Suddenly hearing this number, many people's first reaction is to wonder how large the scale is...
The Summit War only involved 150,000 people in total from both sides.
Over four million...even if you reduce it by half, it's still ten times the scale of the Summit War. How large could it be?
Could their power really be that extensive?
"Are those ordinary people?"
Who's-Who puffed out a cloud of smoke from his cigarette and said, "Governor, isn't the power of ordinary people too weak?"
"If everyone shoots at you, you won't be able to defend yourself."
Sage laughed and said, "Weak or not, it's not about everyone heading to the battlefield; they'll be well-equipped. They can't fight strong individuals, but can everyone be strong?"
For example, Who's-Who himself, how many lead bullets and cannonballs can he withstand?
Once his Haki is depleted, he won't survive the barrage of gunfire.
Not many on the seas possess Supreme King Haki or a special constitution to resist bullets.
Even for a Giant, lead bullets are like sand grains to them, but once numbers reach a certain level, they can still be pierced through like a sieve.
Hesitation to open up with numbers, huh.
Red Hair can block it, but can all under Red Hair block it?
"But in terms of consumption..." Sipher hesitated.
Doing this would result in too much damage. Their initial reason for joining Sage was because Sage could offer a better life for the people, away from chaos, but now they'd be sacrificing their lives.
Even if not everyone heads to the battlefield, any loss is something Sipher doesn't wish to see.
They're not dead yet!
"Let me elaborate on the specific plan."
Lily said, "Firstly, not everyone has to go; we don't have that many ships and can't withstand that much consumption."
Trying every day to increase the population isn't for using them as cannon fodder, and Sage wouldn't allow such practices.
"Firstly, we need to recruit a large number of soldiers, not pirates, purely soldiers. The support for these people will be provided by our new equipment. Shaka, you introduce."
In the tent, only Shaka was attending.
He took out a black box from under the table, and upon opening it, revealed a headset and glasses set, along with a glove and a long rifle.
"Let me introduce the new Peace Initiator features. It includes the automatic scanning of the Peacekeeper, coordinating with the interactive glove, and a laser-equipped long rifle. These enable precise targeting and some assistance to boost strength and agility, emitting laser from the rifle."
Saying this, he took out a square magazine from the box, "This is the replaceable energy magazine; each can shoot six rounds. Although less powerful than the Peacekeeper, it's definitely sufficient for ordinary pirates."
With Vegapunk joining, leaking some technology from the Peacekeepers easily sped things up; originally these things were close to being recreated by Renedia. She continued redeveloping weapons, and with Vegapunk's arrival, it directly sped things up.
The laser of Peacekeepers is supported by high precision technology, thus has great power. Although when put into pure firearms there's not enough energy storage to use, a lesser degree is no problem.
Its power is definitely greater than lead bullets.
As for the energy...
It's not Mother Fire Seed; this energy magazine first incorporates refined petroleum, using Mother Fire Seed technology, meaning it burns more fiercely and with greater power.
"Also a new cannon, similarly structured, has larger power suitable as a ship's main cannon."
Shaka sighed, "I don't support weapon manufacturing; technology should benefit the world. But I also know, without weapons, there is no peace. For happiness, pain is necessary; if we win, we'll gain complete control over the New World, and then we can stabilize."
In Sage's territory, besides O'hara, they've visited other islands. They may not be as prosperous as O'hara but are definitely safe, with ample food and clothing.
Here, there's no worry about going hungry.
It's better than places controlled by the World Government, nor just small skirmishes with only tens of thousands of people. Sage proved with action that he has the ability to make the world peaceful.
As scientists, they are much more rational, just as Vegapunk doesn't feel hatred towards the World Government. He's always believed that the founding of the World Government 800 years ago was for a righteous cause, not a conspiracy.
Because a conspiracy can't rule the world.
Likewise, they know pure dreams can't improve the world.
Vegapunk's ability to use experiments to create the Peacekeeper, a massive weapon, is already a signal.
Thus, they have no psychological burden in making weapons; everything is for peace and prosperity.
"All recruited soldiers will be equipped with the 'Peace Initiator' series of weapons, targeting all territories flagged by Blackbeard and Red Hair with indiscriminate attacks. Yes, indiscriminate attacks."
Lily waved her hand, signaling head maid Bella to bring in maids to set up a whiteboard, then used a Video Snail to project a rough power distribution map of the latter half of the New World.
She pointed to the two elliptical circles outlined, "This is the simplified map of the latter half; the left is Blackbeard, the right is Red Hair..."
The deep blue circle representing Blackbeard on the left is larger than the green circle representing Red Hair on the right, also indicating Blackbeard's rapid expansion over the past two years is larger than Red Hair, with Hive Island marked at the center of Blackbeard's circle.