The Naval Base of the Unnamed Ship Girls

Fortunately, even if the ship girls lose their powers, it doesn't affect the overall situation too much.

Currently, Earth 002's planetary defense capabilities rely on the fortress of the Rising Sun Empire, its branch bases spread across the entire map, and the rapidly multiplying Zerg on the moon.

The fact that ship girls lose their powers means that they can't jump in and go on a rampage when enemies invade.

Actually, it can't be said that there was nothing, because South Dakota showed no change whatsoever; he was neither weak nor dizzy.

Things remained the same as before. South Dakota shook his head, realizing that he really was no longer a ship girl, just as Adun had said.

For the garrison ship girls of Earth 002, the current situation is that they have inexplicably lost their power.

As for the ship girls back home, the current situation is that the sky has inexplicably darkened.

It's not a solar eclipse; you can still see the sun if you look up.

However, the dazzling light dimmed, as if something like sunscreen had been placed between the sun and the Earth where the ship girl world is located.

Furthermore, this sun-protective glass is gradually becoming thicker. At this rate, in another hour, the earth will completely lose the sun's rays.

So far, the darkening of the sun has not affected the ship girls... at least not the Allied ship girls stationed in the lawless zone.

The ship girls at the front lines had no time to care that the sky was getting dark; almost every naval base was facing a massive onslaught from deep-sea vessels.

Moreover, it was a chaotic and disorganized brawl, a stark contrast to the previous infighting and backstabbing. It seemed as if all the deep-sea ship girls had suddenly developed a severe mental illness overnight.

At first, these ship girls were very happy to have gained a lot while bullying these deep-sea ship girls who suddenly lost their minds.

There have even been instances of one or two small squads of ship girls sinking a Deepsea Princess... These were previously achievements that would have been displayed on the wall and earned first-class merit.

Unfortunately, before these ship girls could prepare a celebration banquet, the seemingly endless abyss made them anything but happy.

If we look at it from a higher perspective at this time, we will find that whether it is the Pacific defense line or the Atlantic defense line, the seemingly scattered naval bases are just at the critical juncture where the entire family of deep-sea ship girls is wiped out in one wave.

It seems that preparations for this day have been underway for a long time.

Interestingly, compared to the flexible defenses of the Pacific and Atlantic lines, the rigid defenses that should have been the most fiercely contested—the northern defenses of the European theater—were surprisingly quiet.

Firstly, some of the main forces in the deep sea have been transferred to other areas, so they certainly won't come back specifically to go crazy when they're going berserk.

Secondly, a wave of undead forces happened to block the raging deep sea on the African archipelago side.

"A lost soul?" Naxxramas, who had stuffed a lot of hand warmers into his armor to keep his backside from getting cold, making him look incredibly bulky, muttered to himself as he looked at a deep-sea prisoner he had captured.

"What is that?" asked the Antarctic Theater Governor, Kyon, who looked even more bulky than Naxxramas, wearing a down jacket.

Lieutenant General Nebel, the deputy governor stationed in the African theater, was dressed even more warmly than Governor Axe, but he stood to the side, trembling with a livid face.

It wasn't because he was freezing at home in Naxxramas, but because Governor Kyon was accompanied by two ship girls that would make any ship girl admiral tremble.

The first generation destroyer Yukikaze and the first generation destroyer William d'Potter.

“For unknown reasons, these souls of the deep sea are gone,” Naxxramas said to Governor Ashen. “No, the souls are still there, only their reason is gone.”

"Rationality?" Governor A-Xu asked thoughtfully.

“No, calling them souls isn’t quite right, and calling them reason isn’t accurate either.” Naxxramas hesitated for a moment before continuing, “If we were to compare ship girls to people, we would say they’ve lost their humanity. Yes, that’s right, they’ve lost their humanity.”

"Humanity is gone?" Governor Kyon paused for a moment, then asked, "A widespread mental illness?"

“If it were just a mental illness, it might be alright,” Naxxramas shook his head and said, “but it is an external force that forcibly stripped humanity of its humanity.”

Governor Axe pondered for a moment, then looked at Naxxramas with a somewhat subtle expression.

Seemingly aware of the meaning behind Governor Asuka's gaze, Naxxramas spread his hands and said, "I'm an expert in this area... because the material used to build me is Saronite, a mineral formed from the blood of the ancient gods in legend."

"Although they are not as powerful as the real ancient gods, those who have stayed in my body for a long time will basically experience similar situations to varying degrees."

"...These deep-sea ship girls are in the most serious situation, facing the ancient gods and losing their rationality and humanity."

“…Old Gods, Cthulhu…” Governor Kyon, finally understanding, shook his head, deciding to put the topic aside for the time being, and then asked Naxxramas, “Can you stop them?”

“Heh…” Naxxramas revealed a strange expression and said, “You should worry about the deep sea rather than me.”

"Why should I worry about them?" Governor Kyon asked after a moment of surprise.

"Are you really the governor?" This time it was Naxxramas's turn to be stunned.

"...You..." This time, Governor Kyon hesitated for at least half a minute before asking in a tone that could not be described as eerie: "Are you a seed?"

In response to Governor Asura's question, Naxxramas simply stood on his icy throne, gazing at the dark sea, exhaling a chilling breath before retorting, "Do you like a world where there is only death?"

“Nobody will like it,” Governor Kyon said.

“I don’t like it either,” Naxxramas said, quite unexpectedly.

"??" Governor Kyon, who knew that Naxxramas, like Celeste, was a ship representing the death of ship girls, showed a very embarrassed expression.

"Without life, there is no death; without light, there is no darkness; without... cough cough." Under Governor Kyon's bewildered gaze, Naxxramas stopped his rambling, self-serving act.

"Anyway, don't worry, with me here, these irrational trash can't cause much trouble."

Chapter 1468 Praising the Sun

The inexplicable weakness of the ship girls on Earth 002, the blocking of sunlight, and the madness of the deep sea did not affect Adun and Little Hollow, who were still in the Tower of Babel.

Although the orbital elevator that Ardon and Hypnos were riding was rising at high speed, it had actually entered another world after passing a certain point.

"Is this the other world that ancient human kept talking about?" Xiao Xu said, looking at the surroundings.

“To be precise, it’s a fragment of the Otherworld,” Adun said.

"Ding-dong..." A crisp sound rang out, followed by the sound of an electric door opening.

Although these sounds were made, the orbital elevator where Adun and Xiaoxu were located did not change at all.

But both Protoss shipgirls knew they had arrived at their destination.

"Is there anything else I can do?" Xiao Xu asked.

“Just do your own thing,” Ardon said.

"This is easy, but be careful." After saying that, Xiao Xu disappeared into the shadows.

“I’ll be careful.” Ardon looked away and took a step forward.

The next second, countless rays of light began to spread out from beneath Adun's feet as he stepped into the void, forming a long corridor with no end in sight.

This scene startled Ayton slightly, but he continued walking without changing his expression.

As Adun took another step, the surrounding scenery immediately changed from the deep starry sky to another scene—a burning earth.

Ardon looked at the scene, which was like the end of the world for a planet, with a calm and indifferent gaze, and then took another step forward.

The scene changed from a burning earth to a cooled world, where faint signs of life could be seen emerging.

Instead of pausing, Adun walked forward at a steady pace, as if floating in the air.

With each step you take, the scenery around you changes.

It lets viewers know how the native inhabitants of this world traversed in less than 12,000 years the distance that other species took tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of years to travel.

As was preordained, the "ape-men" who emerged from the forest learned to use fire, make tools, and build houses over thousands of years.

They learned to conquer, kill, and rule.

I've learned to use everything around me to my advantage.

We have learned to broaden our horizons from our narrow home planet to the vast universe.

At this point, all the visuals abruptly stopped, and then Adun saw the familiar Saint Quartz Staff, and a loli version of "Da Vinci" who was less than half the height of the staff.

"Do you know? The Ark of the alien races." Da Vinci, standing in the void like Adun, with the half-black, half-white planet beneath his feet, said to Adun:

"Before the deep-sea ship girls were born, the ship girls... had already been born."

"A new species created to replace the weak human race."

"Just like... in the last era, we placed our hopes on the ancient humans you speak of."

“This doesn’t surprise me.” Adun didn’t show any surprise at Da Vinci’s sudden transformation into a loli.

After all, even the Hollow often switches between two forms, as do the Holy Mother Ships like Gantricus and Blood Throne.

As for Ardon, cough cough...

"I want to ask you, about the alien ark." The loli version of Da Vinci showed no trace of her final boss aura, instead asking Adun in a helpless tone:

Is the universe dark?

"..." Regarding the question about the loli version of Leonardo da Vinci, Adun paused for a moment before saying, "Whether the universe is dark or not is determined by civilization itself."

"Even a newly nascent civilization is qualified?" Upon hearing Adun's words, the loli version of Leonardo da Vinci asked with a strange smile.

As Adun answered "Yes," armor very similar to that of the Protoss High Priest appeared on his body.

The blue psionic blades were ignited, and wave after wave of psionic energy surged in the once calm void.

"Then why..." Seeing Adun enter battle mode, the loli version of Da Vinci also raised the magic circle in her hand: "We only see darkness..."

“Because all you see is darkness…” Ardon said before disappearing from the spot.

The next instant, Adun appeared beside the loli version of Da Vinci, and the blue psionic blade swung mercilessly toward Da Vinci's head.

Do you want to save this civilization?

"I just want to break free of my shackles."

"And then find your way home?"

"Perhaps I'm just pitying you..." In just a few words, there wasn't much real close combat between Ardon and the loli version of Da Vinci.

However, the energy collisions within this space have made this already shattered world even more precarious.

"Pity?? Because of pity, you want to exterminate us?? Is this what they mean by deciding for yourself whether it's darkness or not?" the loli version of Leonardo da Vinci shouted.

“Not to you all…only to you,” Ardon corrected Leonardo da Vinci.

In Adun's eyes, Leonardo da Vinci, who appeared to be just a loli in form, had transformed into a seaweed-like creature composed of countless tentacles.

"I...hehe, that's right...I, I should be pitied, hahaha, pitied." Finally, unable to confront Adun in his full-power state head-on, Da Vinci could no longer maintain her loli form.

A chaotic, pitch-black fog filled the broken world, and countless lights and shadows were absorbed into the fog.

It belongs to the short history of ancient humans, which is only a little over 10,000 years, and was used for nutrition.