"What?!"
Upon hearing this, everyone's faces showed surprise, even the prescient Xia Chen was no exception.
The shock on his face was even greater than that of the others.
"Of course! But what I saw was just a projection of Joy Boy's consciousness left behind by technology, not the real him!"
???
Upon hearing this, several question marks appeared above everyone's heads.
What is that?
Are they listening to a ghost story or a science fiction story?
Why are we seeing something as outrageous as consciousness projection?
this...
Is this normal?
Seeing the shocked expressions on everyone's faces, Vegapunk couldn't help but show a hint of relief.
Hmm! Great! He's not the only mongrel!
Even as one of the world's top scientists, he nearly popped his eyes out when he saw Joy Boy's consciousness projection.
Prior to this, he did know from some historical records that Great Kingdom that existed nine hundred years ago possessed highly advanced technology.
But I never expected it to be this developed!
Isn't it a bit of an exaggeration to say that consciousness has been preserved from over 800 years ago?
After a while, once everyone had processed the news, Vegapunk continued:
"I discovered his consciousness projection on this island, and what I just mentioned was told to me by him!"
"Including prophecies about the ultimate fate of the world and some information about Imu, the Celestial Dragons King!"
"Um?!"
Upon hearing this, a hint of doubt flashed in Xia Chen's eyes.
Logically speaking...
Imu was one of the original twenty kings, but she shouldn't have been the absolute ruler at that time!
Why did Joy Boy know that Imu was the king of the Celestial Dragons?
The next moment--
A jolt of electricity ran through Xia Chen's mind, and a look of shock appeared on his face.
Could it be...?
Joy Boy isn't dead?
However, the idea only flashed through Xia Chen's mind for a moment before he immediately rejected it.
That's impossible!
If Joy Boy hadn't died, there's no reason why the world would have been so peaceful for the past eight hundred years.
How does he know about some of the things happening in World Government today?
It's important to know that the World Government was established after his death.
Suddenly, Xia Chen seemed to realize something and murmured to himself:
"Could it be...?"
"Boom!!"
Before Xia Chen could say anything, the entire floor suddenly began to shake. Although the shaking wasn't very strong, everyone clearly felt it.
It only shook once, and then the shaking stopped immediately.
For a moment, everyone's gaze swept around, and before they could react, an even greater tremor than before struck.
If people had only felt slight tremors before, they were now experiencing violent tremors.
The entire building was trembling incessantly, as if it had suffered some enormous impact.
However, the tremors came and went quickly. They gradually weakened after the first violent tremor and are now barely noticeable.
Shaka immediately ran to the center console and pressed a button on it.
The next moment, a huge holographic screen projection suddenly appeared on the center console.
The content displayed inside is the view outside the building.
Everyone turned to look and saw an ancient robot, exuding an aura of history and culture, standing outside, raising its fist high.
"No way! Could this vibration be...?"
The moment this answer formed in everyone's minds, the ancient robot outside slammed its fist into the building.
"Boom!!"
A more intense and powerful tremor than before followed. Even the ceiling above was now falling debris.
Through the holographic projection, everyone could clearly see a shallow crater in the building they were in, wondering how many more punches it could withstand from the robot.
How did it end up here?
Looking at the ancient robot outside, Vegapunk showed a hint of surprise.
"I remember checking him before and he was supposed to be totaled! How can he still move?"
Vegapunk lowered his head in deep thought.
"Huh?! This robot is so ugly!"
Luffy glanced at the robots outside and couldn't help but purse his lips.
In the past, he might have been very interested in this robot.
But now that Vegito has set such a high bar, there's nothing surprising about this old, ugly, broken, and worn-out robot Luffy.
After all, it's far inferior to Vegito. Vegito is big, handsome, strong, and Haki, completely incomparable to this robot.
Upon hearing this, the others couldn't help but nod in agreement, also believing that this ancient robot was far inferior to Vegito.
After all, they all have normal aesthetic standards!
Only Xia Chen stared into deep thought at the ancient robot in the image. Why would this robot be deployed now?
Unlike Vegapunk, he knew that this robot still had the ability to move.
His earlier speculation that Joy Boy knew about the World Government was actually a way of wondering if it was related to this ancient robot.
After all, this ancient robot had challenged the World Government more than two hundred years ago, and it's highly likely that they learned about Imu back then.
This is the only possibility Xia Chen can think of right now.
While Xia Chen was still pondering, the robot in the image moved again, raising its fist once more, preparing to deliver another punch to their location.
"!!!"
Seeing this, Vegapunk immediately turned his gaze to Shaka and shouted:
" Shaka, quickly activate the defensive shield!"
"Learn!"
Shaka responded, then placed his palm on the projection button below and moved it rapidly.
Enter!
The next moment--
Just as the ancient robot's fist was about to strike the building, a pale blue protective shield instantly appeared on the outside of the building.
"Boom!"
The moment the defensive shield rose, the ancient robot's fist landed on it.
"Boom!"
The fist slammed into the defensive shield, causing ripples to appear instantly.
This time, no one felt any tremors, as they were protected by the defensive shields.
Seeing this, Shaka straightened up and said softly:
"This defensive shield is strong enough to withstand attacks from Admiral- level opponent; even Admiral cannot easily break through it!"
Shaka's tone was tinged with pride.
As he expected, everyone looked surprised upon hearing this.
However, seeing that its attack had no effect, the ancient robot outside raised its hand again, its eyes flashing red.
" Joy Boy, I will definitely rescue you!"
"!!!"