Starting as a pirate, he rose to become the strongest Shinigami in Soul Society.

Chapter 163 New Naval Headquarters Outlook: Melvure Renovation Plan!

Secret Realm: Melvure.

This is a naturally formed, towering island that resembles a chimney.

The rock face was smooth, making it almost impossible to climb. This is why Shiki took a liking to it and made it his base camp.

At the same time, perhaps for security reasons, no stairs or climbing methods were built in Melvure. Previously, access to this secret realm relied entirely on Shiki's abilities, which gave Shiki an extreme level of control over the island.

The downside is that after Shiki was killed by Bane, his remaining followers on the island couldn't get off at all!

Of course, ordinary people can't get up there, so at this stage, nobody knows what the situation is like up there.

Originally, a large archipelago was floating near Melvyu, all of which were controlled by Shiki's abilities. Now, it is completely invisible, presumably having all fallen and sunk into the sea. This caused Bane on the warship great distress.

Those floating islands used to house a huge number of monsters, which were all delicious food, but now they're all gone!

Two warships anchored before the smooth rock face of Melville. Bane looked at the sheer cliff face and clicked his tongue, saying, "This is going to be troublesome."

Without Yixiao by my side, getting to Melviu is proving to be quite troublesome. A warship is out of the question. Does this mean I'll have to fly up using Moonwalk?

"Can't you get up there?" Dr. Genus walked up to Bane and asked.

"Of course I can go up, but it might be quite chaotic up there. I'll need a lot of manpower to help me stabilize the situation and organize the existing data and valuable supplies. So I'm wondering how I can bring the warships up with me?" Bane said with a somewhat troubled expression.

"Simple." Upon hearing this, Dr. Genus immediately arranged for a naval officer to lead a group of men to retrieve some items from the ship's hold.

A short while later, several sailors carried a piece of mechanical equipment that looked to be about the size of five people onto the deck.

"What is this?" Bane asked curiously.

"Yuntai is one of Xiao Bei's research achievements. It can create the island clouds and sea clouds we saw on the Sky Island before. This technology can be applied to the current situation to create island clouds to support the warship, allowing it to be 'levitated'. Then, the floating speed can be controlled according to the density of the island clouds. However, it also has a drawback, which is that it can only go straight up and down and cannot change direction. To change direction, other equipment needs to be added. I didn't bring it with me on the warship. Now, this island goes straight into the clouds, so we don't need to adjust the direction. We can just take off directly." Dr. Genus explained to Bane while starting to use the machine.

Before long, Bane saw the machine begin to spew out large amounts of island clouds that looked like cotton candy. These island clouds were guided and quickly poured into the seawater below the warship. As the island clouds grew, the warship was slowly lifted up and rose into the air.

"This is good stuff!" Bane exclaimed, praising the product.

At the same time, he suddenly realized why Dr. Vegapunk was researching this technology. He probably intended to use this island cloud to try to make the island float, thereby avoiding the devastating impact of rising sea levels.

"Could this island cloud make the entire island float in the air?" Bane asked immediately upon thinking about this.

"Theoretically, it's possible. Eigerard is currently laying out island clouds and sea clouds on a large scale, which may eventually allow the island to float. However, this situation cannot be generalized. The vast majority of islands have very stable foundations and are connected to the seabed ley lines. It is impossible for the island to float with the power of these clouds alone. First, the connection between the island and the seabed ley lines must be completely severed and destroyed. Second, a large amount of island clouds must be injected before the island sinks. Only then can the entire island float. This is a very dangerous process. If anything goes wrong, the entire island may sink directly," Dr. Genos explained.

After he finished speaking, he looked at Bane and asked, "Why are you asking this?"

"Just curious," Bane replied casually.

No wonder, in the original story, after Vegapunk was defeated, Shinobi didn't show any results. It seems that its limitations are indeed very great.

Without asking any further questions, Bane seemed to have a new idea. He took out a nautical chart and began to compare the waters around Melvure with the surrounding sea, making some plans. After a moment, his eyes showed even greater interest, and he asked Dr. Genus, "If we use this island cloud, could we build an artificial elevator here to make entering and exiting Melvure less restrictive?"

"Of course, that's no problem. As long as the scale is large enough, warships can also use the so-called elevators here to freely enter and exit." Dr. Genus nodded matter-of-factly, then seemed to realize something and asked in surprise, "You plan to design this place as our headquarters?"

"It's just that this idea popped into my head. Look at the geographical location of Melvure. It's right in the central sea area of ​​the New World. Once we use it as a base, it will be very convenient to radiate outwards in the future. Moreover, Melvure is easy to defend and difficult to attack. As a base, it naturally has an excellent security environment," Bane said excitedly.

Moreover, according to Bane, this place can also be used as a base to find some suitable deserted islands for experimentation, and create several or even dozens of floating islands to make production materials self-sufficient. Then, still using island clouds as materials, roads connecting various floating islands can be laid in the air. What is this?

This is a completely artificial floating island environment created directly from Melvure!

As the new navy's headquarters, it is absolutely suitable, especially since there is a high possibility of an apocalyptic ocean disaster in the next few years. The Red Line may be safe, but if Bane's plan succeeds, his headquarters can also safely weather this calamity from this 'high place'!

Bane's original plan was to destroy the Beasts Pirates, kill Kaido, and then occupy Wano Country as his base, since Wano Country is easy to defend and difficult to attack, with a high security factor.

However, compared to Melvye at this moment, Wano Country seems less outstanding.

After pondering Bane's idea for a while, Genus also felt that it made sense.

"Now that Professor Zephyr has recovered and doesn't have much to do for the time being, why not let him take charge of this project and give him a second spring in his career!" After enjoying the idea, Bane patted Genus on the shoulder and said with satisfaction.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

"Technically, there are no difficulties. With a top-tier expert like Zephyr overseeing it, the project's operation can be guaranteed. As for funding, we happen to have abundant funds." After analyzing the situation, Dr. Genus finally raised a problem: "However, such a project obviously requires a large workforce. Fortunately, Eighard has many functional robots. As long as we have sufficient funds, we can build a large number of mechanical engineering teams in a short time. However, mechanical engineering teams cannot completely replace manual labor, so I still need a certain number of people. The number can be adjusted according to the number of islands planned to be launched. But at least 20,000 people are needed, right? How do we solve this manpower problem?"

Bane listened to this and remained silent for a moment before immediately saying, "It's not unsolvable. After I wipe out the Donquixote Family, our Baroque Works will definitely be entering the New World on a large scale. We can provide a certain amount of labor ourselves, and the rest should be handled by Professor Zephyr. His navy followers can come and experience their headquarters in advance."

Thinking about this, Bane felt a little regretful.

While there are black people in this world, their numbers are small, and they are scattered around the world without any large-scale clusters. Otherwise, we could capture them... Wait, I'm a righteous navy officer, not some rancher! How could I think of such a thing?!

It's all the Hero Association's fault! They had nothing better to do than give me those weird nicknames!

After suppressing this thought, Bane pondered for a while longer. Nikos were difficult to deal with, as there weren't enough of them, but there were plenty of pirates!

This is a new world!

With his own Baroque Works members and Zephyr's loyal Navy followers, he could build a management and oversight system, and then continuously fill it with a large number of pirates as enslaved labor. Wouldn't that solve the problem?

Anyway, those pirates are all deeply sinful. Using them to contribute to justice is also giving them a chance to atone for their sins. Don't they even know what labor reform is?!

(End of this chapter)