Azur Lane: I Crossed the Graduation Port Area

Chapter 1221: The Small Profiteer and the "Fish Strong" in the Port Area

"Lie..."

Lin Lan was startled by the sudden cry of a little girl and almost blurted out a phrase "Donghuang quintessence".

At the edge of the pool in front of his feet, a red koi that had separated from the main group of fish was floating on the water, looking up at him.

And the loli crying voice he heard came from the mouth of this koi.

"I, I was born in the Minato Aquarium, Commander, please don't abandon me!
"I will seriously help clean the pool. I'm very capable! Commander... wuwuwu..."

Even though koi are fish that do not have facial expressions, Lin Lan could actually read a strong sense of grievance in the eyes of this little koi that cried like a human.

"As you can see, Commander, it is indeed the koi fry we brought from the aquarium in the port area."

There was a hint of helplessness in Yixian's chuckle, which made Lin Lan finally understand the cause and effect.

"So, you put it directly into the spiritual spring, and it turned into a carp spirit?"

Seeing Yixian, Zhenhai and Haitian all nodded, indicating that the facts were just as he said, Lin Lan was also numb.

Hearing the Koi Spirit still crying softly, he had no choice but to calm it down:

"Okay, okay, stop crying. I didn't say I was really going to let you go."

"Really, really?"

"Really? You were born in Minato. I can't possibly abandon you in a foreign country."

After he said this, the little koi spirit finally stopped crying.

But the low sobs that came out of his mouth from time to time still made Lin Lan feel that the evolutionary worldview he learned on Blue Star was constantly collapsing.

How does a fish make the sound of crying given its physiological structure?

At the same time, he also felt that something was fishy.

"That's not right, Yixian. You put several koi in the spiritual spring. It can't be that this is the only one. The other koi didn't... become spirits?"

Lin Lan always felt that it was a bit weird to say that the koi turned into a monster, so he finally made the best of it and officially changed the wording to "become a spirit."

"To be honest, Commander, that spiritual spring was discovered by us and our companions from the Northern Alliance when we first arrived in the Northern State and were prospecting for oil on the ice field."

After Yixian let go of his hand, he took out a bag of fish feed from the ship's storage space and sprinkled it into the pool.

This little koi, like its other "compatriots", was successfully attracted by the food thrown by Yixian and swam happily to the center of the pond to start fighting for it.

The pitiful sobbing finally stopped completely.

Taking advantage of this time, Yixian continued to explain to him:
“At that time, we had not yet established contact with the Great Wall Guards, and we knew very little about Natlan.

“In the icy plains where the wind was howling, only that spiritual spring was not frozen. It was also surrounded by various spiritual herbs and guarded by many monsters.

“So adhering to the principle of making the best use of everything, we dug out the spiritual spring, found the jade that was constantly gushing out of the spring eye, and brought it back to the Beilian temporary port area.

"Chekalov and his colleagues didn't come up with any results at the time, so the jade was sold to Akashi who visited later... Alas."

Lin Lan originally thought that everything Yixian said was normal.

But when he heard Yixian say the word "Mingshi" and sighed softly.

He immediately realized that something bad had happened.

Before he met him, the green-haired profiteer had always been traveling alone between the temporary ports of various camps. If Yixian hadn't suddenly mentioned it, he would have almost forgotten that Mingshi had been to Natlan.

“Although Mingshi was driven away by the Great Wall Guards as a foreigner, she somehow learned the correct way to use the Spring Jade.

"So soon, a product known as the 'Beauty and Immortality Spring' was bought back from Mingshi by Ding'an at a high price.

“After using it in Ding’an, I found that the spiritual spring sold by Mingshi is no different from ordinary hot springs except that the water temperature is constant.

"After that, Ding'an installed it on the mass-produced destroyer. It so happened that the koi fry brought from the port area were not suitable for the cold climate of Beizhou, and only a few survived.

"So Ding'an followed the principle of making the best use of everything and put the koi carp that the commander saw into the spiritual spring to test whether the constant temperature spiritual spring could breed koi. But he was so busy that he forgot about it."

Even without Yixian's narration, Lin Lan had guessed most of what happened next.

The ship girl of the Donghuang transport ship who was ripped off by Akashi re-cultivated the koi fry in other ponds and completely forgot that there was a koi in the spiritual spring that she had bought at a high price.

Not to mention that most fish can survive for a long time without food, the spiritual spring transformed by Akashi must contain the ultimate power to keep the monsters alive.

It would take at least several months for the Donghuang ship girls to come to Dongzhou from Beizhou, and then build the temporary port area and complete the observation hall.

When Harbin thought of using the spiritual spring to decorate the exhibition hall of the viewing palace, even if this little koi had poor talent and the ultimate power in the spiritual spring was weak, it should have become a spirit.

"Its life is full of ups and downs..."

After listening to Yixian's story, Lin Lan couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the little koi spirits competing for fish feed among other koi.

"So Commander, do you really want to keep it?"

"Well, it was born in our port after all, and it can also be a companion for Bai Qixue, so let's just leave it at that."

He had already mentioned the matter of the little white tiger to Yixian during the day, and Haitian obviously already knew that a new demon companion had arrived, so they both nodded in agreement.

But what Lin Lan didn't say was that there was a Leviathan eating and drinking for free at the home port...

After seeing the little koi spirit eating the fish feed, it began to swim around the golden pool again with the other koi. Lin Lan and the three Donghuang ship girls continued to walk towards the interior of the observation hall.

"Commander, since we are going to keep the Koi Spirit, why don't you give it a name?"

After hearing Haitian’s suggestion, Lin Lan thought about it and realized that it was indeed the case.

So, under the expectant gazes of the three Donghuang shipgirls, the bumpy life of the little koi spirit flashed through his mind, and he said with a smile:

“It is not easy for it to survive in the severe cold of the Northern Province and soak in the spiritual spring for such a long time without food or water.

"Why don't we just call it Fish Strong?"

But as soon as he said this, he realized that something was wrong.

The name he casually came up with seemed a little too down-to-earth, not to mention that this was in front of his "fellow countrymen" and the Donghuang ship girls, whom he knew well.

Sure enough, when they heard him name the little koi spirit Yu Jianqiang, Yixian and Zhenhai couldn't help laughing out loud at the same time.

Zhenhai tried hard to hold back his laughter, holding his shoulders and jokingly said:

"Nice, nice name, you are worthy of being the commander, haha..."

If this is the case with Yixian and Zhenhai, let alone Haitian, a literary girl who is well-versed in poetry and books.

Haitian narrowed his eyes, smiled and looked up at him:
"Commander, you must be joking, right? Please seriously give your new companion a proper name~"

(End of this chapter)