Limitless Sea Area:
"Captain, there's something we need to discuss with you!"
As soon as Li Yuan returned to the Limitless Sea Area, Caesar and Soros approached him.
"What is it?"
Li Yuan asked curiously.
"We want to bring Pluto up from beneath Wano Country because we are currently conducting comprehensive research on ancient weapons and their energy systems."
"To facilitate and further our research, it would be best to bring Pluto to the surface so that we can access it anytime for our studies, which would greatly improve our efficiency," Soros said.
"In that case, let's go ahead and salvage Pluto. We'll place it next to your Calm Belt island for your research," Li Yuan agreed after some thought.
The reason they hadn't salvaged Pluto before was to keep its existence hidden from the World Government. But now, he realized that as long as they brought Pluto up and concealed it in the Calm Belt, no one would know of its existence as long as Li Yuan kept quiet.
As for salvaging Pluto, it meant they would have to demolish the outer walls of Wano Country and drain the inland sea before they could retrieve Pluto.
After years of research and attempts, the Infinite Pirates had already mastered the technology to salvage Pluto without damaging the outer walls of Wano Country.
"That's fantastic, Captain! When do we start?" Caesar asked eagerly. After all, it was Pluto, and he naturally wanted to get it as soon as possible.
"There's no time like the present; let's go now. It's not a difficult task!" Li Yuan smiled.
Immediately, under Li Yuan's orders, the entire Wano Country began to mobilize.
First, all the scouts near Wano Country were cleared out, and everyone in Wano was ordered to return home and not go outside. The area near the inland sea was guarded by loyal individuals, preventing anyone from approaching.
After sealing off the information, Li Yuan and the others boarded the Hades Pluto ship and arrived outside the sea area of Wano Country's walls.
Upon hearing Li Yuan's intention to salvage Pluto, Esdeath, Akame, Yadina, and Lazuli all curiously rushed over to take a look.
After all, while they knew that Pluto was buried beneath Wano, they had only seen a small part of it exposed before.
Now that Pluto was about to be revealed, they naturally wanted to see what the complete Pluto looked like.
"Dive down to the location of Pluto!"
On the Hades Pluto ship, Li Yuan and the others boarded a submarine and directly descended into the sea.
As numerous submarines descended to Pluto's location, part of Pluto had already emerged. The dark metallic sheen, even after being submerged for eight hundred years, showed no signs of wear or erosion from the sea.
"Every time I see this Pluto, it feels incredible. The material used to create Pluto is truly remarkable; even the strongest alloy I can produce might not compare to it!" Caesar exclaimed.
As a gluttony fruit user, he could consume various metals and stones to synthesize and create different alloys.
He had once tried to consume the material of Pluto, hoping to use his abilities to create a material similar to Pluto's.
But in the end, he found that he couldn't digest the Pluto material at all, which meant he couldn't replicate the current material of Pluto.
The inability to digest was naturally due to his gluttony fruit abilities not being developed enough, but he believed that one day he would be able to digest Pluto's material and create the same material. This was his confidence in himself.
"It's not just the material; the energy system and weapon system inside are the most advanced I've seen in this world. This is technology that surpasses eight hundred years!" Soros was also mesmerized, gazing at the Pluto battleship. For a scientist, ancient weapons represented the most advanced technology in the world, and as a scientist, he couldn't help but feel passionate about ancient weapons.
"Captain, we've already formulated a plan to salvage Pluto. Should we start now?" Caesar asked.
Currently, most of Pluto was buried beneath the soil, and the exposed part was what they had previously sent people to excavate.
Before they discovered Pluto, the entire battleship had been buried in the soil and submerged by the sea.
It could be said that if they didn't know Pluto's location, even if they opened Wano Country, they wouldn't be able to find Pluto.
Because Pluto was buried beneath the soil, Li Yuan had to have people dig down several dozen meters to locate Pluto.
Who would normally dig a pit several dozen meters deep in the ground?
"No need; I can do it myself!" Li Yuan shook his head.
In the past, he needed others to excavate Pluto, but now he could retrieve the entire Pluto by himself.
"Captain, you're going to do it yourself?" Caesar was a bit confused by Li Yuan's words. If they were on land, he wouldn't doubt his Captain's words.
But the problem was that they were underwater, and as a user of abilities, his Captain should, probably, maybe, not be able to do it, since the sea was the natural enemy of ability users.
"Get up!"
Ignoring Caesar's doubts, Li Yuan sat in the submarine, and suddenly, countless thick blood appeared outside the submarine, the density of this blood being dozens of times greater than that of seawater.
Even the seawater couldn't dilute the blood that entered the ocean; this blood was Li Yuan's meticulously compressed essence.
As more and more blood gathered in the center of the sea, it even turned part of the ocean red.
Under Li Yuan's control, the mass of blood transformed into a giant hand over eight hundred meters long. That blood hand directly grasped the exposed part of Pluto and forcibly pulled the entire Pluto out from underground!
"Wha—what? This is possible?"
Caesar stared in shock at the scene, realizing that when his Captain said he would do it himself, this was what he meant! When the blood hand pulled Pluto out, Caesar clearly saw that the size of the entire Pluto was comparable to that of the Hades Pluto ship, both being massive ships reaching a kilometer in length! The enormous size was astonishing, especially the main cannon, which was twice the diameter of the main cannon on the Hades Pluto ship. Just a glance was enough to leave one in awe, making it hard to imagine the destructive power that such a massive weapon would unleash when fired!
"Submarine, ascend!"
With Li Yuan's command, their submarine began to rise, and at the same time, the giant blood hand also lifted Pluto upwards.
When they reached the surface, the blood hand shook Pluto, pouring out the seawater inside.
Then, countless blood droplets began to dissipate, and Pluto floated on the surface of the sea.
(End of this chapter)