Chapter 451: Sky-Air Mother Nest - Familiar Figures
At an altitude of six thousand meters, a massive structure, three hundred and eighty-eight meters tall from top to bottom, was hidden within thick clouds, silently floating in the air.
This was the Sound Nest Headquarters, the "Sky-Air Mother Nest," which Ignis had specifically commissioned someone to design based on his ideas.
It took the Kronos Kingdom a considerable amount of time to build it, which also served as a test for the Kronos Kingdom itself.
After all, compared to the Sky Arena, the "Sky-Air Mother Nest" had a higher level of technology, especially requiring the application of some top-tier technology.
During the construction process, the practical application of certain technologies also brought significant gains to the Kingdom.
Six months after plundering the Heavenly Tribute, the Sky-Air Mother Nest was successfully delivered to Ignis.
Using magnetic force, it could fly in the air, ascend to a maximum altitude of twenty thousand meters, and also descend to a depth of a thousand meters into The Sea.
The exterior of the "Sky-Air Mother Nest" possessed optical stealth technology, making it invisible even without cloud cover.
Simply finding the "Sky-Air Mother Nest" was a major problem for anyone wanting to enter.
For the organization as it is now, the Base Camp doesn't serve a very large role because the number of members is too small, and the core members each have their own missions.
Only some members and the research group led by Doctor Ian and Doctor Miguel have relocated to the "Sky-Air Mother Nest."
After this period of recruitment, the Sound Nest's research team has expanded to over fifty people.
Although it seems difficult, boarding the Sky-Air Mother Nest is actually a very simple matter.
Doctor Miguel's battle suit has a stealth function, and special boots allow one to fly into the Sky.
As long as authorization is confirmed through the Base Camp's system, special glasses can directly pinpoint the location of the "Sky-Air Mother Nest."
With these three items, Sound Nest members can travel back and forth between the Sky-Air Mother Nest and the Great Sea.
The entrance to the Sound Nest is at the bottom.
Ignis's figure appeared.
After scanning his iris and body, the sealed entrance at the bottom automatically opened.
The subsequent entry wasn't as troublesome because, learning from his own case, Seastone was mixed into the outer ring of the "Sky-Air Mother Nest" during its construction.
This was to prevent Ability Users similar to him from breaking into the Sky-Air Mother Nest.
Even he needed to enter through the main entrance.
He then proceeded directly to the core of the mother nest via a Special Passage.
A large screen monitored various areas of the mother nest and also displayed the view outside the mother nest.
The various areas inside the Sky-Air Mother Nest were orderly, the only drawback being the small number of people.
In addition to purchasing the Sky-Air Mother Nest, Ignis spent a total of over forty billion beli on furnishing the facilities in the various areas inside the mother nest.
After all, the twenty billion was merely for the overall framework and some core technology of the Sky-Air Mother Nest.
Ignis also had the added expense of Seastone.
If he hadn't plundered the Heavenly Tribute, he wouldn't know how long it would have taken to reach this level.
The entire Sky-Air Mother Nest could accommodate at least ten thousand people.
However, currently, including the researchers, the total number is less than a hundred.
It's almost a joke that the number of researchers is greater than the number of staff members.
This is indeed the current situation of the Sky-Air Mother Nest.
Aside from housing the researchers, the current Sky-Air Mother Nest doesn't have much of a role.
The issue of supplies transportation alone has hindered Ignis's plan to relocate more people to the "Sky-Air Mother Nest."
In reality, while a solution has been found, it will still take some time.
When designing the Sky-Air Mother Nest, he hadn't considered this problem, but it was quickly pointed out by the Kronos Kingdom's designers.
To solve this problem, based on the floating technology, Ignis also plans to build a Sky-Air Carrier capable of flying to transport supplies.
One end of the ship could connect to the Sky-Air Mother Nest, becoming part of the mother nest.
To this end, Ignis also plans to build a Secret Base, hidden in The Sea, which would be equivalent to a small mother nest, and could also ascend to the Sky and connect to the mother nest.
This is the ultimate form of the mother nest; currently, only the first phase of construction has been completed.
The Sky-Air Carrier and the Underwater Base are being manufactured simultaneously and will take approximately two years.
The beli required will be as high as thirty billion.
It's only because the beli has depreciated again in recent years; otherwise, it wouldn't cost this much money.
Once the Sky-Air Carrier is completed, the entire Sound Nest Organization will officially begin migrating to the "Sky-Air Mother Nest."
By then, for safety's sake, the "Sky-Air Mother Nest" will also be moved to the Sky above the Calm Belt.
Besides being safer, the development of the Sound Nest will also be based in the New World North and North Blue.
However, Ignis is short on money again.
He couldn't help but think about targeting the World Government.
Since he's already plundered them once, he doesn't mind doing it again.
Where can he plunder a large amount of treasure all at once? Only the World Government.
If he were to plunder other kingdoms, those kings and nobles might transfer the stress onto the civilians.
But towards the World Government, Ignis clearly doesn't have such a psychological burden.
However, Ignis himself isn't sure if he can succeed.
Given the previous encounter, the World Government and the Marines must have strengthened their vigilance.
But no matter how much they guard, it's useless unless the Treasury is entirely built of Seastone; otherwise, it will just be ripe for him to pick.
Coming here this time, Ignis wasn't just looking around; Doctor Ian's research on cloning technology has yielded results.
This news excited him.
Whether it's battle suits or clones, they are core technologies of the Sound Nest.
With this technology, the Sound Nest can definitely expand rapidly.
In recent years, not counting the Intelligence Officers, the total number of Sound Nest members is still less than a hundred, all invited from the Sky Arena, with varying strength.
However, those who are valued all have a certain potential.
As for the orphans who are still being cultivated, it will take a few more years before there are results.
With cloning technology, the Sound Nest will basically not invite others in the future.
Even if they do, they won't be core members and won't have access to the true secret information of the Sound Nest.
Besides the orphans they cultivate themselves, only clones are more trustworthy.
And with clones, the development speed of the Sound Nest will further accelerate.
Currently, the "Sky-Air Mother Nest" only has two large laboratories.
Doctor Miguel is researching battle suits, perfecting and enhancing them.
In addition, he is also researching and manufacturing various weapons.
He will perfect the Sound Nest's weapon system.
Entering the Cloning Laboratory.
Doctor Ian seemed to have received news of his arrival and was waiting at the entrance beforehand.
Only Doctor Ian was inside the Laboratory because the following matters were absolutely secret information.
"You're here, ZERO. Come and see our final results."
Ignis followed behind Doctor Ian and walked into the Laboratory.
He saw him press three buttons separately.
The covering sealed protective shields opened, revealing three cultivation pods.
Inside the cultivation pods, three figures were revealed.
One was relatively unfamiliar, two were quite familiar.
Seeing those two people, two names couldn't help but ring in Ignis's mind.
Vegapunk, Garp.
(end of chapter)