Elder brother's garrison

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"But...we still don't understand why the sea map is out of order..."

"Hahahaha! There are so many problems in this world. If we could figure everything out, we might as well become saints instead of admirals!" Admiral Haoding laughed again, giving everyone a thumbs up and grinning. "An admiral's job is to conquer the seas, so our job now is naturally to continue our expeditions! Since the sea map is invalid, let's hurry up and find a correct one!"

"But... what if it expires again tomorrow?"

"Then let's explore it one more time! Since this sea area is here, I'm willing to fight it to the end! Whether it's once, twice, three times, four times, or even a hundred times! I will attack with all my might!" Admiral Haoding said, his whole body seemingly bursting with fierce flames. He laughed heartily and said to everyone, "Of course! I don't mean to force everyone to explore with me! If you feel tired, you can rest for a few days and see how things go. I will still draw up the map of this sea area even if I'm the only one doing it! Of course, I will share the contents with everyone!"

"Wow... Haoding, you're really something..."

"Isn't that a bit too youthful...?"

Admiral Haoding's high morale left Admirals Lian and Ling speechless.

"Hahaha! This setback is nothing compared to when I was exploring Chapter 8 all by myself without the help of Admiral Lu Lin!" Admiral Haoding laughed.

Admiral Haoding's laughter echoed freely across the beach.

Upon hearing this, Duan Shuiliu, who had been pondering for a long time while holding the map, relaxed his tightly furrowed brows slightly.

Xiaobai sensed someone sneaking up behind her. She turned around and found that it was Nanxing cautiously approaching her.

"The map from yesterday is malfunctioning, so I can't give it to your friend," Nanxing whispered to Xiaobai.

"No, it's alright! Sister Nanxing, don't worry about it!" Xiaobai quickly shook her head.

"I'll try my best to make a new one for you with them."

"Eh? Sister Nanxing, you..."

Before Xiaobai could reply, Nanxing raised his hand and spoke to Admiral Haoding.

"Me too."

"Oh! Admiral Nanxing! Are you going to explore with me again?"

"Count me in." Duan Shuiliu nodded, glanced at Xiaobai, and then raised her hand.

"Hey, hey, hey! Since you've all decided to leave, then I will too!" Admiral Lian said hastily when he saw that the three of them had made their decisions.

"And, and me too!" Admiral Ling raised her hands high, as if afraid of being left behind.

"Hahaha, I never thought I'd be fighting alongside everyone again!" Admiral Haoding laughed heartily.

Under Xiaobai's watchful eye, the five top ten admirals quickly composed themselves and began redistributing tasks, starting the map exploration and drawing operation for 8-3 in an orderly manner, just like yesterday.

Xiaobai reached out to the top ten admirals, but seeing their enthusiastic expressions, she finally gave up on the idea and slowly lowered her hand.

"Um……"

Xiao Bai looked up thoughtfully, gazing at the dark sea in the distance.

……

The 8-3 sea area is not a small sea area. Even if the top five admirals joined forces, it would be difficult to fully explore the map in just one morning. Therefore, after today's sea map was drawn, the time had unknowingly reached the afternoon, approaching the end of the expedition time.

"Sigh... I thought I could draw the map faster today with yesterday's experience." Admiral Lian printed out the new map and distributed it to the admirals present, muttering to herself with a hint of helplessness.

"Hahaha! Actually, I can feel that I'm developing a better and better understanding with all of you admirals!" Admiral Haoding said with a smile.

"It looks like there won't be time for the sea raids again today..." Admiral Ling sighed, gazing at the dark sea.

“Actually, night battles aren’t entirely out of the question,” Admiral Haoding said.

"No, no, no, then let's forget about it..." Admiral Lian quickly smiled bitterly, "My main battleships are all aircraft carriers... I can't possibly deal damage in night battles."

"So, we'll just have to meet tomorrow?"

"Ah."

"Tomorrow... I hope the sea area won't change again tomorrow..."

The top ten admirals, holding their maps, all glanced at the distant sea.

In Chapter 2922, the ocean waves surged, with one dark wave after another crashing against the shore, making a loud, crashing sound.

……

When Xiaobai returned to the temporary naval base from the 8-3 sea area, Ning Lu and Jin Shiqi also arrived at the gate of the temporary naval base as if they had made an appointment.

"Admiral Lu Lin! Yahoo!" As soon as Ning Lu saw Xiao Bai, she stood on tiptoe and waved excitedly.

"Are you here to bring your ship girls home?" Xiaobai smiled as she approached the two admirals, knocked on the door, and turned to speak to them.

"Yes—" Jin Shiqi nodded nervously, looking at Xiaobai as if he were waiting for a verdict.

Xiao Bai smiled at the two of them, then led them into the temporary garrison and brought them to the training ground.

At this moment, the ship girls of the newbie naval base had been waiting for Xiaobai for a long time. As soon as they saw Xiaobai, they jumped up from their positions and greeted her happily.

"Admiral! You're back!"

Xiaobai greeted the ship girls with a smile, then looked at the people beside them.

The ship girls that Xiaobai had originally handed over to the ship girls for training were now lying haphazardly on the edge of the training ground. There were no signs of excessive damage on their bodies, and their physical condition seemed to be quite good, but their spirits seemed to have been drained, and they looked like walking corpses.

"These ship girls are..."

"Reporting to the Admiral! Since it's almost time to pick them up, we've let them rest until now!"

"Uh... okay." Xiaobai smiled wryly.

As soon as Jin Shiqi and Ning Lu's ship girls saw that their admiral had finally come to pick them up, the ship girls who were lying on the ground a second ago got up one by one, each with tears streaming down their faces, and ran towards their admiral.

"Admiral—you've finally come to pick me up! Waaaaaah!"

"The ship girls at the newbie naval base are amazing!"

"I...I haven't encountered those four blue destroyers even once all day!!!"

"Training is so tough—"

The ship girls cried out.

Seeing that his ship girl was safe and sound, Jin Shiqi finally breathed a sigh of relief. He awkwardly bowed to Xiaobai and expressed his deep gratitude.

The ship girls that were handed over to Admiral Lu Lin were actually able to be retrieved...

It seems the rumor about throwing meat buns at a dog isn't true after all...

No, no.

Using "dog" to describe Admiral Lu Lin is extremely rude!

Thinking of this, Jin Shiqi's gaze towards Xiaobai held more respect and less fear.

After Xiaobai made an appointment with Jin Shiqi and Ning Lu for the training of the ship girls the next day, Jin Shiqi led the ship girls away.

"Admiral Lu Lin, I'm off too!"

Ning Lu was about to leave with her ship girls when she was stopped by Xiao Bai's call.

"Miss Ning Lu, please wait."

Chapter 2923 As expected, it's Dean Shenhai!

"Huh?" Ning Lu stopped and turned to look at Xiao Bai. "Admiral Lu Lin? What's up?"

"Nothing special..." Xiaobai approached Ning Lu with a smile and said, "It's like this... Miss Ning Lu, did you go to interview people about the invalid sea map today?"

"Yes."

Where have you been?

"Sea area 8-1, sea area 8-2, and in the city..."

"You've been to so many places."

"Work is tiring, but it's not shameful."

"Can I ask you something?"

"what is the matter?"

"So, what's the reason this sea map is invalid... and the reactions of the other admirals?" Xiaobai asked.

"Ah... Admiral Lu Lin, you're interested in this too." Ning Lu nodded knowingly. She smiled at Xiao Bai, then simply took out a large wad of interview transcripts from her bag and handed it to Xiao Bai. "Here you go! Admiral Lu Lin! If you're curious about what I interviewed, this is all I've got for today!"

"Huh? Can I have it?"

“Sure, I have backups of these things.” Ning Lu tilted her head and winked at Xiaobai. “And I vaguely guessed that Admiral Lu Lin might ask me for this, so I copied the manuscript in a way that even a layman could understand.”

"Oh, thank you so much." Xiaobai took the manuscript and smiled at Ning Lu. "Would you like to have a meal before you leave?"

"Huh? Really? I'll eat it! Admiral Lu Lin's rice is the best!"

After enjoying a delicious dinner, Ning Lu left with her ship girls, completely satisfied.

Xiao Bai returned to the dormitory with Ning Lu's interview transcript.

It was getting late.

Xiao Bai turned on the dormitory light, sat on the desk, and began to carefully study Ning Lu's manuscript.

Ning Lu didn't interview a large number of people, but... Ning Lu was, after all, a top-notch paparazzi agent. Her sense of gossip and rumors was indeed first-rate. Therefore, the interviewees she chose could basically provide valuable gossip information and inferences for her. Xiao Bai studied Ning Lu's manuscript for several hours. After reading the last page, Xiao Bai finally breathed a sigh of relief, put down the manuscript, and stood up to look at the moon in the sky.

Ok.

It's all useless information.

However, Xiaobai did gain something from Ning Lu's manuscript.

Xiao Bai looked down at the manuscript paper on his desk, lost in thought.

The admirals in sea areas 8-1 and 8-2 are far less skilled than the top ten admirals, so they are unaware that the sea areas are refreshed daily, and even yesterday's map is no longer valid today...

The failure of the sea map is not a completed matter, but an ongoing one... This secret is currently known only to the top ten admirals who are powerful enough to explore a new sea map within a single day.

However, if too much time passes... it can't be kept secret for very long.

The admirals of Sea Areas 8-1 and 8-2 have also started to redraw their maps one after another. Once they catch up on their map work, they will soon discover that the sea areas are changing every day.

Thinking about this, Xiaobai looked somewhat troubled.

This won't do...

Xiao Bai couldn't even imagine what a devastating blow it would be to the admirals' enthusiasm for expeditions if they found out that the sea map was still out of order...

The fact that this sea map was malfunctioning could have been due to the admirals' insufficient number of expeditions. If it suffers such a severe blow, wouldn't that create a snowball effect? ​​If the chapter's sea area is left unrepaired and unexploded for too long, the deep-sea energy within it will grow and spread, and it will likely revert to its pre-exploitation state very soon.

No.

The more I think about it, the worse it gets.

This is territory that I worked so hard to build. How can I let it turn back over because of a little thing?

It seems it's time to make a move...

Although I'm not entirely sure what the nature of this strange phenomenon is, it's definitely some kind of strange costume that appeared on the sea. If I go out to sea and take a look, I'll surely get some ideas.

After thinking about this, Xiaobai finally made up her mind.

Xiao Bai looked up and glanced out the window.

The night is now deep, a good time for you to take action.

……

In the nighttime city, a snow-white figure moved swiftly and quickly reached the edge of the sea.

"According to Miss Ninglu's information, among all the sea areas where the map malfunctions, the 8-2 sea area seems to be the most dangerous. In addition to the simple map malfunction, there have been several incidents where ship girls got lost, were ambushed by a large number of abyssal ships, and had their escape routes completely disappear during battle."

Little White murmured to himself, looking at the wide beach in front of him and the dark sea behind it.

Xiao Bai raised his hand and looked at his palm.

"Hmm... So, starting the investigation from the 8-2 sea area should be the safest approach, right?"

"I just checked the area using the admiral's network, and there are no ship girls around. Going to sea at this time should be fine..."

Little White murmured to itself, quickly walked onto the sea surface, and stepped onto the dark waves.

Xiaobai's land-based ship equipment has not been fully repaired since it was 70% eaten by the research and construction machine last time. This is not only because Xiaobai's ship equipment recovers slowly after soaking in the bath, but also because Xiaobai has rarely gone to the repair pool to soak recently - after all, Xiaobai is a busy person now.

But then again.

Although Xiaobai's ship equipment has not been fully restored, and attack methods such as the B25 fully automatic carrier-based aircraft, the rainbow laser cannon, and the 510 machine gun have been sealed, at least thanks to the characteristics of the ship equipment, she can still move freely on the sea without any problems.

Little White walked into the sea.