Revisiting Azur Lane

Zhou He didn't say much. He didn't think too much about it. He just simply suspected that the system might have played some tricks on him.

For example, not only this island and this port area, but also the mirror sea, the ruins of various islands, and even the sirens were created by the system. There are no other humans or ship girls in the world.

But I met Tirpitz and the others a few days ago, which shows that this is not a stand-alone game, and the system doesn’t seem to be that awesome.

This topic was meaningless and was quickly passed over. Zhou He sincerely consulted Hood on some issues concerning port management and interpersonal relationships. Hood calmly answered them one by one, among which Hood clearly gave a core idea.

That is: as ship girls, their existence is more about fighting against external forces such as the Sirens than being girls, so that Zhou He needs to remain calm when controlling the battle situation and not develop psychological disorders due to possible attrition.

"commander!"

The two of them were communicating with each other, one daring to speak and the other daring to believe, but Changdao in the distance seemed to have discovered something and waved to Zhou He.

Chapter 66 Chaos

"Commander, it looks like someone is fighting with the Sirens in the north you asked me to scout."

Changdao came to the area near the dock and looked at Hood who was sitting on the stairs and standing beside him. He said hesitantly, "If I'm not mistaken, the aircraft that was fighting the Siren aircraft carrier was our White Eagle model."

"Ok?"

Zhou He glanced at Hood who was also concentrating, then unfolded the system map and looked towards the North Third District. Changdao had already covered the block diameter of 60 nautical miles, but unfortunately there was no icon of the ship girl. However, the Siren icons were indeed converging towards the north, and he could even see with his naked eyes that one Siren ship was missing.

However, what made him feel very strange was that a part of the east side of the North Third District that was left behind by Changdao was covered by a black vortex. After switching to the East Third District, he found that these two areas were actually covered by the same black vortex area.

Unlike Tirpitz and her team's testing ground, this new mirror sea is a huge monster that spans at least 3 to 4 blocks.

The White Eagle Fleet, which is suspected to exist in the North Fourth District or even further away, actually dared to fight the Sirens in such a place. Could it be that they were unaware of the existence of the Mirror Sea?

However, there are many types of Siren's mirror seas. It is possible that the mirror sea in front of us is not a testing ground, but an alternative usage that directly affects the real environment. Without a special detection plan, it is indeed impossible to discover it.

"What a coincidence."

Hood took over the conversation with interest and looked at Changdao who was waiting for instructions: "Whether it is the Siren or the newly appeared White Eagle Fleet, it doesn't make much difference to us at this stage."

"Nagashima, since you spotted the enemy's planes, they must have also spotted your observations. We can't judge their attitude towards us, but we can take advantage of them fighting the Siren and directly cross the battlefield to observe the status of their fleet."

Listening to Hood's instructions, Changdao tilted his head and looked at Zhou He inquiringly, and the latter nodded: "I can't observe the area further north, Changdao, you can take my eyes to see what is happening."

"Good~"

Changdao gladly accepted the order, turned around and ran to the sea a little further away to continue launching carrier-based aircraft. The circling group of aircraft caused strong winds and brought a lot of noise, and after forming a group, they flew towards the distance.

"Commander, what do you think about this fleet that suddenly appeared?"

Hood didn't pay attention to Changdao's little trick and chatted with Zhou He quite calmly.

"I don't know their background or purpose. Even if we want to contact them, we can't let them know of the existence of the port area."

Zhou He frowned. Just now he was discussing with Hood whether there were other Siren resistance forces in the world as if they were discussing a philosophical issue. Unexpectedly, they appeared in the blink of an eye. He was worried when there were no other Siren resistance forces, but now that they really appeared, he became even more alert.

After thinking for a while, he decided to wait and see. "After the fleet over there discovers the carrier-based aircraft of Long Island, they will definitely try to break through the Siren defense line and move closer to this side. If they really break through, Hood, you guys should lead them to the Siren base to rest and get some information."

"Ah."

Hood thought this arrangement was very good. The most important thing was that Zhou He did not have too high expectations for outsiders, which made her feel good. She smiled as she thought: "The commander was quite active when he met George V and the others last time."

“That’s because they don’t have a realistic background.”

Zhou He propped up his chin with his hand and tilted his head to look at Changdao on the sea: "The chess pieces that have broken through the limitations of Siren thought exist based on Siren technology. No matter how much they want to complete the regrets that they have not completed in their memories, they are all accidental individuals. They need a place to stay and logistical supporters. Even if they don't join our port in the end, they will develop into a group of people who can be trusted based on cooperation and life."

"Well, Commander, you have given it a lot of thought. But is he trusting 'us' too much?"

Listening to Zhou He's explanation, Hood was quite surprised. This level of thinking made it hard for her to believe that Zhou He was an ordinary citizen before he became the commander. However, there were also flaws, that is: "The ship girls from the Siren Test Field think mainly based on their own camps in their memories. When they return to their original camps, they will most likely follow the orders of the current camp, even if they turn around and attack us, it is possible, right?"

“…Don’t destroy my beautiful filter of ‘you’.”

Zhou He pursed his lips. Although the various camps in the game were still fighting each other, he didn't want to see the war between the ship girls of each camp, nor did he want to confront the local ship girl forces.

"Hehe~ The Commander is like a child sometimes."

Hood smiled slightly, but Zhou He's reaction also made her feel relieved.

“This is called a child’s innocence.”

Zhou He corrected him and then shifted the topic to Zuikaku and his group who were traveling - while Changdao was investigating the battle situation in the north, Zuikaku and his group also arrived at the West Second District. Yesterday, a lot of mass-produced types were running around, causing a large number of sirens to roam the sea area that had been cleaned up again.

There are about a dozen mass-produced Sirens inside the West Second District, and they are not even gathered together, but scattered everywhere like loose sand. If it weren't for the fear that the executors in the South Second District would suddenly commit crimes, Zuikaku alone could kill them all.

……

Zhou He's arrangement for testing whether the mass-produced ships and the executors shared intelligence was to attack the mass-produced ships near the executors from far to near. When the two teams of Zuikaku and Bismarck entered the West Second District, Zhou He glanced and found that the Siren mass-produced ships farthest from the executors had already lost their connection.

This was the work of Zuikaku. In the continuous fighting, Zuikaku's combat effectiveness became more and more ferocious. The Siren team that might have needed to deal with it for a while can now be solved in one encounter.

Zhou He also looked through Zuikaku's panel. Without mentioning other things, just talking about the value of Aviation, it has grown from the initial 79 to 103, an increase of 24. In terms of percentage, the current Zuikaku is 30 percentage points stronger than the initial Zuikaku.

Because there was no friendly control group, Zuikaku usually complained that the Sirens were becoming more and more exhausted, and never thought about his own exaggerated, even explosive, strength growth.

The same was true for Zuikaku and the others. Yudachi, who joined first and fought the most, grew from the initial 108 lightning strikes to 172, and durability increased from 303 to 628. The bombardment also increased from 13 times to 21. These statistics almost doubled. The bombardment and durability attributes were infinitely close to those of ordinary light cruisers, and the lightning strike was far ahead.

Judging from the data alone, Zhou He even believed that sooner or later Yudachi would be strong enough to stand up to battleships and not be at a disadvantage.

"The equipment on him clearly hasn't changed, but his combat power has skyrocketed. This is too mysterious."

Looking at the fleeting Siren icon on the system display, Zhou He simply gave up thinking and stopped pondering about in what aspects the enhancement of his own ship girl was reflected. He quietly observed the movements of the executors anchored in the Hounan Second District: in his arrangement, the battle in the West Second District would be held every ten minutes, but until the wave of mass-produced executors closest to them was sunk, these executors still did not move.

"It seems that these executors are indeed in a different intelligence network from the mass-produced ones."

Zhou He's eyes flickered. The executors were suspected to be directly under the control of the experimenters. Now they stopped the action together obviously without receiving orders. If they didn't take this opportunity to test the individual combat capabilities of the executors, it would be difficult to test them again after the testers came out to take command.

He just counted the number of executors in the South Second District, including the 46 executors in the edge area of ​​the South Second and Third Districts, which was more than three times the number of his attack fleet...

"never mind."

He conveyed the news of the test confirmation to Bismarck and Zuikaku, and asked Bismarck to approach the North Block 2, while Zuikaku protected the destroyers to investigate the situation in the West Block 4 according to the plan.

"It turns out that the mass-produced models and the executors really don't have an information exchange system."

As Zhou He hadn't spoken for a long time, Hood took a short walk around. When he turned around and heard Zhou He's explanation, he was a little surprised. He found a clean spot not far from him, followed his example, bent his legs and sat down, put his palms on his thighs and said, "This discovery is very useful for our current development."

"Yes, as long as we deal with the mass-produced ones around us, we can focus on fighting these Executors."

Zhou He nodded in agreement: "But now, our main goal should not be to fight the executors, but to wait for the battle in the north to end."

"I don't know how the battle is going."

It was the first time for Hood to sit on the "ground". He felt very novel. He leaned back slightly and looked up at the sky, with his hands on the ground, feeling the inexplicable sense of openness in his heart.

"Hmm~"

Zhou He tilted his head to glance at Long Island in the middle of the bay, then turned back to look at Hermione who was drying clothes and quilts next to the command building, and his mood relaxed a little.

After coming to this world, the most thing he did was to wait. The more anxious you are about some things, the easier it is to make mistakes. It is important to keep a normal mind.

After a while, Changdao ran back from the center of the bay with a bitter face. Seeing Zhou He and Hood slacking off, his eyes widened a little: "Commander, my planes have been shot down. Where is the supply place?"

"They were all shot down?"

Zhou He collected his scattered thoughts, switched the system function to supply ammunition to Chang Dao and other attacking personnel, and then locked his sights on Chang Dao: "Did you see the situation of the White Eagle Fleet?"

"I saw a little bit~ But Nagashima, I'm a little thirsty now. Commander, can you help me prepare a bottle of carbonated drink?"

Changdao felt that his empty hangar was replenished. He secretly marveled at the miracle and directly removed his ship equipment and ran back to the shore. With a flash, he sat on the steps above and below the dock and asked Zhou He with a smile.

"Carbonated drinks? I haven't had this stuff for a long time. There are currently no beverages produced in the port area. I'll go get you a cup of tea."

Zhou He was startled by the familiar words. He remembered that this thing was sold in the Home Mall. One Home Coin could buy one bottle of Oxygen Coke, which was very expensive. He couldn't afford it now, so he stood up, dusted off his butt, and walked towards the command building.

"Commander, can you ask Hermione to bring me a cup as well?"

When Hood heard about tea, he instantly perked up.

"Row."

Zhou He waved his hands and ran straight to the command building. He happened to meet Hermione who was going out with a broom to sweep the road in front of the door. He approached with a smile on his face.

At the beach, Hood tilted his head to look at Changdao, who was holding his face in his hands in a daze. After a moment's hesitation, he asked, "Changdao, was your carrier-based aircraft shot down by the Siren or by someone else?"

"..."

Changdao was silent for a moment: "Both."

After arranging his words, Changdao briefly explained the situation: "The situation in the north is a bit complicated. It's not just the Siren and White Eagle fleets, it seems that there are also Sakura Empire fleets mixed in. Several of my reconnaissance planes were shot down by them."

"And the Sakura Empire?"

This even silenced Hood: White Eagle was fighting with Sirens, and Sakura Empire shot down Nagashima's carrier-based aircraft. Sakura Empire was eyeing White Eagle covetously, or both sides were in a state of war.

However, this pattern made her feel a little familiar: "Let me confirm, is the White Eagle Fleet fighting the Sakura Empire and the Sirens at the same time? Has the Sirens attacked the Sakura Empire fleet? Are there any teams in the White Eagle or Sakura Empire fleets mixed with the Sirens?"

"Well, I'm not sure either. The situation there was too chaotic, especially in the sky, where three groups of aircraft were fighting each other. I was chased and attacked when I got close, and I couldn't observe the specific situation on the beach at all."

Nagashima didn’t lie, she really only saw a little: “There are… Haah, I can’t recognize anyone in the White Eagle Fleet.”

As he was talking, Nagashima turned his back and supported himself on the ground with his hands. The whole background turned into a gloomy tone. Hood was stunned for a moment, and then she realized: since the other ship girls did not announce their names, they could not tell who was who at all.

This was a bit awkward. Hood didn't know what to say for a moment. He could only rely on his cultural experience to stabilize the frustrated Changdao while waiting for Zhou He to come back.

Ten minutes later, Zhou He came out of the headquarters building, carrying a plate and chatting and laughing with Hermione. When he got closer, he found that the atmosphere between Hood and Long Island was a little subtle. He poured a cup of tea for each of them and sat in the middle: "What's wrong with you?"

"It's okay."

Changdao held the steaming teacup and blew on it. When it felt a little hot, he put the cup aside and put his hands together on his legs: "Commander, you should know what the others look like, right?"

"Well, I know most of it."

Zhou He blinked and smiled with awareness: "It's okay, Changdao, describe what the White Eagle ship girl looks like, and I'll guess."

"There's a pair of pink-haired sister carriers, one of them is short, and next to it is a blonde carrier wearing pajamas-like clothes - then there's a silver-haired, fierce-looking battleship, and..."

Changdao thought about it carefully, and Zhou He felt that it was very abstract. This was much more difficult than guessing people from pictures. However, he guessed that the pair of pink-haired sisters were Lexington and Saratoga. After all, there were not many short White Eagle aircraft carriers, and there was only one pink one. The golden-haired one might be Bumblebee, but Bumblebee was not pajamas.

As for the silver-haired, menacing battleship, it might be Washington.

"The Sakura Empire also has several aircraft carriers, but I didn't see their main bodies."

Changdao added a sentence at the end that made Zhou He's head buzz.

What’s going on? Aren’t White Eagle and Siren Tata open?

Why are there still people from Sakura Empire?

Chapter 67 Support Mission Confirmed

"A three-way fight between the White Eagles, the Sakura Empire, and the Siren?"

After hearing Changdao's precise explanation, Zhou He tilted his head, touched his chin and looked at Hood. Although it felt strange, he seemed to have mastered the ability to perceive information from people's sight recently.

For example, Hood's idea at this moment is similar to his, that is, this three-way melee might be a simple battle between two parties, just like the situation inside the Siren test site before, except that this time the mirror sea has been transformed from a closed test site into an open combat experiment.

"I originally wanted to keep my troops on hold, but I'm still curious about the specific situation."

Some things are like being scratched by a cat if you don't understand them. Zhou He looked at Chang Dao who was sitting on the steps blowing on a teacup: "This encounter took place not far from our port area. Even if we are not the target of the battle, we need to take self-protection measures. Chang Dao, send out carrier-based aircraft to fly from the west to the east where the White Eagle Fleet is located."

As for Zuikaku, Zhou He is not going to reveal her existence for the time being. This kind of large-scale battle that occurs in the real world may cause damage to the port area if one is not careful. In addition, the control of this mirror sea is not in his hands. For the time being, he should focus on observation and defense and not rush into the battlefield.

"Yes~"

Nagashima sipped the hot tea in the slightly tilted cup, exhaled the hot air, and responded in a relaxed manner.

Although some of the ship girls look unreliable, they are very reliable when they really take action. Zhou He nodded and looked at Hood who was also sitting and holding a cup of tea: "If this encounter is also caused by the Siren's mirror sea, then we are most likely in the area where the Siren conducts experiments. It is very likely that it will be extremely difficult to actively look for land outside."

Yuli and others who are exploring the West Fourth District are also very likely to be forced back by the defense line or test site set up by the Siren.

"Yes."

Hood nodded slightly. Ever since she joined the port, the mass-produced sirens have never stopped approaching the port. If this is also an experimental mirror sea incident, then they will have to replan their outward expansion plans.

Now they have a lot of fighters in the port area, but if they are seriously encircled and suppressed by the Sirens, they will have no room to survive in the sea full of test sites.

"Build fortifications, increase combat personnel, and construct living areas in the port area. Prioritize these logistical tasks."

Zhou He took the lead in telling Hood what he was thinking. Arranging people to expand outward was one of his policies for operating the port area, but if there was a risk of destroying the port, he could only focus on improving his own construction first.

But having said that, he couldn't help but glance at East District 5 and North District , and then took another look at his own task bar. Defeating the Siren Fleet gave the Rubik's Cube, and exploring the Mirror Sea gave the Rubik's Cube. This time he could earn at least Rubik's Cubes, and he would have one more team of reserve combat personnel.

If you can catch a wild ship girl...

"Tsk."

Zhou He suddenly clicked his tongue, remembering those ship girls that King George V of England had almost gotten. Admiral Hipper even ran into his dock in a time-limited state and then flew away.