Elder brother's garrison

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Deng!

Deng!

Boom!

Frederick the Great's voice was calm, as if he were talking about something very ordinary and insignificant. But to Xiaobai at that moment, it was like a bolt from the blue, leaving him completely stunned and his heart pounding rapidly.

What----

Did Frederick the Great discover that he and the Super Giant had left the sea?

hiss--

Xiao Bai quickly took two steps back, his eyes fixed on Frederick the Great's hands and feet.

Xiaobai didn't want to fight Frederick the Great at this time, but if Frederick the Great found out that she and Super Yamato could freely travel across the seas, Xiaobai wasn't sure what she would do to them.

Nine out of ten...

Nothing good will happen.

Xiao Bai was already prepared for Frederick the Great to attack him at any time.

To Xiaobai's surprise, although Frederick the Great had just said something that exposed her, she did not make any aggressive moves, and even the action of putting down the stone brick was quite gentle.

“A few days ago, I went to your residence. The mental energy marks I left on you have been removed and placed in the wall of your residence.” Frederick the Great said in a rather calm tone, as if he were talking about a trivial matter. “Although you have removed the mental energy marks and put them back in your bodies, you should have left the city more than once.”

"..." Xiaobai took another step back, "..."

It seems there's absolutely no room for explanation.

Frederick the Great did indeed discover that he had secretly run away.

"What... are you going to do?" Little White asked Frederick the Great in a low, wary voice.

"..." After hearing Xiaobai's words, Frederick the Great did not make any move. She stood there and said in a calm voice, "I will not do anything."

"Huh?" Now it was Xiaobai's turn to be surprised.

"You look surprised."

"Uh... I don't know if you're joking..."

"I never joke."

"..." Xiao Bai squinted at Frederick the Great, and only after confirming that Frederick the Great seemed to have absolutely no fighting spirit did he slightly lower his guard.

It seems that Frederick the Great really has no intention of attacking him.

"Why?" Xiaobai asked. "I heard from Shenhai Zuikaku and the others that you would ruthlessly capture anyone who tried to escape, right?"

“That’s usually how it is,” Frederick the Great nodded.

"Then why don't you hit me?"

“My goal is for everyone to be able to live here, not to imprison you,” Frederick the Great said calmly. “I will indeed try my best to prevent you from leaving, but you and your subordinates are different. Although you were completely out of my control, you returned here after leaving the city. In other words, you have the intention to live here, and based on this, I choose to believe you.”

"Uh……"

"Is it difficult to understand?"

"It's...it's alright...let me wander around for a bit..." Xiaobai rubbed her forehead, thinking as she asked, "So, because Chaoda and I left and then came back, you think we wouldn't leave this city even if you weren't watching us, which is why you're not holding us responsible for leaving here on our own?"

“Indeed.” Frederick the Great reached out to Xiaobai. “From now on, you and your men can freely enter and leave this city. I will no longer stop you.”

"..." Little White stared blankly at Frederick the Great's outstretched hand.

The situation remained deadlocked for a short while.

Xiao Bai hesitated for a moment, then reached out and shook hands with Frederick the Great once more.

Frederick the Great's palms were cool and soft.

Xiao Bai released Frederick the Great's hand and discovered that she had also taken out the spiritual seed that had been implanted into her body.

"I will no longer monitor you," Frederick the Great said, crushing the seed of spiritual energy on his finger. He then added to Little White, "As for the one on your subordinate, since you can remove it yourself, I won't go to get it for her. You can remove it for her yourself."

"Oh...oh...okay, okay..." Xiaobai nodded.

what the hell.

It turns out that Frederick the Great was quite easy to talk to.

Chapter 2122 The Mysterious Metal Plate

Xiao Bai breathed a long sigh of relief.

Previously, Xiaobai thought Frederick the Great was somewhat aloof and cold, but now she found him to be surprisingly easy to talk to. In some ways, he might even be the most approachable director of the Deep Sea City.

You really can't judge a book by its cover...

Xiao Bai sighed sincerely, his wariness of Frederick the Great lessening slightly, and he couldn't help but secretly peek at her.

Because Frederick the Great's upper face was always covered with thick white bandages, it was impossible for others to see her expression. Even from the exposed lower half of her face, it was impossible to tell what her current mood was.

Little White stared intently at the spot where Frederick the Great's eyes were, the area now wrapped in a thick white bandage, lost in thought.

Huh?

correct.

Speaking of which...

Why did Frederick the Great bandage his face?

Judging from the shape of his cheeks and the exposed lips and chin, Frederick the Great must have been quite handsome...

"Did you enjoy your stay?"

Just as Xiaobai was pondering, Frederick the Great suddenly spoke up.

"Ah? Ah..."

Xiao Bai's thoughts were suddenly interrupted by Frederick the Great's voice. She blinked, subconsciously scratched a stray hair by her ear, turned her gaze to the side, and quickly replied, "Um... oh, oh... you mean the Deep Sea City? Is it... alright? After all, it's quite rare that so many Deep Sea Deans can live harmoniously in this small city under your management."

It's rare, but not entirely rare.

Xiao Bai's words were just standard polite remarks.

The harmonious coexistence of the deep-sea deans is indeed quite rare in the vast ocean, but the deep-sea deans in the newbie naval base get along much more harmoniously than the few in this deep-sea city, which is not unusual for a newbie.

However, right after she finished giving her evaluation, Xiaobai quickly felt a distinct gaze in front of her. She turned around and found Frederick the Great staring at her quietly with bandages on his face.

"What...what happened?"

Xiao Bai involuntarily swallowed.

What Xiao Bai, an undercover agent, fears most is being silently watched without reason. It feels as if his little secrets have been completely exposed, making him feel uneasy.

Frederick the Great parted his lips slightly and said slowly, "They weren't like this before."

"Huh? [Unintelligible text]"

“You are different from them. You are special,” Frederick the Great said slowly, and the topic began to shift.

"Uh...me?" Xiaobai was stunned.

"You've only been here a few days, and your relationship with them has already become very good," Frederick the Great said slowly to Little White. "Before you came here, without my organization, they never interacted with each other. Even when they occasionally spoke, it was usually just about territorial disputes and trivial matters, often mixed with violent conflicts, making them difficult to manage. So, the reason they get along so harmoniously now, as you describe, is not due to my efforts, but simply because you came here."

"Uh..." Xiaobai blinked.

The "they" that Frederick the Great was referring to were probably the deep-sea deans in the deep-sea city.

Was Frederick the Great praising himself?

Eh?

Am I so powerful?

Xiao Bai was surprised.

Before Xiaobai could sort out his thoughts, Frederick the Great slowly raised his hand, gently patted Xiaobai's shoulder, and lowered his head to speak softly to Xiaobai: "You have strong leadership skills."

"Thank you..." Xiaobai stared cautiously at Frederick the Great.

Frederick the Great withdrew his hand without saying a word.

"That...Frederick?" Xiaobai opened his mouth.

"speak."

"You...you asked me to come here alone today and told me so many things all at once...what is it all about..." Xiaobai finally couldn't suppress her doubts and cautiously asked Frederick the Great.

"Don't you think what we just said is true?" Frederick the Great didn't answer, but asked in return.

“What you just said were indeed important things, but I have a feeling that you didn’t call me here specifically for those things…” Xiaobai replied.

"..." Frederick the Great did not reply, but quietly watched Little White through the bandages.

The atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.

After several seconds, Frederick the Great slowly spoke, seemingly changing the subject, and asked Little White, "How much do you know about runic script?"

"I only know a few words," Xiaobai replied.

Frederick the Great nodded slightly.

"Shall we go take a look at the runic script in this city?"

"Huh? Is that okay?!"

Upon hearing the mention of rune script, Xiaobai's eyes lit up instantly, and all the doubts he had just had vanished.

“The runic font has always been open to everyone,” Frederick the Great said, brushing past Little White and walking towards the conference room door. “There’s still some time before the meeting starts, come with me.”

"Oh! Okay!" Little White excitedly followed Frederick the Great. "Um, Frederick, where are we going now?"

"Go to a place with runic fonts."

"Then, where are the runic characters?"

"upstairs."

“So close!”

Amidst Xiaobai's exclamations of surprise, Frederick the Great led Xiaobai out of the conference room and up the stairs of the spire, floor by floor. The upper floor of the conference room was where the Deep Sea Crane had been "imprisoned" before, and it was also the highest point Xiaobai had ever been to. However, looking at the entire spire building, Xiaobai and Frederick the Great were only about two-thirds of the way up at this moment.

Xiao Bai and Frederick the Great did not linger. As they ascended the building, the indoor space on each floor became smaller and smaller.

Finally, when Little White and Frederick the Great climbed the last step of the stairs, they arrived at the top of the spire.

The top floor of the spire had no corridor and was significantly smaller than the conference room floor where Xiaobai had stayed before. There was only one undivided room, with dark and bright walls all around. There wasn't even a single window on the walls, yet the interior was clearly visible despite the lack of sunlight.

There is a light source indoors.

It's right in the center of the room.

It was a silver-white metal plate supported by a strange metal frame. The metal plate was engraved with dense characters and emitted a hazy light. The light was not strong, but it illuminated the small room clearly.

The entire interior of the top floor of the spire was completely empty except for this glowing silver metal panel.

Xiao Bai stared wide-eyed at the metal plate at the entrance of the room.

"This is it." Frederick the Great's voice rang out beside Xiaobai.

Xiao Bai turned his head to the side, and Frederick the Great was looking at him.

“Go and see,” Frederick the Great added.

"Oh, oh oh oh..." Xiaobai nodded hurriedly, and walked to the silver metal plate in a few steps, and began to examine it carefully.

The silver metal plate in front of Xiaobai was only about one meter square, but the characters on it were extremely dense. Each character was extremely small and compact, covering the entire metal plate. It is no exaggeration to say that the number of runes on this metal plate could easily be described as tens of thousands.

This...this is a carved script?

Looking at the silver metal plate in front of him, Xiao Bai was somewhat surprised after confirming that each rune was not written but deeply imprinted into the metal plate.

Rune script generally requires strong mental energy and spellcasting materials to be effective.

The rune script used by humans is made from ink extracted from the core of a high-level deep-sea creature, and the mental energy is infused into the script by the writer during the writing process. Even someone as powerful as Xiaobai, who can infuse his mental energy into the handwriting afterward, cannot make the rune script effective without deep-sea ink.

in other words.

Without the infusion of spiritual power and the use of deep-sea ink as fuel, the carved runes cannot produce any effect.

Xiao Bai covered her mouth and carefully examined the metal plate in front of her.

It was clearly impossible for it to have any effect... but the metal plate in front of Xiaobai overturned Xiaobai's understanding.