92: Chapter 91: The Golden Country [Shandora]! The Forgotten History of the ShandiansThe campaign against Eneel has come to an end, and the power of the priests under his command has been eliminated.
At this moment, the Straw Hat Adventure Group stopped in Arpaio, and Mr.Yixiao followed them closely.
"Do you feel where the legendary Golden Country is?"
Luffy brought everyone to the corpse of the giant snake that had been cut in half by Zoro, and asked everyone this.
Sanji couldn't help but teasing:
"Haha, Luffy, you don't have to keep us in suspense.Everything we experienced on the way here has proven that the Golden City of the Shandians did exist.So, the Golden City [Sandora] must exist somewhere!"
Luffy pursed his lips towards the giant snake's corpse:
"Look at what's hidden in the belly of this giant!"
Everyone immediately opened their observation skills and silently sensed the giant snake's situation, feeling confused and uncertain:
"There seems to be a relic inside this giant python!"
Luffy raised the corner of his mouth and said to everyone with a smile:
"This giant python probably hides a great secret.Perhaps the history of the Shandian people is closely related to it!"
As luck would have it, gold was discovered inside the python's body.Furthermore, the remains of the building complex were also faintly visible.
Zoro unsheathed his sword and swung it several times, slicing the giant python into several pieces again.Everyone looked closely and exclaimed in amazement.To their amazement, the giant python contained something that hadn't been completely digested over the past 400 years—broken buildings and countless gold!
Luffy chuckled and said:
"These are our spoils, Nami.All this gold is yours!"
Nami was immediately overjoyed, jumping up and down to collect the treasures on the ground, and almost hugged Luffy and kissed him.
Yixiao used his observation Haki to carefully identify the shapes of these ruins and frowned:
"These.seem to be closely related to the Shandians!Are they ancient Shandian buildings?"
Nami didn't care about that anymore.Seeing the gold everywhere, her eyes were almost blinded.Her eyes had turned into the shape of Bailey:
"Gold!Lots of gold!All mine!So much valuable stuff!We've become rich overnight!"
Robin pondered:
"The ancient Shandia ruins of Arpaado, exposed on the surface, are merely the tip of the iceberg.The remains within this giant python are also a microcosm.The true Shandia [city] Shandora has probably long been lost to history, perhaps even buried deep underground."
Yi Xiao said: "What a unique view.I am afraid that the true history of the Shandia people is not far off."
Shandora, the ancient city of the Shandian people, was washed up to a height of 10,000 meters by a huge ocean current 400 years ago.This magnificent city has also been washed away by time and forgotten, but it is here.
Unfortunately, the war that broke out between the Shandians and the indigenous people of Sky Island 400 years ago caused them to lose their rule over Arpaiado.
If it were not so, the ruins here would not be buried forever in the cruel wind and sand.
According to Gan Fowl, Enel suddenly descended from the sky with his priests six years ago.With his absolute power, Enel quickly took control of Sky Island, forcing him to disappear, leaving him powerless to resist.
As a result, Arpayard also fell into the hands of Enel.Enel occupied the Golden City, smelted gold to build the Ark [Proverbs], and prepared to go to the infinite land.
This is the dark period that Sky Island has experienced in the past six years.
The Straw Hat Pirates and Yixiao continued to move forward and came to an even more magnificent ruins.
Looking at the endless palace complex before them, everyone was shocked.This showed the former glory of the Shandian people.
"Could this be the Golden City of the Shandians, or the [Ancient City] Shandora that disappeared 400 years ago?"
Robin was very excited and looked around enthusiastically.
Luffy scratched his head:
"The truth of history may not be limited to this.Let's continue walking into the ruins!"
Everyone agreed.Soon, they found a tunnel.
After investigation, it was discovered that this was not the real golden country!
The nine members of the Straw Hat Pirates plus Yixiao climbed to the top of the ruins and looked down at the magnificent scenery.
Robin knocked on the floor tiles, his face showing joy:
"Sure enough!This place is connected to the ground below!There must be a huge city below![Shandora] is an [ancient city] built underground!
It's amazing, really amazing!It's hard to imagine how the ancient Shandia people did it!How glorious their tribe once was!
As they continued on their way, they finally discovered the true face of Shandora—blue bricks and white tiles, and a series of palaces quietly awaiting those who were interested.Time is cruel, and the wear and tear of the ruins is a cause for regret.
Yixiao stood in front of a huge rock and called out to everyone:
"This is.Luffy, come look at this!"
Robin came over upon hearing the noise and was shocked:
"This.this is the original history of the Shandian people who lived in [Shandora]!"
Luffy and others could not understand the dense text on it, but they could also feel the weight of history.
Robin stroked the huge historical text stone and muttered to himself:
"I didn't expect this ancient city [Shandora] to date back over a thousand years!
A thousand years ago, the Shandian people lived and worshipped here, and their civilization flourished!However, their ancient civilization perished just eight hundred years ago!
Yixiao frowned when he heard this:
"Eight hundred years ago, wasn't that the hundred years that marked a blank in world history?What on earth happened to this world during those hundred years?
There are no records of that hundred years.Why would the World Government try so hard to erase this period of history that should have existed?What are they hiding?What truth must the world not know?What about the appearance?
Miss Robin, it is said that your hometown, O'Hara, was destroyed because of its exploration of the blank 100 years and even the definite answer!"
"It's all in the past.The living must continue to strive to live, which is the greatest comfort to those who died." Robin shook his head calmly before continuing:
"[Shandora] was likely part of that once glorious and ideal kingdom.The Shandians once forged a massive [Shandora Bell] out of gold!
Look, there's even a record here of the World Government trying to seize it!Unfortunately, the World Government didn't completely succeed, otherwise this piece of historical text wouldn't be preserved!"
Luffy was also filled with emotion:
"The weight of history awaits the judgment of future generations.Witnesses come to bear witness, and recorders live to remember."
Everyone remained silent and could only stare at the huge rock in front of them.
Later generations followed in the footsteps of their ancestors, looking back at that unknown history, and time turned the story into a magnificent epic.
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