Azur Lane: I Traveled Through Graduation Port

"If I guess correctly, this dish is Mapo Tofu?"

"Commander is indeed from Donghuang. He could smell it even before he opened the lid of the dinner plate."

What answered him was a sweet girl's voice that came from behind him, with a tone of extremely tender emotion.

Chapter 946: The terrifying cooking skills of Donghuang Ship Girl

Lin Lan opened his eyes and looked sideways.

The slim blond girl wearing a white chef's apron held a dinner plate in her hand and stared at him elegantly.

It was Aurora who hosted the Spring Festival celebration in the Donghuang camp town yesterday and is now the only Donghuang ship girl in the port area.

It is different from the Donghuang ladylike temperament she wore yesterday when she wore a sexy Donghuang cheongsam.

Today, this girl with long, smooth light golden hair is wearing the royal short skirt and white stockings that she usually wears.

This made Lin Lan feel that Aurora was like a little daughter-in-law who had returned to her parents' home.

"As soon as I smelled the aroma of the food, I guessed that you made it yourself. Mapo tofu is a specialty of my hometown."

After Lin Lan finished speaking with a smile, he opened the dinner plate on the table for Hermione.

A mellow and appetizing salty and numb aroma spread over the table.

What was displayed in front of him and the other Royal Ship Girls was a plate of red and white tender Mapo Tofu cooked with brown bean paste, stir-fried minced beef, and chopped green onion.

What surprised Lin Lan the most was that Aurora also placed handfuls of fresh garlic sprouts on the side of the porcelain spoon of this Donghuang specialty dish, so that he could easily remove the garlic.

This proved to him how well Aurora understood Donghuang customs.

"If there is no comparison, there will be no harm. Aurora, is it too late for us to change all our lunches to Donghuang cuisine?"

Seeing such a plate of appetizing and fragrant Mapo Tofu, Hu De beside Lin Lan couldn't help but look at Aurora and asked jokingly.

"Of course, Miss Hood."

Aurora placed another dinner plate in front of Lin Lan with a smile and replied:

"After all, Miss Beifa has contacted me and wants to teach the members of the maid team how to cook Donghuang cuisine from today on.

"Although this process is a bit difficult, our efforts throughout the morning have been fruitful~"

Aurora said as she unveiled the second dish for Lin Lan.

Like Mapo Tofu, tomato scrambled eggs are among the most classic specialties of Donghuang.

"Commander, I directed the ladies from the maid team to make this dish for you. Please give me your review after you eat it~"

Hearing Aurora's gentle words, Lin Lan nodded with almost tears in his eyes.

After having a royal-style breakfast, when he saw this delicious Donghuang cuisine in front of him, he felt like he had ascended from hell to heaven.

Even if it was just ordinary scrambled eggs with tomatoes, even if he hadn't even tasted it, just smelling it would make him feel like it was a delicacy in the world.

After that, other Donghuang Sichuan home-cooked dishes such as boiled pork slices, twice-cooked pork and fish-flavored shredded pork were also brought to the table one by one, and everyone used their chopsticks to taste Aurora's craftsmanship.

"I thought you didn't know how to use chopsticks."

Lin Lan looked at the Royal Ship girls at the same table who were skillful in using chopsticks to pick up food, feeling the spicy taste in their mouths, and said with some surprise.

"Commander, this is a bit of a joke. Whether it's Donghuang cuisine or Chongying cuisine, they are both mainstream cuisines in the port area.

"It would be inconvenient to enjoy these delicacies if you only use a knife and fork."

The person who answered his question was Knight Commander George. The blond Royal Knight Commander had a faint blush on his face because of the spicy Sichuan food.

But even so, George, the monarch, and Zhanwei still scooped a lot of mapo tofu into the bowls, obviously loving this dish.

For the Royal Knights who spent a lot of energy in the morning drill, spicy dishes like Mapo Tofu are definitely an excellent meal.

However, not all the royal ladies who sat at the same table with Lin Lan liked the taste of Sichuan food.

For example, the Cheshire Cat and the Unicorn sneezed repeatedly after just taking a bite of the boiled pork slices because of the spiciness.

After drinking several cups of tea brought by Edinburgh, they finally recovered and dared only eat the not-too-spicy dishes recommended by Lin Lan, such as tomato and egg and twice-cooked pork.

After everyone had almost finished eating, Aurora was also busy in the kitchen, took off her apron and came behind Lin Lan.

"Aurora, besides Sichuan cuisine, do you also cook other Donghuang cuisine?"

At this time, Lin Lan was almost full.

He is very satisfied with Aurora's cooking skills and the training results of the maid team members whose cooking skills have skyrocketed under the guidance of this "Sichuan girl".

After wiping the oil stains from the corners of his mouth with the tissue handed to him by Neptune, he chatted with Aurora.

"Hmm... I didn't expect the commander to be so greedy. After just finishing the Sichuan food from my hometown, I started thinking about other cuisines, hehehe~"

Hearing his question, Aurora smiled and joked.

"Although I can eat Sichuan food every time, you know that Sichuan food has a spicy taste that not everyone can get used to."

Lin Lan smiled awkwardly and gave his explanation.

As a city with vast territory and rich resources and a long history, Donghuang’s dining style has also divided into many schools during its long history.

In modern Donghuang, these schools have been classified into eight major cuisines.

Not only do different cuisines have different tastes and cooking styles, but there are also many different cooking styles within each cuisine.

This is also what Lin Lan is most proud of as a Donghuang native.

It is no exaggeration to say that in Donghuang, people with a sophisticated appetite can find the most satisfying cuisine.

"Commander, I am best at Sichuan cuisine. Although other cuisines are also involved, they are far inferior to Miss Yixian and others. The overall level is only in the middle and lower reaches of the Donghuang camp."

Aurora took the teapot from Edinburgh next to her, poured a cup of refreshing mint tea for Lin Lan, and said with a smile:

"But even so, if the commander wants to prepare a banquet of Donghuang cuisine at the level of a Manchu and Han banquet, I can still do it."

Lin Lan, who originally picked up the cup and sipped mint tea, heard Aurora's last words and his fingertips trembled inadvertently.

You can cook a Manchu-Han banquet, but your level of cooking skills is still in the middle and lower reaches of the Donghuang camp? !

So how outrageous are Yixian and Ning Hai’s cooking skills!

Combined with the sumptuous Donghuang cuisine on the Spring Festival banquet table yesterday, Lin Lan knew very well that Aurora was definitely capable of cooking a Manchu-Han banquet.

And if Aurora was not humble, he would simply not dare to think about the cooking skills of the girls on the Donghuang ship.

"A luxurious banquet of this level will probably not be held in the near future. I usually just eat home-cooked food."

Lin Lan drank the mint tea in one gulp, and after explaining his standards for three daily meals, he casually asked Aurora about some news about the girls on the Donghuang ship.

Through Aurora's narration, Lin Lan learned that Yixian and the others went to the Natlan Empire to find him, and they set off together with the Northern United Ship girls.

This did not surprise him.

He had known for a long time that the girls from the Donghuang ship had a good relationship with the girls from the Beilian ship.

"Then why were they separated from the Northern United Ship girls after arriving in the Natlan Empire?"

Lin Lan asked a little strangely as he recalled the projection communication meeting he had with the flagships of all the camps in the Iron-Blooded Fortress.

He remembered that Yixian seemed to be busy with other things at that time, so the representative of the Donghuang camp who attended the flagship meeting was Zhenhai.

Chapter 947 Thoughts on dealing with the X invasion crisis

"Of course this is to find you faster."

The person who answered his question was Hood who sat next to him and put down his chopsticks.

The royal battle cruiser girl took the tissue from Aurora and looked at Lin Lan with a smile and continued:

"I previously attended a regular camp meeting for His Majesty.

"At first, the two camps of Donghuang and Beilian did move together and arrived in the northern state of the Natlan Empire.

“But it’s because the climate there is cold, inaccessible, and the local residents are quite xenophobic.

"So in order to find you more efficiently, after Yixian simply collected information about the Natlan Empire, he decided to lead the Donghuang camp along the coastline to Dongzhou to establish a temporary port area."

When Hood said this, he smiled and looked at Aurora behind Lin Lan:

“At first neither I nor the Soviet Union agreed with the idea of ​​Yixian.

"After all, facing a foreign country that is still unfamiliar to us, as well as the sirens who came to this world before us and are hiding in the dark, the risk of separation between camps is too great.

“But Yixian was at the meeting and successfully convinced me and the Soviet Alliance.

"The Natland Empire is a dynamite keg that is ready to ignite. In order to obtain enough resources to find a commander and fight the Sirens, she needs to carry out a back-and-forth response with the Northern Alliance camp to reshape the Natland Empire."

Lin Lan nodded thoughtfully, and he roughly understood Yixian's thoughts.

Since the Natland Empire, unlike Oran and Liaozhou, has a ready-made industrial system for oil extraction and refining, it can be directly used by the ship girls.

In order to successfully find him in the vast territory of the Natland Empire, the Donghuang and Beilian camps must establish an industrial system in the Natland Empire.

And this will inevitably require the help of the Natlan people.

Lin Lan still remembers what the Great Master of Natlan said to him:

"You must seek justice for all the people on Natland who have suffered from the extremes."

He didn't think much about this statement at the time.

But now when he tasted it carefully, he quickly realized a key issue.

If the great national master can tell that the common people of Dawn have suffered from extreme people, then how bad are the living conditions of ordinary people in the Natlan Empire?

Maybe Yixian also discovered this.

Therefore, while looking for him, he planned to work with the Northern Alliance camp in the Natlan Empire to carry out a major change that would shake up the imperial regime.

The girls of the Northern Union Ship built a heavy industrial system from scratch on the northern border of the Natlan Empire to obtain a stable way to exploit oil.

The Donghuang Ship Girls went deep into the Eastern State of the Empire, looking for him while obtaining more internal intelligence of the Natlan Empire and sharing it with the Northern Alliance camp.

"As expected of Yixian..."

Thinking of this, Lin Lan couldn't help but sweat for the royal family of the Natlan Empire.

It's just the torrent of steel from the Northern Alliance, plus the foresight of the Donghuang ship girls...

I'm afraid that if he is found by his shipgirls a year or two later, the Natland Empire will really turn into the Natland Soviet Republic.

"So Commander, now that you have returned to the port area, do you need to use the ultra-long-distance communication facilities in the port area to contact them and give up this plan?"

Before Lin Lan could continue thinking, Hood looked at him and asked seriously.

Lin Lan could understand why Hood raised this question.

The main reason why Yixian and the Soviet Union intend to change Natland is actually to make it easier to find him in Natland.

Now that he is back in the port area, the two camps of Donghuang and Beilian can wait for him to send a fleet from the port area to pick them back.

Not only these two camps, but also the Sardinian Empire and Iris Theocracy camps located in the Teaching State.

With Aolan and Liaozhou steadily providing various resources, it is enough for the port area to operate for a long time.

But Lin Lan sighed worriedly, shook his head and replied:

“If I were to go to Liaozhou, I would definitely do this.

“But this alien world is not as safe as we thought.

"During my coma, Elizabeth should have shared information about X with Nagato, right?"

Hearing what Lin Lan said, Hood seemed to have thought of something, and the expression on his face became extremely serious.

Not only Hood, but also the royal battleship ladies such as Warspite and George all cast their solemn gazes after hearing his words.

They had fought against those extremely twisted X-corroding creatures on Liaozhou Gaotian Island, and of course they also knew why these monsters appeared.

"The Ultraman of the Natlan Empire, or the 'Immortal' as the locals call him, has extraordinary power, and the source of his power has been eroded by X.

“And the culprit who caused the invasion of Liaozhou X was the cultists who came to Liaozhou from the Saint Rosolon Teaching State thousands of years ago.

"If we ignore an X invasion like Liaozhou, it is very likely that it will happen again in the Natlan Empire and the Teaching Nation.

"Once this kind of invasion opens and is not dealt with in time, it will be difficult for us to eliminate it if it spreads and gains a foothold."

Lin Lan said softly.