Chapter 16: Nengdai

The time on the Construction Device quickly reset after Qin Ge pressed the accelerate button, and the Construction Device's hatch made a sound and began to slowly open. A burst of golden light shone out from the hatch, and Prince of Wales and Qin Ge instantly widened their eyes toward the Construction Device.

As the Construction Device's hatch slowly opened, the golden light grew brighter and brighter, and accompanied by the light, a mist also seeped out from the opened hatch. Only when the hatch was fully opened did the figure inside enter the view of Prince of Wales and Qin Ge.

The girl had black hair that reached her thighs, wore a black sailor uniform, had black stockings on her legs, and grew a pair of small horns on her head.

She was currently looking at Qin Ge in front of her, expressionless, "Agano-class second ship, Nengdai, from today onward I join your fleet. Let us work together and prove our abilities to each other."

Qin Ge smiled and nodded at the expressionless girl before him, extending his right hand, "Acting Commander Qin Ge, I'm very pleased to meet you; as your commander, let us strive together from now on!"

The girl froze for a moment, then likewise extended her right hand and lightly shook Qin Ge's hand, "Yes, Commander!"

Their hands lightly clasped and then released, whereupon Prince of Wales, standing nearby, walked over and gave Qin Ge a strange look that made his scalp tingle.

"I say, Dean, I shouldn't have done anything wrong, or misspoken, right? Why are you looking at me like that?" Qin Ge asked Prince of Wales doubtfully.

"No, but having been Dean for so many years and having seen countless Big Build records, I have never before witnessed a 'one-shot soul' like this, and it directly produced a super-rare light cruiser shipgirl." Prince of Wales said admiringly, "It seems your luck is extremely explosive now; otherwise, why don't you try building another one?"

"Uh..." Qin Ge looked speechlessly at Prince of Wales, "I say, Dean, you said before that during a Big Build one must stay calm; why am I not getting carried away while you are? And didn't I tell you my plan earlier? Now I only need a light cruiser to cooperate with me in practicing those battle tactics theories; I don't need any more shipgirls for the time being."

Nengdai, standing behind Qin Ge, hearing his words, involuntarily nodded, but her face remained expressionless.

"This isn't a matter of getting carried away or not; it's a matter of judging character. I originally didn't believe in such a 'one-shot soul' thing, but today you performed it right before my eyes, so I want to see whether your next one can also be a one-shot soul." Prince of Wales said intriguingly.

"But I need to save these Wisdom Cubes and supplies for future plans..." Qin Ge said rather helplessly.

"The supplies and Wisdom Cubes for the next Big Build are on me!" Prince of Wales said generously, and directly took out two Wisdom Cubes and 1500 units of supplies from the Jia Zhuang Kong Jian.

Looking at the Wisdom Cubes and supplies before him, Qin Ge involuntarily swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked Prince of Wales doubtfully, "Really?"

"Of course it's true; my Wisdom Cubes and supplies are right here—do you want to build or not?" Prince of Wales said with a smile.

"Build! Definitely build—no commander can refuse the opportunity of a Big Build!" Qin Ge said firmly to Prince of Wales, with a look of facing death as if returning home.

"Hmm, not bad—then what type of shipgirl do you want to build this time?" Prince of Wales asked with a smile.

Qin Ge considered for a moment, looked at Nengdai behind him, and her information surfaced in his memory. Nengdai, the second ship of the Agano class, as a light cruiser originally of the Sakura Empire, her ability lies between destroyers and light cruisers; she serves as the flagship leading destroyers in maritime reconnaissance and large-scale torpedo warfare. Thus it can be inferred that her torpedo ability must be strong, and as the flagship of destroyers, her speed and maneuverability must be high. However, as a Sakura Empire warship, her anti-air capability will definitely be weak—this needs no thought, so…

"My next shipgirl I intend to build is an aircraft carrier, whether light or regular is fine." Qin Ge said to Prince of Wales.

"Reason?" Prince of Wales asked with a smile.

"It's not that I look down on the Sakura Empire faction, but their anti-air has always been a weakness, and Nengdai herself is a super-rare shipgirl, so her attack is certainly no problem; thus now is the time to make up for the weakness. Moreover, in the contest for air supremacy, who could be more professional than an aircraft carrier?" Qin Ge said to Prince of Wales.

Upon hearing Qin Ge's words, Nengdai froze for a moment and then looked at him in astonishment. Indeed, her weakness is anti-air firepower; although her memory recalls sinking an aircraft carrier, she ultimately fell due to anti-air issues, dying at the hands of an aircraft carrier. Qin Ge directly pointed out her weakness, assuming that if she had air superiority from her own side's aircraft carrier, she would surely be unstoppable.

"Hehe, a very rational analysis—indeed, aside from a few exceptional shipgirls, the Sakura Empire's anti-air has always been a weakness, so wanting to build an aircraft carrier is completely justified." Prince of Wales nodded at Qin Ge, "Then go ahead and build; I want to see whether a miracle will occur again this time!"

"Yes!" Qin Ge nodded at Prince of Wales, then turned to Nengdai and said, "Nengdai, please wait here a moment while I go try to see if I can add another possibility to our fleet!"

"Yes, Commander!" Nengdai nodded and stood obediently to one side.

Qin Ge smiled at her, then walked over to the Special Type Ship Construction device beside the Construction Device. Having built once before, this time was second nature; he deftly placed the Wisdom Cubes and supplies into the Construction Device. After waiting for the Construction Device's hatch to close, he directly pressed the start button on the machine, whereupon a sound came from the hatch accompanied by flashing light traces, exactly the same as before.

The sound lasted half a minute before stopping; at that moment, the three people in the construction room all looked at the time displayed on the Construction Device, expecting a miracle to appear once again!

However……the miracle, just as people had hoped, appeared once again on the Construction Device's screen!

3:00:00

Although Qin Ge and Nengdai were not very familiar with the shipgirls' construction time, Prince of Wales certainly was. She now tilted her head up to look at the Construction Device's time, her mouth agape……