Chapter 1182 700 Years Ago
Instead of continuing his attempts, Vic decided to first figure out what era he had arrived in.
He controlled his body to fly upwards, and soon left Qingning Star and reached an altitude similar to the moon. He immediately saw a giant red serpent lying across the planet below!
That was the Red Line. After comparing the geography, he realized that he was in the New World waters of the Grand Line.
The terrain and landforms hadn't changed much, making it impossible to tell which era it was from. Vic landed back on the sea and flew towards the Red Line, checking out any islands he saw.
However, several islands in a row were uninhabited and looked very desolate. Some islands were clearly not uninhabited, as there were still many buildings on them, but no one had lived there for a long time and they were all abandoned!
"What's going on? Have I arrived in a world after the Great Purge of Imu? Have all the people who knew the truth about the Celestial Dragons been wiped out?"
Before, it was just a feeling, but now this premonition is stronger. There are indeed many deserted islands on the Grand Line, but islands with buildings are rarely uninhabited!
Even if there are no people here for the time being, as time goes by, other people who sail here will settle here, and those buildings have obviously been abandoned for decades.
Vic didn't fly anymore. Instead, he opened up a spatial portal. He wanted to check out the Four Blues and the first half of the Grand Line. He refused to believe that Imu would kill everyone in this world. What would be the point of her King of the World then?
After several spatial traversals, Vic finally saw signs of human habitation, but these people had no idea what changes had occurred in this world; they had no memory of it!
All they know is that it is now the 813th year of the Sea Circle Calendar, and they were all brought here to live by a warship!
Vic reviewed their memories and found that they were not lying; they had indeed been brought here by a warship bearing the insignia of the World Government, and the starting point was a tall bridge!
These memories are very vague and buried deep; if he didn't have the ability to read memories, he really wouldn't be able to see them.
Vic was very familiar with that bridge; it was the Bridge Nation in the East Blue. These people were all transported from the Bridge Nation when they were very young, and a few adults came along with them. They lived together for several years, and after teaching them to be self-reliant, they left!
"The year 813 of the Sea Circle Calendar! Is this the world 700 years ago? No wonder the people are impoverished, with less than one in ten civilians surviving. This is an era that has just experienced a great purge!"
Vic finally figured out where he was. He hadn't traveled through time to the future, but had returned to the world 700 years ago!
The Celestial Dragons have only ruled this world for about a hundred years, and the World Government has only been established for a few decades. What they are doing now is probably erasing the history from a hundred years ago!
Vic opened the portal again and arrived at the location of the Kingdom on the East Blue Bridge Nation, only to find that the tall and majestic bridge was not there!
He quickly realized that when he came here in his future life, he was looking for Robin, who had been captured to build a bridge. Since the bridge had not yet been built here, he naturally could not see it.
After traversing through space several more times, Vic finally found the bridge under construction!
Good heavens, it was packed with people but lifeless. There were adults of all ages. From a distance, Vic spotted a somewhat familiar figure. It was one of the people Imu had brought to Lodestar Island. He was either a retired God's Knights or one of the Five Elders!
The man was overseeing the bridge construction there. Vic didn't want to be exposed to him, so he opened his spatial portal again and went to the residential area of Bridge Nation!
Vic found a black cloak in a room and put it on. Then, he used the Observation Haki Killer, so even if someone saw him, they wouldn't recognize him.
When Vic came out of the house, he saw two men in black suits walking by, each holding a whip. He immediately followed them!
With his illusion abilities, these two not-so-strong Celestial Dragons lackeys couldn't possibly detect his presence.
The next moment, Vic invaded their memories. Although they didn't know much, it was much better than what the previous people had done!
The builders of the Bridge Nation were captured in batches from various islands to build bridges. They were provided with food and drink, and the people here were not prohibited from having children together!
However, the children born would be taken away and raised by them, ostensibly as a pardon for their contributions to building the bridge. Their descendants would no longer need to build bridges, and when they reached a certain age, they would be sent away in batches to start a new life. As for where they would be sent, these two guys had no idea!
Combining their memories, Vic already knew the World Government's purpose in doing this; they didn't immediately eliminate all those who knew how the Celestial Dragons rose to power!
Instead, they were all captured and brought here to build bridges, essentially making use of "waste." They were not only used as free bridge-building workers, but also as breeding tools to spread their seed all over the world!
Those children who were isolated grew up with no memory of the Celestial Dragons being alien invaders, because no one told them about it, and that part of history was a blank in their history books!
In just a few decades, those who know the truth will die one after another, and those who come after will completely forget that history!
"So this is the origin of the Void Century in history? How simple and crude!"
Vic didn't have a moment of saintly compassion and save those people. For him, that was history, and he couldn't reveal his identity now!
Even though he had perfected the laws of Law of Speed and Slowness and Law of Space, he still wasn't confident he could defeat Imu!
Even if he defeats Imu now, history will be completely changed, and will he ever be able to see his future friends and family again?
He was a stranger in a foreign land, lacking a strong sense of belonging. If it weren't for his familiar relatives and friends around him, he didn't know how lonely his soul would be. That wasn't the world he wanted, so he could only apologize to those people!
Vic traveled among the islands of the East Blue. He went to Loguetown, where Roger had not yet been executed. Although the buildings there were old, the town was already taking shape!
They went to their future homeland Laipe Island, which was a deserted island, and then to Shimotsuki Village, which was still a forest!
We then went to the Foosha Village, where a small fishing village already existed. After that, we went to Cocoyasi Village, where there was only a coconut grove and no trace of a village!
Vic went to many familiar places in the East Blue, but with the passage of time and the changing of the world, none of them were familiar to him anymore!
"Um?"
Just as Vic was about to leave the East Blue, he sensed a different aura with his Observation Haki and instantly teleported there!
Those were five warships flying the World Government flag. One warship led the way, and the other four followed in a V-shape. All of the warships had a considerable draft, indicating that they were carrying a lot of cargo!
Vic sensed the presence on the warship and found that the strongest on board was only at the level of CP9. Even if he flew onto the warship openly, they wouldn't be able to detect his presence. He knew about illusion shielding.
Once aboard, Vic discovered that the cabin was filled with all sorts of gold: gold coins, gold chains, gold knives and swords, gold cups and gold plates, a dazzling array of gold!
Vic read the memories of a man in a black suit and discovered that their target was the Goa Kingdom, and the gold was confiscated from there. They were now preparing to return to Mary Geoise Goa Kingdom report back!