Pirates: Your Emperor is Back!

above the sand table.

With the sacrifice of the gravel man, the roots of the tree gradually spread.

They absorbed the corpses of those dead little people, turned them into nutrients to nourish themselves, and finally grew devil fruits on the branches again.

This time there is no longer one devil fruit, but many.

The number is astonishing!

But those devil fruits didn't immediately fall to the ground like the first one.

After all, from the perspective of "imagination", those little people have already realized how terrible the devil fruit is.

That is powerful enough to change the world!

So after they killed the only devil fruit capable user, they began to fear the "devil fruit".

They dare not eat that fruit again.

Ever since, those devil fruits are still hanging high on the branches.

And those little gravel people continued to live on the sand table.

After experiencing that great war, the gravel people began to recuperate, and they established villages, cities, and countries...

These gravel people built their own civilization on the sand table at an extremely fast speed.

But Gage was not in a hurry

Because Luo Wen's fingers controlling the evolution of the sand table have not stopped, and he also knows that the so-called "people" can never be content with the status quo!

"After experiencing the brutal war, people began to reflect and yearn for a peaceful and stable life."

Luo Wen said slowly:

"It's a pity that people often cannot remember history forever, and people's desires are infinitely magnified through their arrogance and anger..."

During the conversation, war broke out again among the countries of those little gravel people.

And this time, the battle between the little people is no longer using stones or spears, but amazingly powerful muskets and shells!

——Of course, these weapons and firepower are all formed by the agglomeration of sand and gravel.

The war between these little gravel people only lasted for a moment, and it has already caused countless casualties.

And these dead gravel people were entangled by the roots of the tree, turned into nutrients, and turned into "devil fruits" on the branches.

About a few minutes passed, and more and more devil fruits were growing on the branches, and the war between the gravel figures was vaguely deadlocked.

They're going to stop.

This is also an inevitable stage of war. All parties participating in the war are exhausted physically and mentally and are unable to fight anymore.

But suddenly, the big tree that had been silent had moved.

Countless devil fruits that were hanging quietly on the branches, unexpectedly fell one after another at this moment!

The rustling scene was like raindrops, and countless devil fruits flowed into the "world" at the foot of the tree!

The scene visible to the naked eye, those little gravel people were taken aback.

But after a short period of shock, dozens or even hundreds of gravel men grabbed the devil fruit around them and swallowed it in one gulp!

In just an instant, hundreds of "Devil Fruit Ability Users" appeared on the sand table!

These devil fruit ability users lead their respective forces, or unite, or fight against...

All in all, the war that was about to subside is now making waves again!

A more intense war broke out on the sand table, and because of the influence of the devil fruit's ability, the scale and scope are far greater than before.

If what happened on the sand table at this moment comes to reality, it will definitely be a tragic picture of hell on earth!

Countless forces are dying, countless countries are being destroyed, and countless lives are dying...

And those lost lives will be turned into nutrients to provide "nutrition" for that big tree.

And as time went by, the big tree became more and more luxuriant, and there were more and more devil fruits on it, and there were all kinds of them.

The war continues.

Occasionally, someone with a devil fruit ability will be defeated and die.

Their corpses will also be absorbed by the roots of the big tree.

By this time, the roots of the big tree had already been deeply embedded in the sand table—that is, the "earth", and it was impossible to tell where the roots of the big tree had spread from the outside.

The "nutrition" of devil fruit ability users is obviously far superior to that of ordinary gritty people.

After absorbing the corpse of a devil fruit user, a devil fruit with the same ability as the devil fruit user immediately grew on the branch!

Such a scenario, while reasonable, reveals an incomparably weird one.

It was a completely "natural" look.

But in fact, human beings—or any race similar to human beings—has been out of the category of "nature" since ancient times.

Law of the jungle? Adapt to the environment?

These words are no longer used to describe "human beings".

Medicine can revitalize the seriously ill;

Technology can allow human beings to live in an environment that the human body itself cannot adapt to;

The emergence of force can allow human beings to fight against beasts without falling behind...

All of these are proofs of "breaking away from nature".

But the scene that appeared on the sand table at this moment is like a reappearance of scenes in nature.

Only this time, human beings are no longer at the edge of nature, but have become an integral part of nature.

Humans kill each other to create "nutrients".

Nutrients nourish the "tree" and let the "tree" bear "devil fruit".

"Devil Fruit" provides human beings with the power to continue killing and create more "nutrients".

Everything in this seems to prove one thing:

For this "tree", life on earth is but a part of its natural cycle!

And this part is called "Nourishment"!

This thought made Gage shudder.

He murmured: "Human beings...are nourishment?"

"No."

Luo Wen shook his head, then gently hooked his fingers, and divided the sand table into two again.

This time, Gaji's pupils tightened again.

Because he could clearly see that the sand inside the entire sand table—or the land—had almost been absorbed by the roots of the "tree".

This tree is not only using life as its own nourishment, but also absorbing the whole land!

"On that wall, there is a sentence similar to what you said, but more accurate."

Luo Wen smiled and said slowly:

"The world itself—is the nourishment of that tree."

These words made Gage silent for a long time.

He didn't know how to answer.

Apparently half an hour ago, he was still thinking about how to extract oil and water from the Kingdom of Aden to revive his own Kingdom of Germa.

Now, Ryan Rowan told him one thing.

Something that he could never have imagined that he would hear today, at this very moment!

After a pause, Gage finally asked:

"what are you up to?"

Luo Wen stroked his chin, his face still as calm as before.

He said slowly:

"A tree, no matter how big it grows, it's still a 'tree' after all."

Rowan stared at the sand table.

"If it takes up space, cut him off."