Chapter 781: The Debate Over the Purpose

"However, I think the most important point of this issue still lies with the commander." Lisailiu looked at Qin Ge and said, "Although Yujin's people said the commander has something special about them, I think they are still hiding something."

"Because there are simply too many so-called parallel worlds; since our world could possibly have a crossing like the commander's, why can't we guarantee that other worlds would also have such a crossing?"

"I think we cannot exclude this possibility; the commander is not necessarily the most special one, and I feel that those Yujin people are overly enthusiastic."

"Enthusiasm?" Qin Ge rubbed his chin, "That makes sense, but what could their goal be? I can't believe they definitely want something from us, but given our current abilities, there probably isn't anything we could give them."

"Perhaps this is what they consider special about the commander?" King George V said, "The commander can realize their goal; such temptation, could it make them wholeheartedly help us?"

"Quite possible, or perhaps this is the correct answer after all." Russia nodded.

"What is their goal? To defeat the Sirens?" Qin Ge wondered, "But I feel their essence is the same as the Sirens', both serving a goal."

"The Sirens conduct experiments in various worlds just to collect data. But rather than gathering such low-level data, wouldn't the data from fighting Yujin be more pleasing? Or perhaps they already know the basics, so collecting this data is of no use to their goal."

"It's not clear for now; they've been hiding something, and always blame our insufficient strength to deflect the commander's issue." Bisimai said.

"Well, indeed knowing all this now is useless; better to first raise your strength." Qin Ge smiled, "Then let's talk about the issue of ship conversion."

"Handling steel and supplies etc., we can manage for now, but I believe even Mingshi couldn't produce enough steel for everyone at short notice. Furthermore, we don't understand ship conversion; they haven't mentioned any risks involved."

"So I decided to first gather a group, let them try ship conversion, confirm there's not much risk, then proceed with full conversion. So who do you have in mind?"

"Upon hearing Qin Ge's question, those present exchanged glances, but ultimately Bisimai broke the stalemate."

"I nominate myself." Bisimai said, "As the leader of Iron Blood and as the commander's shipgirl, I have the duty and responsibility to bear certain risks for Iron Blood and the port area."

"Therefore, if we are to select a group for ship conversion, I hope I will be among them."

"Heh, Bisimai is really that enthusiastic? Actually I also want to nominate myself, that's just self-interest, after all I also want to see how powerful the ships can be." King George V said.

"I think we don't need to compete for this slot; let the first batch be us few. First, we are leaders of each faction, we must lead by example and bravely stand at the front."

"Second, we are also the fleet's management; if ship conversion is possible, we should certainly prioritize it."

"Third, as the commander's marriage ships, we cannot let the commander be troubled by this, so does anyone have any other questions?" Tiancheng smiled.

"No."

"Everyone shook their heads and looked toward Qin Ge."

"This action made Qin Ge not rub his nose, 'To be honest, I actually want you to be the first batch for ship conversion; please forgive my selfishness.'"

"Because you are the people I've known the longest, and almost all of you are my marriage ships, so both publicly and privately I hope you can take on this responsibility, no matter what happens, we will face it together."

"But there's no need to worry; according to what Hai Lun Na said today, they have a good chance of doing this; if they weren't confident, they basically wouldn't bring it up to us; their current cooperation intention is very clear, so I'm optimistic about this ship conversion."

"Hehe, in the past everything had the commander rushing to the front; now it's our turn, so the commander doesn't need to apologize to us." Weineituo laughed.

"Heh, that's all for this matter; next I'll take charge of communicating directly with Mingshi." Qin Ge smiled, "Also, I have one more thing: I want to ask for your opinions."

"Commander, please speak." King George V said.

"Qin Ge nodded, 'I plan to spend a whole day tomorrow summoning as many shipgirls as possible, to expand our port area's population and directly boost its combat strength.'"

"However, I'm worried about our port area's current infrastructure; if we suddenly increase so many shipgirls, I don't know if housing will be sufficient; also, will entertainment facilities etc. be able to match?"

"The commander can completely rest assured; earlier the commander already told us about this, so during the time we've returned, we have already built as many dormitories as possible."

"The reason the commander hasn't seen them is because those dormitories are in another area, though not far from where we currently live, about a few hundred meters away; a short walk gets you there."

"Regarding entertainment facilities, the supporting facilities are not yet complete, but these can be gradually improved later. Our mana shrimp production has already entered mass production stage. Adding the core quantity obtained from this campaign, we will soon have a large batch of logistics mana shrimp, so we don't need to worry about construction issues later." Zhenhai said.

"That's really great, thank you very much for your efforts on the fleet. I was only thinking about how to increase our current strength, and hadn't considered the port area's capacity issues; only after returning did I recall these supporting facilities, thanks to your actions." Qin Ge said.

"This is what we should do, assisting the commander and solving problems; this is the significance of our existence as strategists." Tiancheng smiled.

"Alright, then everything will return to normal; the persons in charge of each research project can later consult Yujin more, striving to raise our research capability by a level."

"Especially regarding research blueprints, conduct more trials, striving to create our port area's own research shipgirl; this is entrusted to you, Bisimai." Qin Ge said.

"No problem, I'll start arranging it." Bisimai said.

"Good, then we should basically finish everything before the New Year." Qin Ge smiled.

"Yes."