Chapter 9: Kingdom Technology
Technology is the primary productive force.
For the Kingdom to grow stronger, the natural area to develop is science and technology.
This is also what Hades values most. The Kronos Kingdom has not been affected by the World Government's suppression of technology in the Great Sea.
For these superpowers, the World Government's influence is extremely limited.
The Kronos Kingdom possesses an even stronger technological foundation, powerful artillery, and more accurate, longer-range firearms.
All of this is the important foundation for the Kronos Kingdom to stand firm in the Great Sea, resist Pirates, and suppress the Rebel Army.
For this purpose, the Kronos Kingdom already had dedicated Research Bases.
Within the Kingdom, there are many scientists with significant expertise in various fields.
Some have even researched and developed wireless communication technology that is unaffected by the unique magnetic field surrounding the entire Kronos Kingdom island and does not require using Den Den Mushi for independent communication.
This top-tier scientist is named Nikola Tesla.
He is the undisputed giant in the electromagnetic machinery field within the Kronos Kingdom and even the entire World.
He was even praised by Hades as a "god-like man," whose research in the electromagnetic field has completely reached a divine realm.
The so-called wireless communication technology was merely a minor technique that Tesla had researched long ago.
However, although this communication technology opened up a new field, it was not given much importance at the time.
After all, Den Den Mushi could serve as an alternative for communication.
There were also others who wanted to research communication technology, but they were ultimately stuck because of the chaotic magnetic fields in this World.
Only the biological magnetic field of Den Den Mushi could establish connections independently.
Wireless communication technology is a highly difficult, top-tier technology. Its core lies in establishing independent connections within chaotic magnetic fields, which is essentially a struggle against nature.
It's important to know that in some particularly chaotic and strange sea areas, even Den Den Mushi communication can fail and be affected.
However, with proper processing, wireless communication technology can fully achieve communication in these places.
Hades, on the other hand, clearly understood the vast potential this technology could unleash. If an independent communication network could be established, covering the entire Kronos Kingdom...
...and products similar to telephones were created, then they could completely replace the function of Den Den Mushi.
Then, the signal of Den Den Mushi could be blocked.
This would make the Kronos Kingdom like an iron barrel, preventing any information from leaking out from within the kingdom, because the Den Den Mushi's signal would be blocked and unusable.
Communication within the kingdom could be replaced by special products.
The special environment of this Great Sea means that the information network can only cover the Kronos Kingdom and some surrounding sea areas.
In more distant sea areas and islands, the magnetic fields change again. Unless a communication network is re-established based on the local special magnetic fields, but that's unnecessary.
This was Hades's vision.
However, in Hades's view, the kingdom's current development situation was far from sufficient.
After coming into contact with Hades and understanding the domestic situation of the Kronos Kingdom, Hades immediately applied to establish the Royal Academy of Sciences.
The Royal Family naturally gave their full support to this.
The original Research Bases were directly merged into the newly established Royal Academy of Sciences.
With the supplies and funds provided by the Kronos Kingdom, projects related to weapons, missiles, submarines, communication networks, and telephones compatible with the communication network were successively initiated.
In addition, there were also more advanced projects like laser cannons, electromagnetic cannons, human enhancement, and nutrient pods.
Although the appearance of Vegapunk marked the true beginning of the technological explosion in this Great Sea, with technological levels constantly rising, it cannot be denied that this Great Sea possesses a sufficient technological foundation.
Technologies like laser cannons are now foreseeable and completely achievable.
Especially in a place like the Kronos Kingdom, which possesses a considerable technological foundation and top-tier scientists.
Under Hades's leadership, the Tartaros Royal Family extended invitations to many renowned scientists within the country, as well as scientists from all over the World who had demonstrated unique talents in many fields.
With sufficient funds, most of them would not refuse the invitation. Furthermore, to eliminate future troubles, the Kronos Kingdom could also bring their families to the Kronos Kingdom and provide generous treatment.
The five major Royal Trading Companies are connected to the Four Seas, and combined with Hades's Intelligence Force, they extend like tentacles towards various kingdoms and islands.
Collecting those scientists who possess sufficient talent.
To avoid alerting the World Government and causing a stir, all of this was carried out in secret.
Especially regarding the Future Country, which has strong technological capabilities, due to the World Government's restrictions on technology in the Great Sea, a Navy Fortress was specifically built on a small island adjacent to the Future Country.
It is constantly being watched, making entry and exit somewhat troublesome.
In the field of technology, the Future Country is undoubtedly ahead of the entire World, even possessing simple artificial intelligence technology.
As for more advanced artificial intelligence, some people had even researched it in the past, but not many knew about it.
Numerous scientists gathered together, researching the fields and things that Hades wanted them to research.
Various prospects and concepts, especially the proposed concept of satellites, sparked the research interest of many scientists.
Having lived two lives, Hades possessed sufficient insight and knew how to develop the kingdom to make it stronger.
He knew which directions to develop and which industries to focus on, it's just that very few people had thought in this direction before.
The World Government's suppression of technological development was also a factor.
In the invention and creation of weapons, Hades could also offer many suggestions. He was a weapon enthusiast, not necessarily a military fan, but he had some understanding of various types of weapons.
And this was one of the first projects the Royal Academy of Sciences began researching after its establishment.
As long as the concept is proposed, for those genius scientists, many things can be researched and developed simply by understanding their function.
For example, automatic rifles. The Kronos Kingdom possesses sufficient technological support. Weapons similar to gatling guns have already appeared in this World.
The only drawback is the high cost, due to the lack of sufficient technological support.
Hades understood that all of this was based on a powerful industrial system, requiring sufficiently precise equipment, such as machine tools and lathes.
For example, the future Beast Pirates' high-precision weapons still needed to be crafted by craftsmen from Wano Country. How could production volume be high under such circumstances? And the cost was even unimaginable.
Assembly lines and automated production, although concepts exist in this World, are only at a relatively basic level. Just machine tools alone are a bottleneck.
However, with a sufficient industrial foundation and the establishment of an entire production line, production efficiency would greatly increase, and costs would decrease countless times.
The most important thing is precision. Being able to mass-produce turrets does not mean being able to mass-produce firearms. The smaller the machinery, the higher the precision requirements.
With this sufficient industrial foundation, it can also support other industries and drive the kingdom's economic development.
(end of chapter)