Abnormal Energy Utilization Efficiency

"Commander, are you sure this stuff is edible, nya?"

In the forest, Akashi held one of the girl's hands, standing beside Su Luo.

Looking at the strangely shaped fruits growing on the tree in front of them, which definitely didn't look good, Akashi wasn't very hungry.

"This thing looks quite peculiar. It doesn't look like it's good to eat at all."

As she spoke, Akashi looked at the little girl beside her.

"Azi, have you eaten these fruits before?"

Akashi and Su Luo didn't know the girl's name. The girl couldn't speak, and it seemed that because she couldn't go to school in the mountains or perhaps because the civilization level here was low and education wasn't widespread, the girl couldn't convey any information to Akashi and Su Luo through writing. Fortunately, the girl could understand their Eastern Faction language, which made communication much easier.

For convenience, Akashi decided to give the girl a nickname. She had originally wanted to ask Su Luo, her Commander, to give the child a nice name, but her Commander claimed he was terrible at naming. Helpless, Akashi had to take on the task herself. In the end, based on the girl's eyes, which were like purple gemstones, she gave her the nickname Azi.

As for why Akashi, a ship girl from Heavy Sakura, could speak the Eastern Faction language...

Actually, before Su Luo returned to the port, Akashi and most other ship girls spoke the language of their respective factions. Thanks to the special nature of ship girls, their communication had no issues.

After Su Luo returned to the port, perhaps because of his special connection with the ship girls as their Commander, he could understand what they were saying. However, the ship girls keenly noticed that in daily interactions, the Commander spoke in the Eastern Faction language when communicating with them. Compared to other ship girls, the Commander was clearly more intimate with the Eastern Faction ship girls who spoke the same language as him.

This discovery sparked a trend of learning the Eastern Faction language in the port, and Akashi learned it during that time. Akashi even saw a business opportunity and contacted Eastern Faction ship girls like Yixian and Zhenhai, wanting to negotiate opening an Eastern Faction language cram school with an 80/20 profit split, with 20% for the Eastern Faction and 80% for Akashi!

To Akashi's regret, Yixian and the others didn't agree to cooperate. Instead, they took the opportunity while everyone was learning the Eastern Faction language to "steal the house"...

Azi looked at Akashi, who had called her name, and then glanced at the bizarre fruit Akashi was pointing at. Under Akashi's solemn gaze, Azi nodded, indicating that she had indeed eaten it before!

"You've eaten it? This thing is really edible?!!!"

Akashi couldn't quite believe it, as the fruit looked nothing like something edible. The fruit of a terrestrial plant actually looked like the tentacles of a jellyfish, something from the water. Akashi thought the sailing ship girls would like it, after all, their ship equipment was full of such strange things!

"Akashi, don't mind how it looks, it's actually not poisonous, and it should be quite tasty!"

Su Luo added from the side.

Akashi blinked, her gaze towards her Commander filled with a hint of doubt.

"Commander, you haven't eaten it, nya. How do you know it's not poisonous and is tasty, nya?"

Su Luo shrugged and gestured towards the tree in front of them.

"I haven't eaten it, but this tree told me all of this!"

"This tree, nya?"

Akashi looked at the tree in front of her, examining it from all sides, but found nothing unusual.

"Stop looking, Akashi. This is Momo's ability. Don't you remember, Momo can communicate with plants?"

Su Luo pointed at the tree in front of them, a smile on his lips.

"This tree is quite kind. I just told it that Azi is hungry and wants to find something non-poisonous and edible nearby to fill her stomach. This tree proactively offered its fruit. According to it, villagers from down the mountain often came here to pick its fruit!"

"Princess Momo's ability, nya..."

Akashi recalled that when Momo arrived at the port, she had introduced herself to everyone, mentioning her ability to communicate with plants. In their subsequent interactions, everyone discovered that Princess Momo could also manipulate plant growth. It was also for this reason that the Eastern Faction ship girls got along best with Momo. The variety of dishes in the port's cafeteria had noticeably increased recently! All sorts of fresh, out-of-season vegetables...

"In that case, there's no problem. However, Commander, isn't there anything else to eat, nya? This is really... I can't bring myself to eat it, nya!"

Akashi looked at the fruits that resembled octopus tentacles. As a Heavy Sakura ship girl, she had some unique insights in certain areas. After all, as a profiteer in the port, she hadn't shied away from selling those kinds of books.

Miss Nagato was one of her important customers!

This fruit was ugly, and coupled with the fact that it reminded her of some of the special manga she had read before... she truly couldn't bring herself to eat it.

Su Luo looked at Akashi's reluctance and didn't force her. He then asked the tree in front of them about the surrounding area.

Perhaps feeling that its fruit had been rejected, the tree became somewhat angry. It merely pointed Su Luo in a direction and refused to respond to any further questions.

Being given the cold shoulder by a tree, Su Luo sighed and could only walk in the direction indicated.

Walking and asking along the way, Su Luo finally found the food the tree had pointed them to... a large group of animals that looked like rabbits but were larger and appeared quite fierce! Su Luo roughly counted them; there were at least over a hundred!

Su Luo looked at the horn-like things on the heads of the "rabbits" and clicked his tongue. This group of "rabbits" didn't look like they would be easily eaten!

But it didn't matter. Su Luo had Nana's ability to communicate with animals, and even control them.

Switching abilities, he felt the drain of energy was much greater than just communicating. He frowned. The energy in that energy stone was running low!

Fortunately, it was only to summon one "rabbit," which was not a problem.

Su Luo and Akashi cooperated seamlessly. Su Luo summoned a "rabbit," and Akashi, holding a stick, knocked it out with one blow.

They looked fierce, but they were actually quite easy to deal with!

"Commander, catch a few more, nya. We don't know how long we'll be here, nya. We can try to raise some, so we don't have to come here to catch them frequently, nya!"

Su Luo nodded, agreeing with Akashi's suggestion, and continued the same operation.

After catching nearly twenty, Su Luo shook his head at Akashi.

"Akashi, it's time to go. The energy in that energy stone is almost depleted!"

Akashi raised an eyebrow, her face filled with disbelief. That energy stone contained quite a lot of energy. How long had the Commander been using it for it to be depleted already?!!!

Had she misjudged the energy density of that energy stone before? Or was the Commander deliberately wasting energy? Or perhaps... this so-called gene system itself had low energy utilization efficiency?

Akashi felt that she needed to study this further.