In comparison, Xu Huan's palms appeared a bit rough, with many scars and calluses left on them from various training and battles.

It's not very beautiful, but it has an indescribable impact.

It is a kind of heaviness called power.

"Commander, I now know the source of your great strength..."

Hu Teng looked at the palm placed on his palm, and his thumb couldn't help but rub the calloused knuckles gently out of curiosity.

"I don't have time to maintain it, sorry for making fun of me."

"It will be in the future, but it's not bad like this. However, I guess many people will feel sad when they see it..." Hu Teng said, and slowly closed his eyes.

This was also the first time Xu Huan looked at Hu Teng's face at such a close distance.

The corners of her eyes are upturned, her eyes are slightly narrow, her long eyelashes are trembling and fluttering constantly, and the setting sun can even cast a subtle reflection on them. Her thin lips are tightly closed, and her hair is short and reaches her ears. She is a real cold beauty.

"Commander should be able to feel the mental energy in my body now..."

The ship girl explained softly, and then, a faint energy ball also appeared in Xu Huan's perception.

That is another dimension that does not belong to reality, a space unique to psychic and mental energy.

"Yes." Xu Huan nodded: "Then what should I do now?"

"It's very simple... Just input some of the mental energy in your body into that place..." After completing the most basic connection, Hu Teng opened his eyes.

This is the most critical step, which directly determines the extent to which Xu Huan enhances the mental energy of the ship girl.

"Okay, but how much do I need to input?" Xu Huan asked.

He felt that the energy ball over there would not be able to accommodate all of him.

"One tenth of the maximum control range. When we are in large-scale combat or on missions, a team of ten ship girls is generally the most common number..."

"One tenth? Okay..."

Xu Huan nodded, and the mental energy in his body began to gradually boil.

The next second—

Hu Teng, who had been maintaining a cold expression, was stunned on the spot for a moment.

The fair face gradually turned a deep red, and even the skin on the body began to be covered with a light pink.

The ship's equipment began to unfold uncontrollably, and pleasure kept flashing in the yellow eyes.

"....What's wrong?"

Xu Huan frowned, and seeing Hu Teng's reaction, he immediately stopped inputting mental energy.

What a strange reaction... Is my approach wrong?

“Ha…ha…ha…ha…it’s okay…”

Hu Teng bent down, supported his knee with his other hand, took a deep breath for a long time, and slowly recovered.

She wiped the corner of her mouth, raised her head, her face slightly flushed, and looked at Xu Huan with an ambiguous look.

The golden vertical pupils carry a strong sense of aggression...or some kind of desire.

"So this is what it feels like to be a commander..." the ship girl murmured.

"Is there something wrong? I see you are having a hard time controlling your emotions..."

Xu Huan spoke, with a tranquilizer in his hand. If the ship girl in front of him did anything beyond reason, he could calm her down in the first place.

"It's okay... It's just that this is the first time I've been powered by you, so I'm a little uncomfortable with it... I'll be fine once I get used to it."

Hu Teng forced himself to calm down, carefully felt the energy in his body again, and slowly spoke:

"I underestimated the strength of your mental energy just now, Commander... But it still feels good, with a very obvious increase..."

"But there seem to be obvious side effects? Just like what you just did... is it really okay?"

Seeing that Hu Teng didn't seem to be seriously injured, Xu Huan quietly put the sedative he had just taken out back.

"The more active the mental energy in the ship girl's body is, the stronger her strength will be. In other words, as long as the emotions are more excited, the strength will be stronger accordingly." Hu Teng shook his head:

"It is a kind of pleasure that maximizes the release of emotions in the body and the wanton use of mental energy. It is easy to be fascinated, and to some extent it does have some side effects, but it depends on the personality of each ship girl..."

After explaining, the ship girl was silent for a long time before she spoke again: "Commander, if you meet Akagi Ron and the others in the future, don't provide supplies easily..."

"Akagi and Ron? I see..." Xu Huan nodded.

Although I'm not sure why, it's always a good idea to write down the name first.

"Well, this is the process of providing mental energy amplification to the ship girl... If you become proficient in it in the future, you can directly provide mental energy through the air without physical contact."

“Thank you…”

After Xu Huan finished speaking, he looked at his hand which was still on Hu Teng's hand, and for a moment he didn't know whether he should take it back.

He looked up at the ship girl and found that Hu Teng was also looking at him.

The two looked at each other.

a long time.

"Commander...you are a little too polite."

Hu Teng spoke softly, slowly pulling his hand back.

Just then——

The cabin door was pushed open, and Royal Fortune shouted to the two people on the deck: "It's time to prepare dinner, you guys go first - eh?"

The girl was about to continue speaking when she noticed that the two people at the bow looked a little strange and not normal.

Hu Teng's face was strangely flushed, her breathing was a little rapid, and she looked as if she had just finished exercising, with smoke seeming to come out of her head.

On the other side, Xu Huan looked completely normal, except that his hand was inexplicably stretched out in the air, motionless.

The most important thing is....they seem to be standing a little too close, right? The kind that you can kiss directly with just a slight push....

and--

The girl smelled it carefully and found that there was still a faint residual smell of mental energy in the air.

Considering Hu Teng's previous behavior, a very bad feeling suddenly came to Royal Fortune's mind.

Could it be that Hu Teng was planning to do something secretly to trick Xu Huan away while I was away?

But based on her understanding of Xu Huan's character...he shouldn't be so easily fooled.

"What were you two doing just now? Miss Hutten, you didn't do anything bad to my crew again? Why is there still remnant of mental energy here?"

Xu Huan was thinking about how to explain what happened to Royal Fortune, but Hu Teng beside him explained it to him calmly:

"Because of the commander, I just accidentally summoned the ship equipment..."

"Commander...I see. Don't make too much noise. If we have to fight, let's do it at sea."

Royal Fortune nodded, and just as he was about to return to the cabin, he suddenly realized a problem.

Why did Hu Teng start calling the commander? ! ! !

Chapter 15 Preparing to Enter the City

After this incident, Royal Fortune's attitude towards Hu Teng became even more unfriendly.

Although she had long known that Xu Huan had been recognized by Hu Teng as a ship girl, Royal Fortune still felt a little depressed when she saw Hu Teng call Xu Huan the commander.

She is also a ship girl, and ship girls know each other well. If you think about it carefully, isn't Hu Teng's strange look just the amplification reaction after the first confirmation of the connection? !

It is said that Iron Blood is known for its rigor, but I didn't expect that the efficiency of its actions could become so fast.

It has only been a short time since I boarded the ship, and even the commander has been called. If the situation continues like this, I don’t dare to think about calling it Royal Wealth in the future...

If the relationship between the two was better, wouldn't it be easy for the crew member he picked up to run away with them?

Therefore, in the following voyage, Royal Wealth placed many small tentacles on the deck in the name of ensuring safety, watching the bow and stern 24 hours a day. Once they found that Hu Teng had the opportunity to approach Xu Huan privately, she would appear on the deck very "coincidentally".

It was impossible to give the two of them space to be alone. It would be bad if Hu Teng did something secretly while he was away.

Royal Fortune's behavior seemed normal to Xu Huan. Apart from coming to the deck from time to time and expressing some dissatisfaction with Hu Teng, it was not much different from usual.

As for Hutten...

He still maintained an expressionless look, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking.

In this way, the ship sailed towards the royal sea and city for about three days. The three of them lived in peace all the way. It was not until the early morning of the fourth day that Xu Huan was suddenly awakened from his sleep by the royal wealth through the door.

"Pack up and get ready to go. We'll change boats after breakfast."

After saying this, the girl swaggered away, leaving Xu Huan a little confused.

Why did you suddenly change ships?

Is it because the sailing warship is too obvious and contemporary?

It was not until Xu Huan finished washing up and walked onto the deck that he understood what the girl meant by changing boats.

The two ship girls in front of him had already changed their usual casual and comfortable loose clothes into clothes for traveling, and were currently surrounding a speedboat on the water.

Xu Huan glanced at the somewhat miniature speedboat, then looked at the giant battleship behind him, and raised his own questions.

"Are we...going to take this boat into the harbor soon?"

"Well, it's basically hard to encounter sirens in this place, so we can change to a lighter and more portable boat to enter the port..."

Royal Fortune looked evasive and said with a smile.

"Commander, what she meant is that I am a member of the Iron Blood, and she is not on good terms with the Royal Family. It is not convenient for both of our prototype ships to sail out... so we can only use a speedboat instead."

Hu Teng glanced at the girl and explained calmly:

"She doesn't want to expose her own whereabouts and ours to the royal family..."

"Well....?"

Xu Huan glanced at Royal Wealth after hearing this. Seeing that his expression was indeed unnatural, he knew that what Hu Teng said was probably true, and said:

"Will there be any serious consequences if I reveal my whereabouts to them? We are all ship girls on the same front. It's impossible for us to fight to the death over such a small matter, right?"

"That won't happen, but they will always ask about the purpose of the visit...it might be a bit troublesome. Similarly, if someone from the royal family comes to our Iron Blood, we will do the same."

"Is that so...Okay then."

Xu Huan originally wanted to interact more with the ship girls of the so-called royal camp and collect some information, but since it would cause trouble to the people around him, he decided to give up.

The three of them got on the speedboat, and after a big bubble wrapped them up, they started heading towards their destination.

The person sitting in the driving seat when they set off was Royal Wealth, but the girl's skills and some bad habits made the others on the boat feel a little dizzy, so halfway through the journey, Hu Teng, who could no longer bear it, finally seized control of the speedboat in a very tough manner.

"Tsk... your skills are no different from those drunk guys from the Northern Alliance..."

"I do have a little less experience, but don't compare me to those drunkards in the Northern League."

Xu Huan watched silently, then closed his eyes without saying a word.

To be honest, the skills of these two people seemed to be about the same to him. Royal Fortune was only pursuing speed, so it was not very comfortable to sit on. Although Hu Teng was more stable, his speed was also much lower.

"Look, the commander has been knocked unconscious by you..."

"That's because you were driving too slowly and fell asleep."

"...You two should get out of the way. I'll do it."

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About two hours later.

In the distance of the city, which was still quite busy, a brisk boat was gradually approaching the port.

That was Xu Huan and his group.

Looking at the city gradually spreading along the coast in the distance, the young man finally felt a lot more relaxed.

Although from a distance the level of urban construction and technology seemed far from the average of the Human Union, giving a sense of nostalgia for the 21st century, no matter what, since I came to this planet inexplicably for so long, I finally saw a scene that I was more familiar with.

The supplies in the tactical watch need to be replenished, and many things about this planet, as well as one's own specific coordinates, also need to be figured out.

"Are you guys coming with me?"

"of course."

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