Azur Lane Under the Stars

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Meanwhile, on the other side, Shinano reported news about Ren Shuo. Ren Shuo pondered for a moment and then said, "Let Shimakaze and Vanguard follow along as well. It's better to gather some intelligence as quickly as possible, just to be on the safe side."

"learn."

The aircraft carrier flagship Shinano nodded and turned around to start assigning personnel.

Frederick the Great, as the flagship of the battleship, stood beside Ren Shuo: "Don't worry, we'll be there soon, and there won't be any danger."

"Your Majesty, do you know something?" Ren Shuo suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

Frederick the Great chuckled softly and looked towards the entrance not far away: "Who knows?"

In fact, before setting out, Frederick the Great sought out the Observer and the Dream Weaver for very “friendly” consultations and inquiries.

While the two were moved to tears, they also gradually learned some basic information about that world.

Aside from certain beings, that world is... utterly useless.

No wonder the Sirens said that there was no future in that world.

The commander will be incredibly surprised at that time.

You'll have to comfort yourself then.

Frederick the Great seemed to have thought of something amusing, and a smile couldn't be suppressed from appearing on his lips.

"What are you laughing at? How disgusting..." Hutten showed no respect for Frederick the Great.

"It's nothing, I just thought of something happy."

Frederick the Great was not angry at Hutten's words; he simply shook his head.

"Commander! Well then, we'll be going now!"

Shimakaze waved energetically at Ren Shuo, then deployed his ship equipment and jumped off the ship.

The avant-garde, Egil, Perseus, and Shinano followed closely behind.

"Be careful. Once you get there, meet up with Richelieu first, okay?" Ren Shuo instructed.

"understood!"

The little rabbit waved and took the lead, entering the entrance.

Chapter 567 The Secret of This World

"This is a parallel world. It doesn't feel any different from our world."

The ship girls who came to provide support looked around at their surroundings and curiously observed this world.

"There are still differences, you'll see when the time comes..."

Before they arrived, Yixian and Richelieu did not choose to go directly to the 'az region', but instead looked around several nearby coastal towns.

Like the first town we visited, it was devastated.

Judging from the appearance of just a few towns, this world is no different from the apocalypse.

"Shall we go and take a look at that place you mentioned?"

Shinano approached Richelieu and asked.

Shinano slept for two or three days before the operation and didn't wake up during the operation.

Therefore, she can guarantee that she will have plenty of energy for this mission.

"Yes, I'm very interested in what this so-called unoccupied zone means."

Yi Xian said, "Indeed, if we can find this place, then there might still be survivors, and then we will know what happened in this world."

To be honest, the intelligent Richelieu and Yatsen, combining the information from the newspaper, could easily imagine what had happened, but it was still somewhat unbelievable, or rather, some key evidence needed to be confirmed.

The group's speed was not slow at all. Although there was still some distance between the area and where they were, they soon saw the outline in the distance.

I did encounter quite a few swarms of sirens along the way, which I easily dealt with.

Their strength is similar to that of the mass-produced sirens in their world.

They also encountered some mass-produced humanoid sirens, but they were quickly eliminated.

"This place always feels..."

Shinano frowned, feeling an inexplicable eeriness. Moreover, the dream butterflies she had sent out were also able to collect some of the emotions belonging to this world.

However, the feedback was a series of negative emotions such as despair, anger, fear, and resentment.

Of course, there was also a lot of happiness and joy, but there was also some fear and confusion mixed in.

These emotions also existed in the original world, but overall, a sense of security prevailed.

With the Sirens confined to the open sea and the intelligent Sirens not intervening, humanity's defenses were remarkably solid.

That's why this situation occurs.

But this world...

Shinano became even more curious.

It's practically a paradox.

“We’re almost there… Shimakaze, you and Egil go and take a look.”

Richelieu gave the order.

"no problem."

Shimakaze and Egil temporarily formed a two-person team and sailed off into the distance.

Yixian and the others rested on the spot for a while.

"How is the situation?"

While making the corrections, Yixian made another phone call to the outside world.

Ren Shuo's voice came through the phone.

"Commander, don't worry, there's nothing wrong for now, but there are a few things that need to be confirmed."

Yi Xian said.

"After we sort these things out, we'll contact the commander, and then the commander will rejoin us."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work. Please be careful. As usual, call me every hour to check on the situation," Ren Shuo said.

"Yes, Commander," Yi Xian said, then hung up the phone.

On the other side, Shimakaze and Egil gradually approached the land. Looking at the situation not far away, they were also delighted. Finally, there was a city that had not been destroyed.

"Let's go take a look first."

Egil said to Shimakaze.

"Yes, be careful." Shimakaze agreed, but kept the radar and detection equipment fully operational just in case.

"Something's up..." Shimakaze narrowed his eyes as four small dots appeared on his radar, though he didn't know what they were.

"Southeast direction." Shimakaze on alert.

Egil's steel dragon also exhaled breaths of hot air from its ferocious maw, seemingly entering battle mode.

"That looks like a ship girl..."

Shimakaze spotted a small black dot approaching from a distance and squinted as he spoke.

"Ship girl?" Egil's detection equipment was weaker than Shimakaze's, and the distance was too far, so he could only see small black dots.

“But we can’t let our guard down. We don’t know if they’re friend or foe,” Egil said.

"Well, let's just see how it goes. From what we've observed, their training level isn't very high, probably only in the twenties," Shimakaze said.

"The two of you in front, please state your identities and purpose for being there, and submit to our inspection!"

As they drew closer, the sound rang out.

"What do you mean, are you checking us?" Egil was somewhat annoyed.

Shimakaze tugged at Egil: "Alright, it's better to avoid trouble."

Are all you Ironbloods this reckless? Or is it that since your external brains, Frederick the Great, Peter the Great, and Bismarck, aren't here, all you do is act recklessly?

Seemingly having entered the enemy's firing range, the four ship girls on the other side stopped: "May I ask which region you are from? What brings you here?"

They seem to be very vigilant...

Unlike their world, although they are also somewhat wary, they will only inquire about your intentions after getting close, and will not stop to ask questions as soon as they are within range... Is it because they are afraid of starting a war at the slightest disagreement?

"We are ship girls who were just born at sea... We originally planned to land and rest for a while, and then we ended up here..."

Shimakaze and Egil lied, and to gain their trust, they used Akashi's invention to completely conceal their aura and presence, making them appear as newly born ship girls.

Anyway, we're not really level one anymore. If the other side has any ulterior motives, it just gives them a reason to take action.

The arriving ship girls exchanged glances, and one of them, a pink-haired girl, cautiously approached: "I need to confirm something..."

After confirming through the ship girl's senses that the two people were indeed "newbies," she breathed a sigh of relief and gestured to her companions behind her.

The group then approached.

"What kind of place is this?" Shimakaze asked curiously.

"This place is the 'AZ region,' one of the few remaining unoccupied areas," the ship girl explained.

Once it was confirmed that there was no hostility, things became much easier.

It has to be said that the ship girl-brand lie detector is really useful; it can detect if you lie.

If it weren't for obtaining the equipment from the observer that could temporarily block the ship girl's lie detection in order to gather intelligence, she probably would have been exposed as soon as she claimed to be newly born.

"The unoccupied area?" Shimakaze looked puzzled. "By the way, we have some companions over there. Could we call them over as well?"

"Comrades?" The four ship girls became wary again. "What comrades?"

"They are our companions, all of whom were born on the sea not long ago. Otherwise, how could we have crossed the sea unharmed and come here? It's because we came together as a group."

Egil seemed to speak without reservation and in a very casual manner, clearly a naive newbie.

"I see..." The other person relaxed a little and then said, "Okay."

“Shimakaze, you go,” Egil said.

"Okay, I'll be right there." Shimakaze controlled his speed and slowly drove away.

"Shimakaze?" The detection radar was still on, but that didn't stop the leading ship girl from asking.

"Oh right, oh, I almost forgot to introduce ourselves. I'm Egil from Iron Blood, and that's Shimakaze from Sakura Empire... May I ask who you are?"

“I am Memphis…” the pink-haired ship girl said, “and that’s Repulse, Pennsylvania, and Big Dog.”

"Hello," Egil said with a friendly smile. "By the way, what do you mean by 'unoccupied territory'?"

After a period of contact, the danger posed by them has been temporarily eliminated, and Memphis seems to have become a little more relaxed.

"All of you newly created ship girls will have this problem. Don't worry, once we get to the city, someone will explain it to you," Memphis said.

“Alright.” Egil only suppressed his curiosity for the time being.

Shimakaze and his group arrived quickly.

Memphis's pupils also contracted; it really was... a huge group of people.

Without asking any further questions, his own detection system had already told him that they were all newcomers, so he lowered his guard and led them to the city behind him.

"It seems the technology in this world isn't as advanced as ours in our port. We can't see our true strength." In the Dream Butterfly Channel in Shinano, everyone was expressing their opinions.

"What do you mean? Should we confront them directly now, or continue pretending?" Shinano asked.

"Let's wait and see, make sure everything is clear before we make any plans," Yi Xian said.

Richelieu replied, "I agree. It's such a big city; the commander could easily sneak in."

Upon arriving at the dock, we found that this city was much larger than the cities in our original world, even larger than the Royal Navy's central city. Moreover, it seemed that there were many ship girls and humans dressed as commanders here.

Could this be a place similar to a naval academy?