Shipgirls and Salted Fish Commander, Port Survival Guide

"How did it go? What was the result?" Jing Su rushed forward to ask Belfast when she saw her come out, but no matter how many times she asked, Belfast just smiled silently and stared blankly until she sat down on a chair to the side, like a statue, no longer moving.

“Ask Taobao, she has the results too!” Hu Teng reminded him.

"Oh, right, TB, is TB there?" Jing Su belatedly realized and hurriedly called out to TB. However, TB, who usually came out as soon as he was called, did not respond for a long time this time, just like Belfast. It was only when Jing Su was about to use his commander privileges to restart the system that TB's figure slowly appeared.

“Commander~” TB’s emotionless voice rang out.

Jing Su wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he always felt that TB's presence was somewhat elusive.

Because it's a projection, TB's figure always flickers a few times when it appears due to various factors, but now, TB's figure is much dimmer than before.

"How was the result just now?!" Hu Teng asked faster than Jing Su, not only because he was worried about Jing Su, but also for the future life of the entire port area, or rather, all the ship girls.

“Commander, may I ask?” TB didn’t answer, but asked in return.

"Okay, go ahead!" Although she sensed something was off, Jing Su nodded anyway.

"According to the instrument, a new energy cluster has been detected near Miss Belfast's Mind Cube, and it is growing rapidly. It is now a quarter the size of Miss Belfast's Mind Cube."

"Will this thing affect Belfast's body? Also, what exactly is this energy cluster?" Jing Su pressed.

"Based on the scan, we can sense that this energy cluster is growing stronger. Through electrical signal detection, she reacts to the signal and actively avoids it. It can be preliminarily determined that she is a new life!"

Based on comparisons with humans and even various organisms in nature, TB deduces: Commander, Miss Belfast is pregnant!

"boom!"

A bolt from the blue, a thunderclap from a clear sky!

Whether it's Jing Su or Hu Teng.

At that moment, they all turned into stone statues, as if struck by lightning, frozen in place.

"What did you say? Say it again?" Jing Su murmured after a long while.

"Commander, according to the scan results, Miss Belfast is very likely pregnant~" TB repeated, and then, before Jing Su could speak again, it disappeared on its own, and even Jing Su's watch went dark.

"Pregnant?! How is that possible? I don't believe it!" Hu Teng suddenly broke down, ran to the scanning room, pulled up the scan results from earlier, and began to analyze them himself.

After a while, Hu Teng came out with a stack of papers and a blank expression.

"Hu Teng, over there..." Before Jing Su could finish speaking, Hu Teng threw the paper in Jing Su's face.

"See for yourself~" After saying that, Hu Teng walked to the side, sat down, tilted his head, and seemed to be thinking about something.

“This…” Jing Su picked up the paper from the ground and began to read it.

There are a lot of lines on the surface, which can be painful to look at, but what you really need to see is the final analysis report.

Data shows that a new ship girl's mental cube signal was indeed detected in Belfast's body.

To be precise, Belfast's original Wisdom Cube split into two parts, one large and one small. The larger one is consuming energy to repair itself, while the smaller one is absorbing energy to grow stronger. Meanwhile, the life response of the smaller Wisdom Cube can already be detected.

Or, according to the ship girls in the port area, a new mental cube has been activated, a new ship girl has been born, and she is about to awaken.

According to the port's records, the ship girls inherited the souls of the battleships from two previous super wars and were awakened from the battleships based on the Mind Cube.

Frederick the Great, the commander of the High Seas Fleet, is the most qualified to speak on this matter. After all, the High Seas Fleet was created by her using the Mind Cube to awaken the wreckage of a warship from another world and give birth to the ship girls.

Of course, ship girls don't necessarily have to be awakened from the wreckage of warships. After all, there are research ship girls in the port, and research ship girls have never actually existed in history.

Most research ship girls are essentially a form of Rubik's Cube black technology. A ship girl humanoid is created, and then the mind cube is activated. In this way, a powerful research ship girl is born.

Marco Polo is quite familiar with this. First of all, she herself is a research ship girl. Secondly, she created one of the research ships in the dual-faction faction. She is a research ship herself, and then she built another research ship. In the entire port area, there is really no one with her experience.

Based on the above analysis, it is not difficult to see that the biological affiliation of ship girls is very complex. Most ship girls are flesh and blood, and when they do not deploy their ship equipment, their strength is no different from that of ordinary girls. A considerable number of ship girls are even very weak, and some are even sickly.

A small number of ship girls are mechanical, such as Arthas, Kilsager, and Eldridge. These ship girls can obtain energy not only by eating food, but also by recharging.

Jing Su had seen Arthas before on the front lines. That girl's emotional module was prone to malfunction when they met; to put it simply, it was prone to turning into steampunk and crashing if she wasn't careful.

Overall, the only thing that the different ship girls have in common is that they all rely on the Mind Cube to carry their consciousness, power, and even resources, which are all entrusted to the Mind Cube.

This is why, as long as the mental cube is intact, no matter how serious the injury to the ship girl is, there is a possibility of her being healed. Amagi has a lot to say about this. Her situation was very extreme, to the point that she only had a little information left, but in the end, she was still healed.

Although Akagi created a lot of messes and caused trouble for many people in her efforts to heal her back, not only for ship girls from other factions, but also for her own faction, almost resulting in the sacrifice of Kaga.

Later, the commander stepped in and healed both Amagi and Kaga. Otherwise, Akagi would have really broken down. According to the game's storyline, Akagi was about to be meta-transformed at the end, and it was Amagi who came back and comforted her.

In short, given the life form of ship girls, Jing Su initially did not believe that ship girls could get pregnant. After all, she had been in this world for so long and had never heard of any ship girl getting pregnant. In fact, sanitary napkins were scarce in the vast port area. Occasionally, she would see a few ship girls get pregnant because she found it interesting.

When asked, they said it's something that makes walking more comfortable when you put it in your shoes.

So Jing Su hadn't taken any safety precautions. In fact, at first, she even asked if they should take some precautions, only to be rebuffed by the ship girls, who basically said: 'I don't care, why should you? Besides, what's the point of wearing that thing? It's uncomfortable at all!'

Jing Su thought about it and realized it made sense, so she just kept doing it. She never expected that she would get infected today.

"Are all the instruments working properly?" Jing Su murmured, her mind still a bit blank.

"What, you don't want to take responsibility?" Hu Teng raised an eyebrow and stepped forward before Belfast could speak. Although she was very unhappy with the royal camp and even quite unhappy that Belfast had a child first, she had no choice but to accept the situation now that it had come to this. At this moment, she would be furious if Jing Su showed any sign of being irresponsible.

"Ahem, what are you saying? I just can't believe it for a moment. After all, from a biological point of view, it's impossible... ahem, the probability is very low."

Furthermore, even if it were possible, it shouldn't be a situation where the mind cube splits directly.

But...

"Hmm? Hu Teng, could it be that you actually don't know the specifics of what happens when a woman is pregnant?"

As they were talking, Jing Su suddenly realized something was wrong. Normally, if someone were really pregnant, they wouldn't show these signs.

Or rather, something's not right about where the child is!

"Ahem, what are you saying!" Hu Teng blushed. She really didn't know much about pregnancy, but that didn't stop her from retorting to Jing Su, "Anyway, Belfast is carrying a new life, that's a fact. So tell me, how are you going to handle this!"

"If there really is a new life, no matter what, I will treat her well, not just because she is newborn, but because she will become a part of the port. I've said it before, you are all my most precious treasures, and whether this happens or not, my feelings will never change."

Jing Su said earnestly.

"Hehe, you passed the test~" Hu Teng's lips curled up, he glanced at Jing Su sideways, then walked to Belfast's side and said, "Belfast, you heard the details, and I think the commander is right. We can't determine what that new thing inside you is for the time being. Do we need further examination?"

"No, no need, I can feel it, she's real, she's a child, I can feel it~" Belfast transformed into a loving mother, her eyes filled with tenderness as she gently stroked her belly.

"I already said, it's not that place!" Seeing this scene, Hu Teng was furious. So after all that talking, you only got the gist of it!

"But that's normal. If it were me, I'd probably react the same way, kid."

What would it feel like to have a child?

What exactly happened to Befa? Didn't she have a check-up last month?

I compared the data twice. Last month's data was all normal, so why is there a problem here?

So, it's still related to what happened last night?

Commander, Commander, we really need to increase our efforts in farming!

However, I have a feeling that I've overlooked something?

Chapter 301 I Want to See You

"Boom~"

"Boom~"

In an unknown location, the earth shook violently and the wind howled!

Towering waves crashed against the cliffs;

A raging tornado destroyed everything!

"Hey, Observer, what's wrong with Zero? What triggered her? Why is she making such a commotion? I've been able to detect the signal from several worlds away."

"Who knows? She's been like this for hours, her face is flushed, and her eyes are red, like she's suffered some great injustice. I was about to ask you about it."

"Tsk tsk, there weren't many living things left in this world to begin with, and now it's completely turned into dregs. This is the first time I've ever seen Zero so angry."

"Why don't you try to persuade her? If she continues like this, she'll destroy the world. If I remember correctly, there are a lot of resources here. It would be a shame to just let them be destroyed."

"Go ahead and go if you want. You're obviously angry. I'm not going to provoke you. Unlike you, I don't have so many server backups. I deal with Dawn Harbor every day. There are hardly any servers left. I don't want to end up dying at the hands of my own people instead of at the hands of Dawn Harbor."

"Come on, Zero has given you mainframes fighting against Dawn Harbor so many worlds as a backing. Who knows how many mainframes you have hidden? As for me, I don't know how long it would take to accumulate resources to build a mainframe. I also have to find a safe place to hide it and take care of my work. Do you know how bitter it is for us observers?"

"Hehe, you only see others eating meat, but you don't see others getting beaten up, right? Others may not know how I got those extra resources, but don't you know? If you want them, it's simple, just go and fight with Dawn Port. You have to know how to act, and you have to know how to fight. You can't fight too hard, but you can't hold back too much either. Do you know how hard I had to act?"

"What are you pretending for? With the current combat strength of Dawn Harbor, unless we all attack together, sending a single mainframe is just suicide. I haven't fought much against Dawn Harbor, but I know how troublesome it is to build a mainframe. If we can avoid rebuilding it from scratch, who would want to destroy a mainframe?"

"Alright, alright, let's not talk about that anymore. But speaking of which, how's the battle going with that new console?"

"Didn't we say we wouldn't discuss this?"

"Okay, here's the resources of the world for you."

"two!"

"Deal! Tell me quickly!"

"Ahem, what else can we do? Everything is proceeding according to plan. However, it seems that things are starting to go wrong in Dawn Port. The reinforcements are fewer than expected. That guy is probably going to suffer a loss."

"Hehe, really? Haha, that's truly the most wonderful news I've heard today!"

......

"Commander, you and Belfast go and rest. I'll stay here."

In the command room, after another check yielded the same result, Hu Teng remained silent for a moment before speaking to Jing Su.

"But...won't this make you too tired?" Jing Su said helplessly.

"Just go, what are you talking about? Am I not capable enough, or is it my identity that makes you uneasy? Hurry up and go keep Belfast company!" Hu Teng glared at Jing Su and pushed him out of the room.

"Alright then, thank you for your hard work here." Jing Su finally nodded and led Belfast out of the command room. Before leaving the room, Jing Su specially used the communicator to send a group notification to the other ship girls, informing them that Hu Teng was temporarily acting as the front-line combat commander, and that they should contact her if they needed anything.

I don't know why, but after TB disappeared, I haven't been able to contact him. It's not that I can't contact him at all; TB is still online on the screen, but he seems to be dealing with something and can't be visible for a while.

"Ring ring~" Shortly after Jing Su left the room, the telephone in the command room rang.

"Command center, what's up?" Hu Teng raised an eyebrow, glanced at his phone screen, and, knowing what Jing Su had done, let out a long sigh. 'At least you still have some conscience!'

"Hey, it really is Sister Hu Teng, Commander. Is there something wrong with him?" A lively voice rang out, but Hu Teng couldn't remember who it was for a moment.

After all, she was stationed in the port area for a long time and didn't see other ship girls often. Although she had always been the one leading the training of ship girls, the project she was in charge of was the final boss battle, which didn't require her to interact with a lot of ship girls.

Or perhaps, she didn't raise this ship girl herself, so she doesn't know her.

"Commander, I have some business to attend to and need to rest. What's the situation at the front?"

"Oh, I see~ Actually, it's nothing much. I just saw that the Commander suddenly sent out that message to everyone, and I was curious about what was going on, so I called to ask."

"So now you know the situation, right?"

"Okay, I understand. I will follow Sister Hu Teng's instructions!" Although she couldn't see the other person's expression, Hu Teng could hear the decisiveness in her voice.

"Go ahead. If there's any emergency, tell me right away, and I'll make arrangements."

"Yes!"

After hanging up the phone, Hu Teng leaned back in his chair and began to think about what had just happened. 'Commanding ship girls from other factions isn't as difficult as I imagined~'

Let's see how Belfast and the others perform...

No, actually you can just look at the Ironblood faction. Ron is not someone who can be easily disciplined, and there are definitely many similar troublemakers in other factions as well.

So, it really is still the commander's influence?

Hehe, you pass, kid.

However, if you think you can let me off the hook just because of this, it won't be that easy~

Hmm, let me think, what should I do to make up for all the years of longing I've suffered for you?

Get a child and then leave it to him to raise?

No, that won't do. With his condition, how could he possibly raise the child properly? I guess I'll have to raise him myself.

Hmm, a child?

...

Hehe, you've thought about punishment!

......

"Commander, you can put me down now. I... I'm not that fragile~"

"That won't do. Your current condition is more precious than my life. You absolutely cannot suffer any setbacks."