Elder brother's garrison

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"...Ah, it's nothing." Xiaobai shook her head.

— Xiao Bai felt that Veneto looked like she hadn't done her hair properly around her ears today, as she kept raising her hand to intentionally or unintentionally brush the hair around her ears.

However, after thinking about it, Xiaobai realized there was no need to talk about it, so he decided to give up on telling Saratoga.

Saratoga wanted to ask something after that, but just as Saratoga opened her mouth, Washington's hearty voice came from outside the courtyard gate.

Washington returned carrying Baltimore with her mosquito coil eyes, followed by four heavy cruiser girls: "I'm back!"

"Huh?? Baltimore!" Xiaobai looked in shock at Baltimore, who was lying unconscious on Washington's shoulder.

"Hahaha, Admiral, Baltimore is pretty good. On the first day of training, you pushed yourself to your limits more than ten times and then successfully trained yourself to the point of fainting!"

"More than ten times??!!" Xiaobai looked at Baltimore on Washington's shoulder in shock.

Baltimore was pale and looked like he was about to kick the bucket.

"Quick! Get the rapid repair device!" One of the ship girls suddenly shouted, and the whole courtyard immediately fell into chaos.

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In Veneto's house, Veneto covered his face and squatted down against the door.

"Go, sis!" Roma squatted down next to Veneto, pursing his lips and cheering her on with a serious expression.

Veneto raised his head, his eyes burning with a fierce fighting spirit.

Veneto will not give up.

We will never admit defeat.

It's just gossip. It's just winning back a concubine.

Veneto declared that as a true newbie naval commander's wife, she would never admit defeat.

Chapter 553 Mysterious Garrison

The days slowly passed by in Xiaobai's fingertips.

These past few days, the daily routine at the naval base has gradually begun to repeat itself.

Xiaobai wakes up in the morning, waits on the beach for the ship girls to return from battle in the morning, returns to the naval base at noon, goes out with all sorts of ship girls, and returns to the courtyard in the evening, waiting for Washington to carry the unconscious Baltimore back while watching Akagi cook.

Xiaobai has told Washington several times that Baltimore doesn't seem to be the kind of ship girl who can endure hardship, so please be a little gentler with Baltimore and don't hurt her spirit.

Washington nodded in agreement, but that afternoon he still brought Baltimore, who was in an even more complete coma, back to the naval base.

Faced with Xiaobai's resentful gaze, even Washington could only helplessly shrug and tell Xiaobai that Baltimore's training was purely voluntary, and that it was Baltimore's own choice to train until he fainted every time.

—She was more capable of enduring hardship than Xiaobai and Washington had ever imagined.

Since Washington had said so, Little White really couldn't say anything. In the end, Little White could only tell Washington to stop her before Baltimore got too tired, and then let Washington take Baltimore away.

These days, Luo Lian likes to come to Xiao Bai's place whenever she has time, and she doesn't stay here for long. She stays by Xiao Bai's side like a nanny, talking to Xiao Bai and so on.

In reality, judging from Luo Lian's behavior, she might be the most lazy admiral in the entire artificial city. Xiao Bai had told Luo Lian several times that as an admiral, she must prioritize her duties. Luo Lian firmly believed this, yet she still didn't change her actions.

Then, the autumn deep-sea activity period comes to an end.

Inside the Admiral's Guild, after a morning of battle, Xiaobai and Lexington stood before Ringo, awaiting her settlement.

"Alright." Ringo took Xiaobai's admiral's certificate from the card reader in front of her and handed it back to Xiaobai. "Clearance complete, the next wave of missions has begun."

"Okay, thank you Ringo-neechan." Shiro nodded to Ringo and then accepted his admiral's certificate with both hands.

Ringo looked at Shiro, a slight smile playing on her lips for a fleeting moment before her beautiful face returned to its expressionless state.

"...And another thing." Ringo swayed back and forth in her chair, seemingly considering whether or not to tell Shiro something.

"What's wrong, Ringo-neechan?"

"...Your recent achievements have been less than usual," Ringo said softly.

"Not enough?" Xiaobai was taken aback, then turned to look at Lexington.

"Because the event period is almost over, the Deep Sea Resentment is gradually becoming insufficient, resulting in fewer and lower-quality Deep Sea Ships being resurrected each day, so the combat effectiveness is not as good as in the first few days," Lexington explained to Xiaobai, pointing with her finger.

"Oh...I see." Xiaobai understood, then looked at Ringo.

The decrease in daily merit points is normal, since it's not possible to maintain peak performance every day during the autumn deep-sea activity period.

In reality, the best-paying days were only the first three or four days after the event started. After that, almost every day's income was significantly lower than the previous day.

Ringo nodded, but her body still swayed slightly from side to side.

"Is there anything else, Sister Ringo?" Xiaobai asked curiously.

Ringo raised her head and looked around the Admiral's Guild through the back of Shiro.

It just so happens that there aren't many people in the Admiral's Guild today, and there are no people queuing up for Xiaobai either.

Ringo thought for a moment, then turned her laptop around and showed the data on the screen to Xiaobai.

On Ringo's laptop screen was the merit points of the naval base under her jurisdiction.

A large list comes into view, and at the top of the list, the newbie garrison is ranked first. Since the autumn deep-sea event, it has accumulated nearly 10 million merit points, far surpassing the second place.

"These are today's data," Ringo said, pointing to the rookie naval base.

“And this is from yesterday,” Ringo said, slicing out the table. “This is from the day before yesterday.”

"The day before yesterday."

"The day before yesterday."

Ringo switched through several forms before looking up at Shiro.

In every table, the newbie naval base is consistently ranked first, far ahead of the second-place base. And the gap between them and the second-place base is widening every day.

Logically speaking, there shouldn't be any problems.

However, Xiaobai suddenly paused.

“Lexington.” Xiaobai pointed to the form from two days ago, looking at the last naval base on the first page. “Look at this.”

Lexington followed the direction Little White was pointing and remembered the name of the garrison.

Ringo nodded, then switched the list back to today's and showed it to Lexington again.

"This naval base has climbed to fourth place today," Ringo said to Lexington.

"...So fast?" Lexington looked at today's form in surprise. Sure enough, just as Ringo had said, the merit points of that naval base on today's form were completely different from those three or four days ago.

While the merit points of all other naval bases had entered a period of stagnation and increased at an extremely slow pace, the merit points of this naval base were rising at an astonishing speed, as if a rocket had been launched from under its feet.

It's alright for now. No matter how much this naval base increases, it's still quite a distance from being a beginner naval base at this stage.

However, the autumn event period still has almost a week to go before it ends. If this naval base continues to rise in value, it might even threaten the status of the new naval base in the last few days before it ends, when most naval bases, including the new naval bases, will see their merit points increase almost completely stop due to the sharp decrease in the number of deep-sea ships.

Lexington's heart skipped a beat.

The merit ranking will be announced after the event ends. If there are other naval bases above the new naval base at that time, it will be a huge blow to the new naval base.

The newbie naval base is number one, absolutely number one.

During this Autumn Deep Sea event, almost none of the top ten naval bases in the world participated, except for the newbie naval bases. Logically speaking, the newbie naval bases should have no enemies during this autumn event.

If a newbie naval base still can't get first place in event merit under these circumstances, then they're in big trouble.

This event is Lexington's first exhibition match for Xiaobai to appear on the world stage. If the rookie naval base loses its first place, then doubts about Xiaobai's abilities will inevitably spread.

Lexington glanced at Little White, and a wave of lingering fear instantly washed over her.

Xiaobai is still young, how can he bear that kind of criticism and treatment?

Lexington took a deep breath, then smiled at Ringo: "Is it true?"

“Hmm.” Ringo moved the laptop back in front of her, then looked at Lexington and nodded. “The merits of this naval base are legitimate.”

Lexington's brow immediately furrowed.

—Then I guess I'll just have to work overtime.

In the past, the ship girls of the new naval bases worked half a day and rested half a day. This was to give the ship girls enough time to rest, to give the deep-sea resentment a chance to breathe and revive more deep-sea ships, and to prevent the naval base from plundering the resources of the entire ocean like a pirate, thereby arousing the jealousy of other naval bases on the main battlefield.

But none of these consequences matter compared to not getting first place.

Lexington's heart sank at this thought.

“Okay, I understand.” Lexington said gratefully to Ringo, “I will…”

For the sake of Xiaobai's reputation and the status of the newbie naval base, Lexington was determined to work overtime to secure first place.

“Lexington.” But before Lexington could finish speaking, she felt a small hand grab her palm.

Lexington looked to her side and saw Little White smiling serenely at her.

Compared to Lexington, who was already starting to panic, Xiaobai appeared surprisingly calm.

"noob?"

"Just keep things as usual," Xiaobai said to Lexington with a smile.

"Maintain normalcy?" Lexington was taken aback. "Little White, we're about to be caught up."

"Hmm." Xiaobai nodded. "I guess they'll catch up in about seven days."

"Then we should..."

“It’s okay.” Xiaobai shook her head again. She raised the hand that was holding Lexington’s, and then put her other hand on her chest. “I’m here for you.”

"..." Lexington paused, opened her mouth, and then looked at Little White's quiet smiling face.

After a long while, Lexington smiled with relief and slowly released Little White's hand.

—Seriously, when did I become someone who needs Xiaobai to comfort me?

As an elder, I have truly failed in my duty.

“Yes.” Lexington nodded.

"Thank you." Xiaobai smiled.

“No need to thank me, Little White.” Lexington smiled at Little White. “It was my mistake. You were the one walking in front.”

Xiao Bai lowered his head in embarrassment.

Lexington and Little White bid farewell to Ringo and left the Admiral's Guild.

Back in the courtyard, Lexington didn't emphasize the overtime to the ship girls there, and every day after that, things proceeded as usual.

I work half a day every day, without fail, and then go back to the naval base after get off work.

The only difference was that Lexington, as the secretary ship, still looked like a gentle and lovely beauty, but she was in a hurry, and the atmosphere around her made people feel subtly tense.

One day passed.

The mysterious garrison has risen to third place.

Two days passed.

Three days passed.

The mysterious garrison has risen to second place.

Four days have passed.

Five days have passed.

The mysterious garrison, whose merit points were rising rapidly, was finally starting to attract the attention of the other admirals.

Within the artificial city, the admirals gradually began to discuss this mysterious naval base, which in theory could even surpass the novice naval base.

The deep-sea resentment that had gripped the ocean during the autumn deep-sea activity season finally began to subside visibly, and the once black sea surface began to clear. The once densely packed, endless deep-sea ships also became fewer and weaker.

With this, the event entered its final stage, and the accumulation of merits for the naval bases finally came to a slow halt.

However, at this very moment, the merit points of the mysterious garrison continued to rise rapidly.

Finally, on the sixth day, the mysterious naval base caught up with the newbie naval base, stopping just over 100,000 merit points short of surpassing it.

Chapter 554 Ys

Right on the event merit list, after the mysterious naval base caught up with the newbie naval base, the artificial city, which had been getting dull and peaceful as the event was about to end, was suddenly stirred up like a stagnant pool that had been thrown into a boulder. The whole city became lively and bustling with discussions among the admirals.

At first, only one or two admirals noticed this.

Then four, then eight, sixteen, hundreds... The speed at which the news spread was terrifying. In less than a morning, the entire commander of the artificial city knew about the precarious status of the rookie naval base.