Chapter 365

When Qin Ge opened his eyes again, he found himself back inside the command ship, with Xinong in front of him smiling and looking at her, while the blue butterfly on his right hand continued to slowly flap its wings.

He looked around, Guanghui curiously gazing at the blue butterfly on Qin Ge's hand, not far away a malicious person lay asleep on the table, and Opening Pavilion continued to drink black tea; everything seemed just as it had been before he had just closed his eyes.

Qin Ge shook his head violently, then asked Xinong in front of him, "What on earth is going on? Where exactly were we just now? And what's with that Fleet?"

"'Just now?' Guanghui heard Qin Ge's voice, so he shifted his gaze from the few butterflies in his hand to Qin Ge's face, 'Commander? Weren't you just here all along? And Xinong hadn't just shown you her butterfly?'"

Qin Ge expressed astonishment, "What exactly was all that I just saw? Is it an illusion?"

At this moment Xinong smiled and said, "Actually, Commander, everything you just saw was real, and everything Guanghui just saw was also real."

"'Only these two truths lie at the nodes of two timelines; this is fate, unfathomable and illusory.'"

"'Then what about that Fleet?' Qin Ge asked doubtfully."

"'Yes, you didn't guess wrong; that fleet is what we look like in that timeline.' Xinong said to Qin Ge, 'Actually, I let you see these merely to tell you, Commander, that perhaps in the future we will become what you just saw.'"

"Moreover, doesn't Donghuang have a saying? 'When the cart reaches the mountain, there will be a way; when the boat reaches the bridge, it will naturally go straight.' There's no need to worry about problems that cannot be realized now; I believe that my own change may come at some point in the future, it's just a matter of distance."

"Qin Ge finally understood Xinong's meaning up to now, and he couldn't help but nod, 'I understand; during this period I have been needlessly worrying.'"

"'I am able to cross the barriers of time and space to meet you, Commander, in this world. This is already fortunate; any difficulty in the face of this is no longer a difficulty.'"

"'So Commander, just keep a calm mind. Don't worry, don't be anxious, everything will get better.' After Xinong finished speaking, the butterfly on Qin Ge's hand floated over to her hand, then turned into blue light and gradually vanished into the air."

Qin Ge watched this scene, thinking back to what he had seen before in another time limit. He couldn't help but wonder, is this Zhuang Zhou dreaming of a butterfly, or the butterfly dreaming of Zhuang Zhou?

"However, according to Xinong's tone, she seemed quite certain about future fate, and for now that's all we can do."

Just then, Biyu's voice came from Qin Ge's personal communication device.

"'Report, Commander, a medium Siren Fleet has been spotted ahead; please give orders.'"

After hearing that voice, Qin Ge steadied himself, gathered his thoughts, and spoke quickly in a steady tone into the communicator: "Notify the other commanders, prepare to enter battle."

"'Yes!'"

"Since it was a medium Siren Fleet, Qin Ge did not conduct command with full readiness; instead, after notifying the other commanders, he handed over command to Bisimai."

"After a barrage of gunfire, the sea area returned to calm once more, and the participating shipgirls swiftly cleaned up the battlefield, as if this scene had happened many times before."

"Qin Ge asked Triumph, 'Think about the current time, Estimate it will also soon end, right?'"

"Triumph nodded, 'Yes, although the prolonged duration should be about half a month, more than half has already passed, so it should end soon this weekend.'"

"'Really?' Qin Ge smiled faintly, 'Although only about ten days have passed, I always feel these ten days are very long.'"

"'Hehe, Commander Qin Ge has been fighting on the sea all along, so it's natural to feel time dragging. But never let down your guard, because the current Siren Tide is at its most violent in these last few days.' Triumph said."

"'Although this is my first time participating in the Siren Tide battle, I've always heard that the Siren Tide is just the Siren Fleet surging like a tide, wave after wave; could it be that this Siren Tide has only just begun so far?' Qin Ge asked in surprise."

"'Yes, in the last one or two days you'll understand why it's called the Siren Tide.' Triumph said with a solemn expression."

"'The last one or two days? What will happen?' Qin Ge asked."

"'What gives all the factions the most headaches, and is also the greatest power of the Siren Tide.' Triumph said."

"'Really?' Qin Ge's face grew solemn; it seems the battle is far from reaching a stopping point……"

As the sky gradually darkened, Qin Ge and the members of his Grand Fleet also returned to the academy's harbor. Today's mission was already completed, so Qin Ge let his Grand Fleet members rest, while he himself led the shipgirls toward the Reception House.

However, to his surprise, when he reached the door of the Reception House, he discovered a familiar figure.

"'Mingshi? What are you doing here?' Qin Ge looked at the cat-eared shipgirl with emerald-green hair before him and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise."

"'I'm naturally waiting for you, Commander Qin Ge~' Mingshi exclaimed upon seeing Qin Ge, immediately jumping up, walking to his side, and saying to her."

"'Waiting for me? Do you have something?' Qin Ge wondered."

"You should know that Mingshi is notorious as a profiteer among commanders; countless commanders have been swindled of money by him, but fortunately Qin Ge has a capable Belfast under his command."

Since the beginning, after Belfast sanctioned Mingshi, the things usually sold to Qin Ge have basically been at the fairest price, and they also won't sell repainted boxes to Qin Ge again.

Especially after hearing Qin Ge summon Bisimai and Weineituo, and later Xinong, every time Qin Ge goes to Mingshi's grocery store, he receives her enthusiastic welcome.

However, Mingshi has never taken the initiative to contact him; this time she came to Qin Ge on her own, and he doesn't know what it's about.

Hearing Qin Ge's question, Mingshi turned her gaze to Xinong among Qin Ge's shipgirls, "This time I came mainly for Xinong, meow."

"Xinong?" Qin Ge looked at Xinong, saying doubtfully, "Could it be that you've found a way for Xinong to break through?"

When Qin Ge raised this question, Mingshi's ears drooped instantly. Seeing her shake her head, she said, "No, meow, letting shipgirls break through is Buri's ability, meow, and especially Xinong is a Sea Legend Rank shipgirl; for now I have no way, meow."

"Then what is it?" Qin Ge became even more doubtful.

"I want Xinong to accompany me in an experiment, meow; if this experiment succeeds, then Xinong might find a way to break through, meow." Mingshi's eyes became bright and shiny, staring fixedly at Xinong...