Elder brother's garrison

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The staff member's expression froze.

The staff member kept smiling as they looked at Xiaobai.

Purple equipment isn't available in the first chapter's sea area. That equipment is only available in later chapters' sea areas. Generally, if an admiral develops purple equipment, they'll sell it directly to the admiral's guild, then use their merit points to buy a full set of green equipment for comprehensive armament. The admiral's guild then submits this to the higher-sea area guild to exchange for merit points.

You guys have pretty big eyes, huh? You came right off with a purple turret. Why don't you just ask for a colored one?

The staff are now basically certain that these girls are here to cause trouble.

However, this is a normal reaction. Only Barbatos and Xie Yun know Xiao Bai's identity. Xiao Bai came to the First Sea Area to observe the local conditions, and they dared not reveal Xiao Bai's identity. When others asked, they would only answer, "This is an honored guest."

The staff would never have imagined that the person standing in front of him was the world's number one admiral. All the ship girls in the naval base are equipped with gold-level gear, and the occasional use of purple-level gear is only to reduce expenses and for special effects.

In Xiaobai's book, the combat capabilities of equipment below purple level are also severely downplayed.

"Purple equipment? Sorry, we don't have any," the staff member said to Xiaobai, his tone slightly stiff.

"No..." Xiaobai sighed slightly.

As expected, the supplies in the first chapter's sea area were still too scarce.

"Customer, forgive my bluntness, but I think that with the current sea level, the equipment you have is sufficient, and it will even be useful in the next few sea areas. Purple equipment is too rare and hard to come by." The staff member swallowed back the last sentence, "Please don't be overly ambitious."

Even if these people are rude, they are still honored guests. It's best not to cause trouble.

"Xiaobai, it's alright. I think these grades are already very good," Nia said to Xiaobai at this moment.

Going to someone else's territory, picking and choosing among their goods, and then implying that your equipment is of low quality is extremely rude.

Xie Yun's voice came through.

"Excuse me, what happened?"

When Xie Yun lured Xiao Bai over, she didn't follow them. Instead, she stayed a short distance away, giving Xiao Bai and Nia ample space to discuss the equipment.

However, after watching for a while, he noticed that Xiaobai and Nia seemed quite dissatisfied with the guild's equipment, so he came over somewhat worriedly.

After all, it's the world's top naval base, so its vision is far-reaching.

"Hello, Sister Xie Yun." The staff member bowed respectfully to Xie Yun.

"Big sister, do you have any purple equipment here?" Chuixue asked Xie Yun as she approached.

Xie Yun had been helping Xiao Bai all along, bringing her whatever Xiao Bai needed, making her seem omnipotent.

Xie Yun smiled awkwardly: "Miss Lu, are you not satisfied with the blue and green outfits?"

Xiao Bai smiled, which was taken as tacit agreement.

Nia was Xiaobai's best teammate in the first chapter, and Xiaobai still wanted to do his best to help her.

"...Xie Yun understands." Xie Yun bowed to Xiaobai, then looked at the staff member, "Could you please lead Miss Lu and Nia to the main warehouse?"

The staff's eyes widened.

"Sister Xie Yun, the equipment there is supplies that need to be handed over to the Gao Haiyu Guild, so it cannot be sold."

"It's alright, listen to me, go ahead."

"But the equipment at Sister Xie Yun's place didn't have a price tag either."

"Let's sell it at the purchase price."

The staff breathed a sigh of relief, and their gazes towards Xiaobai and Nia finally changed.

Xie Yun's position actually had nothing to do with his. Xie Yun was the front desk supervisor, and he was the back-office warehouse manager. In theory, they were about the same level of position. However, Xie Yun had started working earlier and had good interpersonal skills. Moreover, the position of front desk supervisor was somewhat special, and she had contact with many people on a daily basis. Most of them gave her some face. Mr. Barbatos also valued her quite a bit, which is why he respectfully called Xie Yun "sister".

The fact that Xie Yun valued them so much, even allowing them to take them to select equipment from the supplies handed over to Gao Haiyu, suggests that these guests were truly extraordinary.

The staff member bowed respectfully and said to Xiaobai, "Please come with me."

Fearing something might go wrong, Xie Yun followed behind the others.

The staff led everyone into a warehouse that was noticeably smaller.

This warehouse was not as bright as the previous two, and it was also smaller, but there were many boxes neatly arranged on the floor.

The staff searched around in front of the boxes for a while, and finally pointed to two boxes in the corners and said, "These are them."

The ship girls crowded around.

The staff member stepped forward and opened the metal box.

A turret emitting a faint purple light came into view.

"This was developed by an admiral three months ago and then sold to the Admiral's Guild for 8,000 merit points," the staff member explained.

Nia looked at Xiaobai's face.

The expression of disapproval that she felt was no longer present on Xiaobai's face.

Nia breathed a sigh of relief.

"Excuse me, is this really okay to sell to me?" Nia asked the staff member with some concern.

Nia had overheard the conversation between the staff and Xie Yun before; the equipment seemed quite serious.

"Okay." The staff member nodded.

He skillfully opened another box, inside which was yet another purple turret.

"The Admiral's Guild supplies the high seas once a year. This is nearly a year's worth of stock, only enough for two purple light cruiser guns," the staff member said. "We hope you are satisfied."

"I'm sorry to have troubled you."

The staff member gave a wry smile.

Cleveland was pushed in front of the two gun turrets by the ship girls.

Cleveland clutched the hem of her clothes, head bowed, a shy expression on her face.

She had seen all the trouble everyone had gone to to choose equipment for her, and Cleveland felt both grateful and incredibly ashamed.

Since the equipment here wasn't originally intended for sale, Xiaobai didn't even need any extra procedures to choose it. Cleveland simply released the ship's equipment and installed these two turrets on the spot.

Two exquisitely crafted gun turrets stood atop the Cleveland's ship, emitting a faint, flowing purple light.

"It's a pity we don't have a purple long-range cannon, otherwise giving it to Cleveland would have increased its range." Little White sighed.

Light cruisers generally don't have long main gun ranges, but one of the purple-tier main guns has a range comparable to that of a battleship—that's what Xiaobai (a popular online figure) calls the Kirov gun.

The Kirov gun boasts impressive firepower and a range comparable to that of a battleship's main gun, making it a purple-tier weapon that is in no way inferior to gold-tier equipment.

The two main cannons on Cleveland are just ordinary purple-quality turrets, not as good as the Kirov cannons.

"Go back and buy the blue-quality main gun instead of the one that's too weak." Xiaobai looked at Nia with a hint of apology. "I'm really sorry I couldn't get Cleveland a full set of purple equipment."

Chapter 268 The Wedding Rings Are Given Out! [Third Update]

Nia, the staff, and Cleveland were all at a loss for words when they saw Xiaobai's sincere apologetic expression.

It would be great if you could send a panda emoji at this moment, like in a chat app.

Upgrading Cleveland with two purple cannons is already a significant change. If it weren't for Xiaobai, Nia wouldn't even have seen it, let alone equipped Cleveland with it.

"Xiaobai, you've already done a great job, thank you," Nia said.

"How about we go to the auction house and look for other purple cannons?" Xiaobai asked.

"No, no, really no need," Nia quickly waved her hand.

Cleveland has already spent 16,000 merit points on these two purple cannons. Little White has given her only about 3,000 merit points left. How can she afford to buy another purple cannon?

We can't let Xiaobai pay for it again.

Nia is here to be an admiral, not to be kept by a nobody.

If this debt continues, sooner or later even if Nia gives herself to Xiaobai, she still won't be able to pay it back.

"The auction houses in the first sea area rarely auction ship girl equipment, and even if they do, it won't be much better than the equipment in the previous warehouse," the staff member pointed out. "That's because the admirals here don't have a high capacity for self-production."

"Oh, I see. I understand." Since the staff had already said so, Xiaobai had no choice but to give up.

The group returned to the second warehouse. After picking out the blue-quality turrets from the wall of the light cruiser's main guns, Nia and Cleveland went to pay with the staff.

Xiao Bai turned to look at Xie Yun beside her and gave her a subtle smile.

Xie Yun is truly dedicated to her duties.

Xiaobai was very touched.

"Is Miss Lu satisfied?" Xie Yun asked with a smile.

"Yes, thank you, Sister Yun."

"You don't need to call me 'sister,' just call me by my name."

Xiao Bai simply shook her head slightly.

"Sister Xie Yun, is there a place here that sells wedding rings?" Xiao Bai didn't answer Xie Yun's question, but continued to address her as "sister".

"Yes," Xie Yun said to Xiaobai, somewhat touched. "There are wedding rings for ship girls in the warehouse ahead."

The wedding rings used by ship girls are different from those used by humans. Ship girls' wedding rings are also called vow rings, which are uniformly customized and sold. In addition to diamonds, they also use many precious metals.

The ship girls next to Xiaobai were just chatting easily, a harmonious scene of sisters who would be together forever.

But when they heard the conversation between Xiaobai and Xie Yun, and heard about the two "wedding rings," all the ship girls immediately turned their attention to Xiaobai and Xie Yun.

His spirited eyes seemed to transform into sharp swords, relentlessly stabbing at Xie Yun.

Xie Yun felt a strange, uncomfortable sensation on one side of her body from being stabbed.

She subconsciously looked towards the ship girl, Xiaobai.

"Alas?!"

Xie Yun subconsciously took a step back.

In her field of vision, the ship girls who had previously looked as cute as the girl next door now stared at her fiercely like hunting dogs.

The four Snow Sisters' eyes gleamed with a predatory red light, which gave Xie Yun goosebumps when she noticed it.

Veneto and Pachina also looked at Xie Yun with cold, serious eyes.

A blood-red aura enveloped the ship girls, creating a scene resembling a hellish carnage where millions clashed.

—What's wrong with this group of ship girls?

It's like she's a completely different person.

"Sister Xie Yun?" Xiao Bai asked Xie Yun with some curiosity.

Xie Yun shifted her gaze to Xiao Bai.

As always, Xiaobai stood on the edge of hell, smiling at himself with his innocent expression.

—Didn't you notice that the ship girls next to you are acting a little strange?

—Didn't you feel the stinging pain of that gaze, as if it were piercing your skin?

Xie Yun looked at Xiaobai with an incomprehensible expression.

—Did you really not notice, or were you pretending not to notice?

Xie Yun watched as Xiao Bai stood beside the hell formed by the ship girls without feeling any discomfort, her heart filled with fear and confusion.

Could this be the legendary pursuit of good fortune and avoidance of misfortune, or an instinctive protection based on the idea that if you can't see it, it didn't happen?

"Sister Xie Yun?" Xiao Bai asked again when he saw Xie Yun looking at him with a strange expression.

Xie Yun swallowed hard and composed herself.

"Um, about the wedding ring, I'll take you to see it, it's right by the entrance," Xie Yun said.

"Okay, thank you for your help." Xiaobai nodded.

Xie Yun quickened her pace, still feeling lingering fear, and reached the warehouse entrance.

Xie Yun was moving quite fast, so Xiao Bai had to jog to keep up with her.

At the entrance, staff were settling the bill with Nia.

Nia heard Xiaobai's voice and turned her head.

She saw Xiaobai running after Xie Yun, followed by a group of ship girls emanating a chilling aura.

"Huh?" Nia's hand paused.