Time-Time Fruit

Since he could not sleep and felt utterly bored, he had no choice but to continue exercising, doing sit-ups, frog leaps...

As a result, the more he exercised, the more energized he became. Because it was only his first day traversing here, his mind was exceptionally hyperactive, so he simply exercised through the entire night by the light of the moon.

Perhaps due to the wondrous power within his body, even though he had exercised all night long, he did not feel a single shred of exhaustion; instead, he was brimming with energy.

The effects of a night's worth of exercise were remarkable. The abdominal muscles that previously only had vague outlines now clearly showed eight protruding, chiseled abs.

The results of this workout were simply astonishing.

The effects of a single night of exercise rivaled several months' worth for ordinary people.

Seeing that it was already broad daylight, Lu Ge felt that his body was sticky and uncomfortable from sweat, so he stopped exercising, ran over to a nearby small river, and washed himself clean.

Afterward, he returned to the house and began to eat the remaining fruits that Stobi and the other girl had sent over last night. As for the roast meat, he had already devoured all of it yesterday.

Some of these fruits were ones he had never even seen before, but he had to admit that in terms of taste, they were peerless. Perhaps because of the different rules of this world, these fruits tasted better than any he had eaten before his transvergence, and even the identical-looking apples and bananas were much fresher, sweeter, and more delicious.

Just as he was enjoying this leisurely moment, he suddenly saw a streak of light flash across the horizon. It made several turns in the air, shot through the window, and landed right on a strange fruit on his table. He watched as that strange fruit began to transform at a speed visible to the naked eye into a miraculous fruit resembling a strawberry; it was crystalline and translucent, filled with a mysterious aura like crystal.

"Ah? What—what's going on?"

Such a miraculous scene left Lu Ge looking astonished. Early in the morning, he was just eating a fruit, so what kind of game was this?

Suddenly, Lu Ge thought of the scenes when new Devil Fruits were born in One Piece, and his eyes lit up, instantly turning somewhat excited. "This scene... Don't tell me this is a newly born Devil Fruit? Home delivery directly to your door? Can it even be played like this?"

Full of excitement and curiosity, Lu Ge picked up the Devil Fruit and looked at it over and over. "It really looks like a Devil Fruit? The appearance is not bad either, I just don't know what kind of ability it has. But since it was delivered straight to my door, wouldn't I be doing a disservice to this doorstep service if I didn't eat it?"

Although there were no trash Devil Fruits, only trash people, Devil Fruits did indeed vary in strength. If this turned out to be a Devil Fruit with mediocre abilities, eating it would be a huge loss.

"However, judging solely by its appearance, I can tell at a glance that it's no ordinary Devil Fruit. But in a world themed around the vast ocean, seawater turns out to be a weakness, and that price is a bit too fatal."

Having a Devil Fruit in hand, not to be tempted would be a lie, but thinking of the fatal weakness it bestowed, Lu Ge could only shake his head helplessly. He was not an ordinary person now; he had that mysterious power within his body strong enough to make him grow stronger, so there was no need to eat this Devil Fruit and subject himself to the curse of the sea, needlessly adding the most fatal weakness.

If he could remove the curse of the sea and still acquire the fruit's ability, then he wouldn't mind eating this Devil Fruit.

At that very moment, the wondrous power within Lu Ge's body seemed to sense his wish and suddenly began to stir restlessly. It actually started to involuntarily surge out from his Dantian, running out along his arms.

This sudden turn of events startled Lu Ge, and he hurriedly steadied his mind, forcefully controlling the energy that wanted to rush out of his body. However, an extremely strong craving spread within his heart, and a sudden thought popped into his head—could this mysterious power inside him swallow the Devil Fruit in his hand?

"What's going on? Why would such a thought arise in me?" Lu Ge was instantly somewhat dazed. "Is it because this power in my body is acting up? What on earth is this thing? Why does it make me generate such a strong impulse and craving to swallow this Devil Fruit?"

That craving was extremely intense, yet magically it did not manipulate his thoughts; it remained within Lu Ge's controllable range. After hesitating over and over, he still decided to give it a try.

He immediately mobilized the mysterious energy within his body, running it out of his Dantian, and it surged forth along his hands, transforming into a slightly glowing ball of light that gradually wrapped around the Devil Fruit. Then, a miraculous scene occurred.

Under Lu Ge's astonished gaze, wrapped and swallowed by the mysterious power, that Devil Fruit transformed at a speed visible to the naked eye into a silver-white ball of light and was completely absorbed.

That mysterious energy also seemed to have been satisfied, autonomously surging back into his body along his hands and returning to his Dantian.

Such a bizarre and miraculous scene directly left Lu Ge dumbfounded. "What is going on? This Devil Fruit was really 'eaten' by the energy in my body? Holy crap! What kind of power is this anyway? It even has this function? What about the fruit's ability?"

Just as Lu Ge was filled with great anticipation, he gradually felt a strange power emerge within his body. In some ethereal way, like something conjured out of nothing, an understanding of a certain ability suddenly appeared in his mind.

"Gate of Time and Space? It can make oneself or designated targets travel through time and space, but it is limited to traveling to the future and cannot return to the past. Th-th-this—isn't this the Time-Time Fruit ability of Kozuki Toki? Could the Devil Fruit swallowed by the energy in my body be the Time-Time Fruit?!!"

Lu Ge widened his eyes in sudden excitement. The Time-Time Fruit! Although its heaven-defying and powerful ability was not reflected on Kozuki Toki, as she only manifested time travel and the ability to see certain fragments of the future to achieve a predictive effect, how could an ability related to time be that simple? Kozuki Toki failed to display its might simply because she had not developed the Time-Time Fruit's ability enough.

If it were developed to a certain degree, or even awakened, Lu Ge dared to assert that this would definitely be an incomparably heaven-defying and invincible ability. By that time, traveling to the past and future would probably be just a matter of a single thought, and he could even freely control the life and death of others.

Just think about it: with a single thought, he could accelerate a person's time by decades, centuries, or even hundreds or thousands of years, wouldn't that cause that person to age and die in an instant?

As long as it was well developed, one could possess abilities identical to the Ame-Ame no Mi and the Return-Return Fruit, or even more powerful and perverted ones.

This Time-Time Fruit was definitely an existence at the very pinnacle of the pyramid.

"I didn't expect it to be the Time-Time Fruit, and this energy inside me can actually swallow Devil Fruits and bestow upon me their abilities. This is simply too awesome!"