Chapter 544: Determining the Position

"Blue Gill?" Qin Ge wondered, "Wasn't she supposed to go inspect the Siren outpost with U81?"

Hai Lun Na explained, "According to Lan shan yu, those submarines weren't operating together; instead, they were each conducting a fan-shaped search in different directions."

"That's how Lan shan yu could meet us, and later she helped us find Washington and the others, allowing us to regroup and return to the command post."

Qin Ge nodded, "Hehe, it looks like those little guys have made a great contribution this time."

"Yes, if it weren't for her, we probably wouldn't see the commander again." Hai Lun Na said, somewhat frightened.

"Now that you're back, Hai Lun Na, go rest at the goddess of the hearth for a while, then rest; you don't need to join the upcoming battle." Qin Ge said to Hai Lun Na.

"Commander, I don't have much to do; I just look a bit disheveled right now, but I can still join the upcoming battle with everyone." Hai Lun Na shook her head.

"On the battlefield, the commander's order is supreme; you can't refuse it because of personal emotions. Haven't you forgotten that, Hai Lun Na?" Qin Ge said with a smile.

"Um... yes." Hai Lun Na finally agreed, but then, as if remembering something, she said to Qin Ge, "Commander, on our way back we received a submarine signal from U96; she said she had found the location of the Siren high-ranking humanoid, and the thick fog in this sea area was also caused by her."

Qin Ge's eyes lit up, "Really? Can you confirm the location?"

"Certainly!" At that moment, a figure appeared behind Hai Lun Na—it was Enterprise, who had gone out to patrol earlier.

Qin Ge nodded at Enterprise, "How is it?"

"Just now, Lan shan yu and the big bluefin tuna have already reported the signal's location to me; all we need is for the submarines to lead the way, and we'll be able to smoothly reach the position U96 mentioned." Enterprise said.

"That couldn't be better." Zhenhai smiled, "But what about the other submarines? They should have received U96's signal as well, right?"

Enterprise nodded, "Exactly, U96's signal was sent to all submarines, so they must have received it and are now heading toward the command post's location."

Qin Ge nodded, "In that case, should we wait for them to approach before setting out, or depart now?"

"Actually, the commander doesn't need to worry about this, because when they left they established a signal base point at our command post; even if the command post moves, they can still detect the signal base point in the deep sea and adjust their position to follow." Enterprise explained.

"Then that's perfect." Qin Ge nodded, then turned to Saint Louis beside him, "Saint Louis, first take Hai Lun Na to the goddess of the hearth to treat her wounds as soon as possible."

"Yes, commander." Saint Louis said.

"As for Enterprise, go tell everyone to prepare defenses; we will advance toward the location of the Siren high-ranking humanoid." Qin Ge said.

"Yes, commander!" Enterprise nodded and said.

After assigning duties, the fleet began to move. This time the vanguard ships were all composed of fully trained shipgirls; it was clearly a strategy revised by Enterprise and others based on information brought back by the submarines, Hai Lun Na, and Washington.

Because there will be many battles in this sea area shrouded in mist, placing the destroyers at the front as before would be irresponsible.

Therefore, high-level heavy and light cruisers are the first choice; furthermore, assigning destroyers to conduct sonar detection of Siren submarines among them ensures the vanguard fleet can respond to any situation.

However, the Qin Ge Fleet is simply too large, with over a hundred shipgirls deployed in this sea area in formation; the momentum is tremendous.

Such maneuvers cannot avoid detection, and the Siren fleets ahead cannot avoid being detected by the Sirens either.

Consequently, swarms of Siren warships surged forward; almost constantly along the advance route, battles were occurring.

The intense explosion sounds and shockwaves even dispersed the mist along the advance route.

This left Qin Ge, watching from the command ship, greatly astonished; such a dense Siren fleet—he couldn't say he had never seen the like, because during the Siren Tide earlier it was similar, but here it's just a sea area, not the original Siren Tide.

Moreover, one can imagine that Hai Lun Na and the others have been facing such high-frequency combat, which explains why they, already fully trained, have become like that.

After thinking it all through, Qin Ge couldn't help but sigh softly, then continued looking ahead.

Among the shipgirls advancing ahead, one stood out particularly: the White Eagle battleship Xin ze xi.

After summoning Xin ze xi, Qin Ge, without hesitation, used naval exercise data to turn Xin ze xi into a fully trained shipgirl.

Furthermore, he went to Mingshi to have Cai Bulili conduct a breakthrough on Xin ze xi; thus Xin ze xi has become a complete form, lacking only awakening.

When this fully formed Xin ze xi fights, dazzling light erupts from the ship equipment link at her rear; that light forms two diamond-shaped sheets, like radiant soaring wings, extremely splendid and eye-catching; moreover, a halo encircles those wings.

If this were normal times, although rather dazzling, it wouldn't completely draw Qin Ge's gaze.

But now, in this mist-filled sea area, that light is like a lighthouse, piercing through all the surrounding fog, brilliantly splendid!

However, after observing one battle, Qin Ge felt something was off; he turned sideways to Tiancheng beside him and said, "Tiancheng, do you think these Siren fleets besieging us are being lured by Xin ze xi?"

After all, this blatantly lighthouse-like thing is here; it would be strange if the Siren fleets didn't come over.

Tiancheng smiled faintly, "Perhaps there is some reason, but I think the likely cause is that after our massive fleet moved, the Siren fleets in this sea area noticed us."

After all, since they laid down this mirror sea, how could they lack means to monitor us?

Hearing Tiancheng's words, Qin Ge couldn't help but nod.

Just as Qin Ge had noticed when he previously encountered the mirror sea, all their actions within it were transparent to the Sirens; so how could such a large-scale fleet movement by him possibly go unnoticed by the Sirens?

"I don't even know who is controlling this mirror sea this time—is it the Testers, the Purifiers, or perhaps that most mysterious Observer?" Qin Ge said, looking ahead.

"My lord, given our fleet's current speed, the truth will soon be revealed."