Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

Meanwhile, Reina and his two companions, having put their bubble wrap back on, slowly headed in another direction.

Chapter 1187 Speculation

Following the lights on their heads, the three of them swam forward, not knowing how far they had swum, until they finally reached the end of the passage.

"Huh? There's nothing here!" Luffy looked around and found that there were only dead ends around him, and there seemed to be nothing else.

They came all the way here without encountering any obstacles, and ended up in a dead end.

Neither Reina nor Robin replied; instead, they began to search carefully around, trying to see if there was anything they had overlooked.

However, after they searched carefully, they found nothing. It seemed that this place was meant to be a dead end, just a deception.

Reina and Robin exchanged a glance and then turned to go back, since there really wasn't much there.

So the three of them returned directly to the surface of the sea. At the exit of the passage, they encountered the merfolk warriors that the Naga had specially left behind. However, since there was nothing else to do, they simply returned together.

"Lord Reina, you're back! Did you find anything?" Upon seeing the three surface, Shirahoshi immediately stepped forward and asked.

Reina shook his head and replied, "That's a dead end; there are no clues there!"

Upon hearing this, everyone sighed. The fact that they hadn't been able to obtain the most important treasure made the treasure hunt somewhat regrettable.

"Olga and Perona will take 10% of this gold treasure, Luffy and you take 20%, Naga and you take 20%! The rest is mine. Any objections?" Reina said with a smile after resting for a while.

This gold harvest is quite substantial; it's estimated that it can be exchanged for a considerable amount of Pele.

"No!" Luffy said with a grin.

The Naga and the others naturally wouldn't have any objections, because they weren't there for the treasure in the first place; they were just there to help Reina. Now that they could get a share of the treasure, they certainly wouldn't object.

Because Reina has an inventory, he can easily see the total amount of gold treasure, but he doesn't say it outright. Instead, he tells them that he will exchange it for Berries after they return to Xuan Yue Island.

Finally, Reina took out the unopenable golden treasure chest and said, "As for this thing... we'll give it to the Doctor and the others to take a look at later. If they can open it, we'll calculate its value based on what's inside!"

"Hehehe... No need, getting that gold is already pretty good! There's no need to divide this up!" Luffy shook his head and refused.

Naga and Luffy shared the same opinion: no matter what was inside, they didn't want it!

Seeing this, Reina shrugged indifferently. It wasn't that he wanted to steal what was inside, but rather that he thought the most important thing inside was probably some documents, rather than anything else.

“Hey~ Look, the pattern on this treasure chest looks like the one we saw on the stone tablet before!” Olga said, pointing to the golden treasure chest.

Only then did everyone take a closer look and discover that the golden treasure chest did indeed have a pattern similar to that on the stone tablet, and that the treasure chest did not have a keyhole.

Before, we were underground and the light was dim, so we couldn't see very clearly. Now that we're out, we've discovered many clues.

"Could this treasure chest and the stone tablet be one and the same? Or is the stone tablet the only way to open the treasure chest?" Robin wondered.

Everyone agreed that it made sense, and Luffy even asked to go back and try it immediately. He didn't want the contents of the treasure chest, but rather wanted to know what was inside.

"Everyone, take a break and have something to eat. We can go later once we've regained our strength!" Reina didn't stop them, because he was also curious about what kind of treasure was inside that was so mysterious.

Soon, everyone finished eating, rested for a while, put on their protective clothing again, and prepared to go for another run.

However, this time there was one more person than before, namely Chopper, the Straw Hat crew's doctor. As a Devil Fruit user, he usually doesn't like going to the sea, but after hearing about something so interesting, he couldn't sit still and wanted to go down and take a look.

So the group set off again, heading towards the passage within the ruins.

Knowing the route, they moved very quickly, intending to head directly to the last refuge.

But when they arrived at the Golden Palace, they found that the statues, which had been in disarray, had somehow returned to their original state, and the palace doors were closed again.

"What...? Why did they go back on their own?" Olga asked in surprise, looking at the scene before her.

Luffy, on the other hand, didn't care whether the other party returned or not; he felt indifferent.

"Why don't we take out the treasure chest and ask them if they know anything about it?" Luffy suggested, picking his nose.

Everyone was immediately speechless; this suggestion was completely thoughtless!

"Straw Hat Boy, don't you have a brain? Those guys can't talk, how could they possibly tell us the answer?" Perona said, somewhat angrily.

She was mainly angry with herself, because she couldn't believe she had been defeated by such an idiot back then.

Reina seemed thoughtful, but did not take out the golden treasure chest.

The gates of the Golden Palace were reopened, and everyone entered the palace once again.

As expected, the enormous skeleton remained seated on the golden throne, unactivated.

However, the countless treasures that were originally on the ground were gone.

“Let’s just open the secret door and go through!” Robin glanced at the giant skeleton and said softly.

Reina nodded in agreement with Robin's opinion, but the symbol on the giant skull's forehead bothered him somewhat.

Reina took out the golden treasure chest from his inventory and compared it with the symbol on the giant skull's forehead. He found that it was indeed exactly the same. Reina hesitated for a moment, but did not take the treasure chest to the giant skull. Instead, he put it back in his inventory.

However, he didn't notice that the symbol on the giant skull's forehead lit up briefly the moment the golden treasure chest appeared, but as Reina put the golden treasure chest into his inventory, the symbol on the giant skull's forehead returned to its original appearance.

"boom!"

Just as everyone opened the hidden door, intending to leave quietly, the giant skeleton that had been sitting on the throne stood up and slapped them with its palm.

However, Reina and the others had already made preparations, and before the skeleton could make a move, they had all entered the secret door.

The journey was fraught with danger, but we arrived at the final refuge without incident.

Unlike the Golden Palace, this place has not been restored; it remains exactly as it was when they left. The stone tablet of unknown material is still exposed, and the marks left by Reina's slashing are still very obvious.

When everyone arrived at the stone tablet, they all looked at Reina.

Without further ado, Reina took out the golden treasure chest and placed it on the stone tablet.

Chapter 1188 The Truth

When Reina placed the treasure chest on the stone tablet, he found that there was no reaction.

"Is it placed in the wrong position? The pattern should be aligned with the pattern?" Olga said while examining the treasure chest and the stone tablet.

But after trying for a long time, the treasure chest and the stone tablet still didn't react.

“Something seems off!” Robin shook his head and said, “Without any clues, we probably have no way to deal with this thing!”

Robin had barely finished speaking when Luffy, holding the treasure chest, accidentally pressed something, and the golden treasure chest opened directly. However, unlike ordinary treasure chests, the golden treasure chest didn't open normally; instead, it fell apart into several golden plates.

Everyone looked at Luffy with surprise.

Luffy quickly waved his hand and said, "It's not my fault! I just picked it up casually, and it fell apart on its own!"

"I never imagined that something we couldn't do would be accomplished so easily by you!" Reina said with a smile as he picked up the broken golden treasure chest.

“Perhaps we can try again!” Robbie said, looking at the broken golden treasure chest in Reina’s hand. “Let’s see if we can overlap the pattern with the one on the stone tablet!”

Reina nodded and placed the scattered golden treasure chests in their hands one by one according to the pattern on the stone tablet.

Just after he put down the last plank, the stone tablet suddenly shone brightly, and the entire shelter began to shake.

Everyone raised their hands to block out the dazzling light and retreated continuously.

"Everyone be careful!" Reina squinted, simultaneously activating his Observation Haki to monitor the surrounding changes.

After a moment, the tremors stopped, and the light on the stone tablet gradually dimmed, becoming less dazzling, but a golden light still emanated from the stone tablet.

Reina was the first to step forward to check, but when he touched the glowing stone tablet, he froze on the spot.

"Father!" Robin was shocked to see this and immediately tried to go forward to bring Renal back.

Don't go!

Fortunately, Naga reacted quickly and grabbed Robin, saying, "The situation is unclear right now, so don't approach Mr. Reina rashly. Let's observe first!"

Although Robin was very anxious, she understood that Naga's words made sense, so she nodded and began to observe Reina's surroundings.

At this moment, Reina found himself in what seemed to be another space. It appeared to be a small island with many buildings around it, indicating that humans also lived there.

After carefully examining his body, Reina realized that this did not seem to be the real world, because not only could he not use his abilities, but he could not even feel his Haki.

Recalling what had happened, Reina remembered that he had only touched the glowing stone tablet.

After looking around and seeing signs of habitation not far away, Reina decided to go and check it out before deciding what to do next.

But when he arrived in the town, he found that the people there seemed to be unable to see him. Everyone was busy with their own things, and the town looked peaceful.

"Strange, where am I? Why can't anyone here see me?" Reina carefully considered all the clues around him, but he was still completely confused.

But soon he discovered that the town's peace had been shattered. The urgent tolling of bells caused panic among the townspeople, and a fleet began to appear on the distant sea, seemingly preparing to attack.

The townspeople all ran toward the center of the island, where there stood a magnificent building.

Reina followed the crowd toward the magnificent building. When he arrived, he felt a sense of familiarity, but before he could remember anything, he entered the building and a huge conference room appeared before him.

The conference room was full of people, seemingly discussing how to deal with what was to come.

"Boom boom boom..." Before they could reach a conclusion, Reina heard the sound of the fleet's cannon fire. The explosions made the people in the conference room anxious, and they even seemed to start arguing about something.

Finally, the people in the meeting room seemed to have reached some kind of consensus, so everyone left the meeting room and then led the people of the town to continue their retreat from the back.

"It's that ruin!" As Reina looked at the place where the crowd had retreated, he suddenly realized that this was the very place where he had first discovered the ruins based on the treasure map.

At this moment, Reina finally realized where he was.

He was in a dream, and this dream was telling him what had happened on this island back then.

It was like reading a book, but this book was special because it allowed him to experience it firsthand.

Following the crowd, Reina saw the golden palace and learned how they had sunk the island to the bottom of the sea.

World Government warships were approaching. In order to preserve the civilization on the island, the islanders used a stone tablet to cut off the bottom of the island, causing it to sink into the sea.

They survived by using the golden palace, but were trapped at the bottom of the sea and unable to leave.

As time went by, the survivors slowly died, and they used their last materials and energy to create the golden treasure chest, hoping that someone would understand and know about their past.

Having witnessed everything, Reina left the illusion, and his spiritual energy returned to his body.

"Father!" Robin shouted immediately upon seeing that Reina seemed to be waking up.

"Phew~ It's nothing!" Reina shook his head and said, "This is indeed a subordinate kingdom of the Great Kingdom. They were attacked by the World Government back then, so in order to preserve their civilization, they sank the entire island into the sea! Robin, there must still be something on this island that you hope to see!"

Robin looked at Reina with a puzzled expression, seemingly not understanding how he knew.

Reina smiled and gestured towards the stone tablet to Robin. Robin seemed to understand and immediately stepped forward to touch the stone tablet.