Azur Lane: Traveling through time and becoming a Siren!

Chapter 978 Jiang Mengyue's Learning - Energy Release

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Xiaomeng and her friends will need some time to achieve their goal.

And while they were taking action.

Jiang Mengyue also began a new round of teaching.

Jiang Mengyue, who had been forced by Xiao Tiancheng to learn more theoretical knowledge, seemed even more lifeless after going up the mountain.

It really was a whole afternoon and evening of studying.

At least at school, you get a 40-minute break followed by a 10-minute rest.

During this period, Jiang Mengyue made time for herself to relax.

However, they were still easily suppressed by Xiaotiancheng.

If they resist too much, Xiao Tiancheng will grab a blanket and wrap them up, turning them into a fox caterpillar.

Xiao Tiancheng pressed himself against Jiang Mengyue, turning the pages of a book in front of her and teaching her word by word.

While one-on-one tutoring may seem wonderful, Jiang Mengyue, who yearns for freedom, feels it's just a waste of time.

Jiang Mengyue complained to Tiancheng about not having time to rest, but Tiancheng instead advised her that it was for her own good.

Jiang Mengyue almost heard this and died.

Under this kind of cramming-style teaching, Jiang Mengyue should have learned more theoretical knowledge by now.

When he returned to Nagato's presence.

The pavilion has been restored.

Just one afternoon and one evening...

Why do you seem to think Donghuang is efficient?

Jiang Mengyue thought it might be due to Nagato's identity...

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After sitting down, Nagato began to ask Xiaotiancheng how the foundation he helped Jiang Mengyue lay yesterday was going.

How much theoretical knowledge have you read?

Jiang Mengyue read Xiao Tiancheng's confident response.

He also said that he had Jiang Mengyue watch it several times.

Nagato nodded slightly, judging from Jiang Mengyue's state, what Xiaotiancheng said was probably true.

"Very well, now I will teach you how to project your power outward and use it to your advantage."

"Little Tiancheng, you should also listen carefully in class. Reviewing is not a bad thing."

After receiving two responses.

Nagato began by directly explaining the part about projecting power outwards.

After all, the amount of power within Jiang Mengyue's body was sufficient for her to mobilize at will, without any blockages or obstructions.

Then let's skip to the next lesson and start learning the new one.

"You should have read a lot about the basics of power projection yesterday, so I'll just briefly mention it here."

"Your situation yesterday can be seen as a form of externalizing power."

"Can you still recall how you did it?"

Nagato looked at Jiang Mengyue, who was once again enveloped in white light.

Jiang Mengyue pondered for a moment and gave a reply that shocked everyone.

"After filling my entire body with power, I continued to circulate it until my body burst open, that's it..."

For a moment, whether it was Changmen, Xiaotiancheng, or Jiang Feng standing nearby, everyone was focused on them.

They all looked at Jiang Mengyue with extreme shock and bewilderment.

Xiao Tiancheng asked in confusion, "You can do that? No, then how come you're alright?"

Nagato, calming her initial shock, coughed twice and said, "You...you've also contributed to scientific research..."

Nagato was on the verge of a mental breakdown.

How can someone be this strong?

I thought you were self-taught, but it turns out you're incredibly strong and can fly bricks.

And the body really won't explode, right?

Nagato felt that this point could not be verified, since no one else could reach Jiang Mengyue's level.

You can't find another person whose body even emits light like this.

Even if someone could do it, Nagato would explicitly forbid it.

Who knows if Jiang Mengyue's survival was just a matter of luck?

If the second attempt results in the person exploding and dying, the loss would be enormous.

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These remarks made Nagato's hand, which was holding a teacup, tremble slightly.

However, Jiang Mengyue still didn't know how to draw out the power and release it externally.

Nagato then activated yesterday's ritual again, causing Jiang Mengyue to emit a white light, in an attempt to assist and guide her.

"Concentrate your power where you wish to appear, such as in your hands."

"Try to condense it like the fireball spell described in storybooks."

Jiang Mengyue closed her eyes, a new problem was troubling her.

Nagato said she wanted to unite them.

However, once Jiang Mengyue mobilizes her power, the power will involuntarily dissipate within her body.

It's like she's holding a powder ball that can be used to make a beverage.

I squeezed it through the water, and the water was stained with the color of the escaping powder balls, giving it a beverage-like taste.

The powder balls will also lose a significant portion of their weight as a result...

Once you get to the hand position, there's not much left; it's all laid flat.

If more energy is mobilized, it will continue to recharge the body.

Jiang Mengyue's body is then compared to water, and the guiding force is compared to salt.

Jiang Mengyue's constant guidance was like adding salt to water, making her body increasingly radiant.

However, the water was never saturated, so salt could still be added.

On the contrary, the overall mass reached the upper limit of the body as a container.

From the outside, it looks like Jiang Mengyue's body is emitting white light.

When Jiang Mengyue tried to add more salt, the container refused.

Forcing it in will only risk the container bursting.

It exploded like yesterday, but it didn't kill it.

Therefore, Jiang Mengyue changed her approach.

compression.

Find a way to compress the force, and then concentrate it.

Perhaps because Jiang Mengyue was lucky, she only tried for ten minutes.

They then found a way to compress it.

The force is compressed into the hand.

Although she still couldn't release it to the outside world, at least Jiang Mengyue felt that she had taken the first step.

Now, let's look inside Jiang Mengyue's body.

At the core of Jiang Mengyue's ship girl position, a white, radiant power surged forth like the opening of countless dams.

The area where the hands converge is like a cosmic black hole, sucking in and compressing all the white light emanating from the body with terrifying suction.

Jiang Mengyue grew bolder and began to increase the intensity, gradually increasing the rate of energy extraction.

As a result, Jiang Mengyue's hands became increasingly bright.

Nagato realized something was wrong and immediately stopped the ceremony again.

Make Jiang Mengyue open her eyes.

When Jiang Mengyue opened her eyes, her hand was so bright that its shape was no longer visible.

"Wah wah, wah wah wah!"

Jiang Mengyue was so shocked that she couldn't speak.

The clone was directly instructed to send a command to teleport the smaller body to the outer sea.

boom----!

Not long after Jiang Mengyue teleported, a loud bang slowly came from the sky.

Fortunately, Jiang Mengyue's hand was the site of the explosion, and she had rolled up her sleeves before the explosion.

The clothes weren't directly affected.

The fish near Jiang Mengyue are all dead.

This may also be the birth of a new type of fishing method.

Jiang Mengyue, completely bewildered, returned to the pavilion.

He asked directly, "Should I just use this power to become a suicide bomber?"

Xiao Tiancheng also thought it seemed like a good idea.

But Jiang Mengyue has better nuclear explosion technology and doesn't need to play like this at all.

Nagato felt as if she was no longer surprised.

He said slowly, "This method might not be very effective against ship girls..."

Just like how Nagato used his strength to protect everyone before.

Jiang Mengyue's energy can be utilized, but it has no destructive power against ship girls. Instead, it may become an aid to the target of an attack.

But that's not necessarily true.

There wasn't enough time to study it.

According to the damage statistics, when Jiang Mengyue "self-destructed" on the mountaintop, only creatures that were too close by died.

Creatures further away but within the affected area were unharmed, but it is currently unknown whether the white light had any positive impact on them.

It is certain that there are currently no negative aspects.

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Since the direction was wrong.

Jiang Mengyue needs to try to make adjustments.

This compression might be useful later, but for now, let's think about how to draw this force out of the body.

Afterwards, Nagato decided to let Jiang Mengyue try out the magic.

In other words, it's about launching a ceremony to establish a "guide" direction.

Similar to the early stages of a mage's fireball spell, Nagato had Xiaotiancheng hold Jiang Mengyue's hand and help her construct the ritual.

This is used to condense an energy ball.

And let Jiang Mengyue carefully feel the way the power is guided.

What puzzled Xiaotiancheng and Nagato was...

The ceremony had no effect on Jiang Mengyue.

It was completely impossible to channel the power within Jiang Mengyue's body for any other purpose.

It's like being fixed in place.

Because of this, Nagato was somewhat skeptical.

He personally helped Jiang Mengyue build the ceremony.

But it still doesn't work.

Jiang Mengyue's current power guidance phase seems to be fixed on emitting light and heat and self-destruction.

Therefore, Nagato made a speculation.

Everything about Jiang Mengyue now seems very abnormal.

Whether it was the failure of the ritual or Jiang Mengyue's abnormal magnitude.

But how can an attempt be limited to a superficial one?

This can perhaps already be seen as a new scientific research endeavor.

Then, before noon.

Changmen, along with Xiaotiancheng, took a hands-on approach and helped Jiang Mengyue construct many ceremonies, both large and small.

Finally come to a conclusion.

Any attempt to channel power out of the body is utterly useless.

However, it is effective for one's own body, or for related techniques that enhance the body.

In other words, even if Jiang Mengyue can no longer control this power, she can still strengthen herself by constructing rituals and activating special spells, using the infinite power of her body to enhance herself.

Moreover, Nagato also discovered it.

It's not just physical enhancement; any technique that manipulates the body or related forces within it can have a normal effect on Jiang Mengyue.

Including offensive spells.

For this test, Jiang Mengyue even fell into a deep sleep for half an hour.

Just in case, it was Tiancheng who did it.

Jiang Mengyue, who had just woken up, had no idea what had just happened, but was still being pulled along for the test.

The test was temporarily suspended at noon.

Nagato canceled her afternoon work and told Xiaotiancheng to take Jiang Mengyue to rest well before going up the mountain at 2:30 pm to continue their "scientific research".

Upon hearing that she would have to climb the mountain, Jiang Mengyue became less inclined to go down.

This time, Xiao Tiancheng didn't need to lift a finger.

Tiancheng intervened, using the excuse of training his body to catch up with Xiaotiancheng as soon as possible, and drove Jiang Mengyue away.

After Jiang Mengyue left.

Amagi and Nagato had a good discussion about Jiang Mengyue's current situation.

However, the content of the meeting resembled a meeting of surgeons.

Knowing Jiang Mengyue's characteristics, Tiancheng offered many bold suggestions.

For example, it is proposed that:

If Jiang Mengyue is injured and her "external defenses" are compromised, would that facilitate the channeling of power...?

If Jiang Mengyue were to listen in here, she would definitely not dare to approach Tiancheng for a whole month.

Ultimately, considering Jiang Mengyue's possible reactions, Tiancheng decided to conduct experiments with her again if the opportunity arose later.

Nagato suddenly felt that Amagi had become somewhat radical.

So I tried asking around.

However, since Nagato is currently only in the "mentor" stage and has not yet entered the "guardian" stage, Amagi naturally wouldn't tell Nagato what he was thinking.

They then changed the subject, discussing with Nagato other possible "scientific research" directions for Jiang Mengyue.

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After descending the mountain, Jiang Mengyue reflected on the wonderful experience of the day.

She thought about it for a while.

I decided to give a name to the power within my body.

"I'm like a mage in a game right now. You guys keep teaching me how to perform rituals and cast spells, and you even want me to cast fireball."

"What else could this be but magic?"

Little Amagi said, "There are indeed people in Sakura Empire who associate it with magic from fantasy worlds, but out of piety, such things are still very rare."

Jiang Mengyue stood in front of Xiao Tiancheng, put her hands on her hips and said, "Perfect, I have no faith and I'm not very devout. You forced me to do it before."

"I want to give this process a name that suits me."

"Spells, from this day forward, shall be renamed magic! Initiate the magical ritual, cast the spell!"

"And the power within me is my mana bar."

"I'm a little excited at the thought of having unlimited blue."

Xiao Tiancheng rolled his eyes at Jiang Mengyue, then walked past her.

"I can't control what name you change to, but cheating is prohibited on the mountain."

Although Xiao Tiancheng repeatedly said that he hiked up the mountain for piety and faith.

But when she explained to Jiang Mengyue, she always only scratched the surface before changing the subject.

This successfully diverted Jiang Mengyue's attention to other things.

As for why...

This is just the Amagi family's twisted sense of humor.

Xiao Tiancheng didn't want Jiang Mengyue to have an easy time, since she still had to hike up the mountain.

Jiang Mengyue must be allowed to fully experience what Little Tiancheng has been through during the two years she has spent in Chongying while being hosted by Tiancheng.

So what if I climb mountains for a few days? Just bear with it!

If she enjoys the teleportation up the mountain with Jiang Mengyue, won't she still have to climb up after Jiang Mengyue leaves?

As for the reinforcements Jiang Mengyue provided, she certainly didn't want a giant iron can to fall from the sky and smash around the shrine.

He then used various excuses to coax Jiang Mengyue into going mountain climbing.

Seeing the "hungry force" and "bad fox" who once stole all the sweets in the house panting and out of breath, I feel a sense of pleasure.

As for feeling guilty?

Jiang Mengyue has clearly done quite a few good things, hasn't she?

No.

Whenever Xiao Tiancheng's heart softens, and he thinks that being good to Jiang Mengyue is being good to another version of himself, he feels a pang of sadness.

Jiang Mengyue could always give her a big one in a short time.

As a result, Xiao Tiancheng always fights with Jiang Mengyue, is hot-tempered, and his intelligence is affected by Jiang Mengyue.

Xiao Tiancheng certainly wouldn't give up the opportunity to teach this guy a lesson.

And somehow...

Xiao Tiancheng always felt that there was something about Jiang Mengyue that attracted her.

Looking at Jiang Mengyue always makes me feel cuter than when I look in the mirror.

Don't know why.

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P.S.: Same as yesterday, two chapters combined into one long chapter; also, I've been experiencing some writer's block lately...