Revisiting Azur Lane

"Commander, does the ability of the arbitrator also work on us?"

After confirming the basic situation inside the White Eagle Base, New Jersey cut off communications and left the magnificent house with the others. She did not speak on the way and was thinking about the information given by Saratoga, but she could not think of a solution for the most critical point and could only ask Zhou He.

She is a subordinate and Zhou He is her superior. If she, as a subordinate, cannot make up her mind, she has to ask her superior for advice!

"It's highly likely that it won't work. You are not data life forms in this world. She doesn't have the authority to delete you."

Zhou He touched his chin when he heard this, and looked at New Jersey through the video projection, then smiled and said, "You are my creations. Even if the Arbitrator is powerful, he cannot tamper with your existence."

Rather than his own ship girl being digitized and deleted, he was more worried that Tova would choose to flip the table when he couldn't win: digitize the space they were in.

He remembered very clearly that in the game, when Frederick the Great led people to destroy the Builder Host, the entire sea area was almost "reset". He didn't know whether the life in the space went to an unknown alien space or disappeared directly after the space was reset.

"When the time comes, I'll have to ask Xuefeng to take care of the finishing blow."

Zhou He thought in his heart, and then nodded to New Jersey: "Next, I will contact other teams. The gathering point is on the west side of the base, and I will go directly to meet up with the people at the White Eagle Base."

"I see. Then..."

New Jersey responded. She looked at Zhou He and wanted to say something, but saw that the projection was cut off. She immediately rubbed her hair in annoyance.

"The battle isn't even over yet, are you already thinking about taking credit for it?"

Cleveland, who was following behind, laughed when he saw this, and New Jersey didn't care either. He also laughed and responded, "It's normal to want to be praised. Didn't the Purifier say before that she would transfer the ship girl parameters here to us after the battle? Then, do you think we can also use this data to make the ship girls here reappear in the data world we developed ourselves?"

"You're still the same."

Cleveland shrugged: "Always want to try these unrealistic things."

"is it?"

New Jersey put one hand on his waist and looked up at the distant sea: "I think it's quite normal."

……

Zhou He was in a hurry to cut off the video not because he was avoiding New Jersey, but because Anchorage had come back after circling the training belt twice and firing a few shots. He had no way to take care of both ends, so he could only switch the video to convey the assembly instructions to Hood and the others, and then stood up, patted his butt, rubbed his ears and watched Anchorage running back from a distance.

"teacher!"

Anchorage waved to Zhou He, gradually slowed down, and stopped two meters away in a sideways posture. He pointed at the training tape and asked him: "Are there any standards for training? I don't know what it means to be qualified."

"qualified?"

Zhou He exclaimed, and gave the standard with a smile: "The passing line for this training is to be able to pass the level at the fastest speed without touching the line, and secondly, you must hit at least nine out of ten shots in mobile artillery shooting. There will be more difficult tutorials later. Anchorage, you should first get more familiar with your ship equipment. I will find two opponents for you to practice actual combat when there is a chance."

"I see!"

Anchorage really just came over to ask him about the passing line, and after getting the answer, he turned around and ran away again, but this time he was obviously more skilled and relaxed than before, and started to circle around on the sea, just like someone riding an electric scooter at the fastest speed trying to drift. Zhou He put one hand on his waist and couldn't help sighing that the less you worry, the happier life is.

While Anchorage was having fun by himself, Zhou He took the time to have a brief video call with the three camps of Sakura Empire, Royal Army, and Iron Blood, in which he informed them of the intelligence he had obtained and learned about their gains.

Hood and his group obtained a lot of daily necessities in the semi-paralyzed city and indulged in their shopping addiction that was restricted by Zhou He's family's poverty. Yuli and others had a great time at the beach amusement park, and also had desserts made from automatic ice cream, as well as machine-made drinks and snacks. It was truly a great time.

Only Bismarck chose a military facility far away from the city, which only provided coffee for refreshing purposes, but the harvest was amazing.

The exploration of New Jersey only found ways to communicate with other bases, but Bismarck looked up the situation of the entire base in the military base: this city is powered by the Rubik's Cube, operates in a semi-mechanized and semi-automated manner, and has complete industrial and agricultural production lines. It is not very efficient, but it can easily provide food and drink for hundreds of people.

In addition, the base has a completed dock and weapons production area. There is an unmanned production line for mass-produced warships in the dock. The armory specializes in the development of ship equipment for ship girls. Its intelligence and ultra-modernity have even exceeded Zhou He's expectations. There are even novel equipment such as floating guns for ship girls. However, the dock and armory here were destroyed by the Sirens, and it is the most severely damaged area in the entire base.

"Is there no research data on long-range missiles?"

Zhou He was very surprised when he heard Bismarck's report, but then he thought that his family seemed to have unlimited energy. As long as he bought the store equipment, he could use it. It would be almost the same after the construction was completed.

"missile?"

Bismarck, standing in front of the huge control panel, demonstrated superb information mastery skills. His query techniques were so skillful that Zhou He could not see his movements clearly. The red X that appeared on the screen as if saying "no such item" left him speechless.

There is very little use of missile technology in Azur Lane. Among the ship girls, only the Donghuang missile destroyer has been installed. It has only appeared once in the plot and was described as a weapon from the "old era".

It's not that he can't understand that energy weapons such as light beams are indeed more sophisticated than missile technology, but the two have their own advantages and disadvantages. Here, they only focus on energy weapons and don't mention anything about missile research. He thinks that it is because the development of technology is too biased that outrageous things keep appearing on both the Sirens and the Ship Girls?

A good technological route was turned into a magic route.

Zhou He sighed: "What a pity, I'm not there, otherwise I could copy all the parameters back."

"In this regard, Commander, I have some proposals for the Purifiers."

After making sure that there was no more available information in the database, Bismarck shut down the host and turned around to find Count Hutten Spee and the others who had left. She talked to Zhou He about the cooperation against the Purifiers: the so-called cooperation is either equality between both parties or unilateral oppression. Previously in the Omen incident, they and the Purifiers were considered equal, but this time, the Purifiers came alone and wanted to win by just drawing a pie in the sky, and they also deliberately blurred the information they provided. It was really unreasonable.

She hoped Zhou He could put pressure on the Purifier and make her reveal all the information.

"You want me to put pressure on you?"

Zhou He looked at Bismarck, who was serious and had an oppressive aura, and pointed at himself. It was obvious which of them was more oppressive, right?

"..."

Looking at Zhou He, who was dressed in private clothes and was so calm that he had no military bearing at all, Bismarck was also shaken for a moment, but quickly gathered his thoughts: "Siren cannot observe your face, and the existence of the unknown can make people feel uncertain, so it is most appropriate for you to apply pressure."

"That seems to be the case. I'll try it later. What kind of information do you think we are still lacking?"

Zhou He nodded, and Bismarck said after thinking about it: "The Purifier said that her management power was taken away by the Arbitrator, but based on her reaction when she attacked before, she is very likely to be able to share or mobilize the inspection intelligence obtained from the Black Tower with the Arbitrator, as well as the situation of the Agent. With the core management of the experimental agency, she should at least know some of the Agent's abilities, if not all of them."

"rational."

Zhou He nodded. He also knew that the Purifier did not tell the whole truth. He would not be surprised if this guy who acted like a traitor without saying a word suddenly revealed that he was a double agent. However, it would be a hassle to force this guy to reveal all the information.

He took a look at the dock, there was still no icon of the Purifier. This guy had scored twice, but the system still didn't include him. Either the system was incompatible with Siren, or the Purifier was not cooperating in good faith, but was here to make trouble with a half-playful attitude.

'Even if I kill the Purifier now, I won't gain anything. Instead, I will lose possible information and technology. So if I refuse to cooperate with the Purifier, what will she lose?'

Zhou He turned his eyes away from the video and looked at Anchorage who was playing happily in the training zone. A word flashed through his mind: the joy of playing.

So is this person’s happiness really that important to the Purification Parent?

He decided to give it a try.

After the communication was cut off, he watched Anchorage practicing back and forth tirelessly. Before he knew it, he had been enjoying the sea breeze for half an hour. Jarvis happened to bring a tray of tea from the headquarters. Anchorage saw it and ran back. She and Zhou He each took a cup of tea to taste. As a result, she wrinkled her face after just a small sip and stuck out her tongue: "It's so hot and bitter."

"It seems that you are not old enough to drink tea, Anchorage."

Zhou He chuckled. He actually didn’t like drinking it before, but after a serious illness caused by an epidemic before he traveled through time, he started drinking hot water, and eventually evolved to drinking hot tea.

"Ah~ Does this kind of tea taste better as it gets older?"

Anchorage showed Zhou He an admiring look: "Teacher is so awesome!"

"low profile."

Zhou He's old face turned red, and he turned his head to see Jarvis's subtle gaze of "re-recognition". He almost choked on his tea, and quickly introduced him to Jarvis, then leaned beside her and whispered that Anchorage's mental age was a bit childish, and it was not his problem.

"understood."

Jarvis responded calmly, then stood up and walked towards the command center. After a few steps, he turned sideways and called Anchorage, "Would you like some milk?"

"Milk? Is that milk tea too? The sweet kind."

Anchorage's eyes lit up, she didn't understand why, but she loved desserts.

"There are some differences, but they are all sweet. Please wait."

As a nurse, Jarvis understood that what Zhou He said was the truth just from this small exploratory question. Facing this "child" who looked more adult than an adult, she curled up the corners of her mouth to reveal a very rare smile, and left after comforting him with a gentle voice.

"Teacher, can I go with you?"

Anchorage felt that Jarvis was very friendly and wanted to have a good relationship with her, so he asked Zhou He.

"Of course, but don't be too naughty."

Zhou He smiled and thought that Bismarck's side should have gathered as well. He watched Anchorage catch up with Jarvis. The height difference between the two was obvious, but the taller one was not as steady as the shorter one, which was also very interesting.

This time, he chose Kirov, who had just joined the port, to start a video call.

When the camera lit up, the first person he saw was Kursk, whose face was calm but with a hint of helplessness. The latter also quickly noticed Zhou He's prying and took the initiative to speak: "Kirov, this is the commander."

"Comrade Commander is here? Haha, you don't know, we have met several times."

After Zhou He adjusted his perspective, he saw Kirov greeting him with a smile. Unlike the "outlier" Kursk, Kirov had the unique enthusiasm of the Northern League. His curly silver hair covered his left eye slightly, but the heroic spirit between his brows could not be concealed. He was a resolute, cheerful and beautiful big sister.

In the entire game, the camp that best matches his XP is the Sakura Empire, but his personal favorite is the Northern Alliance.

It was really hard for him not to like such a warm, honest and reliable elder sister.

Chapter 193 Torturing each other

After getting in touch with Kirov, Zhou He was surprised to find that she and Kursk had not even gone to the island, but were on guard around the island like the Purifiers - they were on guard, but according to Kursk himself, Kirov was always chasing her and she couldn't get rid of him, so she had no time to go to the island.

"That's amazing. No one in our port area could keep up with Kursk before."

After hearing Kursk's ruthless report, Zhou He couldn't help but praise Kirov. He said that he was indeed a family member and was ruthless. He would catch up with you if he said he would.

"Comrade Commander, you are too kind. I think everyone has more important things to do, so we didn't put in enough effort to figure out Kursk's special movement method."

Kirov chuckled twice, and then suddenly changed his words seriously: "However! The fact that Kursk has become so independent is partly due to you, Commander, who failed to point her in the right direction in a timely manner."

"..."

Zhou He touched his cheek and looked at Kursk again with a helpless expression. He couldn't smile anymore, but since Kirov had criticized him like that, he could only accept it enthusiastically: "This is indeed my problem, but in my opinion, even without my correction, Kursk is still on the right track. He will just accumulate a lot of experience to avoid detours in the future."

"What a beautiful answer!"

Kirov gave a thumbs up, looked at Kursk who was frowning, and smiled and extended his hand: "It seems that I underestimated Comrade Commander, I am sorry for that."

"It won't happen again."

Kursk, who felt a little uncomfortable because Kirov had implicated Zhou He, nodded and asked Zhou He, "Commander, do you have any mission for this contact?"

"I want to talk to the Purifier. Take me there. It will be easier to have a conversation when there are fewer people around."

Zhou He went straight to the point after hearing this. His original intention was to use the video to get acquainted with Kirov, but he didn't expect that the two of them were playing a game of chasing each other. But it was also good. Even if Kursk liked to be alone, he was also a member of the Northern League, and sooner or later he would have to act with others in the future.

I hope the enthusiasm of the people in the Northern League won’t make her panic.

After pointing the direction for the two people who responded, Zhou He stood up and moved the tea tray from the stone steps to the wooden bench next to it. Then he took two sips from the teacup and looked at the sea through the video, feeling inexplicably comfortable.

The two of them ran very fast, and soon the camera showed Purification Master who was controlling the little shark to fly around. Zhou He was amazed at the latter's leisurely look. What kind of heart did he have to be so relaxed when he was a traitor?

"Purifier, the commander wants to talk to you. Please keep your attitude straight and answer the questions honestly."

Kirov stepped forward alone. His face was not particularly grim, and his voice was not serious. He just gave a few simple reminders and showed the greatest leniency to the prisoners.

'Leniency to those who confess, severity to those who resist.'

Zhou He cheered in his heart, but he didn't deliberately make any pose to make himself look impressive. He continued drinking tea.

Because in the eyes of the Purifier, he was probably just a fuzzy mosaic, a screen full of fuzzy mosaics, and he felt sick just thinking about it. It was a pity that both the Purifier and the Observer were staring at him so seriously. He was worthy of being a model that had been carrying the bad omen of pollution until now, and his mind was stable enough.

After Kirov finished his opening remarks, Zhou He slowly spoke: "Purifier, we are going to go to the White Eagle base next. Before we officially launch the attack on Tova, I have a few questions that need your answers."

"How much do you know about the remaining eight agents' abilities?"

Zhou He was too lazy to argue with the Purifier and asked the core question directly.

Unlike when facing questions from other shipgirls, Purification heard Zhou He's question and lowered her head and snapped her fingers: "The one at level III can only launch small planes like me. The two at level VI can change their forms according to the environment. The one at level VIII can launch slight gravity waves to affect movement in a small area. The two at level I丩X have strong recovery abilities and can release fog to divide the battlefield. The two at level XIV can use electromagnetic and sound waves. The two at level XV have no special abilities and are very skilled in cooperating with each other."

"Don't you know everything?"

Zhou He twitched the corner of his mouth. He didn't say anything when his own ship girl asked him, but told him everything when he asked her. Did she really want to communicate with him?

"I just got the information not long ago. After you defeated two agents, Tova started to get anxious. The other agents were also sent out to fight, which accelerated the control of this test site."

Purification kissed without blushing or feeling nervous. Although she had not cooperated with the Arbitrators much, she had heard a little about their basic abilities. Lower-level agents generally possessed some of the abilities of their superior Arbitrators. Although they were weaker than the Arbitrators, they were enough to deal with ship girls and other forces below the meta level.

"Heh, you can really grasp the situation of the test site through these black towers. No wonder Tova didn't kill you. Neither you nor she actually have complete control over this test site."

Zhou He snorted and laughed. He had figured it out. The Purifier definitely did not gain control of the test site, otherwise, given this guy's playful nature, he would not surrender so easily.

And Tova definitely did not get control, otherwise the first thing she would do would be to disconnect the test site from communicating with the host outside.

As for who holds the control, it doesn’t matter. His goal is to destroy the testing ground, which means to overturn all the enemies.

"You're right! The Builder is really unreliable, it was the same last time and this time. If I hadn't come to this test site, she wouldn't have noticed the problem here. Now theoretically this place is under my control, but all the fleets were built by Tova herself and only obey her orders. She occupied the core of the test site as a base and wouldn't let me get close, so even if I have control authority, I can't do anything."

Purification scratched his hair, closed his eyes and explained the situation a little embarrassedly: "I don't know why, but I can only go in but not out. I am trapped and can't go out to organize an armed force. I can't beat her, and if she kills me, I can't get out. We are at a stalemate like this."

"You are really unlucky."

Now that everything was understood, Zhou He's mouth twitched, but he quickly restrained his sympathy for the Purifier: "If these things were made clear at the beginning, our cooperation would be smoother."

"I don't think it matters. As long as that Meta Yukikaze is here, you will get rid of Towa sooner or later."

The Purifier opened his eyes and spread his hands innocently: "This is only the third day since you came here, isn't it?"

"Only three days?"

Zhou He raised his eyebrows. His ship girl had never been away from home for so long. He snorted, "I hope you can still be so optimistic when the agents invited by the testers and observers come in to reinforce."