Chapter 289: Siren Technology

"What is this? Space fold jump?" Qin Ge looked at the scene before him, greatly shocked.

Those Sirens mass-produced warships seemed to come from another dimension, slowly passing through the purplish-red vortex, then falling onto the sea surface and beginning to float.

Meanwhile, the Sakura Empire shipgirls did not panic; instead they chose to face the situation very calmly and quickly clear it. This series of actions made Qin Ge very doubtful—could it be that this technology had appeared not just once?

He found it hard to imagine, and also felt he could not understand this world anymore.

At first, when he came to this world, seeing the Sirens mass-produced warships made him think this world's technology level was very high.

But as he lived deeper into life, he discovered that humanity's technology level in this world was not high; the cutting-edge technology from his own world did not exist here at all, yet on another front, the technology in this world was strangely high.

That is, the analysis and manufacture of ship equipment modules—hard to imagine how the technology here does it—can shrink such a huge carrier aircraft down to a carrier aircraft core only the size of a palm.

And when he became a commander, seeing the various shipgirls and their abilities, Qin Ge believed he had come to a world where technology and magic coexisted.

Although these shipgirls possess the histories and memories of those warships from his world's Second World War, essentially they are still different from the existence of warships in his world.

At the very least, naval warfare in this world appears very magical.

However, the naval combat experience and tactics he learned in his own world are still useful here and very valuable, because the shipgirls' great strength leads many people to neglect tactical drills and understanding.

Therefore, after Qin Ge arrived here, he received such good treatment and was given the preliminary conditions to expand his fleet.

But only after truly understanding high-level Sirens did he realize what kind of monster he and the shipgirls had to face.

Laser weapons, floating cannons—these were theoretical weapons in his world, but have been realized in this world, and judging from the overall battlefield situation, their power is extremely strong.

Moreover, after using ship equipment aberration construction, the weapon's outward appearance looks very small, yet it solves the problems of energy supply and sustained cooling.

Although Qin Ge did not study weapon design or physics, he understands that the Sirens' displayed military power is extremely strong, exceeding his own standards of warfare comprehension.

However, when space fold technology appeared, Qin Ge only then felt the pressure of technology. Space technology is something humanity has only fantasized about; true breakthrough is still only theoretical, not yet put into practice.

But at this moment he saw groups of Sirens mass-produced warships emerging from the purplish-red vortex, a feeling no less than watching some sci-fi movie.

He can now be absolutely certain that the Sirens have the ability to completely annihilate all shipgirls. Since they possess space fold technology, next time they could deploy not these mass-produced warships but bombs—large-yield bombs!

Then not only shipgirls, but even humans far inland on the continent would suffer such a tremendous threat.

Yet Qin Ge, watching the battling figures before him, asked, "Why don't they do that?"

A detached voice made Tiancheng and Xinong beside him turn to look at Qin Ge. Tiancheng glanced at Xinong, then immediately said to Qin Ge, "My lord, just now you said what, why not do that?"

Qin Ge was startled by Tiancheng's words, looking at Tiancheng and Xinong's doubtful eyes, he said, "I was just thinking about something else."

"Oh, could you tell us two about it? The current situation is rather stalemated; surely there cannot be any new progress in the short term." Tiancheng looked at the screen and smiled at Qin Ge.

"Well, this is just some speculation." Qin Ge said to them, "Look, did that Siren just use laser-type weapons? Moreover, floating cannons and such equipment are merely theoretical experiments in our world, still far from actual service."

Moreover, those purplish-red vortices that appeared in the air just now, from which those Sirens mass-produced warships emerged—if you think about it, turning those Sirens mass-produced warships into large-yield bombs?

So after witnessing this battle, I increasingly feel that the Sirens are secretly plotting something, and their goal is absolutely not to annihilate shipgirls and humans, because if they wanted to wipe out shipgirls and humans, they could do it in an instant.

Even though most humans are now inland, do you think the Sirens possessing this space-folding technology would worry about the distance from inland to the ocean?

Watching the battling crowd, Tiancheng nodded, his eyes becoming calm and deep: "My lord's observation is exceedingly meticulous; even such a minute direction can be detected, and one can draw a guess very close to reality. Tiancheng feels honored to be able to serve at my lord's side."

Cough… Actually, the high-ranking officials of several factions also know this, so in the inland, they and the Sirens are actually in a trade relationship."

Upon hearing Tiancheng's words, Qin Ge suddenly realized, "Are all nine major factions like that?"

"Not necessarily; at least, as far as I know, Iron Blood, Northern Union, and Sakura Empire all have dealings with the Sirens." Tiancheng said, narrowing his eyes.

Qin Ge thought of the ship equipment of Iron Blood and Northern Union, as well as the words of Sakura Empire's Akagi and Kaga, and involuntarily nodded slightly.

"Actually, I feel my lord's earlier speculation was correct." Tiancheng looked at the screen and said, "Perhaps this world is originally an experimental field, or can be said to be a breeding ground."

Taking the Sirens as enemies, letting us constantly fight, constantly resist, constantly strengthen ourselves. Only after an extraordinary person appears can we then step beyond this world's bounds and achieve the purpose desired by the one behind the scenes."

"Yes." Qin Ge nodded, "Just as I said before, look at the appearance of the Sirens' high-ranking humanoids, then look at the shipgirls fighting them—do you not find them so similar?"

"If, if the Sirens truly share the same origin as the shipgirls, does that not mean we and the Sirens have a common trial? But what is that trial?"

"What kind of enemy could give such high-tech Sirens a headache, or rather force them, in this lowly world, to select as an opponent the strongest shipgirls?"

"Unclear; these probably need to wait until this world produces an extraordinary existence, after which everything can gradually be sorted out." Tiancheng smiled, "However, my lord need not consider so much now, for our strength has not yet reached that level; the current priority is simply to accumulate strength."

Qin Ge looked at the heated battle on the screen and involuntarily nodded…