Chapter 001 Mutant System
In the early morning, as the sun gradually rose above the distant sea horizon, the warm sunshine shone down on the island, but it was still mixed with a bit of lingering summer heat carried by the salty wind.
West Blue is one of the four largest seas in the world, just like East Blue where Gol D. Roger was executed and where many ordinary people live far away from the Grand Line.
There is a small village on one of the islands of West Blue, close to the coastline, and people in the village are already walking on the streets, opening wooden shops, heading toward the docks, and starting their day as usual.
On the northern edge of the village, there is a house that is not big or small, built with old wooden planks and simple bricks, and inside the house there is a young man who looks about fifteen or sixteen years old lying quietly in the room.
The young man originally had clear and spirited eyes and fairly handsome features, but at this moment, his nose was blue and crooked, his face was swollen, and there were obvious bruises on his cheeks, making him look extremely miserable.
Suddenly, the young man frowned slightly, as if feeling pain, and then his eyes slowly opened, revealing a trace of confusion.
After seeing the unfamiliar environment he was in, Lin Mu's face was filled with blank expressions, and he could not help feeling confused about where he was now.
He clearly remembered that he was still sleeping in his own room last night, so why did he appear in this strange place the moment he woke up?
The rough wooden bed board beneath him and the faint salty smell lingering in the air clearly indicated that this was a seaside environment, completely different from the place he was familiar with before.
Just when Lin Mu was at a complete loss, there was a sudden knock on the wooden door, and then a figure pushed the door open and walked inside the room.
"Lin, are you alright?" The person who walked in was about the same age as Lin Mu, but his body was much stronger and more solid, with sun tanned skin, and there was a concerned look on his face at this moment.
After this person appeared in front of him, Lin Mu was stunned for a brief moment, and then a large number of unfamiliar memories suddenly surged into his mind like waves.
After sorting through these memories, Lin Mu finally understood what his current situation actually was.
To put it simply, he had transmigrated into a young man named Troisen D. Lin, that's right, the mysterious D that frequently appears in the world of One Piece, which meant that Lin Mu had truly come to the world of pirates, Marines, and Devil Fruits, and for this result he did not know whether he should feel worried or happy.
Lin Mu had always been fascinated by the world of One Piece, admiring legends like Whitebeard and Roger, but he also knew very clearly that this was a cruel world where the strong preyed on the weak, and ordinary civilians lived in constant fear of pirates and bandits.
For example, the parents of this body were killed by a passing pirate crew a few years ago, and since then, Lin had been forced to work at the dock every day, carrying cargo and doing hard labor just to barely support himself.
But yesterday, because he accidentally damaged a piece of valuable cargo bound for another island, he was brutally beaten by the dock foreman, and it was precisely because of this beating that Lin Mu ended up transmigrating into this body.
Feeling waves of pain continuously coming from every part of his body, Lin Mu could not help but take a deep breath, clenched his fists slightly, and forced himself to remain conscious.
"That bastard really isn't human, it was just a piece of cargo that got smashed, and he actually beat you until you look like this, damn it!" Seeing Lin Mu's miserable appearance, the robust young man could not help but curse angrily, his fists clenched tightly.
Only then did Lin Mu remember that there was another person in the room with him. This young man was named Gray, a dock worker like him and also his only friend in the village. After Lin Mu was beaten unconscious yesterday by the dock foreman, it was Gray who carried him back from the wharf near the coast.
"Lin, you should rest properly at home for the next few days. I'll help you take care of your work at the dock first. We'll talk about everything after you recover." Gray spoke seriously as he urged him, clearly worried about Lin Mu's condition.
Seeing Lin Mu nod slowly in response, Gray finally felt relieved and then turned around and left the room with confidence, gently closing the wooden door behind him.
After Gray left, Lin Mu slowly sat up beside the wooden chuang, endured the pain in his body, and sighed helplessly, "God, are you really playing tricks on me like this?"
He didn't know Rokushiki like the Marines' Six Powers, he didn't know how to use Haki like the strong people of the New World, and he didn't even possess a Devil Fruit ability.
He was simply an ordinary civilian who couldn't be more ordinary.
Although he had also been an ordinary person in his previous life, he had lived in an extremely safe environment without pirates, Marines, or sea kings. The chaotic world filled with pirates, bounties, and constant danger was obviously something Earth could not be compared to.
"Ding, world positioning in progress, positioning successful, One Piece World confirmed."
Just as Lin Mu was sinking into worry, a clear and pleasant female voice suddenly rang out beside his ear, startling him so badly that his whole body tensed up.
"Host detected, Troisen D. Lin is being bound. Binding successful. Mutant System activated. Exclusive authority confirmed."
When the female voice sounded for the second time, Lin Mu's heart began to beat violently, and he could no longer remain calm.
Mutant system?
Just as Lin Mu was filled with confusion, a massive amount of information suddenly poured into his mind like a torrent, the huge influx making his head throb with pain.
After digesting all the information that had flooded into his consciousness, Lin Mu's eyes widened, and his face could not help revealing an excited expression.
He had actually obtained a mutant system, and although it was called a mutant system, it was not limited to mutants alone, as it also included various abilities from different superpowered beings.
As long as he accumulated experience points and leveled up, he could continuously unlock powerful mutant abilities.
And the way to gain experience points was extremely simple, by killing monsters.
"So this is basically letting me fight enemies and level up in the world of pirates." Lin Mu murmured to himself, his eyes lighting up with excitement. "This is exactly what I'm best at."
In his previous life, Lin Mu had been a veteran gamer, and the thing he had done the most was grinding monsters and clearing stages.
The fear and hesitation he originally felt toward the pirate world completely disappeared at this moment.
Now, in Lin Mu's eyes, this vast and dangerous world filled with pirates, Marines, and Devil Fruits was no different from a single player game, because he was the only player in it.
If there was anything different from the games he had played before, it was that the realism here was so intense that it felt like it shattered common sense itself.
"The name Lin Mu sounds too out of place in the world of pirates, so my future game ID will be Troisen D. Lin." Lin Mu muttered softly.
"Ding, since the Host has just entered the world of pirates, a beginner treasure chest is being issued. Would you like to open it?"
At this moment, the same female voice sounded once more.
Although the voice was clear and pleasant, it carried no emotion at all, and Lin Mu also understood that the system was nothing more than a rigid program.
"Open it now."
Lin Mu was currently worried about how to get started, because this body was far too weak, and he suspected that he couldn't even deal with the lowest level enemies wandering around the island.
The beginner treasure chest might be able to resolve this urgent problem.
Of course, if this treasure chest turned out to be like the scam beginner rewards from online games in his previous life, containing only a broken dagger and a few bottles of low grade healing medicine, then Lin Mu would definitely curse loudly.
"Ding, confirmation received, opening treasure chest."
As the voice echoed, Lin Mu noticed that a faint shadow of a treasure chest suddenly appeared in the empty space in front of him.
The treasure chest slowly opened, and before Lin Mu could clearly see what was inside, all of its contents transformed into a white light and rushed straight into his body.
At the same time, Lin Mu felt an intense and piercing pain spread throughout his entire body, a pain that originated from the deepest part of every cell he possessed.
At this moment, the genes within all the cells in Lin Mu's body began to tear apart and reorganize violently. The pain was something he had never experienced before, so intense that he couldn't even let out a scream.
Fortunately, the pain did not last long and stopped after about half a minute.
By then, Lin Mu's clothes were completely soaked with sweat, and his face looked extremely pale.
However, there was an unmistakable joy on his face, because he clearly knew that he had obtained a true mutant ability.