Childhood Anime Grand Tour

Chapter 125 Laputa's Second Expedition

Sivir was a robot created in this world, so she had never been to the Divine Tree Space, and Liu Yufei had no intention of taking her there.

At this moment, within the divine tree space, because it had absorbed too much life force, even though most of it was consumed, the remaining energy still allowed the divine tree to produce two fruits.

"That's not right! With so many lives, including humans and Zerg, you've only produced two?"

Since the divine tree has no intelligence, it naturally wouldn't respond to Liu Yufei's complaints. Liu Yufei immediately checked the two fruits.

[Zoan type, Ancient species, Insect-Insect Fruit, Ohmu form!]

Liu Yufei was completely stunned! This bastard seems to have a special fondness for Zoan-type fruits! But given the size of the Ohmu, Liu Yufei had no interest in this fruit and immediately turned his attention to the second one.

[Paramecia type, Yomi Yomi no Mi (Revive-Revive Fruit)!]

"Wow, I'm going..."

Liu Yufei was somewhat incredulous; another awesome Paramecia-type Devil Fruit had finally appeared.

Everyone is familiar with the Yomi Yomi no Mi (Revive-Revive Fruit), which is Brook's fruit. It is because of this fruit that even though Brook is only a skeleton, he can still roam freely on the Red Line!

The Yomi Yomi no Mi (Revive-Revive Fruit) is one of the very few fruits that targets the soul. It's just that Brook hasn't remembered the secret of the larger version of the fruit, otherwise he would be one of the top fighters.

Even so, when he faced Big Mom's Soul-Soul Fruit, he was not allowed to do anything. Of course, his stats still couldn't keep up, and in the end, he could only force Big Mom to sleep.

Of course, more importantly, like the Gravity Fruit, the Yomi Yomi no Mi (Revive-Revive Fruit) has a very high potential for development, at least seven or eight levels high!

"Hahaha, I am the King of Souls..."

With no one else around, Liu Yufei could relax and indulge in his childish antics. After saying that, he took a bite. He had truly gotten used to the taste of the Devil Fruit and even dared to chew it.

As the power of the fruit enveloped his body, Liu Yufei felt a sudden clarity in his mind.

"Damn! It even has a stimulating effect!!"

It wasn't actually a mental boost, but rather that the Yomi Yomi no Mi (Revive-Revive Fruit) specifically governs the soul, thus greatly enhancing Liu Yufei's mental strength. Liu Yufei quickly grasped the basic abilities of the Yomi Yomi no Mi and couldn't help but remark:

"Wait a minute! How come my skills are getting more and more sinister? Now they're practically sending me straight to the underworld!!"

The Kirin Fruit previously could strip a creature of its life force and then transform it; the current Yomi Yomi Fruit still operates within this scope. Liu Yufei is still the master of Laputa, and Laputa brings light and hope to humanity.

This made Liu Yufei, who was overjoyed, a little depressed. The main reason was that the range of the Yomi Yomi no Mi's abilities overlapped. The Yomi Yomi no Mi's greatest ability is to give people a second life, and like Brook, who exploited a bug, he could even gain immortality.

Thinking of this, Liu Yufei stepped out of the space and was immediately startled.

"What do you want? Why are you in my room?"

As she spoke, she adopted a defensive stance, which infuriated Sivir! "What can a robot like me do?! She's just a little girl, dream on!"

"Young Master, breakfast is ready!"

"Oh! You guys go ahead! I'll be right there!!"

Lasdale wanted to say something, but Liu Yufei was still in his pajamas, so she went out with Sivir.

At the dining table!!

"This dish is too salty, is there a problem with the program?"

"Ah! This was made to Miss Rasdale's taste!"

"..."

Liu Yufei was speechless! Do you know you're overstepping your bounds? Liu Yufei is the only living person in Laputa, so naturally he won't cook for himself. The robot was already set up and is completely tailored to Liu Yufei's tastes.

Lasdale has only been here a few days! This is outrageous! Liu Yufei knew that this girl couldn't be allowed to stay.

"After you finish eating, I'll take you home!"

Liu Yufei spoke casually, but Lasdale's little mouth immediately pouted, her eyes filled with tears, as if she was about to cry at any moment. Seeing this, Liu Yufei quickly explained:

"I'm not kicking you out!! The Southern Army of Dorumechia suffered a crushing defeat, and the border countries are no longer safe. Don't you want to go back and protect Pejite?"

Upon hearing this, Rasdale's worry instantly turned to joy, and she looked at Liu Yufei with hopeful eyes. Liu Yufei, seeing her gaze, felt a little embarrassed for a moment! Sivir, however, smiled and said:

"Young Master, how can Miss Rasdale protect her people on her own? Let's send the Captain down to help her!"

"Go away, you really dare to ask for that! I'll keep an eye on this myself, and you guys shouldn't mess around with it!!"

The captain is alright, but Sivir is becoming increasingly unpredictable, and Liu Yufei can't keep up with her train of thought. If she were to follow her orders and have the captain lead the guards down, it wouldn't be protection anymore.

In just a few days, Pejite will be able to annex the surrounding small countries. Liu Yufei has no interest in ruling the world.

"Young Master, aren't you going to keep an eye on that girl? I can handle this!"

The girl was naturally referring to Nausicaä. After thinking for a moment, Liu Yufei still gave her instructions:

"No harassment of other countries is allowed. Military operations are to be conducted under the captain's orders!!"

"Okay, thank you, young master!!"

"Thank you... Mr. Liu..."

They'd only known each other for a few days, and Lasta was still a bit shy. Liu Yufei, however, casually wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and said:

"You have the authority to have the captain activate level three defense!"

In the end, Liu Yufei still got involved in the conflict of the Edo Tensei, and Laputa was no longer a secluded place!

Laputa's system is divided into three levels, each corresponding to a different intensity of war. The third level is for the lower-level conflicts, which is understandable given that the war tactics employed by those at the lower levels are at the level of World War I.

As for military command authority, Liu Yufei specifically handed it over to the captain because he was a product of the old Laputa, and even now, Liu Yufei could not completely replicate him.

Of course, I'm not talking about the technology itself, but rather the underlying foundation of the technology. Liu Yufei doesn't know what Laputa's mindset was when they created these robots, so it's difficult to control their intelligence.

To us, Sivir does appear to be of higher rank than the captain because her intelligence is closer to that of a human. This is both an advantage and a disadvantage! The advantage is that she can think like a human and has her own joys and sorrows.

The downside is that, because it's closer to humans, it inevitably inherits some of humanity's worst traits. Humans act based on their emotions and preferences, as seen in Sivir's treatment of Ralph.

This compassion is certainly good, because it makes one more human! The captain, on the other hand, is more inclined to neutrality, because being kind to sheep is being cruel to wolves, which is actually a very unfortunate situation!

Pejite, a city that has already fallen. When Pejite was captured, Kushana brought a large number of insect trainers. Since insect trainers are all hired, they looted the place and then withdrew.

But the disaster they left behind has not dissipated. Because of the insects, Petit is currently being corroded by spores, and people are about to die.

Faced with this situation, everyone knew what was going on and had already devised a solution: the people had all gone underground! This greatly strengthened the underground resistance organizations.

"Hurry, hurry... those barbarians from the Tugui tribe are about to attack!!"

"Commander, they're here! Shouldn't we fight them to the death? Why are we just retreating like this?!"

"Hmph! If we're going to fight to the death, it's to defend our own country, not to protect someone else's, you know? How many of those Peijite refugees are left?"

"Ah!! There are still more than 20,000 left!!"

"Damn it, did they all run away? You went to handle it yourself, and these things are bound to happen..."

The division commander made a throat-slitting gesture, and the young sergeant was immediately stunned, trying to stop him:

"Commander, retreating is enough, why..."

"What do you know? If the people from the Earth Demon Kingdom invade this place, all of them will be enemies, you know that? Hurry up and go!"

In war, it is always the civilians who suffer the most. With just one sentence from a division commander, the lives of tens of thousands of people were sealed!

The division commander of Dorumechia also knew that given their actions in Peijit these past few days, if the Tugui Kingdom were to enter, these unruly people would surely unite and rebel. Therefore, it was better to eliminate them completely!

At that moment, the sky was suddenly shrouded in a shadow, instantly covering the main city of Pejite.

Woo woo woo...

Although they didn't know what was going on, an alarm was immediately sounded below, and the division commander of Dorumechia heard it.

"What's going on...? Is the Earth Demon Kingdom moving so fast?"

He thought it was the Tu Gui Kingdom attacking, so he immediately ordered his soldiers to prepare for battle. But when he came out and saw the huge island in the sky that blotted out the sun, he was stunned.

"Commander, something's coming down!"

The division commander then realized what was happening, and seeing something being thrown down from the island, he immediately looked through his binoculars and exclaimed in surprise:

"It's tanks! Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Prepare for battle!!"

The white objects they saw were actually Laputa's parachutes, but what descended were tanks and armored vehicles! Laputa possesses a wealth of advanced technology, making it more than capable of wiping out a Pejite.

However, these were military capabilities at the level of World War I, making Laputa's victory somewhat dishonorable. Therefore, they adopted a three-tiered defense, a tactic from World War II. (Airborne tanks were a fancy maneuver by the Soviets! They looked impressive, but weren't very practical!)

As the tank descended, stirring music filled the sky—the Soviet March. This piece was originally used by the US to criticize Russia, but its passionate melody had the opposite effect, becoming its iconic theme.

As the rousing music echoed, the chariots finally landed on the ground, kicking up clouds of dust! Only then did the soldiers of Dorumechia organize their battle lines, and then they realized that this battle was unwinnable!

Because the airborne tanks were only the first wave, followed by fighter jets flying down from the sky. These were also designed by Liu Yufei, modeled after famous World War II fighter jets—of course, only in appearance. They used as much low-end technology as possible.

But that was Laputa's basic technology; for their lower-level army, it was a devastating blow!