Azur Lane: I Crossed the Graduation Port Area

Chapter 1208: Help from Experimental Technology
Looking at Zhenhai, who was standing by the lake and looking at him lovingly, Lin Lan said with a smile:

"There will be many more days like this in the future. This is not a dream. You have to get used to it."

"Haha~that makes sense."

Zhenhai said softly, and looked towards the white three-story attic connected to the viewing platform on the water.

“This is Yixian’s residence, and it is also where she handles Natlan’s official business on weekdays.

“Using the Natlan formation set up in the temporary port area, everyone usually teleports directly to the courtyard to visit Yixian.”

Hearing Zhenhai mention the formation again, Lin Lan couldn't help but ask his Donghuang ship girl curiously:

"If I remember correctly, the Natlan formation requires a formation eye.

"The core of the formation is made of extremely rare and precious materials. Did you collect the materials used as the core of the formation in the temporary port area after you came to Dongzhou?"

In response to his question, Zhenhai smiled and shook his head.

"Commander, you have been traveling with the Northern Union Team led by Kirov for some time. Haven't you heard what they said about the situation in the Northern Province?"

"Beizhou...ah, I see."

When Zhenhai asked back with a smile, Lin Lan was stunned for a moment, and then showed an expression of sudden enlightenment:
"Did you bring these array eye materials from Beizhou?"

"Hehehe~ Exactly."

Zhenhai confirmed his guess and patiently explained to him:
“The Beizhou Temporary Port was built by us and the Northern Alliance, and because of this, we have accumulated a lot of techniques on the use of formations.

"Most of the materials for the eye of the formation were collected by the Great Wall Guards when they eliminated the evil sects, and some were obtained from the Siren Mirror Stronghold."

Hearing Zhenhai's words, Lin Lan smiled and said:

"It seems that Mercury Memorial Meta has hidden a lot of private goods. She also looted the experimental agency base in Nanzhou.

"Ah, I almost forgot. She also got a set of assembly line medicine refining equipment from the base. I don't know if it can be of any help to you."

As soon as Lin Lan finished speaking, Zhenhai asked him in surprise:
"Commander, are you serious?"

Seeing him looking at him in confusion, Zhenhai added happily:

"Yes... Now that the Siren has been subdued by the Commander, many of the Siren's technologies have also fallen into the Commander's hands.

"The problem that troubled Yixian last night was that Dongzhou's total reserves of elixirs were insufficient."

After Zhenhai's subsequent explanation, Lin Lan roughly understood what happened last night.

It turned out that due to the different climates in the five states of the Natlan Empire, the growth of medicinal materials for refining pills also had very significant differences.

Since Zhongzhou is the location of the imperial city and is rich in spiritual energy, it has the most natural treasures.

The total reserves of elixirs and medicinal materials in the other four states, from most to least, are South State, North State, West State, and East State.

Lin Lan was a little confused at first.

As for Nanzhou, he had been there personally and knew that there were vast swamps and dense forests there, with a humid climate, which was extremely suitable for the growth of medicinal herbs.

But Xizhou is clearly the epitome of desert, and Beizhou has severe cold and snow all year round. Why is it that Dongzhou, with its pleasant climate, has the lowest total reserves of medicinal materials?
After Zhenhai's explanation, Lin Lan quickly understood the reason.

It turned out that the natural treasures used to refine elixirs were not the crops he understood.

The more extreme the climate, the higher the quality of these natural treasures, and the easier it is for them to be produced.

The oasis soil in the Western State desert often contains a large amount of extreme power, and the Northern State grows a large number of medicinal herbs that are not afraid of severe cold.

Only Dongzhou, which has many lakes and rivers, has the lowest total reserves among the five states because it does not have an extreme climate and most of its natural treasures grow at the bottom of the lake and are difficult to be discovered and picked.

"I think the commander must have known that the trade between the extreme monks in this country is not done with money, but with spirit stones."

Zhenhai walked with him to the courtyard gate and sat on the stone table among the bamboo forest outside the courtyard.

"Although the ultimate power contained in the spirit stone can help those who have reached the ultimate limit to practice, when facing realm breakthroughs and other situations, elixirs are also indispensable and important supplies."

Lin Lan nodded in approval while sitting on the stone chair. This was similar to the immortal cultivation novels he had read on Blue Star.

Although elixirs cannot be used as a universal currency like spirit stones, they are a necessity for those who are extreme practitioners on their path to cultivation.

Even if Zhenhai didn't say it, Lin Lan had already guessed the reason why Yixian was worried.

Dongzhou was originally the state with the least elixir production. In addition, the Donghuang ship girls used the Spark Regime to force all major sects to ban the use of Shoushui elixirs.

As a result, the already limited number of elixirs available to the cultivators of the major sects became even less sufficient.

"Leave this to me. The experimental agency has the technology to use the magic cube energy to catalyze the spiritual medicine."

After realizing this, Lin Lan said to Zhenhai with a smile.

"As expected of you, Commander. This really helps us solve a big problem."

After Zhenhai finished speaking, he looked at the sky and stood up:
"We should go wake Yixian up. Haha, I wonder what her expression will be when she sees the commander."

Lin Lan and Zhen Hai walked into the courtyard outside the attic together.

In addition to various exquisite rockeries, bonsai and bamboo forests, the courtyard also has pavilions and stone tables for cooling off.

As expected, there was a Go board and covered chess pieces on the stone table.

"Commander, during this time in the temporary port, we can continue the previous chess teaching, hehe~"

Zhenhai lowered his voice and chuckled softly into his ear.

This also reminded Lin Lan of the scene in the game when he played Go against Zhenhai when he appointed Zhenhai as the secretary ship.

To his shame, he actually doesn't know how to play Go at all.

Just like chess, he only knew the general rules.

Playing against a chess master like Zhenhai who is sure to win the world championship on Blue Star, he is afraid that he will not be able to win a single game.

Not to mention that he was secretly coached by Haitian in the game, but he still suffered a crushing defeat in front of Zhenhai.

"Hehe, it seems the commander has recalled that experience."

Noticing the change in his expression, Zhenhai laughed happily:

"Don't worry, I will tutor you more seriously this time than before, so please don't refuse."

Since Zhenhai said so, Lin Lan naturally would not refuse.

Being able to play against such an eye-catching chess player, winning or losing is not important at all.

While talking, the two of them walked across the courtyard and came to the living room on the first floor of the attic.

"Well, it seems that Yixian hasn't woken up yet."

Seeing that the living room was tidy and as quiet as an empty building except for the occasional calls of water birds outside, Zhenhai whispered to Lin Lan.

"Should we wait for Yixian to get up, or..."

Lin Lan glanced around the wooden-decorated living room and hesitantly asked Zhenhai for his opinion.

Yixian hasn't woken up yet, and he is a little worried that Yixian hasn't rested enough.

And to be honest, ever since Yixian joined his port in the early stages of the game, he has been impressed by the calm, confident and gentle temperament of this Donghuang ship girl.

In addition to the blessing of faction elements, even though Yixian was not very strong before the transformation, she was still one of the ship girls who was set as his secretary ship for the longest time.

Like the Ninghai sisters, Yixian also participated in the war against the Sakura Empire on Blue Star.

Thinking about his upcoming reunion with the perfect flagship of the Donghuang camp, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

(End of this chapter)