Shipgirls and Salted Fish Commander, Port Survival Guide

"These!?" Upon seeing the photos, Jing Su immediately understood where his sense of familiarity came from.

"Oh my god, aren't these the strongholds from the Great World? I was wondering what I was missing after all this time since I transmigrated—it's this!"

So, in that case, the teleportation anchor points that suddenly appeared on the battlefield...

Seemingly realizing something, Jing Su quickly asked the navigator TB to find a photo of the teleportation anchor point, and immediately understood.

'Sure enough, isn't this the Siren Fortress Sea area in the Great World? So the so-called teleportation anchor point is that blue glowing thing~'

In this way, everything makes sense: safe shipping lanes are safe sea areas, shipping lanes controlled by each faction are strongholds, and the port area is a large island located in the center of all places.

I was wondering why there was no mention of the "Great World" (or similar establishment) in the area; turns out, the so-called port area has always been within the Great World.

"Commander, is there a problem?" Jing Su's expression kept changing, making Belfast a little worried about Jing Su's mental state, wondering if she had said something wrong.

"No, haha, it's alright, it's alright. I think, if I'm not mistaken, Belfast, just follow your plan and execute the next strategy. You've been planning for so long, you should have a general idea by now."

Go ahead and do it with confidence. If anything goes wrong, I'll take responsibility.

"Yes, Commander, I'll make the arrangements right away!" Belfast was overjoyed. She had wanted to do this for a very long time, whether it was to retake the lost stronghold or to find Jing Su, she had been planning it for a long time.

After Jing Su disappeared, the most fervent faction in the search for him was actually the royal faction; otherwise, they wouldn't have been the first to propose and take action to search for Jing Su in other worlds.

Unfortunately, after establishing bases in other worlds, before the Royal Navy ship girls could even begin searching, a large number of Siren warships attacked their bases like madmen. Due to the division of the port area and the fact that the Royal Navy was acting alone, they were unable to defend their bases and had no choice but to announce a retreat.

Abandoning the stronghold did not result in a significant loss of strength for the Royal Faction. In fact, due to the timely retreat, they were able to bring back a considerable amount of valuable items from other worlds to their original world.

However, the Royal Navy almost lost all of its members in the search for Jing Su's most important genetic information. As mentioned earlier, the ship girls confirmed whether the person they found was indeed Jing Su by comparing genetic information.

After Jing Su disappeared, she left behind very little genetic information. Each faction was allocated only a small amount, and the Royal Navy, searching other worlds, would inevitably bring some genetic information with them. The Sirens' attack was too sudden, and they launched a fierce assault on the stronghold where the information was stored, so the ship girls simply didn't have time to take all the information with them.

This resulted in the Royal faction having far less information reserves than other factions. The reason they later chose to cooperate with the Maritime Bureau was also for this reason—the Royal faction simply couldn't afford to search for Jing Su on its own with its limited information reserves.

Chapter 295 Collecting Interest

"Attention all units! Attention all units! Commander has ordered: Execute Plan 1086! Repeat: Execute Plan 1086!"

Having received Jing Su's specific instructions, Belfast ran to the command platform and shouted into the walkie-talkie.

In this situation, a simple and easy-to-use walkie-talkie is much more reliable than a high-performance instrument.

After all, the more technologically advanced a machine is, the easier it is for the Sirens to interfere with it.

However, what Jing Su was more concerned about was that Belfast actually had relevant contingency plans, and even made thousands of them. According to the timeline, even if a new contingency plan was implemented every day, it would still have been planned for more than three years. Even after she came to this world, the plan was still being updated.

As it turned out, Belfast never hid her desire to retake the base. When news of the launch of Plan 1086 spread, Jing Su didn't hear any ship girls asking about the details of the plan.

Or rather, as the frontline command post, Belfast's most important daily task is to collect and summarize the contingency plans submitted by each faction, determine which ones are feasible, and then distribute them to each faction.

Given the strength of each faction, expanding outwards in a one-on-one manner might be troublesome, but simply holding the line is not a big problem. Every time the Sirens launch a large-scale invasion, it is a single faction that holds the line. Once they hold on to a certain extent and the teleportation anchor collapses on its own, a quarterly offensive is almost over.

All that's left is to clear out the remaining Siren warships, clean up the battlefield, and then go about your business.

"Commander, all mission arrangements are complete." Belfast's gentle voice rang in Jing Su's ears, and only then did Jing Su belatedly realize that she had been daydreaming.

"Ahem, thank you for your hard work~" Not knowing what to say, Jing Su simply praised Belfast's work efficiency.

“Without Master’s support, I couldn’t have done all this.” Belfast blushed and silently walked to Jing Su’s side. “Master, would you like some black tea? Belfast brought the tea set and can brew some for you.”

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Jing Su was stunned, inwardly thinking, "Belfa, you really are the perfect head maid. No wonder you're the leader of the royal maid corps; you bring red tea wherever you go..."

"Is it alright to handle these combat command matters?" Jing Su didn't answer directly. Belfast had just announced the start of the operation and then left the command room. What if an emergency occurred? Wouldn't that be troublesome?

"Nothing will go wrong," Belfast said confidently. "The combat strategy has been practiced many times, and in the past, people didn't really understand the instructions when they fought, so the tasks I assigned didn't have any particularly detailed specifications. Just let everyone fight according to their own ideas."

Belfast said this with a hint of helplessness. Not to mention other factions, even within the royal faction, her words often didn't carry much weight. Her subordinates were too independent and had strong combat capabilities, making it impossible to manage them in a particularly autocratic manner.

“In that case, let’s do it your way.” Jing Su nodded. Having a reliable head maid was truly reassuring.

"Um, Master, that~" Jing Su had barely finished speaking when Belfast didn't leave. Instead, she stood there, swaying her body, looking somewhat shy.

"Is there anything else?"

"May I go change my clothes? I left in such a hurry that I didn't take care of my clothes properly." Belfast said this with her head down, looking very shy, her cute face flushed.

"Clothes?" Jing Su was a little confused, but after looking down, she understood.

Oh, it turns out that Belfast was wearing adorable Crocs today, and you could vaguely see her toes with red nail polish on them—she was absolutely adorable.

The ship girls in the port area don't particularly like wearing makeup. Unless it's a diplomatic occasion like a banquet, they usually appear without makeup. For the ship girls, they really don't need makeup. They are already very beautiful as they are. At most, they put a little effort into their clothing.

However, the ship girls don't reject nail polish. In fact, it could be said that the two best-selling cosmetics in the port are lipstick and nail polish. For example, Belfast's fingers and toes are painted with bright red nail polish, making her look exceptionally beautiful.

How popular is nail polish in Hong Kong?

Even Anchorage knows how to apply this stuff to himself. When Jing Su was giving Anchorage a swimming lesson yesterday, she noticed the pink nail polish on Anchorage's fingernails. If you count the photos she sent Anchorage in private chats, Anchorage really likes pink and silver-gray nail polish.

Jing Su could roughly guess why Belfast was shy. Because Jing Su's summons was issued in a very hasty manner, Belfast was still lying in bed when she received the order, thinking about what food she should prepare for Jing Su later.

As soon as the summons was issued, Belfast was about to go out when she realized she wasn't dressed yet. She hurriedly put on a dress, wore Crocs, and ran outside.

For Belfast, this was simply too inelegant. She had been dealing with frontline matters and had neither the time nor the inclination to dress up. Now that things were done, Belfast said she could no longer stand the clothes she was wearing.

She felt incredibly ashamed wearing those Crocs, especially.

Although Belfast could sense from Jing Su's gaze that he was very interested in the shoes she was wearing, she could wear them in private. In private, Jing Su could let her wear whatever he wanted, or even not wear them at all. But in public, Belfast felt she really couldn't accept it!

“Master~” Belfast said shyly.

"Haha, Belfast, you're so cute right now. Go ahead, I'll stay here and watch over you." Jing Su playfully pinched Belfast's nose and said cheerfully.

"Thank you, Commander, I'll be right back!" Belfast bowed to Jing Su and then hurriedly left. As a ship girl, Belfast could sense that a considerable number of ship girls were gathering in the conference room. Before long, the place would be bustling with noise, and her current attire would be too embarrassing!

"Heh, instead of commanding the battle, you're flirting with a little maid here. I don't even know what to say about you~"

Shortly after Belfast left, a soft but emotionless voice rang out.

"Ahem, Hu Teng, you're here~" Jing Su recognized the voice immediately; it was Hu Teng, one of his four secret ships, the Ironblood Colored Battleship.

"What, can't I come?" Hu Teng appeared behind Jing Su without her noticing, his fingers, painted with black nail polish, tracing patterns on Jing Su's head.

"Hiss~" Jing Su exclaimed in surprise, both because of Hu Teng's sudden action and because the force was quite strong, which felt very comfortable.

"Ahem, yes, you can come, you definitely can come, Hu Teng, you can come whenever you want~"

"You're pretty quick-witted." A short while later, Hu Teng, having finished his massage, sat down next to Jing Su and placed a small item beside her. "Do you know how to use this?"

"What is this?" Jing Su asked, looking at the cone-shaped object in her hand.

"An auxiliary tool, for expansion, here you go~"

"???"

"If you don't know how to use it, I'll help you."

"Ah this..."

Hu Teng didn't give Jing Su a chance to continue speaking. He took the instrument back and began operating it on Jing Su.

How is the situation at the front?

"Initially, the current plan was to retake the lost stronghold, hiss~"

"I'll try to be as gentle as possible. Should we retake the outpost? Belfast suggested it."

"Ah."

"Indeed, she was the most proactive one in the port area when it came to this matter. I told her before that with the strength of a single faction, the expansion was too rapid and it was impossible to defend it, but Queen Elizabeth still didn't listen and suffered a loss. In the end, she wanted to take it back."

"Are those strongholds still usable?" Jing Su asked a question she had already asked earlier. According to Belfast, the strongholds in other worlds had been lost for at least two years. In such a long time, even if they still existed, they should have been almost completely destroyed by the Sirens. It's impossible that the Sirens took down these strongholds just to drive away the ship girls.

"If the core is still intact, the problem is not too big. If the core is destroyed, even if the exterior is intact, it is just a ruin, an empty shell, and has no meaning."

"What is the core?" Upon hearing a new name, Jing Su was quite curious.

"Simply put, it's a signal receiving station for the intelligent system, an intelligent core? Whatever, there are all sorts of names. Anyway, if this thing still exists, then after we take back the stronghold, we can reactivate it, replenish the resources, and put it into use immediately."

If the core is destroyed, it's better to rebuild a new stronghold.

Belfast was so eager to retake the stronghold that she must have been confident that the core of the stronghold was still operational.

Okay, here's the thing for you to wear. Try to be a little less active these next few days.

"No, why do you guys always make me wear these weird things?" Jing Su complained, looking at her swollen skin in the mirror. Although she could roughly guess that the ship girls meant well, it really hurt every now and then.

“Now we’re the same, right?” Hu Teng said gently, tucking her hair back.

"..."

Since their return, every now and then a ship girl would come and cut a hole in herself, then put something in the wound. At first, Jing Su didn't know what the ship girls were trying to do, and when something happened, she would stay as far away as possible.

It was later learned that the ship girls wanted to leave some unique marks on themselves, something like a ring. Jing Su only had ten fingers, and there weren't enough for one ring per finger, so the ship girls came up with another way and are now using other things to replace the function of rings.

Secondly, it also has a special function, the most important of which is location tracking. The ship girls really don't want to suffer the mental anguish of Jing Su's disappearance anymore. Under the shadow of the possibility that the disappearance might happen again, how to confirm Jing Su's location has become the key.

In terms of location tracking, the ship girls generally have two options. One is to leave their own aura on Jing Su, similar to Binjiang, so that they can sense Jing Su's location and presence at any time. The other is to use an instrument to hang something on Jing Su so that they can locate Jing Su's position at any time, and it is definitely more accurate than aura tracking.

Using aura is simply to make it easier for ship girls to sense Jing Su's presence at any time.

Beyond positioning, some factions have developed emergency rescue functions. For example, the Iron Blood faction has the strongest biotechnology in the port area, and thus developed an emergency life-saving substance. With this substance, as long as Jing Su is not beheaded on the spot or has his heart crushed and killed instantly, the life-saving substance can give Jing Su an emergency heal.

However, this stuff can't be given in too much at once. As the saying goes, every medicine has some toxicity. Things that are too potent can be harmful to the human body to some extent. So every now and then, Hu Teng or ship girls from other factions would come and torment Jing Su.

Generally, it's the ship girls who have successfully risen to the top that come, both as a special occasion and to allow other ship girls to leave a mark, indicating that they are among the top members.

This is also the key reason why it was so easy for the other ship girls to see through Jing Su's affair with a certain ship girl. They all knew what was going on, which made them even more furious!

So I sped up the process of getting close to Jing Su.

To some extent, this is also a cost-shifting strategy for the Ironblood faction. After all, producing life-saving materials is quite troublesome. Even after all this time, the Ironblood faction has only been able to provide Jing Su with enough for just one life-saving treatment. It's not that they don't want to give him more, it's that they simply don't have any left...

Unfortunately, a portion of Ironblood's main force has gone to other worlds, along with a portion of its production capacity. With the remaining equipment, they simply can't produce much.

After discussing it, Bismarck and Frederick the Great decided to release the formula. Since it was all for the commander's benefit, and their own faction couldn't produce enough, they figured everyone could contribute. It was a win-win situation.

Jing Su wholeheartedly agreed. Although she was always exhausted by the ship girls, these were lifesavers! Getting a whole bunch more and turning them into chainmail accessories wouldn't be a bad deal at all!

"By the way, Hu Teng, do you have any thoughts on this battle?" Jing Su asked on a whim, watching Hu Teng cleaning up the scene.

"What idea?" Hu Teng asked without looking up.

"You are my secretary ship, after all. But over the years, I have gotten along well with all the other secretary ships. You are the only one who is so mysterious. It seems that we haven't really had a proper conversation yet."

"So, how do you want to communicate?" At this point, Jing Su suddenly realized that Hu Teng was gone. No, he hadn't disappeared; he had suddenly appeared in front of her.

"Eh?"

Upon seeing the exquisite face that suddenly appeared in front of her, Jing Su's brain went blank on the spot!

"Hehe, indeed, we haven't really communicated much. Every time I see you interacting with other ship girls, I get very angry, but there's not much I can do. Even though I'm your marriage ship, you never come to me."

I'm so angry!

"I......"

"Hehe, no need to apologize, I'll just collect some interest first~"

"Boh~"

Chapter 296 Marco Polo, Who Wanted to Do Great Things

"You, you said I was playing around, but you've been messing around a lot yourself. Tell me, what's going on?" After the kiss, Hu Teng stood to the side, arms crossed, and asked Jing Su in a voice devoid of emotion.

"This matter is a bit complicated." Jing Su said helplessly. He himself was a little confused about the situation. He woke up one morning to find himself in a similar situation to Marco Polo. What could he say?

"Hehe, then I'll just give you a brief explanation."

"Here's what happened..." Jing Su briefly recounted to Hu Teng what had happened after she was kidnapped by Marco Polo and the night attack.

"Oh, I see~ That explains why Marco Polo got beaten up~" Hu Teng quickly figured out the cause and effect. When Marco Polo did this, she happened to be on a mission outside and not at the base. Otherwise, she would have talked to Marco Polo about the specific process. After all, Marco Polo's handling of this matter was really too rough.

Of course, after the talks, Marco Polo will still get a beating.

身为港区有名的非主流践行者，马可波罗这一出，胡滕倒不是不接受，甚至景苏身上有不少东西还是她整上去的，但接受归接受，不妨碍她揍马可波罗一顿，毕竟，自己这么做是一方面，其他人做就是另一方面了，自己的老公，只有自己来疼爱！

"Ah, Marco Polo got attacked? Is it serious?" Jing Su exclaimed in surprise. Only then did he realize that he hadn't seen Marco Polo for a long time. He had thought she had gone to the front lines, but now he knew she was in bed.

"Hehe, of course, for doing something like this to you, just getting a beating is already pretty good. However, her commotion has actually made things easier for me~" A glint of shrewdness flashed in Hu Teng's eyes.

"Hmm!?" Jing Su became wary. Don't be fooled by Hu Teng's cold exterior and warm heart. Despite his composed persona, Hu Teng harbors a crazy heart!

"What do you think?" Hu Teng stuck out his tongue and lightly licked Jing Su's cheek. "Well, getting two of these up here wouldn't be bad."