One Piece: General Xuanming, Defeat the New World

After arriving at the Room of Power, Saint Maz took Anna back to the residence of the Makaz family, while Carsent followed Satan away.

There was no official business in this meeting. Naval matters were handled by the navy and there was no need for several people to speak in person. This meeting was more of a private meeting between relatives.

"Long time no see, kid!"

On the pure gold sofa carved with colorful gems, Saint Satan was leaning on a cane, and there was a hint of emotion in his words.

"Yeah, grandpa, long time no see!"

Carson also echoed the sentiment. After all, the last time the two met privately was more than a year ago.

In other words, since leaving the holy land in his childhood, the number of times Carsent and Saint Satan have met can basically be counted on one's fingers, and more often the two communicate through a special encrypted Den Den Mushi.

In Carsent's eyes, the old man was still in good health, as if he had been like this since they first met as children. More than ten years had not left any marks on the old man.

"I have read the relevant records of the New World Naval War. You are already quite powerful!"

Saint Satan gently folded the glowing cane in his hand, his old but still sharp eyes filled with admiration and pride.

In the eyes of the Five Elders, they knew that with Carsent's talent, hard work and the abilities bestowed by the holy land, there was no doubt that he would be able to reach the level of top combat power sooner or later.

But Carsent's age and current strength still exceeded even the most optimistic estimates of the Five Elders.

"Now, with your strength and ability, nothing in this sea can kill you. The only suspense is your destructive power. When will your attack power be able to match your defense power?"

"When you can kill the top fighters who are still full of three-color domineering power with one strike, then it will be our chance to truly flatten the entire sea!"

According to Saint Satan, the Five Elder Stars have already drawn up a perfect blueprint, and they are just waiting for Carsent's strength to completely surpass the top combat power, and then the implementation will begin.

"Because of you, the World Government's attitude towards the entire ocean has changed significantly!"

"Vegapunk, the Vinsmoke Family, and other scientists from the World Government, in addition to working on their current projects, are also taking time to conduct research on basic technology."

"Especially Vegapunk. Dr. Vegapunk only needs to glance over those ideas that are considered genius by ordinary people to make complete designs and specific plans."

"In the entire field of basic life, the world government has already mastered fairly complete technology and is ready to put it into large-scale production at any time."

"At the same time, the World Government's attitude towards the countries on the ocean, especially the member states of the World Government, has become much better than before."

"Dong dong..."

The cane in Saint Satan's hand tapped lightly on the expensive carpet on the ground, making a series of slightly dull knocking sounds.

"The World Government has always been capable of accomplishing these things, but it chose to change them at this point in time."

"Do you know why these things, these seemingly beneficial things, were not completed eight hundred years ago, or in the long period of eight hundred years, but were chosen at this time?"

As Saint Satan continued to ask questions, the vastness of the ocean over the past eight hundred years flashed in his eyes.

“As you always say, it all comes at a price.”

"The changes I made in this era are nothing more than the fact that when I entered the game as a variable, the balance of gains and losses was reversed, and the benefits outweighed the risks, so I implemented it!"

Carsen's answer was very clever, and it was difficult for him to explain the specific reason, but his answer was the principle of weighing things in the world.

"Not bad!"

Saint Satan nodded. This was exactly what he wanted to tell Carsen.

"All these changes come at a price. Under the World Government, the research and development of basic technologies is like a gold-eating beast, and has already taken up too many resources and expenses."

"Unless these technologies can be widely popularized, the benefits of small-scale experiments are far from enough to make up for our losses."

"We have worked so hard to mine a mountain of gold, but this gold can only be seen but not used."

"We are unable to accept the popularization of basic technology at this stage. We have discussed this when you were a child."

"But even so, people involved in development are still at risk of leaks."

“What we fear is never technology, but the ideas that technology brings.”

"You may not understand. We have made countless attempts. Whenever technology develops to a certain level, especially basic technology, ideas similar to those of the Revolutionary Army will quietly arise and spread quickly."

"At the same time, the change in attitude of the World Government has caused some countries to have bad thoughts."

"They are cunning and deceitful, deceiving their superiors and subordinates. Every concession we make is seen as weakness, but when we move forward again, they are unwilling to give up the benefits they have just taken."

"The world government is the ruler of this world, but it is not necessarily the representative of this world."

"All your proposals are essentially to help the majority of the ruled grow. After they grow to a certain level, they will give back to the world government."

“We do not deny the benefits that a world government can gain, but it is precisely after they have grown and before the world government can reap the rewards that the world government will be at its weakest.”

Compared with the conversation twenty years ago, Saint Satan's words this time were much clearer. He no longer avoided talking about certain things, but tried his best to present the truth of the whole world to Carsente.

"It's just that your presence and your growth give us the confidence that we can get through this difficult period."

"But this most crucial step, namely the change of the world government system and the popularization of basic technology, still requires us old guys to see with our own eyes that you have the power to suppress everything before we will implement it."

After saying all this, Saint Satan picked up the glass of water on the table and took a sip slowly.

"I have an immature guess about what you said. Grandpa, please give me some advice!"

As Saint Satan stated his views, Carsent was constantly thinking about and even imitating the words of Saint Satan in his mind.

"The world is bustling with people, all for the sake of profit."

"Everything in the world cannot escape the word 'interest'."

“We know that thoughts are powerful, but the power of fantasy is like a castle in the air and cannot have any effect on reality.”