Chapter 41: This World Is Neither Scientific nor Magical
On the 37th day, the rainstorm turned clear.
In the end, Lilan still didn't choose to build a warship again, after all, what needs to be done next is not a head-on battle with the deep-sea habitat ship, but to evacuate with the respite brought by the rainstorm, if it is a non-high-speed warship, then all plans will be disrupted.
At about three o'clock in the afternoon, all the gloom in the sky had turned into a torrential downpour, replaced by a cleansed blue sky, and the stars that were the eternal indicators of the blue.
It was still dominated by the smell of the sea, but the air after the rain was filled with a fresh breath that had never been seen before, and Li Lan took a few deep breaths greedily and looked at the hot sphere in the sky.
The faint darkness around the body went down.
"Lord Admiral~"
A huge force hit from behind, and Li Lan stumbled and almost fell down on the spot.
"Whew...... "It's dangerous" to stabilize the center of gravity of the body, Li Lan "lifted" the Z16 that "climbed" behind the back - the backpack of the elementary school style was unexpectedly suitable for this action, maybe the Z16 also saw the possibility of this situation at first, so he couldn't put it down?
Unlike the strange power that is completely out of specification, the weight of the ship girl is about the same as that of an ordinary little girl with the same appearance.
"Z16~~~ How many times have I said it, don't rush like this-"
"Wrong!"
Li Lan was stunned: "Wrong? What's wrong? ”
"Hmm--the name of Z16, Admiral, big idiot!"
"Sorry, it's Z16...... "Sauce" To be honest, Lilan has no way of understanding the meaning of this onomatopoeia, but ......
"Do you think that will change the subject?! Stand up for me! ”
On the other side, Ning Hai looked at this scene with an embarrassed expression, if he wanted to say why he said something embarrassing, it could only be a sound less than half a meter away from standing next to him.
In a sense, the "social phobia" of Ning Hai and the "three nos" Xiang can't deal with it at all, in order to unravel Ninghai's increasingly fierce "daze" tendency, and also to "alleviate" Xiang's cold character, in the two days of rectification, Li Lan gave Xiang and Ning Hai an order at the same time.
Make friends with Ning Hai (Hibiki)!
"That...... The weather is great today......"
"Yes"
“…… Does Hibiki-chan like sunny days? ”
"Yes"
"Woo ......"
At present, it seems that both of them have a long way to go.
―――――― Split ――――――
"If you can load as much ammunition as you can, you can load the rest."
"Lord Admiral, Z16 has objections~ Obviously, Z16 is faster!"
"I'm afraid it'll all go into your stomach when the time comes"
"Hmm~ How can Lord Admiral say that about a lady, Z16 is just because he is at the age of growing his body, so he eats a little more, which is very normal!"
"Even if you say such righteous words...... "You can't change the reality that your 'food intake' in the past two days is more than Ning Hai and Xiang combined." ”
Gaze shift.
"Ninghai, those don't need to ......"
The corners of his eyes twitched slightly, and Li Lan hurriedly stopped Ning Hai's attempt to move the scrap steel that Li Lan had cut out to the ship.
"Sorry, sorry......"
"Okay, don't keep apologizing" Holding Ning Hai's shoulder, Li Lan said encouragingly: "Raise your head, be confident, you are a dignified light cruiser!" ”
"But ......"
If it weren't for the lack of time, Lilan would definitely be the first to give Ning Hai psychological counseling, no matter how you look at it, this is beyond the category of "lack of confidence", especially after the previous battle.
"It's nothing" The tone was paused, looking at Ning Hai's flustered expression, Li Lan said in a calm tone: "Even if Ning Hai doesn't believe in himself, please believe in the Ning Hai I believe, is it okay?" ”
“…… Ning Hai understood! ”
This method is a long-term solution from time to time, and we can only find a stable place to solve the problem of Ninghai as soon as possible.
The flat voice of "Lord Admiral" interrupted Rilan's thoughts, and she turned around to see a few torpedoes in her hand.
"Wait, wait! Hibiki, where did you find it-no! Don't run around with such a dangerous thing! Li Lan looked at the three torpedoes with a length of nearly 50cm in Xiang's arms, because of the size, the one that Xiangxiang couldn't fully hold in the middle seemed a little shaky, and if one accidentally fell and detonated......
"Don't move - I'll come, be careful......"
Cold sweat broke out from his back, and Li Lan slowly leaned down.
"Lord Admiral, these are damaged, so you don't have to worry about it exploding"
“……”
It wasn't until the end that Lelan understood what Xiang was looking for him with these torpedoes that he had found from the deep-sea dwelling ship.
"It's a pity, but I really can't fix it," Lilan explained to Hibiki with a wry smile, and when did she have the illusion that she could repair a torpedo that was damaged by a cracked shell?
"Disappointment"
"Uh, there will be ammunition, and there will be torpedoes" Richan irresponsibly drew a pie of the future, who knows if he can find a second resource point after the successful evacuation later.
"Got the sound"
Looking at Hibiki's departing back, Lilan suddenly felt quite tired, not physically, but mentally.
Z16, who has a detached personality and likes to "overeat", recently I don't know why I'm habitually in a daze, and Ning Hai, who has almost reached social phobia towards strangers, and Ning Hai, who usually maintains "three nos", becomes an abnormal "fanatical" state as soon as he arrives on the battlefield......
This world is not only unscientific, but also unmagical!
After more than half an hour, except for too much steel and only 90 reserve units, almost all the resources that could be taken were moved to the three ships, and Lilan carefully rolled up the sea map and put it in Z16's backpack.
Looking at the "base" that had survived for more than 30 days, Lilan was in a trance for a while.
On this, he has experienced from the initial nothing, to now having Ninghai, Z16 and Hibiki as partners fighting side by side, from the despair of no trace to the hope of a clear goal, the whole process of this comprehensive evacuation, what has been lost is far more than the "ancient instrument" of building the battleship, there are more, indescribable things.
"Lord Admiral, will we come back in the future?"
I don't know when, Ning Hai had already come to his side and asked Li Lan blankly.
The tone of "yes" is flat, but the firmness contained in it is unquestionable: "One day, we will be back!" ”
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