Chapter 145: Civilized Tourism, Start with Me
The bright sunshine poured down, and the colorful corals all over the ground seemed to be glowing. Fish of all sizes gathered or scattered, and giant blue and white whales swam around.
This is a scene that is almost impossible to appear in reality. Even in this world, it can only be seen in the Sea Forest southeast of Fishman Island.
The so-called sea forest does not mean that there is a forest on the seabed, but that there are large areas of corals, which look almost the same as forests on land.
Those fishermen who dare not go to the sea rely on this coral forest to imagine what the forest on the ground looks like.
"Wow! What a beautiful place!" Rui Mengmeng exclaimed while lying on the bubble at the window of the Ryugu Castle ship.
"Really, so beautiful!" Bai Xing also exclaimed.
In order to ensure that Zhang Tatsuya and his companions have no regrets on their journey, Princess Otohime specially brought Shirahoshi to accompany Zhang Tatsuya and his companions to the Sea Forest.
Altria was watching quietly, and when she heard Shirahoshi's voice, she asked curiously, "Hasn't Shirahoshi been here before?"
Bai Xing shook her head and pouted, "No, my father and mother didn't allow me to come here, and my brothers refused to bring me here either."
Princess Otohime explained, "Because this place is close to Fishman Street, it was fine when Tiger and Jinbei were here before, but after they went out to sea, we can't ensure the movements of the criminals in Fishman Street. We can't bring a large number of troops just for fun."
Fishman Street and Sea Forest are two relatively famous places, but neither of them is located in Fishman Island, but in the deep sea outside Fishman Island.
The difference is that the Sea Forest is full of sunshine and the scenery is magnificent, but Fishman Town is almost the opposite, except that the Promised Ship "Noah" of great significance to Fishman Island is stored there.
That was the mermaid princess from eight hundred years ago. She had agreed with Joy Boy at that time that a giant ship would be used to move all the residents of Fish-Man Island to the surface of the sea. The ship was almost half the size of Fish-Man Island and was enough to carry all the residents of Fish-Man Island.
But something happened at that time, which prevented Joey Boy from fulfilling the promise.
It is not known what exactly happened, but that was the time when the World Government was established, so this incident is probably related to the World Government.
There is a large open space in the middle of the sea forest, on which grow many small corals that look like shrubs and flowers, and there are also many shipwrecks piled up around it.
A huge hemispherical bubble covered the open space and part of the coral forest. In the original plot, the Straw Hat Pirates did not enter Fishman Island from the entrance, so the Sunny was washed into this big bubble by the ocean current and suffered almost no damage. They were extremely lucky.
At this time, Zhang Daye and his friends stayed here temporarily, and Tom and Bai Xing ran around here curiously.
Others were curiously admiring the various types of corals or looking through the wreckage of ships.
Zhang Da was also thinking about whether he should carve a "I've been here" here, or break off a few pieces of coral to take back as souvenirs.
But in the end, forget it. Just take a few photos later. If you want corals, you can go somewhere else to collect them. It is such a precious and beautiful scenic spot, he shouldn't destroy it casually.
"In fact, the fish bus has recently been opened here, and it will be much more convenient for children to come and play in the future." Princess Otohime said, pointing to a sign not far away.
Zhang Da also clearly saw the words "Fish Bus Umi no Mori Station" written on it, which looks exactly like a bus stop!
"Huh? Is that Princess Otohime and Princess Shirahoshi?" A mermaid came out of the coral forest, wearing a dark hat and thick-framed glasses. In order to facilitate movement in places without water, she wore bubbles around her waist just like Shirahoshi.
"Mr. Dan?" Princess Otohime recognized him and introduced him, "This is Mr. Dan, a boatman and researcher of the Sea Forest, and the younger brother of Mr. Tom, the world's number one boatman."
"Meow?" Tom came over and pointed at himself with a puzzled expression. He only had one cousin, a cat, who looked exactly like him. Even Jerry couldn't tell the difference. He was not a mermaid.
Zhang Da also touched his cat's head: "I'm not talking about you."
Seeing Dan's puzzled expression, Princess Otohime explained: "This cat is also called Tom, and this is..."
After introducing Zhang Daye and the others one by one, Princess Otohime said, "They are not only my saviors, but also important guests I invited from the earth."
"So you are the human who saved the princess. Thank you so much!" Dan took off his hat and saluted politely.
"You're welcome." Zhang Daye and the others have heard such words of thanks a lot recently, which is enough to show how much Princess Otohime is loved.
"It turns out that Mr. Cat and my brother have the same name. I must introduce you two to each other when I have the chance." Dan seemed to be looking forward to the scene of the two Toms meeting.
Tom tilted his head, also looking forward to seeing Tom.
In addition, Dan was particularly concerned about Shark Pepper: "Excuse me, Mr. Shark Pepper, were there robots among your ancestors?"
Because mermen and mermaids will randomly display genes that appeared in their ancestors, Dan immediately thought of this place when he saw Shark Chili.
"Not really." Shark Chili knew this and explained helplessly, "I don't have any ancestors. I'm just an ordinary robot assembled by humans using parts."
"I see." Dan showed an understanding expression and boldly speculated: "This means that your descendants will be robots."
"..." Shark Chili was speechless. Although their B series robots have human emotions, can fall in love and even get married, they should not have the function of producing offspring, right?
Unless you learn the technology yourself and then create a small robot - truly create a human.
However, Shark Chili obviously didn't want to talk more about this aspect, so he changed the subject and asked, "What did the princess just say about studying the Sea Forest?"
"That's my interest." Speaking of his professional field, Dan began to talk nonstop:
"The Sea Forest is so mysterious. It is blessed by the Sun Tree Eve and is full of beautiful corals. Whales and other fish gather here. However, ships that sank near Fishman Island always drift here with the current. Such a beautiful and vibrant place is like a ship graveyard."
Looking at the countless sunken ships around, everyone thought that the term "ship graveyard" was not wrong.
"With so many shipwrecks, could there be treasures?" Rui Mengmeng blurted out the question in her mind: Generally speaking, mentioning shipwrecks often makes people think of treasures.
Dan seemed to understand this feeling and said with a smile: "This place has been visited by countless fishmen and mermen. Anything of higher value has long been picked up by others."
“What a pity.”
"It's nothing to regret. For me, the real treasure is the Sea Forest itself." Dan seemed to really like this place. "If you want to visit, why not let me be your tour guide?"
Everyone did not refuse Dan's kindness. Under his guidance and explanation, they saw all kinds of wonders and got to know all kinds of strange fish.
Then they saw a square black stone in the coral forest.
The stone is about four meters high, and there is moss on many parts of its surface, making it look very old.
The front was engraved with neat square characters, which no one present could recognize - this kind of characters did not belong to the common language, so it was not included in the language pack loaded by Zhang Daye and his team.
This is the historical text that is said to record the blank 100-year history, commonly known as the Robin Trap (not).
