Azur Lane: I Traveled Through Graduation Port

After driving the group of barbarians back into the metal corridor, the female kitchen god returned to Lin Lan and said with a smile:

"If it weren't for the help of the barbarians, many of our experimental projects would not be able to advance so quickly. They can be said to be the backbone of the scientific research department in the port area."

Lin Lan smiled bitterly after hearing what the silver-haired girl said.

He remembered that when he was in the port area of ​​Lihu County, Manju evolved into Sister Bri and explained to him in person what the Void Network was.

Perhaps, this is the legendary "power of thinking".

The three White Eagle Ship Girls finally cleaned up the yellow hair on his body. After a while, he saw a faint blue sci-fi style light in the metal passage at the entrance to the star sea.

"Commander, Memphis and the others are here."

Saratoga adjusted the cuffs of her cape and the corners of her idol-style uniform, then looked up and spoke to Lin Lan.

Chapter 504 Entering the Sea of ​​Stars

As the lights in the metal passage grew brighter, Lin Lan only heard a "swish" and the three White Eagle ship girls instantly appeared in front of them.

The girl with long pink hair and a confident smile at the head of the group was none other than Miss Memphis.

The two White Eagle ship girls standing on both sides of her, in addition to the little loli Ingraham, there was another one who was a little beyond Lin Lan's expectations.

Holding a baton like a cane and also with long pink hair, the Independence-class light aircraft carrier No. 2 is Xiao Gaga’s second fan girl, Princeton.

The sudden and magnificent appearance of the three people made Lin Lan's pupils shrink. He immediately realized that this should also be some kind of leap technology using the Rubik's Cube technology.

As expected, the ship girls from all camps in the port area have shared scientific research technology.

"Commander, welcome to the Xinghai Base~ Hehehe!"

The first thing Memphis did when he saw Lin Lan was to trot up to him, smile sweetly and hug him.

"You've worked hard during this time, Memphis, and Princeton and Ingraham, too."

Lin Lan stroked the head of the pink-haired girl in his arms and smiled, then looked at the two White Eagle Ship Girls who were walking towards him.

As a member of the scientific research department of the port area, it is definitely not an easy job to deal with so many experimental projects in addition to fighting.

But at this moment, Lin Lan suddenly felt something hard on his chest worn by Memphis in his arms.

He looked down and saw that it was a mechanical badge button similar to the sci-fi style button on the Dreadnought, emitting a fluorescent blue color.

"Memphis, this is..."

After the girl in his arms moved away, Lin Lan touched the mechanical button and looked at the smiling Memphis in confusion, wondering what this thing was.

This button doesn't feel cold like metal, but it's not as smooth as plastic either. It's even a little warm.

"Hehe, Commander, please don't touch it. This is a big surprise that our Xinghai Base has prepared for you. I'll keep it a secret for now. Everyone, follow us into the Xinghai."

Memphis stared at Lin Lan with her beautiful amber-green eyes, and while speaking, she also gestured to Lin Lan, Xiao Gaga and others to follow her into the entrance to the sea of ​​stars.

Lin Lan smiled helplessly. He had come here in the past few days, so there was no need to rush.

What's more, the things have already been worn on him, so he might as well follow Memphis and the others into the starry sea for a tour.

He speculated that the function of this mechanical button was either related to space storage or it was some kind of shield generator.

After chatting with several White Eagle ship girls and walking into the metal passage, Lin Lan suddenly felt his body enveloped by blue fluorescence, and his entire vision suddenly became distorted.

In just a breath of extreme time, the process is over.

He was surprised to find that except for a few ship girls, everything around him had undergone earth-shaking changes.

Directly above him, the tall dark blue dome was twinkling with lights like bright stars. He and the White Eagle ship girls were now standing in a spacious curved metal hall.

On the carpet in the hall was a huge White Eagle camp logo. Dozens of scientific research barbarians were busy walking past them with file boxes and notebooks.

Go to the metal door of the room at the edge of the hall.

In the center of the hall, many ship equipment are arranged in an orderly manner, just like exhibits in a museum.

"Identity authentication completed, the magic cube folding device has been activated, welcome to the White Eagle Star Sea Base - Xinyang Artificial Island Branch."

It was not until the mechanical synthesized voice broadcast rang in his ears that Lin Lan realized that he had actually completed the folding process in just a short moment and entered the interior of the Xinghai Base.

Now that he had arrived at the Xinghai Base in person, he understood why the White Eagle Camp's scientific research base was named "Xinghai".

It turns out that the sky lights here really look like being under a sea of ​​stars.

"Commander, after all, the space inside the mountain of the artificial island is limited, so we cannot completely restore the full picture of the Xinghai Base. The peripheral departments and core departments are all working in the core area where we are now - [Tianlu Sea]."

Memphis spoke at the right time, looked at Lin Lan with a smile and said:

"The commander should have worked in the Xinghai base in the original Rocky Mountains before, but the commander at that time should have communicated with us through the phone, so I still need to introduce Xinghai to you again."

Memphis paused, and after seeing Lin Lan nod, he continued:

"The Xinghai Base is mainly responsible for the research and development of cube application technology, the transformation and upgrading of ship equipment, and the exploration of the mysteries within the mind cube."

"In addition to these main responsibilities, we will also establish cooperative experimental projects with other factions on Siren technology, energy, faith theology and other unknown areas."

Lin Lan was listening with great interest, but he was stunned by what Memphis suddenly said about theology:

"No, you actually study theology?"

"Yes, Commander. It's a big project in cooperation with the Royal Family, Sakura Empire, Iris Theocracy and Sardinia Empire."

It was Princeton who cleared his confusion. This rational light sailing girl explained to him very frankly:

"Existence is justified, Commander. Don't underestimate the power born from faith. The power of the magic cube technology that is based on faith should not be underestimated."

After hearing what Princeton said, Lin Lan also showed a look of sudden enlightenment.

He did remember that Dr. Osta, the father of the Sirens, had said this in the game plot.

Rather than being superstitious, these theologies of faith are more like a conceptual force.

Thinking of this, Lin Lan couldn't help but recall the information about the original world released in the game.

Although the application of Rubik's Cube technology and Rubik's Cube energy is indeed very popular in the original world, he still vaguely remembers that the intelligence before his time travel showed that the "Rubik's Cube" had never been thoroughly studied in the original world.

How did this inexhaustible magical energy come into being? Why was it made into a mind cube to give birth to a ship girl? Or is there any effect that has not been discovered yet?

These questions have been kept hidden by the game officials and the answers have been refused to be announced to the players, so much so that Lin Lan once suspected that even the game officials themselves did not understand how to explain them.

Riddler, you deserve to die!

Seeing Lin Lan's expression change, Memphis thought he had agreed with Princeton's statement. After a pause, he continued to introduce the interior of Xinghai Base to him:

"Commander, we didn't bring too many equipment when we left the port in order to find you. Plus, we will be returning to the port soon, so we only have one experimental project left."

"Is this the core of the mainframe used to make Ariel?"

Lin Lan took the initiative to speak, and Memphis nodded with a confident smile:

"Yes, the main engine core of the Rubik's Cube Energy Robot Girl has been basically assembled."

"It just so happens that Akashi wants to open the virtual world amusement park for a limited time tomorrow. Ingraham and I are going to let Ariel use the new console core to conduct functional testing. If everything goes well, the project will be completed."

After Memphis finished speaking, he raised his hand to invite Lin Lan, Saratoga and others and said with a smile:

"Let's go meet Akashi and Ariel first. Commander, and everyone else, please follow me."

Chapter 505 Akashi, Are You Really Not Afraid of Being Hanged by Street Lamps?

Lin Lan and the other ship girls followed Memphis through the hall of the Xinghai Base.

During this time, the Kitchen Goddess also handed him a noteboard, on which was a list of the names and numbers of various experimental projects in the Xinghai Laboratory.

He took a quick glance and found that Xinghai had completed quite a few projects.

Many scientific research equipment in the game were also developed in the Star Sea Laboratory, including the reality lens he was familiar with.

In addition, there are experimental projects such as the mental training and ship equipment production of the proposed ships. In particular, the names of Anchorage and Kilsach are marked with special marks.

It can be seen that Xinghai Laboratory has spent a lot of energy on these two White Eagle scientific research ship girls.

Soon, Memphis led them to a closed metal door.

The pink-haired cruiser girl scanned her ID on the identity verification device next to the door, and the metal door slowly rose.

Lin Lan immediately saw the small profiteers Akashi and Ariel, who were sitting on chairs with their backs to them in front of the large computer operating table in the laboratory inside the door.

As if he had sensed his arrival, the green-haired little profiteer immediately turned around in his seat.

Originally, Lin Lan thought that Mingshi would greet him normally, but he didn't expect that after this green-haired kitten saw him, his face showed a brief expression of surprise, and then his eyes were instantly filled with tears.

"Commander! You finally came to save me, meow!"

"Take me out quickly! They, the White Eagles are too bullying, meow!"

This little profiteer actually jumped out from his seat with tears and snot, and pounced towards the stunned Lin Lan.

But before Mingshi could pounce on Lin Lan, Memphis, who was standing next to Lin Lan, took a step forward, grabbed the back of her clothes, and stopped her in mid-air.

"Akashi, please don't discredit us in front of the commander! When did we bully you?"

Although Memphis still had a smile on his face, Lin Lan felt that Memphis had a sinister feeling at this moment.

At this time, Ariel also stood up from her chair and walked over. After seeing Lin Lan, Saratoga and others, she greeted them with a smile.

"Ariel, what...what is going on?"

Lin Lan looked at Akashi, who was still struggling in Memphis's hands but couldn't break free due to her size, and asked the cute robot girl in confusion.

Looking at Akashi's expression, it's impossible that Memphis forced Akashi to work overtime in order to complete the experimental project ahead of schedule, right?

Then he has to talk about Memphis, he doesn't like exploitation.

Ariel glanced at the struggling Akashi and smiled bitterly:

"Teacher, this is what happened..."

A few minutes later, Akashi's body had been firmly fastened to the seat in front of the operating table by Princeton and Ingraham with belts, and his mouth was blocked with tape.

"You little profiteer, are you really not afraid that the Northern Alliance's shipgirls will know that you did this and hang you on the street lamp for days and nights?"

Lin Lan stood behind Mingshi, who was purring and trying to retort, and patted the poor little green-haired kitten on the shoulder and said.

Thinking of the unscrupulous businessman who had just complained to him, he secretly cursed himself for being fooled by Akashi.

Through Ariel's explanation, Lin Lan has understood the cause and effect of all this.

It turns out that after Akashi called Ariel to Xinghai, he actually wanted Ariel to build the scenes inside the virtual world 24 hours a day.

Originally, Ariel thought that this was natural. After all, she was the intelligent AI of the Rubik's Cube Energy Robot and did not need to rest.

But after Ingraham learned about this from her, he immediately informed all the White Eagle ship girls in the Star Sea Laboratory.

In the end, the White Eagle Ship Girls in the Star Sea unanimously came to the conclusion that Ariel, like the navigator TB, was a living AI recognized by the commander and must not be subjected to such high-intensity work that was tantamount to exploitation.

After all, even the navigator TB who is still in the port area only maintains the warning system at night when everyone is resting, and does not need to work.

But when Memphis found Akashi and told him that Ariel couldn't work overtime, the little profiteer used the three-day deadline promised by Lin Lan as an excuse to threaten Memphis with overdue work.

If it were a ship girl from another faction, she might really be frightened by Akashi.

But unfortunately, the relationship between the White Eagle Ship Girl and the Sakura Empire Ship Girl is a little subtle, and Akashi is undoubtedly seeking his own death.

The final result was that Memphis directly tied Akashi and Ariel's working hours together, and the small profiteer had to work as long as Ariel worked.

"Teacher, Akashi actually wants to complete the construction of the virtual world as soon as possible. Isn't this punishment a bit too harsh for her..."

Seeing Akashi tied to a chair, looking pitiful and unable to speak, Ariel showed some reluctance on her face and wanted to plead for Akashi.

But after hearing what Ariel said, Lin Lan turned around and gently patted the head of the Rubik's Cube Energy Robot Girl, sighed and said:

"Ariel, I understand your thoughts, but this virtual world was not supposed to be built by you alone. She also promised me that."

"So her behavior is typical exploitation. This profiteer must be taught a lesson. It's already a light punishment for me to tie her to a chair to accompany you."

After Lin Lan finished speaking, Saratoga also covered her mouth and added to the innocent AI girl with a sly smile:

"Commander is right. Ariel, you will understand when you get to know the Northern Alliance companions in the port area. The street lamps that the commander just mentioned are in the physical sense~"

"I-I know."

After listening to what Xiao Jiajia said, Ariel nodded as if she understood.

Memphis also smiled and said to Lin Lan:

"Don't worry, Commander, the virtual world theme amusement park will definitely open on time tomorrow, after all, with our help."