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Chapter 318 A Lifetime of Encounters in Alabasta

Controls are changing, the military system is changing, education is changing, healthcare is changing, commerce is changing, trade is changing, currency is changing, and rivers are changing.

Even writing, language, and culture are undergoing subtle changes.

For example, official documents posted by Alabasta are almost entirely written in Chinese characters, with almost no Japanese text.

Alabasta is currently undergoing a period of great change; everything is changing.

If this were a separate country, such drastic changes would not only lead to a fierce backlash from vested interests, but also allow low-level officials to take the opportunity to extort and take advantage of the situation. As a result, a good policy would be distorted during its implementation, ultimately bringing disaster to the people.

If this goes on for too long, the whole country will run into problems; at best, it will suffer serious damage, and at worst, it will lead to the country's demise.

But under Ning Yuan's watchful eye and the Goddess of Wisdom's control, the entire reform in Alabasta was not only well-organized but also quite orderly!

Even the daily arrests and executions of criminals outside the city had a sense of order and rhythm.

My life is currently experiencing the rhythm of this chaos.

Soldiers were arresting people in the street, and the person was crying and screaming, but the surrounding crowd not only showed no sympathy, but stood aside pointing and gossiping, looking like they were watching a spectacle.

So, what's wrong with this country?

Is it the king who is cruel, or the people who are cold-blooded?

Unable to contain himself any longer, he grabbed a young man who was passing by and trying to get a closer look at the commotion: "Excuse me, hello!"

"Oh, hello, hello!" The young man was about to get angry, but when he turned around and realized the man was blind, his attitude immediately softened: "Uncle, is there anything I can help you with?"

"Ah, I asked that person what was going on. He was protesting his innocence, so why was everyone laughing?" Yisheng asked.

What surprised him was that, although these people seemed to be gloating, Fujitora couldn't sense any darkness in them.

But the problem is, he can't sense the darkness emanating from the person being dragged away!

Logically speaking, there should always be one party who is wrong!

The problem lies with the soldiers?

But he couldn't sense the darkness emanating from the soldier!

"Oh, sir, you must be from out of town!" the young man said.

"How did you know?" I was stunned. I had clearly changed into local clothes!

"If you were a local, you would connect with our Alabasta goddess of wisdom, and then you wouldn't have this question!" the young man said. "By the way, you're blind, and in your situation, you really need the goddess of wisdom's help!"

"Goddess?" Yi Sheng frowned. He had been traveling the world for so many years and had seen people who used religion to swindle and deceive.

However, these kinds of people usually scam small countries; this is the first time I've seen a country as large as Alabasta being fooled.

"How do I connect with the goddess of wisdom?" Yisheng asked.

He wasn't in a hurry to expose it, nor did he have the standing to do so.

He's just a gambler. He'd heard there was a huge casino in Alabasta, but when he got there, he found out it was closed and had been converted into a city hall!

And it's not just the casinos in Alabasta that are closed; all the casinos in Alabasta are closed. This country is actually banning gambling!

This piqued Yisheng's curiosity, so instead of staying in Alabasta for two days, he decided to stay and see what the country was really like.

However, the more I looked at it, the more confused I became, until I finally couldn't hold back anymore when I saw this scene today.

Then he discovered that there was more to the story!

Is there someone claiming to be a goddess manipulating everything behind the scenes?

"This goddess manipulates people's hearts; she's not a good thing, but she's done a good job of banning gambling!" Yisheng thought to himself, and then learned from the young man how to connect with the goddess of wisdom.

He had initially thought this would be a tedious process, and that it would ultimately test his sincerity.

Ultimately, the connection will definitely fail, and then those missionaries will say, "It's not that our gods are false, it's that your hearts are not sincere!"

Then they would ask the believers for money and food, and whoever gave more money was considered more sincere.

He'd seen this kind of trick far too many times.

The young man led him to the door of an office next to the city hall, which had a sign that read "Goddess of Wisdom Service Hall".

"It's right here!" the young man said. "You can go in by yourself; someone inside will guide you through the procedures!"

A lifetime of silence—is this a religious ritual?

Something feels off!

A moment later, he sat down in a chair in front of the window of the Goddess of Wisdom service hall.

There were actually many people inside, but because he was blind, he was given the right to cut in line.

To be honest, since he went blind, he had experienced many inconveniences in life, but here, he actually felt the benefits of being blind.

This country seems to care a lot about disabled people?

"Hello, what kind of service do you need?" Sitting in the lobby was a girl who looked to be only fourteen or fifteen years old. She spoke very gently and politely, just like a girl next door.

"What kind of services do you offer?" Yisheng asked.

"We currently offer the Goddess of Wisdom account and Smart Map service, and we'll be launching Smart Banking service later!" the girl said. "Given your situation, I suggest you open a Goddess of Wisdom account and activate Smart Map. You can apply for these for free!"

"Then you can take care of everything for me!" Yisheng said.

"Name?"

"lifetime!"

"age?"

"52 years old!"

"Profession?"

"No job!"

"So they're homeless. Where are they from?"

What is "place of origin"?

"So, where are you from?"

"Uh, a person from the Western Sea!"

"People from the Western Sea can't get the permanent Goddess of Wisdom service!" the girl laughed. "I can give you a temporary account, which you can use while you're in Alabasta, but you can't use it anymore once you leave Alabasta!"

"What if I want to use it forever?" Yisheng asked.

"Then you can go to the immigration office to complete your immigration procedures and become an Alabasta citizen from now on!" the girl said. "After you go out, turn right and enter the city hall; the immigration office is inside!"

After thinking for a moment, he said, "Give me a temporary account first!"

"Okay, your account is now activated. You can summon the Goddess of Wisdom to connect with her. You can go over there and familiarize yourself with the functions. If you have any questions, you can ask the staff in the lobby!" the girl said.

Yisheng nodded, knowing that this meant he was being asked to leave.

He quickly got up, sat down on one of the rows of chairs nearby, and then murmured, "Goddess of Wisdom?"

"Ding!" A sudden light flashed before my eyes.

This was truly a revelation, because his eyes, which had always been completely dark, were now lit up!

Moreover, he not only saw the light, but also the surrounding environment!

The clean and tidy service hall, the metal bench beneath me, the ordinary people coming and going around me, and the little girl who had just finished processing my business through the glass.

It looks great!

Wait, did my eyesight return to normal?

"User's blindness detected; assistive vision function activated. Congratulations on entering the Smart Network. Your current account is temporary. To apply for permanent status, please visit the Alabasta Municipal Office for immigration!"

"Next, we will move on to the beginner's guide interface, which will guide you to better utilize the various functions of the Goddess of Wisdom. Would you like to proceed?"

"Ah, enter!" Yisheng was already shocked by this auxiliary vision function. Fortunately, he was not an ordinary person. He quickly calmed down and entered the novice assistance interface.

A moment later, Yisheng, who had initially looked somewhat confused, began to understand.

He immediately went to the street. The person who had been howling was no longer there, but Yi Sheng knew where he had gone. In addition, the person was struggling desperately, and the soldiers were not dragging him very fast, so Yi Sheng quickly caught up with him.

He first looked at the two soldiers, and the goddess of wisdom gave them a clue as to their identities: Royal Police of Alabasta.

Now look at the person being dragged on the ground.

"Organizing prostitution is a first-degree crime!"

He suddenly realized the truth of his life.

The police and the public didn't take it seriously, and they had no dark thoughts in their hearts, because the person being arrested was a criminal.

The criminals themselves had no darkness in their hearts because prostitution was not prohibited in Alabasta in the past; it was a legal profession.

He didn't think he had broken the law, so of course he didn't have any dark thoughts.

However, now that the laws of Alabasta have changed, he failed to correct his behavior in time, and thus went from a law-abiding citizen to a criminal.

"Gambling is regulated, prostitution is regulated too?" Yi Sheng pondered for a moment, then asked the goddess of wisdom for the latest laws of Alabasta, and stood on the street reading them.

Then, as he looked at it, he fell into deep thought.

Not only are gambling and prostitution regulated, but even drinking alcohol is now subject to control.

However, if you've been drinking, you can't drive, and you can't drive fast either.

Fighting also needs to be regulated. Fighting is a first-degree crime, if someone is injured it is a second-degree crime, and if someone is killed it can be upgraded to a third-degree crime.

It's a crime to eat without paying, it's a crime to spit anywhere, and it's even a crime to litter!

However, this crime is no longer a first- or second-level offense, but a civil offense, which is divided into three levels.

He then studied what civil penalties and crimes were.

Previously, civil penalties did not result in criminal charges or detention, and were not recorded in personnel files.

Level 1 civil penalties mainly involve verbal education; Level 2 civil penalties include fines and a public apology; and Level 3 civil penalties not only include fines and a public apology, but also result in being marked by the goddess of wisdom and having your name displayed above your head for five days!

Yisheng immediately looked up, searching the street for anyone with a mark on their head.

Really!

From a great distance, he saw a person with a yellow arrow above their head, and words were written on the arrow.

Because of the distance, it was not very clear, but the goddess of wisdom conveniently brought the words closer to him.

The sign read: "This person is a fishmonger. He put stones inside the fish's bellies so that the dead fish floated upright, thus selling live fish as dead ones. He is hereby warned for five days as punishment!"

"Oh, this!" Yisheng scratched his head, to be honest, this was the first time he had ever seen such a method of punishment.

Moreover, it seemed to be very effective, because this person was being pointed at and talked about wherever he went, so he only came out briefly and then immediately went back inside.

His life was turned back to this crime.

Crimes are classified into five levels: petty theft is level one, robbery and rape are level two, and crimes involving life and large amounts of property are level three.

Going up to the next level, those are crimes that ordinary people can't commit, such as massacring towns or collectively oppressing the people. The former is usually reserved for pirates, while the latter is something that only nobles can do.

There is also a fifth level of crime, which includes stealing state secrets, betraying national interests, betraying the motherland and the people, and being anti-human and anti-social.

"What's going on with this country?" As he looked at these legal provisions, he found some parts interesting, some parts incomprehensible, and others he wholeheartedly agreed with.

But overall, there's a very strange feeling about his life.

If these legal provisions can be effectively implemented, then anyone who can abide by the law in Alabasta would practically be a saint!

Alabasta is destined to be different from other countries.

As for whether it can be implemented effectively?

With the goddess of wisdom before me, watching over me all my life, how could I possibly fail to implement it properly?

That's right, I no longer doubt the existence of gods. After all, the power of the goddess of wisdom is something that a Devil Fruit user could not possibly fake.

Don't say that the goddess of wisdom might be a world-class powerhouse.

He was already one of the world's top experts; how could he not know the extent to which experts could achieve?

If someone's methods are so complex that even the person in question cannot understand them, then that person, even if not a god, is more like a god.

"A country ruled by gods, huh!" Yisheng was intrigued; he really wanted to see what the future of this country would be like.

Is it really possible to create a country where no one has any darkness in their heart?

Little do people know that a country without darkness in the hearts of its citizens does not exist. With the popularization of education and the improvement of national strength, the darkness in the hearts of its citizens will only increase.

That's why they say 13 billion out of 14 billion people are heretics!

"If you want to see what this country will be like in the future, then you have to stay in this country, but this country no longer has casinos!" Yi Sheng touched his pocket; he didn't have much money left.

So, should I find a proper job?

"The Goddess of Wisdom!"

"I am here!"

"Are there any suitable jobs for me in Alabasta?" Yisheng asked.

"User detected as a user of the Gravity Fruit; relevant jobs have been recommended for you!"

I was shocked. You know I'm a Devil Fruit user?

But then I thought, everything is transparent in the eyes of the gods, so how could I possibly hide my abilities?

"Hmm, this dockworker job is pretty good!" Yi Sheng looked through the job list and found that the dockworker job was a good fit for him.

Because loading and unloading costs a lot of money each time, and the more you load and unload, the more you earn.

In terms of loading and unloading, only users of the Float-Float Fruit can compare to users of the Gravity Fruit!

"I'm going right now!" Fujitora said as he walked, "By the way, do I think I'll get the job?"

"Alright!" said the Goddess of Wisdom. "Your job has been arranged; simply go there!"

"This is really convenient!" Fujitora had already realized that the people under the rule of the goddess of wisdom were definitely more than just law-abiding citizens.

Their lives are much more convenient than those of citizens in other countries.

"Ding!" The goddess of wisdom suddenly announced, "Please slow down on the road ahead!"

"Huh?" Fujitora was taken aback. Why would he suddenly slow down?

He didn't understand, but he did as the goddess of wisdom told him to do.

Then, as he approached the dock, he saw a man dressed in blue brocade robes crossing the dock ahead.

"It can't be that this young man made me slow down!" Yi Sheng smiled, although he felt that if he had maintained his previous speed, he would have just run into the young man.

But how could that be? A goddess wouldn't care about someone's schedule!

So it must be related to the loading and unloading speed. Maybe I walked too fast and there were no goods for me to load and unload?

Then he watched the young man walk further and further away until he reached the end of the dock, and then he jumped down!

"Huh?" Yi Sheng was taken aback for a moment, then exclaimed, "Goddess of Wisdom, someone has jumped into the sea!"

"He didn't jump into the sea!" the goddess of wisdom reminded him.

He was skeptical, but quickly took a few steps forward and discovered that the young man was actually walking on the sea as if he were on flat ground. Then he crossed the river, which was several kilometers wide, and went to the other side.

"This is really true!" Yi Sheng exclaimed in amazement. "There are actually people who can walk on water?"

Although he could fly in his lifetime, he could naturally walk on water, but he had never thought of this before and had never tried it. This was the first time he had ever seen someone walk like this!

The goddess of wisdom did not answer, and never took it to heart.

There are plenty of people in this world who are hiding their true strength, and I'm one of them, so why should I care about others?

(End of this chapter)