Chapter 46: The Great Inventor

"What happened?!" The aftermath of the explosion had not yet subsided, and I was terrified, thinking that it was a terrorist attack.
Unexpectedly, it was not the Admiral, Leia, who reacted first, but Mutsu who was sitting next to her. I saw this big sister sighing in distress, then she grabbed Leia, who was about to explode, and said, "Everyone, calm down..."
The conversation was not over yet, and a voice from one of the Yukikaze's (I couldn't tell which one was older sister and which one was younger sister because they were both facing away from me) sounded a bit panicked: "C-could it be an enemy attack?"
"The sound is coming from the factory," Lao's voice sounded a bit weary. "There is an explosive maniac there, making such noises every now and then. Our people here have long been accustomed to it...."
Shouldn't I praise you guys for the good luck of this naval base not being bombed yet? Is it really okay to keep such a person in the naval base?
"Is it really okay?" After repeated confirmations from Lilia and assurances almost sworn on, we managed to pass through this lunchtime with some excitement. After finishing our meal, Lilia decided to go to the factory to see that "terrorist," and I was allowed to accompany her.
When we arrived in front of the factory, which was clearly several times larger than the original Shenshoufu factory, Leah suddenly started to have a strange premonition. I also noticed faint black smoke slowly rising into the sky from somewhere in the factory.
I looked at Liya, who had a curious expression but hesitated at the entrance, and couldn't help but feel like laughing. "Liya, what are you doing? Why don't you go in?"
Liya still had a fearful expression on her face. "Uh, Da Feng, do you think the person inside is someone with a personality like a mad scientist...?"
I was stunned for a moment, as the other person's words matched exactly with what I was thinking. However, in order to break the current stalemate, I smiled and gently touched Leia's head, saying, "Maybe the other person is a shut-in and accidentally touched something that triggered the explosion just now?" After saying that, I didn't wait for Leia and walked in first.
This SanSanQi garrison gives people a feeling of a larger scale, perhaps because it is closer to the rear and there is not much fighting here? The garrison is able to develop peacefully, and various slightly important technologies can be stored here.
The factory, this colossal entity, is divided into numerous compartments, each with a sign hanging at the entrance like "Development Room" or "Construction Area," as well as other signs that make people feel something is not right, such as "Alteration Room" or "Dangerous Equipment Laboratory."
"By the way..." After walking for a while, I couldn't help but feel a little helpless as I said to Lilia, who had been constantly looking around behind me since earlier: "Lilia, do you know which room that place is?"
Lia's face instantly stiffened, then she coughed heavily twice, before pointing solemnly to a nearby room and saying, "Of course it's there. I asked about it before I came."
I squinted my eyes and looked at the sign on the door. The words on it gradually became clear after a moment of blur, and if I didn't see it wrong, it said "Storage Room"...
As soon as Liliya finished speaking, there was a slightly louder explosion in the factory, which frightened her and caused her to quickly grab onto my sleeve. After the explosion, the door of a room directly across from the storage room collapsed with a large amount of black smoke.
“……”
I looked at Leah, whose eyes were filled with tears, and sighed with mixed emotions. Then I quickly walked to the door of that smoky room.
"... Explosives Handling Room?" Looking at the sign on the door frame, an image of a small dwarf with a bomb strapped to his back and a weird pair of glasses with an evil smile popped into my mind.
I shook my head to clear my mind of that figure, and then, like a thief, I quietly nestled by the door, sticking out half of my head to peep into the room.
It was an unexpectedly clean room, with various tools neatly placed on a shelf. A girl with light blue hair, dressed in a matching vest, stood with her back to the door, tinkering with a peculiar machine.
Everything as far as the eye can see appears to be normal, and there is no evidence on the ground or walls of being affected by an explosion. Just as I was contemplating whether something was amiss, reality gave me the answer.
Unprepared, the girl suddenly exploded something she was tinkering with, and the tremendous impact knocked her over on the ground. I was also startled and shrunk back against the wall.
After a while, when there was no more movement in the room, I cautiously breathed a sigh of relief and beckoned to Leah, who was not far away, to come in with me.
Then I walked in and realized how narrow my vision was.
In the corner of the room, where I couldn't see just now, there is a chaotic pile of tables and chairs disarranged by the shock wave, along with broken things that I cannot recognize. It is surprising that despite the earth-shattering explosion that just occurred, the strange device in the middle of the room seems completely undamaged.
And the girl who was just covered in dirt from the explosion at that moment regained her strength and got up, looking at us curiously, saying, "Can I help you?"
Not knowing why, but upon closer look, this girl's figure was causing us tons of damage in every sense... A strange thought flashed through my mind for a moment. I cleared my throat and said, "We are new ship girls and an admiral (pointed at Lilia, who was staring angrily at a certain area on the girl), because there have been explosions happening here since just now, so we decided to come and check it out."
"Ah... so today is that day!" The green-haired girl paused for a moment before realizing, then awkwardly smiled. "I forgot about a device that I haven't finished debugging. I am experimental light cruiser Shigure, nice to meet you."
So this is Yuudachi?! I didn't pay much attention to her in the game, and when I saw her without her ship outfit or uniform, I couldn't recognize her at all.
"I am the armored aircraft carrier Daifeng." I casually introduced myself, then curiously pointed at the strange device that had been attracting attention since earlier, "What is that?"
Upon seeing my interest in the device, Yu Zhang's eyes instantly sparkled with curiosity, saying, "That's my workbench. I usually develop and debug new equipment here. Come on, let me show you a demonstration."
It seems that Kirishima, who activated a strange switch, forcibly pulled me over to her peculiar device. It was a very bizarre workbench, where people outside can only control several mechanical arms with different functions through manipulating the levers. The workbench had a very sturdy armored shell that housed the things on the workbench. There was also a small door next to it, which seemed to be used for storing and retrieving experimental samples.
Xu Zhang pressed a button on the workbench, and a layer of dirt in the small laboratory was cleaned by a surge of clear water, revealing a glass observation window and an unknown object inside.
That is a shuttle-shaped object that looks a bit like an airplane without the tail and wings, but there is no cockpit or anything.
"What is this?" After looking at it for a long time, I really couldn't figure out what this thing was for, so I had to ask the person next to me, Yuuzuru.
Yu Zhang still maintained that strange state, with a tone of speech that carried a thrilling excitement, saying, "This is the ammunition I developed for aircraft carriers, which is currently in the debugging phase."
"Ammunition for aircraft carriers?" I frowned, "Wouldn't that take up space for the aircraft onboard? And besides, if there are escort ships, aircraft carriers usually have enough safety distance, right?"
Xu Zhang glanced at the underachieving student with a dissatisfied expression and shook her finger at me: "There are always uncertainties in everything. My specially designed projectile not only has a range surpassing that of battleship main cannons, but it also occupies a very small space. It is an essential tool for home and travel, for both killing and arson."
ps: This is actually my first time recommending a novel. How can I make it look like I frequently recommend novels? _(:3」∠)_
A friend wrote a novel called "When Kanmusu Comes to the Real World". It's another work by the author in the same group (our group leader's sister). _(:3」∠)_ Many of us often fantasize about entering the world of Kanmusu, so what interesting and enjoyable things would happen when a Kanmusu comes out of the computer? If you want to know, go take a look. It's actually quite good.~
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