The Naval Base of the Unnamed Ship Girls

☆, Chapter 1464 The Tower of Babel

The Tower of Babel, also known as the "Tower to Heaven" in ancient human mythology and legends.

It is a symbol of humanity's desire to ascend to the heavens, establish a divine kingdom on earth, and have our name sung throughout the world.

Simply put, in mythology, if a human can successfully build a temple, then that human will become a god.

Later, Yahweh, the true god who did not want humans to become gods, came to the mortal world and, using various advanced resources and temptations, started foreign language courses such as IELTS and TOEFL.

Humanity, having learned foreign languages, split into many civilizations and nations due to language barriers, and the Tower of Babel, which was originally intended to be built with the combined efforts of all humanity, became an unfinished project.

...Well, the simplest way to explain it is like this.

Of course, this towering structure in the world of Kantai Collection was not built in the mythological era.

Rather, it is one of the three orbital elevators built when ancient human civilizations began to explore the star system where their home planet was located.

The purpose of these three rail elevators is to directly transport equipment or personnel from the ground to a rail platform hundreds to tens of thousands of kilometers away.

Then, starting from the orbital platform, it will head towards the more distant stars.

This is normal technological development; launching exploration vehicles from an orbital platform is much more cost-effective than launching them from within the atmosphere.

To achieve atmospheric warping like the Hyperion and the Terrens, it would require some advanced technology.

It's something that ancient humans, who hadn't even ventured beyond their own star system, could have created.

Ancient humans built a total of three such towers to the heavens.

A homeland established in the Pacific by the United States of America, the nation of American ship girls like the Enterprise and the South Dakota.

The remaining foundation is now the prison city of the Pacific Theater.

There is another one in the East Asian theater, built by the last empire of ancient humans, and it is the best preserved to this day... that is to say, its remaining height is a bit higher than the one in the Pacific Ocean, which only has its base remaining.

The last one is located in the Middle East.

It was the most completely destroyed; in fact, not a single part was left.

But that's alright. Ever since the three ancient human orbital platforms, each with its own distinct style, all turned into shooting stars, these towers have long since lost their original purpose.

However, after people started riding this rail elevator in Adun, they realized that perhaps this one in the Middle East is the best preserved.

The claim that not a single part was left behind is simply because no one saw it.

"No wonder," Enterprise said thoughtfully, looking at the Tower of Babel reappearing in the world. "I was wondering how those former oil tycoons built this orbital elevator after losing their means of survival."

“Because it wasn’t those lowly people who built this tower,” said the original Lexington, standing next to the Enterprise.

"Cough cough..." Enterprise felt that it still wasn't used to the style of the dark version of the author.

Because the original Lexington was the first ship girl to obtain a contract ring. To be precise, at that time, the contract ring, which was more important to ship girls than their own lives, was just a ring with ordinary symbolic meaning.

However, Lexington was still called "Madam" by her companions. In addition, ship girls of Lexington's type are mostly gentle and virtuous when they are ship girls, and they do not have the situation of Yamato Nadeshiko often turning evil.

She is regarded by many admirals... mainly male admirals, as the most suitable ship girl to be their first wife in their manhood.

Ahem... This is on the premise that you can get your hands on one.

Wives are very rare ship girls. Two-thirds of admirals can only enjoy the wives assigned to them... This is only if you have high enough merit or your position is important enough.

After all, Lexington's general ability is a buff to the carrier's ability, which is a strategic reserve.

Oh right, just like how the earliest generation of ship girls always had some differences in abilities compared to ordinary ship girls.

The abilities of the original Lexington were slightly different from those of other mass-produced Lexingtons.

For example, when the original Lexington was still a ship girl, her ability was to amplify the combat capabilities of her fellow carrier ship girls' aircraft based on the degree to which her own carrier-based aircraft capabilities were weakened.

If the companion is not an aircraft carrier ship girl, the anti-air capability of the non-aircraft carrier companion can also be increased proportionally.

There is no limit to the degree of this increase, which means that the original Mrs. could completely erase her own combat ability on the battlefield.

Then give your companions an exaggerated boost to their combat power.

After falling into depravity... or rather, transforming into an ancient princess, the original wife's abilities were reversed.

Weaken the abilities of your deep-sea ship girls to gain a buff for yourself.

Many of the earliest ship girls speculated whether the ship girl had the ability to sacrifice herself to put the entire fleet into a state where all attributes were at their peak.

This speculation remains unresolved because the wife has never used this ability, but everyone knows that after the wife became the Ancient Princess, she gained the ability to kill her subordinates to gain a buff for herself.

This is why the ancient version of the wife, Princess Suki, would often commit senseless killings.

Even a short-term improvement in capabilities is very attractive to a Deep Sea Princess.

Over time, the original Lexington became a deep-sea tyrant.

"If she really did build it, what will Adun encounter up there?" Enterprise asked, looking up.

At this point, the disc that Ardon and Xiao Xu were riding on had risen to a level where it could only be seen as a small dot of light from the Governor's Mansion.

Fortunately, the sky inexplicably darkened, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to see the point of light.

"Are you really placing your hopes on that outsider?" the original Lexington asked.

"Isn't this what he hoped for?" Enterprise asked Lexington, looking down at her.

"..." Upon hearing Enterprise's words, the original Lexington remained silent for a moment before shaking her head and saying, "His hopes... are already too late."

"Better late than never," Enterprise said.

"You don't understand...you don't get it." Lexington sighed, her face saying, "Enterprise, you've never been a deep-sea ship girl, and you're still a virgin, so don't spout such nonsense."

"No, I know much more than you think," Enterprise said with a strange smile.

"How could you know?" Lexington asked curiously.

"You don't really think Richelieu has gone into seclusion with her lover, do you?" Now that things have come to this, Enterprise can finally reveal some things that only she knows.

"..." Enterprise's answer surprised Lexington: "Where did you send her?"

Instead of answering directly, Enterprise pointed to the sky and said in a meaningful tone:

"We are all working hard, it's not just you."

Seeing the Enterprise's movements, the original Lexington shifted her gaze to a much higher place, where even the original ship girl's vision could only see a faint point of light.

Squinting and straining to see the point of light, the original Lexington murmured to himself, "The Tower of Babel..."

Chapter 1465 The Tree of Life

“What a huge project…” Xiao Hun, who was riding the orbital elevator with Adun, said to Adun beside him as the scenery outside the invisible barrier changed from azure to deep blue.

“That’s true,” Adun nodded.

Compared to the native ship girls, Adun and Xiaoxu can see a lot of professional 'things' in this orbital elevator.

For example, the technology used in this rail elevator is not from the technological side, but from the mysterious side.

Secondly, it was not only not destroyed, but it was also very well preserved.

The only damaged part was the city ruins that served as the base for the rail platform.

However, it now seems that the ruins may have just been a disguise.

The construction... or rather, the continued use of this rail elevator, is intended to keep the existence of the rail elevator a secret from other local residents.

Similarly, that entity does not want its orbital elevator to be used by others.

The first thing to appear was an enormous magic circle suspended in the starry sky.

Anyone standing in the elevator, regardless of which direction they are looking, will be directly facing this magic circle.

When the Protoss ships Adun and Voidseeker saw this magic circle, they approached it with an attitude of both observation and research into the mystical forces of their native world.

Although neither of the two Protoss warships recognized the inscription on the magic circle, both Adun and Void could sense that the magic circle seemed to be a tool used by the inhabitants of this world to understand it.

If there were a knowledgeable native ship girl, not like South Dakota who knows a little about everything but actually knows nothing.

Instead, it's ship girls like Enterprise who genuinely know a great deal of secret knowledge.

Upon seeing this magic circle, one would undoubtedly exclaim in astonishment, "Kabbalah!!"

Okay, that's what Enterprise does.

Although Adonis and Kyon had already taken the orbital elevator to a height of thousands of kilometers above the ground.

Even if the magic circle that Adun and Xiao Xu could see was very large, at this height it should only be a small point of light.

However, in reality, the size that Adun and Xiaoxu saw was also the size that the original generation of ship girls standing on the Governor's Mansion platform saw.

Those ship girls still on the ground could also see a huge magic circle in the sky above the ruined city.

Many interstellar warships come from another Earth, and many of the Earths in that other world share similar historical developments with the Earth in the Kantai Collection world.

What Enterprise knows, they also know.

"Kabbalah Tree of Life?" General Bai Qi listened to the Normandy's explanation thoughtfully and then said, "So, next, there won't be an EVA, right?"

As if to confirm General Bai Qi's words, a strange-looking life form appeared at each node of the glowing Kabbalah Tree of Life.

Its entire body was milky white, its face was ferocious, and it had no eyes or pupils.

It looks like an ape that failed to evolve... not only failed to evolve, but also evolved to be a bit too big.

Each one was hundreds of meters tall. Although they didn't seem that big on the ground, the scene of them holding hands and forming a circle, maintaining the same ascent speed as the two Protoss ships, Adun and Void, looked like a religious ceremony.

After these evolved apes appeared, Governor Ying Zheng, who had been sitting in the palace and never responding to any reports, suddenly stood up and beckoned to the stunned gaze of the Yibo Linshi.

The longsword, originally kept in the Heavenly Cauldron with mountains, rivers, plants, and trees engraved on one side and the sun, moon, and stars engraved on the other, appeared in Governor Ying Zheng's hands.

Then Governor Ying Zheng planted the longsword in the floor in front of him, accompanied by a remark that sounded like both a roar and a rebuke:

"roll!!"

Because they were born in a purely technological world, the belatedly aware Yibo Linshi immediately realized what was going on.

A massive barrier was unleashed by the Yibo Linshi, covering the entire Great Wall defense line.

Meanwhile, similar reactions have occurred to varying degrees in many places around the world that belong to the human ship girl faction.