On the island, as calm as ever, everything is still shrouded in quiet darkness. In the harbor www.biquge.info the sea, you can only hear the rhythmic waves crashing against the reef, but the roar of machinery in the past is hard to hear.

The dense trees that had covered the outskirts of the harbor not so long ago had long since disappeared, and of course it was impossible to hear the roars of insects and beasts in the wilderness, only pure tranquility and silence covered the place.

The sparse and chaotic buildings are piled up in this newly completed port, the empty shore warehouses, the haphazard workers' dormitories, and the still semi-finished town guard building, all of which have nothing to do with the aesthetics of mechanics and design, and many rough details are to be worked out and optimized.

But that doesn't hide the vibrancy of human civilization, and the scale of the place compared to the desolate and tree-covered scene it was a week ago, at least fresh traces of human activity can be found around the compacted and paved main road.

And even in this dim hour before dawn, there are still people who remain awake and active, silently shouldering the task of keeping watch on the island. In the land carved out by humans, two petite maidens rely on their bunkers to avoid the clammy wind, and the two at the outpost rely on extraordinary spirit and strength to pay attention to the changes in the surrounding environment.

Since the night shift a few hours ago, the two girls have already begun to perform this work, and even if they are the owners of the ship's extraordinary physique and energy, the long and boring work will make them physically and mentally exhausted.

"Ran? Didn't fall asleep, did you? Such a greeting sounded in the spiritual network that had been silent for a long time.

After the faint thought of "no ......" was transmitted, everything returned to peace, and the world was too peaceful for Betty to tire of the endless darkness.

Relying on her inhuman eyesight, Betty's gaze turned to one of the buildings in the elliptical formation of the island cut by human tools, and there were still a lot of traces of construction in the unfinished buildings, except for the only row of dormitories that seemed to have been completed. Through the spiritual link, she can also roughly sense that several of her companions are dormant, but at the moment, she has the duty of vigil and does not have the slightest envy.

The night shift is rotated every night, and most of the time they enjoy a good night's sleep, except for a few days that they are responsible for.

And in the town guard mansion shrouded in silence at this moment, there was a very slight movement.

In a personal bedroom that had just been completed, the girl who was still sleeping slowly opened her ruby pupils, and after turning her eyes around in a trance, she found that this was still the place she was last night, and then she really woke up.

Such small habits are left over from the past, and even if you know that you are in a safer area, the actions that are remembered by instinct are meticulously executed.

"Whew, it seems that the weather conditions are very average." The newly awakened girl stared at the cramped room, activated the electronic light screen placed in the pocket of the bed, connected to the small relay equipment that had been repaired the day before, and then boarded the central network and began to check the weather situation in the area.

Although the first satellites launched by mankind during the cataclysm have long been destroyed, and newer meteorological satellites cannot be launched due to the limitations of external conditions, relying on new calculus data models and microscopic meteorological observation equipment, human beings can still roughly grasp meteorological changes and make preventive preparations through computers.

Everything before dawn was shrouded in the silence of inky black, the sun had not yet risen in the east, and only the relentless darkness remained outside the cold shop window.

The girl who stared at the world outside the window for a little distraction, after noticing the passage of time, no longer wasted the rare time in the morning.

After getting used to getting ready, the girl pushed open her door and stepped into a cubicle not far away, and gently locked the door.

After combing the fine but inexplicable white hair a little, the girl reached out and removed the crumpled pajamas, revealing a white and delicate skin like milk, and the soft body achieved the best balance between roundness and boniness, and this aesthetic and ergonomic exhilarating scene was unwatched.

Although the girl looks a little petite on the outside, all the feminine charm elements are not defective.

Of course, the most amazing thing is that the girl's posture at the moment is no different from that when she was born not long ago more than a year ago, and the special effect of the ship's girl's physique is almost eternal and youthful, making it difficult for time to leave traces on their bodies.

The town warden, which is still a semi-finished product, has not built a personal shower room, and of course, due to budget problems, it can only be built for public use.

The cool water splashed, and the girl with an unusual constitution didn't care about the lack of hot water in the morning, and even thought it would help to wake up her spirits.

After wiping it up, the girl changed into her daily clothes, as a town guard, she didn't need to go out directly to perform daily escort tasks, and naturally she didn't need to change into more tough combat clothes. Of course, she needs to take on the duties of flagship and secretary ship, which is why she is the first one in the town guard to wake up every day.

It was still a gloomy scene outside the window, and there was only a minimal cold light in the town guard's mansion, but this could not stop the girl's pace.

After checking the door number a little and finding the largest bedroom, the girl was about to knock on the door when she suddenly stopped. The Admiral had come to his senses in the past, was it necessary for her to wake him up?

The girl waited five minutes but did not see the boy come out, but after a slight sigh, she knocked on the door and pushed it open.

The newly built town guard dormitory does not have many electronic devices like the dormitory of the Central Naval Academy, and naturally there are no precautions such as room cards, but even so, only Veneto will push the door open.

Maybe the action just now was too slight, and it didn't seem to wake up the boy under the special design of the room, but the girl who knew about it seemed to be slightly excited.

Since it was only built two days ago, even the largest room was not superfluous, and most of the things were neatly packed into the suitcase, and at this moment the boy was lying quietly on the bed, as if he had not noticed the changes around him.

Maybe it's because the Admiral has been working too hard these days? The girl guessed.

The white-haired girl held her breath lightly, tiptoed into the front of the young man, staring at his not mature face, but with some inexplicable emotion.

As I saw at first glance a year ago, the boy's body and appearance had not changed in the slightest, and he still looked like the fourteen-year-old boy. Because he also has the ability to equip ships, he naturally has the same characteristics as the ship's mother.

"Admiral? Admiral? After staring at the young man's face for a few minutes, the girl coughed a little panickedly and shouted.

"Hmm......" Arytes, who was freed from his sleep, saw the familiar and reassuring girl's face for the first time.

"Sorry...... Some overslept. The boy caught a glimpse of the world outside the window that was gradually beginning to clear, and naturally knew that he had missed the daily schedule at this time.

"Is the Admiral dealing with that?" The girl asked with concern, and covered up the reality that she was stunned just now.

"Well, yesterday I spent a lot of time looking for information from various channels...... It's really head-heading. The boy could see the electronic notebook that he had thrown on the bed at random, with some documents and pictures scribed and intercepted on it, but it was difficult to sort out too much content from it.

"The Admiral doesn't need to be too bothered, if it really doesn't work, you can put it on hold for now, after all, it's not appropriate to spare more time to spend on this matter at the moment." The white-haired girl noticed that the teenager was in a poor mental state and said so.

"Well, that's right...... Ah, Veneto, wait a minute, I'll change my clothes. The boy wanted to pick up the clothes that had been thrown aside, but he said awkwardly when he saw the girl standing beside his bed.

"Okay, but the Admiral, watch the time. There wasn't much time left in the morning. The maiden, who was in charge of the secretary ship, naturally knew Arites' daily schedule, and said so after gently closing the door.

Just now she had notified the two girls who were originally guarding their posts to return to the town guard mansion to hand over, and the rest of the girls also began to come out of the room one after another and waited for the previous people to finish washing the bathroom, and the entire town guard mansion has begun to operate.

"Well...... I'll continue to talk about the recent events......" The young man nodded and understood, and said to the girl outside the door using the spiritual link:

"It's bothered because I've found some vague clues...... I came across a post in a forum for associations that I attended at the college. The young man slowly mobilized the memory of the information he had observed and browsed yesterday from his mind, and continued to speak:

"The content of that post was to find some specific highly crystalline raw ore or rock-like thing, and it was hung up quite a long time ago, and it was surprisingly very low in terms of permission to accept the task, and the pay was quite high." While the young man was elaborating, the doubts in his heart were not put down.

The highly crystalline stones, such as those highlighted by the requirements of the mission, are not something that can be created in ordinary circumstances. At least for now, Aletus himself had only seen some of the requirements in the cave a few days ago, and it was clear from this that the requirements were extremely demanding.

Even the raw ore, which is susceptible to radiation reactions, requires demanding conditions to form such a high degree of crystallization. According to Aritus's own calculations, even the five-energy deep sea would need to release radiant energy with all its might to create such an environment, but there is no need for the deep sea to make such a thing.

At this moment, the young man had some vague guesses in his heart. Either these highly crystallized rocks have a staggering potential in their own right, or ...... Even the secret society known as the Society of the Unhandied is also looking for the flamboyant shard.

The latter speculation, although at first Aritus himself was a little surprised, was immediately quite approved by his intuition. The two Emerald Fragments he had acquired were both from the Castle Guard's Mansion, with the difference being that the first was from his father's relic and the second being stored in the ruins of a large Castle Guard's Mansion. Judging from its origins, this is by no means accessible to ordinary people, and it is not impossible for an already extremely dense society to come into contact with this.

Based on the degree of crystallization and the pattern of change in the original ore in the cave, it is almost certain that the radiation came from the most central fragment. And in the direction of the fragment, the original mining has been completely crystallized, and may even have completely transformed its essence. If it is excavated, it may be exchanged for an unimaginable amount of materials.

But there must be some unimaginable secret behind the Emerald Shard, and until now the boy's curiosity about it has grown, and he wants to know what is behind it. And it was the knowledge that perhaps there was a big secret behind it that allowed Arrites to resist the idea of asking several of his maidens to dig the crystal mine in exchange for a large amount of resources.

He couldn't guarantee whether the person who came to hand over the crystal ore had the ability to detect the traces of fragments, so naturally he couldn't rest assured that he could complete the task and redeem the reward.

"What did the Admiral find?" From the boy's silence, the white-haired girl outside the door could still feel his hesitation and doubt.

"It's a discovery...... But now it seems that there are more things I don't know......" The boy said with some bitterness, the more he knew, the more curious he was about the origin of this fragment, and all attempts and searches did not get results, even the boy was a little depressed.

"Admiral, please let go of this matter first, after all, the town guard mansion has not yet been built." Veneto's heart was also curious and puzzled by the fragment, but she had not been exposed to such a deep message, so she could naturally look at it with a more sober attitude.

"It's also said that this place has not been built well, and considering that is just a matter of sacrificing the basics." Getting rid of the previous hesitant mentality, Arites took a long breath before adjusting his state.

After successfully changing clothes and cleaning, Aritus began his work for the day after eating a little.

This 'home' that still needs to be lived in for a year has not yet been completed, and the functions and tasks of the daily town guard have not yet fully begun to function, and there are still many things that the teenager needs to do, and naturally he has no time to think about those things under the pressure of heavy work.

Betty and Lan, who were called back by Veneto, began to rest after handing over the vigilance mission. The rest of the girls also started their work as before, just cleaning the sea in the deep sea, carrying out escort missions and sitting in the town guard mansion, three tasks, and all the manpower has been exhausted.

Veneto, who noticed this scene, naturally thought of the idea of expanding the organization, but considering that Arrites was still struggling with how to build a second spiritual network some time ago, Veneto had to keep this matter in mind for the time being.