Ahem! Hello? Check, check… is this on? Hello out there! Come in, world… I'm Dr. Vegapunk, a humble genius scientist. While many of you will likely be shocked by what I have to say in this message, I assure you that this is the truth of this world!
I have committed two sins. Therefore, whether I'm arrested or executed, I shall program this message to be broadcast when my heart stops beating. I want to make one thing clear first: to whoever may have rendered their judgment unto me, I am not trying to convince you that their intention is evil. I will not apply the labels of good and evil at all, in fact, because I understand too little about "him" to begin with.
What I am about to tell you is so preposterous you might even burst into laughter. However, you all have the right to know: "To make a long story short, the world as we know it… will sink into the sea!"
Now, speaking of the near-future for me, assuming that the sensors I built are functioning correctly, there should be a most remarkable earthquake that strikes the entire planet. As a result of that, "the sea should rise about one meter around the world, thereby rendering some islands uninhabitable. Beaches around the world will be lost for good." If I am wrong in this prediction, feel free to disregard the rest of this message. If this has happened, however, you should heed my words very carefully!! This particular earthquake is not exactly what I would call… a "natural phenomenon".
In my own way, I only ever hoped for peace. But this was the root of my first sin, I dreamt of a source of endless, eternal energy… and in my desire to push the world forward into the future, I flew too close to the sun! Allow me to explain just what it is that is happening to our world:
From about 900 years ago to 800 years ago — a period of a century — there is a span of history that is completely and entirely blank. We call this the "Void Century" because all records from this time were eliminated. The only means to know this lost piece of history is to find a message from the past in the form of Poneglyphs scattered across the world and decipher its contents!
"The main character of this story was born into a kingdom with an impossibly advanced civilization, 900 years ago. Like the Sun God Nika spoken of in the Elbaf legend, he fought with a body that stretched and contracted. His name was Joyboy, and he was the very first man on this sea to be called a pirate!!!"
The world is made up of a series of islands. Sailing between them is difficult, and many people never experience anything but their own culture at home! But this shared understanding of the world… Does not necessarily apply to the world of a thousand years ago!! Because a cataclysm occurred during the Void Century, causing the world to sink once before!!!
"We are currently living on the pieces of a continent…That existed long ago!!! The world of a millennium ago now slumbers unseen at the bottom of the sea!!!"
"I knew the cause and confirmed its existence: the ancient weapons that sank the world into the sea 800 years ago still exist today, and await the moment that they stir once again!! In other words, the vast war that arose during the Void Century never came to an end!!!"
Sadly, I owe you all my deepest apologies. But I need you to understand why I wanted to create the energy that would power the industry of the world to come. Though it is still incomplete, I have at least reached a practical stage of my life's work… "The Mother Flame", a fire that never goes out!! It is a source of energy that will one day in the future enrich the lives of people all over the world!
⚠️ TRANSMISSION INTERRUPTED ⚠️
Vegapunk's message was briefly interrupted because Warcury, one of the Five Elders, knocked down Emet, the Iron Giant, which contained the Transmission Den Den Mushi inside it.
25 years ago, the pirate Gol D. Roger completed an unprecedented tour of the entire world, and what he and his crew heard were likely the purest voices of the past. In conclusion, as I'm sure you have all surmised by now, my view of our future is thus:
"One day, the memories of the Void Century will be recalled, and mark my word: that day is coming!"
If the worst should come to pass, I want you all to take care of yourselves! No matter what happens, I believe in the intelligence of mankind! I believe in science! Roger died 25 years ago, Whitebeard died two years ago, but the fall of these legends was merely the prologue of a new era!
"There is no stopping the tide; the fate of the world now rests in the hands of the one who finds it! The person who lays claim to the One Piece."