A cook, vice-captain of the Rocks Pirates?

After the banquet, everyone dispersed.

Ryan cleaned up the mess by himself, while Newgate walked up to him carrying a bucket of liquor.

"Raine."

"captain."

The two sat side by side on the edge of the ancestral giant tortoise, looking at the huge full moon on the sea, and remained silent for a long time.

Are you really sure?

Newgate spoke first, his voice low.

"Ah."

Renn nodded.

"Some things just have to be done."

He knew what Newgate was referring to.

The cooperation agreement with the Five Elders was like a Damocles' sword hanging over their heads.

The Five Elders need Raine's cooking to prolong their long-decaying lives or to pursue higher levels of power.

In exchange, they tacitly allowed the Whitebeard Pirates to exist in the New World, and even provided them with protection to some extent, such as today's half-hearted attack.

This was a deal fraught with danger and compromise.

"Those old guys are not easy to deal with."

Newgate's tone carried a hint of worry.

“Mary Geoise is a den of dragons and tigers, I’m worried about you going alone.”

"I am not alone."

Ryan turned to look at Newgate and said calmly, "I have you all behind me."

"and……"

A slight smile played on Ryan's lips: "I'm just going to deliver some takeout, cook a few meals, and, by the way... see what interesting, top-quality ingredients are hidden in the kitchen of the world's most powerful government."

His tone was relaxed, as if the place he was going to was not a heavily guarded holy site, but rather the vegetable market in his own backyard.

"Goo la la la la!"

Newgate was amused by his appearance, and his worries dissipated considerably.

He knew that although the young man in front of him was young, his mind and strength had already exceeded the imagination of ordinary people.

Chapter 228 Pioneering Operation

"it is good!"

Newgate downed his drink in one gulp and declared with boundless bravado, "Since you've made up your mind, then I'll go crazy with you this once!"

"Before we go to that Storm Throne thing, let's go to Mary Geoise first and give those old geezers a big gift!"

"However, before we go, we need to find a place to tidy up our home."

Newgate's gaze fell on the slightly bald back of the progenitor tortoise.

"It's too empty here, we need to plant some of our own things."

Upon hearing this, a glint of light flashed in Raine's eyes.

He remembered the Heart of the World that he had carefully stored in the incubator.

Perhaps it's time to let that seed take root and sprout in this unique, living land.

Newgate's proposal coincided with Ryan's thoughts.

The ancient giant tortoise, this mobile land, is undoubtedly the perfect breeding ground for the heart of the world.

It is itself a huge and ancient life form, and the soil on its back contains pure and powerful life energy that is far superior to any earthly land.

More importantly, the voyage of the Primordial Giant Tortoise allowed the Heart of the World to come into contact with the unique environments and energies of various seas in the New World during its growth process, which had immeasurable benefits for its final form evolution.

Just do it.

The next morning, as the first rays of sunlight fell on the broad back of the ancestral giant tortoise, a unique land reclamation operation officially began.

"Gats! Joz! You two, turn over that biggest flat area! Plow it deeply! Activate all the energy in the soil!"

Raine stood atop a high rock, like a seasoned old farmer, directing his horde of incredibly strong monsters.

"Alright! Head Chef!"

Gatz and Joz responded excitedly, one carrying the anchor and the other transforming his arms into diamond shapes, like two high-powered tillers, and began their frantic work on the flat ground.

Rumble!

Each time the massive anchor slammed down, it caused the earth to tremble violently, turning the solid ground into deep trenches.

Joz's diamond arms are like the sharpest plowshare, easily crushing and flattening those huge clods of earth.

In just half a day, a field the size of several football fields, with soft and fertile soil, was cultivated.

"Bitsta! Silver! Go and clear away all those useless weeds around here!"

"Yes!"

The two top swordsmen and spear masters have now become the most competent gardeners.

Vista's twin blades transformed into two dancing roses; wherever the dazzling sword light passed, all the weeds were precisely severed from the root, leaving smooth, mirror-like cuts.

Silver was even more direct; his spear moved like a venomous snake emerging from its hole, each thrust precisely uprooting a stubborn weed hidden in a crevice in the rock without damaging the surrounding soil in the slightest.

Dorum then used his shipwright skills, combining alloy materials captured from naval warships with the mucus naturally secreted by the ancestral giant tortoise to design and build a sophisticated irrigation system that could automatically regulate temperature and humidity.

The clear stream water is channeled into the fields, nourishing every inch of soil that yearns for life.

Once all the preparations were complete, Renn carefully took out the fruit—the Heart of the World—from his incubator, which resembled a seven-colored glass.

He walked to the center of the newly cultivated field, dug a shallow pit, solemnly placed the Heart of the World into it, and then gently covered it with soil.

After doing all this, Ryan did not leave.

He sat cross-legged by the field, closed his eyes, and an invisible sense of the meaning of food, which only he could perceive, slowly emanated from his body, like the gentlest spring rain, silently enveloping the land.

He wants to use his will to guide the heart of the world and awaken its dormant vitality.

Time passed by, second by second.

Initially, nothing changed.

Just as Gatz and the others were getting impatient, thinking the head chef was dozing off, something unexpected happened.

In the center of that land shrouded in the spirit of Raine, the heart of the world buried underground suddenly shone brightly!

A soft, rainbow-colored halo pierced through the soil, shot into the sky, and dyed the surrounding sky a magnificent rainbow.

Immediately afterwards, a tender green shoot, as if carved from the purest jade, broke through the soil at a speed visible to the naked eye!

The tender buds grew against the wind, quickly sprouting branches and spreading leaves. In just a few breaths, they grew into a peculiar little tree that was ten meters tall, with a canopy like a canopy and radiating a soft light.

The tree neither blossomed nor bore fruit.

But each of its leaves displays a different color, as if containing different laws. With each sway, pure life energy emanates from it, nourishing the surrounding land.

Even more miraculously, the roots of the sapling, like living tentacles, burrowed deep into the back of the ancestral giant tortoise, establishing a wondrous energy link with this ancient life form.

The ancestral giant tortoise seemed to sense this new, creative energy as well, letting out a long, joyful cry, and its speed seemed to lighten.

"Oh my god..."

The members of the Whitebeard Pirates were speechless with astonishment at the miraculous scene before them.

They knew Ryan was amazing, but they never imagined he could be so amazing as to grow trees in this way.

"Gulalalalala..."

Newgate looked at the small tree radiating a soft light, then at the young man who had remained calm throughout, and a storm raged within him.

"All right."

Raine stood up, dusted himself off, as if he had only done a trivial thing.

"The seed has been planted; all that's left is to feed it with good enough nutrients."

His gaze swept over the crowd, finally settling on the newly cultivated land that still exuded the fragrance of soil.

"This land will be our vegetable garden from now on."

A smile crept onto Ryan's lips, a smile brimming with boundless anticipation for the future.

"When we come back from Mary Geoise, I will plant the most interesting ingredients in the world here, and then we can eat the freshest and most exquisite dishes every day."

"Wow! That's great! We have our own vegetable garden now!"

Gatz was the first to cheer excitedly; he was already fantasizing about stewing sea kings with the giant radishes he grew in his own vegetable garden.

A hopeful and vibrant agricultural project is unfolding vigorously on this shifting land.

And this strange ark, carrying a group of monsters and a divine tree, began its voyage slowly yet with unwavering determination toward that sacred land filled with unknowns and dangers...

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Okay, that's all for today. Time to rest! Don't wait up, come back tomorrow! ~~~

Chapter 229 The Tremors of the Entire Ocean

When a massive, mobile island, comparable to a kingdom, begins to move straight toward the Red Earth, the news itself is a bombshell capable of detonating the world.

The voyage of the ancestral giant tortoise could not be concealed.

Its massive body ignores any wind, waves, or undercurrents; wherever it passes, the sea level seems to drop.

After sensing its terrifying, godlike aura, countless sea kings sank into the deep sea in terror, daring not to make the slightest move.

The naval patrol fleet, upon spotting the moving shadow in the distance, reacted as if they had seen a ghost. They immediately turned their ships around and reported to their superiors at top speed, without even daring to approach and observe it.

The news spread like wildfire across the world through newsbirds and various clandestine intelligence channels.

Shocking! The Whitebeard Pirates' mobile fortress is heading straight for the Red Line!

Newgate's Next Target—The World Government!

The Call of War? The Largest Conflict of the New Era May Be About to Erupt!

Morgans, the president of World Economic News, was so excited that his hair stood on end. He personally wrote the headline, using the most exaggerated and sensational headline, and pushed the news to the front page of the world.

For a moment, the entire sea fell silent.

Whether it was the naval branch, or the common people and kings of the world, everyone who saw this news was immediately incredulous, followed by endless panic and speculation.

Has Whitebeard gone mad?

He actually intends to launch a preemptive attack on the Holy Land of Mary Geoise?

A new world, on an island.

Kaido of the Beasts downed the huge wine bowl in his hand in one gulp, looked at the blurry profile of the progenitor tortoise on the newspaper, and let out a deafening roar.

"Hehehe! So Newgate's finally tired of his boring family games? Interesting! Very interesting!"

"Go! Go turn Mary Geoise upside down! Perfect, let me see just how many trump cards those old guys in the World Government are hiding!"

Whole Cake Island, World of Warcraft.

"Mmm...Newgate? Mary Geoise?"

Charlotte Linlin stuffed the newspaper along with the cream cake next to it into her mouth, her eyes gleaming with greed and calculation.

"What is that old man up to? Does Mary Geoise hold the world's best wedding cake? No, I have to send someone to check it out. We can't let him hoard all the good stuff!"

Marine Headquarters, Marineford.

In the Marshal's office, Steelbone Kong looked at the emergency report in his hand, his face so gloomy it could drip water.

"Has the ancestral giant tortoise's route been confirmed?"

"Yes, Marshal."