The two who have been able to spend their sleep in a safer building for a long time have fallen into a tangle because they have too many choices. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This is an abandoned human stronghold in the open sea, and the two have chosen to camp here tonight, ready to continue exploring it tomorrow. And now the two are choosing a suitable house in some intact complexes.

"Admiral, it's better to choose the first one. The distance is in the middle of tomorrow's destination and the coastal exit, and if there is a deep sea, we can respond quickly. ”

"It doesn't look ...... Is it too small? The boy looked at the building in front of him and said helplessly. This is the outlying part of the island, so there aren't a lot of inhabitants, but if you choose a cluster of buildings closer to the abandoned town guard, it's too far from the ocean.

"It's already much stronger than the cave I lived in before, Admiral, please don't pay too much attention to it." Veneto said a little toughly, she still cares more about whether she can react quickly to external dangers.

"No, what I care about is that this house is also in danger of collapsing......", although at this time he would not be too injured even if he was buried in the rubble by such a single-room concrete structure, but it would always be troublesome. No one wants to wake up in the morning and be crushed in the rubble, right?

"Veneto will wake up the Admiral before the house falls." , the girl swore and said.

Naturally, Alitus couldn't say anything when he heard such an answer, and with a little force, he tore open the door that had been destroyed, and then revealed the scene inside.

Surprisingly, there are some trivial daily necessities in this bedroom, and there is even an electronic light screen from the old era. This model is also the first time that Aritus has seen the real thing, and he has only seen it in the virtual network of electronic museums before.

None of this wants to be a human home after a war, and the scene that is too peaceful and normal has become the strangest place at the moment.

"Aren't you feeling that something is wrong with this scene in front of you, Veneto?" , Arrites asked the girl beside him.

"Yes, if this area has been invaded by the deep sea, then these electronic components should also be forced to make some weapons to deal with the deep sea...... But there doesn't seem to be any sign of that here. Veneto also inherited some of Aritus's basic knowledge of this world, and naturally discovered the anomalies here.

It is unreasonable that it has been approached by the deep sea but has not been transferred to a state of general mobilization. Unless the fighting here didn't last long, so much so that it was captured by the deep sea before a general mobilization could be carried out.

"Although the deep sea threatens the security of the fortress strongholds, it is not particularly strong. The commander here did not think that there was a need for a general mobilization, and the previous defense on the periphery was very successful, so this scene was created. Aritus made such assumptions based on everything he had seen before.

"It's possible, but the Admiral can't forget the factor of the deep-sea raid, and the other islands have much more traces of battle and damage than here." , Veneto complements Aritus's vision.

"Hmm...... But it's strange that the damage in the east is so low......", Aritus was still lost in thought, while Veneto let out his spirit and conduct another detailed reconnaissance while the sky was not yet completely dark.

"Any clues?" , Arrites asked as he watched Veneto retrieve a reconnaissance plane.

"No, but I've recorded the detailed map, Admiral, please open the spirit link." The white-haired and red-eyed girl used a reconnaissance plane to conduct a detailed survey above the ruins to facilitate the confirmation of the specific terrain here.

Before exploring such ruins, it is important to sort out and deduce the original structure and function of the ruins. Because the seekers can't devote their limited time to endless searching, that would only do half the work. You can only find what you want if you find the most valuable and accessible place.

What's more, the two who were temporarily camped here didn't have much time to explore, and even if they knew that there might be a lot of important things buried here, they couldn't take them all.

The ruins of the town guard have been severely damaged by artillery fire, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to enter the depths.

"Admiral, this island is a strange way of zoning and construction." Veneto sent aerial photographs of the sky to Aritus's mind and began to say something she was puzzled about.

"The island is divided into three areas, and we just entered here along the most devastated southern area."

"The damage here is not as high as in the south, which means that it was defended in the first place." Aritus made his own judgment appropriately, and Veneto nodded slightly in agreement with his conclusion.

"The higher terrain in the east and the large number of reefs outside the harbor make it an easy place to defend. In the middle, a two-story bunker was built around the town guard's house. But the damage marks here are strange and a bit difficult to explain. Veneto motioned for Arrites to take a closer look at the map.

Aritas also noticed that the damage in the central and eastern areas here was indeed a bit abnormal. The south and east are separated by the central town guard district, and the eastern part has a relatively slight external damage due to its geographical advantage.

In the central part of the country, there was a lot of destruction and collapse, but the most striking thing was the interior of the eastern theater, which was hardly too badly damaged. It stands to reason that after breaking through the central region, the remaining humans will continue to fight in the eastern sector, after all, the port behind it has not been broken through, and it has not yet been trapped in the dilemma of being attacked from both sides of the deep sea.

However, they did not find much resistance and signs of fighting, and of course, the collapsed houses were far fewer than in the previous Central Theater.

"Their retreat can't be so fast...... It is unlikely that it will be completely wiped out by the deep sea, and there are still obvious traces of fighting from the inside out of the eastern port......", Aritus stared at the map carefully, but could not give a correct inference.

"Admiral, I think there should be some special passage that allows you to retreat directly from the town guard in the middle to somewhere in the east." Veneto's assumptions go some way to explaining why this happened.

As for Aritus, his body trembled slightly, and he seemed to remember how he had escaped from the secret passage of the Sin Chew Town Guard. By analogy, there may be similar fortifications in the town guard here.

"Yes, then we can follow this road into the town guard's mansion...... Hopefully, the inference is correct. Veneto nodded in agreement with Aritus' thoughts.

Rather than digging directly into the ruins of the Castle or finding something useful from a residential area, it is better to look for a path that can be inferred and go directly to the central area of the Castle.

In fact, there is no good choice, after all, most of the resources that can be obtained from residential areas are steel and Aojin. Most of the resources that are useful to the shipwrecks are firmly in the hands of the Admiral, and most of the hydrogen storage tanks they lack are not found in residential areas.

Rather than that, it is better to spend your time on the option that will get more resources, even if it is quite risky, but it will be a waste of time.

"Well, thank you, Veneto. The follow-up analysis is still up to you...... I'll rest for a while......", although he had a serious discussion with Veneto just now, in fact, his spirit was already exhausted, and he collapsed on the bed in a drowsy state after some explanation.

The room was filled with dust, and old furniture was messily laid out. But even so, the conditions here are still much stronger than in the wilderness, and there is no need to use protective layers to resist extreme changes in outside temperatures and small poisonous mosquitoes, so you can devote yourself to rest.

Veneto looked at the sleeping young man, and was still a little annoyed that his admiral had forgotten to replenish himself. But looking at his extremely relaxed sleeping state, she couldn't bear to do it.

Compared with the real ship girl, Aritus, who has only inherited the bloodline of the ship mother and awakened, is still somewhat different from ordinary ship girls in terms of durability and recovery ability, not to mention compared with an oversized prototype ship like Veneto.

Naturally, Veneto knew this, and she wanted to make it easier for her Admiral. But she couldn't do it, in the open sea where the deep sea was looking around, with no one to support and could only rely on each other, even the Admiral himself would not allow him to relax.

"Can't let the Admiral down, ......", the red jade eyes reflected the dim horizon outside the window, and it was also a test for her to control the reconnaissance plane at night, and the most important thing was to find the road that might lead to the center of the ruins of the town guard.

And she would also set aside some of her spirit to stay in this temporary stronghold, occasionally turning her gaze to her admiral.

She still doesn't know too much about her Admiral after being with her for a while, because the Admiral didn't tell her about her background.

All she knew was that the fourteen-year-old had summoned himself while wandering in the open sea.

She would argue against the Admiral's arguments and propose reasonable methods and plans, but she would not disrespect the Admiral's personal wishes and ask him what he would not say.

Although she was still curious, she would restrain herself from this thought, and would not take the initiative to ask the Admiral.

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Two o'clock in the morning

It was natural for Aritus to wake up, a habit naturally developed by running around the open sea. Neither he nor Veneto would stretch their rest time too long, as it would affect the rest of the other party. And taking turns to rest and maintain combat effectiveness is the most accurate survival rule that the two have understood.

"I'm used to this kind of life," ...... sighed, and Aritus sighed as he looked at the ocean illuminated by the stars.

"Admiral, the analysis of the map has been completed, and seven suspicious passages have been deduced." , The petite girl on the side reported her task softly.

"Good work, Veneto, please rest next. I'll continue to monitor the surrounding seas. ", the boy looked at the girl's side face and said gently.

"The Admiral seems to have forgotten something." Veneto sighed, vaguely hinting at something.

“…… I'm sorry", Aritaus seemed to remember that the girl next to him hadn't been resupplied today, and opened his subspace with a little apology, and handed over some of the remaining resources to Veneto. And in an empty jar he holds the pure water that he has made with his spiritual power.

"It's a pity ......that the pure water made by the Admiral can't be preserved," Veneto said with a regretful tone as he took the pure liquid handed over by Arantus.

While the damage caused by the battle can be repaired by drinking pure seawater and consuming resources, it is not the best way to deal with it. When the damage accumulates to a certain extent, the ship girl needs to enter the canal to repair the wound perfectly, otherwise her own ability will still be affected to a considerable extent.

Aritus probably knew what Veneto meant, and he had to deal with the same problem, as he had been traumatized by the Sing Chew Islands from far more trauma than Veneto. It's a pity that the ship's entrance to the canal requires the consumption of special repair liquid and various resources, and he can only produce pure seawater, although this is also the main component of the repair solution, but it cannot be replaced.

"Don't worry too much, Admiral, this place should be pretty close to human territorial waters...... It won't be long before we don't have to deal with the deep sea. The white-haired and red-eyed girl said this, she was using her mental power to retrieve the reconnaissance plane patrolling the sky above, and talking to the Admiral in her spare time.

Judging from the reconnaissance on the road and the number of encounters with the deep sea, they are indeed rapidly moving away from the center of the outer sea and heading towards the waters controlled by humans. And the discovery of the town guard mansion this time can convince the two of them that they are going in the right direction, because they will definitely enter the human world along the eastern direction.

Aritaus, while releasing his ship's outfit and monitoring the surroundings with his radar, noticed that Veneto had unloaded.

Aritaus wanted to say something, but he unexpectedly heard shallow breathing, smiled bitterly and gave up.

The darkness would not obscure his vision, and he could see Veneto leaning back on the bed and falling asleep.

Originally, Alitus wanted to say something that he didn't want to reveal before. Thinking back to the bits and pieces of the Xingzhou Town Guard Mansion today, he seems to have let go of some of his defenses a little. But seeing Veneto fall asleep so peacefully, he was too embarrassed to wake her.

Because Veneto had a heavier and more exhausting task than he did, even the ship's mother needed to rest to regain his mental strength, and he didn't want to disturb his hard-won rest.

The darkness before dawn is the most silent and the most dangerous. At this time, I don't know how much deep-sea activity was going on in the sea, because they had experienced a night battle, so the two established the activity rules of traveling during the day and resting at night. Of course, in order to ensure that Veneto, who has the strongest combat effectiveness, gets the most rest, his schedule is naturally adjusted more.

In this way, the boy stared at the girl's face, carried out his daily security work in the dark night, and slowly passed the time before dawn.