Revisiting Azur Lane

"it is good!"

Full of energy, Yudachi got to work right away, pressing the shovel into the soil with force, creating a deep groove as if there was no resistance. The excess soil was forcibly squeezed to the sides. Zhou He's eyes twitched as he watched. If Yudachi had used half this much strength when she hugged him before, he would probably have to spend the rest of his life in bed.

But he soon put this strange thought behind him and swung the hoe with all his might.

It had been a few days since the last time he had worked the land. Although he was very tired every day since then, Zhou He's condition was getting better and better. Last time, he felt it was a bit difficult after just the first few hoes. This time, although it was not easy either, it was not that strenuous either.

After digging more than three meters, Zhou He took a short break and asked Xili to shovel the soil, load it onto the truck and push it to the place where it was piled last time.

"We need to find a way to put this extra soil to good use."

Looking at the piles of earth that had gradually merged into one, Zhou He wiped the sweat from his head. He had not thought of a solution for the time being, and even if he had, he might not have the time and energy to deal with it.

While pushing the cart back, Zhou He looked at Yudachi who showed no signs of strain and asked curiously, "Yudachi, will your physical fitness change after you unfold your ship suit? For example, will you have more strength?"

"It will not happen."

Yudachi shook his head: "But when we unfold our ship suits, our weight will change. It will be very difficult to stand directly on the ground and we won't be able to walk."

"That's it."

Zhou He was secretly surprised that it was only a little difficult to unfold the ship suit on the ground. How strong is the body of the ship girl? No wonder Yudachi, as a destroyer, was only seriously injured by the Siren's shot. If it was an ordinary person like him, he would probably be torn to pieces by a machine gun.

But he can hold Yudachi, and the density of the ship girl's body is not particularly exaggerated, so theoretically, he should be able to "get on board", right?

Is it really possible?

This was the first time Zhou He doubted the possibilities of the human body.

Simple conversation = slacking off. After returning to the construction site, Zhou He started hoeing the ground again. Xi Li stood by and observed for a long time. He took off his shoes and ran back to the command center and picked up a hoe himself. Although his usage was not standard, he had superior physical fitness and his efficiency was not low. He even wanted to surpass Zhou He's speed at one point, but Xi gritted his teeth and sped up again.

One person can work leisurely, but when there are two people doing the same job, competitiveness will arise, leading to internal competition.

But we have to admit that internal competition can really improve efficiency.

"Hoo, hoo, take a break for a while."

After more than an hour, Zhou He, who had touched the second 'ten-meter dividing line', panted and called Xili to stop. He had already thrown his coat aside. He was now wearing a black short-sleeved shirt, and the outline of his body was visible to the naked eye with his breathing.

Before traveling through time, Zhou He did not have a high income and was relatively frugal in eating, but after coming here, he ate meat and fish every day, which caused his originally thin body to expand and made him look healthier.

"Hey~ Commander, did you want to speed with me just now?"

Long hours of labor still couldn't suppress Yuuri's restless instinct. She smiled and moved closer to Zhou He, looking up at him with a smile on her face: "Even if you're the commander, I won't let you go!"

"Haha, Yudachi is awesome. I prepared some snacks. They are on the kitchen table. Do you want some?"

Zhou He smiled and patted her shoulder, let go of the hoe, walked to the edge of the road at the back door of the headquarters, leaned over, and switched his sight to the mall to buy 2 units of cement road, aimed and chose to drop. Blue light appeared from his hand and filled the bumpy 20-meter shallow pit. Waiting for the light to condense, the original ten-meter-long road was expanded to thirty meters. There was no height difference between the two sections of the road, and it was very comfortable to look at.

"The commander is also very powerful!"

Xi Li shouted beside him, then grabbed Zhou He's right hand as he stood up: "Have some snacks!"

"Little greedy cat."

Zhou He knew that Yuli could not resist the temptation of snacks, so he took off her shoes and walked into the headquarters. The ground was a little cold, but it didn't matter, as he often walked barefoot at home in winter.

"It's not a cat!"

Yudachi protested, raising his finger to point at his ear that was sticking out of his hat: "It's a dog!"

"..."

Before hearing these words, Zhou He really didn't think it would be so funny. He pursed his lips, and the smile in his eyes and mouth couldn't be hidden. In the end, he couldn't help laughing twice: "Yes, Yuuri is not a cat."

Only then did Yudachi let out a humming sound of satisfaction.

They were called snacks, but in fact they were just some cookies and meat buns that had been steamed in the morning but not finished. But to Yuli, these were tempting snacks. He started to eat them with shining eyes. Zhou He saw it, turned around, poured a glass of water for Yuli and placed it on the table, and he also took a glass of water and sat down to rest.

After enjoying Yudachi's eating show for a while, Zhou He half-closed his eyes and switched the system to the sky above the fleet that was attacking. Hood and Bismarck had not yet arrived at the second map section in the north and south, but Zuikaku's reconnaissance plane had already arrived. Because Yudachi and Kursk lit up the section yesterday, Zuikaku has now lit up half of the map.

There is not a single Siren in the four inner plates, but there are Sirens in the four outer plates. Not to mention the east side which has just been lit up, even the west side which was just cleared yesterday has a lot of Sirens. This fleet density is really terrifying, giving him a feeling that there are endless Sirens to kill.

Compared with the team going out to explore, Zhou He actually cares more about the island where Kursk is located. This guy is really hardworking. He had already set out when he got up early to draw the map. After drinking a sip of water, he tidied up his messy hair and started the video of Kursk.

The system interface flashed, and he saw Kursk walking in an area full of collapsed buildings. The latter soon discovered his spying and nodded at him: "Commander, you look a little tired, are you exercising?"

"That's it."

Zhou He hummed: "What's the situation over there? Have you found any traces or information left by others?"

“There are facilities for human habitation and living here.”

Kursk frowned slightly, turned around and walked into a still intact building, showing Zhou He the restaurant-like hall inside. After a moment, he spoke: "But so far, I haven't found any signs of people living here. Many facilities have been destroyed before they were even started."

"What's going on? Since there are complete facilities, there should be a place for unified management, right?"

Zhou He frowned. Construction at sea is not a simple or cheap project. The offshore base that took a lot of manpower and material resources to build was destroyed before it was put into use? Putting aside these, the construction team would also leave traces, right?

"Yes, it's just that the power supply system is damaged. I'm looking for useful tools to see if I can repair it."

Kursk walked around the building and began to search. "This place was not built according to the standards of a military base. It was probably just a transit station or a logistics base station."

"who?"

Zhou He already had a rough idea of ​​this problem. If such a large construction base belonged to the human camp, there would be no way there would be no signs of life inside. The coastal area would not be that clean either. There would at least be some ships or wreckage left.

Leaving humans aside, there are only the Sirens.

His mission ③ is to occupy Siren's sea base. Now Kursk is already on the island but has not met the conditions. This means that this mission also has a unique completion judgment, such as completely controlling the base or him personally landing on the island.

There is another possibility, that is, this base is related to the mirror sea next to it. He has to deal with the mirror sea before this base can be used by him and belong to him completely.

“It’s all very troublesome.”

Zhou He shook his head slightly, looked at Kursk in the video and said, "Kursk, try to repair the power system first. If it doesn't work, write down the specific structure over there. If you find any strange equipment or phenomena, don't act on your own."

"clear."

Kursk also guessed that if that was the case, this was not something she could handle alone.

……

After cutting off contact with Kursk, Zhou He symbolically inquired about the situation of Zuikaku and others. After being sure that there was no more powerful Siren fleet like battleships or aircraft carrier fleets, he gave them the right to decide whether to engage in battle.

After completing the observation of the outbound fleet, Zhou He felt that he had rested enough. He stretched himself and stood up to look at Yuuri, who had started yawning after eating. Usually, Yuuri listened to him very well, but occasionally he would reveal his wild side.

"I'm going to work first."

With these words in mind, Zhou He walked out of the kitchen, put on his shoes from the back door, and continued to hoe the ground following the route drawn by Yudachi. His original plan was to make a right-angle turn, but after trying to pave the road, he found that he could change the angle and shape of the road, which was very convenient. He could directly pave a silky smooth curve.

The workload remains the same, but it looks much better.

After eating, Yudachi felt sleepy. Without help, Zhou He's work efficiency decreased and the intensity of his work also decreased a lot. He even had the leisure to think about which direction the hot spring pool should face. Although it was just a transitional bathing pool, it was also the first functional area in the port area.

After walking and stopping for about an hour, Zhou He finally finished digging the bend. The sun hanging in the sky was very dazzling, but it gave Zhou He considerable motivation: there was still an afternoon left, which was enough for him to complete the road.

It took some time to shovel away the dirt, and Zhou He returned to the kitchen to make himself a bowl of seafood noodles. Yuli, who was originally dozing off, woke up when she smelled the fragrance, and pestered Zhou He to make her the same one, which really made him laugh and cry, and he could only touch the dog's head as a reward.

After a short break after lunch, Zhou He continued working with Yuudachi who had joined the construction site again. Their efficiency was extremely high, and the road was finally dug around three o'clock in the afternoon.

"finally."

Looking at the results of today's work, Zhou He was very moved. It was true that where there is a will there is a way. He had dug out such a long road.

"Commander, hot spring!"

Xili tugged at the corner of Zhou He's clothes. The clothes of both of them were already dirty from working, and the little guy's eyes were shining at this time.

Without her urging, Zhou He was already impatient to see how luxurious the hot spring worth 15 Home Coins was. After thinking about it, he decided to place the hot spring pool horizontally facing the bay. This actually didn't make much sense, but he just wanted to put it this way.

From this morning till now, Zhou He has spent 4 Home Coins to exchange for 40 meters of cement road, extending the original -meter road in a straight line by meters, and then there is a right turn and the -meter road after the bend.

As for the hot spring pool, Zhou He chose to run directly parallel to the road.

"There should be no need to dig a pit for the hot spring, and covering it up doesn't matter either. It just happens to be on higher ground."

Zhou He, who had already made a plan, stood at the edge of the road on the island. He decisively bought a large hot spring pool for 15 home coins in the home store and chose to browse. His eyes blurred and a large-scale building that was far beyond his imagination appeared in his sight.

From the purchase picture, it looks like a simple long hot spring. However, in reality, this "big hot spring" is not just a simple hot spring pool, but an integrated package with four parts: an outer wooden fence, an independent small courtyard inside the fence, a hot spring, and a warm floor tile area spreading outward from the hot spring pool.

The area covers a full 150 square meters, and Zhou He was stunned.

Chapter 43 Milestone

"Wow, what a great hot spring!"

Inside the fence of the open-air hot spring pool, Yuli ran around happily, sometimes running to the courtyard planted with bonsai and natural flowers and plants to touch and look at them, and sometimes going to the hot spring pool, which was 7 meters wide and 9 meters long and could be called a swimming pool, to scoop water with his hands.

Zhou He was still immersed in the shock of how big the hot spring pool costing 15 home coins. He had just walked in from the entrance of the wooden fence. He had wanted to make the hot spring parallel to the road and add some details. Now, there was no need to add details. The entrance door was seamlessly connected to the end of the paved road. After covering, the foundation of the hot spring was unexpectedly much higher than the lawn, with a step height of about 10 cm. Under the floor tiles was a concrete foundation, and it would look very "natural" if the soil was piled up at the back.

"I underestimated the system."

After apologizing to the system in his heart, Zhou He looked around the hot spring pool. It was very simple inside, without any fancy barriers. Apart from the courtyard, the only thing that could be called decoration was the stone platform at the entrance for placing clothes and toiletries, and the stone lion head that sprayed water at the far end of the hot spring.

He fixed his gaze on the courtyard for a few seconds, then turned around and found Yudachi already struggling to take off her clothes. He glared at her and stepped forward to put back her half-removed clothes: "Why are you taking off your clothes, Yudachi?"

"Well, a hot spring bath?"

Xili, who was a little confused by Zhou He's sudden attack, shrank his neck and looked at him cautiously before answering.

"Soaking in a hot spring, I see. That's how it is."

Zhou He repeated it and realized that he had made a stupid mistake. The main reason was that although Yuudachi was small, she was also a very well-nourished little girl. Normally, he could treat Yuudachi as a sister and a pet, but when she took off her clothes and her male instinct came up, it was a different matter.

Pretending to smile naturally, he reached out and touched Yudachi's head: "It's good to take a hot spring bath, but Yudachi, didn't you forget that you haven't brought any clean clothes? You can't wear old clothes after taking a bath."

"Oh!"

Yuuri's ears perked up as he suddenly realized: "Commander is really smart!"

Zhou He let go of Xi Li and watched him run out of the hot spring garden happily. He breathed a sigh of relief and touched his forehead with his hand. He also followed him out of the hot spring garden, pushed the cart and the hoe and shovel to the side of the kitchen, rinsed them with water from the pipe, and put them aside to bask in the sun. After he was done, he found a clean place to sit down and rest.

I have been digging the ground for more than six hours today. It would be a lie to say that I am not tired, but I am not as tired as I imagined. After sitting in the sun for a while, Zhou He squinted and yawned. He simply lay down and activated the attack map with squinted eyes to observe the situation of Hood and Bismarck. He found that the map has been thoroughly explored. There are no whirlpools or large islands on the north and south sides, but there are marked reef areas.

As for the most threatening Sirens, he didn't see many of them at this moment, and Zuikaku didn't know what was going on, but moved towards Bismarck.

"They did fight, but it's true. With such a big fight yesterday, all the Sirens that could be attracted should have come. The remaining Sirens were not strong enough and could not even complete the mission."

He switched the interface to the dock and saw the consumption of everyone's ammunition. He refilled them all with a thought. He was too lazy to look at how many supply vouchers were needed. Other materials were scarce or almost non-existent, but the supply vouchers were so abundant that they could not be used up.

'Home' and 'Supply' are the two items that currently provide Zhou He with the best 'gaming experience'.

"commander!"

Zhou He, whose thoughts were gradually becoming hazy, was suddenly awakened by a distant voice. He frowned and looked over, and found that Yudachi was walking towards him with clothes and other bathing supplies. Living with the ship girl was more like a dream than a dream. Zhou He had no reason to be in a bad mood when he woke up. He propped himself up with his hands, sat up, yawned, and asked lazily: "What's wrong? You have chosen the clothes, so let's go to the hot spring."

"Um... Commander isn't going?"

Yudachi slowed down his pace, a puzzled look on his face: "Don't you want to take a hot spring bath together?"

"No, Yuuri, you go first. I'm a little sleepy. I want to bask in the sun for a while."

In response to Yuudachi's invitation, Zhou He smiled and waved his hand. He naturally wanted to take a hot spring bath, but it was too stimulating for him to be with other family members. It was not that he would not be able to control himself, but the stimulation was simply too strong, which might cause him to experience strange XP.

So far he is quite satisfied with his performance. When he has accumulated enough experience and is no longer easily aroused by the ship girls, he will be a competent commander.

"Ah~"

Yuli tilted her head for a moment, then ran over and squatted beside Zhou He, pouting: "But I want to take a hot spring bath with the commander."

"..."

"..."

Zhou He looked into Yuli's eyes. It was hard for him to describe the struggle between his conscience and his desires in his mind. Anyway, he stood up and said, "Yuli, you go first. I'll come after I get the clothes."

"Great!"

Yuudachi smiled happily and obediently ran to the hot spring garden with her clothes in her arms.

“…Why did I agree to that?”

Watching her leave, Zhou He raised his hand and touched his forehead. He didn't have a fever, so how could there be a short circuit? - But since he had already agreed, there was nothing he could do.

"Forget it, it shouldn't be a big deal. Didn't I often bathe in the river with sisters I didn't know when I was a kid?"

Zhou He reconciled with himself. In his heart, he wanted to take a hot spring bath with Yuli and the others. After all, he was not a gentleman by nature. He was just unfamiliar with the place, timid, and couldn't let go.