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

"You mean Jesse?"

"Okay, let's go take a look."

As she spoke, Tifa pulled Chen Yong'an forward, wanting to see if her former comrades who had fought against Shinra were still there.

When the two arrived at the theater located in the event square, the performance had just ended, and the audience left in an orderly manner, still talking about the wonderful performance.

"I'm sorry, both of you," the theater staff said apologetically, "today's performance has ended. If you would like to see another performance, please come back tomorrow."

"I'd like to go backstage to see a friend," Chen Yong'an said, showing Irina the VIP pass she had given him. "Could you make things easier for me?"

“Of course,” the staff member said with increasing respect. “Which actress are you looking for? I can call her out for you.”

“Jesse,” Tifa quickly said, “an actress named Jesse.”

"Jesse? I remember that name. She did work in the theater before and even starred in a play. There are still photos of her in the play hanging in the corridor over there. But unfortunately, she hasn't worked here for a long time."

“Oh, I see,” Tiffany said, her tone turning disappointed. “I’m sorry to have bothered you.”

"You are welcome."

With her friend not around, Tifa had no choice but to leave with Chen Yong'an to search for the stills the staff had mentioned.

It was easy to find; after all, the girl in the still was dressed as a classical goddess, with a pair of pure white wings spread out, beautiful and elegant, so dazzling.

“What a beautiful girl, just like an angel,” Chen Yong’an exclaimed. “I wish I could get to know her.”

“Yes, Jessie is a cool and stylish city girl,” Tifa reminisced about the past. “When I was still struggling to establish myself in Midgard, she helped me and sheltered me under her wing.”

I've always admired her; she's so calm and confident, as if nothing can defeat her… I owe her so much.

“We’ll find her,” Chen Yong’an said. “Didn’t the landlady say that she’s returned to the stage? Maybe she’s performing on some stage right now.”

“Yes, she’ll be alright,” Tifa said, her mind etched with Jessie’s beautiful image in the still, as she led Chen Yong’an away from the event square.

“Let’s go check out the Battle Plaza next,” Tifa stretched. “I haven’t been active in a while, and I’m itching to get back to work.”

"Is it fun to bully the weak? Fishing with explosives is immoral."

“Just for fun, to get some exercise,” Tifa said, dragging Chen Yong’an toward the battle plaza. “You and I will team up, we’ll do it together.”

"Alright, since I'm just killing time anyway, I'll keep you company and help you move around a bit."

Sign up, wait, and then fight.

There's not much to say about the result; Chen Yong'an and Tifa easily won the championship in tonight's doubles team fighting competition.

After all, the opponents are just ordinary fighters and some monsters commonly found in the wild, unlike in games where players are given powerful and dangerous monsters to challenge.

After all, this is an amusement park, not a deathmatch arena where victory or defeat is decided. You, Meimei, Meimei, do you want to be in Kongni Lin Zai Zai...?

The champion of the fighting competition is rewarded with gold points that can be used in the amusement park and exchanged for good rewards at various redemption shops within the park.

For example, there are a series of rewards such as chocobo plushies, principal t-shirts, exquisite badges, or Queen's Blood battle cards, each requiring different amounts of gold points, from the most popular to the least popular.

The most outrageous thing is that the principal's t-shirt is at least of the elite level here, requiring a lot of gold points to wear.

Chen Yong'an couldn't understand who would redeem a t-shirt with a picture of a muscular man printed on the front; the kindergarten director was just too narcissistic.

Tifa browsed around the exchange shop and finally exchanged for a Chocobo plush toy that everyone loves, which she then held in her arms.

After leaving the fighting plaza, the two took a short walk together before returning to their hotel in Ghost Plaza, concluding their day's visit.

On the fifth day after Chen Yong'an came to this world, the group spent half a day at Golden Disc Amusement Park, experiencing various attractions and watching a video of a play starring Jesse at the theater. At noon, they took a helicopter back to the Sun Coast.

This time, instead of continuing our sightseeing on the Costa del Sol, we had a hearty lunch, rested at the hotel, and then boarded a cruise ship to Juneau in the evening.

The return journey has begun.

On the cruise ship, everyone participated in the Queen's Blood card game tournament hosted by the captain and enjoyed a fairly comfortable sea voyage, arriving in Juno on the morning of the sixth day.

Priscilla's home is in the lower part of Juno, but since Priscilla lives alone, Alice hesitated for a moment before deciding to bring Priscilla to Midgard to live with her and have someone to look after her.

Priscilla was naturally happy to go, but before heading to Midgard, she decided to go back first to say goodbye to her friends.

Chen Yong'an accompanied Priscilla as they said goodbye to their friends before boarding a helicopter to the disc city of Midgard.

Midgard has now lost the right to be called Mako City.

In the few days since Chen Yong'an left Midgard, Midgard has undergone tremendous changes.

First, the president of Shinra Corporation officially announced Shinra Corporation's transformation. In order to protect the planet they depend on for survival, they will gradually stop mining Mako, gradually shut down and dismantle Mako reactors, and instead seek cleaner and more sustainable energy sources.

Clean energy sources such as wind, hydro, and solar power will replace Mako as alternatives to keep cities running.

The public cheered and celebrated, and Shinra Corporation gained unprecedented support.

However, due to Shinra Corporation's transformation, those organizations that had been secretly opposing Shinra Corporation and had made many sacrifices, such as Avalanche, were completely bewildered.

There's a sense of helplessness when an enemy you can't defeat no matter how hard you try suddenly says, "I agree with your ideas, and I'm going to make changes."

For a time, I lost my direction in life and fell into endless confusion.

Even though some radicals believe this is just a smokescreen by Shinra with ulterior motives, the fact that Mako reactors in remote areas were destroyed cannot be denied.

This planet is developing in a positive direction.

Chapter 776: A New Storm

On the seventh day, Chen Yong'an and Tifa bid farewell to Alice and the others and returned to the world of One Piece.

Upon returning, Chen Yong'an also lost the ability to manipulate the flow of life and do as he pleased, which the planet "Gaia" had given him.

But the connection with Gaia was not severed; it was like an infinitely extending thread connecting Chen Yong'an, transcending time and space.

If the planet encounters any serious crisis, Chen Yong'an will definitely be able to get there in time.

After a brief adjustment, Chen Yong'an resumed his life here, continuing his days filled with gunfire and passion with the girls on the boat.

On the second day after his return, Vegapunk, with everything ready, began to execute his plan. By increasing the number of island clouds, he separated the entire research layer from Egerhead and set off for Alabasta, located in the first half of the Grand Line.

At the same time, with the departure of the research and development team, Egerhead lost its meaning and became just an ordinary island, not a member state of the World Government.

It became a small island under the protection of Chen Yong'an.

Of course, Chen Yong'an did not stop those who were afraid of retaliation from the World Government and wanted to leave Egherd. They were free to leave whenever they wanted.

But coming back won't be so easy.

Meanwhile, the group preparing to return to Alabasta via Mona's magic circle suddenly received a phone call.

A phone call from Marco, the former captain of the Whitebeard Pirates' First Division, known as the "Phoenix".

"We're in trouble."

"Trouble? You guys?" Chen Yong'an retorted, "You've come to ask me for help?"

“That’s right,” Marco said, his expression full of helplessness. “Although I know it’s embarrassing, you’re the only ones we can rely on right now.”

"Go on." You're busy, Meimeimei, Lin Zaizai isn't here...

"We lost. The war with the Blackbeard Pirates was a crushing defeat," Marco said with a bitter smile, his voice filled with the helplessness of a middle-aged man.

"You fought a war with the Blackbeard Pirates?" Chen Yong'an quickly pressed, "When did it happen?"

“Just now, that bastard Teach led his fleet to attack the Kingdom of Sphinx. We fought with all our might, but we were still defeated. Teach seized the country and took all its people hostage. He said he would give us three days to consider, and if we didn’t hand over Father… he would kill everyone.”

As he spoke, Marco was already sobbing uncontrollably, large tears streaming down his face.

This information made Chen Yong'an gasp. Sure enough, Blackbeard wouldn't let go of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit easily, and finally showed his fangs again.

But then again, aren't people in this world too much of a path-dependent?

These people, besides taking the supreme hostage, have no other means?

"How is Whitebeard doing now?"

"We covered my father's escape to the sea, but he is still unconscious."

"I understand, I'll help you with this."

Chen Yong'an agreed almost without hesitation. Since this world had already deviated from its original destiny, he naturally couldn't let Blackbeard gain any more power!

Forget about Davy Jones and the descendants of the King of the World; this world is no longer ruled by those three!

Bloodline, destiny—it's all bullshit!

This is a world that belongs to ordinary people, to all living beings!

"I am so grateful..." Marco wept bitterly, wishing he could kneel down and thank him in person.

"As long as you help us defeat the Blackbeard Pirates and reclaim our country, the Sphinx Kingdom will provide you with all the support it can in the future. Even if you want the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, that's fine with me..."

"We'll see. Hopefully we can still make it in time."

Chen Yong'an hung up the phone, looked at Mona, who was the navigator, and asked, "How long will it take to get to the Kingdom of Sphinx?"

“Three days,” Mona replied. “If we travel at full speed and don’t encounter any storms, it will take at most three days.”

"Then let's set off for the Kingdom of the Sphinx. Hopefully, we'll make it in time."

"You stood Vivi up again. You'll be hard to coax her back then," the angel teased.

“When it comes to important matters, Weiwei will understand what’s more important,” Chen Yong’an said, but he was still a little afraid of hearing Weiwei’s disappointed tone.

Despite his fear, Chen Yong'an still called Weiwei to tell her that he was postponing his return.

“I understand,” Vivi said calmly. “Your contact information is the one I gave to Marco.”

“Oh, I see,” Chen Yong’an said with a sense of relief. “I was wondering how Marco got my private phone number, since not many people know it.”

“But you must come back after this,” Vivi said firmly. “You can’t go off to do anything else. Even if you have to, you have to take me with you, or I’ll get angry! And I won’t be able to appease you!”

"I understand, I love you."

Chen Yong'an hung up the phone, looked at Lilith, and asked, "Do you want to come with us to the Kingdom of the Sphinx, or stay here?"

“Didn’t we say we shouldn’t put all our eggs in one basket? Of course we should put them together,” Lilith said matter-of-factly.

"However, since you're heading to the Kingdom of Sphinx, how about I modify the Lexington for you first? I'll install a more powerful engine to make your Lexington much faster!"

"Won't there be any problems?" Chen Yong'an frowned slightly. Lilith's crazy scientist demeanor made him feel that she wasn't very reliable.

“Of course not,” Lilith assured, patting her massive chest. “Although this technology is still in the verification stage, I swear in Vegapunk’s name that there will be absolutely no accidents!”

Verification phase?

Hearing this, Chen Yong'an felt even more unreliable and subconsciously looked at Mona. The latter nodded knowingly and used her elemental power to draw out threads, creating an astrological chart, and began the divination.

After a moment, Mona shook her head and said, "No, it's too dangerous to do that."

Although Mona did not reveal the outcome, the mere mention of danger was enough to make Chen Yong'an abandon the modification of the Lexington.

"Did you hear that? It's too dangerous. I refuse your offer."

"Making decisions through divination is so childish!" Lilith protested loudly. "It's not scientific at all!"

“This is the destiny I glimpsed through the reflection of the stars,” Mona explained. “Strictly speaking, this is also a kind of science, just not the same path as your science.”

"Yes, it's fate..."

Chen Yong'an fell silent as he spoke. It was a bit ridiculous that someone who resisted fate would listen to it.

After a brief silence, Chen Yong'an smiled and said, "Fate is like a little girl who can be molded at will. Change the fate that is unfavorable to you, and submit to the fate that is favorable to you."

Since this path is extremely risky, why should I gamble on that small probability without being 100% certain?

Lilith, can you guarantee 100% that your technology is completely risk-free?

Even if it's to be used on my Lexington, it has to go through the verification phase first. I can't use my ship as a guinea pig.

Human life is at stake.

Lilith was speechless. Since Chen Yong'an was so resistant, she had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​using the new technology on the Lexington.

Chapter 777: The Conflict Between Hancock and S-Snake Woman

The Lexington set sail again, soaring high into the sky, leaving behind its drifting position and becoming the research and development layer of the Sky Island.

Head to the land of the Whitebeard, the Kingdom of the Sphinx.

This time, two more people joined the ship: Lilith, one of Vegapunk's members, and the only remaining Seraph S-Serpent Woman.

The ship became increasingly crowded.

“When we get back to Alabasta, should we get a bigger, more functional ship?” Lexington hugged Chen Yong’an from behind. “If we keep going like this, we won’t be able to fit any more people.”

“Okay,” Chen Yong’an agreed, “but I think after this trip, we probably won’t be going out to sea for quite a while.” (The last part, "你梅梅梅我咏空你林在在没呢," is a nonsensical string of characters and doesn't translate directly. It's likely a result of OCR errors.)