Azur Lane, I really didn’t lose my memory!

Since they were free anyway, Lu Xiuyuan discussed with everyone, why don’t they go and see Lisa’s tripod and the “sea urchins growing on trees” first?

With the commander by their side, no one had much objection to anything they did.

Wenwan's sister Haitian returned to the kitchen to help Yixian prepare dinner for today. The disadvantage of the Donghuang camp's small number of ship girls was initially revealed here. When doing some things, they were a little short of manpower.

Although I can ask Manju to come and help reduce the workload, after all, it is dinner prepared for the commander, so I still want to do it myself.

Sister Haiqi has a lively personality and cannot do the delicate work in the kitchen, so she consciously takes on the role of guide to lead everyone to get the sea urchins growing on the trees.

The problem with the tripod is easy to solve. Just leave it idle in the yard of the Chinese restaurant.

Lisa walked around the tripod in front of her, looking left and right, and seeing the excited expression on the girl's face, it seemed that she was quite satisfied with the tripod.

"The problem with the alchemy pot has been solved, but what about the sea urchins on the tree? What about the sea urchins?" Lisa looked at Haiqi, rubbing her hands together, a gleam of light flashed in her eyes, and the alchemist's spirit was burning.

"Sea urchins on the tree? Oh...you mean chestnuts, right?" Haiqi asked.

"Uh... I'm not sure either, but let's try it first!" said Lisa.

"Then come with me."

Haiqi walked in front of the crowd, and under the guidance of the girl, soon the group arrived at the back of the Chinese restaurant, a chestnut forest at the foot of the mountain.

It was a neat chestnut forest. It was obvious that the plants were transplanted artificially. Judging from the thickness of the chestnut trunks, the trees were not very old.

It is now September, the golden month of autumn, just after summer has passed. It is also the time when chestnut fruits are ripe, and the branches are full of oval fruits.

Lisa pointed at the chestnuts on the tree and said excitedly, "That's it! That's the sea urchin!"

"Leisa, that's called Chestnut..."

In ancient times, Zhao Gao called a deer a horse, and today, Lisa calls a chestnut a sea urchin. Although he knew that the world views were different, Lu Xiuyuan couldn't help but correct them.

"Don't worry about those details, Commander." Lisa's eyes sparkled, and she clenched her fists in front of her chest and said excitedly, "Let's quickly pick the sea urchins, quickly do alchemy, and quickly make sea urchin bombs!"

"Ms. Lysa is right."

Haiqi found a bamboo basket from somewhere, put it on his arm and said, "Let's collect some chestnuts to bring back for dinner."

As soon as she finished speaking, Lisa, who had been eager to try, rolled up her sleeves and prepared to climb the tree to pick chestnuts. Haiqi quickly stopped her and said, "Wait a minute, Miss Lisa, there is no need to climb the tree to pick them. We can just pick some chestnuts that have ripened naturally and fallen to the ground."

"Oh oh oh."

Lisa responded, carefully searching for the chestnuts that had fallen on the ground.

Lu Xiuyuan glanced at Kewei, and then the two of them joined the chestnut picking team.

Lu Xiuyuan enjoyed the process of searching for chestnuts. He had heard Lisa briefly talk about the alchemy process before. In simple terms, it was to find a pot, pour some water, put the alchemy materials in, and stir with a cane.

Uh...it sounds a bit messy. Lu Xiuyuan doubted deeply, are these simple steps really the way to make exploding sea urchin instead of cooking soup?

Lu Xiuyuan always felt that it was unreliable. Thinking of this, he suddenly looked forward to the next Lisa alchemy.

The chestnut forest was not very big, and with the help of everyone, a full basket of chestnuts was quickly collected.

Back in the yard, after giving some chestnuts to Lisa, Haiqi took the remaining chestnuts to the kitchen, leaving only Lu Xiuyuan, Kewei, Lisa and a tripod in the yard.

Lisa couldn't wait any longer and started alchemy in a hurry. She set up the tripod, poured water, and selected chestnuts of good quality as alchemical materials with skillful techniques.

Lu Xiuyuan watched with great interest from the side.

Kewei nudged Lu Xiuyuan with his elbow and asked in confusion, "Commander, are you interested in alchemy?"

Lu Xiuyuan watched intently as Lisa put the carefully selected chestnuts into the cauldron, then inserted her cane to stir the chestnuts in the water. He said, "It's okay... But actually my focus is not on alchemy, but on the chestnuts."

"I like the labor process of gathering food, cooking food, and then enjoying food. Although I don't know if Lisa's method can really make exploding sea urchins, even if it can't make exploding sea urchins, at least it can make a pot of cooked chestnuts, right?"

During the conversation, a golden light suddenly flashed from Lisa's tripod, and then a group of unidentified objects jumped out of the water. Lisa quickly grabbed the exploding sea urchin in her hand and said excitedly: "It's done!"

Lu Xiuyuan widened his eyes, rubbed them, and felt a little unbelievable. Is this... becoming unscientific?

He saw it clearly just now. There were only unshelled chestnuts and clear water in the tripod. What was this thing that suddenly "popped out"?

Lu Xiuyuan walked closer and took a look, he saw that Lisa was holding a small brown cloth bag in her hand. The bag was covered with thorns from chestnut shells. That was not the worst thing, the most outrageous thing was that there was a bow tied at the opening of the bag.

Is Lu Xiuyuan numb?

Is this something that can be made from chestnuts?

"Leisa, this is..."

Although he knew in advance that the worldviews were different, Lu Xiuyuan was still a little surprised when he saw this unscientific scene with his own eyes.

"Exploding sea urchin."

Lisa excitedly took Lu Xiuyuan's hand and introduced her masterpiece. If you talk about things related to alchemy, she will not be sleepy anymore.

"After saying so much, Commander, do you want to try it yourself?" Lisa encouraged.

"Forget about alchemy. It is important for people to know themselves. After watching your operation, I feel that I am definitely a Muggle."

Lu Xiuyuan was not the kind of person who would make things up. He just couldn't understand why a cloth bag suddenly appeared after the chestnuts were taken out of the pot, and there was even a bow tied at the mouth of the bag.

Could it be... the legendary power of thinking?

131-Exploding Sea Urchin

"What are Muggles? Are they something you can eat?"

Lisa asked doubtfully. She had not been in this world for very long and didn't know much about some of the meme culture on the Internet.

"In layman's terms, Muggles refer to people without talent." Lu Xiuyuan explained patiently.

"Oh, is that so?" Lisa seemed to understand, and she continued, "That's really a pity. Alchemy is a talent that depends a lot on talent. It's hard to learn without talent..."

"Let's not talk about Muggles anymore." Lu Xiuyuan pointed at the exploding sea urchin in Lisa's hand, "Is this considered a success? Using chestnuts instead of 'sea urchins on the tree'?"

"It worked, absolutely worked!"

When the topic of alchemy was brought up, Lisa became more lively. She held the Exploding Sea Urchin in her palm as if it were a treasure. "Although I haven't tested it yet, the familiar feedback from the moment it was successfully blended tells me that it was definitely a success."

"Success means this thing will explode?"

Lu Xiuyuan widened his eyes and subconsciously took a half step back.

He looked at the thorny little bag in Lisa's hand, still unable to believe that this thing would explode...

If we talk about explosives, no matter how simple it is, there must be one nitrate, two sulfur and three charcoal, right? But Lu Xiuyuan just saw with his own eyes that there was only water and chestnuts in Lisa's pot. If it could explode, it would be really out of the question.

"Then let's give it a try?" Lisa suggested, "Just treat it as a firecracker."

Lu Xiuyuan naturally had no objection. Anyway, he had nothing else to do for the time being, so he might as well use it as a chance to kill time.

According to Lisa's introduction, when the exploding sea urchin explodes, not only will there be a strong shock wave, but the spines on the sea urchin will also splatter like grenade fragments and steel balls to kill the enemy. For safety reasons, the three came to an open space on the back mountain of the Chinese restaurant.

Behind a huge rock that served as a cover, Lisa distributed a batch of exploding sea urchins that she had just refined to the two of them.

"Commander, you have to be careful when you play." Lisa reminded, "Ordinary people may be accidentally injured by the shock wave of the exploding sea urchin if they are not careful."

"It sounds like something very dangerous... maybe we should just not play it, forget it."

Looking at the exploding sea urchin in her hand, Kewei frowned slightly.

Although this girl's personality is a bit unreliable, she is still quite principled when it comes to the personal safety of the commander.

"It's okay, just be careful."

Lisa was in high spirits, and Lu Xiuyuan didn't want to discourage her. Besides, he was also very curious about how the exploding sea urchin exploded.

"Okay then, but for safety reasons, Commander, you have to stand behind me."

Since the commander said so, Kewei couldn't refute it. Although there were dangers, they were only theoretical risks and were difficult to encounter in reality. He just had to pay attention to safety when operating.

After everything is ready.

The three of them hid behind the cover like new recruits being trained in the use of grenades.

Standing at the front was Lisa, who picked up the exploding sea urchin and was eager to try it out.

Lu Xiuyuan stood behind Kewei, and the girl protected Lu Xiuyuan behind her like an old hen, fearing that something might happen to Lu Xiuyuan.

"Commander, hands, hands, it's itchy!"

Kewei said unhappily that she was so concerned about the commander's comfort, but the commander was tickling her. She suddenly felt betrayed.

"Um... sorry, my hands just subconsciously wanted to grab something."

Lu Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment, and he forgot that his waist was more sensitive.

He pulled his hand back reluctantly. For a man who has tasted the sweetness of sex, when he is with a familiar girl, he will subconsciously do some habitual little movements.

Feeling the familiar big hand disappear from his waist, Kewei felt a little uncomfortable and muttered softly, "I don't mean to stop you from scratching me, Commander. I just want you to scratch somewhere else. It's itchy if you scratch my waist."

The other parts are fine, except the waist. Well... It's not that I can't do it, but it's not allowed in public. If I get grabbed by the waist, it feels itchy and weird, and my body feels like it has lost strength.

"I thought about it and decided to give up. You are my 'explosion-proof shield' and my 'shield' now. I just need to hide behind you to prevent myself from being affected by the explosion. There is no need for a 'grip'." Lu Xiuyuan said.

Logically speaking, although Kewei is an invulnerable ship girl, she is after all the body shape of a girl. Compared with the tall and strong Lu Xiuyuan, she is much smaller. Even if Lu Xiuyuan wants to hide behind the girl, in fact many parts of her body are exposed.

But even so, there is no problem with safety, as there is a huge rock in front of them serving as a cover.

Kewei paused. She was a very smart person.

What the commander meant by this... is he asking me to give him a way out?

Not sure...never mind!

Kewei rolled his eyes and said, "But Commander, didn't Lisa just say that the explosion would produce a shock wave? If there is a shock wave, then we should grab something to prevent being blown away, right?"

"Well... I don't think the shockwave from the exploding sea urchin is that exaggerated..."

Lisa raised her hand to remind him, but the girl was glared back at by a terrifying mad look.

Kewei volunteered: "Commander, look, what's in front of you is a steel behemoth with a standard displacement of 23,000 tons. With this weight, even the shock wave of a nuclear bomb can't blow it away. It's as stable as Mount Tai."

"Fat dinosaur?"

Kewei's face darkened, and he puffed up his cheeks and said angrily, "Don't call me a fat dinosaur! If you say that again, I'll kick you!"

Lu Xiuyuan smiled and said, "That's not what I said. It's you, Kewei, who once again made fun of yourself and said you were a fat dinosaur."

Kewei pretended to kick someone, and Lu Xiuyuan quickly dodged.

This kind of play did not stop until Lisa rolled up her sleeves and prepared to throw an exploding sea urchin. Lu Xiuyuan and Kewei hid behind a huge rock shelter and watched Lisa's exploding sea urchin throw a graceful arc in the air and then land on an open space in the distance.

After a loud bang, dust flew up.

A piece of grass was overturned, and a big hole suddenly appeared on the originally flat grass. The thorns on the chestnut shells scattered like steel balls and pierced the surrounding trees.

“It can really explode…”

Lu Xiuyuan was stunned by the fact that he could actually make a bomb using chestnuts as the only material.

“It’s pretty powerful.”

Lisa clapped her hands, placed her palms between her eyebrows, and looked at the crater in the distance. She seemed very satisfied with the effect of the explosion. She was having a lot of fun. After throwing a few exploding sea urchins, she remembered that she couldn't play alone.

Thinking of this, Shang picked up the remaining exploding sea urchins and walked over to Lu Xiuyuan and asked, "Commander, do you want to play with us?"

It doesn’t matter whether you have fun or not.

But looking at the small bag of exploding sea urchins in the girl's hand, Lu Xiuyuan was a little curious: "What's in the bag of exploding sea urchins?"

"What else could it be? It only contained sea urchins, so of course it must be sea urchins."

"So what you mean is that the bag contains sea... No, it contains chestnuts, right?"

Almost being led astray by Lisa, Lu Xiuyuan asked. After waiting for a positive response, Lu Xiuyuan asked a soul-searching question: "Then... can I eat it?"

132-Internal Exercise in Port Area

Lu Xiuyuan is a down-to-earth person and is a little concerned about whether Lisa's exploding sea urchin can be eaten.

After thinking about it, after all, exploding sea urchins are made of chestnuts, so they should be edible. Besides, Lu Xiuyuan has a keen nose and can vaguely smell the aroma of cooked chestnuts coming from the exploding sea urchins in Lisa's hand.

"Okay~"

Lisa's answer was both unexpected and reasonable. As she spoke, she untied the small bag containing the exploded sea urchins. Inside the bag, the ripe pale yellow chestnut kernels exuded an enticing aroma.

"Commander, would you like to give it a try?"

Lisa took the chestnuts out of the bag and threw the bag out of the shelter. With an explosion slightly smaller than before, the pale yellow chestnut kernels lay quietly in the girl's white palm.

Try it and you will die. He picked up the chestnut kernel from Lisa's hand. Although it looked like an ordinary chestnut kernel no matter how he looked at it, he was still hesitant to put it in his mouth when he thought about the explosion just now.

"This... won't explode when I eat it, right?" Lu Xiuyuan asked.

"No, it won't explode if you bite it." Lisa replied.