Revisiting Azur Lane

This change surprised Zhou He a little, especially the change in the reward amount. He felt like he was getting more when he paid more, which was very gratifying.

As for the newly acquired Rubik's Cube, Zhou He frowned and thought about it and decided to use it directly. It would be a good opportunity for him to be a classmate with Bismarck and Z23. He just hoped that he could have a ship girl who would be less troublesome for him.

Zhou He, who was familiar with the stubborn nature of the system, walked out of the kitchen, stood behind the door of the headquarters, called up the construction bar and chose to build - the metal doors collided with each other, and golden words gradually emerged.

bump!

The door of the headquarters, which was originally open, closed automatically without any wind. The loud noise made Zhou He, who had already made sufficient preparations, feel his heart skip a beat. There was even a buzzing in his ears, and he couldn't help rubbing his ears and smacking his lips: "You really don't want me to see how the ship girl appears?"

Although he complained like this, Zhou He quickly calmed down his mentality and expression. He walked forward steadily, grasped the door handle with both hands, stepped back and opened the door.

It was just past one o'clock and the sun was still shining brightly. A figure was standing on the road that Zhou He had paved yesterday. The girl's white shawl was blown up by the cool breeze. Her blue short-sleeved shirt was matched with a black skirt with a red edge, and her knee-high socks with a star-spangled flag pattern directly exposed her camp.

"Ke...Ke Dad!?"

Zhou He opened his mouth. If there were a few characters in Azur Lane that he would remember for many years, the character in front of him must be one of them - but with the update and iteration of the game version, he became a dock warehouse manager early on. Seeing Cleveland in the sun at this time, he was vaguely reminded of the scene when the game was first launched. The nostalgia for not seeing him for a long time caused him to be extremely shocked.

"what!"

At this time, Cleveland was holding the flying shawl with one hand and observing the left and right. He looked over when he heard Zhou He's voice. Then he touched the back of his head with his hand embarrassedly and walked over with a smile: "Sorry, sorry, the view here is too good, I was a little distracted."

As he spoke, Cleveland lowered his cape, walked in front of Zhou He, and stretched out his right hand, with a serious look on his face: "However, Commander, the correct pronunciation of my name is Cleveland, please don't give me a nickname just because you want to be lazy."

"I couldn't help myself. Well, I won't do that next time, Cleveland."

It’s not that Zhou He couldn’t pronounce Cleveland’s name. He smiled and shook hands with Cleveland and made a promise.

"That's good!"

Cleveland looked at Zhou He carefully. Although his black hair made him look a little gloomy, he didn't seem like a guy with strange habits. He couldn't help but call her "Dad Ke" or something like that. After all, she was a girl.

After a simple handshake, Zhou He walked out the door and spread his hands to look at the empty grass. "As you can see, this is a port area that is still under development. I also want to collect some proposals. Cleveland, if you have any ideas, you can tell me, or leave them in an envelope on my desk."

"I see. However, I remember that the development of the port area should require a large number of workers, right? Is it not our turn yet?"

Cleveland followed him for a few steps and frankly expressed her doubts. Then she found that Zhou He's expression became a little strange. She looked down at the road that ended at the door and had an immature guess in her mind: "Could it be, Commander, that we are an illegal port area that has not received a number?"

"That's a new idea. You can think of it this way, right? We are far away from the land and surrounded by Sirens. We have no way to contact the outside world. Everything depends on ourselves."

Zhou He touched his chin. The White Eagles during World War II were still reliable. Cleveland actually cared about construction and discipline issues. But he was also speaking the truth. He couldn't help but grin because his words were too outrageous. At the same time, he watched Cleveland stretch out his right hand again: "Do you feel like you're on a pirate ship? It's not too late to change your mind now?"

"What a messy guy."

Cleveland came over and shook Zhou He's hand again, blinking as they looked at each other: "I don't care if it's a pirate ship or not. Now that I'm here, Commander, don't try to drive me away."

"Haha, welcome to join us."

Zhou He was also in high spirits, acting like a complete outlaw, but he soon got over the joy of "reuniting" with Cleveland. He took Cleveland to the headquarters for a tour and gave instructions to Yuli and Kursk outside. The specific content was to "light up the remaining two unactivated sea areas."

In this way, with just a little exploration and suppression, his observation range will be upgraded from 90 nautical miles to 150 nautical miles. Even a destroyer will have to drive for four hours to reach the port area from outside the circle, and safety is greatly improved.

"Commander, are the others out on mission?"

There were about ten rooms on the second floor of the headquarters. Cleveland found a room that he relatively liked among the remaining rooms and asked Zhou He curiously as he accompanied him downstairs.

"Almost. They just had a fight with the Sirens and are on their way back. You'll be able to see them soon."

Zhou He briefly explained it and quietly reminded Cleveland that she was the only White Eagle ship in the port area. Cleveland herself didn't care about it: she just inherited Cleveland's memory, and no one stipulated that she could only communicate with the White Eagle ship.

After chatting with Cleveland for a while, Zhou He returned to the kitchen and began to take out the big fish left over from the initial fishing. He also purchased ribs worth 1 Home Coin from the system store, and then went back to collect the daily Home Coin, which directly increased to 34 Home Coins.

“I’m gradually getting richer.”

Zhou He was in a very good mood. He found an iron bucket for boiling soup and put it on the stove. He added some spices and started to boil the bone soup. He then cut the other ingredients and put them in the refrigerator. He hummed a little tune and ran out of the headquarters with the bucket to look for white shells and big crabs lying on the beach.

"..."

Cleveland decorated his room, hung his nameplate on the door, and went downstairs to find Zhou He. After searching for a while, he finally found Zhou He on the beach, having fun like a child. The weight of the sand in the bucket far exceeded the weight of the food he had picked up.

"Is there anything I can do to help?"

Cleveland, who could see that Zhou He was looking for food, squatted next to Zhou He. He felt inexplicably interesting watching him skillfully dig in the sand and was eager to try it.

"Um…"

Zhou He dug out an egg-sized clam and threw it into the bucket. He looked at the huge stone wall washed by the sea at the edge of the bay, handed the bucket to Cleveland and pointed to that direction, saying, "Go to the water near those stone walls and see if there are any green strips or shell-like attachments. They seem to be called mussels or scallops. I don't know if you can tell."

After describing it for a few sentences, Zhou He directly used his fingers to draw the approximate shape of the mussels on the beach, indicating that the thing seemed to be in strings, and asked Cleveland to go find it.

"I see!"

Cleveland stood up with the bucket, took a few steps, stepped on the water, unfolded his ship equipment, and quickly approached Zhou He's designated area.

"Sure enough, the travel vehicle is very important."

Zhou He saw this and thought that even if it was just an ordinary fishing boat, he could still go out to sea and cast a net to catch fish himself. His family was the only one in this bay, and if he could fish once or twice a month, he would not be able to eat all the seafood.

"Come to think of it, Zuikaku promised to tow a destroyer back for me. Today should be..."

He took a look at the map and saw that Zuikaku, who had never reached the front line, was almost home. The destroyer issue was probably hopeless again.

However, this matter can be left to fate. If there is, there is. If there is not, it can be done. Compared with going out to sea to fish, exploring the resources on this island may be faster. As for the hot springs, they must be put on the agenda.

"I'm so busy. I have to fight Sirens, develop, and explore. Can the system sell me some Barbarians? I really can't bear to just command girls to do things!"

It would be fine if he didn't deal with these tedious matters. Zhou He almost couldn't hold it in after thinking about it. He obviously had a system and was in the "opened" category, but the fact was that he didn't have it. He was a pure ordinary person. Let alone the fantasy of opening a silver party, he would fall asleep after doing a little work.

However, the system ignored Zhou He's wailing, but ran to Cleveland in the distance and seemed to have discovered something and waved towards them. Zhou He quickly waved to indicate that he saw it, then selected Cleveland from the dock and activated the video function. The girl in the distance instantly appeared in front of him.

"Wow! Commander, how did you do that?"

Cleveland was watching Zhou He and noticed the video screen almost immediately. He looked at Zhou He in surprise, who seemed to be mentally unwell: "Commander, how are you? Were you caught by a crab?"

"I wouldn't make such a stupid mistake. How's your situation? Did you find it?"

Zhou He raised his hands to prove that he was not hurt by the crabs. He glanced at Cleveland's lower body. The latter uttered an "ah" and raised his feet to poke and pick in the water with the protruding metal brackets on the bottom of the ship. He turned slightly and reached into the air with his left hand. He grabbed a bunch of densely packed black mussels and shook them in front of the video: "Is this what the commander is talking about? Can we really eat it? There are so many of them here."

"It's edible and tastes pretty good."

Zhou He's eyes widened slightly. Cleveland's ship suit was not heavy, but it was definitely not small. He never thought that the ship girl who unfolded the ship suit could perform such delicate movements.

"Then take some back. Oh, and there is another kind of shellfish here, which is also attached to the rocks, but they are all single. Commander, take a look."

Cleveland used the same trick again, catching a few bunches of mussels and putting them in the bucket, and then guided Zhou He to check out the large oysters clinging to the rocks. Zhou He grinned and said, "Let's keep them there for now, and let the destroyers pick some back later when there's a chance."

Although it was only a rumor, Zhou He didn't want to taste food that could enhance his functions at all. Not to mention the effects, he was simply afraid that he would have wild thoughts after eating it. Besides, he now had a little sister with animal ears, an obedient maid, and an older sister at home. Although no one deliberately gave him benefits, he had read a lot of KanColle books before he traveled through time - it would be a bit harmful to his health if he said anything more.

"It's also good as a reserve food."

Cleveland thought about it and asked Zhou He if there was anything else he wanted to collect. However, Zhou He himself was not an old resident of the coastal area, and the knowledge he knew about going to the sea to find mussels was accumulated from watching videos. He did want to get some kelp to try, but he didn't know where to get it, and he didn't see any washed ashore, which was a pity.

"Then I'll go back, ok?"

Cleveland turned around and suddenly found a strange reaction in the radar range. He adjusted his direction and looked outside the bay. From a distance, he saw Zuikaku heading straight for the port area. He tilted his head and asked Zhou He, "Is that someone from our port area?"

"Yes, that's Zuikaku from the Sakura Empire. You should know that, right?"

Zhou He just checked and found that the person closest to home is Ruihe, there would be no one else.

"Of course! He fought against Enterprise several times and was one of the few strong enemies of the Sakura Empire at that time."

I didn't know who Cleveland was just by looking at his appearance, but I knew immediately when I heard his name and answered with a smile.

"I really don't know whether Zuikaku is happy or unhappy to hear this comment. Speaking of which, if you, Cleveland, now see the ship girl who is hostile to you in your memory, what would you think?"

Zhou He asked back with a sarcasm. According to the settings and responses he got from Yudachi and Hermione, his ship girl didn't seem to have inherited the hatred of the old era, but such a thing could not be 100% certain.

"Yes, I will go and reminisce with them."

Cleveland thought for a moment and winked at Zhou He: "This is a rare fate. It would be a pity to talk about fighting and killing again."

“I think that’s great.”

Zhou He switched the perspective and saw Hood and Bismarck not far apart on the map. He really hoped that the two could reminisce in peace.

Although there doesn’t seem to be much to say.

Chapter 38 Instructions

"Live up to the mission and return with a great victory!"

Ruihe arrived at the beach from afar and walked quickly to Zhou He's side. The confidence and proud smile on his face when he spoke was even a little dazzling.

Opposite her was Zhou He, who was holding a small shovel. He looked at Zuikaku, who didn't look like he had just come back from a fight, and nodded, saying, "Zuihe, I saw how active you were this time. Your performance exceeded my expectations. It's amazing."

"right!"

After being praised by Zhou He, Zuikaku's smile became even brighter. She nodded to Cleveland who was standing not far away, stepped forward, put her hands around Zhou He's neck, turned her back to him and lowered her voice: "Commander, didn't you say that there are no more construction resources? What's the matter with that handsome new lady? Don't say you found her while digging for crabs."

"Well, didn't you go out and destroy the Siren's fleet?"

Zhou He's eyes were a little vague. He finally gathered his attention but didn't know how to explain the system's void creation. He thought for a while and said, "You can think of me as a military base. As long as you defeat the enemy, I can get extra supplies from the enemy. That's how I got the construction materials this time."

"Who understands what you are saying?"

Zuikaku couldn't help but complain, but the facts were before him. Zhou He usually let them attack only after they were prepared. If he could increase their combat effectiveness, he would definitely not hide it. It's just that comparing him to a mobile military base... it doesn't seem impossible.

Warships like theirs can only be supplied and repaired at a naval port, but Zhou He can do it easily. He can also build new ships and prepare the roads that need to be constructed by the engineering team.

They were born as ship girls, so why can't Zhou He exist as a mobile naval port?

"hiss."

Thinking of this, Zuikaku suddenly understood, but she didn't show it. Instead, she glanced at Zhou He and said, "So now you have no resources to build again?"

"Gone."

Zhou He answered with certainty: "Not a single one is left."

"Then when we go out to fight the Sirens next time, how many construction resources can you 'collect'?"

Zuikaku continued to ask, and Zhou He nodded honestly: "If you can tow the ship back to me, I should be able to dismantle it into different resource reserves."

"what."

After he said that, Ruihe just remembered this matter, and his expression froze. He let go of Zhou He and straightened his collar and said seriously: "Next time!"

“…I hope so.”

At this time, Zhou He had already determined that Zuikaku's talent was mostly taken up by his fighting talent, and it was a wrong choice to expect him to help him tow the boat back. He should hand this matter over to someone who was better at thinking, such as Hood and Bismarck who had just joined the port.

Hermione, Tosa and Cleveland should be no problem either.

"..."

Zhou He patted Zuikaku's shoulder and sighed, "Come on."

"??"

Zuikaku felt as if she was being looked down upon, but Zhou He did not give her time to react. Instead, he turned around and introduced Cleveland to her. After the two of them got to know each other, he continued, "You should have noticed that two new ships appeared after the annihilation of the Siren. They are the Iron Blood's Z23 and Bismarck."

"Ah, eh? Bismarck? The one I know?"

Zuikaku was recalling matters related to the White Eagle. It took her a few seconds to react after hearing Zhou He's words, causing Cleveland next to her to cast a curious look at her. Zhou He did not disappoint her and nodded: "It's Bismarck. She has now reunited with Hood."

"Ugh."

Zuikaku had an indescribable expression on her face. In her memory, she had fought a few rounds with the White Eagle's elite fleet and they parted ways amicably. In comparison, the encounter between Hood and Bismarck was a disaster.

Now, the two parties suddenly met and talked without knowing each other, and then... It was too hellish. She didn't dare to imagine how Hood felt at this moment.

Cleveland, who was standing next to him, also understood the reason why Zhou He asked the question just now, and couldn't help but speak out: "Commander, my answer just now was only for me personally. Instead of chatting, shouldn't you pay more attention to the situation at sea?"

"To be honest, I don't know how to deal with it."

Zhou He shook the shovel in his hand. The Hood in the game was quite open-minded about the defeat, but that was only based on the game settings. His own Hood was visibly affected by Royal Glory. It was hard to say whether he could still be open-minded when facing Bismarck, who ended the legend of Royal Glory.

Even so, he would still try his best and smiled at the two of them: "The one who tied the bell must untie it. Anyway, let's just wait and see what's going on. There's not much fish left in the refrigerator. Zuikaku, can you take Cleveland with you for another run?"

"Commander, you are inexplicably calm."

Facing such a frank Zhou He, Ruihe suddenly felt that there was no big problem for Hu De to meet, but: "But is it not appropriate to let the great hero who just returned from the battle to catch fish?"

"Fresh fish soup tastes better."

Zhou He spread his hands: "Perhaps Hood and Bismarck have suddenly forgotten their past grudges after the celebration banquet."

"Haaa! You actually let the aircraft carrier act as a fishing boat for the second time. Commander, you will be punished!"