GBP Chapter 478 The Third Stage of the Ability User
Chapter 478 The Third Stage of the Ability User
Taking the elevator to the research institute below the Punk Records, Zel also met Vegapunk's other clones.
Number 1 represents the righteous personality of Sakyamuni.
Number 3 represents Edison of thought.
Number 4 represents the wisdom of Pythagoras.
Number 5 represents the furious Atlas.
Number 6, York, represents desire.
Including the number 2 we met before, representing the evil Lilith, there are exactly 6 clones.
Three of the six clones are female, and Zel can only attribute this to Vegapunk's bad taste.
After walking for about half an hour, Zel finally saw the goal of this trip, which was also the technology he cared about most - artificial devil fruit technology.
"Rumor has it that the devil fruit contains a demon, has self-awareness, and will seek out its own master.
I'm not sure about Parahuman-type and Nature-type Devil Fruits, but I'm sure that Zoan-type Devil Fruits are alive.
By extracting the blood of animal-type ability users, I discovered special bloodline factors, and these bloodline factors are the key to artificial devil fruits."
After Vegapunk finished speaking, the iron gate in front of the two of them opened.
At a glance, more than a dozen petri dishes came into view, each containing a devil fruit.
Zel immersed his consciousness into the system space and opened the search map, but there was not a single red dot.
It seems that these artificial devil fruits are not recognized by the system.
"Are there any downsides to these artificial devil fruits? Like making people laugh?"
Zell thought of the Smille that Caesar had studied in the original timeline. It was also an artificial devil fruit, but it had many shortcomings.
The most direct issue is the success rate. Among ten smille fruits, only one can make a person a special ability user, and the other nine will become hilarious people who can't stop laughing.
Not only that, even if one is lucky enough to become a person with special abilities, most of them will be incomplete.
For example, someone with the ability to transform their body into a giraffe's head, or their body into the mouth of a hippopotamus, or only their stomach into a lion's head, etc., can have strange shapes.
"Laughing? Why are you laughing?" Vegapunk asked in confusion.
"It's a failure. It can't make anyone a person with special abilities, and it makes people laugh."
"Can that still be called a failure? That's not even the same thing as a devil fruit. How could I possibly make something like that?" Vegapunk looked at Zel as if he were a fool.
Zel didn't pay attention to Vegapunk's look, but just cursed the long-dead Caesar in his heart. His research level was so poor that he treated a product that was not even a failure as a normal product.
But it's normal to think about it. Vegapunk is the world's number one scientist. To him, the so-called failed products are just different colors.
"So are there any side effects to these devil fruits?"
"Like ordinary esper, he cannot touch seawater and is afraid of seastone."
"The others?"
"Hmm... is not being able to awaken considered a side effect? Oh, and the colors of these ability users might be different from the originals."
Zel: “…”
Can a different color really be considered a side effect?
He is more concerned with the issue of awakening than the issue of color.
"Unable to awaken?"
"That's right. According to my guess, awakening means achieving a state of unity of mind and thought with the demon that resides in the devil fruit. By leveraging their power, one can improve control over their abilities."
"You mean that developing a devil fruit is actually a process of understanding the devil?"
"Yes, at least my Brain-Brain Fruit is like that."
What Vegapunk said aroused Zel's interest. If awakening is to become one with the devil's mind, then is there another level above awakening?
For example... devour the devil and become one with him.
Thinking of this, Zel temporarily put down the artificial devil fruit and turned to talk to Vegapunk about another realm above the awakening of the devil fruit.
"This idea is interesting, but it lacks evidence. After all, there has never been such an example in the ocean."
Vegapunk's face was solemn, and his brain began to work rapidly.
"No, there are examples!" Zel suddenly thought of a breakthrough.
"What?"
"Im!"
"If the power of a devil fruit is divided into three stages, then the first stage is the ability to use the devil's power itself, the second stage is to act on inorganic matter, that is, awakening, then what is the third stage?"
Vegapunk also connected to Zell's brain and said in shock, "It affects living things and affects others!"
"That's right, the abilities of the Five Elders were given by Im, so they can live for eight hundred years and never die!"
Zell's tone gradually became excited. Although he was now confident in fighting with Im, he still had a certain fear of the unknown.
As long as he knew what Im was, he would be sure to defeat him.
What Zel didn't know was that if he had traveled a little later, he would have seen a second person with the ability to influence other people.
The Sun God Nika, not only Luffy, but also Bonnie.
As long as we believe in the sun, then everyone is Nika, so isn’t that a manifestation of influencing living things?
After listening to Zel's analysis, Vegapunk also became interested.
"If we follow this line of thought, animal-type ability users are most likely to achieve the third stage."
Animal series, among mythical beasts, the sun god Nika.
Thinking of this, Zell said, "Dr. Punk, do you know Nika?"
"Nika, the Sun God?"
"That's right. If my guess is correct, Joyboy should also have achieved the third stage of esper, so he can compete with the World Government."
"It's very likely, but I don't know much about these things. Perhaps you can go to Clover to find out."
Zel nodded, thinking that he would have to talk to Clover about Joyboy sometime.
"By the way, Doctor, is there any difference between my bloodline factor and that of an average person with special abilities?"
Thinking that there is a stage above awakening, Zel is a little worried that his devil fruit will not be able to achieve the third stage. After all, his devil fruit was given by the system, eliminating all side effects.
"Your bloodline factor is very strange, not pure, like a combination of a large number of bloodline factors."
Zel nodded. That was not wrong. His bloodline was indeed a fusion of many different bloodlines.
"However, your bloodline is surprisingly stable, and your inheritance is very stable. This is why Rorschach and the others are so talented."
Zel knew all that Vegapunk said, but he was more curious about whether he could achieve the third stage of the Devil Fruit.
After hearing this, Zell was of course confused, and Vegapunk nodded solemnly.
"Of course, since you can awaken after all, then the devil fruit you ate must have a demon living inside it."