Revisiting Azur Lane

After stretching, he walked back to the headquarters, picked something out of his closet, put on a pair of beach pants, and went downstairs with a towel.

It takes about 2 to 3 minutes to walk from the command center to the hot spring garden. On the way, Zhou He was still condemning his conscience, but when he arrived at the door, he opened the door and walked in without hesitation. Then he saw the messy clothes on the ground, and then he saw Yuudachi was already digging in the hot spring with splashes all over.

That’s right, how could Yudachi, who is usually lively, take a bath quietly?

"Is Yudachi like this usually? Wait, Yudachi does his own laundry?"

Zhou He put the clothes on the stone platform at the entrance, turned around and collected the clothes that Yuli had thrown away. Suddenly, he thought of a sharp question and asked Yuli, who was almost submerged in the water: "Yuli, do you usually give all your clothes to Hermione?"

"..."

Yuli didn't answer, but sank into the pool with a gurgling sound. Zhou He twitched the corner of his mouth. He really shouldn't have thought about so many details. Only ambiguity can create beauty.

"Forget it, Yudachi, do you usually wash your hair properly?"

Giving up thinking, Zhou He took off his clothes, walked to the hot spring in his beach pants, squatted down and tested the temperature with his hand. It felt warm, not particularly hot, probably around 40°. The system still worked.

"Have!"

Yuli, who had been blowing bubbles with her ears drooping, suddenly became alert. She stood up from the water and grabbed a handful of wet hair that stuck to her body and handed it to Zhou He: "Sister Hermione taught me. She said that hair must feel very smooth!"

"…I see. Yudachi is working hard, too."

At this moment, Zhou He finally understood what it meant to have a pounding heart. He raised his hand to stop Yuli from approaching and at the same time blocked his sight. He slowly soaked in the hot spring, and was surprised to find that the pool was not the same depth at both ends. The left end was about one meter deep, while the right side was about half a meter deep. The slope was very gentle, and there were benches by the pool, so people of different heights could find a style that suits them.

The system is really considerate.

Zhou He used distraction to lower his heart rate and found a seat to sit down. The perfect water temperature made him feel very comfortable. He couldn't help but squint and let out a sound of "Haaa~". Yudachi, who was soaking in the water next to him, heard it and smiled and asked for credit: "It's very comfortable! Commander, if we don't soak now, we won't have time when everyone comes back."

"Ok?"

Zhou He thought about it. Everyone was going to return soon, and he had to prepare dinner. He definitely wouldn't dare to take a bath after dinner. This made him feel a little warm in his heart. It turned out that Yuudachi invited him so that he could enjoy the hot spring. What a cute little dog.

He stretched out his hand and hooked at Xili, who immediately half-crouched in the water and swam towards him. Through the light blue hot spring water, the perfect beautiful curve was clearly visible. Zhou He opened his eyes and turned around subconsciously. His retreat instead activated Xili's instinct to chase him. He let out a roar and pounced on him with his eyes flashing. Hearing the noise, Zhou He ran away immediately. The two noisy guys circled around, and the hot spring water rippled and overflowed from the stones, wetting the floor tiles outside.

In the end, Zhou He was no match for Yuli and was knocked down by her from behind. Fortunately, the pool was not deep and he did not choke on the water. The long-awaited play made him laugh happily. Yuli behind him didn't understand why, but she could feel that Zhou He was very happy, so she was also happy. She grabbed his hands even harder and pressed her whole body against Zhou He's back.

"Okay, okay, let's stop making trouble."

Zhou He was really tired now and didn't have the mind to think about anything else. He stretched out his right hand and let Yuli get into his arms flexibly. The two of them leaned against the pool to rest together. The hot spring garden was open-air. The sky was still bright at this time. The azure blue sky was very beautiful. This made him think of the night sky. It would be nice to take a hot spring bath here at night.

But if there are no lights and no ceiling at night, it is more likely to be terrifying than romantic.

"Yes, we also need to prepare street lights."

Zhou He felt that he would not come to take a bath at night, but his own ship girls might have this interest, especially Kursk.

But let’s think about these trivial matters later.

……

After accompanying Yuudachi to soak in the hot spring for about ten minutes, Zhou He felt refreshed when he came out. The fatigue from today's work was swept away. This made him feel magical. Are hot springs really so effective? Not only can they eliminate fatigue, but they can also give him a buff.

Fortunately, he was wearing oversized beach pants, so Yuudachi didn't notice anything unusual, otherwise he would have to perform a replica of the brave man's short sword drama on the spot.

"Is it the hot spring buff from the system, or the buff from Yudachi? I can't quite figure it out."

Zhou He was also confused as he used a towel to wipe Yudachi's hair. As a destroyer, Yudachi had quite impressive assets. Theoretically, he would be tempted, but when he was taking a bath just now, he enjoyed all the benefits and didn't have any special thoughts.

"Ok?"

Zhou He thought about it but couldn't come up with an answer. He would think about it next time when he accompanied Xili to take a bath.

"Commander, can the hot spring water here be replaced?"

Yuudachi sat on the stool and kicked his legs, looking curiously at the hot spring water that had returned to calm. Theoretically, there should be no hot spring here, but Zhou He made it, so where did this water come from?

"Of course, the water here is flowing, don't you feel it, Yudachi?"

Zhou He explored it before. Although it was mysterious, the pool was indeed flowing, just like the wild hot spring pool outside.

"No."

Yuudachi is very honest. Hot springs and Zhou He together are enough to make her unable to think about anything else.

Zhou He smiled and gently wiped Yudachi's ears with a towel. He found it very interesting that cats and dogs would dodge and move when their ears were touched. The same was true for Yudachi's dog ears. It was really addictive.

After the hot spring treatment, Yulichi ran briskly on the paved road, while Zhou He carried the clothes that the two had changed out of back to the headquarters and threw them into the washing machine. He then went back to the kitchen and added ingredients worth three home coins (meat, vegetables, eggs, etc.) to the refrigerator. He had consumed 3 home coins today, and had 22 left.

"Let me see... there are no ship girls dropped today."

After spending lavishly, Zhou He felt a little uneasy. He opened the map and observed that everyone had started to return. After making sure that no new members had joined today, he collected the daily 9 home coins to bring the balance back to 21.

Feeling relieved, Zhou He also started his daily work——

"Hey, Commander, we're back."

As evening approached, Hood's team returned to the port first. Cleveland's smile was like another sun, but it was fleeting. Then she touched her stomach and asked shyly, "Commander, is there anything to eat at home? I'm a little hungry after running for so long."

"Haha, I prepared some snacks in the kitchen."

Zhou He had expected this, and smiled as he invited the three to go home. Of course, he also introduced the "building" that suddenly appeared behind the headquarters, and said with a bit of pride in his casual tone: "That's the hot spring I mentioned before, it's very effective in relieving fatigue, you guys should go and try it too."

"Hey~ hot spring?"

Cleveland was quite supportive, and she was indeed surprised. It was too exaggerated that Zhou He dug a hot spring just by going out.

"The commander seems to be in a very good mood."

Hood was also surprised, but she concealed it well. What she cared more about was Zhou He. Zhou He seemed to be rushing her away before, but now she was completely relaxed and became a lot more confident. Was the effect of the hot spring so good?

"Can you see that? After all, this is the first step in the development of the port area. It's a milestone for me."

Zhou He answered frankly, the hot springs are here, so how could the others be far behind?

Hood and the other two all smiled when they heard this, and took the opportunity to praise Zhou He, making him very proud.

"Speaking of which, why did Bismarck and the others take so long to come back? Did they encounter any problems?"

After returning to the headquarters, Zhou He glanced at the map and saw that the Bismarck squadron would take at least half an hour to reach home, and asked Hood if the speed over there shouldn't be that much slower.

"He didn't contact us. Maybe he took a detour."

After saying that, Hood went upstairs. Cleveland ran into the kitchen. Hermione smiled at Zhou He and followed him upstairs.

"Well, it seems that we have to consider the speed when adjusting the team in the future."

Zhou He remembered that before he traveled through time, there seemed to be someone in the game who paid attention to details and adjusted the attack speed of each ship girl. He had never tried it in the game, but in reality, speed was very important and needed to be studied.

I returned to the kitchen, put the food in the warmer, and chatted with Cleveland about what happened today. Soon, the Bismarck team returned.

After being reminded by Zuikaku, Zhou He would go out to greet the returning ship girls every time. He felt that it was worthwhile to spend time with his own ship girls.

The sun was almost setting at this time, with only a little sunset remaining in the sky. Zhou He came to the beach in the bay and looked up at the stars gradually appearing in the sky. He thought of lighting the hot spring. However, before he could go shopping in the Home Mall, a dark shadow in the distance on the sea attracted his attention.

"what?"

He narrowed his eyes, looked at the huge black shadow gradually approaching, and as if he had thought of something, he raised his hand and took out the telescope from the warehouse and looked over.

It was a black and red ship that had been bombed beyond recognition. Pulling it forward were the four men on the sea, Tosa, Zuikaku, Bismarck, and Z23, who looked incomparably small compared to the warship.

Before setting off, he casually said, these four people actually towed a destroyer back for him! ?

I type too slowly, so it’s a bit late.

The book will be in the bookshelves on Friday, December 12th.

This book has been written slowly until now, and the pace is also slow (even I feel it is slow), but there is no way, I have to write it like this once I put the pen to paper.

Anyway, it’s going to be put on the shelves. Although the current performance of this book is not ideal, I also want to work hard on writing it.

Yes, it is like that.

I hope someone will read it after it is put on the shelves.

Chapter 44: Rich Harvest

The depth of the bay fabricated by the system corresponded to the military port. The paralyzed Siren destroyer was towed in effortlessly and stopped about a hundred meters away from the shore.

After parking the destroyer in a suitable position, Bismarck and others put away the towing equipment extended from the ship's equipment and returned to the shore. Zuikaku was even the first to run. After reaching the shallow water area, he directly removed the ship's equipment and used the last bit of buoyancy to jump in front of Zhou He. He stood there handsomely with his chin raised and a proud expression: "How is it? I said that I would tow a boat back for you this time, commander. I didn't break my promise, did I?"

"You are very handsome now."

Zhou He gave Zuikaku a thumbs up and praised him, then turned his attention to Bismarck and the others who followed him: "I heard that your horsepower has decreased. It must be difficult to tow this boat back, right?"

“It’s not that hard.”

Bismarck walked ashore and looked back at the destroyer's hull. In her memory, things like tugboats were what the logistics fleet should do. After experiencing it personally, she understood the hard work and importance of logistics during wartime.

"Hmm, I didn't expect our horsepower to become so small. When we were still a ship, this kind of destroyer obviously only needed me alone."

Z23 felt it more than anyone else. As a destroyer, she was more aware of logistics. It took three battleships to assist in the recovery of a destroyer. The labor input and the harvest were totally disproportionate, so there was no way to form a proportional recovery chain.

Without much memory, Tosa, who only felt that he had done physical work, stepped on the sand and his eyes fell on Zhou He: "Zuihe said that Commander, you want us to recover a destroyer no matter what. The things have been towed back. What should we do next?"

Zhou He felt like a willful guy after hearing this, but it was true. He had nothing to refute, so he just smiled and spread his hands: "I have something I want to test. You all have worked hard today, Tosa Bismarck. It just so happens that I made a hot spring today. It is very good for relieving fatigue. I also prepared some snacks at home. Z23, if you feel hungry, you can go and fill your stomach first."

"Ah, thank you, Commander."

Z23 blushed when she was suddenly called out. She was indeed a little hungry. She bowed to Zhou He, thanked him, and trotted out first. Bismarck turned to look at the hot spring garden behind the headquarters, nodded to Zhou He, and followed Z23's pace.

"Hot spring? Wow, it's actually real."

It was now dark, and Zuikaku looked towards the headquarters curiously and also discovered the location of the hot spring. The reason was that the hot spring garden had its own built-in night light. It was not a strong light, but it was obvious enough at night, which was something that the port area did not have before.

"..."

Tosa glanced over there, then turned back to look at Zhou He: "Didn't you say to cut down trees first and build a house?"

"Plans can't keep up with changes."

Zhou He smiled and said, "Although this breaks the original plan, it will allow you to experience the hot spring bath sooner. I think it's not bad, right?"

This playful statement made Tosa look at him, then he looked away and walked towards the command center: "That depends on how good the experience is."

"Well said, I will~ Commander, why did you catch me? Do you want to take a bath with me?"

Zuikaku agreed with Tosa's statement, nodded and prepared to leave, but was grabbed by the clothes by Zhou He, who turned around and teased him with a smile. As a result, he saw the latter pointing with his other hand at the dark Siren destroyer in the distance: "Take me over there to have a look."

"what?"

Zuikaku subconsciously glanced in the direction he pointed, somewhat confused: "It's already very late, it won't be too late to go tomorrow, Commander."

Moreover, it was a little difficult for her to sail with people. The only seat she had was the runway on the deck of her ship. She said casually, "Even if I want to go, Tosa should be more suitable than me. Her ship is bigger and more suitable for carrying people."

As soon as Zuikaku opened his mouth, Zhou He was confused. Why did he choose her instead of Tosa? Of course it was because she was easy to talk to, but he couldn't figure out Tosa.

Tosa hadn't walked far yet, but when he heard the conversation between the two, he stopped and turned to look at Zhou He. His cold golden eyes emitted a shocking light in the dim sky. Although they were of similar height, Zhou He could feel Tosa looking down at him, and the feeling of oppression made him sweat profusely in an instant.

"Ah."

Zuikaku was somewhat perceptive, but she was also quite puzzled as to why Zhou He was so timid when facing Tosa, so she smiled and waved at Tosa: "Tosa, you feel the same way, right?"

"That's true, but you just want to be lazy. The commander is looking for your help, not me."

Tosa closed and opened his eyes, his tone flat.

"Haha, have you been discovered?"

Zuikaku had some of the same thoughts in mind, and she didn't feel embarrassed when being exposed. Seeing that Tosa didn't seem to want to take this job, she didn't force her. So she closed her eyes and thought about how Zhou He should ride on her ship suit, whether standing or sitting, but because the imagined picture was too magical, the corners of her mouth unconsciously rose.

"..."

Zhou He relaxed when Tosa and Zuikaku's eye contact shifted when they were talking. He thought back and realized that similar situations always occurred between him and Tosa when they were "private". When he subconsciously showed weakness to Tosa, Tosa was not very happy, but when they had a normal conversation, Tosa's reaction was quite good.

Based on this person's personality, could it be that you hope he can be tougher?

Is this possible?

Faced with Tosa's cold and uncommunicative personality, Zhou He really didn't want to have any contact with her unless communication was necessary - but as a commander, he and Tosa knew each other all the time, and there would be similarly cold or more troublesome ship girls who would need his contact in the future.

He has to develop the mentality to face challenges head-on.

hiss~

After preparing himself mentally, Zhou He took a deep breath, coughed lightly, and spread his hands to Tosa as a courage booster: "Zuihe is right, Tosa, you are more suitable to take me to the sea, can you take me there?"

"Have you thought it through?"