The world seems to be at the turn of spring and summer, with the average temperature stabilizing between 21 degrees Celsius and 22 degrees Celsius, and lush trees, grassland and rolling hills everywhere.
About three hundred meters away from the Dimensional Gate is a sea to the east. I don't know if this is the coast of the mainland or a small island in itself?
At this time, tests have confirmed that they can breathe normally here. Caesar and others took off their heavy and stuffy protective suits and began to collect samples of the land, plants, insects, and even seawater.
The members of CP7 also returned to their black attire, leaving three people to protect the detectors. The remaining three took the Den-Den Mushi and quickly dispersed to the north, south and west.
However, they had no intention of going too far away. They stopped their march almost a kilometer further on.
Agents who explored to the west and south discovered an endless ocean in front of them, while to the north there were still steep hills and forests.
All of this information was transmitted through the Den-Den Mushi to the projection screens in the command center on the home world.
"Surrounded by the sea on three sides, this should be a peninsula, but why is there no one there?" Ju Peter shared his doubts through Den-Den Mushi with the other Five Elders.
"Not only is there no one, but according to my observation, except for the birds flying by, there are no larger animals." Nusjuro adjusted his glasses as he spoke.
"The location is too remote, but this is a good thing for us. It gives us a lot more preparation time." Warcury said in a deep voice.
"Then, let's set up surveillance Den-Den Mushi around and, once the tests from the Biochemistry Research Institute are complete, let's send a part of the army and the Construction Department."
"A complete defensive base must be built around the Dimensional Gate in three days, and then as planned, we will send CP9 to explore more remote areas."
At this time, Mars smiled and said: "I don't know why, but I always feel a little disappointed. This other world looks too normal."
"Yes, indeed, if I didn't have 100% trust in Imu-sama, I might have doubts." Nusjuro nodded.
In fact not only them, even Imu felt a little disappointed.
"If I hadn't firmly believed in the authenticity of this golden finger, I would have suspected that this Dimensional Gate is not connected to another world, but to somewhere in this world." Imu complained dissatisfiedly.
[Poru-puru-puru, Poru-puru-puru.]
While Imu was bored watching the projector, Den-Den Mushi began to play. He then took the microphone and heard the voice on the other end.
"Imu-sama, Figarland Shanks, has escaped from the Domain of the Gods and defeated four patrolling guards." He informed the voice on the other end.
Hearing this, Imu raised his eyebrows and thought to himself, as expected of Shanks, he would not just stay still.
However, just as he was about to respond, he heard another report on the other end of the line.
"Imu-sama, we just received news that while Shanks was escaping, he encountered Mihawk and Gion, and now Mihawk is taking him back to the Figarland Mansion in the Domain of the Gods."
Imu didn't know what to say at that moment. He simply marveled at the strange coincidence; he hadn't yet instructed Mihawk to talk to Shanks, but the two had already met on their own accord.
"Understood."
Having nothing else to say, Imu simply hung up the call.
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Domain of the Gods, Figarland Manor.
"Who the hell are you?" Shanks glared at Mihawk, who had brought him back. As for Gion, he went back by himself because he couldn't get in.
Mihawk found a chair, and sat down, then crossed his legs, and looked at the other party calmly and said: "Dracule Mihawk, a Celestial Dragon like you."
"Stop joking, no Celestial Dragon can be so strong! And I don't admit that I am a Celestial Dragon!"
"You are not weak either. I saw how those guards were no match for you, but getting out of here is still far away. You didn't go more than two hundred meters away and they already caught you."
After finishing speaking, Mihawk pointed to the chair opposite. "Sit down first, how about we chat for a while?"
"You..." Shanks, annoyed by Mihawk's carefree attitude, gritted his teeth but had no choice but to sit down. He was no match for him in their previous confrontation.
"Hey, what do you want to talk about? Can you take me out of here after we finish talking?"
Mihawk said softly: "Let's talk about the Roger Pirates, specifically the fencing styles of Gol D. Roger and Silvers Rayleigh."
"And if I tell you, will you let me go?"
"I cannot do it".
"Then why should I tell you something?"
"Can I come here to spar with you from time to time, or do you prefer to be alone or socialize with other Celestial Dragons?"
"Uh... Okay."
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September 15, Mary Geoise, the day the Levely takes place.
Kings from all over the world descended from their royal ships with some guards and gathered at the Red Port.
For those experienced kings, the place was quite familiar, and they maintained a calm and comfortable attitude.
But for King Cobra and Princess Otohime, who came here for the first time, everything was completely new.
"What beautiful houses! Are these the cities of humans?" Princess Otohime looked excitedly at the clean and tidy road in front of her and the brightly colored exquisite buildings on both sides. At this time, she noticed bubbles floating one after another from the grass under her feet.
"Are there bubbles here too?"
"Otohime, our bubbles are made by us, and the bubbles here are made of Yarukiman Mangrove. Look at the two tall trees with big bubbles on their tops."
King Neptune floated with bubbles around him as he spoke, pointing towards a distant place.
While they were talking, the surrounding kings were also looking at Princess Otohime in surprise. Because the latter was not yet thirty years old, she still had her fish tail, although her long orange-yellow hair covered her very well.
"What a beautiful blond mermaid!"
"Are these King Neptune's family members?"
Even the young King Cobra took a few more glances from a distance. It was the first time in his life for him to see the giant fishman King Neptune or the mermaid Princess Otohime.
Seeing this, Princess Otohime stood up generously and said with a gentle smile: "Dear kings, I am the princess of Fishman Island, my name is Otohime. I look forward to working with you."
"Oh, she is the princess of the Fish-men! No wonder she has such a charming aura!" The kings suddenly realized.
Just then, they noticed about fifteen individuals dressed in black coming towards them, some with Den-Den Mushi for live broadcasts and others with Mini Den-Den Mushi for taking photos, dispersing around them and starting to work.
"What are you doing?" Elizabello II of the Kingdom of Prodence asked curiously.
"Starting from this year's Levely, the process and results will be announced to the outside world through live broadcast."
For a time, the kings became confused and began to panic. You must know that they used to act recklessly at the conference table. It was basically normal to quarrel loudly and rudely, and it was common to curse each other. But now, for people around the world in front of the screen, this is another great entertainment program. Levely is something that everyone is paying attention to.
In the past people could only understand the general situation of Levely through subsequent newspapers.
Now, however, they could see the entire discussion of the kings on the Levely through the screen, it was just great!
Room of the Authority.
Just when Mary Geoise became lively, the Five Elders had no intention of paying attention to the Levely. Anyway, all the arrangements had been made.
"All the construction tools are too big to fit through the Dimensional Gate. This is delaying the construction of the base." Warcury said seriously.
"There don't seem to be any dangerous people or creatures in that world. It just slows down the construction of the base." Nusjuro said calmly.
Mars said: "We might as well think about how we should make use of it if the opposite side is really a barbaric world without civilization."
His words made the other four people think about it. Indeed, with the resources of an extra planet, how to make good use of them is the key. After a while, Warcury was the first to speak.
"The first thing I think of is minerals, wood, food, livestock and fresh water!"
In fact, there are not many material resources in the large and small kingdoms on Starfish (One Piece World). Many conflicts between countries stem from the competition for resources.
This is very easy to understand. After all, this is a world where 90% of the area is occupied by the ocean, and each kingdom is located on an island facing the sea.
Although there are many resources in the sea, the various huge and dangerous sea beasts in it, even the sea kings, are beyond the ability of these ordinary kingdoms to deal with. The fishermen are trembling with fear even when fishing in a boat.
Coupled with chaotic magnetism and extremely volatile weather, transportation between countries is extremely inconvenient, making it even more difficult for this small amount of materials to circulate.
For the World Government, the scarcest resource is actually metal resources, especially iron and copper. This is actually one of the reasons why the navy has always used breech-loading repeating flintlock muskets.
Because the main body of this gun is 80% made of wood, only the barrel is made of iron and the bullets are made of copper.
If all soldiers in the navy and army are to be equipped with automatic rifles, it can only be said that the World Government has money, but even if it has money, it cannot buy so many materials.
There are also navy warships. Only the warships of the headquarters level will be covered with a layer of iron, while the warships of the Marine Branches are simply painted with a layer of blue paint.
"Therefore, if there is no civilization or dangers, I think we should quickly send the Mining Department to explore the mineral deposits and fresh water sources in that world."
"If we find enough iron and copper deposits, we won't need to buy materials from other kingdoms, we can simply mine them and build weapons factories."
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