Azur Lane: The Azure Life of the Tragic Admiral

"That's what I thought, so I came to discuss the follow-up countermeasures with Mr. Yang. Before I came, I was worried that Mr. Yang might do something rash, but now it seems that I underestimated you."

"You may not be underestimating me, but you really want to test me, right?"

Yang Sikang shook his head and waved his hand impatiently:

"If Miss Zhenhai is not interested in speaking frankly now, then there is no need to continue the conversation."

Yang Sikang was about to send him away. Zhenhai frowned slightly, sighed helplessly, and then said:

"I'm here to talk to you, Mr. Yang. I think there may be some... misunderstandings between us."

"Misunderstandings naturally have their reasons. Miss Zhenhai is willing to come here in person to discuss such a trivial matter. In the final analysis, it is nothing more than the word value."

Yang Sikang fiddled with the interface in front of him and shook his head:

"Miss Zhenhai, do you think I'm the kind of person who can be easily persuaded by you to change my opinion with just a few words? Admittedly, if I were alone, I wouldn't care about misunderstandings. But I'm a commander. I have more than a dozen ship girls under my command, and there will be more in the future."

Yang Sikang turned around and looked over, tilting his head and asking in confusion:

"Miss Zhenhai should have checked it out. Am I still listed in Donghuang?"

Zhenhai was speechless.

Yang Sikang said this very bluntly: I am not from Donghuang.

I trust you, so I give you benefits first, and then you mess things up yourselves. Why should I still trust you?

If you say he is from Donghuang, you can play the emotional card and talk about his thoughts.

But the problem is that although Yang Sikang is from Donghuang, he is not a Donghuang person in this world.

No matter how much he recognizes Donghuang, that is not for the Donghuang of this world. If you, Zhenhai, want to play the emotional card, that won't work. Don't waste your time.

Could Zhenhai not understand what he meant? That was impossible, but it was unrealistic to ask Zhenhai to give up like that.

Some people may think that Zhenhai is the person who manages the entire port area in Donghuang after all. Is it necessary for him to come to Baiying to discuss these things with Yang Sikang?

The answer is: As for.

If Yang Sikang was only good at construction, then no matter how strong he was or how many ship girls he had, it would be impossible for Donghuang to think highly of him in a short period of time, let alone come and talk to him like this.

But what Yang Sikang showed was that in addition to construction, he had a very high level of research in various aspects.

An excellent commander with great potential, he is also a capable scientific researcher who can even promote research on ship equipment on his own. This is where Yang Sikang's real value lies.

And he is suspected to be related to the mysterious ship girl who appeared in the Donghuang training ground before, which pushes his importance to a new level.

This principle is actually easy to understand in simple terms:

A person who has force but no strategy is just a reckless man, and a person who has wisdom but no force can only become a tool.

But having powerful military force as well as wisdom and strategy is a different matter.

There are people who have designs on him, and they have already come forward: the White Eagle Navy.

and then?

The White Eagle's navy, military, WBI, police and other institutions are now in a mess. The war without the smoke of gunpowder has made it a mess.

Many of the people behind the attack have already started to die, and it seems that no one is still alive.

WBI is now unable to take care of itself, and the entire internal situation is in chaos.

The politicians of the White Eagles would like to put an end to this situation, but the problem is that the factional strife among them has been going on for a long time. There are many people in the Free White Eagles who are willing to take advantage of the situation to suppress others. Anyway, it won't cause any big trouble, so those people don't care at all.

But for people at the bottom, this is a very important situation.

And Zhenhai saw even more from it.

There is no doubt that Yang Sikang was the mastermind behind these things, but he himself did not actually do much.

Even though she was far away in Donghuang and could not know some specific details, the fact that Yang Sikang was able to stay out of the matter cleanly was proof itself.

A commander with unprecedented construction capabilities, a visibly increasing number of ship girls under his command and a complete fleet structure, who also has extremely strong scientific research capabilities. The four words "promising future" are completely insufficient to describe such a talent.

Yang Sikang already has such confidence even before he arrives at the Hong Kong area to take up his post. It is a foregone conclusion that he will soar to success after he takes office.

Whether the White Eagle officials can control him by then is still a question. As long as he can withstand the pressure from the Siren, it will be almost impossible for Yang Sikang to be restricted by anyone.

If we don't think about solving the problem now, do we have to wait until he becomes successful?

Zhenhai wanted to talk to Yang Sikang, but this was a helpless move.

The current situation is not good for Donghuang. In addition, the goods carried in the previous battle have basically all been abandoned to reduce unnecessary sacrifices. The plan she originally thought of has no possibility of continuing to be carried out.

It was impossible to ask her to give up, so Zhenhai took the initiative to come to her.

But unexpectedly, Yang Sikang was completely unwilling to give any face and even put on a mask.

The words were very rude, which made Zhenhai feel helpless.

"The previous leak was indeed a mistake on our part. I have nothing to say except to apologize. But I don't think Mr. Yang wants to hear my apology, right?"

"If an apology was useful, Miss Zhenhai, you wouldn't be standing in front of my command room right now."

Yang Sikang shook his head slightly and projected a screen in front of Zhenhai.

"Miss Zhenhai, if you have time to spend with me now, why don't you write this down and try to analyze it? I only have a superficial understanding of these things, and it's too difficult for me to solve the situation by myself."

"Is this... a chess game?"

Zhenhai looked at the contents on the projection in confusion and frowned slightly.

But she soon saw the reason for this thing and was immediately surprised:

"No, this is a route map?! So this is... the place we are in?"

"This sea area should be a mirror-like sea area created by Siren's technology. If we describe it in a way that is easier for Donghuang to understand, it can be understood as a small world."

"The Siren used us as pawns to set up a chess game?"

Zhenhai frowned, his eyes full of solemnity.

It's not scary that the Sirens are powerful, but it's scary that they are powerful and have superb strategies.

"The chess game is just the appearance, but the inner part is the Qimen Dunjia method. Haha, but fortunately, there seems to be a problem with the Siren. Their methods were prepared in a hurry and crudely, which allowed me to seize some opportunities."

At this point, Yang Sikang shook his head:

"But if I want to go further and solve this situation, it is beyond my ability. Miss Zhenhai might as well write this down and go back to talk to Miss Yixian."

Zhenhai looked at Yang Sikang and sighed secretly.

She knew that Yang Sikang didn't want to talk about anything else at all, and this matter at the moment was indeed important.

No matter what, she must distinguish the importance of things.

After recording the contents on the screen, Zhenhai immediately said goodbye and went to discuss with Yixian. After she left, Yang Sikang took off his mask and put it aside, frowning.

"Why is there a strange energy reaction in Zhenhai?"

Chapter 191 Siren's little tricks and Donghuang's strangeness

Not long after Zhenhai left, Cleveland, who was covered in bandages, also came over.

Her condition was not much better than those seriously injured soldiers, and because her ship equipment was severely damaged, she was actually worse than the seriously injured soldiers in the operating room.

But it seems that she is at least able to move freely now, and she seems to be in a good mood, which makes people feel reassured.

"Alas, this is not our great ..."

"Shut up!"

Cleveland glared at him fiercely, and Yang Sikang shrugged and didn't continue.

"How did you find us? I saw on the radar earlier that there was nothing in the area where you appeared."

"The Siren has placed some spires in this sea area. Those spires divide the entire sea area into areas, and we are in those areas after we enter."

Yang Sikang used projection equipment to draw a large circle with small circles inside.

"After we entered, we thought we were sailing in one direction, but in fact we were circling back and forth in these circles. The Sirens controlled the weather in a special way to keep it constant, and the sea seemed to look the same.

In this way, they only need to interfere with a few things to affect the ship girl's sense of direction."

Then, Yang Sikang drew a few dots.

"I discovered some anomalies, so I tried to explore them. After confirming the problem, I managed to rush out of the circle I was in. Then, I brought the others out one by one."

Cleveland's eyes widened, then he scratched his head:

"So I'm the last one?"

"No, your situation seems a little different. I heard that you hadn't encountered the Sirens, and then suddenly you encountered the Donghuang fleet, right?"

"Yes."

Cleveland explained his situation in detail. After listening, Yang Sikang nodded, and then drew a circle on the outermost layer on the projection.

“The Siren played a little trick. Enterprise and I were all in these small areas, so after we escaped from them and saw that the weather and time were normal, we relaxed our vigilance.

But in fact, we just went from the smallest circle to the larger circle. And your situation should be here."

Yang Sikang drew a small circle next to the original big circle and said:

"Although I don't know why, you should have been in a space outside the range we were in at the time, and then the area that restricted you disappeared, so you encountered the Donghuang fleet on the same level as you."

To put the situation in perspective:

Yang Sikang and others were separated and scattered in the smallest sea areas. After breaking out of them, they thought they were out of trouble, but in fact they were in a pocket in the second layer.

And Cleveland was also on the second level, but in another little pocket, just herself.

The Donghuang Fleet is the Siren's main target of attack, and they are on the third floor.

For some unknown reason, Cleveland suddenly broke away from his own small sea area and happened to encounter the Donghuang fleet.

As for Yang Sikang, after escaping from the predicament, he broke into other small sea areas. After rescuing the people, he made some attempts before he speculated that he and others might be trapped in a larger pocket.

It was precisely because of this that he arrived the latest and almost missed the trip.

The Siren's tricks are not very complicated, and they are simple once you figure them out.

To put it bluntly, it is nothing more than repeating the division tactics several times, creating a multi-layered pocket like a multi-layered dream, with the intention of trapping them.

However, Yang Sikang and others successfully broke through and prevented the testers from achieving their goals.

"Please describe in detail what happened after the tester showed up. Try not to miss any details."

Cleveland sat nearby and described in detail what he and others had encountered.

For each paragraph, Yang Sikang would ask about some of the circumstances in detail, and although Cleveland did not know everything, he knew most of it.

After finishing speaking, Yang Sikang frowned and did not speak for a long time.

After a long while, he shook his head helplessly:

"The test subject's attitude was not much different from what I had guessed. She was eager to take action and showed very little reluctance, which proved that she was somewhat anxious.

But she didn't do anything unusual, and she didn't even chase after him immediately after being repelled, which seemed like she was doing it with ease."

Yang Sikang originally speculated that the Siren had encountered an unexpected situation, so they had to make the current arrangements, and were eager to quickly resolve the problem and achieve their original purpose.

However, the testers' subsequent handling clearly proved that they were not in a hurry, and it seemed that everything was still in their plan.

But if they were really so adept at it, how could this sea area be so crude and simple?

This matter seemed a little strange, but Yang Sikang had no idea whether there was any inside story.

"If I can't figure it out, I'll just have to put it aside for now. Cleveland, how's the damage to your ship?"

"The ship's equipment is a bit bad, but fortunately, with the disposable weapons you gave me before, it can barely hold on."

"As long as it's useful, it's good. Since your ship equipment has been damaged, try not to participate in the next battle."

"Okay, I'll stay with you then."

Yang Sikang nodded. Under the current circumstances, his command ship should be the most reliable one.

At least it's much better than those mass-produced ones.

"The tester's combat effectiveness seems to be very strong, and it will be very troublesome for us to deal with it. I asked Donghuang to try to find a way to break the situation. I hope they can get some good news."

"Have you handed it over to Donghuang? Speaking of which, the ship girls of the Donghuang fleet are indeed very unusual."

When Cleveland mentioned this, Yang Sikang immediately became interested.