Chapter 397: Unexpected Discovery

In the depths of the ocean, a Siren outpost.

The observation room door was opened from outside, and a tester's figure appeared at the doorway.

She glanced at the observer still seated in the observation room, eyes fixed on the big screen, his face expressionless, and walked straight in.

"How is it?" the observer asked, though her gaze remained on the screen.

"The assigned task for this Siren Tide round has been completed, and all factions have successfully defended." said the tester.

"Heh, this year's Siren Tide only saw a change in strength for the Donghuang faction; aside from Donghuang, all other factions remain the same as before—if they couldn't hold, that would show they have a problem." the observer said with a smile, her tone full of teasing.

"However, during this Siren Tide, we discovered something interesting." the tester said to the observer.

"What?" the observer asked.

"The Xinong we previously discovered in the Sakura Empire now appears in the waters of Shenhua City under Donghuang, and we also found the Bisimai and Weineituo in that sea area." said the tester.

The observer narrowed her eyes, "I know this situation, and I've been monitoring these shipgirls' movements lately. I've also discovered they aren't shipgirls of this world, but were summoned by a commander."

You know what this world's preset program is, so under normal circumstances those people wouldn't appear, but now they have, indicating a change in this world's trajectory.

And the point causing this change in the world's trajectory must lie on the human known as Qin Ge.

"Then is he a singularity?" the tester asked.

The observer gave a knowing smile, waved her hand, and an image appeared on the screen showing a deserted island with no one on it at the moment.

But in the blink of an eye, a rift opened, and a man in a white naval uniform fell out of it onto the sand.

"This is data I accidentally discovered while inspecting unmanned vessels," the observer said with a smile.

"This rift doesn't seem to be a passage between worlds; rather, it looks like a one-way channel connecting not our experimental world but a brand‑new world," the tester said, her eyes narrowing as she spoke to the observer.

"Exactly, an unknown world, a world without a Wisdom Cube and without threats," the observer said.

"But if a person from such a world should have no affinity for the Wisdom Cube, why is he now able to summon shipgirls that could never appear in this world?" the tester asked.

"I don't know, because our data terminals have no record of anything like that," the observer said. "But one thing is certain: he seems to have been deliberately sent to this world, at the moment that research facility appeared on the Arctic ice plain."

"That matter is also very strange; facilities like that normally appear only in the Main World, yet in our Numbered World they should be impossible, and yet it just popped into existence."

"Moreover, inside there was even a Cube from a Project Ship. When I had the Cleansers lead the Siren Fleet to pursue it, why did you stop them?" the tester said, looking at the observer.

"Everything that seems unreasonable has its rational side; don't forget this world is now one of our experimental sites. Why do you think that research facility appeared on the Arctic ice plain?" the observer said with a smile. "Since we can treat these shipgirls and humans as experimental subjects, some people can treat us as test subjects."

The tester narrowed her eyes, "So all of this is related to that human?"

"If it's not a coincidence, then it's certain," the observer said with a smile. "But since they used such deliberate means to let us clearly understand this matter, they obviously don't care what we do."

"Moreover, don't you find this interesting? We've been searching for these variables in our experiments all along, and now someone has actually delivered a variable straight into our hands—if we don't make use of it, how can we live up to being called an 'experimental agency'?"

"What do you mean?" the tester exclaimed in surprise.

"Let him develop, let him become strong enough in this world to wipe us out!" the observer said with a smile.

"I think I understand," the tester nodded.

"So from now on I need you to extract some resources and send them to him unnoticed, to speed up his growth without making him suspicious."

"I actually want to see what the ulterior motive behind that person is," the observer said with a smile.

"Hmm, I'll go prepare the data then. Aside from this man, are the other factions still operating as usual, following our plans?" the tester asked.

"Of course."

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Qin Ge was unaware that his appearance had already been grasped by the Sirens, and even the fact that he came from Earth had been discovered by them.

He is still carrying out his mission, but before performing it he also took Xinong to Mingshi's shop for a data check.

Just as Mingshi had said before, there is indeed no effect on Xinong; one only needs to let Xinong stand on that machine and start a full-body scan, and that's it.

After scanning Mingshi, they obtained some data as hoped, but just as she was happy, Qin Ge stated the price Mingshi ought to have paid.

The 50% discount indeed pained Mingshi, but compared to the data she now held in her hands, it didn't seem like much of a loss.

Thus Qin Ge took the opportunity to equip all his shipgirls with powerful ship gear, and also bought plenty of training materials, enhancement tools, etc., nearly clearing out Mingshi's little shop.

This made Mingshi, who had thought the loss wasn't too great, feel her heart bleed as she watched Qin Ge lead a few shipgirls away, then saw the empty shelves, leaving her wanting to cry but unable to.

However, Qin Ge didn't care about that; since he could fleece Mingshi for wool, he did so with gusto, using nearly half of his stored supplies this time to buy that ship gear and paraphernalia.

With the support of this new ship gear and paraphernalia, Qin Ge's subsequent missions went much more smoothly.

Time flew by, and the Siren Tide commendation ceremony also began; Qin Ge naturally did not miss this occasion.

As the tactical commander of this engagement, Qin Ge brought about a complete transformation. By literally reshaping the defense into a mobile battle, he turned the Shenhua City waters into a miracle of zero casualties.

Therefore, for these achievements, the Donghuang General Headquarters awarded him the rank of lieutenant colonel, and the Star Sea Grand Fleet to which Qin Ge belongs was officially upgraded to a third‑level grand fleet.