"Was that really the Princess?"
"The Princess herself came to search for the remaining pirates, this is simply... unbelievable."
Firefly Island used to have a king, and while the citizens missed the former order, they didn't have a very good impression of the past royal family.
After all, if the previous king hadn't messed things up, Firefly Island wouldn't have ended up like this.
The most crucial point was that they thought they were working hard to gather the exorbitant heavens gold, but their efforts were all squandered by the royal family.
If those pirates hadn't made things even worse here, they would never have missed the past order. People only miss things they once had even more after losing them.
The new Princess catching pirates seemed like a fantasy to the residents of Firefly Island.
Perhaps it was a show, but their previous royal family wouldn't even touch dirt, let alone Lyliana getting herself all dirty like this.
In fact, Lyliana had no intention of putting on a show; she wasn't that complicated yet. She genuinely wanted to do something.
Her family members were all working hard towards their goals, while she spent most of her time on the path of cultivation.
This time, even Terra got a temporary trial card, but Lyliana didn't contribute anything, which made her a little unhappy, so Oran let her do as she pleased.
Currently, Firefly Island was in the final stages of cleanup. The bodies of the previous pirates were still left as a deterrent, and most of the remaining pirates were scared out of their wits. Moreover, with their strength, threatening Lyliana was a pipe dream.
Bluntly speaking, even if Lyliana stood still and let them take potshots, these people might not even be able to break through Lyliana's skin defense.
However, Lyliana's actions built a good image in the eyes of the ordinary citizens.
The new King drove away the pirates and gangsters, and the underage little Princess was also maintaining the island's security, which made them believe that the other party genuinely wanted to see changes on this island.
As the news spread, the hope in the hearts of the people grew.
On the Sea, they were already at the bottom of society. The goal of such people's lives has always been simple - to live.
Someone who can let them eat their fill, dress warmly, and live safely is a good King.
Several days passed, and the island underwent two major searches. It could be basically confirmed that there were no pirate remnants, and the curfew was lifted accordingly.
However, under the night sky, there were still very few people venturing out. After sixteen years of rule by pirates, the island, which had little infrastructure to begin with, had no entertainment or activities at night.
Rather than facing potential dangers in the dark, it was more practical to stay at home and make babies.
Thanks to Deli, not only were the expensive experimental equipment preserved, but the industrial zone on Firefly Island was also not completely scrapped. The laboratory moved from Feld has been released by Oran from his book and has begun restarting the island's industrial zone.
Pirates also needed to eat, so the island's agricultural zone was not abandoned, but under the pirates' abuse, the yield in recent years had been decreasing. As the new order began to cover the area, the farmland also began a new round of cultivation.
Oran, on the other hand, was setting up his team. Ginny became the head of the intelligence department, but she was currently a commander without a single soldier; there was no other suitable member in the entire department besides her.
The nature of this department meant that it would be the strictest institution for personnel review, and irrelevant people would not be able to interfere here.
Kate led the Guard Mechs to form the Royal Guard, which is the Imperial Guard. It is currently the busiest department, and their figures can be seen in every area of the island.
Kuma and Brand were jointly responsible for the island's security force, starting to rebuild the island's public order. Oran himself, while being the highest decision-maker, directly oversaw matters in research, military industry, and medical fields.
At this time, he needed some helpers, and so, a batch of bionic robots appeared. They did not have the emotional modules of Frankenstein and others.
In this Sea, emotions can raise the upper limit of strength, allowing special individuals like Frankenstein and Zack to exert stronger power, but in terms of auxiliary management, the absence of emotions means absolute rationality and never disobeying Oran's commands.
They will, without any selfishness, think of the optimal solution based on the instructions given by Oran.
These robots will be Oran's key assistants in management. The current infrastructure is still not perfect, and the speed of manufacturing robots is very slow, still in the stage of him hand-making them, and the current cost is not low.
After developing for a period of time, the number of these robots will also increase.
If all goes well, these robots will be stationed in key positions in various crucial departments. Of course, the position of accountant cannot be completely handed over to them; these robots are not very good at creating fake accounts.
After all, this batch is the most basic level of artificial intelligence, capable only of logical responses. The program will perform logically compliant actions based on pre-set logical rules and does not have the ability for self-thinking.
Time was passing, and the development of Piltover was gradually getting on track. The first things to be built were the coastal batteries near the port that had been abandoned by the pirates.
Although the Sea conditions in the first half of the Grand Line were not as dangerous as in the New World, defensive measures were still necessary. Powerful Pirates with abnormal strength would naturally be dealt with by specialists, while ordinary people had to consider sinking those Pirate ships before they could even dock.
Heavy cannons with longer range and greater power were thus installed in the permanent fortifications along the coast, defending against potential risks.
Oran, on the other hand, was carefully surveying the island's environment. Although he had seen the data before, there was a significant difference between what was in documents and the actual site. If he didn't survey carefully, problems would arise.
What Oran was busy with now was the issue of infrastructure. Due to the unique island environment, Firefly Island could be said to have all types of terrain.
Two rivers flowed through the entire island, providing ample water resources. The vast plains were high-quality farmland. At this moment, Oran was flying in the air using the Book-Book Fruit, measuring the rivers surging down from the high mountains.
The terrain here was very suitable. The difference in elevation meant the impact of the river water was significant. Oran planned to build a hydroelectric power station at this location, and coupled with the wind power generation being prepared on the plains, it would be enough to guarantee the energy supply for the entire Firefly Island.
Still in the Royal City, the place originally used as a laboratory by Deli had been cleared out. Countless books filled the area, transforming it into the Royal Library.
After arriving here, Oran found a special book, opened it, and directly stepped inside.
Apart from the usual twelve areas, the book world within the book was a separate thirteenth area.
Hmm, the legendary safest thirteenth area. At least, it was unrealistic for others to directly enter his book without Oran's permission.
Some special things were stored here, and the ground was also piled high with research materials, looking chaotic and disorderly, but this was just a habit of Oran's.
Projects that he had finished researching would have their data sorted and organized, neatly put away, but things that he was currently researching would be placed very casually.
Outsiders couldn't understand his laboratory, but he himself could accurately find what he needed.
During this time, besides working on infrastructure, the rest of Oran's time was spent researching the blood extracted from Deli.
In terms of results, he was in a stage of both success and failure.
In terms of replicating Devil Fruit abilities, Oran failed. The substances extracted from the blood of a deceased ability user were quite peculiar and did not possess the common characteristics of the Lineage Factor researched at MADS.
However, this stuff allowed Oran to create a blue pill.
Not the painkiller researched by Brand, who was only half-skilled, but a drug that had the ability of the Advance-Advance Fruit.
Creatures that took the pill would experience a rapid increase in age by one stage in a short period of time. It was considered a box of trial cards for Terra, making up for the weakness of its combat power during its young dragon stage.
This project was basically completed, and Oran also began to organize these materials and store them in his database. It was at this time that Lyliana found her way here.
It is well known that little girls can always easily enter the thirteenth area.
"Dad, a strange group of people came outside saying they want you to see a doctor. Sister Kate asked me to come here and call you."
Outside Firefly Island, several tiger-headed warships had dropped anchor and were moored there. The words "Eight Treasure" and "Flower" were written on the sails. Without a doubt, these were the ships belonging to the Eight Treasure Navy.
The status of the Eight Treasure Navy is very special. Qingjiao, as the pillar of the Eight Treasure Navy, himself has a bounty on his head and is even considered a wanted criminal by the World Government.
However, the Eight Treasure Navy is closely related to the Flower Country, and as a member of the Allied Nations, the Flower Country also has considerable influence.
Even in the battle against Garp, where Qingjiao was ultimately defeated, Garp did not arrest him but let the people from the Flower Country take Qingjiao away.
The Flower Country is located in the West Blue. With Qingjiao's strength, he did have a way to cross the Calm Belt with his ships, but the problem was that the West Blue was located in the latter half of the Grand Line. Even if he crossed the Calm Belt, he couldn't directly enter the first half of the Grand Line.
Although impatient, Qingjiao could only proceed step by step, entering the Grand Line from Reverse Mountain, and it took him a lot of time to sail here.
"Any news yet?"
"Not yet, they said to wait a moment, they have already gone to notify their King."
"Huff."
Qingjiao exhaled, suppressing the impatience in his heart. He knew he was here to see a doctor, and he still had to abide by the other party's rules. Fortunately, this wait didn't last too long, and Qingjiao soon met Oran and stated his request.
"I'm somewhat famous on the Sea, you should know what I used to look like, but now because of that bastard Garp, I've lost my proud cone head!
If you can cure my cone head, I can accept any consultation fee you need."
Qingjiao didn't beat around the bush and directly stated his request.
"I understand your request. This situation is not difficult to handle. Lyley, go find Kuma and Fran."
Qingjiao's head, a classic problem in the Pirate World. Logically speaking, it could be hammered back into shape with brute force. Coincidentally, he didn't lack people skilled in using monstrous strength here.
After trying a few times, they would always find a way to hammer it back into shape, after all, Lyliana plus Kuma and Fran represented three different forms of power manifestation.
Oran agreed very readily, which gave Qingjiao a glimmer of hope, but then he faced a more serious problem.
"That... can I pay for the treatment after it's cured? I guarantee with my reputation that I won't short you a single penny."
It's been twelve days since it was put on the shelves, ten days of writing ten thousand characters a day, I've really pushed myself.
I have something to do today, so I'm out for now.
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