Vegapunk's Satellites

Several days later, as the news of the Celestial Dragons being killed continued to spread and ferment.

Dongye Huanglong received an updated bounty poster.

His original bounty directly doubled, rising from 500 million Berries to 1 billion Berries.

Such a terrifying rate and scale of growth surpassed even the young Four Emperors.

However, many great pirates still believed that Dongye Huanglong's strength did not deserve such a bounty. He had merely done something as momentous as killing Celestial Dragons.

For a time, more and more bounty hunters wanted to kill this man whose strength was severely mismatched with his bounty.

Some great pirates also wanted to take down Dongye Huanglong and spread their own fame across the world.

At the same time, more and more crazy people wanted to join Dongye Huanglong's Desolate Dragon Group and follow this man in causing chaos.

They liked exciting lives and wanted to follow Dongye Huanglong in taking action against the World Government and the Celestial Dragons.

These people had also gained a thorough understanding of Dongye Huanglong's and Tyrant Kuma's Devil Fruit abilities.

The Dragon Fruit ability combined with the Paw-Paw Fruit ability was simply the perfect combination for killing, arson, and making a quick getaway.

Following them to turn the seas upside down, they would not need to fear being hunted down and surrounded by the World Government and Marines, just like Golden Lion Shiki's Flying Fleet back then!

Inside the new laboratory on Upper Yard of the Sky Island.

Dongye Huanglong looked at the infant bodies of Vegapunk's satellites in the incubation chambers. Of the four, three were actually women.

"You old pervert, do you have some kind of special preference?"

Dongye Huanglong glanced indifferently at Vegapunk as two robot-like satellites already stood beside him.

They were Vegapunk's Thought Edison and Wisdom Pythagoras.

"They were once geniuses who devoted themselves to science. I want them to live on in another way."

A trace of nostalgia flashed through Vegapunk's eyes. By now, his ever-growing, super-giant brain had been removed by Law's Op-Op Fruit.

Together with Vegapunk's own professional medical and scientific knowledge, he had constructed an enormous Punk Record atop the Giant Beanstalk!

His head was now connected to his giant brain through an apple antenna.

"These Pacifistas should be ready for actual combat in a little over a year, right?"

Dongye Huanglong looked at the first batch of cloned embryos, which used Tyrant Kuma as their cloning template.

Vegapunk's technology was clearly several levels beyond Vinsmoke Judge's.

The cloned soldiers of the Germa 66 army came in batches every five years, while Vegapunk's Pacifistas only required a little over a year.

"The Buccaneer Tribe's bloodline is very powerful. A year and a half is more than enough. By then, we will have a group of extremely powerful soldiers to maintain peace in this world."

Vegapunk spoke excitedly. The name Pacifista had come from Kuma's dream.

"The Seraphim Project also needs to be put on the agenda. I'll find you the genes of more powerful Paramecia users as soon as possible!"

Dongye Huanglong stared intently at these clones and spoke seriously, while the plans in his heart continued to expand.

"I understand. I will design specialized incubation chambers for cultivating Seraphim as soon as possible.

Also, regarding the incomplete Artificial Zoan Devil Fruits you want me to make, do you want us to build a large bloodline factor extraction facility, or should we go to Punk Hazard and move the experimental equipment there back here? That would save us some time and money."

After learning of Dongye Huanglong's idea, Vegapunk became somewhat interested in this concept of growing Artificial Devil Fruits. He had never considered letting the Tontatta, those green caretakers, grow artificial Devil Fruit trees.

"When I have time in a few days, I'll personally go to Punk Hazard and bring back whatever you need."

Dongye Huanglong thought for a moment before speaking. Since it could save time, using existing experimental equipment would be better. That way, they could extract the bloodline factors of ordinary animals more quickly to grow Artificial Devil Fruits.

He also wanted to return to Punk Hazard and use the poisonous gas covering the entire island to strengthen his Poison Powder Bloodline Ability.

Most importantly, he would not leave that experimental equipment behind for Caesar and Doflamingo to create Artificial Devil Fruits.

Sooner or later, he would slaughter that bastard Caesar!

"That's good. Also, there is a massive giant snake on Upper Yard. The people of the Sky Island seem to call it the Sky Lord. When you and Kuma have time, capture it. I want to use it to study Sea Beast Weapons and see whether we can completely control these giant beasts."

Vegapunk continued speaking, while the two robot satellites, Edison and Pythagoras, rapidly recorded Vegapunk's various ideas and concepts.

"Sure."

Dongye Huanglong answered casually in a relaxed tone. It was only a giant snake; there was nothing difficult about it.

"Oh, right. That Munch-Munch Fruit user is really amazing. He can actually synthesize shape-memory alloy. We're going to get rich. Just by selling this memory alloy, we can become world tycoons second only to Gild Tesoro.

And I also want to develop a batch of combat armor similar to Vinsmoke's high-tech battle suits."

Vegapunk danced about excitedly. To increase the production of memory alloy, he planned to give one of the future Seraphim an additional Paramecia Munch-Munch Fruit ability.

"Besides memory alloy, perhaps you can create some other alloys with different uses."

Dongye Huanglong smiled faintly. Capturing Wapol had indeed been the right decision. That man would create tremendous value in the future, and the money he earned might rival Gild Tesoro's Grand Entertainment Island ship.

Only after Dongye Huanglong and Vegapunk discussed numerous concepts and ideas did he leave the Sky Island laboratory with satisfaction.

After leaving Vegapunk's laboratory, Dongye Huanglong went to the place where the Ark Maxim was being built.

Dr. Wolf was now in charge there. This genius inventor was not only deeply versed in submarine technology, but also highly knowledgeable about aircraft.

At Dongye Huanglong's suggestion, Dr. Wolf had not only added more advanced machinery to the Ark Maxim, but also planned to install a large number of Wind-Pressure Shells to create an emergency acceleration system, as well as a compressed-air propulsion system similar to the Wind-Pressing Cannon.

"Desolate Dragon Group Leader, give me one more month, and I guarantee I can finish this Golden Ship."

Wolf spoke excitedly. He had already studied the Ark Maxim's construction blueprints thoroughly.

However, this Golden Ship seemed to exist specifically for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit ability, requiring enormous amounts of electricity to operate.

Of course, aside from a Rumble-Rumble Fruit user, the lightning of Dongye Huanglong's Mythical Zoan Dragon could also power this Golden Ship.

And once he and Vegapunk developed a new energy source to replace the Rumble-Rumble Fruit ability, they would be able to mass-produce this type of flying warship.

"Good. I hope to receive a perfect Golden Ship."

Dongye Huanglong said with a smile. Having all kinds of talented people under him was comfortable; he could simply leave things to others.

How could those so-called elite pirate crews compare to the various teams of talented people within a major force?

Dongye Huanglong did not really approve of the elite pirate crew route. Such teams had a fixed ceiling. They could not create greater value, nor could they shake the foundations of the World Government.

However, those pirate crews pursued personal dreams and absolute freedom, not the development of the world.

Everyone sought different things.

They would not possess the idea of "helping the world when one prospered." They only wanted to live freely, or plunder without restraint.