Azur Lane: I Traveled Through Graduation Port

"Master Lin Lan! It's nice to see you at last!"

Lin Lan was stunned for a moment, but he quickly realized that this enthusiastic naval commander should be the port commander of Hengyue City, Feng Tao's cousin Feng Lei.

So he also showed a businesslike smile, shook hands with Feng Lei and said a few words, then signaled the girls on the White Eagle ship to get on the car.

The Navy driver on the bus started the engine and the bus drove towards the sea.

At the same time, Lin Lan also sat in the front seat of the bus and chatted casually with Feng Lei for a while.

Feng Tao's cousin was very enthusiastic and answered every question he asked, and was very respectful.

From Feng Lei, Lin Lan also learned how Hengyue City fell before.

He also learned that after the fall of Hengyue City, none of Feng Lei's chess pieces died. Instead, after being severely injured by the Siren Executors, they were imprisoned by the Rubik's Cube Energy Robots.

"Speaking of which, those third-generation robots are really strange. They caused such a big rebellion, but they didn't kill anyone. Moreover, they all turned into light points and dissipated just now."

"I don't know how the Tianxing Group created such a strange robot."

After hearing Feng Lei's complaints about the Rubik's Cube Energy Robot, although Lin Lan felt uncomfortable, she still smiled and told Feng Lei that everything was over.

Afterwards, he also allowed Feng Lei to recycle and clean up the ruins of the giant tower, and also talked about the topic of the new alliance.

Soon, the bus arrived at the Hengyue City seaside pier, which was full of bomb craters and still deserted.

After the bus stopped, Lin Lan watched the little profiteer and his White Eagle ship girls get off the bus one after another. He seemed to suddenly remember something and gave Feng Lei one last instruction:

"By the way, if you find relatively complete mechanical equipment from the ruins of the giant tower, you can keep it and put it in the city's industrial museum as a souvenir."

"For Oran, this is also a memorable event."

Hearing him say this, Feng Lei immediately patted his chest and agreed readily.

After all, the Lin Lan in front of him is very likely to be the future President of Oran. How could he possibly refuse what the other party said?

Even without this identity, Lin Lan was still a great benefactor who helped his cousin make up for his regrets and saved his life.

It would be unreasonable for him to reject Lin Lan.

Since Feng Lei had to go outside the city to pick up the chess piece ship girl and the navy soldiers and return to the dock, Lin Lan said goodbye to Feng Lei in the car and got out.

The bright sunshine at noon in winter shone warmly on the body, making the already tired Lin Lan feel even sleepier.

However, looking at the endless blue ocean, Lin Lan felt that his originally depressed mood improved a little.

"Commander, I have just informed Sarah that the situation here has been resolved. They will be waiting for our return at the artificial island."

Qie, whose black windbreaker and long silver hair were blown up by the gentle sea breeze, walked up to Lin Lan with a smile and said.

Lin Lan nodded to Enterprise, and looked at Akashi and the White Eagle Ship Girls who were looking at him, and also showed a tired smile:

"Everyone has worked hard accompanying me on this expedition... Mori, release the mass-produced destroyer and let's go home."

Hearing his words, all the girls on the White Eagle ship felt a surge of longing in their hearts.

This time, it won’t be long before Christmas comes when we return to the artificial island.

Even Akashi, the small-time profiteer who had just escaped, rolled his eyes, as if he had found some new business opportunity.

As Mori released the White Eagle mass-produced destroyer from the ship's storage space into the sea near the dock, Lin Lan and his ship girls boarded the ship one after another.

Lin Lan was the first to walk into the spacious cabin living room. He originally planned to take a shower and then go directly to the bedroom to sleep.

But when he looked towards the corner of the living room, where Akashi and Ingraham's workbench had been, he suddenly stopped and his pupils shrank.

Not only him, but also every White Eagle ship girl who walked into the cabin living room behind him, even the little profiteer Akashi and the young engineer Ingraham, were stunned on the spot after seeing the workbench in the corner.

For a moment, the entire cabin living room fell into a strange silence.

"I, I really forgot about this..."

Ingraham covered his mouth in shock, and his trembling voice broke the atmosphere.

On the messy workbench with mechanical tools, there was a disassembled shell, but all the internal parts and core were basically intact.

Rubik's Cube Energy Robot!

Previously at the Red Leaf Naval Fortress, Lin Lan asked Ingraham to study the captured Rubik's Cube Energy Robot!

Chapter 448: Washington Can't Eat Spicy Food (3000 words)

After discovering that there was a Rubik's Cube Energy Robot on the mass-produced destroyer, Lin Lan no longer had time to take a shower.

He and the White Eagle ship girls quickly sorted out their thoughts and figured out why this Rubik's Cube Energy Robot did not turn into a point of light and dissipate.

The ship storage space of the ship girls, also known as the "cabin", is similar to an independent large space.

Although living things cannot be stored in the cabin, Ariel does not connect to the sub-individuals in the cabin when transmitting energy to the sub-individuals of the entire Orlando continent.

In this way, this forgotten Rubik's Cube Energy Robot, which was basically intact, became an unexpected surprise for resurrecting Ariel.

As the mass-produced destroyer slowly sailed away from the port and headed towards the artificial island, Lin Lan asked Akashi to get him a bench. He sat anxiously in front of the workbench, watching Ingraham and Akashi assemble and inspect the Rubik's Cube Energy Robot.

He forced himself not to open the champagne at halftime. After all, after what happened just now, he could not be completely relieved unless Ariel really woke up.

However, he was not idle while waiting. He asked Anchorage and Eldridge to take out the gifts and food sent by the citizens of Hengyue City and put them on the dining table to share with the ship girls.

One has to admit that the people of Hengyue City sent him a lot of different kinds of food, especially many of Hengyue City's specialty snacks, which delighted everyone.

In addition to being an industrial city, Hengyue City also has a wide variety of special snacks.

This is also the reason why Lin Lan had planned to take the ship girls out for a meal in Hengyue City.

Fortunately, although he did not have a big meal in the city, the various delicious foods sent to him by the citizens made up for this regret.

While eating lunch, Lin Lan also took out his mobile phone to check the news.

As expected, the blue beams of light that fell from the sky in various places in the morning and the collective disappearance of the Rubik's Cube Energy Robots became news headlines.

There were various speculations in the comment section, but what he didn't expect was that the most mainstream opinion was that he had calmed down the intelligent machine crisis.

Many Orlans testified that they saw him and the Enterprise while imprisoned in the virtual world.

Even Jian Qianou and his teacher Ji Chenlin sent him special communications, probably wanting to get evidence from him about the matter.

The news below the headlines is about the formation of the new alliance and the emergency mobilization decree in the new alliance's jurisdiction.

Thanks to the foundation laid by the previous efforts of Saratoga and New Jersey, the unemployment wave caused by the Rubik's Cube Energy Robot did not cause the people of Oran to freeze to death or starve to death.

This is a blessing in disguise.

And he picked up the ready-made Jian Qianou, who perfectly demonstrated his meticulous administrative ability to Lin Lan.

As a local boss who has lived in Oran for hundreds of years, every decree issued by this old guy is beneficial to the development of people's livelihood and material reserves, and even new job vacancies are taken into consideration.

In addition, Ji Chenlin also called on the Navy Department to form a large transport fleet, mainly composed of icebreaker cargo ships, and headed to the Western Continent to prepare to bring back the excess supplies previously stored by the Tianou Group to the Eastern Continent.

Compared to the activeness of the New Alliance, the top leaders of the Tianxing Consortium and the Noah Dexin Consortium are abnormal.

It was as if they had disappeared, and no sensational news was released.

However, Lin Lan also understood that this was probably just the calm before the storm.

How could the Siren allow the United States of Oran to completely escape control?

But at the moment he only knew that the Siren was most likely entrenched in the Tianxing Building in Huanyang City, but Huanyang City had not reported any abnormalities.

Therefore, Lin Lan decided to return to the artificial island to recuperate for a while and let the new alliance gain a firm foothold.

When spring comes and the aftermath of the rebellion caused by the Rubik's Cube Energy Robot has completely disappeared, he plans to go to Huanyang City to see what Siren is up to.

"This meat slice is too spicy. Wow, I feel like my mouth is on fire! Georgia, come on, give me some iced Coke!"

At this time, Washington's loud voice came, attracting Lin Lan's attention.

He put down his phone and looked, and it turned out that Washington had eaten a piece of spicy pork, a specialty of Hengyue City.

In the lunch box on the table in front of Washington, the meat slices were dark red in color. Just by looking at them, he could imagine that the taste was definitely not simple.

"It's shameful that I can't even eat chili."

Seeing Washington's face turn red from the spiciness and him drinking the iced cola handed to him by Georgia in big gulps, South Dakota, who was sitting at the table opposite Washington, was the first to start mocking him.

Although this steady, wheat-skinned battleship girl rarely speaks, it does not mean that she will miss the opportunity to mock Washington.

This has become a daily conflict between the two of them, so much so that the other White Eagle ship girls have become accustomed to it and just eat and drink as usual.

When Washington heard South Dakota say this about him, he immediately placed the Coke bottles on the table, stared at South Dakota angrily and sneered:

"Oh? From what you said, you can eat spicy food?"

"I can't say I'm a big eater, but I'm just a little better than someone else."

Compared with the grumpy Washington, South Dakota's expression was very calm and as steady as ever.

"Then let's make a bet. If you can finish this box of meat slices in one go, I will allow you to mock me for three days without any rebuttal. If you can't finish it, you can also allow me to mock you for three days without any rebuttal. Do you dare?"

The bet that Washington said loudly finally attracted the attention of the other White Eagle ship girls at the table. They all cast their eyes towards the two of them to watch the fun, and even Enterprise did not speak up to stop them.

Although they were used to the bickering between the two battleship girls, it did not mean that they were not interested in the bet between them.

It’s definitely best to have something exciting to watch.

"Boring... but not bad."

Seeing that all his companions, including the commander, were attracted by the capricious bet proposed by Washington, South Dakota agreed to the bet generously.

She stood up and took the dark red box of cold meat from in front of Washington to her seat.

Seeing this scene, although Lin Lan's expression did not change, he understood that in this bet... Washington was bound to lose.

He didn't know whether this pair of bickering lovers had ever eaten together, but he saw with his own eyes the three South Dakota sisters and Minneapolis chewing green peppers as if they were cabbages when they were having an open-air barbecue at the York City villa that night.

At that time, he also picked up a roasted pepper and ate it out of curiosity.

One bite was so spicy that it almost made him cry and snot.

Even roasted green peppers were so horrible, not to mention that South Dakota and the others ate them raw. I'm afraid the dose was already lethal to him.

So Lin Lan stopped looking at his phone, put it in his pocket, moved his stool, turned around and faced the dining table, ready to see Washington get humiliated.

"Eat quickly, the commander and everyone is watching."

Washington, the one who proposed the bet, had no self-awareness at all. He instigated South Dakota with a smirk on his ruddy face.

She was ready for South Dakota to laugh.

However, South Dakota raised a piece of spicy meat to his mouth with a fork, took one last look at Washington, and asked in a flat tone:

"Finally, I want to remind you, Washington, that it's not too late for you to regret now. Otherwise, I'm worried that you won't be able to accept the reality later."

"Oh, I should be the one saying this to you. You may be able to fool others with your expressionless face, but there's no way you can fool me."

Indianapolis, the ship girl who also has wheat-colored skin, and Shangri-La, who likes to record everyone's hobbies and information, sighed helplessly when they saw that Washington was so stubborn.

Like Lin Lan, they all knew very well how much South Dakota loved spicy food.

But South Dakota didn't waste any more breath and directly put the meat on the fork into his mouth and chewed it carefully.

The first piece, the second piece...

Even later on, she used a fork to pierce three or four slices of spicy meat and ate them, but her expression did not change at all.

Not even a drop of sweat appeared, as if he was eating an ordinary boiled meat.

As South Dakota was about to finish the meat in the box, Washington's expression changed from sneer to stiffness to shock.

"Hey, hey, something's wrong. It's definitely not right. South Dakota, stop!"

When only the two slices of meat stained with chili oil were left in the lunch box, Washington hurriedly called a halt to South Dakota's trip.

"What? You want to cheat?"

South Dakota put down his fork, and looked indifferently at his short-haired silver-haired enemy whose expression had changed drastically with his yellow eyes.

Not sure if it was an illusion, but Lin Lan always felt that there seemed to be a slight upward turn at the corner of South Dakota's usually cold face.

South Dakota is definitely laughing!

"You must be joking. I won't cheat! But I need to check the meat slices. I suspect that the only spicy part of this box of meat slices is the top layer!"

After hearing what Washington said, Lin Lan finally understood why South Dakota had such a smug smile on his face.

It seems that South Dakota already knew that Washington would check the meat slices at the end, and was just waiting for Washington to say so!

"Well, you can come and eat the last two slices of meat and confirm it for yourself."