vegapunk a deep look and said,

"Speaking of which, I really have to thank you. Here's what I'll do: when I get back, I'll have the World Government allocate a large sum of money to your hometown, Baltimore, for its development."

Vegapunk was overjoyed upon hearing this, but before he could say anything, Zig suddenly summoned the Dark Bible, took out a Devil Fruit from it, and stuffed it into Vegapunk's hand.

This fruit is the Persian Cat Fruit that Giger obtained before, which is rather useless to him.

"Don't be so happy yet. This is a common Zoan-type Devil Fruit. Now, extract some of my blood and inject the Devil Factor from this fruit into it. Let's experiment and see what happens."

As he spoke, Giger relaxed his body, extended a finger wrapped in Armament Haki, and forcefully slashed his arm, a trickle of blood oozing from the wound.

With his current physical strength, ordinary swords and spears cannot penetrate his defenses, so he had no choice but to take matters into his own hands.

Vegapunk quickly took out a test tube and collected a few drops of Giggs' blood. Then he placed the Persian Cat Fruit inside a glass cover of an instrument.

He pressed a button, and the inside of the glass dome began to rotate, quickly turning the Persian cat fruit into a pile of purple juice.

The purple liquid flowed down the tube at the bottom of the instrument into another steaming machine that looked like a small boiler. In less than five minutes, the machine stopped.

Vegapunk took out a small glass container, walked to the machine, and turned on the tap at the bottom of the machine, from which a little dark purple liquid flowed out.

Seeing this, Giger asked with curiosity,

"How come there's only so little?"

Vegapunk carefully held the container filled with deep purple liquid and said,

"Because this is the Devil Factor extracted from Devil Fruits; only this much can be extracted from a single Devil Fruit."

"So why didn't you just use the juice you extracted to do the experiment?"

"No, the experimental sample is just a little bit of your blood, not a complete living organism. The two cannot react at all."

After hearing this, Zig walked up to Vegapunk, bent down to examine the small amount of Devil Factor in Vegapunk's hand, and suddenly asked,

"If that's the case, can the purified demonic factors be applied to inanimate objects, such as weapons like knives and guns?"