Our Azure Story

"No, you guys go first, I'll take a break! Let me be quiet" pushed the chair away, and made a statement lying on the sofa.

"Okay, then Ning Hai, you guys go wash up first." Since there is only one small bathroom in the room, they use it in turn.

Listening to Yixian's words, Ning Hai pulled Ping Hai to wash up, and took a bath for Dabao and Erbao by the way. These two little guys hadn't bathed for several days.

……

I guess it was because he was more excited when he just played the game, but once he rested, Ping Hai felt a little sleepy. On the chair, Ning Hai was using a towel to help the two rounds to dry off the water on their bodies. , but it's boring to go to bed so early.

While thinking about it, he stood up and was about to go to the deck to have a look. After speaking to Yixian and the others, he opened the door and walked out of the room.During the day when I was eating, I just hurried past without observing carefully, but now I can look around boredly by myself.

The passenger ship is all white. I heard that it was a warship in service before, but it gradually withdrew from the stage because of the Siren. After all, compared with the Siren or the Ship Mother, the gap is indeed too big. It lost its role, so it was sold directly to a private person and transformed into a passenger ship.

Because it was night, the sea breeze carried a little coolness, but it was much more comfortable than during the day. Chen Ci soon came to the deck of the bow, looking at the sea under the dark night, Chen Ci was a little lost in thought, the sea was peaceful, The tranquility really makes one can't help but feel very relaxed.

"I really don't know what the sea will look like in the eyes of ship girls who can gallop the ocean?" Unconsciously talking to himself, he said that he had never seen a ship girl sailing on the sea.

"Probably beautiful and cruel, because the sea is also a battlefield!" A voice came from beside him, an unknown man, wearing a white military uniform, navy uniform?The statement was a bit suspicious.

"Hello, Lin Hao!" He said towards Chen Ci, stretching out his right hand.

"Well, hello, Chen Ci!"

"I just happened to hear what you said. I seem to have heard you say Jianniang? That's right." Lin Hao seemed to be a relatively familiar person, and his age seemed to be older than Chen Ci, a bit like the old man in the company. seniors in the workplace.

"Well, I know a little bit about Jian Niang, I'm just a little curious." Chen Ci didn't hide it, he was indeed curious about Jian Niang.

"Well, let me guess, you are an examinee, right? You went to Minggang to apply for the commander examination?"

"How do you know?" Chen Ci looked at him in surprise.

"Intuition, as a commander's intuition, I always feel that what you say is like the kind of person who will go to the Commander Academy? My intuition has always been accurate." Lin Hao smiled at Chen Ci, and then shook his head He took off his military cap.

"Interested in talking?"

"Of course, I can't ask for it." Chen Ci finally met a living commander, and he must not let it go, of course he has no objection.

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Chapter 22 Insights

"By the way, Brother Lin, can you tell me about the Commander Examination? Speaking of it, although I have plans, it's almost a black eye now." Chen Ci waved his hands helplessly.

Putting his hands on the guardrail, Lin Hao said to the statement: "Speaking of which, the exam in September is less than two months away, and you still don't know anything?"

"I don't know... I can't help it. The information I have access to is really limited." Said Jian Niang is obviously a consensus that everyone knows, but maybe it doesn't have much intersection with people's lives, so the detailed information is instead Basically nothing.

"But it's not a big problem. After all, the command academy exam itself is different from ordinary exams. If you have the qualifications to become a commander, it's not a big problem."

"Qualification?"

"That's right, it's aptitude, and it's not a secret in itself. If you go to Minggang, you'll know about it," Lin Hao nodded, stroking the badge on the military cap with his fingers.

"Let's put it this way, the commander's entrance exam can be simply divided into three processes. The written test is mainly for the investigation of some basic logical ability and quality, and the proportion is not high; the second part is question and answer plus interview. It is the responsibility of the instructors of the Command Academy; the most important and the last part is the resonance of the mind."

"Mental resonance?" The word seems to be related to the Rubik's Cube?The meaning behind the statement is the mental Rubik's Cube used for construction in the game.

"That's right, this step is mainly about the testing qualifications I mentioned," Lin Hao smiled and asked, "Do you know what is needed to build a ship girl?"

"The Rubik's Cube? There are still supplies..." At least that's how it was built in the game, Chen Ci thought to himself.

"That's right, mental resonance is to test whether you can have a mental connection with the Rubik's Cube, that is, whether you can get a response from the Rubik's Cube. This is also a stage where most of you are eliminated."

"However, why not just check the qualifications first and then conduct other tests? This should be faster, right?" The statement was a bit puzzled. If you passed the various tests and did not become a commander because of the so-called qualifications, it might be better than telling you that you have no qualifications at the beginning. Will it be a lot of pain?

"It's not that simple. I've asked my seniors this question before," Lin Hao said. It is relatively rare in itself, and some of them passed the qualification test, but they failed the written test and interview, but considering their qualifications, they were finally admitted, but it seems that something bad happened later, which led to the Maritime Safety Administration finally changing the admission process.”

"In fact, it's easy to understand. After all, if you can't even pass the first two rounds of tests, then even if you have qualifications, you won't feel sorry. After all, as a commander, in addition to being able to be correct in the three views, you must also have basic personal qualities, otherwise If morality and ability are not matched, the consequences are often dire.”

"Also, if a person with some obvious mental weakness becomes a commander, such a person may not be able to protect his own ship's wife." The statement was thoughtful.

"That's right. That's the thing." Lin Hao agreed with Chen Ci's awareness, "Of course, it doesn't mean that being admitted to the command academy does not mean that you will be able to successfully become a commander guarding one side."

"Oh? Is there any way to do it?" Chen Ci thought that passing the exam would be equivalent to becoming a commander, but it turned out not to be?

"Door? That doesn't count," Lin Hao shook his head. "After all, it is his ship's wife who decides whether a commander is qualified. After all, if the strength is not good enough, wouldn't it be death if he is sent to a port area?"

"In that case, it shouldn't be very difficult, as long as you help the ship's mother improve her strength?" Chen Ci thought it was some kind of difficult assessment, but it turned out to be a matter of strength.

"It's not that simple," Lin Hao shook his head, thinking, he is really a newcomer and doesn't understand anything, "I have a senior who is two years older than me. Just last year, I successfully graduated and was assigned to the port area. She also The reason for the retention is that she has never been able to build a main battleship, not even a white rarity warship..."

Speaking of his predecessors, Lin Hao sighed a little. He was so righteous, but he was a bit wrong. Although he built a golden submarine spiny fin, so what, he couldn't practice it at all, even the mission of the Maritime Bureau. Doing, the resource accumulation is slow, and it is hard to save construction resources. The first construction is another submarine I-26. Since the construction is useless, then I want to salvage the boat. No, I still have to be a nanny, so naturally I don't want to.

All in all it smells sad.He is obviously a senior, but seeing the juniors successfully graduate and leave, it seems that he finally gave up last year and went to work in the Maritime Safety Administration.

Thinking of this, as an old senior, Lin Hao patted Chen Ci on the shoulder, with some earnestness in his words.

"In short, listen to my advice, newcomers must not touch submarines, this is a bottomless pit!" Lin Hao said casually, "It's like me, although I only fought in Arizona, at least I can graduate and get the port area. .”

Arizona, tears of pearls?I remember that she was a relatively good ship girl in the new stage, purple rarity, a girl who made people feel protective, and I seemed to have stopped practicing after reaching level [-].

Seeing Chen Ci's face as usual, Lin Hao remembered that this guy was still a newcomer who didn't understand anything, and he was winking at the blind man. Take Arizona to visit your seniors, it's been a long time.

"Brother Lin has graduated?" Chen Ci came to his senses.

"Well, I graduated this year. This time I came back to report on my work because I participated in the Siren War. I will collect resources by the way. I am going to build it again." Speaking of building, Lin Hao was a little high-spirited, "This time, I think I will definitely be able to build it successfully. .”

"I just want a brilliance right now!" Lin Hao remembered that he had seen his junior build a brilliance, and he was always shocked by the huge evil, powerful and beautiful. Broadness doesn’t matter, it’s just a lack of an aircraft carrier.”

"Really? Then I wish you success!" Guanghui, of course Chen Ci knows that the three elements are the strike zone of Chen Ci. Quite practical.

"Well, let me borrow your good words. Speaking of which..."

"By the way, Brother Lin, who is the one behind you?"

Lin Hao turned his head subconsciously, and saw a black-haired girl standing behind him with a smile on her face. His own Arizona, whose body was a little stiff, turned his head and said calmly, "Okay, see you later, I have something to do. Let's go first, I wish you an early commander!"

Then he put his hat on, took a deep breath, turned and walked towards the black-haired woman.

"Why are you here? I just talked to another junior..."

"What brilliance and heart? You heard it wrong, you listen to my explanation, I really want to talk to the younger generation again..."

……

Seeing Lin Hao talking with his mother-in-law and gradually disappearing at the end of the aisle, Chen Ci turned around.

"Is that what the commander is all about?" Chen Ci was a little emotional, and he would go back after a while, thinking about it, he suddenly felt something draped over himself.

Turning around subconsciously, I saw Yixian gently draping his denim jacket on his shoulders, "Yixian? Why are you here?"

"I'm worried that the wind will be strong at night, and the commander is not wearing a coat, so I come out to have a look."

"Thank you, Yixian. Speaking of which, I am just about to go back? I just met a commander and chatted with him for a while." Said to Yixian, "Forget it, let me tell you when I go back."

Seeing the black hair at the temples of Yixian being blown to pieces by the wind, Chen Ci took off his coat with his hands, put it on Yixian's shoulders, and said angrily, "Aren't you talking about me, don't you wear a coat yourself? ? Let's go back to sleep."

"Yeah." The corners of Yixian's mouth slightly raised, and he followed Chen Ci with his steps.

Chapter 23 Arrival at Minggang

Because Ning Hai and Ping Hai lived next door, Chen Ci didn't do much movement, but simply hugged Yixian's soft body.

"It always feels like I'm dreaming..." Chen Ci put his chin gently on Yixian's head, the tip of his nose smelled the fragrance of Yixian's hair, feeling a little emotional.

"What did the commander say?"

"Probably the current life is already dreamy enough." Chen Ci said, if everything remains the same, I should still go to work every morning and return to work every day, although the original job has no rewards, but Living in a state-owned enterprise from [-] to [-], but if there is a choice, who would like to work?The statement is a lazy dog ​​at heart.

Yixian didn't quite understand what the commander meant, so she just gently leaned her body into the commander's arms. For Yixian, this kind of life is also a kind of dream.

Shaking his head, Chen Ci did not continue to diverge his thinking.

"Yixian, do you think we will meet other people from our port area in Minggang?"

"I don't know, maybe."

"Forget it, it will be here tomorrow, but speaking of it, it would be great if we could meet each other." Chen Ci changed his sleeping position slightly, "Good night, Yixian!"

"Good night, Commander!"

……

When Chen Ci woke up from the dream, Yixian had already gotten up early.

When they got dressed and walked out of the bedroom, Yixian Ninghai and the others had already put breakfast on the table, they washed up and ate breakfast casually, and it was almost nine o'clock.

Just passing the time quietly like this, the time finally turned to about eleven o'clock, and the passenger ship began to sail into the port with a long whistle.

Chen Ci did not stay in the room, but Hepinghai watched the passenger ship sailing into the port on the deck, and looked at the scenery of the pier from the ship. Chen Ci also remembered his camera after a long absence, and casually took pictures of the pier and the houses on both sides of the river. I took a few photos.

Then after thinking about it, the statement asked Ping Hai to call out Yixian and Ning Hai, and asked the tourists on the boat to take a few group photos as a commemoration of the journey.

The wharf in Minggang is huge, and there are a large number of passenger ships and cargo ships coming in at the same time. The sirens sound one after another, startling the seabirds flying by the wharf, and then flapping their wings and passing over the passenger ships.

Minggang City is different from Yunchuan. If Yunchuan is a city that flourished because of trade and tourism, Minggang is a city that suddenly developed and prospered more by relying on the command academy and the branch of the Maritime Safety Administration. The border town has become an important port city, and the development time is much faster than ordinary cities. It is said that because of this, Minggang is a very inclusive city. There are a large number of ship girls in this city who work together with humans Life, compared to other places, people in this place are not so unfamiliar with Jianniang.

According to the map, the Command Academy is in the core of the city's Dongcheng District, the Maritime Safety Administration is next to it, and in the opposite Xicheng District is the city government building, because Yixian and the others have been to Minggang, So it's not like his eyes will be clouded because of the unfamiliar place, so he got off the passenger ship and took a taxi and went straight to Xicheng District.

The uncle who drove the car was a very talkative local. In his own words, he was an out-and-out old driver of Minggang. There was nothing he was unfamiliar with in Minggang.

"Uncle, do you know the Command Academy?"

"As you said, people in Minggang may not know the city government, but they must know the command academy." The uncle laughed, "This is the most famous place in our Minggang city, and every year there are countless people who want to come here. Entrance exams, but it is not so easy to become a commander, anyway, there are only a few people out of a hundred, so they are all one in a hundred."

"Is it so exaggerated?" Chen Yu was a little surprised.

"Exaggeration?" The uncle shook his head, "It's not an exaggeration at all. After all, becoming a commander is a matter of glory and glory. I don't know how many people dream of it. I passed the exam when I was young, but well, I don't have such a blessing."

"Later, I also gradually realized the reality, but I still got married and settled down in Minggang, thinking that I will send my son to try it in the future." The uncle looked regretful, "Little brother, I also have this plan ?”

"Well, I want to take a look." There is no need to hide in the statement.

"Okay, young people should try more, so as not to regret it when they are old."

"Well, by the way, uncle, do you know of any good places to rent in the Command Academy?" After finishing the statement, he added, "It's better to be closer to the Command Academy, and the price doesn't matter."

"Arrogance!" The uncle raised his eyebrows, "If you want to rent a house, I suggest you go and see it on Yunqing Road. It's only two streets away from the Command Academy, but the rent is more expensive."

"What do you think of Yixian?" Hearing the uncle's answer, Chen Ci turned around and asked Yixian in the back seat.

"Yunqing Road? It should be fine." Although Yixian has been here, he didn't stay for too long, so he only has some rough impressions.

"Okay, then please go directly to Yunqing Road, uncle."

"No problem!" The uncle is very talkative, and changing lanes in advance will not affect too much.

……

After getting out of the car, I took my luggage. Sure enough, there are many houses for rent on Yunqing Road, and the environment is quite good. With the help of an intermediary company, Chen Ci chose a small single-family house with a courtyard, the area of ​​which is the same as Yixian’s house. The house is similar, but it is a small two-story building, but the rent is a bit expensive, but because Yixian and the others have saved a lot of money, Chen Ci is really poor in comparison, so Chen Ci can only choose to eat soft food.

Although the house has been rented, it still needs to be cleaned, and some daily necessities need to be purchased. In short, put away the luggage casually, and Yixian took Ning Hai out to buy some things, leaving a statement and Pinghai to look after the house. Just clean the windows.

"Ping Hai, just twist up the towel and hand it to me. I'll clean the windows."

He fetched a bucket of water in the bathroom, took out a few towels from the suitcase, and handed the things to Ping Hai, while he took off his shoes and stepped on the back of the sofa.

"Okay, Ping Hai knows."

Then Ping Hai washed the towel and wrung it dry, let Er Bao hug him hard and flew to Chen Ci, seeing Er Bao struggling to fly with the towel, Chen Ci was stunned for a moment, looking at Ping Hai a little speechless, Crushing pets like that?Where are you a capitalist from?

But one thing to say, the second treasure is really useful!

In this way, Chen Ci didn't have to bend over to pick up the towel, and Ping Hai didn't have to bother to pass the towel, so he felt a lot easier all of a sudden, but Er Baofei was getting more and more shaky.

Fortunately, one window was wiped quickly, and I got off the sofa to change the water, and began to clean the other windows. Fortunately, there was Dabao, so the two rounds changed, and the efficiency was really fast for a while. When Chen Ci and Pinghai didn't come back, they had already wiped all the windows inside and out.

Because there are quite a lot of windows in the house, after cleaning the windows, Chen Ci fell asleep on the sofa, and the two little guys were too tired, lying motionless on the armrest of the sofa.

Ping Hai took out the drink that Yixian put in from the refrigerator and handed it to Chen Ci, "Commander, here it is!".

Chen Ci said thank you weakly, took a few gulps of water, and then came back to life contentedly, but looking at the bright and clean room, there is also a sense of accomplishment.

Then Ping Hai found a white porcelain bowl and poured some mineral water in it, and squatted in front of the second treasure and the big treasure with his hand, watching the two little guys crazily hydrating.

……

After a long time, until the sky was getting dark, Yixian and Ning Hai came back with big bags and small bags. It was almost eleven o'clock after they packed up their things and finished dinner. The day ended in such a busy way.

Chapter 24 Sirens

It was the first day that Chen Ci and Yixian had just settled down in Minggang.

To the east of Minggang City, this is a small archipelago on the sea, and it is also one of the outposts of the Minggang Maritime Safety Administration on the front line of the crisis.

According to the division of the Maritime Safety Administration, according to the strength of the sirens in the sea area, the sea area can be divided into safe sea areas, low-risk, medium-risk, and high-risk sea areas. In simple terms, safe sea areas are generally within a hundred miles of coastal cities. The sirens in the range have almost been expelled, but occasionally there are some weak fish that slip through the net.