Chương 1819: The Importance of the Calm Belt (1)

His voice was not loud, but it caused a stir among the crowd.

"The Calm Belt!"

When everyone heard this, an expression of disbelief appeared on their faces.

You know, the doldrums is an extremely dangerous place. Not only is there no wind, but there are also strong currents and whirlpools. Once a ship enters it, it is almost certain to die.

"Wait, Calm Belt..."

Mazsheng's voice suddenly sounded, his brows tightly furrowed, as if he had thought of something important.

"It's not impossible!"

There was a hint of surprise and uncertainty in his tone.

"Klein and Slude of the Rockefeller family, one possesses the Parahuman-type Door-Door Fruit, and the other possesses the Parahuman-type Mirror-Mirror Fruit. Both fruits have the ability to teleport across great distances. It's entirely possible that they could be used by the Rockefeller Kingdom to hide their laboratory!"

Mazisheng became more and more excited as he spoke, and he felt that his guess made sense.

"not only that!"

Saint Vochuli continued.

"Don't forget, the Rockefeller Kingdom's ships can also sail into the doldrums!"

His words startled everyone present.

"The Calm Belt..."

This word kept echoing in everyone's mind, and everyone's expression became serious.

Although with the breakthroughs in ship technology in recent years, the doldrums are no longer an insurmountable obstacle, the time is still too short and the world government has not invested too much energy in the research of the doldrums.

At present, people's understanding of this mysterious area, the doldrums, is still very limited.

Although it has always been full of unknowns and mysteries, few people take the initiative to explore it.

Nasshoulangsheng realized the importance of this issue and said, "It seems that we need to devote some energy to exploring the Calm Belt. I remember that Nine Snake Island seems to be in the Calm Belt. We must prepare early!"

Satan Sheng also agreed, adding, "If the Rockefeller Kingdom's laboratory is indeed in the Calm Belt, then it means that the Rockefeller Kingdom has most likely extended their tentacles into this area. You know, once the Rockefeller Kingdom breaks through the Calm Belt, the North Sea and the East Sea will be completely exposed to their offensive. We absolutely cannot ignore this and must be highly vigilant!"

After hearing this, Saint Mazi's worries grew even heavier.

He was well aware of the importance of the Doldrums. Once it was controlled by the Rockefeller Kingdom, the Red Earth Continent's blockade of the New World would become meaningless.

He said worriedly, "Yes, once the Rockefeller Kingdom passes through the Calm Belt, the Red Earth Continent will no longer be able to block the New World! This is definitely a huge threat to us."

"The New World must send a large number of CP organizations to investigate the movements of the Rockefeller Kingdom!"

Nasu Shoulang Sheng said with a serious expression.

"The Rockefeller Kingdom has been very mysterious over the years. Apart from a single encounter with us during the Battle of Marineford, there has been no news since then. This is truly abnormal!"

The other four Five Elders nodded in agreement, and one of them chimed in, "Second!"

"Not only that, we must also have the Navy intensify its exploration of the doldrums."

Peter Saint continued.

"The revolution in shipping initiated by the Rockefeller Empire makes it possible for them to control the Calm Belt in the future. Controlling the Calm Belt is equivalent to controlling all channels on the ocean! This is undoubtedly a huge threat to us."

"I'll go inform Zhan Guo."

Saint Wuchuli said.

"However, exploring the Calm Belt is no easy task. First, we need ironclad ships to withstand the harsh environment and strong currents there. Second, we need a large amount of seastone, as only seastone can subdue the powerful creatures that inhabit it. However, the main source of seastone is currently controlled by the Rockefeller Kingdom, and the amount that flows out each year is very limited. Therefore, obtaining a large amount of seastone is a considerable challenge!"

"Does Vegapunk have the technology to extract seastone from the ocean, thus eliminating the need for the Rockefeller Kingdom?"

Saint Nasshoulang looked at Saint Satan with a serious expression, as if he was very concerned about this issue.

Satan was silent for a moment, stroking his chin thoughtfully. Then he slowly shook his head and replied, "As far as I know, Vegapunk has many important research projects, but he hasn't specifically studied the seastone factor."

Hearing this answer, Nasu Shoulangsheng frowned even more tightly, and he was obviously not satisfied with the result.

Maz Saint suddenly interrupted, "In that case, let's have Vegapunk research how to mass-produce seastone!"

Mazsheng's proposal stunned everyone present, as no one seemed to have thought of this.

Upon seeing this, Maz Saint quickly explained, "Seastone is actually very useful. In the past, the World Government didn't pay enough attention to it. At most, they purchased some seastone and made it into weapons or shackles to deal with Devil Fruit users. They also used a large amount of seastone when building the Undersea Prison."

He paused, then continued, "But later, as ship technology evolved, we discovered that placing seastone on the bottom of a ship could actually prevent the sea kings living in the doldrums from attacking! This was a momentous discovery! It's a shame we didn't take it seriously at the time, nor did we anticipate such a use for seastone. Looking back now, it's such a shame."

After hearing these words, the others' faces turned pale instantly and beads of sweat began to appear on their foreheads.

They secretly calculated the time in their minds and suddenly realized that the Rockefeller Kingdom seemed to have discovered this technology more than ten years ago.

Over the past decade or so, no one knows how much progress the Rockefeller Empire has made in this field.

Thinking of this, Mazisheng felt even more heavy-hearted and anxious.

He couldn't help but start to worry about the future of the World Government, because once the Rockefeller Kingdom really had any intentions on the North Sea and the East Sea, the World Government would face a huge threat.

Moreover, it is not just Saint Maz, the other four Five Elders are not stupid people either.

They also realized the seriousness of the problem and began to think carefully about it.

Especially when they thought about the use of seastone and the doldrums, their worries surged into their hearts like a tide.

Red Earth Continent, the World Government's control over the Red Earth Continent has always been one of the important tools for the World Government to control the world.