[One Piece] Inferior Star

Chapter 689 God's Punishment Falls

This submarine is pretty well built.I haven't looked at it carefully before, but at the level of this era, this is already considered a very advanced design.As Matthew knocked on the inner wall of the submarine, he thought: This needs to be improved.

"You are repairing, not disassembling... right?" Luo couldn't believe what he saw.

"Overhaul." Matthew said don't worry, he just didn't want to be 'buried' in the sea, "This is a very good ship, Mr. Luo."

"Thank you for the compliment." Luo spread his hands and said, "We have been following that ship for three days. Do you have any new discoveries?"

"According to the satellite images, their destination should be a small island next to the mainland of the empire." Matthew said while twisting the screws, "but from the satellite, the island is very strange."

"strangeness?"

"There is a city up there." Matthew replied, "and there are many people living there, it looks like a normal city. I thought they would go to a place like a primitive tribe to sacrifice the kidnapped people, But it seems that I think too simple."

"City..." Sacrifice in the city?Luo couldn't figure it out either, and he said, "In any case, we can only continue to follow them. Let's find a suitable place to dock at that time—are you going to tear down that window??"

"This screw is a bit rusty, I just want to change it, no problem, it will not be a problem to change only this screw at this depth."

"That being said, it's still kind of weird to unscrew a submarine on the bottom of the sea. Stop it!"

"You've convinced me. Almost everyone on this ship seems to be helpless with sea water."

"If you know it, stop it!"

After a while, Matthew and the others followed the suspicious red boat to the island in the satellite.There is indeed a big city on the island, with docks, markets, squares... it can be said that everything is available.Yet the atmosphere here still feels off-kilter.The main reason: they had never seen such a silent city.

People walked on the street, but they tried not to make a sound.Even if you meet someone you know well, you just make eye contact and leave in a hurry.Vendors in the market did not sell, and there was not even the sound of bargaining.The doors and windows of each store are closed, leaving only a small window and notice board for simple communication with customers.

In such a big city, you can't even hear a bird or an insect, and once you leave the docks, even the sound of the sea disappears.It seems that they came to the right place. If you want to talk about the best city, it must at least have this weird look?

"The people from the Red Boat came out of the port and went to the building over there." Matthew pointed to a castle on the hillside not far away, and the flag of the Dragon Cult was still flying above it.He said, "Go in rashly, let's investigate—"

"Vivi!"

At this moment, a person jumped out from the alley of the nearby building. He grabbed Weiwei's wrist and wanted to pull her into the alley, but this immediately aroused everyone's vigilance, as if being caught What switch was touched, and before Weiwei could say anything, her eyes were already filled with knife light, flames and sand, and when she came to her senses, she was already blocked from the alley!

"It's so dangerous!!" The person who caught Weiwei was now forced to hide far away. He stood in the shadow of the alley and extinguished the flames on his body, "Calm down! I'm not the enemy! Weiwei! It's me !"

"...Ku Sha!" Weiwei recognized the other party's identity when she heard the voice, and she immediately ran to the front, "Great, you're fine!"

"You're the one!" Kou Sha came out of the shadows a little bit, he was a tall young man with blond hair and tinted sunglasses, "I haven't contacted for a long time, I thought..."

"Miss Weiwei, is this your friend?" Matthew asked quickly, lest someone next to him be on fire.They were all really suffocated in the submarine.

"Yeah!" Weiwei nodded, and she said, "Kousa and I came out from the desert country together to investigate the case of missing people, and they are my companions. Kosha, these are also companions, and they helped me a lot." Weiwei gave a brief introduction.

"So that's the case, I saw it just now..." Kosha looked at his scorched clothes, and then said, "Anyway, everyone, it's inconvenient to talk about it here, please come with me first."

There is no way, after all, this weird atmosphere really has a feeling that it is impossible to speak well. Everyone has no objections, and follows Kosha to leave the main body of the city.Far from the city walls, they came to a camp built inside a cave.If you look closely, it seems that this place used to be a mine, and there may be a lot of space underground, which is a hidden camp.

There were also several young men and women dressed similarly to Kosha in the camp. They were all very happy after seeing Weiwei, and they seemed to be companions as well.Weiwei said before that she was separated from her companions and could only investigate alone, so it seems that she was talking about them.

"I'm sorry, there's nothing good to entertain here, everyone, please drink some water first." Kosha said and took a sip first, "Weiwei, it's great that you are safe and sound. Thank you for finding this place .”

"It took me a lot of effort to come here with the help of many people. I kept you waiting for Kosha." Weiwei nodded, and she said, "Speaking of which, what's going on here? You found the missing Is there anyone?"

"Ah..." When this matter was mentioned, Kou Sha showed embarrassment, and he said, "I think not only the missing people in our country, but the missing people in the whole continent are probably in that city."

"I saw the banner of the Dragon Cult." At this time, Matthew would not be him if he didn't interrupt, "Is that city controlled by the Dragon Cult?"

"Ah, that's right. It's the Dragon Cult... It can be said that this is a lawless place that is more terrifying than the Dominion." How to describe it... Kosha said, "But in that city, there will be no crime, no There will be disputes, not even gossip. Although people live there, they dare not laugh, cry, get angry, or speak, and the only thing they can do is to express their loyalty to 'God'."

What the heck... is this the scene of Far Cry 15?Matthew complained in his heart, he said: "As far as I know, the Dragon Cult believes in a skeleton dragon. Did they bring the kidnapped people here to sacrifice to that dragon?"

"I thought so too, but after investigation we found that it wasn't the case." Kosha shook his head, he frowned and said, "Although the Dragon Cult does enshrine a giant dragon, on this island, They have another 'god'. I've never seen the real face of that god, but everyone in the city has seen it..."

Kosha recalled what he saw: "Everyone kept silent about that god and was terrified to the point of insanity. The Dragon Cult members who run the city were also very scared most of the time, and they took people from the world. After being kidnapped from all over the world, they are taken into the castle to meet the 'God', and after that, no matter how strong the resistance consciousness is, people will be immediately swallowed up by fear and become trembling."

Sounds like a masterpiece of demonic fear.Is he here... Matthew said, "That is, they kidnapped people to live in this city, controlled by fear...?" Or were they creating fear and feeding it?Is enshrining demon fear also to spread fear?Human negativity is good for demons, so maybe...

Based on this speculation, this should be some way to strengthen the power of the old gods, just like when the anger was created in the garden of Totland (Kingdom of Sweet) and people fell into a rage?It's just that rage is always fleeting, but fear is endless.It turns out that they are creating chaos everywhere, probably to ensure that this illusion can continue forever.

Matthew almost understood the logic, and he said again: "Well... so how does that god ensure that people can still fear him when they leave the castle and even at home?"

"Eh...?" What a strange question...no.It should be said that it is a very reasonable but very surprising question.Do the average person ask this first?Kosha was slightly surprised, but he still replied, "It is said that as long as you are in that city, God can 'know'."

"Know?"

"He knows everything that happens in the city. If anyone wants to resist, or wants to escape, there will be 'divine punishment' from the sky."

"Huh?" The gods and ghosts are almost enough!Matthew became a little impatient and said, "Mr. Kosha, have you ever seen that divine punishment? Specifically, what is it? You better not tell me that people who violate God's will die after three days." Sudden serious illness and death. I will be very angry, okay?"

"I think you're already angry..." Kosha muttered, and then whispered again close to Weiwei: "I think he's already angry!"

"Hahaha..." Matthew still... has no patience for 'unscientific' things.Weiwei felt that it was her turn to ask questions now, and she said, "Kosha, what exactly is God's punishment?"

"It's lightning." Kosha said, "Actually, we've seen it here many times... People who have just been escorted may resist, and we have rescued some. But once we enter that city... just... As long as there is a little rebellious emotion, there will be thunder and lightning falling from the sky, completely swallowing the rebellious person and their surroundings."

"Yes, there is thunder and lightning falling from the sky...?"

"Ah... Although I don't believe there are any gods, but... But it really looks like something sent down punishment from the sky—"

"I can do that kind of thing." Matthew said with an indifferent expression, "orbital strikes or something, I can do it now. Let this island, together with their 'uncertain absurd god' Disappear. So that science can restore everything to normal!"

"Matthew, calm down." Luo really couldn't stand it anymore. He said this, and he wanted to count on Ace and Sabo, but the two brothers fell asleep there... Yes! !At least give me important information!Luo said with a bit of a headache, "Anyway, what is certain is that there is a 'god' with lightning and mind-reading abilities, right?"

"Mind reading..." and so on.Speaking of mind reading... Matthew suddenly thought of something, and his impatient expression just now disappeared instantly, "Is it the ability of the devil fruit and the arrogance of knowledge?"

"what?"

"Although I don't think domineering is unscientific, it's much better than gods." Matthew's tone became more relaxed, "However, Ms. Youxiang hasn't encountered lightning abilities before and can A domineering person with knowledge... such a guy should be quite strong, and he shouldn't be ignored..."

"Matthew?"

"Okay, let me explain my conclusion to stupid humans." Matthew immediately raised his voice, and he said, "If I guess correctly, we have two enemies here, and the Dragon Cult deliberately let They are believed to be incarnations of the same 'god'. One, a powerful human with lightning and mind-reading abilities, and one..."

"It's something that only Miss Youxiang can handle. It's a very tricky guy... I don't know if orange juice has any effect?"

"Orange juice?"

"Try it."

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The author has something to say:

Now the battle strategy of Matthew's team is as follows:

The enemy has appeared! !

Ace & Sabo: feint + attract the enemy's attention and obstruct the line of sight

Holy Son: Go up and chop the enemy into pieces

Laosha: Drain the meat and turn it into sand

Luo: (speaking next to him) I said...the one just now seems to be one of us, right?

Matthew: Fight!fight!

Weiwei: Everyone, calm down! !

Enemy: Has turned to ashes.

You should be able to guess the 'god' in the city, thunderbolt + mind reading, that's the man!

But Fabias is here too, what kind of relationship do they have? Hehehe... we can only wait for Xiangxiang to reveal it!

Speaking of Koza... When I first started watching Pirates, I was still young.When I saw the Alabasta chapter, what attracted me was not Ace who made his debut, but Koza.When Kou Sha appeared, my first reaction was: so handsome! !what happened!Why is his painting style different from others? ! !Of course, now I also think Kou Sha is handsome.Weiwei... listen to my advice... childhood sweethearts are the most delicious! ! !