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Chapter 796: Stan Island, the Eternal Kingdom, and the Beast Pirates
The collision between the two Superpowers from afar, despite not being a major Conflict, was still quite an interesting matter.
After all, it contained enormous Interests.
The focus of the Landis Kingdom was on the Demon King Pirates, and they could give up a portion of their Interests in Wano Country.
As for the Great Xia Kingdom, their focus was on the Tyrant Dragon Pirates.
What was important was that they had begun to take Action, no longer remaining unknown and watching from the darkness as they did in the past.
In this Era, sometimes it was necessary to be more proactive.
After all, a Kingdom needed Development, not waiting for the World Government to be destroyed before revealing its fangs to divide the Interests.
Even though the Landis Kingdom had started its Plan early, controlling the World's Public Opinion Authority and possessing the vast Interests brought by the World Economic Journal and the World Telephone Bug Group, it still needed to further expand its Market.
The Great Xia Kingdom was also unwilling to remain peaceful; it needed to continue developing its Economy and protect the Tyrant Dragon Pirates, a powerful Ally.
So what if the World Government noticed?
The World Government couldn't do anything to them either.
Facing such a formidable Enemy, it was even more impossible to easily provoke a Superpower possessing terrifying Overall Strength.
Just sending out one Top Tier Combatant could cause the World Government immense Trouble, and could even break the Balance of overall Combatant Strength between Pirates and the World Government.
Moreover, neither the Demon King Pirates nor the Tyrant Dragon Pirates had yet Exhibit too great an Ambition to be enemies with the World Government.
Furthermore, the two Superpowers had not directly taken Action or explicitly become enemies with the World Government.
In this situation, the World Government couldn't possibly provoke them.
The existence of Hades, who had once joined the Rocks Pirates, openly opposed the World Government, and established the Pluto Pirates.
Had all reconciled with the World Government.
Of course, they maintained great Restraint in some specific Actions.
The Strength of the Pluto Pirates, the establishment of the Sky Arena, the hosting of the Swordsmanship Tournament, and the Kingdom's Navy's massive Expansion in the Northern Sea Area.
Now, they also Exhibit terrifying Military Strength.
Which of these wasn't more ostentatious than the Great Xia Kingdom and the Landis Kingdom?
It was precisely because they understood the World Government's nature that they decided to take Action.
Moreover, for the Kingdom's Interests, so what if they took Action?
It didn't damage the World Government's Interests.
On the contrary, it fueled internal Pirate Conflict, and perhaps even helped the World Government Weaken the Pirates' Strength.
As for the Eternal Kingdom, with various life mechanical technology becoming popular on the Great Sea, in order to further connect with the Great Sea and simultaneously earn more Interests.
When selling mechanical organs including mechanical arms, mechanical hands, and even eyes.
Over the years, many new products have also been released.
If mechanical organs were for compensating for physical defects, then mechanical modification of the human body was a completely new Market.
Flesh is weak, machine ascension.
For those without sufficient potential and strength, modifying their body was a relatively efficient way to improve their strength.
Although it couldn't compare to Devil Fruit, the price was lower.
Although the Eternal Kingdom wasn't the only Faction on the Great Sea involved in this domain.
But truly facing the Great Sea and commercializing it was the first time.
This also counted as the Eternal Kingdom entering the Arms Market.
After all, high-tech weapons were also considered munitions, just with higher technology content, and capable of increasing the Combat Power of the modified person.
Although the Eternal Kingdom possessed the Ouroboros Group, a hidden terrifying Faction.
In terms of making money, however, it still couldn't compare to the Kronos Kingdom and the Landis Kingdom, nor did it have a gold mine like the Golden Kingdom, possessing vast gold reserves.
Its annual revenue was at most nearly a hundred billion Beli.
However, the Development of the Eternal Kingdom and its various high-tech products relied on a large amount of precious metal and ore.
This situation restricted the Eternal Kingdom's production.
Therefore, it needed to further expand its Commercial Channels.
It had to be admitted that the Eternal Kingdom was a powerhouse nation in technology, but the Development of technology required the support of massive funds.
In the past, relying on the Ouroboros Group was certainly sufficient to maintain operations and purchase ore and supplies around the World.
And now, having already started, it naturally needed to seek greater Interests.
To this end, on an Island in the Former Half of the New World's South, within the Sea Area secretly controlled by the Eternal Kingdom, the Eternal Kingdom built a human body mechanical modification Base.
At the same time, it was also the Base Camp for all of the Eternal Kingdom's external commercial products.
This Island, named Stan Island, attracted the attention of many Pirates.
Especially those who had already enjoyed the convenience of mechanical organs.
For the sake of greater strength, they didn't mind undergoing further modification of their body.
Just like the design templates for various ships on Puto Island, the City of Shipbuilding.
Stan Island also prepared many human body modification plans in advance.
For example, mechanical eye.
This kind of thing could allow people to regain vision.
It actually existed very early on.
If one wished, they could completely replace one eye, keep one eye, and have the other eye replaced with a mechanical eye.
The mechanical eye possessed various abilities such as infrared ray and thermal imaging.
It could even display the distance between a certain Enemy and oneself, and if someone was hidden, they could be easily discovered within the mechanical eye's vision range.
Its role in war was completely that of a trump card.
Limbs could also be modified to hide small armaments, or even rockets.
Of course, what was even more amazing was adding mechanical weapons to the existing human body.
Just like mechanical tentacles, directly connected to a person's spinal nerve and installed on the back.
Possessing it was like becoming "Doctor Octopus"; not only did one have more "arms" in Combat, but they could also Control them freely.
Every mechanical tentacle possessed terrifying strength.
The claws on the mechanical tentacle could easily crush rocks into pieces, and could even hide some secret weapons on them.
Although Stan Island had not been established for long, many people had already undergone mechanical modification.
And from the results, it was very obvious; not only was Combat Power significantly increased, but some strange weapons were completely unpredictable, giving them a complete Advantage.
Who could have imagined that someone had a mechanical eye modified onto the back of their head, capable of seeing what was behind them?
Who could have imagined that during Combat, a sharp blade would suddenly extend from someone's elbow?
Who could have imagined that an opponent's finger would suddenly turn into a muzzle?
For those with more thorough modification, like the future "Calamity Plague" Queen, opening their mouth could directly turn it into a cannon muzzle, capable of firing terrifying lasers.
It was precisely because of this that the Eternal Kingdom established contact with the Beast Pirates, who ruled the Barbarossa Kingdom.
The activity of the Eternal Kingdom naturally attracted the attention of the Beast Pirates.
"King of the Beasts" Kaido took an interest in the Eternal Kingdom's technology and wanted to take it for his own use.
According to Intelligence from the Kronos Kingdom, "King of the Beasts" Kaido arrogantly charged into the Eternal Kingdom's Base Camp, inside the storm surrounding the Giant Island.
The final outcome was unknown, but it was highly likely that "King of the Beasts" Kaido suffered a significant loss, as his body was still injured for several days after flying back to the Barbarossa Kingdom.
It was clear that Kaido, having been beaten, became more well-behaved.
He understood the Eternal Kingdom's Terror.
One must know that facing a Superpower requires being prepared to face three Top Tier Combatants simultaneously.
Even during the Kronos Kingdom's weakest period, when Hades's father Jaeger and another follower with Top Tier Combatant Strength died in battle.
Hades himself had not yet grown up.
The Kronos Kingdom could still produce three Top Tier Combatants.
At that time, there was Great General Zoffy, the previous Hell Commander-in-Chief "Jiu", and also a Top Tier Combatant within the Royal Family.
This was merely the visible Combatant Strength.
There was no telling how many were hidden in the shadows.
Like now, with "Owl" becoming the new Hell Commander-in-Chief, the previous Hell Commander-in-Chief "Jiu" became the Kingdom's new foundation.
The same principle applied to Zoro's ascension and Zoffy's abdication.
Even if the Eternal Kingdom was weaker, it wouldn't be by much.
With two or three Top Tier Combatants working together, no matter how durable Kaido was, he couldn't withstand such a powerful ambush.
Moreover, the Eternal Kingdom's homeland was very mysterious, and there was no telling how many secret weapons were hidden there.
Even the Kronos Kingdom was unclear.
Only a special Small Island found near the Eternal Kingdom's coast, which had suffered destruction from terrifying energy weapons.
According to the predictions of the Kingdom's Scientists and the guesses of the Staff Officers, it was likely a secret weapon hidden by the Eternal Kingdom.
As the saying goes, "No battle, no acquaintance," the two Factions began to Cooperate.
The Beast Pirates needed the Eternal Kingdom's high-tech support.
And the Eternal Kingdom also needed the Beast Pirates as overt Protection; as the Beast Pirates began their Expansion, their Sphere of Influence would eventually reach the Sea Area where the Eternal Kingdom was located.
Making contact earlier could also reduce some Trouble.
(end of chapter)
The collision between the two Superpowers from afar, despite not being a major Conflict, was still quite an interesting matter.
After all, it contained enormous Interests.
The focus of the Landis Kingdom was on the Demon King Pirates, and they could give up a portion of their Interests in Wano Country.
As for the Great Xia Kingdom, their focus was on the Tyrant Dragon Pirates.
What was important was that they had begun to take Action, no longer remaining unknown and watching from the darkness as they did in the past.
In this Era, sometimes it was necessary to be more proactive.
After all, a Kingdom needed Development, not waiting for the World Government to be destroyed before revealing its fangs to divide the Interests.
Even though the Landis Kingdom had started its Plan early, controlling the World's Public Opinion Authority and possessing the vast Interests brought by the World Economic Journal and the World Telephone Bug Group, it still needed to further expand its Market.
The Great Xia Kingdom was also unwilling to remain peaceful; it needed to continue developing its Economy and protect the Tyrant Dragon Pirates, a powerful Ally.
So what if the World Government noticed?
The World Government couldn't do anything to them either.
Facing such a formidable Enemy, it was even more impossible to easily provoke a Superpower possessing terrifying Overall Strength.
Just sending out one Top Tier Combatant could cause the World Government immense Trouble, and could even break the Balance of overall Combatant Strength between Pirates and the World Government.
Moreover, neither the Demon King Pirates nor the Tyrant Dragon Pirates had yet Exhibit too great an Ambition to be enemies with the World Government.
Furthermore, the two Superpowers had not directly taken Action or explicitly become enemies with the World Government.
In this situation, the World Government couldn't possibly provoke them.
The existence of Hades, who had once joined the Rocks Pirates, openly opposed the World Government, and established the Pluto Pirates.
Had all reconciled with the World Government.
Of course, they maintained great Restraint in some specific Actions.
The Strength of the Pluto Pirates, the establishment of the Sky Arena, the hosting of the Swordsmanship Tournament, and the Kingdom's Navy's massive Expansion in the Northern Sea Area.
Now, they also Exhibit terrifying Military Strength.
Which of these wasn't more ostentatious than the Great Xia Kingdom and the Landis Kingdom?
It was precisely because they understood the World Government's nature that they decided to take Action.
Moreover, for the Kingdom's Interests, so what if they took Action?
It didn't damage the World Government's Interests.
On the contrary, it fueled internal Pirate Conflict, and perhaps even helped the World Government Weaken the Pirates' Strength.
As for the Eternal Kingdom, with various life mechanical technology becoming popular on the Great Sea, in order to further connect with the Great Sea and simultaneously earn more Interests.
When selling mechanical organs including mechanical arms, mechanical hands, and even eyes.
Over the years, many new products have also been released.
If mechanical organs were for compensating for physical defects, then mechanical modification of the human body was a completely new Market.
Flesh is weak, machine ascension.
For those without sufficient potential and strength, modifying their body was a relatively efficient way to improve their strength.
Although it couldn't compare to Devil Fruit, the price was lower.
Although the Eternal Kingdom wasn't the only Faction on the Great Sea involved in this domain.
But truly facing the Great Sea and commercializing it was the first time.
This also counted as the Eternal Kingdom entering the Arms Market.
After all, high-tech weapons were also considered munitions, just with higher technology content, and capable of increasing the Combat Power of the modified person.
Although the Eternal Kingdom possessed the Ouroboros Group, a hidden terrifying Faction.
In terms of making money, however, it still couldn't compare to the Kronos Kingdom and the Landis Kingdom, nor did it have a gold mine like the Golden Kingdom, possessing vast gold reserves.
Its annual revenue was at most nearly a hundred billion Beli.
However, the Development of the Eternal Kingdom and its various high-tech products relied on a large amount of precious metal and ore.
This situation restricted the Eternal Kingdom's production.
Therefore, it needed to further expand its Commercial Channels.
It had to be admitted that the Eternal Kingdom was a powerhouse nation in technology, but the Development of technology required the support of massive funds.
In the past, relying on the Ouroboros Group was certainly sufficient to maintain operations and purchase ore and supplies around the World.
And now, having already started, it naturally needed to seek greater Interests.
To this end, on an Island in the Former Half of the New World's South, within the Sea Area secretly controlled by the Eternal Kingdom, the Eternal Kingdom built a human body mechanical modification Base.
At the same time, it was also the Base Camp for all of the Eternal Kingdom's external commercial products.
This Island, named Stan Island, attracted the attention of many Pirates.
Especially those who had already enjoyed the convenience of mechanical organs.
For the sake of greater strength, they didn't mind undergoing further modification of their body.
Just like the design templates for various ships on Puto Island, the City of Shipbuilding.
Stan Island also prepared many human body modification plans in advance.
For example, mechanical eye.
This kind of thing could allow people to regain vision.
It actually existed very early on.
If one wished, they could completely replace one eye, keep one eye, and have the other eye replaced with a mechanical eye.
The mechanical eye possessed various abilities such as infrared ray and thermal imaging.
It could even display the distance between a certain Enemy and oneself, and if someone was hidden, they could be easily discovered within the mechanical eye's vision range.
Its role in war was completely that of a trump card.
Limbs could also be modified to hide small armaments, or even rockets.
Of course, what was even more amazing was adding mechanical weapons to the existing human body.
Just like mechanical tentacles, directly connected to a person's spinal nerve and installed on the back.
Possessing it was like becoming "Doctor Octopus"; not only did one have more "arms" in Combat, but they could also Control them freely.
Every mechanical tentacle possessed terrifying strength.
The claws on the mechanical tentacle could easily crush rocks into pieces, and could even hide some secret weapons on them.
Although Stan Island had not been established for long, many people had already undergone mechanical modification.
And from the results, it was very obvious; not only was Combat Power significantly increased, but some strange weapons were completely unpredictable, giving them a complete Advantage.
Who could have imagined that someone had a mechanical eye modified onto the back of their head, capable of seeing what was behind them?
Who could have imagined that during Combat, a sharp blade would suddenly extend from someone's elbow?
Who could have imagined that an opponent's finger would suddenly turn into a muzzle?
For those with more thorough modification, like the future "Calamity Plague" Queen, opening their mouth could directly turn it into a cannon muzzle, capable of firing terrifying lasers.
It was precisely because of this that the Eternal Kingdom established contact with the Beast Pirates, who ruled the Barbarossa Kingdom.
The activity of the Eternal Kingdom naturally attracted the attention of the Beast Pirates.
"King of the Beasts" Kaido took an interest in the Eternal Kingdom's technology and wanted to take it for his own use.
According to Intelligence from the Kronos Kingdom, "King of the Beasts" Kaido arrogantly charged into the Eternal Kingdom's Base Camp, inside the storm surrounding the Giant Island.
The final outcome was unknown, but it was highly likely that "King of the Beasts" Kaido suffered a significant loss, as his body was still injured for several days after flying back to the Barbarossa Kingdom.
It was clear that Kaido, having been beaten, became more well-behaved.
He understood the Eternal Kingdom's Terror.
One must know that facing a Superpower requires being prepared to face three Top Tier Combatants simultaneously.
Even during the Kronos Kingdom's weakest period, when Hades's father Jaeger and another follower with Top Tier Combatant Strength died in battle.
Hades himself had not yet grown up.
The Kronos Kingdom could still produce three Top Tier Combatants.
At that time, there was Great General Zoffy, the previous Hell Commander-in-Chief "Jiu", and also a Top Tier Combatant within the Royal Family.
This was merely the visible Combatant Strength.
There was no telling how many were hidden in the shadows.
Like now, with "Owl" becoming the new Hell Commander-in-Chief, the previous Hell Commander-in-Chief "Jiu" became the Kingdom's new foundation.
The same principle applied to Zoro's ascension and Zoffy's abdication.
Even if the Eternal Kingdom was weaker, it wouldn't be by much.
With two or three Top Tier Combatants working together, no matter how durable Kaido was, he couldn't withstand such a powerful ambush.
Moreover, the Eternal Kingdom's homeland was very mysterious, and there was no telling how many secret weapons were hidden there.
Even the Kronos Kingdom was unclear.
Only a special Small Island found near the Eternal Kingdom's coast, which had suffered destruction from terrifying energy weapons.
According to the predictions of the Kingdom's Scientists and the guesses of the Staff Officers, it was likely a secret weapon hidden by the Eternal Kingdom.
As the saying goes, "No battle, no acquaintance," the two Factions began to Cooperate.
The Beast Pirates needed the Eternal Kingdom's high-tech support.
And the Eternal Kingdom also needed the Beast Pirates as overt Protection; as the Beast Pirates began their Expansion, their Sphere of Influence would eventually reach the Sea Area where the Eternal Kingdom was located.
Making contact earlier could also reduce some Trouble.
(end of chapter)
