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Chapter 662: The Newly Born 'Lord of the Sky', Kukulkan!
"Oh?"
Im's eyebrows lifted in surprise upon hearing these words, feeling quite astonished.
He hadn't expected Dean Vegapunk to have already researched the Technology to manufacture Devil Fruits so early.
He had thought it would take at least four or five years.
After all, there was still a time span of twenty-one years until the 'Original Plot'.
Actually, the reason Vegapunk achieved results so quickly was largely related to two key factors.
Firstly, the 'Spoiler Information' Im showed him back then allowed Vegapunk to avoid many detours and served to clarify his Research direction.
Secondly, Im's previous actions of having the World Government fully assist Vegapunk in improving his Hometown, 'Future Kingdom' Baldimore Island, and even specifically dispatching Sakazuki for this purpose, earned him Vegapunk's recognition and loyalty.
Otherwise, even if he had achieved results, there was a high probability that Vegapunk would have hidden them.
Unlike now, where he reported it immediately.
Currently, on 'Future Kingdom' Baldimore Island, although Vegapunk chose to retain the island's Climate, unwilling to pay the price of losing the night, it remained a Ice and Snow World with cold winds howling.
However, because Sakazuki created two small volcanoes on the island, and Vegapunk then slightly modified the large Heating Furnace System he had built years ago, connecting it to the volcanic Lava Pool to serve as an Energy source and using the island's endless Ice and Snow to boil water, it provided sufficient Heating for all the Buildings on the island.
He even drew inspiration from the 'Kabaneri World's' High-Pressure Steam Engine 'McClatchy Mechanism' and the 'Titan World's' Ice Burst Stone Gas Drive Device to create Small Heating Air Conditioners that could be worn on one's person.
As long as it was worn outside the Clothing, it could release a stable Airflow Shield around the wearer that wouldn't disperse, resisting all sorts of external cold Wind and Snow.
It's worth mentioning that Vegapunk's large Heating Furnace System still required significant continuous Funding.
After all, this thing had to run twenty-four hours a day, making various maintenance costs unavoidable.
He had been forced to abandon it back then precisely because of this problem.
But now, the World Government directly reimbursed Vegapunk for these expenses.
They also told him that as long as he continued to work for the World Government, he wouldn't need to worry about these matters.
Even if something unexpected happened to him or he died of old age, the World Government, in gratitude for his contributions, would pay for Baldimore Island's Heating costs for a hundred years!
Although this amount seemed like an Astronomical Figure to many, Im felt it was too cheap compared to Vegapunk's loyalty.
However, Vegapunk hadn't given up on the idea of completely solving the island's Climate problem.
Only by doing so could he completely eliminate future worries for his Hometown.
Therefore, he planned to optimize his current Heating System, which now seemed quite backward and crude.
Yes, he intended to use his Technological Power to completely change the Climate of the entire island, making it just the right temperature for humans.
Compared to this, the Logia Devil Fruit Awakening Ability was a bit too crude.
The Light-Light Fruit Awakening would turn the island into Eternal Day, while the Flame-Flame Fruit Awakening would make the island constantly hot.
But this required some Time.
Vegapunk had too much Research content on hand.
The Research Talent that had appeared in the recent Worlds were not yet at a level where they could be of help.
Returning to Im.
Of course, he thought it was a good thing that the World Government had achieved a Technological Breakthrough in the Devil Fruit Domain.
But as the Supreme Ruler, he also had to consider the various impacts this matter would have.
The World Government had to treat it with caution.
"Since Common Species Animal System can be manufactured, can Ancient Zoan and Mythical Zoan also be?"
Stussy answered softly and truthfully upon hearing the question.
"According to the information reported by the Proclamation Government Institute, Dean Vegapunk did say there is no difference between Ancient Zoan and Common Species, but it's unclear about Mythical Zoan because these Mythical Beasts cannot be found in reality."
"However, he plans to conduct related Experiments using the Lineage Factor extracted from Admiral 'Green Dragon' back then, to see if he can replicate the Mythical Zoan Azure Dragon Fruit."
Im nodded. It seemed Kaido's Azure Dragon Fruit could not escape the fate of being replicated.
Just as he was deep in Thought, Stussy spoke again, "Lord Im, the Proclamation Government Institute is asking for instructions on whether the manufactured Human-Human Fruit should be sent over."
Im was momentarily stunned, thinking to himself, what would he want a 'Commoner' Fruit for? He was the Boss of the Celestial Dragons!
"Hmm, send it over."
"Yes."
Stussy wasn't surprised either.
After all, it was the first artificially created Devil Fruit.
At the very least, its Collection Value was considerable. She then turned and left the Study Room.
Im sat back down in the chair behind his Office Desk, thinking about how to use this Human-Human Fruit.
His Gaze first glanced at 'Enma' on the Sword Stand in the distance.
Im suddenly had a somewhat immature idea.
It was known that the true Master of the 'Yamato' was King Yama from the 'Sea Star Hell'.
So, if he had Vegapunk feed it the Human-Human Fruit, giving it its own Wisdom and Consciousness, could King Yama still Control it?
Even if he could, what if he used the Op-Op Fruit Ability to directly replace the newly born 'Sword Spirit' with a Mind loyal to himself?
However, there was still a Risk here.
The Power of 'Yamato' came from King Yama. Even if the Blade was no longer under its Control, it could probably withdraw the Power attached to it, directly disabling the Ability to enter and exit the Netherworld.
Unless the newly born 'Blade Spirit' had higher priority Control over the Power within the Blade.
But Im felt the probability of such a great thing happening was too low.
Next, Im's imagination ran wild.
He thought about giving the Human-Human Fruit, which would soon be delivered, to 'Lord of the Sky' Kukulkan, who lived in the Golden Belfry.
He also thought about giving it to 'Nine-Tailed White Fox' Hong Lian, who had only recently arrived.
He even considered giving it directly to the 'Noah's Ark' beneath his feet.
He thought a Large Ship with its own Consciousness would be cool.
But having its own thoughts represented a certain degree of uncontrollability.
If it threw a tantrum and directly turned into 'Human Form', what would happen to the people on board?
Moreover, it could also be Controlled by others, as there were many Powerhouses with Mind Control Ability in the Myriad Worlds.
As dawn rose in the Titan World, the first artificially created Animal System Human-Human Fruit, urgently sent from the Sea Star Mainland by the Proclamation Government Institute, arrived on the Noah's Ark Deck within the Door-Door Fruit Space.
At this moment, Im arrived in front of the Golden Belfry.
The Sky Island Great Blue Snake, whom he had named 'Kukulkan', was respectfully lying on the ground before him.
Behind him were Historia, Stussy, the Ubuyashiki Four Sisters, and others.
On either side stood the Female Warriors of the Kuja Guards and three 'Giant God Soldiers' led by Saul.
Further out were large numbers of Holy Land Garrison and CP Agents in suits.
Even 'Nine-Tailed White Fox' Hong Lian was watching the excitement from a distance.
"Kukulkan, today I shall bestow upon you human Wisdom, a human Body, and human Potential. May you stand before the Golden Bell in the future in a stronger Form, guarding this Noah's Ark that is destined to traverse the Star Sea!"
As the majestic words fell, Im threw the Human-Human Fruit, which looked like a Red Mushroom in the box, into the Gaping Maw that the Orochi had opened.
Yes, he ultimately decided to give it to Kukulkan.
After all, this Orochi was his first Pet, and also the first Ship-Guarding Divine Beast on the Noah's Ark. This necessary Resource Allocation had to be given.
Moreover, ever since Hong Lian arrived, Kukulkan's Strength and Intelligence had become quite awkward in comparison.
Soon, Kukulkan's massive Orochi Body, hundreds of meters long, rapidly shrank under everyone's gaze.
It transformed into a white-haired middle-aged man about three meters tall, with a sturdy Physique/Build, bulging Muscles, greenish-blue skin covered in dark blue horizontal stripes.
His eyes, like before, had yellowish Sclera and black Vertical Pupils flashing with cold light.
But upon meeting Im's Gaze, he immediately knelt on both knees, lowered his forehead, and prostrated himself on the Deck, shouting excitedly in a somewhat hoarse voice, "Kukulkan, greetings, Master! Greetings, Lord Im!"
(End of this chapter)
"Oh?"
Im's eyebrows lifted in surprise upon hearing these words, feeling quite astonished.
He hadn't expected Dean Vegapunk to have already researched the Technology to manufacture Devil Fruits so early.
He had thought it would take at least four or five years.
After all, there was still a time span of twenty-one years until the 'Original Plot'.
Actually, the reason Vegapunk achieved results so quickly was largely related to two key factors.
Firstly, the 'Spoiler Information' Im showed him back then allowed Vegapunk to avoid many detours and served to clarify his Research direction.
Secondly, Im's previous actions of having the World Government fully assist Vegapunk in improving his Hometown, 'Future Kingdom' Baldimore Island, and even specifically dispatching Sakazuki for this purpose, earned him Vegapunk's recognition and loyalty.
Otherwise, even if he had achieved results, there was a high probability that Vegapunk would have hidden them.
Unlike now, where he reported it immediately.
Currently, on 'Future Kingdom' Baldimore Island, although Vegapunk chose to retain the island's Climate, unwilling to pay the price of losing the night, it remained a Ice and Snow World with cold winds howling.
However, because Sakazuki created two small volcanoes on the island, and Vegapunk then slightly modified the large Heating Furnace System he had built years ago, connecting it to the volcanic Lava Pool to serve as an Energy source and using the island's endless Ice and Snow to boil water, it provided sufficient Heating for all the Buildings on the island.
He even drew inspiration from the 'Kabaneri World's' High-Pressure Steam Engine 'McClatchy Mechanism' and the 'Titan World's' Ice Burst Stone Gas Drive Device to create Small Heating Air Conditioners that could be worn on one's person.
As long as it was worn outside the Clothing, it could release a stable Airflow Shield around the wearer that wouldn't disperse, resisting all sorts of external cold Wind and Snow.
It's worth mentioning that Vegapunk's large Heating Furnace System still required significant continuous Funding.
After all, this thing had to run twenty-four hours a day, making various maintenance costs unavoidable.
He had been forced to abandon it back then precisely because of this problem.
But now, the World Government directly reimbursed Vegapunk for these expenses.
They also told him that as long as he continued to work for the World Government, he wouldn't need to worry about these matters.
Even if something unexpected happened to him or he died of old age, the World Government, in gratitude for his contributions, would pay for Baldimore Island's Heating costs for a hundred years!
Although this amount seemed like an Astronomical Figure to many, Im felt it was too cheap compared to Vegapunk's loyalty.
However, Vegapunk hadn't given up on the idea of completely solving the island's Climate problem.
Only by doing so could he completely eliminate future worries for his Hometown.
Therefore, he planned to optimize his current Heating System, which now seemed quite backward and crude.
Yes, he intended to use his Technological Power to completely change the Climate of the entire island, making it just the right temperature for humans.
Compared to this, the Logia Devil Fruit Awakening Ability was a bit too crude.
The Light-Light Fruit Awakening would turn the island into Eternal Day, while the Flame-Flame Fruit Awakening would make the island constantly hot.
But this required some Time.
Vegapunk had too much Research content on hand.
The Research Talent that had appeared in the recent Worlds were not yet at a level where they could be of help.
Returning to Im.
Of course, he thought it was a good thing that the World Government had achieved a Technological Breakthrough in the Devil Fruit Domain.
But as the Supreme Ruler, he also had to consider the various impacts this matter would have.
The World Government had to treat it with caution.
"Since Common Species Animal System can be manufactured, can Ancient Zoan and Mythical Zoan also be?"
Stussy answered softly and truthfully upon hearing the question.
"According to the information reported by the Proclamation Government Institute, Dean Vegapunk did say there is no difference between Ancient Zoan and Common Species, but it's unclear about Mythical Zoan because these Mythical Beasts cannot be found in reality."
"However, he plans to conduct related Experiments using the Lineage Factor extracted from Admiral 'Green Dragon' back then, to see if he can replicate the Mythical Zoan Azure Dragon Fruit."
Im nodded. It seemed Kaido's Azure Dragon Fruit could not escape the fate of being replicated.
Just as he was deep in Thought, Stussy spoke again, "Lord Im, the Proclamation Government Institute is asking for instructions on whether the manufactured Human-Human Fruit should be sent over."
Im was momentarily stunned, thinking to himself, what would he want a 'Commoner' Fruit for? He was the Boss of the Celestial Dragons!
"Hmm, send it over."
"Yes."
Stussy wasn't surprised either.
After all, it was the first artificially created Devil Fruit.
At the very least, its Collection Value was considerable. She then turned and left the Study Room.
Im sat back down in the chair behind his Office Desk, thinking about how to use this Human-Human Fruit.
His Gaze first glanced at 'Enma' on the Sword Stand in the distance.
Im suddenly had a somewhat immature idea.
It was known that the true Master of the 'Yamato' was King Yama from the 'Sea Star Hell'.
So, if he had Vegapunk feed it the Human-Human Fruit, giving it its own Wisdom and Consciousness, could King Yama still Control it?
Even if he could, what if he used the Op-Op Fruit Ability to directly replace the newly born 'Sword Spirit' with a Mind loyal to himself?
However, there was still a Risk here.
The Power of 'Yamato' came from King Yama. Even if the Blade was no longer under its Control, it could probably withdraw the Power attached to it, directly disabling the Ability to enter and exit the Netherworld.
Unless the newly born 'Blade Spirit' had higher priority Control over the Power within the Blade.
But Im felt the probability of such a great thing happening was too low.
Next, Im's imagination ran wild.
He thought about giving the Human-Human Fruit, which would soon be delivered, to 'Lord of the Sky' Kukulkan, who lived in the Golden Belfry.
He also thought about giving it to 'Nine-Tailed White Fox' Hong Lian, who had only recently arrived.
He even considered giving it directly to the 'Noah's Ark' beneath his feet.
He thought a Large Ship with its own Consciousness would be cool.
But having its own thoughts represented a certain degree of uncontrollability.
If it threw a tantrum and directly turned into 'Human Form', what would happen to the people on board?
Moreover, it could also be Controlled by others, as there were many Powerhouses with Mind Control Ability in the Myriad Worlds.
As dawn rose in the Titan World, the first artificially created Animal System Human-Human Fruit, urgently sent from the Sea Star Mainland by the Proclamation Government Institute, arrived on the Noah's Ark Deck within the Door-Door Fruit Space.
At this moment, Im arrived in front of the Golden Belfry.
The Sky Island Great Blue Snake, whom he had named 'Kukulkan', was respectfully lying on the ground before him.
Behind him were Historia, Stussy, the Ubuyashiki Four Sisters, and others.
On either side stood the Female Warriors of the Kuja Guards and three 'Giant God Soldiers' led by Saul.
Further out were large numbers of Holy Land Garrison and CP Agents in suits.
Even 'Nine-Tailed White Fox' Hong Lian was watching the excitement from a distance.
"Kukulkan, today I shall bestow upon you human Wisdom, a human Body, and human Potential. May you stand before the Golden Bell in the future in a stronger Form, guarding this Noah's Ark that is destined to traverse the Star Sea!"
As the majestic words fell, Im threw the Human-Human Fruit, which looked like a Red Mushroom in the box, into the Gaping Maw that the Orochi had opened.
Yes, he ultimately decided to give it to Kukulkan.
After all, this Orochi was his first Pet, and also the first Ship-Guarding Divine Beast on the Noah's Ark. This necessary Resource Allocation had to be given.
Moreover, ever since Hong Lian arrived, Kukulkan's Strength and Intelligence had become quite awkward in comparison.
Soon, Kukulkan's massive Orochi Body, hundreds of meters long, rapidly shrank under everyone's gaze.
It transformed into a white-haired middle-aged man about three meters tall, with a sturdy Physique/Build, bulging Muscles, greenish-blue skin covered in dark blue horizontal stripes.
His eyes, like before, had yellowish Sclera and black Vertical Pupils flashing with cold light.
But upon meeting Im's Gaze, he immediately knelt on both knees, lowered his forehead, and prostrated himself on the Deck, shouting excitedly in a somewhat hoarse voice, "Kukulkan, greetings, Master! Greetings, Lord Im!"
(End of this chapter)
