Daily life with the ship girl

Before they knew it, the three of them had arrived at the abandoned warehouse. However, because it was a bit far from the garrison, they could not see much light. The summer moonlight was bright, and the world of KanColle was full of stars at night, so it was obvious that there was no serious industrial pollution.

It’s only a dozen minutes’ drive from the coast, and you can vaguely feel the breeze blowing through the gaps in the woods.

Li Ran put the firefly down, pointed at the warehouse covered with vines and weeds and said:

"This is it. There are still some resources in this abandoned warehouse. They should have been left behind by the previous people."

Lexington nodded. When she was working at the Ship Girl Headquarters, she also received news of some islands being discovered. Many of the islands were already uninhabited when they were discovered. Without exception, the buildings such as the garrisons on these islands were all abandoned.

However, the island where his commander was located was an exception. Although it was also deserted, it had a well-maintained garrison. Firefly said that there was also a construction device that had also been repaired by the commander. This was very strange.

However, as a ship girl, Lexington does not believe in ghosts and gods, because nothing in the world of ship girls can be treated scientifically. Otherwise, a ship girl who wakes up from the steel of a sunken battleship would be a very strange existence.

"Firefly, turn on the searchlight." Lexington saw that the warehouse was a little dark, stopped Li Ran who was about to rush in, and said to Firefly.

"Okay, Sister Lexington." Firefly unfolded the ship's equipment. As a destroyer, unlike an aircraft carrier, its combat capability would be weakened at night. On the contrary, a destroyer is very good at night combat, and this is due to the destroyer's lighting means.

Li Ran looked at the firefly with some surprise. There were a few small things similar to fireflies above his head, emitting bright light. Under the control of the little guys, they flew into the abandoned warehouse. This little thing was actually one of the fireflies' ship equipment, responsible for lighting.

After a while, the abandoned warehouse became bright, and the firefly said excitedly:

"Admiral, fireflies light the way for you."

Li Ran looked at this magical scene, but he was not too surprised, because the fireflies in the game looked like these little things. He glanced at the small box in front of the little guy, touched the little guy's head, and said with a smile:

"Thank you, Firefly."

The three of them entered the abandoned warehouse carefully. Li Ran led the way and said:

"I spent some time cleaning up the debris around these resources. Well, there are some of all four types of resources, but they are only enough... Oh no, only enough for you, Lexington, to attack about ten times."

"Madam?" Firefly raised her head in confusion, looked at Li Ran who looked embarrassed, then looked at Lexington whose pretty face was flushed, and she said naively:

"Hey? Sister Lexington is going to be the admiral's wedding ship?"

Li Ran was almost sweating. He smiled awkwardly and said:

"That's not what I meant, Lexington."

Eh? It seems that this is not right.

Li Ran was at a loss. He looked at Lexington, whose face was getting redder and redder, but he didn't know how to explain.

Lexington pretended to be calm and said:

"It's okay, Commander. The admirals actually call me that behind my back. It was a little bothersome at first, but I've gotten used to it."

Li Ran was embarrassed, what does it mean to get used to it?

However, he took a look at the fireflies and had to praise them again:

Sure enough, the destroyer is the best.

Chapter 7: Lexington's Confession

Because of Firefly's words, the atmosphere became a little awkward, but as a ship girl, Lexington didn't care too much about Li Ran's words. Ship girls can perceive people's hearts, and she can feel that Li Ran is not deliberately teasing her.

Li Ran secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Lexington was not angry.

The three continued walking towards the interior of the warehouse.

It is said to be an abandoned warehouse, but it has never been explained how big it is.

It can be said that even if half of this abandoned warehouse collapsed, it is still as large as three football fields. If it was an abandoned warehouse that was originally intact, it would probably be as large as six or seven football fields. This is actually not surprising. As a place to store port resources, if it is too small, it may lead to resource overflow. Therefore, many garrisons built warehouses into the largest buildings in the entire port area.

A few minutes later, the three arrived at the innermost part of the warehouse. The warehouse was rectangular and should have two rows, but the other side had completely collapsed.

"Here it is. Under these tarps are the resources that were not moved away in time. I guess that's what happened. When I found the warehouse, I had already counted them. There were exactly 300 units of bullets, 130 units of fuel, 60 units of steel, and 60 units of aluminum."

Li Ran said this with some trepidation. He was afraid what would happen if Lexington left because he thought the resources were too few.

When Lexington heard that there were only 60 units of aluminum, he frowned visibly and said:

"Commander, with 60 units of aluminum, my carrier-based fighters can only launch about three sorties."

"Ah?" Li Ran thought Lexington would complain about the lack of resources, but he didn't expect her to be worried about the number of times she would attack. He breathed a sigh of relief, then said helplessly:

"That's fine. These 60 units are enough for three attacks. I'll try to find a solution. With such a large island, we might be able to find minerals if we're lucky."

"Commander?" Lexington looked at the distressed Li Ran. She seemed to have made a decision and said:

"Commander, you haven't built it yet. 60 units of aluminum are enough to build it twice."

"Build?" Firefly pouted and cried:

"Sister Lexington, if we build it, we won't have enough resources. And if we don't have aluminum, you won't be able to attack."

Li Ran also agreed with Firefly, although he wanted to try out his first-time build bloodline.

But thinking about the limited resources now, even if he built one, he could only choose the two small boat formulas of 3663 or 3363. He hesitated and said:

"Forget it. We have too few resources and no construction blueprints. Let's wait until we have more money."

Lexington said seriously:

"Commander, construction only requires inputting the correct formula, no blueprints are needed. By the way, when I was approaching the port area in the evening, the carrier-based aircraft detected that there were three deep-sea bases near the port area, two of which were islands with rich iron and aluminum mines. So, I have a bold idea."

"What's your idea?" Li Ran looked at Lexington, who was serious, with some curiosity.

"I hope to have three destroyers as escorts, or light cruisers as escorts. I want to capture one of the islands in one fell swoop, which will provide a buffer space for the safety of the port. Otherwise, one of the islands is too close to our port and there is a risk of being attacked at any time."

Li Ran broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this. Having served in the Marine Corps, he had certain military qualities. Lexington would not lie to him. If she said there was danger, then there was real danger. He had to prepare for it. However, thinking of the pitiful resources, his face fell:

"But with so few resources, what if the attack fails?"

Lexington smiled confidently, gently gathered the hair beside her ears, and said confidently:

"With Lexington here, failure will stay away from the commander."

Li Ran looked at Lexington, and then his personal network was awakened for the first time by the strong psychological fluctuations of the ship girl. He looked at the data of Lexington in surprise:

Ship type: Aircraft carrier

Name: Lexington

Level: 30

Ship equipment: [F2A Buffalo], [SBD-3 Dreadnought], [BTD-1 Destroyer]

Speed: 33.2 knots

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But what is strange is that other values ​​are gone. It seems that the battleship girls in the world of KanColle retain some basic attributes of their previous battleships, but other aspects cannot be quantified.

This is good, otherwise Li Ran would think this is still a game.

He looked at the fireflies curiously at the location where the oil barrels were placed, and curiously looked at the properties of the fireflies:

Ship type: Destroyer

Name: Firefly

Level: 2

Ship equipment: [E country twin 4-inch guns: air defense correction 20%] [quintuple 533mm torpedoes]

Speed: 36 knots

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"Commander?" Lexington saw Li Ran suddenly stunned, she asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

Li Ran quickly came back to his senses and replied, "Nothing. By the way, Lexington, what is the Admiral's personal network?"

Lexington showed a look of realization and said:

"So the commander was checking our data just now. The admiral's personal network is, how should I put it, similar to the soul network. It is a dispersion of the world's consciousness. The consciousness of this planet is actually composed of the scattered admiral's personal network connections. This is why the commander will find out about the Kanmusu Headquarters and the Admiral Academy Headquarters as soon as he gets the Firefly's approval. This is also the reason why every admiral can still receive news from the Kanmusu Headquarters and the Admiral Academy Headquarters as soon as possible even if he is sent to a faraway place."

Li Ran nodded, not quite understanding, and said:

"Is this like having your own communication device?"

Lexington pondered for a moment and explained:

"That's not entirely true. In addition to the communication function, it actually has many other functions, such as recording the number of times the admiral's naval fleet has attacked, and the honor points gained from sinking deep-sea ships. In addition, if there is an opportunity to participate in large-scale fleet expeditions in the future, merit points will be allocated based on performance. Well, honor is related to the reputation of the naval base, and merit points determine the admiral's rank."

"Oh, I think I understand. By the way, can the admiral's personal network allow him to communicate with people in real time?"

"I don't know." Lexington said, "Because before I met the commander, I was a wandering ship girl. But I heard from some ship girls who found the admiral that the admiral's personal network seems to be able to connect to electronic equipment through the soul converter."

Li Ran's mouth twitched. Sure enough, the world of KanColle cannot be viewed from a scientific perspective. He sighed and glanced at Firefly, and found that this little guy actually lifted an oil barrel with one hand. He hurriedly ran up and scolded:

"Firefly, this is dangerous, you know?"

Firefly pouted:

"But I don't think it's a big deal, it's very light."

Very light? Li Ran raised his eyebrows, and then he saw Lexington coming over, also lifting up a barrel of oil weighing several hundred kilograms with one hand. His eyelids jumped.

Seeing Li Ran's ugly face, Lexington smiled softly:

"Commander, don't be so surprised. We can't just judge a ship girl by her appearance. Each ship girl has powers that are unimaginable to humans. Don't be too surprised."

"Isn't this strange?" Li Ran was so depressed that he almost vomited blood. He looked at Lexington, who was only 100 meters tall and looked like she weighed no more than kilograms, but her hands were comparable to hydraulic robotic arms. Then he looked at Firefly, and this little guy was just as strong.

Oh my god, this unscientific world.

Li Ran suddenly felt that his time travel might not be as wonderful as he imagined. No wonder he almost got crushed to death when the Firefly ship suit was deployed. He was sweating profusely. It seemed that he could not tease them casually in the future, otherwise...

Thinking of a horrific scene, such as being knocked away by a punch, Li Ran subconsciously took a small step back.

Lexington was obviously not surprised by Li Ran's reaction. She sighed:

"Commander, do you think that a ship girl can be respected just because of her beautiful appearance?"

Li Ran realized after hearing what Lexington said. Yes, if the Warship Girls were just for good looks, they would not only not be respected but would attract malicious intent.

It is precisely because they possess powers far beyond those of humans, have inherited the will of battleships, and are equipped with ships with powerful firepower that can easily destroy the naval fleet that humans are most proud of. This is the main reason why they are respected.

Ship girls were born with the beautiful thoughts of mankind, which is why they will recognize humans as admirals. Otherwise, their power is simply beyond the control of humans.

Li Ran thought, perhaps it was because the ship girls were born from the beautiful thoughts of mankind that they would take protecting mankind as their mission, and would have no regrets and even be willing to sacrifice themselves to resist the deep-sea ship girls.

Li Ran thought of all this and couldn't help but feel sorry for them. He also felt a little guilty about what he had said just now. He took a deep breath, bowed deeply, and said to Lexington with full of apology:

"sorry."

Li Ran's behavior was beyond Lexington's expectations. In her impression, admirals should all put on airs in front of ship girls, and some admirals even just treat ship girls as weapons. She understood this. After all, ship girls are born from human thoughts, and they are ready to contribute everything they have, whether it is their bodies or their lives, as soon as they are born.

But Li Ran's action at this moment was to respect her, his weapon, as a human being, not because of her own strength, but because he put her on an equal footing. Lexington felt her eyes red. She put down the oil drum and hugged Li Ran's back tightly without thinking.

"Lexington? What's wrong..." Li Ran was startled. Although it was great to be hugged suddenly, what was going on?

Lexington didn't say anything. She waited until Li Ran stood up straight before she said firmly:

"Commander, Lexington likes you!"

Li Ran really wanted to say in reply: Madam, I like you too.

But forget it. With such a good atmosphere and the amazing touch on his back, he wisely chose to remain silent.

Chapter 8: Unscientific Construction

Li Ran and Lexington didn't have many super-friendly things happen. The little guy Firefly looked at the two people who suddenly hugged each other and said:

"Oh, the Admiral is indeed a pervert."

Li Ran almost spat out a mouthful of blood three feet away.

After hearing what Firefly said, Lexington realized that her actions were a bit bold. However, American aircraft carriers have always been bold in love and hate. She whispered in Li Ran's ear:

"Commander, I like you."

Li Ran felt his whole body go limp, and then he felt the soft touch leaving him, and he felt lost.

The three of them worked together and after working for half the night, they finally transferred all the resources to the vicinity of the construction device.

Although there were three of them, in fact Li Ran was only responsible for carrying the bullets, and the rest was due to Lexington and Firefly.

"Commander, this construction device is so advanced." Lexington looked at the construction device in front of her, which had been transformed by the mysterious energy brought by Li Ran after traveling through time. She said in surprise: