Monkey King in Pirate

Chapter 161 Collective Consciousness
"You don't need to explain anything to me. I am also responsible for the Meili's becoming like this."

Everyone was awakened by the familiar voice, and all of them turned their heads to look.

Sun Xu was standing behind them, gently stroking the side of Mei Li with his palm.

It was the Merry that he felt.

The Meili is different from ordinary ships, and has already born a ship elf, which can be regarded as a special life.

And now, her life has come to an end.

Not dying, but suffering from an incurable disease.

Although this scene had been foreseen long ago, Sun Xu's mood at this time was still very gloomy.

Speaking of which, the ship Kaya was not given to the Straw Hat Pirates at all, but to him.

"Sun Xu, Meili calls her..."

Nami came over and looked up at him, tears finally streaming down uncontrollably.

"I know." Sun Xu touched her short orange hair, a light flashed in his hand, and Nami's injuries improved at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Lu Fei also came over, was silent for a while, and said softly: "I'm sorry Sun Xu, we failed to protect Mei Li well."

"Um……"

Sun Xu pondered for a moment, kicked out, and Lu Fei was kicked directly, hitting Sauron, and the two fell into a ball.

"Take this as your punishment." Sun Xu waved his hand and said.

It doesn't matter to Luffy at all.

Without mana or armed domineering, he took a few hits without any pain at all.

Sun Xu also wanted to reduce their psychological burden.

Not long after, a large ship sailed over, with Bingshan, the mayor of Seven Waters Capital, and many employees of Carrera Company standing on it.

He was the one who heard the call of the Mei Li and sent the Mei Li to sail after doing his best to repair it.

He was very shocked when he saw the members of the Straw Hat Pirates and Frankie returning, as well as the silent Meili that was broken in two.

Everyone transferred to Bingshan's boat and looked at the Meili from a distance.

"The seabed is too dark and cold, let's give Mei Li a ride." Lu Fei said slowly.

"Wait, I still have things to do." Sun Xu stopped him.

"What's the matter?" Everyone looked over suspiciously.

"Try to save Mei Li." Sun Xu said in a deep voice.

"It's no longer possible." Luffy bit his lip, his body trembling slightly: "The keel of the Meili is broken, and it can no longer be repaired."

Everyone nodded to show that he was right.

"I know." Sun Xu glanced at him: "I didn't intend to save this boat, what I want to save is the spirit of this boat."

"Ship spirit?"

Everyone was shocked.

"Can it really be done?" Luffy asked anxiously.

"I'm not sure, I can only do my best."

Sun Xu said slowly, he couldn't even be sure what kind of existence the ship spirit was, so how could he be sure?
Both Bingshan and Frankie were shocked.

The ship elf is something in legends, and now some people say that they want to rescue the ship elf from the damaged ship, which is more like a legend.

The Straw Hat Pirates have a lot more confidence.

Sun Xu's miraculous, they have seen it not once or twice.

He said that if he could save Meili, he really had a chance.

Ignoring their psychological fluctuations, Sun Xu leaped onto the Mei Li, which had already sunk halfway into the sea.

He squatted down and pressed his palms on the remnant of the Meili, and the majestic mana surged out.

Rumble.

Under the control of mana, the Meili rose from the sea again and flew into the air.

Then, Sun Xu closed his eyes, and his consciousness began to spread along the Meili.

He wanted to find something like a soul.

In the original book, on the empty island, the elves of the Meili appeared physically, and even repaired the ship by themselves, there should be something like a soul.

However, with the exploration, Sun Xu's heart gradually sank.

There were indeed mental fluctuations on the Meili, but no complete soul could be found at all.

The soul of the Mei Li is not a complete individual, but a collection of countless tiny spiritual fragments that exist in various places on the ship.

The Mei Li is not an ordinary life, but a collective consciousness.

"Owner."

A gentle female voice sounded in his heart, and Sun Xu sent out a wave of consciousness with his spiritual consciousness: "Mei Li?"

"Master, I miss you so much." Meili's voice was joyful, but soon dimmed: "It's a pity, I just saw the master, and I'm leaving."

"I will find a way to save you!" Sun Xu said slowly.

"Actually, I have wanted to talk to the master for a long time, but I have never had the chance." Mei Li said.

He knows why.

The reason why the ship elves don't speak easily is because every time they affect reality, their consciousness will be consumed.

Communicate several times more, without destroying the ship, the ship spirit will collapse and disappear.

Sun Xu suppressed his distracting thoughts and asked, "Mei Li, can you concentrate?"

"I can't do it, Master." Meili said softly.

"What should I do?"

Anxiety flashed across Sun Xu's eyes.

He could feel that Mei Li's consciousness was rapidly dissipating.

In fact, this kind of thing started when the keel broke, but now that the Meili is about to die, the speed has become faster.

If you don't hurry up, even if you think of a way, it's useless.

Sun Xu forced himself to calm down.

"Merry's spirit fragments are scattered all over her body. If I want to save her, I have to extract all her spirit fragments and find something to store them in."

Either problem is very difficult.

The mental fragments of Mei Li are all over the body, and they are very scattered, not cohesive at all.

Sun Xu wanted to pull her out one by one, like picking up the beans scattered all over the room.

Containers, too, are a big problem.

He didn't know much about ship elves, but he also knew that it wasn't enough to simply stuff ship elves into a ship.

Ship elves and ships are highly compatible, even if a ship looks exactly the same, it is impossible to carry the ship elves on another ship.

There is also the biggest trouble, will pulling away Meili's mental fragments disrupt her consciousness structure and plunge her consciousness into complete chaos?
If the Meili was rescued, but she had forgotten Sun Xu, Lu Fei and others after she woke up, would she still be Meili?

"It doesn't matter, let's treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor!"

Sun Xu had a headache thinking about it, so he simply slapped his head, and decided not to think so much, and first pulled out Mei Li's mental fragments before talking.

Otherwise, she will completely dissipate.

"Meili, don't resist from now on, try to cooperate with me."

Sun Xu's mana surged out, weaving into nets, constantly capturing Mei Li's spiritual body.

In the eyes of outsiders, white spots of light emerged from the broken body of the Mei Li, and continuously gathered in Sun Xu's hands, turning into a bigger light cluster.

"It seems easier than I thought."

Sun Xu's eyes showed some joy, perhaps because of Meili's cooperation, it was easier than expected to collect Meili's spirit fragments.

But soon, his expression changed again.

(End of this chapter)