539. Chapter 525: Navy Casualty List
A week later, Tony Stark and other Avengers, along with Superman Clark, returned to their respective universes via the Samsara Palace. According to Tony Stark's tests, the Quantum Tunnel was completely disabled.
A month later, the number of Reincarnators recruited by the Samsara Palace increased tenfold. The Samsara Palace's pioneering missions were temporarily closed, and tens of thousands of Reincarnators were sent into worlds like Soul Ferryman World, One Piece world, Naruto world, and StarCraft world. This operation also dealt devastating blows to the native forces of many worlds. As for the reason, please see the VCR: "Great Tang-class Heavy Battleship: 50,000 Contribution Points, A-Class Contribution Authority! (Available for Rent)"
After losing Admiral Akainu, the Pirate World Navy dispatched two fleets to the North Blue to launch a Buster Call, but they were ambushed midway and suffered devastating losses.
Candidate Admiral Chaton was killed in action, Vice Admiral Lacroix was killed in action, Giant Vice Admirals Gekko and Ronse were both killed in action, seven Major Generals were killed, over a dozen Commander-rank Officers were killed, and the ordinary Soldiers were almost completely wiped out.
When that long casualty list was placed before Sengoku, the Fleet Admiral was so enraged that he immediately transformed into his Great Buddha Form, nearly demolishing Marine Headquarters!
If Kizaru hadn't arrived in time to save Momousagi, another Candidate Admiral would likely have been added to the Navy's casualty list.
Because Kizaru's speed was extremely fast, Ao Qin's Water Tribe Army did not manage to trap him. This also revealed the true nature of this enemy force to the Navy—a large number of Fishmen!
Ao Qin had no intention of concealing himself either. With a wave of his hand, he led his three thousand Aquatic Race subordinates to blockade the North Blue, and in less than a week, they had eradicated all the Naval Bases within the North Blue.
Half a month later, they had cleared out all the large and small Pirate Crews in the North Blue—
The North Blue tyrant, the Vinsmoke Family, fled upon hearing the news. They were eventually intercepted in the Sea Area leading to the Grand Line. After recognizing the disparity in strength between the two sides, Vinsmoke Judge decisively surrendered.
A year later, all World Government Member Nations in the North Blue changed their flags. When this news spread, the entire world was in an uproar.
One must know that among the Four Seas, the North Blue was not weak; on the contrary, the North Blue might be the strongest Sea Area.
Navy Admirals Kizaru and Akainu both hailed from the North Blue. Among the Pirates, Benn Beckman of the Red Hair Pirates, Trafalgar D. Water Law, Basil Hawkins, and X Drake among the Supernovas, and Avalo Pizarro and Doc Q of the Blackbeard Pirates were also from the North Blue.
Ao Qin and the Missionary Group's actions undoubtedly pressed the World Government's face into the mud and stomped on it hard.
If the World Government did not react to this, the authority it had built over eight hundred years would instantly crumble.
Two months after receiving the news of the North Blue's complete fall, the World Government urgently mobilized a large number of personnel, including the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and, combined with the Navy, dispatched nearly 150,000 troops, sending a large army to launch a crusade against the North Blue.
This large fleet set off from Marineford in the first half of the Grand Line. To prevent being ambushed, Allied Forces Commander-in-Chief Kong sent out a large number of small ships to search the areas around the fleet. Moving slowly and stopping frequently, they sailed for a month and a half before reaching the North Blue Sea Area. This wasn't because Kong was timid; the Joint Fleet had been ambushed by a giant Sea King just after leaving Marineford.
Who could have imagined that a Sea King would block the entrance to Marine Headquarters? That eight-headed giant snake was terrifyingly powerful; its physical body could withstand artillery fire comparable to a Buster Call.
Two Navy Admirals and a Seven Warlord known as the World's Strongest Swordsman couldn't keep it there even by joining forces.
After destroying several warships in the fleet, the giant Sea King swaggered away. This incident undoubtedly cast a shadow over the hearts of everyone on this expedition.
"Young Master, we'll reach the North Blue soon. Do you think these Navy can win?"
On a pirate ship that was different from the Navy vessels, looking like a floating flamingo on the Sea Surface, a woman wearing a black and white maid outfit thoughtfully brought Donquixote Doflamingo a cup of coffee.
Donquixote Doflamingo, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, a former Celestial Dragon, and a String-String Fruit User. He was one of the few Seven Warlords who focused on his undertaking. He used the clearance granted to the Seven Warlords by the World Government to control numerous industries around the world. He was also the Seven Warlord with the largest force.
He operated in both the black and white markets, privately running an illegal Human Auction House, providing Slaves to Celestial Dragons and wealthy nobles, and kidnapping various races/creatures.
In the Underworld, he engaged in the arms business, with his force spread throughout the world, acting as an intermediary in the Underworld, codename "Joker". He also secretly harbored the Evil Scientist Caesar Clown, producing artificial Zoan Devil Fruits, and privately selling the artificial fruits to Four Emperors Kaido behind the World Government's back.
To some extent, this Seven Warlord's business was quite similar to the Tang Group's, both spanning various fields... Donquixote Doflamingo took the coffee from the Maid, leisurely watching the vast fleet, and laughed "Hoh hoh": "What a grand sight! Truly terrifying!"
Although Donquixote Doflamingo was a Seven Warlord, his original intention was not to become a pirate, but to restore his Celestial Dragon identity.
Unfortunately, there was no longer a position for him in Marie Geoise.
Unwilling to accept this, he brought his subordinates to the Ocean to establish his own undertaking.
This was also the reason why Donquixote Doflamingo held a banquet for three days after hearing that Marie Geoise had been destroyed.
Hoh hoh hoh hoh—
Donquixote Doflamingo laughed "Hoh hoh": "Baby 5, remember, this is the World Government's war. It has nothing to do with us, no matter who wins or loses! Our mission here is to watch the show!"
Baby 5 nodded, seemingly understanding yet not.
"A church that believes in gods... Do gods truly existences in this world?" Donquixote Doflamingo's gaze flashed with a strange radiance: "This world already has an existence that claims to be a god? Hoh hoh hoh, let me see which god is stronger, hoh hoh hoh hoh!"
On the fleet's Navy Flagship, Tsuru meticulously read the Navigation Map drawn by the Main Branch Navy again and again, marking potential ambush positions on the map.
While busy, Tsuru occasionally heard creaking sounds. This made the busy Tsuru couldn't help but look up and glare fiercely at the unkempt old man slumped in a chair, eating senbei.
A snoring sound appropriately echoed behind Tsuru. She turned her head, and there was Aokiji sleeping soundly with an eyepatch on. The one snoring next to him was none other than the World Government's Allied Forces Commander-in-Chief Kong.
Looking at the three lazy fellows, Tsuru could only smile bitterly in helplessness. She deeply missed the days when Sengoku was by her side, but unfortunately, Sengoku had to remain at Marine Headquarters.
Shaking her head, Tsuru continued to work, occasionally having female military officers relay her orders... Along the way, Tsuru constantly sent out large numbers of sentinels. Even Kizaru, who was usually lazy, was ordered around like a monkey from Mount Emei, scouting the situation ahead and behind the fleet.
Considering the enemy were Fishmen and might attack underwater, she even arranged for coated ships underwater.
Perhaps the creator was still relatively kind to the World Government; this Joint Fleet sailed all the way to the North Blue Sea Area without encountering any attacks.
Along the way, this Joint Fleet even managed to take out several unlucky Pirate Crews.
It was only when this large Joint Fleet sailed into the North Blue Sea Area that their good luck ended.
Over a dozen large spaceships slowly exited stealth mode, revealing themselves from behind the Cloud Layer ten thousand meters high.
Heaven help them, even with Kizaru, a top scout, in the Navy, who could have imagined that the enemy's ships were hidden ten thousand meters high?
"Shiki the Golden Lion, he's still alive!" Kong, Garp, and Tsuru's first thought upon seeing the fleet suspended in mid-air was Shiki the Golden Lion, who had eaten the Float-Float Fruit.
Only he had the ability to make such large ships float ten thousand meters high.
This was perhaps the limitation of perspective brought by the era, just like the black uncles practicing slash-and-burn agriculture in the African continent seeing slave ships from the Americas for the first time.
Even among the Navy High-level Staff, as intelligent as Tsuru, seeing these warships, they only thought of Devil Fruit Users, completely unaware of the terrifying nature of these warships.
The Great Tang-class warships, two thousand meters long, were covered in energy shields a hundred meters thick. Thousands of gun ports all over their bodies simultaneously shone with dazzling strong light. Under the terrified and despairing gazes of the Navy personnel, countless light rain fell. With a casual shot from each of the Great Tang Ship's secondary cannons, which had been charged for a long time, a Navy warship on the Sea Surface would explode into a ball of firelight.
Looking at the enemy ten thousand meters high, the Navy personnel who wanted to counterattack were dumbfounded; their artillery couldn't reach that distance at all.
Even powerhouses like Garp and Kong couldn't fly that high with their Moonwalk.
Watching their fleet lose more than half its numbers to a single focus fire from those aerial giant ships, Tsuru's hoarse voice sounded:
"Borsalino, you be the main attacker. Garp, cooperate with Aokiji to protect the remaining fleet!"
As soon as Tsuru's order was given, a dazzling golden light instantly shot up into the sky. The next moment, it appeared around the dozen Great Tang Ships. Kizaru revealed his form, extended his hand, and a golden light condensed between his fingers, shooting towards the steel giant ship in front of him.
*Chi!* The golden light Kizaru shot out hit the Great Tang Ship's protective shield, creating only ripples on the hundred-meter-thick protective shield, much to Kizaru's expression of seeing a ghost.
Identifying the attack, the Great Tang Ship's main control system quickly adjusted dozens of close-range anti-aircraft autocannons to aim at Kizaru.
Kizaru paused for just a moment before being completely engulfed by the dense laser rain. "Oh hoh hoh hoh, truly terrifying! Come, try this move of mine, Yasakani no Magatama!"
Kizaru, shot into a sieve by the Great Tang Ship's dense autocannons, had golden light emanating from the holes in his body. After the golden light flashed, his body recovered completely.
Kizaru wore a relaxed smile on his face, but his eyes behind his brown sunglasses were full of solemnity. He crossed his arms, and the index fingers of both hands flashed with a golden light. Countless lasers instantly shot towards the Great Tang Ship in front of him—
As the lasers dissipated, the smile on Kizaru's face completely froze. His usually invincible ultimate move only caused ripples on the protective shield and didn't even scratch the warship's skin.
On the Sea Surface, Garp, Kong, and a group of Navy Vice Admirals joined forces and slammed their attacks down onto the Sea Surface, stirring up giant waves dozens of meters high.
Navy Admiral Aokiji took the opportunity to activate his ability, ice sealing these giant waves, creating a protective ice layer over ten meters thick above the fleet.
Unfortunately, the Navy still underestimated the terrifying nature of interstellar weapons.
The protective armor on all gun emplacements of the twelve Great Tang Ships moved away, revealing the main cannons that had been charged early. Nearly a thousand large and small main cannons and hundreds of heavy torpedoes roared as they bombarded the Sea Surface.
Firelight instantly illuminated the entire Sea Area. The Sea Area where the World Government Joint Fleet was located was instantly evaporated by the roaring main cannons, revealing the dry Seabed and Giant Pits hundreds of meters deep.
In this battle, the World Government Joint Fleet was completely annihilated.
World Government Commander-in-Chief Kong was killed in action! Navy Staff Officer Tsuru was killed in action!
Navy Admiral Aokiji was killed in action!
Navy Vice Admiral Garp was killed in action!
Seven Warlord Heavenly Yaksha Donquixote Doflamingo perished! Seven Warlord Empress Boa Hancock perished!
Seven Warlord Bartholomew Kuma perished! Seven Warlord Gecko Moria perished!
World's Strongest Swordsman Dracule Mihawk perished! When the news reached Marie Geoise on the Red Line, the Five Elder Stars were all silent. When they reported this news to That Esteemed One behind them, That Esteemed One remained silent for a long time.
One day after this war broke out, the Navy, under the command of Fleet Admiral Sengoku, whose hair had turned white overnight, abandoned several Naval Bases located in the Four Seas and retreated to Marineford.
The same thing happened in other worlds connected by the Reincarnation Palace. To allow Tang Song to cultivate in seclusion peacefully, and also to give him a satisfactory answer before he emerge from seclusion.
Lane, with a grand stroke of his pen, generously emptied twelve strategic reserve warehouses of the Tang Group.
Even the Black Wizards and Vampires in the Soul Ferryman World were confronting the Divine Followers head-on with interstellar warships.
In the Marvel Prime Universe, somewhere in a top-secret military underground base in Central Europe, security was tight.
Tens of thousands of military police, along with thousands of elites equipped with the latest Juling Shen Type Combat Armor, guarded the base impenetrably. Among those responsible for the security this time, there were three hundred Alpha-level Mutants alone, as well as top Superpower Users and Bodyguards from various countries around the world!
Above the base, there were ten South Heavenly Gate-class Heavy Battleships and thirty Great Tang-class Warships, newly manufactured by the Tang Group, patrolling back and forth above the base, along with several fighter squadrons.
The security could be said to be impenetrable.
In the base meeting room two hundred meters underground, Lane looked helplessly at the security forces displayed on the holographic screen.
He cleared his throat: "Maria Hill, is it really necessary to mobilize such a large force?"
Maria Hill, the current federal president, dressed in a black professional attire, who had adjusted her appearance repeatedly in the mirror, turned back to look at Lane:
"I know this little undertaking of mine is insignificant in your eyes, but this is my pursuit. The first president of the Earth Federation, my name will be forever engraved in history!"
"Tang, can't he really come?" Maria Hill turned back, took out a lipstick, and reapplied her makeup.
Lane spread his hands: "Boss is cultivating in seclusion, but don't worry, Boss instructed before going into seclusion that the entire Tang Group will support you, the Mistress of the Earth Federation!"
The Heavenly Court's force now encompassed several worlds. In the outer galaxy of this universe alone, there were hundreds of Habitable Planets belonging to the Heavenly Court, and thousands of Mining Planets under its name.
The Boss's lover wanted to play the trick of being an emperor, like playing house / child's game, so Lane had to help her out.
Hearing Lane's promise, Maria Hill finally felt relieved.
The current Tang Group was a true giant on Earth, an uncrowned king. It not only controlled seventy percent of the new energy industry on Earth,
but also was involved in industries like cars, finance, food, grain, and medical care. Its shadow was in every industry.
The Umbrella Corporation in the Resident Evil world was already quite large, but the Tang Group's influence on Earth was ten times greater, if not more.
In recent years, it wasn't that no one had proposed anti-monopoly measures, publicly opposing the Tang Group, and demanding that the Federal Government break it up.
Earth was the Heavenly Court's backyard; how could Boss Tang allow others to covet it? Those who opposed him disappeared silently from the public eye.
The Tang Group controlled eighty percent of the global media. The shareholders behind various public speaking platforms had more or less interests tied to the Tang Group, not to mention the existence of the Skynet System that monitored the entire globe.
The current Tang Group was a completely abnormal and deformed product!
With money, manpower, and control over eighty percent of the world's speaking channels, the Tang Group could freely control the presidential elections of the Federal Government and the European Union. Maria Hill's ability to become the Federal President was due to the Tang Group's influence. Otherwise, how could she, at an age of less than forty, be elected president in a federation governed by elders?
"How are things going with China? And North Korea, if they don't agree, the plan to form the Earth Federation might go bankrupt!"
Maria Hill tidied her attire, took the prepared speech script from the Secretary-General beside her, read it for a while, and then couldn't help but look at Lane again.
"Don't worry, they will cast an affirmative vote in this resolution to form the Earth Federation!"
Lane's words undoubtedly gave Maria Hill a sense of reassurance.
The secret meeting room, entirely white and extending hundreds of meters underground,
was filled with capable military personnel in various uniforms rushing back and forth. At every corridor entrance, there was at least one reinforced squad of elites guarding it. Outside the passages of many vital point departments, there were even more than ten powerful Superhumans cooperating with Soldiers as Guards.
In the meeting hall, leaders from over two hundred countries around the world gathered. This included King of Wakanda Suwang, President of Utopia Magneto, as well as Asgard Representative Sif, and Inhuman Representative Medusa from The Moon.
The entire hall was silent; no one spoke.
The hall was quiet, with only the four holographic screens continuously displaying Earth's current technological level development and the large fleet sailing in cold space.
The fleet was repeatedly shown. Occasionally, the holographic screen would flicker, emitting a low electronic vibration sound, making the hall seem even more lifeless.
Standing at the podium, Maria Hill spread her hands, ending the drowsy speech, and looked at the crowd below: "How about it, gentlemen? Earth has truly entered the interstellar age. The current system is no longer suitable for today's Earth. I propose establishing a new federation. Humanity's future journey will be the Star Sea!"
Regarding the proposal to establish the Earth Federation, all six countries on the World Security Council cast affirmative votes.
Out of the 195 member countries of the United Nations, except for a dozen small countries that abstained, over ninety percent of the member countries cast affirmative votes.
Aside from the incident targeting Colonel Gaddafi, it was rare for the World Security Council member countries to have such unified opinions.
Many heads of state looked at the Country Representative with extremely peculiar gazes. Before this meeting, various countries had already received advance information and knew the theme of this meeting.
Not every country wanted to form an Earth Federation.
The establishment of the Earth Federation might be a good thing for human civilization, but for these politicians who were in high positions and held authority, they secretly wished that this so-called Earth Federation plan would immediately fail.
They had originally hoped that Country X and Country Y would take the lead in opposing it, as the World Security Council member countries held the crucial veto power.
The Country Representative looked at the heads of state around him, who were like starving wolves, their gazes green, staring at him. He unhurriedly picked up the teacup he carried with him and took a sip.
Mr. Ryan was right; instead of focusing on Earth, it was better to broaden one's horizons to the Star Sea.
The Tang Group's expansion speed on Earth was getting faster and faster. Although they had used the country's system to block this giant from entering *Country, he knew clearly that they couldn't block it for long, unless China implemented a lock.
Energy source was manageable; with the first generation Arc Reactor in hand, *Country could achieve self-sufficiency. However, in the field of aerospace, the Tang Group was like a sky curtain blocking their heads.
China's aerospace undertaking had just started with the technology of the Chitauri, but the other side had already achieved interstellar travel and mastered higher technological level wormhole technology and warp ships.
Since the Tang Group was willing to offer twenty types of technology far exceeding this era, including the new generation Arc Reactor blocked by the Tang Group and the blueprints of Tier 1 warships, in exchange for a nominal Earth Federation.
Why wouldn't he be happy to do so? He just didn't expect that Mr. Tang was truly a lovesick man, mobilizing seven billion people on Earth, an entire planet, to play playing house / child's game with his Lover here!
"Tsk tsk tsk! Playing with fire for a beauty!"
Before the secret meeting ended, after the resolution to establish The Alliance was passed, Lane left the Venue directly.
After the Boss went into seclusion, the matters he had to handle were almost endless. If it weren't for Maria Hill's relationship with the Boss, how could he have specifically taken half a day off to attend this boring meeting?
Returning to his office in the Heavenly Court Thirty-Three Heavens, Lane had just sat down when he saw a thick stack of documents on his office desk.
"Juling Shen Type Armor Improvement Funds Approval Application"
"Hive Laboratory Thirty-two A-Class Project Approval Review"
"Dou Division Warship Equipment Plan" - Kane
"Analysis Report on Seastone Toughness Research, and Application for Large-scale Mining of Explosive Rock" - Ivan Vanko
"Soul Ferryman World Ghost Messenger Secondment Approval"
"Matrix Virtual Pod Popularization Proposal for the Matrix world - Immersive Bread and Circuses Plan"
Lane looked at the half-meter thick stack of review documents before him and couldn't help but rub his temple. One must know that these documents had been filtered layer by layer, and only those requiring his personal signature were sent to him.
Among them were some trying to slack off. Lane picked out the ones marked with the applicant's name. He opened Kane's document and almost laughed in anger.
"Three thousand warp ships equipped with black hole weapons? You really dare to think!" Lane unceremoniously took out a red pen and drew a big X on that document! As for Kane's idea of going to the StarCraft world, it was also rejected.
Ivan Vanko's proposal for the development of Explosive Rock wasn't as ridiculous, but Lane still put it aside.
For no other reason than that there were plenty of substitutes for Explosive Rock. There was no need to waste time specifically on it. Once that world was completely stable, specialty products like Explosive Rock and Devil Fruits would naturally flow in continuously.
"Matrix Virtual Pod Popularization Proposal for the Matrix world - Immersive Bread and Circuses Plan"
Lane opened a document submitted by the Tang Group Internal Think Tank. At a glance, he immediately became interested.
(end of chapter)