I, Azure Commander!

The first day of sailing in the Level 4 sea area did not seem as dangerous as imagined. If everything went well, they would be able to leave this dangerous sea area after breakfast tomorrow morning. After waiting for another day or so, they would be able to reach the port of Zone J and complete the trip.

The captain was in a good mood at this time. He had been worried since morning, but now he was gradually relieved and prepared to go to the cafeteria to have dinner and return to his room to rest.

However, things are often so unfortunate, just when everyone relaxes...an accident happens.

"Captain, Captain..."

The captain had just arrived at the cafeteria and was thinking about what to eat tonight when he saw a crew member running towards him in a hurry from afar, looking extremely panicked.

"It's...it's the Siren! The Siren has appeared!"

The captain of the ship frowned immediately, stood up, and asked calmly: "What's going on? What's the situation now? How many warships does the Siren have?"

After all, Commander Lin Xiao and five ship girls are outside, and it’s not the first time they have encountered Sirens, so they won’t lose their composure.

"Do not......"

The crew member shook his head and said with fear on his face: "It's not a Siren ship. No...it should be said that it's not just a Siren ship."

As soon as he said this, the captain took a deep breath and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

He knew that he had won the jackpot.

Rushing back to the observation tower, he picked up the telescope and looked into the distance. What he saw was a large group of pitch-black warships, at least twenty or thirty of them. However, this was not the most frightening thing. What was even more terrifying was the girl in white clothes, who was shrouded in black fog, at the very front of those Siren warships.

For a moment, he almost dropped the telescope in his hand.

There's no doubt about it...it's the Siren Ship!

He recalled what the old senior who had chatted with him once said to him. For those of them who had been sailing on the sea for most of their lives, encountering Siren ships was actually not a rare thing. As long as they did not save money on the escort ship girls, there were basically few accidents.

But no matter how few accidents happen, they will always happen... He still remembers the extremely terrified look on the face of the white-haired, skinny senior when he said those words.

The most likely cause of trouble for people sailing on the sea is encountering a Siren ship girl...

Unlike ordinary Siren ships, Siren shipgirls are more flexible, more threatening, and more difficult to deal with. Most importantly, they are intelligent enough and are likely to bypass the shipgirls' blockade and directly attack cargo or passenger ships.

Especially the Siren's battleship girls and aircraft carrier girls, the long-range cross-fire and the overwhelming formation of aircraft are simply a complete nightmare.

That senior had once encountered a Siren aircraft carrier. In that accident, four of the five escort ships were sunk, and only three humans on the ship survived, and he was one of them.

Since then, he has been left with an indelible psychological trauma and never dared to go out to sea again. Even when he saw the sea, especially the dark sea on a cloudy day, he would be so frightened that his whole body would tremble, he could not stand or sit still, and he would hide in a corner and shiver.

It was precisely because of hearing this story that the captain knew how terrifying the Siren Ship Girl was. She was completely on a different level from the Siren ship. Not to mention that the appearance of the Siren Ship Girl was often accompanied by a large number of Siren mass-produced warships. This was exactly the situation they were facing now.

The boat owner's hands began to tremble.

He forced himself to remain calm and said to the crew beside him: "Let everyone return to the room immediately and be ready to escape on the lifeboat at any time!"

"Yes!"

The crew member was still very young and didn't quite understand what the current situation meant, but he knew more or less what the Siren ship girl meant, and he could tell from the captain's expression that the situation was not good.

He responded hurriedly and went to inform the other crew members and guests on the ship.

The captain immediately clenched his fists, took the telescope and quickly rushed to the deck. At this time, Lin Xiao and the others were still waiting here.

The Königsberg sisters who were in charge of patrolling had already retreated to the vicinity of the cargo ship, and their expressions were not very good when they looked at the Siren ship girl in the distance.

The number of times they encountered the Siren ship girls was very few. After all, they lacked some experience, so they could only pin their hopes on the big guys on the ship. The most they could do was to guard nearby and block those mass-produced enemy ships.

"Commander Lin Xiao!"

Seeing Lin Xiao and his ship girl, the captain felt a little relieved, and then asked: "That Siren ship girl..."

Now, he actually had this fluke mentality in his heart - even if a Siren ship girl appeared, it might not be a battleship or an aircraft carrier, maybe just a small ship? A light cruiser, or even a destroyer?

In this way, at least there is no need to worry about the terrible situation of the cargo ship being covered by artillery fire and bombed by carrier-based aircraft.

At this time, Lin Xiao was holding a telescope given to him by the captain a few days ago. He was observing the Siren ship girl in the distance. Hearing this, he put down the telescope and looked at the small Tiancheng next to him.

"Xiao Tiancheng, what do you think?"

"Amagi thinks... a lot like him."

Lin Xiao nodded. He also felt that it was very similar. If that was the case, he estimated that it was almost correct.

He turned around and looked at the captain, and said, "In fact, we have already discussed this issue before you came here. According to our observations, it should be the main ship of the Sakura Empire, the Shokaku."

That's right, although there are many differences between her and her own Shokaku, but with that long white hair and white clothes, plus the huge deck and the equally huge bridge, and most importantly the iconic flute in her hand, who else could it be but Shokaku?

After saying this, the captain, who had been full of expectations, suddenly became expressionless, his jaw began to stammer, and he looked as pale as death.

The aircraft carrier... It was an aircraft carrier, the worst one, the same aircraft carrier as that senior...

"It's over, it's all over now..."

Chapter 9: The Battle That Ended Quickly

"It's over, it's all over now..."

After learning such a cruel fact, the captain was obviously in complete panic. He half-squatted on the ground, seeming to doubt his life.

"What's not finished?"

Lin Xiao looked at him speechlessly, "Didn't I tell you that if we follow the new route we have drawn up, all dangers will be under control. The current situation is naturally the same."

"really?"

The captain looked at them with some doubt. After all, although he had come into contact with some ship girls, he was not an insider after all. His understanding of ship girls was actually very limited, and he didn't know things like rarity and training level. He only knew that the ship girl led by the commander in front of him seemed very powerful, but the psychological shadow brought to him by the extremely terrifying Siren ship girl mentioned by his predecessors was obviously greater. He didn't have a specific and quantitative concept of the strength of the ship girls. He just knew that they were powerful, which could not calm the fear in his heart.

"Let's go back to the cabin first. Soon, everything will be over."

Lin Xiao shook his head helplessly, then ignored him and looked intently at the Siren Xianghe in the distance.

If the ship girls carry all the beautiful feelings in the world, then the Siren ship girls undoubtedly carry all the corresponding negative emotions, hatred, pain, confusion, anger, sadness... Just by watching them from a distance, one can feel the strong resentment and sadness.

Some Siren Shipgirls were born out of war crimes and hatred, while others were said to be built by the Sirens using some special methods. Regardless of the reason for their birth, they all seemed to be controlled by the Sirens for unknown reasons... or dominated. They were full of hatred, and retained the ability to think, but seemed to have no reason, could not communicate, and only instinctively destroyed and killed.

For them, perhaps only sinking can bring them relief.

After sinking these Siren ship girls, there seems to be a very small probability that their negative emotions will be purified, thus giving birth to new ship girls. This is also the second way for commanders to salvage ships.

But unfortunately, not to mention that apart from the front line, Siren ship girls are rarely seen. The probability of success of this second way of salvaging the ship is only lower than that of salvaging the free ship girls. The difficulty is hell-level, so basically no one cares.

For Lin Xiao, this was already a hellish level of difficulty, which was magnified countless times because he already had too many ship girls, and no matter whether building or salvaging, there could be no duplicate ship girls. The probability of him successfully defeating the Siren ship girls and salvaging the ship was naturally very small.

Of course, Lin Xiao didn't care too much about these things. He was actually an outlier among the commanders. Other commanders were thinking about salvaging ships all day long, wishing they could salvage a ship girl and bring her home in a day. However, Lin Xiao stayed away from salvaging ships. Even if a ship girl came to his door, he would probably think twice. After all, there were so many ship girls at home that had not been found. How could he have the time to take care of the new ship girls who had just joined the port?

For now, we should quickly resolve the battle and rush to Area J. Otherwise, it would be a big loss if we miss the festival.

Lin Xiao was not worried about the current battle situation. Although the opponent had an aircraft carrier and he did not have one, and was at an absolute disadvantage in air supremacy, it did not matter. The superiority of ship girls could not be determined solely by their rarity and ship types. If a real fight broke out, wouldn't it still depend on their training level?

The biggest threat to the aircraft carrier is nothing more than the carrier-based aircraft groups they released, but they have Sheffield on their side. As a light cruiser, although Sheffield is not excellent in air defense, after all, its training level is high and its defense performance is still very strong. In addition, the light cruisers in the port area are equipped with gold twin 113 anti-aircraft guns, which are more than enough to deal with an aircraft carrier of just over level , and it is even a bit like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.

As for offense, they also have Xiaotiancheng on their side, so they can just use long-range artillery bombardment.

"Little Sky City."

At this time, the captain returned to the cabin, and the Siren ships finally came into range. Lin Xiao immediately called out, and the next moment the mental network and the Little Sky City merged, and a round of brilliant artillery fire accompanied by a whistling sound of breaking through the air hit the Siren ships rushing in front.

In just a moment, most of the Siren mass-produced ships that served as cannon fodder were sunk, and the remaining ones were relatively far away and were not hit.

It takes some time to load the ammunition, and Xiao Tiancheng has to wait for a while before the next firing. At this time, the enemy's Siren Shokaku also released its carrier-based aircraft. At one time, more than a dozen carrier-based aircraft dived towards this side quickly, as if they were going to drop bombs on their heads.

"There's a lot of dirt that needs to be 'cleaned'..."

Without Lin Xiao's instructions, Sheffield had already entered the water, spread out his legs, stood about 20 to 30 meters in front of the cargo ship, deployed his anti-aircraft guns, and fired a salvo at the carrier-based aircraft in the sky.

Those carrier-based aircraft that looked so powerful were like paper. They were destroyed in an instant and fell into the sea.

Sheffield then took the initiative to attack, holding the naval gun and firing several shots at the Siren ship that was approaching this side, one shot at a time, and immediately eliminated the remaining miscellaneous soldiers. The next moment, the artillery fire of Xiao Tiancheng had been loaded, and another roar was heard. This time, Shokaku, which had moved close to release carrier-based aircraft, was already within the range of the artillery fire. Unsurprisingly, after only the first round of main gun fire, her durability was completely reduced to zero, and accompanied by bursts of smoke, she gradually sank to the bottom of the sea.

It was a very beautiful ending. Counting from the moment Xiaotiancheng opened fire, the total duration of the battle was no more than two minutes, ending this one-sided crushing battle very cleanly and neatly.

The Konigsberg sisters were completely stunned. Whether it was the fierce artillery fire from the Little Sky City or Sheffield's expressionless sinking of so many carrier-based aircraft, it was obviously beyond their comprehension. However, after being surprised, they actually felt that this seemed very reasonable and it was really a very subtle experience.

"Are you satisfied with this success, Master?"

Sheffield has returned, put away her ship uniform, and transformed herself into an elegant maid, standing in front of Lin Xiao and bowing slightly.

"Of course, my beautiful maid."

Lin Xiao smiled and helped her tidy up her hair which was a little messy due to the sea breeze. Sheffield seemed to have never expected him to do this. She lowered her head in panic, her face slightly flushed, her heartbeat accelerated uncontrollably, but her pretty face was still stubborn, refusing to show any shyness.

Chapter 10 Arrival at Area J

The battle came and ended quickly. The people in the cabin had just received the news and were hiding in their rooms. Before they had time to worry for long, everything was over.

Just as Sheffield said, the Sirens in the Level 4 sea area were too easy for them to deal with and posed no threat at all.

After confirming that there were indeed no new ship girls born on the sea and that no ship was salvaged in this battle, Lin Xiao returned to the cabin. What greeted him was the extremely shocked expression of the captain.

Although he hid in the cabin, he stayed in the captain's room high up, observing the battle situation here.

When the overwhelming number of carrier-based aircraft roared towards this side, he almost closed his eyes and waited for death.

However, the situation was not as bad as imagined. The maid who looked as delicate as a doll just fired a few shots at random and shot down all the carrier-based aircraft without leaving a single one. And the fox lady, even though she had seen the other side firing more than once before, was still dumbfounded when she saw such a shocking scene.

After that, of course, there was some thanks and polite words, and then there were the grateful and admiring looks from everyone on the ship. The Konigsberg sisters had completely become followers, always cautiously following Sheffield's ass, like crazy fans chasing a star.

In fact, this is not difficult to understand. Before this, it was always Ko Amagi who resolved the battle, and Sheffield had basically never shown her strength. Ko Amagi was powerful, but she was a battlecruiser, and different professions have different worlds. The same is true for ship girls. Ko Amagi is powerful, but the Königsberg sisters are "outsiders" after all, and there are no things like damage numbers here, so it is still difficult to have a particularly practical experience. But Sheffield is different.

Sheffield, like her sisters Konigsberg, were also light cruisers. Experts knew the ins and outs of the craft. The sight of Sheffield shooting down those carrier-based planes with ease and without missing a single shot was enough to make them worship her as a god and say they could never learn from her.

Looking at them, if Lin Xiao's port area didn't already have a Königsberg-level sister, which made them instinctively not have the idea of ​​joining the port area, they would probably be able to get it just by snapping their fingers.

Sheffield himself was also helpless about this. Although they didn't mean any harm, it was somewhat unnatural to be stared at like this all the time.

So after Lin Xiao spoke, she still had a conversation with the Königsberg sisters and passed on some of her experience as a senior, but these will not be discussed here.

After this battle, the rest of the journey seemed to be very smooth.

Until they left this level 4 sea area, they did not encounter any Siren ships again. The cargo ship sailed steadily on the sea. At noon of the next day, it finally arrived at the port of Area J.

This port is located in the central and western part of District J. It is called Yinze Port. It is a medium-sized port in District J. According to their routes, this is the nearest and easiest port to reach.

Basically, the scenery of the port city will not be much different. There are only some cargo ships and passenger ships docked here. Because it is a slightly larger port and not in a completely safe waters like Shuibo Port, you can vaguely see a few ship girls patrolling in the distance to prevent Siren ships from approaching the port.

Yinze Port is not a large port, so it is relatively rare to see cargo ships from other districts docking there, which immediately attracted a lot of attention.

Lin Xiao was not as flamboyant as Du Ming, so he was hiding in the cabin at this time and did not make a big splash on the deck.

However, the three sisters of the Königsberg class had previously been responsible for the escort of the last section of the route, so they came ashore with the cargo ship and immediately attracted a lot of attention.

When a cargo ship docks, it first has to unload the goods, and then transport the goods by land to the city where the order was placed for trading. However, those things have nothing to do with Lin Xiao. According to common sense, the captain does not need to dock here. He will naturally receive the payment after the goods are unloaded. As for the subsequent transaction process, someone else will naturally take over.

But this time, the captain didn't seem to be in a hurry to go back.

The reason is very simple, it is the abnormal sea area before.

Even if he didn't know much about the ship girls and the commander, but just by looking at the reactions of the Konigsberg sisters, he knew that this commander and his ship girls were definitely not simple. They were not just any small characters that could be encountered casually. They escorted him when he came, but what about when he went back?

If they only had the Königsberg sisters on this trip, or even if they had a few ship girls from Shuibo Port, they would probably have sunk into the deep sea by the time they encountered the Siren aircraft carrier, right?

Therefore, after thinking it over again and again, the captain decided to stay in Area J for the time being. Even if he would make less money, he could not joke with his life.

Originally, this had nothing to do with Lin Xiao, but what a coincidence that the captain of the ship was also planning to go to the capital of District J. And unlike Lin Xiao and others who knew nothing about District J and planned to explore it from scratch, he also didn't know much about District J...

But he has many friends!

Sailors are all businessmen. The more places they travel to and the more people they meet, the better their network will naturally be. They know people in many places. Although they cannot be said to be very familiar with each other, they are more or less friends. Who knows, they may have business dealings in the future, so it is still easy to communicate.

Not to mention that the supplies on his cargo ship were destined to be sent to the capital of District J in preparation for the festival there. He could just contact the handover personnel here directly and go find his partners.

So, after learning this, Lin Xiao no longer had to worry about going to the capital.

There is no need for train tickets, the whole journey is free, and you can also take an express train, which saves a lot of trouble. It can be said to be a one-stop service that gets you there in one step.

However, they have sailed all the way here and are exhausted by the long journey. Area J is not very large, so if they set out early tomorrow morning, they will arrive there by noon that day, so there is no need to rush to set off today.

Besides, there are still a few days before the festival in the capital of District J begins. Everyone has already arrived in District J, and there won’t be any surprises. There’s no need to be nervous.

So, Lin Xiao simply found a hotel with local characteristics to stay in, put down his luggage, and took Xiao Tiancheng and Sheffield to the street.

Chapter 11 Commander's Best Friend

Walking on the street, you can clearly feel the difference between here and District C, whether it is the architectural style or the street layout, although there are many similarities, they are two styles with their own characteristics. The small vendors on both sides of the street can best reflect this difference. Many snack or jewelry stores with the unique style of District J make Lin Xiao, who has never been here, a little dazzled.

Xiao Tiancheng seemed very happy. After all, District J was her hometown and there were some things worth remembering in her memory. More importantly, the snacks in District J were really delicious.

Of course, there are a lot of delicious food in Area C, and it should be said that there are much more than in Area J. However, no matter how delicious the food is, it will lose some of its freshness if you eat too much. Xiao Tiancheng has an especially good appetite at this time because he hasn't eaten delicious food for a long time, and he feels safe and secure after returning to his hometown.

Since the child wanted to eat it, Lin Xiao naturally waved his hand and said, buy it, you can buy it!

So, they walked along the street where the hotel was located, from the beginning to the end of the street, and ate all the way. Except for Sheffield who was more concerned about his image and didn't eat much, Xiao Tiancheng and Lin Xiao had their mouths full, and their hands were full of skewers and other things.

"Cough-cough-"