"That's right! It's indeed our Eagle Union's air fleet!"
As South Dakota spoke, both the Intrepid and Independence used their carrier-based aircraft to get a clear view of the sky-darkening swarm of planes.
A few seconds later, the cloud-like swarm of carrier planes arrived overhead.
It was only at this moment that Lin Lan clearly recognized that these dense carrier-based aircraft were all the same models as the ones equipped to his fleet girls back in the port.
In his port, only the Eagle Union and Sakura Empire factions possessed such a large-scale aircraft carrier formation.
As he looked up and saw the grandeur of the Eagle Union's air fleet soaring toward them with a sonic boom and rumbling, Lin Lan let out a long sigh of relief.
Up until just now, he had been wondering if these were Siren creations imitating his fleet girls' models as pawns.
If so, he would truly be in serious trouble.
Fortunately, it wasn't the Sirens' pawns. Over this period, the Sirens had nearly given him PTSD.
However, Lin Lan then realized that, since his arrival in this world, he had never actually seen Sirens replicate his fleet girls to create their pawns.
But after thinking about it, that seemed normal.
Back in the game, the Sirens used imitation fleet girls as pawns mainly to study their mental bonds and conduct psychological experiments.
Now, having arrived in this alternate world, the Sirens had many new things to test. It was natural for them to produce more efficient executors and mass-produced models.
Lin Lan also recalled the image he had seen on the display screen when he first woke up at the Siren base.
What exactly were the Sirens trying to do in this alternate world?
"Commander, it's Saratoga-senpai and Enterprise-senpai! And my sisters!"
Lin Lan, held in Intrepid's arms, heard the excited voice of the girl, and gave a tired smile.
He saw numerous figures, clad in their naval outfits, coming toward him across the sea, guided by the starlight. They grew closer and clearer with each passing second.
He immediately spotted Saratoga, holding her magical wand-like aircraft carrier flag, but as for the others, in his overwhelming fatigue, he could barely make them out.
Since he had just awakened, Lin Lan had felt incredibly tired. Especially after hearing that they were safe, his eyelids could barely stay open.
He understood why.
It wasn't some side effect from using a skill or mental trauma, but rather because his accumulated fatigue had been released, about to reach the limit of the passive recovery skill for heroes to handle fatigue.
Since waking up at the Siren base, his body had been in a constant state of exhaustion.
Especially after escaping from the Siren submarine, he had swum in the sea for so long that he was both thirsty and hungry, passing out from exhaustion.
It was only with the hero's passive skill of recovering fatigue over time that he had managed to stay conscious enough to float to shore.
If he had been an ordinary person, he would have drowned or died of thirst long ago.
Fortunately, after arriving at the Eagle Union base and reuniting with Intrepid and Laffey, his accumulated fatigue had been somewhat alleviated.
Even after an entire night of restlessness, the fatigue continued to gradually recover without affecting his daily routine.
But just now, using the pinpoint teleportation had drained his mental energy completely, causing his accumulated fatigue to surge in an instant.
The reason he could wake up so quickly was because he had activated a hero's passive skill that allowed him to snap back to consciousness quickly when exhausted and continue fighting.
Lin Lan had to admit that the people of Liao Island had put a lot of effort into ensuring that heroes wouldn't easily die off on their path to growth.
But no matter how much they tried, heroes were still human, not fleet girls or robots.
Now that he had relaxed, the massive exhaustion felt like waves of pressure from the sea, coming in waves one after another.
"I see... I see so many people..."
"No, I have to hold on a bit longer. I can't fall unconscious now. Just a little more... just a little..."
If he were to pass out now, his Eagle Union fleet girls would be worried about him.
Even as Lin Lan bit his tongue hard, the pain was overwhelmed by the increasing heaviness of sleepiness.
"Intrepid, I need to sleep for a while. I'm fine. You... you don't need to worry..."
Lin Lan used his last bit of strength to gently touch Intrepid's panicked face before finally succumbing to the overwhelming fatigue and losing consciousness.
However, this time, Lin Lan fell asleep with a faint smile on his lips.
Because he knew, he was finally safe.
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"Observer, was that the folding space technology you tampered with on him earlier?"
The Compiler was leading the vast Siren fleet through the micro-layered mixture, chasing after Lin Lan and the others.
She never expected that she would see a mortal perform such a technique without any equipment.
Even in their experimental mechanisms, they could only use folding space technology to rapidly relocate fleets in mirror seas.
"No, I wouldn't do something so pointless~"
The Observer's voice came in a playful tone through the Compiler's communication system and continued:
"Based on the data we just collected, this power fluctuation is very similar to the records from the LD experimental field. You can ask the Purifiers and Omitters about it later."
"I'm not interested. That field isn't under my jurisdiction, and I don't want to take on meaningless tasks."
The Compiler blinked and stuck out her tongue, saying:
"Besides, knowing what I do about the Omitters, they've probably already turned that experimental field into a mess.
And with a Purifier thrown in... don't even try to get me to clean up after them."
Although the Compiler said this, what she had just seen had already given her the answer she was looking for.
Perhaps, a miracle might truly be born from this man.
At this moment, she suddenly heard the Observer lower their voice and mischievously ask:
"By the way, have you heard of the 'Annihilation Fleet'?"
The Compiler was slightly taken aback.
Of course, she knew about the Annihilation Fleet. It was detailed in the Antix database.
The TF58, the special mixed carrier formation of the Eagle Union faction, had completely destroyed the Sakura Union Fleet during Blue Star's history, ending the war, and was therefore called the Annihilation Fleet.
"Although we've conducted many experiments on various factions before, we've never actually faced the full might of the Eagle Union's Annihilation Fleet in its prime~"
"Do you think, based on how we've been chasing after the 'master' of the Annihilation Fleet, what kind of retaliation we'll face if we meet them head-on? Hehehe~"
The Observer laughed mischievously, and the Compiler immediately frowned.
She quickly realized what the Observer meant, and the dense red dots appearing on the radar of the Strategist III-type ships at the front of the fleet confirmed her thoughts.
"The task you've given me is complete. As for testing the combat power of the Annihilation Fleet... you should leave that to the Arbiter's crazy team."
Strategists and mass-produced models could be rebuilt no matter how many were destroyed, even her own body was no exception.
But the Compiler had no interest in engaging in pointless battle tests. She was not an idiot like the Purifiers.
Without hesitation, the white-haired little girl in a white robe immediately controlled the huge submarine carrier to dive into the sea.
As they retreated, she also directed the sea mist constructor to disperse the micro-layered mixture.
The massive fleet of Strategist III-types and mass-produced models slowly emerged from the micro-layered mixture.
A large number of anti-aircraft guns swept toward the night sky, which looked like a cloud of doom, while fighter planes took off from the decks of the Strategist III-type and mass-produced carriers, attempting to intercept.
But all this resistance was nothing compared to the overwhelming number of Eagle Union's carrier planes.
As dense as raindrops, air bombs and rocket projectiles rained down from the sky, and the explosive heat and shockwaves instantly ignited the entire ocean.
Even for these "world-destroying" breakers like Strategist III-type and the Executor III-type, they could not escape the fate of being consumed by the sea of flames.
In the blink of an eye, the massive Siren fleet that had been chasing and surrounding Lin Lan was completely overwhelmed by the saturation bombardment of the carrier planes.
There was no chance to resist. It was as if a divine punishment had descended, and the vast Siren fleet paid a devastating price for their pursuit of Lin Lan.
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