Revisiting Azur Lane

After taking a breath, Zhou He stood up and made a summary.

No one raised any questions. Bismarck's eyes shifted to Count Spee who was sitting by the sea, and then he nodded to Hutten: "Protect the commander."

"You don't need to tell me."

Hu Teng stood at the edge of the crowd, holding his right arm with his left hand, and responded in a flat tone.

Several others made similar remarks. For example, Tosa suddenly stabbed Kaga's kidney with the handle of his knife. In the face of Kaga's grinning expression, he said calmly: "You are not a brat anymore. You should know the basic common sense of following orders."

"I know, please don't be so violent, it hurts."

Kaga BB rubbed her waist. Her sister was smart and capable, but her personality was too weird. She hadn't even said she wanted to go with them, but she was stabbed. She bared her teeth and took a deep breath: "Even if it was me, I wouldn't do something like threatening the commander."

"It's just a precaution."

Tosa curled up the corners of his mouth, turned his back to her and walked towards the beach, and Kaga also caught it at that moment, his waist no longer hurt, he walked forward and bumped shoulders with Tosa, raised his hand and gave a thumbs up: "Tosa, you look so beautiful when you smile."

"Freeze said."

Tosa moved horizontally to create distance. For some reason, she could occasionally see the shadow of Zuikaku in Kaga. Should she say that he was outspoken or that his style was too casual. There was no sense of superiority or subordinates at all. It was hard to imagine that this guy would become as cautious as the aircraft carrier Kaga in the future.

"Shy?"

Kaga BB made a joke, and then he felt a chill on his waist. He subconsciously covered his waist that was not hit and jumped several steps away. Looking at Tosa's slow way of adjusting his saber, he couldn't help but grin: "No wonder the commander is so afraid of you."

Tosa glanced at her, stepped onto the sea without stopping, and deployed his ship equipment.

The same goes for the other members who were named. Yuudachi asked Zhou He for a hug before going into the sea, and is now happily spinning around in circles above the bay. His innocent and cute posture makes people smile.

"..."

After watching the team leave, Zhou He licked his lips and looked at Shen Tong beside him: "I don't think I said that this mission is very dangerous?"

Why do these people in his family all look so anxious?

"It's because the commander's order this time was issued very hastily and was extremely forceful."

Shentong glanced sideways. She was the thirteenth member to join the port area, and was considered one of the more experienced ones. It was indeed the first time she saw Zhou He give orders so forcefully. After a pause, she added, "Commander, please explain this before we set off."

"Ah, it's really hard to make a promise this time."

Zhou He pressed down the navy hat on his head and looked up at the gloomy sky which had changed from clear to gray. He vaguely remembered that there was a plot in the game activity where the ship girls looked directly at the black storm and then met the good man Richard. The process of being dragged by the good man Richard and trying to make them degenerate into meta should be the so-called mental pollution.

With the help of the system, he was confident that he could make the contaminated ship girls healthy, but he did not have the confidence that his own ship girls were immune to contamination. In order to ensure accuracy, he directly sent out ten ship girls - facing unknown matters, he needed to conduct trial and error one by one, which was really troublesome.

……

After Zuikaku and others left the safe zone, the dark map was finally gradually lit up. Zuikaku was very sensible and directly sent the reconnaissance plane to fly towards the black storm. The result was very obvious. Zhou He was able to directly see the rotating black vortex that appeared on the map.

As the vortex got closer, Zhou He discovered the key point - there were multiple black spots in the middle of the vortex, and the icons were all black, so their specific appearance could not be seen clearly.

"Is there any life in the storm?"

Zhou He felt that he seemed to have found the key to breaking the deadlock. At the same time, he asked Shentong, who was standing on the sea near the dock with his ship equipment deployed, to contact Zuikaku and ask about her mental state.

"I don't feel good. Many of the carrier-based aircraft I sent out crashed due to the wind. The storm is approaching very quickly. I'm afraid my planes won't be able to take off in half an hour."

Zuikaku explained the situation very directly, and Shentong relayed it to Zhou He. After thinking for a while, the latter asked Shentong to continue asking Hood and Bismarck if they felt mentally unwell. Shentong did so and received the reply: "Everything is fine. They are confident that they can break through this storm directly."

Afterwards, Zhou He asked Shentong to continue contacting and inquiring about other people's situations. None of them had hallucinations or lost consciousness. They were just under great mental pressure due to the huge natural disaster.

"So, our shipgirl is immune to the mental pollution of bad omens?"

Zhou He felt a little more at ease. This was the most important point. It was enough for him to have one tragic patient in York City. If there were a few more people who were mentally polluted by the bad omen and became depressed online, he would really not be able to hold it anymore.

"Commander, Xuefeng said she spotted the enemy, around the storm."

Suddenly, Shentong raised his voice: "She requests to attack the enemy."

"Let her be."

Zhou He was not worried about Xuefeng's strength. With her durability of more than 20,000, even those guys from the Arbitration Agency who controlled cutting-edge magic technology might not be able to kill her in seconds. However, what surprised him was that the enemy shown on the system map was in the center of the storm, not around it?

He observed the map again, and the number of black dots on it was visibly increasing: the increase was on the periphery of the storm, while the number of black dots inside did not increase or decrease, a total of seven!

"Hiss, what's going on?"

It was the first time that Zhou He saw such a strange picture on the map. Ordinary enemies would be directly exposed when they entered the reconnaissance range, and they could not hide on the seabed. However, these black dots appeared out of thin air. During the time he was thinking, ten black dots had appeared.

'Add value? Split? Project?'

Zhou He frowned. What on earth was the enemy? If their numbers continued to increase, Bismarck’s team would probably not be able to handle it.

After thinking for a while, he gave the order: "Shentong, tell Zuikaku to let them follow Xuefeng to meet the unknown enemy. Then let Xuefeng tell the Purifier to come over first. I will have someone accompany her to activate the Siren Base to produce a fleet to assist in the battle."

"Yes!"

Shentong meticulously carried out the instructions given by Zhou He. The people around Zhou He became alert instantly after hearing his sudden order. Montpellier, who was squatting on the beach, couldn't wait to approach and ask: "Commander, now that we have found the enemy, can we attack?"

"Okay, but what you need to do is not to fight, but to help Cleveland and the others to hold the line. Bring them back when we need to retreat."

Zhou He tilted his head, nodded towards Montpellier, stood up and walked towards Hutten and Count Spee who were not far away and waved: "Hutten! I have a mission for you and Spee."

"What mission?"

Neither of them went into the water, but just stood and sat at the dock where Bismarck usually sat. Hearing Zhou He's call, Count Spee stood up and moved over with Hutten.

"I need the two of you to supervise the Purifier and prevent her and the tester from turning the tables on us."

Zhou He looked at the two, especially Hu Teng, who always looked very capable. Although he couldn't fully control the ship's equipment, his firepower was strong, which was more than enough for him to supervise the Purifier. The more troublesome one was the tester. After thinking for a while, he added: "If the tester shows hostility towards you, you should paralyze her with the words of cooperation, and kill her directly when she lets down her guard, leaving the Purifier alone."

After explaining the general matters, Zhou He smiled at the two people who seemed to understand and not quite understand: "Don't worry, the Purifier has different powers from other Sirens. Under normal circumstances, she will not intend to hurt you. When the Purifier comes over, you can follow her and leave."

"commander."

Hu Teng waited for Zhou He to finish speaking before she spoke. She first glanced at Kaga who was speeding back in the bay, then turned to look at Jean Bart who was ready to go in the shadows: "I don't think your arrangement is wrong, but someone between Bismarck and I must be by your side to ensure your safety."

"My safety?"

Zhou He was quite surprised. After thinking for a while, he quickly laughed: "Before you leave, I will arrange for others to bring Bismarck back. That should be fine, right?"

"Yes."

Hutten nodded decisively. She never cared about Bismarck's orders, but she didn't want to break the verbal agreement between her and Bismarck. She would not go out until Bismarck came back.

"thank you all."

Zhou He praised sincerely. Although his life would not be in danger in the port area, since Bismarck said so, there must be a reason, but he just couldn't see it now.

After arranging regular cooperative tasks for the two, Zhou He began to deploy troops and gathered Kaga, Rangbal, Ashigara and others who had not originally attacked, and arranged them in the second echelon. Their mission was to cover the evacuation and return of Bismarck and his party who might retreat.

The second team consisted of fourteen people, including the Royal Ark that was attracted by the destroyer, and soon left the bay under Zhou He's attention.

"Avatar, don't you want to go?"

The departure of most people made the port area quiet. Only Shentong, Hutten and Count Spee were left by Zhou He's side. He asked Shentong, most of the ship girls of the Sakura Empire were warlike, and Shentong looked like a strategist, who knew he would become a berserker on the battlefield.

"Helping the commander convey orders is what I should do more."

Shentong looked normal, and Zhou He nodded slightly. Having a ship girl help with the communication would definitely be faster than him long pressing the icons one by one.

However, soon, dense and distant explosions were heard outside. Zhou He frowned and looked at Yuli and his group who had come into contact with the black spot, his eyes gradually becoming solemn.

The bad omen seemed unable to erode her spirit, but with so many enemies, her own ship girl would be in some danger.

He was ready to do a remote repair.

Chapter 132 Ominous Entity

"What the hell are these guys? They're disgusting."

Corresponding to the black dot enemies that kept appearing on Zhou He's map, Zuikaku, who was conducting difficult reconnaissance close to the front line, also discovered those figures that suddenly appeared - very strange, from the cognitive point of view, it can be judged that the opposite side is a living being. At first glance, they are figures similar to them, but their figures are blurry and their specific shapes cannot be seen clearly, and they even change because of her deviation of vision, sometimes big and sometimes small. It is even a bit nauseating to see too much.

"Have you spotted the enemy? What is their specific configuration?"

This time Zuikaku followed the main force, and the team was not divided into front, middle and rear echelons. Tosa was right beside Zuikaku, and when he heard her shouting, he frowned slightly and asked aloud, while Zuikaku frowned even tighter than hers: "I can't tell, the body and ship equipment features of these guys are very vague, I can't tell what type of ship they are."

"What the hell are you talking about!?"

Tosa hates this kind of irresponsible intelligence feedback. As an aircraft carrier, Zuikaku cannot detect the composition of the enemy. How should they fight this battle?

"If you don't believe me, go and see for yourself!"

Zuikaku was also unconvinced and showed rare toughness because what she said was the truth.

"Don't get into trouble."

In addition to Tosa, Bismarck and Hood also followed Zuikaku as escort ships. Her remarks not only made Tosa dissatisfied, but also caused considerable trouble to Bismarck and Hood. However, the early wars in which these two prototype ships participated did not have aircraft carriers as scouts. Although they felt troubled, they did not have any particularly big emotional fluctuations. After a little thought, Bismarck named Z23 and U556 and asked them to go for reconnaissance first. Seeing this, Hood also contacted Hermione and Cleveland.

The team changed quickly. While Z23, Hermione and Cleveland sped up, Yudachi caught up with them. Kursk sped up slightly, but did not catch up with the vanguard reconnaissance force. Instead, it focused on escorting several battleships.

After the formation changed, everyone entered a fighting stance. Soon, a little girl named Xuefeng riding a wolf ran over from the right side of the team.

Xuefeng's arrival brought more information. She ran very fast and soon came to the middle of the team. She explained to Bismarck: "According to the Purifier, these enemies are the entities of the bad omen. The storm behind is just a celestial phenomenon formed in the process of their convergence."

"Oh? Does that mean we win as long as we defeat these enemies?"

Zuikaku was a little surprised. She didn't think that they could break the storm of natural disasters by themselves.

Bismarck frowned: "The commander did not mention this before we set off. It seems that the Purifier deliberately concealed important information."

"It is impossible to get completely accurate information from Siren. Now we still need the help of the Purifier. Let's solve the problem here first, and then we can settle the score with her."

Xuefeng also snorted coldly. Her hometown world was forced to the brink of destruction because of the experimental organization in that world. If she had not learned from her initial wandering in the world that killing these mass-produced individuals was meaningless, she would have shot the guy who hid the information long ago.

"Need the Siren's help?"

Everyone present felt unhappy. Although they all understood that the enemy of my enemy is my friend, they had been fighting the Sirens to the death before. Now that the Purifiers were hiding information, how could they believe it?

However, the bad omen did not give them too much time to worry. The vanguard Yudachi and others had already started exchanging fire with the other side. The sound of artillery fire was very dense, and the range of the landing points of the shells varied greatly. Many shells fell directly not far in front of Bismarck and others. It did not look like they were attacking Yudachi and others at all, but more like they were directly locking onto those people behind them.

"This is the so-called ominous entity. The vanguard and the main battleship are mixed together. It doesn't look like it has any intelligence."

Everyone stopped being dissatisfied with the Purifiers. Based on the landing point of the shells, Hood quickly deduced that the enemy had no commander, but was just a large and strange mob.

"But it's dangerous enough. It seems the commander anticipated this situation and let us go first."

Bismarck waved his hand and took over the command of this battle without forgetting to praise Zhou He: "Xuefeng, your ship's equipment strength is the highest among us, even surpassing the new battleships. We will guide from the outside, and you rush directly into the storm and try to blast it from the inside."

"Got it. Please be safe."

Xuefeng said nothing more, and patted the white wolf lightly with his palm. The latter immediately began to speed up and surpassed Bismarck and his group in the blink of an eye.

"Zuihe, the support from the rear should be arriving soon, you should retreat first and join them."

This was Bismarck's second arrangement. While she was speaking, a large number of carrier-based aircraft flew in from the rear of the team. Her radar had already detected the aircraft, so she inferred that Zhou He had sent support. Unfortunately, these carrier-based aircraft began to fall to the ground as soon as they approached the storm. The formation was completely messed up and could not be considered combat power.

"Be careful."

Zuikaku's carrier-based aircraft, which was still in the air, naturally observed the second attacking team, and even saw a Purifier who had a tentacle tied around his waist for some unknown reason and seemed to be dragging something towards the port area. After leaving a few simple words, he began to retreat.

While waiting for Zuikaku to go away, Bismarck, Hood and Tosa faced the enemy's artillery rain attack head-on - before the battle began, there were many things worth thinking about and worrying about, but now that they have confirmed that the enemy is just a naval fleet similar to theirs with some special features, everything has become simple.

Take the truth into your own hands.

……

After fighting for half an hour, Zhou He, who was watching the health bar of his own ship girl and paying attention to the battlefield situation, saw the Purifier approaching the port from a distance. He looked through the telescope and saw that there was a metallic tentacle tied around his waist. His face was flushed. It was not known whether he was strangled by the tentacle or the Builder's body was too heavy.

Moreover, Zhou He just said it casually at the time. He didn't expect the Purifier to be so diligent and even come to the Builder in person.

"Kasin Changdao, you guys go over there and drag in the things that the Purifiers brought back."

Zhou He looked around. In addition to the three people who were named to stay, Kasim and Nagashima, who were late before, were also present. They were sitting on the stairs reading books very leisurely. He could only say that there was a huge gap in the psychological quality between the ship girls. Yorktown's fear of the darkness could prevent her from fighting, while the combination of Nagashima and Kasim really didn't worry about anything and had a big heart.

"Yes~"

The seemingly lazy Changdao quickly put down the book after hearing the order, stretched his waist and stood up, reached out to pull Kasim up, and jumped into the sea in three steps.

"Commander, besides monitoring the purifiers and testers, do we have any other tasks?"

Hu Teng watched the two White Eagles sailing into the sea. He was not in a hurry to set off but asked Zhou He. The combat effectiveness of her battleship and Spee's heavy cruiser was a bit unreasonable if it was just for simple "surveillance".

"I do have some ideas, but whether they can be realized depends on whether the Purifier will give me face. Follow me."