Azur Lane: I Traveled Through Graduation Port

Hearing this good news, Mikasa was greatly relieved and praised Lin Lan again.

As the saying goes, it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish.

The technology that Lin Lan brought is more valuable than just carrying a large amount of oil.

In the country of Liaozhou Nine Islands, the acquisition of oil is extremely limited, unlike in the United States of Oran.

Except for the Tianou Group’s military base in Liaozhou, basically the people of Liaozhou will not use this natural resource.

However, Mikasa also told Lin Lan that they had planned to go to Inaba Island after the New Year and try to rob the Tianou Group’s military base.

Lin Lan keenly realized that what Mikasa was talking about was not "trade" but "plunder".

So he asked the senior in confusion:

"Did the Tianou Group on Inaba Island offend you in some way?"

"Commander, the word offended is not accurate enough."

Previously in the barrier, Lin Lan had said that he had ruled the United States of Oran and that the Tianou Group was already under his jurisdiction.

So Mikasa smiled and explained to Lin Lan:

"They should be the ones who attacked us first."

Then Mikasa briefly told Lin Lan what happened on Inaba Island two weeks ago.

It turns out that the last time Shiranui went to the villages of Inaba Island to purchase supplies, she was attacked by the Kyushu Alliance.

Those Liaozhou people from the Nine Islands Alliance mistook Shiranui and the four little lolis of the Yugumo level: Fengyun, Changbo, Juanbo and Qingbo for children from the local town and planned to capture them directly.

Of course, although these troops of the Nine Islands Alliance have mastered some unique technologies, how can they be a match for the Sakura Empire's ship girls?

Under the bombardment of artillery fire, the Nine Islands Alliance's troops were completely wiped out.

Shiranui learned from the townspeople who thanked them that these people from the Nine Islands Alliance were most likely instigated by the Tianou Group to capture local underage children.

Combined with Noshiro and Sakuno's previous discovery that the Tianou Group possessed oil-powered mechas, Mikasa then planned to attack the Tianou Group's military base on Inaba Island and plunder the oil.

But after listening to Mikasa telling what happened, Lin Lan found that something seemed wrong.

It is true that the Tianou Group is arresting underage children in Liaozhou. He saw the children who were captured from Yuze Island and sent to Zhuren Island yesterday.

But the problem is, shouldn’t such shameful things be done by Tianou Group’s own troops in order to keep it secret?

Why were the people from the Nine Islands Alliance the ones who attacked Shiranui and the others?

He has never figured out why Tianou Group would do such a thankless task.

Even if the Tianou Group uses all means to return to Oran due to lack of labor, it would never do something that would arouse hatred and damage its reputation.

After all, the Tianou Group is an outsider to the people of Liaozhou. If it really arouses the hatred of all the people of Liaozhou, it will really not be able to stay in Liaozhou.

The nine islands

The fact that the alliance was helping the Tianou Group to arrest people made him feel even more absurd.

Luo Yuande said that just last year, the Tianou Group almost broke out with the Jiudao Alliance.

How come the Nine Islands Alliance and the Tianou Group are now in cahoots with each other?

"After the New Year, I will go to the Tianou Group Building in Inaba Island to seek justice from the local person in charge."

With too many questions in his mind, Lin Lan finally decided to wait until after the New Year and when Tiancheng’s health was fine, and then he would go to meet Inabajima’s general agent in person.

No matter how the act of arresting the children of Liaozhou is packaged, it is definitely a damnable act, not to mention that they dared to attack the Sakura Empire ship girls. He can only say "well done" to Fengyun and the others for wiping out the enemy.

Regardless of whether the Nine Islands Alliance's troops were under the command of the Tianou Group, he had to let the general agent know what torture from the Tianou Spyders meant.

He also felt a little uneasy, wondering if Yuki, who went to Inaba Island alone, would be captured by the Tianou Group or the Jiudao Alliance.

But then he changed his mind and realized that Yuki was, after all, a brave warrior, and a human being, so she shouldn't be considered a target for capture.

"Commander, we are about to leave the barrier."

Nagato's words made Lin Lan notice that they had already walked out of the mountain, and in front of them was the dense forest of white leaves that he had just seen on the mountain.

The two huge rocks in front of them with red ropes wrapped around them also indicated that this was the exit to the outer barrier.

"The barrier is really magical. I wonder if I have the skill to create a barrier in my hero skill column."

After nodding to Nagato, Lin Lan thought secretly in his heart.

After all, he was not from the Edo period, so it was impossible for him to learn how to cast a barrier using the Edo period's secret techniques. He could only go back and carefully check whether there were any skills with similar effects in his numerous skill columns.

Supporting Amagi, Lin Lan followed Nagato, Mikasa and Jiang Feng to the red rope between two huge rocks and stopped.

Just like Musashi when he entered the barrier, Lord Kamiko raised his hands again, and then a golden light pattern emerged from Nagato's hands and spread in the air.

Lin Lan's attention was completely attracted by the secret technique performed by Nagato. He remembered that when Musashi opened the entrance to the barrier, the spreading light patterns seemed to be white.

However, when he was thinking about this, he didn't notice the weak military advisor fox girl in his arms. The corners of her mouth raised slightly inadvertently, and the fluffy fox ears on her head stood up.

It seemed that Amagi had realized that something interesting was going to happen next.

Senior Mikasa, holding a saber, was already standing behind Nagato and began to straighten his uniform, which was wrinkled from the rush.

Jiang Feng, who was at the end, looked at Lin Lan and opened his mouth slightly.

But seeing that the other adults did not remind the commander, Jiang Feng suppressed the idea of ​​reminding Lin Lan. She silently pulled up the hem of her skirt and straightened the blue sailor suit scarf on her chest.

When the golden ripples gradually dissipated, Nagato turned around, gave Lin Lan a lovely smile, and said:

"Are you ready? It's time to leave the barrier."

Although Lin Lan was a little puzzled, he just walked out of the barrier, and there was nothing in front of him, why did Nagato specifically ask him if he was ready to leave the barrier?

.

But he still nodded, smiled at Nagato and said:

"Well, let's go."

After getting his answer, Nagato turned around with a smile on his face, took a step forward, and disappeared from Lin Lan's sight the next second.

Lin Lan was stunned at first when Nagato's figure disappeared from his sight, and then he realized that Nagato had walked out of the barrier.

So he also supported Amagi and followed Jiang Feng to follow Nagato and Mikasa.

But when he and Amagi stepped to the place where Nagato disappeared, the next second, he felt that he and Amagi were hugged tightly by a gentle body that almost pounced on them.

Then, a familiar mature female voice, but with a choked cry, rang in his ears.

"Commander... Sister Amagi... That's great."

Lin Lan looked down instinctively and her eyes widened immediately.

Because the one who rushed forward and hugged him and Amagi tightly was actually Akagi with tears in her eyes!

Before he could recover from the surprise of Akagi's sudden appearance, he looked up in shock at the colorful fireworks and cheers of excitement and joy reflected from all around him.

"Commander!" "Commander and Sister Amagi are coming out!"

His eyes met with the Sakura Empire ship girls who were standing at the bottom of the stairs, all with extremely happy smiles on their faces, and some even had tears in their eyes. He almost felt like he was dreaming.

Kaga, who had a rare genuine smile on his face, and Shinano, who he had seen several times in his dreams, and the two white fox girls also climbed up the stairs and looked at them with smiles on their faces together with Nagato and Mikasa.

It was not until then that Lin Lan realized that they were now standing on the high platform at the entrance to the main hall of a large Sakura Shrine.

The surrounding night sky was still flickering with brilliant fireworks, and behind almost all of the Sakura Empire's shipgirls present in the shrine, there was an ancient bell that he had only seen in movies.

He finally understood why Nagato had specifically asked him if he was ready.

It turns out that the official entrance to the sacred tree barrier in the mountain is across a space, at the entrance to the main hall of Yuki Sakurajima Shrine outside the mountain!

Under the leadership of Nagato, they actually appeared directly at the scene where all the Sakura Empire ship girls were performing the New Year's Eve bell ceremony!

"Akagi, and everyone else, I'm sorry to have worried you these days."

Tiancheng had obviously anticipated this situation. She stroked her sister's head gently, and tears appeared in the corners of her eyes.

Lin Lan gently touched Akagi's head, raised his head and looked at all the Sakura Empire ship girls who had either accompanied him here from Oran or had been waiting for this day for too long.

The familiar faces and expectant gazes made him want to cry out loud.

In order to find him, his Sakura Empire shipgirls traveled thousands of miles from the port area to this country which was extremely remote from the port area and had scarce combat resources.

But they never complained from beginning to end.

The thousands of words in his heart gathered into a brief sentence in Lin Lan's throat, but it was the most solemn oath he had ever made:

"Everyone, I'm... back."

"I will never leave you without saying goodbye again, I... promise you."

As he finished speaking, fireworks rose into the sky and exploded again, as if at this moment even the night had turned into day.

Chapter 636: A Divine Assist from Mutsu

"After a multi-stage study of all the files of the [Glimmer] Project and the [Polar Deconstructor] Project as of three days ago, our team has found the secret of the source of the tremendous energy in the Energy Cube."

"Higher dimensional space."

"Yes, you may be surprised, but all the experimental results on the Energy Cube have repeatedly proven one thing:"

"The Rubik's Cube energy contained in the Energy Cube comes from a high-dimensional space that is believed to exist in theory but cannot be directly observed and proven."

"Like a converter, the Energy Cube continuously converts the energy contained in the high-dimensional space into our space. That is why it can create energy out of thin air, which goes against the laws of physics."

"To put it simply, the Energy Cube is like a perpetual motion machine."

"We created the Energy Cube, but we have been so ignorant about it until now. It was not until this stage of research that we finally made the first breakthrough in our understanding of the Energy Cube."

"As for the next stage of experiments, our team will try to study the Mind Cube, which is a branch of the Energy Cube, and prove the true source of the energy in the Energy Cube from many aspects."

"Angie, although I don't know how the [Glimmer] project you are in charge of is progressing, I sincerely hope that your research can make a breakthrough."

"——Dr. Osta."

……

“Chirp, chirp, chirp…”

Lin Lan, who was originally sleeping, was interrupted by the crisp chirping of birds outside the window, and he slowly opened his eyes hazy.

Once again, he dreamed about the original world, and as always, it was from the perspective of Dr. Osta.

To be honest, Lin Lan has now more or less gotten used to relying on these strange dreams to recall the game settings of Azure.

If he remembered correctly, the memory fragments in the dream just now seemed to have been mentioned in the game's large combat files, but he had never looked at it in detail.

"What high-dimensional space... This is too outrageous."

Because his brain had just awakened from sleep, and in his dream, Aiosta seemed to be writing another long letter to Angel about academics, Lin Lan only remembered this term.

At this moment, he was lying in a traditional Japanese-style room in the Sakura era, which was a bedroom with tatami mats on the floor.

The bird song that had just woken him up came from outside the wooden screen window between the many wooden dolls and feather shuttlecocks hanging on the gray-white wall made of very natural materials.

The light in the room was still very dim, with only a new oil lamp with a candle on the wooden table for lighting.

Lin Lan looked at the sky outside the window, and judging from the fresh, cool air with the fragrance of earth that came through the screen window, she concluded that it was probably still early in the morning.

While muttering to himself, he began to recall how he came here.

Last night, he and Amagi followed Nagato and others out of the barrier from the exit of the sacred tree barrier and came directly to the gate of the main shrine on Snow Sakura Island where the New Year's Eve bell ceremony was held.

Through Nagato's later explanation, he also learned that this large shrine was located inside the temporary port area designated by the Sakura Empire's ship girls, and was quite a distance away from the mountain gate.

To come

For convenience, after Nagato and Unzen determined the location to plant the branches of the sacred tree, they set up the entrance and exit of the sacred tree barrier in the main hall of the shrine.

After greeting all the Sakura Empire shipgirls he had reunited with after a long time at yesterday's New Year's Eve bell ceremony, he moved into the Miko Mansion with Amagi at Nagato's invitation.

After all, he had promised to attend the Sakura New Year Festival today, and he came back in a hurry, so it was not a big deal that Nagato did not arrange a dormitory for him in advance.

But when Lin Lan thought of this, he suddenly remembered something that made him a little unsure.

He vaguely remembered that he had just fallen asleep last night when he vaguely heard the sound of the door being opened, and then two furry figures crawled into the quilt.

At that time, he fell asleep after a while because he had experienced too many things throughout the day, so he was not sure whether it was an illusion.

But considering that this was the Sakura Empire camp in the port area where many accidents happened, plus he felt warm in the bed, and there was a fluffy touch around him...

Lin Lan swallowed with a "gulp" sound, carefully lifted a corner of the quilt on him, and looked into the quilt along his chest.