Special Resources of the Kabane World!

Mary Geoise, Authority Room.

As Senior Director Addison reported on the progress of the Kabane World, the Five Elders gathered again to discuss the next steps.

"Let's start by talking about the special resources that have been discovered in this world so far." As the head of the State Council, Topman Saint Topman Warcury spoke first.

Marcus Saint Mars, who was in charge of the Academy of Sciences, nodded.

"First and foremost, it must be the Heart Membrane in the Kabane heart."

"According to the data reported by the Materials Research Institute, this substance is between six and twelve millimeters thick, depending on the infected person's physical condition, but its strength is equivalent to a steel plate three to ten centimeters thick. It also has properties such as light transmission, adhesion, blood absorption, and high temperature resistance."

"Translucency refers to the fact that most of the membrane is transparent, but there are also blood vessels attached. They tried removing these blood vessels, but found that this would cause the membrane to quickly become a normal transparent flesh membrane without any strength or characteristics. It is clear that the Kabane Virus is still playing an important role."

"Adhesion means that it can stick to the surface of any object, and it only takes about two hours to become indistinguishable from the object, but this also means that it cannot be reused."

"Bloodsucking means that it needs to be 'fed' with fresh blood regularly, including animal blood, in order to maintain a certain level of activity; otherwise, it will 'starve' and rot."

"High-temperature resistance is easier to understand; the Kabane Virus thrives in hot liquid environments, and its membrane itself is a product of high temperatures."

After listening, Zambalong V. Saint Nusjuro glanced at the Shodai Kitetsu in his arms, adjusted his round glasses, and said, "It sounds like it would be very suitable as a reinforcement material for the blade."

"That's right!"

Marcus Saint Mars nodded and smiled, "The Materials Research Institute also mentioned this."

"Based on the ready-made blade in Biba Amatori's possession, they discovered that simply applying a layer of 'Kabane Heart Membrane' could give a blade with extremely ordinary craftsmanship, even one that could be described as inferior, the strength of a good-quality Meito, enough to easily pierce two or three layers of membrane stacked together."

"Most amazingly, even if its skin is damaged, it can slowly heal itself by applying some fresh blood!"

Upon hearing this, not only Zambalong V. Saint Nusjuro, but the other three also raised their eyebrows, becoming extremely interested in the matter.

"Doesn't that mean that as long as there are enough 'Kabane Heart Membrane', it's equivalent to having as many high-quality Meito with self-healing and life-stealing abilities as there are ordinary weapons?" Zambalong V. Saint Nusjuro said in surprise.

Marcus Saint Mars agreed, "You could say that. With a few more layers, it's entirely possible to create a weapon comparable to a Great Grade Sword, after all, this thing is only a few millimeters thick."

"Moreover, according to the Materials Research Institute's idea, not only blades, but also our warships, vehicles, buildings, and even clothing and armor can be utilized, because its essence is still a biological membrane, so it has very good plasticity."

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Hearing this, even Marcus Saint Mars himself became slightly excited, and the other four people present exchanged glances, all noticing the surprise and greed in each other's eyes.

They originally thought that the Kabane World didn't have many advanced combat forces, and even the total number of cells in the human body was much less, so they thought that the people in this world could only grow their own food and raise livestock.

But now it seems that the people of this Kabane World are of great value!

"Most importantly, this extremely convenient reinforced material can be considered both a renewable and a non-renewable resource, depending on our perspective."

The Five Elders present naturally understood the deeper meaning behind Marcus Saint Mars's words.

From a humanitarian perspective, intentionally using it as a renewable resource is undoubtedly extremely evil, heinous, and simply a crime against humanity.

From a purely economic perspective, it would be a real shame to abandon these Kabane Heart Membrane. Such a valuable supernatural material, just sitting right in front of us and ignoring it?

How could that be!

"Ahem, let's not talk about that for now. Is there anything else?"

Topman Saint Topman Warcury quickly changed the subject, saying that some things were common knowledge and could be kept quiet for now, and could be discussed when the time was right.

"There is another special resource, which is the technology they call the 'McRucky Engine'."

"It is said that this is a high-pressure steam boiler invented by a Britain scientist McRucky, who originated in the Europa Continent, using the technology of 'steam compression'. It can not only provide high-output kinetic energy for heavy Armored Train, but also be miniaturized for personal use to power Steam Gun."

"According to the inspection report from Yatsushiro Station, they even used it to power a super-large crane, which efficiently lifted the mined Iron Mine onto trains, which were then transported to Kongokaku, the capital of the Shogunate, and from there distributed it to 'post stations' Hinomoto."

Topman Saint Topman Warcury's eyes lit up, and he quickly asked, "Has this been shown to Dr. Vegapunk?"

"The 'small high-pressure boilers' carried by those soldiers have already been delivered to Punk Hazard, but the large high-pressure boilers on the Armored Train have not yet been removed."

"As for the design blueprints for this boiler, they haven't been found yet. According to the steward Crocodile captured, both the manufacturing of 'Station City' and 'Steam Gun' are handled by the Shogunate. So the relevant blueprints should be inside Kongokaku, including the 'world map' we need!"

Marcus Saint Mars paused, took a sip of hot black tea to moisten his throat, and continued speaking.

"Although there were no blueprints, Dr. Vegapunk still managed to spend an hour understanding the principle behind this high-pressure steam boiler by disassembling it."

"What did he say?" Shepard X. Shepherd Ju Peter St. pressed.

"Dr. Vegapunk means that as long as we build a large enough and numerous high-compression steam plants, and pair them with a suitable seawater impurity filter, we can produce a continuous supply of 'high-compression steam'."

"Then, by installing 'McRucky Engine' on warships or Sea Train, they can be provided with clean energy for extended periods using an extremely convenient method of plugging in gas exchange tanks."

"Furthermore, the impurities filtered out through high-compression seawater can be further screened to extract Seastone crystals."

"This technology is perfectly suited for our world, which is 90% ocean!"

At this point, Marcus Saint Mars became visibly excited, his body trembling slightly. As a member of the ruling class of the world, he understood all too well what abundant clean energy represented, and what a sufficient amount of Seastone represented!

"Then what are we waiting for!"

Zambalong V. Saint Nusjuro straightened up, his gaze sharpening, and said emphatically, "I will immediately order the Army Headquarters to have Bullet and Crocodile there suppress that so-called Shogunate capital, Kongokaku!"

"The attitude of the Shogunate and the Amatori Family is actually something that needs to be discussed at this meeting," Topman Saint Topman Warcury said in a deep voice, his fingers interlaced.

"First, should we continue to have this member of the Amatori Family serve as Shogunate shogun, or should we support a new shogun?"

"Secondly, after we subjugate this country, should we grant it the status of Affiliated Nation?"

"And should we approve Souei Wei's application to join the Biochemical Research Institute? And what should we do with the abandoned son of the Shogunate, Biba Amatori?"