[One Piece] Inferior Star

Chapter 144

Germa 66, as a "villain" who has appeared in comics, actually has some "comic colors".Due to some interest in body modification technology, Mansfield—let him call him Kagawa lightly.Kagawa has researched the history of Germa 66.

The current King Jiaji, although he may look like a big and three rough man, actually used to be a colleague of Dr. Vegapunk.Together with Vegapunk, he discovered the so-called 'life blueprint'. Dr. Vegapunk was eventually recruited by the Navy, and Gaji had his own ambitions.

The Kingdom of Germa was once the king of the North Sea long ago.But the 'King' will always fail one day.The glory of the former king is gone, and Jiaji used his science of transforming the human body to make Germa the only country in the world that can drift on the sea.His ambition is to dominate the North Sea again——

However, the irony is that even if he abandons the country, he wanders on the sea.Even abandoning humanity, let all citizens become soldiers.This 'simple dream' is still beyond Kaji's reach.

What is the difference between Germa at this time and Germa at that time?

Is it not strong enough?

Isn't that scary enough?

Are there not enough soldiers and weapons?

These questions may not even be answered by Kaji himself.Perhaps the real "ambition" in his heart is not to dominate Beihai, but to let go of everything and face his own sins.

However, this trivial matter is extremely difficult for human beings, it is even more difficult than asking them to die.Humans are really hard to understand.

Kagawa raised his eyebrows. He looked at the Germa Kingdom floating on the sea. He didn't know whether it should be called a country or a fortress. He said, "This place is still as bad as ever. The sea should be a romantic place... What do you think Matthew?"

"Romance and stuff like that is a concept created by humans, I don't understand. To me the sea is the sea. I hate it." Matthew (the body) is also, as always, unsightly.Although his main body is not in this shell now, thanks to the sunny weather today and Germa's excellent signal for scientific reasons, there are almost no obstacles for him to remotely control the machine.

"Doesn't Matthew want to relax?"

"I don't need to relax." Matthew didn't know why Kagawa was so calm, they were basically kidnapped.Now that a group of Germa's "Prop Soldiers" are brought into the kingdom, someone in charge should come out and say what it is for...

But just like what Kagawa said, Germa Kingdom is a terrible place.The uniform buildings, the ground paved with stone slabs, the dark colors, and the gloomy atmosphere even when the sun was shining, this place reminded Matthew of a city he had visited before coming to this planet.

That place looks exactly like this one.It's a...a breathless ghost place that can keep anyone alive, but has to squeeze everyone.

"How did you bring Mansfield?"

At this moment, Nizhi's voice came from not far away, and the princes of Germa appeared in front of the two kidnapped targets, and the blue prince said unhappily: "You What are you doing, Mansfield?!"

Facing this kind of unfriendly questioning, Kagawa didn't show a look of fear or nervousness.As if making an offer to a partner, he smiled and replied, "Because I really want to see Ms. Reiju."

"Why on earth are you thinking about Reiju all day long!" It's fine once or twice, every time we meet you have to ask 'Where is Reiju? ''Reiju didn't come, so disappointed! ''Can I ask Reiju to come next time? "If it wasn't for having a lot of business with this person... I don't know why Niji didn't get angry. It wasn't really 'concerning my sister', but it was annoying to be ignored and this person was really annoying. !

"Hmm...probably because...worried?" Kagawa made a pensive look, which made people want to hit him even more.

"Leaving aside the personal issues of Mr. Mansfield and Ms. Reiju..." Matthew interrupted this unnutritious link, he said, "I have been kidnapped now. Then, the kidnappers, you should probably tell Why on earth did I kidnap me? By the way, if you want a ransom, my master is so poor that he can only make money by fortune telling on the street. Mr. Mansfield is more in line with your requirements."

"It's not a ransom." Iji didn't join in Niji's actions against Kagawa, he looked at Matthew and said, "Although I brought you here forcibly...But in fact, we have one thing to ask you .If you can help us, we will naturally send you back to where you came from after the matter is over."

"Hmph... please do what I do..." Matthew was thinking, and he said, "Could it be because you found something after meeting at Penderga last time?"

"It is indeed because of that meeting that today's action took place." Yiji replied, "It was obviously the first time you met us at that time, but you were very familiar with 'human body modification' and 'life design diagram', and seemed to be There is also knowledge that we have never had access to."

"You need my knowledge?"

"That's right... In fact, Germa is conducting an experiment... But there is a serious bottleneck. If you want to give up... This experiment probably started when my father rebuilt Germa, and it has already spent a lot of time. Financial and material resources, if you give up now, the loss will be too great." Yiji explained calmly, and he said, "Therefore, we hope you can help us break through this bottleneck."

"So that's how it is..." It's quite reasonable to say that.Matthew said, "Is it about body modification?"

"you can say it this way."

"Okay. I can help. But I have conditions."

"...But now you are being kidnapped?"

"That's what you say, but I'm not human. You can't kill me now, and I won't accept any threats, because the fact that you can threaten me is not worth anything to me Mention." Matthew raised his head slightly, and he said, "Although there will be some troubles, it is not to the point where I will shrink back. How about it, Mr. Iji?"

"Not 'please me,' but make a deal with me."

This guy is not easy to cooperate with as expected... And he is more difficult to deal with than everyone he has encountered before.Yizhi paused for a while, staring at Matthew's face and then slowly said: "Talk about your conditions first."

"About 17 years ago, the Kingdom of Germa made a deal with the Navy. You exchanged some kind of body modification technology for a special alloy." Matthew said, "I want this alloy. If you give me If this is the case, I will help you experiment."

"...How on earth did you know about that?"

"Iji-san knows that too. You were young 17 years ago, right?"

"Germa has made a lot of stuff with that alloy, of course I'll know." Even at a young age.It is said to be a 'metal not of this world' that fell from the sky.It must have been brought by something like a meteorite.Not sure where the navy got it from, but they offered an exchange...

In exchange for a technology of Germa - in comparison, which one is more terrifying and dangerous, weapons made of hard metal or soldiers made of genetic technology, no one can decide.

"I understand." Iji made a decision.

"Oh...can you decide on your own?" I thought you were going to ask the king for instructions.

"That's right. This is a matter for me to handle, so I will decide." Iji raised his voice slightly and said, "If the experiment is finally successful, I will give you the rest of that alloy. But if The experiment is screwed up... Even if you say that the things that threaten you are worthless to you, I will erase them from the world one by one to confirm what you said."

"Hey~~ It's really vicious, Mr. Iji." Matthew smiled, "Maybe Miss Yuxiang will like you."

"Huh?" Does that little girl have such bad taste?

"Deal." Matthew tilted his head slightly, he said, "By the way, Mr. Mansfield is here to help too?"

"It doesn't matter, this guy is fine with whatever he wants..." Iji gave up on Kagawa's restraint, "It's really troublesome, with such a partner..."

"Is it an investor?" Matthew asked.

"I invested an unimaginable amount." Iji replied with a headache.

It's really rich that can turn ghosts around.Matthew once again confirmed the unimaginable importance of money in human society.If you think money is not everything, it means you don't have enough money.

"Then Miss Reiju..."

"I'm sick!"

Yiji was also annoyed, he said with a headache: "Reiju is in her own room, after all, she doesn't want to see you at all!"

"So that's the case. If that's the case, I can rest assured." After getting this kind of answer, Kagawa actually gave up.He said with a smile on his face, "Now let me take a look at the experiment that needs Matthew's help. To be honest, I am also very interested. It would be great if I could help a little."

I gave up too quickly... What's going on?Matthew felt strange, at first he thought Kagawa was obsessed with that Reiju-san, but...it doesn't feel like it?

"Whatever you want..." Why is one or two so uncomfortable... Yiji gave up the theory, he turned around and said, "The things I want to show you are only known to us royal families. Don't gossip oh."

Well... Anyway, depending on the situation, Miss Youxiang will definitely know.Matthew thought silently in his heart, let's see what amazing things these primitive people have made.

They followed the two princes of Germa (Iji and Niji) into a building at the back of the palace.Although this is a place like a sea fortress, it is a country after all, and the place is quite big... It's just that the decoration is too serious and boring. If it weren't for the window, Matthew would even think it was built by robots.

Walking into the depths of the building, Nichi opened a closed door, and what appeared in front of him was a laboratory full of test tubes, glass covers and other large equipment.Perhaps this was the style of Punk Hazard before it was destroyed.Not bad for a barbarian.

The room was filled with cultivation cabins filled with human bodies. Matthew was familiar with human cultivation on this scale, and he said, "So that's how Germa 66's invincible soldiers came from."

"You can understand at a glance." It was easier than expected.Iji said, "Just pick out the best soldiers, and then 'infinitely copy' them. It only takes five or six years to produce soldiers in their 20s, with rich experience and excellent abilities."

"Hmph... It really looks like an 'evil army' preparing for 'war' at any time." Matthew did not comment on this behavior, and Kagawa didn't seem to care too much about it: "Germa's body modification technology is no longer considered a It's a secret... To be honest, this situation did not escape my expectations. Mr. Iji... What is it that you really want us to see?"

"These people are all 'copied' based on a certain person that already existed." Iji went straight to the point, he looked at the soldiers in the training cabin and said, "But human beings have limits. Even Transforming humans will also be limited by the limits of human genes. Our father hopes to surpass this limit."

"Beyond human limits..." It's not that no one has thought about this kind of thing, it's better to say that everyone is dreaming this kind of dream.It's just that in the end, he either gave up halfway or died, or suddenly discovered that human beings are ultimately unable to do God's work.But here... Matthew had a bad guess, he said, "Did you... create a person 'out of thin air'?"

"...If you are not a real 'human', you will not have the limit of a human being." Iji did not answer directly, he walked to the innermost part of the laboratory, and then opened the door of the innermost room.The light inside the room was very dark, but Matthew could still see that there was an independent training cabin in the center of the room...

"I don't know if you have heard that there is a race called 'Fur Race' living in this world. It is similar in appearance to humans, but has animal characteristics." Yizhi walked to the independent training cabin , he said, "They are a natural 'fighting nation', and even very young children can become extremely powerful fighters."

"..." Matthew also approached the past, and through the glass observation window of the training cabin, he could see the young man inside...not a complete human, nor a complete fur race, but a pair of animal ears and a big A human man with a tail... What kind of evil creation is this... Wasn't it really made by your xp! ?

"I originally wanted to create a complete fur tribe, but in fact the fur tribe is a group of friendly people by nature, which is not in line with Germa's principles. Therefore, human elements were added...and it finally became like this. "Iji's tone seemed a little helpless, "In fact, we can control less than we imagined. This is a job...more difficult than it seems."

"Of course." This is different from K-Long!If you want to make an artificial human, you need to start cultivating from a single cell. Because it is an artificially manufactured cell, in order to ensure smooth proliferation at the beginning, you must arrange each division, 'teach' the cells one by one what to do, and allocate each cell. The function of an artificial cell, that is to say, requires the construction of a human body in units of cells.

It was a thankless job even in my own time, a job that was never necessary or even wanted to be done.Can this method break through the limits of human beings?have no idea.But it is true that species that do not exist in nature can indeed be produced in this way.only--

The price is too great!It spends too much money, consumes too much, and has extremely high requirements for talents. It may be used for decades without any results. It is almost impossible for a team to meet all the demanding requirements at the same time just to create a company that does not know whether it can survive smoothly. Or something significantly different from existing creatures.

No one would do anything without a certain interest... Apparently, Germa was also betting.However, this is indeed something that can make all scientists stare at the stars in science.

"It's really amazing..." Little stars appeared in Kagawa's eyes, but he was generally calm, "So what's the problem? Mr. Iji?"

"The experiment is the last step... This is an experiment that has been going on since my father rebuilt Germa. Even if there may not be any good results in the end, I don't want to put it on hold..." Yi Zhi paused here, He said, "Although I think my father still has high expectations for this thing, otherwise he wouldn't kidnap Matthew on purpose."

"That's right..." Matthew scanned the 'artificial human' while Iji was talking just now. As a barbarian, he did a pretty good job.It's just that some places are too rough and random, and some places are not technically qualified... so this is just a 'looks like a living' piece of meat.Presumably the real question is—

No matter what, he couldn't wake him up.

It's not 'whether the manufactured things can exceed the limits of human beings', but 'manufacturers themselves are human beings and cannot exceed the limits'.As a result, isn't this already determined from the beginning?

"It's not impossible if you ask me to do it." After all, I am not a human being, and I can easily surpass your limits.Matthew said, "But you need to fully support my work on this, and let me take charge of the progress of the experiment."

"Okay." I knew you would say that.Iji said, "How long do you need?"

"One month."

"One... one month??"

"Is it too long?"

"..." It took us many years to do nothing... Iji looked at Matthew's calm face, and it took a few seconds to make sure he wasn't joking, "I see. Just a month . After that, let's discuss whether to celebrate or punish."

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