Elder brother's garrison

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There's a sense of companionship, both mentally and physically, that you don't find in Missouri, Yamato, or even Veneto—a feeling of being with peers.

Bounced around in Changchun's arms, the research and construction machine soon appeared in front of Xiaobai and the other two.

"Ah! We're here!" Changchun reminded the little white dog in his arms.

"So fast..." Xiaobai reluctantly straightened up from Changchun's arms and looked in the direction of the scientific research construction machine.

The research and construction machine was once just a huge metal instrument floating on the water. However, when Xiaobai and her two companions approached it this time, they were surprised to find that a tent-like passage had been erected in front of the research and construction machine. This passage was closely connected to the entrance of the instrument, and a sea storage basket was floating next to the passage.

"Did the Admiral's Guild make this too?" The three of them arrived in front of the research and construction machine, looking curiously at the extra passage and storage basket.

There was a plastic business card in the storage basket.

Xiaobai, embraced by Changchun, came to the business card and picked it up to look at it.

This plastic business card is an introduction to aisle and storage baskets.

"Oh... I see. This storage basket is for storing the ship girls' clothes after they take them off." Xiaobai read the contents of the business card, her face showing understanding. She said to the two ship girls beside her, "After all, if you go to the research and construction machine while wearing clothes, the research and construction machine will digest the clothes along with the ship equipment. So this thing is for the ship girls to take off their clothes before approaching the research and construction machine... And this passage is also a covering device to reduce the embarrassment of the ship girls after they take off their clothes."

"I see! The Admiral's Guild is so thoughtful."

"This idea was proposed by... Miss Luo Yingying." Xiaobai looked at the signature at the end of the business card and said to the ship girls with a smile, "As expected of Miss Yingying! She really showed a lot of thoughtfulness and gentleness as a girl. I really have to treat her to a meal when I have time."

"Changchun...are we really going to be eaten by this thing?" Standing atop the gleaming black research and construction machine, Anshan asked Changchun with a worried expression.

"It's alright, Anshan sister. Just close your eyes, and it'll be over in a second!" Changchun said to Anshan, then held up a finger to her and said with a smile, "And if you're worried, Anshan sister, I can demonstrate for you first. Don't worry, it'll be absolutely no problem!"

“Hmm…” Anshan stared silently at the scientific research and construction machine, her gaze shifting, and she didn’t speak for a moment.

“Speaking of which, this construction machine is practically your hometown, Sister Anshan, isn’t it?” Changchun suddenly spoke up when Anshan didn’t say anything.

"Huh? Hometown?" Anshan was taken aback.

“Yes, Anshan, you are a ship girl created from targeted construction metal after all…” Changchun said. “The targeted metal that created you, Anshan, is the reward for the first lock of the research construction machine, right? So now you’re going back to feed the research construction machine, which is like going back home.”

"Don't use such strange descriptions..." Anshan sighed, rubbing her shoulders, and said helplessly, "I know... I know... this kind of thing... it's just that... um... how should I put it... this research and construction machine always gives me a very strange feeling..."

"What does it feel like?"

"...It's that feeling of being a little scared."

"You'll get used to it, Anshan sister," Changchun said with a smile.

"Uh." Anshan looked at Changchun's bright smile, looking like he had something to say but couldn't. "...Okay."

Changchun walked up to Anshan, took the little white dog out of his arms, and handed it to Anshan.

Anshan picked up Xiaobai and, just like Changchun, hugged Xiaobai into his arms.

"Sister Anshan, I'm entrusting the governor to your care for a little while." Changchun smiled.

"Yes." Anshan nodded.

Changchun waved to Xiaobai and Anshan, then turned and walked into the entrance of the passage.

The sea quickly calmed down.

A rustling sound came from inside the passageway.

A few minutes later, a pair of smooth, white arms emerged, holding neatly folded clothes. The clothes were carefully placed flat into the storage basket. After a while, boots, hats, socks, headscarves, and underwear were also neatly brought out and folded into the storage basket.

From Xiaobai and Anshan's perspective, Changchun, standing in the passage, crossed his arms, gave them an embarrassed smile, and then skipped and hopped closer to the scientific research and construction machine.

The research and construction machine sensed Changchun's approach. Under Anshan's fearful gaze, it opened its enormous black mouth, large enough to swallow the entire Changchun whole. Changchun stepped into the research and construction machine's mouth, bent down, and sat down. The research and construction machine's giant mouth slowly closed, swallowing Changchun whole.

The scientific research and construction machine began to chew.

A gurgling sound was slowly emitted.

“…Ugh.” Anshan shrank back, shuddering. “Comrade…this…this thing looks disgusting!”

"Well..." Xiaobai smiled awkwardly, "There is a little bit..."

It takes about half a minute for the scientific research and construction machinery to be digested in Changchun.

Anshan swallowed hard, watching the scientific research and construction machine's every move with some nervousness.

Xiao Bai took this opportunity to look at the technological lock on the research and construction machine.

Current technological locks have reached a progress rate of 55.13%.

"Last time, this research and construction machine consumed all my ship equipment, and the progress was over 30%... I remember that the progress of a destroyer's ship equipment can increase by 0.01%. That means that in just two or three days, this research and construction machine has consumed the ship equipment of several thousand ship girls... That's amazing." Xiaobai muttered to herself.

Just as Xiaobai was thinking, half a minute had passed.

The research and construction machine shook precisely on time, then opened its giant mouth and shoved a vicious bite into the passage.

A smooth white shadow was suddenly ejected and landed in the passage.

"Admiral... I, I'm back..." Changchun, her hair disheveled, sat weakly on the water in the passageway, hugging her chest and smiling bitterly at Xiaobai and Anshan outside.

Changchun! Are you alright?

"No...it's nothing...it's just that the ship equipment melted again...I, I'm fine." Changchun staggered to her feet, leaning somewhat awkwardly against the entrance of the passage. After catching her breath, she gave Xiaobai and Anshan a wry smile, "Um...Sister Anshan, could you hand me my clothes? Um...I'm still not used to the ship equipment disappearing, I'm a little weak..."

“…” Anshan swallowed hard. She walked to the entrance of the passage, picked up the storage basket and put it into the passage.

Changchun quietly changed his clothes in the passageway, then staggered out, holding onto the railing.

Even if the ship equipment is devoured, the characteristics of a ship girl will still remain.

Although her combat power is basically zero, Changchun can still walk on the water and has physical abilities that are superior to those of ordinary girls of the same size, so she is basically unaffected by her movements.

"Phew... How... how is it? Sister Anshan, it doesn't hurt at all..." Changchun walked up to Xiaobai, her face flushed and her eyes dizzy, and urged Anshan, "I... I've rested enough, I can hug the Admiral now, you... you should go too..."

"..." Anshan.

Looking at his younger sister's expression, which seemed as if she had fallen into an abyss and wanted to drag him down with her, Anshan had a strange feeling that the research and construction machine was really dangerous.

The retreat has begun.

Chapter 2814 Top-Quality Dog Food Anshan

Dong dong dong dong dong dong…

In Anshan's heart, the sound of retreating was like the accompaniment at the start of a 100-meter race at a sports meet, resounding endlessly.

Seeing his younger sister's outstretched hands, Anshan instinctively took a step back and hugged Xiaobai tightly.

"...Huh?" Changchun stood there stunned. "Sister Anshan? What's wrong?"

"Huh? Me...me?" Anshan didn't know why she stepped back. She blinked subconsciously and looked at the little white dog in her arms. "Uh...um...I..."

"Sister Anshan, we need to hurry up, after all, there are still many admirals waiting for us on the shore," Changchun reminded her.

"Ah, there's a queue, right... then we really need to hurry..." Anshan continued Changchun's words, nodding as she stepped forward and handed the little white dog in her arms to Changchun. Then, looking at the passage leading to the research and construction machine, she subconsciously swallowed again, "Um... that... Changchun..."

"what's up?"

"What's it like inside a research and construction machine?"

"Sister Anshan, you'll be able to experience it soon."

"No, no... um... what I mean is..." Anshan looked at Changchun with some hesitation, "Changchun, don't you think this research and construction machine is strange? It's clearly a machine, but it acts like a living being, trying to eat ship girls..."

"...Sister, this is your maternal home."

“Even if it’s my maternal home, it’s still strange!” Anshan covered his ears and shook his head frantically.

"...Ah, don't you want to feed the research and construction machine, sister?" Changchun finally realized what Anshan was doing after seeing her awkward reaction. She then pouted slightly and said to Anshan with a hint of resentment, "Anshan, you just promised you'd come with me..."

“I agreed…I agreed…” Anshan immediately deflated.

Nothing in this world is more heartbreaking than a sister's resentful gaze.

Anshan silently watched Changchun, and finally sighed.

That's it.

That's it.

It's just being swallowed up by some weird construction machine...

At worst, you can just close your eyes and let it pass.

Anshan slowly walked to the entrance of the passage, and went in while holding onto the railing.

As Anshan entered the passage, the scientific research and construction machine at the other end of the passage trembled slightly, almost imperceptibly, like a beast that had sensed its prey.

"Eek!" Anshan's face paled slightly. She turned to Xiaobai and Changchun and said, "This thing seems to have moved just now!"

"How could that be? This is a safe distance. The research and construction machine won't react," Changchun said to Anshan, having already had two experiences with this.

"But, it just clearly..."

"Sister Anshan..."

"Okay, okay, stop looking at me like that! I, I know!" Anshan turned around, looking at the research construction machine sleeping at the other end of the passage, raised his hand to unbutton his shirt, and muttered as he did so, "Anyway, nothing will happen. Just think of it as accidentally falling into a mud pit full of slimes and then being reborn at the respawn point the next second. Anyway, no one will pity someone like me. I can just fall anywhere and it won't matter..."

Although Anshan didn't say it explicitly, both Xiaobai and Changchun outside the passage could feel a strong sense of resentment from Anshan's back.

Seeing this, Xiaobai smiled helplessly.

"Anshan," Xiaobai called out to Anshan, who was taking off his clothes in the passageway, "If you really don't like it, then don't go."

Anshan stopped taking off his clothes in the passageway.

"Admiral?" Changchun looked at Xiaobai in surprise. "Don't you want Sister Anshan to feed the research and construction machines?"

"Actually, it's fine... If Anshan really doesn't like it, there's no need to force her." Xiaobai shook her head and said to Changchun, "Besides, we're just here to go through the motions today. Anyway, no one is watching us around here, so it's fine even if we don't touch the research and construction machine."

Everyone's tolerance for being physically fed to scientific research and construction machines is different.

Changchun may not mind the way research and development machines are fed, but Anshan is probably the type that is quite particular about it.

That's nothing.

Just like different people have different tastes, just because someone can accept something doesn't mean everyone can. I think this is only natural.

"But my sister already made a promise with me..." Changchun said, pouting at Xiaobai.

"It's alright. The ship girls' own wishes are more important than the progress of the research and construction machine." Xiaobai smiled at Changchun. "Just do me a favor and let your previous agreement with Anshan go, okay?"

"Since the Admiral has said so..." Changchun thought for a moment, and although somewhat regretful, he still obediently nodded.

There wasn't really any reason for Changchun to force his sister to feed the research and construction machine.

But if I really had to say...

The reason Changchun kept urging Anshan to feed the research and construction machine with her was actually because she wanted to use the excuse of the ship equipment melting to let the three of them get together in the repair pool. After all, what in the world could be happier than taking a bath with your beloved sister and your beloved admiral?

Changchun's little scheme has now been largely fulfilled; her plan to take a bath with Xiaobai is already on the agenda. As for Anshan... although it's a bit of a disappointment for Changchun, it's not absolutely necessary.

At worst, it just means we'll go from three people sticking together to two.

Honestly... I was actually trying to create an opportunity for my sister to get closer to the Admiral.

If you don’t want to come, then don’t come.

Anyway, as long as there are newbies, Changchun doesn't care.

These thoughts flashed through Changchun's mind, but in the end, he called out to Anshan in the passageway.

"Sister Anshan, stop taking your clothes off. Did you hear what the Admiral said?"

"..." Anshan turned around in the passage, looking at Xiaobai with a touched expression. She skipped and hopped towards running out of the passage, "Waaah—I knew comrade cared about me! Comrade—you really do care about me—"

"It doesn't have to be this touching..."

Under the watchful eyes of Xiaobai and Changchun, Anshan jumped out of the passage, stretched out his hands, and rushed towards himself with a look of deep emotion.

But the next second.

Something shocking happened to Xiaobai and Changchun.

Just as Anshan jumped into the air, several long mechanical tentacles extended from the passage behind her and wrapped around Anshan's ankles with lightning speed.

Snapped!

"Huh?" Before Anshan could even react in mid-air, she had barely uttered a single word when a terrifying force surged through her feet, instantly pulling her from mid-air into the passage. "Eh??? Huh??? Huh he ...

Inside the passage, the scientific research and construction machine, with its enormous, dark mouth wide open, pulled Anshan back to its side as if fishing.

"Wait, wait, what's this? Tentacles?! How come you have these things?! This is so unfair!" Anshan, hanging upside down, desperately clutched her skirt and clenched her thighs, her face flushed, staring in shock at the research and construction machine so close to her. "Eh??! Wait, you're not going to—no, no! My comrade has already agreed to let me go, you, you can't force me! There are plenty of ship girls for you to eat later! I… I didn't mean to—hey!!! Wait—no, no, at least let me take off my clothes first, let me take off my clothes first!"

Anshan was only halfway through his shout when the scientific research and construction machine bit him and his mechanical tentacles into its mouth, just like eating a skewer.

Sparks flew everywhere with a hissing sound.