Even if you are reluctant to leave, time will always move forward steadily at your own pace, not slowing down, and it is even more impossible to stop. Therefore, people have learned to prepare for the future and make careful preparations for the days ahead.

Jiangcheng, a city along the river, named "Wuhan" in the source world, is now the core of the central hub in the middle of the "final defense line". Even though the festive atmosphere is still strong and there is sparse snow floating in the sky, the diligent people still run around the streets and alleys. For personal affairs or official duties, when someone who knows you encounter them by chance, they will pause their steps and greet for a moment. A word is inevitably mentioned between the lines.

War is not a war of survival between humans and the deep sea, but an internal war between humans. Although the official has always refuted the rumors, well-informed people have begun to plan what to do after the New Year.

The rabbit ears brought by the transformation made Yang Yan clearly hear the whispers of the pedestrians on the roadside. However, the girl from Chongying Ship did not care about the choices and worries of these Chinese people, but touched them happily - no matter who it was, after several months, she would be so out of control.

Knowing her experience, North Carolina has not laughed at the behavior of the people around her. However, after a long time, she can't stand the strange sight around her. "Can you restrain yourself? If this continues, we can easily be regarded as fools!"

The devilish laughter stopped unconsciously, and the destroyer who had woken up in public was disgusting his body. He accelerated his pace and followed the white-haired loli walking in front. Only then did she remember that the other party had not revealed his itinerary until now. "Hey, where are you going?"

"I don't call me, either call me North Carolina or call me Teacher Reiner!" Disgusted with the other party's rudeness, the prototype ship retorted without hesitation. "It's true, although Youyouzi is a little black-hearted, there is no mistake in etiquette at least; why does it become like this when it comes to you..."

Standing and talking without a pain in the waist, it was not our voluntarily used it as a carrier for her! Looking around to confirm that the ghost princess did not appear, Yang Yan rolled his eyes. He did not want to continue to involve this topic, and the girl who took the initiative to admit defeat looked around while walking, but was soon attracted by a wall not far away - to be precise, it was the big words written in red paint on the wall.

As soon as he took a step, someone grabbed his cuff. "Don't go over, something is easy to happen." There was a faint disgust and helplessness in his eyes. The prototype ship girl who had guessed the content on it had long been winking at the other end of the street. "Go here."

The so-called rebellious mentality is that the more you are told not to do anything, the more you want to do it. North Carolina reminds the other party that the starting point is just to protect her, but Yang Yan was suddenly asked to stay away, and he only wanted to get the final result. The girl agreed on the surface, but she had a small plan in her heart.

Because of the path, the two girls said that the streets they were walking on had to pass through the fork where the wall was located. Equally close enough, the yellow-haired girl broke free from her companion holding her little hand and rushed towards the side.

If he really put on his posture, North Carolina, as a battleship, could undoubtedly crush his opponent. Unexpectedly, Yang Yan suddenly attacked, and the white-haired Loli had not responded at all. When she reported it, the girl Chongying had already arrived at the wall. "What a frigid guy!" She stomped on the snowy street with her small feet in her boots. She noticed that several figures had already surrounded her and her eyes were condensed, and she quickly strided to her companions. "Sorry, we went wrong~"

"Go~ wrong?" The North Carolina's explanation was sarcastic, and a young man in old clothes looked her up and down with a suspicion. Around the man, several young and middle-aged men emerged from somewhere, holding iron sticks and other instruments in hand, with some malicious intentions, began to circle around Yangyan.

Although her personality was a little impatient, Yang Yan was not a brainless person. When she saw the red letters on the wall, she roughly guessed what these guys were. The girl who returned to North Carolina looked solemn, but her lower hands were clenched quietly. The temperature around her dropped rapidly, which made the surroundings shudder.

"Strange, has it cooled down again?" "It's still snowing in the sky, isn't it natural for cold?" "Yes, don't be suspicious..." "Silent me all!" With the roar of the first interlocutor to North Carolina, the crowd quieted down again. He spitted on the ground with some dissatisfaction, and the leader continued to say to the white-haired Loli: "Are you... from Sakura Country?"

Only an arm's distance was between each other, and the strong alcoholic smell in the other's mouth mixed with bad breath, which made North Carolina's facial muscles twitch slightly. I really wanted to beat them all down, but when I remembered the purpose of this trip, the Loli, who was unwilling to alarm the snake, had to choose to be patient and impolite. "No, we are the ship girls of the New Federation~" She looked innocent and innocent, and she showed her ship suit. She raised her hands proudly and gestured with V-shaped gestures, like the young girls who successfully transformed into mass-produced ship girls. "That place called the casino is too boring, so we sisters came out to have some breath~"

Thanks to the smooth Chinese and the appearance without the characteristics of an Oriental person, the murderous ship behind them may have shocked the malicious people. The eyes were between the alert Yang Yan and the squinting North Carolina several times. The man finally twitched his right fist and raised it above the top. Seeing this, the men who were surrounded, they all put away their weapons and retreated with regret.

"Sorry, it happened to be a troublesome time. The Qinglong Gang had just been established and had to be careful. Since the two ship ladies are not messes of Sakura Country, there is no need to worry. We Chinese are still very friendly." The smiley and waved to the street location without laughing. The man pretended to be enthusiastic: "Two, do you need me to send someone to you as your guide?"

"Haha, no need, we hired a Chinese ship girl, she is outside~" pointed to the back of the street shop outside, who was picking up goods, and put away the petite loli, who put away the ship's suit, quickly pulled Yang Yan's arm and left the fork. He jumped into the clothing store without looking back. After confirming that those people did not follow, North Carolina, who was wiping the cold sweat, gave the latter a elbow. "Everyone said don't go over, can't you be honest? It's already a slum, and it's a common thing to die!"

"Oh, we know." He replied absent-mindedly, and the purple eyes of the girl Chongying girl always fell on the wall that attracted her attention before. The two of them were now in a position that could no longer see the words on it, but for Yang Yan, the red words had already been reflected in the depths of her mind and could not be forgotten.

Even if the Chinese economy has retreated for another twenty years, it will kill all the miscellaneous parts of the country of Sakura. The blood of Yanhuang cannot be defiled, and drives those beasts out of the land where our ancestors live! The messy font proves that the writer's level of education is not high; the inferior red paint also makes the entire wall exude a pungent volatile odor. However, from the perspective of the heavy cherry ship girl, these factors are not as shocking and sad as the content of the line.

"Don't take it seriously, it's just a common fishing method for gangsters~" As a member of the commissioner, North Carolina, who can get news from some secret channels, naturally knows that the truth is far from that simple. From racial discrimination since ancient times, to the trauma of war in modern times, to the decline in living standards caused by the economic recession after the Deep Sea War... all kinds of factors have combined to form the current general hostility towards the people of Sakura Country. If some people with ulterior motives have become tools for them to seize wealth and power. As for those citizens of Sakura Country whose interests or lives have been hurt, if anyone cares about them, they will be labeled as a "traitor, traitor".

The special commissioner always knew the drama that was performed over and over again over the years. But as a ship girl, she was not qualified or had the power to change all this. So she comforted her companions a few words and confirmed that the "enthusiastic Chinese" had dispersed. Then she gave a serious reminder: "Follow me later, don't talk nonsense if you don't have permission!"

After experiencing the scene just now, the girl realized that the city was not friendly to her, nodded in a daze. She followed her like a marionette, walking through the streets and alleys, and passing by Yang Yan, who went out to pay New Year's greetings or doing business from time to time, gradually realized something was wrong. "Hey... Reiner, why do we think that this is walking into the 'slum' you mentioned?"

"Nonsense, this kind of mixed place is the place that intelligence dealers love the most!" He glanced at the other party with a look of looking at the idiot, and he sideways away from the oncoming North Carolina, pointing his finger at a two-story hut at the corner not far away. "We're here~"

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"Oh, you're here!" The young man wearing glasses waved his hand and greeted him enthusiastically, noticing Yang Yan, who was standing not far away, with a smile on his face. "For the first time we met, Chongying's little guy~"

"Uh, hello, you." Although the young man with a twenties looks in his early twenties and a slightly thin figure even gives people the feeling of being "unable to tie a chicken", the intuition of a warrior in his heart was a crazy warning, which made Yang Yan, who was a little unruly, subconsciously put away his arrogance. He noticed that the other party was wearing a robe (a combination of tops and skirts), she seemed to have realized something: "Are you from Sakura Country?"

The man who was leading the way heard this, touched his head and turned around and said lightly: "Actually, I prefer others to call me Japanese, but you are not bad at calling Sakurano Country. Anyway, from a geographical point of view, the two are---"

"Okay, stop teaching these things that are not available!" From the back, North Carolina pushed open the door of the deepest part of the aisle. "Hurry up and do the job, we are going to set off to Star City tonight!"

The face that was originally smiling suddenly became very serious, and the young man who looked more like a college student or a white-collar worker stopped and said solemnly: "I personally recommend that you stay here for the time being, it is too dangerous now."

After knowing each other for many years, North Carolina certainly knew that he would not be aimless, but could stay in a slum that was mixed with fish and dragons for many years. The other party was indeed unique in collecting intelligence and dealing with people. "How dangerous, can't I even handle it?"

"...It's hard to say." His tone showed hesitation for the first time, signaling the two young men who were sitting casually to the table and picked up the kettle on the stove and started making tea for the two. "I just obtained this information and has not been confirmed yet, but if it is true, you have a half chance of dying when you go to Xingcheng now."

I felt that I couldn't get into their conversation and had no ambition to "revitalize the Sakura Country". After hearing a few sentences, I felt that I had little to do with me. Yang Yan quickly observed and explored the entire room like Liu Laolao entering the Grand View Garden. Unlike the narrow dark and gloomy room she remembered, the so-called "intelligence dealer"'s residence was not large, but it was decorated very warmly. The photos hanging on the wall were so neat that it could almost be used as a mirror wooden floor, the flowers on the countertop and the fish tank that was almost half a person high by the windowsill, which all meant that the owner of the room was a person with a life-interesting and orderly work. The single bed in the corner also proved that the man with glasses lived alone on his daily life, and the room was tidy.

Yang Yan was in the mood to tease the goldfish in the tank, and the prototype ship girl was left with only sadness, and a cold war was all over her body. The photo in her hand fell directly on the table. "When did I take this?"

"...One hour and twenty-five minutes ago, the source is confidential." After glanced at the wall clock, the young man pushed the teacup back to the other side. When the photo slipped down, he quickly took the teacup away to keep the tabletop wet. "This is too far from Xingcheng, and the guards are on high alert. It is difficult for several of my people to go offline to verify it in a short time, so they planned to wait for two days before talking." He picked up the photo that was obviously taken in a hurry. He tapped the girls in the center with his hand. Due to the angle, their faces were not very clear, but the iconic bun-headed cheongsam dress and the uniquely shaped ship suit behind him had already confirmed their identity: ship girl.

And they are the famous prototype ship girls in China, Pinghai and Ninghai.

If only this were the case, North Carolina would not be so disobedient at all. What really made her chill was the number of girls in the picture: a full six. It seemed to be printed with a mold. The Three Pinghai and Three Ninghai looked like clones--at least from the photo.

Although he did not stay in Hongdu for various reasons, because someone's frequent transmission, the commissioner's wife was actually very familiar with Wang Zhi's movements. So compared to the young people who had not yet extended to Liga, the girl who understood what the guardian of Fantasy Township had experienced on the other side of the ocean confirmed at a glance that the worst situation had already occurred. "No need to verify, they are Pinghai and Ninghai." After a brief pause, she continued: "Do you still remember that the Time Traveler Legion had developed a device that could analyze the so-called "second-dimensional beauty girl" to produce a large number of replicas..."

"Remember, they used this method to mass-produce our companions, and then rewarded them as prizes to the active travelers." The young man with anger faintly in his voice, who sat back on his original position picked up the photo frame on the table. In addition to him who looked younger than he is now, there were also two black-haired beauties, one big and one small. They had seven or eight points similar appearances, proving that they were related to each other; and the intimate contact with the young meant that they were all very important people in the lives of young people. "At that time, Gaia also organized a commando team to destroy the copying device. Unfortunately, the girls had no news, including them----"

It was because he knew his feelings for the two that North Carolina came to find each other during the New Year in the wind and snow. "Hei Tonggan, I just received a piece of information about the whereabouts of your wife and daughter a few hours ago." Feeling the hot gaze that fell on her body, she quickly waved her hand to signal the other party to calm down. "I will tell you truthfully, but I also hope you can help me, did the Siren restore the skills of the time travelers or have established contact with those guys."
Chapter completed!