I'm not just human!

Many knowledgeable fishermen and pirates knew that this was the ship of the emperor of an ancient alchemical kingdom, which came to the Worm Islands once a year to participate in the whale watching festival.

Besides this most luxurious and spectacular ship, there are also steel behemoths made entirely of steel, with all sorts of strange scientific research laboratories standing on them, and strange giant ships that look like giant sacks.

The most outrageous ship can no longer be called a ship; it is a rusty robot that is a full 100,000 meters tall. It stands in the bay of Sandworm Island, where the seawater only goes up to the knees of this colossal robot. The waves crash against its knees, but it remains unmoved.

"We've finally arrived..."

At ten o'clock in the morning, Xia Fa watched as the pirate ship docked in the bay of Sandworm Island, and looked up at the enormous robot that seemed to soar into the sky. He couldn't help but feel quite emotional.

At that moment, the enormous, bronze-colored, rusty robot opened its mouth, and countless people flew out from it.

Among these people, some had their legs modified into jet rocket launchers, some had propellers installed on their heads, and the most outrageous one had his entire body modified into a robot, with only his eyes still resembling human eyes.

In addition, there were also many people driving their own strangely shaped mobile suits. Some of the mobile suits looked like giant metal beetles, while others looked like steel spiders. Of course, most of them were still humanoid mobile suits, but the various paint jobs and parts were so different that it was dazzling to look at.

"Brother, people from our Wanji School have arrived! Come on, let me introduce you. My teacher would be very happy to meet you!"

Alexander looked up at the colossal robot, which stood 100,000 meters tall, as if seeing long-lost family and friends. He then turned around and extended a warm invitation to Shafa.

Xia Fa smiled and said:

"No need, you go find your teacher first. We'll meet again tomorrow at the whale watching event, and I'll personally pay my respects to your teacher then."

Alexander grinned:

"Okay, then you go ahead with your work, brother. See you at the whale watching event tomorrow!"

The whale watching festival is naturally held in the City of a Thousand Stars, which is arguably the most prosperous city in the Worm Islands and even the entire Barron's Ocean.

The City of Ten Thousand Stars is located on Sandworm Island in the Worm Islands, which is also the largest island, almost the size of a small country.

Alexander pressed his arms onto the deck, instantly leaping into the air. His massive, mechanical arms spewed forth intense blue-white flames as he flew towards the colossal robot.

Xiafa withdrew his gaze and looked at Tefaro and the others.

Tefaro, holding his scimitar, leaned against the mast. Although he had just woken up, he was already dozing off, his head nodding as if trying to wake up but about to fall asleep again.

Seemingly noticing Xia Fa's gaze, He finally snapped out of it and gave Xia Fa a lazy smile:

"I'd also like to visit the City of Ten Thousand Stars. To be honest, this is my first time here. Xia Fa, what about you?"

Shaphat declined Alexander's invitation because he wanted to spend the day there beforehand gathering information throughout the City of a Thousand Stars.

In particular, they needed to find out the extent to which the Crimson Agents' influence had expanded and the current state of affairs at sea.

So he responded:

"Perfect timing! I was just planning to explore the City of Ten Thousand Stars. How about we meet at the whale watching event tomorrow?"

Tefaro's lips curled slightly:

"Okay, see you tomorrow."

Having said that, He disintegrated into starlight without any attempt to conceal it, and amidst the astonished gazes of the surrounding ships and countless people on the shore, He re-formed himself in front of the gates of the City of Ten Thousand Stars.

This startled the guards of the City of Ten Thousand Stars. They hurriedly bowed and scraped to Tefaro, their obsequious manner almost making them want to take Tefaro directly to meet the city's lords.

Xia Fa shook his head, somewhat amused and exasperated, and decided to ignore it.

Because he suddenly realized that not everyone in this world needs to act as cautiously as he used to.

Take Tefaro for example. As a genius in the Earthly Kingdom of the Silver Universe and a top-tier angel-level overlord, he is almost destined to become a saint or cardinal archbishop of the Silver Church, or even go further. Why should he act in secret like a rat?

Alexander was the same. As the young master of the School of All Machines, he was always the one who was avoided and feared by others, and he was rarely seen to be afraid of anyone.

Fortunately, he no longer needs to hide. If the Crimson Agent dares to show up, Xia Fa has no doubt that he can give it a good beating.

However, if the Crimson Proxy, being a transcendent monarch, were to actually lose control of this secret technique, I might still be unable to defeat him.

But at least, unlike the previous pirate tournament of the Wanxing Pirate Crew, they didn't have to watch helplessly as their cousin Hercules was surrounded and attacked.

If it were me now, I could at least rush over and fight alongside my cousin!

As for whether the Crimson Agents have mastered the divine combat techniques... Xia Fa doesn't know.

As far as he knew, even within the respective earthly kingdoms of the nine major churches, only the most outstanding geniuses could master the divine battle techniques.

Therefore, even the five pirate emperors of the Baron Ocean, or the other rulers and extraordinary monarchs of the Star Coin Continent, have never heard of any of them mastering the divine battle techniques.

The precarious balance that the five pirate emperors had barely managed to maintain suggests that if anyone had mastered divine warfare techniques, things would have been different, and war would have broken out long ago.

"Anyway, I now have a certain ability to protect myself. I'll deal with it when I encounter the Crimson Executor..."

Xia Fa composed himself and decided not to think about it for the time being. Besides, no one would dare to act recklessly at the whale watching event organized by the Gold Miners' Guild.

"What are your plans, you two?"

Shafa raised his head again and looked at Kazimierz and the Laughing Clown.

A rare hint of relaxation appeared on Kazimir's usually stern and unsmiling face:

"I'm planning to go to the City of Ten Thousand Stars to find a bar, try the legendary Sandworm Beer and Grilled Fish Man Belly, and meet up at the whale watching event tomorrow."

The clown, with a rather innocent smile, said:

"I'm not going out. I'm going to stay on the pirate ship and cultivate for a day. See you tomorrow, cousin!"

After spending time on the pirate ship yesterday, everyone learned that Xia Fa is actually the Clown's cousin, and that the two of them only recently became relatives.

However, despite their surprise, since Tefaro and the other two were unaware that the Laughing Clown was actually the great-grandson of Emperor Sharatu, they quickly accepted the kinship between the Laughing Clown and Sharatu.

Xia Fa understood that the Clown of Surprise and Laughter was preparing to master the forbidden secret technique of critical loss of control, so he didn't think much of it and just told Him to be careful and not to be impatient when cultivating.

Immediately, Xia Fa also disembarked and headed straight for the gates of the City of Ten Thousand Stars.

Having learned from his previous experience, he entered the city with ease this time, heading straight for the backstreets filled with bars.

The streets were bustling with people, and unlike last time when it was full of pirates, adventurers, high-hunters, and other people who made their living at sea,

This time, the streets were filled with all sorts of nobles and nobles dressed in luxurious clothes and with extraordinary bearing, as well as strangely shaped cyborgs, demi-humans such as blade people, mist people, and bag people, all strolling around.

There were even people driving motorized armor on the streets.

Compared to those driving motor armor, even the local minor nobles of the City of Ten Thousand Stars who could afford small internal combustion engine cars paled in comparison.

The City of Ten Thousand Stars has become visibly bustling, which is also the time when the residents of the city make the most money.

Some nobles would casually tip hundreds of pounds, and even feel they hadn't given enough.

As Xia Fa looked at the dazzling array of goods and all sorts of humans and demi-humans, his mind suddenly went blank, and he felt a strange, indescribable feeling.

It seems... I've forgotten something.

What have I forgotten...?

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the bounty poster on the side of the street.

At this moment, Xia Fa finally remembered what he had forgotten.

"That's right! Captain Hook!"

Originally, his purpose in going to the Sun Volcano was to hunt down Captain Hook, take his head, rid the people of a scourge, and collect the three million gold pounds bounty.

Unexpectedly, so many things happened along the way that I completely forgot about the hook captain.

When he returned to the City of Ten Thousand Stars, he not only had a fortune of over 25 million gold pounds and had become a member of the Gilgamesh family, but he also no longer had to hide his identity like before.

As for Captain Hook... Xia Fa had every reason to suspect that he was either in hiding or had already been killed.

After all, those young overlords who emerged from the earthly divine kingdoms were just casually robbing pirate ships near the Sun Volcano...

"Never mind, the bounty still has a long time to expire anyway. We can always make a move if we run into Captain Hook next time..."

With this in mind, Xia Fa nodded slightly and went straight into a nearby bar.

……

More than two hours later.

"Please take care, sir/madam, and come again next time!"

At the entrance of the Golden Chamomile Bar, the bartender very enthusiastically escorted a customer who was willing to give a hundred pounds tip to the door.

Following closely behind the guest, Xia Fa walked out together.

He held a glass of local specialty sandworm beer, and in the golden liquid was a whole sandworm larva, oozing white, flocculent fluid.

Sandworms are unique supernatural creatures found only on the Worm Islands. They grow up feeding on seaweed and aquatic plants in the bay. Wine made from sandworms has a unique mellowness that is truly unforgettable.

At first, I didn't like the taste of Xia Fa, but after a few more glasses, I found it quite delicious. It tasted similar to having a sterile raw egg cracked into wheat beer, but much richer.

In those two hours, he also gathered a lot of useful information.

First, as he expected, even in just a few days, the Crimson Agent had completely taken over the original territory of the Father of Ten Thousand Stars, and even ceded one-fifth of it to the Roaring Emperor.

Because of this, the Roaring Emperor and the Crimson Agents officially formed an alliance of interests. They first launched an attack on the pirate ships under the command of the Shark Princess, and later they even began to openly and blatantly encroach on the Shark Princess's territorial waters.

Xia Fa suspected that this was probably why the Shark Princess was so eager to cooperate with him.

In addition, the Crimson Agents renamed the Palace of Stars in the City of Stars to the Crimson Palace and officially announced their ownership of the City of Stars.

Strangely, He did not rename the City of Ten Thousand Stars, perhaps because He considered the upcoming whale watching festival, or for some other purpose.

On the other hand, since the whale watching festival starts tomorrow, the Gold Miners' Guild has taken full control of the City of Ten Thousand Stars and will not allow any conflict with excessive casualties to occur.

It is said that the Gold Miners' Guild invited three extraordinary monarchs to oversee the event, and one of them has signed more than twenty secret contracts.

According to Xia Fa's estimation, a transcendent monarch who has signed twenty secret contracts can completely crush an ordinary transcendent monarch.

But that wasn't enough. That extraordinary monarch... even applied for a complete mysterious treasure from the Gold Miners' Guild!

In this situation, even if the Crimson Executor and the Roaring Emperor were to arrive, they probably wouldn't dare to cause trouble.

Of course, after some investigation, Xia Fa didn't find out the exact whereabouts of the Crimson Agent. He knew that this was information that no one dared to inquire about, so he was relieved.

"In other words, as long as I stay in the City of Ten Thousand Stars today and tomorrow, I'm safe, even if I encounter the Crimson Proxy head-on..."

Xia Fa nodded thoughtfully, then casually picked up the sandworm beer and drank it all in one gulp.

With a "pop," he spat the sandworm into his beer glass and then walked back to the Golden Chamomile Bar.

Xia Fa prepared to have another drink, then find a hotel to rest properly, or simply return to the pirate ship to recharge and truly prepare for tomorrow's whale watching event.

He didn't ask for much. He would be satisfied if he could find some sacred metal, a hegemon-level secret contract, a divine blood fruit, an ancient fruit, or some mysterious treasure at this whale watching event.

After all, one shouldn't be too greedy.

"Come, come, Uncle Gaius, this is the sandworm beer from the Golden Chamomile Bar. It's the most authentic one in recent years. You finally get to go out and have some fun, you definitely have to try it."