Azur Lane: I Crossed the Graduation Port Area

Chapter 1168 From now on, there will be no more king in Nanzhou

Before leaving, Ding'an restocked the ammunition and supplies in the underground secret warehouse that he and Fushun had explored yesterday.

"Huh, I wonder if there will be other meta companions coming here later."

After the three of them left the courtyard, Ding'an said to Lin Lan with a somewhat regretful tone:
"It would be better if the bad omen came later. Since the Siren has cooperated with us, shouldn't all the other meta companions be able to come back?"

Hearing the complaints from the transport ship girl, Lin Lan said with a smile:

"That's not true. If the bad omen hadn't come, who knows how long the Sirens would have had to fight us."

But speaking of this, he also asked Ding'an and Huajia curiously:
"Have you found any traces of the Observer in Dongzhou? Or is there a Siren base in Dongzhou?"

Hua Jia showed an expression of serious thinking on his face, and soon, the light aviation girl seemed to remember something and smiled at him and said:

"We haven't found any Siren strongholds or observers, but there are several mirrored seas in Dongzhou that the Natlan people call the 'Xianke Secret Realm'."

Ding'an also added to his answer:
“The commander should know that Dongzhou is mostly composed of large lakes, which are connected by dense tributaries of the Duanzhou River and rivers in the Qingshan Mountains.

"Because of this, the Siren Fleet is elusive in Dongzhou, and the location of the Siren base has always been a mystery."

After hearing the responses from the two Donghuang girls, Lin Lan suddenly slapped his head and smiled awkwardly:

"I clearly have the coordinates of the Siren base provided by the explorer in my mobile terminal. Look at my memory."

That's right.

Although it is true that the Donghuang ship girls have not found Antiks's base in Dongzhou so far.

But the explorer had already synchronized the coordinates of all the Antiks strongholds in Natlan to him.

"After we set off, I'll have the explorer mark the coordinates of the base on the Dongzhou map."

Lin Lan chatted with the two Donghuang girls and soon arrived at the bridgehead of the cross-river bridge protected by coastal artillery and fortifications along the river bank.

During this period, they also met many Dongzhou extreme fighters who were responsible for guarding this place.

What bothered Lin Lan was that no matter what their cultivation level was, these Dongzhou extreme masters would half-kneel and salute him with great respect when they saw him.

But Lin Lan thought that these Dongzhou extreme masters might be so serious only because they saw Hua Jia and Ding An, so he didn't take it too seriously.

In this way, they soon arrived at the cross-river bridge that Miss D mentioned.

However, when he passed the towering coastal defense artillery and saw the bridge across the river, he took a breath.

On this wide flat ground at the bridgehead, there were so many Natlan people from Nanzhou standing there that their end was invisible.

This scale must be at least tens of thousands.

But even among the crowd of Natlan people, no one spoke, which was very uncoordinated. They just stared at him with reluctant eyes.

Many children seemed unable to control themselves and sobbed softly.

In the center of these Natlan people, Lin Lan saw Kirov and Harbin standing on the deck of a dark red flying spiritual vessel with the flag of the Donghuang camp flying, smiling and waving at him.

No one spoke, and all the Natlan people made way for him and the two Donghuang girls to reach the flying spirit weapon as if they had rehearsed it.

It was not until then that Lin Lan saw monks wearing the attire of Qingxiao Pavilion, Wandu Sect and Ronghuo Sect standing on both sides of the crowd.

Chu Miaoyin, Jiang Xingyu, Qu Liuxia, his sister Luo Wengang, and many other cultivators and mortals who had crossed the Southern Province with him, looked at him reluctantly with red eyes.

After the initial daze, Lin Lan finally understood that this was the people of Natlan South Province bidding farewell to him.

Just now, those Dongzhou monks were not half-kneeling to Ding'an and Huajia, but kneeling to him who was protecting the fire of Nanzhou!
Even the little sword spirit quietly appeared from behind Lin Lan, looking at these Natlan people and Lin Lan's back with complicated eyes.

"Let's go. Don't keep Harbin and the others waiting for too long."

Lin Lan knew that all good things must come to an end.

He spoke softly to Hua Jia and Ding An, then took the lead and walked slowly along the passage that the people of Nanzhou had made way for him, towards the flying spiritual weapon waiting for him to depart.

"Elder Chu, oh no, I should call you Sect Leader Chu now. Don't worry, Qingxiao Pavilion will definitely have a place among the major sects in Nanzhou in the future."

“Elder Qu, you too, your disciples from the Ten Thousand Poison Sect have saved many injured people along the way. Nanzhou will never forget the contributions that the poison cultivators have made to the people in the future.”

"Old village chief, why are you still crying at your age?"

"Sister Luo... Hey, why are you people from the Molten Fire Sect crying? You are about to receive a big order for the reconstruction of Nanzhou, you should be happy."

……

Passing by acquaintances, Lin Lan joked with them as if chatting with them. But Lin Lan finally sighed.

He felt that every time he said these words, the other party seemed to be more sad and reluctant.

Finally, he brought the two girls to the entrance of the flying spiritual weapon.

Except Harbin, Kirov and the good man Richard who had been waiting for him.

The sword fairy Ji Hengyi, dressed in a green shirt and standing with a sword on his back, and the obese King of Nanzhou Bu Tianhe, who was dressed in simple clothes, were also waiting for him at the end of the road.

"Oh...looking at your momentum, have you made a breakthrough?"

Lin Lan noticed that Ji Hengyi was faintly emitting an ultimate sword aura that surpassed the Nascent Soul stage, and smiled without surprise.

"Thanks to your guidance, I was able to overcome my inner demons and comprehend the great Dao."

Ji Hengyi looked at him and replied respectfully:
"Natlan once committed a crime against the Orlan people. I swear by my heart of Taoism that I will spare no effort to pay for the crime in the remaining life span."

"Then it won't be long before you get your chance, Oran... there really are people waiting for this day."

Lin Lan nodded to Ji Heng with satisfaction.

Once the sea routes between Oran and Natlan are restored, he will arrange for Ji Hengyi to meet with Jian Qianou to clear up the misunderstanding.

It is time to expose the culprit of this century-long war and hatred between the two countries caused by X.

But after Ji Hengyi bowed and made way for him, Bu Tianhe took the initiative to walk up to him.

Under Lin Lan's puzzled gaze, the King of Nanzhou seemed to have made some important decision. He took out a jade seal emitting a golden luster from the Sumeru Ring, knelt on both knees, and handed it to him.

At the same time, all the people in Nanzhou followed Bu Tianhe's lead and knelt down on the ground in front of him.

Even Ji Hengyi and all the Nascent Soul masters in Nanzhou are no exception.

"Commander, this is the seal of the king of a state!"

Hua Jia's surprised voice reached his ears, explaining to him what this golden instrument handed to him by Bu Tianhe with both hands represented.

"Because of my incompetence, the people of Nanzhou have suffered. I am no longer worthy of being the king of Nanzhou.

"So I beg you to accept the state king's seal."

"I beg you to accept the seal of the king!"

As Bu Tianhe spoke guiltily, tears rolled down his fat cheeks and dripped onto the ground.

All the people from Nanzhou around shouted this sentence in unison.

The sound that soars into the sky is like thunder, containing the expectations, reluctance and nostalgia of countless people.

Looking at the Zhou Wang Seal handed to him, Lin Lan felt unexpectedly calm.

Under the gazes of countless Nanzhou people, he stretched out his hand and took the state king's seal that exuded a golden luster.

And in the next second...

"Snapped!"

Accompanied by a crisp sound of something breaking.

Under the incredulous gazes of everyone including Bu Tianhe and Ji Hengyi, he smashed the seal of the state, which represented the highest status in the state, to the ground, breaking it into several pieces.

It was like smashing some rotten and heavy shackles.

"Everyone stand up!"

Under the gazes of countless dull eyes, Lin Lan turned around, glanced at all the kneeling Natlan Nanzhou people, and shouted loudly:
"From now on, you don't have to kneel down to anyone!

"From today on, the Nanzhou Palace will be reorganized into the Spark Provisional Government! All current Nanzhou officials will be supervised by mortals and limiters, and new officials must be re-elected by the people!

"There is no more king of the state. The future of Nanzhou, no, Natlan, belongs to all Natlan people who unite and create a future together!"

When Lin Lan's voice fell, all the Donghuang and Beilian ship girls showed bright smiles on their faces, which were not surprising.

This is exactly what the commander they want to be with for the rest of their lives would do.

(End of this chapter)