The Disqualified Commander of the Abandoned Shipgirl

But in fact, it is the normal instinct of a ship girl to habitually rely on people who seem to be worthy of reliance.

Although Lin Shen didn't know.

After all, such things are never written in textbooks.

No one has ever studied this kind of thing.

Many things were firsts for him.

Lin Shen skillfully avoided the cameras, then carried McCall all the way to the dormitory area in the command center.

After getting away from the abandoned site, Lin Shen let McCall down and let her follow him.

After all, she is an ordinary ship girl, very common.

Therefore it would not attract any attention at all.

On the way, McCall saw many ship girls like himself, and also saw many other types of ship girls.

But those ship girls... without exception, all gave her a bad feeling.

Cold, like a machine.

This made McCall instinctively feel that he and these people might not be of the same kind at all.

Soon, Lin Shen returned to his dormitory.

Along the way, apart from those self-disciplined ship girls, no one else was seen. The commanders in the command center all had things they needed to do.

This is especially true during this period.

"I am back."

"Welcome back, Commander... What is this?"

Glasgow's eyes fell on McCall.

"Unfortunately, a new variant was born from the construction factory."

"That's indeed unfortunate." Glasgow nodded. "And then, the commander brought her back? Directly?"

"No, I followed it carefully all the way to the scrapyard, and then found a way to steal it back." Lin Shen said with a smile, looking proud.

"Oh, I thought we were going to break up with the command bureau today."

"How could that be? There's plenty of food and drink in the command center. Even if we want to break up, it's not today." Lin Shen waved his hand. "Let's not talk about this for now. I was planning to leave in the morning, but now it seems that I can't leave right away. Glasgow, please explain the situation to her first, just like you did to Lafite. Explain the situation clearly."

"...I understand. It may take some time to explain everything clearly."

"It's okay. The mission over there isn't urgent anyway. If one morning isn't enough, just add one afternoon."

Lin Shen casually extended the time.

Compared with the Ship Girl, the mission of the Golden Holy Wings... let's put it off for a bit, there's no rush anyway.

"Come with me." Glasgow pulled McCall into the room. "Although you are confused now, with the intelligence of a ship girl, as long as I explain the cause and effect clearly, you should be able to understand the current situation quickly."

"…" What do you mean by a ship girl's IQ… I always feel that if I don't understand, it will show that my IQ is very incomplete. McCall showed an expression of uncertainty on his face, and was obediently pulled into the room by Glasgow.

Lin Shen took advantage of this time to open the internal system of Hanning College with the terminal, and then began to browse the online library. This thing was not built by Bingye, after all, this was not a school, but a place similar to a company.

The information Lin Shen wanted to look up was construction-related.

Because it had not been built before, we had not paid any attention to this aspect.

But now, Lin Shen suddenly realized a very important problem.

It just occurred to me when I came back just now and saw the other McCalls.

What if other mutant McCalls appear later...

He remembered that he seemed to have heard before that the same ship girl could not sign a contract or something like that.

After searching for a long time, Lin Shen finally found what he wanted.

Then I got a positive answer.

The same ship girl cannot sign a contract together.

As for the reason, there is a simple and crude explanation, which is that the ship girl will save a thought beacon in the commander's soul network. Each ship girl is independent and absolutely incompatible.

"...Using the ancient construction method will only produce a certain kind of original material... It seems to be able to improve the combat capability of the ship girl... But because the efficiency is too low, it has been abandoned..."

"Using the most ancient construction method, the commander cannot build the same ship girl... Therefore, there is no contradiction between the same type of ship girls..."

After looking up information for a long time, Lin Shen just wanted to spit out the name of a plant.

In short, the so-called original construction method was the kind of construction he remembered...similar to that in the game.

That origin can be used to increase the star rating of the ship girl.

But later, due to the needs of war, this improvement was far less effective than simply telling the production department to gather together a hundred ship girls of the same type to increase their combat power.

Therefore, the direction was changed in subsequent research.

In short, no matter how strong Lin Shen's soul is, he can't sign a second Lafite or a second mutant Glasgow. His soul network retains their unique mind beacons.

That cannot be covered or superimposed.

If the most normal construction method is followed, this contradiction would not exist.

However, due to the abnormal transformation of humans, the contradictory situation that Lin Shen is worried about has now occurred.

Lin Shen looked through a lot of relevant information, trying to find a suitable solution.

The time of those data was also quickly pushed forward, all the way to the earliest time.

There is not much information left from that time that has been made public.

Lin Shen searched for the whole morning but still couldn't find a good solution.

I just saw these few paragraphs in a notebook of unknown origin.

"... Maybe every ship girl is unique to the commander, so there will be no identical ship girls. Sorry, such thoughts should not appear in my mind, but I still feel that... maybe there is something wrong with our research direction. We should expand the depth, not the width."

"…Forgive my ridiculous thoughts, but when I looked into her eyes, she looked like a newborn baby. My friend, what use is a newborn baby? Ever since this thought came into my mind, the world in front of me has changed. I began to have hallucinations. I felt that we were transforming newborn babies into weapons of war."

"I still feel like we're heading in the wrong direction."

"(An incomplete record of a friend's reply)... History will prove that we are right... They are projections of weapons... They are warships that should sail on the sea! But they also have flaws, so we lost the sea! The Siren is right! We should learn from the enemy's strength..."

"(Incomplete reply record)... Maybe, maybe, I don't know... Maybe history will prove you right... But I can't accept it, I'm leaving... I want to study my own direction, goodbye, this is the last letter, don't reply."

74. Welcome to join the fleet

The most difficult thing in the world is from 0 to 1, not from 1 to 2.

If that person had Lin Shen's memories, he would definitely be more determined.

But for the researchers at that time, they had no reference.

Just like a lonely boat, drifting helplessly on the vast ocean.

There is no direction, no lighthouse to guide the way forward.

They don't allow any mistakes.

If there was even the slightest mistake, we wouldn’t be where we are today.

If we look at it from a more objective perspective, no one was wrong at the time.

There is a certain historical inevitability in the choice of direction.

Although this world is very much like a game, it is much crueler than a game.

"..."

"Commander, your expression has become very bad."

Rafi, who was sitting next to him, suddenly said.

"…Rafi? When did you sit here?"

Lin Shen raised his head and looked at Lafite.

"Two hours ago."

"Oh, I see. Sorry, I didn't notice that."

Lin Shen apologized subconsciously, then came to his senses.

"You just sat here and watched me for two hours?"

"Ah."

"..."

Why can you take it for granted?

"Is there anything bothering you? Rafi can help."

Rafi asked again.

"No, no... I just feel like the burden on my shoulders has become a little heavier."

Lin Shen looked around.

"Is Glasgow still not ready? What time is it?"

"Eleven thirteen."

"It's time for dinner..."

Lin Shen stood up and took a look inside the room.

Then he saw Glasgow, who looked a little tired, and McCall, who looked dazed.

"Is everything going well?"

Lin Shen asked.

"…Should I say it went smoothly or not…"

Glasgow had a mixed expression.

“Although I have explained everything that needs to be explained, and the cause and effect have been made clear, McCall just can’t understand it.”

"Can't understand?"

Lin Shen's gaze fell on McCall.

“…How can I possibly understand?”

McCall said when he saw Lin Shen looking at him.

"How can I understand a request like that to destroy something just because it doesn't meet the requirements?"

"..."

That is indeed something that is hard to understand. After all, many things do not make sense if you insist on sticking to your principles.

This is history, what else can we do?

Isn't the so-called reality absurd?

Although there is a certain inevitability, it is completely incomprehensible to the parties involved.

Different stances, different pursuits, and even different existences.

So there is no need to seek mutual understanding.

People can't even understand each other, let alone people and ship girls.

After listening to McCall's quiet complaints for a while, Lin Shen made a violent remark.

"In fact, there is no need to consider why. If you must give an explanation for all this, it is 'this is human'. There is no need to overthink deeper things. Now just think about what to do now."

"..."

"McColl, do you want to sign a soul contract with me? Glasgow should have told you about the soul contract. My soul contract is different from others. If you don't want to sign a soul contract, an equal contract is also fine. If you don't want to sign an equal contract, it doesn't matter. You can stay here for the time being. I will protect you. But what to do next is something you need to consider yourself."

Lin Shen said softly.

"I will protect those who believe in me, but I also respect the ship girl's own choice."

"…What…you just said a lot about how humans are bad in this and that, and described us like evil bastards…and now you want me to sign a contract with you? Isn't that contradictory?"