Chapter 17 Reefers in remote seas
The sparkling surface of the water reflected a few wisps of clouds in the clear sky, and then the illusory scenery was shattered by the aquatic animals leaning out of the sea to breathe. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
On the gently undulating jade mirror, an undetectable black dot was slowly moving, but several flickering fires could be found nearby, as if to dispel the last trace of haze.
Even in the cold and breathless sky, you can faintly hear the sound of cannons mixed with the endless sound of the wind.
Bang! With a terrifying explosion sound, the humanoid life that was originally in a hurry to avoid the artillery fire behind it instantly turned into a beam of brilliant and dazzling fireballs, giving this azure sea more brilliance.
There can also be horrors in beautiful things, such as high-velocity metal fragments from the disintegration of humanoids and accelerated by explosions, which completely fossilize a surrounding reef into a honeycomb mesh. Not to mention the high-energy radiation it emits, even new humans after evolution will feel uncomfortable.
"Sister Suzuya? Is this martyrdom? It feels so scary~" Seeing the smoke clouds that were gradually dissipating not far away, the blonde girl who followed behind a young girl asked after feeling the air flow that could blow her ponytail up.
"Huh...... I accidentally overdid it, but it's the first time I've seen it. Suzuya, who had long hair, picked up her messy hair a little and pretended to be unconcerned.
Of course, Suzuya knew that only when the radiant core of the deep sea suffered a great blow would there be a martyrdom scene like the one just now. It's just that under normal circumstances, in the battle between the deep sea and the ship mother of the same level, such a situation rarely occurs.
The reason for such an astonishing scene is also due to the complete release of the energy originally accumulated in the radiant core, and it is obvious that there is no radiation core left in the deep sea that was martyred.
Thinking of this, Suzuya suddenly felt an inexplicable heartache.
"Woo! There is no additional benefit in this way! You can't mess around like this next time...... Obviously, two shots can solve it......" Suzuya seemed to introspect when he thought of this, but all that flashed back to his mind was the image of curry rice equivalent to the core price being destroyed by his own shelling.
"Sister Suzuya, curry rice is only available in Blaycardo~" Betty, who heard Suzuya's residual thoughts of the curry rice, kindly reminded.
"Woo! Sunk by this tragic fact...... The Admiral won't make me curry! It's just that ordinary food can't be as delicious as curry! Suzuya, who was still worried about the curry she hadn't tasted for a long time, still kept an eye on her surroundings while complaining, after all, her and Betty's mission today was to patrol the sea.
"Eh, Mr. Commander, there's something new!" Betty, who seemed to be intrigued, asked after ignoring Suzuya's fragmented thoughts.
"Hmph, the Admiral said that he found edible plants around, but it's just a very ordinary vegetable that is not tasty at all......" Suzuya, who was questioned, naturally recounted the scene where he met Arantus making vegetable salad some time ago.
"I don't know if vegetables can be made into desserts...... Betty hadn't tasted ...... in a long time," the girl said, shaking her head, recalling the meagre snacks of her daily life.
Veneto, she said, "You can't make it without a full baking facility...... But what is the purpose of putting sugar bags in the munitions box! Even the Admiral and her can't use sugar cubes to make coffee! I want to go back and talk to Des Moines about the fact that the Admiral bought the wrong type is ......" Suzuya, who is not short of ingredients for desserts, is struggling to find the main ingredient.
With strong combat effectiveness and the heavy responsibility of fighting on the battlefield, even though many of their vital signs are completely different from those of humans, they can inherit the knowledge and habits of humans, but they are closer to humans in life.
For example, most of the military supplies they were distributed were canned food and bits and pieces of knick-knacks to spice up their lives. Even if they can fight in the deep sea, they need to release the pressure properly after continuing to fight boring and heavy battles to avoid suffering from PTSD syndrome.
"Huh...... But I really want to try it, I hope I will let Betty escort when I go to Port Bracador next week......" Betty said expectantly, tilting her head and looking at Broken Nian Suzuya.
"I think you'll be going with Mogador, right? After all, you have a lot of work to do during this time. Suzuya, who was asked about this, seemed to say with certainty.
After getting along with Aritus for a long time, Suzuya can roughly guess some principles of the adjustment of the juvenile arrangement. Since this week's summoning, Betty has taken on a lot of the work that originally Mogador, and Mogador also needs to constantly adjust and train new people, and the work of both of them is much heavier than before.
"Really~" Betty looked at Suzuya, but noticed that her movements had suddenly slowed down a lot. This unusual move caused Betty to instantly shift from a more relaxed state to a state of high alert combat readiness.
Suzuya seemed to be in a trance for a few seconds before he frowned and turned his gaze to Betty's face, and after shaking his head slightly to indicate that he didn't need such a realm, he pondered something.
"Suzuya-san?" Betty, who had not noticed the anomaly and had been stopped preparing for battle, asked in confusion.
"A special communication message appeared in the southwest direction...... Strangely, it turned out to be a special ciphertext. Suzuya lowered his arms holding the guns slightly, as if he was thinking about something in the wind.
"Huh? Didn't you send it from the commander? Due to the limited long-range communication equipment, the wearer at this moment is Suzuya, who is the captain of the mission, but Betty is unable to access that special signal.
"No, but it's not a special ciphertext that most people would use...... Maybe it's a signal from an admiral or one of his men. Suzuya explained slightly, and then thought about decrypting and reading the message.
But as the information became clear, the confusion and entanglement between her brows did not dissipate.
"Trouble...... It seems that a ship over there has run aground and stopped at the reef, and it has sent us for help for the time being. Suzuya muttered to herself, but she knew that the situation at the moment was a bit troublesome, and it was not easy to judge without permission.
"I'll listen to Sister Suzuya's arrangement~" Betty, who probably felt Suzuya's sorrow at this moment, said obediently.
"Woo! This kind of thing is really left to the Admiral to consider! Contact the Admiral first, and then talk about it......" Thinking so, Suzuya naturally used the spirit link to roughly perceive Veneto's location and began to deliver messages.
It's not that she doesn't understand some of the principles of the town guard, but there is always some kind of mustard in her heart that makes it impossible for her to make a rescue decision smoothly.
Based on Suzuya's own experiences and emotions, she doesn't have much affection for the old humans. Even if she would have been in contact with her during escort missions in the past, it was just a routine conversation, and to some extent she was just talking to the 'person' who issued the mission, and she didn't care who looked like it.
But she is also familiar with some of the rules that must be followed in the town guard mansion, and as a ship lady under the command of the North Island town guard mansion, she cannot ignore such a situation. After all, that sea area is close to the sea area under the jurisdiction of the former North Island Town Guard, but it has not been fully cleaned up until today.
The way you see others will see you.
Suzuya, who had felt the rejection of the old humans, sometimes couldn't understand their somewhat distorted ideas and ideas, and she was not completely ignorant of the world in the academy, and she had heard about the awkwardness and conflict between the old humans and the new humans.
But it is precisely because of the cognitive outlook formed after continuous learning and exploration of the world that it is strongly inconsistent with those people that makes them less and less impressed with them.
The old humans were in terrible physical condition and had average intelligence, without the enhanced bodies and developed brains of the new humans, and while they were afraid of the 'people' who excluded them, they were afraid of the 'people' who excluded them.
"Those people must be monkeys who have failed in the evolution of the brain domain, and I really don't understand them" This kind of sarcasm and ridicule has long been heard, but after really coming into contact with them, Suzuya also faintly realized that 'they' are already unable to keep up with the times, and it is not impossible to be suddenly abandoned by the world one day.
Perhaps Anne is the only one who still has some good feelings for the old humans, but it is only a little pity, Suzuya asserts after getting along for a long time.
She didn't wait too long, and through the ultra-long-distance link of the spiritual network, Suzuya naturally got Aritus's response and instructions.
"Phew, the Admiral really asked us to go to our aid......" Suzuya said this, but he was not dissatisfied with this decision. After all, after getting along for so long, she still believes in and recognizes her ability and vision as an admiral.
It's also strange to say that the same thing is also carried out by yourself, but after the person who made the decision is not herself, she inexplicably has a little less concern. This also made her realize that many times part of their pressure was borne by the Admiral.
"Let's go Betty, there's a distance from here...... Let's hope they don't run into any bad situations. When Suzuya shouted this, he had already released several water scouts stored in his ship's equipment, after all, the wrecked sea area was relatively remote, and no one could be sure if there was a deep sea nearby.
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Bang knock knock! The pounding of metal and the roar of engines echoed across a small shoal.
Originally, this area, where only the reef was raised from the bottom of the sea, inexplicably appeared a freighter that can only be found in the human world.
One side of the freighter was tilting slightly due to hitting a raised reef, as if there were signs of flooding, and at this time, dozens of figures in overalls inside and outside the cabin were constantly holding tools and spare steel plates to repair the area that had just entered the water.
Of course, the presence of a water pump is a must, and even if the hatch has been sealed off in this area, it is still necessary to pump the seawater out and maintain balance in order to sail normally.
Not far from the stranded freighter, a young girl was constantly circling around it, and from time to time she used her superhuman vision to confirm the situation in the distance.
Although this method is somewhat primitive, in the case that she is not equipped with a high-performance radar ship, it is no problem to ensure the safety of the ship within a certain safety range with her eyesight far beyond ordinary people.
"Miss Chaochao? Is the surrounding situation okay? The voice of the captain of the freighter came from the communicator on his chest, and the wheezing of the exertional body could be faintly heard.
"Everything is normal, I can spot the deep sea within 15 kilometers on a clear day, and I will let you know if anything changes." Although he was a little impatient, Chaochao still informed him of the news.
"Ah, thank you...... Then please rest assured that Miss Chaochao will be roughly repaired in another hour at most. The captain said with a little tiredness, it would be a drain on him to direct the movement of personnel and handle the cargo, right?
"Will the momentum be fully restored? It was still more than two hundred miles away from Bracador, and if it was at the previous speed, it would only be in front of it before dusk. Chaochao thought about the itinerary for a while, and she was born to ask a very crucial question.
"I'm afraid I can't ...... The propeller part was slightly damaged due to the collision vibration, and although it did not affect the navigation, it could not reach the original speed, and it was not possible to repair it in a short time...... "The captain still asked the damage management personnel below very dutifully, and came to this affirmative confirmation.
"Can you send a telegram to Mr. Yuan? I've heard that there seems to be a newly built town guard in the waters around here, so if you can stop there for repairs today. "The captain, who has been adrift at sea for more than 20 years, is naturally also experienced, and knows very well the dangers of the night, so he made such a proposal.
"I'll report this to the Admiral, but this will delay the trip, so please be prepared for an increase in pay." After Chaochao finished speaking, he temporarily cut off the radio communication and turned his gaze farther away.
The roar of a series of shelling behind her ears did not make her care, and through the spiritual connection with Shi Yu, she knew that it was Shi Yu who was cleaning the shallow reefs in the surrounding seas, so that the freighter could complete the steering and get out of the predicament without accident.
At this moment, she was all responsible for the burden of reconnaissance and security, but she did not complain, and her serious and rigorous nature made her not have too many extra thoughts to think about other things when she was on a mission.
Just as she looked around the sea to make sure she was safe, an unfamiliar and incoherent sound of artillery suddenly alerted her, preoccupied with the direction of the sound.
Then, three dim figures appeared in her eyes in the distance, and from time to time she could see the firelight that was almost hidden by the turquoise blue.
Since the distance was not very far, she could vaguely see that the one in the foreground was a strange shape of the deep sea in a gray and black metal shell.
Chao Chao indifferently raised the two twin naval guns in his hand, and began to give orders to the captain of the freighter to prepare everyone for escape. Both the old and the new humans are too vulnerable on such a battlefield, and certain precautions must be taken.
Due to the constraints of the cargo ship aground, Chaochao could not choose to break forward to solve the deep sea, so he could only watch and watch from afar and be on guard.
The energy condensed in the barrel and the constantly rotating torpedo tubes have gathered her full force to strike, waiting for the best time to come.