Revisit Azur Lane

Zhou He scanned the hall. He had come down a bit early today, and surprisingly, no one was here yet. That was quite unusual.

"Yeah! Cleveland and the others are out for a morning run, even though it's so cold. They're amazing."

Bush nodded in response and led Zhou He to the door. On the not-so-long concrete road, several figures could be seen running and moving. Cleveland and Montpellier were among them. To Zhou He's surprise, Yuudachi and Hutten were also among them. Yuudachi was running in the lead and seemed to be saying something, and her voice could be faintly heard over here.

"I've said before that I want to exercise, but I don't have the willpower."

Zhou He spoke casually, but he knew himself all too well. He could probably stick to something that required a lot of time and was a bit tiring for a day or two, or a week or two, but he would give up for various reasons if he didn't start anything further, as if he had never started at all.

"The commander also likes to slack off."

Bush chuckled and joked from the side, while U556 looked up and thought for a moment: "Should I ask Bismarck to help train the commanders? It's very effective."

"no, I'm fine."

Zhou He smirked. He felt that his physical condition was not bad. In order to cover up his incompetence, he changed the subject and spread his hands and smiled at the two of them: "It's just in time that everyone is still asleep. Watch me perform a magic trick for you."

As he said this, he walked toward the back door, and Bush and U556 exchanged a curious glance and followed him.

The rain stopped sometime last night, leaving waterlogged roads and lawns. Zhou He walked along the road, breathing in the damp air. He turned his head and saw the brightly lit restaurant and the still conspicuous Iron Blood Mansion, which was dark. He then roughly compared the locations of the three buildings, including the command building, before leaving the road and stepping onto the lawn to stand in front of the open space.

"Is the Commander planning to develop new dormitories?"

U556 had heard about the new dorm before, and now that I think about it...

"Yes, new members will be joining the port area today, so we need to prepare new dormitories in advance."

Zhou He smiled and snapped what he thought was a cool gesture at the two of them, then switched the system interface to the Homestead System, selected the dormitory he had chosen in advance, browsed it, and confirmed—

Numerous blue lights appeared in front of him, illuminating the dim surroundings like fireflies gathered together, and shining on Zhou He and the other two standing beside him.

"So beautiful~"

Bush's eyes widened; the view before her surpassed anything she had ever seen in her lifetime.

"Yes, it wasn't this beautiful when our area was developed. Is it because of the light?"

U556 blinked and turned to call Bismarck to watch the fireworks together. Unfortunately, she had only taken a few steps when the entire dormitory building had already solidified, the blue light spots dissipated, leaving only a three-story building with a floor area of ​​1,000 square meters, a square and symmetrical shape, and an overall white color scheme.

This dormitory is a purely modern building. Entering from the central entrance, you'll find a huge duplex living room that connects three floors, with a sofa area, a kitchen and dining area, and a bar (?). The living rooms are arranged in different locations, but they all have good natural light and are not small. Each room is more than twice the size of the rooms in the command building. Even with two beds and furniture, there is still plenty of room to move around. The bathroom facilities are also very complete.

Because of its high space utilization, the space under the stairs, which does not affect the visual effect, has been utilized. So in addition to the living rooms, there are also rooms for storing entertainment items and sundries, which gives people a comfortable sense of openness and provides a strong sense of privacy for individuals.

If there's any drawback, it's that this dormitory doesn't have a shared large shower room, and there's only one shared kitchen.

"It's quite different from what I imagined."

After a brief tour, Zhou He felt that the layout here couldn't really be called a dormitory, but because the layout was excellent and there were enough rooms, it could be used as a dormitory.

If he were to stay here, he would choose to live on the first floor. I wonder if my ship girl would like that.

"What do you think, Bush?"

With only Bush by her side, Zhou He asked her about her impressions after the visit. She thought about it seriously for a while before answering, "It would feel great to have people who are very close to each other living here."

Bush thought of her large number of sisters, and how it would feel like a home if they all lived together in such a house, creating a lively and cozy atmosphere.

"Hmm~ I see."

Zhou He understood a little: his choice of dormitory had failed, but it was still usable. If everyone wanted to be comfortable, someone had to connect everyone together.

In that case, he would have to sacrifice himself and become the dormitory manager for a while—although that was the initial decision.

"Haha, another new house."

As Zhou He stepped out of his new dormitory, the morning jogging group had already approached. Cleveland stood by the roadside, looking the three-story building up and down, and greeted him with a smile when he saw him come out.

"Yes."

Zhou He greeted the four of them with a smile, then reached out and pressed down on Yuudachi's head, who was trying to hug him, and turned to look at the new dormitory: "You can also visit Cleveland. If you're interested, you can move in."

The new house isn't just for new members; letting older members move in can also increase the house's popularity.

"Well, I got it."

Cleveland thought about it and didn't agree immediately.

She remained silent, and Montpellier naturally did not give an answer. Hutten only glanced at it briefly before looking away—more curious about how Zhou He had managed to develop and build such a large house in just a few minutes than about living there.

After a brief exchange, the four-person morning run group started running. Zhou He spent one Home Coin to buy a ten-meter cement road to connect the new dormitory to the highway, making it connected with the roads of the other three buildings.

"They suddenly became poor."

Looking at the '1' Home Coin balance in the Home Shop, Zhou He couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement. He had saved up for so long, and it was all gone in an instant.

However, even though the money for the additional construction was gone, the work still had to continue. After saying goodbye to Bush, Zhou He observed the central area of ​​the four buildings. The roads here were not cross-shaped, but rather two three-way intersections leading to the new dormitory and the restaurant. Considering the visibility issue, this area was not suitable for placing a shopping mall. A small shop could be placed in the open space where the command building and the restaurant intersected. As for the three-way intersection, it could be transformed into a large square or garden.

“There’s still a long way to go.”

After a flurry of activity, the sky gradually brightened, and Zhou He took a deep breath as he headed towards the restaurant.

The sun didn't come out today either, but it was better than yesterday; at least it didn't rain.

"I was wondering who was wandering around outside, turns out it's the Commander."

Zhou He ran into Kaga, who was out having breakfast. After exchanging greetings, Kaga looked at the newly appeared large building and asked, "Is there a place inside where foxes are kept?"

"I didn't find any. Kaga, if you're interested, you can fence off a piece of land to raise foxes when you develop the forest in the future. That kind of environment is more suitable for their survival."

Zhou He looked up at the fox ears on Kaga's head, then tilted his head to look at her fox tail: "I always thought you could communicate with ordinary animals, but I didn't expect you couldn't."

"There's no such thing as a convenient thing. Commander, you're overthinking it."

The two chatted as they went into the restaurant. There were quite a few people inside. Zhou He took the opportunity to promote the new dormitory's occupancy permit, but it didn't work well. It seemed like no one wanted to move into the bigger room.

"The experience of moving in shouldn't be bad, right?"

Zhou He didn't really want to move; his small room on the third floor was quite comfortable.

……

It's not uncommon for Zhou He to build a large house with his bare hands. The opening ceremony of the new dormitory was very shabby, even less impressive than that of Iron Blood Manor, where at least everyone got to go inside and take a look.

Of course, these things are not important.

"I observe the celestial phenomena daily, and the weather will clear up soon."

In the command building lobby, Zhou He was mobilizing his ship girls for today's sortie, aiming to reduce the number of Sirens surrounding the island and complete the daily sortie mission.

"It's good that the weather has cleared up, Commander, have you forgotten something?"

Hood leaned back in her usual spot, and even the cheap sofa seemed more luxurious because of her presence.

"A new companion!"

Yuudachi raised her hand to answer, her expression very serious—she did no work as the secretary ship, but she was extremely serious about finding new members.

Of the twenty-four ship girls in the entire port, more than half were gathered in the living room. Hutten and others were curious and looking forward to their 'new companion'. Hood and Bismarck were waiting for their newcomer, Cleveland was waiting for her true elder sister, and the others were just watching the show.

"I really can't do anything with you guys. Today, I'll build four new ship girls. Don't you dare bully them, especially Kaga."

In fact, Zhou He himself was quite looking forward to it, but he still made a simple pre-emptive statement, such as asking everyone to help if there was a fight, and not to react to people he didn't like.

"I haven't done anything yet, is someone trying to smear my image with the Commander?"

Kaga, who was standing far away from Tosa and leaning against the wall, was called out and retorted indignantly, feeling that she was wronged.

"No, that's not true. It's just that you stand out in the port area, Kaga. I was just using you as an example."

Raising his hand to signal Kaga to calm down, Zhou He glanced at everyone present, his peripheral vision landing on the system's construction interface where he placed four Rubik's Cubes and initiated a one-click construction—at that moment, Zhou He felt a strange sensation, as if someone was watching him, but before he could think further, a loud bang suddenly rang out.

boom!

The open door suddenly closed automatically without any wind, and the loud noise startled everyone who was focused on Zhou He. Z23, who was near the door, hesitated for a moment before getting up to reopen the door.

"and many more."

Zhou He gritted his teeth and stopped Z23, then stepped forward himself: "Let me open the door."

He was actually scared by the system's closed-door killing stunt once again; it really doesn't pretend to be mysterious and doesn't know how to operate.

But he quickly calmed himself down, gripped the doorknob with both hands and pulled back forcefully, taking a small step back as well.

There was no sun today, no dazzling sunlight, and Zhou He easily spotted the four familiar figures standing outside the door, whom he was meeting for the first time.

Chapter 107 A new beginning

There's one problem that Zhou He rarely notices when playing games, but it's quite unusual in real life.

Is it that there are too many white-haired characters in the game Azur Lane? Or is it just that he encounters them more often?

"Welcome to my port area."

As he opened the door, Zhou He smiled knowingly and spread his hands toward the four members in front of him, giving a very brief introduction of himself and the situation in the port area.

"Hello."

Of the four, one was tall (170 cm), while the other three were slightly shorter. As Zhou He finished speaking, one of the girls, dressed in a classic maid outfit, stepped forward first, folded her hands in front of her, and bowed to him in greeting: "I am the light cruiser 'Enterprising' belonging to the Royal Navy. I am here today to take up my post in this port. My hobbies are reading and various household chores. That's all. I hope you will take good care of me in the future."

Jinqu had short, light blonde hair and golden eyes behind round-framed glasses. After introducing herself, she looked up at Zhou He and calmly accepted his scrutiny.

Her demeanor was exemplary, befitting a maid. Her only flaw was her lack of a smile, but this made her appear composed and unassuming. In a job interview, her refined manners would easily catch the interviewer's attention.

“We have a lot of problem children in our port area, and we hope you can take care of them more.”

Zhou He responded very politely, then turned his gaze to the remaining three who didn't seem very good at greeting people. He then raised his hand and touched his chin: "Enterprising, Yorktown, Ayanami, and Haguro, there's a question that's been bothering me for a long time. Did you all arrive here together at the same time, or in some order?"

"this…"

His question stumped all four of them. After exchanging glances, Jinqu took the lead and answered first: "Commander, I wasn't paying attention to this. I just came to this area when I came to my senses and ended up with these people."

"Me too, I got here without even realizing it."

Haguro raised his hand in agreement.

This girl, with her beautiful black hair, hastily tied into a single ponytail, paired with her black sailor uniform and lazy posture, looks like a delinquent high school student who is forced to work and is somewhat averse to studying.

She was Zhou He's younger sister, whom he hadn't paid much attention to while playing games.