Elder brother's garrison

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Since Barbarossa herself hasn't figured out the details of the reward, there's no need for Xiaobai to urge her.

After a short rest, Xiaobai and his group headed towards the entrance of Chapter City.

The city in Chapter 2563 has a distinctive feature compared to the cities in other chapters: it is not surrounded by thick walls to isolate it from the outside world, nor does it have a huge gate that is tens of meters high. Instead, it is a bustling street open to the outside world. At the end of this street stands a huge archway with the four large characters "Chapter 8" engraved on top. The characters are written in a vigorous and majestic style.

In the corner of the archway stood a small pavilion, and inside sat a young girl dressed as a scholar.

The girl in the pavilion had smooth, flowing hair that gradually turned from white to green. She wore green-rimmed glasses and was looking down at the information on her laptop, her expression serious and focused.

As Xiaobai and his group approached the small pavilion, the green-haired girl inside stopped what she was doing, stood up, and bowed respectfully to them.

At that moment, Xiaobai also exchanged glances with the girl.

Xiao Bai caught a glimpse of the name tag on the girl's chest.

—Chapter Eleven: City Receptionist, Divine Eagle.

This girl is a ship girl, and according to Xiaobai's observation, although she appears to be quiet and gentle, her ship equipment level is quite high, and she also exudes a calm and composed aura of someone who has been through countless battles.

Xiao Bai's gaze faltered slightly, a hint of surprise in his eyes.

As expected of Chapter 8, even the reception staff on the outermost edge of the chapter city are ship girl employees? Moreover, the ship girl employees they hired are high-level ship girls who would be considered main force even in Chapters 6 and 7.

Just as Xiaobai was observing the ship girl named Shenying, Shenying was also observing Xiaobai and her group.

At first, when Shenying saw Xiaobai walk up, her taciturn and calm expression remained unchanged. But the moment her gaze swept over Xiaobai and she saw the ship girls following behind her, Shenying's composure, which remained unchanged even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of her, was instantly shattered, and she couldn't help but show a moment of astonishment.

Closely following behind Little White were the four sisters: Iowa, Missouri, New Jersey, and Wisconsin.

Although these four Iowa-class ship girls all appeared harmless and amiable, the moment the Divine Eagle saw their faces, he still felt a strange and unsettling sense of oppression emanating from them.

This is something only highly trained ship girls can sense.

What powerful ship girls!

The divine eagle withdrew its gaze and looked carefully at the little white creature in front of it.

"Hello, are you here to challenge the garrison of the main sea area in Chapter 8?" Divine Eagle suppressed the strange feelings in his heart, calmed his emotions, and asked the little white in front of him.

"Yes, is this Chapter Eight?" Xiaobai nodded, responding with a gentle smile.

“Hmm.” Shenying nodded, then couldn’t help but glance at the ship girls behind Xiaobai. “According to the regulations of the Admiral’s Headquarters, the qualification to challenge Chapter 8 is only open to naval bases that have cleared Chapter 7. Your naval base… well, I suppose your naval base is ranked number one on the world leaderboard? Then just show me your entry and exit permit.”

"Huh? Entry and exit permit? What's that?" Xiaobai was stunned.

"..." Divine Eagle looked at Little White in surprise, "The access pass is the Chapter 8 Challenge number you applied for at the Admiral's Headquarters. Did you forget to bring your access pass? You can tell me the number then."

"Uh……"

Xiaobai looked back at the ship girls.

The ship girls looked at each other, and all gave Xiaobai a simple and innocent smile.

broken.

Xiaobai left in such a hurry that he didn't even say a word to anyone outside the naval base, and he even forgot to check the entry process for Chapter 8...

For example, things like entry and exit permits are things that no newbies have ever heard of.

"Uh..." Little White looked at the Divine Eagle, "Um... can I apply for the access pass on the spot?"

"...Didn't your residence apply for an entry/exit permit?" Divine Eagle paused slightly before continuing to speak to Little White. "Applying for an entry/exit permit isn't a quick process. In terms of procedure, you first need to submit the clearance documents from Chapter Seven. Then, after the Admiral's Headquarters confirms and verifies them, they are forwarded to the corresponding Governor's Office for confirmation and completion. Finally, they will be issued one by one. I can help you apply for an entry/exit permit, but even at the fastest pace, it will take at least eight hours to get the number."

"Is this... really that complicated..."

"The procedure is for better order maintenance, please understand," the Divine Eagle said apologetically to Little White, but then added, "Do we need to apply for a temporary pass?"

"Huh? Do you still have temporary passes?"

"If you have a record of clearing Chapter 7, you can apply for a temporary pass. Admirals with a temporary pass have the right to move relatively freely within the city and to consume and enjoy entertainment as usual," Shenying explained. "However, until you obtain a real pass, admirals with a temporary pass can only act as tourists in this city and are not allowed to enter or leave any places within the city that are related to the admiral's profession. We hope you understand."

"I see." Xiaobai nodded. "Then help me get a temporary pass."

"Then I'll process your temporary pass right away." Shenying sat back in his chair, lowered his head and typed rapidly on the laptop in front of him for a while, then placed a card reader in front of Xiaobai. "Please insert your admiral's ID here."

"Oh." Xiaobai took out his admiral's certificate and gently pushed it into the slot of the card reader.

"Okay, that's done..." Shenying pressed the Enter key and was about to nod when suddenly, her laptop emitted a series of beeping alarm sounds. "...Hmm?"

"What's wrong?" Xiaobai asked quickly.

"...The temporary pass application failed." Shenying frowned as he looked at the content on his laptop screen. "...Is it a system bug? It shows that you already have an entry/exit number."

"It has a number?" Xiaobai was also taken aback. She quickly stepped forward and asked curiously, "Could it be that after I went out, my secretary ship suddenly remembered this and applied for it for me?"

"...It must be...a system bug." Shenying frowned, tilting her head as she stared at the computer screen. "Because this number seems to be wrong."

"Wrong?"

"The number shown on this is 00001."

"Uh……"

Upon hearing Shenying's words, Xiaobai subconsciously looked down at the admiral's identification card inserted into the card reader.

Half of Xiaobai's admiral's certificate was sticking out of the card reader, and on the exposed half of the certificate, a string of numbers "00001" was shimmering faintly in the sunlight.

Chapter 2564 The Divine Eagle's Praise

The mystery has been solved.

Xiao Bai breathed a sigh of relief and smiled gently.

“Miss Divine Eagle, the entry/exit number should be correct.” Little White smiled at Divine Eagle. “It seems my entry/exit number for Chapter Eight is 00001.”

"Huh?" The Divine Eagle didn't understand Xiao Bai's words for a moment, and raised its head with a confused look in its eyes.

Xiao Bai didn't say anything. She simply pulled her admiral's certificate out of the card reader and handed it to Shen Ying.

Shenying looked at Xiaobai's admiral's certificate with a puzzled expression, and subconsciously accepted it with both hands.

The moment Shenying saw the gleaming number 00001 on Xiaobai's admiral's certificate, his gaze first fixed on it, and he slightly opened his mouth. Then, as his gaze continued to extend and he saw the five large characters "Newbie Naval Base" clearly visible on Xiaobai's admiral's certificate, Shenying jumped up from his chair.

"You, you are the world's number one naval base?"

"Yes," Little White nodded to the Divine Eagle with a smile.

"..." The Divine Eagle didn't speak. She just stared at Little White's face for a while, then looked her over from head to toe. A look of doubt quickly appeared in her eyes. "...White hair, golden eyes...petite figure...that's true, but..."

"What's wrong?" Little White asked curiously when she saw that the Divine Eagle seemed to have something to say but couldn't.

"...The admiral of the rookie naval base, wasn't he supposed to be... a terrifying admiral with a frightening face and an appearance like a white demon with a long tongue?" Shenying stared at Xiaobai's face with a puzzled expression. "Even if those rumors are false, at least his appearance should be quite fierce... Your appearance is far too different from what's described in the rumors..."

"So what's with the strange rumor about his terrifying appearance..." Xiaobai gave a helpless bitter smile.

"..." The Divine Eagle fell silent for a moment.

As repeatedly mentioned within the admiral community in Chapter 7, while the newbie naval base is a heroic admiral who pioneered Chapter 8 and benefited all of humanity, its current admiral is also a ruthless white demon who commits arson, murder, and looting. In particular, a certain admiral surnamed Li among the top ten admirals trembles at the mere mention of her name ever since their first meeting. Another top ten admiral, after provoking the newbie naval base admiral, vanished along with her base, leaving no trace. Many admirals who had some interaction with the newbie naval base admiral mostly remain silent when discussing her, displaying an air of profound shrewdness and utmost respect…

Isn't this admiral terrifying?

In addition, the information about the new admiral of the naval base has always been tightly controlled by the admiral headquarters. Ordinary admirals cannot find any information about this new admiral at all. Over time, as rumors about the new admiral of the naval base spread, in the conversations of the admirals, this mysterious new admiral of the naval base was unknowingly demonized to a rather exaggerated degree.

For example, the admiral of the newbie naval base is a humanoid monster who is unpredictable in her morality, mood, and even temperament. Although this admiral is incredibly powerful, her actions depend entirely on her mood. Sometimes she will show kindness and help admirals in distress, but other times she will randomly choose a lucky admiral to suppress and destroy their family.

The Divine Eagle would definitely not tell Little White this.

"The admiral of the rookie naval base... is a great hero who single-handedly conquered Chapter 8. As the saying goes, extraordinary people have extraordinary appearances... The admiral headquarters has always kept information about you hidden, so the public has made some inaccurate inferences about your appearance." Shenying thought for a while and tried to avoid any descriptions that might upset Xiaobai.

"Oh, I see..." Xiaobai finally understood.

The ship girls behind Xiaobai couldn't help but whisper among themselves as they watched Xiaobai's conversation with Shenying.

"Didn't our admiral appear on TV? Several times, no less." Wisconsin approached Taihou and asked with a puzzled look, "Why is it that every time we go out, people don't recognize the admiral?"

“Because when our admiral appears on TV, he always hides the name of the new naval base…” Taihou covered her mouth and leaned closer to Wisconsin, explaining in a low voice, “For example, when he went to Cloud City to film a movie recently, the admiral only announced his identity as the admiral of a well-known naval base, without revealing the name of the new naval base.”

"Has the admiral never shown his face in public before?"

“Yes, there are some… but they mostly show up in lower-tier sea cities…” Taihou explained to Wisconsin, “Admirals who occasionally rise to higher-tier sea areas usually don’t dare to spread news about our admiral for fear of offending him…”

"Oh, I see..."

Xiao Bai felt a flush rise to her cheeks as she listened to the whispers behind her.

“Since you have an entry/exit number, you don’t need to apply for a temporary pass. You can enter the city directly.” Shenying closed his laptop and handed Xiaobai’s admiral’s certificate back to him.

"Yes, thank you for your hard work, Miss Divine Eagle." Xiaobai took back the admiral's certificate and smiled apologetically at Divine Eagle.

"..." Shenying looked at Xiaobai with complicated eyes. She shook her head, put the laptop in her hand into the ship equipment space, and then said to Xiaobai, "Please come with me. Is this your first time in the completed eighth chapter city? This city is very big. Please let me take you to the Admiral's Guild to report."

"Huh? You're coming with us?" Xiaobai asked in surprise.

“…Hmm.” Shenying pointed to the name tag on his chest. “I am receptionist number eleven. My job is to lead the admirals to the admirals’ guild for reporting and to show you around the city.”

"After you leave, what will happen to this pavilion..."

"Receptionist number twelve will take over."

"I see." Xiaobai put her hands together and smiled at Shenying. "So we are really lucky to have met such a warm and responsible receptionist as Miss Shenying."

"..." The Divine Eagle did not reply, but silently walked out of the pavilion. "...Let's go."

Divine Eagle led Little White and his group into the city of Chapter Eight.

The city in Chapter 2565 is just as described before. On the surface, it is a highly modern and bustling metropolis with towering buildings. However, compared to a true metropolis, 99% of the pedestrians on the streets of the city in Chapter 8 are ship girls. Whether chatting on the street, shopping in stores, or even the shop assistants and taxi drivers, they are all ship girls. These ship girls have perfectly integrated into the city in their various roles, and the air seems to be filled with birdsong and the fragrance of flowers, bringing a unique vitality to the city.

The concentration of ship girls in this city is just too high.

"The eighth chapter city is different from the other chapter cities. The air here still contains a faint, not fully purified, abyssal scent. For humans without an admiral's network, living in this environment for a long time would lead to organ failure. Therefore, over 95% of the city's inhabitants are ship girls, and the majority of the remaining humans are high-ranking admirals who have access to the admiral's network." Shenying explained to Xiaobai and her group as she led them in one direction. "Of the ship girls working in the chapter city, 30% are active ship girls dispatched by the admiral's guild, while the other 70% are temporarily hired from the city's naval base. These ship girls act as cogs, maintaining the city's basic operation. For example, this movie theater in front of us..."

The Divine Eagle's introductions were witty and clear. Whenever it passed a building, the Divine Eagle would raise its arm to introduce it to Little White.

Beside Xiaobai, Shenhai Chicheng walked up, covering her mouth.

"My lord, there seems to be no trace of the admiral around here," Akagi asked Shiro.

“Oh, you’re right…” Upon hearing Akagi’s words, Shiro looked around and then nodded. “Aren’t the other admirals here?”

“This is a remote area of ​​the chapter city, and admirals don’t usually come here casually.” Shenying turned his head, his gaze sweeping over Xiaobai and Shenhai Akagi, and then patiently explained, “Now is an important period for the development of the eighth chapter. Admirals are usually either studying lineups in their residences or going back and forth between the guild and the sea area.”

"I see." Xiaobai smiled at Shenying. "Is Miss Shenying a current ship girl at the Admiral's Headquarters?"

“I’m not entirely,” the Divine Eagle shook its head.

"Not entirely?"

“I’m not a current ship girl of the Admiral’s Guild, but my Admiral is an employee of the Admiral’s Guild,” Shenying said to Xiaobai. “So I’m not entirely a ship girl of the Admiral’s Headquarters.”

"Eh? Miss Divine Eagle's admiral is an employee of the Admiral's Guild?"

"Hmm..." The Divine Eagle thought for a moment, then asked Little White thoughtfully, "Would you like to meet him?"

"...If Miss Shenying's admiral thinks it's okay, I wouldn't mind." Xiaobai was taken aback for a moment, then smiled.

"..." The Divine Eagle nodded silently, then twitched its nose slightly and its gaze fell on Deep Sea Akagi.

"Excuse me... is there something you need?" Akagi from the Deep Sea noticed the Divine Eagle's gaze and smiled at her.

“You smell wonderful,” the Divine Eagle said.

"Thank you." Akagi Fukami pursed her lips.

"...Also, you seem to be human?" Divine Eagle looked at Deep Sea Akagi with a strange expression. "I don't sense any ship girl aura on you?"

"I am a retired ship girl." Akagi bowed to the Divine Eagle and said with a smile, "Due to certain reasons, I was seriously injured and had to dismantle my ship equipment in order to save my life. I am currently being taken in by the kind master."

The term "retired ship girl" was something that Shiro and Akagi from the Deep Sea came up with on the way, and this name is, in a sense, flawless in describing Akagi's current state.

At least Shenying would definitely not associate Deepsea Akagi with the Deepsea Dean.

"..." The moment Shenying heard about the retired ship girl, her gaze flickered slightly, and then she looked at Abyssal Akagi's face with some apology, "...I'm sorry."

"It's alright, I've already accepted this reality." Akagi took Shiro's arm and gave the Divine Eagle a happy smile. "I'm content as long as I can stay by my lord's side."

The ship girls beside Akagi stirred.

—This deep-sea concubine is taking the opportunity to boost the admiral's favorability again!

How could there be such a wicked woman who takes advantage of every opportunity!

Even though the ship girls around them really wanted to complain, they couldn't say anything for the time being because there were outsiders watching. They could only try their best to keep smiling and stare at Akagi with a look of gnashing teeth.

Shenying naturally didn't notice the expressions on the ship girls' faces.

"..." The Divine Eagle simply nodded slightly and withdrew its gaze.

In Shenying's eyes, after hearing Akagi's words, Akagi and Shiro had already been imagined as an admiral and ship girl who would never leave each other and were deeply in love.