Revisiting Azur Lane

Zhou He looked at the four ship girls who appeared from behind the wall, the corridor, and the ruins. He raised his hand and greeted them directly: "I am Zhou He, the person in charge of the port area. I am very happy to meet you all."

"It's rare that I can get a good night's sleep. What a troublesome guy."

The first person to come over was a tall woman with a flax-grey high ponytail. Her outfit was a bit cool and peculiar, with long boots on one side and striped socks on the other. She rubbed her hair impatiently while speaking, and her wine-red eyes swept across Zuikaku and stopped at Zhou He: "That being said, it's not bad to be able to move around a bit more. I'm Jean Bart. If you want to be my captain, let me see what you can do."

"I will work hard."

Zhou He smiled, stepped forward and extended his hand: "From now on, you can just call me Commander. Of course, you can also call me by my name."

"..."

Jeanbal glanced at Zuikaku, who had a slightly raised eyebrow, and reached out to hold Zhou He's hand: "No need, just call me commander."

After the interaction was completed, Jean Bal walked through the crowd and came to the dock, where he looked out to the sea and stretched his body. He then turned his head to look at the ruins of the base and curled his lips: "It seems that my luck is really bad."

"This is not our port area."

Xili stared at Jeanbart for a long time, and somehow felt that this man could get along well, so he walked up to him, waved and said hello.

"Isn't it?"

Jean Bart was quite surprised, and then he looked around carefully. Except for the activity area of ​​Zhou He and others, other places still retained their original flavor, and one could tell at a glance how long they had been abandoned.

"This is the Siren base. We captured it a few days ago."

Yuli and Jeanbart started chatting, while Zhou He on the other side also completed the meeting and introduction with the other three members.

The first one is a green-haired cat wearing a white dress with gear lace, Akashi, the profiteer proprietress in the game.

Zhou He is the only producer in the family, and it is impossible for Akashi to be a profiteer, so Zhou He is very happy. In addition to being a profiteer, Akashi is also a recognized Doraemon in the port area. The two of them communicated with each other for a while, and finally reached a consensus: Zhou He provides food and drink, and Akashi is responsible for slacking off at home (because he doesn't need to repair the ship).

The second one is the Javelin, Royal Exorcist, which is one of the three great families together with Z23.

"Hello, Commander."

Facing an adult male like Zhou He, Javelin seemed a little shy at first and introduced himself very seriously. However, after stealing a glance at Zhou He's attentive listening, he gradually gained courage and bowed to him: "Commander, please take good care of me after I join the port!"

"Yes, welcome aboard."

Zhou He also felt very happy when he saw his lovely sister. He expressed his welcome in a gentle tone, and then turned his gaze to the last person with an inexplicable emotion in his eyes.

The last one is still a destroyer. She is obviously the ship girl of White Eagle, but she is wearing a black and white maid-like outfit, and even has white animal ears as hair accessories. The expression and eyes that want to approach but are slightly resistant - ah, he can't hold it anymore.

"I always feel like you're thinking of something rude!"

After being stared at by Zhou He for a while, Haman could not help but protest in a soft voice: "I am Haman (Man) of the White Eagle. Even if you are the commander, I will not allow you to do anything strange!"

"Ah."

Zhou He couldn't help but smile, and walked forward and stretched out his hand to Harman: "I know Harman is cute and brave, welcome to join the port."

"Gu... Don't think I'll be happy just because you praise me, you stupid... stupid commander!"

Having said this, Haman shook hands with Zhou He cautiously, staring at him with slightly flushed cheeks. Not to mention Zhou He, even Zuikaku was amazed, it was hard for him to imagine that there would be such a cute creature among the ship girls. The javelin next to him even blinked and decided to be good friends with Haman.

"Come on, I'll introduce you to the other members of Minato."

Zhou He was very satisfied with the construction this time. He walked to the side and approached the patrol boat with the three new members.

There are still four Rubik's Cubes, and he is looking forward to building which ship girls will be built.

Chapter 57 New Discovery

"By the way, Commander! Where's Sister Shoukaku?"

As they returned to the patrol boat with the new members, Javelin, Haman and Akashi were welcomed into the group, when Zuikaku, who was standing at the door, suddenly seemed to realize something and asked Zhou He next to him.

"what?"

Zhou He was stunned by her question: "I don't know."

"..."

Zuikaku scratched his cheek in silence. "It's alright, I just asked as usual. Commander, you're really quick in recruiting new members. I thought it would take some time."

"Well, after all, our port area is getting bigger and bigger, so efficiency will naturally not fall behind."

Zuikaku had been thinking about Shokaku since she joined the minato area. Zhou He had no way of making any promises to Zuikaku without any certainty, so he could only follow her lead and change the subject. He turned around and stood on the rear deck, looking at Yuudachi who was hanging out with Jean Bart.

Jean Bart remembered that it seemed to be a ship of the Vichy Church, and there was a sister named Richelieu from a different camp. Since he didn't delve into the others, he didn't know much about her character.

But since he can hang out with Yuudachi, he must be an easy-going person, right?

We can't draw such a simple conclusion.

"commander!"

Yuli, who noticed Zhou He's secret observation, waved at him. Jean Bart, who was sitting on the seaside of the pier, also looked at him. Zhou He nodded in response and walked to the edge of the deck and said to the two of them: "Next, I will arrange the attack mission. You guys come over and listen."

"Oh!"

Yudachi, who was in a half-squatting position, stood up all of a sudden, causing Bal to stand up after a slight hesitation and then climb onto the rear deck with Yudachi. They returned to the middle-level living room. Including Zhou He, there were sixteen people present. The originally spacious room now seemed a little crowded.

"Just be quiet for a moment."

Facing a room full of beautiful girls and such a beautiful scene, Zhou He found that he didn't have much emotion. This feeling made him a little scared, but he quickly threw away this subtle emotion, spread his hands and spoke to everyone: "We are currently in the original Siren's experimental base. The sea area from our port to here has been explored, but this search range is far from enough. I need you to go to a farther sea area to expand your vision."

"From now on, I will temporarily divide you into two teams to explore the northeast and southwest directions respectively..."

There were a total of seven new members joining the port area this time. Zhou He gave a specific division after a little thought:

A team consisting of the flagship Bismarck, accompanied by Tosa, Nagashima, Z23, U556, Cleveland and Harman, a total of seven people.

The flagship of the second team: Hood, accompanied by Zuikaku, Jeanbart, Hermione, Javelin, Yudachi, and Avatar, also seven people.

"This is how the team is for now. Akashi will stay with me for now."

As Zhou He called the roll, the two teams also completed the division in the living room. Only Mingshi stayed where he was. Zhou He just nodded slightly and said, "Bismarck, you go to the southwest, Hood, you go to the northeast. This time your mission is still mainly exploration. If you encounter a small number of Siren fleets, I allow you to fight on your own. If you find a large-scale fleet, avoid it. Keep a good time and distance. When you return, go back to our own port. I will welcome you back."

After making the arrangements, Zhou He informed the new members that his port was an isolated port on the sea. Considering the time and complexity, he did not explain his own uniqueness in detail.

Ensuring the safety of the waters near the port area is enough reason for the ship girls to attack.

As for whether or not you will discover something magical or strange, that will be an extra bonus.

……

Soon after Zhou He's meeting ended, many ship girls were launched one after another. At first, there was only Yudachi. Zhou He felt that the ship equipment was amazing. Now there were more than ten ship girls. He stood on the deck and took a look. He felt that his own fleet had begun to take shape, and the future invincible fleet (he believed) had already taken shape.

This made him very happy. After everyone was ready, he stood on the deck and waved, "Let's go!"

"Commander, what are you talking about? Speak louder, I can't hear you clearly!"

There was no one-call-ten-response situation, but the troublemaker did appear. Ruihe called out from below, and the others smiled lightly. Zhou He waved his hand at Ruihe and said, "Go away, stop making trouble, or I'll make things difficult for you."

Zhou He had previously considered whether he should move closer to the top leadership of Iron Blood, enforce discipline, and establish high-pressure authority like Bismarck. But when he thought about it carefully, he realized that he was just a logistics minister, and he usually had to deal with possible conflicts between his own ship girls. Putting himself in such a high position would only bring side effects, so he gave up.

"Okay, everyone, leave early and go home early."

After interacting with Zuikaku, Zhou He restrained his desire to show off and spoke casually as usual.

Now there was no one to make trouble. Led by Hood and Bismarck, the two teams set out and rushed towards the distance. Zhou He watched them leave and adjusted the system interface to the attack map for observation. There was not even a single Siren in the area where the base was located, but wandering teams of Siren appeared again in the seas on both sides.

"Where do all these sirens come from?"

Zhou He raised his eyebrows. Every time he cleared the sirens in the visible area, a lot of sirens would appear again within two days. With this density, there might be an average of one siren per nautical mile in this world.

Could it be possible that there is a Siren arsenal hidden nearby?

Suppressing his doubts, Zhou He gave Kursk an order to follow the patrol boat back to the port and then walked into the living room on the middle floor. At this time, only Akashi was sitting alone in the living room. Seeing Zhou He coming back, he waved his paw and said, "Commander, is there anything I can help with, meow?"

Although Zhou He had said before that she could slack off in the port area, it was impossible for her to really do nothing - and if Zhou He really just wanted to support her, she would be scared instead.

"Well, Akashi, can you sail a boat? Let's sail home first."

Zhou He responded casually. In his opinion, as a little genius in invention, Akashi would have no problem driving a boat.

"I know, nya."

Akashi climbed up from the sofa. The kitten was shorter than Yudachi, just over 1.5 meters tall, probably a fifth grader in elementary school. His green hair was so long that it even fell to the ground, giving him the beauty of a sweeping girl.

Zhou He followed Mingshi into the cab and saw her start the patrol boat after just a quick look. After retracting the anchor, the patrol boat began to retreat, visibly moving away from the Siren base, so much so that Zhou He saw Kursk walking out of the ruins and even waved to her.

Soon, however, Mingshi controlled the patrol boat to make a 90-degree turn. He even activated the autopilot function without Zhou He's reminder and chose the fastest route to reach his own port. He looked so skilled that it didn't seem like he was driving the boat for the first time. Zhou He couldn't help but ask, "Amingshi, besides being able to repair boat equipment, do you have any other skills? For example, developing all kinds of strange little props or pills?"

"What is the commander talking about, meow?"

Akashi looked up and looked at Zhou He in surprise: "Akashi, I am only familiar with the various structures of ships, meow. However, if the small props or small pills the commander mentioned are for other ship girls, I can make them according to the effect you want, meow."

"Ok?"

Zhou He was stunned for a moment, then realized that Akashi meant that she had the ability to "understand the structure of the ship", and this ability also applies to the ship girls. He thought for a while and asked: "So, Akashi, can you help other ship girls with ship modification?"

"It's a bit troublesome, but you can try, meow."

The topic returned to normal. Akashi stood on tiptoe and tried to see the sea view in front of the patrol boat, but unfortunately he was not tall enough and could only keep his sight parallel to the window.

"That's awesome."

Zhou He took a look, then reached out and picked up Mingshi by his armpits. He felt that he was lighter than Yudachi.

Although our own Akashi does not have the invincible black technology as imagined, it is enough.

"It's just so-so, meow."

Mingshi was somewhat of a lazy cat. She did not resist when Zhou He lifted her up, and even swayed in the air. As a result, Zhou He consumed his strength too quickly, so he had to put Mingshi down and turned around to find a stool for her to use up from the living room and kitchen.

After chatting, Zhou He, who felt that time was slipping through his fingertips, focused his attention on the system warehouse. The warehouse, which was quite empty before, has been filled with all kinds of messy things in the past few days, and among them there is a golden box, which is the furniture selection box rewarded by the system before.

Zhou He didn't know if this system had any unique insights into furniture. There were not only detached villas, but also high-end restaurants where one could see Manqiu's figure from the window, gardens with squares and fountains, artificial waterfalls, and other options that went beyond his understanding of furniture.

Although Zhou He lived a very frugal life before the time travel, he also had the ideal of buying himself a small house. This single-family villa, which looked luxurious in appearance, had a natural attraction to him. However, the presence of the barbarians in the restaurant next door was too strong. If these barbarians could be connected to the restaurant and materialized together, the cost-effectiveness of this restaurant would far exceed that of the single-family villa.

"It's so difficult."

Zhou He was really conflicted. His own ship girl was about to break through 20th place, and he was no longer able to cook.

After a long time, Zhou He decided to take a gamble on Manju. If Manju was not there, he would move all the things in the restaurant out and plan the restaurant into an ordinary big house. Although it was not as luxurious as a villa, it could also be used as a dormitory with a canteen.

As for the location of the restaurant, he had thought it through. It would be next to the command center, about ten meters away. He wouldn't have to walk far to eat in the restaurant, and he wouldn't have to go through much trouble to visit the dormitories - wait, he also had to consider the area of ​​the building.

There are also warehouses and docks that can be materialized. You can refer to the dock of the Siren Base, where half of the bay is paved with concrete as a boat port, and the other half of the bay is reserved as a beach, which can be used as a daily play area...

Although Zhou Heren was still on the patrol boat, his mind had already flown to the port area a hundred miles away.

Putting up three large buildings at once will surely surprise the rest of the family when they come back.

……

While Zhou He was thinking about how to build the port area, the team led by Hood had broken through the border and reached the third section of expansion to the north.

Although the sea area plates lit up based on the Zhouhe Port area are sixty nautical miles in diameter from north to south, the diameter increases as you go outward, resulting in the internal area of ​​each individual plate in the outer circle far exceeding that of the inner circle.

The large area within the plate means that exploration will take a long time and the possibility of encountering enemies is higher.

"We found a group of sirens ahead. There are not many of them and their formation is very loose."

As soon as he entered the new section, Zuikaku discovered the Siren fleet. After confirming the number and formation, he conducted reconnaissance in the surrounding area. He frowned slightly and said, "There are two other fleets farther away. What's wrong with these guys? They are as slow as turtles. Are they just lazing around in the sun?"

"Is there a Zhenghang?"

Ignoring Zuikaku's complaints, Hood sensed her own search radar but received no response. She felt that if she continued like this, she would develop a superior dependence on aircraft carriers for reconnaissance. The difference between having an aircraft carrier and not having one is like the difference between having eyes and not having eyes.

According to the memories obtained, the Royal Family had already begun to develop into an aircraft carrier before she sank in battle. It is unknown what it developed into later.

"There is one, quite far away from us. The ones operating close to us are destroyers and light cruisers. The heavy cruisers and battleships are escorting the aircraft carrier, so they are not suitable for combat."

After careful observation, Zuikaku made the first judgment that it was not suitable for combat.

Although she is warlike, she is not stupid. At this moment, they are separated from the Siren main fleet by several Siren light cruiser destroyer fleets. If a war breaks out, it will be difficult for her fleet to break through the air defense blockade in large numbers to attack the Siren aircraft carrier. As a result, she will not be able to put pressure on the Siren aircraft carrier, and the Siren aircraft carrier will in turn put pressure on this side.

If Bismarck and the others were here, they could easily sweep them away, but with only seven of them, they can't win.

"Then avoid this area and look ahead."

Hood's delicate eyebrows were slightly wrinkled. He had just run out and encountered a large fleet of Siren. If he explored deeper into this place, he would probably encounter more Sirens.

Based on the climate of the port area and the island, they should be in the northern hemisphere now. If the north is the deep sea area, then the south must also be the deep sea area. In this case, as long as they are not in the center of the Pacific Ocean, if they explore in the east and west directions, one side will always be closer to the land.

"Perhaps we can discuss this with the commander."

Hood was still very confident in her judgment. As long as they could find land, even if the coastal countries were conquered by the Sirens, they could avoid the situation where they might be besieged by the Sirens at any time.

Just as she was thinking this, Hood suddenly noticed something happened to her left. She glanced sideways and saw that it was Zhou He who called her via video. She smiled naturally, "Commander, do you have any additional instructions?"