Chapter 380 Sakura Dragon Fruit

With the information provided by the survivors, Xie Wen quickly found the experimental base built inside the mountain, which was also the previous refuge of the survivors.

This is natural, because this is where Caesar pressed the detonation button. It was the farthest and safest place when the gas bomb exploded.

"My benefactor, you want to find the things left behind by the science force, right?" Chape said apologetically: "Unfortunately, we can only enter parts of Area R and Building C. Other areas require the permission of the science force to enter."

According to Chapei, this base is actually connected by four research institutes ABCD, and several of them are usually locked up in the third research institute in Building C, so they have some authority there. The R area is a public area that serves as a meeting point, and anyone can enter.

It is precisely because of this that they can find a glimmer of hope on this island filled with poisonous fog.

But for Xie Wen, it doesn't matter whether he has permission or not. Anyway, when he encounters a blocked area, he can just break through violently. He doesn't need to study SAD or human giantization in this base. It won't be a pity even if it is destroyed. .

So he didn't even take a single survivor with him, only two scientific research cats who were interested in things in the base, the clingy Kelly Meow and Charmy, and the Meowx who liked to join in the fun, as well as the recent and Meowx's inseparable white star.

The next thing was very simple. Xie Wen and the others searched the research institutes one by one. When they encountered a locked door, they opened it with a knife. Soon they were in the largest building, Building B, which is In the Second Research Institute, the artificial Devil Fruit was found.

This artificial Devil Fruit, which looks like an apple and has a circle pattern on it, is conspicuously placed in a glass culture jar in the center of an abandoned laboratory.

"Is this what you are looking for, nya?" Haibara nya looked curiously at the Sakura Dragon Fruit in Xie Wen's hand, "Is this also a devil fruit? Why does it look different from the others, nya?"

"Because this thing is man-made. It was a fruit that Vegapunk copied from Kaido by analyzing his bloodline factors."

Xie Wen was in a great mood after getting the Sakura Dragon Fruit, and explained to Haibara Miao with a smile.

"Artificial devil fruit?! Someone really made one, nya?!" The little cat's ears stood up instantly. She threw herself in front of Xie Wen, stretched out her arms and jumped on her feet: "Show me Look! Show me meow!”

(=ω=)

In Germa's information about blood factors, there is speculation about the ability to copy Devil Fruits, and Xie Wen has also mentioned artificial Devil Fruits to Haiyuan Miao before. Naturally, the little milk cat has also tried to study this aspect. , but due to experimental conditions and other more urgent projects that she needs to study, Haiyuan Miao has not made much progress in this area...

To be precise, probably nothing.

Now that there is a ready-made result, Haibara naturally wants to study it.

"Don't make trouble."

Although the impatient look of the little milk cat is very cute, Xie Wen did not follow her this time.

"This thing might allow us to add a new companion. This is reserved for him to eat."

Xie Wen quickly put away the Sakura Dragon Fruit and took out the Hunter's Manual.

However, he still comforted the little cat with bulging cheeks.

"Since this thing is placed here, there must be relevant research information. Why don't you go there and look for it?"

Xie Wen pointed to the complicated-looking console next to him.

Since this base was hardly affected by the explosion, there is actually a lot of research information stored in the databases of these computers. I don't know if Vegapunk and the others were too late to delete it, or they thought no one could get in so they were too lazy to delete it.

Although some encryption measures have been implemented on these data, these encryption measures did not last long in the face of two genius cats, Haiyuan Miao and Meiya.

Anyway, the two cats have collected a lot of information along the way.

After receiving Xie Wen's reminder, Haibara Meow didn't even bother to nibble on him to vent her dissatisfaction. She quickly grabbed Meowrya and Sharma, who was helping to generate electricity and start the computer, and ran to the console and clicked the button.

After dealing with Haiyuan Meow's evil underbelly, Xie Wen opened the hunter's manual in his hand, and a familiar white light flashed...

The result slightly disappointed Xie Wen.

Originally, he thought that the Sakura Dragon Fruit was the only man-made devil fruit that had been successfully replicated in the pirate world, and it was also a phantom beast, so it would have to be given a full summoning ticket like the natural type.

However, what appeared in front of him was only fragment No. 2. The pattern of the fragment was not beyond Xie Wen's expectation, it was a cherry red dragon scale pattern.

Are all fantasy beast types the same as ordinary animal types, or is it because the Sakura Dragon Fruit is a pirated version, so only one fragment is given?

Personally speaking, Xie Wen certainly hopes that it will be the second case, but considering how stingy he is, I am afraid that the first case is more likely.

He was thinking about whether the one summoned this time would be a wolf meow, a Natsu meow, an Ao Bing meow, an Ao Lie meow, or something like that, but the result...

I can't say I'm disappointed, I can only say I'm a little regretful that the summons will be postponed.

Xie Wen looked at the illustration in the manual, and the label on the Sakura Dragon Fruit was a bit beyond his expectation——

[Animal·Fish-Fish Fruit·Mythical Beast·Sakura Dragon Form (Subspecies)]

This notation is a bit like the Monster Hunter style.

However... it doesn't mention that this is artificially made, so it seems that the first possibility is higher...

And this notation also makes Xie Wen guess - maybe the original devil fruit is actually a product of some kind of technology?

But it doesn't matter. Anyway, there are so few Mythical Beasts, and their strength is not bad. It's not easy to get them. As for the nature of the devil fruit, it doesn't matter to Xie Wen. Anyway, it doesn't prevent him from summoning cats.

While comforting himself, Xie Wen combined this fragment with the No. 1 fragment of the Animal Card Pool. He swiped his finger on it a few times. Seeing that the function of switching the background color still works normally, he didn't bother too much and put it away with the manual.

"Are you still missing an animal-type fruit? Boss Xie Wen?"

Shirahoshi, who had been on the ship for a while and had seen the whole process of summoning Suika-nyan, naturally knew the general conditions for Xie Wen to summon cats. When she saw that Xie Wen's summoning ticket was still one-third short, she immediately came over and said, "How about I ask my father and Boss Jinbei to help you collect it?"

"No need," Xie Wen shook his head, "Even if you get the animal-type fruit, you may not get the fragments. This thing depends entirely on fate, so just go with the flow."

There was no way to explain things like plot weight to Shirahoshi, so Xie Wen could only say this, and now the investigation team really didn't lack cats, so he didn't have to be as anxious to summon cats as before...

Although the characters summoned by the Sakura Dragon Fruit would most likely be very strong, there were also many powerful cats in the investigation team.

Besides, even if they didn't summon new cats, they still had the option of giving the Sakura Dragon Fruit to the existing cats...

But with Hua Mei-nyan and the others' "pursuit" of devil fruits, the Sakura Dragon Fruit, which couldn't be exempted from taking a bath, would most likely be neglected.