Not long after, the construction hatch of the [Light Pool] opened with a slight sound, and a matte silver metal cane appeared from the misty white fog and tapped the ground with a "thump".
The red-haired woman in a tight dress and a black coat, with her huge ship outfit, squeezed the hinge of the slightly smaller construction hatch of the [Light Pool] until it broke and fell to the ground with a loud bang.
She seemed to be standing up from a throne, and walked out of the cabin with her back bent. Then she slowly stood up straight, looked around with her slightly deep purple eyes, and spoke slowly.
"Royal Navy battleship, Your Majesty, nice to meet you."
Su Xin glanced at the circular hatch on the ground, then looked at the monarch who was about meters tall, dumbfounded, "Why...wait, even if it can be built, shouldn't you come out from the [Heavy Pool]?"
The monarch was stunned when he heard this. He turned around slightly and looked at the small space of the [Light Pool] and the hatch lying on the ground at his feet. He suddenly felt very sad.
"...Am I so miserable that I'm expelled from the war?"
"No, no, no, it's definitely a mistake, don't be sad, sister Monarch! Where's Manju? Help the hatch quickly! Where's the tissue? Where's the tissue?"
Chapter 527 What SAO Live
As an excellent battleship with mature thoughts and healthy body, it is impossible for him to cry. He can only let his eyes turn red and look a little sad for a short while.
The Monarch did not have any historical memory inherited from the ship. She was just a design plan, and before she could even start construction, she was treated as a scrapped project and modified and replaced.
It was obvious that the Monarch was ahead of the George V class built after the replacement plan in terms of performance and other aspects, but the royal family was restricted by the treaty at that time, which resulted in her never having the chance to be released.
Logically speaking, the royal family, which was suffering from severe financial and technological losses at the time, was unable to afford the simultaneous development of multiple plans.
In order to ensure that the King George V-class battleships could be put into service as soon as possible, they made comprehensive cuts and modifications to the plan, and then compromised on other parameters such as displacement, and had no choice but to give up on her.
But the Monarch is a ship girl. At least since she came out of that small construction cabin, she has appeared as a living being with flesh and blood.
The monarch had thoughts and emotions, but she had no memory of past history in her mind. Only the conclusion of the abandoned case was forced into her mind, reminding her again and again that she was an abandoned object.
This kind of emptiness made the monarch feel aggrieved, like a child who was upset and started ignoring others. When he saw Hood, Guanghui and others in the crowd, he silently looked away.
The ship girls present didn't know the Monarch at all, because the other party did not inherit the historical ship name. If they hadn't introduced themselves just now, they might have been confused for a while.
Several people from the royal family knew a little bit about the inside story. After being surprised, Guanghui wanted to wave to the other party in a friendly manner, but he didn't expect that the other party didn't respond, which made him feel a little embarrassed.
Su Xin also found it strange. As someone who had played the game before, she knew that a scientific research ship could not be obtained through construction, and it was also unreasonable for it to come out of the [Light Pool].
After all, wasn't I the only one who knew about the research ship Monarch and thought it was possible to successfully develop it through the Virtual Port? Then wasn't the source...
The young commander was distracted and took a look at the [Scientific Research] option in the [Virtual Port Area], and found that the monarch page that originally displayed [Under Development] had changed to [Unlocked Successfully].
The full scientific research progress bar in [R&D Conditions], which had reached 100%, made her very confused.
She had been busy with the winter activities this time, but she still couldn't fill up the experience bar by grinding the Siren Ship. How come the last few hundred thousand experience points were filled up after she hadn't checked for a while?
Even except for the monarch, the other first-phase ship girls have also reached their one million experience points. She seems to have... inexplicably unlocked one-third of the progress of all the first-phase scientific research ships?
"...Where did I get so much experience?"
"I've only been on the attack for a few days, and I haven't stayed up late to kill monsters/ships..."
"......ah."
"That overly meta shadow? Is the experience value that high?!"
Su Xin looked at the black cube lying quietly in the space, and suddenly felt that it was a bit outrageous. But according to [Helena], [META] is a higher level of evolutionary trend, so it seems... it makes sense?
"...Nice to meet you, are you the Commander?"
The powerful and mature female voice interrupted her thoughts, forcing Su Xin to withdraw from the [Virtual Port Area] and look up at the royal battleship in front of her that had regained its composure.
"...Ah, yes, hello, Sister Monarch, my name is Su Xin, you can call me Su Su or Commander..."
"I see. Is there anything I can do for you?"
"Not for now..." Su Xin sniffed and felt that the smell on the monarch was somewhat similar to that of Shokaku when he faced Akagi.
She thought about it, and glimpsed Guanghui and Hood who looked a little nervous, so she simply changed the topic: "Well... Actually, I do have something I want to ask you for help with."
Upon hearing this, the monarch stood upright, as if he was ready to go out to sea to fight at any time, with his ship's cannons pointed and a serious face as he waited for orders.
"It's like this." Su Xin turned around and pointed at the two Royal Navy girls standing not far away. "I want to continue building after I repair it, but I don't have enough cubes. Sister Monarch, can you help me find them and ask for some more?"
"...Is this your mission?"
"Yes, I have to supervise the barbarians to repair the hatch quickly. I can't leave temporarily... Can I ask you for a favor?"
The monarch glanced at the two people not far away, responded, and then walked straight over and stood in front of Hood and Guanghui.
"The commander needs assistance. I came to you to get some cubes for construction. Do you have any?"
Guanghui opened his mouth but said nothing. Hood, on the other hand, seemed calmer. He passed a hundred or so Rubik's Cubes to the monarch, and then looked seriously at the serious royal official in front of him.
After receiving it, the monarch thanked him and turned to go back to report. Then he heard Hood, who had been silent all this time, suddenly sigh, "...I'm sorry, thank you for your hard work."
"...No need." The monarch paused for a moment and shook his head, "It's not your problem...I'll go first and talk to you later."
"it is good."
Su Xin's problem was actually solved very quickly. It was just that the thin shaft at the hatch connection was broken. It was not a big deal for Manju. After replacing it and fixing it, he could continue to use it.
It happened that the monarch came back with the Rubik's Cube, and under Su Xin's arrangement, they were all piled at her feet to save the trouble of going back and forth to get them.
"Well...there's nothing to do now. Sister Monarch, you can rest with them for a while. When I finish the construction, I will take everyone to familiarize themselves with the port area and arrange the rooms. Is that okay?"
"Of course." The monarch raised his hand and pressed down the brim of his hat. "If there is anything you need me to do, please leave it to me with confidence. I will prove myself."
Su Xin knew what the other party was concerned about, so she responded very seriously and carefully without any perfunctory response, and then turned her attention back to the construction device.
Currently, the only scientific research ship that can be launched in the [Virtual Port] has already come out, and the remaining few have insufficient experience points. I think this situation should not happen again.
Since her family had plenty of money and the stock of Rubik's Cubes was sufficient, there was no limit on the resources, so Su Xin had no regrets in building the boat. She stuffed ten Rubik's Cubes into the boat one by one, and if all failed, she would try for ten more.
She could produce any single shot, but for some reason she seemed very unlucky today. She produced forty rounds in a row, but the construction time was not displayed once.
Fortunately, Ning Hai was not present at the moment, otherwise he would definitely feel sad for the loss of these resources and would start to find ways to persuade her to stop.
Su Xin also found it strange. Although probability was something that had no fixed value, she was used to it and it was suddenly like this that made her feel a little bit difficult to accept.
"...What went wrong?"
Su Xin looked at the pile of Rubik's Cubes on the ground, then looked at the motionless construction cabin, and finally fixed her eyes on her own hands.
"..."
"Is it because I just washed my underwear?!"
The more she thought about it, the more she felt it was possible, so she turned her head to look for Xiao who looked nervous not far behind her, "Well... do you want to try it?"
"Eh? I...I feel like it's not...appropriate..." Xiao said helplessly.
"It's okay. We have enough resources at home," Su Xin went forward to take his hand and used Portland as an example. "Portland also built Indy-chan herself. She was so happy at that time."
“So you don’t have to be too nervous, and don’t think it’s a waste. Resources are piling up anyway, so it would be great if you could use them to recruit new members.
Xiao's mouth was open all the time. She looked at Commander Su Xiao, who didn't seem to be joking, then turned her head to look at the other ship girls who were giving implicit encouragement.
The obsession of finding her sister weighed on her heart, making her take a deep breath, pick up ten Rubik's Cubes, and follow Su Xin's steps to stuff them into the machine.
"I...I will try my best to help you earn it back!"
As he spoke, Xiao stretched out his right hand and pressed the button to the bottom with a little force. The construction equipment started to operate instantly. The display changed for a while and finally all became [XX:XX:XX].
Xiao knew that this meant the construction had failed, so she didn't hesitate and stuffed ten more in, but still failed.
The more resources were consumed, the greater the psychological pressure on Xiao. Even though Su Xin had said that she didn't mind the consumption at all, she couldn't ignore the fact that she had wasted dozens of draws.
Winter is not over yet, but Xiao, who is wearing cool clothes, has sweat on his forehead. Commander Su really doesn't value these resources, but looking at Xiao's appearance, he seems to be constantly blaming himself.
So Su Xin sighed, took a handkerchief to wipe Xiao's sweat, and gently persuaded her in the other's distracted eyes: "It's okay, it's okay, if you are nervous, don't force it."
"How about building ten more to make it halfway? If you still can't succeed, I'll take over. If it doesn't work today, I'll continue building it tomorrow. Ten times a day will definitely work."
As a wandering ship girl, Xiao, who had never been so extravagant, sniffed and said, "I understand... Thank you."
"It's okay, let's try the last ten combos, shall we?"
Xiao nodded, thought about taking off the mask, walked to the construction cabin under Su Xin's surprised eyes, and placed it in the center of the cabin.
"I heard... this is a kind of metaphysics? I... I also want to try it..."
The young commander looked at the right half of the other person's mask, which was no different from his left eye. He was very curious but held back his curiosity. "Let's get started."
Xiao took a deep breath, paused for a moment, then suddenly pressed the [Build] button. The machine began to vibrate as usual. After the data on the time display screen changed for a few breaths, a string of question marks condensed.
"this…?"
Su Xin smiled and said comfortingly: "It's okay, it means the construction was successful. Just put the quick-construction device into the slot. Go and try it?"
Xiao Shu breathed a sigh of relief, picked up a "drill bit" as she was told, and inserted it into the machine with some trepidation. She watched the string of question marks rolling rapidly, and finally all turned into "0".
The construction cabin was depressurized and opened at the right time. A faint mint smell spread into the air along with the steam. The people in the cabin seemed to kick something and let out a small cry.
Su Xin had heard voice chats when playing games, so with just this one voice, she knew she had a sure win.
"Aren't you going to pick up your sister?"
"...Ah?" Akatsuki looked dumbfounded after taking off his mask, totally lacking the composure of a ninja. "You...you mean...I created it?"
Just as Su Xin was about to nod, she saw a blue umbrella sticking out from the cabin, so she simply raised her chin in the direction of the construction cabin, motioning Xiao to look over there.
"...Dian-chan... Honestly, I'm a little flustered to be summoned so suddenly, but this mask... is a gift from the commander - ah, sister?"
"Dian!? Is it really you?" Xiao jumped over in two or three steps, quite agile like a ninja, but a little too hasty, and even the shuriken hidden in her trouser pocket fell to the ground. She didn't have time to pick it up.
"It's Dian." Dian looked at Xiao who was rather cautious, and after thinking for a while, he simply reached out and hugged her, "Dian came online to see you, didn't he?" (Note 1)
"...What's online?"
"Ah... I just drew a UR card, so I'm very happy. I didn't expect there would be a sister here. What a surprise."
Xiaosong was stunned, raised his hand and touched Dian's forehead, "...You don't have a fever."
"You don't understand, but the commander definitely does."
Dian led Xiao to Su Xin, handed her the mask, and looked at it carefully again, seeming to be quite satisfied, "It is indeed a UR card, the illustrations are so beautiful..."
Su Xin remembered that in the game of her previous life, the setting of Dian was to know the commander's true situation and would say lines such as "login", "online", and "screen".
But now in the real world, she was suddenly treated as a virtual being by the other party, and this feeling was quite strange.
"You mean... I have a UR card?"
"Well, it came out before the guaranteed minimum... I guess I'm lucky, right? I'll try my best to clear the daily tasks for you."
Su Xin was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's gone today. Why don't you log off and take a rest for a while, then log back in tomorrow morning to check?"
"...That makes sense. I'll just take the power offline. See you tomorrow."
.........
"..."
Dian closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he found that this group of people were still staring at him curiously. He was stunned on the spot, "...Drink?"
"I can't log off? How can this happen... If I don't go to bed soon, I'll be late for work tomorrow..."
"Where's the logout button? Eh...? Why is it gone?"
"(#°A°)??"
Nagashima, who likes to join in the fun, leaned in the corner, tilted his head and asked the vicious person who was recording beside him: "...Why do I always feel like I have seen this scene before?"
"...Have you forgotten your Asuna?"
"...It really is."
Su Xin also thought it was quite fun. She guessed that it was because the game and reality were reversed, which caused the electricity settings to change as well. It was quite fun, but it was hard for the people involved.
"...I will definitely be fired tomorrow..."
"Xiao." Su Xin smiled, "The only thing missing is Thunder. Do you want to keep trying?"
"No, no, I... I am already very satisfied, and the electricity problem seems to be more serious, so I want to take a look at her first..."
There was nothing wrong with that, so Su Xin nodded and agreed. She watched Xiao take the distraught Dian aside and patiently asked about the details.
It is said to be a large-scale construction, but it is obviously not enough to only build one ship girl. Therefore, after the young commander made sure that there was no major problem with the electricity for the time being, he started to stuff the Rubik's Cube into the machine again.
A second before pressing the [Build] button, she suddenly remembered her cursed claws, and quickly retracted them, looking left and right, and looked towards the nearest Hood.
"Sister, can I borrow your gloves?"
"Hmm? I guess it's okay... it should be a bit big for you, right?"
