Traveling through the heavens from swallowing

Chapter 142: The storm is coming and we arrive at the headquarters!
"Bulu Bulu, Bulu Bulu!"

Liu Mang casually picked up the receiver of the Den Den Mushi and said lazily, "Hello?"

After more than 8 months of hard work, I finally mastered the life return yesterday. I finally took a break and someone called to disturb me. It was such an annoying feeling!
A deep and deep voice came from the Den Den Mushi, but the content of the voice made Liu Mang's face change.

"Something big has happened. Fabrice Guise died of illness two hours ago. The Kingdom of Wo has collapsed. Rocks has already led his men to the Kingdom of Wo. The New World is about to be unified!"

Liu Mang sat up straight and asked seriously, "Teacher, you called me specifically, is there anything I can help you with?"

As a general, Kong called to inform him of the news. It was obviously not to ask him to be careful, but because he must have some use for him.

"Rocks is about to reach the top, and the New World will inevitably usher in a wave of power reshuffle. The Navy has only four branches in the New World, and it is no longer capable of facing Rocks who rules the New World. I need you to go to the G4 branch for support, with your newly trained team!" Kong's tone was very serious, but Liu Mang could not hold it back any longer.

"Wait, wait! As far as I know, our navy doesn't have a G7 branch yet. Where can I go to provide support?" Liu Mang learned that the navy's current G series branches only go up to G6, which is in the first half of the Grand Line. How come a G7 suddenly appeared?

"Ahem, in terms of organization, the G7 branch does exist, and even the G8 branch exists, but it's still lacking some buildings, equipment, personnel, and land, so it's not made public." Kong's tone was a little awkward, but he gave a positive answer to the existence of the G7 branch.

Liu Mang retreated tactically and asked in surprise, "There is not even any land. Please tell me what this so-called G7 branch has now besides the organization?"

There was silence, it seemed like there was nothing.

Liu Mang had a toothache, "Teacher Kong, are you providing support? It's clearly a new construction!"

"Cough cough!" Kong coughed violently. He was sorry, but there was something even more embarrassing coming.

"Well, this is different. If it's a new branch, whoever establishes it will be the branch chief. The base chief of the G7 branch is Lieutenant General Mitchell of the headquarters."

Liu Mang was silent for a moment, and Kong scratched his toes in embarrassment. Even a veteran like him couldn't figure out what was going on.

The construction of the G series branch requires the special permission of the Five Elders, and the base commander is also appointed by the Five Elders. Sora and Fulun have no way to do anything about it.

There are eight G-series branches in total. Odd-numbered branches 1, 3, 5, and 7 are located in the New World, stabilizing the situation in the New World and taking on the most important and top combat missions. Branches 2, 4, 6, and 8 are located at the Paradise end, which is the first half of the Grand Line. Their main task is to prevent new pirates from entering the New World, and their missions are not dangerous or difficult.

As the branch of the Navy that goes deepest into the New World, G7 will obviously have to undertake the most intense combat missions. However, in the entire Navy, the only branch of the Navy that is qualified to establish a branch base under the siege of major pirates is the 026 branch super force led by Liu Mang.

The 026 branch, with an average strength of major generals per person, plus the increasingly powerful Liu Mang, the G7 branch will be as stable as a rock unless the Rocks Pirates take action themselves.

The total number of people in the entire navy who can use Haki in combat is less than 3, and those trained by Liu Mang alone account for a quarter of them. They are not simple characters either. Each Haki is proficient in physical skills and the only thing they lack to be a lieutenant general is a little bit of foundation and actual combat. Their strength is extremely high.

Liu Mang was such a person. They asked him to build the G7 branch, but they didn't even want to give him the position of a base commander. It is really incomprehensible what the Five Elders are thinking about all day.

The Five Elders said that it was right for you not to understand. The D clan was the natural enemy of the Celestial Dragons, and they were already doing Sora a favor by letting him develop in the navy. You still want to become the chief of the G branch so quickly? Just dream on!
Kong and Fulun were unaware of the secret and thought that the Five Elders were really old and confused. However, the New World had to get Liu Mang's support, so they sent Teacher Kong to persuade them.

Although he felt wronged, Liu Mang still led his men to the naval headquarters.

Based on his experience of reading comics and animations in his previous life, Liu Mang worked out a way to embed seastone on the hull to block the perception of sea kings. The idea was valuable, but the technology was not difficult, and Liu Mang figured it out in just a few days.

With this technology, the navy's warships can cross the doldrums and enter the Great Route without having to pass through the Upside-Down Mountain and take a fixed route. Not only is the journey greatly shortened, it is also much safer.

Although there is still a chance of encountering a sea king attack, as long as there are experts in charge, there is basically no problem in passing through the doldrums safely.

The overall map of the One Piece world is very distinctive. The Red Earth Continent and the Grand Line form two ring belts, one horizontal and one vertical, dividing the entire planet into four parts, namely the four seas of east, south, west and north.

The East China Sea and the South China Sea are on the same side of the Red Earth Continent, while the West China Sea and the North China Sea are on the other side of the Red Earth Continent. The East China Sea and the South China Sea, as well as the West China Sea and the North China Sea are separated by the Great Line. On both sides of the Great Line are the doldrums, the nests of sea kings with a width of more than one thousand kilometers.

The headquarters of the navy is located at the end of the first half of the Grand Line, near the Sabaody Archipelago, in Marinford below the holy land of Marijoa.

Most people who want to get here, no matter where they start from in the four seas, need to enter the starting point of the Grand Route, Upside Down Mountain, from Upside Down Mountain, and cross nearly half of the planet for the first half of the Grand Route.

The climate on the Grand Route is complex and changeable, and natural disasters can occur at any time, making it very difficult to cross it.

The navy does not need to go through so much trouble. They can get off the ship, cross the Calm Belt through the Red Earth Continent, change ships and set off again in the Four Seas. However, this requires applying to the World Government, which is troublesome.

Now there is no need for such trouble. You don't need to change ships and can just sail across the doldrums. The East China Sea and the South China Sea are on both sides of the Navy Headquarters. Sailing in the four seas is much safer than the Grand Route.

In addition, the navy mastered the secret ocean currents and could quickly reach the bottom of the Red Earth Continent. Liu Mang led the fleet to the bottom of the continent on the Holy Land side in just three days. The Upside-Down Mountain was just opposite the planet. There was only a thousand kilometers of doldrums and nearly four thousand kilometers of sailing in the Grand Route between here and the navy headquarters. With the speed of the new battleships, it would take less than two days to cross.

Liu Mang was driving a level 5 battleship, which was a large battleship with a length of 312 meters that he had designed before. After being strengthened with the navy's black technology and precious materials, its power was even greater than what he had designed. In addition, the bottom of the ship was inlaid with seastone in a special way, and it also had an active power system, so it had no problem crossing the doldrums where there was no wind or current.

In addition to this flagship, there is also 1 level 3 battleship and 4500 level 7 battleships around it, with a total of people on board. They are all the members of the G branch that is about to be established except the base commander.

They will be reviewed at the Navy Headquarters, and then take the supply ship through the World Government's dedicated channel through the Holy Land of Marijoa to the G1 branch in the New World, and then go all the way through G3 and G5 to reach the designated G7 branch island, and build a base surrounded by enemies as a bridgehead for the navy to fight against pirates.

As expected, they encountered an accident when crossing the doldrums. Liu Mang was very aware of his luck and knew that he could not escape the 10% chance of encountering a sea king. He stood at the bow waiting early, and with one sword he cut the small sea king in half and flew away, safely crossing the doldrums.

Once entering the Grand Line, sailing became difficult. It could be a clear sky one second and a storm the next. In less than a day, Liu Mang's fleet encountered several storms, thunderstorms, whirlpools, tornadoes, tsunamis, falling rocks, etc. If it weren't for the outstanding abilities of the navy's navigators to avoid them one by one, they would not have survived a day!
Liu Mang stood at the bow and sighed, saying that it was worthy of being called the Grand Line. It was called a graveyard by countless pirates who were not strong enough. Only the strong ones in the New World called this sea area a paradise.

It's not certain whether 1000 out of 100 pirate groups can survive. Since ancient times, countless pirates have died in this natural disaster. What else can it be but a grave?
He really couldn't imagine what the new world would be like with an even worse climate!
Not daring to sail in such a place, Liu Mang obediently switched to steam power and moved slowly. After more than a day, Marinford finally appeared in front of him.

Towering city walls, numerous towers, and continuous buildings of various types. Countless warships are docked in the harbor. In the distance, the huge word "Navy" is engraved on the outer wall of the fortress which is more than 200 meters high. Above the fortress is the luxurious and majestic authority of the Navy Headquarters, where all the elite officers and above the level of officers work!

Marinford is crescent-shaped when viewed from above, with an area of ​​more than 1000 square kilometers. In addition to combat facilities, there are also residential facilities on the island, and the residents are all families of the navy.

The headquarters building is built on the terrain of the mountains. Inside are spacious rooms and rich training facilities. There is also a town on the island that provides normal production and life for the residents and is very prosperous.

Liu Mang's fleet did not surprise the navy. During this period of time, the navy had completed the replacement of warships of the headquarters and the G-series branch with its strong productivity. There were three level five battleships docked at the headquarters, which did not cause the navy to cry out.

As soon as he got off the boat, a soldier came running over to deliver orders, asking him to go to the marshal's office. Marshal Fuhlen and General Kong were already waiting for him.

After giving instructions to his subordinates, Liu Mang followed the messenger to the marshal's office.

The marshal's office is naturally on the top floor of the fortress. The lower part of the fortress is a fully enclosed huge fortress, while the upper part is an open-style building complex that combines Chinese and Western styles. The mahogany railings and flying eaves roof highlight the magnificence and elegance of the headquarters, and the straight and strong brick and stone walls express the firmness and indomitable spirit of justice. It is really something.

Along the way, Liu Mang met many generals and colonels who were rarely seen before. They looked very diverse, with heights ranging from one meter to more than ten meters and weights ranging from 50 kilograms to 100 tons, highlighting the great unity of the world's nations.

Fortunately, there are still quite a few normal people. Liu Mang's standard human figure is not out of place, and it is not as difficult as in the comics to find a few normal people.

Everyone is generally tall, even Liu Mang himself is two meters tall.

There is a standard for the strong in this world, and that is the height of a general, three meters. Basically, most of the peak strong men are around this height. Short ones are rare, and tall ones are also rare. As long as they are masters of physical skills, they are basically around three meters tall.

I think that not everyone’s height is this high originally, and it is probably due to practice.

It's no wonder that this world has such strange shapes and weird appearances. One reason is that everyone has different races and naturally looks different. The other reason is that the devil fruit will affect the physical appearance, which leads to a variety of heights and body shapes. Liu Mang is tolerant of this and does not have any discriminatory thoughts.

After walking up for nearly twenty minutes, Liu Mang finally arrived at the door of the Marshal's office. The messenger reported and left, leaving Liu Mang alone to face two serious middle-aged and elderly leaders.

Marshal Fohlen is a skinny old man with no beard, gray hair, and a festive red suit. He does not look very imposing and is said to be 63 years old this year.

Kong, on the other hand, is muscular and exudes an oppressive aura. He wears a sleeveless dark red suit and shirt, a cloak of justice, a big black beard trimmed neatly, and his hair is combed up high. There is a scar at the corner of his left eye that goes diagonally downward to the back of his head. He has a firm look in his eyes and looks very tough.

Wow, he is worthy of being known as the top strong man with "steel bones", his whole body is angular and he looks very tough!
Kong is only 50 years old this year, at the prime of his life. Ten years ago, after Furen was seriously injured and fell into a coma, he took over the position of general in a critical moment.

At that time, the prestige of the navy was undermined. Kong took over the position of admiral and went to fight pirates everywhere. He personally defeated another top pirate, Graveblade Taia, who was on par with King Fabrice Guise at that time, causing him to disappear. He restored the prestige of the navy. The scar under his eye was left in that battle.

But later, Fulun, who was thought to be dead, came to his senses. However, the position of admiral had been passed to Sora, and he was indeed unable to carry the banner anymore. It was not appropriate to put the former admiral Fulun, who had made great contributions, under Sora, so the position of marshal was specially created for Fulun to hold, and he and Sora would rule the navy together, as a compensation for Fulun.

With two top powerhouses suppressing the situation, the navy’s power truly increased.

But did Kong have a beard like this when he was young? I don't know why he has three goatees hanging on his chin when he is old. This square beard is pretty good.

At this time, the two people at the top of the navy stared at Liu Mang who came in. His young face made them marvel. A tender 18-year-old boy, he has achieved such a great achievement in just two years. The navy really has hope!
Liu Mang was frightened by the stares of the two old men. What happened? Has my ambition been exposed?
He hesitated for a moment, but quickly suppressed the thought. He had never concealed his ambition, and his target was directly aimed at the admiral of the navy. If he wanted to take action, he would not have to wait until he entered Marinford. Now that he hadn't taken any action, it was obvious that he tacitly approved of his ambition.

This is normal. A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier. He is not trying to rebel to gain power through conspiracy and intrigue. It is a good thing to cultivate power and compete for the position in an upright manner at this time when the navy is extremely lacking in strength. There is no reason to deal with him.

So, with this atmosphere, could it be that I am about to take off?
(End of this chapter)