Chapter 591: Taking Advantage of Vegapunk

"Hehe! I like this island more and more meow! Check-it!"

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After eating the Snow Snow Fruit, Meow Erya changed her previous cold-fearing constitution and played happily in the wind and snow with full energy.

On the contrary, Klee, who used to like playing in the snow, was very calm this time.

Because Meow Erya was there, the little puppet had snow to play with anytime and anywhere, so naturally she lost interest in the Winter Island.

Originally, Xie Wen took her with him, and one of them planned to let her use the fruit ability to keep everyone warm, but it turned out that it was not necessary. With Meow Erya, the wind and snow could not get close to them, so the warmth of the clothes alone was enough.

So, Klee, who had nothing to do, followed Meow Erya's example and got into Xie Wen's clothes, with only her cute head showing from the collar and looking around.

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Since Xie Wen's clothes couldn't fit a second cat, Huiyuan Meowth hummed a few times and got into Robin's arms...

This made people very envious.

Link Meowth, who had nowhere to hide, was not ignored. Xie Wen simply picked him up and gently scratched the chin of the little ocelot.

"Roar!"

Xie Wen and his party, who were walking through the forest, suddenly heard a roar next to them.

Immediately afterwards, a lion with a lot of mechanical structures on its body, which looked very cyberpunk, came out of the forest and ran straight towards them.

"Huh? What an interesting animal Meowth! Worth studying! Check-it!"

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Meow Erya waved his claws, and the running cyberpunk lion was wrapped in a lot of snow, leaving only a confused head.

After seeing the lion, Xie Wen finally remembered that Vegapunk had semi-mechanized all the animals on the island in order to reduce the physical labor for the people in his hometown.

But...

That should have happened decades ago, right? Even if Vegapunk had passed this technology to his fellow countrymen, there was no need to make even beasts like lions semi-mechanized.

Or, can the lifespan of animals be extended after replacing the mechanical body?

However, Xie Wen suddenly thought that there seemed to be quite a few animals in the Pirate World that had long lifespans. Even if the animals originally had a short lifespan, if some of them had particularly strong individuals, not only would their lifespan increase, but their intelligence would also increase...

Just like becoming a spirit.

But the evolved animals that Shiki had previously spawned with IQ still maintained their original lifespan...

The biology of the Pirate World is still as mysterious as ever.

Shaking his head and not dwelling on these things anymore, Xie Wen spoke out to stop Meowerya, who wanted to dismantle the lion into parts on the spot.

"This is also Vegapunk's technology. When we find his research institute, we will naturally know what's going on. Don't waste time here."

"Is that so? Then listen to you, Xie Wen..." Meow Erya waved his paw again and let go of the mechanical lion that was forced to become a snowman, "You're lucky meow~ Check-it~"

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The mechanical lion was not stupid. Knowing that it was no match, it immediately jumped back into the woods with its tail between its legs.

Xie Wen and his companions continued on their way and soon arrived at Balkimoa, known as the country of the future.

In fact, Balkimoa is called a country, but in fact it is just a larger town. Because the climate of the mechanical island is too harsh, the living area here is not large, and the population size is not really a country.

However, due to the special geographical environment of the pirate world, although there are not many similar "small countries", they are not rare. After all, even on Earth there are super small countries like the Vatican.

The real special thing about Balkimoa is that although it is a member country, they do not need to pay Tianshangjin, which is also a benefit that Vegapunk has fought for his hometown.

Moreover, in the information Morgans gave Xie Wen, it was mentioned that this "country" not only had no king and royal family, but also no real ruling class.

Before Vegapunk was recruited by the World Government, he was basically the king of the future country. After he and some scientists were recruited by the World Government, the scientists who stayed here became "rulers".

Rather than saying that this is a country, it is better to say that it is a huge research base. Rather than saying that those scientists are rulers, they are managers.

In fact, they are not even managers.

Because these scientists are usually immersed in their own research, they are usually more entrusted to the navy stationed here.

"Brother Xie Wen, is the research institute we are looking for over there?"

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Ke Li, who was curled up in Xie Wen's clothes, stretched out a paw and pointed to a building complex on the edge of the town not far away.

Vegapunk's research institute is very conspicuous, because those buildings are not only clearly different from other places, but also there are navy patrols nearby, and the periphery of the research institute is also full of various warning signs to prevent others from approaching.

With Xie Wen's eyesight, he could even see the words "VEGAPUNK" written in huge English letters above the nailed door through the wind and snow...

He was afraid that others would not know that this was Vegapunk's research institute.

And it was not difficult to sneak in.

Under Meowerya's control, the snowstorm outside became stronger and stronger, forcing the nearby patrolling navy to hide in the house, and then Xie Wen and his team took advantage of the snowstorm to walk into Vegapunk's research institute.

However, Robin did not come in with them, because she wanted to know the history of the Mechanical Island and Balkimoa, and was not interested in those research materials at all, so she had separated from Xie Wen and his team before Meowerya started the snowstorm, and changed direction to enter Balkimoa alone.

Xie Wen was not worried about her safety. With Robin's current strength, she was more than enough to protect herself, not to mention that she also had cat battle suits, compressed bouncing bombs, small guardians and other protective equipment and props.

Moreover, Huiyuan Meow also asked Shirley to follow Robin. Unless the generals, CP0, the Knights of God, the Five Elders, the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and the Four Emperors came here for sightseeing, she would not be in trouble.

After entering Vegapunk's research institute without anyone noticing, Xie Wen and his team carefully checked whether there were any alarm devices at first, but there was nothing...

I don't know whether they were too confident in the guards outside or didn't pay much attention to the research here, but in any case, it was a good thing for Xie Wen and his team.

With less scruples, Xie Wen and his team quickly found the design drawings and research materials stored by Vegapunk in the research institute.

But...

"It's a good idea, but it's basically impossible to realize it now...Neither productivity nor technology can support these designs."

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After roughly flipping through it, Huiyuan Miao pouted and said, "Moreover, the design drawings here are basically inventions in the field of culture and entertainment, which are not very helpful to us, and I didn't see the animal transformation technology you mentioned."

Meowerya's opinion was basically the same as Huiyuan Miao, but she didn't show any disappointment.

"But it doesn't matter, there are still a lot of things in there that can give me inspiration~ Check-it!"

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Xiao Dejuan should not be lying deliberately because she is afraid of disappointing Xie Wen's kindness, because the two scientific research cats have said before that they observe these scientific and technological methods mainly to learn the research ideas of this world, and the technology itself is secondary.

And Xie Wen also nodded in understanding. No wonder the navy's defense is so lax. It turns out that the technology here is all good-looking but not useful.

But soon he suddenly reacted again...

No! If the technology here is useless, then where did Franky learn the technology from? !

So...

"There should be a hidden research institute here!"

Xie Wen stopped the little puppet who was chasing and playing with Belmode, and patted her little head.

"It's your turn, Spark Knight!"

"Leave it to Klee, meow!"

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