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There was no deafening loud warning.
There was no slow, bright trajectory.
There was no black metal block that suddenly flew by.
The seven-colored laser trajectory shot out of Xiaobai's cannon barrel and arrived in Odin's face before Odin could react at all.
In an instant, it swallowed up the bewildered Odin.
Among the land-based ship equipment, Xiaobai's ship equipment held aloft the turret that was constantly spewing light. After the laser cannon enveloped Odin and silently burned it for several seconds, Xiaobai felt that it was about time and moved the muzzle with some difficulty.
"Boom boom ...
Although the laser cannon itself is silent, the sea surface beneath it is scorched by the extreme heat and churns continuously, boiling as the laser cannon moves.
The thick laser beam moved slowly horizontally across the sea surface, sweeping across the waves and emitting bursts of white smoke.
Xiao Bai gritted his teeth, held his breath, and strained to shoot the gun barrels of the ship's equipment into the sky.
A thick, long beam of seven-colored light, with maximum power, shot towards the dark sky. In nearly three minutes of full-force output, it instantly pierced through the thick clouds and shot into the vast sky.
The moonlight illuminated the sea.
—There's nothing we can do about it. After all, this is only the second time Xiaobai has used this laser cannon, so once it's activated, there's no way to stop it.
Finally, the laser cannon emptied Xiaobai's ship equipment.
The long, thick beam of light gradually disappeared from Xiaobai's cannon muzzle, and the ship's rigging behind Xiaobai, under the sauna-like heat, loosened and fell onto the sea surface.
"boom----"
"Hiss hiss hiss—"
The seawater beneath Little White's feet began to boil and churn.
The scorching red-hot ship rigs landed on the water's surface, helplessly releasing the intense heat from their overload.
"Ah—it seems to be over."
Xiao Bai, who was in the very center of the ship's rigging, sighed, waved his hand to disperse the surrounding steam, and looked in the direction of Odin.
The sea surface at night is usually very quiet and mysterious, but when Xiaobai looked over, he found that the sea around him was bubbling and boiling. The fishy smell of the sea, mixed with wisps of deep-sea scent, emanated from the bottom of the water and into the air, making his vision dark and gloomy, just like a dark hot pot that was hundreds of meters in diameter.
"Uh... I hope it didn't affect the city..." Xiaobai had a good idea of the power of her laser cannon. Looking at the devastation around her after her shot, she patted her chest with a slight sense of lingering fear.
Because the ship's equipment was in a state of shutdown after firing the laser cannon, Xiaobai squeezed out from the gap in the ship's equipment and hurried towards Odin's direction.
On the sea where Odin once stood, there were scattered pieces of charred ship equipment.
Xiao Bai looked around.
Odin himself could not be found.
"Huh??? Could it have melted from the heat..." Little White muttered to itself in fear, glancing at the sea several times in a flustered manner.
Fortunately, Odin, as a super supply ship, boasts top-tier defense and health among ship girls after transformation. Even Shiro couldn't blast her back to the bottom of the food chain with a single shot.
After asking the will of the deep sea to search for a while, Xiaobai finally found Odin, who was sinking steadily at the bottom of the water.
The will of the deep sea retrieved Odin and brought him back to the surface.
Having been hit by Whitebeard's three-second laser cannon, Odin was no longer the dashing figure he once was. Under Whitebeard's counterattack, Odin lost his mind and fainted.
Even with the protection of the Great Damage, Odin's clothes had all turned to black ash in the terrifying extreme heat. This ash, mixed with seawater, clung to her skin like mud, turning her body into a burnt stick figure.
Xiao Bai looked at Odin, who had been salvaged by the will of the deep sea, with mixed feelings. Not afraid of getting dirty, he held her and sat on the sea surface, using seawater to wash her face.
"...Did I go too far..." Xiaobai murmured to herself, her feelings complicated.
Xiao Bai has never had a clear understanding of her own combat capabilities. When being chased by Odin, Xiao Bai always felt that she was at most on par with Odin. She really didn't expect that her counterattack would directly destroy a supply ship at its peak like this...
"...Am I...super powerful?" Xiaobai scratched his head curiously.
"..." Odin, who was unconscious, did not answer Xiaobai's question.
"Uh... now doesn't seem like the time to think about this. What should Miss Odin do next?" Xiaobai looked at Odin in her arms with some worry.
Although Odin had been relentlessly pursuing Xiaobai, she hadn't actually sensed any murderous intent from him. She knew Odin simply wanted to beat her up because of some misunderstanding. Now that he had retaliated and beaten her up like this, it wouldn't be fair to just leave her here, and besides... she still had some questions for her.
"Deep Sea Will, do you have a solution?" Xiao Bai asked the Deep Sea Will within his body.
After a while, the will of the deep sea responded.
Xiao Bai didn't feel the pull of the Deep Sea Will towards the spiritual world, but she did feel her palms getting slightly warm.
Xiao Bai raised his feverish palm, seemingly understanding the meaning of the Deep Sea's Will.
"Does the will of the deep sea want to access Miss Odin's memories?"
"...Hmm...this isn't a good idea...uh...you're right, it seems like Miss Odin won't answer my questions honestly either..."
"Then... let's do it this time..."
On the calm, turbulent sea, Xiaobai muttered to himself for a while, and finally carefully placed his hot palm on Odin's forehead.
As Xiaobai touched Odin's forehead.
With a crackling sound of electricity, Xiaobai's palm was filled with electricity, and he felt a numbness in his hand.
Then, her perception of her surroundings vanished in an instant.
The boiling sea turned into endless darkness, and Odin in his arms vanished into nothingness in an instant. One second, Xiaobai was sitting on the sea, but the next second he felt himself suddenly standing on solid ground.
A brief period of darkness engulfed the surroundings.
Then, the darkness disappeared while Xiaobai was still in a daze.
Darkness fades away.
First, the visual experience is refreshed.
Before Xiaobai's eyes appeared an incredibly huge fortress.
At the fortress entrance, a newly built road leads to a half-built high wall. The wall, with its thick, imposing presence, casts a massive shadow, much like a city wall.
Hundreds of dark-skinned, robust workers are toiling away beneath the high wall, enthusiastically carrying bricks to reinforce it.
"President...we really don't have that much budget left. Could you reconsider...we can stop building this wall here..."
Inside the fortress, a secretary was holding a form, chasing a snow-white figure all over the fortress.
"President...President, our budget is really running low. The resources provided by the Deep Sea Abyss Ship are unreliable. We've already been behind on salaries for two months to build this wall, and there are already complaints below...If you continue to insist on going your own way, I'm going to report this..."
"President! President, you..."
The secretary seemed to be trying her best to persuade the white figure in front of her. She was lecturing the person in front of her with great effort, but halfway through her speech, the white figure in front of her seemed to have run out of patience. The white figure stopped, sighed, turned around, took out a shiny credit card, threw it directly to the secretary behind her, and then walked out of the fortress alone.
Behind the fortress gate, the secretary's helpless and frantic shouts came from the entrance.
"President! President!!"
"..."
"Ugh!!!"
The secretary's voice eventually turned into a helpless sigh.
Chapter 974 Dream Back (Part 2)
The white figure stepped out of the fortress and quickly looked at Little White.
Xiao Bai exchanged a glance with the white figure and realized that it was Bai Ying, whom she had just met not long ago.
Huh?
Oh……
Xiaobai is starting to understand.
After Bai Jiahei was absorbed into the body by the Deep Sea Will, Xiao Bai learned that the Deep Sea Will had mastered some methods of reading mental energy data—that is, memories.
So, since Bai Ying had told me that she knew Odin before, I must be watching Odin's memories right now, right?
Eighty-one years ago?
Xiao Bai felt confident and even observed Bai Ying's face for a while.
Bai Ying from eighty years ago was exactly the same as Bai Ying from a week ago. Time had not left any marks on her body, and Bai Ying still had that calm expression that made others think she was frigid.
Bai Ying walked out of the fortress and glanced at Xiao Bai.
"Thank you so much for your help before, you're very capable." Bai Ying seemed to have had some kind of interaction with Odin before. She walked up to Odin and thanked her, "What kind of reward do you want?"
Xiao Bai didn't speak, but she felt her mouth open uncontrollably as she asked Bai Ying a question.
Why insist on building that wall?
The sound that came out wasn't Xiaobai's; it was Odin's.
It seems that Xiaobai is experiencing the story from Odin's first-person perspective.
“It’s not construction, it’s restoration.” Although Bai Ying seemed indifferent to the people in the fortress, she seemed to have a high tolerance for Odin. She walked up to Odin and explained, “This wall was built by our predecessors; I’m only responsible for its restoration.”
"Why repair it?" Odin asked.
“This wall is very important to me,” Bai Ying replied without changing her expression.
"There are clearly very few deep-sea amphibious ships here."
"I do not care."
“…” Odin looked at Bai Ying’s face and saw the unwavering determination in her expression.
Odin lowered his head.
It seems Odin is not going to persuade Bai Ying.
Bai Ying walked up to Odin and glanced at his face: "Where did you come from?"
"do not know."
Who created you?
"do not know."
"What do you want in return?"
"companion."
"I need a spot here, what would you like to do?" Bai Ying extended her hand to Odin.
Odin looked at Bai Ying with some confusion. She stared at Bai Ying's palm, thought for a while, and then slowly stretched out her hand.
"Can."
"What's your name?"
"Odin."
Odin answered truthfully and continued to reach out to grasp Bai Ying's hand.
However, just a second before Odin grasped Bai Ying's hands, Bai Ying quickly withdrew her hands after hearing Odin's name.
Odin grasped at nothing.
Odin looked up, puzzled.
Bai Ying looked at Odin with a complicated expression.
"...Never mind, you don't belong here."
Bai Ying took a step back.
“I am very strong,” Odin replied, frowning.
"Yes, I know. But you're not an ordinary ship girl. You have no companions here."
"...Aren't you...my comrade?"
"It's different. Completely different."
“…” Odin lowered his head in frustration.
“But you can go to the first chapter.” Just as Odin was feeling down, Bai Ying’s voice rang out again, “I’ve seen ship girls similar to you there.”
Odin looked up at Bai Ying with some anticipation: "Really?"
"Ah."
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