New Hope

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In my past life, there were all sorts of speculations about Blackbeard on forums, online communities, and chat groups.

This guy is the first person to eat two Devil Fruits, and he might even be the final boss, and he also knows how to strip Devil Fruit.

Originally, according to the original development, Blackbeard would have replaced Whitebeard as the new Four Emperors, and even become the final boss.

However, thanks to Ye Chen, everything was nipped in the bud. Not only did Blackbeard become a prisoner, but all his subordinates also became prisoners. However, there were two who escaped.

In retrospect, Blackbeard was one step behind. If he hadn't chosen to steal the country's technology and had instead patiently waited for his opportunity for a few years, he might have had a chance to rise to prominence.

Compared to the original story, Blackbeard didn't obtain the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, and none of his crew members received better opportunities for advancement. This is equivalent to the Blackbeard Pirates being wiped out before they could even become powerful.

If this were anywhere else, a few Blackbeard Pirates might have managed to escape, but the battlefield was in a country. Even if Enel and the others didn't intervene, the sheer number of soldiers and officers would be enough to give them a run for their money.

The Blackbeard Pirates suffered a very unjust defeat; this Future big boss was forcibly sent back to the womb by Ye Chen for a complete overhaul.

Before long, the two arrived at the special prison.

Rows of cells, all made of Seastone, contain many strange-looking wild beasts and other Devil Fruit User, clearly all experimental subjects.

"God, God, wait!"

As they passed a prison cell, the chains jingled incessantly, and the urgent sounds were filled with longing.

Ye Chen stopped and looked towards the prison cell.

Moria was barely recognizable; he was emaciated and covered in patched wounds, looking like a zombie. Ye Chen didn't recognize him at first glance.

Because of the Seastone chains, Moria was completely powerless, but seeing Ye Chen stop, he struggled to crawl to the cell door.

"God, give me a chance."

Moria was terrified. He was truly terrified. Ever since he was captured and brought here, he had been studied day and night. At first, it was Caesar, and then it was the other researchers. From being tough at the beginning to being completely at their mercy now, no one knew what Moria had gone through.

Death was a luxury for him; if he weren't still somewhat useful, he might have become a puppet general.

Moreover, he didn't want to die. He hadn't yet avenged himself on Kaido, and he wouldn't be content to die like this. So he persisted, determined not to die, just waiting for an opportunity.

But this bastard, Caesar, that bastard, he had clearly submitted, and countless times, but this guy completely treated him like a guinea pig, and in the end, he shouted himself hoarse but received no response at all.

Hatred—if Moria hated who most right now, it would undoubtedly Caesar. Next was fear, and he feared Caesar the most. Can you imagine what it's like to be a lab rat?

"Gecko Moria?"

Raising an eyebrow, Ye Chen glanced at Caesar, looking at Moria was as thin as a bamboo pole and had sunken eyes.

"Shuluoluo, you're not dead yet?"

Caesar looked astonished, as if he had discovered a new continent.

After Moria was captured, Caesar studied him for a month before losing interest and handing him over to other researchers. He had always assumed the man had been dissected, but it turned out he was still alive.

Seeing Caesar's shocked expression, Moria nearly spat out blood. This guy had indeed forgotten about him.

"God, I still have value. I can create a fearless zombie army, I can strip away shadows, I can..."

After quickly finishing a whole bunch of things, Moria looked at Ye Chen pleadingly, his usual sharpness and arrogance as Shichibukai completely gone.

At first, Ye Chen didn't pay attention to Moria's words and was about to ignore them and leave when Ye Chen suddenly stopped after taking a few steps, almost causing Caesar behind him to be bumped into.

His expression shifted between anger and uncertainty, then Ye Chen strode quickly to the prison door, his eyes revealing an unprecedented hope.

Originally, seeing Ye Chen leave Moria, she had completely given up hope, but unexpectedly, Ye Chen came back.

"Do the dead still have shadows?"

With a surge of excitement in his heart, Ye Chen stared intently at Moria, his breathing becoming heavier.

"Yes, but it's incomplete."

Moria nodded in surprise. Although he didn't know what Ye Chen was going to do, he instinctively seized the opportunity.

"Is it incomplete?"

"Yes, even though a dead person has no soul, they still leave a residual shadow under the sunlight, just like the soul has separated. However, the shadow has no consciousness, which is equivalent to losing its intelligence."

Not daring to hide anything, Moria told them everything he knew.

"This world has a soul, right?"

It's as if he's asking himself, and also as if he's asking Moria and Caesar.

"Boss, isn't that obvious? Big is a Soul-Soul Devil Fruit User." Caesar didn't know what was wrong with Ye Chen.

"Moria the dead have shadows, so are those shadows the soul?"

"How is that possible? When a successor dies, their soul goes to the Yellow Springs... a shadow, a soul?"

Caesar instinctively tried to refute it, but halfway through, he fell into deep thought.

"Actually, a shadow is part of the soul; it is a person."

In prison, Moria interrupted.

Moria then spoke candidly about a whole host of things concerning shadows, and even offered many speculations.

Finally, the mutual corroboration between Ye Chen and Moria led to a possibility: in that cesspool of his past life, Ye Chen's thoughts were far more unconventional than those in the One Piece world.

Ye Chen originally only had a vague guess, but now, after hearing Moria's explanation, he can understand that humans have souls, and that souls are divided into three souls and seven spirits. If the shadow is the seven spirits and stays on the human body until it decays, then the three souls will enter the legendary Yellow Springs.

If we can find the three souls in the Yellow Springs and merge them with the shadow, which is the seven spirits, is it possible to resurrect the deceased?

You must know that this is a magical world, with the ability to manipulate souls, fruits that can change age, and examples of the dead coming back to life.

The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed. Ye Chen paced back and forth in front of the cell, as if he were possessed, muttering words that Caesar and Moria couldn't hear.

What are three souls and seven spirits? What is the Underworld? What are skeletons? What is resurrection?

"Boss?" Caesar called out cautiously.

"Caesar, Hina, and Bai Doudou are saved!"

Coming to his senses, Ye Chen's eyes were filled with madness, a kind of obsessive and fanatical madness that startled Caesar.

"Bss, what does that mean?"

Caesar didn't share Ye Chen's idealistic, fascinated fantasies, so he didn't understand. However, he could easily grasp Ye Chen's meaning.

Has the boss found a way to revive Bai Doudou and the others?

But can someone really be resurrected after being dead for so long? That's nothing short of a fantasy and a pipe dream.

However, Ye Chen seemed to have gone mad, constantly muttering words that Caesar couldn't understand, and he looked quite serious about it.