Chapter 450

"I really didn't expect that the Sirens would, taking advantage of the storm, forcibly drag the commander into the Mirror Sea." Bismarck looked at Qin Ge in front of her, somewhat surprised, and said.

"Although Helena later detected some signals related to the Mirror Space, we still couldn't be sure, after all, the chance of a Mirror Sea appearing in such a sea area is extremely small, but I didn't expect it to actually be true."

Qin Ge smiled and looked at Helena, smiling, said, "I didn't expect Helena to actually be able to detect the Mirror Sea's signal, that's impressive."

"No, it's all thanks to the SG Radar the commander gave me earlier." Helena said with a bashful face.

"But commander, what exactly happened to you in the Mirror Sea? And who is she? Why do I feel she has the same commander's aura as us?" Weineito looked at the Monarch and asked.

Qin Ge smiled and said, "She is the research shipgirl born from the Wisdom Cube I had been holding before, Monarch. She will also be a member of our fleet from now on; this is also an achievement we gained in the Mirror Sea."

"Did the commander gain a bountiful harvest in the Mirror Sea?" Zhenhai smiled and said.

Qin Ge nodded, "In the Mirror Sea, the Sirens set up six stages for us, and each stage's completion grants us some rewards."

"The reward for the first stage was research test data; I used it to fill the missing combat data in the previous research cube, giving birth to the Monarch. The reward for the second stage was a modification blueprint; we used that blueprint to remodel Biaoqiang into a Super Rare Shipgirl."

"Of course, there are still a few modification blueprints left; when the time comes, I will start remodeling according to our fleet's personnel. The reward for the third stage is her."

Qin Ge pointed to the Pangde Mao sitting on his shoulder and said, "Her name is Pangde Mao; she can add some abilities to our fleet's warships."

"How cute!" Several shipgirls exclaimed in admiration, especially Lisailiu; although she had to maintain her dignity, her eyes kept glancing toward Pangde Mao.

Qin Ge laughed and continued, "As for after the fourth stage ended, we obtained the research weapon blueprint, and after the fifth stage ended, we obtained the research shipgirl blueprint."

"These two blueprints can, after analysis and research, create entirely new research equipment and research cubes. The research equipment you can directly use the child research grind convenient, is like the Wisdom Cube before the Monarch, requiring collection of combat data before giving birth to a research shipgirl."

"And after the sixth stage ended, we obtained a research cube of the Decisive Battle Plan; through understanding of the cube, this cube is the Iron Blood's cube."

"Decisive Battle Plan? What's different about it?" Ou Gen Qin Wang asked.

Qin Ge said, "Research shipgirls are divided into two types; one is called the Supreme Plan, which is the Monarch type. They are equivalent to Super Rare Shipgirls, but their own strength is much greater than many Super Rare Shipgirls."

"And the other type is the Decisive Battle Plan, equivalent to Sea Legend Rank Shipgirls; if calculated like the Monarch, the Decisive Battle Plan's shipgirls are also very strong."

"Hehe, it seems the commander's harvest this time is quite abundant. Besides these, what else did the commander gain?" Peter Strasse smiled and asked.

Qin Ge looked at all the shipgirls and said to them, "The fact, or rather the truth of all this. But I currently know very little; many hidden points I don't know, but I can roughly infer."

"What?" Upon hearing this, all shipgirls who had not been to the Mirror Sea became energized.

"That is, the Sirens and shipgirls actually share the same origin; you were all created by a being called the Creator, but I don't know the process."

"The only thing I know is that the Sirens are currently using this world as a huge experimental field, through these mass-produced warships and their advanced humanoid forms, as well as the various major factions engaging in combat, in order to collect combat data."

"And the reason they noticed me is because I am among these lab rats, appearing relatively strange and peculiar, so they came to me." Qin Ge said to everyone.

"This, how is that possible?" Everyone exclaimed in surprise.

Qin Ge looked at the doubtful shipgirls and said to them, "The fact is exactly that, and given the Sirens' strength, they would not stoop to lying. Therefore I can infer that the one behind the Sirens should be what they call the Creator, though it could also be someone else."

"If it is the Creator, he created shipgirls and Sirens, surely hoping they would get along peacefully, not creating opponents by making both sides."

"This information is truly surprising." Tiancheng narrowed her eyes and said.

"Yeah, although there had been speculation about this before, when we could confirm these were facts, it's still hard to accept for a while." Ou Gen Qin Wang said.

Qin Ge looked at the pondering shipgirls and said, "Regarding the information I probed and the gains I obtained when I previously entered the Mirror Sea, that's about all there is, but this also shows our fleet's current strength is too weak."

Although our strength is already very strong for ordinary commanders, it is still too weak for the Sirens and the Nine Major Factions—so weak that we cannot even find the answers to some problems.

So from now on, we must devote all our efforts to developing our fleet's strength, hoping that one day we will be able to know the truth behind these mysteries.

Hmm.

"So then, Commander, should we return to port next, or continue staying on the sea to fight? After our supplies are consumed to a certain extent, we'll go back?" Bisimai asked.

Qin Ge thought for a moment, "Let's go back first. After we arrange these two matters—the Research Weapon Blueprint and the research shipgirl blueprint—we'll then summon a batch of shipgirls."

After all, from the next time I come out, I will be fighting side by side with you, Iron Blood.

"Hehe, that's indeed good news." Ou Gen Qin Wang smiled and said, "But getting back to that, which factions do the research shipgirl blueprints the Commander mentioned earlier belong to?"

Qin Ge replied, "White Eagle, Iron Blood, Sakura Empire, Royal, and Vichy Tribunal all have them. So in order for these research projects to be completed and be able to be summoned early, we will carry out large-scale summoning next."

"It seems the most important thing coming up is the development of our strength; that's fine. After we return and arrange all other matters, we'll set out again." Bisimai said.

"Hmm." Qin Ge nodded, "Then everyone will return to their own command ships, activate the radar, and we'll head back to port."

"Yes, Commander!"