Chapter 45 Dragon Kingdom's Seastone Revelation: Unleashing the Power of Advanced Technology

Dragon Kingdom is ranked number one in the resource list!

This is just another day in Dragon Kingdom, but it caught everyone's attention.

Everyone is curious about what resource could make Dragon Kingdom number one.

Some people are questioning the ranking, while others have other thoughts.

They all want to see it with their own eyes.

At the Dragon Kingdom mining area, there is a bare mountain with no vegetation. Thousands of people are busy working there.

The color of the ore in the mountain tells them what kind of resource it is: seastone!

They recognized seastone at a glance.

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[Kizaru: This is the seastone that Wanokuni has, but the quality of this seastone looks way better than Wanokuni's!]

[Aokiji: All the seastone mines in Dragon Kingdom are above ground, so it's easier to mine and transport than in Wanokuni. Only some of Wanokuni's seastone mines are above ground, the rest are underground.]

[Flying Squirrel: Look around, there are 20 or 30 seastone mines, and they're all concentrated in this area. This is crazy!]

[Red Hair: I knew that Dragon Kingdom probably had more seastone than Wanokuni, but I didn't think it was this much! If every mountain is like this, then Dragon Kingdom probably has 20 times more seastone than Wanokuni!]

[Kaido: !!!]

[Sengoku: More than 20 times?!]

Sengoku was surprised too. That's definitely a lot more seastone than they sold!

Sengoku suddenly thought of something. Maybe Dragon Kingdom only sold a small part of their seastone.

Because they have too much seastone, they sell it cheaply.

But small powers can't afford to buy a lot of seastone.

If Dragon Kingdom sold their seastone to big powers, they would have been much richer.

But Sengoku knows that if they did that, they would have been targeted by the World government and the Four Emperors.

It would have been difficult for Dragon Kingdom to develop steadily.

Wanokuni's seastone resources attracted Kaido.

Dragon Kingdom has dozens of times more seastone, so many big powers in the world would be interested.

This shows that the king of Dragon Kingdom is not only good at business, but also cautious.

The Five Elders were shocked.

They didn't expect that Dragon Kingdom had so much seastone.

Wanokuni's seastone mine, which was controlled by Kaido, looked shabby in comparison.

Garp's words were even more astonishing.

[Garp: Hey, have you noticed that all of these seastone are the same size? It's like they were carved out of a mold. Usually, only artificial mines are that regular.

[Whitebeard: Really? I thought seastone mines were always formed naturally. That's a pretty out-there theory.]

[Aokiji: It's probably just a coincidence. Maybe they just happen to look the same.]

[Sentomaru: What kind of tools did the miners use to dig these seastone?]

As the video zooms in, people can see the miners working in the seastone mine.

They are using machines to do the work, while miners in Wanokuni only have pickaxes.

The miners in Dragon Kingdom are working much easier and faster, and they even have time to talk about family affairs

[Kizaru: Dragon Kingdom's laser technology is so advanced! I remember their fishing boats had laser weapons. It makes sense since they need to protect themselves at sea. But now they're using laser tools to mine seastone!]

[Sengoku: I'm sure they're very advanced in this field.]

The Marine Science Department in Dragon Kingdom is using laser technology on pacifists.

It's still in beta, so it's not clear if it's stable yet.

Laser technology seems to be everywhere in Dragon Kingdom.

[Moria: The miners have a clear division of labor. Each person is responsible for a specific task, and the efficiency is very high. This work model is still a bit new to me.]

The mining work was going smoothly until a novice excavator worker made a mistake.

He smashed a good seastone block into the mountain, and it got compacted.

The robot arm couldn't move around anymore.

"That was careless. Did you see the blue button next to it? It's for personal form control. If you press it, I'll press mine too. If we both press it, it'll turn on personal driving mode!"

The old miner scolded him

"Is this the one?"

"Yes."

Both of them pressed the blue button on the excavators.

The metal parts of the two excavators exposed and reassembled.

They were magnetically attracted to each other and assembled quickly. In a few seconds, a mecha with a more elaborate mechanical structure, a human form, and a cockpit appeared in front of everyone.

[Franky: Wow, this is a mecha! This is so cool!]

The old miner got into the cockpit and the mecha floated up to the mountain.

He controlled the mecha to extend a pair of mechanical arms with sharp metal fingers.

The arms had a strong thrust, and the miner easily inserted them into the mountain like tofu.

He flicked his hands and the mountain broke apart like paper.

He easily lifted out a big rock with seastone.

Two laser beams shot out from the mecha's eyes and accurately drew an irregular circular outline on the stone.

With a bang, the seastone and the stone were perfectly separated.

"Old Joel's seastone peeling technique is still so amazing! He didn't damage any of the seastone at all."

[ Sengoku:! ! ! ! ]

[Kizaru:! ! ! ! ]

People in Dragon Kingdom use high-tech robots to mine! This is crazy!

The robots are so strong and convenient.

They have sharp metal arms and can even emit laser light.

They are probably even stronger than pacifists!

The robots can be controlled artificially, which makes them even more powerful.

They are basically core weapons!

Using them for mining is a waste of their potential!

[Sentomaru: That clunky machine just turned into a robot!]

[Franky: No, it's called a mecha!]

[Luffy: That's so cool!]

[Chopper: So cool and awesome!]

[Brook: A robot, a man's dream!]

[Marco: If they can mass-produce these things, they'd be a force to be reckoned with on the battlefield!]

[Queen: It's not as good as my modified body, but it seems like ordinary people can use it too.]

[Flying Squirrel: This could be a very practical weapon!]

[Vegapunk: Don't think about using these machines for fighting. They should be used to improve people's lives and make things more convenient. That's what they're meant for.]

[Garp: These machines make mining much more efficient and easier. The miners in Wanokuni are way behind in terms of technology. In the video we saw, Kaido's own subordinates were exhausted and even injured from mining seastone.]

[Kaido: ...]

Garp is praising Dragon Kingdom all the time. What's his motive?

They have the same resources, but Dragon Kingdom is much more advanced. Kaido must be feeling humiliated.

If Dragon Kingdom didn't have the same resources, Kaido wouldn't be so embarrassed.

[Beckman: Something's not right. If the amount of seastone sold is the same as the amount in the previous wealth list, then there's no need to mine so much. After all, the mined seastone needs to be stored and maintained regularly. It would be better to wait until we need more. So where did the rest of the seastone go?]

[Red Hair: Maybe there are other uses for it. Is there something or someone that needs so much seastone?]

When Boss Bai appeared in the video, everyone immediately understood what was going on.