Chapter 599: Discovery

Huff, today finally cleared up—this rainstorm has been going for several days?" Qin Ge stood by the windowsill, gazing at the clear road outside.

Here summer is like that—sometimes it rains for a long stretch, sometimes it stops for a while, then rains again." Ou ruo la smiled.

Qin Ge chuckled, "I'm not unfamiliar with this weather; I just feel that this week of rain passed by unnoticed. The couple of days of decent weather were wasted elsewhere, and I didn't get to properly keep you company."

Ou ruo la's face flushed slightly; she hadn't expected Qin Ge to say that. She quickly replied, "This week was already busy, and I'm not always by the commander's side during work hours? That basically amounts to the commander specially accompanying me."

Qin Ge shook his head after listening, "How can you calculate it that way? But speaking of which, I've encountered similar situations many times during the rainy season. Today is your last day as my Secretary Ship's duty, so how about we go on a date now?"

Although there isn't much time left, we can still take a nice stroll around the port area.

Eh, commander, don't you need to patrol the port area today? These past few days of heavy rain we didn't patrol; is it really okay not to go when it's not raining?" Ou ruo la asked.

Qin Ge rolled his eyes, "The Siren humanoid command units are already living in our port area—what's the point of patrolling?"

Besides, we haven't patrolled for several days already; missing one day doesn't matter. We can check after the new Secretary Ship takes office tomorrow—it'll be the same.

Ou ruo la laughed upon hearing, "Indeed, I've seen many times Biaoqiang and them playing together with the Purifiers. Moreover, the other people in the port area now accept the Purifiers better than before; when we meet, we can even exchange a few words—I don't know if that's good or bad."

Qin Ge chuckled, "I don't think it's a bad thing. Based on the Purifiers' performance over this period, and during my free time I reviewed the dossier of the Purifiers' appearances again, discovering something quite interesting."

Oh, what interesting thing did the commander discover?" Ou ruo la asked.

Qin Ge walked to the bookshelf, took down a notebook from the top shelf, then handed it to Ou ruo la who had come over, saying, "Take a look."

Yes." Ou ruo la took the notebook, flipped it open, and began reading.

Qin Ge fixed his gaze on Ou ruo la as she flipped through the notes, watching her expression shift from solemn to surprised, finally revealing a hint of realization.

Do you understand?" Qin Ge asked Ou ruo la.

Upon hearing Qin Ge's question, Ou ruo la immediately lifted her head, a hint of surprise in her voice as she said to Qin Ge, "Is this really true, commander?"

Qin Ge nodded, while continuing to take materials from the bookshelf, he said, "At first, when I looked at the first one or two cases, I also found it hard to believe, but after reviewing many documents, I discovered it is indeed true."

And as I continued to look further, everything seemed to become a matter of course. This is unexpected for me: as a Siren high-grade humanoid command unit, they have never once killed a commander or shipgirl in the records of all factions.

Moreover, most commanders and shipgirls who participated in battle sacrificed themselves when fighting mass-produced types and Executors.

Commander, could this be a mistake of some sort?" Ou ruo la said to Qin Ge.

Qin Ge shook his head, "No, if it were just the Purifiers alone, I could still understand it as an exception. But unfortunately, I reviewed several other appearing Siren humanoid high-ranking commanders, and they haven't done that either."

So I suddenly feel that their behavior can be explained clearly. As experimenters, they are both the initiators and the terminators of the experiment.

They can allow sacrifices and casualties in the trial, but they absolutely will not do that kind of thing. Perhaps if they did, it would conflict with their rules.

They are more like following this set of procedures to conduct the experiment; they are perfect executors, so they will not engage in behavior that undermines the experiment.

Ou ruo la nodded involuntarily under Qin Ge's statement, "What the commander said, I think there's some sense to it."

Previously, the commander also recounted your experiences in the Sakura Empire and in the Mirror Sea, as well as earlier times near our port area.

When facing Siren humanoid commanders, they have the ability to kill us, but they never do so.

Qin Ge chuckled, then took another document from the bookshelf and handed it to Ou ruo la, saying, "Take a look at this as well."

After Ou ruo la took it and quickly flipped through, she soon exclaimed in considerable shock, "Have all nine major factions obtained some technology from them?"

Qin Ge nodded, "Either through trade or abandonment, just as they treated us before. These materials are not recorded among the nine major factions; I obtained them by spending quite a bit buying from Mingshi earlier."

Combining the above, I suddenly feel this world has become interesting. What exactly do the Sirens occupying the deep sea want to do? Could it be raising gu?

But if it were raising gu, the gu creatures would have to fight each other to the death; with Azure Lane's current state, they can't fight, so what are they really after? Perhaps the Purifiers in our port area are a breakthrough, but it would require a long time.

But I now feel that the Sirens are about to carry out a massive plan, and they are making it very obvious to you.

Commander, don't worry; I believe we can definitely withstand this wave of attack, even if we face a Siren high-grade humanoid unit like the Purifiers, we will spare no effort." Ou ruo la said.

Qin Ge shook his head, "No, things haven't reached that point yet. Moreover, the Purifiers haven't left our port area, so the situation isn't that absolute.

Biaoqiang and Laffey are striving to give the Purifiers a hint of feeling toward us, after all they also possess mature minds and are not just simple AIs.

Ah, that explains it—I was wondering why the Purifiers are always accompanied by Laffey and her group these days; it turns out everything is the commander's mission?" Ou ruo la laughed.

Qin Ge shook his head, "Not exactly; after reviewing so much material, I don't think we and the Sirens are necessarily absolute enemies—perhaps we share some common ground.

To foster these commonalities, we need a bridge; perhaps that bridge should be jointly created by the Purifiers, Biaoqiang, and Laffey.

Moreover, haven't you noticed these past two days that they themselves are also enjoying this process? Although it's essentially a task, it doesn't affect their mood in the slightest.

Saying this, Qin Ge paused, "The topic has drifted a bit far off—we agreed I'd accompany you on a date today."

Hehe, hearing the commander's news, I almost forgot as well—so let's go now." Ou ruo la laughed.

Mm.