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*** Of course, if you're truly serious about getting to the Grand Line, you could try joining the Marines. Their ships are not only self propelled, their hulls are coated with sea stone, which make them invisible to the Sea Kings. They have in fact built many strongholds and cities in the Grand Line, and even a few in the Calm Belt, such as Impel Down (the reason that place has a reputation of an escape proof prison). Of course, working for [[The Empire|World Government]] has many other problems.
** Another barrier in this world's admittedly strange geography is the aforementioned Red Line. A polar opposite of the Grand Line, this ring-like continent also circles the world, but in this case north to south along the meridians, separating the East and West Blues. The center of this ring is dominated by impossibly tall mountains, making travel from one hemisphere of the world to the other nearly impossible. And don't try digging under them or blasting through, because the odd red stone (where its name comes from naturally) is indestructible (not even someone with the Nikyu Nikyu no Mi devil fruit power, which can repel any object at the speed of light, can not crack it) and this rock extends 1,000 meters deep from the surface to Fish Man Island at the ocean floor. There are a few well-known ways to pass, but none are easy. Again, the Reverse Mountain can be used, but doing so is no easier than using it to get to the Grand line. Also, if you have permission from the World Government, you could cross at Mary Geoise, their capital city which is on the opposite side of the world from Reverse Mountain; unfortunately, this is not a sea route, so if you crossed the Red Line in this manner, you would need to procure a second ship on the other side. Finally if your ship is coated with resin from the Yarukimian Mangroves, it can submerge and descend to Fish Man Island, where there's a huge tunnel that allows passage. Of course, actually doing this requires befriending or hiring someone who can coat your ship, and only two shipwrights - Den (himself a fish man) and Silvers Rayleigh himself - know the difficult and expensive process.
** But nobody, not even the Marines, would be able to cross both barriers at once, which is why One Piece is so difficult to find. While Laugh Tale (where One Piece presumably is) is located only a few dozen miles west of the Reverse Mountain, getting ''from'' Reverse Mountain would require crossing over the Red Line, which again, is impossible. Thus, gaining Gol D. Roger's treasure requires circumnavigating the entire globe via the Grand Line, which is much, ''much'' more dangerous than getting there in the first place.
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