On how PhDs become human evil

"Our ship girls' stats are linked to the commander's stats. I can sense that the commander possesses an extremely terrifying amount of energy, which must be the source of my uniqueness."

That's what the company said.

“That’s true. Everyone I’ve been connected with is special, or rather, what ordinary people consider special is just ordinary to me.” Bai Jie smiled wryly. “Then let me reintroduce myself. I’m Bai Jie, and I’m your commander starting today, although my fleet may only have you.”

"Rest assured, I'm used to fighting alone. If it were me now, I could defeat all the ships from the First Carrier Division to the Fifth Carrier Division by myself."

That's very corporate; no wonder she's the woman who single-handedly took on Japan.

Watching this pair, who were beyond expectations in every sense of the word, Belfast felt that the confidence and outlook on life she had painstakingly built up over the years needed to be reshaped.

"Well then, Lord Bai Jie, it's about time, we should—"

"Buzz————————! Buzz————————! Buzz————————!"

Before Belfast could finish speaking, a deep, mournful cry suddenly echoed across the sky above the Far East branch, and Belfast's expression immediately turned extremely serious.

"An alarm? A Siren attack?!"

No, I don't think so.

Bai Jie gazed at the distant sea, a faint magical light flowing in his eyes—the sign that he had activated his clairvoyance. What he saw was a fleet of jet-black ironclad ships, and on the deck of the leading ship stood two girls with heterochromatic fox tails.

Switching to a bird's-eye view, he frowned: "That symbol... it must be Japanese, right? Only they would use cherry blossoms as a symbol."

"Japan—could it be the Sakura Empire's fleet?" Belfast frowned. "Anyway, let's get back to headquarters first. Sir Jeff White and Sir Enterprise, please—"

"No need. I'll go with the company to meet them and see how capable the company is."

With that, Bai Jie activated a magic circle for flight, taking the company directly into the sky.

"Go and tell Theresa, Bell, that's all."

Watching the two figures transform into streaks of light and fly away, Belfast's serious expression gradually softened—this master and servant pair were really talking to themselves.

P.S.: A friend in the group shared resources for "Kizuna Chronicles of Love: Iroha," so I downloaded it, but this campus network is insanely slow! It took two hours and it didn't even finish downloading one gigabyte! It's awful!

Section 313.8. The Trouble Left Behind

I'm talking about the First Carrier Division's Akagi, Japan's strongest battleship, which is known as the invincible ship. It's currently in a state of existential crisis.

It should be noted that although the Far East Branch is located within the Japanese territory, it actually belongs to Schicksal. Several ports in Japan are also included in Azur Lane, namely Sakura Empire.

However, that was several years ago. Ever since Azur Lane achieved a major victory in a major battle against the Sirens and seized a large amount of Sirens' scientific technology, Azur Lane has been divided.

A group of Azur Lane members, led by the Ironblood Duchy of Germany and the Sakura Empire of Japan, advocated using the Sirens' technology to fight the Sirens, while the rest of the Azur Lane members believed that the Sirens' technology was like Pandora's box, which would bring great disaster once opened.

Due to differing opinions, Azur Lane eventually split into two parts—Azur Lane and Red Axis.

After leaving Azur Lane, the members of the Crimson Axis disappeared for a time and have rarely appeared in public since. The only one that has made a move is the Sakura Empire.

Of course, it wasn't that no one had tried to find the whereabouts of the Crimson Axis, but because of the pseudo-temple Solomon left behind by Bai Jie, the member states of the Crimson Axis had all entered a state of isolation, refusing entry to outsiders—they themselves were certainly able to leave.

The reason why the Sakura Empire's fleet appeared in the waters of the Far East Branch was because they had made a new breakthrough in their scientific and technological research on the Sirens and wanted to use the Far East Branch to test their skills.

Akagi, Kaga, Zuikaku, Shoukaku... almost all of Sakura Empire's capable fleets were deployed. Besides testing the latest technological performance, their purpose was to prove to the world that Sakura Empire had returned!

Then they were all singled out by one person from the company.

Yes, it wasn't even a proper battle. The Enterprise simply launched a long-range bombing raid, and the Sakura Empire fleet, led by Akagi and Kaga, was completely decimated. Bai Jie watched as Akagi, though not directly hit, was shaken around like a kite by the successive waves of explosions.

Akagi was completely bewildered. They were the most elite fleet in the Sakura Empire, enhanced by Siren technology. They shouldn't have lost to anyone, especially since the enemy only had one ship!

Their First to Third Carrier Divisions were completely wiped out by a single aircraft carrier! If word got out, those Ironblood guys would probably laugh themselves to death!

"Commander, the enemy fleet has been completely annihilated. Please provide further instructions."

After knocking down the last Ruihe, the company drifted back to Bai Jie's side.

To be honest, although it was the result of her own actions, Enterprise was still shocked by her own strength. Based on her memories, she had indeed fought against the First and Second Carrier Divisions and even severely damaged both fleets, but she herself had also paid an extremely heavy price.

But now, she has wiped out three fleets without suffering any damage, without even experiencing a decent hard-fought battle. Such a huge gap makes her feel like she is dreaming.

"Well, should I say well done or what? I originally wanted to use this to test your strength, but you fought too fast for me to see clearly."

Bai Jie covered his face and said that the company's strength far exceeded his expectations. The company, which was already a legendary aircraft carrier, was further enhanced by his power. He estimated that there would be no warship in the world that could rival the company.

Approaching Akagi and Kaga, Bai Jie squatted down and patted Akagi's blood-stained cheeks: "Hey, are you still alive? If you are, say something."

"Ugh... Humiliation... I never imagined I'd be defeated in a place like this. What kind of monsters are you...?"

"Monsters? Levels don't matter to me. I'm the strongest monster no matter what," Bai Jie laughed. "Now that you've all been taken down by my company, I'll take you all as prisoners. As for why you attacked the Far East Branch, please spill everything in the interrogation room."

Looking at Bai Jie's kind smile, Akagi and Kaga inexplicably felt that this man might be even more terrifying than the company that had just defeated them all.

Clenching his teeth, Kaga, who had collapsed next to Akagi, suddenly leaped up from the sea, unleashing a burst of ghostly blue foxfire!

"Don't even think about getting any information about Sakura Empire from us! I'd rather die than be taken prisoner!"

The ghostly blue foxfire formed a giant white fox nearly a hundred meters long. Two rows of aircraft carriers were placed on the fox's back, and in an instant, more than a dozen carrier-based aircraft roared out of the deck and launched a self-destruct attack in Bai Jie's direction!

With a soft sigh, Bai Jie couldn't understand why these people didn't cherish their lives. Wasn't it good to be alive? Besides, he hadn't said he was going to kill them all. He could go home after giving them some information. Why did these people act like they would die if they gave them information?

"Although I want to say that I don't hit women, unfortunately I'm not a man who cherishes women. Please forgive me for being rough with my hands."

Without moving an inch, Bai Jie simply skipped the incantation and constructed more than a dozen magic circles. One after another, silver-white chains rushed out from the magic circles, binding the giant fox tightly on the spot. Then, with a forceful pull, the fox was instantly dismembered into more than a dozen parts. At the same time, Kaga, who was in the air, also spat out a mouthful of blood the moment the fox was dismembered by Bai Jie, and fell back into the sea.

"Senior! You bastard, how dare you... "

Zuikaku slammed her katana against the deck behind her, and crimson flames shot out from the blade. However, before she could make a move, the still-burning chains bound her tightly.

"Hey you guys, this guy isn't dead yet, what's the rush? Just behave yourselves, okay?" Bai Jie sighed and said, "Enterprise, bring out your true form. It'll be tiring to carry so many people back. Thank you for your help."

“No, this is what I should do. The Commander only needs to give the order,” Enterprise said. “But Commander, um… wasn’t the way you tied people up a bit too much, especially for women?”

Only after the company said that did Bai Jie realize that although Ruihe looked disheveled, there was a hint of eroticism in her disheveled appearance. Her curvaceous figure was even more exposed by the chains binding her... It was less a form of bondage and more a kind of eroticism.

Well—it's awesome! (?o?o)

"Ahem! Sorry, it's a bad habit I had from the past, so I subconsciously tied up the prisoners like this. Please forgive me."

This wasn't Bai Jie lying. In the past, when dealing with troublemakers within Destiny, Bai Jie would use this method to immobilize them in mid-air and then give them a good beating. Since it was mostly men causing trouble back then, Bai Jie had overlooked the situation with women.

Please take this as a serious listen.

Watching her sisters being led one by one onto the Enterprise deck, Akagi suddenly revealed a desolate smile: "Heh, perhaps this is fate. I never expected that the first expedition of the newly formed Sakura Empire would fail, and be defeated by Enterprise. Fate is truly an interesting thing."

"No, you guys were just unlucky to run into someone like me, a cheat code." Bai Jie retorted expressionlessly.

"Perhaps, but... I'm really grateful for my intuition now, because I had a bad feeling before the expedition, so I brought it with me, and I didn't expect it to actually come in handy."

As Akagi spoke incomprehensible words, a small black cube fell from his sleeve, and at the very moment it fell—

"————————————"

A silent sense of oppression spread across the sea, and a chilling atmosphere reached the hearts of everyone present.

Sensing this aura, Bai Jie's lazy gaze instantly sharpened. He was far too familiar with this aura, so familiar that he would never forget it even if his body were torn to pieces, because just a few months ago, Bai Jie had fought a life-or-death battle with the owner of this aura.

"boom--!"

The wings of a beast burst forth from beneath the sea, and a radiant figure exuding unparalleled madness soared out of the water.

"Gua ...

A madman's roar echoed through the sky, and the once clear sea was instantly shrouded in a storm. Bolts of lightning struck down from the clouds, illuminating the figure of the luminous man.

Staring directly at the luminous figure, Bai Jie murmured, "Still alive... Beast King, awesome!"

P.S.: It only dawned on me while I was actually writing this—Azur Lane doesn't seem to have any story at all! I've been playing for so long and haven't found a single story element in Azur Lane. In fact, the event storylines are longer than the main storyline! Damn it, doesn't this mean I have to come up with my own story? I'm already losing hair from studying advanced math and electrical engineering; is this going to make me bald in middle age?

Section 314, Chapter 9: Finishing Off is Good Civilization

Beast King 666, Bai Jie didn't expect to encounter this guy again. Back in the bloody battle in the dimensional rift, it should have been completely destroyed by Bai Jie.

However, the luminous figure before him, in both appearance and unique madness, was exactly the same as the Beast King 666 that Bai Jie knew.

"Hey woman, where did you find this guy?"

Bai Jie mercilessly stomped on Chi Cheng's face, leaving a dark shoe print on her beautiful face.

"Heh, do you even have time to ask that now?"

Seeing Akagi's cold smile, Bai Jie curled his lip. With Beast Emperor 666 in the present, he really didn't have the time to deal with the issue of these prisoners. If Beast Emperor 666 was allowed to run rampant, this world might be destroyed.

However, this does not mean that Bai Jie will let Chi Cheng off the hook. Since he has touched Beast Emperor 666, Chi Cheng cannot escape punishment. Although ignorance is no excuse, Chi Cheng did release Beast Emperor 666. If Bai Jie were not around, who knows what kind of disaster would have occurred.

and so--

"Sizzle—!"

Two sword lights flashed by, and Akagi's left arm and right leg were immediately cut off by Bai Jie. Then Bai Jie turned to look at Beast King 666, who was glaring at him, and said to Enterprise with his back to him: "Enterprise, take these prisoners back. If you find anyone who is not cooperating, kill them on the spot. Do not show any mercy. I will deal with this guy and then go back."

"...Commander, please be careful."

"Don't worry, I know exactly what that guy is capable of."

With his right hand gripping the Four Directions God and his left hand retrieving the Holy Lance from the subspace, Bai Jie's body radiated a golden-red aura, and violent magic power burst forth from within, instantly stirring up towering waves in the sea centered on Bai Jie!

"——————Gahhhhh!"

After a brief silence, as if finally remembering who the person in front of him was, Beast King 666 roared and shattered the ocean. In an instant, several pairs of wings on his back shook out more than a dozen violent hurricanes, and he was enveloped by the hurricanes and rushed straight towards Bai Jie!

"It's the same old thing, boring."

Without even moving the Holy Lance, Bai Jie directly raised the Four Directions Divine Power, and nearly a hundred magic circles appeared on the sword. The atmosphere between heaven and earth was immediately brought under Bai Jie's control, and even the hurricane that was entangled with Beast Emperor 666 dissipated as if being peeled away and gathered on Bai Jie's sword.

Unlike when they were in the dimensional rift, because magic cannot be eroded into nothingness, Bai Jie can freely use any magic, spell, and incantation. And once the restrictions on magic are lifted—

"Here you go!"

A storm blade, tens of thousands of meters long, crashed down! The sea in front of Bai Jie was cleaved in two from the very middle, and the seabed with the crack could even be seen from above.

Beast King 666, positioned along the path of the slash, was naturally destined to be cut in half, but—

"Gaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!"