How to fall in love with a ship girl?

The girl's voice was a little angry. She gritted her teeth and said, "He is my crew member! I picked him up! If you say such things again, Miss Hu Teng, please leave here immediately. My ship does not welcome people like you..."

After saying this, she looked at Hu Teng in front of her, whose expression was still calm. She calmed down for a long time and then sighed leisurely.

"....Sorry, I lost my composure a bit."

When was the last time he got angry? It seemed to be when the people from the royal family took back all his "harvest" by force?

The royal treasure has been exploring freely in the sea for so long that it rarely feels angry.

"I understand how you feel, Miss Royal Fortune." Seeing that his verbal provocation had achieved its purpose, Hu Teng stopped pursuing the issue and said:

"It is really very annoying to have something that originally belonged to you taken away..."

"Forget it... I don't understand. Take your time. I'm going back to the cabin to rest."

Royal Fortune didn't want to listen any more, so he turned around and walked back to the cabin neatly.

"Most people don't care about things that are easily obtained. Only after losing them will they know how to cherish them..." Hu Teng muttered to himself, drank the last of the black tea in the cup, took out the communication device and pressed a few "beep beep" buttons.

"I'd better not go back to the harbor for now... I can use this opportunity to learn more and take a rest."

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At this time, Xu Huan was lying on the not-very-comfortable wooden bed in his room, carefully recalling and analyzing the details of today's battle.

It has been a habit of his for a long time to review and learn from experience before each break. It is also the key to his survival for so long in such a dangerous environment.

Judging from what I felt today, the strength of this planet is not particularly weak.

Take Hu Teng as an example. Although his opponent's strength in close combat is not very good, he is definitely not able to withstand the power of the shells ejected from the device behind him.

It should be said that no carbon-based organism can survive from that.

If I had not developed psychic-related skills, I would have had to compromise in the last attack today. Once the other party consciously distanced himself, the situation might not be so easy to handle.

If the Sirens or the Ship Girls had such terrifying firepower, and I have no starship support and no equipment, I might capsize in the gutter if I am not careful.

Still have to be careful...

After thinking about it, Xu Huan turned over and was about to take advantage of this rare opportunity to have a good rest for a while when the watch he was wearing vibrated slightly twice.

The early warning device just set up outside the door was triggered.

Xu Huan immediately sat up and looked outside the door with a little vigilance.

But a long time passed like this, and there was no expected knock on the door.

"Ok?"

Xu Huan looked at his watch again to confirm, and it showed that there was indeed someone standing at the door and had not left.

What does this mean? Standing at the door without knocking or leaving?

It's impossible for me to just keep wasting time with the other party like this, right?

Xu Huan slipped out of bed, his combat suit covering his entire body again. When he was about to open the door, the man at the door seemed to have finally made up his mind and gently knocked on his door.

"Hello? Xu Huan, are you asleep?"

It's the voice of the little octopus.

Although it still sounds full of vitality, it always feels like it lacks a bit of confidence.

Having let down his guard a little, Xu Huan chose not to answer but opened the door directly.

The wooden door creaked, and a girl with a slightly unnatural expression was standing outside the door. The small tentacles sticking out from between her hair also drooped down listlessly.

"Just getting ready for bed, what's wrong?"

"It's okay... The captain just came to see how the crew are doing~~" As soon as he saw Xu Huan, Royal Wealth put on a smiling expression, and the unnaturalness on his face just now was completely wiped away.

No wonder people say that women’s face-changing ability is a natural talent. Even mimic insects can’t catch up with this speed.

"...Is there really nothing else?"

Xu Huan directly exposed it without any hesitation.

"I've never seen you so kind before..."

"Uh..." A little embarrassment flashed across Royal Wealth's face. She walked to the door and sat down on the bed. "Nothing. I just came to return your crystal pendant and discuss our goal--"

Looking at the girl's elastic peach that slightly pressed down the cotton wool on the bed, Xu Huan frowned slightly.

He didn't have mysophobia or anything, but he felt that the girl in front of him was a little too bold...

"What's wrong? What are you looking at? Why are you frowning? This is my boat?" The girl also realized this problem. Although she said this, she also moved her butt slightly towards the outside.

"Nothing, I just think you've suddenly become a lot more cheerful..."

"Ahem, as for this question--" The ship girl also knew that when she started shouting "human", it would always make people feel uncomfortable.

But there was nothing he could do, because Xu Huan had never even heard of his name at that time. It was always a bit frustrating to have dashed expectations.

"Let's skip this question for now and return the crystal pendant to you first."

Royal Fortune took the pendant out of his pocket and said.

Chapter 11 What the hell?

The dim blue light shone slowly, reflecting in the room and on the faces of the two people.

"Eh? How come—"

Xu Huan was surprised to find that the spiritual energy stored in the pendant was much more than when he gave it away at the beginning.

And if you feel it carefully, although there is not much change overall, it seems that there are many different spiritual energies that do not belong to you.

After a brief fight with Hu Teng and the crystal pendant sent back by Royal Wealth, he finally confirmed that the race called KanColle had psychic abilities, and the main function of the crystal he sent out was to store this energy.

Xu Huan looked at the royal wealth.

Royal Fortune was also somewhat surprised. How come the crystal shone brighter than before? And the mental energy became stronger.

"Could it be that it has the potential to grow?" The girl asked curiously, "Compared to before, I feel that the mental energy inside is more abundant..."

Mental energy?

This should be what the people here call psychic power.

"Rather than growth, it would be more accurate to say it's storage...and the reason for this is probably that your excess spiritual - mental energy is stored in it." In order to facilitate understanding and communication, Xu Huan also replaced spiritual energy with the other party's name.

Anyway, in his opinion, these two things are similar, and changing the name will not affect their essence.

"I was in a hurry before and didn't have time to introduce you to its usage." Xu Huan took the pendant. There was still a little warmth on it, probably affected by the girl's body temperature.

"Usually when calling upon mental energy, it will be affected by various reasons and most of the time there will be corresponding losses. The waste caused by the losses will be directly absorbed by it, and then when there is a lack of mental energy, the previously accumulated part can be taken out from it."

"At a critical moment, it should be considered a life-saving thing... But don't think too highly of it, it also has a storage limit."

After Xu Huan finished speaking, he tightened his fingers holding the pendant slightly, and then the violent mental energy in his body like a wave rushed directly into the crystal in an instant.

The originally faint blue color was instantly stained with a layer of light pink, and then turned into a deep red like red crystal.

"Look, this is what it looks like when you reach the upper limit."

Royal Fortune watched the process, his eyes gradually widening.

If the mental energy she felt in the pendant before could be described as rich, then the pendant now gave her the feeling of a snowy peak that could collapse at any time, and just looking at it was a bit suffocating.

"But I don't recommend actively inputting mental energy into it. First, it's not cost-effective. After all, there is no place to collect the loss caused by active input. Second, it's not very stable. Don't learn from me."

Xu Huan flicked his fingers lightly, and the originally deep red crystal returned to its previous dark blue color in a short time.

"Got it—oh?"

The girl nodded, but found that the pendant was thrown back to her by the young man.

"This... is an advance payment, but I previously--"

Xu Huan shook his head: "This is a small stone pendant for you. Just prepare the food for me in the next few days. I will give you a new one when the time comes."

"Then - I'll take it? Hehehe~~"

As a pirate, the royal wealth was not pretentious and was happily hung on the slender neck. The crystals slid down along the white skin and half sank into the huge soft fruit on the chest.

"How is it? It would still look good as a decoration, right?"

"It looks pretty good." Xu Huan nodded in agreement.

The white and smooth skin, the considerable chest armor, the faint blue color of the crystal, the sweet smile on the girl's face, and especially the red eyes that contrast with it, are indeed very pleasing to the eye.

However, because the area was too sensitive, it was not convenient to look at it for too long, so he just glanced at it twice and then looked away.

"Then, it's the question of our destination."

Royal Wealth seemed not to notice Xu Huan's averted gaze, and directly took out the rolled-up map from his pocket, slapped it on the table and smoothed it, then pointed to a small corner and said: "Look, we are probably in this position now-"

The general outline of this planet is very similar to Xu Huan's home planet, and it is also mostly occupied by ocean, with only slight differences in a few places.

Xu Huan seemed to be thinking about something, and then looked at the place where the ship girl's finger was pointing.

Their current location is not far from the nearest land, but if centered on the inland of the largest continent, strictly speaking, it is in a relatively remote location.

"Most of the humans you're looking for are shrunk here—" Royal Fortune took out a pencil and drew a line deep inside the largest continent, and then drew a lot on the other continents:

"There are also scattered human settlements in other places, but they are generally not close to the ocean. Of course, there are a few exceptions. I'll tell you about them later. If you want to go to the inner part, I can also take you to the nearest port, but you have to walk the rest of the way on your own."

"Okay, I understand." Xu Huan nodded and memorized all the places where the royal wealth was marked.

"And these places are the major port areas and their strongholds—"

Compared to places where humans gather, many ports or strongholds are basically built on the coastline, and many are even built directly in the middle of the ocean.

"These are the most basic locations. I don't know the more detailed ones. They are all confidential matters of each port area."

Xu Huan asked: "From a certain perspective, each port area and base established together can basically cover most of the oceans on this planet... Is this for the purpose of fighting against the Sirens?"

"Yes, there are sirens in almost every sea area. They appear at regular intervals just like locusts, so basically every place needs to be cleared out regularly..."

Royal Fortune cleared his throat and continued:

"The closest place to us right now... is the Iron Blood Port area here, which is also the port area where Miss Hu Teng is located."

"Are there any human cities nearby?" Xu Huan asked in confusion when he saw the lines drawn by the girl earlier.

"This is the exception I mentioned earlier... Powerful factions are basically capable of protecting an entire city from the Sirens." Royal Fortune explained: "However, in order to respond to the enemy and avoid being affected by artillery fire, the port area where the ship girls are located will be established about dozens of miles outside the city."

"As for the daily resources and food needed for the operation of the port, we basically send the yellow chicken to the city to purchase and exchange..."

"Yellow chicken?"

Xu Huan frowned.

"What is that?"

Chapter 12: Going to the Royal Family?

"Yellow Chicken... can also be called a barbarian. In simple terms, it is a kind of intelligent mechanical creature, mainly used to maintain the operation and production activities of all aspects of the port area..."

Royal Ark took out a new piece of white paper and drew a very cute pointed-beaked creature on it with just a few strokes:

"Because the shipgirls are mainly responsible for combat, the rest of the miscellaneous work in the port area is usually handed over to them...such as cooking and cleaning."

"Servant?"

Xu Huan was not unfamiliar with this setting of Manjiu.

"Hmm? What's a servitor?"

"Nothing.... It's just a relatively new concept, don't pay too much attention to it."

Royal Fortune didn't dwell on it and continued, "The nearby human cities have basically been marked out, so is there any place you want to go next?"

"You just said that Tiexue is Miss Hu Teng's port area, right? And it's the closest to us." Xu Huan was somewhat interested.

"That's right..." The girl nodded, suddenly realizing something, and quickly added: "Although the distance is very close, many of the ship girls in the Iron Blood Port area are not so easy to get along with. Xu Huan, you are not very familiar with ship girls, so my personal suggestion is... uh..."

Royal Wealth kept searching on the map, and finally, in a hurry, chose another target location that was closer.

“I personally recommend going this way.”

"Where is this--?" Xu Huan turned his gaze towards the place pointed by Royal Wealth.

It is a relatively large island, and it is only separated from the mainland by a strait. There is also a port area sign on it.