But the water didn't spill out.
Clearly, the water inside had all turned to ice.
Seeing this, Sanji frowned.
Then he took out his lighter, lit a cigarette, and started shivering as he smoked.
"We can't sleep anymore. The temperature is at least twenty degrees below Zero. It might get even colder later. If we keep sleeping, we might all turn into zombies."
Hearing the word "zombies," Usopp immediately screamed.
"Hey, what zombies? Sanji, don't scare me!"
Usopp's voice woke up Chopper next to him.
Chopper immediately stood up, looked around, and had a look of fear on his face.
"Zombies, where are the zombies!"
At this time, everyone was awakened by their voices. Luffy shivered as soon as he got up.
"Hey, hey, what's going on with this awful weather? Can someone lend me some clothes!"
Luffy's request was ignored. Nami stood up at this time, hugged herself tightly, and said with a shiver:
"Sanji is right. We have to leave immediately. We've rested long enough."
Hearing this, everyone stood up.
This place is indeed not suitable to stay for long. In just under two hours, the temperature dropped from tens of degrees above Zero to more than twenty degrees below Zero.
I don't know if it will get even colder later. They must seize this opportunity to get some warmth for themselves, otherwise they will definitely freeze to death later.
Thinking this, the group got up and continued on their way, but the current temperature is too cold, and most people's bodies haven't warmed up yet.
At this speed, it's almost impossible to get any warmth.
Luffy poked Sanji shakily and said:
"Hey, Sanji, give us some food. If this goes on, we won't be able to reach the Alabasta Kingdom!"
Hearing this, Sanji frowned and punched Luffy on the head.
"Hey, Luffy, how can you even say that? You ate half of the two days' worth of food in one day."
"Now there are only two servings left, and they're for Nami and Vivi. There's none for you!"
Hearing this, Luffy wanted to cry but had no tears. He grabbed Sanji's pant leg with his limp hands.
"Just let me eat a little, just a little bit."
Unable to shake off Luffy, Sanji could only take out a small piece of chocolate from his bag.
Seeing the food, Luffy's eyes lit up. He opened his mouth wide and put Sanji's hand in his mouth along with the chocolate.
But before he could start chewing, Sanji kicked him away.
"Hey, did you want to eat me too, you idiot!"
Feeling a burst of sweetness in his mouth, Luffy regained some reason.
Then he scratched his head in embarrassment and said:
"Ah, sorry, sorry, I thought you brought me a whole cake..."
As soon as he said this, Luffy was kicked again by Sanji's merciless iron leg.
They didn't sympathize with Luffy's miserable experience, because he caused it all himself.
But with this little bit of comic relief, everyone didn't feel as cold.
Then, the Straw Hat crew began to speed up and head towards the Alabasta Royal Palace.
But having nothing in their stomachs still made it impossible for their bodies to warm up.
Luffy was so hungry that he started catching scorpions and mice in the desert to fill his stomach.
But this only solved the immediate crisis. They still had a whole night to get through, and it was really not going to be easy.
However, just then, the quicksand around them suddenly began to move.
Seeing this, everyone quickly retreated, but Zoro showed an excited smile.
"It looks like we're going to have something to eat soon. If we're lucky, we might even get a ride."
Saying that, Zoro drew his Wado Ichimonji and quickly plunged it into the ground.
But this further provoked the monster below, and the surrounding soil began to collapse.
Raynor and the others quickly retreated, and then, a huge red octopus crawled out of the quicksand.
It was so huge that it was comparable to a Sea King.
Seeing this, everyone was shocked. Why would an octopus appear in the desert?
This was too exaggerated. Nami quickly took out her Clima-Tact, ready to defend herself.
However, seeing this, Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji instead showed excited smiles.
Then the three attacked at the same time, and the octopus was quickly cut to pieces.
Seeing this, Nami and Vivi opened their mouths wide and scolded:
"Hey, you guys went a little overboard!"
However, Luffy, Sanji, and Zoro completely ignored Nami's words.
Zoro drew his three swords and quickly sliced the huge octopus into pieces.
Seeing this, Sanji took out his cooking utensils and cut them into pieces. Then Luffy set up a fire, and the three sat there and started roasting the octopus tentacles and eating them.
Regardless of whether they were cooked or not, Luffy had already begun to gobble them down.
Seeing this scene, Nami and Vivi facepalmed. They were really helpless with them.
At this time, Usopp and Raynor also joined in.
They started a fire and put the tentacles on skewers to roast.
Because they were hungry, Nami and Vivi couldn't resist the temptation either.
The Straw Hat crew had a full meal, and the octopus had only had two tentacles eaten.
Luffy wanted to take the rest with them, but Nami strongly refused.
The mountain-like body would weigh at least several thousand tons if they carried it.
It would seriously affect their progress. Helpless, Luffy could only hug one of the tentacles and have Sanji cut it into small pieces, put them in a box, and carry it on his back.
Then they continued on their way.
At this time, the sky in the distance was starting to turn a fish-belly white.
It was almost dawn.
They were already very close to the Alabasta Royal Palace. They could definitely get there in another hour.
...
Like them, the rebel army of 700,000 was also about to reach the Alabasta Royal Palace.
Yesterday, Cobra's actions had completely enraged the rebels.
The rebels decided that this morning, they would make a final decision with the Alabasta Kingdom army.
In the rebel army's tent, Kohza and several rebel leaders were discussing the plan to attack the Alabasta Royal Palace.
The others looked at Kohza, and at this time, a look of seriousness appeared in Kohza's eyes, and then he said:
"Your deployments should be almost complete, right?"
"Now is when the Kingdom army is most tired. If we attack at this time, we will definitely be able to take them down in one fell swoop."
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