Chapter 657: Commanders

On the sea surface, the sound of the ship's guns never ceased, and no one knew when it would stop.

Wei Zhai was standing at his command ship's communicator at this moment, listening to the calls of other members of the grand fleet.

"Commander, the enemies in the east are swarming again, damn Sirens, why are these mass-produced types so troublesome this time!" a male voice said while complaining.

"Wan An, wait a moment, I'll immediately arrange my ship girls to support you. No matter what, hold that position; if it falls, you know the consequences!" Wei Zhai said quickly.

"Commander, rest easy, those damn Sirens wanting to get past me are still far off. I'm just reporting the situation; for now I don't need support, leave the support to A Qiu—he's encountered an Executor over there." Wan An replied quickly.

"A Qiu? Why didn't you report the Executor appearing there?" Wei Zhai asked quickly.

"Old Wei, it's just an Executor, don't make a fuss; besides, it's merely an Explorer, my ship girls can kill her with a single salvo." A Qiu's voice came through the communicator, sounding slightly more mature than Wan An's earlier, but the ruthlessness in his words was the same.

"Don't show off; an Executor before already cost us a commander in the grand fleet. I don't want this to happen again—I order my ship girls to go there immediately; you hold on for a while." Wei Zhai said.

"Old Wei, you should know my ship girls are stronger than yours, so I don't need help for now." A Qiu kept refusing.

"Fire your smoke shells; this isn't the time to compare ship girl strength—having an extra ship girl on your side adds firepower, don't you know that?" Wei Zhai said.

"Cough, Old Wei really is a civilized person—under these circumstances, just go ahead and curse." Another mature voice sounded, with a hint of teasing.

"Get lost, you think Old Wei is the same as you, right, Old Wei?" A Qiu said with a grin.

"Stop arguing, Water Guy, how's your situation?" Wei Zhai asked.

"The situation is still okay, but next door Yue Luoli's side is a bit grim." The person Wei Zhai called Water Guy said.

"Yo, what's wrong with Yue Luoli's side?" a voice said with a teasing tone, though the voice sounded a bit odd.

"Gong Sun Wu, don't think I don't know it's you just because you're pinching your throat; it seems Yue Luoli didn't beat you hard enough before." Water Guy said with a grin.

"Cut the crap! Yue Luoli clearly beat Li Yiming, not me—when did she hit me? How long have I been in this fleet?" Gong Sun Wu roared into the communicator.

"Get lost, don't forget we're the same rank; I admit Yue Luoli beat me, but you haven't been beaten?" Li Yiming said helplessly.

"Haha, that's not because you two have sharp tongues." Wan An said laughing.

"Get lost!" Gong Sun Wu's voice rang out, "It's not because you lot keep calling Yue Luoli 'Yue Luoli' and think she's a loli—who knows she's actually… cough, anyway, it's all your fault!"

Li Yiming hurriedly agreed, "Exactly, who'd have thought that guy is already over thirty and still looks like that… and he still likes cross-dressing every day—don't his ship girls find it weird?"

"Haha, hey, Li Dongshan, the things they're saying feel so familiar to me—do you feel the same familiarity?" A Qiu laughed loudly.

"Heh, A Qiu Lao, I remember you and Yue Luoli were classmates, right? I've always known about your glorious deeds. Back at the Commander Academy, who was preparing to confess to Yue Luoli? I think I don't need to go further." A deeper voice sounded—it was Li Dongshan, whom A Qiu had mentioned earlier.

"Pfft hahaha! Old Li, if you didn't say it I'd almost forget—A Qiu's expression when he came back that time is still unforgettable to me!" Water Guy said, enjoying the drama.

"Get lost!"

"Cough cough, I'm telling you guys, stop talking about this—what exactly happened over at Yue Luoli's side? Report quickly!" Wei Zhai cut off the increasingly absurd chatter on the communicator and hurried to stop it.

Water Guy coughed once, "My Helena detected an arc-shaped encirclement appearing over there on mission; the Siren units inside can't be detected—you should know what that is, right?"

"Unknown Sentinel Elite?! Have you reported it to Headquarters?" Wei Zhai asked urgently upon hearing.

"I don't know; you should ask Yue Luoli—how would I know?" Water Guy said speechlessly.

"I understand, you guys settle down, do your best to block the Siren fleet and guarantee your held areas don't fall—I'm contacting Yue Luoli now!" Wei Zhai said.

"Understood."

Hearing everyone's replies, Wei Zhai quickly hung up the communicator and connected to Yue Luoli's grand fleet communicator.

"Wind Flower Snow Moon Grand Fleet, this is the Unscientific Grand Fleet, I'm Wei Zhai, please respond if you receive."

Less than ten seconds later, a sweet, cloying female voice appeared on the communicator: "Wei Gege?"

Wei Zhai froze instantly, then burst out, his composure gone at this moment: "You damn, cut that fake cute voice right now, and don't call me brother! Fuck!"

"Cough, I'm used to it." The female voice in the communicator vanished instantly, replaced by a boyish tone: "Spit it out, what's up? I'm busy over here."

"Water Guy said your side has a new type of Siren elite unit?" Wei Zhai asked quickly, not dwelling on the voice issue.

"That's right, that thing is nasty—several of my sisters are already injured!" Yue Luoli said.

Having grown used to Yue Luoli's way of speaking, Wei Zhai continued, "Have you reported this situation to Headquarters?"

"Nonsense, although I look young, I'm not actually a kid. This thing is fundamentally beyond our ability to handle—even though a few of my sisters have undergone mental awakening, it's still very hard to deal with her!" Yue Luoli complained.

"What did Headquarters say? Are they sending someone over or just speaking?" Wei Zhai said up to this point without finishing, but Yue Luoli opposite clearly understood his meaning.

"Headquarters' reply was vague; they said a specialist would come to handle it, telling us not to panic and just hold her off for now." Yue Luoli said.

"Huh? Could it be that Enterprise Commander is coming in person?" Wei Zhai wondered.

"Looks like it's not Enterprise Commander; I'm not sure either, Headquarters seems busy over there." Yue Luoli replied.

"If it's not Enterprise Commander, who else? The only high-ranking ship girls on this front are Enterprise Commander and Qinglong Director—could it be Qinglong Director coming over? She's the coordinator here, she basically has no time." Wei Zhai asked.

"Unclear, anyway you hold your line well; my side is under great pressure now, so don't let your Siren fleet come over to bother us." Yue Luoli said.

"Tch, got it."

———————Side Note———————

This chapter thanks the fake otaku big shot, Water Guy, A Qiu Lao, Yue Luoli Lao, Enterprise, Fearless, Wan An, Yuan Qi and other big shots for their enthusiastic participation; thanks to everyone's activity in the group, it's because of your support that I've managed to keep writing this novel up to this point.

Thank you very much.