Chapter 432: Huh, can we reconcile?

"What!? The Xiangyang has already sunk!?"

In front of the Falanaka harbor, several young girls were standing together; among them, the young girl with a pair of cat ears on her head was looking at the blonde young girl in front of her with a shocked expression.

"This... although I'm not quite sure how to say it, the Xiangyang has indeed sunk to the bottom of the sea."

Meiyin scratched her cheek, feeling a bit embarrassed. As a member of the Xiangyang herself—even if she was only sent by the Church—the ship had sunk while she was there, so... "Please, please punish me to your heart's content! No matter what kind of torture it is, I will accept it!" Meiyin shouted at Yun Mu with a blushing face.

"Hey, what are you shouting about in broad daylight, you!" No sooner had Meiyin finished speaking than a group of people nearby looked over in unison. Yun Mu hurriedly covered her mouth, then smiled awkwardly at the people around them and quickly pulled Meiyin away. "Mmph! Mmph!" Meiyin, with her mouth covered by Yun Mu, was dragged into the depths of a nearby alley. After letting go, Meiyin began to pant heavily.

"Ha, haha, this feeling, I can accept it too~" she said, her eyes looking somewhat unfocused.

Moreover, Meiyin looked at the surrounding environment.

In the dim alley, the nun who served the gods would eventually... "Is it really going to be that?"

"Miss Yun is truly impatient!"

This perverted masochistic nun, I've really had enough!

Lucy and Brenna, who were following behind the two, exchanged a glance, both seeing a look of helplessness in the other's eyes.

Besides that, there was also some vigilance.

Absolutely, absolutely must not let Miss Yun have too much contact with this perverted nun! As for Lita and Iliyasi, the two were still thinking about the Xiangyang at this moment.

As for the former, the Xiangyang was, after all, the ship of Lita's old man; it was impossible for Lita not to be concerned if the ship had sunk.

And Iliyasi was wondering how they would go back if the ship had sunk, returning to Yun Mu and Meiyin's side.

After hearing the words Meiyin spoke, two black lines fell from the top of Yun Mu's head.

She asked the other party seriously: "So, what exactly happened, the Xiangyang..."

"It was sunk by those mechanical bodies using missiles, but I actually hadn't finished what I was saying just now." Seeing the serious look on Yun Mu's face, Meiyin stopped joking and answered just as seriously:

"The Xiangyang is a Ghost Ship; it can self-repair as long as there are materials, but besides repairing..."

"Hmm..." Meiyin wore an expression on her face that showed she didn't know how to put it: "In, in short, you'll understand once you see it with your own eyes."

See it with her own eyes? Yun Mu was a bit puzzled, not knowing what kind of change would make Meiyin show that expression.

But since the other party had already said so, she should stop asking for now and go take a look.

It wouldn't take much time anyway.

"Ah, it's Miss Yun!"

"Yay, Miss Yun is back!"

"Good morning, Miss Yun!"

"Yo, Captain!"

Yun Mu and the others followed Meiyin to a private shipyard in Falanaka. Perhaps because they knew the news of Yun Mu's return, most of the crew had already returned here.

And those who had just greeted Yun Mu were all familiar faces.

"Ruixi, Lixia, Kamaier, and Meilaer... everyone, I'm back!"

She responded to everyone one by one, then turned her gaze toward the behemoth moored in the shipyard.

"This, this is the Xiangyang?" she said, unable to believe it.

She saw a four-masted sailing warship, entirely grey-black and nearly eighty meters long, quietly docked in the shipyard. Most eye-catching of all was the alloy hull that was embedded into the ship like shimmering light.

As well as that ship turret on the bow that looked quite intimidating. Besides that, if she wasn't mistaken, was that a cruise missile silo at the stern?

This sailing warship, which looked quite like it belonged to the Age of Discovery, had unexpectedly turned out quite good-looking after strangely fusing with elements of modern technology!

If it weren't for the senses coming from the Ghost Ship Contract telling her so, she wouldn't have believed at all that the ship before her was the Xiangyang!

"The Xiangyang became like this after devouring those mechanical bodies of the Old Legion." Meiyin explained to Yun Mu at this moment: "Besides that... it seems a consciousness was born within the Xiangyang?"

"No, the Ghost Ship already had a consciousness, it's just, I don't know how to put it either."

"In short, you'll know once you go aboard and see for yourself!" Meiyin finally pushed the matter away, just letting Yun Mu go aboard to see for herself.

"By the way, this is for you." She took out a piece of cardboard and handed it to Yun Mu.

"This is?" Yun Mu took the cardboard and discovered that it was written with the current 3D data of the Xiangyang.

The ship's length was 86.74 meters, the maximum height was 66.38 meters, the width was 18.64 meters, and the original 42 side-spin cannons had been increased to 56.

The number of bow cannons and side-spin cannons remained unchanged.

The mortar was still retained, and a missile tower had been added next to it—it seemed to be technology from the Old Legion; after being assimilated by the Ghost Ship, it only needed to utilize the Ghost Ship's abilities to fire infinitely.

If nothing went wrong, it was also a huge money pit.

As for the turret on the bow, its power was quite astonishing.

After testing, it was almost equivalent to the full-strength strike of a peak Champion Transcendental! If hit head-on, unless one was a Legendary-level Transcendental or higher, there was simply no possibility of surviving! But then again, this kind of cannon was all about range, and at such a distance, if a Transcendental could still be hit head-on... they might as well go home and farm.

Of course, she was just saying that; if anyone dared to trade fire with her Xiangyang in the future with ship cannons of this power, she guaranteed she would blast the other party so hard their own mother wouldn't recognize them!

Back to the main topic.

Yun Mu put away the cardboard in her hand, then followed Meiyin to the captain's quarters.

"Welcome back, Captain."

Just as she walked into the captain's quarters, a voice gave her a start.

She saw that above the wooden captain doll sculpture left by the previous captain of the Xiangyang, Edward, on the nautical chart in the captain's quarters, a silver-white metal sphere was floating in mid-air.

This thing looked like a creation of some "something-s" technology; the entirely silver-white mechanical shell was covered with blue energy patterns.

However, Yun Mu noticed that this guy didn't seem to have a physical form; what appeared before her was merely a projection.

"You are... the Ship Spirit of the Xiangyang?" Yun Mu finally knew what the thing Meiyin said was hard to explain was.

"You could say that." The metal sphere in front of her replied coldly.

It couldn't really be called cold, it was just like a robot, without any tone at all.

Hey, wait, the other party seemed to be a robot, after all.

"What do you mean by 'you could say that'?" Yun Mu frowned subconsciously; honestly, she didn't want her ship to have ideas of its own.

Perhaps guessing that she would think this way, the metal sphere before her spoke: "There is no need to worry; I do not harbor any unfavorable thoughts toward you. Besides, without your permission, I cannot control any objects on the ship."

Before it could finish speaking, it was interrupted by Meiyin at its side.

"It's lying. Before Miss Yun returned, many objects on the ship were controlled by this guy."

"That is because Ms. Yun Mu was not here. Since she has returned, the contract of the Ghost Ship will take effect."

"Hmph, these are just your claims; who knows if they are true." Meiyin gave a light huff, looking as if she did not trust this guy at all.

She was a nun of the Dark Night Church, so naturally, she had no fondness for things like the Ship Spirit of a Ghost Ship.

Furthermore, she had never heard of a Ghost Ship's Ship Spirit developing to the point where it could manifest and converse with the Captain.

This guy might just be some foreign Evil God in disguise!

A naturally Evil Ship Spirit brat, for Miss Yun's safety, I will just—alas, before Meiyin could confirm her intention to act, she was chased out of the Captain's cabin by Yun Mu.

It couldn't exactly be called being chased out, but "I have some matters to discuss with Ms. Yun Mu, privately. I hope you can leave," the metal sphere suspected to be the Ship Spirit said slowly.

"What do you want to say?" Yun Mu was a bit curious, then added: "They are all people I trust, it's fine."

"This matter is extremely important, and there may be risks. I believe it would be best if you heard it alone." The metal sphere did not budge, using the possibility of risks to get Yun Mu to send Meiyin and the others away.

"Alright." Since the other party had said as much, Yun Mu decided to see exactly what it had to say.

Anyway, if it wasn't some great secret, she could just tell Brenna and the others afterward.

As for whether there would be any danger in being alone with the metal sphere? Just kidding, that was the last thing Yun Mu worried about.

"Well... since it's Miss Yun's decision, then fine." Meiyin walked out of the room somewhat unwillingly, and after Brenna and Lucy urged her to be careful, they left together.

"You can speak now." After everyone had left the Captain's cabin, Yun Mu asked the spherical mechanical body in front of her.

"Of course." The spherical mechanical body's torso swayed up and down as it said: "Actually, I was sent here by the God of Decay and Necromancy, Fen Yege. You might know my identity."

"Sent by Fen Yege?" A look of contemplation appeared on Yun Mu's face, then she suddenly thought of something: "You couldn't be..."

"That's right." Seeing that she had guessed it, the spherical mechanical body confirmed directly: "I am the System Host of the Old Legion. After the Beastkin God Robert fell, I, who should have fallen into slumber, was brought here by Fen Yege and merged with the Ghost Ship."

"Now, I am the Ship Spirit of the Xiangyang. Of course, the original Ship Spirit has not been extinguished; it has simply merged with me."

"The current me is neither the Host of the Old Legion nor the original Ship Spirit; I am a brand-new, independent individual. However, although the original Ship Spirit had some emotions, it did not have much self-awareness, so I appear more like the original System Host."

It really was the System Host of the Old Legion. But since that was the case, Yun Mu suddenly remembered some things, and her gaze gradually became less friendly.

"You guy came at just the right time. Thinking about it carefully, it seems we still have a few scores to settle!"

When she first arrived at the Federation, she took a Magic Train only to be attacked by a mechanical squad of the Old Legion, and after finally wiping out the mechanical squad, she was bombed by Heavenly Punishment.

Later, after entering the capital, she was assassinated by a disguised mechanical unit, and then there was the matter of being repeatedly bombed by Magic Energy Magnetic cannons and Heavenly Punishment before the final battle with the Beastkin God... The more Yun Mu thought about it, the darker her complexion became, and she began to emit an intimidating aura.

"This, I can expl—no, wait, those were all done by the former Old Legion Host, it has nothing to do with me, a newborn individual... No, that's not right! Those were all things Fen Yege made me do; I was just forced to!"

Sensing the aura on Yun Mu, the spherical mechanical body's originally calm tone gradually became panicked. Seeing that excuses were useless, it even directly shifted the blame onto the God of Decay and Necromancy, Fen Yege.

But well... "Do you think I would believe such wording?"

"My. Dear. Mr. Host?"

(End of chapter)