Azur Lane: I Traveled Through Graduation Port

After answering a series of questions just now, Luo Yuande was now able to tell him everything he knew and explained the current situation of Tianou Group in detail.

After the Sirens appeared and blocked the route back to Oran, the Tianou Group of Liaozhou Jiudao organized three large-scale fleet attacks within a year in an attempt to break through the blockade.

However, in the face of the Siren's absolute power, these three attacks not only yielded no results, but also almost wiped out the fleet accumulated by the Tianou Group over decades, and many employees were killed or injured.

Lin Lan was not at all surprised by this result.

Warships without the support of Rubik's Cube technology, no matter how many there are, can never be a match for KanColle or Sirens.

Afterwards, after the third disastrous defeat, Lu Feng, the director of the Liaozhou branch of Tianou Group, immediately changed his strategy the following year and began to bide his time on the four islands under his control.

Although it is said to be keeping a low profile, according to Luo Yuande's description, Tianou Group has changed its previous style in the past ten years.

In order to accumulate enough resources for returning home, the general agents of the four islands of Tianou Group tried every possible means, and the reputation of Tianou Group was getting worse and worse in the nine islands of Liaozhou.

Just last year, the Tianou Group almost went to direct war with the real ruler of Liaozhou, the Nine Islands Alliance, which was controlled by the Nine Islands' co-lord, Hui'an Dasi.

Chapter 618 Nine Islands Alliance

Hearing Luo Yuande mention the two familiar terms, the Lord of the Nine Islands, Hui'an Dasi and the Nine Islands Alliance, Lin Lan raised his eyebrows hidden under his sunglasses.

Leaving aside the mention of Hui'an Dasi, the Nine Islands Alliance is the official force of the Nine Islands of Liaozhou mentioned in the intelligence provided by Jian Qianou.

The members of the Nine Islands Alliance are the hereditary island masters of the nine main islands of Liaozhou. The co-master of the Nine Islands is the island master with the strongest comprehensive ability selected by them.

This means that the position of the co-lord of the Nine Islands is not fixed to a certain island owner's family, but is a lifelong position that is held until death.

So, why is it that all nine island owner families should have the opportunity to become the co-lord of the nine islands, but there is Shouzhou Island that sounds like the capital of Liaozhou?

In response to Lin Lan's question, Jian Qianou explained the reason in great detail in the information he provided.

It turns out that since Oran arrived in Liaozhou two hundred years ago, the leader of the nine islands of Liaozhou has always been the Great Master Hui'an.

In order to centralize power, Hui'an Dasi, a member of the Shadow Snake Clan, simply changed the name of the main island where his family was located to Shouzhou Island.

In order to fight against the powerful enemy Orlan, the other island owners agreed to this move by Master Hui'an.

But later, as the United States of Orlan changed its attitude towards Liaozhou, other island owners gradually discovered the ambitions of the Great Master Hui'an:

That is to abolish the system in which the island owners have been selecting the co-lord of the nine islands for thousands of years, with the intention of making the co-lord of the nine islands hereditary by his family forever, or even abolishing the hereditary system of island owners.

This is also the reason why the Tianou Group was able to so easily control the owners of the four main islands and make them willingly sign soul contracts with Jian Qianou.

It's not for any other reason, it's simply because Hui'an Dasi has such ambitions, and he's so resilient, that the owners of other main islands feel strongly threatened.

Well, since you are so ruthless and intend to make it impossible for us to ever become the ruler of the Nine Islands, why don't we find another way and use the power of Oran?

However, the four island masters naturally could not make this public, and on the surface they still obeyed the orders of the Nine Island Alliance.

"So, how did this conflict end?"

Thinking of this, Lin Lan interrupted Luo Yuande.

As far as he knew, these four main islands were all important resource islands of Liaozhou.

According to his speculation, the reason why Hui'an Dasi suddenly turned against him a year ago was probably because the hero summoning ceremony failed and he was not successfully summoned to Liaozhou, so he became angry and humiliated.

"Don't worry, Master Stalker. Although our Tianou Group branch is not as powerful as it used to be, it is still not something that those Liaozhou natives can bully."

Hearing his words, Luo Yuande straightened his back, looked at Lin Lan's face and said proudly:

"Although I don't know the specific circumstances of that conflict, the final result was that Hui'an Dasi took the initiative to surrender and withdraw the fleet, and compensated us with a lot of supplies."

Although Luo Yuande said this, it seemed that it was because Hui'an Dasi was afraid of their Tianou Group.

But Lin Lan always felt that Hui'an Dasi's work was too anticlimactic.

As an ambitious old man who has been the ruler of the Nine Islands for more than two hundred years, how could he give in so easily?

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The severely damaged Liaozhou branch of the Tianou Group is not like the iron-blooded ship girl, who can make Jian Qianou surrender immediately after showing her overwhelming strength.

Even if Hui'an Dasi chose to fight to the death with Tianou Group, he thought it was very reasonable.

What was the reason that made Hui'an Dasi choose to lose his reputation, pay compensation for supplies, and surrender and withdraw his troops?

Lin Lan keenly felt that there must be something fishy going on, but at Luo Yuande's level, he definitely could not get access to the inside story of that conflict.

He had a vague intuition that the sudden withdrawal of the Great Master Hui'an might be related to the revival of the Demon King's army.

He could only find out the specific situation after Tiancheng recovered and took time to go to Tianou Building on Zhuren Island to question Director Lu Feng in person.

"Well, you did a good job. Continue to tell me about the changes in Liaozhou over the years. I saw some Liaozhou combatants on the ship just now."

After confirming this, Lin Lan continued to ask Luo Yuande.

"My Lord, this is mainly because our fleet suffered heavy losses, resulting in insufficient cargo escort forces."

"In order to deal with those sea monsters, pirates or sirens, the four general agents have chosen to sign a long-term contract with the Adventurer's Association, allowing the Liaozhou adventurer team to take over the commission and serve as the freight escort."

Tianou Group would recruit a large number of Liaozhou people as employees, so Luo Yuande had nothing to hide and told Lin Lan about it directly.

Afterwards, Lin Lan asked about some other matters of the Tianou Group in Liaozhou, as well as the situation of the nine islands in Liaozhou in the past ten years.

And he gradually understood why the Tianou Group was called an evil organization by his Sakura Empire ship girls and those Liaozhou people.

In fact, when it comes down to it, this is all caused by the Oran people's longing to return to their hometown.

There is no Oran person in Liaozhou who does not want to return to his motherland, return to the comfortable modern life, and reunite with his family.

In addition, the Tianou Group now has no supply assistance from Oran. In order to accumulate resources to rebuild a powerful fleet and other reasons, the Tianou Group will naturally force the four island owners to increase taxes on the islands they rule.

On the other hand, ordinary people in Liaozhou also miss their family members who were hired by Tianou Group to go to Oran and have not returned yet.

Lin Lan could imagine that in the eyes of ordinary Liaozhou people, the pillar of the family was gone, the taxes were getting heavier every year, and the invasions of monsters had become more and more frequent in recent years, making it impossible to guarantee the safety of life.

This also explains why the current Tianou Group is being criticized as an evil organization. If he were in his place, he would also hate the Tianou Group.

After all, the former Tianou Group had a good reputation in Liaozhou. Even the opening of the Liaozhou Chamber of Commerce and the various modern technologies it brought made the lives of many Liaozhou people more colorful.

Otherwise, he would not have seen so many Liaozhou immigrants who came to Oran to work voluntarily in the Oran United States.

Once the air routes between the two countries are restored in the future, all these problems will be solved.

Before going to the Siren Fortress, he would definitely blame the Siren.

But when he was in the Siren Fortress, he and the Sakura Empire's ship girls saw the monsters of the Demon King's army who were imprisoned in the fortress's experimental area by the Purifiers and Clearers, and they already knew the culprit who caused all these tragedies.

That is the mysterious enemy X.

To him, the Siren host behaved like a machine without emotions.

It disdains to communicate with anyone, nor does it disdain to cooperate with anyone, but instead efficiently and ruthlessly executes what it believes to be the most correct thing.

This is not the first time that Siren has chosen to divide various regions in order to preserve the entire world.

After collecting the information he wanted, exactly half an hour had passed and the orange setting sun had already touched the sea level and was about to set.

After Lin Lan exchanged a glance with Dafeng beside him, he knew that it was time to return to the Sakura Empire fleet.

So he casually asked Luo Yuande one last question:

"What is on this freighter of yours, and where is its destination?"

Chapter 619 "Cargo"

"Forehead……"

But this was just a casual question asked by Lin Lan, but it made Luo Yuande hesitate for a moment.

Just as Lin Lan frowned in confusion, not understanding why Luo Yuande suddenly stuttered, the old captain actually knelt in front of him again and said loudly in confession:

"Please forgive me, Master Stalker! I, I just followed orders to set off from Yuze Island, and my destination is Blade Forging Island."

"The cargo on the ship is actually..."

"boom!"

Before Luo Yuande could finish his words, suddenly, an explosion from the cabin interrupted his unfinished words.

Thick black smoke also billowed out from the entrance of the cabin, along with the angry curses of many crew members.

Lin Lan never expected that even after he introduced himself, there would still be people who dared to cause trouble on this freighter.

Isn't this a slap in the face?

Noshiro and Sakunio had already drawn the sharp swords at their waists, and everyone's eyes were on the entrance to the cabin.

Afterwards, Lin Lan saw the Liaozhou adventurers who had been on the deck just now rushing out in the thick smoke, holding weapons.

After seeing Lin Lan, they all paused, frightened by the cold eyes of Noshiro and Sakuni.

But the expressions on their faces were still filled with anger and hostility.

Then a group of Tianou Group crew members rushed out with guns in hand, and they all pointed their guns at the adventurers.

They also saw Lin Lan and Luo Yuande kneeling on the ground. They did not act rashly for a moment and all remained on guard.

Lin Lan raised his hand to tell Noshiro and Sakuniu beside him not to rush to take action.

He keenly sensed that something was wrong. Weren't these adventurers just now fighting side by side with the crew of Tianou Group against the Sirens?

What's going on here?

Before he could open his mouth to ask, a tall and thin Liaozhou man with a long green tail and a sharp spear in his hand roared at Lin Lan:

"You bunch of Oran bastards! You actually captured the missing children on the island! What on earth do you want to do!!!"

Hearing this, Luo Yuande, who was kneeling in front of Lin Lan, trembled even more.

Lin Lan reacted instantly. Could it be that the cargo on this Tianou Group freighter was...

Liaozhou population? !

He lowered his head and looked at Luo Yuande, his tone had become colder:

"Okay, okay, very good. It's only been ten years, and you've already fallen to the point of engaging in human trafficking?"

"Stand up! Take me to your warehouse."

His words made cold sweat fall down Luo Yuande's face, and his voice also reached the ears of those adventurers and the crew members of the Tianou Group.

After saying that, Lin Lan turned his head to look at the adventurers who were looking at him with hostility, and said loudly:

"There is something fishy about this matter. Leave it to me and I will give you an explanation."

The tall and thin Liaozhou man holding the sharp spear wanted to say something angrily, but the cat-eared female adventurer behind him grabbed his arm:

"That Oran man is very powerful, and the two ghost guards beside him are not something we can deal with. Let's see what he plans to do first."

After hearing his companion's words, the adventurer calmed down.

Just now they had indeed witnessed how powerful Lin Lan was, and they had also seen Captain Luo Yuande kneeling in front of him. It was obvious that this man was of extraordinary status.

The most crucial thing is the murderous intent emanating from the two ghost girls.

It’s not that some of them had fought against the ghosts before, but this was the first time they had felt such a terrifying aura.

It seemed as if if they had taken one more step, they would have been cut in half by the knife in the next second.

Now that the other party has given them a way out and saved them before, they can only suppress their anger.

After stabilizing the group of adventurers, Lin Lan did not waste any more time. He grabbed the arm of Luo Yuande, who was still kneeling on the ground, and pulled him up.

Seeing this, the crew members of the Tianou Group also put down their guns.

In fact, they have been suffering from the condemnation of their conscience during this period, but they have to obey orders.

At the moment, they have already seen from the captain's attitude that this man is likely to be a senior executive of Tianou Group, so naturally they do not have the slightest hostility towards him.

A few minutes later, Lin Lan and three Sakura Empire ship girls followed Luo Yuande to the cargo hold of the freighter.

When the automatic door of the warehouse was opened, the scene before his eyes made him gasp.

In this large sealed space shrouded in dim light, there was actually a thin Liaozhou Asian child sitting on the ground, with shackles on his hands and feet, tattered clothes, a dirty face, and a thin body!

Among them are men and women, of all races.

But the only thing in common is that the expressions on their young faces have become numb, and many children even have red and swollen eyes due to prolonged crying.

After seeing them coming, the children all looked up at them in confusion. Their pitiful looks even made Lin Lan's heart tremble slightly.

Lin Lan had seen many scenes of sub-humans being treated as slaves in the comics he had read on Blue Star. At this moment, what was unfolding before him was almost exactly the same as those scenes.