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【Zhengyuan Defense Task:
The ocean is the cradle of human life on Earth, the path for human communication with the world, and our most important treasure. However, now, the once prosperous and bustling seas, which were the lifeline of human trade, have been occupied by a group of self-proclaimed shipgirls. They have established countless defense bases, controlling all the world's harbors and docks.
Brave human swordsmen, take up your weapons, and together with your swordgirls, reclaim this lost territory and punish these accursed invaders!
The target of this campaign is the Zhengyuan Defense Base on the Gold Coast. According to intelligence, the first fleet of the Zhengyuan Defense Base consists of three shipgirls. These shipgirls are powerful, skilled in team and naval combat. Try to defeat them on land when they are alone; otherwise, we will have no chance in the open sea.
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After a lengthy mission prompt, Gu Han and his team appeared on a beach. This was the starting point of the Zhengyuan Defense Base campaign. Following the sea breeze to the east, they could see a magnificent complex of traditional Chinese architecture, which was the base of the Zhengyuan Defense Base. The three shipgirls were currently inside the base.
"System Notice: The campaign has begun. Defeat the three shipgirls to complete the task."
Before the battle officially started, Gu Han explained some key information about the campaign to his temporary teammates.
"The key to this mission is to keep these shipgirls on land!" This statement by Gu Han was indeed the most critical part of the mission. From their names, it was clear that if these shipgirls reached the sea, Gu Han and his three teammates, who were not good swimmers, would have no chance of completing the mission.
"Although that's true, Admiral, according to forum posts, if one shipgirl is attacked, the remaining shipgirls will immediately rush back to the sea. They are too close to the shore, and we can't possibly intercept them," Nian Mingyue expressed her concern, as she couldn't think of a good solution to this problem.
"Boss, how did the successful teams deal with this issue?" Ha Ma asked curiously.
"You scoundrel, it's obvious you didn't prepare in advance. Let me tell you, three teams have posted their successful strategies. The first team had a leader with an innate boundary called 'Water Crystal,' which allowed the team to move freely in water, just like on land," An Ning didn't miss any opportunity to mock Ha Ma.
"The second team also had an innate boundary, but it was 'Absolute Heaven and Earth,' which sealed off the land for eight hours, preventing anyone from entering the sea, thus eliminating the concern of naval battles."
"As for the third team..." An Ning paused, "They pulled all three shipgirls together and whittled down their health to about 3% before defeating them all at once, preventing them from retreating to the sea."
"Is that so!" Ha Ma scratched his head, "We can't use those innate boundaries, so I think the third method is the most reliable. Let's use that approach and pull them all together to fight."
"No way!" An Ning hadn't spoken yet, but Gu Han immediately rejected the idea. "The combined strength of three shipgirls fighting together is too overwhelming for us four. In the two hundred failed missions, most teams tried to pull them together and were wiped out."
"But, didn't one team succeed?" Ha Ma was puzzled. "We can just copy their battle strategy!"
"That won't work..." This time, Nian Mingyue spoke, shaking her head. "The reason that team succeeded was because their leader was called 'Gu Jin Guanliao,' and we can't compare to him."
Hearing the name "Gu Jin Guanliao," Ha Ma's face turned grim, and he fell silent. Gu Jin Guanliao was one of the most renowned swordsmen in history, both in the game and in reality. He dominated the world for thirty years, suppressing the invaders and preventing any large-scale invasions. Such a formidable person could easily handle three shipgirls, let alone six.
"So, we need to use a fourth method to solve this problem!" Gu Han, undeterred by the mention of Gu Jin Guanliao and the admiration of Nian Mingyue and others, believed that if the system hadn't taken away the 10,000 sword essence points from the initial engraving of the Yuewang Goujian Sword, he could have done the same as Gu Jin Guanliao.
"Fourth method? Is there a fourth successful strategy on the forum?" Nian Mingyue asked.
"No!" Gu Han shook his head. "However, a failed player's post gave me some inspiration!" Gu Han's finger moved to a building near the shipyard on the map and tapped it.
"The failed player mentioned that in this building, they found a lot of fuel, steel, ammunition, and aluminum sheets!" Gu Han listed the four items.
"I get it, this is the shipgirls' ammunition depot, right!" Ha Ma immediately understood. "If we destroy the ammunition depot, the shipgirls won't be able to go to sea, right!!"
Ha Ma's idea seemed very reasonable, and Nian Mingyue nodded in agreement. Even An Ning, who often argued with Ha Ma, didn't contradict him, clearly agreeing with his plan.
This made Ha Ma very proud, and he looked at Gu Han with a pleased expression, hoping for some praise. Unfortunately, Gu Han ignored him and said, "The failed player also thought this way, so he destroyed the depot, which alerted all the shipgirls, and they all retreated to the sea."
"Damn, how could that happen!" Ha Ma scratched his head, confused. "Without supplies, how could the shipgirls go on an expedition? Admiral, what's the point of telling us this?"
"I'm telling you this because these four items reminded me of two interesting ancient things!" Gu Han smiled and pointed at a picture that appeared in the air. It showed a group of cute girls in Chinese-style clothing playing mahjong.
"This is a screenshot from a mobile game called 'Azur Lane' from a thousand years ago," Gu Han explained, pointing at the picture. "The game is about a group of girls called shipgirls who fight. Like the shipgirls in our mission, these shipgirls only need fuel, steel, ammunition, and aluminum sheets to operate. Therefore, I suspect that the shipgirls and the shipgirls in 'Azur Lane' share the same setting or origin. Perhaps some of the mechanics in 'Azur Lane' that prevent shipgirls from going on expeditions can be applied to these shipgirls."
"Wow! The artwork of these shipgirls is amazing! It's much better than the mobile game I'm playing now. Hey, Admiral, send me the client for this game; my liver is already thirsty for it." Seeing the artwork of the shipgirls on the screen, Ha Ma's breathing became heavier.
"A thousand-year-old mobile game, the company has been out of business for years. Where can I find the client? I spent the whole night and only found this picture and some scattered mechanics," Gu Han directly dismissed Ha Ma's request.
"But, if we can't play the game, how will we know how to prevent these shipgirls from going to sea?" Nian Mingyue asked again.
"We can't play the game now, but a thousand years ago, millions of people were obsessed with it. One person wrote a novel based on it," Gu Han tapped the air again, and another picture of a novel appeared. "The novel is called 'The Last Admiral in the Shipgirl World.' It contains a lot of descriptions of shipgirls. I spent three days carefully studying this book and found some interesting information."
"Tsk, I know you, Admiral. If you found the book interesting and couldn't put it down, just say so. Don't pretend it was for research," Ha Ma mercilessly exposed Gu Han's true intentions.
"Cough... In the book, it mentions that in every fleet, there is a flagship. Once this shipgirl is in a heavily damaged state, the entire fleet cannot go to sea, even if they are already at sea, they must return to port." Gu Han waved his hand, and the pictures disappeared. "So, we only need to find the flagship among these three shipgirls and damage it to a heavily damaged state without killing it. Then, the fleet will be unable to enter the sea!"
"Logical and convincing!" Nian Mingyue, who had been feeling lost about the mission, suddenly felt that the mission's outline became clear with Gu Han's information and analysis. The previously directionless strategy gradually took shape.
"So, the next step is to find the flagship among these three shipgirls!" Nian Mingyue snapped her fingers, and the faces of three girls appeared in the air. "According to the information, these three shipgirls are Zhengyuan, Konggang, and Setsubun. Commander, which one is the flagship of their fleet?"
"I know!" Before Gu Han could speak, Ha Ma raised his hands enthusiastically. "It must be the shipgirl called Zhengyuan. This place is called the Zhengyuan Defense Base, so the flagship must be Zhengyuan."
"Not necessarily!" Gu Han shook his head. "According to 'The Last Admiral in the Shipgirl World,' the flagship of the Zhengyuan Defense Base cannot be the shipgirl Zhengyuan."
"Then why is it called the Zhengyuan Defense Base?" An Ning asked weakly.
"Because this place is used to suppress the shipgirl Zhengyuan."
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