"Sure enough, you still can't be too greedy."
Lucas sank into the sofa in the study room, twirling the Bat Ring with his fingertips, turning it half a circle, staring at the ring, and sighed.
A full week has passed since the experiment in which the dead thing swallowed Devil Fruit was successful.
In the past few days, he had been testing the capabilities of this ring. He thought he could find a shortcut to increase his strength, but it ended up pouring cold water on him.
After the ring swallows Castle-Castle Fruit, the development level stays at the initial state.
Unwilling to be reconciled, he found a few more blank rings and conducted the same experiment with Clear-Clear Fruit and Munch-Munch Fruit, and the results were exactly the same.
How weak is Devil Fruit, which has an initial development level?
Take Float-Float Fruit as an example, this top-level fruit used by Golden Lion Shiki can levitate the entire island. If it is stuck in the initial state, even a stone as big as a fist will float up, which will require the user to use all their strength.
Golden Lion allows the islands to float in the sky and form a fleet. That is what happens after the development level is reached.
The actual value of a top-level fruit in its initial state is not even as good as a junk fruit that has been developed and used for decades.
This discovery completely shattered Lucas's idea of "obtaining several abilities suitable for combat to superimpose one's own combat power."
Eating Devil Fruit's ring can only play a supporting role.
"I brought what you asked for."
A gentle voice came from outside the door. Robin walked into the study carrying two heavy bags. Every time he took a step, a series of dull metal knocking sounds came from the bags.
"After my screening, each of them has a higher hardness than steel."
She placed the bag on the floor, and the whole study trembled the moment the bottom of the bag touched the ground.
"Excuse me, if it weren't for you, I don't know what I would do."
Lucas stood up from the sofa, leaned over and reached for the pocket on the floor.
What he has to do is very simple, which is to use Munch-Munch Fruit's ability to synthesize new metals to make special training equipment.
Holding ordinary steel in his hand was no different than holding a crisp biscuit. It would break into iron filings with just a little force.
It must be at least a grade harder than steel in order for it to function as an exercise.
But the problem is that his knowledge base on alloys is basically zero.
The technology tree of this world is not even slightly skewed from that of his previous life. The alloys he was familiar with in his previous life either do not exist at all in this world, or their names and formulas have been replaced by another completely different smelting process.
Therefore, he could only turn to the knowledgeable Robin.
The pocket was opened. What came into view were pieces of unknown metal of irregular size. Some of the surfaces were covered with a dark blue oxide film, some had a cold silvery white matte, and some had fine crystal cross-sections refracted under the light.
Each piece is attached with a small label, which contains the origin and main characteristics of Robin marked in neat handwriting.
Lucas randomly selected two pieces, one dark blue and one silver, and threw it to Devour-Devour Ring on the ring finger of his right hand.
The ring opened a large mouth on his knuckles that was far larger than the common sense of physics, and swallowed two pieces of metal that were dozens of times larger than it whole.
After a moment of silence, the ring opened again and spit out a brand new metal ingot.
The metal ingot fell on Lucas's palm, still slightly hot, with a dark cyan luster flowing on the surface that was not found in the two raw materials.
"Have you ever thought about making money from this fruit?"
Robin watched him playing with the newly minted metal ingot and couldn't help but ask.
In her opinion, the commercial value of this fruit is very high. Metal materials are urgently needed in scientific research. The birth of each new alloy may lead to a new iteration of technology.
"Not yet, I don't have the ability. With my ability, it's good if I don't lose money. I don't know what those scientists need."
Lucas shook his head, closed his fingers, crushed the dark blue metal ingot in his palm into an irregular ball of scrap iron, and threw it at his feet.
He took out two more pieces of metal from his pocket and threw them to Devour-Devour Ring.
It is true that Munch-Munch Fruit can make money, but that is based on the premise that the synthesized metal is exactly needed.
If you put together a pile of scrap metal that no one wants, who will you sell it to?
Wapol did make a lot of money from Wapometal in the original time and space, but the birth of that alloy itself was an accident, and the raw material was a pile of garbage from a specific source.
If any of the variables such as the type, proportion, and storage time of garbage are changed, the output will be completely different.
If he wants to recreate that road to wealth, he must first find that specific pile of garbage.
The synthesis of materials is also logical. The product depends on the raw materials. Munch-Munch Fruit can spit out whatever you want to synthesize in your head. Only the omniscient and omnipotent God can do that.
Lucas tried the synthesis a few more times. The ring was swallowed, spit out, swallowed again, and spit out again.
A small pile of scrap metal ingots kneaded into various shapes was soon scattered on the study floor. Each finished product had its own shortcomings, and none of them were suitable for use as training equipment.
"If you are not satisfied with synthetic metal, why not try Seastone?"
A burst of floral fragrance hit his nose, he raised his head, and two plump balls wrapped in a dark dress swayed slightly just above his line of sight.
The feeling of dryness in his mouth came up instantly, and he stretched out his hand to grab it. The person in front of him instantly turned into petals and scattered lightly all over the ground.
"This woman... definitely used her clone to tease me on purpose."
He waved away a few flower petals that were still floating in front of his eyes, looked around the study room where he was the only one left at some unknown time, and squeezed out a low groan from his throat.
After taking a few deep breaths, he sat back on the sofa, picked up the petals from his shoulders and placed them on the coffee table, and then forced his brain to reload the sentence just now.
It seems that it is not impossible to use Seastone, which is as hard as diamond, as exercise equipment.
Not only can you practice strength, but you can also practice your tolerance for the feeling of powerlessness in the Seastone environment.
TO BE CONTINUED
(PS: A limit has been added to the ring's ability. I have read all the comments from book friends.
In fact, I personally don't like to let the protagonist use Momo. The reason is very simple. Now that the protagonist has reached a high level, when he reaches Yonko, it is illogical if Momo's blessing cannot knock over the other Yonko with one punch. After all, they are at the same level. One has a hundredfold blessing and the other does not.
Although it is fun to write this way, the lifespan of this book has basically come to an end, because there is no one on Yonko!
Nika does not exceed the level of Yonko and has poor battery life. Imu cannot quickly defeat Loki, which is Shanks.
Now that Imu can be beaten easily, what else is there to write about in this book? Is there no limit to daily life? You can't beat Imu more than a dozen times without using your dead hands to drag out the plot, right?
As long as there is no one more awesome than Imu in the comic during the serialization period, the final boss of this book will be Imu. This book is a pure pirate.
The purpose of setting the ring's ability development to constant zero is to prevent the protagonist from using Momo.
After the ring is eaten by Momo, the ability person is this ring. Momo cannot bless life forms other than the ability user. Maybe after Awakening, it can, but the ring cannot develop fruits.
Having said that, some fruits that can be used even if their development level is 0 are still very meaningful to the protagonist.
For example, Tuntun can be transparent without development, and the castle should have its own space without development. What changes with development is the transformation size of the ability user.)