I guarded Impel Down for a hundred years in the pirate world.

"Light the lamps?" Locus's eyes flickered, focusing on Figo's arm.

If my sleeve is torn, does that count as an injury?

Figo paused, then raised his arm: "Uh, I forgot I have a very strong self-healing ability now."

"It has healed."

Chapter 132 Lunar Landing One

An unfamiliar ceiling.

Waking up from his sleep, Huo Minggu Sheng was dazed for a few seconds before remembering where he was.

He glanced at his sleeping wife beside him, then got up to look at his sleeping children, and smiled, a smile full of ease.

A replay of what happened two weeks ago.

In his eyes, the battle between Rocks and Figo was like a fight between gods. Figo, the King of the World, was clearly a god among gods. After defeating Rocks with overwhelming power, the whole world fell silent. Pirates revered Figo's power, and no one dared to challenge him again.

They didn't even dare to run away anymore.

The five former Five Elders and the only surviving member of the current Five Elders, Tecotamp Saint, had another fierce argument with Figo, threatening him with some 'transmitter' he couldn't understand, but to him, it looked more like the struggle of a dying man.

As expected, Figo ignored them and sent all the Celestial Dragon survivors back to Impel Down. The six Five Elders were imprisoned, while the non-combatants and those with children were temporarily placed in Impel Down by Figo under the pretext of 'quarantine and screening'.

At first there were some worries, but now, after a week, Huo Minggu Sheng feels only relief.

No one would instill any sense of Celestial Dragon honor in him anymore, no one would treat him like a breeding machine or urge him to have a third child, and the food was no longer the relatively monotonous seafood. He saw hope for his two children to grow up healthy.

The hope of becoming an ordinary person!

Without disturbing his sleeping wife and children, Huo Minggu quietly dressed and left the residence where his family was staying.

Use the distributed Baileys to buy breakfast.

Advancing into the royal city felt like entering a real town. The atmosphere and spirit of life there were unlike anything Huo Ming Gu Sheng had ever experienced. Everywhere, people were enthusiastic about life and greeted each other.

It made him feel very comfortable.

Huo Minggu Sheng had learned that many of the people here were prisoners who had made contributions and been exonerated. They had agreed not to ask about the past, but only about the future, and this applied even to him, a former Celestial Dragon.

Those who would speak ill of him are actually his fellow Celestial Dragons.

Having been warmly welcomed and given breakfast, Huo Minggu felt that they would change their minds, and that some people's attitudes were already softening.

When he got home, he found that his wife was already up, and she looked a little nervous.

“Holy Saint Huo Ming, a jailer just came to inform us that we are the first Celestial Dragon family to pass the test, and we can choose to live at Marine Headquarters. If we are comfortable here, we can stay for the time being, it’s voluntary,” his wife told him.

"An assessment?" Huo Minggu Sheng was taken aback for a moment, then nodded and said, "We really need to think about this matter carefully. There's something else I've wanted to say for a long time: please stop calling me Huo Minggu Sheng. Drop the 'Sheng' and just call me Huo Minggu. The same goes for you; you don't need to go to the palace anymore."

His wife paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "Okay."

……

Apart from the remaining Celestial Dragons stationed at the God Mountain, whose location is unknown, the Celestial Dragons in the Valley of the Gods are slowly dying out in this way.

Meanwhile, the pirates from the Rocks Pirates and the Roger Pirates moved into Impel Down, Castle Number 4.

Impel Down 1 through 4 are arranged according to the severity of the crimes. The oldest impeldown, Impel Down 1, holds the most heinous criminals and has the worst conditions and treatment. Impel Down 4, on the other hand, is called a "family prison." Apart from being locked inside and unable to leave, the prison has ample food and supplies and comfortable living conditions, almost the same as the guards.

In one of the prisons, Rocks, dressed in prison clothes, sat at a table, repeatedly crushing and reassembling a lunchbox with his powers, muttering, "Second awakening, ignite the flame."

Not far away, Chrissy shook the baby in her arms helplessly and said, "Little Bucky, your Uncle Rocks has gone mad."

The slave baby rescued in the Valley of the Gods was indeed adopted by Krissi, and after Figo noticed him, he personally named him Bucky, and Bucky was accepted by Krissi.

And Rocks has been in this state ever since he moved into Impel Down prison number 4.

This left Chrissi feeling helpless but also somewhat relieved. It seemed that Rocks had not been defeated by the absolute gap in skill, nor had he been angered by Figo's healed wounds. He still had the will to challenge him a third time.

He was so obsessed that he was almost insane, his mind filled with nothing but ways to increase his power and methods of cultivation.

Of course, it was also related to what Figo said to them and everyone in Roger's pirate crew on the way back.

Are you feeling hopeless? Do you feel that no matter how hard you try, you can never catch up with me, and you will never have the chance to challenge me again in your life?

There are always people better than you, and there's always something beyond your understanding. Look up and see for yourself; don't let your vision limit your goals.

Do you see that starry sky? Each star is a world. How many planets in the vast universe could harbor life? Qinghai is too small; this ocean is far from vast enough!

Do you know the origin of Devil Fruits? Do you know why the difficulty of developing Devil Fruits suddenly decreased 20 years ago? Do you know that space pirates once landed in Qinghai?

In the endless starry sky, countless powerful beings, opportunities, and challenges are hidden, and perhaps many, many people are even stronger than me.

Go explore, go learn, go become stronger, maybe you can find a way to surpass me?

That's right. The Naval Science Department began developing a spacecraft capable of space travel 20 years ago, and has now achieved initial results, with a trial lunar landing flight about to take place.

You are honored to have been chosen! You have the opportunity to be among the first people to walk on the moon!

Why were we chosen? It's not like it's the first time we've tried something risky. Let us take the risk.

Chrissy thought that someone must have thought that at the time, but it was all drowned out by Gol D. Roger’s excited shouts.

Just thinking about how Roger looked so pitiful and pleading when Figo said, "Right now you're only qualified to be an observer. The first group of moon landing crew members are only confirmed to be Rocks and Shiki. The others are still being selected," makes Chrissy want to laugh.

Yes, there are very few pirates who don't yearn for adventure and excitement. It's the starry sky, and this is Qinghai's first chance to set foot in the starry sky.

If you can explore and adventure in the starry sky, see different races and worlds, and appreciate the mysteries of the starry sea, what is the attraction of the ocean?

After living in Impel Down for more than half a month, Figo reappeared, released them one by one, and took them onto a ship bound for the Red Line, the spaceship manufacturing base.

After a short voyage, upon reaching their destination, the pirates spotted a large ship with a unique design, quite different from any other seagoing vessel.

The closed cylindrical metal shape has strange, wind-like objects on both sides and the back, and there seem to be some mechanisms that can change its shape.

Figo pointed at it and said to everyone:

"It's called Luna 1."

Chapter 133 Connected to the Universe

"So cool!!" Roger's eyes gleamed with an eerie light. The 39-year-old seemed to have returned to his 19-year-old self. After shouting loudly, he rushed towards Luna 1.

Touching left, touching right, jumping up and down.

Rayleigh, Jabba, and the others facepalmed, looking utterly humiliated, but their unconscious forward lean told everyone that they also really wanted to get closer and see what the spaceship looked like.

Most of the Rocks Pirates were the same; was this a spaceship?

Rocks finally stopped thinking about how to light the lamps, the Golden Lion's eyes gleamed with ambition, and Whitebeard let out a raucous laugh.

"To ascend to the stars?"

"The starry sky!"

After admiring the Moon Lander 1, Roger sighed once more, looking pitifully at Figo as if begging for a chance to board the ship, when he heard a familiar laugh from not far away.

Turning his head, he noticed that there were still many naval personnel and researchers in white lab coats on the other side, and the ones laughing were naturally his old friends and rivals, his brother and father.

"Hey, Garp, you're here too." Roger greeted him without any shame. "Do you even deserve to be on board? Give yourself to me!"

Ha ha.

If it weren't for Kong and Figo being there, Garp would have given Roger a loving punch right away.

Figo laughed and said, "Don't even think about it. There's no place for you on Luna 1. If this moon landing is successful, Luna 2 or Cosmos 1 or 2 might be options for you."

Roger hesitated, unable to defy Figo's decision, and could only give up in frustration.

Figo turned around: "Rocks, Crisisci, Shiki, Longbread, Moreno..."

After calling out seven names, all of whom were Rocks Pirates members who were somewhat useful in the lunar landing, Figo said, "For now, it's decided that it will be you, me, and two researchers, a total of ten people, to conduct this exploratory lunar landing. You guys go on board the spaceship first and get familiar with it. The others can witness this historic moment from the sidelines."

Some people were overjoyed.

Some people don't care.

Some people were greatly disappointed.

As Figo finished speaking, the side of Luna 1 suddenly changed, opening a door large enough for a person to pass through, with steps slowly leading down to the ground, full of metallic and mechanical beauty.

Roger couldn't take it anymore: "Ah—"

Rayleigh covered his mouth and dragged him away. Don't embarrass yourself in front of so many Marines!

Those who were called by Figo, led by Lockes and Crisisi, boarded the spaceship and saw its interior.

It's not particularly technologically advanced; there aren't any complex button controls or powerful firepower like in science fiction. There are only a few rest cabins, a dining cabin, and a ship-like steering and control room.

After acquiring Noah's Ark and conducting some research, Figo discovered that the starry sky in the pirate world was completely different from the starry sky in the real world.

First, there's no need to worry about the complicated issue of breathing. The world seems to be filled with oxygen that's safe for humans to breathe, whether it's in the starry sky or on the moon, and Enel didn't seem to be wearing a spacesuit when he landed on the moon.

Moreover, it's hard to say about other planets for now, but at least the Moon's gravity is almost the same as Qinghai's, so there's no need to worry about that.

Even the biggest problem—the need to accelerate to cosmic velocity or higher to escape Qinghai's gravity—is completely nonexistent!

The moon is even somewhat like a sky island.

It seems that as long as the hull is strong and sturdy enough, and can provide it with a continuous force for flight, the spaceship can fly away from Qinghai and into space.

The difficulty level suddenly plummeted.

Perhaps there's no need for a spaceship; if Shiki flies on his own and spends enough time, he might even reach the moon. The threshold for space travel in the pirate world is really not high at all.

Now, what needs to be confirmed is whether the more distant starry sky is the same, and there are still issues of distance and speed that need to be addressed.

Why bring the Rocks Pirates and what their individual uses are? Figo had already explained this to Kong and the others a month earlier. Among them, Shiki's Float-Float Fruit and Longbread's Eat-Eat Fruit are the two major guarantees.

Since it was the first test flight, Figo was confident in handling any unexpected situation, but the others were not. Therefore, Figo refused the requests of Kong, Cap, and even Linlin to board the ship.

It doesn't matter if we're the first to land on the moon.

Let the pirates be the test subjects first.

He gave them a reassuring gesture, then Figo entered the spaceship, and the hatch closed.

The spacecraft uses liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen as fuel, which can be replenished as long as there is water. And the moon, where the Sky Island people once lived, most likely has water resources.

After the hull was sealed, the people inside the spaceship were seated, and Kong and Kap had moved back a sufficient distance, the two researchers in charge of operating the spaceship excitedly ignited the engine.

It did not soar to great heights.

The outer rollers of the spacecraft descended, and with the help of the engine, it rolled forward and accelerated rather clumsily, like an airplane taking off. After the speed increased, the rollers slowly retracted, the bow of the spacecraft turned upward, and it took off!

"I really want to go..." Under Roger's envious gaze, the spaceship soared higher and higher.