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"First clear reward! It's the first clear reward! Give it to me! Give it to me!"

Chapter 4025 First Clear Reward

Ticonderoga could barely control her emotions for a moment, as if she had seen something deadly, and hurriedly reached out and shouted to the ship girl holding the small black box.

"First-clear reward! Give it to me now! Give it to me now!!!"

Ticonderoga's reaction was, in a sense, quite out of line.

The ship girls present were all ship girls who had worked with Ticonderoga. Not only Ticonderoga's five teammates, but also the ship girls from other patrol teams who were receiving Ticonderoga at this moment were all taken aback by Ticonderoga's reaction.

"Huh? Ticonderoga? What... what happened to you?"

The ship girl holding the small black box stared at Ticonderoga in disbelief. In her memory, she clearly remembered that this former captain of the Seventh Patrol was a ship girl who could remain calm and serious no matter what the situation was like. But the way Ticonderoga was behaving at this moment was completely opposite to the persona she remembered, as if she had become a different person.

This……

Could it be that I've been possessed by an evil spirit?

Or perhaps it was cursed by the Black Tower or something...

The Black Tower has this function too?

Under the immense impact, the ship girl holding the small black box even forgot to react and could only stare blankly at Ticonderoga.

Fortunately, at this moment, the patrol squad leader in front of Ticonderoga reacted quickly. Although the patrol squad leader was also looking at Ticonderoga with a strange expression, she immediately turned to the ship girl holding the small black box and spoke.

"Don't just stand there, didn't you hear what Ticonderoga said? Quickly give her the reward."

"Ah! Oh oh oh..."

After being reminded, the ship girl holding the small black box immediately realized what was happening. She quickly stepped forward and, under Ticonderoga's fascinated gaze, which was as if she were looking at the Lord of the Rings, handed her the small black box with both hands.

“Ticonderoga, this is what we just found…”

"brush!"

Before the ship girl holding the little black box could finish speaking, Ticonderoga immediately grabbed the little black box and put it in her arms.

Under everyone's gaze, Ticonderoga was panting excitedly. She stared wide-eyed at the small black box in her palm, and her fair and delicate cheeks seemed to be flushed with two obvious blushes.

"This...this is the first-clear reward...This is...this is wonderful...The Admiral will be very happy..."

Ticonderoga stared intently at the small black box in her palm, constantly poking at its outer shell with her fingers, her mesmerized gaze seemingly oblivious to everything around her.

Looking at Ticonderoga like this, everyone felt that she was just short of saying "my precious" to the little black box.

Ugh.

This person has probably been bewitched.

No more.

Although the ship girls didn't say it aloud, they couldn't help but mutter to themselves.

……

After tallying the rewards, Ticonderoga and the ship girls returned to the Admiral's Guild. The supplies they had obtained from challenging the Black Tower had been handed over to the patrol team's ship girls to transport back to the Admiral's Guild. As for the extra "first clear reward," Ticonderoga kept it to herself.

Feeling the occasional sharp edges of the metal against his skin, Ticonderoga felt an extraordinary sense of happiness and peace.

Regarding the first-clear reward... Ticonderoga was quite happy.

Back when she helped Xiaobai clear the first section and obtain the so-called elusive first-clear reward for the first section, Ticonderoga didn't show anything at the time, but she was actually quite ashamed inside.

The admiral trusts me and has entrusted me with leading the team to challenge the Black Tower, so I should bring back good results and good rewards for the admiral.

But what happened...

Although I did clear the first section for the first time, I didn't bring back any substantial rewards for the Admiral besides resources...

Although the admiral did not show any signs of disappointment, Ticonderoga was filled with deep self-blame and guilt.

This feeling is similar to that of a man in human society who has a gentle, considerate, and devoted wife at home, yet as the sole breadwinner, he returns to his familiar, cramped rented apartment after get off work, facing his wife who is doing endless daily chores, washing clothes and cooking until her fingers are red and swollen, and whose face still shows her loving smile, while he can only offer her a meager income barely enough to make ends meet. A strong sense of guilt overwhelms him.

A strong desire to bring back a better reward for the admiral drove Ticonderoga into battle.

This time, the result was, of course, good.

Although Ticonderoga didn't bring back anything decent from the first clear of the first zone, he did bring back some things from the first clear of the second zone. Even though Ticonderoga didn't know what the contents of the little black box in his arms were for, since it was a physical first-clear reward from the Black Tower, it must be something that could rival colored equipment, right?

With such excitement, Ticonderoga led the ship girl all the way into the elevator. She didn't even have time to deal with the battle marks on her body before she went straight to the chairman's hall and rushed into Shiro's office.

"Admiral! I'm back!"

Ticonderoga began shouting as soon as he entered the office.

In Xiaobai's office, Xiaobai was sitting on the sofa, chatting with Mega and Bumblebee. When they heard Ticonderoga's voice, the three of them turned to look at him.

"Hey, Ticonderoga, you're back!"

Little White immediately stood up and said to Ticonderoga with a smile.

Ticonderoga looked rather disheveled—she had just come from a fierce battle, her body was covered in seawater and sweat, and her fair face had some burn marks from the flames. Her teammates behind her looked even more disheveled.

"Oh my, you guys are back so fast! I just got the news that you cleared the second section." Xiaobai bent down and pulled out six quick repair kits from under the sofa. She immediately carried the kits to the ship girls and distributed one to each of them, who were in a terrible state. "Quickly, repair your ship equipment. You've worked hard on this expedition."

"Thank you, President!"

The five ship girls immediately held the quick repair device in their hands. They looked happy, but they didn't use it. They just hugged the quick repair device to their arms.

"President, um... let's go soak in the repair pool instead, it'll save us some money!" the five ship girls said.

"I can afford this expense..."

"Being frugal in daily life, being frugal in daily life..."

"also……"

Xiaobai nodded helplessly, and the five guard ship girls in front of her immediately chuckled foolishly. They then thanked Xiaobai for the quick repair device, turned around and ran away like a flock of chirping birds, heading straight for the guild's ship equipment repair pool.

Xiaobai watched the five guard ship girls depart and observed them enter the elevator one after another before turning her gaze to Ticonderoga.

“They’re guild ship girls, so it’s fine if they don’t want to use quick repair, but Ticonderoga, you’re my ship girl, so you have to use it,” Xiaobai said to Ticonderoga.

"Yes, thank you, Admiral!" Ticonderoga felt a sweet warmth in her heart as she listened to Xiaobai's slightly domineering words. She obediently put the quick repair device on her head, and the repair light of the device spun. In an instant, Ticonderoga was restored to a clean and refreshing state.

After watching Ticonderoga finish using the rapid repair device, Xiaobai nodded and took her hand as they walked into the office.

"Admiral, um... there's a first-clear reward!" Ticonderoga hurriedly called out to Shiro.

"Huh? Is that so?" Xiaobai looked at Ticonderoga.

"I brought it back for you!" Ticonderoga immediately reached into his pocket, then took out the small black box he had obtained on the sea earlier, and handed it to Little White with an expectant look on his face.

"What's the first-clear reward?" Behind Xiaobai and Ticonderoga, Bumblebee on the sofa listened intently with a can of cola in her hand. She curiously leaned over and asked the giant.

"They said it's something like colored equipment," Chaoda explained.

"Oh? The early stages of the Deep Sea event are starting to give out this stuff now?" Bumblebee raised an eyebrow and said, "Colored equipment has been given out in previous Deep Sea events, but it was usually only given out at the end of the stage."

"Hmm..." Chao Yahe didn't know how to explain, so she could only nod.

Bumblebee put down the Coke can and got up. She went to Snowball and Ticonderoga, crossed her arms, and looked at the small box with great interest.

"Admiral, Admiral, let me see!"

The bumblebee was in high spirits.

"Let's watch together, let's watch together," Xiaobai said with a smile. Then she reached out and took the small metal box from Ticonderoga's expectant hand, weighing it in her hand.

The metal box was entirely black, gleaming with a glossy sheen.

The metal box wasn't very big; it just covered most of Xiaobai's palm when placed in his hand, but it was surprisingly heavy. When Xiaobai took the metal box from Ticonderoga, he immediately felt its weight; it felt like a solid metal block.

Fortunately, Xiaobai had the ship's armor protecting her; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to grab such a solid piece of metal with her thin arms and legs.

Xiaobai placed the metal box on his desk and then reached out to open the metal lid on top of the box.

After the metal lid was opened, a cool breeze emanated from the metal box. The three of them looked over and saw a piece of black deep-sea metal lying inside the metal box, tightly pressing against the four sides of the box and forming a perfect circle.

Chapter 4026 One Person, One Frame

"This is... deep-sea metal?" Xiaobai murmured softly as he looked at the deep-sea metal.

“Okay, it seems so…” Ticonderoga, standing to the side, watched Xiaobai’s expression nervously, as if afraid that Xiaobai would show disappointment.

Fortunately, apart from curiosity and focus, Xiaobai's face showed no other negative emotions. Xiaobai simply reached out and grabbed the deep-sea metal from the box, weighing it in his hand for a moment.

Ok……

It's about the same weight as when I was carrying the box...

That box was surprisingly thin...

Xiao Bai weighed the deep-sea metal in his hand as if he were playing with a large metal ball, then looked at the empty metal box on the table.

The physical rewards that the Black Tower gives to ship girls are usually contained in this strange black metal. The shape of this metal is similar to that of deep-sea ship equipment. The Admiral's Guild has carefully studied the composition of those black container shells and has proven that it is a strange alloy that human society cannot manufacture at all, and many of the elements contained in it are unheard of.

Judging from the evaluation, it seems to be a building material with a very high level of technology.

Xiaobai put the small box aside and then showed the deep-sea metal in his hand to Bumblebee and Ticonderoga.

"Hmm...it seems the first-clear reward for the second section is this piece of deep-sea metal," Xiaobai said.

"What? This isn't even colored equipment." Bumblebee crossed his arms, somewhat disappointed.

“…” Ticonderoga immediately tensed up.

"The second section is much more difficult than the first section, so the rewards will only be better," Xiaobai explained to Bumblebee with a smile.

"Okay, okay..." Bumblebee nodded with some regret.

It seems that Hornet, this ship girl, prefers equipment.

Well... but considering that Bumblebee is the "b25" production line of the newbie naval base, it's reasonable that she would be more interested in equipment as the "b25" production master.

"Admiral, what is this piece of metal for?" Ticonderoga asked cautiously.

“Hmm… Based on previous experience, this metal is probably a targeted construction metal.” Xiaobai thought for a while while holding the deep-sea metal in his hand, and said to Ticonderoga, “It’s the kind of deep-sea metal that, as long as you take it to build, will definitely be successfully built, and will definitely produce a specific ship girl.”

"Eh! Does that mean the reward for the second tier is a ship girl?!"

"Yes." Xiaobai nodded with a smile.

"Admiral, then, then this reward..." Ticonderoga looked at Xiaobai with a nervous expression.

"I love it!" Little White held the deep-sea metal in her hand like a precious treasure, stroking it several times before smiling and saying to Ticonderoga, "Ticonderoga, thank you!"

Ticonderoga swayed slightly.

At that moment, she seemed to hear Xiaobai's soft "Thank you" all around her, and a strong sense of happiness enveloped Ticonderoga's heart.

"Admiral...no...you're welcome...this,this is what I should do..." Ticonderoga could hardly control the corners of her mouth from turning up. Her face was red, her breathing was rapid, and her whole body trembled as she spoke.

"In short, Ticonderoga, the clearing of the second section of the Black Tower this time is all thanks to your contribution." Xiaobai stroked the deep-sea metal in her hand, returned to her seat, and then spoke to Ticonderoga, "Regarding the deep-sea fleet configuration for levels six to ten of the second section..."

“Admiral, I’ll write it down for you right away!” Ticonderoga immediately said.

"No need for that." Xiaobai shook her head and stretched out her other hand towards Ticonderoga's forehead.

Xiao Bai's finger was only halfway extended when it stopped in mid-air due to the limit of her arm.

Fortunately, Ticonderoga was perceptive. As soon as she saw Xiaobai's action, she immediately understood and bent down, placing her forehead on Xiaobai's fingertips.

“Admiral…is that so?” Ticonderoga asked.

"Mm." Xiaobai nodded.

The next moment, Little White's admiral network suddenly extended its tentacles and burrowed into Ticonderoga's body along her forehead.

A few seconds later, Xiaobai lowered his hand.

Ticonderoga rubbed her forehead in a daze. She only felt a familiar coolness from the admiral's fingertips, which suddenly entered her body and then melted into a warm feeling.

"Admiral, what just happened...?"

“I directly copied what you saw and felt during the battle just now,” Xiaobai said to Ticonderoga.

"The Admiral's Network... has this kind of function?"

"It has many functions." Xiaobai nodded with a smile.

Although the Admiral Network is merely a rudimentary communication tool in the hands of most Admirals, at its core, it is a form of mental power...

The things that mental power can do are incredibly diverse...

It was only after interacting with the will of the deep sea that Xiaobai realized that mental power could be used in so many ways and in such a versatile way.