Chapter 940: The Arbiter's Descent

One hour ago, inside the port area of Guandao.

Although Petropavlovsk Port was already getting close to night, here it was still afternoon.

Qin Ge was carrying out his daily office work; now most of the shipgirls in Gangqu have been dispatched, making the whole port area much quieter, yet his workload here has increased.

Every day, various information constantly pours in from all directions; he must continually synthesize this information to grasp the overall direction of Gangqu.

For this reason, the number of Secretary Ship positions has increased to two: one responsible for real-time communications reports, and one responsible for organizing documents and consolidating information beside Qin Ge; this gives Qin Ge a chance to breathe, otherwise these tasks would be truly too burdensome.

"Commander, a message from White Eagle." Bin Jiang placed a document on Qin Ge's desk, looking at Qin Ge who still had his head down, he said somewhat unwillingly, "Commander, you've been working for several hours now; you should take a brief rest, otherwise with such high-intensity work, you could last a month, but what about longer?"

Qin Ge raised his head: "It's fine, this is just paperwork, and lately the Female Kitchen God has been coming to see me more often; under this supervision, my body definitely won't have any problems."

Bin Jiang rolled his eyes: "Even so, you can't keep working nonstop; work and rest should be balanced—did you forget that saying, Commander? If you keep working like this, your efficiency is naturally low."

Qin Ge couldn't help but smile: "People always say you're careless, but I feel Bin Jiang is also quite gentle."

"Tsk, the key is I'm currently your Secretary Ship; if you collapse on my watch, the people of Gangqu might end up hating me to death." Bin Jiang clicked his tongue.

"Hehe."

Just as the two were laughing, a knocking sound came from the door.

Bin Jiang immediately got into position, turned and went to open the door. Qin Ge also looked toward the doorway, but the figure he saw surprised him a little.

"Hai Lun Na?!"

This Hai Lun Na is naturally not the White Eagle Hai Lun Na, but the Hai Lun Na of Yujin.

Although the fleet is currently scattered in various directions, conducting operations in the sea area, the Yujin-affiliated ships have not moved at all.

First, because each of them is quite powerful, doing these tasks feels like using a butcher's knife to kill a chicken; moreover, the most important thing is to guarantee Gangqu's safety—since they are here, the other shipgirls can rest assured while conducting sea operations outside.

However, a few days ago, Hai Lun Na told Qin Ge that she was going to pick up the newly arrived Yujin shipgirls, after which she had no further contact. Today she suddenly visited, but without bringing anyone else, presumably she has something to say.

Indeed, Hai Lun Na came before Qin Ge and said, "Commander, there is a piece of information I think it's necessary to tell you now."

"What information?" Qin Ge asked doubtfully, "And didn't you say earlier you were going to pick up other Yujin shipgirls?"

"Indeed, this time I did indeed pick up two Yujin shipgirls; they are currently in the Yujin Lou within Gangqu, but because I have more important information to report, I didn't bring them along." Hai Lun Na said.

"What happened?" Qin Ge asked.

"Just when I was picking them up, I felt a familiar fluctuation; upon investigating, I discovered that the Arbiter has already descended upon this world." Hai Lun Na said, looking at Qin Ge.

Qin Ge immediately stood up: "Did the Arbiter come? Who exactly are they? How many? Where did they land? What actions are they taking?"

Hai Lun Na smiled: "Commander, don't be hasty; the Arbiters who have descended this time are old acquaintances—Enpreys, Suterielcus, Tianparans, and Hermes."

Furthermore, their landing point is in the central Pacific region, which means there must be a very large Siren fortress in the central Pacific—this world's mainframe is located there!

As for their actions, it's still unclear, because after landing there they have shown no further signs; that's why I delayed these few days before returning.

Qin Ge narrowed his eyes: "It's possible this time is the same as before, except last time both the Pacific and Atlantic had them, whereas now all four have landed in the Pacific, so the focus of this operation must be us."

But this is also good; a localized battle is always better than a full-scale one. What are your thoughts on this incident, Commander?

"Just as you said, Commander, although they aren't acting now, that doesn't mean they won't act later; otherwise, four of them wouldn't have come together to this world and landed in the Pacific. So their operation this time, the mission is likely aimed at us, and we must prepare our response before they act." Hai Lun Na said.

"Preparations for response? If that's the case, we can't drag other factions into this, after all their strength against the Arbiters is like an egg against a stone." Qin Ge said.

"So Commander, you intend for us to handle this ourselves?" Hai Lun Na asked.

Qin Ge gave a bitter laugh: "I'd like to think that way, but I'm afraid they won't do that. However, now is not the time to discuss this; time is extremely urgent, we need to speed up."

Hai Lun Na, next I need you to dispatch eight Yujin shipgirls to the various factions located in the east, west, south, and north of the Pacific; we want to, in the shortest time, control most of the sea area and squeeze the Sirens' activity range into the central Pacific—first, our frontline battles will be helpful.

"That's doable; when do we depart?" Hai Lun Na asked.

"Immediately, I will promptly arrange for personnel from other factions in Gangqu to support each direction, and also issue emergency communications to them so they understand the gravity of the situation." Qin Ge said.

"No problem, I'll take care of it right away." Hai Lun Na answered succinctly, then turned and left the office immediately.

Qin Ge watched her retreating back, then turned his head to Bin Jiang and asked, "Is My Wife currently in the communications room?"

"Yes, Commander."

"Hmm, then let's go to the communications room; I need to urgently contact all factions so they learn of this immediately and prepare a full-scale operation across the four sea areas of east, west, south, and north." Qin Ge said.

"Yes!"

The office is not far from the communications room; due to battle reasons, the communications room is now located within the office area.

The two left the office, walked a short distance, and arrived at the communications room.

All the shipgirls responsible for the communications room are here, of course including the other Secretary Ship, My Wife.

"Commander? Why have you come here?" My Wife expressed surprise at Qin Ge's arrival.

"There's an urgent communication; please quickly connect with the other factions, first establishing contact with Sakura Empire." Qin Ge said.

"Yes."

With the shipgirls' response, contact with Sakura Empire was quickly established.

"Commander, on the other end is Island Wind."

"Hmm."