The reason why Cheng Lang felt something was wrong was not because of suspicion or logical thinking, but simply because there was a treasure chest icon on the small map.
And the icon of this treasure chest is the location of this stone mountain.
"I'm going to dig."
Cheng Lang took out the pickaxe and started working.
The small stone mountain was soon hollowed out by Cheng Lang.
Naturally, the five treasure chests above also fell to the ground.
Just like Kamon said, it's empty.
Looking at the 'rock' in his backpack, Cheng Lang lowered his head to look at the ground with different soil textures.
Cheng Lang didn't think any more and continued digging.
His actions naturally attracted the attention of others.
Kamon was very curious.
Soon, they dug three or four meters underground.
Something new appears.
A devil fruit that is almost integrated with the stone.
Cheng Lang reached out and placed his hand on the devil fruit.
The next moment, the devil fruit disappeared.
Cheng Lang flipped his hand casually, and a complete devil fruit appeared in his hand.
It looks very strange.
The top is clearly the red of an apple, but the middle is yellow and the bottom is green. At first glance, it looks very similar to a traffic light, but when you turn it over, the color at the back is purple.
It feels like a big platter of colors.
"This is! A devil fruit!" Alrita exclaimed in surprise
Anyone who has eaten a devil fruit will recognize it immediately.
Usopp came closer curiously and looked left and right. "This is the Devil Fruit. It looks really... weird. It looks like feathers on the top, but scales on the bottom."
Nami's eyes lit up: "I heard that a devil fruit can be sold for 100 million berries. Cheng Lang! Can you give me this devil fruit?"
Cheng Lang waved his hand and said, "If you want to eat it, I can give it to you, but if you plan to sell it, forget it."
"Hey, good brother Cheng Lang, don't you think I am in our team..."
Chapter 38: Switching Table? Black Market!
Nami also planned to act coquettishly and cutely.
But he was interrupted by Cheng Lang.
"If I'm not mistaken, this is a Chimera, a Zoanthic Mythical Beast. If we go by the market value, this devil fruit would be worth at least a billion."
Have you seen the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia? Of course not. Cheng Lang just repeated the name of the item he saw.
"A billion?!"
Cheng Lang's words shocked everyone present.
"Actually, something strange has already happened on this island. Haven't you seen how strange the animals are? Some look like pigs and some look like lions. It's because of this devil fruit. Over time, they've almost merged with the stone. If I had to describe it, it's like the stone has eaten the devil fruit, but the stone has no intelligence, so its power has spread."
Cheng Lang's explanation made everyone feel enlightened.
Especially Kamon, it is understandable, you know, he has lived on this island for twenty years, what is the most common thing on the island? Not only strange animals but also plants he has never seen before.
Moreover, their reproduction does not follow biology. They reproduce whenever they see something they like. They may be viviparous or oviparous, and the offspring may not even have any interaction with their parents' generation after they are born.
It's like crossing a pig and a sheep, and the result is a chicken.
Very strange.
This is a very shocking thing for any island in the ocean.
Now Cheng Lang's explanation helped him solve a big mystery in his heart.
But when Kamon looked at the devil fruit, there was no possessiveness in his eyes.
"Does anyone of you want to eat?" Cheng Lang looked at everyone present, and naturally he did not ignore Kamon.
"By the way, one person can only eat one devil fruit. Alrita, Luffy, and I have all eaten devil fruits."
"Me, me, me! Me, me, me!" Nami raised her hand immediately!
"Are you sure? If you're going to eat it, you have to eat it in front of me."
"Hey~ Can't I just go back to the boat and enjoy it slowly?"
Looking at Nami whose eyes had turned into the shape of berries, everyone else was speechless.
Cheng Lang glanced around and found that no one asked for it.
This puzzled him.
"Usopp, you're not going to eat it? This is a mythical beast-type devil fruit."
Usopp scratched his head, "It's tempting, but it doesn't seem right to me."
"Is it?"
Cheng Lang looked at the others, his eyes fixed on Zoro, who shook his head: "My goal is to become the world's number one swordsman."
It's a simple answer, but Cheng Lang understands that after eating the devil fruit, the swordsman is no longer pure.
Then he looked at Kuya Mi and Kamon.
Kamon was surprised: "I have a share too? But...thank you, I don't want it."
Finally, his gaze fell on Kuya Mi.
At this moment, Kuya Mi saw Cheng Lang's gaze, and her face was conflicted. She wanted it, but also didn't want it.
"what happened?"
Cheng Lang naturally noticed the other person's strange expression.
"Well... I heard that Chimera is the embodiment of fear, evil, and disaster."
"..."
Cheng Lang had also heard some legends about the Chimera. The three animals had a lion's head, a goat's body, and a snake's tail, and they represented different meanings: lion - fear, goat - evil, and snake - disaster.
However, later on, Chimera was more often used to describe fused and deformed animals, and it could also be used to describe some creatures with partially inharmonious appearance features.
"Legends are just legends, they are all stories. Eating a devil fruit will not harm you..." Cheng Lang fell silent at this point.
Cheng Lang's sudden silence made everyone present a little confused.
"What's wrong?" Usopp didn't understand Cheng Lang's silence.
Cheng Lang waved his hand and said, "If you eat a devil fruit, you won't be affected by it."
Just now, Cheng Lang saw Luffy and Nika behind him.
I don't know if it's because Luffy has this kind of personality, or if he ate the rubber fruit and was affected and became Nika.
At the same time, Cheng Lang also remembered something.
This was also the most popular saying on the Internet. Devil fruits are conscious and they will choose their own masters.
In the original work, it can be seen from the young ages that the supernovas have the abilities of the fruits they eat that are extremely compatible with those of Mirai.
Kidd, who has loved robots since childhood, ate the magnetic fruit
Capone Bege has loved fortresses since childhood and finally ate the fortress fruit.
Apu, who has loved music since childhood, ate the Sound Fruit.
So it's okay if the fruit chooses humans.
Now, a fruit that does not appear in the original One Piece has appeared. Is Cool-A-Mi, which does not appear in the original, a choice of devil fruit?
Cheng Lang looked at Kuya Mi.
Mi was looking at the devil fruit in Cheng Lang's hand.
Finally she took it carefully.
"Can I really eat it?"
Cheng Lang looked at the others.
The others all threw up their hands in response.
No one has an opinion.
Finally, Kuya Mi took a bite of the devil fruit.
Then his expression turned painful.
"What's wrong?!" Others were concerned.
"So… so disgusting."
Kuya Mi swallowed the fruit in his mouth.
"You have to finish it." Cheng Lang smiled as he watched the scene: "If you don't believe me, ask Luffy. He ate all the devil fruits, and so did Alrita."
The two of them nodded.
Kuya Mi looked solemn about this, and then he ate the Chimera form of the mythical beast with a look of fearlessness.
Only half an hour passed and she didn't have any problems.
But Cheng Lang looked at everyone except Monka, and a lot of experience emerged from their bodies.
In just a moment, Cheng Lang reached level 30.
This made him stunned.