Pirates: It's not a mythical beast, it's a phantom god

Upon hearing this, Burfat was deeply moved.

Now the beasts are approaching the goal described in the "World War Plan" step by step.

No one knows whether what awaits them in the end is a hellish scene or a brand new world...

Chapter 173 Illusion

Peaceful times always pass by especially quickly. In the blink of an eye, the remaining months of the Haiyuan calendar year 1491 have passed uneventfully, and time has come to the Haiyuan calendar year 1492.

Nothing major happened during this period.

The rice that was planted has matured and has been husked and stored, probably for use during the Chinese New Year.

Burfat went back to Fishman Island to look for his old acquaintance, but the other party seemed not to have returned yet.

Osi has learned the art of dominance, and Kaido now drags her to a deserted island to practice with her every day.

Obe recently made a cyber-style prosthetic limb and personally delivered it to Zannick on Sky Island.

I heard that she is also planning to set up a prosthetic limb production line when she has free time, which can be regarded as a new business for Baishou Heavy Industry.

Naturally, the special employees in the factory were very enthusiastic about this.

Jhin and Light worked hard to manage the affairs of the group. They jointly set up an internal affairs team in the small room in the original warehouse and called back all the previous people.

Wright also asked Dent, his cheap apprentice from Skepgate, to come over as his assistant.

This made Skepgate scratch his afro. Why didn't Wright have any intention of coming back, and instead started to take people away from him?

The firearms produced by the Baishou Weapon Factory are very popular in the market and are in short supply almost every day.

The engineers and experts from the South China Sea had upgraded the production line several times, and finally the output could barely keep up with the growth in orders.

Finally, in the last few days of December, everyone put down their work, and those who had gone out returned to the island. Everyone was silently waiting for that day to come.

And the New Year arrives as expected, just like the morning sun.

……

As a pirate who would hold a party whenever he had the chance, and would create opportunities even if there were no opportunities, he would definitely not miss such a good opportunity as the New Year's Eve.

Even Kaido came to Ramen with confidence and asked for a special fund to hold the New Year's Eve festival.

“Time flies by so fast~”

"I didn't expect to have spent a year in this world~"

"From that nameless deserted island, to the old stronghold, to the current Fenrir Island... and then the Sky Island..."

“I’ve been through so many things this year.”

"Not a year, only ten months and twenty-two days to be exact."

"Tsk~ Do you have to be so unromantic?"

"I'm just telling the truth."

"Sister La, look at her~"

The two little ones were sitting on the roof of their house, supporting their heads with their hands, looking at the brightly lit town and the beast residence in the distance.

The banquet was not actually over yet. Kaido, Jin, Burfat and others were still eating and drinking in the banquet hall. The noise could be heard even from such a distance.

Those cadres stationed on the island were also called back to take over their work and participate in the New Year's Eve celebration.

They will hold a re-ranking qualifying round the day after the banquet, and then redistribute the islands based on the ranking.

Of course, even though they knew they would have to fight to the death tomorrow, they were still arm in arm at this moment, competing with each other to see who could get the other drunk first.

As usual, La took Osi and Obei away from the table early and returned to his home.

But this time she didn't ask them to go to bed immediately, but planned to stay up all night with them until the next day.

"It's almost time to come down from the roof. I've prepared some Yuanxiao for you. Come and have some."

"Oh~"

"I know~"

The two little ones landed on the ground obediently, then opened the door and walked into the living room and sat down at the dining table.

"Yuanxiao... Sister La, what's the filling in this?"

Osi poked the smooth, round dumplings in the bowl with a spoon, fearing that something terrible might be wrapped in them.

"What kind of filling... Aren't Yuanxiao dumplings only filled with sesame?"

"If you want some other filling, I'll prepare it next time."

"No, no! The ones with sesame filling are the best!"

After hearing that it was not carrot filling but bitter melon filling, Osi decisively scooped one into his mouth.

"Hmm~ So chewy—"

Bang!

The ceramic spoon fell back into the bowl, and Ossi froze in place after taking a bite.

"Ossie, what's wrong with you?"

Ou Bei, who had also scooped up one to taste, saw the other party's look and asked curiously.

"Dad, Mom..."

"Huh? What are you talking about? What about mom and dad?"

"Hey~ Ouba, eat one quickly, Dad, Mom, and Big Brother and Second Brother are waiting for you~"

Osi hurriedly urged, not knowing whether she was in a fantasy or was still awake.

Ouba was completely confused by her, but still ate one obediently.

After all, it was made by La himself, how could it be poisonous?

Bang~

"Dad, mom?"

After taking the first bite of Yuanxiao, Oubei, like Osi, fell into the illusion created by the food.

There, Oubei saw his parents and two brothers whom he had not seen for a long time. The family was sitting around a round table eating hot pot... This was the scene of the New Year's Eve dinner at home every year.

At this time, Ossi was fighting with his eldest brother's son, who was also his eldest nephew, for a piece of beef roll.

"This is……?"

“This is a shared fantasy I create with my cooking.”

La also entered this scene at this time. As her cooking skills continued to evolve, she could now pull the people who ate her food into a fantasy world she had created.

"So... they're fake?"

Oubey murmured.

"It's both fake and real."

"They are the ones I pulled out of my own memories, the ones they once were."

Ra replied as he looked at the familiar faces.

"but……"

Just when Ou Bei wanted to say something else, the woman sitting in the main seat spoke.

"La, Ouba, what are you guys still doing standing there?"

"Come here quickly! Otherwise all the meat will be snatched up by Ossi alone."

"Okay, mother."

La responded, then took Obei's hand and sat next to Ossie.

"What's the point?"

Looking at the illusion that was exactly the same as the real scene, Ou Bei asked in a puzzled voice.

"Meaning? Celebrating the New Year with my family, does that count?"

La picked up the chopsticks, picked up a bunch of mushrooms and put them in Oubei's bowl.

"You always like to overthink things, Oubey."

“Sometimes meaning itself is the most meaningless thing.”

"Have a good New Year's Eve dinner with your family."

"..."

"..."

"Ah."

Oubei finally nodded, picked up the chopsticks and finished the mushrooms in the bowl in a few bites, then joined in the food-grabbing battle with Osi.

"Hey! You two elders, stop fighting with the kids all the time, okay?"

"Hmph~ Mom, just spoil your eldest grandson!"

Osi stood up, picked up the chopsticks and put the meat rolls into his bowl.

"I'm a kid now, too. Why can't I grab some? Look at me eating all the meat rolls!"

"Ah woo~"

"Haha! My daughter is right! Osi, Oubey, you two can eat as much as you want. Don't worry about your mom. There's still plenty of meat anyway~"

"Hehe~Thanks, Dad!"

……

Chapter 174 New Year Ranking and Somen

"Dragon Fist!"

Bang! ! !

"Ugh!"

The best martial artist in the world... well, no.

On the Hundred Beasts Martial Arts Arena, Taolong's punch, faintly accompanied by a dragon's roar, hit the opponent's abdomen heavily, knocking his opponent Dirk out of the ring.

"Oh!"

"Boss Taolong won!"

"Too strong! Captain Taolong!"

"Quack! The Captain insulted Dirk. The Captain is invincible!"

"Taolong! Taolong! Taolong!"

"Hey!"

……

Listening to the loud cheers from everyone in the audience, Taolong took off the token with the word "Yi" engraved on his chest and held it high!

The golden single wing emits a dazzling and flamboyant light in the sun, announcing the victory of its holder to everyone!

"hu~hu~"

After adjusting his breathing, Taolong walked to the edge of the ring and said to Dirk, who was lying on the ground and unable to move:

"Sorry Dirk, I have no intention of handing over this token yet."

After saying this, he pinned the token back on his chest, which had become much stronger than it was six months ago.

Ever since he obtained this token and the cadre position, Taolong secretly vowed that he would never let anyone replace his number one position.

He would never let his No. 1 token fall into the hands of others.

To this end, he immediately quit drinking after being assigned to the island he was responsible for, and began to exercise day and night.