Starting with Kengan beating up the Pirate King

Chapter 2 One Piece

Guan Shanhai is a writer.

He collected snippets of information about exploring secret realms from newspapers and wrote his own martial arts-style stories about exploring these realms. His stories were very immersive and he was already somewhat famous before Guan Yi was born. Even his mother, Maureen, was a loyal reader of his novels.

Over the past 18 years, Guan Yi has never found anything special about her father, but she feels that her mother's thought process is unusual.

She's clearly a great cook, but she always likes to experiment. For example, the grape stewed fish that's currently being made in the kitchen—Guan Yi can guess her thinking: adding beer to stewed fish will make it more fragrant → adding better wine will make it even more fragrant → adding grapes directly will make it the most fragrant.

But the most ordinary things are often the most extraordinary.

It was the afternoon of the day after the college entrance examination. My father received a phone call and hurriedly went out. Guan Yi, who was at home, saw a pile of manuscripts scattered on his desk. She wanted to help him organize them and also see what novels he was writing recently, and whether she could provide him with some inspiration.

However, a letter was found among the manuscripts. The letter was short and written in 'magic script', which Guan Yi, who had excellent grades, was able to translate into its main meaning.

"Mr./Ms. [Name], after years of diligent infiltration, the time is almost here. We urge you to expedite the completion of your mission."

What time? What mission? Guan Yi didn't know, but the fact that his father, who was an ordinary man and rarely appeared in magic script, was very likely a demon had completely shattered his 18 years of normal life.

Reporting? After 18 years of raising and providing a comfortable life, Guan Yi wouldn't do such a thing.

A showdown? There are probably two possible outcomes.

Guan Shanhai is ruthless; kill him.

Guan Shanhai laughed heartily: 'So you found out? That's right, I'm a demon, and you're my little demon cub. Let's overthrow Tiger City together!'

Although he never found anything unusual about himself.

This is a dilemma with no solution.

Guan Yi tossed and turned, feeling that studying wouldn't change his situation, and he probably wouldn't have the chance to study peacefully for four years. He had to become a Secret Pattern Warrior; he had to acquire sufficient martial power before anything happened, to rise to a higher level, to deal with any possible situation!
So, despite everyone's incomprehension, he signed up to become a volunteer for exploring the secret realm.

He wasn't entirely without confidence.

In the stillness of the night, lying in bed, Guan Yi's consciousness drifted deep into her brain, looking at the book that was quietly floating in her mind.

Or perhaps it's a document—a "Secret Realm Changes Destiny, Assistance Helps Achieve Dreams" plan!

In his previous life, Guan Yi was a professional football player, but he didn't achieve much.

Despite harboring a dream of playing football, he wasted several years due to his less-than-top-tier talent and the poor state of football, gradually losing his ambition.

At that time, the team was carrying out the "Football Changes Destiny, Helping Others Achieve Dreams" campaign. Guan Yi took the initiative to apply to go to a town in the mountains of Guizhou to provide football skills assistance to the local teenagers and pass on his football dream to the next generation.

And you know what? While playing football with the village boys there, Guan Yi rediscovered the joy of football and spent a happy six months. Unfortunately, before the fate of the village boys could change, Guan Yi encountered the mudslide that would change his destiny.

Reborn into this world after death, Guan Yi carries only the memories of her previous life and this project plan. However, compared to the project plan for the football team in her previous life, the thing that changed her fate has changed from football to a secret realm, and the people she is helping have changed from the mountain village boys to Guan Yi.

Perhaps this is my way of repaying my dedication to football coaching? Guan Yi turned to the first page of the proposal.

[Recipient: Guan Yi]

[Uncharted Realm: Not Activated]

[Helper's Secret Realm: Awaiting Matching]

[Project Vision: To be unlocked]

I can't turn the pages to the next few.

Clearly, this plan will only be activated after he enters the secret realm, and its effect will likely be to help Guan Yi conquer the 'backward secret realm' he has entered by using another, more advanced secret realm. As for the method of assistance, Guan Yi is not yet clear about it.

We'll know tomorrow.

With this plan in hand, Guan Yi also had a plan to enter the secret realm and become a secret pattern warrior. However, he would only enter after he had completed four years of university, gained a deeper understanding of the secret realm, and even became a 'secret realm strategy planner' or something similar.

Unfortunately, plans don't change as fast as they should.

It seems I'm destined to be a sports student.

……

The next day, at the subway station.

Ms. Maureen looked at her eldest son with reluctance and said, "Are you sure you don't need us to see you off again? At least let's go to the high-speed rail station together."

"Alright." Guan Shanhai pulled his wife aside and said, "The school has booked the tickets for Guan Yi, and someone will pick her up. Let's go and drop her off. Guan Yi will be laughed at by her classmates. It's just a neighboring city, not far."

“What’s so funny?” Maureen muttered. “Guan Shanhai, you heartless bastard.”

"Mom, give me a hug." Guan Yi stepped forward and hugged her mother, interrupting her resentment and dispelling her idea of ​​continuing to see her off.

"I love you, Mom. I'll call you as soon as I can use my cell phone again. Oh, Dad, the car's here, I have to go." Guan Yi hugged Maureen tightly with all her might, nodded to her father, and said goodbye to her parents.

He couldn't be sent away; he wouldn't go to the high-speed rail station at all, and he wouldn't even leave Tiger City.

After a few stops, he got off the bus and went to the 'Secret Realm Explorer Service Center'. He found a staff member and checked in with his ID card.

"Yes, Guan Yi... You are about to explore the Purple 605 Secret Realm. Follow me."

It really is a purple secret realm.

Over the course of thousands of years of exploration, people have divided the difficulty of secret realms into six levels. The more difficult the secret realm, the higher the quality of the secret runes obtained, but at the same time, the risk of exploration is also higher.

White is easy, blue is normal, purple is difficult, red is infernal, and gold is legendary. And beyond these five, all the colored dungeons are virtually impossible to conquer and their difficulty is immeasurable!

Those who need volunteers to explore secret realms can't be those easy ones; those with a survival rate of over 95% are practically a blessing.

Generally, they are all purple-level, with an initial survival rate of around 60%. A lucky few get blue-level normal dungeons, and a very small number of unlucky ones are sent to the red-level infernal dungeons. Don't underestimate these purple-level difficult dungeons in the middle of the list. Being listed as purple means that the dungeon is either rife with war and disease, or it is inhabited by powerful beings who can destroy mountains and rivers, and can take lives with a flick of their finger.

The reason why the survival rate is still around 60% is that many people enter the secret realm but do not explore it much, prioritizing their own safety.

Soon, Guan Yi was led to the waiting room by the reception staff. There were already three people sitting inside: a spirited young man, a pretty young woman, and a weathered middle-aged man, who were probably Guan Yi's teammates who were in the same batch and were going to explore the same secret realm.

They had already chatted briefly, and when they saw Guan Yi come in, they both looked surprised.

"You're also an explorer of Purple 605?"

"So young, are you even an adult?"

"You look young, but I'm actually 28," Guan Yi said without batting an eye, revealing her age from her past life.

"Nonsense." The weathered uncle said, "I think you've just come of age. At such a young age, why are you adventuring in the secret realm? Unlike me, I'm 46 years old, all alone, and have accomplished nothing. That's why I gritted my teeth and signed up as a volunteer, just to give it a shot."

Guan Yi looked at the other two.

The uncle raised his head and said, "Xiao Ye is here to pursue the girl he loves, and Jiang Xue is here because her family is forcing her to marry into a rich family."

“I haven’t even graduated yet, and my mom is already forcing me to get engaged to her boss’s son…” Jiang Xue flicked her hair, her delicate face made even more charming by a hint of sorrow: “Actually, I regretted it as soon as I received the volunteer notice.”

"Sigh... what about you?"

Guan Yi was silent for two seconds, then shook her head sadly and said, "I'm also troubled by love."

Family affection is also a kind of affection.

The middle-aged man chuckled, leaving Jiang Xue speechless. Only the energetic young man, Xiao Ye, looked up sharply and asked, "Your childhood sweetheart has also been targeted by a martial artist with secret runes? These bastards!"

Childhood sweetheart? Guan Yi shuddered as she pictured the foul-mouthed and violent Cui Cui in her mind, mumbling, "Yeah, it's worse than that. Her father is a martial artist specializing in secret runes, and he looks down on me..."

The spirited young man said with a face full of sympathy, "These martial artists with secret runes always look down on us ordinary people! When I become a martial artist with secret runes, I will definitely..."

Guan Yi felt like she had stirred up a hornet's nest, so she could only chat with him for a few words until the door was knocked again and a young man in military uniform, with a straight posture and somewhat disheveled hair, walked in.

"Guan Yi, Jiang Xue, Ye Huohuo, and Zhang Sangu are all the same person, right?"

“Yes…” The four stood up.

"Come with me."

The four followed the young man out of the side door of the Secret Realm Explorers Service Center and were quickly led to a boxy, large modified military vehicle.

The car is spacious, and four people can sit comfortably in the back. However, except for the driver and front passenger seats, the windows are sealed off. Lighting comes from lamps, and ventilation is provided by a high-tech fresh air circulation system.

"The location of the entrance to the secret realm needs to be kept secret. Don't peek out the front window and cause misunderstandings. You have more important things to do," the young man in military uniform said, handing them four documents.

"The Purple 605 Secret Realm you are going to has been explored twice before. This is the intelligence obtained from the first two explorations, all of which are top secret. The journey to the entrance of the secret realm takes about two hours. Read it at least three times to make a deeper impression."

There was even information, and you're only giving it to me now?
That's so strict, is it to prevent espionage?

Oh, it's to prevent situations like my dad's.

That's fine.

Guan Yi's mind raced, and he turned his attention to the information about the secret realm, opening it to read.

[Secret Realm Name: Navy Pirates]

[Difficulty Level: Purple (Hard)]

[Maximum number of people allowed per cycle: 100]

[Secret Realm Cycle: Three months in reality, nearly nine years in the secret realm. The secret realm uses the 'Haiyuan Calendar' for year reckoning, specifically from Haiyuan Calendar 1515 to early 1524.]

There is another crucial reason why the secret realm is called a secret realm, rather than another world.

The dungeon has no future until explorers take certain crucial strategic actions—in layman's terms, until they completely clear the dungeon. It only operates in cycles for a certain period of time, at which point all explorers will be kicked out, and the dungeon will be reset to its initial state.

It's as if a piece of history in a real world has been cut off out of thin air. The secret realm that Guan Yi is about to enter only has a nine-year history of evolution before it is conquered. In 1524 of the Sea Calendar, all explorers will be kicked out, the world will be reset to the state of 1515, and a new round of exploration can be started.

Given the difference in time flow within the secret realm, this is only equivalent to three months in real life.

"Three months? That's alright, I should be able to keep it from Mom, but... Haiyuan Calendar?"

Looks familiar, haven't I seen you somewhere before?

Please continue reading.

[Background of the Secret Realm: This secret realm is mostly composed of ocean and island environments. The vast ocean has given rise to a special profession: pirates. Sea thieves, or rather, sea robbers, sail out to sea, wander the ocean, and make a living by plundering. Those responsible for capturing these pirates are the navy.]

In the year 1498 of the Sea Calendar, the Pirate King Gol D. Roger was captured by the Navy and publicly executed...

With a snap, Guan Yi closed the file.

The sound drew the attention of the other three. Guan Yi blinked hard, rubbed her eyes, and then slowly unfolded the documents.

During his execution, Gol D. Roger publicly declared the location of his treasure, his fame, wealth, and power... thus igniting the Great Pirate Era!

"..."

Damn, it's not an illusion.

Am I destined to become the Pirate King?!

　With the launch of a new book, after a year's hiatus, Si Yang is back to writing crossover anime fanfiction. I hope both new and old readers will support me, add it to their collections, follow along, and give it a thumbs up!
　　
　
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