So, the Third Round-This Is the Current Advancement Mission for the [Scholar] (Continued)
More precisely, it was crystallized sea.
Also known as [Seastone Factor (Pyrobroin)]!
Adrian confirmed that the so-called [Divine Fruit] was the [Devil Fruit].
As for why [Devil Fruits] were weakened by [seawater]...
Perhaps it had something to do with the rules of the world?
Adrian couldn't reach a conclusion just then.
He read on, but there wasn't much more about ancient history.
In short:
[Visitors from Beyond the Stars] studied the [Divine Fruit].
[Visitors from Beyond the Stars] ruled the seas.
[Visitors from Beyond the Stars] boarded their ships and left the seas...
Their most advanced research into the [Divine Fruit] involved using its powers to create batch after batch of "new species."
They studied the [Divine Fruits] that could turn humans into animals especially thoroughly.
Using [Divine Fruits]—Zoan Devil Fruits, in fact—the [Visitors from Beyond the Stars] created one strange race after another, including the "Longarm Tribe," "Longleg Tribe," "Snake-Neck Tribe," "Giant-Hand Tribe," and "Winged Tribe"...
And, most notably, the "Giants," "Tontatta," "Mink Tribe," and "Fish-Man Race (Merfolk)"!
Though the [Visitors from Beyond the Stars] brought knowledge to these primitive seas, they cared nothing for the lives of their native inhabitants—ordinary humans.
After the [Divine Tree] bore all manner of [Divine Fruits], the [Visitors from Beyond the Stars] seemed to treat the seas as one vast testing ground.
Under their influence, the races of the seas grew stranger and stranger.
Of course...
Some [Visitors from Beyond the Stars] also chose to have children with the native inhabitants. Their descendants became...
"The Oni, born with two horns and extraordinary gifts!"
"Well, well..."
After finishing the brief account of ancient history, Adrian couldn't help marveling at it.
"So Kaido, Ulti, and Page One could all be considered descendants of aliens?"
He kept reading.
Around five thousand years