Revisit Azur Lane

This seemingly simple operation was more difficult for Zhou He than manually controlling a game when he first started. The reason was simple: he had to react quickly, be familiar with the attributes of his own ship girls, observe the positions and formations of his own ship girls when they were fighting the Sirens during the battle, judge and assess whether the fighting would result in heavy casualties, at what intervals to switch to resupply, and inform his own ship girls of the positions and numbers of the enemy's important capital ships at critical moments, and be alert to the possibility of external reinforcements.

Therefore, when his own people are on their way, he can only stand there and wait to avoid being caught off guard by a sudden battle. Basically, when the ship girls are out, he, as the commander, can only lie at home and slack off, unable to do high-intensity, continuous work.

He often felt ashamed about this, feeling that he was comparable to a mascot, so he was always very proactive when it came to doing construction work within his capabilities.

Buying a ring for Yuudachi is the only expense he has ever made for himself.

There's even a sense of immorality in using public funds to seduce women...

Well, back to the battle. Because the Observer's cannons were too fierce, Zhou He switched between them at an accelerated frequency. To his relief, every time he switched back, he could see that the number of Sirens had decreased by a few.

The observers gradually disappeared during this battle, ceasing to launch powerful attacks.

From Zhou He's God's-eye view, the observer bypassed the battlefield by circling behind the Sirens' fleet, then made a large circle, changing its shape several times along the way (the system will mark it), and finally locked onto the shape of Kursk. It began to bombard the Sirens from the side, gradually closing the distance with the fleet.

"This is so silky smooth."

Zhou He witnessed the entire process of the observer's infiltration and was amazed.

So, let's see what this person's purpose is in walking into the trap.

Chapter 173 The Observer Who Walked into the Trap

"They actually dared to sneak in?"

As the others in the port area grew stronger, Yukikaze's combat pressure was much less. After she helped Yuudachi and the others withstand a few shots from the Observer, she was wondering why the Observer hadn't continued attacking. Halfway through the skirmish, she suddenly understood.

When the battle reached its climax, something strange appeared on her radar as the fleet shifted to the side.

Yukikaze's ability to see through the Builder's disguise is not just empty talk; she has done similar things in other worlds.

Unlike other experimental agency cadres, the Observer's favorite pastime is to sabotage others in secret. Their whereabouts are elusive. Sometimes, when the Siren fleet attacks and you go to meet them, the Observer will disguise themselves as you and enter their own core base area to cause trouble.

The camouflage, impenetrable to anyone, and the Sirens' powerful information technology capabilities allow observers to move freely even in the most heavily guarded military bases.

One such observer at a certain testing ground, for reasons unknown, ran into the core area of ​​Sakura Empire and happened to run into Yukikaze, who was passing through that world. She was discovered, which subsequently caused quite a commotion.

Faced with this situation of "two strikes in a row," Yukikaze frowned. Before the battle, Zhou He had given her the order that if the observer infiltrated in the form of Kursk, she should remain in her original state and investigate the purpose of the infiltration after the battle was over.

This made her somewhat uncomfortable. After all, the radar kept showing that a powerful enemy was nearby, but she couldn't just send them to their deaths with a single shot. She could only hold her breath and forcefully ignore the observers, continuing to follow the team to destroy the remaining Sirens fleet that was still putting up a brave fight.

The observers brought a total of 68 warships to intercept, including five aircraft carriers, eight battleships, twelve heavy cruisers, light cruisers, destroyers, and several submarines. The battle lasted for two and a half hours before it was completely over. The bustling sea returned to silence, leaving only the occasional wreckage of warships exploding and the thick black fog, proving that a major battle had just taken place here.

"Hmph! These sirens are really stupid. They actually chased after us and destroyed five aircraft carriers in one go. If they come again tomorrow, we won't have to worry about being overwhelmed by numbers."

After the battle, Zuikaku looked slightly tired, but his spirits were exceptionally high. He approached from a distance and moved back and forth among the sirens' wreckage, observing his masterpiece!

"Tsk, battleships and aircraft carriers really can't leave behind any recyclable wreckage."

Kaga BB followed along, wandering around the Sirens' graveyard. She then discovered that the aircraft carriers and battleships were almost all sunk by capsizing and were submerged in water. Given their massive size, she couldn't drag them back even if she wanted to. She pouted in dissatisfaction: "It seems that if we want to recycle them, we still have to break through the Sirens' base and become self-sufficient."

"Don't let your guard down. Be sure to finish them off and be wary that these Sirens may still be capable of attacking."

Bismarck urged Z23 and his group to patrol back and forth, but they were still no match for Yuudachi's strong security. The reason was that Yuudachi would make a hole in any ship that did not take on water, ensuring that all the ships in that area would sink into the sea.

Meanwhile, Yukikaze, while keeping an eye on Kursk who had already infiltrated the group, sought help from Tosa, who seemed to be quite familiar with Kursk: "This is the commander's order. Please be sure to guide her to the central area of ​​the group."

Kursk?

Tosa was unaware that the Kursk in the current team was a fake. She and Shoukaku did not join the finishing blow group, but instead stayed on guard with New Jersey Yorktown and others on the perimeter. When she heard Yukikaze's order, she frowned slightly: "This guy doesn't listen to me. Why doesn't the commander give the order himself?"

"Who knows? Maybe that guy has some ulterior motive?"

Xuefeng pursed her lips. She guessed that Zhou He wanted to use other people's video communication methods to communicate closely with the Observer. If everyone knew about the Observer's disguise, she would definitely notice.

"Well, well, Tosa-senpai, you should go and make the trip. Perhaps you'll find out when you get there."

Shoukaku chimed in from the side, his gentle and light words causing Tosa to turn his head and glance at Shoukaku from about ten meters away: "I'm not like Kaga, so don't call me senpai or use honorifics."

"excuse me."

Shoukaku was just giving it a try. After Tosa rejected her, he smiled and remembered her advice.

"...I'd like to see what tricks you're up to."

Tosa keenly sensed something was amiss. Zhou He seemed to be hiding something from her, but he informed Yukikaze and Shoukaku, and the three of them conspired to deceive her.

She didn't want to waste time talking, so after the exchange, she strode towards Kursk, who was approaching from the side. Knowing Kursk as she did, she knew that trying to get her closer to the crowd via long-distance communication was ineffective, so she had to go there herself.

However, she soon noticed something was wrong—usually when she tried to get close to Kursk, Kursk would disappear from her sight inexplicably, but today 'Kursk' not only did not move away, but was instead moving closer to her.

"what happened?"

Tosa sensed something was amiss. Could it be that today was some important day for her? But no matter how she thought about it, it didn't make sense. According to the calendar provided by Purification, it was actually the anniversary of her older sister Kaga's launch into the sea that was approaching.

These people can't possibly be going through all this trouble to tell me to remember to help Kaga's biological son, right? Would Kursk cooperate with such a stupid thing?

"..."

In Tosa's whimsical idea, she and 'Kursk' completed a two-way journey: looking at the ship's rigging and 'Kursk' without a trace of battle, Tosa nodded slightly: "Your stealth capabilities are getting stronger and stronger."

"?"

The observer almost thought that Tosa was also a disguised infiltrator, but quickly realized that the ship girl she was disguised as often went off-site to fight in the wild, perhaps because of her strong infiltration ability—training infiltration ability in this kind of modern naval warfare is really unique.

So she made the reaction expected of an outsider, simply humming in response.

"The commander instructed me to inform you to come and meet me, and stay by my side."

Without saying a word, Tosa ran a semicircle and then led the observer back. Upon hearing this, the observer was startled. She began to follow and observe Tosa, but did not notice anything unusual. This ship girl did not know that she was in disguise.

The observer speculated that they might have been discovered, but then dismissed the possibility. These ship girls' bases exist in other dimensions and have not built any external base stations. Communication across different time and space would definitely be interfered with unless they have a very high level of technological development. However, in all previous contacts, there was no such indication. Even normal warships only have two aircraft carriers, and their industrial capacity is likely to remain in the range of World War II and modern times.

As for ship girl technology, they handed it over to all human factions within the large-scale testing grounds. It can be said that the situation of this singularity having ship girls but low production capacity in other areas is exactly the same as the situation of the large-scale testing grounds under their control. As for why it broke away from their control and became a singularity, each world has different possibilities. Perhaps the ship girl team in front of them also possesses 'future possibilities' that they have never seen before.

Unfortunately, they couldn't use them and had to be destroyed.

Tosa and Kursk entered the core of the fleet in silence. Just then, Bismarck Yuudachi and others who had gone to finish off the patrol also returned. Kursk had participated in several large-scale sorties in the past few days, and her mystery in the port area had been reduced. However, some people still felt that seeing her was a sign of their good luck that day. For example, Nagashima and Javelin clapped their hands and prayed to her.

"..."

The observer did not understand this religious-like behavior and even hesitated whether to go back to worship: Kursk, as a Northern Alliance heavy cruiser that had never appeared in history, was also an extremely rare existence in the Sirens database. Even when it occasionally appeared, it had not been able to enter the Sirens' key observation targets. Therefore, she could only rely on the amount of information she had collected in the past few days to disguise herself.

As she decided to remain silent, the group gradually gathered around her, and New Jersey raised her hand from Yorktown's side: "Everyone, look this way."

"Is there anything else? It's getting dark, shouldn't we head back?"

Long Island called out from the side, and New Jersey chuckled, rubbing his wrist, "It really is time to head back, but before that..."

New Jersey paused, then pointed at 'Kursk': "I'd like to ask, did this Miss Siren infiltrate here disguised as Kursk to come home with us?"

"!!?" xN

Her casual remark startled everyone around her, who were unaware of the situation, causing them to instinctively take a few steps back. It was clear that only a few people who knew the inside story beforehand remained standing in place. Xuefeng lowered her head and stroked the white wolf's soft fur with her palm, wondering if Zhou He often touched Xili's hair because he liked the feel of it.

"It looks so real, exactly like the real person, even the expression and temperament are the same."

Shoukaku rested his chin on his hand, his tone quite surprised, and then asked Tosa with a smile, "Did you find anything unusual?"

"...I have the right to remain silent."

Tosa pursed her lips, her sharp gaze sweeping over the observer disguised as Kursk. Her expression was not pleasant—she couldn't see a single flaw; the person before her was no different from the Kursk she usually saw.

The Sirens' ability to disguise themselves is terrifyingly high?

"real or fake…"

Zuikaku was also somewhat incredulous, but her hand was already gripping the sword at her waist, itching to use it. Last time the Purifiers surrendered with a white flag, she didn't get to use her martial arts skills. Would she have a chance this time?

The others reacted in the same way. The observer stood in the crowd and calmly looked around from left to right. Hud Bismarck, New Jersey Yukikaze, and others had already blocked her way. It was clear that she had been exposed very early, very early, most likely when she began her infiltration operation.

She underestimated the communication technology of this singularity, and also underestimated the vigilance of these ship girls.

A moment later, the observer ceased to maintain its disguise. Under everyone's gaze, Kursk's appearance gradually collapsed, eventually transforming into a 1.6-meter-tall little girl with mechanical ears, white hair, and golden eyes, riding on tentacles. She smiled and clapped her hands, saying, "No wonder the test subjects have been repeatedly defeated by you. It's truly beyond my expectations."

Surrounded by people, the observer was not intimidated, but generously turned his gaze to Yukikaze: "Is it you, intruder from another test site?"

"Hmph, such a clumsy disguise was already seen through by me in other worlds."

Xuefeng chuckled, finally getting a chance to speak after holding it in for so long: "I realized your purpose the moment your shell hit me, but I didn't expect your infiltration process to be so laughable."

"Heh, as expected of a meta ship girl who can withstand energy erosion, I underestimated you."

The observer still remembered Yukikaze's state when she first arrived in this world. At that time, she and the others judged that Yukikaze had gone berserk and was beyond saving. Unexpectedly, it turned out that her berserk state was temporary, and she regained her sanity after being defeated.

"Enough with the nonsense. State your purpose, and perhaps I can grant you a dignified death."

Yukikaze didn't want to talk nonsense with the observer. This guy seemed harmless, but he was actually much more threatening than the testers.

"The purpose?"

The observer didn't really have any purpose; he just wanted to come and observe the ship girls in front of him. However, from Tosa's speech, it was clear that there was a 'commander' above them. This was a very normal hierarchical division. Without a leader, things would be very chaotic for the people below. If the leader is incompetent, the people under him will not be efficient either.

Clearly, the commanders of these ship girls are not simple.

With that thought in mind, she said, "I would like to speak with your commander."

Do you think we can allow this?

New Jersey narrowed his eyes. How could he possibly allow his own commander to communicate with the enemy's combat officers?

Then, she realized that no one else was speaking up for her, and she looked at Bismarck and the others with a sense of foreboding: "Hey, you guys, you can't be serious, can you?"

"..."

Hood avoided her gaze, and Bismarck adjusted her military cap. Common sense dictated that New Jersey's statement was correct, but given the beginnings of the surrendered Purifiers and their previous cooperation with the Sirens, they simply couldn't utter such righteous words.

"Oh dear, it seems your companions have other ideas. Let me guess, when you eliminated the ominous signs earlier, did the Purifier give you a lot of benefits?"

A glint flashed in the observer's eyes. She had guessed correctly. The Purifier had hidden a lot of information from her and the testers. She had noticed that the Purifier appeared very close to the fleet of these ship girls when the Mirror Sea was deactivated. If it was just a pure cooperation to eliminate the ominous signs, it would no longer be effective after the ominous signs were eliminated.

The Purifier escaped from the hands of these ship girls who even had to finish off mass-produced models. It doesn't seem normal at all, does it?

"Yes, the Purifiers have given us a lot of gifts."

Suddenly, the observer heard a slightly noisy sound. She turned her head and saw that a light screen projection had appeared to the right of Xuefeng, who was sitting on the white wolf. There was a gray figure deliberately concealed in the screen. Her clothes and appearance were not clear, but judging from her body shape, it was most likely a male.

After a brief pause, the gray figure continued, "Observer, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Chapter 174 One for One

When Zhou He saw the observer remove her disguise in the crowd, he knew that she had been exposed by her own people. So he secretly started a video call with Xue Feng, listening in while also having Xue Feng take action to kill her at any time.