A scorching heatwave filled the air, along with the nauseating stench of burning corpses and debris. The heads of the corpses on the ground fell towards the city of Goa Kingdom, as if silently accusing the murderers who had orchestrated all of this.
“Those who live in the city enjoy fresh air, clean water, neat clothes, abundant food, and beautiful art, but they never regard those outside the city as their compatriots. On the contrary, they regard them as filthy things that defile the city and must be eradicated.”
"Most of them were not nobles of the Kingdom of Goa. They might be tailors, pastry chefs, or coachmen in the city, but they all supported this argument with tacit approval."
"The Kingdom of Goa is sick."
"From top to bottom, the disease is already terminal."
On a mountain of garbage, four little boys stood side by side.
Sabo's pupils reflected the firelight, which was not only the fire that had been lit at the Uncertainty Terminal, but also the dissatisfaction and anger he felt towards oppression and exploitation.
Despite being a descendant of nobility, Sabo felt no pride in his lineage; instead, he felt ashamed of having noble blood flowing through his veins.
His voice was filled with a tragic tone, like a bard telling a story.
Ace and Luffy clenched their fists so tightly that all ten fingers dug into their flesh.
Yang Ming listened silently to Sabo's explanation, his mind clear as a mirror.
He knew very well that even without the Bursam Pirates, there would be pirate crews like the Sapphire Pirates and the Black Cat Pirates who would commit the same heinous acts.
Human nature is such that as long as the consequences of a disaster are borne by others, people can comfortably enjoy the benefits that follow.
Rather than saying that the Kingdom of Goa is sick, it would be more accurate to say that the entire world has become utterly corrupt.
The monarchy is supreme, holding the lives of millions in its hands.
The working class could only humbly eke out a living under the monarchy, toiling away for even the smallest necessities of life.
The descendants of nobles remain nobles, the descendants of naval officers remain naval officers, and the children of farmers remain farmers.
This is a cycle of fate.
In this cycle, the World Government and the nobles form a small group at the head, while the Navy is the gear that keeps the cycle running. The majority of the population either accept their fate or choose to risk their lives to become pirates and break free from this cycle of destiny.
Anyone who tries to become a pirate and disrupt the existing order and peace will be relentlessly crushed by the Navy.
The one who was able to stand out from this group of pirates and was not afraid of the Navy's encirclement and suppression was the Four Emperors who now dominate the New World!
Yang Ming placed his hand on the hilt of the knife he was wearing at his waist; the knife was borrowed from Dadan's family.
As he slowly drew his sword from its sheath, revealing a 1.2-meter-long blade with a remarkably sharp edge that gleamed with a cold light.
"Ace, Sabo, Luffy, let's go!"
Yang Ming's deep voice rang out, and he charged towards the Bursam Pirates under the garbage heap.
Sabo's words were like a stone falling into everyone's hearts, a stone called destiny and power. Beneath this stone lay the wailing of countless toiling masses, filled with resentment and bitterness.
Yang Ming and his group were all young, and they all had a burning desire to overturn this oppressive rock and vent their anger to the fullest!
The Bursam Pirates spotted the four people not far away early on, but initially didn't pay much attention to them as they were just a group of children.
Seeing Yang Ming and his three companions approaching menacingly, Bursam, thinking himself humorous, said with a mocking expression:
"A bunch of brats who haven't even grown their first hairs yet, and they want to be heroes?"
The pirates around them were quick-witted and knew how to flatter, and immediately burst into laughter.
The unrestrained and arrogant laughter is the condescending contempt and disdain of the strong towards the weak, and the trampling of the lives and dignity of the weak.
The next moment, Bursam raised his flintlock pistol and was about to fire a bullet at Yang Ming.
"flash!"
Yang Ming murmured to himself.
The next instant, he vanished from Bursam's sight.
"boom!"
The finger pulled the trigger, and the bullet landed on the open ground as expected.
At the same moment, Yang Ming appeared beside Bursam, swinging his sharp blade with all his might and slashing down fiercely!
Bursam was able to run rampant near the Kingdom of Goa for many years, so he was certainly no ordinary person.
When he witnessed Yang Ming suddenly disappear from the spot and then suddenly reappear in front of him, Bursam's mind hadn't even reacted yet, but his years of fighting with the enemy had already left a deep imprint on his body, and he reflexively took a step back.
This step represents the distance between life and death.
The blade flashed and disappeared in an instant, blood splattering everywhere.
"what!!!"
A bloodcurdling scream rang out.
A gruesome knife wound slid down half of his face, his left eye being directly blinded.
Despite losing an eye, Bursam's timely retreat saved him from being beheaded.
Crimson blood blurred Bursam's vision, and the pain of losing half his sight pierced his nerves. Enraged, he immediately roared an order:
"Fire! Shoot them!"
"Shoot all these brats!"
Upon hearing this, the pirates beside Bursam immediately drew their guns and fired.
Just then, Luffy arrived.
The moment Yang Ming landed, he rolled behind Luffy. The two worked together very well, clearly not the first time.
Clearly, Yang Ming has teamed up with Luffy to fight enemies quite often in the past few months.
Of course, at that time, their enemies were mostly ferocious wild beasts in the mountains and forests.
Luffy took a deep breath, filling his chest and abdomen with a large amount of air, causing his entire body to swell from the inside out, blocking all the oncoming bullets.
Using his rubber body, Luffy's abdomen contracted and expanded, ricocheting a large number of bullets around him haphazardly.
Amidst the whirlwind of bullets flying everywhere, even the agile pirates had no way to dodge. One by one, they were wounded by bullets, and two unlucky ones were even hit in the head by stray bullets and lay in a pool of blood.
Bursam fared no better, having been hit in the knee by a stray bullet and forced to kneel on the ground.
He covered his left eye, trying to stop the blood gushing from the wound, while his right eye was wide open, its pupil bloodshot, and he roared hysterically at Yang Ming and the other three:
"Do you even know who you're going against?!"
"I am here on the orders of a nobleman from the Kingdom of Goa to burn down the Uncertainty Terminal. How dare you stop us? Are you trying to oppose me and the nobleman behind me?"
It was less a roar of Bursam than the dying struggle of a wounded beast.
He underestimated his opponent, and he will have to pay the price for it.
In the Kingdom of Goa, for the working class, the nobility was like a mountain, suffocating them.
Even on the roadside, the working class cannot look directly at the nobles, because that would tarnish the nobles' status.
Bursam had thought he could intimidate the four children by relying on his noble connections.
With his free hand, he quietly raised his flintlock pistol, ready to launch a sneak attack.
Yang Ming observed Bursam's subtle actions but paid them no heed. Instead, he calmly watched this pitiful wretch willing to act as the executioner of the nobility, as if talking to himself, or perhaps speaking for the countless innocent souls who had perished tragically:
“There are always creatures on earth that dare to face the might of thunder.”
Chapter 8 Genshin Impact, Vision of God
"Ding!"
"Congratulations, host, for reciting a classic line from Genshin Impact. You have been awarded one chance to draw a prize. Would you like to activate the prize wheel?"
The system's voice, seemingly from heaven, rang in Yang Ming's mind, and even the scorching heat in the air seemed to lessen considerably.
Yang Ming raised his sword to parry, blocking Bursam's enraged slash.
With the advantage of being an adult and the strength honed through years of life-and-death struggles, Bursam's slash was extremely powerful, forcing Yang Ming's arms to sink down.
The force from the blade was transmitted through the blade to Yang Ming's hands. He felt a numbness in the tiger's mouth of his hands and almost lost his strength to release the handle of the knife.
Fortunately, Ace and Sabo arrived in time and harassed Bursam, giving Yang Ming a chance to catch his breath.
The Bursam Pirates clashed with the four men. The enemy outnumbered them and each of them was armed, putting Yang Ming's side at a disadvantage.
Taking advantage of the brief break, Yang Ming glanced at the lottery wheel in his line of sight.
The prizes on the lottery wheel are divided into several categories: summoned characters, artifacts, items, talent skills, and skins.
Summoned characters: Jean, Diluc, Klee, Venti, Mona...
Relics: Flower of Life, Feather of Death, Sands of Time, Goblet of Emptiness, Crown of Reason...
Items: Eye of God, Wind Catcher, Pocket Anchor...
Innate Skills: West Wind Swordsmanship, Wind Pressure Sword, Dandelion Wind, Traveling with the Wind...
Skins: Sea Breeze Dream, Shining Concerto, Orchid in Gauze...
The prizes on the lottery wheel were plentiful, but Yang Ming noticed that the probability of winning something good was only one in ten thousand.
It has to be said that this is a very challenging moment for those with bad luck.
Yang Ming dodged to the side, avoiding the attack from the pirates blocking his way.
At the same moment, the pointer of the lottery wheel stopped and landed on the item category.
【Eye of God】: In the world called Teyvat, when people gain the approval of the gods, they will obtain the Eye of God, an elemental magic organ used to guide elemental power. This Eye of God contains the power to guide the element of fire.
Yang Ming glanced down and noticed a square pendant suddenly appearing on his waist. It was set with a faceted ruby in the center, and the gem was engraved with a flame emblem.
In the continent of Teyvat, there is a saying:
"When faced with circumstances beyond their control, people always lament their own powerlessness. At the steepest turning point in life, if the desires of mortals reach their peak, the gaze of the gods will be cast down, and the eye of God will appear."
The scavengers at the uncertain final destination felt utterly powerless when faced with the Bursam Pirates, who were tolerated by the nobles, setting fire to the place.
Yang Ming couldn't imagine whether, if he hadn't met Ace, Sabo, and Luffy, even if he had lingered on at the Uncertainty Terminal, he would have ended up as one of the souls lost in the sea of fire.
The anger in his heart towards the darkness and tyranny of this world seemed to have attracted the attention of a god from another world, who bestowed upon Yang Ming a divine eye capable of burning away all evil through a lottery wheel.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Yang Ming's heart pounded violently. He could feel the anger deep within him resonating with the Eye of God he wore at his waist. The flames that had been burning wildly all around him, under the guidance of the Eye of God, clung to the blade in Yang Ming's hand like birds returning to their nests, forming a sword of flames!
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