In the end, the original "punishment" was still gone.

Island Wind's words have already given a reason that Rilan has to accept, as for the ...... It's too bleak to be punished after being given a head by a teammate.

"I hope this is the first and last time" Saying some inexplicably familiar words, Lilan said with a serious expression to all the ships of the Third Destroyer Group, including Thunder, Den, Xiao, and Hibiki: "The order I issued is not only for your safety, but also for the ultimate victory, what if another fleet suddenly appears at that time?" ”

"I know what you're worried about, but as much as I believe in you, I want you to believe me."

"I'm not going to leave until I'm sure you're where you're going, no matter what happens, so-"

"Can you trust me?"

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"It makes you laugh and see such an immature scene"

At night, taking the dragon and phoenix to the beach, Li Lan suddenly said with some embarrassment.

Long Feng shook his head lightly: "No, on the contrary, Long Feng thinks that Lord Admiral is very handsome......"

"If I could, I would have liked to have been less 'handsome'...... Here it is."

"Eh......" looked at the wrecked ships scattered all over the beach, and the girl's footsteps slowly stopped: "These are ......"

"Just like you" smiled bitterly, Li Lan also looked at these beings who were still galloping on the sea not long ago: "They are all ship girls"

With another memory, Lilan told the frightened girl about the disaster that seemed to have happened yesterday.

Lies, betrayals, and eventual destruction and demise.

"Whew...... I hope to be able to get help" Mind recovered from that memory, Li Lan calmly said his ultimate purpose of bringing the dragon and phoenix over: "I can see that you don't hate other partners who are also ship girls, even if it is to win your sympathy, but we do need your help"

Gently stroking the cold steel plate eroded by red rust, Li Lan's tone revealed the helplessness that had never been reluctantly expressed by the other shipwives at the relay station: "They can't hold out for long......"

After a while, Long Feng asked in a low voice, "What can I do?" ”

Breathing a sigh of relief, although she was certain of it, Lilan still couldn't be sure that Long Feng could help her, after all, she almost sank in Hibiki's hands not long ago, and it can be said that they were completely hostile to each other.

After getting Long Feng's promise, Li Lan's tone was also a little relaxed, and when he heard this, he asked rhetorically, "Do you know why you didn't let you get close to the third expulsion team before?" ”

"Eh, isn't it just for ......precautions," said Long Feng's face slowly turning red.

Probably she also thought about it, as a light aircraft carrier with a special specialty of carrier-based aircraft, even if there are other carrier-based aircraft weapons when almost all carrier-based aircraft are destroyed, what can be done in the encirclement of six destroyers, especially when two of them are still prototype ships?

Li Lan shook his head, and said directly: "Including everyone in the third destroyer, all the ship girls on the relay station have radiation on their bodies, because there is no way to determine the scope of infection and how long it will take, so I can only try to keep you away from them."

"Could it be that the weapon you were talking about was—"

Nodding slightly, Lilan replied lightly: "Well, it's a nuclear weapon."

"How so?! You actually use this kind of thing against your own ship's mother-"

Holding his hands tightly, Long Feng said in disbelief: "Is there really such a commander......

As he spoke, as if he remembered something, Long Feng's face suddenly turned pale.

"Do you mean ......?"

"What's wrong?"

"No, it's okay......"

It doesn't look like it's okay, girl.

Lilan reluctantly got out of the way, since she didn't want to say it, Lilan couldn't do anything.

"If you don't feel well, go back and rest first, for safety reasons, it's better to return to your ship, as for the ...... of assistance" Hesitantly looked at the pale dragon and phoenix, Li Lan said: "Let's talk about it tomorrow"

Seeing the dragon and phoenix go away, after a while, Li Lan suddenly said to the empty venue: "I don't remember that you have this hobby"

"I'm sorry" The girl wearing a breastplate like armor walked out of the back of the ship, Akagi's face was slightly red: "Akagi just passed by by accident, not on purpose to eavesdrop......"

"Is that really the case?"

She looked at Akagi with a smile and said a word, and before the latter could reply, Riran had already crossed her to the ship on the beach.

Akagi followed from behind and asked, "Lord Admiral, is what you just said true?" They've ......"

"It's roughly true" His footsteps paused, and with the faint light emitted by the light blade in his hand, Li Lan carefully observed every inch of red rust on the ship's armor, and said in a somewhat heavy tone: "Although the parts have been replaced as much as possible, these things have been eroding inside......

"Phew"

With a slight exertion of the index finger, it easily poked into the 80mm thick steel armor, and a rough and loose texture came from the fingertips.

Lilan's tone paused: "...... Unless it's a major renovation, sooner or later it will be eroded. ”

"But, aren't Gaga and I, and everyone from the Third Expulsion Team all right?"

Licking the red rust spots on his fingertips, Rilan finally gave up on the idea of relying on his own flesh and blood to analyze its specific ingredients.

After hearing Akagi's anxious inquiry, Lilan replied helplessly: "I also want to know this...... Maybe it's because you're still awake. ”

"In some ways, I've found that your body is similar to that of humans, such as sleep."

Turning around, Riran explained to Akagi.

After coming to the relay station, Lilan has never relaxed his "research" on these ship girls, not only for the sake of the ship girls who have been eroded by radiation, but also for another idea in the future.

As of now, Lelan has also found something.

"The immunity of sleeping humans will be greatly reduced, and the ship mother seems to follow this rule, and you who are still awake are not so seriously eroded, probably because you have not fallen into a deep lethargy, and the immune system is functioning normally."

Akagi nodded as if he didn't understand, and after a while, he suddenly said, "...... say that?"

"Well, even if there is no way to repair the body, at least they have to wake them up, and this process is absolutely not enough to rely on the resources and equipment on the relay station"

Thinking of this, Li Lan couldn't help but shake his head and said, "19 'Sleeping Beauty...... Even Prince Charming can't hold on."