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Chapter 948: The Flat Ball Universe!
Inside the Room of Authority in the Holy Land Mary Geoise.
The Five Elders were gathered, their expressions serious as they gazed at the Holographic Projection Sandbox in the center.
What was being displayed was the great battle currently taking place in outer space between the two sides.
The green energy beams from the Odette Space Pirate Fleet and Borsalino's 'Yasakani no Magatama' and Kaido's 'Raiu' almost completely covered the vast dark void between the two sides.
The intense, continuous collision of the three forces' energy formed one rapidly expanding giant light ball after another.
Although lacking the accompaniment of a rumble, the scene still looked magnificent and turbulent.
As time slowly passed in the oppressive atmosphere.
The Five Elders, observing the overall situation, keenly noticed that the beam barrage released by Borsalino was gradually suppressing the enemy fleet's firepower.
Compared to that, Kaido's side was still in a standoff.
This didn't mean Kaido was weaker than Borsalino.
It was because 'Yasakani no Magatama' could continuously fire dense light beams without any pause.
Whereas every time Kaido wanted to use 'Raiu', he needed to swing his dragon tail repeatedly.
The same was true for the warship main cannons of the space pirates on the opposite side.
The higher the power concentration, the longer it took, so they could only start evading Kizaru's light beams.
Although evading while attacking was something they, as space pirates, were accustomed to.
However, superpowers, while not widespread, weren't exactly rare either.
Basically, every space pirate group with a bit of fame had a few superpowered individuals from different planets.
Not to mention within the military of the major cosmic forces.
But this was the first time they had encountered a superpowered individual strong enough to resist space warships.
This was simply unbelievable.
In their understanding, superpowers were only useful in melee combat.
They had never seen or heard of anyone whose superpower could affect warships.
Therefore, the mainstream of space war was warship versus warship, and superpowered individuals were just ordinary crewmates within a warship; at most, their work might be more convenient in certain aspects.
And now, their offensive of nearly fifty space warships.
Was actually being suppressed by just two people on the other side?
At this moment, it wasn't just the Odette crewmates from various planets present who had their Three Views shattered.
Even Captain Odette herself, watching remotely from Saturn, was dumbfounded.
Although they had been shocked once before when they saw their seven vanguard warships being successively blown up.
But that was in a within-the-planet environment.
There were indeed terrifying monsters on some planets, but they couldn't survive or operate in outer space.
And now, this was truly outer space.
However, no one noticed the longing subtly revealed in the eyes of their superpowered companions among them at this moment.
Inside the Room of Authority.
Seeing that the situation wasn't bad, the Five Elders also began to discuss among themselves.
"Impel Down has successfully obtained basic information about the outside cosmic forces from the memories of the space pirates we captured alive earlier."
Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, who had golden hair and a golden beard, was the first to speak.
This successfully attracted the attention of the other three besides Saint Jaygarcia Saturn.
"First, these space pirates are members of a group called the Odette Space Pirate Group, and the Odette Space Pirate Group accepted employment from a planet government called Sea Star, as well as the Privateer License they issued."
"This Sea Star is located in Cetus, the T-System, the third planet from the Tau Ceti Star, and the purpose of the 'Privateer License'..."
"...is that the government allows them to freely plunder the ships of the Galactic Empire, and they will be regarded as 'Official Pirates' and given a certain degree of aid. Oh, and it's said that there are currently a total of seven space pirate groups with 'Privateer Licenses', considered the first batch of members."
Hearing this, Saint Topman Warcury, Saint V. Nusjuro, and Saint Marcus Mars fell into thought and quickly found the most significant information in this.
Sea Star, seven space pirate groups, and the Galactic Empire, which held the most information!
"How does this 'Privateer License' and 'Official Pirate Identity' sound so similar to the 'Shichibukai' we discussed back then?"
Saint Topman Warcury couldn't help but complain.
Although Lord Imu now used the 'Shichibukai' as his direct troops.
Before that, they had intended to recruit some great pirates to balance the world situation between the Marine Headquarters and the Yonko.
"One can only say that the ideas of the higher-ups who rule the world are largely the same."
Saint Jaygarcia Saturn showed a seemingly ferocious smile.
"Let's mainly talk about that Galactic Empire. Judging by the strength of these space pirates, they are clearly not enough to be our strong enemies in the future."
Saint V. Nusjuro, who was in charge of the military and held Shodai Kitetsu, reminded in a deep voice.
"Alright."
Saint Shepherd Ju Peter also knew this and continued:
"The Galactic Empire's main star is called 'Serenity Star', which is also the surname of their royalty. About fifty years ago, this 'Serenity Empire' mastered sub-light engine technology and quickly occupied the galaxy it was in, naming it the 'Serenity Star System'."
"And ten years ago, they mastered a technology called 'Faster-Than-Light Jump', and at the same time announced they were changing their name to the 'Galactic Empire', thus completely entering the era of external expansion and colonization. That Sea Star is a civilization that is resisting the conquest of the 'Galactic Empire', and it's said they've been fighting for two years."
Saint V. Nusjuro said:
"It seems this 'Galactic Empire' is nothing special either. They haven't even taken down one planet in over two years?"
He was inferring the military strength of Sea Star based on the strength of those space pirates.
Although the latter would likely be stronger, the gap shouldn't be too outrageous.
"No, according to the space pirates, although the appearance of the 'Privateer License' has indeed increased Sea Star's win rate."
Saint Shepherd Ju Peter shook his head in disagreement.
"But most people don't think their War of Independence can win. It's just because the 'Galactic Empire' has encountered another cosmic force that is also expanding outwards, so they cannot divert too much of their 'Star System Military' strength to the battlefield on Sea Star."
"Another cosmic force?!"
Saint Topman Warcury, Saint V. Nusjuro, and Saint Marcus Mars raised their eyebrows.
"Yes, it's called the 'Cosmic Federation'."
Saint Shepherd Ju Peter said in a heavy tone, "That means the universe outside is in a state of war."
"The war between the Galactic Empire's Imperial Star System Fleet and the Cosmic Federation's Alliance Gaia Fleet. Compared to that, Sea Star's so-called War of Independence is completely insignificant."
Speaking of this, Saint Shepherd Ju Peter seemed not to want the atmosphere to be too oppressive, and he smiled teasingly, "Oh, right, the Galactic Empire over there also gave our universe a name."
"A name?"
Saint V. Nusjuro raised an eyebrow, and the other three were also very curious.
"Yes, they call our universe the 'Flat Ball Universe'." Saint Shepherd Ju Peter said with a wry smile, "The key is that both Sea Star and the 'Cosmic Federation' recognize this name, and those space pirates also call it that."
Flat Ball?
The four of Saint V. Nusjuro were stunned.
"What a terrible name! This old man thinks they look like a flat ball!"
Saint Marcus Mars, who had a long beard, immediately cursed after reacting.
Saint V. Nusjuro also nodded in agreement.
"Indeed, whether they recognize it or not doesn't matter. In this old man's opinion, it should be called the Celestial Dragon Universe, or the more noble Imu Universe!"
(End of Chapter)
Inside the Room of Authority in the Holy Land Mary Geoise.
The Five Elders were gathered, their expressions serious as they gazed at the Holographic Projection Sandbox in the center.
What was being displayed was the great battle currently taking place in outer space between the two sides.
The green energy beams from the Odette Space Pirate Fleet and Borsalino's 'Yasakani no Magatama' and Kaido's 'Raiu' almost completely covered the vast dark void between the two sides.
The intense, continuous collision of the three forces' energy formed one rapidly expanding giant light ball after another.
Although lacking the accompaniment of a rumble, the scene still looked magnificent and turbulent.
As time slowly passed in the oppressive atmosphere.
The Five Elders, observing the overall situation, keenly noticed that the beam barrage released by Borsalino was gradually suppressing the enemy fleet's firepower.
Compared to that, Kaido's side was still in a standoff.
This didn't mean Kaido was weaker than Borsalino.
It was because 'Yasakani no Magatama' could continuously fire dense light beams without any pause.
Whereas every time Kaido wanted to use 'Raiu', he needed to swing his dragon tail repeatedly.
The same was true for the warship main cannons of the space pirates on the opposite side.
The higher the power concentration, the longer it took, so they could only start evading Kizaru's light beams.
Although evading while attacking was something they, as space pirates, were accustomed to.
However, superpowers, while not widespread, weren't exactly rare either.
Basically, every space pirate group with a bit of fame had a few superpowered individuals from different planets.
Not to mention within the military of the major cosmic forces.
But this was the first time they had encountered a superpowered individual strong enough to resist space warships.
This was simply unbelievable.
In their understanding, superpowers were only useful in melee combat.
They had never seen or heard of anyone whose superpower could affect warships.
Therefore, the mainstream of space war was warship versus warship, and superpowered individuals were just ordinary crewmates within a warship; at most, their work might be more convenient in certain aspects.
And now, their offensive of nearly fifty space warships.
Was actually being suppressed by just two people on the other side?
At this moment, it wasn't just the Odette crewmates from various planets present who had their Three Views shattered.
Even Captain Odette herself, watching remotely from Saturn, was dumbfounded.
Although they had been shocked once before when they saw their seven vanguard warships being successively blown up.
But that was in a within-the-planet environment.
There were indeed terrifying monsters on some planets, but they couldn't survive or operate in outer space.
And now, this was truly outer space.
However, no one noticed the longing subtly revealed in the eyes of their superpowered companions among them at this moment.
Inside the Room of Authority.
Seeing that the situation wasn't bad, the Five Elders also began to discuss among themselves.
"Impel Down has successfully obtained basic information about the outside cosmic forces from the memories of the space pirates we captured alive earlier."
Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, who had golden hair and a golden beard, was the first to speak.
This successfully attracted the attention of the other three besides Saint Jaygarcia Saturn.
"First, these space pirates are members of a group called the Odette Space Pirate Group, and the Odette Space Pirate Group accepted employment from a planet government called Sea Star, as well as the Privateer License they issued."
"This Sea Star is located in Cetus, the T-System, the third planet from the Tau Ceti Star, and the purpose of the 'Privateer License'..."
"...is that the government allows them to freely plunder the ships of the Galactic Empire, and they will be regarded as 'Official Pirates' and given a certain degree of aid. Oh, and it's said that there are currently a total of seven space pirate groups with 'Privateer Licenses', considered the first batch of members."
Hearing this, Saint Topman Warcury, Saint V. Nusjuro, and Saint Marcus Mars fell into thought and quickly found the most significant information in this.
Sea Star, seven space pirate groups, and the Galactic Empire, which held the most information!
"How does this 'Privateer License' and 'Official Pirate Identity' sound so similar to the 'Shichibukai' we discussed back then?"
Saint Topman Warcury couldn't help but complain.
Although Lord Imu now used the 'Shichibukai' as his direct troops.
Before that, they had intended to recruit some great pirates to balance the world situation between the Marine Headquarters and the Yonko.
"One can only say that the ideas of the higher-ups who rule the world are largely the same."
Saint Jaygarcia Saturn showed a seemingly ferocious smile.
"Let's mainly talk about that Galactic Empire. Judging by the strength of these space pirates, they are clearly not enough to be our strong enemies in the future."
Saint V. Nusjuro, who was in charge of the military and held Shodai Kitetsu, reminded in a deep voice.
"Alright."
Saint Shepherd Ju Peter also knew this and continued:
"The Galactic Empire's main star is called 'Serenity Star', which is also the surname of their royalty. About fifty years ago, this 'Serenity Empire' mastered sub-light engine technology and quickly occupied the galaxy it was in, naming it the 'Serenity Star System'."
"And ten years ago, they mastered a technology called 'Faster-Than-Light Jump', and at the same time announced they were changing their name to the 'Galactic Empire', thus completely entering the era of external expansion and colonization. That Sea Star is a civilization that is resisting the conquest of the 'Galactic Empire', and it's said they've been fighting for two years."
Saint V. Nusjuro said:
"It seems this 'Galactic Empire' is nothing special either. They haven't even taken down one planet in over two years?"
He was inferring the military strength of Sea Star based on the strength of those space pirates.
Although the latter would likely be stronger, the gap shouldn't be too outrageous.
"No, according to the space pirates, although the appearance of the 'Privateer License' has indeed increased Sea Star's win rate."
Saint Shepherd Ju Peter shook his head in disagreement.
"But most people don't think their War of Independence can win. It's just because the 'Galactic Empire' has encountered another cosmic force that is also expanding outwards, so they cannot divert too much of their 'Star System Military' strength to the battlefield on Sea Star."
"Another cosmic force?!"
Saint Topman Warcury, Saint V. Nusjuro, and Saint Marcus Mars raised their eyebrows.
"Yes, it's called the 'Cosmic Federation'."
Saint Shepherd Ju Peter said in a heavy tone, "That means the universe outside is in a state of war."
"The war between the Galactic Empire's Imperial Star System Fleet and the Cosmic Federation's Alliance Gaia Fleet. Compared to that, Sea Star's so-called War of Independence is completely insignificant."
Speaking of this, Saint Shepherd Ju Peter seemed not to want the atmosphere to be too oppressive, and he smiled teasingly, "Oh, right, the Galactic Empire over there also gave our universe a name."
"A name?"
Saint V. Nusjuro raised an eyebrow, and the other three were also very curious.
"Yes, they call our universe the 'Flat Ball Universe'." Saint Shepherd Ju Peter said with a wry smile, "The key is that both Sea Star and the 'Cosmic Federation' recognize this name, and those space pirates also call it that."
Flat Ball?
The four of Saint V. Nusjuro were stunned.
"What a terrible name! This old man thinks they look like a flat ball!"
Saint Marcus Mars, who had a long beard, immediately cursed after reacting.
Saint V. Nusjuro also nodded in agreement.
"Indeed, whether they recognize it or not doesn't matter. In this old man's opinion, it should be called the Celestial Dragon Universe, or the more noble Imu Universe!"
(End of Chapter)
