One Piece: Kaido the Beast Playing House.

Chapter 378 Is it true that technology relies on archaeology?
After recognizing the kingdom to which the palace belonged through the sign on the gate, several people began to move towards the interior of the palace. This was a typical Western castle structure. Behind the towering walls and huge gates were various cylindrical columns towering upward, supporting the ceiling.

"Whirring whirring!"

As several people entered, the torches in the castle were instantly lit. This sudden change scared several people, especially Hiyori. The sudden lighting of the torches reminded her of the horror movie that Yamato had taken her to see before. The hero and heroine in the movie also arrived in a castle, and the first scene was the sudden lighting of torches.

"There's a ghost!"

Hiyori shouted loudly. Her shout made the other people tremble with fear. Only Kaido was calm and composed. He was not afraid of ghosts even if there were really any. Lily and Big Mom could see this thing. The only scary thing about ghosts is that you don't know whether they exist or not. As long as you are sure that they exist, they are actually not that scary.

Of course, Kaido was not afraid, but the children were. They were all huddled together, trembling. Even Jack, who always considered himself a man, was the same. Although he stood there motionless and his face remained unchanged, his legs were shaking and he was as stiff as a stone.

"It's not a ghost. That thing isn't a real torch. It's a torch-shaped lamp."

Kaido took a look and found something wrong. This thing seemed to be an induction lamp. The flame on it was not a real flame. It had no temperature. It was just emitting light. After taking another look, Kaido discovered the wires on it. This thing was just an induction lamp made to look like a torch. It just looked scary.

"lamp?"

Yamato loosened her grip on Maria's hand and opened her eyes to look, and with her excellent eyesight, she also discovered the wires connected to the bottom of the torch.

“Is it really a lamp?”

Hiyori asked with her eyes tightly closed still not daring to open them.

"It's a light. Just open your eyes and take a look. It's not scary. Keep going."

Although Kaido's temper has improved a lot after taking care of the children over the years, his underlying impatient character is still something he can't change. After wasting time here for a long time, he seemed a little impatient at this time. He picked up all the children and put them on the flame cloud, then used the flame cloud to carry the children and walked forward, just like pulling a donkey.

This sensor light is very smart. It lights up wherever Kaido and his companions go, and automatically turns off when they leave a certain distance. This also means that only the small area where Kaido and his companions live is lit in the entire area. The darkness in other places gives people a sense of fear as if it is going to swallow everything. Especially the ceiling is also pitch black, and they can't see anything at all. It's like they are walking in an endless space.

"Don't be afraid. At worst, I can just blow up the ceiling and get you out."

Kaido glanced at the children, guessed what they were thinking, and comforted them casually. Kaido was not worried at all at this time, because his Observation Haki could already observe things. Although he could not observe the situation outside now, he found that as long as he did not leave the ground, he could observe the entire palace, which was equivalent to turning on a map cheat, so he was not worried at all.

"The ceiling doesn't seem to be that high. It should be made of light-absorbing material, which prevents the light from illuminating the ceiling, making it look very high. The surrounding walls should also have this function. This is a psychological hint that makes us feel like there is no end to this place."

After a long time, the most mature and calm Robin regained his smart mind and began to analyze the situation logically. Through the ability of the Hana-Han Fruit, he saw the situation at the top of the pillar. To his disappointment, it was not that high. Everything was just a visual trap created by paint.

"Not bad, not bad. Did you finally find it? In fact, the ceiling is a little bit above the range where you can't see the pillars. Look."

Kaido snapped his fingers, and with a sound of breaking through the air, a wooden stick flew up and stabbed directly into the ceiling. With the existence of a reference object, the secret of the ceiling could no longer be hidden and was clearly revealed to several people.

"It's amazing! This is the first time I've seen something so black."

Maria picked up a small piece of black wall that had fallen in front of her. Looking at the completely non-reflective black paint on her hand, she felt very magical.

"I remember Uncle Quinn made something similar a while ago? The one used to lay submarine lines. Last time Jack messed with it, you couldn't even see its hands at night." Yamato suddenly thought of something similar and said.

"That's right. You even smeared it all over yourself and ran out at night to scare people. Aunt Lily found you and beat you up. It took you three days to wash it all off."

Robin also remembered that something similar had indeed been invented on Ghost Island before, but Uncle Quinn had only recently invented it. Why was it also here? Could it be that what he had said was right? Was the technology in ancient times better than it is now?

"We're here. This is where I felt it just now."

Kaido stopped and looked at the tall door in front of him and said, he had just observed almost the entire palace through his observation Haki, but there was an extremely abrupt blank at this location, which could also block his own Haki. The reason why he could not feel the existence of the giant turtle before was most likely related to this room.

"You guys hide on both sides. I'm not sure what's in there. Don't stay on Yanyun for now."

As Kaido spoke, he lowered the flame cloud to the ground. Several children followed suit and jumped down from the flame cloud, hiding behind a pillar. They tilted their heads to watch Kaido's operation. Seeing the obedient look of the children, Kaido nodded with satisfaction. Very good, at least for now, these children can still distinguish the importance of things, and they didn't show off their abilities. Even the most disobedient Yamato didn't say much and hid.

"Then let's take a look at what is hidden so well, ha!!!"

Kaido grabbed the pull ring on the door and pulled it back with both hands.

“Squeak, creak, creak—”

Accompanied by a sound that made people's teeth ache, the door that had not been opened for who knows how long was pulled open little by little under Kaido's huge force. Due to years of disrepair, the door had begun to wear out. The copper-clad door corners and the marble on the ground rubbed against each other, making an extremely harsh sound, causing several children to cover their ears unconsciously.

"Phew! Cough, cough, cough, so dirty."

The door was opened, but before Kaido could say anything, a cloud of stale ash blew in his face, choking Kaido so much that he couldn't help coughing. He waved his hand and a gust of wind came out, blowing away the ash in front of him.

Just when Kaido couldn't help coughing, Robin felt something was wrong.

"Wait, that's weird. Did you notice when we came in? There wasn't any dust here. The floor was very clean, as if someone had just cleaned it. But it was this room that Uncle Kaido opened and there was so much dust."

Robin's words not only reminded the children, but also Kaido. Kaido found that it was true. This ancient palace castle, which had been around for who knows how long, did not even have a trace of dust. This was absolutely impossible. And this room, which he could not sense, had an extremely exaggerated door and was covered with thick dust. What was going on?

"Forget it, don't think about it anymore. Let's go in first. Follow me and cover your mouths and noses. The smell in here is terrible. We might discover a big secret."

Kaido looked inside, and what he saw immediately made him feel that this trip was worthwhile. The people who ran over following Kaido's voice also saw that thing. The most excited one among them was Robin. She didn't expect that this time she came out not only to see the ruins of the legendary Milliluya Kingdom, whose existence had never been confirmed, but also to find such a thing. She couldn't help but shouted excitedly:

"The historical text! Here is the historical text!"

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