jdhmnovel Chapter 256 Joint Mission: Echoing Arpeggio of Blue Steel
Chapter 256 Joint Mission: Echoing Arpeggio of Blue Steel
Chapter 256, Joint Mission: Echoing Arpeggio of Blue Steel
After the idol FES ended and the celebration party was held, Xue returned home with Rina as usual.
After taking a shower, I was planning to go to sleep, but the system's task panel suddenly popped up without warning, presenting a task that was different from the previous ones.
"Joint mission?"
Looking at the bright words on the panel, Xue was very confused. This was the first time she had seen this type of task.
When she opened the detailed introduction column of the mission, Xue's expression immediately became a little strange. Her teammates in this joint mission were actually Xiao Mo and Selina.
As for the world where the mission is located, it is a world called "Arpeggio of Blue Steel".
If I remember correctly, the background of that world doesn't seem very friendly. Humanity was blocked on the continent by a mysterious super weapon fleet called the "Mist Fleet" and completely lost control of the sea.
"Really... Besides the construct, is she going to guest-star as a ship girl again?"
Looking at the cubic energy body emitting faint blue light that appeared in her hand after accepting the task, Xue didn't know how to express her feeling of wanting to complain.
System, what are you trying to do by giving me the Mind Cube of Azur Lane?!
"never mind…"
Xue opened a small group of three people as she spoke. Sure enough, Xiao Mo, Selina and the others also received tasks issued by their respective systems.
"What do you mean, we're leaving now?"
Xue didn't need to explain much, the two of them immediately replied.
"Right now."
"Finish work early and leave early"
The next second, in three different places, ripples appeared on the figures of Xue, Xiao Mo and Selina at the same time, and then returned to normal.
But at this moment, their real bodies have already gone to the world where the mission is located, and only their emergency clones are left.
……
As the dimensional rift door opened, Xue and the other two walked out, but now they looked a little different.
Surrounding him were various miniature devices like artillery emplacements and aircraft carrier decks, which looked quite cool.
"interesting……"
Feeling the warning-like reaction from the gods, or rather the world consciousness, of the world of "Arpeggio of Blue Steel" in her mind, Xue couldn't help but smile inexplicably.
Since the first life and the birth of the multiverse, this is the first world consciousness that dares to warn itself so directly.
Xue secretly released her own power, pointing directly at the will of the world in another dimension.
Feeling the power and aura that was several times stronger than its own, the world consciousness admitted that it had been scared.
Originally, he thought that the people who came were just a group of stronger time-traveling illegal immigrants, but it turned out that there was also a cosmic-level existence on the opposite side, and it was the kind of cosmic-level existence that could pin him down on the planet and beat him.
"Um... Your Excellency is so magnanimous... I was wrong."
Seeing that the world consciousness began to apologize to her (admit defeat), Xue didn't say anything.
"Remember to look carefully before warning next time"
"Also, I wouldn't want to suppress my own power in this world and accidentally wipe out this planet, which is one of the core of the universe."
Hearing this, the world consciousness couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. That's great, this world and itself can be saved.
"But...Kirsaji..."
Feeling the name emerging from the mind cube in her body, Xue felt a little emotional.
I became the sixth phase of the scientific research colorful flight battle that I almost completed in Azur Lane in my previous life. It can only be said that it was quite a coincidence.
"By the way, Xiao Mo, Nana, what about you? Which ship did you bring in?"
Compared to herself, Xue was more curious about the identities of the other two ship girls at this time.
"In my case... it's an Iron Blood aircraft carrier named August von Parseval."
"As for me, it's a Royal Navy battleship named Howe."
Miss Witch and Little Cookie, I can only say, I'm fine.
"I see…"
As soon as Xue finished speaking, a large number of warships appeared in Xue's perception. Xue expanded her vision and scanned and found that in addition to several normal human warships, there was also a light cruiser and a submarine, a total of two not-so-normal warships.
The surfaces of these two warships were flashing with strange patterns, and the energy reactions they released were also very strange. I guess they were the warships of the so-called "Mist Fleet".
"Xiaoxue, that battleship over there is..."
Xiao Mo and Selina also discovered the warship in the distance a little later, and habitually asked about Xue, who they thought was a know-it-all.
"They should be what this world calls the 'Fog Fleet,' but that submarine is probably a friendly force."
Xue's judgment was not without basis, because at this moment the submarine launched an attack on the light cruiser.
"Let's go. Let's materialize the ship and give the local forces of this world a little surprise."
In an instant, three steel behemoths emitting a terrifying aura descended from the void onto the sea.
"Chirsagi, main gun target locked, Fire!"
The dark blue-gold imaginary particles containing the energy of the Mind Cube instantly accumulated at the muzzle of the Snow Ship's main gun. The continuous spiral bombardment cut through the sea surface and hit the target on the radar almost in the blink of an eye.
In an instant, the hull of the light cruiser belonging to the "Mist Fleet" was torn apart by the sudden imaginary torrent and sank to the bottom of the sea.
"What?!" Looking at the disappeared enemy, the members of the human ship suddenly widened their eyes.
Because the incident happened suddenly, many people didn't even realize what had happened.
"Huh, that feels good."
Looking at her masterpiece in the distance, Xue had a comfortable expression on her face.
Indeed, the romance of cannons is an eternal truth of mankind.
"I see."
On the side, Xiao Mo expressed his strong agreement, saying that this simple and rough strong visual impact would indeed make people feel refreshed.
"So, what's next?"
Selina didn't seem to be too upset about Xue's act of sinking the enemy with one shot just now.
"Of course, we need to inform them of the existence of a third party force—our Apocalypse Fleet."
As she spoke, Xue's eyes flashed as a large amount of data streams forcibly invaded the systems of the distant human fleet ships and the "Mist" submarine.
Seeing the girl with long white hair and pink-purple eyes who suddenly appeared after the screen went black temporarily, the humans on the fleet's battleships were somewhat panicked.
"The communication system has been hacked!"
"It cannot be recovered. The other party used completely unknown technology."
"Damn it, who the hell are you?!"
Facing the other party's questioning, Xue smiled and waved her hands, her pupils full of indifference.
"Don't be impatient, please allow me to introduce myself first. I am the flagship of the Apocalypse Fleet. You can call me Qi'ershazhi."
"Apocalypse Fleet? A new fleet under the Mist Fleet..."
In the cognition of humans in this world, ships with mental models are generally part of the "Mist Fleet" and are enemies of humanity... except for the submarine named I-401 that betrayed the "Mist Fleet".
Xue naturally understood this and continued.
"Don't get me wrong, we are not on the same side as the Mist Fleet. I was the one who sank the Sea Mist light cruiser just now."
"..."
Hearing this, the crew of the human warship was stunned. Did the other party just help them out? Could the other party be a friendly force?
"I'm sorry, it's not what you think."
Xue's next words denied their thoughts.
"It's true that we are not your enemies, but at the same time, we are not your friends either. We just attacked you because we disliked the people from Haiwu."
"Neutral?"
"That's fine with me. Since you already know of our existence, let's leave it that way for now."
After saying that, Xue unilaterally disconnected the communication with the human fleet and completely switched to the communication channel of I-401.
"Hello, nice to meet you, crew members of I-401. I don't think I need to introduce myself again."
As Xue spoke, she turned her attention to a young black-haired man and the white-haired girl beside him.
Although I had never watched this anime or its original manga in my previous life, I still knew the protagonist.
A group portrait of Chihaya, captain of I-401, and Iona, I-401's mental model.
"Indeed, it is not necessary, Lord Kilsaji."
Chihaya Gunzo frowned and looked at the snow on the screen with a serious expression.
Obviously, he would not simply choose to believe Xue just because of her unilateral statement, even though the Sea Fog Battleship was dealt with by the other party to help Yi-401.
"Didn't I tell you that we are different from the Mist Fleet and are not your enemies?"
Xue deliberately put on a helpless look and looked at the members of I-401.
"But Lord Kilshaji, you just said that we are not enemies, but we are not friends either."
"I did say that just now, but you're wrong about one thing. We may not be friends with those guys, but we are friends with you, with all the members of I-401."
After these words were spoken, the crew of I-401 became completely confused. Aren’t we on good terms?
"Mr. Kilshaji, what do you mean?"
Chihaya Gunzo, the captain, was also confused. He didn't remember that he and Iona had such a friend.
"Of course it's literal, believe it or not."
"Hmm? Looks like it's almost time, so let's end our conversation here for today."
A mysterious smile appeared on Xue's lips, and the words that came out of her mouth were somewhat chilling.
"I think we'll meet again soon, Chihaya Gunzo, Iona, and the rest of the crew of I-401."
The image on the screen disappeared, and the Chihaya group fell into a deep silence. They had clearly not told the other party their own and Iona's names the entire time, so how did they know...
……
In the deep sea, where the light cruiser "Mist" sank, tiny halos of light flickered like fireflies in the darkness.
In this place of absolute silence, the barely audible voice of a young girl could be heard quietly.
"Onee-sama..."
After a brief murmur, the deep seabed returned to silence, with no other sound.