As for how long it would take for [Enterprise] himself, Su Xin didn't know and didn't want to ask.
She had to take the children back. Her concern and sympathy for others in the process would only be a stumbling block to her firm will and affect her mood.
All she has to do is to maintain the [enterprise] and give corresponding remuneration, and both parties get what they need, that's all.
"So... you're willing to help, right?"
[Enterprise] nodded, thought for a moment, and then said, "Yes, but I also want something."
"That piece of metal in your hand, right?" Su Xin had expected this.
"...Yes, it is...very important to me." [Enterprise] said without hesitation, "Now that you know my situation, you should understand its magical power."
Of course Su Xin knew that Helena was cured with a wrench. Exchanging renewable ship equipment for the children's data was a good deal no matter how you looked at it.
"Okay." Su Xin agreed quickly, "But you have to remember that it can only be used a limited number of times, and... you probably won't be able to analyze its material."
[Enterprise] frowned upon hearing this, not only because of the consumable nature of the small wrench, but also because of the overly intelligent human woman in front of him.
To be honest, she could hardly remember her age, but this was the first time she felt seen through by someone, and it was one-sided, which made her even more curious about the origins of the human in front of her.
It's a pity that he was injured, and it would be too much of a burden to rush forward in time to find someone, which forced [Enterprise] to temporarily put his mind at ease and focus on the present.
"Well, can I ask where you got it?"
"Well... Actually, it's a companion to me. I can restore its usage times. As for the principle... I'm not quite sure, but it's definitely enough to cure you."
Su Xin paused, then added: "After you bring the device to me, as long as I'm still here, you can come to me at any time to restore the number of times you use it. It's equivalent to... a one-time payment charging station. How about it?"
This proposal is very cost-effective for [Enterprise] because she can choose the time to enter and exit the world. She can leave one second and come back to recharge the small wrench with the count reset to zero the next second.
So [Enterprise] nodded and accepted the deal, and secretly decided that after his injuries recovered, he would go back to the previous time point to look for clues, and maybe he could find a way to mass produce it.
Su Xin was also very happy. The turning point had finally come and she could finally bring the children back home. As for her subsequent death...
"Let it be. After all... the ending is already decided."
Chapter 692 Shocking Change
【Enterprise】Finally, I settled down in the small courtyard
She spoke very little and didn't care much about other people. She only showed curiosity and vigilance when facing Su Xin.
Because she was not very sociable, Su Xin could only arrange for her to live in the room next to Jiang Jue, where she slept alone on a cleaned iron bed.
Of course there were beddings, but the clothes had to be distributed evenly. Before Xiao Jue's subordinates came back, she and Anchorage each contributed a set for the [Enterprise] to change and wash.
As for meals, [Enterprise] would not touch human food, and the oil reserves seemed to be enough for her to eat. Although she would attend every meeting, she would just drink canned food in silence.
Su Xin asked the reason, and [Enterprise] said that it was useless to eat it, and she didn't want to waste food, so drinking oil would be enough.
Fortunately, the children didn't hear this, otherwise Su Xin would have to find a way to coax them to eat, lest one or two of them start to stretch their necks and drink oil, which smells bad.
[Enterprise] would stay in the room most of the time, whether sleeping or doing something else, Su Xin didn't know. Except for meal times, she would only see him when the little wrench's energy was exhausted.
Speaking of this, Su Xin is also very miserable.
Recharging requires mental and physical energy. She was originally weak, and in order to treat Enterprise's injuries, she felt drowsy every day and spent most of her time sleeping.
Although Su Xin said it was okay, everyone was worried, especially Jiang Jue, who didn't agree with strangers staying in the first place, and little Helena, who turned the tables.
It was so obvious that the two of them disliked the Enterprise that they were unwilling to even look at each other.
But [Enterprise] herself has adapted well to this. She is not a child and cares more about the results when doing things. Now healing the injury is the key and everything else can be ignored.
The weakness in [Archives] also affected the real Commander Su Xiao. She became even more sleepy than Lafite, and except for eating and digesting food, she basically spent all her time in bed.
Since they usually stay at home, the other ship girls didn't find it strange. Yixian, Lafei, Amagi, Akagi and the three maids who knew the truth were also convinced by Su Xin's words "this matter is very important".
They listened to the commander's general explanation of the specific situation and realized that there was no room for negotiation with Su Xin on issues related to the ship girls. After confirming that she just loved to sleep, they did not try to stop her.
In this situation, the maids have more work to do, including washing, meals, and care. They are required to help with care most of the time, which increases their workload.
Although this is not what they wanted.
Fortunately, the flow of time inside and outside is different. After this weakness symptom lasted for three days, Su Xin recovered. "Well... I cured her, so it's okay. Thank you all for your hard work."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and started preaching at the same time.
The tone was both soft and hard. Su Xin knew it was for her own good, so she didn't refute it. She listened carefully and promised that she would never do anything to hurt herself in the future.
But how credible this guarantee is really a matter of opinion.
After [Enterprise]'s injury was healed, he did not leave the courtyard immediately, but remained in the room, rarely communicating with other people.
But it just seemed like she didn't leave. In fact, from the small wrench of empty energy she handed over every now and then, it could be seen that the other party definitely left a lot, but they just couldn't notice it.
Fortunately, since Su Xin's last coma, the [Enterprise] has realized the side effects of charging, and did not rush to exploit the unknown "charging station" in the hospital, but came once every three to five days.
Su Xin knew that the other party was already collecting materials, so she naturally had no objection. She helped when necessary and took care of the child when necessary. The two sides lived in peace for a while.
There is not much to do in winter. All the vegetables in the fields that could be harvested have been harvested, and no more planting has been done after the temperature dropped. The buds in the yard were planted into flowers, but Jiang Jue said they were of little use, and now they are covered with snow and no one knows whether they are dead or not.
Little Santiago's sparrow friend had already flown away to spend the winter somewhere else. She had worked so hard to feed him insects for so long, but in the end she got nothing.
Fortunately, the dog that Jiang Jue brought is still there and has become the children's playmate in their spare time. The name "Dilster" has long been overturned by them, and now it is called "Cow".
I don’t know why a dog was named Cow. Su Xin thought it might have something to do with its black and white color.
Jiang Jue complained about this countless times, but he couldn't resist the other four kids who thought it was easy to say, so he had to accept it, and then he called it more diligently than anyone else.
"Cow? Cow! I am your master! You eat my food and drink my drinks, but in the end you become someone else's bootlicker?!"
"Wow~"
Little Jue Ye raised his hand angrily and wanted to take a picture, but Wen Yue took the cow away first. After he shrank next to Su Xin, he breathed a sigh of relief as if he had a backer.
Recently, [Enterprise] has not been going out and it is cold in the courtyard, so everyone likes to gather in Su Xin's room to play. Little Helena is happy about this, and it would be even better if the two of them were alone.
Unfortunately, the elder sister's love was always divided equally, even Jiang Jue had a share. Since a stranger came to the courtyard, she got even less.
Although little Helena is still young, she has gradually understood what possessiveness is. She can accept that her sister cares about other people, but she hopes to be special in her sister's eyes.
But her sister seemed not to want to see her like this, so little Helena could only bury her thoughts and never water them, for fear that they would sprout in her heart.
"...So sister, when will that person leave?"
Su Xin smiled helplessly, "She is helping me, I don't know exactly how long it will take, don't worry, okay?"
"Okay..." Little Helena advised herself not to be willful, "I'm just worried about you... Every time she talks to you, you sleep for a long time..."
"Well... there's nothing we can do about it. She needs my sister's help. It's something only my sister can do. So I'll be a little tired, but I'll be fine after a good night's sleep."
Little Helena nodded obediently and followed the others to pet the dog.
Seeing this, Su Xin breathed a sigh of relief. After all, if little Helena continued to ask questions, she would have to consider how to answer more appropriately.
The longer he hesitated, the more obvious his insincerity would become, and the more it would hurt the girl's heart, which was something she didn't want to see.
"Fortunately, everything seems to be going smoothly over at the Enterprise. We should be able to get through it if we wait a little longer."
Su Xin originally thought so, but the next morning, after she finished dining with [Enterprise] and watched him enter the room, she heard a loud "bang" within a few seconds.
The door that had just been closed was pulled open with great force and hit the wall. [Enterprise], emitting black smoke, rushed out from the door and reached out to Su Xin, who had not yet stood up from the dining table.
"Quick...charge..."
The children were terrified, but Su Xin remained calm. She raised her hand and grabbed Enterprise's wrist. "We need some time. In this state... take me outside!"
"elder sister?!"
Su Xin smiled soothingly, "It's okay, just wait at home, we'll be back soon."
[Enterprise] Knowing that her physical condition was not good, this human said that they should go outside together because she was afraid that if she stayed here, she might endanger the children.
The aftereffects of [Cross-Boundary] are random, and she cannot gamble with Su Xin's life. If she dies directly, she will not be able to survive in her own state. Therefore, finding a remote place to recharge and suppress it as soon as possible is the most appropriate choice at the moment.
So she grabbed Su Xin's arm and pulled her into her arms, fixed her waist and left quickly, leaving only the children who chased out of the courtyard and disappeared.
"elder sister--!!!"
Chapter 693 A Critical Moment
The metal piece is not like a mobile phone that can be used while being charged. It must be put back into the bag to restore energy.
This forced Enterprise to forcibly suppress the energy escaping from its body to prevent it from entangling the weak human in front of it and causing an irreversible situation.
"Not yet... not yet well..."
Sitting in the snow with her back against a dead tree, Su Xin smiled helplessly, "If I don't save a small portion, I'm afraid you'll... use it up as soon as you hold it in your hand. Wouldn't it take more time to go back and forth?"
She understood the reason, but the burning sensation in her body was real. After struggling for a long time, she had no choice but to roll into the snow and bury herself in the cold.
Su Xin looked at the heavily loaded aircraft carrier, which was now struggling in the snow like a throwing tantrum dog, and found it quite funny.
Unfortunately, the temperature was too low and there was no shelter. The severe cold froze her expression and deprived her of her remaining strength.
"...I say." Enterprise, who was lying on the snow, looked up and said, "Don't fall asleep. If you don't hold on, we'll all be finished."
"Ahem... Ahem, then, then why don't you tell me something... For example, why did you suddenly become like this?"
[Enterprise] was silent for a moment, then he got up, grabbed a handful of snow and stuffed it into his collar, then frowned and explained: "...I went to grab some materials and a fight broke out."
Su Xin was stunned for a moment, then she was overjoyed when she realized who the other party was robbing.
"Who did you rob? The Siren?"
"...Well, I went to another world where they were stationed." Enterprise, who had never done anything bad, was a little embarrassed. "She refused to exchange with me, so I had to rob her..."
"Who is it? Do you know his name?" Su Xin asked with interest.
[Enterprise] glanced at her and felt strange, but did not hide it, "...Observer."
This was unexpected. Su Xin originally thought that according to the trend, the one who was robbed should be the Purifier, but she didn't expect it to be that "Siren Octopus Girl".
【Image: Observer-b wiki】
"Did you have a fight?" She changed the subject with a pale face.
To be honest, [Enterprise] was extremely curious about the origins of the human in front of him. She always seemed calm and knew everything, even death.
Money is external to one's body and is completely useless to ship girls, but life and death are things that everyone has to face, and no one would like to stay in the soil or on the seabed forever.
[Enterprise] is also afraid of death, because she still has unfinished things to do, and she still has to pursue that illusory possibility, and death will directly cut off all thoughts.
Even the immortal species like KanColle are afraid of this thing, but the thin woman in front of him is not nervous at all. Either this person has a great enlightenment, or...
"Are you feeling... okay?" [Enterprise] did not answer the question, but turned to ask Su Xin.
This surprised Su Xin, but when she thought about it, fighting with Siren for something was not a glorious thing to do.
Su Xin, who thought she understood [Enterprise], coughed twice and didn't ask any more questions. "Well, it's okay. Otherwise, how can it be a good power bank?"
This unintentional remark moved [Enterprise], and it began to reflect on whether it was too dependent on the magic of the human beings in front of it, and thus gave up thinking and acted without considering the consequences.
"...I'm sorry." [Enterprise] murmured.
Unfortunately, the wind was too strong and Su Xin didn't hear anything. She was stunned for a while, and then she forced herself to take out the metal piece from her arms, "...0."
The tormented [Enterprise] took it silently, and the warm white light emanating from it penetrated into his body, quickly suppressing the burning sensation caused by the energy riot.
"...Thanks."
"Oh... no need, just remember to give the things... to me..."
"...I will. Can you still stand up?" [Enterprise] got up and shook off the snow. "I will take you back?"
"Okay, I... miss the air conditioning..."
The dissipated energy was suppressed again, and Enterprise, which was in a relatively good condition, wanted to reach out to help, but heard a very subtle buzzing sound.
Her eyes widened, but her body responded before she thought. She turned her back, raised her bow, and shot the black and red energy bullet far away, causing a huge explosion.
"You thief..." The bowl-sized hole in the air expanded, and an angry girl walked out of it, "Give me back my things!"
[Enterprise] felt it was a difficult situation and advised gently: "...I'm sorry, but I have made appropriate compensation."
The girl quickly threw a piece of extremely pure [Elemental Cube] over, "Who wants this thing?! A hundred of them are not as good as mine... Tsk, hurry up and give it to me, or I won't let you go!"
Su Xin was almost asleep when she was awakened by a sweet voice. She saw the almost pitch-black Meta-Cube in Enterprise's hand and the old acquaintance opposite her who was so angry that he was smoking.
"...Observer?"
The observer sitting on the ship suit, waving the octopus tentacles, was stunned. He obviously didn't expect there would be a human here. "...Who are you?"
