Sea Calendar, June 22, 1506

  The Nautilus, soaring ten thousand meters above the ground, moved like a ghost, undetectable.

  They had already reached the northern part of the South Blue.

  Raki, acting as the temporary navigator, was carefully flipping through charts of the South Blue seas. Meanwhile, Ari occasionally opened portals, transporting documents from the Dawn Kingdom’s various departments and controlled territories to Noah for his review and decisions.

  At present, the Dawn Kingdom’s controlled zones included:

  The Mackerel Port Governor's Mansion in the Rum Kingdom (popution: 240,000)Lion Isnd Governor's Mansion on Sky Isnd (popution: 12,000)The Ant Nest Governor’s Mansion on Sixis Isnd in the East Blue (popution: 11,000)In addition to these, there were outposts such as the Swallow Isnd Eavesdropping Station in the North Blue, the Tide Sea Base in the East Blue, and the Coral Sea Base in the North Blue.

  The popution on Sixis Isnd was nearing its limit. The majority of its inhabitants were refugees from the fallen country of Flevance, people whom Law had gradually healed.

  Sky Isnd’s popution limit was around 30,000. Currently, it housed over 3,000 residents from Angel Isnd, 2,000 from the Feathered Tribe, and over 1,000 from Birkans. Additionally, 4,000 more people had been transferred from the Flevance refugees, bringing the current popution to 11,000.

  To further expand Sky Isnd’s popution capacity, they would need to transport more isnds up into the sky. However, the Imperial Cloud near Angel Isnd could only support a few smaller isnds at most.

  The Imperial Cloud’s load-bearing capacity wasn’t infinite. Its natural growth required special conditions, particurly the presence of seastone components.

  The reason Angel Isnd had such a vast Imperial Cloud yer was due to the volcanic eruptions in the seabed below, which brought seastone components to the surface.

  In other words, the magma from underground carried the seastone up.

  If they were to rely solely on natural volcanic eruptions to bring seastone to the surface, forming an Imperial Cloud would be an incredibly slow process.

  Noah had already become aware of this issue.

  For example, the pn to create an Imperial Cloud over the Sea of Gluttony (the area previously discovered near Baron of the Stomach) could only be achieved by cutting off sections of the Imperial Cloud from either Angel Isnd or Birka.

  This approach, however, was akin to robbing Peter to pay Paul.

  Noah had already come up with an idea regarding the seastone components...

  …

  Back in the Rum Kingdom, Lilian hadn’t even had two days of rest before Noah assigned her to Bck Rock Isnd, where the underwater volcanic eruptions had previously occurred.

  Bck Rock Isnd hadn’t changed much; the volcanic crater still oozed dark red va constantly.

  After over a year of intense training, Lilian had finally mastered the extreme temperature simution of compounds, pushing her fme's burning temperature to 4,990°C.

  But this time, she wasn't there to test her temperature limits; she was there to complete a task assigned by Noah.

  Lilian’s arm transformed into a liquid combustible substance:“Bzing Dragon Wave!”

  Her arm, infused with Haki, shot upward like a fming liquid spear, crashing directly into the volcanic crater.

  Boom!

  The attack, which consumed a third of Lilian’s energy, pierced through the magma, delving thousands of meters deep into the earth.

  “Earth Fire Surge!”

  Moments ter, the energy in the underground magma chamber was triggered, and the volcano erupted violently.

  “Bzing Vapor Wave!” Lilian raised both hands, maniputing the surrounding seawater’s steam, and directed it into the volcano's crater.

  The csh of scorching steam and volcanic ash created an explosive reaction, sending ash and steam bsting high into the sky, darkening the atmosphere within a radius of dozens of kilometers.

  Ari arrived with Noah to collect a portion of the volcanic ash cloud, sealing it for transport back to the cloud processing workshop on Sky Isnd to test whether it could serve as raw material for the Imperial Clouds.

  The experiment was a resounding success. The volcanic ash indeed contained seastone components, and with some refinement, it could be used to create Imperial Clouds.

  This breakthrough provided the Noah family with the ability to mass-produce the materials necessary for expanding Sky Isnd, ying the foundation for its future growth.

  The experiment also confirmed that seastone components originated from underground magma.

  Using this discovery, Noah ordered Ari’s science division to establish a Seastone Synthesis Laboratory to experiment with synthesizing rge blocks of seastone from volcanic ash.

  Currently, all rge seastone blocks on the market came from Wano Country and were monopolized by Kaido and the World Government.

  Conquering Wano within a short timeframe was impossible for the Noah family. Even if they somehow managed to take Kaido down through trickery and seize control of Wano, they would still struggle to fend off the World Government’s greed.

  Thus, the best way to obtain high-quality seastone products at affordable prices was to synthesize rge blocks of seastone themselves.

  In Noah’s mind, the reason Wano had such vast seastone mines was due to the unique underground magma chambers that created rock formations simir to basalt.

  In short, seastone components in magma, when exposed to high pressure in sealed environments, crystallized into seastone blocks.

  The reason no one had discovered this before was complex.

  For one, Wano, the primary seastone mining area, was a closed-off nation, making it difficult for outsiders to study its geological formations.

  Moreover, the world had experienced a major technological gap, causing much scientific knowledge to be lost. Scientists were now scarce, and the World Government deliberately suppressed scientific progress. Researchers were either recruited, eliminated, or imprisoned in Impel Down, leaving only a few rogue scientists working in secret.

  Even Vegapunk, widely regarded as the world’s smartest man, was, in Noah’s eyes, nothing more than a human hard drive storing ancient technology.

  The method for synthesizing seastone crystals was simple for anyone familiar with the One Piece world’s plot and armed with scientific methods.

  The fact that seastone components existed both in the sea and in Sky Isnd’s Imperial Clouds indicated that these components were widespread.

  By observing the sky-high currents around Jaya Isnd and the volcanic nature of Wano’s isnds, one could deduce that seastone components were transported to the surface via volcanic eruptions.

  Since seastone components were so widespread, why not gather dispersed volcanic ash to synthesize rge blocks of seastone?

  The people of the One Piece world couldn’t figure this out because they were too immersed in their world. But Noah was different. He was a transmigrator who had once “observed” the One Piece world from a distance.

  Many secrets revealed themselves when you took the time to think about them.

  After Noah completed these arrangements, the Nautilus arrived near the first inhabited isnd in the South Blue.

  Disguised, Noah and his crew disembarked at the small isnd’s port, preparing to gather information on recent events in the South Blue.

  In the original timeline, the South Blue remained rgely unexplored, with only two notable locations.

  One was the isnd where the Pirate King’s son was born.

  The other was the homend of Bartholomew Kuma, the world’s biggest tragic figure—the Sorbet Kingdom.

  Most other isnds had no significant information.

  This piqued Noah’s curiosity, and he decided to explore the South Blue further.

  At the port bar on Whitewood Isnd, Noah and his crew were discreetly gathering the information they needed.

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