Revisit Azur Lane

"cut."

Zuikaku scoffed: "If we were to face the White Eagle's carrier strike group with equal logistical support, I would definitely wipe them out without leaving a single survivor."

Shoukaku didn't speak, but the pride in his eyes when he smiled said it all.

"Alright, you'll have another chance to compete in the future."

Zhou He shook his head helplessly. Ruihe's stubborn and unyielding personality made him easy to manipulate. If the White Eagle's aircraft carriers heard this, things would definitely not end well.

"..."

"commander!"

While Zhou He was still chatting and adding details after the meeting, a figure burst in from outside the ship. Before seeing the person, he heard her voice. Zhou He's gaze softened as he looked at the person. Sure enough, it was Yuudachi. This time, she really was number one. Yukikaze couldn't catch up with her.

"The watermelon is delicious today!"

As soon as Xi Li opened her mouth, she gave Zhou He a hard time.

Chapter 188 Gradually Increasing Intensity

"Commander, your dinner is ready."

Jarvis knocked on Zhou He's door, placed the plate he was holding on Zhou He's right side, then went around behind Zhou He, who was resting his chin on his hands and closing his eyes, and reached out to massage his temples. His technique was very gentle, a completely different experience from the physical examination he had received before.

She said, "The commander's body has been dormant for too long and needs some time to recover its functions. It's normal to feel dizzy. For the sake of your health, there is a bowl of rice porridge for the commander's dinner today. Please eat it as you see fit."

"Thank you."

Zhou He opened his eyes, pushed the notebook aside, moved the plate in front of him, glanced at it, and picked up the spoon to start eating the porridge. In addition to the porridge, there were two small stir-fried dishes, a bowl of clear soup, and a bowl of rice. He could feel his hands trembling, but he held the rice spoon very steadily. To him, the plain meal was already delicious.

If he were alone, he would have hurriedly stuffed the rice into his mouth, but with Jarvis right next to him, Zhou He still maintained some rationality and composure. After drinking the rice porridge with the stir-fried dishes, he put down his chopsticks and paused for a while, waiting for his body to react before continuing to eat.

When people are extremely hungry, it is actually difficult to feel whether they are full or not. They just stuff themselves, so people who are often extremely hungry will feel very bloated after eating.

That's about it.

After eating a couple of bites of rice, Zhou He estimated that it was almost time, so he opened Xuefeng's video through the system, and a projection that was visible only to him appeared in front of him.

By this time, it was completely dark outside. In the port area, he could see that there was no moon and the visibility was extremely low. However, the system would provide supplementary lighting for the video, so in Zhou He's view, Xuefeng's body and surroundings were only slightly different in color from usual and did not affect his ability to watch the battle.

In the scene, Yukikaze is riding a white wolf at high speed, the strong wind blowing her hair backward, and her cold expression makes her look like a completely different person from usual, not to mention incredibly cool.

Zhou He likes pretty girls the most, whether they are normal, coquettish, playing, cold, or even angry, crying, or desperate. However, he likes the latter two aspects as virtual characters, and he prefers real girls to be more normal.

After looking around, Zhou He adjusted the camera to the direction Yukikaze was facing. In addition to the system's lighting, there were flashes of fire from afar and shells landing near Yukikaze in the video. This meant that Zhou He's ship girl had encountered the target's proxy fleet and was engaged in fierce combat. So why was Yukikaze still charging forward?

It's because of that unknown agent. Her tankiness is far ahead in the port area. Even if she encounters a monster with a specific mechanic, she won't be killed on the first encounter. Not to mention that her firepower is actually several times or even ten times that of a battleship, making her the best candidate for decapitation on the battlefield.

Didn't you notice me?

Zhou He waited for a long time but Xue Feng didn't speak. He sighed inwardly at Xue Feng's concentration. He didn't take the initiative to talk to her, but instead stared at the figure that was gradually approaching in the distance.

But before he could see the figure clearly, the first thing that came into his sight was a floating cannon about the size of a basketball, with a blue tail flame and a black shell. It was extremely fast and flew towards Xuefeng from a distance. Its front was structured like an eyeball. The moment it entered Zhou He's field of vision, it emitted a bright light. It was a laser!

Xuefeng reacted faster than Zhou He. The white wolf leaped diagonally to avoid the scorching beam of light that illuminated a hundred meters away. In the process, the ship's cannons at its feet aimed and fired back, blasting the eyeball-shaped floating cannon into a ball of sparks with just one shot. However, the smoke from the explosion was quickly cleared, and a large number of blue and white shells exploded in all directions like a barrage. The ear-piercing, dense, and muffled explosions shocked Zhou He's ears. He instinctively wanted to cover his ears, but Jarvis was still massaging them. Instead of covering his ears, his hands were caught by Jarvis's skillful hands.

"Is it uncomfortable?"

Jarvis felt Zhou He's warm palm and calmly asked, while Zhou He, somewhat embarrassed, could only quickly let go of her hand and pretend to be calm: "It's nothing, just a sudden conditioned reflex."

"It was quite sudden."

Jarvis hummed in agreement. Not everyone is used to having their head and face massaged, and Zhou He's reaction was a normal one.

"Hahaha…"

The commotion made Zhou He realize that the explosions in the video weren't actually that loud, completely different from the artillery fire he'd witnessed at home. He understood that the system had processed the sound waves and adjusted them to a level he could tolerate, so he patiently continued watching.

The barrage attack just now seemed to be a counterattack after the floating cannons were hit; the main body disappeared as the barrage ended.

What Zhou He was more concerned about was Xue Feng. Most of the bullet comments were aimed at her, and he could tell from the camera's movement that Xue Feng had been hit. However, when he zoomed out, he found that Xue Feng was completely unharmed, without even a scratch on her clothes or skirt. There was no sign of her being hit at all, which was very mysterious.

"I have protective gear."

Seemingly sensing Zhou He's doubts, Xuefeng suddenly spoke, raising her hand and clenching her fist in the air: "After metamorphosis, my body underwent a transformation. As long as I deploy my ship equipment, a protective membrane will appear around my body, which can help me withstand attacks that are not very powerful."

"Wow, that's impressive. I thought you hadn't noticed me."

Zhou He was startled. It seemed that metamorphosis was more complicated than he had thought. This was a transformation at the level of life itself.

"Are you an idiot? How could you not notice when you were staring at someone like that?"

Xuefeng puffed out her cheeks. She had originally planned to pretend not to know and show off in front of Zhou He, but the operative's underhanded tactics made her unable to hold back.

“That’s true. Let’s keep going. That agent is only five nautical miles away from you. I wonder what model she is, she’s positioned so far forward.”

Zhou He smiled, pushed the plate aside as he spoke, and began to record the agent's abilities in his notebook. He wrote down 'eyeball-shaped floating cannons. Release beam attacks and barrage attacks'. After Yukikaze regained her composure, she turned to Jarvis and whispered, "I'm mentally fine. I'm communicating with Yukikaze, who is currently on a mission, via video through the port's system. They are fighting against the new model of Sirens."

"I know."

Jarvis nodded. As ship girls, they rarely get sick. As a nurse, she focused on taking care of Zhou He. Although she rarely communicated with Zhou He, she had gathered information about him by talking to most people in the port. In addition, after taking care of him for a day and a night yesterday, she had mastered all the information about Zhou He.

"Ah."

Zhou He felt that Jarvis truly lived up to her dual profession as a maid and nurse, exuding a high level of tolerance and reliability. If she could smile more often, she would be the perfect candidate for mother.

"..."

Clearing his mind of the strange thoughts, Zhou He continued watching the battle. In just a few words, Xuefeng was attacked by the eye-shaped floating cannons again. This time, the two floating cannons unleashed intertwined beam attacks that could even sweep across the area. Zhou He felt his scalp tingle even through the screen, but Xuefeng not only nimbly dodged them but also knocked them down with both attacks, bracing himself against the scattered barrage of bullets as he charged forward.

After several waves of attacks, Yukikaze finally arrived in front of the unknown agent. The formation of this Siren fleet was a bizarre goose formation. The agent herself stood in the very center and at the very front, much like the 3D image displayed on Zhou He's map. She was a silver-haired woman with a hood, dressed in a somewhat Japanese style, with blue-dyed strips of cloth hanging down the sides of her white clothes. Her pink eyes shimmered with white light. The agent had a cold and extremely beautiful face, but her ship equipment was shaped like a ferocious black monster with black cannons on its head. When the cannons opened, they flashed white light. The more Zhou He looked at this design, the more familiar it seemed, as it was very similar to the Deep Sea from C.

'It must be a coincidence.'

While Zhou He was observing and thinking, Yukikaze had already started fighting with her. At this moment, it was as if he was watching a game replay. As a ship girl, Yukikaze could only use simple cannon fire, while the opposing Executor fired colorful barrages. The barrages were of varying distances, with the distant ones attacking Yuudachi, Cleveland, London, Bismarck, and others, while the closer ones were aimed at Yukikaze. The most exaggerated thing was that at the same time as the main gun fired the barrage, the black monsters around her opened their mouths and swept beams, and there were countless torpedoes on the water, which directly covered Yukikaze with white splashes of water.

"Now I understand why everyone got injured before."

Zhou He almost fainted. He looked down, his face contorted in pain. He was stunned. He was utterly bewildered. He was utterly terrified. He was so angry he could barely stand. He was so desperate he could barely breathe. He was so terrified he could barely breathe. He was so desperate ...

Without Yukikaze's level of toughness, you can't even get close!

After being attacked by this monster, he began to doubt whether there were still any living people at the Royal Base.

This proxy is unassumingly powerful, but Yukikaze's strength surpasses hers. Unlike ordinary ship girls, Yukikaze's White Wolf can leap on the sea surface, accomplishing the feat that Zhou He witnessed in his previous life while surfing: 'ship girls jumping to dodge torpedoes.' She skillfully maneuvered to avoid fatal beam and torpedo attacks, and even took several hits before launching a counterattack.

Under a salvo, dense sparks exploded on the opposing Agent, and the barrage of bullets fell silent. But after about ten seconds, the beam pierced through the smoke and continued to sweep towards Yukikaze. Accompanying the beam were five floating cannons, which tried to force Yukikaze back with their fire net, but to no avail. Yukikaze charged into the Siren formation without stopping, skillfully shooting down the floating cannons one by one, and launching torpedoes with stats that had reached the level of black technology at the Agent.

The two sides were now less than a kilometer apart, and the rows of torpedo agents had no chance to dodge them. With a splash of water, Zhou He, who had sharp eyes, saw the black armor flying out. When the smoke and water mist dissipated, the agents were gone, leaving only unknown debris brought up by the rolling seawater.

'The snow wind is terrifying too.'

Zhou He gasped. The cool proxy was blown to pieces by Xuefeng's barrage of shots and lightning strikes. After truly witnessing Xuefeng's strength, he realized why the initial testers had managed to let Xuefeng escape to his house despite being surrounded.

It wasn't that they didn't want to, but they didn't know if Xuefeng had reached his limit, so they didn't dare to attack recklessly. After all, Xuefeng had special protection, and mass-produced types couldn't break through his defenses and could only slowly whittle down his health. Even after his family members were beaten unconscious by Xuefeng, Xuefeng's main body was not seriously injured.

Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever tried Yukikaze's weight yet?

With the Sirens losing their main force, the battlefield had become a one-sided massacre. Xuefeng, like a tiger among sheep, slaughtered indiscriminately. Zhou He felt relieved and began to ponder Xuefeng's physical condition. Normally, the stronger one's physical fitness, the greater the muscle density, and the greater the weight.

Yukikaze's stats are almost ten times that of Yuudachi. He can't say for sure about her physical strength, but Yuudachi is also superhuman. Her stats have grown for so long, and she's soft and sweet to hold while sleeping. Her weight is also barely enough to support her.

Perhaps for technologically advanced life forms like ship girls, ideology outweighs the laws of physics. Yukikaze, who looks like a superhuman, might actually weigh about the same as Yuudachi.

"..."

Zhou He rubbed his temples. His own people were still fighting a war; what was he thinking? Whether he could actually get on the ship or not, he'd find out when the time came.

He scanned the chaotic Yukikaze's perspective, closed the video, and began to observe the map. During the battle, the surrounding area had been lit up considerably, and he could see that many wandering Enforcers were beginning to move towards the battlefield. After a brief moment of thought, he gave Bismarck, Hood New Jersey, and others the order to 'go to the Royal Base first and let Yukikaze clean up the mess.'

Although he was usually a bit noisy, his family was extremely efficient in battle. Within minutes, he saw his main force begin to regroup and, led by Purification, begin to move away from the battlefield. After wiping out all the remaining Sirens, Yukikaze joined the group.

Under Zhou He's watchful eye, the team marched westward with great momentum, defeating all the Siren fleets they encountered along the way and destroying the black spires along the route. He also got a sneak peek at the appearance of the 'Royal Base'—an irregularly shaped circular island with an arc-shaped gap on its eastern side. The map showed that this was a port, and the port was now emitting black smoke, with no Sirens remaining nearby.

There are no ship girls displayed, so there are clearly no troops stationed here anymore.

"Is it too late?"

Zhou He frowned. Since there were no reinforcements, he had to consider other issues, such as whether to make a show of heading to the Royal Base and then hide on other islands to rest and avoid the pursuing and gathering Siren fleet.

While he was thinking, he opened the dock and had a video call with Bismarck.

Currently, each faction in the port area has its own leader, but Zhou He still recognizes Bismarck the most in terms of combat.

Upon learning of the situation at the Royal Base, Bismarck discussed the matter with the others and ultimately decided to spend the night outside the base.

Tonight, let Purify keep watch alone!

Chapter 189 The Siren's Enemy

They spent the night on a remote island, but the two transport ships were too conspicuous. After dinner, Hermione and her group dismantled the refrigerator and other equipment and placed them at the camp. Then, they sent the two lightships along the planned route to the Royal Base.

In the temporary camp.

The tents were set up in rows to avoid being seen by the fire. No fire was lit today. Most of the members had already gone into their tents to sleep. Only a few people were still gathered in the center of the camp to discuss things. The silvery moonlight fell on them, and the atmosphere was slightly serious.

"With the commander gone, our logistics have become a major problem."

Bismarck looked at the others and said, "We'll explore the base again tomorrow after the commander contacts us."

There were five people present: Bismarck, Hood, New Jersey, Nagato, and the newly joined Kirov. Jeanbart and Kursk were not interested in these meetings, so this place could be considered a gathering of members from the five major camps in the port area.

"Agree."

Hood lowered her eyes and spoke a little lower than usual. She had been on patrol since 2 a.m. and was very tired. It was hard to imagine that Bismarck was still so energetic.

"We'll definitely have to fight the Sirens and expose our location during this time. Regardless of whether we can find food supplies, we'll head straight to the final base. What do you think?"

New Jersey was still full of energy. She sat cross-legged on the lawn, her hands on her knees, swaying back and forth. Compared to her, Nagato looked docile and petite. The latter's small face was tense, as if she was forced to perform. Usually, Zuikaku and Kaga would rush to attend the meeting, but today they were tired and didn't want to. They went to sleep instead of letting her attend the meeting alone.

As for how to proceed, everyone present, including Kirov, understood: or rather, they had no other choice.

Taking down two agents in a row must have already attracted the attention of that arbitrator. Even if they try to act normally, they will be blocked, and they may even be attacked by multiple agents. There are still eight agents with unknown abilities. If they fight them, they will definitely suffer from the information gap. It would be better to go to the so-called White Eagle Base and see if the survivors there have any relevant information.

Bismarck nodded: "No problem, but we need to be careful about the strength of that arbitrator named Tova. The Arbitration Agency is a combat agency, and the arbitrator, as the superior of the Actors, will definitely be stronger. The key is whether we can take her down in one go."

The others didn't really chime in. The meeting of the five was actually just a conversation between New Jersey and Bismarck. Most of the others were just listening in. Kirov even seemed to be too unaware of the current situation and was just there to join in the fun.

New Jersey nodded, then raised his hand to look at the others and said, "The Purifier brought too little information. Her role is smaller than we thought, and she doesn't participate in combat. Do we really have to keep cooperating with her?"

"This is the commander's judgment. Keeping her around might bring unexpected benefits. Just keep an eye on her."