Daily life with the ship girl

"Sister Shengwang, is it okay?" Kent felt like she was about to cry again, she was so moved.

"No problem, leave everything to me. Admiral, I will be responsible for convincing him!"

Reputation smiled elegantly, the sunlight shining on her face, and in Kent's eyes she was like a goddess.

"Well, I hope you can give me more guidance in the future." Kent wiped the tears that escaped from the corners of his eyes.

Galatea thought about it again and again and decided to put aside his guesses and doubts for the time being.

Forget it, I'll ask my seniors when I have the chance later. How can I ruin the current atmosphere?

Chapter 258: Something went wrong with the construction device?

At this time, Li Ran Yixian was on his way to Xiguang Wharf. On the way, he met the leader of the Ruoduo Fairy Clan. Ruoduo looked anxious:

"Admiral, I finally found you. A serious problem has occurred in the construction equipment."

"What?" Li Rangang felt strange. Ruo Duoruo was always calm and composed, and he was rarely seen panicking. Moreover, the fairies now had means of transportation. They not only relied on vehicles but also pocket robots, a new product one meter high that was similar to a mecha and was mainly powered by solar energy.

This is one of the several achievements of the Xiguang Garrison Research Department. However, this pocket-sized robot only provides simple footstep transmission, similar to allowing fairies to walk with big strides like humans. Its shape is also very ordinary, and the shape of the mecha is just Li Ran's bad taste.

In reality, they don't have much combat power, and the research department only has three such pocket robots.

It was the first time he had seen it in operation, but when he heard Ruo Duoruo sound so panicked, his heart tightened slightly.

The construction equipment was one of the few precious treasures he had after arriving in this world. He had invested countless transformation cores and resources in repairing the construction equipment. Now, hearing what Ruo Duoruo said, he felt a little heavy in his heart. After thinking for a while, he said to Yixian:

"You go to the dock to pick them up first. I'll go to the research department."

"Then Admiral, be careful."

"Don't worry, Brooklyn and the Raiders should still be on the island. Look at those carrier-based aircraft overhead. If the Raiders are still here, there's no need to worry about my safety."

"Well, I'll go first." Yixian nodded. Although she wanted to go, after thinking it over again and again, she felt that welcoming her sisters was also important, so she nodded to Ruo Duoruo and walked towards the pier.

When Yixian walked away, Li Ran suddenly lost his composure and asked Ruo Duoruo:

"What's wrong?"

"Admiral, you will know when you get there. It seems that the artificial intelligence of the construction device has been completely restored. It seems that I have something urgent to tell you."

"Lead the way." Li Ran was a little confused. The AI ​​was repaired. He walked towards the direction of the research department, then hesitated for a while and asked:

"To what extent has it been repaired?"

Ruo Duoruo controlled the pocket robot and followed Li Ran's steps. He said:

"It should be a high-level intelligence, similar to the IQ of a sixteen-year-old human."

Li Ran was stunned. What is the IQ of a sixteen-year-old? He had no idea. He nodded and watched the sunlight penetrate the gaps in the treetops. The early autumn sunlight had slowly lost its scorching heat. The leaves on the island began to turn yellow. He was a little surprised:

"But shouldn't this be a good thing? Why do you say there's something wrong with the construction device?"

"Although the AI ​​can indeed communicate with us after being repaired, it seems that something went wrong. By the way, did you carry out any construction last night, Admiral? The AI ​​said that the incident was related to your construction last night."

"Last night?" Li Ran thought for a moment. If there was anything strange about last night, it was that before building Yixian, it seemed that the construction device directly said that the construction had failed. That was also his first construction failure.

"Could it be related to my failed construction last night?"

"Admiral, what did you say? Construction failed?"

"Well, I used the construction quota last night, but the first construction failed. I was still worried, but Lexington told me that there is a failure rate in construction, so I didn't care. If it is really related to last night, then it can only be this incident."

"Admiral, your construction device is not an ordinary one. It is the highest product of the combination of deep-sea technology and human technology. Moreover, I have discussed this with the leader of the Azure Fairy Clan. This construction device should have been destroyed thirty years ago, but it was preserved intact. Therefore, there is no such thing as a construction failure."

"Again, what happened in that era ten years ago?"

"Thirty years ago was an era of great change. A large number of fleeting legendary shipgirls emerged, and many legendary ship equipment were born and passed down to this day. However, there was one thing that almost caused a war between the seven governors, and that was the construction device that the admiral now possesses."

"Are you sure?" Li Ran's face was filled with astonishment, that thing looked very ordinary, he had traveled through time, and inexplicably used the strange ability on his wrist to repair it, but to completely restore it to its original state required 100 of each of the five types of transformation cores.

He just thought that the device was indeed very convenient, and estimated that other garrisons were similar. However, he had not seen the construction devices of other garrisons. Now listening to Ruo Duoruo's words, he instinctively felt that it might be a wise move for him to keep the construction of the device secret from the outside world, so he quickened his pace.

"Yes, such a construction device violates the principle of equivalent exchange. Even the deep sea does not have the ability to develop a product with absolutely no failure rate. Humans are even less likely to do so. Even we, the goblins, cannot do it. However, your construction device completely violates this principle. I think you know what this means."

Ruo Duoruo's words made Li Ran feel his scalp tingling. Indeed, there is no perfect product. Any product has defects. If it is really as Ruo Duoruo said, then this construction device may be a time bomb for him.

"Let's go over and take a look. If the situation is really that serious, I'll trouble you to move the construction equipment to the underground air defense fortifications. I will set up a special restricted area. This kind of thing must not be known to others in any case. At least we have to keep it confidential now."

"Understood." Ruo Duoruo also calmed down. It was impossible for them not to be amazed by the construction device, but what they felt now was horror.

A technological product from thirty years ago has actually survived to this day. Moreover, it is the thing that is regarded as Pandora's box, a construction device that is powerful enough to affect the balance of the world. The two major fairy tribes have heard that the thing has caused a disaster.

Some documents also record that it might be the governors of the seven war zones at that time who fought over the construction device, which ultimately led to the failure of the plan to explore the unknown sea areas.

A few minutes later, Li Ran and Ruo Duoruo arrived at the entrance of the research building.

The goblins were already on alert, and when they saw Li Ran and Ruo Duoruo coming, they opened the door.

Li Ran and Ruo Duoruo quickly came to the room where the construction device was placed. As soon as they entered, they heard the construction device's artificial intelligence speak:

"Master, welcome back!"

"Can you talk?"

"Of course, Master. It's urgent. An emergency occurred during the system repair process. The failure prompt of your construction last night was a momentary negligence of the system. I think the ship girl you built did not fail, but was mistakenly teleported to the nearby sea area."

"You mean, two ship girls were built last night?"

"That's right, it's just that the transmission process was interfered with, so the first ship girl's landing coordinates were wrong. At that time, this system was still in a semi-dormant state, so it gave an error prompt."

"So you asked me to come?"

"This system has calculated and found that if there is an error in the transmission coordinates, then it is very likely that something is missing during the repair process of the system analysis function. I hope the master will provide resources and transformation cores as soon as possible to repair it."

"Aren't those enough?"

"I'm sorry, Master. The original modification core was only to restore basic functions. Due to a transmission error, this system is worried that the next time you build your ship girl, she may be teleported not just to the nearby sea area, but to places all over the world."

"What a joke? All over the world?" Li Ran was dumbfounded. He didn't understand the principle of this construction device, but he could understand what the artificial intelligence of the construction device meant, that is, the ship girl he built might not appear in front of him after the construction was completed, but would be teleported away.

If this happens, things will be very serious.

"How many resources." Li Ran sighed. He didn't know if the artificial intelligence of the construction device was lying to him, but he could only believe it now.

The construction device is related to the construction of ship girls and ship equipment. It is also a very important research object for our own research department to develop new ship equipment. There must be no problems with this thing in any case.

"Four resources, 100,000 each, 20 transformation cores in each of the five categories, and the repair work of the transmission function has not been completed. Please do not build it for the time being. This system cannot determine whether the transmission error will occur again."

Li Ran was stunned. Four items cost 100,000 for each resource. Oh my God. He had worked very hard for the past few months, even cooperating with those governors. He also resisted doing any major construction for two months, at most developing some ship equipment. But now the construction equipment required 100,000 for each of the four resources.

"Why don't you go and rob it?" Li Ran couldn't help but roar.

"I'm sorry, Master. This is the highest priority repair plan for this system. It's also the most perfect repair plan. The sooner the resources are prepared, the faster the function will be restored. There will be surprises then."

Li Ran really wanted to complain, this artificial intelligence might be a profiteer.

However, he really has to pay for this resource.

After more than two months, he has almost figured out the profession of admiral.

If he really wanted to gain a foothold in this sea area, he had to ensure the safety of the construction equipment no matter what. He sighed:

"I'll get ready as soon as possible. Other repairs will continue. By the way, where was the ship girl who had the error in the transmission teleported to?"

"It should be within a 500-nautical-mile radius of this system. Master, please recall the ship girl as soon as possible, otherwise you will regret it."

Artificial intelligence seems to have something else in mind.

But Li Ran was in a very bad mood at the moment, resources, resources, resources.

He was on the verge of tears.

“Ah, why is it so hard to make money!”

Ruo Duoruo watched Li Ran walk away on his own. He sighed and said:

"Are you going too far?"

"Dear Patriarch, this is all for the purpose of accelerating your research progress. The unknown sea is about to undergo an anomaly. You are aware of the anomaly, right?"

The artificial intelligence waited until Li Ran left, and then spoke to Ruo Duoruo in a mechanical synthesized voice.

"I know, but it's faster than expected, and it's very similar to thirty years ago. Another era of change is coming. I wonder if the admiral can withstand it."

"Master, he will definitely be able to withstand it. After all... well, never mind. I have already helped you get the funds. Now it all depends on when you, the clan leader, can produce results."

Chapter 259: Hug

Li Ran left the research building. He was in a very bad mood. There was nothing he could do. He originally thought that the construction equipment could be repaired soon, but now it was repaired, and it required so many resources again. He felt a sense of despair.

You know, he worked very hard for nearly half a year to save up 30,000 each of the four resources. As for the transformation core, all of it was invested in the repair of the construction equipment. Pinghai did not use many light cruiser transformation cores.

Even so, such a huge amount of resources still made Li Ran feel deeply desperate. However, it was unlikely that he would give up building the device.

"Forget it, it seems I am destined to be a hard worker." Li Ran sighed, then glanced at the research building, retracted his gaze, and walked towards the dock with slightly heavy steps.

How could it not be heavy? One hundred thousand resources, and four types of resources each worth one hundred thousand. In comparison, those transformation cores can be bought with a little money. As for resources, such a huge amount, no one can let Li Ran buy so much at one time.

You know, a garrison the size of Xiguang Garrison could only accumulate 100,000 four resources in a year if the port was closed for a year.

Li Ran had accumulated more than 30,000 four types of resources in just half a year. Of course, some of them were consumed by the daily expeditions, attacks, and training of the ship girls, and some were invested in the process of ship equipment development.

However, it can be seen from this that the development level of Li Ran's garrison is actually average. After all, Li Ran refused to cooperate with those maritime merchants and missed a development opportunity.

This time, after Li Ran came back from the Far East war zone, he fully realized that no matter whether he was on Earth or in this world, he could not take a single step without money. This was an unshakable truth.

Reality forced Li Ran to compromise. He now opened the three islands, and persuaded the ship girls to close the port of Xiguang Island on the grounds that he had been assassinated.

Even though he knew that doing so would undoubtedly waste the excellent deep-water port advantage of Xiguang Island, there was another aspect based on the idea of ​​confidentiality.

The fact that I am a time traveler must be kept secret at all costs.

There are many anomalies on Xiguang Island, and he doesn't want to be discovered.

"Forget it, there's nothing we can do about it." Li Ran put his hands behind his head and looked at the flowers and plants along the way that had been carefully trimmed by reputation. His mood improved again.

After all, he is the admiral, and it is his duty to consider these things.

Things will work out when the time comes, and he can only take things one step at a time.

Li Ran cheered himself up. He didn't want to be seen with a sad face when he met Helena and the others.

It took Li Ran nearly ten minutes to reach Xiguang Wharf. He saw Helena coming out of the repair dock. He walked up to her:

"How's it going? Is the battle going well?"

"Well, except for Omaha Zhongpo, everyone has gone to replenish resources. Admiral, I heard from Yixian that the research department is..."

"There was a small problem. Let's not talk about it. When you came back this time, have you figured out the situation of Sihai Trading Company?" Li Ran didn't want to talk about work right away, but he knew Helena's character, so seeing that there was no one around, he chose to get straight to the point.

Helena did not blame Li Ran for not understanding romance. After all, the battle last night made Helena break out in a cold sweat. She took out the reports she had compiled during the past month's absence from the ship's space, and of course, she selected some of the most important information.

"This is the intelligence about Sihai Trading Company in the past month. One thing worth noting is that the headquarters of Sihai Trading Company in the Pacific Theater mortgaged all its real estate and transferred its assets to the Far East Theater. However, an accident occurred during the process. The caravan escorting funds and materials disappeared on the Death Route, which led to the bankruptcy of Sihai Trading Company."

"What about that incident a month ago?"

"Regarding the assassination case, I think it has little to do with Sihai Trading Company. Someone must be trying to take advantage of the situation in order to alienate the relationship between the Admiral and Bai Nuoyan."

"What do you say?" Li Ran took the report and glanced at it briefly, then handed it back to Helena, motioning her to keep it first. Then he looked at the Xiguang Wharf Deepwater Port not far away, with a hint of depression in his eyes.

Bai Nuoyan can be considered the first human friend I met in this world, and she was also the first one to provide assistance.

However, when he thought of Bai Kuang's actions, he couldn't calm down no matter what.

Even though he knew that the assassination on himself had nothing to do with Sihai Trading Company, the other party had already severed ties with them, so there was no need for him to turn a cold shoulder to them.

Helena obviously noticed Li Ran's cold reaction. She was stunned for a moment, but didn't say much. After all, it was good for the admiral to be like this, not being influenced too much by personal feelings. Only in this way could he be a qualified admiral.

After all, Helena has been with Li Ran for a long time in a sense, and she understands Li Ran's character better than anyone else.

She didn't say much. This was not something she could interfere with. After all, as the admiral's ship girl, she only needed to follow the dive order.

Helena's reaction made Li Ran a little uneasy, but of course it was only a little uneasy. He withdrew his gaze from a distance and asked:

"Did you encounter any major troubles during this battle?"

"No, by the way, Admiral, we rescued a strange ship girl, you won't be surprised, right?"

"It's okay. It's good to save people. By the way, what's the other person's name?"

"Kent, the heavy cruiser. She said that there was a problem with the transmission of her line after it was built. She was teleported to the nearby sea without seeing the builder."

"Huh?" Li Ran frowned. It couldn't be such a coincidence. His face looked a little strange: