Azur Lane: The Tragic Admiral’s Azur Life

On the sea, Yang Sikang sat on the flight deck of Yorktown, looking at the mass-produced ship sinking in front of him with some headache.

Although it was just a mass-produced Gu Diao, Yang Sikang did not intend to leave this ship that was destroyed in the battle here. However, none of the ship girls present carried any salvage equipment, and it was not certain whether there were any more Sirens hiding around.

"Akashi, go back and bring the men and equipment to carry out the salvage operation. We will wait for you here."

"Commander, normally you should come back with us. After all, the command ship is gone now, and it's dangerous for you to stay here."

Huayuan immediately came over and said, Yang Sikang nodded helplessly:

"Too."

Although he was worried about accidents here, he considered that he would only be a hindrance here without the command ship, so he had no choice but to leave first.

Although it's a bit reluctant to leave Royal Oak and the others here, if there are more people, we will be better able to deal with risks.

Akashi and Yubari came over and brought Yang Sikang with them, and the three of them went directly back to the development dock through the jump system.

"Commander! Has the matter over there been resolved?"

At the port, the mass-produced ships and ship girls such as King George V and Illuminati have gathered here. Except for some ship girls who are on missions and have not been urgently called back, all the idle ship girls are already here.

"It's solved. The problem is not as big as expected, but there are some unexpected gains in the process... But the problem now is that my command ship sank, and I have to salvage the wreckage."

"Leave this to us, since you will be away for a long time, we have already made all the preparations for this."

George V pointed to the side and saw that there were indeed several salvage ships following in the fleet. However, since these salvage ships were also built by Yang Sikang's fleet, they were much smaller in size than conventional salvage ships, but more efficient.

"Then I'll leave it to you."

Yang Sikang did not refuse and nodded in agreement.

Part of the fleet was disbanded, and George V personally led his men back to the scene.

Yang Sikang, who had some free time, began to think about an important question: what was the status of the Royal Oak?

First of all, he undoubtedly ruled out the possibility of mental awakening.

After all, Royal Oak's practical experience is not enough to allow her to reach the level that can meet the needs of mental awakening. For Royal Oak, who is still one step away from a breakthrough, the possibility of mental awakening does not exist, unless the mental awakening in this experimental field is different from the situation in the game.

The greater possibility is that the restrictions imposed on the core cube of the Royal Oak, which are more exaggerated than those in the β test field and have seriously affected the combat effectiveness, have been partially lifted.

This was also the first reason that Yang Sikang thought of and considered to be the most likely reason, but it was very strange what led to such a result.

"Royal Oak's mood fluctuated greatly at the time, and she was very determined before the attack. But if that was the case, there should have been other cases where the restrictions on this experimental field were lifted long ago. The destructive power of that attack was so exaggerated that other ship girls with the same combat power could not have been unknown."

He wrote this sentence on the paper, tapping the paper lightly with the tip of his pen, his brows slightly furrowed.

There were too few directly relevant clues, and too many possibilities that were not so strongly related. Based on the existing clues, he found that he could not figure out any useful possibilities.

"Can we only look for clues from the Royal Oak?"

Yang Sikang muttered softly, and a few seconds later, Beifa walked into the office:

"Master, the fleet has returned, and the wreckage has been transported to the dock for inspection."

"Well...let Royal Oak do a thorough inspection."

"Yes."

Yang Sikang thought about it but still felt uneasy, so he simply went to the dock himself.

After inspecting the Royal Oak, Yang Sikang frowned even more.

"There is no change?!"

The basic data test results of Royal Oak have not changed at all compared to before departure, and through actual strike tests, her attack power and other factors have indeed not changed.

"A temporary boost?"

Yang Sikang muttered something, was suddenly stunned, and then took out the Mind Cube that he always carried with him.

“There are indeed changes…”

Both mind cubes have undergone some changes. Although the changes are not large, for Yang Sikang, who has been studying the degree of change of the mind cube recently, these originally small changes are now quite obvious.

As we all know, in the world of Azur Lane, unknown changes in the Mind Cube are generally not a good thing!

"Akashi, the follow-up inspection of the Royal Oak is in your hands."

"Eh? Commander is leaving, nya?"

"Well, since there's nothing wrong, I have other things I need to confirm first."

"Okay, meow. Commander, leave it to me, meow."

Yang Sikang left the dock and hurried to his own Mind Cube Laboratory.

He was now somewhat anxious to confirm in which direction the changes in his mind cube were tilting. If it was changing towards the direction of the black cube, then he could basically confirm some information directly.

He happened to know a thing about the sudden, temporary increase in strength, and the rapid and unaffected recovery to its original state afterwards...

The "connection" with the corresponding META-ized ship girl.

The meta-ization of the world of Azur Lane is a topic with many problems. Based on various evidences many times, it can be basically confirmed that meta-ization is a trend and that meta-ized ship girls are unique.

However, METAization is not limited to one ship girl. It does not mean that if a ship girl has a corresponding METAized ship girl, the corresponding ship girls in other experimental fields will not be METAized.

This point is particularly evident in two META ship girls. One is Rodney META. She is a collection of Rodneys, not a specific Rodney.

The other is Nagato. Nagato in the β experimental field was "controllably" METAized in the event plot, and temporarily gained METAized power, thereby gaining combat power as well as the ability to sense and move within Naraku.

According to the subsequent plot, it is obvious that there is already an objective Nagato META, and the Nagato of the β experimental field borrowed some power from this Nagato META, temporarily presenting a META-like posture.

Considering that the average combat power of the experimental field he was in was much lower than that of the β experimental field, it was possible that Royal Oak borrowed power like Nagato who took the initiative to do it in the β experimental field, but not to the extent that it could affect the change in her appearance.

This is not a good thing, because it will make the corresponding META ship girl pay attention to this special experimental field, and it may also cause a lot of trouble, and even gradually change the Royal Oak of his fleet in the direction of META.

He must first confirm whether this possibility exists!