38: Section 38

It really is Diagon Alley!

The Comprehensive Network is truly omnipotent!

Setting aside Miss Know-It-All's manic outbursts...

Even Su Ming held a great deal of longing for that fairy-tale-like world.

However...

There's no rush!

Opportunities like this are rare; Su Ming didn't want to waste this invitation before being fully prepared.

...

Seeing Su Ming's unusual state, Zhixin hurriedly asked:

“Is there a result? Su Ming?”

“Yeah, don't worry...” Su Ming looked at their worried faces and comforted them, “My intuition tells me the next world won't be that dangerous.”

Phew! —

That's good then!

Zhixin and Moyi both breathed a sigh of relief.

Su Ming's intuition was indeed absurdly accurate; his judgment carried quite a high level of credibility.

With the biggest concern resolved, Zhixin couldn't help but complain:

“I really don't know the principle behind your ability to travel between different worlds at will; this mechanism of changing every month is just too abrupt!”

Moyi deeply agreed:

“Indeed, the traces of artificial design are far too obvious!”

Noticing the Angels' subtle warning, Su Ming smiled without saying a word.

It was perfectly normal for the Comprehensive Network to have traces of artificial design. As for hidden dangers, his strength was too weak and his horizons too narrow; idle speculation was meaningless.

However,

Su Ming took the Angels' kind warning to heart.

“It's fine. Compared to that, I'm more curious about when the Star God Project will be finished?”

Seeing that Su Ming didn't want to talk more about it,

Zhixin sighed helplessly and replied:

“Genetic adaptation is complete, and the underlying design is being modified. My teacher's plan is to integrate a pseudo-mana system and leave room for future upgrades.”

“The dark matter computer array is already in place. Cloud algorithms, data firewalls, operating terminals, energy systems, personal Dark Planes, exclusive armories, micro-wormhole algorithms, and super databases are currently loading.”

“It's estimated that in another month, the first phase of the Star God Project will be completed.”

“Little Su Ming, you can start thinking of a resounding title for your future Super Gene!”

Su Ming was a bit dazed.

Could it be that Ge Men watched a fake Super Gene Academy?

“Genetic engineering is very complex, right? Why is it so fast?”

Moyi spread her hands and said:

“How could it not be fast! We cut out the most time-consuming and labor-intensive gene expression functions, even though we've shifted entirely to stacking computing power and optimizing algorithms...”

“With Queen Kaisha and the Heavenly Base King working together, plus a whole group of Angel sisters assisting!”

“Moreover, this is only the first phase, which is basically just the level of a first-generation Super Soldier... Put that way, do you still think it's fast?”

Su Ming was speechless.

Two Angel Queens leading development with a group of scientific research Angels as assistants... Tsk tsk, Old Man Hua would be envious enough to undergo plasmolysis!

“So, Little Su Su, have you thought of a title for the future?”

Veins popped on Su Ming's forehead!

From Little Su Ming to Little Su Su, give me a break, you bastard!

Evil thoughts rose from his heart!

Su Ming slapped the armrest and said fiercely:

“I've thought of it, Sister. Let's call it the Astral Wanderer.”

Bard: ... (Unintelligible characters)!

Calling her 'Sister' wasn't a loss!

As long as the benefits were sufficient, Su Ming could even voluntarily sit at the kids' table!

...

The next day.

Location: East Blue, Shells Town!

[Ding! —]

[Monthly Free Dungeon: Chasing Dreams in the New World is now open...]

[Note 1: Due to current version restrictions, the player party function is disabled. Please adventure with caution.]

[Note 2: During the Monthly Free Dungeon period, players can travel back and forth to the Prime Material Plane at will. Note: The time flow of the dungeon world is synchronized with the main world. Please allocate your time reasonably.]

[Note 3: Upon dungeon settlement, final rewards will be determined based on the player's past performance, achievement medals, and reputation legends.]

Marine 153rd Branch.

Warm sunlight streamed through the window, falling into a certain junior officer's office on the third floor.

A black-haired youth wearing a tailored black suit with a junior officer's Marine uniform draped over his shoulders slowly woke up, his obsidian eyes full of confusion.

Something was wrong.

Extremely, incredibly wrong!

He looked down at the officer's greatcoat on his body, then looked up at the Marine flag!

“Seagull... Scales... A capitalized MARINE...”

“Hiss! —”

“So this is what 'Chasing Dreams in the New World' meant!”

As everyone knew,

the second half of the Grand Line was also known as the New World... But, standing up and glancing at his officer's greatcoat, Su Ming had a 'you've got to be kidding me' expression.

As a Marine...

how am I supposed to go chase dreams in the New World?

Eh!

Wait!

Su Ming scratched his head frantically...

Since when did weekly free dungeons come with identity embedding?

As soon as this thought arose, the Comprehensive Network notification finally arrived late.

[Ding! —]

[Detected that the player has cleared the Newbie Dungeon!]

[Hidden Dungeon Mechanism activated...]

[Prompt: Subsequent dungeons will embed a fictional past for the player. If you collect three experiences in the same dungeon, that dungeon will be permanently open to the player!]

[Prompt: Please handle relationships with NPCs carefully to avoid information leaks!]

[Prompt: Achievement system activated. Complete corresponding achievements to receive various achievement rewards!]

Chapter 44: One Piece World! Where Dreams Begin

While flipping through the memories packed into his brain, he looked at the tidy office desk.

On the desk, the original body's resignation letter lay in the most prominent spot.

Opening it to take a look, Su Ming was immediately stuck between laughter and tears.

[To the piece of shit Captain Morgan: Greetings!]

[By the time you see this letter, this bro will already be a free pirate galloping across the sea!]

[Listen, Captain, I know you're angry, but don't be angry yet.]

[Pirates don't care about that attendance system. I won't have my salary embezzled by a superior just because they found some random excuse, and I won't have my whole family insulted just for asking for leave.]

[My adventure is about to set sail. In the future, I will dance with the waves and be companions with treasure. I'll even find a group of curvy female pirates to travel the world with!]

[As for you, my piece of shit Captain Morgan, you can just rot into the mud along with your foul reign and that ridiculous jaw of yours!]

[— Your handsome subordinate, Ensign Omar Su!]

“Tsk! — Quite naughty.”

Disgusting the old boss before quitting without notice; the Comprehensive Network really knows how to play.

Absorbing the memories in his head wasn't difficult.

It was originally a past constructed using the player's behavioral habits as a framework, so the persona fit perfectly.

However, most of Omar's past was concentrated in Shells Town, and he rarely interacted with people.

The few experiences of going out were during the days of participating in recruit training at the East Blue Branch and receiving instruction from a Loguetown officer—yes, that was Captain Smoker, the user of the Logia-type Smoke-Smoke Fruit.

Of course,

this fictional memory wasn't just a simple character biography.

It included formations, military discipline, naval combat coordination, firearms training, as well as simple knowledge of ship maintenance and basic navigation.

Hoping to learn the Rokushiki from this was pure daydreaming.

But this knowledge was at least enough to let a player sail a ship out to sea.

The problem was...

“They said 'Chasing Dreams in the New World,' but the landing point dropped this bro in the Four Blues... Comprehensive Network, you have no heart!”

Glancing around the office,

Su Ming felt regretful:

“What a good stable job... *Sigh!*”

According to the blurred memories,

this was the 153rd Branch in Shells Town in the East Blue.

It was also the territory ruled by the cruel methods of the iron-jawed Captain Morgan.

That's right.

It was that Captain Morgan, known as 'Axe-Hand.'

Who would have thought that the former Morgan was actually a heroic and fearless Marine who dared to uphold justice.

If he remembered correctly, this seemed to be the fault of Jango from the Black Cat Pirates. In the original story, Morgan's brain was messed up by Jango.

But...

The terrible things Morgan did were also a fact.

As a post-00s youth with bursting self-confidence, Su Ming found it hard to convince himself to continue enduring Morgan's enslavement.

— Even if it was only for a month!

Pulling open a hidden compartment in the desk drawer, a small handbag came into view.

Inside were the accumulated savings of the original Omar over several years.