Driven to Extremes by Collapse

"Vice Admiral Ye Chen, is this trip a mission?"

Sitting to the side, Saul held a wine bowl even larger than Ye Chen's, clinked it against Ye Chen's, and then downed it in one gulp, laughing heartily.

"Let's go to the West Blue."

Ye Chen took a sip of his drink and gave a casual reply.

"The West Blue? Perfect timing, I'm also going to the West Blue." Saul was stunned, looking at Ye Chen with some astonishment.

"Big guy, what are you doing in the West Blue?"

Across from him, Bai Doudou's cheeks were bulging like a ball, and he was stuffing food into his mouth. Ye Chen couldn't understand what this idiot was saying.

However, Saul did understand. "I've been assigned a mission to arrest a group of historical archaeologists."

"A historian or archaeologist?" Ye Chen looked up and frowned.

"Yes." Saul nodded.

"Historical archaeology? What's that?" Bai Doudou looked completely bewildered.

"They're just a group of archaeological and historical scientists, I guess!" Saul scratched his head, equally puzzled.

Ye Chen, however, pondered for a moment with a slightly deeper meaning.

"Boss, since we're going to the West Blue too, let's follow Big Guy! It's much more comfortable here than on the wooden planks." With her bright red eyes darting around, Bai Doudou looked at Ye Chen, deciding to stay put.

Since we're heading in the same direction anyway, and there's food and drink here, why bother going out in the wind and rain?

"Brubrubru"

Just then, Ye Chen's Den Den Mushi suddenly rang.

"Hello!" Ye Chen placed the Den Den Mushi on the table and continued eating slowly and deliberately.

"When did you leave Marineford?" Sengoku's voice sounded weary as he spoke through the Den Den Mushi.

"Morning."

"Oh, are you free right now? If you are, go arrest a pirate." The sound of flipping through documents came through the Den Den Mushi, clearly Sengoku was dealing with government affairs.

"Where are those three guys?"

"They all have tasks, you're the only one with a lot of free time."

Rubbing his forehead, Ye Chen asked, "Who are you going to arrest?"

It's just a pirate, it shouldn't take up too much time. Ye Chen thought about it and finally decided that, after all, it's still the assessment period, and he needs to be patient until he achieves his goal.

"World Destroyer Bondi World"

"Location."

"The Emerald Kingdom of the Grand Line"

"The Emerald Kingdom?" Ye Chen seemed to have heard this name somewhere before. After thinking for a moment, Satori that a necklace made in this country had been auctioned off at an auction house in the Sabaody Archipelago. It seemed to be a heart-shaped gemstone called something like "Heart of the Ocean."

It seems that it was eventually auctioned off for 200 million Beli, which is higher than the price of a typical Devil Fruit.

"The Emerald Kingdom is one of the World Affiliated Nation, renowned for its exquisite jewelry and other valuable items. Every year, it generates substantial tax revenue for the World Government. However, not long ago, the Emerald Kingdom's naval branch was destroyed, and the culprit was the World Destroyer. The Five Elders personally intervened in this matter, and the Navy is determined to take down this guy."

"By the way, that guy is Devil Fruit User, the More-More Fruit. It can increase the size and speed of objects he touches by hundreds of times, and can also freely enhance his own movement and strength. He's very powerful." Sengoku's voice was somewhat heavy.

"Knew."

"Then I'll wait for your good news."

The Den Den Mushi hung up, and Saul and Bai Doudou both stared at Ye Chen, their expressions changing.

For example, Bai Doudou had a long face.

"What are you looking at? You've eaten so much, you should be full by now."

Standing up, Ye Chen wiped his mouth with a napkin and glanced at Bai Doudou expressionlessly.

"Thank you for your hospitality." Ye Chen said, looking at Saul.

"Haku, you're always so cold-faced, but you're much more handsome than Sakazuki's poker face. I think so too."

Saul laughed heartily.

Ye Chen looked at Saul with some surprise.

"Kuzan is my good friend."

"Really?" Ye Chen hadn't thought of that.

Not long after, a loud explosion rocked the sea, and Ye Chen and Bai Doudou instantly turned into black dots and disappeared from the sight of all the marines.

The ship was filled with gasps of surprise.

The Emerald Kingdom, renowned worldwide for its jewelry and various kinds of ornaments, is an extremely wealthy country, a paradise for women.

However, this country is now facing annihilation. An absolute demon, even the Vice Admiral guarding the naval branch, is no match for it, easily turning the base into ruins.

The entire kingdom is now engulfed in flames and filled with smoke. Countless jewels have been looted by pirates, and cries of agony and agony can be heard everywhere.

You can even see many beautiful women being dragged into houses by pirates who lustfully abuse them.

The men and children were all mercilessly murdered; the corpses scattered on the ground, emitting the smell of barbecue, filled the entire space with a gloomy atmosphere.

The title "World Destroyer" speaks volumes about how terrifying it is.

Bondi World earned this nickname because this man destroyed everything he encountered; he could be utterly depraved.

However, no one is born psychologically twisted. If someone becomes extremely pathological, it means that the pain they experienced in the past made it unbearable, leading to a mental breakdown.

In such a breakdown, a normal person often goes to two extremes, one of which is extreme darkness, which is also the most likely personality change to occur during a breakdown.

The darkness encompasses many things, the most striking being ruthlessness, morbidity, distortion, and neurosis, with a tendency to destroy everything. This kind of situation represents the ultimate destruction, completely devoid of conscience, morality, or kindness; all that remains is madness and subversion.

In contrast to this extreme, the other extreme is a complete mental collapse, becoming an idiot, or despair, equivalent to a living dead, having lost their soul.

The first two extremes, darkness and despair, are relatively normal, but between these two extremes, there is also a very high probability of developing a saintly devotion.

The so-called "Saint Mary transformation" refers to a state of mental breakdown where, unable to cope, one transforms into a completely different, shaped life.

This kind of life is one where light is magnified in the deepest darkness, such as kindness, compassion, and repaying evil with good.

Darkening, despair, and sainthood are all possible outcomes, with despair being the most likely outcome, because when a person has a mental breakdown, their first thought is often death.

Compared to despair, the chance of becoming a saint is the highest, because this extreme is completely unbelievable, practically a one in ten million probability.

As for the final dark turn, it refers to a person who, after a breakdown, rallies and lives for a goal. This goal may be revenge or simply destruction, and there are many such goals, but they are definitely negative. Such a person's personality is often inhuman and devoid of good, which is to say, they are mentally ill.

Most importantly, turning to the dark side can easily lead to dual personality disorder.

Take Ye Chen for example. When he was being tortured, he was in despair and broke down. But in the midst of that breakdown, he stubbornly survived and went to extremes, turning to darkness.

Perhaps it's not very obvious now, and even Ye Chen himself hasn't realized it, but in fact, there are already problems with his personality or mental state.

Most of the time, he is aloof, indifferent to life, cold-blooded, and utterly heartless. Only when he argues with Bai Doudou does he occasionally reveal his personality from his past life.

This personality is incomplete; it could also be a dark version of a normal personality, because he hasn't lost his mind and still knows what he should do, so the dark transformation is incomplete.

However, he lost control during his fight with Borsalino.

At that time, Ye Chen had no idea what he was doing. It was as if another consciousness was controlling his body. He had completely lost his reason; all he felt was destruction, chaos, and slaughter.

In other words, the more stimulation Ye Chen receives, the more likely he is to develop two personalities.

One is a relatively normal personality, like now, killing those who should be killed and killing those who shouldn't be killed. In this case, it's a case of rationality turning dark, that is, the darkening is incomplete and not negative. They still know what they are doing, and may even occasionally do something stupid and argue with Bai Doudou.

However, Ye Chen, out of control, had no idea what he was doing. All he did was destroy everything in front of him, destroying everything without regard for anything else. In other words, he lost his mind, became completely dark and indifferent to his family and friends, and turned into a completely negative person.

Even in Ye Chen's peaceful past, there were people who suffered mental breakdowns leading to drastic personality changes. How much more so in this cannibalistic, disorderly, and morbid world?

Therefore, Ye Chen's rationality has turned dark, but a silent and completely dark personality has already taken root and sprouted. It only needs some stimulation to grow vigorously.

Alright, you should all have a good idea of the protagonist's personality by now. He can be either rationally darkened or completely darkened, but I don't need to guess, you all definitely prefer the completely darkened version. A bunch of scoundrels like me, but I like it.

Finally, I inexplicably felt like sighing.

Well

Oh right, I forgot to mention, everyone should be careful not to get too much stimulation, otherwise a second personality might develop unexpectedly. I watched a movie about personality today that gave me the creeps! My legs are still shaking.