Clatter~ Clatter~
Under the dark night, a very revealing monster roamed the plains.
Under the only large tree nearby, Jack and his wives were hunting monsters at night, purely as a post-dinner stroll.
"Do you see that skeleton? That's the 'little white'. Defeating it will drop an item called 'bone'. If you grind the bone into powder, you can quickly ripen crops."
"Mm-hmm, Pinghai understands."
Pinghai raised the Ship Cannon in her hand, indicating she was going to make friends with that clattering creature.
"Go ahead, just don't get hit by arrows."
Although they were Shipgirls, Jack wasn't worried about their land combat capabilities.
After all, under the attack of modern weapons—no, rather, sci-fi weapons—these unmodded, original monsters might not even withstand a single shot from a Shipgirl.
However, even so, there was still a Shipgirl trembling with fear.
"Ning Hai, Pinghai has already gone to pull aggro, aren't you going to fight?"
"Wuwu, Commander, those are skeleton zombies and such monsters! Don't… don't you think it's scary?!"
Ning Hai was trembling all over.
She didn't have Pinghai's innocent, big heart.
Facing these "dead" monsters, she couldn't pull the trigger in her hand.
"I see, Ning Hai isn't good at dealing with undead monsters, is she? Then how about that one over there?"
Jack pointed in a direction for Ning Hai.
Ning Hai saw a few red compound eyes in the moonlight.
"Ah! B-b-big spider!!"
Ning Hai was so scared she jumped directly onto Jack's back, haphazardly aiming her Ship Cannons in front of Jack.
"Commander! I… I'll protect you!"
Bang!
A golden cannonball fired.
The spider was blown into a few strands of web.
The one who fired was not Ning Hai, but Yixian.
"Oh, it shattered in an instant. It doesn't seem very strong, does it?"
"Heh ya! —"
From a distance, Pinghai's cute voice also came. The clattering skeleton 'little white' also followed in the spider's footsteps, turning into a pile of materials.
Ning Hai was dumbfounded.
No, everyone is a girl from Eastern Radiance, so how come you aren't afraid of big bugs and ghosts?!
"It's okay, Ning Hai!"
Jack suddenly spoke to comfort her.
"Commander~"
Ning Hai was extremely moved.
"It's okay to be a coward! Commander doesn't mind!"
"I'm not a coward! —"
Ning Hai's move shattered into a belly full of resentment.
"Hmph! They're just mere demons and ghosts, I'm a Shipgirl, how could I be afraid of such…"
Swish!
Just their luck, a zombie, affected by materialization and covered in rotten flesh and sores, spawned right in front of Ning Hai.
"Ugh—"
Ning Hai's head tilted back, her eyes rolled up, and her body stiffened as she fell backward.
Bang!
Jack caught Ning Hai, and with a casual wave, he slapped the zombie into several pieces of rotting flesh.
"Sister, are you okay?!"
Pinghai quickly ran over and grabbed Ning Hai's hand.
"Sister, your hand is so cold, don't scare Pinghai!"
"Cough cough, Pinghai, Commander… cough, I entrust him to your care. As for me, sister, I probably won't be able to follow Commander…"
"Sister! Wuwu!"
Pinghai lay on Ning Hai's stomach and burst into loud tears.
[Jack: Do these two kids usually act so silly in the port too?]
[Yixian: Hehe, after all, they're our mascots, Big Treasure and Little Treasure. Commander, don't let Ning Hai's mature, serious demeanor fool you; she's the type who watches anime with Taiyuan and the others~]
[Jack: What kind of anime? Is it suitable for a reliable adult male to watch?]
[Yixian: If Commander is interested, when we return to the port, I'll dig out the discs for you. I've watched some with them before.]
Jack and Yixian began their two-world exchange of second-dimension culture in the mental network channel, momentarily forgetting about the Shipgirl feigning unconsciousness in his arms.
Ning Hai waited a long time, but she never got the prince's kiss to wake the sleeping beauty.
So she quietly opened one eye.
She saw—Jack and Yixian exchanging glances.
She saw that she was merely being held properly, and the person hadn't even made a move to sneak an attack.
Gulp! I shouldn't be here, I should be in the trees!
"Wuwu~"
Ning Hai stopped feigning unconsciousness, pushed her sister away, and ran crying to the base of a tree to wallow in self-pity.
"Roar!"
Another zombie spawned.
Ning Hai looked up, its hideous and terrifying head inches away.
But at this very moment, her heart was already filled with sorrow, and fear, that emotion, couldn't squeeze in... probably.
"Get lost!—"
Boom!
The cruiser's main cannon fired instantly.
A crimson meteor shot up from the ground, arcing over a hundred meters through the air.
Yixian silently retracted her Ship Cannon.
Jack also returned his sword to his inventory and slowly walked towards Ning Hai.
"Ning Hai, you... did it!"
Jack crouched down and gently wiped away Ning Hai's tears.
"Eh?"
"You overcame your fear, defeated the monster, and your Commander is proud of you."
Jack solemnly pressed Ning Hai's shoulders, as if she had done something extraordinary.
"Oh right, I defeated that zombie."
"The Ning Hai just now was very beautiful, Commander might even be captivated by you because of it."
Jack stroked Ning Hai's head as a reward, and Ning Hai shyly lowered her head, giggling foolishly.
"Ay hehe~"
...
Bang!
Jack kicked away the zombie that was about to bite Ning Hai, sending it flying and plowing a dozen dirt blocks into farmland.
The monster's spawning was too bizarre.
Even if it was random, for it to spawn twice right in front of Ning Hai's face, the probability was lower than winning the lottery.
Moreover, the second time it spawned too close, only he could rescue her, as directly killing it would leave Ning Hai with a lifelong psychological shadow from the sight of the monster being turned into a pulp before it died.
"Ay hehe~"
At this moment, Ning Hai's foolish giggling came from behind him, and Jack, confused, held her and gently shook her.
"Ning Hai, wake up! The monster has been chased away by Commander, no need to worry!"
But Ning Hai was still immersed in her own world.
Clearly, she had been terrified by the zombie.
"Commander, is my sister really alright?"
Pinghai wasn't clowning around this time, looking worriedly at her useless sister.
Jack stroked Pinghai's head: "Don't worry, with Commander here, I can heal your sister."
After thinking for a moment, Jack adjusted Ning Hai's position in his arms, then kissed her.
Buzz~
Green light bloomed from their bodies.
Ning Hai, who had been so scared that she seemed to have lost a soul, gradually returned to normal, her eyes beginning to focus.
[Eh? Why is Commander... kissing me?!]
"Mmph!"
Pop~
Ning Hai pulled herself away from Jack's kiss, making a sound like a cork being pulled from a bottle.
"Com-Commander! Why did you suddenly kiss me? Wuwu, and Yixian and Pinghai saw it too, how embarrassing~"
"Silly girl, if I didn't kiss you, you'd probably be stuck in your own fantasy world and wouldn't wake up."
A majestic Shipgirl, scared like this by a zombie. It seems she needs to toughen up, otherwise, what if she encounters monsters with even lower sanity values in the future? She might not even be able to summon her Ship Gear!
"Ah?"
Ning Hai hadn't yet realized what had happened.
Jack pinched her face and kissed her again, simultaneously transmitting the scene of himself teleporting in front of her and sending the zombie flying.
Only then did Ning Hai understand.
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