Punk Hazard.
Ever since Aokiji froze the island, apart from the Science Unit and the scientific team that had been frozen into ice sculptures,
everything else had been frozen solid.
However, the World Government had no intention of reopening this laboratory.
There were two reasons.
First, the experimental base had already been exposed, so it would be safer to build a new one.
Second, all the equipment in the experimental base had been frozen.
The ice was far thicker than what had frozen the Science Unit and the scientific team.
When Aokiji froze the scientific team and the Science Unit, he had merely given them frostbite.
But the equipment and "materials" in the experimental base had been frozen beneath an incredibly thick layer of ice.
If they broke through by brute force, they would damage the equipment and the "materials."
Still, until the new laboratory was completed, the Marines had to remain stationed there.
At the docks, several Marines huddled together, shivering and rubbing their hands.
Aokiji had not only frozen the entire island but had also turned Punk Hazard into a winter island.
Everywhere one looked, Punk Hazard was now covered in snow, with the temperature holding at around fifty degrees below zero.
Even wearing cold-resistant clothing, ordinary soldiers still felt chilled to the bone.
"Anyone got a cigarette?"
"Finished mine."
"What about yours?"
"Finished too."
"Who's still got booze?"
"Hang in there. The supply ship will be here in a couple of days."
"If I could get transferred, I wouldn't stay here for anything. There's nothing here."
"Just wait. Marshal Sengoku doesn't have time to deal with us right now."
The scientific team had already withdrawn.
The force currently stationed on Punk Hazard was the Science Unit's TE Squadron.
With the scientific team gone, supplies were no longer