"It's interesting that the devil fruit has caused your body to acquire the habits of a snake. It's like your genetic information has been changed." The angel took out a new syringe. "If you don't mind, can you let me draw a tube of blood?"

"If I don't agree, will you give up?"

"No, I'll ask Mr. Captain for help."

"Smoke less," King Ada stretched her snow-white arms out of the quilt, "Blood is a very precious thing to a woman."

"Regular blood draws can effectively promote metabolism and have many benefits for the body," the angel applied potion to King Ada's arm, then inserted the needle and took out the amount she needed for research.

"I hope your research will be useful to the ship and not waste my blood."

"I will work hard."

On the deck, Chen Yongan found Mona on the bow and asked, "How long will it take to reach the next island?"

"I don't know," Mona, whose nose was a little red from the cold, raised her head, "The clouds are too thick, we can't see the sky at all, and we can't determine our location."

"Then let's go back," Chen Yongan hugged the girl in his arms, "Go back to the cabin and warm yourself by the fire, don't catch a cold."

"Okay," Mona obediently returned to the restaurant with Chen Yongan. Except for Angel and Ada Wang in the room, the others were all there.

Tifa and Maryrose were preparing the ingredients, preparing to have a hot pot that would warm the body at noon.

Weiwei and 2B are playing the game of drawing ghost cards. It is quite a challenge to play this game with 2B, who doesn't show much expression except for Chen Yongan.

"You guys are here," Weiwei put down the only remaining Joker card in her hand, "How is it? Did you see the island?"

"No," Mona pulled out a chair and sat down, hanging her coat on the back of the chair, "But I guess it won't be far away, we should be there in the afternoon."

"The next island is Magnetic Drum Island," Weiwei recalled bad memories when she saw the name of the island on the sea chart, "In my memory, King Wapol of the Magnetic Drum Kingdom was a very bad person."

"How bad is it?" Mona was curious.

"When I was a kid, I met Wapol at the World Government Conference with my father, and some unpleasant things happened."

"What's wrong?" Mona asked.

"Forget it," Weiwei didn't say anything else. She didn't want to tell them about the beating she was given by Wapol when she was a child, lest they have a bad impression of him, causing unhappiness and leading to conflict.

They were just stopping over at Magnetic Drum Island for a short while, so there was no need to make any further fuss.

Chen Yongan also thought of the time when Weiwei was beaten by the big hippopotamus Wapol, the king of the Drum Kingdom, when she was a child. At that time, in order to avoid causing a war between the two countries, Weiwei said that she fell down by herself. She was a very sensible child.

She is avoiding talking about this topic now, perhaps because of this concern?

After all, with their current strength, it is easy to destroy a small country like the Drum Kingdom.

Speaking of destroying the Drum Kingdom...I can't help but think of Blackbeard.

It was around this time that Blackbeard destroyed the Drum Kingdom, right?

Will they run into the Blackbeard Pirates?

Chen Yongan felt a little unsure.

"By the way, Mona, can you tell the divination for the Drum Kingdom we are about to arrive at? See what the current situation of this country is."

If you are unsure, then do some divination and seek peace of mind.

"Predicting a country?" Mona shook her head. "You overestimate my current strength. How can I predict easily? Unless I study this world thoroughly, it will not be possible."

Chen Yongan could understand what Mona meant - to buy her more books related to divination.

"Forget it," Chen Yongan stopped thinking about it and decided to just make the best of it.

As one of the big bosses in the later period, Blackbeard, Chen Yongan did not want to encounter him so soon;

But if you encounter it in the early stage, you can also nip it in the bud - let Mona teleport that guy into the sea and drown him.

"Let's play cards," Chen Yongan cleared the cards on the table, "Let's play three of spades, ace of spades."

After playing a few hands of poker, Angel and King Ada also came to the restaurant. After listening to King Ada's complaints about the cold weather, Tifa brought the charcoal stove to the table and prepared to have lunch.

After eating hot pot, I went back to the room to rest for a while. When it was almost afternoon, the auxiliary machine reminded me that the island could be seen.

An island with huge pillars that look like condensation towers and black smoke rising from everywhere on the island.

"What's going on?" Weiwei was shocked. "Is there a war going on?"

"Maybe they were attacked by pirates," Chen Yongan's expression became serious, "Let's go and take a look first, and be prepared for battle. King Ada, you switch to sea stone bullets, and start fighting if things go wrong."

"Roger that!"

Everyone began to prepare for the conflict that might break out.

Soon, everyone who was ready gathered on the deck. They all took adequate measures to keep warm and wore goggles to prevent snow blindness.

"Aren't you afraid of the cold, King Ada? Are you going to feel sleepy?" Tifa asked with concern, "Are you okay landing on Winter Island?"

"I wear a vest with heated water inside. As long as I keep warm enough, I can stay awake for a long time."

As we got closer to the Drum Island, the first thing that caught our eyes was the coniferous forest covered in silver and looked like a fairyland. Looking up, we saw seven or eight flat-topped stone pillars rising from the ground, standing in the vast expanse of white. The scenery was magnificent.

This reminded Chen Yongan of the Devil's Tower, a natural wonder known to the world.

Seven girls were chased by a pack of bears...

Chen Yongan shook his head, expelling the male voice that suddenly appeared in his mind, and shouted to King Ada on the observation tower: "Have you found anything?"

"There is a village not far ahead," King Ada replied, "but it has become a ruin."

"Come closer and take a look."

The ship docked, and the village that King Ada described as a ruin appeared before everyone's eyes.

It collapsed into rubble, a horrible sight.

And there was no one around, it was terribly quiet.

"What a strange way of collapsing," the angel noticed the abnormality at a glance, "these houses seem to be flattened, but there is no heavy snow... Is it caused by the so-called devil fruit?"

Pod: "Warning, there are traces of humanoids behind the bushes 100 meters to the right. There are 134 of them, one of whom has a strong vitality. Please be careful."

"I'll go take a look," Chen Yongan disappeared from his original position in an instant, appeared in front of the bushes in the auxiliary machine's mouth, and raised his leg to sweep horizontally.

The wind waves rolled, blowing away the snow and camouflage, revealing a group of terrified civilians hiding behind them.

and a bison wearing a coat and with red eyes.

Rushed towards Chen Yongan like crazy.

Chen Yongan was not polite either. He held his seastone weapon and hit the bull's head hard. The mad bull's eyes turned white immediately and it stopped charging, and its power dissipated.

He was a strong man covered in bandages.

Chapter 157 Castle Adventure

"The Drum Kingdom was once a country with highly advanced medical technology, until five days ago, when the country was attacked by pirates."

Sitting by the campfire, Dalton, the former captain of the Drum Kingdom Guard and user of the Bull-Bull Fruit's buffalo form ability, still felt frightened when he recalled that day.

"There were only five of them, calling themselves the Blackbeard Pirates... Endless darkness swept across the entire kingdom, instantly devouring countless houses and people. It was a terrible disaster, and the Drum Kingdom was officially destroyed at that moment."

"There are still survivors, and the country is rebuilding..."

"The king fled," Dalton interrupted Weiwei, "When darkness fell, the former king Wapol and his army did not resist at all."

"How can this be!" Weiwei shouted angrily, "Can a man who abandons his people still be called a king?"

"That's right, so the Drum Kingdom has perished," Dalton, who was in a depressed mood, took a sip of the hot tea in his hand and continued, "I led some survivors to hide in the mountains and forests. It was not until this morning when the reconnaissance team confirmed that the pirates had left the island that I led some survivors back here to prepare to plunder supplies and rebuild the village... and then I met you."

"So that's how it is," Weiwei understood, and then cast a questioning look at Chen Yongan, "Can we help them?"

"How can I help? How will the reward be calculated?" Chen Yongan seemed to be uninterested. "You know me. I'm not a pushover. Even if you can help them, do you not want your country?"

"No need," Dalton shook his head, "I can't give you the compensation you want, and we can rebuild the country ourselves without help from outsiders."

"See, even if you help others, they won't appreciate it, you goody-goody Weiwei."

"You!" Weiwei gritted her teeth, but was helpless.

After all, it is his freedom to help or not.

"I think you still need help," the angel put his hand on Chen Yongan's shoulder, "I checked their physical condition and found that they have developed various illnesses due to living in a cold cave. You need a better shelter. If this continues, I'm afraid the situation will get worse."

"I'm sorry," the tall Dalton looked so powerless at the moment, "I really can't afford the reward."

"You are a devil fruit user, right?" the angel suggested, "How about giving me some of your blood as a reward?"

"Swish," Dalton rolled up his sleeves, "If my blood can bring help, take as much as you want."

"Captain?" The angel leaned over Chen Yongan's shoulder and breathed softly into his ear, "Can you help me? I will repay you well afterwards~"

Looking at the angel's suggestive movements, Weiwei was a little dazed. So this was the correct way to ask Chen Yongan to do things!

Could you please not be so superficial?

But Chen Yongan is such a superficial person, and this is the request of the crew. As the captain, he has no reason to refuse.

"Okay, but it's just my personal name."

After taking the syringe and drawing a few tubes of blood from Dalton, he said to 2B, "Can you lend me your White Promise?"

"Here," 2B handed the sword to Chen Yongan, "What are you going to do with it?"

"Cut down trees," Chen Yongan replied, "Angela, let me hold the hand."

"Well," the angel who had obtained a new biological sample of a person with special abilities quickly unfolded her scepter and emitted a blue light towards Chen Yongan.

"Where are the trees that can be cut down? Show me the way?"

"Come with me," Dalton looked a little strange. Helping is just cutting down trees?

It's so simple, he can do it.

Cutting down trees is something that anyone can do easily as long as they have the tools. It’s just a matter of efficiency.

The stone axe and the oil saw, these two different tools bring very different efficiency.

With a slash of the sword, the terrifying sword energy cut through the tall coniferous forest, and then they fell down one after another like wheat being cut. Just one sword cleared a huge area.

"So powerful," Dalton was extremely shocked. Such felling efficiency could not be achieved even if they swung axes for a week.

It's a great help.

Only after clearing a section of coniferous forest did Chen Yongan stop swinging the sword in his hand and said, "So many trees, are they enough?"

"That's enough," Dalton looked at Chen Yongan with gratitude, "With so many trees, there are more than enough for the nearby villages and towns."

Chen Yongan returned the sword to 2B and said, "Then it's up to you guys to handle the transportation or build the house."

"I have done enough, and I am grateful."

A few people returned to the camp, and smoke was rising. Tifa was making stew for the victims. In the big pot, venison was stewed with snow mushrooms unique to Drum Island and some root plants.

Chen Yongan ordered a bowl and ate it with freshly baked white steamed buns as dinner.

"By the way, Mr. Dalton," the angel suddenly asked, "you mentioned before that this is a country with advanced medical technology. There must be a lot of medical books and equipment, right?"

"That's right, but if you want to get medical-related items, it might be difficult."

"why?"

“Because the previous king of this country was a very bad person… He expelled almost all the doctors, leaving only 20 of the most skilled doctors to work for him, and now even those 20 doctors have fled the country with the king.

So we, who have lost the doctor, naturally won't have these things anymore. If you want them, go to the castle on the top of the mountain to find them."

"Top of the mountain?" The angel followed Dalton's gaze and saw a castle showing a faint outline in the wind and snow on a towering flat-topped mountain in the distance.

It’s very high, but it’s not a problem for her since she can fly.

"Well, that's the king's castle. It's ownerless now, but the king destroyed the cable car on his way to escape. As for how to get up there, you guys figure it out on yourselves."

Hearing that no one was staying there, Chen Yongan suddenly became interested. He looked at his crew members and said, "Do you want to stay in the castle for two nights tonight and experience what it's like to be a king?"

The girls looked at each other and nodded heavily, showing their anticipation for living in a castle.

"Then it's settled," Chen Yongan put down the bowl of soup he had just finished, "Pack up your luggage and let's go. As for the boat, Dalton, please take care of it."

"Okay," Dalton agreed, "Go ahead and have fun, but if you go to the mountain, I suggest you take a detour. If you go straight, you will run into 'Labang'."

"What is Labang?" the angel asked.

"A kind of giant rabbit, they are very territorial and aggressive. Although it may be easy to deal with them with your strength, please do not cause too much damage to the island's ecology."

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