Pirates on Rocks' Ship 996

Because although Reina's training was usually quite miserable, it was never this bad. He looked like he was about to die.

"Damn it, the Tower of Trials has actually increased in strength!" After being bandaged, Reina's injuries finally stopped, but given his current condition, he probably won't be able to fight for at least half a month.

This can't be blamed on him. He knew that the extraterrestrial visitors might take some action recently, but when he entered the Tower of Trials, he found that the guardians of the Tower of Trials had been strengthened, and the rewards after clearing the tower had not changed.

In other words, it has become much more difficult for him to use the gatekeepers in front of the Tower of Trials to farm points, just like before.

So in order not to waste this opportunity to enter the Tower of Trials, he has been cultivating inside, which resulted in his current appearance.

"Why don't you... go back to Xuan Yue Island? In your current condition, even if extraterrestrial visitors came, they wouldn't be able to help!" Sachi said with a worried expression.

Reina nodded and replied, "Go and inform Marco to come over with Ace. With you two here, even if the extraterrestrials launch a full-scale attack, we can hold out until the captain brings reinforcements!"

He had no other choice but to do this.

A patient on the front lines can do nothing but cause worry and require care.

Moreover, no one knew when the extraterrestrial visitors would launch their attack, so Marco and Ace, upon receiving the news, immediately took a teleporter to the front-line base, while Reina used the teleporter to return directly to Crescent Moon Island.

"How did it get like this?" Whitebeard asked, frowning as he saw the heavily injured Reina.

Reina touched his nose somewhat awkwardly and said, "Sorry, I didn't quite get the intensity right!"

Whitebeard smiled upon hearing this and said, "Alright, take good care of your injuries!"

Reina didn't say much. Right now, their Whitebeard Pirates had plenty of manpower and a large number of strong members. They also had Vegapunk and Dr. Asie as technological support. No matter who their opponent was, they were not worried at all.

However, when Reina returned home, he was surprised to find Shakyamuni waiting for him there.

"Huh? What brings you here?" Reina asked with a curious smile.

"I heard you were seriously injured. I originally wanted to ask who had the strength to injure you so badly, but then I heard you were injured while you were cultivating, so I didn't plan to come over! But... last time you went to Mary Geoise, you said that extraterrestrial visitors disappeared right under your nose? You suspected they used a teleporter?" Shakya said in a serious tone.

Reina nodded and said, "I don't know what methods they used, but the World Government said they used teleportation, and the distance shouldn't be far!"

Upon hearing this, Shakyamuni fell into deep thought, and after a moment he spoke, "We have also studied this kind of short-distance teleportation ability before!"

Reina knew about Dr. Vegapunk and his clone that Shakyamuni had mentioned. Ever since Dr. Vegapunk learned that his clone might have developed its own consciousness, he had stopped creating clones. The clone currently on Xuan Yue Island was also absolutely not allowed to leave.

Even the desire that Vegapunk thought was dead may not be dead at all, but may be doing its original work under the protection of the World Government.

Of course, all of this is just his speculation, and there is no evidence. However, he does not want this to affect his life on Xuan Yue Island. For now, he is quite satisfied with his life here.

This is also why Shakyamuni appeared here.

“If Future Island hadn’t been destroyed, my main body would also have this short-distance teleportation ability on Future Island. Of course, there’s a prerequisite: I need to be prepared. It’s not something I can teleport to anytime, anywhere!” Shakyamuni said after thinking for a moment.

"Oh? So, Mr. Vegapunk can use the internal network system there to achieve short-distance teleportation?" Reina asked in surprise.

"It's not that simple. First of all, everything there is controlled by the main body's brain. Only under the brain's control can he perform such operations. Essentially, it still utilizes a teleporter, but with an additional positioning system!" Shakyamuni explained after thinking for a moment.

He tried to explain in terms that Reina could understand, otherwise using technical jargon would be pointless.

“I see. You mean the extraterrestrials also placed the same equipment near Mary Geoise?” Reina said, stroking his chin.

"That's possible, but their technological level is clearly superior to ours, so it's also possible that they possess some other technology!" Shakyamuni nodded and replied.

“But… the World Government people weren’t surprised when they saw the message! And… they even seemed to know something about this kind of teleportation ability!” Reina frowned and said, “If it’s a teleportation device developed by the Doctor… then the World Government people shouldn’t have seen it before, or at least wouldn’t know so much about it!”

Shakyamuni smiled and then said something.

"Do you remember when you met the original body, it said something like this? We are not creating the future, but restoring the past!"

Shakyamuni's words completely stunned Reina.

Yes! This world is different from his original world.

Several hundred years ago, the world's technology may have already developed to a very advanced level, but something happened later that caused the technology tree to go astray.

In a world where even giant robots can be created, how could they possibly still use an ancient weapon like a flintlock pistol?

Therefore, the world's original technology could likely understand why extraterrestrial visitors used teleporters. In other words, what the world government understood was not the extraterrestrial visitors, but the technology itself!

After figuring it out, Reina looked at the expressionless Shakya and asked, "Did the Doctor send you here?"

Shakyamuni nodded and replied, "Yes! The true form only came here to have me tell you his guess!"

Chapter 1302 Shanks' Attack

Since the injured Reina had nothing to do, he kept Shakya, who had come to see him, at home. Although Shakya was likely to have a lot of things to do at the laboratory, he thought that as a friend, it wouldn't matter if he was delayed for a little while.

“No, the laboratory isn’t busy! Although I have many experiments I want to do, I can’t do them because of funding and raw materials!” Shakyamuni shook his head and replied.

"Huh? Is that so? But I've never heard the doctor mention that before. If he needs any materials or machines, he can tell Frank, and we'll find a way to get them back!" Reina said in surprise.

“It’s no use!” Shakyamuni shook his head and said, “As long as our ideas don’t run dry, we’ll never have enough materials or funds!”

Reina was stunned; he hadn't expected that Shakyamuni could see the essence of the matter.

As scientists, as long as their inspiration remains, then, as he said, funding and materials will never be exhausted.

This is why, even with the backing of the World Government, Vegapunk still lacks funding every year.

As a user of the Brain-Brain Fruit, he can quickly transform any amount of resources you give him into test subjects and results. This is something that the World Government has always found both painful and pleasurable.

However, as Vegapunk's dissatisfaction with the World Government grew, the World Government experienced less joy and more suffering.

This is why they would rather destroy Vegapunk than let him leave.

It is precisely because they once possessed him that they know how terrifying Vegapunk is.

However, after Vegapunk actually joined the Whitebeard Pirates, the World Government discovered that Vegapunk was not as dangerous as they had imagined, because... he simply did not have that much research funding, and even though the Whitebeard Pirates, which was known as the world's strongest pirate crew, were just a pirate crew, he was still protecting him.

Given the current importance of the Whitebeard Pirates in the North Blue, they have gradually given up targeting Vegapunk and the Whitebeard Pirates.

After chatting with Shakya for a while, Reina finally asked, "Now that you've awakened your own mind, can Old Man Bei still control your thoughts?"

Shakyamuni shook his head and replied with a smile, "This is not called control. Before these clones of us awakened, we were originally Vegapunk! Now that we have some independent thoughts, it's more like two people sharing one brain. The main body can clearly know our thoughts, and as long as it's within the range of the main body's brain, it can take over our bodies at any time!"

“This…don’t you think it’s unfair?” Reina asked, frowning.

"What's unfair about that? In the beginning, we didn't have our own independent consciousness at all, and after awakening, the original body could actually erase our consciousness, but it didn't!" Shakyamuni replied calmly.

"Is this your idea, or the idea of ​​all your clones?" Reina asked.

“Depending on our different personalities, our thoughts should also be different! They don’t care about thoughts or ideas at all; they care more about the different new ideas every day, or perhaps they haven’t even awakened their own consciousness yet! Evil is now under strict control by the main body, and even we rarely get to see her!” Shakyamuni hesitated for a moment before replying.

“I see! If you have any thoughts or anything else, feel free to come and discuss them with me anytime. I may not be as smart as you, but I'm still willing to listen to what you have to say!” Reina said with a smile.

Shakyamuni looked at Reina, and after a moment, nodded and said, "I understand!"

“You don’t understand!” Reina gave a wry smile and said, “You are all Vegapunk, so you should share the same thoughts. There’s really nothing I can do. I can only offer some advice to old Vegapunk from an outsider’s perspective!”

“That’s enough!” Shakyamuni replied, rising to his feet.

Reina knew that the other party was planning to leave.

Actually, he was a bit bored, otherwise he wouldn't have said these things to Shakyamuni. The main reason was that he was injured and unable to cultivate, so he was a bit bored being alone here.

A few days later, Reina, who was now able to move around freely, received a message from Frank that extraterrestrial visitors had launched a probing attack on the major powers in the North Sea.

However, this probing attack involved no fewer troops than the previous general offensive.

However, since none of the powerful figures from each faction have been mobilized, the number of powerful figures from outer space who have appeared is also small, and it is still unclear just how powerful the enemy has become.

It was at this moment that the major powers suddenly received news that the Red-Haired Pirates had launched an attack on the extraterrestrial visitors, and while the visitors were making full deployments, they successfully broke through the visitors' defenses by striking at one point and captured one of their islands.

This news was extremely exciting, because the extraterrestrial visitors had launched a surprise attack on Mary Geoise, so it was clear to everyone that the extraterrestrial visitors' strength must have increased.

For this reason, no one took action, so as not to be the first to stick their neck out.

Unexpectedly, the first to make a move were the Red-Haired Pirates, who had not accomplished much since arriving in the North Blue.

Reina, however, seemed thoughtful after hearing the news.

He estimated that Shanks would also take some action. After talking with Shanks for so long, he was basically certain that although their goals were different, they could still cooperate.

There's no need to talk about this, and they don't need any so-called alliance between them.

However, he did not expect Shanks to be so decisive, choosing to directly attack the extraterrestrial visitors at this time.

However, the extraterrestrial visitors did not seem to have received as much enhancement as they had imagined. Their military strength did increase somewhat, but not dramatically, and the number of powerful individuals seemed to have remained largely unchanged.

It was Shanks' sudden attack that made the others realize that the extraterrestrial visitor was all bark and no bite.

However, none of them, including Shanks, underestimated the extraterrestrial visitors, because they might be deliberately feigning weakness to lure them into a trap.

So even though the extraterrestrial visitors didn't show much strength at this time, Whitebeard and Reyna didn't decide to let the Whitebeard Pirates launch an attack. Instead, they continued to probe the enemy at the front line at a leisurely pace.

As soon as the enemy's strength is revealed, or if there are any changes in other areas, they can immediately deploy their troops.

This way, they can handle both rescue and offensive operations with ease.

But soon, the extraterrestrial visitors launched a counterattack.

Chapter 1303 The Extraterrestrial Visitor's Counterattack

While Shanks' Red-Haired Pirates were still attacking Mary Geoise, they immediately organized a counterattack and successfully captured one of the aliens' islands. Then, the aliens' counterattack began.

However, their target was not the Red-Haired Pirates, but the Marines!

Even before the reinforcements sent by the World Government could set off, the Navy's front-line islands were attacked.

The Navy suffered heavy losses this time. Most of the lieutenant generals they had painstakingly built up were killed or wounded, and even the general Fujitora, who was stationed at the front line, was seriously injured and had to be rescued.

After this incident, all the major powers were stunned; the strength of the Coast Guard was not to be underestimated!

As the most powerful force on the high seas, the Navy is stronger than any other pirate crew in terms of both manpower and the number of its elite members. Even though it has now split up, the Navy's strength is no weaker than that of the Four Emperors' pirate crews.

However, even such a powerful being could not stop the attack from the extraterrestrial visitors. General Fujitora's strength was even stronger than that of an ordinary title holder. Although he was not strong enough to deal with two title holders, he could hold them off without any problem.

Therefore, when Reina received the intelligence, his first reaction was that the Venerable One had made a move.

However, according to the report, the visitors from outer space, the Destroyer and the Master, did not actually send out their own forces. Instead, they sent out more than ten other beings with titles, and it was only through this combined attack that Fujitora was seriously injured.

"Ten titled masters?" Reina looked at Frank with surprise and asked, "Did they transfer all the titled masters from the other directions?"

Frank pursed his lips and said, "Judging from the time the Coast Guard was attacked, we should have been conducting routine probing attacks with the enemy at that time. The number of our title holders should not have decreased significantly, otherwise Captain Marco on the front line would definitely have reported to Father!"

"It seems the other side used the power of luck they gained this time to increase the number of titled individuals!" Reina rubbed his head in annoyance and said, "Those titled individuals are not easy to deal with. Some powerful titled individuals have even reached the level of generals. The slightly weaker captains and captains need at least two of them to hold them off. Defeating them is even more difficult!"

"This time, the extraterrestrial visitors have increased the number of titled individuals. If they concentrate their strength together, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to stop them, no matter which faction they attack!" Frank said worriedly.

Given the Whitebeard Pirates' current troop deployment at the front, if they were to face the extraterrestrial invaders attacking the Marines, they would likely meet the same fate, with the captains and commanders possibly suffering casualties.