The Naval Base of the Unnamed Ship Girls

Simply put, in Xia Yuantang's eyes, how could he not help his future in-laws when they were in trouble? Especially since he could then stand up for them and relentlessly criticize them for being idiots—that was one of the greatest pleasures in life!

To achieve this goal, Xia Yuantang had his ship girls race at top speed, waving "D" flags, and rushing headlong along a straight line to the Central Academy.

(From Xianyu Encyclopedia: A ship flying a D flag means "My ship is difficult to maneuver, please give way!" It is used by my country's fisheries administration for collisions where they are not held responsible.)

Even though General Xia's ship girls have special abilities like Imperial Cruise, a skill specifically designed for long-distance voyages, this long expedition of thousands of miles has exhausted these hero-level ship girls.

Just as these ship girls arrived at the sea area where the Central Academy was located under the cover of night, and saw the fire burning in the Central Academy, they took a short break and planned to transform into saviors to gain experience and exchange for medals.

The metallic planet that suddenly appeared in the sky startled these veteran active-duty ship girls. In particular, the gravitational waves it emitted caused the sea level to fluctuate, almost causing these frightened ship girls to lose control of their ships and collide with their comrades.

If this were to actually happen, it would be considered a dark chapter in the history of these active-duty hero-class ship girls.

Then, as the ship girls calmed their panic and lined up to await Admiral Xia Yuantang's next command, the enormous Adun ship, which looked even more awe-inspiring than that metal planet, loomed over them.

So, apart from the Omega, which was kept as a secret weapon and was so frightened that it hid in the bottom of the flagship's cabin, all the ship girls in Naval Base 233 were just as bewildered as their admiral.

Even after Adun's main body and that metal planet settled their feud with a single shot, the reinforcement fleet that was the first to arrive at the Central Academy remained in a state of confusion.

General Xia Yuantang, who was the first to come to his senses, glanced at Helena standing beside him, then at the Central Academy in the distance, which was beginning to crack. After thinking for a moment, he gave the order to go to the disaster relief site and maintain order.

Thus, these hero-class ship girls, who originally planned to make a big splash, became disaster relief team members.

"Calm down, calm down, everyone! Keep an eye on your kids!!" North Carolina struggled to move through the crowd of disaster victims crammed onto her deck, gun barrels, and bridge, reminding them to stay calm while distributing relief supplies such as rations, towels, and water. She also reminded the parents to pull their unruly children off the gun barrels.

For the first time, North Carolina was speechless at the fact that its naval base only had battleships and battlecruisers with big guns. If its naval base had a certain proportion of aircraft carrier girls like other naval bases, those aircraft carrier girls would definitely be under a lot of pressure in this situation.

The maximum number of people that a battleship girl can accommodate is far less than those with flat chests... oh no, flat decks.

"Don't climb the gun emplacements!! Don't lean over the railings! Don't... Oh dear, whose little brat is this? Where are the parents? Don't you know you shouldn't pee or poop anywhere?"

Instantly switching into battle mode, the short, loli-like North Carolina woman transformed into a 1.8-meter-tall mature woman and picked up a brat who was urinating and defecating on her deck.

This same scene was observed on dozens of other ship girls, which were also filled with disaster victims.

The morale of the fleet that had come with such momentum quickly plummeted. Some ship girls had already applied to Admiral Xia to send the refugees to the fortress city where the retired Tirpitz lived, and to give them a quick shower or something.

Given that they didn't want what happened to the Central Academy to affect those fortified cities (actually, it already has, with such a large planet hanging in the sky, who wouldn't see it?),

General Xia Yuantang rejected the proposal, and morale plummeted once again.

If some deep-sea ship girls were to sneak here at this time, even just a small squad similar to the one that previously targeted Admiral Yin Wu would be enough to inflict heavy losses on this main fleet firmly stationed at the front line of the Western Pacific theater.

However, it is quite obvious that with Adun's massive body hanging in the sky, and considering Adun's previous feud with Cybertron ended with a single shot, no deep-sea fleet would dare to approach this place now.

In fact, the Deep Sea Princesses had already begun discussing this issue in private, including the Harbor Princess South Dakota, which was with Tidu, and had received a notice to attend a meeting.

In response, South Dakota said that she had finally managed to defeat Adun and become the honorary secretary ship of the temporary naval base No. 666, so how could she play house with a bunch of little bitches like you?

South Dakota's gloomy smile nearly made Xiao Bei, who was massaging her back, kneel down and beg for mercy. Xiao Bei remembered that the last time the Princess of the Abyss had shown such a smile was when she dismantled the ship's equipment of a spy sent by another Abyss Princess and fed it to sharks.

Xiao Bei, unaware that there was a special way for the Deep Sea Princesses to communicate, thought she had somehow offended the Princess.

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Well, there's a sequel to the Central Academy chapter, which is basically about the daily life of the new governor.

Chapter 427 I Agree

As the first rays of sunlight enveloped the sea that once belonged to the Central Academy, the golden cone-shaped warship that had hung in the sky for most of the night gradually disappeared as if it had lost its power to exist.

Although the ship had clearly stated that it was an allied force and their future ruler, the pressure was still immense with such a large ship hanging so close to their heads.

The smaller destroyer girls didn't feel much pressure, because they were used to being overwhelmed by the larger battleship and aircraft carrier girls.

On the contrary, the large-displacement ship girls who usually pride themselves on their size feel immense pressure and subconsciously feel that they are completely unable to fight against Adun.

This allowed Adon to complete his first task as Governor of the Pacific: to make a strong impression, although Adon still feels to this day that he was somewhat forced into becoming Governor of the Pacific.

Fortunately, Adun wasn't stupid. She knew that after doing these things, she would be regarded as the de facto governor even if she didn't become the nominal governor. So she might as well take the position. There was no such thing as being hesitant in the Protoss's policy.

After seeing Adun's main body disappear, the three leader-class ship girls in the Central Academy breathed a sigh of relief.

Unlike other ordinary ship girls who were simply intimidated by Adun, these ship girls who had lived from ancient times to the present understood one thing: from now on, their combat power no longer represented the pinnacle of the world.

It's possible that more special ship girls like Adun and Narrative will appear in the future.

“At least this is a good thing.” North Carolina, with a historical scroll standing behind her, said to the other two ship girls in front of her family’s grand library.

Even though the entire Central Academy collapsed into countless pieces, the Bei family's grand library still stood unscathed. The gravitational waves emitted by the crickets were still somewhat inferior to the bombardment of the Harbor-class Princess.

"Isn't it a good thing that we're no longer at a disadvantage in terms of combat strength?" Unlike Adun, who would occasionally walk around on the ground, Enterprise seemed to be maintaining its floating state to prove that it was a starship.

As for why the Enterprise said that, it's because, currently, the human and deep-sea factions are peacefully divided, each ruling half the globe.

However, the original ship girls like Enterprise knew that if all the ship girls and Abyssal ship girls were to be compared, the ship girls would not have the advantage in any aspect, whether in terms of individual combat strength or group numbers.

Thanks to the ability and attribute bonuses granted to the ship girls by the admirals, as well as the support from strategic-level special admirals, the ship girl faction can only barely maintain the front line.

If all the deep-sea ship girls were to be mobilized and repeat the first battle as they did hundreds of years ago, the current strength of the human faction would at most be enough to drag the other side down with them and perish together.

As for why the Deepsea Ship Girls maintain this half-and-half status, the main reason is that the two factions have different needs for their living environment.

The deep-sea territory, imbued with the atmosphere of the deep sea, now occupies exactly half of the planet, and most of the deep-sea ship girls stay in this half of the world.

If the deep-sea territory expands or shrinks, the activity range of the deep-sea ship girls will also expand or shrink accordingly.

Shrinking is fine, but if it expands, conflict is inevitable. If one day the aura of the deep sea suddenly covers most of the earth, then a world war will certainly be unavoidable.

If such a situation were to actually occur, given the previous strength of the human faction, the outcome would likely be quite dire, or rather, it would inevitably be quite dire.

"What if a ship girl like Governor Adun appeared in the deep sea?" Akagi asked, standing in a triangle with Enterprise and North Carolina, having put her shrine maiden outfit back on.

“At least we have Lord Arden by our side now,” North Carolina said, pointing to the sky.

“Okay, I agree with what you said, Tizi. Now let’s start the vote…” Enterprise shook its head and sighed.

"Do you think a vote is necessary?" Bei Zhai asked with a smile.

"At least the necessary procedures cannot be omitted." Enterprise knew that voting now was pointless; the die was cast, and even voting against it wouldn't make a difference.

If it was true that Adun's identity as governor was basically confirmed after gaining the approval of these three old-fashioned ship girls, then...

Having just staged a performance of forcibly signing contracts with millions of people, Adun's status as governor is now a foregone conclusion.

"Moreover, over the years, the three of us have never reached a consensus on any vote. I'm actually quite looking forward to today's vote being passed unanimously," Enterprise said meaningfully, glancing at Akagi from the air.

Knowing what the Enterprise account meant, Akagi closed her eyes, looking like she was too tired and needed to recuperate.

“Alright then, just like before, you propose a vote, and we'll vote.” Northtown, who already knew a lot about the relationship between Akagi and Enterprise, shrugged and said.

It's been many years since we've been able to stand together calmly like this without fighting.

"Alright, I now propose that the first-generation ship girl summoned by Lieutenant Commander Tidu of Temporary Naval Base 666—the support supply mothership USS Spear of Adun—be appointed as the Governor of the Pacific Theater. Please vote." Enterprise said in a very formal tone.

“I agree, no other requirements.” Northtown answered directly, then looked at Akagi, who was resting with her eyes closed, together with Enterprise.

After waiting for about half a minute, Akagi finally spoke, "I agree, and I have no other requests."

After hundreds of years, these three ancient ship girls finally agreed on something.

"Okay, then it's settled. I'll contact the Governor and the engineering ship girls to begin the reconstruction of the Central... Governor's Mansion. As for North Carolina and Akagi, I don't need to arrange your work, right?" Since the proposal was passed unanimously, Enterprise addressed Adun as "Governor," and the Central Academy reverted to its original name—Pacific Theater Governor's Mansion.

"I will form a temporary garrison fleet to carry out disaster relief work and maintain order." Akagi served as the chief instructor of the Central Academy and also concurrently as the commander-in-chief of the garrison forces.

Previously, due to the suppression by the Enterprise, the Central Academy's garrison forces had always been in a state of dispensability.

Now, not only has the Enterprise suffered a humiliating defeat, but the Military Police have also been wiped out by the Retribution. It's time for the garrison to be reorganized.

"Okay, once you've got it sorted out, assign me a fleet. You don't need too many, five thousand will do. I'll be in charge of salvaging supplies and ensuring logistics." Bei Zhai nodded immediately and said, showing that even though they didn't get along normally, these three ships were still very clear about their respective tasks when faced with a major event.

"Is five thousand enough?" Akagi asked rhetorically. Although five thousand ship girls was a lot, it didn't seem like much when averaged across the entire disaster-stricken area of ​​the Central Academy.

"The most important thing right now is the disaster relief work. Those supplies won't be lost even if they sink in the sea," Beizhai replied immediately.

“Okay, then I’ll prioritize arranging troops for you, but the price is that you must prepare enough for me before noon…” Akagi silently calculated and said, “The basic supplies for one million people for three days, half of which are for ship girls.”

"Are you trying to work me to death? But no problem." Bei Zhai joked.

"Well then, let's get to work," Enterprise said, turning and leaving the makeshift meeting room.

☆, Chapter 428 How about a hybrid ship?

Adun slowly landed beside Hyperion, and then let out a long breath, whether from exhaustion or because he had finished his business.

"Tired?" Hyperion took out a blanket from its ship equipment space and made a gesture as if to drape it over Adun.

“A little, after all, this is my first time carrying out a planet-destroying mission; I've never done it before.” Glancing at the Hyperion's actions, Adun picked up the blanket, examined it closely, and asked, “If I'm not mistaken, this is the carpet in your captain's cabin, right?”

After saying that, the blanket, which was essentially a rug, was thrown back onto Hyperion's head.

"Ptooey... ptooey, Adun, you old man!" Hyperion immediately ripped the blanket off his head and slapped it against his head as if he were swatting away something dirty.

Judging from Hyperion's performance, what Adun just said was absolutely right.

"Although we have a good relationship, we are not related by blood, neither in terms of the manufacturing date nor the construction method." Adun complained about Hyperion calling her "Grandpa".

"I'm not calling you grandpa, you... never mind, why am I talking to a mouthless Protoss like you?"

Hyperion, somewhat exasperated by Adun's reaction, continued:

"By the way, Adun, you really scared me to death just now. Those Imperial scientists did speculate that you had a planet-destroying weapon, but it was never verified."

“Because there’s nothing that needs to be verified,” Ardon said calmly.

"It's a good thing you didn't verify it before, otherwise those scientists would probably go crazy," Hyperion sighed. Having overwhelming power and having destructive power are two different things.

The former will make you feel stressed and scared, while the latter will only leave you with fear and despair when you have no way to fight back.

“Given your human race’s technology, it shouldn’t be difficult to equip a planet-destroying module or achieve something similar,” Adun said after a moment’s thought.

"The scientists of the Federation envisioned this before the Empire was established. However, before you and the Zerg appeared, those sociologists and politicians even cut off a lot of my equipment because I carried too many weapons and they were too powerful. In the original design, I was supposed to be able to carry nine fusion energy cannons!"

Upon hearing Adun mention this, Hyperion complained as if he had been treated unfairly.

The behemoth-class battlecruisers of the Terren race in the Koprulu Sector did indeed experience the events described by Hyperion during their early design phases.

Of course, the power of those nine fusion energy cannons is not as great as the Yamato cannons that the Hyperion is currently equipped with, but in terms of overall firepower, the current Hyperion is far inferior to its first design.

The reason it wasn't built according to the first design was because the Zerg and Protoss hadn't appeared yet. The narrow-minded Terran society felt that the Behemoth-class battlecruisers were too powerful and would strengthen the military's position while weakening the authority of local and central governments.

As a result of various disputes, the Behemoth-class battlecruisers that left the factory were reduced to a stripped-down version, and the Hyperion was one of the victims of that stripped-down version.

Although the Terren Empire later reinvested massive social resources into military production under pressure from the Protoss and Zerg races, designing and building the Minotaur-class, an upgraded version of the Behemoth-class battlecruiser, it remained essentially unchanged, only adding some laser cannons and missile launchers.