Sudden Casualties!

Ultimately, the Five Elders reached a consensus on the distribution of Breathing Technique.

The main approach is to plan according to the characteristics of the Breathing Technique, but of course, this planning is not a set of rigid rules.

There is no such thing Army being able to practice the Flame Breathing Technique while other departments cannot. Instead, the primary Breathing Technique is determined based on the needs of each department.

For example, techniques like 'Thunder Breathing' are too loud and definitely not suitable for CIPHER POL, and their excessive lethality also makes them unsuitable for use by police officers.

Therefore, following Zambalong V. Saint Nusjuro's idea, it was decided to provide training to the lower ranks of the military.

Strictly speaking, it is suitable for all branches of the military, including the Army, navy, and Air Force, regardless of the Breathing Technique used; it all depends on individual talent and compatibility.

However, relatively speaking, the attributes of the Water Breathing technique are indeed more suitable for the Navy, which fights on water all year round, while the Thunder Breathing Wind Breathing for the Air Force, and the Flame Breathing and Stone Breathing are suitable for the Army.

Breathing Technique are directly related to Divine Power, and to maximize their Bleach, a more suitable mindset and cultivation environment are essential.

As for the Ministry of Police, since their primary goal is to capture prisoners alive, the Wind Breathing and Thunder Breathing are not suitable.

There's also Tengen Uzui's 'Sound Breathing'.

Recently, the Sea Ninja Village discovered that, based on the World Government's latest requirements for their combat style, this Breathing Technique is simply unsuitable for Sea Ninja members.

Because it makes such a loud noise, possibly because it belongs to a branch of 'Thunder Breathing', each swing of its sword produces a sound similar to Sound Explosion.

That's not tolerant at all!

Left with no other choice, the current First Sea Shadow, Fukurokuju, had to ask Mihawk for an instructor who could teach Serpent Breathing and Insect Breathing. This left Tengen Uzui speechless. He was currently trying to improve Sound Breathing to see if he could reduce the noise while maintaining the speed and frequency of his sword strikes.

Empress.

Pica, now a senior architect in the Construction Bureau, led a construction team of three thousand people to the RL1558 area where the No. 3 Star Gate Camp is located.

It should be autumn here, but because all the trees and vegetation in the area have been cleared, apart from the cool temperature and the occasional autumn breeze, there is really nothing to see that should be autumn.

Simply put, it's a barren landscape, with nothing but reddish-brown plains and a cluster of newly built, rudimentary structures.

At this time.

The area was already piled high with stones, countless rocks stacked together to form a stone mountain that was over ten meters high and covered an area of several miles. Pica left the group without saying a word and came to the stone mountain alone under the watchful eyes of many excited people.

Although the workers had seen it several times before, their faces still showed anticipation.

The next moment.

The massive body, nearly five meters tall, slowly merged into the surface of the stone mountain and quickly disappeared from everyone's sight. Then, all the stones in the area spontaneously merged into one, transforming into a super Stone Giant over two hundred meters tall.

When it moved, it was as if the Red Line itself trembled, and the loud banging made the three thousand workers in the distance and the Army soldiers on guard even further away tremble with fear.

The power of the Paramecia Stone-Stone Fruit is always so awe-inspiring; its workload alone is probably equivalent to that of tens of thousands of people.

However, Pica didn't care about these things and focused on completing her work.

As the Stone Giant strode forward, he sculpted the rocks in his hands into various soldier bunkers, machine gun emplacements, artillery positions, and two smooth, wide stone roads—all for the tank group.

At the same time, they also had to manipulate the rocks under their feet into ever-extending rotating drills to create underground tunnels.

The task of those three thousand workers was to dig trenches and communication trenches behind them, a war experience they had learned from the Demon Slayer World.

After all, even if a landing operation is needed on the Sea Star side, it mainly involves beach assault, hand-to-hand combat, or urban warfare; trenches are not very common.

Pica couldn't get involved in this, since his Stone-Stone Fruit ability could only control rocks and had little effect on ordinary land.

In short, the Army's hypothetical plan is that once the Otherworld forces invade through the Star Gate, they will use this place as the first battlefield to meet the enemy!

Empress, the defensive fortifications were basically completed.

Pica led the workers and various construction equipment out of RL1558. At the command of Army General Akainu, the 300,000- Army troops, who had been prepared, surged forward and entered the trenches and fortresses in full armor.

Heavy howitzers were also moved to their respective positions and firing parameters were adjusted by the artillerymen, while heavily armored tanks painted black stood ready in the distance.

In the air, twenty Flying Warship, led by Air Force Admiral 'Kizaru' and 'Azure Dragon', floated slowly in two squadrons, one on the left and one on the right, their large-caliber naval guns pointing directly at the Star Gate Camp.

As night fell, large searchlights illuminated the area as if it were daytime.

Until the sun rose the next day, golden light spilled onto the crimson earth, making the black soldiers, gun barrels, and cannon barrels gleam.

Everyone got plenty of rest.

Finally, the first group of explorers from CIPHER POL and the air quality monitors from the Biochemical Research Institute arrived. Under the watchful eyes of armed soldiers on both sides, they Earth Flow the gate of the Star Gate Camp without any hesitation.

Imu, of course, was also observing all of this from his high vantage point, and he noticed that he didn't recognize any of the people in the group.

In other words, the first group of people to enter the No. 3 Star Gate were all considered 'Mumei passersby'.

According to the report given to him by the Five Elders, these CP members and researchers had already been informed of the dangers of this mission and Kagaya Ubuyashiki's prophecy.

But they accepted it anyway.

There was no coercion involved; it was entirely voluntary. The World Government promised them that their families would receive a bonus of ten million Beli, regardless of the outcome.

At the same time, their children will receive the best education and training, and there will definitely be a place for them in the future Academy City.

If they return alive, they will be promoted one level immediately.

Twenty minutes later.

Six CIPHER POLs and four researchers, dressed in hazmat suits and carrying Den Den Den Mushi) with long wires attached to their shoulders, passed through the disinfection process at the Biochemical Safety Station. After exchanging glances, they resolutely stepped into the Star Gate.

Here at the headquarters of the Otherworld Strategy Committee.

The six chairpersons, led by Chairman Fernandez and Vice Chairman Kongming, stared intently at the screen wall composed of dozens of virtual screens.

Soon, the viewpoints of each explorer were displayed on ten large screens.

The first thing you see isn't a hail of bullets or artillery fire, but a vast expanse of Kitsuchi sand and barren hills in the distance, with very little vegetation. It's easy to see that the soil here has been severely eroded.

The intense sunlight suggests that the temperature must be extremely hot; this is a barren, arid land!

The Five Elders in the Authority Room exchanged glances.

Kagaya Ubuyashiki's prophecy seems to have come true; at least the circumstances are as he described.

On the screen, after discovering that they had not been attacked, four of the six CIPHER POL members went to explore further in different directions as planned, while the remaining two stayed behind to protect the researchers.

Meanwhile, the four researchers began using equipment to detect the composition and concentration of air near the Star Gate.

[Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!]

A few minutes later, a deafening explosion suddenly rang out, and four of the large screens burst into a violent Huoguang before going completely dark. No one could be seen during the entire process.

Immediately afterwards, the Star Gate was also subjected to a barrage of artillery fire. Needless to say, all six people, including the Den Den Mushi, were wiped out. Even Tekkai wouldn't have been able to withstand that level of firepower.

Everything happened so fast that the high-ranking military and political officials on the World Government's side frowned.

This operation yielded only one clear piece of information: the air composition on the other side was fine, and the oxygen content was similar to that in the Demon Slayer World.