Alone and Infinite.

Chapter 417 Settlement Time
Everything around them slowly froze, and time stood still at that moment.

The tears on the faces of the marines kneeling before their comrades' bodies still glistened, hanging in mid-air in perfect teardrop shapes.

The same is true of the waves on the sea, the splashing water, the foam on the shore, and the birds flapping their wings.
Li Xia felt his perspective rising rapidly, and soon the settlement he had experienced many times came once again.

Beneath the boundless void, the entire pirate world slowly rotated below.

The prompts from the Hall of Light kept refreshing before my eyes:

[A significant alteration to the original worldline of this derivative world has been detected, exceeding the specified threshold. A callback is currently in progress to correct the issue.]

[Initiating the recycling and reset of Im, the most powerful character in this world]

[Currently deleting traces of Apostle 66482's existence in this world]

[Currently correcting the incorrect worldline]

[Currently experiencing a slight pullback on the timeline]

After a series of dense modifications, Li Xia's perspective suddenly changed again. Marineford seemed to be in reverse, with the collapsed buildings being restored once more.

Kaido and Big Mom came and went, while Grimm and his son Shamrock walked backwards into an invisible doorway.

Im's body trembled violently, then all emotion vanished from his eyes, replaced by indifference, as he appeared on the chair among the flowers.

He was still powerful, but he was like a heartless doll.

Li Xia inexplicably thought of Kate's words: "Just a living figurine."
The current world has been modified and settlement will be processed soon.

Li Xia and the two little ones were all invigorated. Xiao Tian stuck out his tongue. Although he didn't understand anything, he saw the expressions of his eldest and second brothers.

He also hurriedly raised his head and imitated the phrase "was greatly encouraged".

The perspective before us has changed once again.

The setting sun, which had already disappeared behind the mountains, hung on the horizon once more, bathing the entire Marineford in a golden hue.

It is still a ruin, but compared to the previous broken island that had been leveled and was about to sink into the sea, it is now relatively intact.

The marines, panting, leaned on their weapons as they watched the Whitebeard Pirates disappear into the sunset.

Sengoku raised his trumpet high and roared with all his might:
"Celebrate, Marines! We have won!"

Meanwhile, on the departing Whitebeard Pirates ship, Ace knelt before Whitebeard's corpse, sobbing softly.

The pirates around them also lowered their heads, tears welling in their eyes.

Marco stroked Ace's hair, fighting back tears as he spoke loudly:
"Raise your heads!! Does Dad want to see what you look like?"

Before coming here, Dad already knew he wouldn't be able to go back; his body had reached its limit.

I originally planned to trade myself for Ace!

So, we have won!

The surrounding pirates slowly raised their heads, looking at Marco, who still had tears in his eyes but forced a smile, and shouted in trembling voices:
"Now that we've won, let's celebrate, Whitebeard Pirates!"

Everyone instinctively straightened their posture.

"Sing the praises of Binks, so that Dad can see us laughing, not crying!"

The perspective returns to Marineford once again. Sengoku looks at Blackbeard's corpse lying on the ground and says to the quiet 'Li Xia' beside him:
"Although I would love to award you a prize, Blackbeard's title of Shichibukai has not yet been revoked."

I worry that the world government will question this.”

After a long while, Zhan Guo finally let out a long breath and said firmly:

"Wright Shah, I hereby formally nominate you as a candidate for General, and you shall immediately begin a two-year training program under Monkey D. Garp."

No tasks or headquarters affairs are required during this period!

Li Xia remained silent and simply nodded.

The two little ones watching immediately understood that this was the hall using this method to make the characters' 'exit' reasonable, in preparation for their next entry into the world.

The scene gradually freezes on Marineford under the setting sun, casting a blood-red halo over the nearly ruined naval headquarters.

The notification for the Hall of Light refreshed again, with silvery-white text flowing like water.

Main Quest: The Invisible Hand

[Mission Objective: Free time to explore, engage in combat, and participate in major events within the specified timeframe.]

【completed】

[Main quest check in progress.] The screen in front of me started flashing rapidly again, with images changing at breakneck speed.

Li Xia stood in the center of the tavern on Jaya Island, his face cold, the longsword in his hand still stained with a trace of blood, surrounded by criminals lying on the ground, clutching their legs and howling in pain.

On the high execution platform, Black Charcoal sat in a mini chair. With each wave of his hand, the raised axe and blade fell, and heads rolled.

The numb eyes of the onlookers gradually regained their color, and a girl wearing a patched dress, clutching a milk jug tightly, cried particularly sadly.

During the joint meeting of the revolutionary army, Li Xia stood in front of everyone and banged on the blackboard forcefully.

Above the Sky Island, the astonishment still lingered on Enel's flying head.

The golden lion, laughing wildly with its head held high, stirred up the clouds and condensed into a gigantic golden lion.

The final image focuses on Blackbeard's rugged, resentful face.

[Executioner, in this main story mission you have killed important plot characters 'Enel', 'Golden Shiki', 'Whitebeard', and 'Blackbeard'. Your rank is now: Vice Admiral of the Marine Headquarters (with potential Admiral position) and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Revolutionary Army.]

[Executioner, due to your extremely high level of involvement in this world, this sub-world will use your story progress as the save point.]

[The settlement for this derivative world will be processed shortly, please wait.]

"As expected, the boss's progress is being used as the save point again!"

Awoo said with a hint of excitement:
"Boss, this world should be free of the influence of the Garbage Collector's gang, which means Kaido and Big Mom didn't come, and the Knights of God didn't come either."

But the killing of Blackbeard is included?

"Ah."

"Wouldn't it be awesome to come in next time? We could just smash through this world!"

Li Xia was about to nod, but then remembered something and shook her head, saying:

"If I were still at the fourth tier, my progress would still be very rapid, and I might never be able to enter the derivative world again, since the derivative world is a paradise."

"Right."

Aowu agreed, saying that the derivative worlds give the apostles the advantage of knowing the plot in advance, as the characters' personalities and key points are basically revealed.

This information is the most valuable, and in the original world, one has to figure it out little by little. For the apostles, it does reduce a lot of the difficulty.

"Let's not worry about that for now, let's see how the settlement goes."

[Executioner, begin calculating the rewards for this derivative world]

[Enter the World: One Piece]

World Difficulty: D—S+ (Normal—Hell)
Global environment: 0.42 times standard gravity

[Number of tasks completed: Main quest *1]

Main Quest: The Invisible Hand
[Mission Completion Status: Unbelievable]

Opportunity for Transcendence: 151.6% (Based on overall evaluation of plot changes)

Overall rating: S+

[Settlement Evaluation Rewards: 6 Attribute Points, 15 Merit Points, 50000 Hall Points]

[Main Quest Evaluation Rewards: 19 Attribute Points, 3 Time-Space Copper Coins, 100000 Hall Points, 20 Merit Points]

[Guild Skill: Shared Destiny LV1 activated (Increases the rate of skill point acquisition for followers/pets/servants by an additional 10%)]

[Guild Skill: Extra Settlement LV.max activated, you gain 2 Guild Skill Points]

[Guild Skill: Time-Space Collector LV1 activated, you have gained 1 Time-Space Coin]

[Statistical Apostle World Rewards]

[You have gained the following in this world: 25 attribute points, 4 Time-Space Coins, 35 merit points, and 150000 Hall Points. Materials and equipment are not included in the statistics.]

[Executioner, this settlement is now complete.]

Welcome back to the Hall of Light!

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1. Monthly pass 2. Recommendation vote

(End of this chapter)