Chapter 340: The Recollection of the One Piece World
[Match successful. In this parallel world, you are a highly successful oceanographer with a PhD in marine science—still as handsome and cool as ever, and with an invincible Stand. As a man who once saved the world, though you haven't made a move in a long time, your power remains. After all, who could possibly replace you as the protagonist? What kind of change will someone like you bring to this world? Let's wait and see.]
[Current world exploration rate: 0%. This world has not yet been developed.]
[If you die during this rewind, the game ends.]
[Note: When using a template to transmigrate, you may freely choose the time and location.]
[Note: In rewind mode, the template character has strong subjective agency. The Oceanographer Zhou Ning's alignment is Lawful Good. You have no control over his actions in this mode.]
[You are thinking about the time and location for transmigration.]
[You did not make a choice.]
[Now boarding the time machine… 1%… 33%… 65%… 95%… Whoosh… Transmigration complete.]
[You have arrived on the open sea in the year 1499. From this moment on, the wheel of history begins to turn.]
What? 1499?
Zhou Ning was stunned. The last time he transmigrated, it had been to the year 1516. That meant that after he cleared that world, even the protagonist Luffy hadn't been born yet.
If he remembered correctly, Zoro was born in 1504, and Luffy in 1505. Ending up in 1499—before the main characters were even born—what was he supposed to do with that?
He sighed. Just a few days ago, he'd been lucky enough to get the One Punch Man template and the Secret Training Method skill. Was this payback already?
[August 11, 1499 — You're drifting alone on an endless sea, completely unable to determine the exact date or location. The only thing you can cling to is a piece of floating driftwood. You have no food or water, but that's not really a problem for you. Using Star Platinum, you knocked out a fish to eat. Fortunately, you still have a small knife in your pocket, so you can slice it into sashimi.]
[August 12, 1499 — After drifting for a full day, you use your extensive oceanographic knowledge to observe that the ocean currents here are behaving strangely. It seems a magnetic field nearby is pulling all surrounding currents toward a single point, creating an area teeming with fish. About 85% of the species here are ones you've never seen before.]
[This clearly defies logic. There are roughly 36,000 known fish species on Earth, 21,353 of which are marine. You recognize most of them. The most likely explanation is that—you are no longer on Earth.]
[August 14, 1499 — You confirm this theory on your third day adrift, when you encounter a gigantic sea monster resembling a leopard with a fish tail—something straight out of legend, rivaling Godzilla in size. Its mass easily exceeds 200 tons, larger than a blue whale. There's no way such a creature exists on Earth! It seems to have mistaken you for food. Great.]
[Against an enemy like this, you never hold back. You activate your Stand's ability and stop time. Within two seconds of time stop, you unleash a flurry of punches that defeat the creature. Its habits seem similar to those of killer whales—intelligent apex predators of the sea. Given time, you could probably tame it, but you're in no mood for that right now. You leap lightly onto its head instead.]
[For a while, it keeps trying to drown you, but really, how could that work? Faced with such a vicious beast, your counterattack is merciless. After three hours of struggle, the massive creature finally becomes your temporary mount. Achievement unlocked: The Life of Pi.]
[August 17, 1499 — After six days adrift at sea, you finally spot an island—a large, inhabited one with wild coastlines of dunes and coral reefs, stretching almost as far as Australia's Ninety Mile Beach. You gently pat your sea beast on the head and let it go before leaping gracefully ashore.]
[Once you reach a small town on the island, you notice the locals' clothing is completely foreign. You realize—you can't understand their language. Their fashion resembles 16th-century European style, and their speech sounds like something from the Indo-European family. Because of your strange attire, people stare at you—especially a few of the young women.]
[February 2, 1500 — After living on the island for almost five months, you've finally learned the local language. You find out this sea is called the South Blue, and the island is Baterilla Island, part of the Sorbet Kingdom, ruled by a tyrant king named Bartholomew Kuma. You also meet your neighbor, a man named Roger. For some reason, you get along very well and quickly become good friends. Achievement unlocked: Friends (III).]
[You can tell Roger is no ordinary man. He seems carefree but carries an undeniable aura. When he learns you're an oceanographer, he tells you about a place where all the world's fish gather—a sea called All Blue, located at the end of the perilous Grand Line. He says that if his pirate crew hadn't already disbanded, he would've invited you along to see it for yourself.]
[All Blue? That's probably every oceanographer's dream destination! Even for you, the thought of it stirs something deep inside. Still, you're in no rush—you're only twenty-four, with a long life ahead of you.]
[March 12, 1500 — Your friendship with Roger deepens. He has a beautiful wife named Portgas D. Rouge, already several months pregnant. What surprises you most is Roger's immense power—it's a completely different system from your Stand abilities. During a pirate raid, his sheer presence alone crushes his enemies, shaking the entire island, and with a single slash, he sinks a ship. Could you defeat him? At your peak, maybe. Five seconds of stopped time would be enough to do a lot. For some reason, you have a feeling that in this world, you'll return to your peak—and even surpass it.]
[When you ask about his abilities, Roger doesn't hold back. He even offers to teach you. This power is called Haki. The type that overwhelms others with sheer presence is called Conqueror's Haki, requiring the will of a king. The two trainable types are Observation Haki and Armament Haki, which aren't too hard to learn. In fact, some races in the Grand Line are born with it.]
[And indeed, it isn't hard to learn. After sixty sparring matches with Roger—taking many hits and breaking several ribs—you finally master both forms of Haki. You even resisted the urge to use Star Platinum to punch him. As your Haki improves, your time-stop duration increases to three seconds, and your physical abilities grow dramatically.]