The slightly weird commander's ship girl tour

And the behemoth that these guys in Fushun are planning to develop has already given us an idea of what it will look like in the future. At least it looks decent now.

Huang Chen could almost imagine the lively scene tomorrow night, when everyone would have prepared elegant and unique lanterns.

Then he came up with another ugly work...

He is the commander after all. Even if he can't produce a work that everyone can't help but praise, he can't produce something that everyone can't help but complain about.

"No, we can't just do this." Huang Chen shook his head, pulled over a piece of white paper, and started drawing from the beginning with a pencil in his hand. In fact, at the beginning he also held a brush like Yixian, but the lines he drew were sometimes thick and sometimes thin, so he had to switch to a pencil in the end.

But even so, the finished product is still unsatisfactory.

Yixian didn't say anything, but watched Huang Chen silently as he started writing. Black lines gradually covered the paper, and soon formed some patterns with unknown meanings.

The girl blinked and suddenly whispered, "Commander, are you... drawing the dock?"

"Huh? You figured it out?" Huang Chen was quite surprised. In his opinion, the pattern in front of him was quite simple. An arc represented the coast, followed by the dock and the ship.

The lines were very abstract, and he had to draw them himself to understand what each part represented. But he didn't expect that Yixian would see through it.

"It's just a hunch. When I saw the commander writing, I felt it was the port area."

"Intuition?"

"Hmm..." Yixian frowned slightly, and his white fingers gently touched the paper. "Is this the coastline? And then there are warehouses and trees? This looks like a picture looking back at the dock from the sea?"

"Can you really tell?" Huang Chen blinked. If he had roughly guessed that it was a pier, it could be attributed to intuition and luck, but being able to tell so many details, this was not something that could be simply explained directly.

"The Commander's painting...although a bit crude and abstract, the key features are well-refined." Yixian nodded. "For example, the layout and planning of the dock on the coastline are very appropriate."

Huang Chen nodded. Although he was not good at painting, he had seen too many docks. At least in terms of perspective and spatial layout, there would not be any major deviations.

After Yixian finished speaking, he hesitated for a moment and asked softly, "Commander, what are you planning to draw? Perhaps Yixian can think of a way."

"I..." Huang Chen pursed his lips.

Seeing this, Yixian took out a half-finished painting and said, "I'm planning to use the story of Chang'e flying to the moon as a prototype to draw a few illustrations, such as this one, which shows the Queen Mother bestowing medicine."

Huang Chen smiled helplessly, "It's not that I don't want to tell you, I'm just a little embarrassed. Actually, my idea is similar to yours, but I want to draw a few illustrations based on the experience of reuniting with everyone after I come back."

"So that's how it is." Yixian nodded slightly. "Then has the commander selected a few key nodes?"

"I have some vague ideas, right?" Huang Chen stood up, walked to the pile of his works, flipped out one, and handed it to Yixian, "Can you see it?"

"Hmm..." The girl frowned, then shook her head slowly after a long moment, apologetically, "It's a little difficult."

"Actually, it's the park in area C11." Huang Chen explained, "This time I'm planning to paint the scene where I meet Jiaozi and Bumblebee."

Yixian suddenly realized something and stared at the picture carefully for a long time, as if trying to recognize something from it. After a long time, he could only shake his head.

Huang Chen was also a little embarrassed. He put the paper aside and continued to explain, "That's basically it. I met Jiaozi and the others, then took the train from S23 back to Sector K, then bought the Windward, posted a job advertisement, fought in Sector C14, arrived at Elizabeth's Island, and finally came to Sector C2."

"Is that so?" Yixian nodded, but suddenly became confused. "But it sounds like there's one missing?"

"For the last one, I plan to leave it empty, to represent that my journey is still on the way." Huang Chen explained. In fact, he was quite satisfied with the scenes he had chosen at the beginning, as they were all quite representative.

I didn't expect it to be so awkward when I started writing.

Yixian nodded, thought for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "If that's the case, then I should be able to help the commander."

Chapter 635: Can you get through the door?

"Help, Yixian, you mean to just draw it for me, right?"

Huang Chen chuckled and shook his head while holding the pen. Although he didn't know how to start, if he left it all to Yixian, would the lantern still be considered his work?

"Of course not." Yixian shook his head helplessly, "Why would the commander think so?"

"Uh..." Huang Chen scratched his head, not knowing how to explain.

The main reason was that Yixian had helped a lot with everything, whether it was building the lantern frame or cutting the size of the drawing paper, which made the girl say it subconsciously, like a parent who had taken on so much responsibility.

Yixian didn't care, pointing to the drawing of the dock. "Like this one, Commander, you can try to extract only the most essential parts, even if it's a bit abstract."

Huang Chen nodded, thinking about Yixian's words.

It is naturally impossible to expect him to paint these paintings suddenly like a god descending from the sky. After all, without sufficient practice to hone those skills, how could it be done so easily?

But was he going to give up? He didn't want to. It was like he was addicted to playing a game. He had to produce a decent work today.

So what is Yixian's method? He ignores the idea of creating a complete illustration and only extracts the essence of the images in the key scenes.

For example, the port area before, after listening to Yixian's description, she was able to recognize it. Of course, it was partly due to intuition, but also because of the images of the coastline, warehouses and trees.

"For example, Commander Biru's reunion with Essex and Bumblebee, we can use an eagle to represent Essex and a cowboy hat to represent Bumblebee, while the Commander's image can be omitted."

Yixian saw Huang Chen thinking about this, and whispered his own thoughts.

Huang Chen nodded slowly. "A bald eagle wearing a cowboy hat? It's a little strange, but this method is correct. And this image doesn't have to be so serious. It can be more cartoony and abstract... Okay, I have an idea!"

His eyes sparkled, his mind felt clear, and he pulled out a piece of white paper to start drawing.

Huang Chen really can't draw, but when he was in middle school, he did go through a period of copying his favorite comics, and he can still do some simple sketches.

If he really had no idea at all, he wouldn't have chosen this method in the first place. After all, not everyone likes to challenge their limits.

Yixian gradually smiled as he watched, and then immersed himself in his own work.

Time passed slowly, and Huang Chen quickly completed several paintings. Generally speaking, they were relatively simple, and there was a world of difference between them and the illustrations drawn by Yixian. One was a masterpiece, a work of art that could be sold for money, while the other made people feel that it was just an apprentice's work and could only be sold as waste paper.

But at least it's not the kind of work that is eye-catching.

"It still feels a bit monotonous..." Huang Chen pursed his lips and looked at the lantern on the table.

"It's already pretty good. The main point of Mid-Autumn Festival is to admire the moon. Lanterns are just for decoration, at least that's the case here." Yixian said softly, "And compared to the Commander's lantern, my lantern is actually about the same."

"Hmm..." Huang Chen went over. Indeed, if he was farther away, he couldn't see clearly what patterns were on the faces, and there seemed to be no difference between the two lanterns.

"That's it, now..."

"Just hang it here. Tomorrow I will light the candles for the commander's lantern and hang it on the terrace." Yixian said softly.

Huang Chen nodded, stretched, and wandered over to see the other girls' works.

Needless to say, the Fushun magnates are enormous and can be seen from a great distance. Although they are huge, they are not exaggerated, only about one or two meters long.

At this time, all the skeletons have been completed and are being covered with red colored paper.

The Changchun piece is similarly constructed, with the skeleton now in the masking stage. The Pinghai and Ninghai pieces, however, seem to be almost finished due to their simpler structure.

As for other small and exquisite ones, basically only the final finishing work is left.

Huang Chen looked all the way, chatted with each girl, and finally walked behind Zhao He, staring at the half-built skeleton in silence for a long time.

"Can it be done?"

"Ah!" Zhao He was startled and turned around quickly. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Huang Chen. "Commander, please don't show up so suddenly. Seriously."

"It's not that sudden, actually. I've been standing behind you for a while." Huang Chen shook his head, then raised his head to indicate the lantern skeleton on the girl's desk and expressed his concern, "Can you finish this?"

Zhaohe's work is similar to Fushun and Changchun, both of which are at the level of behemoths.

But the other girls almost all worked together with the help of several people, while she was working alone, so she had only built half of the skeleton so far. Huang Chen didn't even know what the girl wanted to do.

"Okay, everything is going as planned now, there are no problems." Zhao He nodded firmly.

"Including the current semi-finished state."

"Including this state!"

Huang Chen pursed his lips, wanting to say something else. Ying Rui, who had already finished making his own pine tree lantern, chuckled and said, "Commander, there's no need to persuade her. My sister is just like that. Sometimes she can be very stubborn."

Zhao He glared at her, as if threatening his sister not to speak.

Ying Rui only chuckled and continued, "I wanted to help my sister before, but she was always reluctant and wouldn't tell me what she was doing. Otherwise, it would have been faster."

Zhao He curled his lips and said nothing, but his hands did not stop moving.

Huang Chen didn't say anything either. He originally wanted to offer to help the girl, but after hearing what Ying Rui said just now, Zhao He probably didn't want to do that. He wanted to ask her what kind of lanterns she was making, but he was afraid that the girl wouldn't want to tell him either.

In the end, he just stood behind the girl and watched silently for a long time, but he still couldn't figure out what the girl wanted to do. He only knew that it was a long object. Now, if he had to say it, it was probably a coffin.

He was about to give up, but suddenly frowned and turned around to take a closer look at the huge thing made by the girls.

"Commander?" Ying Rui asked with some confusion when he saw Huang Chen suddenly looking around with a confused expression.

"I just suddenly wondered, are these big lanterns above the doors in the hallway okay?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhaohe stopped moving.

There is naturally a door in the corridor leading to the second floor. After all, it is the dividing point between the hotel and the girls' living area. It has never been closed during this period, but it does exist.

And when the time comes to hang the lanterns on the rooftop terrace, you not only have to pass through the corridor door, but also the terrace door.

The two doors are about the same size, so there would be no problem for ordinary lanterns to pass through, but for these huge ones, there would be a problem.

Zhao He was silent for a long time, and whispered unsurely, "It should be... no problem, right?"

Chapter 636 Inertial Thinking

Ying Rui was silent for a moment, then whispered, "I don't think this is a big problem. After all, it's a rectangle."

Zhao He immediately nodded as if he had found support, "Yeah, yeah, I said there's no problem with this."

Huang Chen nodded, "There should be no problem now, as long as you don't add anything else."

Zhao He fell silent again after hearing this. After a long while, he shrank his neck unnaturally and said, "Then I'll do it here first. I'll do the rest on the terrace later."

Huang Chen let out a long sigh. Zhao He's coffin-like lantern was just a small problem. Even if it couldn't pass through the door, it was still just a semi-finished product. If it really didn't work, he could just disassemble it and send it over.

The crux of the matter lies in several other behemoths.

He turned around and glanced at the lanterns that were covered with colored paper. A hint of hesitation flashed in his eyes as he wondered how to start.

"What's wrong? Old Huang? What are you looking at?"

Harbin was holding a piece of colored paper and was about to stick it on the big tiger in front of him, but out of the corner of his eye he saw Lao Huang standing stupidly not far away, staring at him straight in the eyes.

Changchun also looked over immediately, and ran to Huang Chen, "How about it, Commander, this big tiger of mine is very powerful, right?"

Huang Chen pursed his lips, patted the little girl's head, and walked over slowly without saying a word.

To be fair, this big tiger in Changchun is quite powerful. Although it is just a lantern, it exudes some extraordinary might, especially its claws and fangs. The details are obvious and make it look even more ferocious.

But its overall posture and shape appear naive, making people feel that it is a mascot of the festival rather than a ferocious beast to be feared.

However, when Huang Chen thought about such a work and being trapped in the lobby of the restaurant later, he couldn't help feeling a little regretful.

"Commander, Commander! Look at mine! It's amazing too!" Fushun had been paying attention to Changchun's actions, probably like a competitor who must pay attention to each other's every move. At this time, he couldn't help but come over and pull Huang Chen's clothes to introduce his work to him.

Huang Chen looked over and saw that the Big Vermilion Bird of Fushun was indeed on par with the big tiger.

These are works that can be spotted at a glance when placed among a group of lanterns.

But the more this happened, the more regretful he felt.

He let out a long sigh, waved to Pinghai and Ninghai not far away, and called the two of them over.

Changchun immediately realized something was wrong and looked at him with confusion, "Commander?"

The other girls also seemed to have noticed something. Even Fushun just tugged at the corner of Huang Chen's clothes and listened silently, feeling that something big was about to happen.

"Have you ever thought about the size of the door in the corridor?" He pondered for a moment and then said it slowly.

Suddenly there was silence all around.

Everyone immediately realized the problem.

Fushun blinked, a trace of obvious panic flashed across his face. He ran back to the table, holding his big Suzaku and ran upstairs. After a while, he walked down with a confused look on his face.

Ninghai and Changchun also tried with their own lanterns as if they didn't believe it, but no one could get through.

It's not even that I can't get through the door, but walking on the stairs is quite difficult. Even if I can barely get through the folding door, I will definitely not be able to get through the second-floor corridor and the door leading to the rooftop terrace.

The little guys tried it a few times, then returned to their chairs and sat there dazed and at a loss.

Even Yubari and Wakatsuki, who came to help, were confused for a moment.

Harbin leaned back in his chair with a strange expression on his face. "I remember that they were all small lanterns in the past, so I never encountered this problem."

Huang Chen nodded and looked towards Fushun. She was the instigator of this lantern riot, and now this port destroyer was lying on the table like a deflated ball.

"Or we can just hang the lanterns in the hall. The hall is so big that we can hang as many lanterns as we want." The girl pouted and muttered.

"Then we won't be able to see the lanterns when we enjoy the moon," said Huang Chen.