After opening the ruins' door, Illustrious walked up to Dido and said calmly, "I have fortunately fulfilled the mission!"
"You really have a way! Just stay by my side! I'll still need to rely on you for the mechanisms inside during the exploration." Dido said with a smile.
"Then I won't be polite! Mechanisms are no problem, I just hope you'll look after me more when we enter!" Since she might need Dido's help later when taking the purple silver heart and the red silver heart, Illustrious spoke with a requesting tone.
"That's easy to say! A small matter!" Dido didn't refuse and agreed to Illustrious's request.
Seeing the door was now wide open, Dido said loudly to the people below, "With Illustrious's full assistance, the door has finally been opened! Now I announce that the ruins exploration—officially begins!"
"Oh! Great! We can finally enter!"
"Exactly! Exactly! I can't wait to go in."
"Be careful! I don't know what the situation is like inside; I just hope there's no danger!"
The Admirals were already rubbing their hands in anticipation, wanting to enter! They planned to obtain a large number of opportunities from it; after all, everyone who came here was for this!
Just as everyone was about to enter, Dido stopped them and said loudly, "Those who are Admirals should stay here and wait for our good news! After all, with a human body, to put it bluntly, I'm afraid you wouldn't last long before dying inside."
Being stopped by Dido like this, the Admirals all sobered up. That's right! Entering with a human's weak body, they'd probably kick the bucket in no time! Although they weren't afraid, the Naval Base still needed the Admiral to maintain the security of the area; they couldn't just die randomly!
"Alright! Although it's a bit of a pity not to be able to enter and witness the scenes inside, life is more important, so I'd better not go in. Then I'll have to trouble Captain Dido to take care of my Ship Girls!"
"My Ship Girls too, sorry to trouble you, Captain Dido!"
"And my Ship Girls as well, I'm counting on you, Captain Dido! Don't let them die so easily!"
Seeing so many people entrusting her, Dido suddenly felt her burden become much heavier. She took a slow breath and said seriously and majestically, "Don't worry, everyone! I will do my best to reduce casualties and lead everyone back in total victory."
Hearing Dido's promise, everyone felt even more relieved! This way, their Ship Girls at least wouldn't sink so easily. So they cheered loudly, "Long live Dido," to express their gratitude to her.
"Captain Dido, you're so cool! Long live Captain Dido!"
"Wishing us a triumphant start and a return laden with spoils."
"Long live Captain Dido! It's really great to have Captain Dido here!"
Seeing Dido being so popular, Illustrious teased her a bit. "Dido, you really are popular! This can even compare to the popularity of Enterprise, the Legendary Ship Girl of the Pacific Ocean!"
Hearing Illustrious compare her to the legendary Enterprise, Dido's face immediately flushed, and she said bashfully, "Don't say that, I'm still far behind Lady Enterprise."
Seeing that the human Admirals did not intend to enter, Dido first gathered their Ship Girls together, then organized them into three fleets: the First Main Fleet, the Second Support Fleet, and the Third Mobile Fleet. The overall flagship of the three fleets was Dido herself.
The First Main Fleet was led by Dido, with a total of one hundred and ten Ship Girls. The Second Support Fleet was led by Soryu, with a total of one hundred and two Ship Girls. The Third Mobile Fleet was led by Königsberg, with a total of one hundred and five Ship Girls.
"Soryu and Königsberg, you must lead your fleets well and follow my commands, otherwise you will be dealt with by military law," Dido said in a majestic tone.
"Understood, Captain! We will resolutely obey orders." Soryu gave a military salute.
Dido turned her head and watched Königsberg intently, waiting for her to respond.
Noticing Dido's Gaze, although Königsberg was not used to Dido's commanding tone, she was no match for her in a fight, so she could only say softly, "Got it!"
"Very well! Then we shall now enter the ruins and begin the conquest," Dido said loudly to the Ship Girls.
Dido led the Ship Girls into the gate of the ruins. Three fleets of three hundred Ship Girls entered the ruins in a grand manner, which was quite a spectacular sight. Usually, one wouldn't see so many Ship Girls; this many Ship Girls could even take down a medium-sized country!
After the Ship Girls had fully entered, the ruins' gate closed automatically. Instead, the Admirals felt the scene was a bit quiet because there were no Ship Girls around.
"I wonder if my Ship Girls will be in danger after entering. It would be great if I could know the situation inside!"
"Yeah! I hope my Little Sara will be okay!"
"Hey, are you showing off? We know you have a Gold-Plated Ship Girl! You don't have to talk about it all day."
"What showing off! I think you're just jealous!"
The two Admirals started arguing for some inexplicable reason. Wu Goudan spoke up to stop them: "Wait a minute, stop arguing. I have a way for everyone to see the situation inside the ruins."
Hearing Wu Goudan say this, the two Admirals stopped one after another, and the other Admirals also quieted down, wanting to hear what method he was talking about.
But a middle-aged man didn't quite believe Wu Goudan's words and said, "What method? Don't tell me it's some drone camera or something! You should know that after entering the ruins, electronic products won't work; they'll be blocked by the order and rules inside the ruins."
Hearing someone doubt his words, Wu Goudan immediately got anxious. This was about his grand plan to make money! So he said angrily to the man, "Uncle! Of course I know electronic products can't be used inside the ruins! I'm talking about another method."
"What method?" a female Admiral in her twenties wearing black stockings and a short skirt asked curiously from the crowd.
If Illustrious were here, she would have discovered that this Admiral in black stockings was the person who had introduced the situation of Taihou blocking the door when she first arrived—Yang Xue.
Seeing that Yang Xue was a great beauty with long black hair, Wu Goudan didn't keep them in suspense and said enthusiastically, "The method I'm talking about is this thing."
Wu Goudan's item was a small white box with something like a camera on the front.
When the Admirals saw it, they were instantly speechless, feeling that this guy was playing with them. Isn't this just a projector?
Didn't he say that electronic products can't be used after entering the ruins' gate! Why are you bringing out a projector? There's nothing special about your projector! It's just a bit small, only the size of a USB flash drive, looking like a toy.
Seeing everyone looking at him as if he were mentally challenged, with eyes full of concern, Wu Goudan didn't take it to heart and said very mysteriously, "This is no ordinary projector, but a Zhonglou-grade ship device."
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