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"..."

It got even more dangerous when Levi tried to start moving from the 'woman on top' position.

Because it was so comfortable, neither of them wanted to move up and down. Instead, Levi had Luo Tianming hold her waist, and she sat on top of him, starting to twist and turn from side to side.

Her breasts, like inverted jade bowls, her firm and beautifully curved thighs, her wet buttocks... and her expression of being immersed in pleasure, which only he could see, gave Luo Tianming a strong sense of satisfaction from his possessive desires.

Meanwhile, Levi was also experiencing a strong feeling of foreign objects inside her body. Each time the tip touched her inner wall in a circular motion, it felt like a drumstick striking her clitoris.

"...Hey, you bastard, Alo." Levi sounded like she was about to collapse. "Honestly, I'm about to give up...it's so tiring up here~"

Luo Tianming also seemed to be in great pain: "Who told you to move so roughly? I feel like my skin is about to be rubbed raw inside."

As she spoke, Revy, acting as a 'bunny girl,' retaliated by jumping hard on his stomach.

In an instant, she seemed to freeze.

"Ugh... Ah Luo~?!"

Her voice suddenly softened.

Luo Tianming could only say helplessly, "Alright, alright, you've already made me look bad... I'm also finding it hard to hold back."

Then, she felt the ferocious thing inside her swell up a few more times as if to assert its presence, and scalding heat shot straight into the deepest part of her body.

It felt like it had been scalded, and its whole body was trembling uncontrollably.

Levi felt as if she had flown to the heavens, her inner walls were more sensitive than ever before, and her lower body gushed out like a flood...

"..."

Then, as if she was tired, she leaned against Luo Tianming's chest.

Right now, nobody wants to move, and nobody wants to pull it out... The feeling of being in a foreign object has turned into a sense of satisfaction, and even being away for a second would feel empty and lonely.

…………

The previously limp and weak-willed Revy secretly leaned close to Luo Tianming's chin and said:

"Ah Luo... I want to kiss you too~"

"Didn't you say it was disgusting before?"

Levi: "Nonsense?~"

Chapter 104 Setting Off Again

As it turns out, the destructive power a woman can cause when she gets clingy is beyond imagination.

Even a tough woman like Levi has a soft side... She's like a chocolate bar filled with high-proof liquor, where once you melt away the bitter exterior, the concentrated alcohol inside punches your tongue, creating the illusion of sweetness.

"..."

After spending two days with the overly sweet Revy, the other female crew members finally couldn't stand it anymore and told her:

[Levi, that's enough.]

At this point, Revy had reached a point where she had to stick to Luo Tianming all the time.

If her previous self was composed of 'cigarettes', 'alcohol', and 'bullets', then Luo Tianming's existence now undoubtedly occupies the part that originally belonged to cigarettes and alcohol.

Two days later, when Levi took another drag of a cigarette... she felt her newborn lungs were a little choked up, and the alcohol didn't taste as good anymore.

"..."

The other two adults quickly noticed that she was experiencing a withdrawal-like condition.

Lucy: "Why do you look so 'satisfied'?"

Levi blushed and retorted, "Who...who is sexually frustrated!"

Takemi Takashi said, puffing out a cloud of smoke, "This kind of thing happens often. Many people think they can't live without the entertainment of smoking and drinking, but they only quit for a week and then never think about it again."

"Judging from your expression... are you seriously considering quitting smoking and drinking to start 'preparing for pregnancy'?"

Levi, devastated by a single sentence, fell silent.

What...the nonsense about how going without a condom is really great and the experience is completely different made the other two women blush.

Wu Jianmiao could only subtly warn her that they were still short-staffed and the conditions on the ship were insufficient to support a heavily pregnant woman...

"..."

Levi: "I know... Couldn't you guys have been a little gentler? Did you have to make Lucy break into the room and then have the doctor throw pepper spray at us to get us out?"

Lucy: "We've tried other methods, like calling you with an earpiece, only to have you take it off and throw it aside, and even trying to force our way in only to get shot in the face by you. We had no choice but to resort to some 'counter-terrorism' methods."

"If you don't come out soon, the shipyard workers will probably see you two clinging to each other after they cut open the hull."

Revy changed the subject, asking, "Is the renovation progressing that fast?"

Lucy: "Pretty much. In the two days you were busy with all that, the colonel at the military station sent a lot of people to help. The mechanics here are very quick, and the ship's hull with anechoic tiles has already been customized."

"Next, all we need to do is cut open the hull, weld the modular structure to the hull, and it will be basically finished."

Revy: "Would that guy really be that kind?"

"They're just eager for us to work for them..." Luo Tianming suddenly said into the communication device. "Or you can just wait. First, submit a written application for the modification report, wait for the results in at least a week, then correct your writing errors next week, and then it will be officially approved the week after that... A modification that would normally take three months to get approved can now be done for you in three days."

"..." Damn bureaucracy, Luo Tianming cursed inwardly. However, it was precisely because of the complex and bureaucratic attitude of the Europa Alliance that there were no mad clowns jumping out of their faces, no fanatics suddenly appearing who had ingested the eggs of the Painted Skin parasite, or radical terrorists strapped with explosives who wanted to invite you to a 'fireworks show'. Life in the Europa Alliance was like a stagnant pool... Individual will could not be expressed, and group life became the supreme principle. However, in the interior, those high-ranking officials could enjoy private luxuries... For example, within the Alliance, which could only produce krill and seaweed food, no one ever thought that some places were secretly buying food vouchers that only high-ranking officials could enjoy. Luo Tianming walked into a food supplier store at a military site. As soon as he entered, the sharp-eyed sales clerk in the supply department immediately came up to him enthusiastically and said: "What would you like, Lieutenant... A new batch of military rations has arrived. Would you like two weeks' worth of food for the ship first?"

"..." Luo Tianming mimicked the tone of a high-ranking official: "Don't joke around, is that for human consumption?"

"..." Salesperson: "Uh, what do you want?"

"Eggs and bacon," Luo Tianming whispered as he leaned closer.

The sales clerk glanced around cleverly, and after confirming that no one could hear him, replied, "We have eggs, but no bacon, they've been cracking down hard lately..." Luo Tianming nodded: "Give me 20kg of eggs."

The sales clerk was immediately perplexed: "Lieutenant, you should know about the hidden food quotas, right... For officers of the rank of lieutenant and above, the monthly protein food supply cannot exceed 5kg."

Luo Tianming: "If I knew this, what use would you be to me?"

Salesman: "How about this, I'll give you 5kg of eggs, and the rest can be converted into duck meat..." Luo Tianming: "No way!"

He knew that the eggs were laid by ducks because they always needed down, but the duck meat was a product of factory processing... He didn't trust the meat products from this place. Seeing the sales clerk's anxious expression, Luo Tianming compromised and said, "I can just take 10kg of eggs, but you have to make up for the rest with oil."

"..." The sales clerk looked at the stack of marks that Luo Tianming had taken out and nodded reluctantly. With the most difficult problem solved, the rest would be easier... Potatoes (shouldn't they be called 'water beans' since they're grown in hydroponics?) would never be lacking, but without oil, it would be too difficult to cook them well. 30kg of other hydroponic crops were prepared to maintain the ship's vitamin intake. As for staple foods... most people on board preferred rice, but the Alliance's supply was mostly bread, so they would have to find a solution at other stations. After handing over the 2000 marks to improve the food, Luo Tianming went to the Alliance station's canteen, where the situation was similar. The advantage of the Europa Alliance was that basic supplies were guaranteed; salt, oil, and sugar were plentiful, even if... Even those who can survive on the cheapest krill and seaweed can manage, at most suffering from vitamin deficiencies and illnesses, but improving food quality is difficult. The poor rations for submarine crews are due to the inability to start fires on board and the captain's failure to install a galley, forcing everyone to eat easily stored, quick-cooking, space-grade toothpaste-like food. Surprisingly, everyone is in agreement on this point; almost no one thinks about preparing fresh food on the ship. A hot meal is a luxury, and when it's time to disembark, everyone rushes to the nearest tavern. Two days after resolving the food supply issue, the revamped Nautilus completed its sealing test again. Pressed and unable to resist, Luo Tianming could only steer the Nautilus deeper into Europa.

Chapter 105 Europa Ridge

With the depth gauge exceeding 2000m as a warning, the Nautilus officially entered the area belonging to the 'Europa Ridge'.

Unlike the cold and gloomy cave areas, this area is as wide as a plain... Even active sonar can't find the opposite wall from hundreds of meters away, only the seabed that gradually decreases with depth.

Because this region is as vast as a back, and its seabed slopes down like a person bending over, it is named 'Sea Ridge'.

However, a wide expanse does not necessarily mean that the place is safe.

Compared to the monsters that might suddenly emerge from around the corner in the cold cave, the greater danger here comes from natural factors.

"..."

A piece of ice floe hundreds of meters in size would 'fall' in front of the Nautilus... Sometimes, ice floes tens of meters long would just happen to float in the channel.

The reason why so many seafloor icebergs keep rising and falling here is due to the melting of the icebergs and the density of the saltwater.

Europa has a rather peculiar structure. From space, it looks like a giant ice ball, but when you actually peel it open, you'll find that its exterior is covered with a thin layer of ice, stretching for kilometers.

The gravitational pull of surrounding celestial bodies constantly pulls Europa's core, generating heat through friction. In addition, its continuous revolution and rotation around Jupiter make its geological activity quite frequent, thus forming a large ocean of liquid water inside.

Therefore, the deeper you go into Europa's ocean, the hotter it gets...

However, warmer waters aren't all good; some large predatory creatures also prefer warmer seas.

Similarly, a certain parasitic plant also prefers the warm climate of this region.

The vast and disordered ocean makes it easier for humans to harbor evil intentions.

Of course, none of these factors can prevent Europa from becoming one of the most active regions for human activity.

“…Captain,” Nan Mengya’s voice came from the weapons control station, “the enemy’s weapons seem to be aimed at us. Should we aim them back?”

"..."

At this moment, they are descending to a depth of approximately 2700m, moving downwards along the seabed... The Nautilus's destination is a transit station where it is scheduled to meet with missionaries from the Painted Skin Cult.

But on their way to the station, they happened to encounter an unidentified ship.

Logically speaking, it is extremely rare for two submarines to spot each other, unless they are close to a station or share the same route—otherwise, it is almost impossible for them to collide.

The ship they happened to encounter turned its cannons on them immediately after meeting the Nautilus, which surprised everyone on board.

Since the other side did not fire the first shot, Luo Tianming also wanted to avoid doing anything that would provoke them.

Instead of letting Nan Mengya retaliate with a 'weapon lock', he turned on a public radio channel:

"This is the Nautilus. We have no hostile intentions... Over."

"..."

However, even after three minutes, the other ship still did not decide to turn its cannons around, nor did it start its engines to leave.

The lack of response made Luo Tianming frown.

He then spoke into the communication device: "Lucy, can you hack into the enemy ship?"

Lucy: "No problem, start hacking... implant the lock signal!"

Beep beep beep—!

On the other ship, a red weapon lock signal suddenly rang out, and no matter how they tried to deactivate it, the alarm kept sounding as if it were locked.

Another minute passed... and a helpless response came through the radio.

"Sorry, we thought you were pirate submarines lying in ambush outside the site, that's why we aimed our weapons at you..."

"Spare us, our [engineer] is practically pointing a gun at his own head to make sure the ship is alright. I don't want his cheap brains splattering on my precious sonar system."

"..."

Luo Tianming continued in an emotionless voice:

"Didn't we already make it clear that we have no hostile intentions?"

"Why won't your ships lay down their weapons?"

The other party's response was also very frank:

"Before we can be sure, who can be sure you're not lying to us? The pirates here don't have any sense of contract. There are many pirates disguised as transport submarines who deliberately wait for the other party to change direction before aiming at the engine and firing. If you're a legitimate ship, you can just keep going after being targeted."

Luo Tianming: "What if you open fire?"

The other party replied, "Well, there's nothing we can do about it. This place follows the 'Dark Forest Law,' so it's best if everyone avoids it, otherwise it'll just cause trouble for everyone."

Luo Tianming: "..."

It seems the Europa Ridge region is more dangerous than anticipated; now it's not just monsters anymore, but also humans posing a greater threat.

He asked again, "Is the transfer station just ahead?"

The other party: "Yes, but I advise you to be prepared... That place is in complete chaos right now. It was originally a neutral station that even pirate submarines could resupply from, and now because of a bunch of random people, the atmosphere is like the Balkans in 1914."

"If I hadn't been driven out of the deep sea, I wouldn't have bothered to sail there... Alright, good luck."

Luo Tianming: "Good luck..."

……

With a light roar of engines, the other ship left the area.

The group of people who remained had no choice but to investigate what the other side called the 'powder keg'.

However, when the Nautilus docked at the airlock connection, it was unusually quiet.

"..."

They received no difficulties or threats.

The only thing that happened was that someone came to the airlock and Luo Tianming conducted a very simple questionnaire, telling them not to shoot people and not to do anything reckless... and that was the end of it.

There were no soldiers patrolling the station corridors, nor were there any armed men walking around.

And not a single one of the so-called dangerous elements could be seen.

This place is just like any other ordinary station. The only difference is that it seems a bit too deserted.

A typical station has at least 500 residents, which is considered to be the limit—beyond this population, the station becomes crowded, and conflicts are more likely to arise.