"If that's the case, then mass-producing artificial Devil Fruits won't be a problem."
"Oh, right Captain, come take a look, this is my newly invented mechanical prosthetic limb!"
"It can be worn by those who have had their arms or legs severed, and these prosthetic limbs can connect to the human nervous tissue, allowing direct control using the brain, making the prosthetic limbs function just like a person's real limbs, as easy to command as one's own arm!"
"More importantly, the materials used to manufacture these prosthetic limbs are the hardest metals, and they are equipped with various mechanisms, capable of performing many functions that human limbs cannot."
"For some people who are missing limbs, after being fitted with this kind of prosthetic limb, their combat power can not only be restored to its peak but even become stronger than before!"
Soros took out quite a few mechanical limbs to show Nox and introduce them.
"Very good, this thing has a great market throughout the World, and there are also many injured and disabled members in our Limitless Pirates, they can be fitted with this kind of mechanical arm."
Nox nodded in satisfaction.
In the original work, after Zephyr's arm was cut off, he was also fitted with a mechanical arm, and its power was quite good.
Now Soros has also researched it, and in the future, various weapons can be installed on the mechanical arm, even Sea Stone, coupled with various hard metals, it can completely cause a great transformation in a Pirate's strength!
"Oh, right, Soros, you said these mechanical arms connect to human nerves, so is it possible to create a massive robot, and then have a person control this robot from inside?"
"And by connecting the robot to human brain nerves, allowing a person to control it with their mind instead of manual operation, wouldn't that make the robot as flexible as a human?"
Nox's thoughts immediately branched out.
"Captain, the mechanical arm connects to nerves through the mutual connection of the wound's nerves and brain nerves!"
"If, as Captain said, humans use the nervous system to control robots, then the various nerves in the human body would have to extend out and connect to the robot's operating system."
"In this way, the human inside the robot would be unable to move, like a vegetative person, and with so many nerves connected to the robot, even a slight mistake could cause human nerve damage."
Soros explained.
"So that's how it is, it seems I was taking things for granted!"
Nox shook his head, saying that if it were really as Soros said, then it would be better to control the robot manually.
"How far has the research on Ancient Weapons and the improvement of Hades progressed?"
Nox continued to ask.
"Captain, the technology of Ancient Weapons is simply astonishing, that kind of incredibly advanced technology is simply incomparable to modern technology, it feels like an invention from a different era!"
"With my current technical level, I simply cannot understand many of the core technologies in Ancient Weapons, my current level of understanding can only be applied to the non-core technologies of Ancient Weapons!"
"Not only that, many materials used in Ancient Weapons, even if I ask Caesar, who possesses the Devour-Devour Fruit, for help in synthesizing and producing them, based on Caesar's current development of his Devil Fruit, Caesar can only produce a small portion, and there are many core materials that cannot be produced!"
"It can be said that the technology of Ancient Weapons, according to my current level of technological progress, would require at least twenty years for me to possibly analyze the core technology of Ancient Weapons, and wanting to replicate it is not something that technology alone can solve, but a matter of energy and materials."
"As for the improvement of Hades, the structure has now been completely improved, and the power system and weapon system currently installed are the latest and most powerful of the Limitless Pirates, but compared to the real Pluto, there is still a big difference."
When Soros spoke about Ancient Weapons, his crazy and fervent eyes were exactly like those of fanatical scientists, or rather, Soros himself was a fanatical scientist.
"I see, since the research on Ancient Weapons will eventually face problems with energy and materials, then from now on, while you are researching the technology, research the energy problem as well, it just so happens that many weapons produced by Caesar also have energy deficiency problems!"
"Regarding materials, I will talk to Caesar and tell him to further develop the ability of the Devour-Devour Fruit, at least to produce all the materials you need."
Nox nodded.
He didn't expect Soros to be able to analyze the Ancient Weapon technology right now, as long as Soros believed he could analyze the Ancient Weapon technology in the future, that would be enough.
You know, even Vegapunk in the original work still hadn't mastered the technology of Ancient Weapons after more than twenty years, instead creating many things that seemed useless to Nox.
Now Nox's goal for Soros is to analyze the weapon system and energy problem of Ancient Weapons, striving to solve the energy problem as soon as possible and then produce Pluto's weapon system.
If a new weapon system really cannot be built, then use the real Pluto sleeping underground in Wano Country; as long as there is energy, it can be reactivated!
Grand Line, Akili Island:
"Monster, get away from me!!"
"Ah, it's the ghost kid, don't come near my house!"
"Flying monster, don't come over!"...
A three-year-old little girl floating in the air, dressed in rags, looking pitiful, her stomach also protested loudly.
She wanted to go over there to ask for some food, but as soon as she appeared, she was mercilessly driven away by many people.
"I, I'm not a monster, I really am not..."
Perona looked at everyone's disgusted eyes and the wooden sticks they held in their hands, tears welling up in her eyes, she timidly stepped back, afraid that those people would really hit her.
At that time, she was just too hungry and ate a strange fruit, but she didn't expect that later she would be able to fly, and terrifying things like ghosts would occasionally emerge from her body.
"You are a monster, last time you used that terrifying ghost to attack my son, and now my son is still hiding in his room afraid to come out, hurry up and get lost, don't come near my house!"
A fat woman held a hoe and angrily shouted at Perona.
"I, I'm too hungry, can you give me some food?"
Perona was ultimately too hungry, even if others cursed her, she could only endure it.
"Get lost, don't ask for food, even if we feed it to dogs, we won't give it to you, you monster!"
"If you don't leave now, we'll beat you to death!"
Those people detested Perona, it was impossible for them to give Perona food!
"No, don't hit me, I'm leaving now!"
Seeing those guys coming closer with hoes and wooden sticks, Perona was so scared she flew away quickly, not daring to stay here any longer. She didn't know how many times she had been beaten before, even if she had to starve, she didn't want to be beaten!
"Wuwuwuwuwu, I'm not a monster, I really am not a monster!"
"So hungry, I'm so hungry!!"
After being driven away, Perona hid in an empty corner and cried sadly, but as she cried, she felt her whole body go soft, and she was almost out of strength to cry.
"Little sister, have this, it's delicious!"
Rhea, who was happily eating the flatbread she had bought, heard the crying in the corner, and seeing Perona's pitiful state, she handed over the flatbread she had already started eating.
"Th-thank you!!"
Perona was too hungry, attracted by the smell of the flatbread, she didn't even remember to look at who gave it to her, she grabbed the flatbread and devoured it greedily.
"Have these too!!"
Seeing Perona so hungry and pitiful, Rhea gave Perona the other two flatbreads from her bag as well!
Perona didn't refuse, she had been hungry for a long time, she saw the flatbread and immediately grabbed it and started eating again.
"Don't choke, drink some watermelon juice!"
Rhea saw Perona eating too fast, so she handed over the half-finished watermelon juice.
"Gulp, gulp!!"
After eating two and a half flatbreads and half a cup of watermelon juice continuously, the three-year-old Perona finally had her fill.
"Pretty big sister, my name is Perona, thank you for giving me food, you are a good person!"
After Perona was full, she looked up at the beautiful big sister in front of her, her eyes filled with gratitude.
"It's okay, I've been hungry before too, I know this feeling isn't good, but little sister, why are you crying here, why didn't you go home to find Father and Mama?"
Rhea once didn't want to train because the training arranged by her Father was too difficult and arduous, coupled with the willful personality she had developed since childhood, so she simply gave up and stopped training altogether.
Although her Father didn't say anything, she was punished by her Mama and wasn't allowed to eat.
Rhea, who had never been hungry since she was a child, only realized when she was so hungry that she felt weak all over, that the most terrifying thing in this World was an empty stomach.
As a result, from then on, even when facing the biggest and most difficult training, Rhea didn't dare to throw tantrums anymore, she could only train honestly. The feeling of being hungry, compared to training or injury, was a completely different level of discomfort!
Therefore, she was the one who least wanted to be hungry, and also the one who could least stand to see others suffering from hunger.
"Wuwuwuwuwu, my Father and Mama abandoned me a long time ago, they left here, they don't want me anymore!"
"I ate a strange fruit and became able to fly, and then everyone said I was a monster, they all hated me, and they hit me, they weren't willing to share anything with me to eat!!"
Hearing Rhea ask this, Perona immediately started crying again, perhaps because she was full and had the strength to cry, the more Perona spoke, the sadder she became, the sadder she was, the harder she cried, tears streaming down her face, making Rhea feel incredibly sorry for her.
"Good little sister, don't cry, since your Father and Mama don't want you anymore, just follow big sister from now on, as long as big sister is here, no one will dare to hit you, and from now on you won't have to go hungry anymore."
Rhea gently stroked Perona's little head and said softly.
"Big sister, is what you said true?"
Perona looked up at Rhea with teary eyes and asked sincerely.
"Of course it's true, my name is Rhea, from now on you are my little sister, as an older sister, how can I let my little sister go hungry?"
Rhea gently wiped away Perona's tears and said.
"Wuwuwuwuwu, big sister, my name is Perona!!"
Hearing Rhea say this, Perona grabbed Rhea's hand and cried even harder. Since being abandoned by her Father and Mama, Perona felt this kind of warmth for the first time.
"Okay, Perona, stop crying, I'll take you to take a bath!"
After Perona's emotions stabilized, Rhea picked up Perona and walked out of the dark corner.