Hearing that Ren Yuanyang still hadn’t woken up, Wang Jun frowned slightly. "Are you sure there’s no problem? Do you need us to send a doctor over?"
Long Zhan shook his head. "I brought it up, but Haonan said it wasn’t necessary. Apparently, something similar has happened before. We just need to wait, and Master will recover on his own!"
Wang Jun nodded. "What are we doing with the ships we took down?"
"Minister Lu told us to tow them to the Second-level Wind Sea Region for now," Long Zhan replied.
"Right. We’ll watch over them for Master for now. We can figure out what to do after he wakes up," Wang Jun said. "That includes your modified destroyer. Don’t think you can just keep it to yourself!"
"Master modified this one for me, so of course it’s mine! You two better not try to fight me for it!" Long Zhan immediately exclaimed.
Wang Jun rolled his eyes. "If Master gives it to you, you can have it. If he doesn’t, you can’t just throw a tantrum."
"Master will definitely give it to me, as long as you two don’t try to snatch it!" Long Zhan said, exceptionally confident.
Ji Yizhi was a little speechless. "With Master here, do you really think we’ll be short on advanced warships in the future? Is there any need to fight you for that one?"
"I’m not worried about the others right now. This one is definitely mine. Anything we get in the future, the three of us can split evenly!" Long Zhan retorted.
"We haven’t even said anything, and you’re already acting so possessive," Ji Yizhi said with a sigh.
Long Zhan pouted and retorted, "Are you saying it’s not a treasure? If you dare say it isn’t, then don’t even think about getting a single one of the ships Master modifies in the future!"
"Of course it’s a treasure, but you don’t need to be so defensive around us," Ji Yizhi replied.
"Tch. As if I don’t know who’s always trying to snatch away every good recruit and piece of equipment I find!" Long Zhan sounded deeply aggrieved and full of resentment.
Ji Yizhi replied without batting an eye, "Things are different now. With Master here, we won’t be lacking for advanced warships. We should focus on settling the prisoners. We have a lot of ships that need repairs!"
Wang Jun nodded. "He’s right. Let’s get to work on those damaged ships."
"Yeah, I’ve already assigned the Gold-Type Evolvers and Maintenance Engineers. They’re working on emergency repairs as we speak," Long Zhan replied.
"By the way, have you seen Peach Blossom Base?" Ji Yizhi asked suddenly, now incredibly curious about it.
Ren Yuanyang’s incredible feats had filled him with high expectations for Peach Blossom Base as well.
Long Zhan shook his head. "Master hasn’t given the order, so it’s not my place to go over. Besides, Qin Haonan and his people are watching me like I’m a thief!"
"Well, it seems we’ll have to wait for Master to wake up before we can see Peach Blossom Base for ourselves," Ji Yizhi said with some resignation.
"What’s the rush? Master said he’ll invite us over when the time is right," Long Zhan said, seeming unconcerned.
"I guess I’m just the impatient one. I can’t wait to visit Peach Blossom Base!" Ji Yizhi said with a laugh.
"Me too," Wang Jun agreed.
"What’s the hurry? Peach Blossom Base isn’t going anywhere. With Master around, we’ll get to see it sooner or later," Long Zhan said dismissively. "By the way, we also managed to get a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier this time. The damage is pretty severe, but it should be usable after some repairs. I’m a bit surprised they didn’t just destroy it."
Generally, when a battle is lost, you would never leave assets for the enemy. You take what you can, and what you can’t take, you destroy.
Ji Yizhi smiled faintly. "What’s so surprising? The leadership at Xi’an Base believed they could definitely recapture it with the support of three aircraft carriers from Sea Eagle Country. Why would they destroy it?"
"True. I just never expected the modified ships’ performance to be enhanced so much, especially the hull’s defensive capabilities," Wang Jun remarked. "The engineers who research hull materials at the Aircraft Carrier Base’s lab have already put in a request to remove some materials from that modified destroyer’s hull for study."
Hearing this, Long Zhan immediately yelled, "No! Absolutely not!"
Wang Jun shot him a glare and replied irritably, "Of course I know that’s not happening. Right now, that destroyer of yours is a priceless treasure. Until Master provides us with more high-performance vessels, no one is allowed to touch it!"
"Good! I was really afraid you were going to say yes to them," Long Zhan said, breathing a sigh of relief.
"Even if I had agreed, it’s not like you would have sent the destroyer over anyway," Wang Jun retorted.
"Of course not! Didn’t we already agree? This destroyer is mine!" Long Zhan once again declared his ownership of the enhanced destroyer.
"Alright, alright, no one’s going to fight you for it," Ji Yizhi said with a look of contempt.
"Good, as long as no one tries to. Now, about that nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, what are we going to do with it?" Long Zhan asked again.
"That should be considered spoils of war for Master and Peach Blossom Base. It has little to do with us. Let’s get it repaired and set it aside, then wait for Master to make the call," Wang Jun replied in a deep voice.
Long Zhan was taken aback for a moment, then nodded. "You have a point. We’ll wait for Master to wake up, then."
After the three of them ended their video conference, Long Zhan immediately received a report from a subordinate: "Captain, we found them among the prisoners—the group that defected from the Aircraft Carrier Base!"
"Oh? What a coincidence," Long Zhan said, a sardonic expression on his face.
"We also found people from the River Bird Fleet," the soldier continued.
"So, the traitors from the Aircraft Carrier Base all ran off to join Xi’an Base," Long Zhan sneered. "Give them ’special treatment.’ One bowl of watery gruel a day, and nothing else."
"Yes, sir!"
In Long Zhan’s eyes, these traitors were far more detestable than the other prisoners.
The other prisoners were simply serving their own masters; they just stood on a different side. At least they had a side to stand on.
But these traitors had no principles whatsoever. They were like weeds on a wall, swaying whichever way the wind blew.

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