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

Chapter 210 Zefa's Wild Ideas: With Kuzan's Great Plans Awaited!

The simulated ocean area is a vast water area within this large research base. It was originally a place where Shiki used to cultivate marine monsters, but was later transformed by Dr. Genus into a warship research and production area.

He had long been dissatisfied with the warships of this world; even the standard warships of the Navy Headquarters were, in his eyes, utter garbage.

So after taking over Melvieu, he immediately started his warship conversion plan.

His original idea was more radical. As Binz said, battleships were outdated garbage in his eyes. However, after several heated debates with Zephyr, Bane, and others, Dr. Genus had no choice but to accept their suggestion: in this world, equipping warships of this level was already advanced enough.

What's the point of trying to make something even more awesome? It's powerful, but it'll be a huge waste of resources. It's just for fighting some wooden sailing warships. There's no need for that!

At this moment, in the simulated sea area, a menacing warship cast in steel is anchored here. A large group of researchers have gathered around the harbor, all seemingly very interested in this battleship!

Meanwhile, aboard the battleship, Zephyr was touring it with Genus.

"It's terrifying that such a massive ironclad warship can survive the sea." Zefa walked on the deck, patted the cannon barrel, and said with a look of amazement.

"That's not surprising at all. What really surprises me is that you've managed to develop such a massive and bizarre warship that can move an entire island using the simplest technology like sails," Genos said in a very calm tone.

Zefa, clearly unfamiliar with these technologies, stomped on the hard steel plate beneath his feet and said with a beaming smile, "Even standard naval warships can't break through the defenses of this Kinos I battleship. It's a complete and utter defeat. If our new navy could equip itself with this kind of warship as its standard warship, it would indeed be enough to suppress this sea."

"I already told you, don't call it Genus One, it's too insulting. Wait until I fully analyze the technology of that spaceship. By the way, Bane told me that a super talented linguist is coming soon. When will he arrive? I've been waiting for him for a long time!" Genus said, then suddenly changed the subject.

From the topics they discussed, it was clear that Zephyr already knew his origins and had accepted the fact that Bane and his group were able to travel between worlds.

It's impossible not to accept it. There's such a huge battleship right here. What kind of technology does this world have?

"She arrived this morning. Her name is Nicole Robin. She used to be a historian wanted by the world's governments. She's good at deciphering texts, which might be helpful for your study of alien scripts," Zephyr said.

Dr. Genus is indeed very capable, but everyone has their weaknesses. For example, he is not good at language analysis, which is why he has not been able to decipher the text of Boros's spaceship even after so long.

Zephyr didn't continue talking to him about spaceships, but instead excitedly started talking about the battleship again.

"How many Berries did this ship cost?" Zephyr asked.

"This ship?" Genus pondered for a moment before saying, "More than 300 billion Berries, I guess."

"How much?" Zephyr was completely stunned, exclaiming incredulously, "Over 300 billion? That's so expensive! A standard warship only costs around 200 million Berries!"

"I've already drastically reduced costs and removed some functions that are completely meaningless to this world, okay? You still think over 300 billion is too expensive?" Dr. Genus said with a disdainful look.

Radar and the like are meaningless in this world, and Genus simply canceled them all. So theoretically speaking, this battleship is a battleship that has been severely emasculated.

Even so, it is enough to overwhelm the most advanced naval warships currently available.

"If one ship costs 300 billion, then ten ships would cost 3 trillion Berries! No matter how rich you are, you can't build them like that. The cost of building a large fleet of battleships is simply astronomical!" Zephyr said with a pained expression.

"This was manufactured separately, how can it be the same? If a mature production line were established, the production costs would be greatly reduced, but even so, it would still take around 100 billion Berries to build it. Those warships are made of wood, this is made of steel, how can they be the same? One is powered by sails, the other by machinery, they cannot be compared. Although in my opinion it is junk, it is indeed epoch-making for the current main force of naval warfare. Just like you said, without considering human factors, the firepower of the standard warships of the Navy Headquarters cannot pose any threat to this ship. A battleship can create a sweeping situation in naval battles, which cannot be bought with money." Dr. Genus said in a calm tone.

After a slight pause, Dr. Genus continued, "Although I don't know much about naval warfare, even so, I can understand that we only need to build a portion of these battleships as capital ships. The rest of the fleet can be composed of existing warships, right? One capital battleship leading the way, with the rest of the standard warships, is enough to create an absolute advantage on the battlefield. There's no need to spend too much money to build a huge battleship fleet. You seem to be joking."

Genos was a man of considerable experience, but even he had never heard of anyone using battleships to form a fleet!

So he thought Zephyr was just joking!

It's fine as a capital ship, okay?

As expected of a naval leader, he certainly possesses military expertise. Zephyr was simply awestruck by the battleship and inevitably started daydreaming. Now, after hearing what Dr. Genus said, he found it quite reasonable.

This type of warship can serve as the main battleship. When combined with some ordinary standard warships, the resulting fleet, without considering human factors, can already sweep away all other fleets on the sea.

"The rank of lieutenant general is the dividing line; only lieutenant generals are qualified to be equipped with battleships. This way, the impact of the 'human factor' on battleships can be better reduced," Zephyr pondered for a moment and said.

Although for monsters like Kaido and Charlotte Linlin, battleships and the Navy's current standard warships are pretty much the same, it's just a matter of one or two hammer blows.

But monsters like them are ultimately a minority. With a vice admiral in command, battleships are already capable of handling more than 90% of situations at sea.

For ordinary pirates, this is a complete dimensional reduction attack. If you add two Pacifistas to a battleship, it's invincible!

Zefa grew more and more excited as he thought about it. What is an era-defining event? This is an era-defining event!

On the contrary, ancient weapons such as Poseidon and Uranus, although more powerful, are not universally applicable and therefore cannot be called "epoch-making".

"In our vision, such a capital ship, based on the current situation, can carry around three thousand people. My suggestion is that the troops on these capital ships should be selected from the elites we will inject with the RC drug later, and at least two pacifists should be stationed there, with a lieutenant general in charge of leadership. This is the most perfect configuration," said Dr. Genos.

"That makes sense," Zephyr agreed, as he thought so too.

On the battleship, the two of them were discussing these matters.

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

Meanwhile, Kuzan was completely dumbfounded among the onlookers!

He had seen ships even more bizarre than battleships before. For example, the Golden City, which he had visited when he was an admiral, was much larger and more bizarre than a battleship, as it was made up of island turtles. Another example was Moonlight Moria's Devil's Three-Masted Sail, which was said to be the world's largest three-masted sailing ship. It was entirely made by building sails on an island. In terms of bizarreness, it was definitely more bizarre than this battleship.

However, Kuzan wasn't impressed by those ships; at most, he just found them interesting.

Because he knew very well that those ships were extremely special cases, while the ship in front of him had the potential for mass production!

Even though he only glanced at it and had no idea about the firepower configuration and various parameters, Kuzan could intuitively sense that the era on this vast sea was truly about to change!

"So this is what Bane meant by the new era?" Kuzan murmured as he gradually recovered from his shock.

If that's the case, then there's really no place for those remnants of the old era!

After suppressing his shock, Kuzan's interest in Melvure intensified. If his previous speculations were merely about assessing Melvure's 'foundation,' now he could see its fangs.

With such advanced firearms and weaponry, and such a terrifying mass production of warships, coupled with elite naval soldiers, how could they not achieve great things?

Moreover, if we're talking about high-end combat power, Zephyr might not be as promising due to his physical condition, but Kuzan is in his prime, as is Bane, and those promising young people under Bane's command, such as Zoro with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and Fubuki with the Sand-Sand Fruit.

There was even a laugh!

With these people as the core, and after a few years of development and training, combined with what he has seen so far, Kuzan felt incredibly excited!

As Kuzan was imagining these things, he suddenly noticed a familiar yet unfamiliar figure in the crowd, and exclaimed in surprise, "Nicole Robin!?"

It was indeed Nico Robin. She was in the crowd, talking to Trafalgar Law beside her, her eyes occasionally flashing with awe at the battleship.

Suddenly, she heard someone calling her. Robin instinctively looked in the direction of the voice, and then she froze.

"Kuzan?" Robin asked in surprise.

Then, almost simultaneously, they both asked each other, "What are you doing here?"

(End of this chapter)