Elder brother's garrison

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"Okay." Ringo nodded. "I'll introduce you to him then."

"Ringo-neechan, would you like to come to my place first..."

"I'm a little tired, I'm going to rest first." Ringo took a stack of bedding out of her luggage and said to Shiro.

Xiao Bai swallowed back what she was about to say.

Xiao Bai turned around and looked at Mu Yu behind him.

Mu Yu was still keeping her eyes closed, chanting a mantra to purify her mind and reduce her desires.

"……OK then."

Xiaobai gave up on the idea of ​​asking Ringo to rest at her place.

Governors Lin Qing and Mu Yu thus moved into the same house in Chapter Eight as roommates.

Early the next morning.

The Mu family fleet gradually withdrew from Chapter 8.

The valley base, which was originally bustling with people, suddenly became much quieter without the ship girls from the Mu family fleet.

After the Mu family fleet departed, the expedition team led by Mu Yu and Lin Qing began their on-site investigation of Chapter Eight. The next day, the dozen or so members of the expedition team split into several well-coordinated groups. Within a single day, they collected a large amount of soil and marine ecological information within the area of ​​Chapter Eight. Based on the complex data samples, they directly calculated the geological conditions of the land in Chapter Eight and the ecological distribution of the marine area, making extremely rapid progress.

Two days and two nights passed without incident between Mu Yu and Lin Qin; the bad things Xiao Bai had predicted did not happen.

During this time, Xiaobai even noticed that during the day, whenever Ringo stayed in the house, Muyu would always stand at the door with his eyes closed, chanting sutras, almost never giving him a chance to be alone with Ringo. When it was time to go to sleep at night, Muyu would always stay at the door until very late, until the sun was about to rise in the west, before dragging his tired and sleepy body into the house. Soon after, the house would be filled with Muyu's thunderous snoring.

Faced with Mu Yu's adherence to etiquette, even though Xiao Bai had some prejudice against Mu Yu, she had to admit that Mu Yu did indeed have a certain gentlemanly demeanor.

at last.

The time came to the morning of the third day.

After completing their investigation of geological and marine information, the expedition team arrived at Mu Yu and Lin Qing's room with a large stack of analytical documents, expressing their desire to explore the depths of the eighth chapter's marine area.

This means that the expedition team's mission has reached its final stage.

When Xiaobai received Mu Yu's message and rushed over from his residence, several members of the expedition team were chatting happily while holding thick stacks of survey data.

"Admiral Lu Lin!" The members of the inspection team waved their documents excitedly as soon as they saw Xiao Bai rushing over.

"Hello everyone." Xiaobai stopped in front of the expedition team members and smiled at them. "Is the field investigation of Chapter Eight coming to an end?"

“That’s right! We’ve already investigated the geology and marine ecology of Chapter Eight!” a member of the expedition team said excitedly. “Although the soil in Chapter Eight isn’t suitable for large-scale crop cultivation, the marine life in the area is extremely abundant. Unlike the waters outside the chapter, it has formed its own unique food chain. Based on ocean currents, we speculate that these marine organisms must have been there thousands of years ago…”

"Stop, stop, stop! We can finish this long-winded explanation later!" Another member of the expedition team quickly stopped his companion, then looked at Xiaobai with hopeful eyes and said, "Admiral Lu Lin, we have basically completed our expedition objectives. Next, we want to go to the depths of Chapter Eight! Can you send a fleet of ship girls to escort us?"

"Escorting them...that's certainly a good option." Xiaobai nodded. "What are you going to do deeper into the chapter?"

"The main purpose is to survey the sea area and confirm whether this place has been completely conquered. Secondly, we need to conduct a marine survey to see if there are any groundbreaking discoveries." The team member who had just spoken saluted Xiaobai and then said, "Reporting, sir! This is a very important survey mission!"

Chapter 2238 Little White's Request Flag

The researchers who consulted Xiaobai were excited, their eyes filled with a strong thirst for knowledge.

"An important investigation..." Xiaobai murmured to himself, then looked up and asked as if he had remembered something, "Hmm, speaking of which, are there any archaeologists on the expedition team?"

"Archaeology?" The researcher in front of Xiaobai was taken aback. He thought for a moment and replied, "Reporting to the commander, our expedition team's goal in coming to Chapter Eight is to explore the sea area, not to visit ancient sites. So, unfortunately, we do not have any personnel with expertise in archaeology."

"Oh, that's a real shame," Xiaobai sighed.

"Sir?" the researcher in front of Xiaobai asked curiously, "Do you need knowledge in archaeology?"

"No, I was just asking casually." Xiaobai smiled slightly and waved her hand. "You must be researchers specializing in geology and oceanography, right? Hmm... Well, if you want to go to the depths of the sea, I can have my ship girl escort you."

"Really? Thank you, sir!" Upon hearing Xiaobai's words, the researchers bowed excitedly.

"Don't be in such a hurry, I haven't finished speaking yet." Xiaobai raised her hand and held up a finger to the researchers in front of her. "It's no problem for my ship girls to escort you to the depths of the sea, but I have a small condition."

"Conditions? Please state them, sir!" The researcher nodded hurriedly.

"I want to go too," Xiaobai said, pointing to herself.

"Huh?" The researchers were taken aback.

"What's wrong? Is it not okay?" Xiaobai tilted her head.

"No, no, no, there's nothing wrong with it..." The researcher quickly shook his head vigorously, "If the leader wants to come with us, we certainly have no objection, but..."

"But what?"

“However… the deep sea is, after all, the territory of deep-sea creatures. Commander, you are just an ordinary person like us. Even with the protection of ship girls, absolute safety cannot be guaranteed during exploration of the deepest parts of the sea…” the researcher said earnestly to Xiaobai. “We researchers on the front lines are prepared to risk our lives to obtain information about the sea. But Commander, you are already a great hero who has achieved great success. There is really no need for you to come with us…”

The researcher's voice faltered slightly as he spoke, but the meaning was still clear: the depths of the sea in Chapter Eight might be dangerous, and an epic-level admiral like Xiaobai, who had liberated Chapter Eight, should simply enjoy his achievements instead of risking his life with the expedition team to such a dangerous place.

Towards the end, some of the researchers seemed hesitant to look Xiaobai in the eye.

But the next second, a burst of laughter reached his ears.

The researchers looked up and saw Xiaobai covering her mouth, smiling gently at them.

"Do you need to tell me how dangerous the deep sea is? I'm an admiral, after all." Xiaobai looked at the researchers with a smile. "Thank you for your concern, but it's okay. I know very well what the deep sea is like, so I was prepared when I said I wanted to come with you."

"Yes, but..."

"Alright, it's decided then." Xiaobai smiled and put her hands behind her back, saying to the researchers in front of her, "You guys go back and pack your things, my ship girls and I will wait for you on the shore first."

After Xiaobai finished speaking, he didn't give the researchers in front of him any time to back down and walked away with his hands behind his back.

Only the researcher was left standing there, dumbfounded, watching Xiaobai's departing figure.

The time came to noon.

On the pebble beach in Chapter 2239, the dark seawater kept crashing against the shore.

Since the ten deep-sea strongholds in Chapter 8 were conquered, the dense deep-sea atmosphere that originally shrouded the shore has weakened to the level of Chapter 7. The sky is no longer filled with endless black clouds, and a faint blue hue belonging to the sky can be seen.

On the sea, two ship girls are playing in the water.

"Saratoga! Take this!" Constellation bent down, scooped up seawater, shouted, and threw it with all his might towards Saratoga.

"Whoosh—airplanes!" Saratoga deftly dodged the Constellation's water attack, then pointed at the Constellation. Two carrier-based aircraft appeared out of thin air, whizzing as they rushed towards the Constellation, creating a curtain of water that poured over its body.

Before the water curtain even approached the constellation, a loud boom was heard as an iron ball shattered the water curtain and continued its upward momentum into the sky.

"Hmph, with your skills, you're still too naive to think you can get me wet!" Constellation, carrying her smoking main cannon, gave Saratoga a defiant smile.

Saratoga pouted and released a few more carrier-based aircraft, then pointed them toward the constellation.

"Come again!"

"No matter how many times I come, it's still Muda Muda!"

Saratoga and the constellation created a huge roar on the surface of the Chapter Sea, and the two figures moved and disappeared among the waves like dolphins.

For a time, the sea was filled with the roar of carrier-based aircraft and the loud sounds of main guns firing.

ashore.

Little White sat on the pebble beach, cupping his face in his hands as he watched the Saratoga sisters fighting fiercely on the water's surface, a helpless smile on his face.

"The ship girls' antics... are so exciting!" Xiaobai exclaimed.

“It seems that Saratoga and Constellation have been holding back these past few days,” Missouri said with a smile beside Xiaobai. “That’s why they were so eager to go when they heard that you were going to take them out to sea, Admiral.”

"It's just a simple sea voyage... Just relax."

"Hmm... what level of relaxation does the Admiral mean by 'relax'?"

“Just like them.” Xiaobai said, turning around to look behind her.

Behind Xiaobai and Missouri, Wisconsin and New Jersey were squatting together, having somehow gotten hold of a pile of sand and soil, and building a small castle on the gravel beach.

“Hey! New Jersey, didn’t we agree that they were going to be piled up in a diamond shape?” Wisconsin said, pointing to a sculpture she had contracted.

“A heart shape looks better.” New Jersey gestured a shape with his sand-covered palm.

"I understand the logic, but the contracting must be symmetrical, symmetrical!"

"Then change it to a heart shape..."

"I already piled it into a diamond shape, why did you have to change it, you bastard!"

"Rhombus shape...it's not pretty...it's all flat..."

"Flat my ass! Is flat good? Did flat eat your rice? Do you know how hard flat works? How can you assume flat isn't good-looking?!" Wisconsin seemed to have been hit where it hurt, and she pointed at New Jersey and launched a barrage of mental attacks on her.

New Jersey looked at Wisconsin's finger, then followed the direction of Wisconsin's finger and looked down at her own full breasts.

"Why did you suddenly look down! Are you showing off! You are showing off, aren't you! You really are showing off!" Wisconsin was furious, her voice trembling.

"You've been pointing here the whole time..."

"No way! You bastard!"

"..."

Xiao Bai turned his gaze away from Wisconsin and New Jersey and smiled knowingly.

"Wisconsin and New Jersey have such a good relationship," Xiaobai said. "Aren't you going to Missouri to join them?"

“The relationship between Wisconsin and New Jersey is, in a sense, one that Missouri cannot interfere with at all.” Missouri looked at Xiaobai with a smile. “As for Missouri, she is content as long as she stays by the Admiral’s side.”

Missouri and Little White exchanged a smile.

Just as Xiaobai was about to speak, a snow-white arm reached out from behind and gently wrapped around Xiaobai's neck.

Then Xiaobai felt the back of his head sink into a soft, snow-white mountain.

"I'm so envious." Iowa squatted behind Xiaobai, pressing her ample chest against Xiaobai's head, and laughed, "Could you leave me a spot next to the Admiral?"

"What a coincidence that Sister Iowa appeared at this time," Missouri said with a smile as she looked at Iowa.

"Hmm? Did I interrupt Missouri and the Admiral's private time?"

“How could that be?” Missouri patted the seat on the other side of her. “Please, have a seat.”

“It seems like the feng shui is better here, Admiral,” Iowa said, sitting down on the other side of Xiaobai and smiling as she put her arm around Xiaobai’s.

“Missouri thinks this place isn’t bad either.” Missouri tucked Xiaobai’s other arm under her arm and smiled.

Xiaobai was situated between Missouri and Iowa, feeling the soft touches coming from both sides, and couldn't help but feel a warmth on her face.

Ok.

The four Iowa sisters, along with Constellation and Saratoga, are the ship girl team that Xiaobai called from the base this time to escort the scientific research personnel.

There aren't many advanced deep-sea amphibious ships left in the current Chapter 8 area, so escorting humans to the depths of the sea isn't too difficult. But the people we'll be escorting later are valuable scientific researchers, so Xiaobai can't just find a few ship girls to deal with them. At the very least, the ship girls escorting them need to have top-tier combat power that can freely roam the Chapter 8 area.

As long as the researchers escorting them don't do anything reckless, with the strength of these six ship girls, there shouldn't be any problems with the escort.

Next, all I had to do was wait for the expedition team to pack up and come to the shore to meet me.

Xiao Bai looked at the sea before her, a hint of anticipation in her eyes.

"Speaking of which, Admiral," Iowa, who was standing next to Xiaobai, asked in a low voice at that moment.

"Huh? What's wrong with Iowa?"

"Admiral, what makes you want to go to the depths of the sea with the expedition team this time?" Iowa asked, linking her arm with Xiaobai's. "Hasn't the Admiral already explored the entire eighth chapter? Why go again with the expedition team?"

“Ah, this.” Xiaobai nodded after hearing Iowa’s words. “Anyway, there’s nothing to do here. We’re just idling around anyway, so why not go and join in the fun? Besides… since the expedition team is going to the deepest part of Chapter Eight, it means they’ll discover the deep-sea city there sooner or later.”

"Does the admiral not want them to find out?"

Chapter 2240 Luobei

"Does the Admiral not want them to discover the deep-sea city?"

Upon hearing this, Iowa's thin eyebrows twitched slightly, and he immediately asked a question.

"That's what I thought at first... but after thinking about it for a while, I realized that it wasn't very realistic." Xiaobai sighed and said slowly, "The deep-sea city is so big that even I'm not confident that I can hide it well. Besides, Chapter 8 is a place that will be opened to qualified ordinary admirals sooner or later. If you include the ship girls, there will be tens of thousands of people coming here in the future. It's only a matter of time before the deep-sea city is discovered."

"What are the admiral's thoughts?"

“Since they’re going to be discovered sooner or later, let them find out. Anyway, there’s no one left in the deep-sea city now.” Xiaobai paused for a moment. “The people in the expedition team are all very professional. Although there are no archaeology scholars in the team, they have been working in this field for a long time. Perhaps after guiding them to the deep-sea city, they will discover some things that I haven’t noticed before. That’s why I’m going with them.”

"So, Admiral, you want to know the secrets of the deep-sea city?"

"Yeah, I'm pretty free anyway."

"I see." Iowa smiled after hearing Xiaobai's words and nodded deeply. "As expected of the admiral, since you can't stop things from happening, you retreat to advance and try to get as much information as possible that is beneficial to yourself. You are truly a master strategist."

“Iowa…” Xiaobai looked at Iowa with a wry smile, “You actually knew what I wanted to do all along, didn’t you… You just asked those questions to get me to say it, right?”

"We've been exposed?" Iowa maintained his smile, showing no surprise whatsoever.