Revisiting Azur Lane

These parameters were all disassembled and integrated by the system itself. Zhou He himself didn't understand much about them. He only knew that the materials could be made and there were some left over.

After he decided to invest resources in research and development, bright spots of light emanated from his body and floated toward the sea. The spots of light were not noticeable under the sunlight, but were extremely conspicuous after gathering on the sea surface.

This ship, which was originally designed as a patrol boat, had a lot of parameters changed by Zhou He, and the overall structure was transformed into a three-layer internal structure similar to a large luxury yacht. From the bottom to the top of the ship, it was as high as three floors. Adding the length and width, in Zhou He's eyes it was like Ultraman transforming. A dazzling light flashed, and a huge monster was anchored on the shore.

"It's too much, too much."

Zhou He, the instigator, felt for the first time that he was truly open, not just open.

Even though I consumed the general research and development blueprints I got yesterday, it was really worth it. A ship of this level would sell for at least several dozen dollars in the home store. After all, the speedboats in the store are all 70.

"Ah."

Zhou He thought of the 15-square-meter hot spring garden that cost 70 Home Coins yesterday, and compared it with the speedboat that cost Home Coins.

Is that thing really just an ordinary speedboat?

Forget it, he just needs a vehicle anyway, and the ship in front of him is good enough. The normal speed of the void power can reach 40 knots, the internal equipment is universal and good, and it has automatic navigation.

The boat was ready. Zhou He admired it from a distance and then went back to the command center. He first went back to the third floor to drag down the box of clothes for changing. Then he went to the kitchen and took out the beef jerky and fish that had been smoked and preserved.

As for the ingredients for cooking, he planned to purchase them from the home store after arriving on the ship. His own ship girl did not have any portable space, so he could not carry too many things when traveling. It was a bit of a pity, but there was nothing he could do.

When he went out again, others had already seen the patrol boat anchored in the bay. Yudachi and Z23 had already deployed their ship equipment and were circling the boat looking for a way to get on board. Zuikaku turned around and stared at Zhou He with a very complicated expression.

"what happened?"

Zhou He felt a little confused by Ruihe's look, so he walked in and asked curiously.

"Commander, don't you think this ship is too big?"

Zuikaku took a breath and pointed at the patrol boat and said, "A boat this big is only suitable for long-distance sailing. It is not useful for fishing or short-distance travel."

"what?"

Zhou He was stunned by what she said, and lowered his head to think about it. It seemed to be the case.

It's over. He was too excited about building a ship for the first time, and thinking that the general design drawings were valuable, he wanted to make a bigger one. He actually made such a big mistake. He was the only one in the port who needed to take a boat, so there was no need for such a big ship!

Zuikaku's voice was quite loud, and the others heard it too. Cleveland came over and smiled to help Zhou He out of the situation: "It's not that serious. This boat was prepared for this long journey. The commander can build some smaller speedboats later."

"really."

Zhou He nodded. He could build the boat at any time. He just needed the general research and development drawings and the body of Siren.

Zuikaku twitched his lips, turned around, hooked his arm around Cleveland's shoulder, and walked to the side, lowering his voice: "We can't spoil the commander like this. What if the commander gets used to riding on such a big boat? Then we'll have to go fishing together in the future."

"Fishing? Ah, I think it's quite interesting."

Cleveland understood immediately after she said that, and comforted Zuikaku with a smile: "Don't worry, there will definitely be people who are more suitable for logistics than you and me joining the port in the future, and the commander is not such an unreasonable person, he won't let you fish all the time."

"That's what I said..."

Zuikaku's expression was a little subtle. She was not worried about this kind of thing, but she was worried that the seniors from the 1st and 2nd Carriers would join the port area in the near future. If they knew that she was assigned to work on a fishing boat, it would bring shame to Sister Shokaku.

"Don't worry, think about when the commander made a mistake in his arrangements."

Cleveland only joined in the past few days, and no one knows what arrangements Zhou He had made before. He just said it simply to appease Zuikaku.

"It seems so."

After hearing what she said, Ruihe realized that Zhou He had taken their adaptability into consideration when making arrangements for them.

"..."

"What are they talking about?"

When the two were talking in private, Tosa came over. Zhou He spread his hands and said, "I'm wondering if my boat is too big."

"Again wasting energy on such a weird place."

Tosa frowned and said, "Ignore them and let's go."

"Well, did you find the way up?"

Zhou He glanced at Zuikaku and Cleveland, followed Tosa to the beach and asked casually. Tosa stopped on the spot, stared at Zhou He for a long time before speaking: "Is there any rope in the warehouse?"

"some."

Zhou He knew he was being humorous and nodded quickly. Tosa snorted and turned to look for a rope.

"hehe."

Hearing the noise and conversation, Hood smiled slightly, Bismarck held up his hat and looked up at the sky, while Hermione lowered her head to look at the sand, as if she heard nothing.

Chapter 46: Already here

With the help of Tosa and others, Zhou He finally used a rope to climb onto the rear deck of the patrol boat - the rear deck itself was actually not high, but there was no dock in the bay so he had to climb from the sea surface, which made it seem relatively high.

And because climbing ropes was not decent, only Yuudachi, Hermione, Z23 and Cleveland followed Zhou He onto the ship. Bismarck and others on the battleship did not get on board, but directly deployed their ship equipment and set sail, walking in the front.

Zuikaku was actually interested in boarding the ship, but she needed to be responsible for air control and reconnaissance. She protested a few times and finally gave up, even though she had recently questioned whether Zhou He's ship was too big.

“It’s surprisingly spacious inside.”

The rear deck connects to the next and second floors, and the cockpit is on the second floor. After Zhou He led the way up, Z23 looked around the interior. There was a fairly spacious hall at the entrance, with comfortable-looking sofas and some tables and chairs. Further inside was the dining and kitchen area, and further inside was the cockpit in a single room separated by a wall.

“This floor, the one above, and the deck outside are recreational areas, and the lower floor is the main and second bedrooms and the power area.”

This boat is the product of Zhou He's manual adjustment of the system. Zhou He knew the general structure and explained it briefly when walking through the living room, but he was unfamiliar with the specific results inside. For example, when he looked at the sofa and coffee table in the hall, he wondered if he could move it home and use it.

Of course, this was just a thought. While Yudachi and others were visiting and experiencing the ship, he brought Hermione to the cockpit, which was filled with various electronic devices that displayed the ship's status parameters and a console for adjusting the course and speed.

Zhou He, who was blind to the military, was completely clueless. He pretended to inspect the place and gave the C position to Hermione. He turned around to look at the three people outside the door and lowered his voice: "Hermione, you should understand, right?"

"perhaps."

Hermione smiled modestly, walked forward and roughly checked the many devices, found the control panel and adjusted it, so that the patrol boat that was originally anchored began to speed up steadily. After that, she looked at the displayed ocean map and turned sideways to ask Zhou He with a puzzled look: "Commander, it shows that it can lock the target location and let the boat drive automatically. I don't quite understand."

"Well, Hermione, you guys probably weren't that smart back then, that's it."

Zhou He naturally understood that Hermione was trying to save face for his uselessness. His old face turned red, he coughed lightly, walked forward, touched the screen to select the target western port area, and chose the one that led directly to the ruins base from three different routes.

"So awesome~"

Hermione was clapping and praising beside him. Zhou He couldn't hold back. If someone didn't know, he would think that this person was making fun of him. He raised his hand to stop Hermione from clapping and pointed at the equipment in front of him: "Hermione, tell me what each of these is used for."

"Yes."

Hermione gladly accepted the order and naturally and carefully helped to introduce the functions of these devices.

At the same time, the patrol boat that entered automatic driving gradually increased its speed. Although it could run at 40 knots, Zhou He chose to move forward at 25 knots considering the speed of his main ship.

Soon, the patrol boat ran out of the bay of the port area.

……

Because of the automatic driving function, the operation of this patrol boat is very simple. It took Zhou He about ten minutes to completely understand it (meaning taking notes), and then sent a "follow the ship" command to Kursk, which was still within the coverage of the port area.

"If it's autonomous driving, there shouldn't be a need for human supervision, right?"

Zhou He walked out of the command room and glanced at Hermione who stayed inside. He mentioned this matter to Hermione, but Hermione thought that someone still needed to stay inside just in case.

'Details determine success or failure.'

Zhou He wrote down this sentence and came to the kitchen area. This ship used the same void energy as the one in the port area (no idea where the energy came from), so all kinds of electrical appliances and stoves could be used normally. After trying a few times, Zhou He opened the empty refrigerator and looked for suitable ingredients in the home store, but...

"stare--"

On the counter connecting the kitchen and living room, Cleveland, Z23, and Yudachi were staring at Zhou He side by side. Zhou He's expression tensed up and he tilted his head to look at them: "What's wrong? Why are you staring at me like that?"

"I'm just curious if the Commander is going to prepare our ingredients like he did with building this ship."

Cleveland smiled brightly, showing his bright teeth. Yudachi beside him nodded, and Z23 was mumbling something but Zhou He couldn't hear it clearly. However, he felt it necessary to explain: "These two are different."

Zhou He closed the refrigerator door, walked to the cutting table, and with a swipe of his right hand, a large plate with different vegetables appeared out of thin air. He picked up a potato and placed it in front of the people, saying, "The ingredients we use to cook are real vegetables, as fresh as if they were just dug out of the ground. You may not understand, but I bought them with my own money. I purchased these ingredients from 'elsewhere' and then stored them in my warehouse, and I can take them out from the warehouse and use them at any time."

"so complicated."

Yuudachi was already dizzy. He took two steps back and fell on the soft sofa, curled up on his side, looking very cute.

“There are still many things we cannot understand.”

Cleveland understood, picked up the potato, squeezed it, and handed it to Z23, saying, "In short, this is the commander's special ability?"

"Yes."

Zhou He was also troubled by the origin of these void creations. The system did not restrict him from stating the relevant functions, but his golden finger 'system' was far different from the system understood by Cleveland and others, so he had to explain it in more understandable terms.

But no matter how he explained it, there would always be unreasonable aspects in this kind of void creation. Regarding these loopholes, he could only hope that his own ship girl would not dig into the root of the problem, because he himself couldn't explain it clearly.

The mouth is too stupid.

Glancing at Z23 who hadn't spoken, Zhou He knocked on the table and said, "As for this ship, I redesigned it using the materials I got from dismantling the Siren yesterday. There was no extra cost."

“Being able to do these strange things…”

Z23 still couldn't understand, but the facts were right in front of her. She looked up and observed Zhou He carefully, frowning and guessing, "Commander, could it be that this is a secret humanoid weapon that Donghuang is hiding and researching?"

“…You can understand it that way.”

Zhou He twitched the corner of his mouth. It didn't matter what the explanation was, as long as his own ship girl could accept his setting.

"Hahaha, the commander is working hard too."

Cleveland observed Zhou He's expression and guessed that Zhou He himself might not fully understand his own abilities or privileges. He smiled and patted Z23 on the shoulder: "Although the functionality is very strong, the commander is also a human being."

"Yes, sorry, Commander."

Z23 apologized honestly, and Zhou He clapped his hands with a smile: "It's okay. It's also very important for us to understand each other. If you have any questions in the future, you can ask me directly. I will definitely give you the answers I know."

The discussion ended in an 'adult' way. Zhou He asked Z23 and Cleveland about their food preferences, but didn't get much response. They both thought Donghuang cuisine was great, with good presentation and good taste.

Such comments made Zhou He very happy, so he chatted for a while and then turned around to stuff the refrigerator with the newly bought vegetables and meat. He also bought a dessert set, spending 3 home coins and had 18 coins left.

"When can I become a rich man?"

Zhou He felt a little sad when he saw this poor number, but he soon cheered up again. As long as he could conquer this unknown mirror sea, the number of ship girls under his command would "skyrocket" again, and the amount of home coins he could obtain would also increase.

Instead of just bringing up empty numbers, it is better to think about what the port area needs.

A port for ships to stop? Continue with recreational facilities, or add dormitories in advance?

"Commander~"

Zhou He was in a daze, but Xili climbed up from the sofa, ran over, hugged Zhou He's arm and pulled him out: "Commander, this is your first time out to sea! The sea is very beautiful."

"Yeah, I would have forgotten if you hadn't told me."

Following Yudachi's pull, Zhou He stood up and walked out of the second-floor hall. Standing at the entrance, he could see the almost invisible headquarters and island - it was the first time for Zhou He to look inside from the outside. On both sides of the entrance to the bay were towering cliffs and mountains, guarding the mouth of the bay like door gods, spreading to the left and right. In addition to the cliffs, there were more steep slopes and green plants. The overall scene was pleasing to the eye.

"After returning from this sortie... No, our port island is so beautiful."

Zhou He almost blurted out the word "flag", but luckily he felt it was too weird so he stopped it halfway. He smiled and praised the port island that the system had created for him. When he had time, he would definitely conduct a full-scale exploration and development of the island inside and outside.

"right!"

Yudachi wagged his tail happily, and went down to the rear deck with Zhou He. He leaned against the fence and pointed to the deep sea area below: "I saw schools of fish jumping out of the water several times when I attacked. It's really a pity."

"Really? Then I'll have to cast a net outside when I have the chance."

Zhou He laughed in silence, touched Yuli's hair and ears with his hands, and quietly looked at the island that was getting smaller and smaller and the blue world that stretched infinitely in his sight - looking up at the sky can make people feel their own insignificance and enter an empty state of mind where troubles are forgotten, but the sea is different. When it is quiet, the sea can make you feel the magnificence of the waves, but if you think about the bad side, it can make you feel a creepy fear.

However, Zhou He had the system and the ship girl by his side, and he never thought that he would be in danger. The novelty of going to sea gradually occupied his way of thinking. After staying on the rear deck for a while, he ran to the highest third floor. Half of it was open-air, and the other half was a rest area. Standing on the open-air deck, Zhou He saw more scenery, seabirds fishing, waves crashing against each other, and Bismarck and several others escorting the patrol boat.

"Well."

After feeling the vast world for a while, Zhou He looked at Tosa who was walking silently and asked Yudachi: "What did you feel when you went out to sea?"

When he was commanding the attack at home, he felt that a lot of time was wasted on the road. Even he, an outsider, felt so, so the ship girls must feel it even more deeply.

"Ow?"

Yuli blinked and rubbed against Zhou He: "When I go out to sea, I will think about completing the commander's mission. When I return, I will think about meeting the commander soon."

"..."