With S-Monkey's sheer physical prowess, combined with the laser system and the More-More Fruit, it was nothing short of a weapon of mass destruction.
He heard that there were seven such creatures in the entire Fallen Angel plan.
He believes that other Fallen Angels, even if they have different strengths, will not be much inferior to this S-monkey.
For the current Netherworld Pirates, it is simply a tiger with wings.
Coupled with the huge clone army, he's afraid they are capable of directly attacking the World Government.
To be honest, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he really couldn't believe that in just five years, the Pirate crew had developed to this extent.
It's really frightening.
"It's still a little short. It will probably take another two years before they can really enter the mature stage and grow to the height I expect!"
Luke folded his arms and chuckled.
Every Fallen Angel actually has normal thinking and wisdom. However, when they were created, their lineage factors were fully transformed by the Germa research team, embedding unwavering loyalty into their very being.
Therefore, they have considerable growth potential. Moreover, the growth rate is far faster than that of normal humans.
Not only can they master the physical skills engraved in the Lineage factors, but they can also master the power of Haki.
However, these skills required constant training and refinement; they couldn't immediately match their original templates.
"Tsk, unbelievable…"
Shiryu, who witnessed the whole process, bit his cigar and sighed: "If we had these monsters when we first entered the New World a few years ago, the Marines would've had a hell of a time dealing with us."
Even he couldn't help but be shocked.
The power these Fallen Angels displayed was truly astonishing.
Shiryu knew Lucci's strength very well.
Over the past few years, under Luke's guidance, Lucci's combat prowess had advanced rapidly, probably not any weaker than himself.
The most advanced laser system, Lineage Factor Warriors, human gigantification technology, the racial ability of the Lunarian clan, plus the powerful devil Devil Fruit ability.
These characteristics are integrated into one.
It is hard to imagine if all seven of these monsters are deployed.
What kind of combat power can be exerted? Even a strong man like him is a little scared.
"Hey, I'm counting on them to give the World Government and the Marines a big surprise!"
Luke's mouth corners rose, and he said with some playfulness.
At present, the Netherworld Pirates have only shown ordinary Pacifista to the outside world.
Only the core cadres know about the Fallen Angel plan.
In fact, so far, only a few people, such as Robin, have seen these Fallen Angels with their own eyes.
"Luke-sama..."
"For the past five years, we have successfully cultivated 120,000 ordinary clone soldiers, in addition to 30,000 hybrid Fish-man and Giant clone soldiers!"
"In addition, we have successfully cultivated 500 new giant warriors, and all of their lineage factors have been transformed. Their combat effectiveness far exceeds that of ordinary giants!"
"The first generation of Pacifistas, 300 units were produced. The second generation, 500 units have been manufactured!"
"We currently have 100,000 clone soldiers, 30,000 hybrid Fish-man and Giant clone soldiers, 2,000 new-model giant clone warriors, and 500 third-generation Pacifistas in the process of development... The estimated time for them to reach full maturity is one more year!"
Half an hour later.
The massive Ark Maxim soared across the Calm Belt.
Inside, Vinsmoke Judge, the head of the research base, was reporting the situation in detail to Luke.
In reality, whether it was the giant clone soldiers or the Pacifistas, the costs were astronomical.
Raising a single giant warrior from inception to full maturity cost as much as half a warship, and the cost of a single Pacifista was comparable to that of an entire warship.
The Fallen Angel project alone, despite producing only seven specimens, had already consumed hundreds of billions in funding.
Similarly, while the individual cost of an ordinary clone soldier was relatively low, cloning hundreds of thousands quickly turned into an astronomical expense.
"As of now, the base has nearly reached its limit. The daily consumption of resources is already an overwhelming figure; we can't produce any more clone soldiers!"
Judge sighed helplessly and continued: "That's even after your Shadowkhan Army acquired the Book-Book Fruit. We've managed to store the majority of the clone army inside the picture books, but..."
"If we wish to continue expanding, we'll have to build a new base. However, that would require more funding and significantly increase the risk of exposure!"
"Is that so?"
Luke raised his eyebrows.
The funding is easy to say, with the support of at least 50 billion per year from Gild Tesoro, plus a large amount of treasure brought back by the Shadowkhan Army from treasure hunting everywhere.
Not to mention, under Luke's orders, the Netherworld Pirates had deployed their hybrid fishman-giant clone in recent years to explore sunken cities and shipwrecks, retrieving vast amounts of treasure.
Financially, there was no strain.
The main concern was resource consumption. Every month, large quantities of supplies had to be transported in secrecy. If expansion continued unchecked, it could attract the attention of the World Government.
For years, the World Government had been desperately trying to locate the Netherworld Pirates' research base.
If Luke hadn't been part of the CP organization in the past and remained extremely cautious, they might have already been discovered.
That said, no secret can remain hidden forever.
The Netherworld Pirates had even built multiple fake bases around the world to mislead the World Government, and some had already been attacked.
Despite suffering casualties, neither CP0 nor the Marines had given up on their mission to destroy the Netherworld Pirates' research operations.
"Our clone army numbers in the hundreds of thousands, and with the ever-growing zombie army and Shadowkhan Army, we already pose a considerable threat to the Marine Headquarters and World Government..."
Luke folded his arms and said lightly: "But it is far from enough to conquer the whole world and firmly control this sea!"
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