Time passed minute by minute, and Yun Lie's clothes were soaked with sweat; his arms grew increasingly sore, but he gritted his teeth and persisted.
Hard work pays off. Finally, just before it was completely dark, he dug a hole just big enough to accommodate himself.
"Roar!"
Just then, a deafening roar came from a distance.
This time, the sound was much louder than what he had heard during the day; the unknown beast might be very close to him! Yun Lie's face instantly turned pale. He immediately moved a flat stone, quickly hid in the dug hole, and then placed the flat stone at the entrance, blocking it tightly.
"Buzzing~"
After about ten minutes, the ground began to vibrate slowly, and Yun Lie's heart rose to his throat.
Through the crack in the stone, a huge black shadow appeared not far from him.
Upon closer inspection, it was a giant Kuma!
The Kuma's size was astonishing; its paw alone was several times larger than Yun Lie.
Yun Lie covered his mouth, not daring to breathe, trying his best not to make a sound.
He knew clearly that once he was discovered by this Kuma, there was absolutely no chance of him surviving.
Fortunately, the Kuma only patrolled in the vicinity and did not discover Yun Lie hiding in the hole, so it left towards the distance.
After the Kuma's figure completely disappeared, Yun Lie still did not dare to relax his guard, staying in the hole for a long time. Only after confirming there was no danger did he finally breathe a slight sigh of relief.
In this dangerous jungle, after a day of high tension and exhaustion, Yun Lie could no longer hold on and fell into a deep sleep.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"
Early the next morning, Yun Lie was awakened by the sound of several Monkeys.
He opened his eyes and saw several Monkeys curiously prying at the cracks in the stone, chirping and calling out to him.
Yun Lie also woke up, slowly moved the stone, and cautiously looked around. Only after confirming there were only a few Monkeys and no other dangers did he feel relieved enough to crawl out of the hole.
"Mmm~~" Yun Lie stretched his body, and his bones crackled like popping beans.
After all, he hadn't slept well last night; the cramped space offered no room to stretch, leaving him aching all over.
He ate a few apples for breakfast, and his empty body finally regained some vitality.
After seeing the giant Kuma last night, Yun Lie immediately canceled his plan to continue exploring the jungle today.
That mountain-sized Kuma was simply not something his weak body could contend with.
Yun Lie stood still, gazing at the mysterious and dangerous jungle before him, secretly pondering what to do next.
"Squeak?"
A few Monkeys also mimicked Yun Lie, sitting beside him, appearing to be deep in thought.
"Monkeys, why am I so unlucky? I can even transmigrate just by sleeping."
Yun Lie stroked the Monkeys' heads and said sadly.
His transmigration was that absurd; he didn't even leave his house, nor did he have any stroke of luck, yet he ended up in this dangerous foreign world, not even knowing which world he transmigrated to.
The only thing he knew was that this was not Blue Star, after all, which Blue Star has a Kuma over ten meters tall?
"Squeak, squeak, squeak?"
Seeing Yun Lie sad, the Monkeys quickly got up and waved their little paws at the other Monkeys.
After watching, the Monkeys quickly ran along the trees.
"What are you doing?"
Yun Lie asked curiously. After a short period of interaction, Yun Lie also realized that these Monkeys were intelligent and understood many of his words.
"Squeak, squeak........"
The Monkeys chattered, but Yun Lie couldn't understand them at all, so he didn't interrupt.
After a few minutes, Yun Lie saw several Monkeys leaping from trees in the distance.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"
Each of the Monkeys held two or three different fruits and placed them in front of Yun Lie.
"This... is this a Devil Fruit?"
Yun Lie was already curious about what the Monkeys had gone to do. Upon closer inspection of the different fruits, there was one with white spiral patterns!
He was too familiar with this!
Combined with the Sea Island he was on, he already had an answer in his heart: he might have transmigrated to the world of Pirate King!
"Is this your gift to me?"
Picking up the fruit with the spiral pattern, Yun Lie looked at the Monkeys and asked.
"Squeak, squeak."
The Monkeys nodded as if they understood, pointing to his mouth and stomach, signaling Yun Lie to eat it.
"Thank you, Monkeys."
Yun Lie didn't hesitate and took a bite of the spiraled fruit.
As expected, with one bite, Yun Lie's expression twisted, as if he had eaten something incredibly disgusting.
"Gulp."
After finally managing to swallow it, Yun Lie looked at the half-eaten fruit in his hand and remembered watching videos that said Devil Fruit must be eaten completely for future awakening to be helpful.
He steeled his heart, opened his mouth wide, and even if he couldn't eat it in one go, he forced it into his mouth.
"Ugh~"
After finally finishing the fruit, he was so disgusted he almost threw up.
"I don't admire anyone now, only Wang Lufei."
Yun Lie thought of how calm Wang Lufei was when he ate the Gum-Gum Fruit in the anime, and how much he admired him now.
He never wanted to taste that flavor again in his life.
"Squeak, squeak?"
The Monkeys looked at him curiously, not understanding why Yun Lie made such a fuss over eating a fruit.
Yun Lie ignored the Monkeys' curiosity and instead excitedly felt the power of the Devil Fruit.
He raised his finger and drew a line in the air, and a crack appeared in the air.
Easily splitting space, this is the Space Fruit!
Because the moment he ate the Space Fruit, he felt the surrounding spatial coordinates!
He picked up a stone from the ground, threw it into the spatial crack, then opened another crack on the other side, and the stone was thrown out from there!
Freely traversing space is the basic ability of the Space Fruit!
"With the Space Fruit, I have the capital to survive on this Sea Island."
Yun Lie laughed happily.
Time is not out, space is king!
Even if he leaves this Sea Island, his powerful spatial ability will give him some self-preservation capabilities in this dangerous pirate world.
Having obtained the Space Fruit, Yun Lie quickly formed a plan in his mind.
There are no useless fruits, only useless people, and he had eaten the Space Fruit, which has an extremely high upper limit!
Using fruit abilities requires a lot of stamina, so he set two small goals for himself: physical training and familiarizing himself with his abilities!
Without further ado, Yun Lie headed towards the beach in the direction he came from.
Arriving at the beach, Yun Lie did a simple warm-up and then began running laps around the Sea Island.