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[Attributes: Illusion Resistance +300%, Willpower * 5]

[Effect: Eternally anchor the self-concept, immune to logical conceptual attacks of any form!]

"The 'Self as Self' has appeared, does that mean 'Other as Not-Self' is coming soon too?"

The problem is.

Su Ming didn't really feel anything himself.

Currently, the only tangible improvement from 'Self as Self' is the boost to his base attributes...

But then again.

In the infinite heavens, there are truly many old tricksters who specialize in illusions.

Consider it a preemptive defense.

Throwing his body onto the bed and wrapping himself in the quilt like a silkworm, Su Ming went all in at the very last moment before drifting off to sleep.

He dumped all the accumulated job experience he had onto his Gathering Skill.

As the text [Gathering L9 (Max)...] appeared before his eyes, Su Ming fell asleep with a satisfied smile.

The next day at noon.

Su Ming arrived in the living room, looking refreshed.

Seeing that Zhixin and Moyi were not at home, he didn't think much of it and busied himself preparing a Turkish-style Sea Kings barbecue.

He took a big bite.

Crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, and the meat was delicious.

The fat melted in his mouth, the aroma of the meat was rich, paired with a slight charred scent... Su Ming chewed and contentedly narrowed his eyes.

Hehe.

So delicious!

The barbecue made with the Creation Skill was a level of enjoyment that would be considered three-star Michelin chef quality in his past life.

After finishing his breakfast, he saw that the two women, Zhixin and Moyi, still hadn't returned.

Su Ming didn't linger and Blinked over to the One Piece World.

He had just returned to the captain's cabin of the midnight rose, and before his butt was even warm, there was already a raging storm outside.

The low, heavy black clouds seemed like the gaping maw of an abyss, about to swallow the entire world.

When he first arrived, it was still sunny and beautiful outside!

But this is the Grand Line!

"Master, welcome back!"

Midnight's translucent body rose from thin air upon the slightly smaller throne in front.

It... actually fits quite well!

"Things That Happen When a Earthbound Spirit Meets a Homebody"?

"Midnight, has Wapol's pirate ship not been found yet?"

"No!" Midnight gave the exact opposite answer: "Under the guidance of the wish pointer, I followed his route last night, but since Master hadn't returned, I could only follow from a distance around this sea area to avoid alerting the enemy and ruining Master's plans."

Su Ming: "..."

Is it an illusion?

It feels like Midnight is very resentful.

Emmm...

Forget it, that's not important.

Thinking of the munch-munch fruit he was about to get, Su Ming was full of anticipation, rubbing his hands together in excitement like a fly.

Chapter 78: Gathering L9! An Incredible Awakening

The world was dark, and the occasional flash of thunder could only illuminate the waterfall-like, never-ending curtain of rain.

But it couldn't even light up the large ship a hundred meters away!

Yes.

It was indeed a large ship.

A bone ghost ship!

To be more precise, it was a bone ghost ship that had quietly surfaced from the depths of the ocean floor!

Through Midnight.

Su Ming knew that there was an unnamed island ahead.

It was where Wapol's ship was temporarily stationed, and it hadn't moved from last night until now.

"Master, do you need to wait for the weather to improve before making a move?"

Su Ming shook his head:

"There's no need to take it so seriously. Too much time has already been wasted on Wapol. Watch the ship; I'll be back in a flash!"

He Blinked away.

When he reappeared, Su Ming was hovering above the small island, less than fifty meters from the ground!

The torrential rain was gathered away by an invisible barrier and reduced to water resources in his inventory.

At the same time.

The inventory opened.

Soft and cute rabbit dolls fell down one after another.

Boom! —

The first blazing fire briefly illuminated the surrounding rain curtain.

Immediately following.

One Jumpy Dumpty after another fell to the ground and exploded. Amidst the rumbling, blazing firelight, those Jumpy Dumpties scattered and set off a series of massive explosions.

The sound of explosions was endless.

The roar of thunder was forcibly suppressed.

The small island below, less than five hundred square meters, was instantly covered by carpet bombing.

An exquisite villa on the island was instantly blown to powder. As for the living people? Sorry, within the range of his Observation Haki, those living targets were the first unlucky ones to be bombed point-blank by the Jumpy Dumpties.

After a while.

Su Ming finally stopped.

A total of 500 Jumpy Dumpties, totaling 1500 chain explosions, with 500 extra-large explosions alternating to plow the ground.

Let alone living people.

The island below had even been bombed until it sank into the sea!

And Su Ming, high in the sky, simultaneously Blinked back to the ship.

In his hand.

A strangely shaped purple fruit lay quietly in his palm.

This was the specialty of the One Piece World — the Devil Fruit.

It was something Su Ming had gathered from Wapol's remains.

[Skill: Gathering L9 (Max)]

[Category: Rule]

[Attributes: All-Thing Analysis +60]

[Effect ①: Material Index]

[Effect ②: Careful Calculation]

[Effect ③: Precise Harvesting]

[Effect ④: Universal Knowledge]

[Effect ⑤: Wall-Piercing Insight]

"I underestimated the Devil Fruit. I didn't expect this thing to be a highly active conceptual aggregate! In its essence, it is even more of a twisted world origin!"

Relying on the newly awakened Wall-Piercing Insight effect of the max-level Gathering Skill.

Su Ming was finally able to glimpse the truth of the Devil Fruit.

Someone used unknown means to intercept a portion of the world's origin and twisted it, which ultimately gave birth to the Devil Fruit!

The world was naturally unhappy, but as a metaphysical pan-will, the world could do nothing except cast a curse on all fruit ability users.

But because of this.

The Devil Fruit no longer belonged to any party.

To the world, the Devil Fruit was an origin independent of its own system. Although it was unwilling, at least this thing was still circulating within the world.

To the mastermind behind the scenes, the ambition to completely control the world and become the world's ruler through the Devil Fruit had completely failed!

But because of this.

It had disguisedly fueled the danger of the Great Pirate Era.

Don't you think?

Lord Imu, hiding behind the scenes of the World Government and targeted by the entire world?

Gahaha! —

This is just too damn interesting!

If I'm not mistaken, the incident decades ago where Rocks, Garp, Roger, Whitebeard, Linlin, and Kaido joined forces to destroy Imu's physical body was the result of the world's will silently pushing from behind the scenes.

However...

I need to stop while I'm ahead.

The inspiration at the threshold of legend told Su Ming that the current world will had already intentionally or unintentionally cast a glance at him.

Su Ming knew.

The munch-munch fruit was already the limit.

After thinking about it, Su Ming put the munch-munch fruit away.

This thing was prepared for the midnight rose.

However, Su Ming didn't come away empty-handed; with the munch-munch fruit in hand, the energy factors possessing part of the [Integration] concept had already been seen through by Su Ming at a glance.

It is worthy of being a skill effect named after a Great Taoist Divine Ability.

The value of Wall-Piercing Insight is still soaring!

The white light of Creation enveloped the inventory, and large quantities of steel were converted into wapol alloy.

During the process.

Su Ming also gave a hasty instruction to Midnight.

He told it to steer the ghost ship directly towards the New World.

Afterward, Su Ming completely immersed himself in his own world, unable to extricate himself.

In the previously prefabricated satellite array, some parts needed to be replaced, and a series of new designs such as satellite recovery, light energy focusing, and orbital strikes needed to be developed one by one.

The old, non-recoverable rockets were reduced to their basic materials.

The current idea was to design a spacecraft capable of flying freely in high-orbit space.

In this way.