For Baby5, as long as she understands the structure of a weapon, she can reproduce it using her ability.
Of course, the more intricate and complex the weapon, the more stamina it consumes to replicate it.
That's why, during the battle against Doflamingo outside the volcanic island, a single missile saturation attack nearly drained her completely.
Since then, quite some time has passed. Thanks to the Navy cafeteria's benefits and intense training in the gravity chamber, she was able to unleash two waves of missile saturation attacks against Kaido.
The main reason behind the limitation? The complexity of her targets.
After all, missiles are far more complicated than regular firearms.
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Half a month passed quietly.
The Super Clone Factory was finally completed.
Luo Lan had high expectations for this building.
[Super Clone Factory]
[Grade: S]
[Trait Slots: 5]
[Special Note: This is an unmanned factory that can reverse-engineer technological items and perfectly replicate them by consuming points.]
To be honest, the Super Clone Factory wasn't that big—about 15 meters wide and 50 meters long.
From the outside, it looked completely ordinary.
But once you stepped inside…
It was like stepping into a sci-fi world.
Strange, unfamiliar equipment everywhere. Robots brimming with high-tech designs filled the space.
No wonder the system called it an unmanned factory.
Everything was handled by intelligent robots—no need for human operation.
According to the system, Luo Lan just had to bring in the item he wanted to clone, hand it to the robot at the entrance, and pay a 10,000-point analysis fee.
The factory would then analyze the item, a process that could take anywhere from one minute to three days depending on the complexity.
Once the analysis was complete, it would quote a cloning cost.
This cost could vary: from a single point to possibly hundreds of millions of points.
Luo Lan was itching to test it out.
But he held himself back.
Because... he hadn't refreshed the building traits yet!
He wasn't the same broke builder he used to be.
Back then, even refreshing traits for a normal building felt painful. As for S-grade building traits? Forget it—he never dared, except for the research institute that one time.
He simply didn't have the points.
But now? Even though the gold from the South Sea hadn't arrived yet, the revenue from the East Sea and his remaining savings…
His current point balance stood at a whopping 5.17 million!
Luo Lan was brimming with confidence.
"In this lifetime, I've never fought a war with this much money!"
"System! Don't hold back. Refresh all five traits at once!"
"What's 5 billion Berries? I've got the cash!"
[Ding! Refreshing building traits...]
[Trait 1: Reduces point cost for analysis by 80%]
[Trait 2: Reduces point cost for cloning by 70%]
[Trait 3: Reduces cloning time by 50%]
"…That's it?"
Luo Lan frowned at the system prompt.
Wasn't it supposed to refresh five traits? Why did it stop at three?
"You stupid system, are you looking down on me just because I said I have money?!"
[Ding! Due to the host's Builder Rank being B, the max number of traits that can be refreshed is 3.]
Oh. He had totally forgotten about that.
How much to upgrade from B to A again?
…
30 billion Berries?!
He remembered—going from C to B cost 3 billion.
A tenfold jump. Painful, but manageable.
"System, upgrade my Builder Rank!"
[Ding! Builder Rank upgraded to A.]
[Remaining points: 1.8729 million]
[A-rank Builder Gift Pack received. Open now?]
"Hold on, not yet."
Luo Lan shook his head. One thing at a time.
He checked the upgrade requirements for an S-grade building.
Hiss…
30 million points?!
That's 3 trillion Berries!
And that wasn't all. There were additional requirements:
1. Construct or upgrade ten A-grade buildings.
2. Territory population must reach 100,000.
3. Territory must span at least 10,000 square kilometers.
After reading the three conditions, Luo Lan was left speechless.
The first? Easy enough.
The second? Tough, but achievable with time.
The third? 10,000 square kilometers?!
That's a 100km x 100km square!
Hell, even the whole of Rhodes Island wasn't one-tenth of that size. Where was he supposed to get that much land?
In the world of One Piece, probably only Alabasta, the super kingdom, had territory over 10,000 square kilometers.
All the other World Government-affiliated kingdoms? Nowhere close.
And his Rhodes Island? Didn't even have expansion rights.
After all, the surrounding ocean didn't count as territory in the system's eyes.
Was he… doomed to never reach S-rank?!
"System, this feels like a bug! Get out here and explain!"
[Ding! No bugs detected. Host is advised to find alternative solutions.]
Huh?
No bug, and the system said there was a way—he just hadn't figured it out yet?
Interesting… He'd look into that later. For now, focus on the Super Clone Factory.
"System, refresh Trait 4!"
[Ding! Refreshing Trait 4...]
[Trait 4: During the cloning process, there is a chance to improve the target item.]
[Remaining points: 1.7729 million]
Improvement?
Now this trait was intriguing.
Was perfect replication not enough anymore? Now it could surpass the original?
Luo Lan quickly read the full explanation.
Indeed, the factory had a chance to detect flaws during reverse engineering and propose improvement plans.
If Luo Lan approved, the clone would be made using the improved version.
"…Hell, can you still call it a clone if it's improved?"
"It's not 100% identical anymore!"
"But damn it… this is amazing!"
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