Chapter 521: New Jersey

"Isn't this time a bit too long?" Qin Ge looked at the time on the constructor's screen, somewhat surprised.

Because the longest construction time for shipgirls currently appearing in this world is the Soviet Alliance class, which takes a total of six hours and twenty-three minutes.

But the time displayed ahead obviously exceeds six hours twenty-three minutes, reaching six hours thirty minutes, a time that has never appeared in this world before.

"I'm not sure; I've never seen such a long time either." Bisimai looked at the construction time and said.

"It's actually longer than our Soviet Alliance class's construction time—truly astonishing—but we can be sure it's an extremely powerful battleship girl, after all, besides battleships, no other ship type would take this long." Soviet Alliance Russia smiled.

"Do you think this shipgirl could possibly be a sea legend?" Weineituo looked at the time ticking backward from one minute one second and suddenly had an idea.

"It's possible." Zhang Men nodded, saying, "Even if the Wisdom Cube hasn't been opened, I can feel that inside it contains an extremely powerful soul."

Qin Ge listened to his shipgirls' discussion, then laughed and said, "Regardless of whether she's a sea legend, once we summon her, we'll know everything."

"Hmm."

Thus Qin Ge bent down, picked up a rapid construction tool from under his feet, placed it into the constructor's slot, and then pressed the start button.

The constructor shook for a moment, and with its shaking, the time on the constructor's screen rapidly decreased, almost instantly clearing to zero.

Immediately after, the constructor's shaking gradually stopped, and its hatch slowly opened, a colored function emerging along with smoke.

And that colored light shot up into the sky, the roof of the construction room seemingly unable to block it; even from a distance in the port area, that soaring colored light could be seen.

It was exactly the same as when Emperor Frederick and Xinong appeared before.

For a moment, all the shipgirls in the port area stopped what they were doing, turning their gazes toward the not‑far construction room.

"It's appeared again—when did sea legends become so cheap?" Gan Gu Te said, somewhat surprised.

Mercury Memorial said, "Speaking of which, it hasn't been that long since the last time we summoned a sea legend, has it?"

"Who says it isn't? His fleet already has three sea‑legend shipgirls, and only a few years have passed—what kind of shipgirls will his fleet produce in a few more years? It's astonishing!" Gan Gu Te said.

"His strength is rapidly expanding, and another dominant shipgirl like Emperor Frederick has appeared; fleet reforms based on her ideas have already begun, making it hard to imagine how far Qin Ge's commander fleet will go." Mercury Memorial said, looking at that soaring colored light.

"Do you think they could possibly threaten our Northern Union in the end?" Gan Gu Te asked.

"I don't know; no one dares to make that decision now." Mercury Memorial said, "It seems the Soviet Alliance still underestimated Qin Ge's commander; they thought his fleet would grow to roughly the same strength as other factions."

"By that time he'll already be relatively old, so even if he wanted to, he'd lack the strength to launch another campaign."

"But judging by the current situation, that time may not be far off. Shipgirls keep awakening, powerful shipgirls keep joining his fleet, and his fleet's numbers keep growing; there will surely come a day when he can stand against the Nine Major Factions."

"Yeah, we still underestimated them."

At that moment, a voice appeared beside Gan Gu Te and Mercury Memorial. The two turned their heads and saw it came from the Iron Blood faction's Scharnhorst and the Royal faction's Hao.

"No, I've never underestimated them; from the moment the Monarch appeared, I've never underestimated Qin Ge's commander fleet, but I never expected they'd reach such heights in such a short time." Hao said.

"Third one already!" Not far away, Zala and the Dragon Cavalry also walked over, saying, "Your base's movements have been much bigger lately—do you have any indications?"

Hearing Zala's question, the other factions shook their heads.

"I've already told my sister George V about what's happening here, but her orders to me are to wait and see. As long as it doesn't threaten the existence of Azure Lane, I can let things take their course." Hao said.

"We're the same, but this should be the best approach. Now this formation is such that nobody dares to move rashly; the strength of Qin Ge's commander's fleet has grown to the point that no single faction can handle it. If we nine major factions acted together, it would only produce worse results—so for the sake of the big picture, we can only do this." Mercury Memorial said.

"What will the future be like?" the Dragon Cavalry asked.

"One thing is certain: as long as Qin Ge's commander's policy doesn't change, we will remain in a relatively peaceful state." Hao said.

"Hopefully it'll be like that."

Just as the envoys of the major factions were expressing their views on the future, the smoke inside the construction room gradually dissipated, the soaring colored light faded, and a human figure appeared before everyone.

She had long dark‑purple hair split into two strands on either side of her body, and wore a white‑blue, wide naval‑cape‑style uniform.

What caught the eye was the insignia on her head, like a hairpin, emitting a metallic sheen, just like the antenna Qin Ge had seen on a mech in another world.

Moreover, that decoration bore a line of text: "NewJersey"!

Seeing this, Qin Ge no longer had any doubt about who stood before him—after all, the nameplate had already given her away.

New Jersey, the second ship of the Iowa‑class battleship, known as the Black Dragon battleship. Moreover, when Qin Ge left that world, New Jersey was still quietly moored in the museum of Camden Port Area in New Jersey State, open to visitors who came each day.

And at that moment, the New Jersey before him opened her eyes, looked at Qin Ge, and said, "White Eagle battleship, the strongest bla, New Jersey makes her entrance! Witness my power!"

Seeing the New Jersey suddenly speak those words with such bravado, Qin Ge blinked, and just as he was about to say something, she burst out laughing.

"Just kidding—do you like this feeling, Commander?"

"……"