I, a ship girl, am the savior of civilization.

"Hmph, that has nothing to do with me. No matter what Veneto thinks, I will not accept other people's gene segments."

Just as Laura was pondering how to answer, the young lady's cold snort rang out: "Noah's body is the best!"

The young lady can be seen as the former Noah, and she has the highest sense of identity with her ship. Although from today's perspective, this is undoubtedly a character full of dark history, the young lady is definitely proud of it.

Yes, it's just that Noah has already cried himself unconscious in Laura's heart, thanks to the light of Noah.

"Is that so? So even Miss Laura's gene fragments are not acceptable?"

With her big, blinking eyes, little Belfast innocently asked the question about death.

"This, this..."

The young lady immediately became reserved, recalling her experiences with Laura. Whether in ship form or ship girl form, the young lady was always completely dominated by Laura.

Thinking that Laura's strength was exactly what she was looking for, a blush spread across the young lady's face, and she stammered, speaking in a voice that she could barely hear herself.

"If, if it's Laura's, then it's not impossible..."

Both being ships from the Glorious Star series, to prevent the young lady from causing trouble with her powerful ship, Laura assigned her a ship with a strength of only Tier 2.

While Laura could indeed directly retrieve Noah's former Tier 6 ship for the young lady if she were to open her own coffers, it wouldn't make much sense.

Just like how Laura currently possesses 26 civilization commands and knowledge of the entire Marvel Universe, if necessary, she could quickly upgrade to level six, or even higher.

But there's no need; the current Shining Morning Star hull is sufficient to handle most problems. Under normal circumstances, Laura can also confront an entire cruiser fleet head-on.

However, if a war were to break out and Laura's support were needed, Laura would not hesitate to use civilization commands, but would quickly increase her own combat power.

"what?"

Laura didn't hear the young lady's answer clearly. Looking at the young lady's flushed face, she poked her with some concern: "Young lady, are you alright?"

"No, it's nothing!"

Like a kitten caught stealing food, the young lady immediately bristled. In a moment of panic, the operating room door opened, saving her life.

"Compared to this, look, Veneto has already come out."

Veneto had indeed completed the surgery and emerged from the operating room, feeling his body functioning more rapidly and effectively than before. However, Veneto felt no joy; instead, he appeared somewhat dazed.

Tirpitz followed Veneto out, wearing the same bewildered expression as Veneto, muttering to himself.

"This is impossible. The trait enhancement was successful, so why did the enhancement of the small breast features completely fail? It couldn't even stimulate the thymus..."

"This is not scientific!"

117. Gene technology and synthetic human technology—it did its best.

A doomed ending.

"VV, GeneTech did its best!"

Laura patted Veneto heavily on the shoulder, her sorrowful expression masking a deep sense of helplessness and a wry smile.

Because she decided to make this new universe part of her journey, Laura is now just a pitiful, weak, and helpless Tier 3 ship girl, but that doesn't stop her from speculating about Veneto's eternally flat chest.

As we all know, this universe named Stella has many familiar elements to Laura, but there are also many changes: magic has been integrated into the psionic realm, and the upper limit of technology is no longer as limited as in Marvel.

Veneto might be a key factor. Perhaps she embodies a specific concept representing the flat-chested battleship?

Just as Laura was harboring malicious suspicions about Veneto's true nature and pondering how to comfort the deeply hurt VV, Tirpitz's voice came again.

"No, this must be just an accident. Perhaps it's a rare incompatibility between the I lineages. The Empire's genes have indeed been embedded in Veneto's body, but they are being suppressed and cannot manifest."

Clutching his own textbook, Tirpitz found a plausible explanation for all these failures.

It wasn't that the gene technology was too poor; it was just that Veneto became an unprecedented zero-gene match, unable to access other dominant gene segments.

The astute materialist was once again invigorated and proposed a second plan. Veneto only desired the characteristics of a typical battleship older sister; since genetic engineering couldn't make it real, why not try creating a fake one?

Right, right?

The long-dormant synthetic human technology, inheriting the legacy of genetic engineering, is once again preparing to pursue Veneto's dream.

Synthetic technology has made it possible to liberate the workforce of ship girls, but it has also brought about ethical issues that no one can ignore.

Do androids slide tackle electronic tigers in their dreams?

However, Tirpitz still has the authority to add simple components.

Moreover, the incomprehensible failure he had previously experienced left Tirpitz with a strange sense of shame. As a leading scholar in biology, and a master of Bismarck's human anatomy research and narrative, to condescend to undertake an expansion project was already a minor insult.

And she actually failed!

Unforgivable!

"If you use special materials with low repulsion to forcibly raise the height, and it feels and looks almost the same as the real thing, then you can consider it a success, right?"

Although he asked this question, Tirpitz had already picked up the relevant equipment and was preparing to start his plan.

"bring it on!"

Veneto nodded resolutely, and a sense of solemnity and grandeur gradually rose within him, making Laura feel a sense of tragic heroism.

Why do you guys make such an epic scene out of something as simple as padding a chest?

Half an hour later...

All attempts ended in failure.

"We tried embedded mechanical breast prostheses, external chest armor that can be stored, and even holographic projections, but without exception, they all failed."

Tirpitz's worldview suffered another devastating blow. He took a balloon out of his pocket, blew it up, and placed it on Veneto's chest. Without warning, the balloon burst with a loud bang and then shattered into several pieces.

"Like this, it either won't start or it's completely damaged."

Veneto collapsed to the ground, her face filled with despair and sorrow. The malice of the world had burdened this white-haired girl with pressure she shouldn't have had to bear.

Laura could only sigh softly and pat Veneto on the shoulder again.

"VV, the synthetic human technology, it did its best!"

Then, Laura, carrying the grayed-out Veneto, walked into the spatial vortex leading to her home, leaving the people from the Academy of Sciences looking at each other in bewilderment.

"Didn't Changchun and the others say that research on space jump was still in its infancy? How come it's already being applied to personal ship equipment?"

"It's probably those engineering and physics people who are trying to fool us..."

Tirpitz, the only one who participated in the conference on Laura joining the Civilization Council, did not join the scattered discussions of the other researchers, but kept it to himself.

It seems like a big shot has arrived at Huanmeng.

"Lola, am I beyond saving?"

Lying beside Laura, Veneto let out a mournful cry, then grabbed the blanket and began rolling around in it, trying to relieve his stress in this way.

Yes, I learned that from the young lady.

"VV, think positively, maybe there will be another chance."

Laura rolled Veneto into a sushi roll, a hint of reminiscence on her face: "Speaking of this, Laura is also reminded of her past."

“Lola used to worry about similar things, always concerned that she might not grow tall enough…”

At that time, Jefferson was very worried and took Laura to the hospital for check-ups several times.

"So, did you grow taller in the end?"

After peeking out from under the covers, Veneto took a long breath and asked hopefully.

"No, in the end Laura raised the heels of her ship boots a few centimeters higher."

Laura's face immediately fell.

It's a little embarrassing to admit, but I've always barely reached a height of 1.5 meters, which is actually my height when I'm wearing ship gear.

Yes, including the radar ornament on the head, this is the maximum height.

Veneto and Laura fell silent at the same time.

Laura's truth was exposed, while VV suffered an even more severe blow.

That evening, Veneto was exhausted after undergoing multiple physical modifications and psychological blows, and Laura's comfort only made him completely disillusioned with his fate.

Overwhelmed with grief, Veneto's spiritual power finally resonated with the nascent psychic energy within him. Drawn by an inexplicable force, Veneto felt his spirit enter a special world.

A crimson mist filled the surroundings, chilling to the bone. A higher-dimensional power enveloped Veneto's slumbering body, maintaining the connection between Veneto's soul and this realm.

At the same time, it also made Laura vaguely feel a special pull similar to the power of the runes in her dream.

"Huh? vv?"

Laura murmured something indistinctly, then turned over and went back to sleep.

“Vittorio Veneto…”

In the mysterious dimensional realm, a perfect harmony composed of countless voices resounded in Veneto's ears.

"Where am I? Who are you?"

The sudden change in environment brought Veneto back to his senses, but he realized that he had been completely cut off from the ship's equipment. Veneto could only shout in all directions, trying to get an answer.

Fortunately, Perfect Harmony also answered Veneto's question.

"I am the Void Realm, the end of the cycle of reincarnation."

"Born of me, at my beck and call, your spirit is most pleasing to me..."

“I hereby make a deal with you, in exchange for your spiritual power, for the fulfillment of your wishes.”

118. The virtual realm, is that all?

The gods beyond reality whispered in the void, and when the power of materialism proved ineffective, a new possibility lay before Veneto.

"The end of reincarnation? The fulfillment of wishes?"

As the flame of hope was rekindled, Veneto held his breath to suppress his excitement, realizing that things were not entirely beyond repair.

"Can you grant me any wish?"