Pirates: My crew is the heroine of the 3D zone

The ability to passively or actively transform oneself into an element, making one immune to all attacks!

Prompted by her Observation Haki, the moment Dorry brandished his greatsword, Mai Shiranui transformed herself into flames, merging with the sky full of fire.

This terrifying sword energy, which even split the clouds in two, couldn't harm Mai Shiranui in the slightest!

Looking at the empty sky before him, Dongli cautiously glanced around and said, "Didn't it hit? As expected, Logia-type Devil Fruit users aren't so easy to deal with..."

"Hey big guy, what are you looking at?"

Dongli looked in the direction of the sound and saw the flames attached to his longsword condense into the figure of Mai Shiranui, who stepped on the spine of the sword and transformed into a fire phoenix, rushing towards him!

"Super Special Move Ninja Bee!"

The flames surrounding him resembled a bird's beak, violent and swift, and slammed heavily into Dongli's face!

The force of the burst of flames made Dongli stagger, and at the same time, it made Dongli directly feel how terrifying the temperature of the flames was.

This is no ordinary flame!

The aggressive blue-white flames instantly devoured Dongli's fur, emitting a strong acrid smell. Terrified, he forgot all about his warrior image and hurriedly rolled on the ground, trying to extinguish the flames on his face.

"It's over," Mai Shiranui said, holding a fan in her mouth and forming hand seals. A fire tornado shot into the sky in an instant!

Meanwhile, the outcome of the battle for Tifa was also decided.

The domineering style won the victory.

"Hehehehe... So it's you guys. I almost thought I was going to die here."

"Dying like this isn't so bad. To die in battle is the highest honor for a warrior of Elbaf, crap crap crap..."

The two disheveled giants burst into loud laughter, as if the battle had never happened.

“Even death should have value,” Chen Yong’an said. “Whether it’s heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather, dying in the midst of fighting and vying for power is, in my opinion, the most foolish thing to do.”

“That’s not how it works,” Donley said solemnly, who had a different set of values. “For the warriors of Elbaf, this is the most worthwhile way to die.”

During the battle between Tori and Mai Shiranui, his face was burned beyond recognition.

Fortunately, with the help of angels, using advanced nanotechnology, the burns on Don Li's body were healed in just a moment.

However, Dong Li's beard was completely burned away, and his long, magnificent beard could not be regrown using nanotechnology.

“This is a pointless argument. You have both lost to my partner, and I don’t think it’s necessary to continue fighting over who is stronger. It’s time for you to return to your homeland… I need this island.”

"Clatter clatter clatter... No problem, but the warriors of Elbaf don't give up easily. One day we will challenge you again, so be prepared!"

"You're welcome anytime," Chen Yong'an raised his glass in a toast, "Cheers!"

"cheers!"

Drinking fine wine and eating roasted dinosaur meat, the little garden problem was solved so easily.

After resting on the island for a night, Chen Yong'an and his group did not linger and returned directly to Alabasta.

The two giants used local materials to build their ship to return to their homeland, Elbaf.

As for the island, the Alabasta army will naturally come to take over and carry out a series of developments and modifications.

Several more days passed, and with the last target island of this territorial expansion war being planted with the Alabasta flag, the operation officially came to an end.

At the cost of zero casualties and zero resistance, they brought nine islands of varying sizes in the waters near Alabasta under their control, becoming the power with the most islands and the widest sea area in the first half of the Grand Line, and even the entire Grand Line, apart from the World Government.

Surpassing any of the Four Emperors.

It has once again shocked the world.

But many see this as a harbinger of Alabasta's collapse.

After all, the policies promulgated were simply too outrageous. Exempting ordinary people from taxes for five years and setting high tax thresholds would leave the country with no revenue.

Not only is there no income, but they are also carrying out large-scale construction on various islands and maintaining such a large army. It's all about spending money and not earning any. How can they not collapse?

The World Government also took the opportunity to ridicule Chen Yong'an in the newspapers, mocking him as an "idealist" who did not know how to govern a country, revealing his ugly face.

Chen Yong'an didn't care about this at all; his only response was that time would tell.

Chen Yong'an's confidence stemmed from his vision that transcended his era and the powerful computing capabilities of his auxiliary machine—qualities that the world government, accustomed to exploiting and sucking blood from the common people, lacked.

In short, after Chen Yong'an and his group returned to Alabasta and rested for a few days, they set sail again for the Sabaody Archipelago.

This is the only way for ordinary people to go to the new world.

The ship must first be "coated" by a coating craftsman in the Sabaody Archipelago before it can dive to a depth of 10,000 meters and pass through the cavern where Fishman Island is located without being crushed by the water pressure.

However, this is not 100% successful. Every year, countless pirate ships and merchant ships are silently lost in the deep sea because the coating craftsmen's coating skills are not up to par, or because they are attacked by sea kings.

There is also a safe way to travel to the New World, which is to traverse the sheer, cloud-piercing Red Earth—this is the method the Navy uses to travel between the New World and Paradise.

Others who want to cross the Red Earth Continent have to apply, wait in line, and pay a toll of hundreds of millions. Only wealthy nobles and merchants choose this method.

Given Chen Yong'an's current relationship with the World Government, a safe approach is out of the question; the World Government would never give Chen Yong'an the opportunity to ride the cable car that crosses the Red Earth.

Since Lexington couldn't fly that high, the only way to reach the New World was to coat the ship with a coating.

In short, after sailing for more than half a month, the Lexington, retracing its old route, once again appeared at the dock in the Sabaody Archipelago.

Chapter 454: Dive Down, Target: Fishman Island!

This time in the Sabaody Archipelago, they didn't encounter any troublesome Celestial Dragons, any Supernovas who deliberately provoked trouble, or any human traffickers looking for prey.

—After Chen Yong'an killed two Celestial Dragons at the largest slave auction house in Sabaody Archipelago, the slave trade has gradually declined in Sabaody Archipelago.

However, this does not mean that this legal industry recognized by the World Government will be banned. It is a major taxpayer, and the Celestial Dragons need to enslave ordinary people to satisfy their base sense of accomplishment, so it is impossible for it to be banned for this reason.

They've just moved to a damp, dark corner to continue their activities.

After finding a reputable coating studio to apply a coating to Lexington, we continued our trip to the Sabaody Archipelago, where we hadn't had enough of our previous adventures.

Go shopping, watch the famous sea cucumbers spawning in the Sabaody Archipelago, visit the long-awaited Soap Bubble Paradise, and take photos everywhere.

During the journey, Chen Yong'an was exposed as a young fan who asked for his autograph, which he naturally granted.

After three days of fun in the Sabaody Archipelago, the coating work on the ships was completed.

After the auxiliary machine scanned and inspected the surface of the Lexington, and there was no cutting corners, Chen Yong'an readily paid the craftsmen the wages they deserved.

Then we set sail for the massive void directly beneath the Red Line, to Fishman Island, located ten thousand meters deep in the ocean!

After reaching the appropriate diving area, the air valve located at the bottom of the ship was opened, and air filled the resin film, turning it into round soap bubbles. The buoyancy-providing device was then released, and the Lexington slowly sank amidst everyone's exclamations.

The clear, deep blue seawater completely covered our heads.

“This is so cool!” D.VA exclaimed, looking up at the spectacular array of fish overhead. “It’s like visiting an aquarium!”

"So beautiful," Tifa exclaimed, her mouth agape. "So this is how fish usually see things."

“If only we could have captured this moment on camera,” Eve exclaimed. “It’s a shame we can’t use a camera inside the bubble.”

Because ships are now encased in soap bubbles, it is forbidden to ignite them or use flashlights. Localized heating would make the soap bubbles fragile and could cause them to burst, sinking the entire ship to the bottom of the sea.

“We can use a secondary camera,” 2B said. “The lens of the secondary camera won’t generate high temperatures.”

"That's the only way."

The crew posed on the bow deck, allowing the auxiliary aircraft to capture this memorable moment via camera.

The novelty was fleeting; as the depth increased, the surrounding environment became dark and cold, and those accustomed to life on the surface inevitably felt oppressed.

Lexington, being the ship's spirit, frowned uncomfortably.

Chen Yong'an took Lexington's hand, interlocking their fingers, and asked, "How many meters have we descended to now?"

Auxiliary Machine A: "The current depth is 1,200 meters from the sea surface."

Auxiliary Machine B: "When we descend to about two thousand meters, we are expected to encounter a deep-sea waterfall formed by a descending ocean current. If we continue to descend along the trench where the waterfall is located, we can quickly descend to a depth of about seven thousand meters."

“The intelligence says there’s a giant octopus near the waterfall,” Ada Wong said, “something like a sea monster that devours all passing ships, the Kraken.”

Mona closed her eyes, carefully sensed the surroundings, and then said, "Unfortunately, that Kraken is right on the seabed below."

“Now it’s time for the navigator to step in,” Eve said, changing into a blue, form-fitting nanosuit, “to safeguard our path ahead.”

The Edos-type humans were created to work in extreme environments. Whether it's outer space where humans cannot survive or the deep sea that can crush a person into a two-dimensional shape, it's all a piece of cake for the Edos-type humans.

"Be careful," Chen Yong'an cautioned.

"Don't worry, it's just a giant octopus."

Eve walked confidently through the soap bubble that enveloped Lexington, swimming freely in the ocean like a mermaid.

He even swam up to the Lexington, blew a bubble at the people in the soap bubble, and made a heart shape with his hands.

Apart from Chen Yong'an, everyone else naturally responded with a heart full of milk.

Eve smiled and waved, then swam back to the side of the Lexington and slowly descended with it.

After diving down another 300 meters, we indeed saw the underwater waterfall that had been mentioned in the intelligence!

A massive amount of seawater poured down at an extremely fast speed, far exceeding the waterfalls seen when passing over Enies Lobby!

While everyone was still marveling at the underwater spectacle unfolding before them, Mona suddenly exclaimed, "The Kraken is down there! It's spotted us!"

Upon hearing this, everyone rushed to the railing and looked down. Near the bottomless, abyss-like trench, a gigantic creature emitting a ghostly light was slowly wriggling.

Under the dim light, the ships wrapped in the enormous tentacles could be clearly seen. Ships many times larger than the Lexington looked like children's toys in its presence.

It's much scarier than the monsters in the monster movies I've seen before!

"This octopus is so big! If we made takoyaki, how many people would we feed?" Marilyn Rose exclaimed excitedly. "Eve, cut off one of its tentacles and make takoyaki!"

Eve looked at the ugly giant octopus in front of her with some disgust, but since Mary Rose wanted to eat it, she had no choice but to nod.

"Watch out, it's preparing to attack us!"

Upon hearing Mona's shout, Eve didn't hesitate for a moment and darted out like a torpedo, wielding her longsword and striking at the tentacle that the Kraken was swinging at her!

The sharp sword energy sliced ​​through the seawater, severing one of its tentacles at the root as easily as a hot knife cutting through butter!

The pain of losing a leg enraged the Kraken even more, and its remaining tentacle curled up, preparing to deliver a fatal blow to the Lexington!

Unfortunately, Eve was faster, immediately activating fusion mode and transforming into golden lightning that streaked across the dark depths of the sea, finally weaving a golden net across the massive Kraken!

Eve instantly sliced ​​the Kraken into evenly sized pieces!

After dealing with the Kraken that had chosen the wrong prey, Eve selected a decent piece, removed its rough outer skin with her sword, and kept only the best part inside before returning to the Lexington.

“The meat looks good,” Tifa patted the prepared octopus meat, “but we can’t light a fire now. We’ll make you takoyaki when we get to Fishman Island.”

“You can eat it raw,” Mai Shiranui suggested. “Slice it thinly, add some fish roe, and dip it in soy sauce and wasabi. It would taste delicious!”

“Let’s wait a bit before we eat,” 2B said. “We’re almost at the waterfall.”

Everyone understood and quickly put the octopus meat in the freezer to keep it fresh, preparing for the turbulence that would come with the upcoming deep dive.

Chapter 455: Continuing the Descent, Achievements in Life

Although I knew that this giant underwater waterfall was one of the only routes to Fishman Island, I still felt a chill when I actually had to ride it.

Humans, and even ships, are far too insignificant in the face of this.

If someone were to accidentally crash into a cliff at this depth, the outcome would likely be a total loss of life and property.

There is a 70% chance of failure when heading to Fishman Island, and most ships are eliminated here.

We need to be extremely careful.

After everyone else fastened their seatbelts, Eve helped throw the lanyard out of the soap bubble, and then Mona conjured a giant water elemental creature—a huge, cute, chubby jellyfish—to wrap the Lexington around its body and head towards the Deep Sea Falls.

Then, swept along by the raging ocean currents, the ship began to plummet almost vertically, comparable to the drop tower experience I had a couple of days ago in the Sabaody Archipelago, but the distance was much longer. It was as if my soul was chasing after me as I fell!

In such a situation, even experienced navigators have to leave it to fate!

But there are exceptions.

Mona pressed her lips tightly together, her mind almost merging with the raging seawater around her. She sensed the subtle changes in the ocean currents and manipulated her water elemental creatures to avoid anything that might harm the soap bubbles and ships.

After an unknown period of time, the ship regained its stability and reached a deeper place.

It was pitch black here; you couldn't see your hand in front of your face.

Only tiny specks of fluorescent light drifted around.

The outline of some kind of enormous, unbelievable marine creature.

If you have megalophobia or thalassophobia, you'll be so scared that you'll foam at the mouth if you stay here for even a second longer.

Auxiliary Machine A: "Report, current depth is 7,300 meters."