The following day, in the capital city of the empire, at the port.

This place is usually quite deserted. Apart from people from Silver Pine Island, only some surrounding villages that take the faster waterway choose this route. There are usually only two or three large and small boats here, and hardly anyone visits.

But today is different. The place was packed with people early in the morning; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the streets were deserted.

Everyone came to bid farewell to their families—not to mention the royal knights, the doctrine of the Church has never prohibited marriage, and most of those going to war had their own wives, children, and elderly parents.

This is also the first time everyone has faced something like an "expedition". In the past, the royal family established knightly orders and the papacy established priests and clergy. No matter how much they improved their military strength, it was all just a power struggle between two political forces, which was essentially an internal conflict.

Now it's about defending against foreign enemies, a completely different matter—many people, let alone going to sea, have never even left the main city to go to the surrounding counties. Even if they are well prepared, they can't help but feel uneasy and nervous.

"Ah Da, you must be careful. Mother is waiting for you to come back..."

"mother……"

"Xiao Mei, let's get married when I return from defeating the Sea God!"

"Okay, I'll wait for you..."

I dare not say such things, I dare not say such things... Standing on the boat, listening to the people below flying up and down, sweating profusely, is this something I can say?

However, he suddenly felt a bit sentimental. This was the first time the people of the Hualan Empire had set sail, and he himself wasn't much better off. This thought inevitably reminded him of the people still in the City of Night Sin.

For example, there's my good sister Su Lin, my little pet Lin Yue, and Tang Shuang. Before she left, she even said that when he got back, she would give herself to him...

Huh? Does this count as gay too? I don't want this kind of thing!

Oh no, I miscalculated! I should have made her moan and groan until she couldn't get out of bed before I left...

He wasn't the only one feeling sad; Xia Ke'an, standing beside him, also sullenly said, "It's been so long since we've heard from Silly Rabbit. She should still be alive, right?"

The silly rabbit was referring to Gu Yi. It was clear that although they bickered fiercely, some friendships were built up in that way. Of course, it might also be related to her nature as an older woman. She seemed to enjoy being with younger children, probably because she could find some joy in being the king of the kids.

"I miss them too, but I don't know when I'll be able to get in touch with them."

Xia Wuyou was also stirred up, and the three of them collectively became emo.

"...It won't be long."

Xu Shixian finally calmed down and sighed, "Chengcheng has already gone to handle the base station construction. It should be completed before we come back."

It's not that they can't make contact now, but unfortunately the temporary signal towers built at sea are all rudimentary, at most capable of sending telegrams, and can only conduct simple text exchanges. For them, who are already used to communication wristbands, this is obviously far from enough.

As soon as you speak of the devil, he appears. In the blink of an eye, someone hurriedly pushes through the crowd, carrying two boxes, and comes to Xu Shi and his party. "Mr. Xu, this is what Madam Jiang asked me to give you. Luckily, we made it in time."

This man was one of the Silver Pine Island people they had rescued. By seniority, he was considered one of Pan Cheng's confidants. Xu Shi nodded slightly and took the box, saying, "Thank you for your trouble."

Upon opening it, the first box contained a set of combat clothing and a brand-new alloy battle blade.

The clothes were clearly not for Xu Shi, and he couldn't wear them anyway—they were specially designed for Xia Wuyou by Jiang Chengcheng, who had been busy with them since they set sail.

Xia Xiaomao was originally used to lightweight exoskeleton mechs rather than the heavy armor of combat teams, so Jiang Chengcheng naturally chose to continue this design direction.

It also comes with a handwritten instruction manual, which provides a more detailed introduction.

Xu Shi glanced through it and found that she had borrowed a lot of craftsmanship from the Hualan Empire. For example, she boldly abandoned most of the composite materials commonly used in Night Sin City and instead chose a kind of exotic beast leather unique to the Hualan Empire as the main material. According to her explanation, this material is superior in terms of extensibility, defense, and even comfort.

The matching alloy blade is the same, thinner and longer than the original, and the blood groove is filled with a dark blue liquid.

This is the unique "Rust Mist" ore of the Hualan Empire. It is in this liquid state when mined, and the concentration of "Rust Mist" is no less than that of the ore in the "Forsaken" living area. Apart from being rare and expensive, it has no other drawbacks.

Another advantage of this material is that it can better establish a connection with the user – which is also the main focus of this exclusive weapon, maximizing the advantages of supernatural abilities by further extending the user's capabilities.

To give a simple example, when Xia Wuyou battled Tang Shuang before, she once performed a brilliant move of shrinking an explosive device with a single slash. That was a demonstration of her ability, not how powerful the weapon was. Now, with this new knife, performing such a move will be even smoother.

This inspiration also came from the Hualan Empire—the people there had a low level of technology, but their research on ascendant abilities was more thorough, and most of their weapons also adopted this idea, using them as conductors rather than simply as weapons.

In a more elegant way, it's called the unity of man and sword.

The same goes for this suit. Jiang Chengcheng modified the original exoskeleton into a nanoscale internal integrated circuit, which is equivalent to embedding a large number of "twins" inside. According to her, after simulation tests, the effect of reducing weight and improving personal sensitivity is even better.

"Increase sensitivity?"

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