Azur Lane: I took the graduation port area through time

"This is a secret passage that only I, Bismarck and Frederick know. Commander, you must follow me closely."

After giving him a sexy wink expression, Eugen took the lead into the secret passage.

"Don't walk in such a hurry. Walk slowly when it's dark."

With Eugen holding hands, Lin Lan also followed closely into this dark secret passage.

In this narrow dark passage, there are continuous steps going down, with a few rays of chill.

In the long darkness, except for the sound of the two footsteps, Lin Lan's other senses seemed to be blocked, and he could not feel anything.

The only thing he could trust was the hand holding him tightly.

He didn't know how many steps he had walked, and he was gradually getting tired.

The darkness around him made him feel a little anxious.

As if sensing Lin Lan's emotions, Eugen's voice came from the darkness ahead.

"Commander, don't be afraid, we'll be here soon."

Feeling the warmth coming from her hands, Lin Lan's original anxiety caused by the darkness slowly calmed down with Eugen's words.

It seemed like a ten-minute walk, or it seemed like a five-minute walk.

Just when Lin Lan was about to ask, a dark blue color finally appeared in front of his eyes.

The exit has arrived.

"Commander, we are here, please be prepared and don't blink~"

came Eugen's playful voice.

Lin Lan felt happy, it was just the beach, and it was not like he had never been there before, so he said it in such an exaggerated way.

The moment he walked out of the tunnel, his field of vision suddenly became empty, and the magnificent scenery made him take a breath.

The stars are as bright as the lights of thousands of houses.

Above the deep blue night sky, the twinkling bright stars are like countless pearls, filling the entire night sky.

The tranquil ocean with slightly rising waves is connected with the stars in the distant sky, just like a peerless oil painting in the hands of a top artist.

"So beautiful……"

Looking at the night scene of sea and sky, Lin Lan felt the refreshing sea breeze blowing on his face, and couldn't help but let out a heartfelt exclamation.

He suddenly came from the seemingly endless dark corridor to the sky full of stars. The strong impact he felt made him never realize that the ocean and starry sky were so beautiful.

Lin Lan looked back and saw that their current location was outside the Iron Blood Fortress, above the seawall.

The tide lapped against the outside of the tall iron-blooded black-red seawall, making a rustling sound.

"Hehehe, Commander, how are you? It's beautiful, isn't it?"

Eugen's voice pulled Lin Lan out of the daze of marveling at such beautiful scenery.

"Honestly, I never thought the stars and ocean could be so beautiful."

Standing on the seawall and looking at the night view of sea and sky in the distance, Lin Lan told the truth.

The iron-blooded girl chuckled, holding Lin Lan's hand, and the two took a leisurely walk on the seawall.

"I've been with you for so long, but this is the first time we can go out for a walk and watch the sea together."

The sea breeze blew Eugen's long silver hair, and there was a blush on her alluring cheeks. Under the scattered starlight, Lin Lan couldn't help but be stunned by Eugen's seductive profile.

"Well, actually I..."

Just as Lin Lan was about to find an excuse to cover up why he hadn't been able to accompany her before, Eugen put his index finger at the corner of his mouth, signaling that he didn't need to speak.

"My dear, there is no need to lie or cover up. Eugen doesn't want to hear your lies, but he won't get to the bottom of it either."

"It'll be good if you're back, it'll be good if you're back."

The two of them stopped, and Lin Lan suddenly noticed that two pearl-like tears slid down quietly on Eugen's face.

"Ogen, you..."

Lin Lan felt guilty and reached out to wipe the tears from Eugen's face, but the silver-haired girl in front of him gently leaned on his arms.

Eugen's figure is completely opposite to that of her eldest sister, a perfect figure at the level of a royal sister.

Lin Lan gently held Eugen in her arms and did not continue talking.

He understood that the hug at this moment was the greatest comfort to Eugen.

Under the blue stars, Lin Lan felt as if time had stopped at this moment.

After a long time, Eugen's voice sounded softly:

"Many people think I am a lucky ship."

Lin Lan naturally knew what this meant.

Historically, the Iron Blood Fleet was basically wiped out during World War II. By the time of the surrender, only one surface ship, Prinz Eugen, was left.

Time and time again, he was lucky enough to escape danger and miraculously survived until the war. For this reason, Eugen was called the "Immortal Ship" by the world.

"But I hate the word 'lucky' so much, lucky ship? Hahaha."

"That's just a trick of fate."

Eugen said mockingly, leaning against Lin Lan.

“The first time I had a memory, what I saw was the blue cornflowers on the mountains in my hometown of Kiel.”

"After I served, I fought side by side with Lord Bismarck in the Rhine maneuvers and achieved a miraculous victory."

"I originally thought I could return with full honors, but at that time, I saw the cruelty and ruthlessness of fate for the first time."

"As I witnessed Lord Bismarck sinking into the icy ocean, fate began to mock me."

Leaning against Lin Lan's chest, the silver-haired girl whispered about the past that she had never told anyone.

"During Operation Serbrus Thunder, Sister Shane and I were ordered to cross the heavily defended Royal Channel on a mission that felt like a death mission."

"I will never forget the brutal scenes of being hunted that day. The rain of artillery fire and the ubiquitous torpedo planes are still fresh in my memory."

"Commander, fate is holding my throat there, trying to make me face the fate of sinking again and again. The only thing I can do is to keep resisting, keep resisting..."

Lin Lan felt the slight trembling of Eugen in her arms. The silver-haired girl seemed to have returned to the suffocation caused by being continuously chased after crossing the strait.

At this time, Eugen was the real Eugen under his cynical and casual disguise.

When they were alone, the silver-haired girl finally revealed her experience that she had never told anyone.

"In that mission, in the end, I was the only one who returned to the devastated motherland without any injuries."

"But in order to completely defeat me, how can fate give up?"

"Sneak attacks by submarines, enemy blockades, and even collisions with companions in the fog."

"It wants me to accept my fate time and time again, but I have sworn in iron and blood that I will never give in to fate."

"I can't succumb to this damn fate, not only because I am an iron-blooded battleship, but also because I don't want to be a slave to fate."

Eugen's tone became more determined. At this moment, she was like a proud warrior. Even though she faced death several times, she still would not lower her head.

Lin Lan remembered the determined look on Eugen's face that he saw during the exercise.

The girl who once entered the battlefield for the first time became a resolute warrior driven by fate.

"It wasn't until... I looked back that I realized that, unknowingly, my motherland was gone, and so were all my family and companions."

"All my efforts were in vain."

"I became the last battleship of Iron Blood."

Although it was just a statement, Lin Lan could hear deep pain in Eugen's tone.

"At the end of the war, I became a prisoner of the enemy and was forced to serve my former enemies."

"I was taken to a strange sea thousands of miles away from my hometown. Since then, I have never returned to my hometown."

"What greeted me there was an explosion that was like the destruction of the world."

Lin Lan suddenly tightened his grip on the silver-haired girl in his arms. He knew exactly what the explosion in Ogen's mouth was referring to.

Bikini Atoll, Operation Crossroads.

Nuclear explosion test.