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Ning Lu, clutching the camera in her arms and wearing a warm smile, ran towards Xiao Bai without looking back.
"Admiral Lu Lin! Admiral Lu Lin! I'm here to help! I'm here to help!" Ning Lu came to the front of the crowd. She first grinned at Xiao Bai, then looked at the people next to Xiao Bai and showed her teeth to everyone, "Oh my! All the top ten admirals are here too!"
"Haha, Admiral Ning Lu, I've long admired your name!"
"Huh? Admiral Haoding, you know me?"
"Because Admiral Ning Lu's private newspaper always manages to break some very attention-grabbing news!" Admiral Hao Ding nodded and said to Ning Lu, "Now, there should be very few people in the entire eighth chapter who don't know your name, Admiral Ning Lu, right?"
"Oh dear, it's all gossip news. Our little admiral's entertainment content is nothing to brag about—" Ning Lu said modestly to everyone while holding the camera in her arms, but compared to her modest words, her expression at this moment was exceptionally proud and self-satisfied.
"So Admiral Ninglu and Little Cutie are in cahoots?" Admiral Lian's gaze lingered between Little White and Ninglu before she said with a sudden realization.
“I had no idea before…” Admiral Ling covered her lips with her finger and looked at Xiaobai in surprise. “I was curious before, how did an admiral get so many resources and connections to run a private business? How did he always get interview opportunities with high-ranking admirals and obtain all kinds of first-hand information? Now that I see, it turns out that it was secretly supported by the world’s number one naval base. Then I can completely understand it.”
"Uh... well..." Xiaobai chuckled as she listened to everyone's exclamations, "Actually, Miss Ning Lu isn't me..."
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Before Xiaobai could finish speaking, Ning Lu quickly responded loudly.
"That's right! I am the henchman secretly supported by Admiral Lu Lin! I'm the one who gathers information for Admiral Lu Lin!" Ning Lu raised her hand high and said to everyone, "Moreover, my newspaper was established with the funding of the world's number one naval base! Admiral Lu Lin has been very kind to me, she has been incredibly kind to me, she is practically my second parents!"
"Eh? Eh? Eh!" Xiao Bai looked at Ning Lu in surprise upon hearing her words. "Well, it shouldn't be that bad..."
Yes, yes.
As Ning Lu spoke, she smiled and nodded at Xiao Bai.
Xiaobai and Ninglu stared at each other for a few seconds.
Xiaobai understood.
In fact, in the early days of Ning Lu establishing her private newspaper, the rookie garrison did not offer her any help—in fact, Xiao Bai didn't even know Ning Lu existed at that time. Ning Lu's words about being recognized and appreciated by everyone were indeed not quite in line with the relationship between her and Xiao Bai.
The person who truly showed Ning Lu kindness and generosity... is actually Governor Mu Yu.
However, upon closer examination, a commander secretly supported by the governor sounds like someone who was secretly pulled into the office by a cunning and treacherous homeroom teacher, given some petty benefits, and then specially appointed as a class leader. It always carries the connotation of an informer and a traitor, which doesn't sound good and could also affect future intelligence work.
Compared to the governor, the admirals present were perhaps more accepting of the fact that the person who funded Ninglu was actually the world's number one naval base.
After all, no matter how powerful, abnormal, or terrifying the world's number one admiral is, he's still just an admiral.
Transactions between admirals are called cooperation.
That word sounds so beautiful.
Xiao Bai looked at Ning Lu's smiling face, shrugged helplessly, smiled at everyone, and tacitly acknowledged the relationship.
Anyway, Ning Lu is now one of Xiao Bai's people. As one of the backers of Ning Lu's garrison, Xiao Bai doesn't mind stepping forward to help a certain governor who is about to be sent to his post to divert some attention.
Seeing Xiaobai's tacit agreement, the top ten admirals all showed expressions of sudden realization.
In contrast to the top ten admirals, the ordinary admirals around them all showed expressions of shock upon hearing the news, and took two steps back in succession.
I see through!
Ning Lu is actually a lackey of the world's number one garrison!
Ning Lu, this woman, usually likes to hang out with the admirals' small groups. She knows the admirals in the entire eighth chapter very well. She can even write down in her little notebook how many bad things someone said about another person on a certain day!
Could she have told the world's number one admiral about her secretly speaking ill of the world's number one naval base?
The admirals around them felt their hearts sink when they thought of this.
Ning Lu then looked around at the admirals. Staring at their pleading expressions, she suddenly grinned, narrowed her eyes, and let out a wicked laugh.
"hey-hey."
Ning Lu looked like she was showing off.
Upon seeing this, the surrounding admirals trembled.
"Miss Ning Lu, let's change the subject," Xiao Bai said with a smile. "Miss Ning Lu—I didn't expect to see you here."
"Admiral Lu Lin, I'm an experienced war correspondent. When something like salvaging ship girls happens in the 8-2 area, of course I have to be on the front line immediately!" Ning Lu let go of the camera in her hand, leaving it hanging around her neck, then put her hands on her hips and said confidently to Xiao Bai, "As the saying goes, wherever there's news, there's Ning Lu!"
"So what were you doing over there just now...?"
"Isn't it true that you need to find a good angle and perspective when taking pictures?"
"Were those people you were with just now your friends?"
"How could that be? Look what they've done to my shoes!" Ning Lu lifted her leg, showing everyone her black leather shoes covered in shoe prints, and then immediately said, "Those people are actually my colleagues and competitors!"
"Competitors...?"
"Yeah, hmph... Although I'm the most successful war correspondent and newspaper editor in Chapter Eight, there are actually quite a few people with similar ideas to mine," Ning Lu said. "These people are all scoundrels who see how successful my newspaper is and want to get a piece of the pie! And lately, they follow me wherever I go, showing off that they have nothing but want to steal my resources. It's so annoying!"
"Ah..." Xiaobai understood, then looked at the crowd where Ning Lu had just been.
Xiao Bai's gaze was very peaceful.
But upon meeting Xiaobai's gaze, the admirals who had just been with Ning Lu all showed expressions of extreme fear.
"Huh... I... I just remembered, I haven't turned off the gas in my house."
"I...I haven't fed my ship girl yet!"
"I...I should go back and take my goldfish for a walk!"
"Huh? Where am I? Am I sleepwalking? Oh dear, I have to go home, I have to go home—"
"..."
In an instant, the admirals who had just been gathered together hurriedly packed up their things and scattered in all directions, fleeing for their lives as they carried their equipment into the crowd, disappearing into the sea of people in the blink of an eye.
Xiao Bai withdrew her gaze and looked at Ning Lu.
"Hehe! Admiral Lu Lin, look, they ran away immediately because of your prestige!" Ning Lu clasped her hands together, raised them to her ears, and smiled affectionately at Xiao Bai. "Admiral Lu Lin! So handsome! This time you really helped me get my revenge!"
"...Miss Ning Lu, you deliberately told so many people about our relationship just now, could it be because of this?"
“How could that be? My loyalty to Admiral Lu Lin is beyond question!” Ning Lu said.
"Sigh..." Xiaobai shook her head, "Miss Ninglu, you can't use the reputation of the rookie garrison to do bad things in the future..."
"Hehe." Ning Lu gave Xiaobai an OK sign.
"So, Miss Ning Lu, have you gotten any information about salvaging ship girls here?" Xiao Bai glanced at the top ten admirals behind him and asked Ning Lu curiously.
"Admiral Lu Lin, that's a good question!" Upon hearing Xiao Bai's words, Ning Lu immediately took out a small notebook from her back and leaned closer to Xiao Bai. "I'm a very professional, very professional war correspondent. I'm confident that I know more about what happened in this 8-2 sea area today than anyone else here! So, Admiral Lu Lin, what aspect do you want to ask about?"
"All."
"Got it!" Ning Lu nodded to Xiaobai, quickly flipped through a few pages of her notebook, and then said, "Then I'll start with the important ones!"
"Um……"
Xiao Bai nodded, waiting for Ning Lu to speak.
Ning Lu did not immediately tell Xiao Bai and the others the news. Instead, she turned to a page in her notebook, but instead of speaking, she raised her hand and pointed to the sea.
"Admiral Lu Lin, and all the other top ten admirals, look in the direction I'm pointing!"
Everyone looked in the direction Ning Lu was pointing.
Ning Lu was referring to a certain area on the sea.
With the average human eye, it is actually very difficult to see anything clearly on the sea surface at this location. However, even so, at this distance, everyone could still easily see some bright lights flashing on the sea surface from time to time, and a large number of carrier-based aircraft floating in the sky like dark clouds. These carrier-based aircraft accurately attacked a certain area, and bombs rained down like rain.
Buzzing... Rumbling...
The faint sound of an explosion traveled through the air from the other side of the sky.
"Admirals, that's the location where the salvaged ship girl from 8-2 is fighting the challenger!"
Ning Lu addressed the crowd.
Chapter 2967 Salvage Rules
"Is the salvageable ship girl over there...?"
Following Ning Lu's directions, everyone saw the sea shimmering with firelight and squinted to look at it.
Behind the top ten admirals.
Each of their ship girls stepped out very sensibly, took out a telescope from their ship equipment space, and handed it to their respective admirals with both hands.
The ten admirals took the telescopes, placed them on their noses, and looked out at the sea.
Since there were no ship girls around, Nanxing silently handed the telescope to Xiaobai instead of using it herself.
"Sister Nanxing, you can use it."
Xiao Bai smiled and pushed the binoculars, indicating that he was perfectly fine.
While ordinary humans have limited vision, it's difficult to see clearly what's happening on the sea. But Xiaobai isn't an ordinary person; she's equipped with ship gear. By slightly activating the power of her ship gear, she can naturally gain the precise and far-reaching vision of a ship girl.
Seeing that Xiaobai didn't need it, Nanxing slowly put away his telescope and looked out to sea with the other top ten admirals.
On the sea, there was indeed a remarkably dashing figure.
She was a ship girl wearing a futuristic trench coat, with her legs covered by a mechanical exoskeleton, a light blue crown, and flowing, soft, beige twin tails.
This ship girl exudes an aura that is clearly out of step with this era. She is facing off against a fleet of six ship girls. Under the relentless bombardment of the six ship girls, this technologically advanced ship girl's figure is like a golden shadow that has been sped up several times, easily dodging between the ship girls' attacks.
It was like a crushing defeat with an overwhelming disparity in fighting strength.
Even though the six ship girls on the sea had done their best to bombard the enemy, desperately tried to block their movement space, and even resorted to a fighting style of trading blows for damage in order to even brush against her clothes, their opponents were always one step ahead of them in dodging their attacks. And in the intervals between their attacks, they used the unique ship equipment on their backs that could be combined into various shapes to bombard the ship girls into a heavily damaged state.
Every hair is captivating!
The entire battle lasted less than a minute.
A well-equipped and experienced fleet of ship girls was defeated by the opposing ship girls.
After the last ship girl was defeated, the six ship girls, their clothes torn and revealing their private parts, covered their private parts with regret. They helped each other up, bowed to the ship girls who were salvaging the ship not far away, and then took out blankets from their ship equipment space to cover their bodies and slowly swam towards the shore.
The salvage ship girl in the distance waved to the defeated challenger, whether to encourage him or to say goodbye, it was unclear.
As soon as the six ship girls left, the next group of ship girls immediately followed.
Almost without any pause, the next battle began.
Then, almost the same scenario played out: the salvaged ship girl perfectly dodged the opponent's attack, then launched an almost unavoidable attack, annihilating all the enemies.
In less than a minute, the salvaged ship girl defeated a group of challenging ship girls.
The top ten admirals and Xiaobai watched from the shore for quite a while.
"What incredible movement! I never expected a single step she took, yet she managed to dodge all of her opponent's attacks!" Admiral Haoding exclaimed through his binoculars. "Furthermore, this salvaged ship girl possesses exceptional aggression and precision. Her artillery fire always has the maximum effect on her opponents! So much so that even when she's alone, she can easily end the battle!"
"Tsk, another older sister." Admiral Lian clicked her tongue and frowned. "Can't we have a flat-chested girl like Little Cutie?"
“That’s right, that’s right,” Admiral Ling agreed.
Admiral Lian and Admiral Ling's words triggered Duan Shuiliu's Little White Protection Mechanism.
Duan Shuiliu lowered his binoculars, and his calm pupils slowly moved toward Admiral Lian and Admiral Ling.
"Hey! Duan Duan, I was just kidding, Duan Duan! We're sisters!"
Admiral Lian and Admiral Ling quickly proved their innocence.
The three female admirals were in complete disarray.
At this moment, Nanxing put down the binoculars he was holding and handed them to Xiaobai again.
“Take a look,” Nanxing said. “I’ve seen enough.”
"Uh... well, thank you, Sister Nanxing." Seeing this, Xiaobai couldn't refuse any longer, so she took the binoculars and looked towards the sea a few times.
The binoculars of the top ten admirals are not cheap, worthless gadgets lying around on the carpet. They are high-cost instruments with precision and clarity that are even better than the naked eye.
Of course, even beginners can use this prop.
It was placed in Xiaobai's ship equipment space.
The reason why Xiaobai doesn't use it often is because no matter how powerful a telescope is, it's not as good as Xiaobai's own eyes.
After Xiaobai used the ship's power to enhance his vision to the fullest extent, he could even see the pores on Montana's face clearly.
Even so, using Nanxing's telescope, after Xiaobai withdrew her ship equipment power, she could still clearly see the salvaged ship girl's fighting posture, as well as her facial features and the faint smile that remained on her lips throughout the battle.
"Do you like her?" Nanxing slowly bent down and asked Xiaobai in her ear.
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