Azur Lane: I Crossed the Graduation Port Area

Chapter 1298 Death Does Not Belong to Them

As the Mind Cube was recovered by Mercury Memorial, Lin Lan and the four girls gathered all the fallen Great Wall Guards in the outpost together for incineration.

He handed Wang Chengang's diary to Miss D and asked the arbitrator to keep a record of the name on it.

In response, Miss D once again told him that this was one of Antix's responsibilities.

The white magic cube flame was released by Miss Death, enveloping the bodies of the victims who were piled up in the pits blasted by naval guns outside the outpost.

White snowflakes began to fall from the sky at the right time, as if these resting heroic souls were silently thanking them.

Lin Lan watched the flames of the Rubik's Cube go out. After burying the cemetery, he used the earth element to create a huge monument and personally engraved the names of the fallen Natlan people on the back one by one.

On the front, Harbin used the ship-mounted Thousand Machine Umbrella to carve the following words:

"For the future of Natlan and the people of the world, the heroes who died in the war will be immortalized."

After doing all this, Lang Yuexi went to the surrounding snow forest and picked some ice-blue flowers that looked very similar to blue star chrysanthemums, and placed them in front of the monument.

These ice crystal flowers, which represent nobility, tenacity and sorrow in Natlan culture, are Langyuexi's sincere tribute to his compatriots.

Whether thousands of years ago or now, these Natlan warriors stationed on the border have never bowed to any enemy.

“I didn’t expect that on the first day after returning to Beizhou, I would witness the death of my compatriots.

"Such a weak evil demon is so terrifying. How many more lives of Natlan compatriots will be taken by the evil demon that once corrupted the way of heaven..."

Hearing Lang Yuexi's soft sigh, Lin Lan shook his head and said in a deep voice:

“In a person’s life, there are two deaths.

“One is the end of life, and the other is being forgotten.

"We will remember their sacrifices and we will carry on their ideals.

“Don’t forget them, and don’t grieve too much.

"Because death will never belong to the great sacrifices that fell on the road to fighting for this ideal."

His words rekindled the light in the negative Mercury Jinyi's eyes, and also made Lang Yuexi look shocked as if she had met him for the first time.

"I am...learning from your teachings."

After a long time, Lang Yuexi came back to his senses from the shock and nodded in response to him.

Things at the outpost were dealt with and it was already past ten in the morning.

The snowfall, which had stopped, began to grow heavier, and the cold wind began to howl again.

Lin Lan withdrew his gaze from the monument and turned to look at the quiet outpost.

"Mercury Memorial, this outpost...what are you going to do with it?"

He asked Mercury Memorial softly.

All the crop samples in the building have been sorted by Mercury Memorial and Harbin and stored in the ship's storage space.

Thanks to the sacrifice of 325 Great Wall Guards who protected the crops with their lives, the crop samples remained almost intact.

But those damaged cultivation field operating tables will definitely not be able to be rebuilt in a short period of time.

“Once we return to the temporary port area, they will relocate the garrison troops here.

"The Northern State Academy of Agricultural Sciences has other breeding fields inside the Great Wall, and they will send the samples there when the time comes."

The brown-black-haired girl in white took a deep breath and said to him seriously:
"But until Chkalov and Nakhimov develop a defense device against Category V threat pollution sources, we will never let any comrades die like this again."

Lin Lan was very satisfied with the arrangement of Mercury Memorial, and he also said seriously: "Miss D and I will also come to help. This technology must be developed in the shortest time and put into use in Beizhou.

"The compensation for these victims should also be distributed to their families as soon as possible."

After discussing these matters with Mercury Memorial, they left the outpost.

While waiting for Anshan and the others to arrive on the flying spiritual device, Lin Lan looked towards the direction of the Great Wall, seeming to be thinking about something.

Everything in this outpost strengthened his determination to completely eliminate the Category V threat.

But after feeling sad for the victims, he felt something was wrong.

According to Tashkent, not all outposts outside the Great Wall are as large as Outpost No. 08.

In other words, this outpost can definitely be regarded as the outpost that the Northern Alliance Fleet Girls and the Northern State Provisional Soviet Committee pay the most attention to.

Even if the outpost is blocked by special means by a Category V threat, the Great Wall Guards inside cannot ask for help or leave.

But could it be that no one in Guan Nei noticed from the beginning to the end that this important outpost with the Mind Cube and the cultivation field had lost contact?

"Mercury Memorial."

"What's the matter, comrade commander?"

Thinking of this, Lin Lan turned around and looked at the girl from the Northern Alliance standing in the snow with her long hair flying, and asked:
"Do you require regular contact between the outposts you have built outside the Great Wall?"

"Well……"

When asked this, Mercury Kinnari put his index finger to his lips, looking as if he was thinking seriously.

Lin Lan turned her gaze to Miss D again:

"Ms. D, can you deduce how much time has passed since they were invaded by the pollution source until we arrived here based on the degree of erosion and decay of the bodies of the Great Wall Guards?"

Compared to Shuixing Jinian's thoughts, Miss D answered without hesitation:

"318 hour."

"impossible!"

When hearing that Miss D gave nearly two weeks, Shui Xing Ji Nian showed an expression of disbelief on his face and said in a lost voice:
“The Spark Outposts will have regular contact with each other at least once a week!
"After such a long period of loss of contact... Kronstadt will definitely send a Northern State sect's Ultimate Master or the demon tribe to investigate!"

Miss D was startled by Shui Xing Ji Nian's sudden words and pouted and said:

“Are you doubting the authenticity of the arbitration body’s professional equipment?
"318 hours and 34 minutes. They lasted 76 hours after being corroded. I can even calculate it accurately to the second!"

Lin Lan also recognized Miss D's words at this time. He took out the cotton coat that was put into the Xumi Ring and stained with the stench and rotten body fluids, and said to Shui Xing Ji Nian with his eyes wide open:

“It may not be possible to see the body frozen in the ice and snow outside, but the degree of decay of Wang Chengang’s body in the underground equipment room of the outpost cannot be faked.

"This outpost has indeed been out of contact for at least ten days."

Seeing the panic on Shuixing Jinyi's face, Lin Lan also felt a little uneasy.

He knew very well who the ship girl was who was in charge of the entire Beizhou intelligence network.

The first ship of the Pr.69 Kronstadt-class large cruiser, Kronstadt.

How could this legendary supercruiser girl of the Northern Alliance, who was a little careless and casual in life but absolutely reliable in her work, have no reaction at all to the loss of contact with such an important outpost?

He even had no doubt that Kronstadt would be able to deduce from various clues that this place was invaded by Sirens or a Category V threat, and personally lead the Northern Alliance ship girls to investigate.

But through their search inside the outpost just now, they found that there had never been any reinforcements from the beginning to the end.

Could it be that something unexpected happened inside the Great Wall?
(End of this chapter)