Daily life with the ship girl

"I'm not talking about this. Well, I don't know how to put it. I just feel guilty when I see them getting banged."

"Pfft." Bai Nuoyan couldn't help but laugh. She sighed and said:

"Li Ran, I thought you knew what an admiral was, but it turns out you don't."

"What do you mean?" Li Ran was a little surprised. He couldn't help but feel puzzled when he saw Bai Nuoyan actually laughed.

"Admiral is not just an identity or a title, but also the key to making the ship girls go from weak to strong." Bai Nuoyan's tone became more serious. She understood Li Ran's thoughts a little, so she continued:

“It’s not wrong to worry about the ship girls getting hurt during an attack, but you boys always look at the ship girls because they are pretty and ignore the fact that they are battleship girls. They are the Valkyries fighting against the deep sea, but they must go through battle after battle and exercise after exercise in order to continue to grow.

Even those admirals who are into lolita love will not treat destroyer girls as vases and playthings just because they like them. Instead, they will respect the choices of the destroyer girls and choose to trust them. Just as the destroyer girls trust us admirals wholeheartedly after recognizing us, they will seriously carry out every one of our orders, even if they know the orders are wrong, they will always choose to give in before the dispute begins.

I don't know why you are so sad, but I know one thing, that is, trust depends on both parties, and respect comes from each other. If you really trust and respect your shipgirls, put away your unfounded worries, put away those unnecessary emotions, and believe that they can bring victory every time they attack. Only when you firmly believe that they can win, they can be invincible! "

These words were like a wake-up call, waking Li Ran from his dazed state. He understood why Bismarck said that, and why Lexington and the others agreed with what Bismarck said, because they had confidence. What about himself?

Didn't I deny them in disguise when I said that? Was I still trusting them by doing that?

Li Ran thought of this and asked quickly:

"How long have they been gone?"

"It's been a few minutes, it seems he went to look for Helena." Pinghai looked at Li Ran's nervous face. Although she didn't understand what happened between Li Ran and those battleships, she heard Bai Nuoyan's words and realized that her admiral still took them too seriously. She thought for a moment and then said:

"Sister Helena should be in the warehouse area now."

After hearing this, Li Ran immediately stood up and ran out of the garrison, surprising everyone.

Bai Nuoyan watched Li Ran's back walk away, then heaved a sigh of relief and said:

"Come out, everyone. He finally got it."

Lexington and the other four had been hiding in the kitchen of the garrison. When they went downstairs, they were very concerned about what Li Ran had said, so they could only ask Bai Nuoyan, who was also an admiral, to talk to Li Ran.

"Thank you." Lexington finally understood why Li Ran was angry when he heard Bismarck say that. She sighed and said:

"Richelieu, you are right. The admiral still underestimated us."

Richelieu was not so optimistic. She was a girl with some romantic sentiments. She thought about it and said uncertainly: "No, I don't think so. I just think that the admiral lacks a sense of security."

"What is a sense of security?" Saratoga asked in confusion.

"Well, I read in a book written by humans that the tactical theories are a bit backward, but the rest is quite useful. It mentioned that when people are in an unfamiliar environment, they are prone to become emotionally agitated or even irritable because of fears that they are not aware of. These are all manifestations of a lack of security." As Richelieu said this, she couldn't help but think of last night when she and Li Ran were walking back to the garrison together. She noticed that Li Ran was worried.

Lexington frowned, she thought for a moment and said:

"Well, I talked to the Commander last night about his hometown, and he said he couldn't go back. Maybe that has something to do with it?"

Bismarck was not so sentimental. She just put the letter on the table and asked:

"What should we do now?"

The ship girls looked at each other in bewilderment as they looked at the letter. Bai Nuoyan wanted to take the letter, but she saw Bismarck's hand was tightly holding it. She sighed, withdrew her hand and said:

"Okay, I'm just curious. Since you're worried, I won't watch it."

As the secretary ship, Lexington gritted her teeth and decided that if she could convince the commander to put aside all her worries, she and her men would be confident that they could capture all three islands, so she said to Bismarck:

"Let Admiral Bai Nuoyan take a look."

Chapter 75: The Cause and Effect of Time Travel

While Lexington and others were discussing, Li Ran came to the warehouse area, but he did not see Helena.

He did see Ruoduoruo, the leader of the Ruoduo fairy team who had been elusive in the past few days. He was currently wandering around a golden radar. A group of engineering fairies were in the open space at the entrance of the warehouse area, and no one knew what they were doing.

However, Li Ran suddenly felt something was wrong. Was there any ship girl in his garrison that had a golden radar? It seemed that there was none?

The only exception is the gold color of the ship's outfit after the ship's transformation, right? If it is similar to the setting in the game, then whose radar is this?

Li Ran walked forward curiously. His arrival attracted Ruo Duoruo's attention. The fairy chief said excitedly at this moment:

"Admiral, you have arrived just in time. Your ship's outfit is truly exquisite. This is a golden outfit that can only be obtained after the formal transformation is completed. This radar is very advanced, and it has taken our fairy engineering team's research a step further."

"Wait, you said this ship uniform is only for the officially transformed ship girls? My naval base doesn't seem to have any transformed ship girls? No, could it be Pinghai? Team leader Ruoduoruo, is the one who gave you this ship uniform the one wearing the red cheongsam?"

"No, Pinghai's radar is not bad, but it is still relatively weak compared to this radar. Admiral, I am really surprised. I didn't expect you to let the ship girl undergo a formal transformation so quickly. It's really amazing."

"Chief Ruoduoruo, who are you talking about? By the way, have you seen Helena? She's the ship girl with blue hair. I have something to talk to her about."

When Ruo Duo heard Li Ran's description, he tilted his head and thought for a while, then said:

"Helena? Yes, she's the one who lent us this radar ship suit, the one with blue hair. Well, it seems she went to the forest iron mine."

Li Ran was a little confused when he heard Ruo Duoruo say that it was Helena who provided this ship equipment, but now he had to stop Lexington and the others from delivering the letter to Helena, so he hurriedly said something to Ruo Duoruo and then ran to the Linjian Iron Mine.

When they arrived at the forest iron mine, Helena was helping Elder Rin of the Rhodo fairy tribe replace the mining drill bit.

"Helena... Helena, I have something to tell you." Li Ran ran out of breath. He bent over and said to Helena breathlessly:

"Lexington and the others sent you a letter, right? Give it to me now. I have changed my mind."

Helena saw Li Ran's anxious look. She was a little confused. She helped Elder Lin change the drill bit, then walked to a place not far in front of Li Ran and said strangely:

"Lexington looking for me? No, I didn't see anyone sending me any letter."

"Ah?" Li Ran was dumbfounded. He couldn't help but be stunned, then slapped his forehead. Could it be that they didn't come to find Helena at all?

Li Ran breathed a sigh of relief, then frowned, looking a little ugly, wondering if Lexington and the others had sent someone else to deliver the letter?

Just when Li Ran was skeptical, someone contacted him through the exclusive channel.

Li Ran was a little confused, then accepted the other party's contact request. Lexington's voice came from the exclusive channel:

"Commander, I'm sorry we disobeyed your orders and did not give the letter to Helena."

"Have you sent out the letter?"

Lexington couldn't tell whether Li Ran's tone was angry or something else. She looked at the sisters around her with some trepidation, and then said anxiously:

“We didn’t send the letter.”

"That's good." Li Ran let out a long sigh, and then he said:

"No need to send it. I originally said that you would be fully responsible for this operation. Now I am fulfilling my promise. This time it is my fault. Just tear up the letter. There is no need. I shouldn't have doubted any of you."

After she finished talking, the exclusive channel immediately became lively. As Li Ran's ship girls, they could enter and exit the exclusive channel at will. However, when Lexington was used as a secretary ship, they knew that they could not disturb the conversation between the secretary ship and the admiral. Li Ran did not blame them for this. Bismarck, Richelieu, and Saratoga were all very happy. They were now the main force of the garrison. Since the admiral said so, it proved that the matter was over.

However, Helena misunderstood the content of this conversation. She had been hiding a secret, and now she thought Li Ran had discovered it. She felt a little uneasy. After Li Ran and Lexington hung up the call, she also exited the exclusive channel, and then said anxiously:

"Admiral, didn't Helena deliberately hide anything from you?"

Li Ran just breathed a sigh of relief when he suddenly heard Helena say this. He didn't listen carefully and responded subconsciously:

"Ah, I know."

Helena looked at Li Ran with some relief, and she felt even more uneasy. However, she decided to be honest, so she said:

"Admiral, Helena didn't intentionally hide the transformation because I was afraid of bringing up your past."

Li Ran finally reacted. He was a little confused and quickly interrupted Helena and said strangely:

"Helena, what are you saying? I don't understand."

"Admiral, do you still remember the watch your mother gave you? It was based on that watch that I was able to find you, and it was also through that construction device that I was able to meet you again."

"Wait a minute, what are you talking about?" Li Ran pretended to be stupid. He felt that this was too ridiculous, so he wanted to change the subject. However, Helena's eyes were extremely serious, and seeing her pale face, Li Ran was startled. He quickly asked:

"Are you too tired these days and too busy?"

"Admiral, do you remember anything before you got the watch?"

When Li Ran heard Helena say this, he was stunned for a moment, and then he tried to recall his previous memories. He was dumbfounded, because he only remembered a short memory of waking up on the beach after encountering a storm, and then all the previous memories disappeared. He even began to suspect that he was not traveling through time, but originally lived in this world. However, he knew that this could not be the Earth. He swallowed his saliva and asked in a difficult tone:

“Could this have something to do with the watch?”

"Sure enough, you don't remember." Helena sighed, her tone full of sadness. Looking at a flying butterfly trapped in a spider web in the distance, she said sadly:

"Don't you remember? This is the port you abandoned. This is the island where your sisters waited for you for a long time, but you never returned. Have you really forgotten everything?"

Li Ran looked at Helena and felt that the script of this time travel was not right. What was going on? However, was he really traveling through time? If so, what about his memories before the accident? And his mother's watch? Yes, Helena could not have known about the watch, but now she really knew.

This was too much information. Li Ran waved his hands and interrupted Helena:

"Wait a minute, my mind is in a mess..."

Helena looked at Li Ran and thought that he might need to digest this information. Although she was surprised as to why Li Ran had lost his memory, when she thought of the history when all the sisters in the port area sank in battle, that was when the admiral disappeared. She remembered that the admiral had put on a new watch before he disappeared, and in the blink of an eye, she appeared in a modified form. However, the garrison, the port, the dock, and the fairies, why did they all forget, why did they all forget the days they lived together.

Helena felt very confused. She lent her beloved ship equipment [Advanced Air Defense Radar] to many fairies in the hope that they would remember that memory. Unfortunately, the fairies were just delighted but forgot about the radar at all. The admiral, whom she had finally reunited with, gave her a sense of alienation.

But the throbbing deep in her soul, the scene of flames rising to the sky deep in her memory, the horrific sight of the port area being destroyed by deep-sea artillery fire, and the scene where the sisters were besieged by the deep-sea and swore to die because the admiral was away, all made her feel heartbroken.

Why did the defense fail, the port was destroyed, and why do I still exist?

Helena looked at her hands, feeling the strength of her body after the formal transformation, and the familiarity of her own ship outfit. She was indeed not dead, so why did all this happen? Since she did not sink, why did the admiral forget it?

Li Ran didn't know what was going on. He felt that maybe he had hit his head during the storm, which caused his memory to become confused. He looked at Helena's sadness, which didn't seem fake. He said with a somewhat uneasy tone, grinning:

"Well, Helena, I'm sorry, I really don't remember. Maybe you remembered it wrongly. I don't have a watch on my wrist, and I've only been an admiral for a short time, haha."

"You became admiral a year ago. At that time, you said something about conscription and the start of the assessment, but you never showed up again. The port was besieged by the Deep Sea Fleet at that time, and everyone fought hard in the defense. I remember very clearly that Maryland was the flagship at that time. When the battle was not going well, she always believed that you would return to the port, and kept encouraging everyone that you would definitely come back.

But later, the resources were used up, everyone was sunk in the war, and the port area was destroyed. Do you still not remember what I said? Don’t you think this island is familiar? If you are not familiar with it, why did you still name it Xiguang? Why! "

Li Ran saw Helena finally lose control of her emotions. He was forced to take a big step back, and then he seemed to have grasped something. He quickly said:

"Helena, don't get excited. If you say a year ago? I seem to remember that I did go to participate in the conscription examination?"

"Yes, you really remember why you left?" Helena's tears could not stop falling, and she cried out at the top of her lungs:

"Reputation, Hood, Prince of Wales, Bismarck, North House, Maryland and other sisters, they all believed that you would return to port, but they still did not see you return to port until they died in battle, do you know?"

Li Ran probably remembered why his memories from a year ago were a little fuzzy, because at that time he had just applied for the Marine Corps and gave up the game. Later, his data was lost and he didn't play it again. But he traveled through time and heard Helena say this. Although it was incredible, the time was right. Moreover, he also received his mother's watch a few days before applying for the military academy. At that time, he seemed to have mentioned that it would take some time for him to pass the conscription assessment before he could continue playing the game. But why did Helena seem to have heard what he said at that time with her own ears.

Li Ran felt that everything was incredible, but seeing Helena crying so hard, he felt choked up. No matter what, he had traveled through time and space, and if he could meet Helena, it would be difficult for him to quit in the future. So he said anxiously:

"Helena, I'm sorry, I really can't remember, and I may have lost my memory because I went out to sea to relax. I'm sorry about that."

A trace of loss flashed across Helena's eyes. She wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and choked up and said:

"Admiral, have you forgotten? That's fine too, haha, Admiral, just treat me as nonsense, right?"

After saying that, Helena ignored Li Ran and ran away.

Li Ran looked at the goblins staring at him with embarrassment. His mind was in a mess at the moment. He watched Helena's figure disappear into the depths of the eastern forest. He looked at the sky, feeling like crying but without tears.

If what Helena said was true, then if I quit the game in the real world, would it have an impact on this world? Then, which defense battle did I remember a year ago? Well, I can't remember it. I just remember that I quit the game because I was too excited to apply for the military academy, and it seems that I never returned to the game later.

It's just that sometimes, when he's bored, he'd occasionally check out the related game news, but he didn't expect that he would be able to travel through time just because he was going home to inherit his family's business, retired early, and went out to sea to relax. And it would be fine if he just traveled through time, but if he speculated from Helena's words, this time he traveled back to the original garrison that was completely abandoned because he gave up the game. It's just that maybe because the game in his reality was so unpopular, the island was completely destroyed.

"No wonder I saw that burnt forest on the shore. No wonder there are abandoned garrisons and warehouses on this island, as well as that construction device and a complete magical fairy tribe."

Li Ran gave a bitter smile, he knew that no matter his time travel was accidental or inevitable, Helena should be the only ship girl left in the game after he traveled to this world, and not like Richelieu and the others, who were summoned by him through the construction device in this world.

If this accident of traveling through time really happened because I quit the game, then those inexplicable memories that flashed through my mind when I just traveled through time might have been true!

Li Ran slapped his head. He finally understood why at the end of that strange memory, the battleship girls said in unison: "Admiral, we'll wait for you to return to the port!"

Because I have quit the game, do they still have to express their feelings to me even if they have already sunk into this world without me?

Li Ran felt that maybe he was really the culprit? Was all of this caused by him?

He looked at his hands, slowly clenched his fists, and thought:

No matter what, now, Helena, I promise you that I will never abandon you again!

Because, from now on, Xiguang Island is my home!

Having strengthened his conviction, Li Ran ran into the eastern forest. He wanted to apologize to Helena.

Because Helena made Li Ran understand that his time travel might involve some mysterious connection between his reality and the game, and that perhaps he would never be able to return to Earth. However, this mysterious connection made Li Ran feel that perhaps his coming to this world was not as simple as being a time traveler!

Chapter 76: If this feeling can be conveyed

Li Ran found Helena, who was staring blankly at the sea near the abandoned pier in the west. Her back looked extremely lonely.

He didn't know how much of a shock his abandonment would cause to the warship girls in the game. Perhaps it was precisely because of his abandonment in real life that the island went from glory to decline. One year might be too long for the world of the warship girls.

However, Li Ran no longer wanted to escape at this time. He knew that everything that had happened before could not be undone. Now, Helena appeared, which proved that his previous connection with this ship girl was still there.

He waited until his breathing became even, then walked step by step to Helena's side.

However, Helena at this moment exuded a feeling that made Li Ran feel very uncomfortable. He was a little worried because Lexington said that if a ship girl has accumulated worries or negative emotions, she may become a deep sea at any time, and the admiral's instinctive feeling of deep sea is discomfort.