Elder brother's garrison

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Behind her sofa, a mosaic effect appeared out of thin air, then the will of the deep sea emerged and sat down next to Xiaobai.

“Deep Sea Will, you’re back…” Little White turned its head.

"Mmm." Deep Sea Will nodded gently, crossed her legs, and lay back on the sofa with her arms crossed.

"Well, I'll go back into my body now." Little White quickly got up.

"Wait a minute." The Will of the Deep Sea glanced at Little White and called out to her.

"Huh?" Little White stood there, stunned, and turned to look at the Will of the Deep Sea.

“It’s quite safe outside. Clearing out those ordinary submarines is just a warm-up for the pursuers, so you can go out later.” The Deep Sea Will said to Little White, “I have something to tell you.”

"What is it?"

"About that submarine."

"Oh!" Upon hearing that it concerned the submarine girl, Xiaobai quickly sat down, close to the Deep Sea Will. "Wh-what is it? Have you made any special discoveries?"

“It’s not exactly a special discovery.” The Will of the Deep Sea nodded. She thought for a moment and then said, “I had a vague feeling about it since last night, but I just confirmed it completely. It is this submarine. I can no longer help you capture her from now on.”

"Huh?" Xiaobai was stunned. "Wh...what's wrong?"

"..." The Will of the Deep Sea crossed its arms and exhaled.

Xiao Bai immediately understood and changed her sitting posture. She lifted one of Deep Sea Will's crossed legs off and placed it on her own thigh, then smiled apologetically and started massaging her legs.

"Miss Deep Sea Will, how's this pressure?"

"Fortunately."

"Can we continue with our previous topic?"

"..." The Will of the Deep Sea looked at Xiaobai's smiling face, then glanced down at Xiaobai's little fists lightly pounding on her calves, "...This matter actually has nothing to do with me."

"Huh? What's going on?" Xiaobai asked curiously.

“That little submarine girl seems to be able to sense my presence.” The Deep Sea Will crossed its arms and thought for a while before saying to Little White, “Ever since the first time I came into contact with her, whenever I emerge from your body, she seems to be able to sense my presence immediately and then activate that escape ability to disappear.”

"……what?"

"And with each of these encounters, she's become increasingly faster at escaping after sensing my presence," the Deep Sea Will said. "So I think I probably won't be able to help her anymore."

"What else is happening?!"

“Yes, it took me two days to confirm it,” the Will of the Deep Sea said.

"But, aren't we one? Is there a difference in our auras?" Xiaobai covered her mouth, looking puzzled.

“Even a cup of the same water will separate into three states depending on the temperature: steam, solid, and liquid,” the Deep Sea Will said, arms crossed, looking at Little White. “In essence, we are indeed the same, but the feelings we express are completely different.”

"Oh? Oh... Oh oh..."

"In short, if it's just you, it doesn't seem to trigger the submarine girl's escape mechanism." The Deep Sea Will said to Xiaobai, "But if I control your body, I estimate that the submarine's escape mechanism will be triggered the moment I appear, and it will disappear directly—at least from this mechanism's perspective, I can no longer help you capture that submarine enemy, and the rest will depend on your own efforts."

"...I feel like I'm being looked down upon..." Xiaobai scratched his head.

“It’s none of my business anymore,” the Will of the Deep Sea said.

"Um... okay." Xiaobai scratched her head, looking helpless. She thought for a long time before cautiously looking up at the Deep Sea Will. "Then... Deep Sea Will, do you think... if you don't take action, is there any way we can capture that submarine?"

“You might want to give it a try,” the Will of the Deep Sea said. “What I can do, you can theoretically do as well.”

"Huh? I can control the ocean too?"

"Essentially, that's just a method of controlling the aura of the deep sea with mental power."

"Then, can I learn it?"

"why not."

How difficult is this?

"It's alright, not too difficult." The Will of the Deep Sea thought for a moment, then raised her hand and condensed a spherical ring of deep-sea aura in it. "This level of mental control doesn't require very finesse. It's just that controlling the deep-sea aura with mental power and then controlling the ocean by integrating the deep-sea aura into the seawater will take a little time for beginners to adapt... As for the difficulty, you just need to be able to slowly carve the deep-sea aura on this ring into a picture at the level of the Qingming Scroll."

"……?"noob.

With a gentle flick of her fingertips, the ball of deep-sea energy in her hand transformed like clay, eventually becoming a meticulously detailed painting several meters long in front of Xiaobai. The figures and landscapes within the painting were depicted with exquisite detail, lifelike and breathtaking.

Just as Xiaobai was dumbfounded, the Will of the Deep Sea flicked its fingertips again, and the deep-sea aura in the drawing returned to a spherical shape.

"Here you go." The Will of the Deep Sea tossed the Deep Sea Aura Orb to Little White.

"Ah, okay..." Xiaobai hurriedly caught the deep-sea aura ball thrown by the will of the deep sea.

However, the deep-sea aura that had been fixed in the hands of the Deep Sea Will as if it were a real object immediately lost its original form the moment it touched Xiaobai's palm, dissipating into a thick fog.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Xiao Bai inhaled the thick fog and instinctively covered his mouth, coughing.

The Will of the Deep Sea looked at the coughing Little White, glanced up at the deep-sea aura that had drifted to the ceiling, and sighed.

"The task is arduous and the road ahead is long."

"I...I guess I can't make it..." Xiaobai said to the Will of the Deep Sea with an embarrassed look after coughing.

"I think so too."

"Then... what should we do now...?"

"With the current weapons equipped on land-based ships, there's not much they can do against that submarine," Deep Sea Will said.

"Then...should I evolve some anti-submarine capabilities?" Xiaobai asked cautiously. "Didn't you say before that I could eat other people's ship equipment and gain their abilities...?"

“That’s true, but you can’t grow just by eating whatever you want.” The Will of the Deep Sea said to Little White, “It takes a very long time for land-based ship equipment to evolve into a new weapon. Last time you evolved that Deep Sea Killer, you almost drained and squeezed out the potential of the entire land-based ship equipment. Now, even if you eat more ship equipment metal, apart from adding some basic attributes to your ship equipment, you won’t be able to create new weapons for a while.”

"Is that so...?"

"And even if you develop anti-submarine weapons, you probably won't use them." The Will of the Deep Sea looked at Little White and said mercilessly.

"Uh..." Xiaobai clutched her chest and swayed her body.

“After all, you don’t even really understand how to use the main gun,” Deep Sea Will continued. “Not to mention carrier-based aircraft. Without the autonomous mode, you’d have trouble even launching them.”

"Uh..." Xiaobai felt like she'd been shot in the back. She covered her cheek, her face flushed red to her ears, overwhelmed with shame. "No, don't say anymore, I...I know..."

Never in her entire life had Xiaobai felt such hatred for her mediocre ship girl talent as she did today.

If only, if only...

If only my ship girl had half the talent of Nanxing, I wouldn't be stuck with such a land-based ship set and be helpless against a submarine enemy...

“But you don’t have to be so pessimistic.” The Deep Sea Will looked at Little White, paused for a long time, and then encouraged her, “At least think positively. As long as I scare her once a day, that submarine will never harm this area again, and you can give the 8-2 area some peace and quiet.”

"Then wouldn't it be like us clocking in every night..." Xiaobai whispered.

“I don’t mind,” said the Will of the Deep Sea, resting her cheek on her hand and looking at Little White.

"……"noob.

Chapter 3620 Little White is Thinking

Although Deep Sea Will said she could come to the 8-2 sea area with Little White every night to check in and protect the 8-2 sea area for eternity, Little White was definitely too embarrassed to let Deep Sea Will keep going through all this trouble with her.

After all, she originally lived comfortably in the spiritual world, surrounded by green mountains and clear waters, enjoying delicious food and drinks, living a life of luxury with the deep-sea will, and having everything she could want. She could also enjoy the service of thousands of deep-sea phoenixes. It was alright if he occasionally asked her to come out of the spiritual world to help him for a few days, but if he were to drag her out of the spiritual world every night and every day on time to take a stroll on this desolate, dark, cloudy, lightning-filled, and icy sea, it would be too much to ask of her no matter how he thought about it.

Even if the will of the deep sea doesn't mind, Xiaobai will mind a lot.

I am, after all, the mother of the Deep Sea Will.

It's one thing for me to suffer myself, but how can I let my daughter suffer with me?

A failure to fulfill maternal duty!

After careful consideration, Xiaobai immediately looked at the Deep Sea Will with a very serious and resolute gaze, and righteously rejected the Deep Sea Will's idea.

"..." The will of the deep sea.

"The will of the deep sea, this is what I think..."

Xiao Bai took a deep breath and then earnestly expressed to the Deep Sea Will his determination to find a way to resolve the submarine incident of 8-2, as well as his idea of ​​not dragging the Deep Sea Will down in this matter. Finally, he elaborated on his hope that the Deep Sea Will would not be too accommodating to him. Since this matter was his responsibility, he would definitely handle it perfectly. As for the Deep Sea Will's opinion and attitude, he should prioritize his own life and not let it drag on indefinitely.

After a thoroughly enjoyable explanation, Xiaobai uttered the last word, let out a long sigh, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and revealed a satisfied expression.

Xiaobai felt that he had done the right thing.

After witnessing its own determination, the will of the deep sea must be so moved by its own enlightenment that it trembles all over and its eyes turn red.

But...the opposite happened.

After hearing Xiaobai's words, the Deep Sea Will did not seem to change in the direction of being moved. On the contrary, her expression turned cold at an extremely fast speed—although her expression was rather cold before, her expression now could truly be described as icy cold.

"Oh." The Will of the Deep Sea turned its head, crossed its arms, and lay back down on the sofa.

"Huh?" Xiaobai was stunned. She looked at the Deep Sea Will, whose emotions were clearly off, and asked curiously, "Deep, Deep Sea Will?"

"What are you doing?"

You don't seem very happy...

"You're mistaken," Deep Sea Will said calmly, looking out the window. "I'm very happy, I'm overjoyed."

"……"noob.

You're kidding, that's not a happy expression at all.

Xiao Bai looked at the profile of the Deep Sea Will, staring at the cold light on its face that seemed to want to kill, and felt a little nervous.

Was there something in what I just said that upset her...?

Xiao Bai lowered his head and pondered for a while, then seemed to realize something.

"Deep Sea Will..." Xiaobai whispered.

"..." The will of the deep sea turned to look at Little White.

"Do you think... I said what I just said too late?" Xiaobai asked cautiously.

"..." The will of the deep sea.

The will of the deep sea remained silent.

The answer to Xiaobai was the action of the will of the deep sea.

The Will of the Deep Sea raised its long leg and delivered a light but not heavy kick to Little White's chest.

This kick sent Xiaobai straight out of his mental world.

……

In the real world, Xiaobai suddenly opened her eyes.

The whistling cold wind still whistled strongly in his ears, and the waves crashed back and forth beneath his feet. The warm environment suddenly turned into a cold sea, and the drastic temperature change made Xiaobai shiver involuntarily, and he couldn't help but touch his chest.

I feel a phantom pain in my chest...

As Xiaobai touched it, it couldn't help but sigh.

The rumbling sound behind him continued to echo. Xiaobai lowered his hand and looked back, only to see the pursuers still jumping on the sea surface, constantly throwing depth charges into the water.

"Hahaha, fish, eat my bomb!"

The pursuers looked rather cheerful from behind.

Xiao Bai silently observed the pursuer's back for a while, then lifted her foot and walked in her direction.

"The Chaser," Xiaobai called out to the Chaser as she approached.

"Huh? Admiral?" The pursuer paused in her fish-blasting motion, turning back to look at Little White while holding two depth charges. "You're here? Is that submarine about to appear?"

“…She’s already run away.” Xiaobai shook her head and said with a wry smile.

"Huh???" The pursuer's eyes widened, frozen in place. "They got away???"

"Yes, she ran even faster this time than last time," Xiaobai nodded, muttering to herself.

This submarine girl in 8-2... now, as soon as she senses the appearance of the Deep Sea Will, she immediately activates escape mode. Her speed is so fast that even the Deep Sea Will doesn't have time to react... No wonder the pursuers didn't notice anything from beginning to end.

"Oh... well, let's keep trying to catch the submarine tomorrow after it escapes!" The pursuer quickly composed herself and immediately threw the last two depth charges onto the surface. With a muffled boom, she put her hands on her hips and said to Little White, "Admiral, can we go back now?"

"……yes."

Xiao Bai smiled and said nothing more.

After the pursuers finished dealing with the deep-sea submarines in the area, Xiaobai and the pursuers collected the deep-sea metal on the surface of the sea. The two of them packed up and quickly returned to the Admiral's Guild.

On the bright side, at least I didn't work too late today.