Azur Lane: The Azure Life of the Tragic Admiral

The carrier-based aircraft returned to her ship suit and disappeared. Then Essex straightened her clothes and asked:

"Commander, why are you here?"

"I saw Independence over there on the beach. She said you came to the harbor alone. Why are you sitting here alone?"

"No, nothing. I just want to stay at the port for a while and practice the control of carrier-based aircraft."

"really?"

Yang Sikang looked into Essex's eyes, but Essex immediately turned his head away and refused to look at him.

"You feel like you can't help?"

Essex blushed a little when Yang Sikang hit the nail on the head, but under his gaze, Essex still said:

"Enterprise Senior is obviously very busy, but as a junior of White Eagle, I can't help. I can only watch Belfast help Enterprise Senior handle affairs, and I always feel a little bit..."

"It's normal to feel a little lost."

Yang Sikang nodded and said with a smile:

"But everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. Belfast can help the company because of previous experience. You have just arrived, there is no need to be so anxious. Besides, I still need your help now, Essex."

Essex's expression suddenly changed, and he said seriously:

"Please arrange the mission, Commander!"

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On the calm sea, the battle not long ago seemed to have never happened.

The sea will not change because of one or two battles, especially since the impact of the Sirens on the ocean itself is actually not that big.

Time can heal all problems, even the fragments of ships that have not yet completely sunk.

Large pieces will be salvaged and will not remain in the sea for any purpose, while small fragments will become part of the seabed reefs, but more often these fragments will disappear on their own.

Several carrier-based aircraft roared past the crests of the waves, leaving several parallel white lines on the calm sea.

One kilometer away, Essex released the carrier-based aircraft for the fourth time and recovered the first batch of carrier-based aircraft that flew out. He said to Yang Sikang beside him:

"Most of the mass-produced Sirens have been taken away or cleared. The remaining parts are some insignificant armor parts. Commander, what do you want these things for?"

"The Siren's armor can withstand your attacks, that's its value."

Yang Sikang smiled. He was now sitting on a motorboat, with Sirius and Essex in their deployed ship gear next to him.

In order to keep it secret, he did not go out of his way to find other people to come out together. Instead, he took Sirius and Essex with him and borrowed a motorboat from the port.

He had the habit of returning to the battlefield after a battle, and almost everyone who knew him knew this.

But this time it was different. In addition to the Sirens themselves, there was also a cargo ship in the sea that he ordered to be sunk.

Normally, the cargo in the cargo ship should be recovered immediately, but because the battle was not over at that time and the Siren fleet was still large, there was no possibility of recovery ships for recovery.

The cleanup mission for this area of ​​sea was declared completed just before afternoon tea began, and there were still about two hours before the recovery ship arrived for his use.

"I'll go down and take a look. You just wait for me on the sea."

Yang Sikang was about to go into the water, but Essex grabbed him, his face full of surprise:

"Wait a minute, Commander. Isn't it too dangerous for you to go down like this? If something dangerous happens down here, we may not be able to rescue you in time!"

"Don't worry, I'm just going to take a look underwater."

Yang Sikang took out a box from the box of the motorboat and opened it to reveal a pair of special eyepieces.

"This will allow me to see clearly what is underwater, and it will also assist my breathing. It will only take a few minutes, and this area has just been cleared by the port fleet, so there's no danger."

Yang Sikang smiled and assured Essex. Essex tried to ask Sirius for help, but how could Yang Sikang not convince Sirius in advance about such a thing?

In desperation, Essex had to agree, but he still took out the safety rope from the motorboat and put it on Yang Sikang.

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PS: My computer was mailed today, and I couldn't turn it on, so I had to reinstall the system. I was struggling until six o'clock to install the system, and my saved manuscripts were gone. I have coded one chapter first, and the next chapter will have to wait a while. I am very sorry, everyone.

Chapter 106 Abnormal Underwater Cargo Ship

For Yang Sikang, diving is no longer a strange thing.

This was something he did all the time, of course, especially after he became commander.

Every time he returned to the battle scene, he would always bring some diving equipment and go into the water himself to take a look.

In the past, we used a full set of proper diving equipment, but later on, it became simpler and simpler.

Until now, the only equipment he had was a special eyepiece and an oxygen supply that could provide a small amount of oxygen.

Normally, the entire device is only enough for one person to stay underwater for a maximum of ten minutes, but he has never had any problems.

This pair of eyepieces was custom-made, and the core was processed by Yang Sikang himself. Simply put, this thing has a very small range of radar effect, and can "see" what is on the seabed to a certain extent.

Wearing this goggles, he jumped directly into the water.

The sea surface is just like what you can see in many videos, the sun forms a spot of light above your head, and the blue sea water seems to be a huge barrel that holds you in. As your body sinks, the sea water blocks most of the sound while also bringing a wonderful echo, which is reassuring.

Yang Sikang was already accustomed to such experiences. After entering the water, he simply checked his physical condition and dived directly underwater.

Objectively speaking, his speed was a bit exaggerated at this time. He was not wearing fins, let alone a good diving suit. Diving too fast could easily cause the body to be unable to bear it, but his current descent speed had exceeded the safety threshold.

However, his body did not seem to be affected at all. In fact, if one looked carefully, from the time he entered the water until now, the so-called oxygen supply device had only produced bubbles once.

Before he became a commander, Yang Sikang had already realized that there was something wrong with his body.

Although there was no scientific basis for this, he conducted an experiment on himself before deciding to become a commander.

4 hours of full body immersion in water and three full days of lying in bed without doing any activity.

Normally, it is absurd for an ordinary person to do this, but it is precisely because of its absurdity that it is worth testing.

At first, he was holding his breath and entering the water normally. Then, when he couldn't hold it anymore, Yang Sikang discovered something strange:

He didn't feel like he was drowning.

To be precise, when he submerged his entire mouth and nose in the water and almost choked on water, he realized that he seemed to be unable to breathe underwater.

But his mind was still clear and his overall condition was excellent. Not only that, he could even clearly feel that he seemed to have a strange... familiar feeling in the water.

But when he raised his head out of the water, those wonderful feelings disappeared instantly.

And not moving at all for three days is also very dangerous for a normal person.

A person can go without food for a week without dying, but without water, he can only last half that long.

Moreover, if you remain motionless for a long time, your body will become very uncomfortable, and even your mental state may become abnormal.

However, he did not change at all except that he became a little weaker.

There was no feeling of dehydration or thirst, the body did not become stiff, there was no feeling of discomfort, and consciousness and thinking were still clear.

When he tried to clear his mind, he found that he could even enter a state similar to dozing.

At that time, he had already decided to become a commander because he was ready, and he also needed to do so to solve Cleveland's problem at the time. More importantly, he began to realize that his arrival in the world of Azur Lane might not be a coincidence.

If there was anything he could do, it would be after becoming a commander.

The cargo ship sunk by Belfast's torpedo lay quietly on the reef, where the maximum depth is great, but the hull was stuck on the side of a reef halfway down the river.

The distance from the sea surface is less than three hundred meters, but this is no longer a depth where you can see things with your naked eyes.

With the help of the imaging effect of the eyepiece, he felt the gap in the side of the hull caused by the torpedo and then dived into it.

But as soon as he came in, he found something wrong.

This freighter is too heavily armored!

There was actually a thick layer of steel plate under the surface hull, and there was also a layer in the middle that seemed to have been filled with some substance.

But from the outside, this is just an ordinary cargo ship, so the overly thick armor results in the interior space of the cabin being very small compared to a normal cargo ship.

The warehouse was densely packed with wires, many pieces of equipment mixed in, and even a number of gadgets with strong energy reactions, which were suspected to be some kind of disposable energy source.

Swimming forward in the direction of the cabin, a metal door blocked Yang Sikang's way. It was impossible to judge the sound by knocking underwater, but the whole door felt extremely smooth, and the surface seemed to have been specially treated.

Moreover, after some exploration, Yang Sikang confirmed that this was an airtight door, and a one-way airtight door that could only be opened from the outside.

Seeing the thick internal armor and the inconsistent airtight door, Yang Sikang suddenly felt that this cargo ship might be really unusual, so he returned to the outside of the gap and chose to enter from the deck.

But what puzzled him was that the entire upper deck and cabin were completely normal, and there was even a storage warehouse for fish in the middle.

It was not unreasonable to bring freshly caught fish from the sea as food, but the upper structure of this thing was too normal. It was so normal that the part I saw from the gap just now seemed strange.

A flash of inspiration came to Yang Sikang's mind, and he quickly returned to the gap created by the torpedo while there was still time.

But before he could check again, he felt the safety rope on his body being pulled.

It was too difficult to transmit information through an elastic safety rope over a distance of several hundred meters, but Yang Sikang had no way to bring the communication tools underwater, so he could only let the force slowly bring him to the surface.

During this time, he did not forget to expel most of the oxygen in the oxygen supply device. When he came out of the water, Essex grabbed him and carried him up carefully without saying a word.

"Commander, are you okay? How do you feel? Are you lacking oxygen?"

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

Yang Sikang showed that he was in good condition, then said with a smile:

"But this trip was not in vain. Sirius, take some of the wreckage that has not sunk yet. Let's prepare to return. We have to go back before the people who come to salvage the ship do."

Yang Sikang looked into the sea, his eyes slightly gloomy:

"That young man might have been taken advantage of."

Chapter 107: Baiting

On the way back, Yang Sikang told Essex about his discovery, and Essex quickly understood what he meant.

The upper part of the cargo ship is quite normal, but the lower part has extremely exaggerated strength and a heavy door that should not appear on a cargo ship.

Moreover, the connecting passage between the upper and lower levels is not easy to find at once, which means that there are more important goods in the lower level than those in the upper level.

The torpedo was indeed very destructive, but the order Belfast received at the time was to sink the cargo ship with a torpedo strike, and there was no need to launch a continuous attack on it.

But a torpedo is enough to penetrate the armor of the cargo ship, but it will not blow a big hole in such thick armor, which means that the most important things inside have been taken away.

Yang Sikang had wanted to go into the big hole again to see if he could find any traces, but was pulled up by Essex.

It would be a waste of time to continue, so Yang Sikang asked Essex to inform Belfast and the company through communication, while he contacted Cleveland himself:

"Cleveland, the cargo ship that the young man from the royal family sank had some unknown items smuggled into the cabin and disappeared. Also, there was a problem with the armor of that ship. I asked Essex to inform Enterprise of the specific situation. I am on my way back."

"Okay, then I'll go stop the salvage team first."

Cleveland immediately understood Yang Sikang's purpose, hung up the phone and started to deal with the problem.

After driving the motorboat back to the port and changing his clothes, Yang Sikang rushed to the office building without stopping.

When he arrived here, he found an unexpected person: the royal son.

At this moment, he no longer had the indignation he had before, but the expression on his face was still not good.

Because they were very familiar with each other, Yang Sikang did not knock when he entered the company's office, so when the young man turned around, their eyes met.

When enemies meet, their eyes are filled with jealousy. When this young man saw Yang Sikang, the guy who broke his finger and almost disfigured him, he couldn't sit still anymore.

He stood up suddenly, pointed at Yang Sikang and was about to question him, but the next second, he fell silent and sat back obediently.

"That's right. Look at your situation clearly. It's better to be honest than anything else."

Yang Sikang swung the pistol in his hand, sneered, put the gun away, and then looked at Qiye:

"That cargo ship has a thick layer of armor beneath its surface armor, and there is a mezzanine in the middle. The thickness of the armor is almost as thick as that of a battleship, and it also uses high-strength airtight doors. I suspect that the ship may have transported something dangerous, and that thing is likely to have been taken away."

"This is impossible!"

The young master jumped up immediately:

"There are only my personal belongings, some ordinary collections and food in there, nothing like what you said!"

"We'll know soon enough whether there is or not."

Yang Sikang spoke slowly, with no intention of paying any attention to this guy, and continued to say to the enterprise:

"I informed Cleveland of the incident and she said she had brought someone over to check it out."