Revisit Azur Lane

Hood covered his mouth and yawned, then lazily got up: "Let's discuss the specifics with the commander tomorrow. Get some rest; there's an even fiercer battle waiting for us tomorrow."

"I also think it's time to rest."

Nagato's legs went numb from kneeling, and she couldn't wait to stand up by supporting herself with her hands. She didn't know why the Sakura Empire used this sitting posture as a form of etiquette; it had no advantage other than looking good. However, before leaving, she still said a symbolic sentence: "Tomorrow we will go to the final base. The people there may not accept us immediately, and may even think that we are a means for the Sirens. You all need to be careful."

While she said "you all," she was actually referring to New Jersey, which is known as White Eagle Base. Given New Jersey's outgoing personality, they would most likely greet them warmly, but things rarely go as planned.

"Hehe, don't let my appearance fool you, I'm actually very approachable~"

New Jersey responded with a smile, a smile that exuded confidence.

"Let's rest first."

Bismarck looked at the group of people and wondered if they were just incompatible or what, but he felt that their efficiency would be very low if they were together. It was indeed better to discuss things with Zhou He, since Zhou He's judgments were always very decisive and could convince everyone.

The crowd quickly dispersed, and the camp gradually became quiet, leaving only the Purification Clan outside the island, who were like little birds, happily sending out whistles and keeping watch.

……

Zhou He stayed up until dawn, making sure that the Sirens around him wouldn't discover the island where his ship girls were hiding anytime soon before he got ready for bed. However, he found it surprisingly hard to fall asleep and lay there for a long time before finally drifting off.

The next day, Zhou He, still worried, woke up early. Seeing that it was just getting light outside the window, he sat up, rubbing his hair and his tired eyes. He opened the system map and saw a situation similar to that before he fell asleep. He immediately felt relieved, got up to wash, and looked at his listless self in the mirror. He splashed cold water on his face, changed into a few clothes, and went out of the room.

Yesterday, he was preoccupied with the people who were out on the mission, and his mind wasn't quite sharp, so there was something he hadn't dealt with. He was going to take care of it today.

Walking through the quiet corridor, Zhou He arrived at the lobby on the first floor and saw Jarvis already up and busy. She was sweeping the road in front of the entrance. Hermione used to do the same thing, sweeping the entrance as soon as she got up. Even though there was no dirt, it was just that she had a lot of professional rituals.

"Did the commander stay up all night? He doesn't look too good."

Jarvis saw Zhou He passing by, sized him up, and bluntly stated, "He's too concerned about the situation of the attacking team."

"Excuse my bluntness, but your concern for everyone is commendable. However, your own health is more important, and your mental state will have a different effect on everyone who goes out to fight."

Jarvis's delicate brows furrowed: "Besides, you should trust the attacking team more; they're not children who need to be watched all the time."

"what."

Zhou He hadn't expected to be lectured as soon as he woke up. Hermione's reminders were usually much gentler, but he figured that both the gentle Hermione and the stern Jarvis were working towards the same goal. After a moment of stunned silence, he hummed in agreement and smiled, "I'll remember."

Jarvis nodded in satisfaction and continued sweeping, while Zhou He sat on the steps by the door, staring blankly into the distance, quietly waiting for the light to appear on the horizon before standing up, opening the system and switching to the research ship section. Anchorage's research progress had reached 100%, and all he needed to do was click 'Complete Construction' to make the port's first research ship appear.

What Zhou He had to do was this: as the sun rose, he tapped to complete the construction. The golden chains extended from outside the system interface to cover most of the screen, and then broke inch by inch, leaving only the four golden characters "Construction Completed".

A sudden gust of wind made Zhou He instinctively turn his head and squint. When he opened his eyes again, the end of his vision was a shimmering sea reflecting the sunlight. In the middle of this scene stood a girl, who looked so unreal to him that he took a step closer and gradually brought the girl's figure into view.

The girl wore a light white jacket, but it only covered half of her body. Her long, white legs were captivating beneath her black shorts, and her light brown hair cascaded down to her ankles. Her delicate and pretty face had a pair of beautiful rose-red eyes. Despite being at least 1.8 meters tall and having a figure that all women envied, her temperament was so innocent. Looking at her was like seeing children running and playing outside an elementary school, giving Zhou He a feeling of nostalgia for the past and a sense of spiritual purification.

The girl seemed quite confused by her sudden appearance. She blinked and looked around before her eyes finally settled on Zhou He. In an instant, her eyebrows curved into a bright smile, and she quickly walked up to him. She opened her mouth as if to speak, but then hesitated. After a while, she tentatively called out in a low voice, "Commander... Teacher?"

"It's me, good morning, Anchorage."

Zhou He smiled slightly and extended his hand to her: "Welcome to my port."

"Uh-huh!"

Anchorage reached out and shook Zhou He's hands: "Good morning, teacher!"

"hiss…"

The clear, innocent voice and appearance made Zhou He tremble. He had underestimated Anchorage's destructive power. Even if this girl didn't have an explosive figure, but was just an ordinary, innocent girl looking at him with clear eyes and calling him "teacher," he probably wouldn't be able to handle it.

He thought to himself, "This is bad. I shouldn't have released Anchorage at this time."

But since the person was already in front of him, there was no point in thinking about it anymore. He tried to pull his hand away from Anchorage's, but it wouldn't budge. He calmly took a breath and smiled, "I'll show you around the port area next. Before that, let's go have breakfast."

"Hurrah."

Anchorage still showed no intention of letting go. She seemed to have found a safe zone, and simply followed Zhou He, looking around at the various buildings in the port area. Jarvis, who walked out of the command building with a look of surprise on his face, asked curiously, "Teacher, is that lady also a teacher?"

"..."

"Her name is Jarvis. You can call her Sister Jarvis or Doctor."

Zhou He turned his head to look at Jarvis and introduced him to Anchorage. The latter suddenly understood, but still did not let go of Zhou He. Although it was a good thing to be close to a girl, Zhou He was really not worthy of Anchorage's affection. It seemed that the game said that Anchorage was still a "child" who read princess and prince storybooks. He really did not expect the system to give him this information exactly as it was.

However, he also came to understand the situation of the research ships: unlike the ordinary ships that have gained the memories of the ships - the Kaga from another world - and the Tosa, which has never appeared in the world but has some memories, the research ships are completely blank slates. They have no memories of the past, only their own affairs and his existence as the commander. Everything else needs to be supplemented later.

"Of all the research vessels, Anchorage has the youngest mental age. Although its learning ability can't match that of an adult, its capacity for learning should be stronger."

Leading Anchorage to a seat in the restaurant, Zhou He ordered a slightly sweet coffee and a milk tea for her. Then, while observing the innocent girl who was curious about everything and even wanted to pick up and pinch the passing Manjuu, he opened the system to look at the map. From the overhead view, he could see that his own people had already begun to move. After a moment's thought, he gave Bismarck the order to 'explore the Royal Base' and also told her the location of the surrounding Siren fleet.

'First, explore the Royal Navy base and have the Purifiers check for any usable equipment. Once we've rested and regrouped, we can then seek cooperation with the surviving ship girls.'

This was Zhou He's idea; he still hoped to find allies and then work together to overwhelm the Sirens.

Soon, Manju brought over the coffee and milk tea. Anchorage held the warm cup, looked at it, smelled it, and took a small sip like Zhou He. His eyes lit up immediately, and he looked at Zhou He with the milk tea in his hand: "Teacher, this is so sweet and delicious."

"This is milk tea, a beverage. If you want to drink it in the future, you can come here and let the Manjuu make it for you."

Zhou He put down his coffee and explained the situation gently. Then he saw Anchorage pick up the barbarian bird that served tea and praise it with "So amazing!" The barbarian bird was embarrassed and was dizzy when it was put down. It almost bumped its head into the table leg next to it. Zhou He smiled when he saw this and switched the interface to open Anchorage's file in the dock.

In terms of specifications, the Anchorage, as a research vessel, is superior to heavy cruisers such as Ashigara and Kursk. Its armament is also average, without any particularly outstanding features.

However, at the very bottom of the file, he saw a line of red text: A new type of heavy cruiser designed with the Sirens as the hypothetical enemy. When fighting the Sirens, its combat power will increase by 5-25% depending on the sortie status.

"Holy crap, the enemy of the Sirens!"

Zhou He's eyes widened. The system had erased all the skills, but it had retained one skill for the research ship!

Its initial stats surpass those of ordinary ship girls of the same type, and it also possesses a skill that increases stats by a percentage. With further growth and the addition of a ring, its stats will directly crush those of ordinary ship girls. While it might not be able to defeat ten ship girls at once, it's definitely not a problem for one to be equivalent to three. Considering the growth and practical combat conversion rate, the ten cubes needed for research are actually quite cost-effective.

With Hu Teng and New Jersey as two blank slates before him, his expectations for the research ship had decreased considerably. The fact that the enemy of the sirens retained its skills was a pleasant surprise.

"The teacher is smiling so happily."

Seeing Zhou He's barely suppressed smile, Anchorage on the other side also started to laugh. Zhou He simply stopped trying to suppress it, cheerfully opened the system map, moved the test field map aside, and prepared to find two Sirens on the large map to give Anchorage some experience.

But as soon as he looked at it, his smile vanished: two very strange things had appeared on the map.

First, there's a 3D octopus-shaped avatar, which looks very similar to the proxy that Shoukaku mentioned yesterday that uses electromagnetic interference and sonic attacks.

The second one looked like a warship, but the model was completely different from the Siren warships he had seen before. This warship also had a 3D head, but instead of the red that symbolized the enemy, it was blue.

"What do you mean? Are they friendly forces?"

Where did these friendly forces come from?

This has really put Zhou He in a bind.

……

Chapter 190 Like an Adventure

Unlike the monk's exploration of the test field, the main world map was comfortably lit. The suddenly appearing red dot of the proxy and the blue dot of the new warship both seemed to be coming from the north, one in front of the other, with the blue dot in front and the red dot behind. The one in front had already unknowingly arrived at the abandoned Siren port area in the north, while the octopus proxy was tilting towards the twin-island Siren base in the west, and the two were completely separated.

"Would the Sirens agents in the main world be stronger than the agents created by Arbitrator Tova in the testing grounds based on his memory data?"

Zhou He looked away from the blue-dot warship and at the red dot on the Agent, lost in thought.

According to the Purifier, Towa in the test site was not actually connected to the main unit. He suddenly awakened the memories of the main body. This was similar to the story of Tirpitz and the others he first met. They spent countless years in the test site and gradually developed a true will.

— Mentioning Tirpitz and the others, Zhou He was filled with doubts. According to the Purifiers, their previous guess that 'the Mirror Sea was taken from a parallel world, so the ship girls inside could not come to this world' was completely wrong. Most of the test sites here were designed and built based on the main world. The worldview inside may deviate from the main world, but those chess piece ship girls are ordinary life forms. They cannot be sent to other worlds, right?

'Could the system be playing tricks on me?'

As Zhou He sipped his coffee, his mood gradually calmed down. Neither the suddenly appearing allies nor the agents were particularly important to him. With the system in place, they wouldn't be able to detect his port area, giving him ample time to prepare.

As for Tirpitz and the others, after thinking for a moment, he thought of a possibility: the test site he initially encountered was indeed real, and Tirpitz and the others were real ship girls. The reason they were sent to other worlds was because the existence of the system and the port caused spatial chaos and overlap in the test sites nearby. His ship girls had their own system's positioning anchor points, so they could travel back and forth normally. But Tirpitz and the others, these experimental creations, did not belong to any world, so they were directly overlapped into a world more suitable for them?

"Even though Yukikaze has become a permanent resident, it seems the bond isn't strong enough."

Zhou He was completely stumped. He couldn't think of any other possibility. If he encountered a mirror world with ship girls again, he would definitely use a projector to go there and meet and communicate with them in person, and upgrade their time to permanent in one go. That way, he could probably keep them there.

"teacher?"

Anchorage's clear voice brought Zhou He back to his senses. He blinked and closed the system interface, looking at the girl opposite him with a slight smile: "Sorry, I was thinking about something. What's wrong?"

"Hmm, is there no one else here besides us and the doctor?"

Anchorage looked around and asked curiously.

"Yes, but everyone has gone out to work and isn't home right now. You'll see them in Anchorage in a few days."

Zhou He patiently answered the explanation, and just then he caught a glimpse of several Manjuu carrying food trays. He reached out and beckoned to them: "Let's have breakfast first. These Manjuu are very good cooks."

"Okay."

Anchorage was completely unaware that he was changing the subject, and answered directly. His obedient appearance made Zhou He a little lost in thought. He wondered if if he taught Anchorage some strange knowledge, would Anchorage grow into a personality that was both pure and lustful?

'It's a real pity, I followed the proper path.'

Zhou He shook his head slightly. It's fine to think about such things. The future port area will not lack charming women. What he needs are capable assistants who can help him share the pressure of the port area's operation. He will have to find a suitable teacher for Anchorage later.

Seeing Anchorage happily picking up chopsticks and imitating him, Zhou He smiled and began to give him instructions.

……

While Zhou He was instructing Anchorage, the group at the test site gradually approached the 'Royal Base'. After a night of calm, a considerable number of Executor teams had gathered in the vicinity, and a conflict broke out between the two sides.

The Zhou He family fleet, excluding Yukikaze, currently has an average combat strength of a Type 3 Executor. Type 2 Executors can put up a fight against them, but that's about it.

Amidst the billowing smoke of war on the vast sea, Bismarck navigated among the numerous wreckages of Executors sinking into the ocean, a thoughtful expression on her face. After instructing Hu Teng to continue checking for any survivors, she turned and sailed towards the Purifier hiding behind her. Z23 looked around before choosing to follow Bismarck.

"I'm here! Is there a problem?"

When the Purifier saw Bismarck running straight towards her, she approached with great enthusiasm and alertness, her energetic appearance showing no signs of having not slept all night. Bismarck, however, had no intention of playing along and directly stated her conjecture: "There aren't many Sirens in this testing ground?"

"Well, I don't know if this is considered a lot or a little for you."

The Purifier's ship equipment resembled a hammerhead shark, with two small sharks floating in the air on either side, which looked very high-tech. She scratched her head and said, "If it were based on the proportions when we were fighting outside, there definitely wouldn't be that many."

In reality, there weren't many executors within this testing ground, because the core objective of the experiment was to use Towa as a sparring partner to help the ship girls here grow, and it didn't need to be strong enough to annihilate the combat power of all ship girl forces.

These executors who fought against them were all teams later produced by Tova. After awakening their memories, Tova even directly destroyed the Siren fleets that were originally used as training partners to prevent them from having command conflicts when attacking the ship girls.

"The current number of executors in the entire test site is between 300 and 500. The exact number depends on how many ships the remaining ship girls destroyed."

Purification counted on her fingers and said, "You've killed nearly a fifth of the Executor fleet in the past two days. This is a rate of loss that even Tova's production capacity can't keep up with. She will definitely launch an attack against you in the near future."

Bismarck narrowed his eyes as he stared at the Purifier: "You won't tell us this information unless we ask?"

"Haha, how would I know you needed this information if you didn't ask me?"