The First Chapter: Awakening of Legend

  After Kong Hao merged with the memories of this body's owner, he struggled to open his eyes.

  What entered his eyes was a thatched cottage, extremely simple. He looked around and only found a stone slab with grass on it (he was lying on it), a fire pit made of piled stones, and some dry branches for making fire.

  It's obvious that it was built in haste.

  I crossed over and landed in the world of Pirate King!

  This is the conclusion he finally accepted after gathering memories of his past life and this life.

  One Piece is a highly popular manga series, also known as ONEPIECE, abbreviated as OP. This is a dominant manga in Japan for over a decade, with the best-selling single-volume sales champion for 10 years! The initial print run has already exceeded 158 million copies! In April 2009, the reprinted volume sold 17 million copies, with total sales of 175 million copies, setting the record for the highest single-volume sales and initial print run in Japanese history, becoming the fastest to reach 100 million copies!

  To cross into such a wonderful world, for a pirate fan like Kong Hao, is both lucky and unlucky.

  When he came across it, the Pirate King, this unprecedented masterpiece that dominated Japan's anime scene for 10 years - still hasn't ended, which means... it has been serialized for 10 years! A terrifying 10 years!

  It's not over after 10 years, and what's worse is that the author has set up countless foreshadowing and mysteries in One Piece! For example, the most typical historical mystery, there is a 100-year blank history in the entire official history of One Piece! Those ancient kingdoms hidden in obscure corners, already intentionally forgotten by people, or super powerful weapons that can destroy the world - Will of D. and Sea Kings!

  There is still Luffy's origin, his teacher, the meaning of D in his name, Raftel - the end point of the Great Navigation Route, the burial site of OP...

  Too much!

  Thinking of this, Kong Hao smiled, very bitter.

  "Good grief! I'm just a veteran otaku, nothing more than the king of lurking on forums. Is it really possible to get struck by lightning and possessed by some mysterious force just because I read posts without commenting, only to find myself transported to another world?!"

  Feeling unwell, cursing the sky, Kong Hao didn't know where he got the strength from, pointing his middle finger at the sky and making a universally understood gesture.

  His own middle finger suddenly startled him.

  These are not human fingers.

  This finger, emitting a blue glow, has thick joints and sharp fingernails with a faint cold light, especially the webbed membrane between fingers - this is the finger of a fish person - more accurately, this is the Qingyu finger unique to the tiger shark clan among the fish people.

  Merfolk, a brand new species distinct from humans. Fish head and human body, with physical abilities far surpassing those of ordinary humans, with wrist strength alone being ten times stronger than that of an average adult. There are shark people, octopus people, kissing fish people, etc., among which the tiger merfolk have the highest quality.

  Kong Huang vaguely remembered that the tiger shark was a ferocious and cruel carnivore in the shark family, second only to the great white shark. A one-year-old tiger shark was already 38 centimeters long. Adult tiger sharks can grow up to about 9 meters in length, and when they are hungry, their stomachs are very large. As long as they find a moving object, they will pursue it relentlessly and wait for an opportunity to attack. How ferocious! Is being a shark my identity in this life...

  Although he was no longer in human form, Kong Hao was still satisfied with the power that came with this body! The only regret was that as a fishman tribe, he couldn't swim freely in the ocean - because he had mistakenly eaten the Devil Fruit, he had already lost the foundation of being a fishman - swimming!

  The Devil Fruit is known as the "Embodiment of the Sea Devil". It looks like a normal fruit on the outside, with a peculiar spiral pattern on its skin. The taste is so bad that it makes you want to vomit, and it seems to be able to preserve itself indefinitely when not consumed. Those who have eaten the Devil Fruit will be hated by the sea, and for their entire lives they will be "Ducklings". If they fall into the ocean, they will lose all strength and sink to the bottom of the water. (Partial contact, such as rain or showering, will not have any effect.)

  So, although he is the overlord of the fishman tribe, the Tiger Shark clan, once he dives into the embrace of Mother Ocean, no matter how hard he tries or how reluctant he is, the final result will only be like a stone, helplessly sinking to the bottom of the water. Fortunately, as a fishman, he has gills that can breathe, so there's no need to worry about his life being in danger.

  The owner of this body couldn't withstand such blows, the ridicule from his fish-man companions, and after N attempts, he was trapped at the bottom of the sea for over half a month, on the verge of death when he was discovered by his elder cousin and pulled up. What a coincidence, the prolonged torture made the original soul of this body extremely weak, and it was easily devoured by the alien guest, Lord Kong Hao.

  "Looks like I've gotten a great bargain!" After the memories fully merged, a certain ruthless transmigrator laughed, "It's said that the original owner of this body was really stubborn! With a strong body and the ability of the Devil Fruit, they still wanted to learn how to swim? How ungrateful! Now it's perfect, if I accidentally fall into the sea in the future, with gill breathing, I'll have plenty of time to wait for rescue!"

  He was so delighted that he almost danced with joy. But suddenly, the wooden door of the small grass shed was pushed open, and a long "creak" sound came out.

  Another young merman arrived, with a sturdy build and a round head, two canine teeth protruding from his mouth. Seeing his younger cousin finally wake up in good spirits, he was delighted: "Shen Bao, you're finally awake! How are you feeling?"

  "Jade Treasure?!" Kong Hao was shocked, his whole body numb and trembling. After a while, he finally reacted, "No, it's 'Shen Bao', he's calling my name!"

  "Uh... hello, I'm feeling great now, Shunping brother!" Kong Hao finally got used to this new name and replied with a twitching mouth corner.

  No mistake, everyone heard it right! This Kong Hao's elder cousin is indeed Jinbe, the whale shark fish-man, and one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea in the future as well as the captain of the "Fishman Pirates"!!! It's just that for now, he hasn't set foot on his path to becoming a strong warrior yet.

  When Kong Hao crossed over, there was very little information about "Hai Lü" Shen Ping. It seemed that he and Ah Long had both joined the great adventurer Fei Xie Er Tai Ge's Sun Pirate Group. Unlike Ah Long, who was severely racist, Shen Ping was deeply influenced by Fei Xie Er Tai Ge and was a chivalrous person. In order to prevent the war that would plunge the world into chaos (Navy vs White Beard), he single-handedly caused a huge disturbance at the Navy Headquarters and was arrested and imprisoned in the deep sea prison. Although it was already impossible to stop the entire era from going berserk, he still risked his own life.

  The way of valuing loyalty over life is worthy of the name of a chivalrous hero!

  "Awesome?" Hearing Shen Bao's (Kidney Treasure? Kong Huang: - -!) response, a bright question mark popped up on young Shen Ping's head, and he couldn't help but wonder, "No way, did my cousin get his brain scrambled from this underwater ordeal?"

  "Hmm... younger brother, you're fine as long as nothing's wrong. To be honest, it doesn't matter if the fish people can swim or not..." Shen Ping cautiously probed. From his past experience, every time he mentioned swimming, his younger brother Shen Bao would have a gloomy expression, but this time Shen Bao's reaction was completely beyond his expectations.

  "It doesn't matter, Big Brother Shi Ping! After going through this hardship, I've come to a realization! From now on, I won't be bothered by the fact that as a fish person, I can't swim!" Shen Bao (Kong Huang) had a relaxed expression, seemingly carefree.

  "Really?" My younger cousin has changed so much, even I can hardly believe it.

  "Really!" Joking, crossing into his favorite One Piece world, and even having a fishman body that had eaten the Devil Fruit, Kong Hao couldn't be too excited!

  As for the fact that this merman can't swim...

  Kong Hao thought: "To say, having wings may be an angel, or it could be a birdman; riding a white horse doesn't necessarily mean you're a prince, maybe it's just Tang Monk; similarly, being a fish person also means it's possible to not know how to swim."

  Thinking and thinking, this cruel fact that made Fishman extremely ashamed was thus elegantly ignored by him.

  "It's really great that you can think this way, Shao Bao! Brother is truly happy for you!" Shan Ping finally confirmed the fact and was suddenly choked with sobs.

  "Really, Brother Shàn Píng! To be honest, I'm really lucky to have a brother like you!" Shàn Bǎo (Kǒng Hǎng) and Shàn Píng exchanged a glance, both with tears in their eyes, but actually thinking evil thoughts in their hearts - "How can I make this future member of the Seven Warlords of the Sea become my warrior?!"

  Nor did he know what kind of reason it was that after the fusion of memories, Kong Hao inexplicably knew the specific abilities of the devil fruit that this body had eaten before!

  Mother nest fruit!

  The eater is equivalent to the main body of the mother nest (called the mother emperor), which can develop completely loyal sub-bodies. These sub-bodies obey the mother body, whether it's fighting, cooking, massaging, or... (don't imagine anything!)

  "What's the big deal!" Sanji heard Sanbao's words and seemed to be somewhat angry, "Our family members all died from human persecution, and in the entire clan, only the two of us are left. If I don't take care of you, who will?!" The intensity and sincerity of his words truly lived up to the reputation of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, known for their haste and justice.

  "What a pity! We are going to part ways!" Shao Bao suddenly threw out a sentence, causing the young Shao Ping's face to change greatly.

  "What's wrong, dear cousin? Are you out of your mind? Do you want to leave me, your only brother, and depart from this world?" In his agitation, Shen Ping grasped Shen Bao's shoulders tightly, with a force that made Kong Huan secretly marvel.

  "No! No!" Shen Bao hastened to clarify, "I wanted to go out alone for a stroll. After all, this place has left me with too many sad memories. The world is so big, I also want to leave this small island and broaden my horizons."

  "Is that so!" Hearing his brother's words, Shen Ping's tense expression relaxed, and in an instant, it turned dull and dim. "Brother, why don't I go with you?"

  "No need, brother, I just want to take a walk alone. Hope you can understand!" Jokingly, Shunbao (Kong Huang) refused of course. As he speculated, this cheap cousin Shunping would be captured as a slave by humans in the future and then rescued by the great explorer Fischer Teg, join his Sun Pirate Crew, later form his own Fishman Pirate Crew, until he reached the pinnacle of world martial arts - the Seven Warlords!

  If I were to agree to his request at this time, it would inevitably change the course of my life and possibly destroy this heroic figure! Moreover, how can the "ulterior motive" below be mentioned?!

  Seeing the extremely worried expression of Sheng Ping's brother, Shen Bao (Kong Hao) was delighted in his heart. He then very naturally made a suggestion: "If brother is worried about me, I have a good way to keep in touch with brother at all times and know each other's position and status!"

  "Oh, there's such a method? What is it?! Hurry up and say it!" The young Shenping was impatient and easily fell into Shenbao's trap.

  "It's actually like this, Big Brother also knows that I've eaten a Devil Fruit, right? I got an ability to extract Soul Crystals from your body and put them into mine, so we can stay connected anytime and anywhere."

  Shen Bao (Kong Huan)'s words were actually quite problematic, but Shen Ping wouldn't have thought that his beloved cousin had already died and the one in front of him was just a soul from another world. He hastily shouted: "This is really a good idea, cousin, hurry up and take action!"

  Upon hearing the words he most wanted to hear, Shen Bao (Kong Hao) almost jumped up in excitement. He barely managed to hold back his racing heart, which was screaming with joy at the same time.

  "Oh yeah! One of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Jinbe the Helmsman, has been subdued by me!"