Revisiting Azur Lane

Tosa glanced at him and frowned: "I won't care if you fall into the water, okay?"

"It's okay. I'm sure you'll pull me out of the water."

Once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. Zhou He was already fearless after saying this. He pointed at the ship on the sea and said, "I want to use it to experiment with an idea. I have to do it now, otherwise it will be too late at night..."

Wait, he suddenly thought of Kursk, who would definitely not refuse his proposal.

Damn, that was too sloppy.

"Let's go then."

Seeing Zhou He's serious look, Tosa thought it was okay, he walked past the two of them to the beach, let the light reappear, and condensed the ship's equipment. Zhou He walked up, and the waves rushed to his feet, submerging half of his calves, and it was cold.

Zhou He was still trying to figure out how to get on Tosa's ship when Zuikaku came up behind him and called out, "Hey - Commander, let me take you over. I've already thought of the posture."

"What posture?"

Zhou He became alert instantly. Tosa was too lazy to waste time listening to their nonsense, so he half-crouched down and motioned Zhou He to climb up by stepping on the main gun barrel that was adjusted to the lowest position. Zhou He obediently stretched out his hands and kicked his legs. After a few movements, he sat on the top of the ship's equipment on Tosa's left hand side, with his butt sitting on the turret and his feet hooked on the gun barrel, just like climbing a tree. This height made him feel very fresh, and he waved to the calling Zuikaku playfully.

"Sit tight."

Tosa took a step forward, and the propulsion device of the ship under his feet began to work, carrying Zhou He away from the beach. The salty and humid sea breeze and the feeling of being far away from the land made Zhou He feel an indescribable emotion in his heart. In short, it was very fresh.

He looked down at Tosa, and because the speed was not fast, he was able to speak: "Tosa, you won't feel any pressure on your balance by carrying me like this, right?"

"Commander, do you feel the weight of the ants on your shoulders?"

Tosa's answer was very sharp, which made Zhou He feel helpless. He could only watch the Siren destroyer getting closer and closer. Because it was huge enough, it could be seen very clearly in the dark. Even though it was bumpy, it was pitch black with blood-red stripes. He felt uncomfortable instinctively when he looked closely.

"Let me touch it."

Zhou He remembered clearly that he could get more materials by touching the corpse, so he began to direct Tosa to adjust the direction. After a while, he reached out his hand and actually touched the battleship body which was as cold as ice.

'Teardown'

He meditated in his heart.

In an instant, the entire hull of the Siren was covered with dense blue webs spreading from his palms, emitting bright light, and then "boom" it exploded like fireworks, and blue stardust flew in the air like fireflies, and finally fell into the sea and disappeared.

"This is!?"

Tosa was standing very close. She reacted the moment the ship changed, and took Zhou He away. She covered her head with both hands when the ship exploded, and then raised her head suddenly: "Commander, you..."

She saw Zhou He, who was intact but was about to fall down because of his body being stretched sideways by her. She took back the words that were on the tip of her tongue, braked suddenly and used inertia to let Zhou He swing back.

"Well."

Zhou He sat back down and covered his mouth. His face was pale and he felt like vomiting. "What should I do? I might get seasick."

"..."

Since he could still be stupid, it was okay. Tosa brought him back to the shore at a steady speed. When he was in the shallow water and took off his ship equipment, he turned around and caught Zhou He with both hands. He walked to the edge of the beach in a princess hug and bent over to throw him out. He folded his arms and looked down at him: "Commander, what did you do to that Siren ship just now? Don't you know it's dangerous?"

Zhou He was thrown onto the sand without even having the chance to experience anything while being held by Tosa. He stood up in frustration and patted the sand off his body: "I'll take it apart."

"Demolished?"

Tosa raised his eyebrows. Destroyed a destroyer in an instant?

"Demolished."

Zhou He nodded in confirmation: "I can obtain resources by dismantling Siren's ships and use them for the development of the port area."

“It’s an incomprehensible ability.”

Tosa's mouth twitched. No wonder Zhou He wanted them to tow the boat back. However, she had no intention of studying Zhou He's special abilities. She simply bypassed Zhou He and went to the headquarters: "If you have similar ideas in the future, please make them clear first to avoid danger."

"Ah, sorry to have worried you."

Zhou He was also startled by the noise of dismantling, but it only lasted for a moment, because Tosa's reaction was too fast. At that time, all he could see was a blue fluorescence, and then he began to feel nauseous.

From a distance, Zhou He heard Tosa's humming, which made him unable to help but cover his mouth and smile. It turned out that this was the correct way to get along with Tosa.

"Commander! Just now you..."

Ruihe ran over from somewhere else and asked with an unusual look on his face. Zhou He slowed down and explained the reason.

……

"I didn't expect the commander to even be able to dismantle a ship."

In the brightly lit kitchen and dining area, the ship girls who had soaked in the hot springs gathered together happily to chat. Then, while everyone was soaking in the hot springs, Zhou He also prepared dinner. When Hermione and Z23 brought the dishes to Tosa, they smiled and asked, "How does the hot spring feel?"

"not bad."

Tosa's expression remained calm, but his furry and slightly wet fox ears drooped naturally, and he exuded a gentle aura - this was the first time since he joined the Minato District, and even someone of Zhou He's level could see that Tosa was in a good mood.

He could only sigh that the hot spring was truly amazing.

"Commander, what resources did you recover from dismantling the Siren destroyer?"

Hood's sudden speech attracted the attention of others. Zhou He stood and thought for a while: "A lot. 850 tons of steel alone were dismantled. There were also explosives, aluminum alloys, copper and other things. I just did a little research. These materials can be used to develop weapons and build ships. They have many uses."

"It seems to be a very efficient disassembly."

Hood nodded, and Zuikaku raised his hand: "Then Commander, can you make a boat for yourself now?"

"Yes!"

Zhou He gave a thumbs up. In addition to the ordinary resources, this disassembly also gave him 3 main gun parts, 2 anti-aircraft gun parts, 3 torpedo parts, 1 general part, plus 1 destroyer research and development blueprint and 1 general research and development blueprint.

Some of the parts can be used to modify and strengthen the ship's equipment, while the research and development of weapons and ships requires design drawings. As long as there are enough materials, he can directly make a destroyer by hand, or he can build small ships such as speedboats using existing materials and general research and development drawings.

By the way, Beifeng in the research ship requires a total of 30 destroyer research and development drawings and 50 each of the four types of parts: main guns, torpedoes, air defense, and general.

It’s a pity that he still needs ten more Rubik’s Cubes, otherwise he could start working on Beifeng and Tiexue’s sixth phase of Expelling Felix now.

Today is such a good day. The hot spring has been built, and by touching the sirens' corpses, we have obtained a lot of resources and ways to obtain various scientific research materials. It can be said to be a double happiness.

The next thing to pay attention to is the situation in Kursk. Regarding the mirror sea there, Zhou He intends to go in to salvage the ship, but he is worried about accidents. It would be perfect if he could get relevant information through that base.

I happen to have a general research and development blueprint, so why not build a boat tomorrow and take a look?

Chapter 45: Humorous Commander

In the quiet of the night, Zhou He waited for Kursk to return to port.

Kursk's whereabouts were as mysterious as ever. Zhou He was clearly sitting in the headquarters hall, but Kursk still found him from behind and was startled when he was spoken to.

"Kursk, you are so cautious."

Zhou He temporarily heated up the food for Kursk, then sat in the kitchen and talked face to face with Kursk across the table. After several meetings and conversations, he had become quite familiar with her. Although she still had a blank expression on her face, Kursk was a very sassy older sister. Her straightforward personality gave her a natural wild beauty.

Knowing that this person didn't like small talk, Zhou He simply expressed his feelings and then got straight to the point, asking about the exploration of the ruins on the western island.

"That is not a human base."

Kursk had a rare hot meal. After swallowing the food, he licked his lips, put down his chopsticks and looked at Zhou He: "At least it's not the structure that I know a human port should have."

It sounds scary, but with Kursk's subsequent explanation, Zhou He roughly understood the situation.

Firstly, the buildings there seemed to be the same as those in the human port area, but there was an essential difference - that is, in all the functional buildings in that base, there was no place that required human control. For example, there was no kitchen or tools for cooking in the dining hall, and places that looked like dormitories or bathhouses did not have beds or available water facilities. Other buildings were just for show and had no internal functions.

The only thing is that there are a lot of electronic equipment at the command center, but they cannot be used normally because the power system is damaged.

Moreover, they had not considered at all that the equipment might age or malfunction, and there was no department responsible for logistics and maintenance. Kursk was unable to repair the power system by hand.

"It was a base that was built as if in mass production and could be abandoned at any time."

Kursk continued eating after he finished speaking, leaving Zhou He with a frown on his face: He wanted to move all kinds of equipment from there back to prosper his own port area, but he didn't expect that only the command center was useful.

But that must be the 'Siren Base'. Kursk looked around everywhere but failed to trigger the conditions for completing Task ③. In other words, he had to repair the power system there and figure out what could be done there before he could complete the task.

In this case, he asked, "Based on your feeling, Kursk, is there any danger in that base?"

"There is no danger inside the base, but the nearby sea is very dangerous."

After receiving Kursk's affirmation, Zhou He also confirmed the arrangements for tomorrow and stood up with a smile: "I see, the extra thing behind the headquarters is a hot spring pool, Kursk, you should go and experience it too."

Kursk nodded, but he didn't know whether he would go or not.

……

When everything fell into darkness, the clock hands in the hall began to move rapidly, and soon it was 4:30 in the morning. The lights on the second floor suddenly lit up the stairs, and footsteps sounded softly, and Hermione, who was well-dressed, went downstairs.

Not long after five o'clock, Yudachi, Z23 and others came downstairs one after another and started to move around, making the deserted hall gradually lively.

"Tosa, I have always had a question."

Zuikaku, who was sitting at the table in the hall with a bowl of hot noodles in her hand, looked at Tosa, who was preparing to practice swinging a sword. She waited until the latter cast her eyes before she said the follow-up: "Our sabers are also equipped on ships, right?"

"Stupid question."

Tosa's ahoge hair swayed as she raised her head. For some reason, she felt that Zuikaku's stupidity had increased exponentially recently. But out of friendship, she still answered the question and raised the sword in her hand: "This sword is undoubtedly made of the same material as the ship's equipment. No, it's even better."

"Uh-huh."

Zuikaku thought so too, and after taking a sip of noodle soup, he pointed a finger at Tosa and said, "Then, we should be able to fight the Sirens with swords, right?"

"..."

This question not only stumped Tosa, but even Bismarck, who was passing by and preparing to go to the kitchen, cast a glance at her: she really couldn't imagine an aircraft carrier saying such a thing.

"Since we were given swords, they should have a corresponding function. They can't just be decorations that we carry around every day, right?"

Zuikaku took advantage of the victory and raised his questions again.

In fact, she has been trying to use her sword, but whether it is helping Zhou He mark out territory or serving as a clothesline, it is only temporary employment. Is there no way to use it for long-term employment?

"This knife is for us to sharpen our spirit and will."

This shocking question made Tosa fall into thought. She drew out her sword and waved it twice in the air: "Don't you think practicing swinging can help us concentrate more?"

After that, she was silent for a moment, frowned slightly, she put the knife back into the scabbard and said in a deep voice: "In the future, we may encounter other ports and subordinate ship girls. Can you be sure that there will be no sword fighting competitions at that time?"

"what!"

Zuikaku clenched his right fist and knocked it against his left palm, suddenly realizing: "In other words, this knife is actually for us to chop the enemy ship girl?"

"perhaps."

Tosa was not sure either, after all, they had never encountered other port areas or any wild ship girls passing by.

The topic between the two gradually came to an end, and Bismarck left without a trace. In her opinion, a sword is just an ornament that symbolizes status, and she didn't quite understand why these two people had to find a use for it.

Time passed quietly. After half past six, Hood went downstairs in a formal suit. He glanced at Tosa and Zuikaku who were fighting each other outside the command department, and then glanced at Bismarck and others who were sitting not far away watching the two PK. He went to the kitchen to find Hermione, ordered a cup of hot milk, and sat down not far away. He didn't expect that there would be a small theater to watch as soon as he got up.

So when Zhou He got up and went downstairs, he saw a very precious scene.

……

For everyone in the port area, Zhou He's arrival symbolized the official start of the day. After he had breakfast, they gathered together and waited for arrangements.

"Didn't we discover a building ruin to the west during the previous battle?"

Zhou He was almost used to this kind of scene, and expressed his thoughts in the hall: "Yesterday I asked Kursk to search over there and confirmed that there was no danger in the base over there, but in order to activate the base, the damaged power system needs to be repaired."

He glanced at everyone and found that no one reacted, so he continued: "The database of that base is very likely to contain important information for us, so I want to go there to investigate in person. Everyone go prepare some clothes, as we may stay there overnight."

No one had any objection to Zhou He's arrangement. After all, anyone with a discerning eye knew that the purpose of clearing out the nearby Sirens yesterday was to eliminate possible threats in order to explore the ruins of the base. After the short meeting, everyone left in twos and threes, while Zhou He himself came to the coast, opened the system interface and switched to the scientific research page.

Because his own ship girl came out with full equipment, and he didn't have the materials before, he didn't study the ship equipment research project carefully. After he finished the work, he dismantled a destroyer yesterday and got the resources, and unexpectedly a normal ship development project popped up here.

He can independently develop destroyers, light and heavy cruisers, battlecruisers, aircraft carriers, submarines, maintenance and logistics transport ships, but the resources and research and development drawings required, as well as the number of ship parts are different.

For example, he currently does not have enough steel to build a large destroyer, and adding weapons requires ship parts and related materials, so he can only produce a small ship with a tonnage of no more than a thousand and almost no armed force.

As for how to do it manually, the system will provide some ship models, and then let him change the design by himself to add or reduce parts, and finally carry out rational integration, invest resources to confirm it is completed.

"too strong."

Zhou He had previously told Ruihe that he was a mobile base, but now he can even build ships, and it has truly become a humanoid military base.

While thinking and sighing, he chose to develop an unarmed patrol boat according to the plan he had thought of long ago. It was 54 meters long, ten meters wide, and had a displacement of 620 tons. It was gray on the bottom and white on the top. The materials consumed were exactly half of what he had used to dismantle the Siren destroyer yesterday, but no explosives were consumed.

The system is measured in tons. After constructing this patrol boat, the remaining materials are 420 units of steel, 120 ammunition, 50 aluminum alloy, 8 electronic components, 40 copper ingots and 4 fluororubber.