From Pirates to Sweeping the Worlds

Thinking of Qiaozi, Xia Jieren couldn't help but sigh: "It's a pity that this guy's fruit development ability is too poor. He only developed the defense power of the Diamond Fruit."

"If he develops it like Tesoro did and converts the others into diamonds, then the Whitebeard Pirates will surely become the richest pirate group on the sea."

Looking at Fan Li who was in high spirits, Xia Jieren asked, "Do you know about the Diamond Fruit?"

Fan Li looked confused, and Xia Jieren continued, "The Parahuman Devil Fruit, the Diamond Fruit. Its user is Joz, the captain of the Third Division of the Whitebeard Pirates."

"..."

Xia Jieren gave a detailed introduction to the Diamond Fruit and Joz.

"After turning the body into diamond, the diamond state can be cancelled. There is such a magical ability." Fan Li said in amazement.

Seeing Fan Li's surprised look, Xia Jieren took advantage of the victory and released another bombshell: "The ability of the devil fruit is not only this, the devil fruit has a higher level of ability, called the devil fruit awakening."

"I don't know the details of the awakening of the Nature Devil Fruit yet."

"After awakening, the animal-type devil fruit can greatly improve its recovery ability and combat power, but if the awakening fails, there will be side effects, and it may turn into a monster."

"The Parahuman Devil Fruit ability 'Awakening' can affect things other than the user himself."

"For example, the Diamond Fruit, if it is successfully awakened, can turn stones, soil, trees, houses, and anything other than itself into diamonds."

"If the user is strong enough, he can turn an entire island into diamonds."

Fan Li opened his mouth in surprise.

"This... is too strong." He found it hard to accept for a moment.

But Fan Li believed that Xia Jieren would not lie to him.

"Has Joz's devil fruit awakened?" Fan Li asked curiously.

"No! His devil fruit has not been developed enough." Xia Jieren replied.

"Huh~" Fan Li heaved a sigh of relief: "Fortunately! If he had awakened, our plan to sell diamonds would have come to nothing."

Hearing this, Xia Jieren smiled and consoled him, "Don't worry! There's probably no hope for him to awaken in this lifetime."

"It has to be said that both talent and imagination are indispensable in developing devil fruits."

Fan Li nodded in agreement.

He had also seen a devil fruit user, Gate.

Ever since eating the Door-Door Fruit, Gate has been developing his abilities with the help of researchers at the Institute of Truth.

Occasionally he would be called out by Xia Jieren to work as a groom.

With Gate around, it only took him less than a minute to get Xia Jieren from the royal capital to East Port, which was extremely convenient.

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Xia Jieren chatted briefly with Fan Li and then walked out of the warehouse.

Some insect people walked into the warehouse and began to sort out the treasures brought back by the White Tiger Chamber of Commerce.

"Eh~" Looking at several large merchant ships sailing out of the dock and heading straight to the shipyard next to it, Xia Jieren asked curiously, "Do so many merchant ships need repairs?"

"No! The battle at sea was quickly resolved thanks to Feilong's air superiority, and the merchant ships were not damaged at all." Fan Li explained.

"Then?" Xia Jieren looked at Fan Li in confusion.

Fan Li went on to explain: "These ships need to be inspected to see if there are any major hidden dangers, whether the barnacles on the bottom of the ship need to be cleaned, etc."

No matter in which world, in the ocean, barnacles are the enemy of ships.

It is called the 'parasitic demon' and it attaches itself to rocks, docks, boat bottoms, and any hard surface. It can even be found on the bodies of whales, turtles, lobsters, and crabs.

Barnacles reproduce very quickly. Once there are too many barnacles attached to the bottom of a ship, they will increase the ship's resistance and accelerate the corrosion of the bottom.

Therefore, ships need to be inspected regularly and barnacles attached to the bottom need to be cleaned, otherwise the service life of the ship will be greatly affected.

"You can go to the Truth Institute and find those researchers and ask them to develop a special coating material for ships so that barnacles will not easily attach to the bottom of the ship." Xia Jieren suddenly had an idea and suggested.

Fan Li's eyes lit up, "Yes, this is a really good idea."

"If there really is such a coating material, we can not only use it ourselves, but also export it." Fan Li drew inferences from one example and said, "I guess this will be another money-making tool."

You know, every year countless ships are corroded by sea water.

As long as there is a coating material that can resist corrosion, the service life of ships can be greatly improved.

I believe that by then, all shipyards will flock to this coating material.

Thinking of this, Xia Jieren was in a good mood. He happily returned to the carriage and prepared to return to the capital.

The carriage slowly drove out of the warehouse area.

outside the window.

A railway extends from the warehouse area, stretching for hundreds of kilometers with no end in sight.

At this time, a black steam train emitting white smoke was lying on the rails.

Countless worker bees and dock workers are busy moving raw materials back and forth.

It will probably not be long before the steam train returns and unloads countless processed products.

Looking at the great creation quietly perched on the railroad tracks, Xia Jieren couldn't help but feel his heart surge with emotion.

The carriage moved slowly forward until the steam train could no longer be seen, and then Xia Jieren reluctantly withdrew his gaze.

When the carriage drove out of the city of East, a space gate slowly opened in front of the carriage.

A moment later, the carriage appeared in the royal capital.

After Xia Jieren got off the carriage, he walked straight towards Litte's office.

Unlike his laziness, Litt is a very self-disciplined person.

She exercises, studies and handles government affairs every day.

At first, Xia Jieren accompanied Litte for a while, training and studying with her.

The training is okay. Xia Jieren is already very experienced and this is not a difficult task for him.

But learning is troublesome.

Xia Jieren had learned enough on Blue Star, nine years of compulsory education plus four years of higher education.

Now, whenever he heard the endless chatter of the royal tutor, he would get a headache.

After only two days of persistence, he gave up decisively.

In fact, he didn't need to learn at all.

If there is any knowledge you want to know, you just need to enter it into the mind network database first, and then the mind network will directly instill it into your brain.

Of course, for Xia Jieren, the knowledge obtained in this way was just an understanding, far from the level of mastery.

But the advantage of doing this is that it saves the trouble of repeated memorization.

This is also the most troublesome thing for students.

You may recite a knowledge point repeatedly but forget it quickly.

But knowledge that is directly instilled will not do that; it will be deeply engraved in the brain.