From Pirates to the Strongest Death God in Soul Society

Chapter 209 Kuzan: I want to build a new navy too! ?
The infrastructure of the main island of Melview has not yet been completed, to be more precise, it is still far from being completed.

Shiqi's palace complex was directly requisitioned, and with some of his original infrastructure, it was barely enough for living.

But there are still big gaps in the rest.

Therefore, Melview can be said to be very "chaotic" at this time. It feels like a construction site everywhere you look.

A large number of construction robots are working here. At the same time, you can also see many workers busy at the construction site.

Following Binz through a construction site, Kuzan stopped and looked at a group of laborers not far away with a surprised expression and said, "What's going on? Slavery?"

It can indeed be said to be slavery.

Several navy soldiers held long whips and waved them in the air from time to time, making a loud crackling sound and intimidating the surrounding workers.

Occasionally, if he found someone slacking off, he would whip them without saying a word, and the person would be beaten until his skin was torn and he cried out in pain.

How inhumane! This was Kuzan's first thought. How could this be possible?
Before Kuzan could find fault, Binz explained, "Well, they are not good people. They were originally members of the Flying Pirates under Skyki. After Admiral Bane occupied Melview, he recruited them all and made them into laborers. This plan is called 'labor reform'. They can reduce their guilt by building Melview. After working for five years, they can be considered to restore their civilian status. Of course, these are just ordinary pirate minions. Pirate prisoners with more serious crimes have been sent to Impelton."

"Are they pirates?" Kuzan's dissatisfaction instantly disappeared, and he even nodded in approval, "That's fine, labor reform. Bane is a really thoughtful guy."

Can pirates still be considered human beings?

Not beating them to death but instead giving them a few whips for making them move bricks here is already very merciful treatment, right?

As a former admiral of the navy, Kuzan would not sympathize with any pirates.

"Yes, originally the construction of Melview requires a large amount of labor, and letting these pirates contribute can be regarded as a contribution to justice. Not only them, in a few days, Impelton will also send the first batch of prisoners for labor reform, with a number of about 7,000. If the performance of these prisoners is good and it proves that this model can be operated maturely, we will carry out comprehensive cooperation with Impelton in the future, and we will be able to import about 50,000 pirate labor reform prisoners from there every year, which will greatly supplement the lack of labor in Melview." Binz said with a smile.

The development of Melview involves a long construction period. After all, the Skytree project is so large that there is not even an upper limit. In other words, it is possible to build hundreds of floating islands.

This is obviously not something that can be accomplished in one or two years. Bane also plans to build this place into the base camp of the pirate world. When the other world is conquered in the future, this place will serve as the subsequent core transfer station to continuously supply the resources of this world to the front line of the other world.

"Impelton???" Kuzan was quite shocked when he heard this plan. Bane really regarded the pirates as 'his own people'!

With this shock in mind, Kuzan once again went to Melview with Binz to investigate the situation there.

In another area, Kuzan saw endless tent camps that housed a large number of refugees. A rough estimate was that the number was around 50,000 to 60,000.

Moreover, this is definitely not the end, because Kuzan saw the elevator over there, which was also sending some refugees up from below in an orderly manner. If he guessed correctly, as many refugees were granted the status of Melview residents today, as many refugees would be added to this camp.

As if noticing Kuzan's gaze, Binz began to explain, "The New World has been too chaotic recently. Wars of various levels and intensities have broken out everywhere. It's not just pirates causing chaos, many countries are also attacking each other. The most common people on the sea are not pirates, but homeless refugees. Every time our transport ships return after purchasing enough supplies from various islands, as long as there is spare capacity, they will bring back a large number of refugees."

"The world is not easy." Kuzan nodded when he heard it.

He had seen this kind of situation many times on his way from the New World to Melview. He naturally knew that the chaos in the New World was very serious and these refugees were unfortunate, but at the same time, wasn't it a kind of luck to be able to arrive in Melview alive?

"It is a kind of justice to help these refugees rebuild their homes." Binz smacked his lips, and then said, "It's a pity that our current carrying capacity is not enough. Once more infrastructure is up to standard, we can absorb these refugees with higher efficiency. We can provide them with shelter, and they can provide us with considerable productivity and stable logistics. If this virtuous cycle continues, the future of Melview will definitely be worth looking forward to."

Kuzan nodded and was about to say something when he suddenly froze in place, suddenly thinking of a more terrifying scenario.

Binz had said before that Melville would be able to accommodate millions or even tens of millions of people in the future. He thought it was a bit unrealistic at the time. He didn't know how many years it would take to achieve this. However, if it was to absorb refugees from the New World on such a large scale, tens of millions might still be a long way off. But as long as Melville's supply could keep up, it would not be impossible to achieve a population of one million in three or two years or even less! What does a naval base with a population of one million represent?
It means that their source of troops is very stable!

And it is quite reliable!
As long as the financial and material resources can keep up, with the continuous explosion of population, the G-6 Naval Base will be able to mobilize hundreds of thousands or even more troops at any time in the future. And the members of these troops all come from the same place, which is quite scary!

At this point, Kuzan seemed to have realized what Teacher Zefa and Bane were trying to do!

They're going to build a new navy! ?

Kuzan finally understood why Teacher Zefa insisted on inviting him to Melview to take a look around, because even if it was his own mentor Zefa who talked about this kind of thing verbally, Kuzan would not feel any sense of reality, and he even thought their ideas were too absurd.

But now, Zefa hasn't said anything yet. Binz just took him around the island, and he instinctively realized these situations. What does this mean?
This means that there is indeed a possibility of realizing a 'new navy'!
"You are really crazy," Kuzan came back to his senses and said in a shocked tone.

"Crazy?" Binz obviously didn't notice Kuzan's change of mentality, and said in confusion: "Isn't this a good thing? I think it's very meaningful."

"Absorbing refugees and building new homes is indeed meaningful." Kuzan looked at Binz and said, "But I'm not talking about this, but the plan behind you. Binz, although the teacher didn't tell me clearly, I can already feel that you want to get rid of the constraints of Mary Geoise and the rules of the World Government and build a new navy, right?"

Binz's expression suddenly stiffened, and Kuzan didn't seem to need his answer. He stood there, looked around, and said softly after a moment: "No need to answer, all this is enough to prove it."

Thinking of this, Kuzan no longer wanted to hang around here. He now urgently wanted to meet his teacher and listen to his thoughts and ideas.

He vaguely felt that his trip might not be in vain. After being confused for many years, he might find new answers here!

He thought that he would lose his past dreams and motivation after leaving the navy, but he didn't expect that there would be a broader new world here!
Melview Scientific Research Experiment Center!

This is the first wave of completed projects in the Melville infrastructure plan. The original scientific research base built by Shiji has been greatly expanded and renovated, occupying nearly one-sixth of the area of Melville Island.

Due to the abundant funds and the personal design and construction of Dr. Kinos, the scientific research equipment here can be said to be top-notch, in no way inferior to Egghead. In Vegapunk's opinion, this place is even more advanced than his Egghead!

With abundant financial resources and the leadership of top scientific research leaders, Melview has already attracted many scientific research talents from the public. In the entire scientific research base, there are nearly a thousand researchers engaged in busy work.

Kuzan was brought into this large scientific research base by Binz, because Zefa was handling some things here at the moment.

Passing by an experimental shooting range, Kuzan stood outside the range looking at the new weapons inside with a very complicated expression.

A researcher wearing a white coat, who looked to be of ordinary strength and physical fitness, was holding a Type 99 light machine gun that Kuzan could not understand, and was madly firing at a target in the distance.

With Kuzan's eyesight, he could naturally feel the horror of this new type of weapon!
This thing is much more powerful than the navy's standard firearms, hundreds of times more powerful. An ordinary sailor, using this weapon, can complete the fire suppression that originally could only be provided by a tactical team of the navy alone!

"What kind of weapon is this?" Kuzan couldn't help but ask Binz beside him.

"This is a new type of weapon developed by Dr. Kinos. I don't know its specific name yet, but people here call it the 'Type 9 Light Machine Gun'." Binz introduced with some pride.

Just as Kuzan was shocked by this, a group of researchers ran out from the end of the corridor in the distance, knocking on the doors of various laboratories like calling friends, saying: "Quick, quick, the Kinos No. 1 battleship is about to be launched into the simulated sea area for testing. If you don't want to miss it, go and take a look!"

"What is the Kinos I battleship?" Kuzan asked Binz with a confused look on his face.

Binz was also excited at this moment and said: "That is an unnamed warship. Although Dr. Kinos repeatedly told us not to call it 'Kinos No. 1' and he called it backward garbage, but in my opinion, it is a powerful new warship that far exceeds the standard warships of our Navy Headquarters. The teacher should be there, let's go over there quickly!"

(End of this chapter)