The Great Voyage Begins with the Celestial Dragons

"In order to have a certain combat ability, I often spar with Ashura Doji on Sky Island."

"No wonder he always looks scared whenever he talks to Cat Viper and mentions you."

Luther raised an eyebrow and smiled.

"It's not my fault, it's just that I sometimes have some special ideas that need to be tested."

Olvia's eyes sparkled with interest as she blinked at Gion:

"Actually, sparring with Gion would be more effective, but His Highness would definitely not allow it."

"Let's forget about Gion."

Luther shook his head.

In terms of strength, even though Olvia has many tricks up her sleeve, three of her couldn't beat Gion.

But when it comes to brains, even Gion can't outwit Olvia.

Luther was genuinely afraid that the two of them might escalate their fight into a real brawl.

"Your Highness, I am not as bad as you think."

As if knowing what Luther was thinking, Gion rolled her eyes.

"You really need a good beating!"

Luther smiled, put his arm around Gion's slender waist, touched noses with hers, and then let go of her.

Gion squinted and smiled slightly. It was indeed quite nice to be able to enjoy herself like this in her spare time.

However, thinking of Olvia, her expression still turned somewhat unpleasant.

Olvia is really growing up too fast.

She's starting to think that she should read some books.

For some reason, she always had the feeling that the world had changed.

In the past, everyone relied on brute force in this world. Basically, whoever had the best talent, the strongest physique, or the most powerful fruit could win.

Since following Luther, she felt that intelligence accounted for the majority of her strength.

Intelligence does not directly represent strength, but people with good minds often improve their strength just as quickly.

"Alright, don't think about it too much. When you have time, you can exchange experiences with Olvia. She will tell you what you're missing."

Luther shook his head and walked forward with Gion in his arms.

Gion's swordsmanship and Haki have been improving steadily over the past two years, but her Devil Fruit abilities have stagnated, and it's unclear how far she is from awakening.

In this situation, it is indeed necessary to communicate with Olvia.

"understood!"

Gion pursed her lips. Although she was somewhat unwilling, she kept it in mind because it was Luther who said it.

At this moment, they had crossed the boundary between the core area and the middle area and entered the middle area, which resembled a bustling city.

If the core area is the high-class area where nobles reside, then the middle-class area is the ordinary area of ​​a city.

With the design ideas provided by Luther at the time, the housing design in the middle-level area was completely different from the housing in this world.

Throughout the area, most buildings are 6-10 story high-rises, both in commercial and residential areas.

The commercial area is more like a series of large department stores, with a constant stream of people coming and going at the entrance, and all sorts of people moving around inside.

Of course, it includes the casinos and gladiatorial arenas that pirates love, and even more entertainment venues such as bull racing arenas than the core area.

Just from what Luther saw as he passed by, he could tell that Happy Valley was now a well-equipped small town of ten thousand people.

How many pirates are there in Happy Valley?

When faced with Luther's question, Olvia answered as if she knew it all by heart:

"965 people in the core area, 54312 people in the middle area, and 5252 people in the chaotic area. Just now, 5 people died in the chaotic area."

"You can monitor the entire city in real time?" Gion asked in surprise.

“We can monitor the general situation, but monitoring each person’s movements is quite difficult,” Olvia said with a slight smile.

"Then why do you know so much detail?" Gion asked, frowning.

This ability to know the exact number of people in the entire city who are alive or dead is simply monstrous.

Covering the city with her Observation Haki is no problem, but counting all the signs of life is an extremely time-consuming task, not to mention the need to constantly update the numbers due to deaths.

Just thinking about it made her feel like it was a crazy thing to do.

"It is not Observation Haki."

Luther shook his head, glanced at the pirates passing by, and seemed to have noticed something, saying:

"It's an electrical signal, isn't it? Every time a pirate enters Happy Valley, you implant an electric current into them, allowing you to control their life or death at any time."

"Your Highness is truly remarkable," Olvia remarked.

Gion was still somewhat puzzled, "How were they counted?"

“I can’t directly count all the electrical signals, but I can calculate them by arranging them in a certain way.” Olvia smiled slightly. “For example, in the core area, I would treat every 100 electrical signals as a whole, and I can directly calculate the total number, and then subtract the missing electrical signals.”

“The middle layer is similar to the chaotic zone. It is based on 1000 electrical signals as a whole, so the quantity can be easily calculated.”

“It sounds simple, but it’s actually something no human can do.” Gion shook her head.

Just hearing Olvia talk about it made her realize that it was something that not just anyone could do.

"This is the benefit of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Your Highness. I must say, it is indeed the strongest support fruit without a doubt."

Olvia sighed, pointing to her brain:

"Inspired by Your Highness, I can convert many electrical signals into magnetic signals and store them in my brain, and then obtain information by analyzing the current."

"What do you mean?" Gion asked, somewhat confused.

"In short, Olvia can store the data that needs to be recorded in her brain as 1s and 0s, and then convert it into normal information that we can understand through some kind of pre-programmed electrical current."

As Luther spoke, he couldn't help but look at Olvia with a strange expression.

He had only proposed a hypothesis for a computer model at the time; heaven knows how Olvia actually implemented it.

If a computer can function like a supercomputer and still retain human emotions, it's practically indistinguishable from the legendary artificial intelligence.

If computers were ubiquitous in the world, he suspected that Olvia could transform into electricity and enter the virtual world.

Olvia smiled slightly, seemingly enjoying Luther's surprise.

"Your Highness, the technology you mentioned for communicating via electrical signals is currently achievable under my supervision, but it will take a long time before it can be done independently."

"It's good enough already. That kind of technology relies on a medium, and the islands are too far apart to be easily implemented."

Luther shook his head; Olvia had already given him a big enough surprise.

The idea of ​​establishing a wireless communication system that is not based on Den Den Mushi (a type of telephone insect) was just that – a concept.

He didn't actually have much hope that it would come true.

The world of One Piece is full of islands; relying on base stations for full coverage is less practical than launching satellites.

After all, there is a real precedent of flying to the moon.

"Your Highness, the idea you proposed will one day come true."

Olvia nodded earnestly and made a solemn promise to Luther.

Chapter 179 Human Rental Project

Then, Olvia led Luther toward the chaotic area.

During this time, Luther and Gion also learned about each other through Olvia.

The middle-level area is where the most pirates gather. The houses are mainly 5-6 story buildings, and most of them are one-bedroom apartments. They are priced at only 1 million Berries and can be rented.

The rental price isn't expensive, 50,000 Berries per day.

For most pirates, this is an acceptable number.

Winning a couple of matches in the arena will easily save up enough money to cover this cost.

In addition, by working in other shops or doing some manual labor, it's still quite easy to survive in the middle class.

As Luther and his companions passed through the more heavily guarded gates of the chaotic area, even Luther's brow furrowed slightly.

The air was thick with the stench of blood and decay, mixed with a host of nauseating odors.

As far as the eye can see, the land is ravaged.

Most of the houses were dilapidated, with signs of violent destruction both above and below.

Even with Luther's Observation Haki, he could sense that bloodshed and violence were taking place constantly in the Chaos Zone.

Killing, robbery, theft, beatings, coercion... it was filled with all sorts of negative emotions.

Given that Olvia's Observation Haki was even stronger than his, she must have been able to observe even more.

What do you see here?

Luther asked with a hint of curiosity, "Logically speaking, given Olvia's personality, she wouldn't allow a place to be in absolute chaos."

Olvia stared straight ahead expressionlessly and spoke softly:

"I want to see what kind of society will naturally evolve when a group of outcast pirates are thrown into a land of absolute freedom."

"Isn't it meaningless to only be a pirate?"

Gion frowned, looking at the filthy place before her with disgust.

It's obvious that a group of pirates gathered together cannot maintain the existing order.

“Of course it’s not just pirates, Your Highness. Do you remember when I applied to you for 100 billion in funding?” Olvia said quietly.

“That money was earned from Gaya Island.” Luther shook his head and looked around. “Did you spend 100 billion here?”

"That's right!"

Olvia smiled. "There are indeed only about 6000 pirates in the Chaotic Zone, but the actual population here is as high as 3!"