Azur Lane: I Crossed the Graduation Port Area

Chapter 1347: Reunion in Kronstadt
Lin Lan breathed a sigh of relief after picking up the two Northern Alliance destroyers, one in each hand.

He should have guessed it earlier. They were just evil cultivators and corrupted monsters. How could they withstand the repeated bombardment of missiles and air strikes?

"Comrade Commander, hehe~"

Hongliang, who had short blue hair and a little raccoon wearing a cotton hat on his head, looked at him intently and laughed happily.

Compared to the lively Hong Liang, Lei Ming, a little girl with short brown hair, wearing a white winter coat with cute sleeves and a white beret on her head, looked at him blankly with tears in the corners of her eyes.

Lin Lan rubbed the cheeks of the two little cuties lovingly, then looked at Kronstadt, who walked in front of him with an uncontrollable excited smile on his face.

This arrogant, dashing-looking, silver-haired, black-stockinged super cruiser sister is the highest intelligence officer of the entire Northern Alliance and also his legendary ship girl at sea.

"Comrade Commander, there was a small incident just now. I am sorry that I was unable to greet you and other comrades on time."

Kronstadt said to him in a somewhat apologetic tone, and he of course replied with a smile:

"I'm glad you're all okay. The polar conditions are complex and changeable. There's nothing wrong with your decision."

Despite his comfort, Kronstadt still smiled and shook his head:
"I should have anticipated this emergency."

While talking with Kronstadt, Lin Lan also heard a noisy sound coming from outside the flying spiritual weapon.

Apparently, with the return of Kronstadt, Hongliang and Leiming, the Suzaku clan has also arrived at the Polar Stronghold.

"Time is running out, Kronstadt. Let's talk as we walk. I'm sure you have a lot of questions for me."

"Yes, me too. I just gathered some key information from the Suzaku Clan and I want to share it with the commander and everyone else."

When it comes to business, Kronstadt's efficient and indirect temperament becomes more apparent.

Lin Lan held Hong Liang and Lei Ming, and returned to the open space in the polar base while introducing his new companions and his experiences during this period to the three Northern Alliance ship girls.

Since the Suzaku clan did not carry the Zhenzhou Life Stele, the number of troops they were besieged and hunted down by evil cultivators was not as large as that of the Xuanwu and Qilin clans, and there were no particularly serious victims.

The little sword spirit offered to help him purify these Vermillion Bird monsters. Lin Lan did not stop him, but asked Lang Yuexi and Soviet Rossiya to accompany him.

Nowadays, every minute and every second is precious.

He asked the explorer to call the four guide girls, Miss D, Volga who provided air support, and the good man Richard and others to hold an emergency meeting.

But when he saw the good man Richard coming towards him, Kronstadt was still stunned.

In fact, this super cruiser who had faced the erosion of the source of bad omen had already learned from the communication two days ago that the good man Richard had escaped the influence of the bad omen.

Fortunately, seeing the good guy Richard was in a normal state with blue eyes, he took the initiative to apologize to her. Kronstadt was still very generous and shook hands with the aircraft carrier girl from the original world.

The powerful air support just now has made Kronstadt let down its guard against the good man Richard.

"No fight, no acquaintance. But I've wanted to say this for a long time. Miss Richard is indeed cuter in this normal state."

Facing the joke made by Kronstadt, who had seen his metamorphosis before, the good Richard smiled shyly.

Seeing that all the ship girls and Miss D had gathered in front of the floating battleship, Lin Lan also explained the next battle plan in detail.

But after hearing this battle plan from him, Kronstadt hesitated for a moment and said with some concern:
“Comrade Commander, when the Suzaku Clan fled here, they brought with them some of the detection equipment we installed outside the Demon King’s inheritance site, which is currently disconnected.

"According to the records in the instrument hardware, the erosion energy index in the direction of the Demon King's inheritance site is seriously exceeding the standard. We must be prepared for a tough battle."

Hearing this, Lin Lan nodded seriously.

Kronstadt is indeed worthy of being the strongest intelligence agent of the Northern Union, and this information is extremely crucial to them.

First of all, the seal of the God-killing Curse must have loosened, but it has not yet reached the point of complete collapse.

Otherwise, all the demons and Natlan people would have been converted.

Therefore, he reasonably deduced that the source of the erosion energy data collected by the Northern Alliance's detection equipment was most likely the leakage of the corrupt power of this Demon King inheritance ceremony.

At the same time, Miss D said that this could explain why the three pollution sources in the Northern State would be attracted to the Demon King's inheritance site.

According to Antiks's extensive observations, Category V threat pollution sources will naturally fight and devour each other.

In addition to all energy sources including the Rubik's Cube energy, "kindred spirits" weaker than themselves are also their food.

The situation described by this Miss Death was also recognized by Princeton Meta and Mercury Memorial Meta. However, Mercury Memorial Meta rolled his eyes and said to Lin Lan, who had realized something and looked thoughtful, with a sly smile:

"Hey, don't you think this is like stinging enforcement?
"Use a small portion of your own corroded power to lure other 'kinds', and then use the hands of 'kinds' who are unaware of the truth to break the seal. After coming out, you can use them as a tonic to strengthen yourself.

"Could it be that this Category V threat pollution source has been sealed away for thousands of years by the will of this world and has cultivated into a spirit~"

Although Mercury Memorial Meta said this inference in a joking tone, the Donghuang and Beilian ship girls around Lin Lan couldn't help but frowned.

"No, it can't be that weird, right?"

Fushun seemed to be frightened by a ghost story told by his elders. He shrank his neck and muttered to himself.

Lin Lan also looked towards the direction of the Demon King's inheritance site with a gloomy expression.

He had also thought of the possibilities mentioned in the Mercury Memorial Meta.

And there is a high probability that this is indeed the case.

He was well aware that Category V threat sources might mostly rely on instinct in the initial stages.

But once it absorbs enough energy, it will gain unimaginable strategies in a very short period of time and become extremely difficult to deal with.

The most typical representative is the source of the evil omen that destroyed the original world.

If it weren't for the good man Richard's ego consciousness that caused the source of evil to invade this alien world before it could gain a foothold and went straight to his home port alone, he really wouldn't have been able to rescue the poor aircraft carrier girl so easily.

But even so, the source of the bad omen has not been completely eliminated, and there is still another host, Helophon.

"Fishing... Humph, isn't he really afraid of catching a shark?"

Miss D scoffed at the hypothesis proposed by Mercury Memorial Meta and said with disdain:

"With the current combined strength of my fleet, even if His combat power matches that of the Source of Bad Omens, He will not be our opponent.

“The only thing we need to pay attention to is whether or not his purification will cause a chain reaction in the NL region.

"So assistant, instead of guessing here, it is better to go to the field to collect enough intelligence before making the next plan."

Ms. D, the arbitration authority, made these remarks and awakened Lin Lan.

Instead of thinking about the other party's intentions, it is more important for them to take action first.

"Miss D is right... Sensitive, has the situation of the prototype Bai Yang-01 launch silo been confirmed?"

Lin Lan took a deep breath, looked at Lingmin and asked.

"I have confirmed it! Everything is normal in the launch silo. As long as we input the coordinates remotely, we can launch at any time!"

The little mechanic with blond twintails smiled at him and made an "OK" gesture.

At this time, Soviet Rossiya also returned with Lang Yuexi and the little sword spirit. After the little sword spirit nodded to him, it chose to return directly to the core of the weapon.

"Now that everyone is here, let's go."

Lin Lan looked around at the girls accompanying him, and finally set his sights on the tall, white-haired Lady Antiks, the Breaker.

"The subsequent actions and arrangements of the demon tribe in the polar stronghold will be handed over to you, the Breaker, to coordinate and command. You can freely deploy them at any time according to changes in supplies and battle conditions."

As a game-changer in artificial intelligence, it not only has battleship-level firepower, but can also access polar stronghold systems, control automated defense systems, and communicate with them remotely.

And with the Breaker in charge of the rear, dispatching and protecting these monsters, as well as dealing with the wounded from the White Tiger and Azure Dragon clans who were sent later, he could feel more at ease.

"Got it, Commander. Everyone, be careful."

The Breaker nodded in agreement to his arrangement without any hesitation.

However, the worry revealed on his cold face made him and the ship girls realize more clearly that the mind activated by the Breaker was becoming more and more mature.

Lin Lan took a deep breath, waved goodbye to the Breakers who were left behind to control the two mass-produced units, and then took the girls onto the floating battleship docked in the port.

Under the watchful eyes of the demons and barbarians in the stronghold, the huge floating fleet gradually accelerated and headed at full speed towards the depths of the ice field.

(End of this chapter)