Three weeks later.
Southern Europe.
Under a clear sky, a fleet consisting of battleships and aircraft carriers sailed from northern Italy into the Mediterranean Sea.
The Shipgirls were delighted as soon as they touched the ocean.
Although they said it didn't matter if they built a city inland, they were more accustomed to racing across the vast ocean.
At the front of the fleet was the vanguard flagship, Richelieu.
Several aircraft carriers were guarding the flanks, while cruisers and destroyers were further away.
Lu Chen stood on the bridge, gazing at the blue sky and sea.
The fleet sailed south, cutting through the waves, rounding the Balkan Peninsula and heading north to the Aegean Sea.
Finally, a new continent appeared before them.
“Is that Constantinople…?”
Richelieu looked at the horizon, vaguely seeing the ruins of a giant city.
It was surrounded by the sea on three sides, and there was a wide bay extending for tens of kilometers to the north, the Golden Horn, perfect for building a naval base.
The terrain was a vast plain, and the climate was warm, providing ample space for early agricultural and industrial development, as well as the construction of airports and even starship landing bases in the future.
Even though the city was destroyed, just from the ruins, one could sense the grandeur of the once magnificent city.
“It’s a great place to be the capital, right?”
Lu Chen smiled.
“This place can be built into a giant metropolis even bigger than the port area, and from there, we can expand to the whole world.”
The greatest advantage of rebuilding civilization from scratch was that the entire Earth belonged to them.
They could unleash their imagination on the 150 million square kilometers of land and the 360 million square kilometers of ocean.
To build this world into their ideal paradise on Earth.
After the fleet docked.
The Shipgirls retracted their main bodies and ship equipment, jumping ashore to organize supplies.
Their ship equipment could be large or small, and could be retracted when not in use, so it was equivalent to each Shipgirl having a four-dimensional pocket.
The capacity of the pocket was equivalent to the tonnage.
Even the smallest destroyers could easily carry a few thousand tons of cargo, while the larger sisters like aircraft carriers and battleships could carry tens of thousands of tons.
But living things couldn’t be put inside, they couldn’t be nested like dolls with one Shipgirl inside another’s ship equipment.
Shipgirls and Bries continuously pulled out cargo containers filled with materials from their ship equipment and threw them onto the ground with a bang.
Soon, the beach was piled high with the raw materials they brought.
“…”
Lu Chen looked at the Shipgirls, feeling like they were performing the magic of mustard seed transformation.
“Do you think, in the future, we can grab, or rather, bring back a lot of things from other worlds, with the Shipgirls?”
He couldn’t help but think of a mysterious use of this ability.
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Night, the Golden Horn.
In Richelieu’s bridge, Lu Chen and several Shipgirls discussed the construction of the city.
Before the new city was built, the Shipgirls’ main bodies were the best shelter.
“So, about building the new city, I have some rough ideas and designs.”
Lu Chen spread a few rolls of design drawings on the table.
These were rough sketches he had painstakingly made during his journey.
As a civil engineering graduate in his previous life, he was quite knowledgeable about urban design and planning, to say the least.
“It’s a lot of trouble to build a city from scratch, but I see that the technology in the Azure World is very advanced, so it shouldn't take too long.”
“The first step is to clear the ruins around the city, as well as the garbage piled in the bay, and level the land.”
Everyone nodded.
“This is easy, the Bries can handle it quickly, we can help too.”
Even though this was a world that had been destroyed, there were building debris everywhere on Earth. Without advanced industrial equipment, it was very difficult to clear this garbage alone.
“Then, in terms of subsequent construction, I plan to build four major modules first: the port, the agricultural area, the industrial area, and the residential area.”
Lu Chen continued to introduce.
“The agricultural area will grow crops, they can grow wheat, rice, anything here. The industrial area will be responsible for metal ore smelting and deep processing. The port is where the Shipgirls will live. As for the residential area, other people from other worlds will be recruited in the future, so we can reserve some space for them…”
“After the city expands later, we can relocate the agricultural area and the industrial area, and build a new research park, but that's for later…”
His drawings were very professional, the city structure was modeled after Chang’an, with the central axis as the main road, the layout was neat and tidy.
He also referenced advanced experience from a parallel world, and when building the city, he planned in advance the locations of facilities such as airports, highways, high-speed rail, and even airports.
He spoke rigorously and seriously, the Shipgirls were completely confused.
“Did everyone understand?”
Lu Chen felt that he had tried his best to make it easy to understand.
“No, what about you?”
Richelieu looked at Kaga.
“Me neither.”
Kaga looked at Essex.
“I’m a weapon for fighting at sea, how would I understand this?”
Essex looked at Taihou.
“Ah… The Commander looks so serious, he’s so handsome…”
Taihou sat on the side, her chin resting on her hand, staring at Lu Chen, her eyes full of love.
“…”
Lu Chen felt his head spinning.
It was true, they hadn’t studied civil engineering and urban planning.
Suddenly, a golden Brie in the room raised her hand.
“Brie understands!!”
“We’re going to build houses, and we’re going to build a city!”
“You can understand the design drawings?”
Lu Chen was surprised, and handed the construction drawings to the little golden girl holding the drill.
“Brie can understand burin!”
“As long as there are materials, Brie can build anything burin!!!”
The Prototype Brie looked very excited.
Lu Chen was overjoyed, feeling like he had found a kindred spirit, and pulled Brie to sit down.
“Come on, can you understand this construction drawing?”
“Brie doesn’t need a construction drawing, you just need to tell Brie what to build.”
“Then, when you build structures, do you do structural mechanics analysis?”
“Brie doesn’t understand structural mechanics, but Brie’s buildings are very strong, even cruisers can’t break them!!”
“…”
“Are you a green skin?!”
Even though this strange modified girl had not received any systematic education in physics and construction, she could somehow understand what Lu Chen meant.
The Bries had their own unique set of building principles and methods, different from those on Earth.
They could build ships, repair warships, build weapons, and even build buildings, they were practically industrial jacks-of-all-trades.
“I really need someone like you!!!”
“Who said Brie is stupid? She’s obviously very smart, okay?”
Lu Chen held Brie in his arms and rubbed her head.
He decided that he would build more Bries in the future, a few million at least, so that he could build world wonders in a week.
Like the Pyramids, Petra, the Hanging Gardens, the Tree of Knowledge, the Dyson Sphere, the Sentinel Array, the Aether Phase Engine…
Build all the wonders from the classical era to the space age.
I want them all.
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This story is going to be a combination of cultivation and multi-world, starting with farming on Earth, and then messing around in other worlds when I have time.
For example, turn other worlds into tributary states or vassal states, hhh…
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