Chapter 169: New World Of 99% Ocean
Because there had already been one successful Pioneer Agreement conference, this time Himeko’s negotiations with the major factions went very smoothly.
They didn’t even need to hold an offline meeting; it was completed online.
While continuing to use the previous New World Pioneer Agreement, they additionally required compliance with the regulations and oversight of the New World managers.
Some factions were initially very dissatisfied, but when they learned that this New World belonged to the territory of an Envoy’s faction, they immediately backed down.
Topaz quietly took a back door and entered the Super God World ahead of time, wanting to win over Kaisa.
Kaisa sneered at the Interstellar Peace Corporation and refused without hesitation.
She had her own justice and ideology; not to mention the Interstellar Peace Corporation, she only respected the Amber Lord but did not have faith in him.
Topaz gathered some information about the Super God World and returned disappointed.
The Grand Gala of Penacony would begin in six days.
The Stellar Train sailed unhurriedly through the starry sky.
Along the way, the train needed to check the Silver Rail for blockages and damage, performing repairs from time to time.
So every certain distance traveled, it would perform a warp jump.
At this normal speed, it would take another two or three days to reach Penacony.
If the warp jump frequency was increased, the speed would be faster.
There was plenty of time.
“Before going to Penacony, let’s go to another New World!” A Xing suggested.
Although Penacony was quite attractive, a lot of information about Penacony could be found online.
In comparison, a completely unknown world attracted the Train Crew’s attention more.
After all, the Nameless who embarked on the Pioneer Destiny all had some spirit of adventure and death wish to varying degrees.
Even if they didn’t have it at first, they gradually developed it under the influence of others.
One day without a death wish and they feel uncomfortable all over.
An unknown New World is the true Pioneer!
Most people showed interested expressions.
Although Pamu was a bit eager to know about the old friend’s situation, it was after all the manifestation of the train’s will on the Pioneer Destiny.
The old friend was right there and wouldn’t run away; going a day or two early or late made no difference.
“Huai Feng, is the energy sufficient?” Himeko asked.
“Of course it is.” Meng Huaifeng nodded.
After half a year in the Super God World, Meng Huaifeng had accumulated enough energy to travel seven or eight times.
Even if the system didn’t drain his energy several times a day anymore, he couldn’t use it up in a short time.
Moreover, as Meng Huaifeng’s strength improved, the system’s energy recovery speed also became faster.
“Since everyone seems interested, let’s set off.” Himeko decided.
“Let’s go!” A Xing rushed to the cockpit first.
Pamu and Meng Huaifeng followed closely into the cockpit.
“Cough, A Xing, let me reintroduce: standing before you is a Pathfinder of Preservation, Meng Huaifeng.” Meng Huaifeng coughed, straightened his clothes, and winked.
“Oh, isn’t that just a dual Pathfinder? I am too… wait, what do you mean?” A Xing suddenly realized.
“That’s right, I’ve taken your place. You’re unemployed!” Meng Huaifeng said, tilting his head slightly.
“I suspect you’re a fake Pathfinder of Preservation.” A Xing narrowed her eyes dangerously at Meng Huaifeng.
“The real deal.” Meng Huaifeng snapped his fingers, and a data shield enveloped him.
A Xing’s Shield of Preservation was flame-shaped, Aventurine’s was chip-shaped, while Meng Huaifeng’s was data firewall-shaped.
His firewall was no longer limited to protecting the mind; it could even protect reality.
“Let my baseball bat test it. If it holds up, I’ll admit you’re a real Pathfinder of Preservation.” A Xing drew her baseball bat, eager to try.
…At this moment, it was just like that moment back then.
Meng Huaifeng always felt this scene was familiar, only with the roles swapped…
“…No need, it’s the real deal. A Xing, you do it.” Meng Huaifeng quickly lowered his head.
His progress on the Preservation Destiny was still limited; even under powerful Imaginary Energy, his defensive power was impressive but not comparable.
It ultimately couldn’t match the defensive power of a pure Pathfinder of Preservation of the same level.
He couldn’t block it, absolutely couldn’t block it.
“Hmph.” A Xing smugly tossed her head, her gray-brown hair tips whipping across Meng Huaifeng’s face, and the baseball bat in her hand changed to a Flame Spear.
“Let’s start. Suppress the speed a bit, don’t crash into the planet.” Meng Huaifeng sneezed and said to Pamu.
“I know, Pa.”
Pamu began to brake.
When the speed had dropped enough, Meng Huaifeng opened a wormhole in front of the train head.
The moment the train head entered the wormhole, A Xing raised the Flame Spear high, and the Shield of Preservation enveloped everything around them.
The train’s speed wasn’t fast, and Meng Huaifeng took in the surrounding scenery at a glance.
A seaside village town with a somewhat medieval style, surrounded by many windmills still standing.
A stream of information transmitted into Meng Huaifeng’s mind.
The train hadn’t hit anything, so Pamu breathed a sigh of relief, immediately pulled up the train head, accelerated, and headed to this planet’s satellite orbit.
In the train car, everyone looked at the planet below through the windows.
“This planet is a bit peculiar; it’s basically all water, with only scattered islands and a… equator?” Himeko said uncertainly.
“We didn’t arrive in a mermaid world, did we?” March 7th guessed.
“Intelligent races living in the sea aren’t just mermaids; there could also be fishmen or Trigon.” Angel Yan had broad experience; she hadn’t lived over seven thousand years in vain.
The Angel Network couldn’t connect; she had notified Kaisa sis… sister in advance, so she shouldn’t worry.
Angel Yan restrained the urge to scan with the Eye of Insight.
She hadn’t forgotten the scene when they first met the Train Crew.
Privacy, politeness; even after joining the Train Crew, she still had to follow the Train Crew’s rules.
Although the Train Crew didn’t strictly enforce it.
Most importantly, Welt had told them that reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles, that knowledge from books is ultimately shallow, and other such theories.
Scanning once would slightly improve the Pioneer Destiny, but afterward, the walking speed on the Pioneer Destiny would drop sharply.
Angel Yan wouldn’t sabotage her own strength improvement; she still wanted to defeat Meng Huaifeng.
Although Meng Huaifeng knew the general plot, compared to the information from the angels’ Eye of Insight, it was utterly negligible.
So it didn’t have much impact on Meng Huaifeng’s Pioneer Destiny.
Moreover, entering the New World relied entirely on Meng Huaifeng’s system; just opening the New World alone made his Destiny walking speed far exceed others.
The gap between him and A Xing and March 7th was getting smaller and smaller.
“Even if there are others, there should be mermaids too, right? I haven’t seen a live mermaid yet.” March 7th’s eyes were full of anticipation.
Dan Heng walked out of the Knowledge Base and said, “After preliminary scanning, this planet is 99% ocean, with only 1% land, and that 1% of land is mostly concentrated in a ring around the equator.”
“Energy scans show many super-large creatures in the ocean, the largest reaching tens of thousands of meters. Even if there is intelligent ocean life, their living environment likely isn’t great.”
“Additionally, the strongest detectable energy fluctuation on this planet is at the level of an Intermediate Pathfinder.”
“It seems this world isn’t very dangerous. Much safer than Angel Yan’s and Xiao Li’s worlds.” Himeko relaxed.
Meng Huaifeng, A Xing, and Pamu also came to the Observation Car from the cockpit.
“Huai Feng, what information did you get?” Himeko asked.
“There’s a magical fruit in this world called Devil Fruit. Eating a Devil Fruit grants all sorts of strange abilities: turning into animals, gaining supernatural abilities, transforming into nature, etc., but it also causes one to be rejected by the sea, unable to swim in it…”
“Because the land is too scattered, it’s hard to manage effectively. This world is basically one country per island or several islands, with countries everywhere. The twenty most powerful countries formed the World Government, occupying the largest landmass, the Red Line continent at the equator, proclaiming themselves gods and controlling most of the world…”
“Besides the World Government, the biggest forces are the Navy and Pirates…, the Four Seas…, the Grand Line…” Meng Huaifeng gave a general overview of this world’s characteristics and structure, obtained from the system.
As for the plot he had seen, heh, he no longer believed it; the timeline was chaotic, combat power fluctuated wildly—who knew how it would play out in the real world?
“This world feels… unnatural, not like it formed naturally; it has heavy artificial traces.” Himeko listened to Meng Huaifeng and looked at the clearly divided planet.
“Indeed, it’s not naturally formed, but I don’t know the specific reason; probably related to technology brought by aliens.” Meng Huaifeng shook his head.
“A long time ago, a group of aliens came to this world and ruled it with advanced technology. The natives thought these aliens were omnipotent and called them gods. These aliens seemed unadapted to this planet’s air, so they usually wore spacesuits, which were seen as divine attire.”
“Later, these aliens had infighting and even handed their power to the planet’s people, ultimately being overthrown after a world-shaking war.”
“The World Government guys who call themselves gods imitated those aliens; whenever they go out, they wear bubble heads like spacesuits, claiming to disdain breathing the same air as mortals…” Meng Huaifeng said.
“That’s kinda hard to keep a straight face…” Dan Heng said somewhat speechlessly.
God = Bubble Head.
A Xing took out a spacesuit helmet from the Ticket Space that she had picked up somewhere and put it on her head.
“Is it like this? Am I a god of this world now?” A Xing asked in a muffled voice, hands on hips.
March 7th immediately lost it and burst out laughing: “Are you an idiot? How could you be a god?”
“Don’t say what you see through; most so-called gods in this world really aren’t much different from idiots.” Meng Huaifeng couldn’t help laughing too.
“They’re desecrating the word ‘god.'” Angel Yan felt an urge to judge them.
“Just a primitive civilization that hasn’t left their planet yet; it’s normal. Even the Xianzhou Cloud Cavalry are often mistaken for gods when they arrive on primitive civilized planets.” Dan Heng said.
“Besides gods, they also call themselves Celestial Dragons.” Meng Huaifeng said.
Dan Heng immediately frowned, feeling a bit uncomfortable inside, but not enough to go cause trouble with them.
“Since we’ve got the basic situation down, let’s prepare to disembark and pioneer. Welt, trouble you to stay and guard the train this time.” Himeko said.
“Leave it to me.” Welt responded steadily.
“This world isn’t very dangerous, so I won’t make too many arrangements. Everyone can form teams freely or act alone, exploring places you’re interested in. Hong Kou, Po Xiao, and Xiao Li, you three have weaker strength and might encounter danger, so it’s best to act with others.” Himeko said.
With more Nameless, Himeko just needed to control the big picture; it was impossible to arrange every team pairing, and it wouldn’t align with the Nameless’ will of freedom anyway.
Everyone had protective equipment from Himeko, so fatal harm was basically impossible.
If the protective equipment was truly activated, Himeko could arrive in a short time.
“Teacher March, Teacher A Xing, Teacher Huai Feng, I want to go with you!” Su Xiaoli immediately went to March 7th’s side.
“Sure.” March 7th agreed; Su Xiaoli was most familiar with the three of them, so choosing to go with them was normal.
“How about no teams this time? We haven’t pioneered together yet. This world is a vast ocean, so we’ll need ships; too few people and we can’t control the ship.” Meng Huaifeng suggested.
This might make pioneering efficiency a bit lower, but so what?
You can’t buy the Nameless’ willingness with a thousand gold.
“That’s fine too.” Seeing no objections, Himeko agreed.
“This pioneering trip is tentatively set for three months; no need to rush, take your time enjoying the pioneering, Pa.” Pamu announced.
Anyway, no matter how long here, it was only one day in the original world, so why rush?
Pamu tried to extend the time limit, not wanting everyone to come in a hurry and leave in a hurry, without a moment’s rest, missing more of the beauty in the pioneering process.
Boarding the train’s landing pod, Himeko headed toward the island where the train had appeared.
For the Nameless, it didn’t matter where they started pioneering.
But Himeko still remembered Meng Huaifeng’s protagonist theory when he first joined the train.
It didn’t matter to the Nameless, but for Meng Huaifeng, it might hold some special emotion?
The landing pod steadily landed in the outskirts of the small village town. After everyone got out, Himeko retrieved the landing pod.
“What beautiful pastoral scenery.”
The moment they landed, March 7th took a photograph.
…
Windmill Village, inside the tavern.
A group of pirates with varied and unconventional appearances were laughing loudly and drinking.
The red-haired pirate suddenly frowned; he keenly sensed a strange energy enveloping them.
It wasn’t Armament Haki, not Observation Haki, nor Conqueror’s Haki.
What was it?
The red-haired pirate drew his sword Gryphon and lightly slashed the table in front of him.
The tabletop was unscathed.
“Devil Fruit ability?” another pirate asked gravely.
“Besides Devil Fruits, is there such a magical ability? Who would’ve thought this little Windmill Village hid a strong person.” Shanks said with interest.
“Let me test how strong this ability’s defense is, how many percent of my power’s sword it can withstand. If it takes over 40%, we’ll invite him aboard.” Shanks slightly increased his power and slashed the table with one sword.
