"Any wild idea that humans have the potential to become reality"—physicist William Gallon.
The Straw Hat Pirates looked up, their joyful atmosphere from the banquet completely gone, staring in shock at the scene unfolding above.
Even Luffy, who loves new things, and Robin, who has been wandering around the Grand Line for a long time, were shocked by this scene.
Because that sailboat was far larger than the Going Merry, much like the difference between an aircraft carrier and an ordinary ship.
It has to be said that the shipbuilding technology in the world of One Piece is truly top-notch.
"The sky!" Luffy's eyes widened.
"A ship fell off?" Nami was dumbfounded.
With a deafening crash, the massive sailboat slammed into the sea beside them, and the resulting enormous wave tossed the Going Merry up like a leaf.
"Ooohhhhhhhhhhh!!"
"Everyone hold on tight, hold on to the boat firmly."
Sanji shouted a reminder.
"This is a dream, this must be a dream!" Usopp clung to the mast, unwilling to believe it was reality.
Nami hugged the other side, tears streaming down her face, and said, "What happened? Why did a ship fall from the sky?"
"Ah, thank goodness, it's a dream."
Chopper ignored Nami's words and chose to believe Usopp's.
"Watch out, something else is falling."
Sanji shouted a reminder.
Nami still didn't let go of the mast, turning her head and saying, "Hurry up and turn the rudder away!"
"It would be a miracle if anyone could escape such a huge wave."
Zoro retorted.
Sanji remained calm and commanded, " Luffy, use your Gum-Gum Hand to stabilize the ship, quick!"
"Okay," Luffy agreed, then his attention was drawn to Usopp, who was sitting cross-legged on the ship with his hands clasped together. "What are you doing?"
Usopp hypnotized himself, "When faced with danger, remain calm, close your eyes and rest first, then slowly open them."
Look, what a peaceful morning... Ahhhhhh!
Before Usopp could finish speaking, a skeleton corpse slammed into his face. "It's a dead man's bone!"
It was thrown at Nami in an instant.
She cried out, "Don't throw it at me!"
Something else fell!
"Haha, this is really interesting~" Shiraishi watched them busy the whole time, a smile on his face.
Nami's forehead veins bulged, her Riot Games clenched so tightly they cracked, and she almost unleashed a fatal punch on her teammate. "You better help me out!"
After a period of turmoil, the sea returned to calm.
Luffy finally had a moment to look up at the crystal-clear sky and asked with a puzzled expression, "Why did the ship fall from the sky?"
"It's really strange." Sanji couldn't understand it either. If it were a storm, the sky wouldn't be so clear.
"It doesn't look like there's anything at all."
Zoro also looked up, his face full of confusion.
"Everyone, the Log Pose is broken; it's pointing upwards and won't move. What should we do?"
Nami shouted in a panic, holding up the Log Pose on her arm to show them.
"No, it was attracted by an island with a stronger magnet, thus replacing the record, and the pointer is pointing upwards."
Robin looked up, a hint of suspicion in her expression. "It's very likely that the record was stolen by Sky Island."
" Sky Island? What's that?"
Luffy looked surprised, then suddenly sensed an adventurous atmosphere and exclaimed excitedly, "Is it an island floating in the sky?"
Usopp looked up at the sky, puzzled. "Did that ship and the skeletons fall from there? But there's nothing like an island in the sky."
Robin spread his hands and explained, "No, to be precise, it's the sea that's floating."
Retsu Unohana looked up, intrigued, and said, "The sea?!"
"The more I listen, the more confused I get..." Zoro scratched his head, feeling for the first time in his life that his brain wasn't up to the task.
Luffy and Usopp couldn't understand, but they were very excited.
Luffy immediately pointed his finger at the sky and shouted, "There's a sea floating in the air! Alright, let's set off right now!"
Usopp shouted, "Brothers, turn the rudder up, all the way up!"
"Captain, the rudder can't be pointing upwards," Sanji replied, speechless.
"To be honest, I haven't read any literature about Sky Island, so I don't know much about it."
Robin shook his head.
"That's right, it's impossible! Islands and the sea can't float in the sky. The Log Pose must be broken!" Nami shouted, raising the Log Pose on her arm.
Robin pointed at the Log Pose in Nami's hand and said, "No, Navigator, what you should be thinking about now is not where the Log Pose is broken, but how to get to the air."
No matter how strange or bizarre things the ship encounters, or how perilous the situation may be, the Log Pose must never be doubted; this is an ironclad rule.
On this sea, if one were to have any doubts, it would only be about doubting the so-called common sense in one's own mind, and the fact that the Log Pose always points to an island.
Nami was speechless after hearing this. She glanced at the Log Pose, her eyes narrowing. Didn't she have any doubts?
Are you sure there's no problem?
While she was thinking, Robin had already stepped forward and opened a coffin.
Terrified, Nami hid behind the mast. Remembering the horrific scene of falling into the ship, she waved her hand again, trying to change the direction of the Log Pose.
She paused, still pointing to the sky, biting her lip; she absolutely didn't want to go to heaven.
Retsu Unohana walked up to Robin and asked, "What do you know?"
"Not yet." Robin shook his head and continued trying to repair the skull.
Sanji squatted down beside him, a lovesick expression on his face, "A dead person and a beautiful woman are truly a perfect match."
Robin pieced together the skull, examined the cause of death, and discovered a nautical chart that recorded the ship's age.
While they were getting down to business, an accident happened to the crew that Usopp and Luffy formed.
"Waaaaah, help!" " Luffy, pull yourself together!"
"What the hell are you doing?!" Nami transformed into the Roaring Queen, never letting anyone relax for a moment.
Luffy, revived and brimming with energy, exclaimed, "Hey guys, I found something awesome! Look!!"
He held up the map in his hand.
"A map of the Sky Island?!"
Nami snatched the map from Luffy and looked at it. " Holy Land in the Sky? Does that mean Sky Island really exists?"
"Great! Usopp!" Luffy cheered loudly, " Sky Island really exists!"
" Chopper, that's Dream Island! We can go to Dream Island now."
"Island of Dreams?"
Luffy, Chopper, Usopp got excited again.
Nami sighed, "Don't get too excited. It's just a possibility. There are too many deceptive maps in the world."
The three of them were instantly petrified.
"Oh, I'm sorry, yes, yes, I definitely have it."
Nami quickly answered, then angrily added, "The problem is, I have absolutely no idea how to get there!"
To obtain more information about the Sky Island, they decided to dive down and salvage the giant ship.
Let's see if we can find anything about Sky Island.
In a short time, Usopp created a diving device and put it on Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji, allowing them to dive into the sea and begin salvaging the sunken ship.
The situation below is progressing smoothly. They might be some monsters, but in Nami's eyes, there's nothing to complain about. They can only rely on others to solve the problem, so everything is okay.
At that moment, a sound came from the sea.
"Clang clang clang~~ Clang clang clang~~"
Amidst a loud gong and drumbeat, a very distinctive boat came into view.
A large ship with a monkey banging a gong on its prow and decorated with bananas and tropical trees sailed by.
The man standing at the bow of the ship looked no different from an Masira. "Prepare for salvage!"
"All the shipwrecks in this area belong to me!"
"It's so noisy outside." Retsu Unohana glanced outside. "About Sky Island, I remember Aizen mentioning that."
"Hmm, let's go up and take a look."
Shiraishi nodded, not lingering to discuss the matter further, and walked outside.
"What is that thing? Is it the mainland?!"
Nami's eyes lost their sparkle, and she screamed in panic.
Usopp covered his eyes with his hands and cried out in delusion, "I don't know! I can't see anything! I don't see anything! This must be a dream!"
Chopper exclaimed in surprise, "What! It was just a dream!"
Then Nami, Usopp, and Chopper, relieved, wiped the cold sweat from their brows and breathed a sigh of relief, saying, "Phew... thank goodness it was just a dream."
"How could it be a dream? We could hear sounds in the room."
Shiraishi came out and made a comment.
"They were swallowed up along with their boat?"
Retsu Unohana looked up and saw a giant tortoise, as large as a continent.
Nami and Usopp cried, "Please don't say that."
"A turtle, huh? Ask Sanji to cook a turtle dish. A turtle this big should taste pretty good."
Shiraishi touched his chin.
Nami clapped her hands, an idea popping into her head. "Speaking of which, Mr. Shiraishi, why not just cleave it in two with a single stroke?"
Shiraishi shook his head and said, "Don't worry, Luffy will definitely be fine. Don't you know how strong they are?"
"That's true, but this turtle is just as bad as the goldfish in the Little Garden."
Nami looked worried when the ship suddenly rocked.
Robin looked at the diving device and said, "The air supply is in its mouth; we'll be pulled into the sea too."
Usopp pointed at Nami and said angrily, "It's all your fault! You're the one who encouraged them to go on an underwater adventure in the Grand Line. You said it was okay without any basis. It was all your doing that made them..."
"Yes, I'm sorry." Nami immediately apologized sincerely.
The people on the next boat began to demonstrate their unwavering unity, never abandoning their comrades.
Usopp suddenly felt guilty; he shouldn't have started this infighting.
" Usopp!" Nami gave the order.
"Okay!" he answered loudly, wanting to demonstrate team spirit.
"Cut the gas pipeline to ensure our safety!"
Nami's next question made Usopp exclaim, "Are you a demon?"
Even the heavens seemed to dislike Nami, and the sky darkened immediately.
"It's evening?" Retsu Unohana looked up.
"No way, it's not evening yet," Nami said, pulling out her pocket watch to check the time.
Usopp looked puzzled. "If it's not nighttime, then what is it?!"
Meanwhile, the Masira Salvage Crew standing nearby became panicked.
"Ah... ah... an ominous sign..."
"The sudden arrival of night is a sign that a monster is about to appear."
"The ship might sink in a bit."
"Quick! Rescue the principal!!"
Just then, Luffy, carrying a large bundle, was thrown from the sea onto the Going Merry.
" Luffy?!" Nami exclaimed in surprise.
Then, Zoro and Sanji also climbed out of the sea.
" Luffy! What happened? Weren't you guys dead?"
Chopper stared Kog'Maw at Zoro and Sanji.
"Set sail! Get out of this trouble place quickly!"
"Zoro shouted."
" Zoro, Sanji, thank goodness you're both safe! Right! Let's get rid of that turtle first."
Usopp shouted excitedly.
"Sea turtle? No, it's a marine Masira!"
Zoro shook his head.
"That must be some kind of sea creature! Although that monkey later got along very well with Luffy."
"Maybe it's like attracts like, but when he saw these things we found on the ship, he suddenly went berserk, like a crazed Shoujou."
Zoro and Sanji briefly explained the situation they encountered.
"Oh, that guy's called Masira, he's one of the salvage team's seamen."
Usopp understood. "But you guys are really amazing, managing to escape from that turtle's mouth."
"Sea turtle?"
What sea turtle?
Sanji and Zoro asked, puzzled.
Shiraishi patted the two on the shoulder and pointed behind them, saying, "That's it, Sanji, make some turtle dishes."
"What the hell is that?!"
Zoro was somewhat surprised.
"However, would this kind of sea turtle taste good as a dish? The meat looks a bit tough."
Sanji calmly lit a cigarette and analyzed the situation.
"This isn't the time to talk about this, let's run!" Usopp shouted.
"Pfft..." Luffy spat out seawater, stood up, and saw that it was already dark. "Huh? It's night?"
" Luffy, come quick! The ship's about to set sail!"
Usopp shouted at Luffy.
The Masira also leaped out of the sea, shouting, "Wait a minute, you bunch of bastards!"
He landed directly on the dilapidated railings of the Going Merry.
"You stole my treasure from Masira territory, you think you can just slip away? Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh!!"
Upon hearing this, Nami's eyes lit up with greed. She clasped her hands together and looked at Luffy, "Treasure?! Is there treasure?"
Luffy laughed and replied, "Mmm! Lots and lots!"
"Damn it, what if that guy gets out of control on the ship..." Zoro gritted his teeth and drew his sword.
People on the nearby Masira Salvage Crew boat shouted at the Masira, "Yuanyuan, Director! Danger! Danger!"
The people on the ship had expressions of despair and fear on their faces.
Hearing his subordinates' shouts, the Masira looked over in confusion, and then his own expression turned to one of fear and despair.
Luffy turned his head and looked over, his Kog'Maw agape, his eyes wide, sweating profusely, too frightened to speak.
Nami, Usopp, Chopper, Zoro, Sanji, and everyone else were stunned with fear.
Even the giant sea turtle, as large as a continent, looked terrified.
Before them stood three towering giants, each wielding a spear so long it seemed capable of supporting the heavens.
Without uttering a word, he slowly raised his spear, intending to strike downwards.
"A monster has appeared!!"
The Straw Hat Pirates was terrified. They all used every ounce of their strength to row and escape the area.