Pirates: From the Planet to the Starry Sky

Chapter 13 The Underground Research Institute
The entire castle, just the walls are several meters thick.There are also several dark bunkers inside, guarding soldiers, staring at the aisle all the time.

Inside the castle, there is a huge empty room, two elevators for transporting goods, and four elevators for people to take up the cave that was once the entrance of the cave.

"Your Highness."

When Rich walked by, the soldiers along the way saluted.

Following batches of refugees, orphans were transported to the forest island of the Rock Mountain Kingdom, causing the population of the forest island to grow rapidly.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Rich's scientific troops had already increased to 1000 people and were divided into two battalions.

One battalion is responsible for the caravan escort mission under Richie, and the other battalion is responsible for the defense of the forest island and the castle.

Not only did Richie recruit troops, but with the money, the Rock Mountain Kingdom also increased the establishment of four battalions, two of which were navy.

The other two battalions are responsible for defense and patrolling on the main island, making up for the gap of the transferred battalion.

Now under Richie's command, the two battalion commanders are all selected talented fighters. One is named Baru, who was recruited by Richie from among the refugees.

Once a middle-level officer of the Kingdom of Laika, he participated in the battle of the Kingdom of Laika.However, his military achievements were swallowed up by his superiors, and he was framed and became a refugee.

Because he was surrounded when Balu escaped, his body was full of wounds, and his whole body seemed to be bathed in blood.When Rich's recruiters saw Baloo, he was already dying.

In order to save him, the recruiters specially invited several doctors and spent a lot of money to buy a lot of medicines to treat Balu.

Baru, who participated in the war, is very strong, and now he has the strength of a colonel of the Navy Headquarters.

Moreover, this is because of the lack of military rations in the Kingdom of Laika. Every day, the military camp is supplied with porridge and wild vegetables. Moreover, in the military, the training of each soldier is only simple training or dragged to the battlefield.

That's it, Baru still has such strength. According to Rich's estimate, if he continues to follow the training of the Rock Mountain Kingdom, coupled with sufficient meat food to supplement nutrition, Baru can reach the level of an ordinary vice-admiral no matter what.

The other was a recruit recruited from within the Rock Mountain Kingdom.Because of his natural affinity with firearms, he can hit a hundred shots with a gun, so he became the battalion commander of the scientific army recruit battalion.

This young man, named Yate, now relies on his own talent, and now he has a perfect marksmanship, and no one in the entire battalion refuses to accept it.

Seeing that Yate and Baloo both have good talents, Rich has already handed over the royal family's know-how and domineering cultivation method to Yate.

And Balu has also obtained the domineering cultivation method. In Rich's view, Art and Balu are very talented, but after several months of training, there is already a slight possibility of awakening.

"Your Highness."

As the chief of the castle guard, Art stood in front of Rich and saluted Rich.

"Well, train hard and strive to awaken your domineering as soon as possible. When the time comes, exercise your body well, and your future is absolutely limitless."

"Yes."

For Rich's encouragement, Yate's eyes lit up, and he was very proud of himself.

At this time, the elevator had already opened the door, and Richie walked in with Hela.

With the twisting of the cable, the elevator descended rapidly.After about 5 minutes, the elevator fell to the bottom. When the elevator door was opened, there was a huge underground square in front of it.

On the square, there is a small team patrolling, and some workers are transporting supplies back and forth. Due to the confidentiality of the scientific troops, the families of these workers have also moved here.

In the future, with the increase of workers and their families, this place will become an underground town.

Although restricting going out seems to mean being locked up, but for the workers, this is actually nothing.

These worker families are all refugees, and they signed a contract to come here.

Labor is paid, and food and materials are sufficient, there is no oppression, and you can go out for one day every month.

Therefore, it is only restricted to go out, and it is not abuse for the residents of Pirate World for the residents of Pirate World who have never been able to eat and may become slaves.

The huge underground square was created by Rich's ability, and the surrounding walls are made of rocks that have been compressed several times.

And there is a stone pillar at a certain distance. The strength of these stone pillars is not weaker than steel of the same volume.

When you get out of the elevator, you will naturally be greeted by the person in charge here.Take the first generation of strange-looking kerosene trucks and walk in this underground square.

The kerosene engine, this kerosene, is the fuel that Lace extracted from coal through unknown black technology.After all, One Piece World still uses Coca-Cola as fuel, and such kerosene technology still has a trace of science.

Rich himself can produce coal infinitely, so the research institute has no shortage of fuel.When this black-tech kerosene was manufactured, it immediately became the main power machinery fuel of the research institute, and then spread rapidly.

The power of this kerosene is several times stronger than the gasoline of Richie's previous life.And after the steam engine was manufactured, Reis made a kerosene engine based on the principle of the steam engine.

Then there was the kerosene car that Rich was riding on. The body was similar to an off-road vehicle, without a roof, four wheels, and the steering wheel was exactly the same as a car.

On one side of the square, there is a 50-meter-high cave that extends all the way to the depths of the red earth continent.

Along the way, in addition to a four-lane road and sidewalks, there are two train tracks.Above the passage, there are lights on.

With the emergence of kerosene, the power plant has new power, which also makes Shanlin Island use electricity.The hall that Rich passed just now was full of light.

After traveling about ten kilometers by car, the surrounding walls turned red, which represented that Rich had come to the interior of the Red Earth Continent.

In front, an underground city appeared here, which is the research institute of Reis, with buildings such as testing ground, factory, power plant, library and so on.

At this time, Rich came to investigate, and Reis also pulled out his hand to welcome Rich.

"Your Highness, long time no see. Welcome to visit my research institute." Reis said with a smile upon meeting.

"It seems that you have a good life here." Richie also said with a smile.

A year has passed, and Richie has grown to a height of 1.8 meters. According to Richie's estimation, when he becomes an adult, he will also be two to three meters tall.

This height is not an exaggeration in the world of pirates, or even normal.

"You said that you have made a new breakthrough in your research, can you let me see it now?"

Rich said.

"nature."

Reis also joked to Rich with a smile.

"If there is no result, how can I ask you for funds?"

Continue to move forward by car, and after passing through several laboratory buildings, you come to a square.

This is the weapons and equipment testing ground established by Reis himself. It is ten kilometers long and five kilometers wide.

In order to ensure the stability of such a large space, Rich still specially made the top floor into a semi-dome, surrounded by solid stone pillars.

Rice is very satisfied with the current research institute.And with Rich, a generous boss, there are no restrictions except for some other research.

Therefore, Reis's research has made new breakthroughs. Although Reis is not a genius comparable to Vegapunk, he is still at a level that is rare in a century.

If it is in the world government, it is also top-level treatment.

When he saw the weapons on the soldiers on the test site, Richie was stunned for a moment, then looked at Lace and said.

"You've gotten your exoskeleton to this point."

(End of this chapter)