One Piece meme: Starting with eight extraordinary skills

A multitude of burning gazes fell upon Yang Ming. Not to mention women like Momousagi Gion and Tina, who already belonged to Yang Ming in body and soul, even women like Ain, Domino, Tashigi, and Kuina had their hearts pounding wildly, wishing they could give themselves to Yang Ming.

Yang Ming remained calm in the face of outsiders' gazes, as he had long been accustomed to this life of being the center of attention.

Wano Country is merely one example of his efforts to transform the world. He had already implemented similar reforms in Water Seven, Skypiea, and other places, accumulating experience and lessons for ultimately changing the world.

In Yang Ming's view, promoting the development of productivity is the root cause of resolving all contradictions.

To promote the development of productivity, it is necessary to eliminate everything that hinders productivity, including criminals who destroy production such as the mafia, bandits, and pirates, as well as vampires such as the noble and wealthy classes of the various kingdoms.

Only by eliminating everything that hinders productivity can we rebuild a completely new economic base and superstructure, ensuring the steady and orderly development of productivity. This will lead to a collision and explosion of ideas in the fields of humanities, art, science, politics and economics, and will spirally promote the innovation and development of the entire world and society.

Chapter 453 With lofty aspirations and sacrifices, they dared to change the world.

Only by eliminating everything that hinders productivity can we rebuild a completely new economic base and superstructure, ensuring the steady and orderly development of productivity. This will lead to a collision and explosion of ideas in the fields of humanities, art, science, politics and economics, and will spirally promote the innovation and development of the entire world and society.

This also shows that Yang Ming will eventually stand on the opposite side of the world's vested interests. The nobles and wealthy people of the major kingdoms will not agree with his ideas, and the mafia, bandits and pirates that he has been ruthlessly suppressing are always ready to launch the most frenzied counterattack.

Once these two forces merge, even if Yang Ming had three heads and six arms, he wouldn't be able to withstand this torrent.

Fortunately, Yang Ming now commands a million-strong navy. By leveraging the influence of the Five Elders and the World Government, he has been steadily advancing his strategy over the years, gradually dismantling the power of these two major forces. He has also been secretly supporting the Revolutionary Army to draw fire on the front lines, diverting attention and making final plans for himself.

A great man once said this:

"With lofty aspirations, we dare to sacrifice ourselves and change the world."

No one knows whether Yang Ming's future will be successful.

However, looking at the changes that have taken place in Wano Country in just a few months, and how the people have truly begun to live better lives, it can be said that Yang Ming's approach was fair, correct, and insightful.

The carriage traveled north, departing from towns that were recovering from the devastation, and gradually the buildings in the suburbs became scarcer.

Looking around, the terrain has become somewhat undulating. On the rolling hills, various crops grow quietly and orderly, creating a scene reminiscent of Japanese rural life. Farmers wearing straw hats and simple clothes are busy working in the fields under the scorching sun.

Gradually, the fields became more colorful: lush green corn and pale yellow wheat, golden sunflowers and potatoes with white flowers. These seemingly inconspicuous and inexpensive crops were able to support a considerable number of Wano Country's citizens, allowing them to feed themselves and their families in a relatively inexpensive way.

To be honest, if Green Bull Admiral Aramaki's Devil Fruit ability were used in agriculture, the effect would be much better than using it on the battlefield, and the cost-effectiveness would be much greater. He could bring many of the crops that Yang Ming saw in his previous life to this world, such as hybrid rice, which would have a much higher yield than the rice and wheat in this world and could feed more people.

Unfortunately, given the current global situation, even Yang Ming is powerless to do anything about it and can only rely on the fighting prowess of Green Bull's general, Aramu.

Perhaps, after pacifying the world and overthrowing the corrupt rule of the World Government and Lord Im, Yang Ming will specifically designate an agricultural department, appointing Admiral Aramaki of Green Bull as its minister, and using his Devil Fruit abilities to promote the great development and construction of agriculture in this world.

In fact, it wasn't just Green Bull Admiral Aramaki's abilities that Yang Ming considered somewhat regrettable and wasteful; there were also other people's Devil Fruits that, in Yang Ming's opinion, would be better used for production rather than for combat.

For example, Wapol, the king of the Black Bucket Kingdom, one of the member states of the World Government, possesses the ability of the Swallow-Swallow Fruit. He can swallow anything and absorb what he swallows into his body, making it part of his body, or synthesizing it. He can even eat his own body to change his skeletal structure.

In Yang Ming's view, Wapol was truly the biggest fool in the world who had a mountain of gold but didn't know how to use it.

Despite possessing unparalleled potential for development, he misused it, turning it into a useless ability. At most, he later developed Wapo Alloy, which was somewhat noteworthy. However, he insisted on using this thing to manufacture toys and even established a company for it, which is simply speechless.

If Wapol hadn't once been the king of a member state, and Yang Ming's kidnapping of him would have aroused the vigilance of the World Government, leading to unnecessary targeting and questioning, Yang Ming would probably have already kidnapped Wapol and made him stay on the assembly line every day to process and synthesize high-tech metals for him.

High-tech metals can not only enhance the overall capabilities of the Iron Man Mark armor series, but also create large warships such as cruisers and aircraft carriers, and even further create rockets, missiles, and even spaceships!

Yang Ming had already ordered Rob Lucci to take several former CP9 agents and infiltrate Wapol's company. They have now been promoted to key members, and they will kidnap him when the time is right.

The distracting thoughts in my mind suddenly stopped, because we had arrived at our destination.

Caesar Courland and Major General Hugh, along with a group of stationed soldiers, had been waiting outside the research institute for quite some time.

After the carriage came to a stop, Yang Ming treated everyone equally and warmly shook hands with them.

"You have worked hard!"

Yang Ming's seemingly ordinary greeting moved many naval soldiers stationed there to tears.

Although guarding the research institute is a lucrative job, it is located in a remote part of northern Wano Country. This area used to be a mass grave and is sparsely populated. In addition, there are no computers or mobile phones in this area. Entertainment is limited to dance halls, bars, and card games. They have long been bored and dull in their daily lives.

Hearing Yang Ming's warm greeting, the naval soldiers immediately felt that all their efforts were worthwhile!

Yang Ming patted Major General Xiu En's large belly and joked:

"Xiu En, you should lose weight. Look how fat you've gotten."

Major General Xiu En gave an awkward smile, feeling embarrassed but also a warm feeling welling up inside him.

"As expected, the Marshal has never forgotten me!"

Major General Xiu En thought that after retiring to the second line, he had gradually faded from Yang Ming's sight and had long been forgotten by Yang Ming. Unexpectedly, Yang Ming still treated him as before, which made him feel a sense of gratitude for those who understood him.

Having held a high position for a long time, Yang Ming has a much deeper understanding of human nature than before. His every move not only exudes the aura of a domineering emperor, but also a unique personal charm.

Seeing how Yang Ming's few words had moved Major General Xiu En and the garrison soldiers to tears, making them wish they could repay Marshal Xiu Luo's kindness with their lives, Momousagi Gion and Tina, as Yang Ming's earliest followers, also felt a surge of emotion.

"The Marshal's methods of winning people's hearts are becoming more and more sophisticated, truly leaving us in awe!"

Chapter 454: Win people’s hearts

Seeing how Yang Ming's few words had moved Major General Xiu En and the garrison soldiers to tears, making them wish they could repay Marshal Xiu Luo's kindness with their lives, Momousagi Gion and Tina, as Yang Ming's earliest followers, also felt a surge of emotion.

"The Marshal's methods of winning people's hearts are becoming more and more sophisticated, truly leaving us in awe!"

It can be said that they witnessed Marshal Shura grow from a naive boy to the powerful figure he is today, and watched him build up a colossal force bit by bit.

Nowadays, when Yang Ming is mentioned, who doesn't know the name of Marshal Shura?

The people praised him.

The mafia, bandits, and pirates hated him.

The nobles hated him with a passion, yet were powerless to do anything about it.

Everyone had their own thoughts, and Yang Ming and the others immediately entered the research institute.

With Yang Ming's generous financial support, this research institute has been expanded several times and is much larger than Vegapunk's exclusive research institute. Researchers in white robes come and go, all working intensively on research projects. The research projects being conducted here are no less impressive than Vegapunk's, and are even more practical, capable of being put into production immediately and transformed into naval combat power.

Caesar Clown eagerly led Yang Ming to see the results of his giant experiments. In addition to Major General Xiu En, he also found several other elite soldiers who had cultivated the Life Return technique to conduct experiments. Each of them was now much taller than an ordinary person.

Yang Ming went up to them, offered his condolences, and then massaged their arm and leg muscles, secretly examining their body structure. He was somewhat surprised.

Giants are called giants because of their enormous size and powerful physique. Even young giants are at least ten meters tall, equivalent to a three-story building, and have a size and weight comparable to a mammoth.

These elite soldiers, who underwent a qualitative change from the quantitative change of life return and became gigantic, experienced peculiar changes in their body structure. First, their legs began to become thicker, obviously to support their suddenly increased weight. At the same time, their knee joints began to swell, losing the flexibility of ordinary people's knee joints while strengthening their ability to support their body weight.

However, due to the swelling of their knees, these giant soldiers also have reduced agility, making it difficult for them to bend their knees or even perform seemingly simple actions like squatting. If they are knocked to the ground, it will likely make it even more difficult for them to get up.

At the same time, their leg structure is also a point of particular concern. Their feet have expanded several sizes, and thick fleshy pads have grown on the soles of their feet, which can cushion the impact of running and reduce damage to the knees and legs. Moreover, the skin on their legs has become rough and thick, and dense hair has begun to grow on the insteps.

In fact, it wasn't just the hair on the insteps that was more abundant; the hair on other parts of these gigantic soldiers was also unusual.

Recalling the giants he once knew, all of whom seemed to have full beards, Yang Ming instantly felt relieved.

Perhaps many people don't really understand what excessive body hair means.

People with abundant body hair generally have excessive secretion of male hormones and are full of vitality.

Generally speaking, the more hair a person has, the more impulsive and irritable they are, the more violent they tend to be, and the stronger their desire for women is.

Compared to the development of other parts of the body, the brain development of giant soldiers is the slowest. The anterior pituitary gland remains almost unchanged, just like that of ordinary people. However, the fact that these changes did not occur when their heads grew larger means that they became stupid.

Giantification has both advantages and disadvantages.

After transforming into giants, soldiers gain powerful physiques and strength, and their resistance to attacks is significantly enhanced.

On the other hand, they are easily angered and impulsive, physically strong but simple-minded, and possess a strong fighting spirit.

This means that giant soldiers can only serve as scouts, not as generals; otherwise, it would surely be a disaster.

"Not bad!"

Yang Ming examined the bodies of several giant soldiers in succession. His detection methods were much more accurate than the instruments and equipment used for testing. He had a general understanding of the purpose of the giant soldiers and couldn't help but praise Caesar Clown repeatedly.

Upon receiving Yang Ming's praise, Caesar Courland was overjoyed.

Since parting ways with Vegapunk and joining Yang Ming's team, he has always known Yang Ming's character. As long as it is a research project that satisfies him, this money-grubber is always generous, spending hundreds of millions of Berries at a time. He is simply outrageously rich and his tycoon status is admirable.

As Caesar Clown had predicted, Yang Ming had just managed to extract a large sum of money from the World Government and the Five Elders, swindling them out of substantial allowances and subsidies. Now, he was incredibly wealthy and powerful, and with a wave of his hand, he declared with boundless generosity:

"Here's what we'll do. I'll invest 50 billion Berries in you initially, and then I'll deposit 1000 billion Berries into your account in installments later."

"I have only one requirement: the safety of these giant soldiers must be guaranteed. They must not suffer even the slightest loss. They are all my good brothers, who have fought alongside me and bled for me. I do not want to hear the news of them dying because of the failed experiment."

Upon hearing this, Caesar Courland was startled and felt a chill run down his spine. He immediately pounded his chest to make a guarantee and signed a pledge.

As for the giant soldiers, they were already moved to tears, never expecting that Marshal Shura would care so much about them.

Even if someone told them now that Marshal Shura was faking it, they would absolutely not believe it!

As the saying goes, even a hypocrite can eventually become a respectable person in the eyes of others if he pretends his whole life.

Moreover, Yang Ming was genuinely giving them benefits.

Yang Ming's words not only moved the giant soldiers, but also inspired the soldiers stationed at the research institute to eagerly sign up to become test subjects for this remarkable project and contribute to Marshal Shura's cause.

The human heart is a very complex thing. It is invisible and intangible in daily life and seems to have no use. However, when people's hearts are united, they will naturally influence everyone around them, eventually forming a mighty force that will shock and amaze everyone in the world.

And this is what Yang Ming has been doing all along. Seemingly small things will eventually come together to create something big enough to shake the world!

Chapter 455 Giant Legion

The human heart is a very complex thing. It is invisible and intangible in daily life and seems to have no use. However, when people's hearts are united, they will naturally influence everyone around them, eventually forming a mighty force that will shock and amaze everyone in the world.

And this is what Yang Ming has been doing all along. Seemingly small things will eventually come together to create something big enough to shake the world!

With Yang Ming's full support, a large amount of manpower and resources were mobilized to the research institute, and a group of elite naval soldiers who had cultivated the ability to return to life enthusiastically signed up to participate in the giantification experiment as volunteers.

After two months, Caesar Courant's experiment was a great success.

Humans are a truly amazing species; sometimes the differences between people are even greater than the differences between people and dogs.

Every individual's physique is different, and the upper limit of life force that can be accumulated through life return also varies. This results in vastly different giants that emerge from different elite naval soldiers, ranging in height from a mere 13 meters to over 60 meters.

And this tallest giant was none other than Major General Xiu En.

The seemingly ordinary Major General Shuen experienced a leap in strength after transforming into a giant.

Outside the research institute, in a lush green forest, a row of giant soldiers stood in neat rows, displaying their achievements to Yang Ming.

The 13-meter-tall giant wielded a cleaver specially forged for him by the blacksmiths of Wano Country. This was a new type of sword designed by Yang Ming, much wider and longer than the samurai swords commonly found on this sea. Its blade was extremely sharp, making it ideal for slashing and a deadly weapon on the battlefield.

"Drink!"

The 13-meter-tall giant gripped his horse-slaying saber tightly with both hands. With a roar, he leaped into the air, the saber slicing through a sharp arc and slashing fiercely at a grove of trees in front of him.