It is Kokang and Changchun

　From the beginning to the end of the banquet, Chongqing basically never put down his knife and fork. As for the reason...

　While eating, Chongqing's inner OS: How can Chinese food be so delicious? I can't stop eating this!

　Watching Chongqing's graceful yet swift movements, Pinghai said to her with a grin, "Sister Chongqing, if you think it's delicious, my sister and I will make it for you every day when we have time. I'll take care of the rice and noodles, and you'll take care of the side dishes."

　Chongqing gently replied after the translator's call, "Okay, I'm looking forward to seeing Ninghai and Pinghai's cooking skills."

　"Hey, hey, hey, don't forget me!" Changchun quickly interrupted. "I'm also good at cooking Russian and Northeastern cuisine. Chongqing sister, please come and eat. The more the better!"

　"Forget it. Do you Russians really understand what flavor is? What's so good about Russian cuisine that's so oily and flavorful? Who can't make it just by adding oil, salt, and sugar?" Zhao He said at the side, bringing up a slightly provocative topic at an inappropriate time.

　Changchun was displeased when he heard this and retorted, "Hey, Zhao, what are you talking about? Why is the food from my hometown not delicious? You are showing a tendency towards national chauvinism. You are not only undermining international ethnic unity by saying this, but also domestic ethnic unity! (Note: Russians are one of China's 56 ethnic minorities)"

　"I don't want to listen, it's just a bunch of nonsense. I don't like it, lol lol~"

　"Political Commissar Qu! We have to ignore the nationalist ideas of this Qing Dynasty remnant!" Anshan complained about his last political commissar.

　Major General Qu Weiping, who was sitting at the same table, looked at the bickering ship girls and sighed: It seems that we need to strengthen Zhaohe's education on seeking common ground while reserving differences and progressive ideas. This tomboy... Alas.

　(Author's aside: In official history, Qu Weiping was the last political commissar of the Anshan-class warship. He was the one who cried so hard while reading the script at the Anshan-class decommissioning ceremony that someone else had to read it. I mentioned him briefly before, see Chapter 18 for details. You can search his name directly on Baidu.)

　Watching this cheerful scene, a rear admiral named Zhang at the same table joked, "These girls are really lively... Do you think the Deep Sea will be around now that we have shipgirls?"

　"?!" Qu Weiping looked at General Zhang in horror. Ever since his three little ones appeared, Qu Weiping had frequently searched online for information about KanColle. This colleague of his was considered the most famous official in the KanColle community, and everyone knew why. (Funny)

　Then he said to General Zhang half-jokingly and half-seriously, "Old Zhang, stop being such a pessimist. The smog, laser protection, and kelp wrapped around submarines are already pretty much the same thing. Don't let anything really happen to the deep sea..."

　After the reception, Chongqing was very satisfied with the entire process and arrangements. The only major objection was that the reception staff used American English.

　Chongqing: "What? All the English textbooks in China are based on the American accent? How can this be possible? American English has an American country-style accent. The British accent is the authentic one! And it has to be an English accent!"

　Later, Chongqing even planned to write a letter to the Ministry of Education to discuss this matter, strongly suggesting that the textbooks be changed to teach British English.

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　After China made public the news that it had built a ship girl by restoring a warship, some old naval powers were greatly surprised, such as Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Italy, Japan and other countries, among which France had the biggest reaction.

　Before this, France's reaction was: "What? Italy has (KanColle)? Huh? Germany has it too? The British have it too?"

　"What about ours?"

　Macron was looking through the historical data of French naval ships, looking confused.

　Although France has long possessed the largest armed forces and military strength in Western Europe, and its standing military expenditure is second only to the United States and China, ranking third in the world, it is still facing the emergence of neighboring countries.

　The ship girl still lacks confidence.

　The conflicts among countries in Europe today are indeed not as sharp as they were during World War I and II, but from a geopolitical perspective, if the military strength of neighboring countries increases significantly, even if they are allies, it is something that needs attention.

　Both Italy and the United Kingdom have cases of modern ships being renamed and turned into ship girls, but why is there no movement at all on their own Forbin (Horizon-class guided missile destroyer) currently in service?

　Macron learned not long ago that since learning that modern ships with the same name can also have ship girls, the officers and soldiers on the destroyer Forbin have been much more careful in the maintenance and upkeep of the warship than before.

　In addition to the toilets that were cleaned three times a day, there were posters of Ship B Forbin in the sailors' dormitories. Some sailors even often ran to the bow of the ship to confess their love to Forbin.

　Now when he heard that the restored warships in China also had ship girls, Macron was overjoyed and immediately ordered his people in China to find out the details.

　As a result, France's plan to restore World War II ships was also put on the agenda. To be honest, the project did encounter a lot of opposition both inside and outside the country during its establishment, but it was all suppressed by Macron and his staff.

　With the support of his own staff, French natural and social scientists, the military and upstream and downstream companies in the shipbuilding industry, Macron finally managed to get France's large-scale construction plan passed after fierce debate and struggle.

　The plan was divided into two major phases: the first was to create a screen ship, and the second was to create a capital ship. Fantasy, Malevolence, and Triumph were the initial projects of the first phase.

　Chapter 56 Daily Life in Changchun

　July was another hot summer vacation. Kong Siyu was in her room with the air conditioner on, enjoying the activity of fishing for supply sauce panties.

　"Upstream One, launch...launch!"

　As Changchun recited the Yuanqi firing voice in the game, two Upstream-1 missiles were launched and flew towards the deep sea opposite.

　However, what happened next was not the expected scene of the deep sea being hit by missiles and exploding and sinking. Both missiles missed their targets and crashed directly into the sea, stirring up a wave of waves.

　"Damn...the missiles all missed? One or two? WTF?"

　Kong Siyu had the expression of an old man on the subway looking at his cell phone, and felt that she couldn't help but feel uncomfortable with Sister Li.

　However, what was even more unexpected was that all the missiles in Changchun in the next two levels also missed...

　Kong Siyu exited "Warship Girls" with a gloomy face, then left her room and knocked on the door of the next room.

　"Knock, knock, knock..." (knock on the door)

　"Changchun, Changchun. Don't sleep, open the door. I want to talk to you."

　No one answered in the room.

　Kong Siyu gently pressed down the doorknob and found that the door was not locked. Then he said to the inside: "Changchun, isn't it okay for you shipgirls not to sleep? Why are you... nowhere today?"

　Then the door was opened, and the room was empty. On the bed was a neatly folded tofu-block quilt and a smooth life-size pillow.

　She knew Changchun's habits very well. When she was at home or going out nearby, Changchun's room was no different from that of a veteran homebody. Only when she went out relatively far away would she tidy up her room to the level of a military unit.

　"Where did Changchun go..." Kong Siyu looked at Changchun's housekeeping and wondered.

　So Kong Siyu asked his grandfather where Changchun was: "Grandpa, have you seen Changchun?"

　"Changchun... Changchun. She said she was going to take the Chinese Level 6 exam and might not be back until noon." The space captain was about to wash the pot and cook when he answered his granddaughter's question.

　"Huh? Take the Chinese Proficiency Test Level 6?" Kong Siyu was incredulous.

　Of course, this does not mean that Kong Siyu does not trust Changchun's Chinese proficiency, but considering Changchun's daily life, he does not look like a student who is about to take an exam.

　You know, the day before the exam, Changchun was still playing the Russian infantry squad leader in Tactical Squad, charging into battle with an AK-74M. During the game, Changchun mercilessly scolded a fellow countryman on the Russian server over the in-game voice chat because he had suggested in a public chat that Lenin was a German spy.

　In "War Thunder", Lu Li drove a Pei 8 and dropped a five-ton gas tank to send a total of nine vehicles, including four Tigers, three Leopards and two No. 4s, to meet the mustache man.

　Playing Soul Pass in Hearts of Iron 4 once again broke the previous record for the fastest capture of Berlin.

　"Could it be that Changchun planned to take the CET-6 without preparation from the very beginning..." Kong Siyu could only come to this conclusion at the moment. "Forget it, let's wait for her to come back and ask her."

　"Hmph~, I'm back!" An hour later, the door of the house opened, and a silver-haired young girl walked in humming a folk song from her hometown.

　Kong Siyu looked towards the entrance and said, "Changchun, you're back? Grandpa told me you went to take the Chinese Level 6 exam. How was it?"

　"Well...it's okay. I feel like I should be able to pass." Changchun answered confidently.

　Kong Siyu stroked his chin and asked curiously, "I thought you had so much fun yesterday, you don't look like a student about to take an exam at all."

　Changchun: "Actually, I didn't plan to study at all. I just took the test without any preparation. I just wanted to see if the Chinese language skills I'd accumulated over 66 years of exposure could pass. Aside from some words with multiple meanings, the test wasn't too difficult. By the way, how many meanings does the character zhi have..."

　"This..." Changchun asked Kong Siyu suddenly. "I can only say that the word zhi has too many meanings. And its meanings in ancient and modern times are so different that you can't discuss it alone.

　You have to analyze the meaning of the word in context."

　Kong Siyu suddenly remembered that he still had something to say to Changchun, so he ended the topic and said:

　"Changchun, I want to tell you something. Today in the game, I used you to get my panties, but you ended up firing blanks at the beginning of three levels. When did you become so good at acting? Did you learn that from Hood?"

　Seeing Kong Siyu's increasingly cold and serious eyes, Changchun began to sweat and explained: "In reality, the hit rate of the Upstream 1 anti-ship missile is inherently low among anti-ship missiles. It may be related to this... "

　Kong Siyu obviously didn't believe Changchun's explanation and said, "But no matter what, having all the missiles at the beginning of three levels go to waste is too exaggerated. I think you are just acting!"

　"I didn't, how could I do such a thing!"

　"Just act it out!"

　"I don't!"

　"Just act it out!"

　"I really didn't! And what does this have to do with the me in the game and the me in real life?..."

　"Changchun, are you trying to sever ties? Your human form isn't the same as in the game?"

　"Comrade, please don't disguise sophistry as dialectics! This thing..."

　……

　After a while of bickering, Changchun seemed a little angry. Kong Siyu realized that the joke was a bit too much and quickly apologized to Changchun.

　In the end, Kong Siyu decided to make a plate of sour shredded potatoes and mashed potatoes by herself to win Changchun's forgiveness.

　"Little Changchun, I would like to ask you for a favor, is that okay with you?" Looking at Changchun eating potatoes, Kong Siyu asked Changchun with almost humble and gentle words.

　Considering that Kong Siyu's potatoes were pretty good, Changchun replied, "No problem. What's the matter?"

　Kong Siyu unlocked his phone, opened the "Four-Leaf Clover Theater," and said, "Recently, you also know about the linkage between KanR and Four-Leaf Clover. You were installed yesterday, but I couldn't draw you even after triggering the continuous attack. Now I only have more than 2,000 carrots left, and I dare not draw anymore. So, I have no choice but to seek some metaphysical methods, that is, to find the person in question and draw him. So..."

　After saying that, Kong Siyu used her eyes to hint at Changchun crazily.

　"Oh, you couldn't even draw me out in your ten consecutive draws? The drop rate of Huan Meng shouldn't be that low, right? To be honest, I drew myself out in my first ten consecutive draws." Changchun was surprised by Kong Siyu's dark face.

　Kong Siyu followed Changchun's words, praising and requesting, "Look, you got a product in ten consecutive draws. What does this mean? Drawing on yourself will increase the drop rate~, and you got a product in your first ten consecutive draws, you are simply a European. So Changchun, can you help me..."

　"Okay, give me the phone..." The kind-hearted Changchun still helped Kong Siyu.

　Changchun clicked on the activity pool and clicked [Make Ten Wishes] to confirm. Then, Erica appeared on the right and Naira, who was pulling the curtain cord on the left, followed. Changchun then swiped down the screen and pulled the curtain cord.

　A golden light flashed behind the scenes, followed by the appearance of ten totems arranged in a circle, in gold, purple and blue.

　"Is this the Clover Theater? Yeah, Changchun really likes it~ What are you going to do next? Play? Singing? Or dancing? Changchun is up to it all!"

　When the character recruitment message sounded, Kong Siyu jumped up in joy and cheered loudly, "Changchun is awesome! As expected, the metaphysical card drawing is always awesome!"

　"Ha, after listening to this recruitment voice, I feel like all my worries have vanished, and I feel completely at peace. Um, Changchun, can you do it again?"

　Changchun immediately understood what Kong Siyu wanted her to do, so she said, "Comrade... okay. Ahem... is this the Clover Theater? Yeah, Changchun likes it very much~ What are you going to do next? Drama? Singing? Or dancing? Changchun is up to it!"

　Kong Siyu's eyes lit up after hearing this. She kissed and hugged Changchun and said, "It's exactly the same. The original soundtrack is even more exciting! Changchun, you're so cute~"

　"...Isn't it? Huan Meng directly asked me to dub the voice... And you're hugging me too tightly, loosen up a bit, Comrade Kong!"

　In the afternoon, Changchun received a package from the painter Lian Ki. He opened it and saw a suit: a dark blue cheongsam with a short skirt, a panda ear headband, kung fu gloves, dark blue low-heeled shoes, and white stockings.

　Seeing this, Changchun called Lianki and said, "Mom, I received the package. But... aren't these the clothes I wore in the Clover Theater?"

　"Yes, this is something that mom spent a lot of money to have custom-made for you. Just accept it, my dear daughter. Oh, and put it on and take a photo to pose for mom to see if it suits you..." Lian Ki said on the other end of the phone.

　Changchun thought: Mom, you must have ulterior motives, right? I know you want to see the "collision of reality and fiction"...

　Although he complained about his mother's XP, Changchun still put it on.

　"This cheongsam fabric is really good, quite comfortable..."

　Chapter 57: The Soviet Union Disappeared in the Dream

　Kulevi oil port in the north of Poti, Georgia, May 1, 2021.

　A TE136 diesel locomotive pulled a train of more than 20 fully loaded tank cars slowly out of the port, transporting the oil to their consumption locations.

　Staff at all levels at the oil port are carrying out their work day after day as usual.

　The port is located on the north side of the Huobei River estuary. If you look down from the sky at the estuary, you will see a rusty light cruiser from the pre-dreadnought era lying there.

　The next morning, the workers at the oil port began to spread the legend of the blue light on the sea late at night, which soon became a strange talk in the entire port area.

　In the city of Poti, south of the port, a relatively short girl with breasts that are not the size expected for her age, looks at the cars coming and going on the road and the mobile phones in the hands of passers-by with curiosity and surprise, just like Liu Laolao entering the Grand View Garden.

　Passersby were also curious about the girl's appearance, clothing and decorations, and those who met her face to face could not help but take a second look at her.

　The girl stopped a young man passing by and asked, "Comrade! Hey, I'm talking to you! Excuse me, what year is it now? (Russian)"

　"Russian? Russian?" The Georgian youth was stunned by the girl's question. When he heard that it was Russian, he frowned.

　Nowadays, many young Georgians cannot speak Russian, but this young man can still understand and speak some Russian due to family reasons.

　The young man looked at the little girl. She was wearing a strangely shaped white military uniform and a white Cossack hat, with a Russian military medal hanging on her chest. Overall, she looked like she was doing cosplay.

　Then he replied in Russian: "Little sister, this year is 2021, what's wrong?"

　"Oh... So have we driven the fascists out of the Soviet Union?" the girl asked the young man with an expectant look.

　The young man was surprised that the little girl would ask such a question. He thought hard for a moment and said, "I learned history before. Russia did drive out the fascists and even raised their red flag on the Reichstag in Berlin."

　When the girl heard this, she showed a cute and happy smile.

　"Great! The soldiers' blood was not shed in vain! So we must be living a happy life now, right? Has communism already been achieved, or will it soon be?"

　"Communism?" The young man couldn't help laughing when he heard it, and said disdainfully, "Little sister, have you traveled from decades ago? We'd be happier without that thing, right?"

　The young man's words struck like a bolt of lightning. The girl's smile froze instantly, and she stammered angrily: