Chapter 498

The heavy rain continued for several days, and finally on the fourth day of Qin Ge's arrival in Minghai City, the heavy rain stopped.

Although the sky was still foggy, at least it wasn't raining.

Thus Qin Ge took a few shipgirls and left the Maritime Affairs Bureau, heading toward the direction where the Jiu Li Grand Fleet was stationed.

Minghai City had a total of six grand fleets stationed, and these six grand fleets were not located together, since each grand fleet was responsible for patrolling a different area.

And the Jiu Li Grand Fleet was located at the edge of the sea area previously overseen by the You Lan Grand Fleet.

"Is this the place?" Zala said, looking at the gate ahead. "Although it feels much smaller than the base on Sun Moon Island, the decoration is somewhat luxurious."

Qin Ge nodded in deep agreement, "Perhaps this is the difference between inland and frontier defenses? After all, materials here are relatively easy to transport."

Whereas Sun Moon Island is not as developed as inland areas, and transporting materials there is relatively difficult, so it appears somewhat crude, but living there is essentially the same, with no real difference.

Since we had already greeted Chu Jiu beforehand, as soon as we reached the gate we saw a woman in a commander's uniform standing there, accompanied by a shipgirl; her pink hair made her identity very obvious.

The lead ship of the Lexington-class aircraft carrier, the Lexington.

When Qin Ge and the others saw Chu Jiu, Chu Jiu also saw him, quickly waved, and hurried over.

"Hello, Instructor Qin Ge!" Chu Jiu said, smiling and extending her hand toward Qin Ge.

"Hello, Commander Chu Jiu." Qin Ge smiled, shook Chu Jiu's hand briefly, then let go.

"Just call me Chu Jiu; I wouldn't dare presume to call myself commander in front of Instructor Qin Ge." Chu Jiu said, smiling, then glanced at the Lexington beside her and said, "This is my secretary ship, the Lexington."

Qin Ge nodded at the Lexington, then turned to Chu Jiu and introduced, "These are all my shipgirls: this is the Royal's He Min, this one is the Sakura Empire's Xinong, this is the Iris's Saint Zhende, this is the Sardinian Empire's Zala, this is the Iron Blood's Prince Heinrich, and this is the White Eagle's Washington."

"Well, I didn't expect Instructor Qin Ge to also be a big seal!" Chu Jiu said, speechless.

Qin Ge gave an embarrassed laugh, "Um, I really didn't mean to show you off; you've been to the Commander Academy, so you should know about me, my luck is pretty good, so..."

"I know, the one called the living Euro Emperor, who summons using yang lifespan!" Chu Jiu said.

"Cough, why don't I know these nicknames?" Qin Ge said, speechless.

"Hehe, Instructor Qin Ge is always sortieing, or else writing books and teaching; who has time to pay attention to these?" Chu Jiu laughed.

"Why do I feel that my movements are completely transparent to you all?" Qin Ge rolled her eyes.

"That's a basic ability of being a fan." Chu Jiu smiled. "Anyway, we've been chatting; let's go inside together—I've already had Xu Xin waiting in the meeting room."

"Okay."

Along the way, Chu Jiu said, "Instructor Qin Ge's fleet is currently stationed on Sun Moon Island, right? What's the environment like there? I've only heard it's relatively dangerous, but I don't know the specifics."

"I am stationed on the eastern side of Sun Moon Island, facing the Pacific direction, so the surrounding sea area there is basically a Level 3 sea zone, and not far to the east is a Level 4 sea zone."

"However, it's also relatively close to the front line; I plan to go check out the Level 5 sea zone sometime." Qin Ge smiled.

"Ah, I really admire such a grand fleet; our grand fleet is generally weaker, only able to operate at most in Level 3 sea zones." Chu Jiu said enviously.

"Hehe, actually the members of my grand fleet are also operating in Level 3 sea zones, with only a few elites now in Level 4 sea zone. Moreover, you here are mainly tasked with defending Minghai City's safety, unlike us, who just need to destroy as many Siren fleets as possible." Qin Ge smiled.

"Hearing Instructor Qin Ge say that also puts my mind at ease." Chu Jiu smiled.

"By the way, how have things been for Xu Xin these past few years?" Qin Ge asked.

"He's doing pretty well; he's now a backbone of our Jiu Li Grand Fleet, and many newcomers to the grand fleet are trained by him." Chu Jiu said.

"Hehe, that's still quite good." Qin Ge said.

I've always had a question, Instructor Qin Ge and Xu Xin—what exactly is their relationship? I don't see him ever mention it. Chu Jiu asked.

Qin Ge smiled, "He is my benefactor; if it weren't for him, I'd probably be dead by now."

"Ah! Is there really such a thing?" Chu Jiu exclaimed, and immediately a curious light flashed in her eyes, "What exactly happened? Can you tell me?"

Qin Ge smiled, "Just wait until I see him later, then you'll know."

"That's right." Chu Jiu nodded, glanced at the gradually approaching office area, "We're almost there, it's on the first floor."

Hmm.

At this moment, Xu Xin was sitting in the meeting room muttering to his shipgirl Tang Si, "Tang Si, why did the Commander summon me here for no reason?"

"Maybe that woman wants to confess to you?" Tang Si said.

Xu Xin quickly waved his hands, "I'm saying, at least say something plausible—how could such an outstanding woman like the Commander take a liking to me? And have you seen the Commander marry any woman outside of shipgirls?"

"Maybe the Commander is thinking of the first one?" Tang Si said boredly.

"No, I still want to go back and eat the snacks A Ruo Tuo Sha made for me." Xu Xin hurriedly said, then looked at Tang Si, "You're just upset that I took your torpedo and gave it to Gu Feng, aren't you? I told you, once the next mission is done I'll have enough supplies to buy you a golden torpedo!"

"You promise?" Tang Si glanced at Xu Xin and said.

"Definitely." Xu Xin patted his chest, then held up four fingers, "I swear."

Hehe.

Just then, a knocking sound rang out; Xu Xin immediately sat up straight, and saw the door open as a familiar woman walked in.

Xu Xin immediately stood up, "Commander, what exactly is the matter? Why did you summon me here?"

Chu Jiu nodded, "Today someone from your past has come to see you."

"An old acquaintance?" Xu Xin startled, "Could it be a former classmate from the Commander Academy?"

Chu Jiu looked at Xu Xin's expression and smiled, then said to the outside, "Please come in."

In that moment, Xu Xin and Tang Si's gazes all turned to the doorway, where a young man in a Commander's uniform walked in.

Just as Xu Xin looked puzzled, Tang Si suddenly said, "It's you!"

"Long time no see, Tang Si." Qin Ge said with a smile, after which he took off his military cap, looked toward Xu Xin, "You too, long time no see."

"Ah, it's you!"

Obviously Xu Xin also recognized Qin Ge……