Transmigrated into Azur Lane

Soon, boxes of supplies labeled 'Zhenghang' were piled up on the open ground by the soldiers. After the soldiers left, Lin Dong took a safe full of Wisdom Cubes from the shelf and then led the ship girls to the construction supplies.

The supplies captured from the Sirens this time amounted to more than 50 standard-carriage units. This was only a small portion of what was salvaged in the emergency after the war. The Third Fleet is currently working day and night to salvage the area where the naval battle took place. Although half of the construction materials were handed over to Donghuang, the remaining 25 standard-carriage units are enough for Lin Dong to launch a massive construction campaign, just like last time.

After Lin Dong set the combination lock on the safe containing the Mind Cube to '1224', the safe opened immediately. '1224' was the date Lin Dong traveled to, and this string of numbers also recorded the most significant turning point in his life.

After suppressing his complex thoughts, Lin Dong picked up a magic item and headed towards the construction materials...

Chapter 74 Construction in the Warehouse

The white light faded.

"Wow!!!"

The Fletcher squad cheered in unison and immediately abandoned Cleveland, their temporary leader, crowding around the newly created ship girl.

"Big Sister!! I miss you so much!"

Spence shouted, his eyes brimming with tears.

"Mmm, good girl."

Fletcher stroked his sister's head and smiled faintly.

After the Fletcher sisters finished catching up, Fletcher walked up to the commander. Lin Dong looked at this pink-haired loli with frameless glasses and couldn't bring himself to pat her head, because Fletcher didn't look like a little loli at all. Although she had the body of a little loli, she exuded a mature and steady temperament.

Fletcher was also observing this unfamiliar commander. Although she was one of the first ship girls to serve in the Maritime Bureau, she had been carrying out assigned missions and rarely had any contact with the commander.

"Commander, thank you for taking care of my sister and the others during this time."

Fletcher adjusted his glasses on the bridge of his nose and said with a smile.

"You're welcome, it's what I should do."

Lin Dong gave a nonchalant reply, but inwardly he was shouting "It's New Year's!" and secretly rejoicing that someone could finally tame these rascals.

Before the two could exchange another word, Fletcher was surrounded by his sisters and left the spot.

In a good mood, Lin Dong whistled and took out three Rubik's Cubes from the safe to start building.

A moment later…

"Greetings, Belfast, a humble maid, once again dedicates my life to you, my commander."

A silver-haired woman dressed in a maid outfit knelt slightly, lifting her skirt as she addressed the commander.

"Belfast, welcome back."

Lin Dong glanced quickly at Belfast's white-stockinged thighs, which were mostly covered by her maid outfit, but his face remained unusually serious.

As a highly professional head maid, keen observation is an essential skill, and she couldn't possibly miss the commander's actions. Although she was secretly pleased, she couldn't overstep her bounds as a maid. She then gave the commander a slight smile and walked behind Queen Elizabeth, keeping a watchful eye on everything and entering a state of readiness.

After Belfast left, two other members of the royal maids' trousers were revealed behind her.

"Cough cough..."

"Oh!? Commander, it's been a long time!"

Suffolk was staring at the roof, seemingly looking at something, until the commander coughed to remind him, at which point he snapped out of his reverie.

"Suffolk, welcome back."

Lin Dong said to Suffolk, who had a silly face like a firefly.

"Ah... um! Thank you, Commander!"

For a brief moment, Suffolk turned her attention back to the roof, but after being interrupted by the commander's words, she turned back and stared blankly at Lin Dong.

"..."

As a member of the game's modification system, Lin Dong abandoned Suffolk after leveling her up to 85 in the backyard, so her favorability rating was naturally low. Therefore, Lin Dong didn't care about Suffolk's disrespectful behavior.

Suffolk paused for a moment before realizing it was time for him to leave. He glanced at the commander and then walked behind Silly White, continuing to stare wide-eyed at the roof.

The last newly constructed ship girl was wearing glasses and lying face down on the ground, seemingly searching for something.

"Ahem, Edinburgh... what are you looking for?"

Lin Dong had no choice but to walk up to the girl and ask her.

"Gold nuggets... That's strange... The gold nuggets I stored at the Maritime Bureau have disappeared..."

Edinburgh continued groping around on the ground, completely unaware of the commander standing to the side.

"elder sister!!"

Belfast was furious at her sister's rude behavior and immediately reminded her loudly.

"Ah! Commander!"

Edinburgh then realized what was happening and, adjusting his glasses, said to Lin Dong.

"Yes, welcome back, Edinburgh."

Lin Dong looked at the somewhat clumsy silver-haired girl with glasses with a bit of a speechless expression. Although Edinburgh was only a purple rarity in the game, her drop rate was incredibly low. Lin Dong had only managed to create her during a daily construction task when he was extremely lucky, and then he left her in the dock without paying her any attention, only occasionally taking on a few commissioned tasks. Therefore, her affinity level was also unknown.

"Thank you, Commander."

Edinburgh was much more polite than Suffolk, but after thanking the commander, he turned his attention back to the ground.

"Edinburgh, are you looking for gold nuggets?"

Lin Dong had also overheard Edinburgh's self-talk earlier.

"Ah! Right! Commander, do you know where the gold nuggets I used to store at the Maritime Bureau went?"

Edinburgh looked up at the commander hopefully.

I...I don't know.

Lin Dong discovered that Edinburgh's miserly behavior was comparable to his own.

"That's strange! I clearly..."

Edinburgh walked up behind Shabai, muttering to himself, his eyes constantly glancing at the ground in the direction of the supplies.

Lin Dong looked at the newly formed trio of maids with a bit of speechlessness. Apart from Belfast, who seemed somewhat normal, the other two maids were a bit worrying. One was looking up at the sky and the other was looking at the ground, just like the theme song from the anime "Let's & Go!!".

Chapter 75 Construction in the Warehouse (Part 2)

Three Mind Cubes float in mid-air, absorbing resources...

After a while.

As the white light faded, three girls dressed in sailor uniforms appeared before Lin Dong. The green-haired girl in front made a peace sign and spoke to the commander.

"Commander, do you miss us?"

"Comet, welcome back."

Lin Dong chuckled and patted Comet's head, but Comet responded with a look of disdain.

"I'm not a child anymore! Commander, you can't pat my head anymore."

After finishing her sentence, Comet revealed her ship's equipment. After rummaging around in the bag-shaped main gun for a while, she pulled out a makeup mirror and started fixing her hair and naval cap, which had been messed up by the commander.

"Little swan, it's been a long time."

To ease the awkwardness of being rejected by Comet, Lin Dong immediately greeted the 'repelling traitor' behind Comet.

"Commander, it's been a long time~"

The little swan, who had a high level of affection for Lin Dong, wasn't as shy as he had imagined. She just smiled sweetly and waved her little hand.

The little swan's waving motion caused her chest to sway, and Lin Dong was momentarily dizzy from the swaying.

"As expected, the commander is still as monstrous as ever."

Just then, the blonde girl standing to the side spoke up sarcastically.

Hello, new moon.

Lin Dong shamelessly pretended not to hear.

"Humph!"

Crescent Moon simply turned her head away and ignored the commander.

Lin Dong could only sigh inwardly. Little Swan, being the most resilient front-line destroyer in the Royal Navy, was naturally leveled up to max level and maxed out in terms of affinity. As for Comet and Crescent, like Suffolk, Lin Dong simply left them in the dorm until level 85, completed their retrofits, and then abandoned them in the dock. Therefore, the sisters' indifference towards the commander was understandable. The only bright spot was that Lin Dong had completed the retrofits of all three Royal Navy C-class destroyers. Besides growing from little girls into young women, they also significantly increased the Security Bureau's strength.

The three sisters also walked behind Her Majesty the Queen, who was still dozing off. Little Swan occasionally glanced at the Commander.

Lin Dongchao blinked at his little swan before taking out the Rubik's Cube and continuing to build.

After a while.

The newly built ship girls immediately set their sights on the destroyers upon their appearance, then abandoned their commander and headed straight for them.

After recognizing who it was, Lin Dong hurriedly turned around and shouted at the destroyers behind him.

"Fletcher!! Get your sisters out of here right now!!"

"Laffey!! Mutsuki Kasaragi!! Firefly!! Run!! Run!! This is not a drill!!"

"Gridley, stop filming! Run!!"

The little girls were all in a state of panic, some hiding behind their older sisters and others behind their younger sisters. Only Spence abandoned her sisters without hesitation and ran out of the warehouse alone.

"Commander, you...you've gone too far!"

The ship girl shouted in dissatisfaction.

"Royal Ark, let's talk this out. They're just children..."

Lin Dong said to the handsome, mature woman with short black hair.

"I simply... simply like the destroyer girls, I'm not as filthy as the commander thinks."

When Royal Ark said this, he didn't dare to meet the commander's eyes, clearly indicating that he didn't even believe what he was saying himself.

Lin Dong responded to Royal Ark with a look that said, "I almost believed it." He hadn't allowed her into his dorm room since reading her lines in the game. If Royal Ark were just a simple lolicon, Lin Dong wouldn't be making such a fuss. However, judging from her lines, she seemed more like a pervert (like actively asking destroyers to go to her room). Of course, this was just Lin Dong's imagination; they would have to see how she behaved in their daily life together.

Royal Ark walked dejectedly behind Elizabeth. Even the usually drowsy Elizabeth perked up as Royal Ark approached, which shows that Royal Ark's reputation within the royal family wasn't very good.

Standing behind the naive white ship, Royal Ark still glanced at the C-class destroyers, but after seeing the three grown-up girls, Royal Ark lost interest and turned its attention to the firefly that was pretending to be dead.