Revisit Azur Lane

Without external equipment and database support, even one of the designated managers of the Purifier, an experimental organization, could not pinpoint the core of this world's structure from the void. He could only act according to his subjective thoughts and first blame the ominous sign.

But now, she is innocent. The builder has died suddenly, the ominous sign has been resolved, and the world overlap has not ended. So, there is only one answer—she contacted the tester and asked if the builder had set the core data on her before his sudden death.

"it's me."

The tester's answer was somewhat stiff: "After the builder completed the paving of the mirror sea, she noticed an abnormal spatial resonance phenomenon. At the same time, someone wanted to take control of the mirror sea from her, so she temporarily placed the data on me, who was the furthest away from the singularity."

"Who's so powerful that they've come here to interfere with our paved mirror-like sea area? Could it be one of those meta ship girls whose origins are unknown?"

Upon hearing this, Qingzhenqin immediately became excited. There were even experts?

"No, it's something from that singularity."

The tester poured cold water on her enthusiasm: "You also... [The sentence is incomplete and lacks context, making a direct translation difficult. It seems to be saying something like, "You're just being difficult, aren't you? You ...

"That's it? I already thought of that."

The Purifier actually knew nothing, but she pretended to know and her tone became serious: "If that's the case, if we die here, the stored data may not be able to return to the main unit. In order to preserve this information, you, as the core, should self-destruct. As long as this space is dispelled, I can take the information back to the main unit."

"..."

The test subject was stunned by her decisiveness, but said: "I refuse. Even if I am destined to die, I will try to find out what this singularity is."

"Oh, really? But it seems your whereabouts have been discovered. If I'm not mistaken, that meta Yukikaze is already approaching. Go and fight her."

Purification was not interested in this at all. All she knew was that if her mecha died here, the important data from her 'close' contact with these ship girls would be lost, and this was something she absolutely could not allow to happen!

"Heh, it's not certain who will win or lose."

The tester gave a defiant snort and cut off the communication.

After standing there for a while and thinking it over, the Purifier decided to help the test subject die faster. So he gathered the Executor fleet that obeyed his orders, marked the fleet led by the test subject as the 'experimental opponent', and launched an attack on it.

"Forgive me, this is a necessary sacrifice in order to uncover the secrets of this singularity sooner."

Purifier never imagined she would one day be at odds with her colleague. After a three-second moment of silence for the test subject, she stroked her chin and revealed a cold expression: "I, Purifier, am not a treacherous person."

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"You bastard, Purifier!!!"

These were the last words the test subject uttered after being stabbed in the back.

Chapter 141 Convenient New Features

Just as the test subject was chased and shot down by Yukikaze, the mirror world rapidly collapsed. Zhou He, who was in the port area, did not feel much, but the senses of the people who were out on the front lines were very strong, especially Yukikaze. One second she was in the midst of battle, and the next second the surroundings became calm and peaceful. Such a contrast made her feel somewhat dazed.

In contrast, the visual impact of seeing large numbers of Sirens disappear was the weakest. They quickly realized that the Mirror Sea had been lifted. What concerned them more was the incident of Yukikaze's conquest of the test subjects.

"Sister Shoukaku, do you think there might be internal conflicts within the Sirens?"

Zuikaku quietly asked Shoukaku that while they were fighting the testers, the fleet led by the Purifiers also launched an attack on the fleet led by the testers, turning what would have been a very difficult battle into an easy one.

But would the Sirens also have a civil war?

"I don't know. The problem now is, the Purifier hasn't attacked us. Should we let her go?"

Shoukaku also frowned slightly. Her carrier-based aircraft had already reached the head of the Purifier in the East Fourth District. Since there were no Sirens nearby, even at dusk, she still easily found the Purifier who had run away.

"Hmm, you'd have to ask the commander about that."

Ruihe touched his hair, completely unsure of what to do. Normally, when there were disagreements like this, Zhou He's instructions would come through immediately. This time, there were no precise instructions, which probably meant that he had let the Purifier go.

—In fact, Zhou He's attention was not on the Purifiers at the moment the Mirror Sea collapsed. The system's attack map reverted to the grid-like layout of the Great World. When he entered the overall map interface, he suddenly discovered that Bismarck and his group were actually in the South Third District, only a few nautical miles away from the 'human port area' he had been thinking about for a long time. There were no Sirens around, so it was very safe.

After a brief deliberation, he ordered Bismarck to "advance and explore." As he watched the little figures representing them approach the wild port area, he remembered that there were others waiting for orders. He switched his attention to Yukikaze and, finding no Sirens, ordered her to "return." At the same time, he ordered Shoukaku to "send aircraft to explore the southern third district."

'I don't know what the Purifier is up to, but I'll let her go this time.'

After issuing the order, Zhou He had time to recall the Purifier's actions in helping Xuefeng fight the test subject, but he didn't think about it too deeply. He would have many more dealings with the Purifier in the future, and he would know what her special thoughts were once she revealed them.

"As for the builder, if Akashi determines that her body has no research value, should we just buy her a petri dish or a sleep pod to preserve her as a collectible?"

Zhou He came to the Builder's body for the Nth time. Looking at the intact Builder body, he had never experienced adding the Sirens to his 'collection' in the game. Now he could actually experience it in person. This was definitely a VIP paid gameplay!

It would be great if it were alive.

He was a little greedy, but he knew it was impossible. After fantasizing for a while, he turned his attention to the South Third District. In the few minutes he was thinking, Bismarck and the others had arrived near the Wild Port District and landed on the island under his watchful eye.

Jingle bell bell~

The familiar yet unfamiliar sound of wind chimes rang in Zhou He's ears, and he instantly realized that the system had activated a new function. At the same time, he saw that the port icon of the Wild Port Area had turned blue, and the previously unexplored black area of ​​the South Third District was instantly lit up, which was very relaxing.

'It seems this is the system's preferred second port area.'

Zhou He clicked his tongue in amazement, skillfully focusing his attention on the port area icon. Five seconds later, three options popped up: 'Map', 'Development', and 'Projection'.

With plenty of time, he chose to look at them one by one, and clicked on the map option. The interface switched directly to an electronic map. In the very center was a long, narrow island running north to south. Its terrain and topography could be clearly seen on the map. In addition to this island, there were other islands displayed to its north, northwest, and further south. There was only one isolated island to the north, two adjacent islands of different sizes to the northwest, and an island group composed of many small islands to the south.

"This map, could it be...?"

Zhou He first glanced at it, but when he looked at it carefully the second time, a flash of inspiration struck him. Based on the distance between the islands, he concluded that the two islands to the northwest were likely the Western Fourth District, which had been occupied by the Sirens and turned into a regular combat base. The island to the north was farther away than the island to the northwest, and it was very likely the simple 'Siren base' that he had discovered before.

From the South Zone 3 to the North Zone 2, there is a distance of nearly 150 nautical miles between them. The southern islands are even further away, and based on the comparison, it can be determined that they are more than 200 nautical miles away—this is actually a sea map with a diameter of nearly 500 nautical miles! Many reefs and trench areas are also marked on it.

Found a treasure!

Zhou He, feeling quite pleased with himself, planned to take some time to hand-draw the map for his ship girls to reference. After that, he closed the map and entered the 'Develop' option. The interface immediately switched to the sky above the ruins of the destroyed port area of ​​this island, just like the home base in the game. He could directly place the buildings and equipment purchased from the home base shop here through the options.

A very useful feature.

After studying it for a while, Zhou He exited the development interface and selected the last 'Projection' option. A warning message popped up: 'Are you sure you want to perform a mental projection? During the projection, your main body will enter an unconscious state. Please take precautions to prevent injury.'

"Hiss, this projection... could it be the function I'm imagining?"

Zhou He was truly shocked. He looked around, then finally lay down on a bench by the dock, closed his eyes, selected the projection option again, and confirmed the warning under the warning message.

……

Unlike Zhou He's perfect terrain, Wild Port was built on a relatively flat area next to a towering cliff. Unlike Zhou He's rough planning, this was a well-planned wartime military port. However, at this time, only ruins remained of this port area, much worse than the Siren base in the North Second District. Not even walls higher than three meters were left. Weeds grew among the rubble, and you could even see human skeletons wearing tattered military uniforms under the collapsed walls.

"That's terrible. The garrison in this port area must have chosen to withdraw after a difficult resistance."

Those who set foot in the port area frowned upon seeing the horrific scene. The bold and meticulous Cleveland knelt down in front of a skeleton to examine the clothing. After a long while, he stood up and said with a grave expression, "The uniform is similar to the White Eagle uniform I remember, but there are some differences. I can't be sure."

"So it seems we're somewhere near the Americas?"

Hood was still thinking about finding the mainland. Cleveland's speech made her eyes light up. She walked closer to examine the extremely worn military uniform, but unfortunately she couldn't find any patterns or symbols representing the faction on it.

"Let's keep looking inside; we might find more."

Bismarck glanced at it and looked away. This was not their Ironblood design style. It was now the year 2051 of the Eastern Calendar, a full 110 years since the Bismarck sank. But she was confident that no matter how much time passed, the Ironblood design style would not become so outdated.

Soon, the crowd began to disperse and explore the port ruins. Among the various factions, the Sakura Empire members were the least nervous. Yuudachi ran around and jumped around as if she were playing. In contrast, Ayanami was much quieter and followed the main group.

"With the damage so thorough this time, it's unlikely we'll find anything of value to us."

The port area was not small. After walking for a while, Jintsu, who was following Kaga and Tosa, looked up at the darkening sky. It was not a good time to explore now.

"Yuudachi! Don't go so far by yourself!"

At the front of the group, Ashigara saw Yuudachi running straight into the depths of the port area as if he had discovered something, and hurriedly called out to him, but Yuudachi continued deeper as if she hadn't heard him.

"Troublesome guy."

Upon hearing this, Tosa, who had been idle, looked at Yuudachi, clicked his tongue, took two steps forward, and left behind the words, "I'll go keep an eye on her." He then lowered his body and sped away through the ruins, disappearing in the blink of an eye along with Yuudachi.

"As expected of my sister."

Kaga, seeing this, was not in a hurry at all. Instead, he chuckled knowingly and praised Tosa, which made Jintsu next to him twitch.

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"Where have you been?"

After running alongside Yuudachi for a while, Tosa realized she had lost her way. She had no choice but to jump onto a cone-shaped collapsed wall and look around. That's when she spotted Yuudachi, but what caught her eye even more was Zhou He patting Yuudachi's head.

"what?"

Tosa rubbed her eyes, confirming it was indeed Zhou He. Her gaze instantly turned icy, and after finding the best approach route, she leaped into the air, transforming into a silver-gray shadow. Crossing more than twenty meters of obstacles, accompanied by flashes of silver light and swirling dust, she held the drawn sword to Zhou He's neck. With her other hand, she grabbed Yuudachi's collar and pulled her towards him, her eyes coldly fixed on Zhou He: "To disguise yourself like this, what are you?"

"..."

Zhou He only felt a blur before his eyes, and Yuudachi was grabbed and a knife was held to his neck. He panicked and raised his hands: "Don't do anything! Don't do anything! I am who I am! This is a special technology I just acquired. It allows me to project myself into the port area that you have occupied."

"You're putting on quite a good act...? Sorry, I was too hasty."

Tosa responded coldly, intending to mock him, but instead received an 'instruction' from Zhou He. The content was exactly the same as the explanation given by the person in front of him. His expression instantly changed, he released Yuudachi, sheathed his sword, and bowed his head to apologize to Zhou He.

"It's okay. This is my first time trying this technology, so it's understandable that you don't know about it."

Zhou He wiped the cold sweat from his brow and chuckled as he forgave Tosa—but this sudden inspection also made Zhou He realize Tosa's vigilance; just as reliable as he appeared.

“Commander, since you’ve come here in person, you should be able to see that this port area doesn’t mean much to us.”

Tosa glanced sideways and moved to Zhou He's side. She had just looked out from the high place and realized that there was no complete equipment left here. If she had to say something, the current state of this port area had served as a wake-up call for her. After being defeated by the Sirens, this was the only fate that awaited them.

"Not now, but it will be in the future."

Zhou He smiled. The sea map alone was already a huge gain. According to the map, there would be no second Sirens military base within a radius of at least 300 nautical miles. This place was very close to the Sirens base. After conquering that place, they could use this place as a temporary base to gradually explore the base.

Tosa didn't respond. She only cared about the present; she didn't like the idea of ​​the future, as it was too vague.

"I've roughly looked around here. It's getting late, you should head back."

Zhou He didn't say much. After glancing at the sky, he rubbed Xi Li's ear and called out the system to exit the projection mode.

In the sight of the two Tosa members, Zhou He turned into a speck of light and floated away.

"The commander is getting more and more amazing!"

Yuudachi's cheeks were flushed, her eyes filled with admiration for Zhou He—while Tosa, without any mercy, poked her forehead, frowning and speaking seriously: "Even if you recognized the Commander, you shouldn't have strayed from the group like this. What if the Commander just now was a Siren in disguise? Wouldn't you have walked right into a trap? You're not just living for yourself now; you need to be vigilant at all times, even for the Commander's sake. If something happens to you, how can we face the Commander? And will the Commander be able to accept the fact that you're dead?"

"Gu, I'm sorry."

Yuudachi's eyebrows furrowed as Tosa spoke to her. She hated being lectured, but she had to admit that Tosa was right. She had no room for argument and obediently apologized.

"Good to know. Commander, you're home alone. We should head back."

Tosa, seeing that he had succeeded, withdrew his hand and led the way back. Yuudachi, who was covering his forehead with both hands, followed behind. Soon, the two of them joined Haguro, Ashigara and the others who had come closer, and conveyed Zhou He's order to 'return'.

"Yuudachi, what did you just discover?"