She knew why Xia Yibing lost control of her emotions.
In terms of content, this is provocative.
I was provoked, and when I came back I saw my house was emptied. It's hard for anyone to tolerate.
But it didn't stop her from feeling happy.
Looking at the charming woman who was quite angry and kept muttering about catching the thieves and killing them as soon as possible, Hitzfeld raised the corner of his mouth and even curved his right eye.
Interesting indeed.
Alvin, you did a great job.
Chapter 33 A Real Surprise Two-in-One
At half past six in the evening, in the underground bay of the White Shadow Palace, Xia Yibing sat on a chair in the submarine's restaurant with a dull look on her face, watching the gray-haired girl swaying her body, humming a song and cooking food with the kitchen utensils at home.
In order to create a sense of atmosphere, Hitzfeld specially selected the meal combination that might be used after going out to sea - the staple food is whole grain bread, a total of eight. There are only two dishes, namely canned plum jam and salt-baked fish fillet.
"What's the matter?" Sitting down with the plate, Hitzfeld pushed Xia Yibing's portion over, picked up a piece of whole grain bread, cut it in half, and spread plum jam in the middle.
I don't know what kind of plum this jam is made of. It looks like strawberry jam, but it tastes more sour and has a stronger aroma. It's just right to eat with whole grain bread. It has all the vitamins.
"No..." Xia Yibing raised her hand and waved it in the air. Judging from her confused look, she herself didn't know what she was waving.
"I just... I didn't expect them to come up with something like this..."
A giant submarine.
Who could have imagined this before seeing it with her own eyes, or even sitting here? Even if she was shown the detailed design of the submarine, she might have thought it was some madman's fantasy.
"Maybe this is the effect of the combination of the sea of time and reality." Hitzfeld took another big bite of bread and reminded her: "At least eat the fish first, it's delicious while it's hot."
Xia Yibing nodded, looked down at the fish fillets on the plate, picked up one and put it directly into her mouth.
tasty.
Nodding slowly as she ate, she gradually increased the speed at which she chewed.
The salt-baking method does not require any technical skills, but the food itself is extremely delicious. In particular, the fish fillet does not have a single bone on it. The meat is tender and a little elastic. For a moment, she thought she was eating chicken.
"what fish is this?"
"Silver tuna, I didn't notice it." Hitzfeld shook his head. "They are all in the inventory. There are actually very few fish. I guess it's just Erwin's bad taste... Most of them are rice, flour, oil and canned food. Do you think you can adapt to eating like this every day?"
The reason for preparing food in this way is mainly to consider women's appetite.
This is not special treatment. Everyone in the team, including Ethan, has received this treatment. The purpose is to test whether they have any dietary taboos.
This is also very important. Sometimes, dietary restrictions are not as simple as “not wanting to eat” or “not liking to eat”, but may also include severe allergic reactions.
Especially for security agents and secret agents, this allergic reaction may also be accompanied by a "psychological allergy". So she had to adjust these things as much as possible before leaving, and if someone really had to avoid certain foods, she would have to adjust the food reserves appropriately.
"I'm fine." Xia Yibing nodded, quickly swallowed the fish fillet, picked up the bread and took a bite, savoring it while nodding: "It tastes good, it's better than being in the wild anyway."
She is an agent from the old era. The training in the past was more difficult than it is now. Sometimes when she encountered wilderness survival projects, she had to drink sewage and eat insects. In comparison, this kind of life is already a paradise.
Later, she studied whether it was possible to eat fish fillets between bread and found it feasible. She then tried to combine fish fillets, bread and jam into one and found that the taste would become indescribable.
It wasn't that bad, but it was definitely not as tasty as before. The sweet and salty taste produced a strange reaction in her mouth, so she swallowed it whole and drank a large glass of water.
This water is also specially treated. It comes from a large jar with a slice of lemon soaked in it, making it taste slightly sour.
“Is this also for vitamin supplementation?”
"That's right...why are you eating so fast?"
"I'm used to it. Once I switch to this mode, I don't really care about the taste. I just want to improve efficiency and finish the meal as quickly as possible."
"Then I know what to do." Hitzfeld thought, "Indeed, plum jam is too sweet and not suitable for this kind of food..."
"Have you chosen a room?" Xia Yibing leaned over to look at her. "Single room?"
"There are no single rooms here." The girl shook her head. "They are probably afraid that something might happen to someone in a single room, and that if someone gets sick or uncomfortable, it won't be discovered in time... All rooms are for two people, so of course you'll live with me."
"You just showed me how to control the ship with the Apis Cube." Xia Yibing frowned, "What do you do when you sleep?"
She had been thinking about this problem since just now - using the Apis Cube to control the submarine can certainly be done with ease, but at the same time it is also equivalent to tying up the operator.
The operator has to spend a lot of time and energy to drive the ship, which means that Hitzfeld can do this for a long time without sleeping. From this perspective, she is indeed the best candidate for captain.
But isn't this tiring? She was tired just listening to it. Xia Yibing always felt that this was a kind of oppression for Hitzfeld, not to mention that Hitzfeld also needed to rest, even if he could only sleep once a week. Who would drive the boat when she slept?
"There are two options." Hitzfeld had come into contact with the Pierre earlier than she did, so he naturally considered these things earlier. "The first is that there is that kind of... connection between us."
"Ok?"
"It's similar to the connection between the Dead Bone Ice Needle and the Long Summer Sword... Erwin speculated that the Rubik's Cube might not reject you, which means that if you can also control the Rubik's Cube, then we can form a relay, with one person driving the boat while the other rests."
"Where's the second one."
"The second is to ignore it." Hitzfeld also took a sip of water. "Don't worry - just go to sleep and let it run. There are no obstacles in the sea anyway. As long as it doesn't hit the land directly, with the advantage of the Pierre's ramming horn, nothing can stop it from moving forward."
Xia Yibing understood: "So it has two operating systems, one for the Rubik's Cube and one for normal manual operation?"
"Yes, but manual operation is too limited. At this time, the cube simply provides electricity, but you can't see the situation outside, so you can't rely on it."
The two discussed many precautions for long sea voyages, and Xia Yibing was also somewhat excited.
Riding in a submarine - this is really a rare opportunity. Although she knew that Alvin had other submarines, and even a certain little girl had boasted to her that she had ridden one, but if she thought about it, she knew that such rubbish submarines could not compare with this one.
Look at this spacious yet luxurious restaurant.
Look at the floor, carpet, paintings on the wall, and the clean and tidy walls and ceiling.
She couldn't wait to live here.
"You really have to stay here," Hitzfeld reminded her. "Not just you, but others will be coming soon. The team will assemble starting today. Stay here for three nights to get acclimated, and then we'll set off in the early morning of the fourth day."
"How many people are there in total? Have you confirmed the number?"
"22 trained maintenance and inspection personnel. 15 carefully selected sailors who have previous experience in operating submarines. In addition to you and me, Ethan..."
Hitzfeld did some mental calculations and gave an exact number: "There should be 47 people."
"Too few." The woman frowned, "This boat can accommodate 200 people."
It's totally fine if we squeeze in, of course she was exaggerating, but 100 people is definitely no problem.
She also took into consideration that there might be many dangers on this trip, and one more person would mean more strength. As long as they were trustworthy, the more people the better.
"It's hard to hide too many people, and there are really only a limited number of people that can be selected."
Hitzfeld pulled her up.
"Come on, let's measure the compatibility between you and the Rubik's Cube first."
She pulled Xia Yibing to the control room, first holding the Rubik's Cube herself to demonstrate it to her, and then let her stretch out her hand to try it.
The Cube did accept the woman, but Xia Yibing looked very conflicted: "I... I'm afraid I can't open it for too long."
"what happened?"
“It takes too much energy!
Pulling his hand back forcefully, Xia Yibing looked at the girl with eyes full of emotion.
Just now, a lot of information poured into my brain.
Room after room, secret chamber after secret chamber, all the distances, dimensions, spatial information... She felt like her brain was going to explode just by recalling them.
It’s not that she couldn’t hold on, she just said that normal sailing in the sea didn’t require paying attention to too many details, so she could still hold on for a few hours.
But she will be very tired, and she will probably lie down and fall asleep right after changing.
How come it was so easy when Aisuen did it?
She couldn't quite understand and couldn't accept that the gap between them was so huge.
What did she say before?
Is it easy for her to drive for a few days?
"It should be the 'side effect' of Insomnia and Void Whisper."
After listening to her doubts, Hitzfeld analyzed them carefully.
Of course these two things are not good, but the side effects of those bad things may indeed be positive.
"My mind has been tortured by them for so long that I seem to have adapted to it..."
The girl said.
"It really wasn't difficult for me to receive information from this ship."
"I'm so sorry Aisuen, I..."
Xia Yibing didn't look very happy.
Hitzfeld is so outstanding, but he actually failed in the process.
She blamed herself.
"It's not a big problem."
Hitzfeld didn't care.
"I said there are two plans. Actually, I have thought about this possibility. This is not the worst. At least it doesn't exclude you, right? We can use plan two in the future, and you can take over when the emergency comes."
Xia Yibing didn't think much about it. She was taken to their room by the girl. It was a waterproof door with "01" written in fluorescent ink on the milky white paint surface, and a line of small words below, "Captain's Room".
The interior space is naturally a bit crowded compared to No. 221. There is a bunk bed, a cabinet, a set of tables and chairs. The aisle is narrow, with only a little space between the bed and the door.
Xia Yibing lowered her head and observed, making sure that all the furniture was welded to the room.
"See the small door next to the cabinet?" Hitzfeld asked her to come over. "Well, open the door and go into the bathroom. There's a shower head on top so you can take a shower."
"Enough fresh water?"
"Seawater can be distilled." Hitzfeld was a little speechless, "We are in the sea, why do you think the ship can be short of fresh water?"
"The conditions are good." Xia Yibing looked around and was very satisfied with the living environment tonight.
The bunk bed had its mattresses and sheets ready, and there were neatly folded quilts next to the pillows, which were exactly "those that were taken away from the house by thieves."
When they opened the closet, they saw that the three middle layers on the right side by the bed were all filled with books, and the layers on the left side against the wall were all filled with packages filled with the clothes and shoes they usually wore.
She was away working for three days, which was enough time for Hitzfeld to empty the house. She even brought some small ornaments and placed them in the empty corners. All this made the woman feel warm.
Although it was a completely unfamiliar environment, these elements made it easy for her to accept that it would soon become their new home.
In the evening, Xia Yibing tried to take a shower in the bathroom.
When she came out, she saw the girl sticking hooks on the wall, holding her coat in her hand.
But the first two hooks were a little high, and for the third one...she might have run out of strength while standing on tiptoe, so she had to jump a little before she could get it on.
"I'll do it." He walked over without hesitation, snatched the remaining hooks from the girl's arms and pasted them all up. Xia Yibing hung her coat on and turned around to find that Hitzfeld was dressed in formal attire.
"Are you going out?"
"Ethan and the others are here, along with the crew. I have to greet them."
"Should I go?"
"You don't have to. If I'm the captain, then you're the vice-captain..."
"I've never heard of a 'second captain'."
"Then you are the first mate! Okay? Anyway, a ship doesn't need two good guys... It will be easier for me to restrain them if you keep yourself appropriately cold."
"Are you nervous?"
“…A little bit.”
Only in front of this person, these things do not need to be concealed. Hitzfeld scratched his hair and felt his heart beating a little faster.
She's just a detective.
Before today, she had only managed a small team of several people to fight against evildoers. Suddenly she became the captain of a submarine and had to command nearly 50 people... Even though the crew and sailors had become familiar with her in the past few days, she still felt it was unreal.
This has nothing to do with experience. She believes that she can do well if she really starts doing it.
It has something to do with her personality. Her childhood experiences have caused her to dislike being in the spotlight like this.
He hugged the girl and took a few puffs, then watched her struggle to escape during his unique comfort process. Xia Yibing raised the corners of her mouth, sat down at the desk and opened the drawer.
