Evolution: Start AS A Raft

According to the regulations of the Sky-class sea area, any combat was forbidden within the World Tree sea area, and fleets were not allowed to open fire during the quest for the Sea God Fruit.

Inside the World Tree, there were many independent spaces where the strong could compete for the Sea God Fruit.

People of the Sky-class sea area seemed to hold a peculiar respect for the World Tree. Even though Delia was boiling with anger, upon reaching this sea area, she forcefully suppressed her rage.

"Alright, boy, we'll see at the World Tree!" Saying so, Delia took her people back to their own battleship.

Raine watched the silver battleship leave before returning to his ship.

Once back on his ship, Raine quickly called a meeting with his core crew.

At the meeting, he told them about his encounter with the Thunder fleet.

"These Thunder people, they really do look down on others, don't they!" Shobe shook his head, "As if not accepting their protection is a great act of treason."

Bolton, who had been at the scene, had the most to say, "You didn't see how arrogant they were. They really pissed me off. But our leader really gave it to them. Just a few sentences, and they turned green with anger, hahaha."

Onebear chuckled, "You should know what kind of person our leader is by now. He's ruthless. Most people can't stand up to him."

Avril noticed Raine's furrowed brow and asked, "Hey, Captain, what are you thinking?"

Raine took a deep breath and said, "Actually, you all must be guessing. Our main goal in trying to seize the Sea God Fruit is... the Wood Heaven Crystal!"

Everyone quickly fell silent.

Heaven Crystals, now, had become one of the strongest forces on their battleship.

Moreover, the initial archaeological scholar mentioned another use for the Heaven Crystals.

Five Heaven Crystals were the key to unlocking the secret of the ancient gate!

So, although the crew didn't speak about it, they all were paying great attention to the Heaven Crystal.

They had found three Heaven Crystals already and were now only missing the Wood Heaven Crystal and Water Heaven Crystal. Given the current situation in the Sky-class sea area, it was easy to speculate the existence of the Wood Heaven Crystal.

The quick recovery of the island's vegetation and the extraordinarily large World Tree seemed to confirm this hypothesis.

Raine continued, "The Sea God Fruit, I may not be able to seize it, but if the Wood Heaven Crystal is here, we must get it!"

Everyone's gaze was filled with unyielding determination.

"So, I plan to divide our forces into two teams. One will head towards the so-called 'Heaven Path', and the other, the 'Hell Path'," Raine said in a deep voice.

"Avril, Trajan, you will lead all the twin battleships to the Heaven Path. I will go to the Hell Path alone."

Raine squinted slightly, recalling the strange cannon on the Thunder battleship. From his experience, it was definitely not a conventional weapon. "After seeing the Thunder fleet, I believe the strength of the Sky-class sea area fleet is beyond my imagination."

"You must be extremely careful and avoid conflicts with other fleets. Always remember, there are only two objectives: Find the Sea God Fruit and the Wood Heaven Crystal. The Wood Heaven Crystal is the primary objective."

Irene suddenly said, "Captain, you're taking one path alone? That's too dangerous."

Raine shook his head, "No problem, it's nearly impossible to kill me. So you don't need to worry about me. As long as you find the Wood Heaven Crystal, inform me immediately. To prevent any difficulty in using radio equipment on these two paths, Avril, do you still have the screw cap?"

"Yes." Avril took out a silver necklace from her collar. Hanging on it was the most ordinary screw cap.

Armin, Arsan, and Fancy also had kept their screw caps.

"Captain, get one for us too," Shobe said.

Raine rolled his eyes at Shobe. That guy had a chest full of hair. The image of lying in Shobe's lush chest hair... was a bit unbearable to think of.

Well, to ensure everyone's communication, Raine had to make a sacrifice and provided everyone with a screw cap.

"Alright, we still have three months until the entrance to the World Tree opens. Let's try to find that Sea God."

Armin immediately said, "Captain, the Sea God is elusive, but I've researched his preferences which might help us find him."

"Hmm?" Raine looked at Armin in surprise. "What does he like?"

Armin smiled slightly, "He likes beautiful women! And his taste is very high. Only super beauties will do," Armin added, "It's almost certain that he watches the beauty pageant every year."

"Beauty pageant?"

"Yes, this beauty pageant is practically held for the Sea God. He observes secretly and then sneaks onto the ship of the beauty he likes!"

Raine was suddenly at a loss.

"Ah! So we have no hope?"

Fancy gave Raine a fierce twist, huffily saying, "You have no taste! How can our ship have no beauties? Take a good look!" Fancy raised her head, coldly glancing at Raine.

"Captain, are you blind? Our ship is full of beauties!" Onebear was also indignant.

"Is it?" Raine looked puzzled.

Arthur shook his head, "Captain, you... well, forget it. It seems you do have a problem with your eyesight."

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In the World Tree Sea Area, the most famous were the nine God-Demon islands. But these weren't the only islands.

There were also some naturally formed islands. Although they weren't too big, there were plenty of them. And since the World Tree Sea Area forbade warfare, these islands flourished.

Raine, along with Fancy, Olivia, and Armin, bought a bunch of luxury items and then returned to the battleship.

At this moment, on the main ship of the Dad group, an unusual voting event was taking place.

According to their plan, they were going to select the three most beautiful women from the crew to participate in the beauty pageant.

On the open deck, Raine had especially found a blackboard, and a dedicated person was in charge of counting the votes.

Thirteen thousand two hundred eighteen crew members, including Raine, were going to choose the three most beautiful women of the Dad through a secret ballot.

Each person had one vote and would pick their goddess of beauty.

After a brief preparation, the crew members solemnly wrote the name of their goddess on their distributed slips of paper.

Raine had no choice but to resort to this plan. After all, if he was to pick, he wouldn't be able to.

"Fancy, one vote."

Raine glanced at Fancy, "Someone actually thinks you're pretty?"

Fancy squinted her eyes in anger, "I hate you!"

"Avril, one vote." Raine widened his eyes incredulously, "Hey, someone must be blind."

Avril glared at Raine fiercely, "I don't want to talk to you!"

"Olivia, one vote."

Raine turned to look at Olivia, "You must've paid an actor."

Olivia gritted her teeth and ran to Fancy. The two glared at Raine together.

"Armin, one vote."

Before Raine could speak, Armin said, "Captain, don't say a word!"

"Irene, one vote."

"Hmm?" Raine turned to look for Irene, but she had already hidden far away.

Suddenly, only Trajan and Shobe were left by Raine's side.

"Hey, Captain, I know I shouldn't say this, but... honestly, you really don't know what you have!" Shobe shook his head and went over to Avril.

The vote counting continued until Raine realized that there was no one left by his side.

Raine shook his head and sighed, "I've said it before, this vote is meaningless. Even if we pick the tallest one among the dwarfs, would the Sea God think they are beauties? I just don't believe it."