Pirates: The Fourth Scourge

Chapter 1
(The plot of this book mainly revolves around the plot of the original book, and some plots follow the boat, if you don’t like this type, you can click X)
The year 1519 of the Haiyuan calendar.

In the capital of seven waters, on the edge of the sea next to Franky's house, a medium-sized ship is parked at this time.

On the boat, Franky was sitting on the ground tinkering with something, and opposite him was also sitting a young man holding a newspaper.

"Hey, Fram, why don't you give me the 'Pluto Design' for safekeeping?" The man put down the newspaper and suddenly looked at Franky.

Franky raised his head, looked at the man in front of him who felt extremely oppressive even if he was sitting on the ground casually, and said, "Asshole, I said that now I have changed my name to 'Frankie'! Also, 'Pluto' Blueprints, don’t even think about it, you dangerous monster, if you really create Hades, then the sea will be messed up.”

"I'm sorry, I used to be used to it, but I haven't changed it for a while." The man spread his hands helplessly, "But, what dangerous monster? Don't talk nonsense, I'm just more interested in novelty."

Frankie curled his lips and didn't speak any more, but lowered his head and resumed what he was doing.

He didn't know if the man in front of him really had an idea about the "Pluto's blueprint". Anyway, over the years, every time he met the other party, he would mention "Pluto's blueprint".

Of course, every time he just refused at will, the other party would stop asking.

It doesn't matter to the man when he sees that Franky doesn't talk to him anymore.

He stood up, and the shadow of his height of nearly [-] meters covered Frankie in the sun, causing Frankie to pause involuntarily, waiting for the man's next move.

However, the man just moved his body casually, then walked to the bow of the boat, looking at the boundless sea.

The man's name is Hei Shi, but he doesn't have a surname Hei, nor does he have a surname, so his first name is Hei Shi.

This is the name he used when he created the game character in the first place.

19 years ago, 【ONE PIECE】beta tested the game.

As the first batch of closed beta players, he stayed here forever after the closed beta.

He was pretty sure that in reality he was indeed dead.

Because after the closed beta was over, the official game website announced that a player was brain-dead during the game.

Yes, except that he cannot "quit the game", he can still use the functions contained in other game characters, which naturally includes viewing game forums.

Later, the forensic medical examination revealed that the brain death of the player was due to physical reasons, and it had nothing to do with the game itself. However, the game's public beta period was still extended indefinitely.

Fortunately, Hei Shi was alone in the real world, and his parents died in an air crash when he was young, so he didn't complain about his own death.

Anyway, he is alive now in another form.

In the past 19 years, Heishi has already adapted to life in this world.

If he was 21 years old when he first entered the game, he is now 40 years old.

But... his face is still exactly the same as when he was 21 years old, without any change, but his figure has become taller and taller because of these years of experience, from 1.8 meters at the beginning to [-] meters now.

As for his "immortality" situation, Heishi's guess is that he is still a "game character" because the appearance and body of a "game character" are formulated according to the real appearance of the game player. Of course, his own It can also be adjusted slightly.

And the reason why it hasn't changed for so many years is nothing more than because his real body has already been buried in the ground, so his game character will no longer change due to the change of the real body.

Apart from his own "immortality", he is no different from normal people in this world in many respects.

Hungry, sleepy, tired, pleasure, and pain.

But after all, he is still a "game character", and therefore, he also has a character panel.

The panel is a bit bare-bones, though, with many things in it grayed out.

Nickname: Black Time

Level: 1 (the level cannot be increased during the closed beta)
Experience: 100000000/1000 (experience available has reached the upper limit of the current level)
Power: 375
Agility: 325
Spirit: 235
Charisma: 27 (cannot be improved by attribute points)

Available Attribute Points: 0
This is the current character panel in the dark.

Things like level up buttons, experience bars, etc. are now grayed out, showing "Unable to level up during the closed beta".

At the beginning, when the first batch of beta players entered the game at Heishi, the game official just let them experience the style and authenticity of the game in advance. Many gameplays and functions have not yet been released, including level upgrades.

Therefore, although Heishi now has 1 million experience points, his level is still level [-].

You must know that for most games, one of the main ways for players to improve their combat power is to increase their level.

It is also because of this that the past few years of black time in the world of pirates can be described as extremely difficult - he could not find a way to improve his combat power.

As for becoming stronger through exercise like the natives of Pirate World?

Don't be kidding, he was already 21 years old when he entered the game, and he had already missed the best time.

Although some exercises in this game can indeed increase attributes such as strength and agility.

In this game, the player's initial power is 10 points.

Of course, even if it was only 10 points, Hei Shi felt like a superman when he first entered the game.

And how hard is it for someone to double their strength just by exercising?
In the beginning, Hei Shi spent nearly two months of devil training before triggering the system prompt [Your strength +1 and agility +1 due to increasingly persistent exercise].

But after two months of exercising like this, he no longer triggered this reminder. It was not until more than 20 days later that the entry [Your strength +1 and agility +1 due to increasingly persistent exercise] appeared.

In other words, the situation of "gaining stronger physical fitness through exercise" is basically the same as in the real world, and it is basically impossible to double one's own strength through ordinary exercise.

As for eating devil fruit to become stronger. This is indeed a good way.

But. After he entered the game, he only had [-] Baileys from the system. For those Devil Fruits that cost at least [-] million Baileys in the auction house, he couldn't even enter the auction house.

Therefore, the most reliable way for players to become stronger is to upgrade.

You can get 3 attribute points when you upgrade to a level, and it will automatically increase "strength, agility and spirit" by one point each. His strength has doubled.

For ordinary people in Pirate World, this is simply cheating.

But this is also normal.

After all, this is a game, and the purpose is to entertain players.

How can you compete with those monsters in the sea if you don't open it?

It's a pity that the entry [Unable to increase level during closed beta] has not disappeared for so many years.

Therefore, in the first few years before being forced to stay in Pirate World, Hei Shi has been living a low-key life - working in a small town in the East China Sea.

There is no way, I want to eat, otherwise, what else can I do?

Join the Navy?

I'm sorry, I'm too old, and I'm still a weakling, so the navy won't accept me at all.

As for being a pirate?
The strength is about the same as that of an ordinary person, what qualifications do you have to become a pirate?

Besides, even if he could become a navy or a pirate, he didn't intend to go.

Both are very dangerous occupations, if you are not careful, you will die!

You know, [ONE PIECE] this game character cannot be revived after death!Only the character can be recreated!
This is also the official purpose of the game for players to have a more "realistic sense", while also ensuring the order in the game.

After all, if players can be resurrected from the dead, then I am afraid that all players will run to become pirates. After all, they can rob and smash, even if they die or are caught in prison, they can be resurrected. There is no risk of high income. , who wouldn't want to do it?
But once the setting of "cannot be resurrected after death" is set, players will be extraordinarily pity for their lives-not everyone can accept re-practicing a new account.

This situation continued until the third year when Heishi came to this world.

(End of this chapter)