Chapter 324 – 2. The Narrow Road (1)
Ding dong.
“Ah, here you come”
Since the universe is so vast, it took quite a while for even a trivial item like this to arrive.
Even if it is delivery through space transfer through warp drive.
Of course, depending on how far you are, it may arrive quickly, but it might have taken a while since there were only a limited number of places selling this item…
At first, they thought about whether or not to live, but after seeing YuRia’s reaction, the crew members often fell into a low pressure state in the future if they didn’t annihilate the enemy properly, making everyone in the ship suffer.
“Did you finally arrive?”
“Huh”
When the protective container to protect the contents was removed from the warp drive, a transparent glass bottle with a slightly golden light was revealed inside.
“Oh, what a luxury. It’s not cured film.”
“Okay. Recycling will be a bit annoying.”
Upon closer examination, it was glass made of silicon mixed with trace amounts of titanium and copper.
“Why are things that are weaker than real film paper so expensive?”
“After all, isn’t graphene, which can be easily produced with only carbon, the most suitable for everyday use?”
Depending on the processing formula, it can also be made fluttering and flexible. Also to harden hard. It is also easy to impart various properties such as heat resistance and corrosion resistance.
It is also easy to turn it back into carbon by putting it in a recycling machine.
Therefore, they were a bit nervous about the fact that they were not the most used film (graphene).
“How much is this bottle?”
“Ah… I heard that this bottle is also natural?”
“…”
So it’s so expensive
“But can I buy something like this with public money?”
“It’s okay. Originally, expenses for leisure and entertainment to boost military morale were included, but the captain didn’t spend a dime.”
No, you didn’t use it at all?
The two glanced at the large, top-of-the-line cooker located in the common dining room/rest room on board.
“By the way, was that there?”
“There’s that one and a meta aqua taze that fills a small storage room.”
“…”
It was half bought for personal use, but in fact, the top-notch cooker, which has become a welfare item for the members that the captain bought with public money and personal expenses, and sometimes meta aqua taze in PX runs out too often and quickly, and at all, only his own meta aqua taze is the most Aside from using a small room as storage and filling it up, Yuria didn’t really invest anything in herself.
Of course, that doesn’t mean that she didn’t invest money for training or training, but that she literally didn’t invest ‘for herself’.
Hobbies, leisure, play.
In addition to the expenses that come down like this, the cost of maintaining dignity comes down together, but she considers herself like a machine and the only time she seems alive is when she goes into battle and destroys something of hers.
As if she was the only one there to feel the significance of her own existence.
Sometimes she rather she’s ruining herself, she feels like she’s disappearing, as if she’s happy about that.
“The next time I order this soon, I’ll order in bulk and ask for the bottle to be removed.”
“Well, I guess I’ll have to think about that after seeing the captain’s reaction.”
They do not feel the difference between natural and artificial that much, but the stronger the psyker, the bigger the difference. Placed on
“You won’t wake up like that?”
“Hey, let’s not even worry about it. If you cover that much with insect-resistant protective film, it won’t break even if you shoot it. Even if it’s not that, the titanium copper glass is weaker than the hardened film, but it won’t break with a moderate amount of shock.”
It was originally ordered as part of a previous plan, but it worked better than expected, so I decided to save this item.
Next time I have something to congratulate the captain on or something seriously unpleasant, I can bring it out then.
For now, they decided to mainly serve vodka, which can be synthesized with top-of-the-line cookers, and save this high-end product.
If there’s something big enough that it won’t be eaten with artificial vodka later, let’s take it out then.
But they didn’t know.
In the future, something would happen that would cause YuRia to develop a phobia of alcohol for a while.
Vodka.
I mean alcohol, but in fact, when you mix 4-90% of ethanol in water, it was no different from vodka.
Modern humans do not show any adverse reactions to acetaldehyde like humans in the past, so there is nothing to take, and acetaldehyde is almost immediately decomposed into acetic acid without leaking out of the liver in the first place.
As such, the significance of the alcohol component in contemporary alcohol is only a solution for obtaining various tastes and flavors through strong volatility and solubility for some components, but it cannot become alcohol itself.
Of course, despite this, there were still quite a few admirers of vodka using natural alcohol…
YuRia, who came into contact with vodka by chance, did not go out and search for other alcoholic beverages on her own, but she began to develop curiosity.
Occasionally, she drank this or that at a drinking party held by her subordinates, but for some reason, although there was a difference in degree, none of them liked the scent or taste very much.
Like a bird that just hatched from an egg doing imprinting, did vodka set the standard for what alcohol should be like?
It’s not to the extent that I can’t drink at all. No, some of the drinks were even painful to drink at all, but in any case, the only drink that could really ease YuRia’s mood was vodka.
Even if I wasn’t a drunkard, I was getting to the point where I was quite fond of vodka, and during breaks, I always put a bottle of vodka in a cooling box that kept the temperature next to my shoes and wore it next to me.
Even when she sometimes went outside for work, she sent so special love to the extent that she carried vodka in a hip flask made of cured film, no matter where she heard it. It has reached a point where it is impossible to know what it is.
Rumors of Yuria’s love for vodka gradually began to spread.
The newly rising morning star of the federation calls alcohol only watered down and likes it so much that he is obsessed with it.
Which day it was
YuRia’s subordinates, who were spending their days loafing around the borders as usual and subjugating space monsters, began to get a little confused about whether they were a scavenger unit or a combat unit that cleaned up the battlefield.
As soon as the enemy was discovered, Yuria, their captain, jumped out into outer space by space movement, summoned and armed her battle suit immediately, and swept the surroundings with terrifying firepower. There were few.
Yuria’s individual firepower was already taken as a super battleship class when she was a student, and the heavy cruiser assigned to Yuria was by no means a weak ship, but in the sense that it is a battleship that transcends a battleship class, it is similar to a non-standard ship called a super battleship class.
No, Yuria, now wielding firepower that surpassed that of a super battleship in a human-sized body, was a being that was difficult to explain in words.
Of course, they weren’t playing either, but in a situation where they couldn’t find any tension even after washing their eyes, they operated the holographic interfaces that seemed to have wrapped themselves in spheres with a dejected expression and fired their guns sparingly.
“This mission… Actually, it’s not a mission for which a cruiser would fit, is it?”
“Actually, even a Super Battleship isn’t a mission that can be met alone.”
While the turrets fired elongated beams, the main gun, which should have been the most busy on a normal cruiser, was silent, and only the secondary guns, which normally had nothing to do, were embroidering the air with elongated beams.
Captain Yuria, who is in fact the main force of the enemy, sweeps away the left and right as if sweeping dust with a broom, and all they have to do is deal with the small children who are scattered and the captain doesn’t care.
In such a situation, the main gun became a nuisance that consumed power needlessly.
“Oh, shrimp”
“Isn’t that what you normally say in a nervous voice?”
“You have to be nervous to be nervous”
The Devil Shrimp, who would normally encounter a disaster itself, was no more or less than an allowance for them.
The claws, which lightly neutralized the psychic barrier by flying their pointed and strong bodies like shells, were the most difficult and worst opponents for the fleets, but they were just shrimp in front of Captain Yuria.
“Captain has moved”
“Anyway, most of the monsters over there were swept away, but what?”
“Hey man!! I’ve come to shrimp, so be a little nervous! First of all, the combat turrets, just in case, all turn their missions to anti-aircraft attacks!!”
While being greeted by the operator, he gave a small sigh and formally issued a shrimp warning.
-Devil Shrimp Alert. Devil Shrimp Alert. Arm all crew members. Non-combat personnel are to move immediately to the safety compartment. Repeat Devil Shrimp Alert. Devil Shrimp Alert. Arm all crew members. Non-combat personnel are to move immediately to the safety compartment.
Bing!! Bing!!
While the warning lights flashed and the shrimp appeared alarm sounded, he looked at his colleague who was staring at him from the side as if asking if it was okay, and his colleague also sighed haha.
It was just a formal warning.
“Ah, the combatants should just go out and wipe out the small things the captain had to sweep, and the non-combatants should evacuate just in case.”
He made an additional announcement in the ship, and the thousands and tens of thousands of thin rays of blue light flashing in the distance reminded him that these shrimps would be no more or less profitable this time.
Come to think of it, the captain’s battle suit has already been upgraded for the 3rd time, so are you going to upgrade it again this time?
I heard that you upgrade once every time you hunt shrimp.
Battle suit at first. Then the beam launcher. Next is Beam Vulcan. Most recently, a custom made Psi blade generator.
“What would you like to order this time?”
“We don’t know”
Seeing those bright red shrimps dying while being threaded through the blue rays that continue to embroider the universe with countless flashes even now, he let out a sigh.
“Don’t jaenaes even have brains. Well, it’s good that the money-making guys don’t run away.”
-913,221,354
“Jaenae, there were over 1 billion in the beginning, has it already decreased that much?”
“It has already fallen to 800 million.”
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Watching the number of shrimp detected by the sensor drop exponentially, their attention naturally began to turn to the other side.
“To P3, this is the combat control room. A2 seems to be having a hard time, so please support.”
“This is P3. I get it”
「Hey, wait! It’s not classic… Ahh!”
I was a little startled by the screams, but luckily the two of them stopped laughing as they saw A2 running around aimlessly as if he wasn’t hurt.
“But what the hell did Captain Vulcan make of, and what kind of Vulcan power is so strong that it can be said that the launcher is going away?”
“What is it? It’s shrimp.”
“Ah…”
I have to be strong.
If it’s shrimp, it’s worth it. If there is a captain’s ability.
Aaaaa -!!
The three rows of red light barrels that stretched over the shoulders of the battle suit rotated at high speed, emitting blue beams like crazy.
The number of shrimps displayed on the visor dropped from 1.2 billion to 400 million, and the defense line went from green to yellow.
“I don’t really want to use the launcher because the loss of shrimp is so bad…”
“The captain is the only one who complains about shrimp like that.”
“So. How about the back end over there?”
Pulling out the beam launcher from behind her back, Yuria, who had been playing with her eyes constantly rolling her eyes at the newly updated targets on her elongated visor, aimed it forward.
“I can fight too! After leaving, A2 is running away.”
“Poop!”
A2. This is David’s brother’s call sign.
“Still, I’m pretty good at it for a kid who’s still undergoing training.”
The operator’s words made Yuria feel a bit bitter.
A kid who should be getting training.
It reminded her of the fact that she was also the same age as the youngster who would receive that training.
“As expected, it’s the Shrimp Vulcan. Normally, if you use it like that, the gun barrel will come out, but if you look at how good it is.”
She fires bundles of beams at thousands of rounds per second, and in a situation where each of those beams pierces dozens to hundreds of shrimps, Yuria still spins like crazy and smiles at the Vulcan that fires her beam bundles. Built
“So. Would you like to have one too?”
“If I write something like that, I won’t die.”
“How do we use a crazy thing that consumes more energy than our cruiser’s main guns? Captain, so we use it.”
Beep. Beep.
From the green line to the yellow line. As she reached the line, commonly referred to as the Fire Cross Line, Yuria filled the Psi launcher with psychic energy.
The distance between the swarms of shrimp and Yuria had narrowed to less than 1,000 kilometers, but Yuria continued to pull the trigger of the psychic launcher without being shaken in the slightest.
1,000 kilometers seemed like a lot left, but considering the length of the battle cruiser Yuria was on board was 2,300 kilometers, she was shorter than the cruiser’s length.
Kwa-uuuuu!!
Kwa-uuuuu!!
「Activate combat turret air defense mode」
And on the cruiser waiting thousands of kilometers behind YuRia, numerous battle turrets that were waiting, targeting only the shrimp, soon began pouring out their beam stems all at once.
The number of turrets changed as it was a cruiser made exclusively for combat, different from the schools where Yuria received combat training in the past. Its performance was also at a different level from the turrets installed at the school, and although it was a little weaker than the beam launchers shot by general combat soldiers, countless beam stems flew toward outer space, avoiding Yuria’s line of sight.
And the cruiser also started to participate in the defensive battle, and the number of shrimps began to decrease more and more quickly, and literally the shrimp continued to melt in the yellow zone and could not move forward.
And the counter that showed the rapidly decreasing number of shrimps showed 1, and from afar -!! Watching the last flying shrimp brush past her, Yuria smiled.
Kyu-woong -!! Crisp!!
“Count 0. Thank you for your hard work, Captain. Everything else has been sorted out, so you can return. We will collect the shrimp.”
As the hatch of the cruiser opened and watching the transport ships pouring rainwater, Yuria summoned her battle suit to the other side of space again and moved into the bridge by space movement.
“It’s really amazing that someone is looking for a shrimp that they avoid as a part, but the captain is looking for it as a part.”
“Because the equipment I will use cannot last if it is not made from shrimp.”
At that, everyone smiled and nodded their heads.
In fact, she was Yuria, so it wasn’t that she didn’t use common equipment, but her general equipment was rather useless.
She couldn’t overcome Yuria’s power, so she tried to use it so gently that it only made her more tired and exhausted.
In the shrimp exploration, which is usually done to avoid the passage of shrimp, Yuria reversed the search for shrimp and partly to protect the ship from shrimp, turning off even the clock she was carrying and partly showing off its existence to the surroundings as if it were full-fledged advertising. As a result, ordinary ships usually I met shrimp three times like this, whom I rarely encounter, enough to say that I met a lot once in my life, but all the shrimp ended up being Yuria’s food.
“Did you know that the price of shrimp materials has gone down quite a bit because of the captain? The supply of shrimp has doubled compared to usual.”
“Twice?”
“That’s why it’s troublesome when the numbers increase too much, so how can you catch a small-scale prawn or a large-scale prawn like us three times in such a short period of time without making a decision and deciding on a subjugation party?”
At those words, Yuria groaned and put her chin on his chin, pondering for a while.
I think I caught too many.
“That’s why the upper management said they were very grateful. They said that thanks to them, we could proceed with the business that we had been putting off.”
“Can I get more?”
“Don’t you think our boat is called a deep-sea fishing boat for catching shrimp? Fortunately, there is no problem. No, there was a saying that if we can catch it again, we will ask for more, and if we need anything, we will support it.”
YuRia just shrugged her shoulders at him.
Shrimp is a nuisance, but in fact, it wasn’t impossible to make it extinct if you decided.
If it was really that much of a problem, the Union would have approved the use of ‘that weapon’.
A cause-and-effect extinction weapon that erases the existence of the target from the world. I mean Methuselah.
Beep –
“Hmm?”
The operator responded to the message that arrived on the ship.
Was there any contact coming from Ham at this time?
After opening and checking the message, he looked back at YuRia with a smile on his face.
“Future Heart Captain. I’m contacting you from the upper level. We’ve changed ships again.”
“Are you changing boats?”
“Do you remember the Erez tree that went into the last adjustment? This time, the final adjustment is over and it is being installed on the battleship, and it is reported that the battleship is a super battleship built as an experimental vessel. What do you mean?”
At that word, here and there, pu-huh! A voice was heard.
“That?”
Even Yuria had heard of the latest super battleship construction plan.
So far, Methuselah, a huge strategic weapon that can be called a ship, fortress, and city, which needs extensive maintenance and repair once used, is a key unit that can be used as a proper weapon rather than a half-disposable battery as it is now, and takes the burden instead. The unit that made a plan to operate it, but was virtually frustrated because it required a huge amount of shrimp material for it.
Giving it to herself was something that neither Yuria nor her dreams could have imagined.
“Well, at least it’s obvious. It’s something that can’t be operated unless you’re the captain.”
“…”
“It’s a pity. It’s only been two years since this cruiser moved.”
In the meantime, some crew members were shocked and shocked.
“Such crazy. So you’ve met a legion-level Devil Shrimp three times in less than two years?”
“This is Army Group level?”
“I don’t want to know that…”
Ahahaha and laughter erupted from here and there.
Normally, it would be terrifying to meet them once, but to meet such nightmares so often.
Of course, these guys are no longer nightmares or anything.
“Kuhm. Anyway, the message is to come to Megiddo Fortress to receive the newly built Super Battleship Methuselah, which is Yuria-sama’s exclusive ship. Then, it tells us to deal with the Crimson Samurai that appeared near Fort Jericho, one of the recent trade hubs.”
At the mention of Crimson Samurai, everyone’s expressions hardened slightly.
I wondered if she would be okay with her own captain, but he was a bit troubled.
Crimson Samurai.
To be honest, he is often called by his nickname ‘Asura’ rather than this name.
To be honest, if you look at the level of damage done to mankind, it is overwhelmingly less than the damage done by the Slenderman guys or the shrimp. The number of individuals appearing at once is also only one single entity, but there was a reason why it was called a disaster.
The Union was still agonizing over whether to classify the Crimson Samurai as a human race or as a monster.
He seems to be able to communicate, and it is clear that he possesses a very high intelligence, but he has never had a conversation with a Crimson Samurai.
Just one thing.
One of the characteristics I learned from dealing with the Crimson Samurai so far is that the Crimson Samurai likes fierce battles and has a very warlike tendency, especially liking the stronger the opponent.
In fact, the only way to combat the Crimson Samurai so far is to fight to the satisfaction of the Crimson Samurai. If you want to fight again, come and fight. It was a repetition of it.
It was good to receive the new ship, but as for the Crimson Samurai, even as YuRia’s subordinates, they were a bit negative.
That monster was a monster whose strength was still unknown.
