Elder brother's garrison

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Yubari was still wearing the same outfit: shorts, a sleeveless shirt, and a white lab coat.

From the angle from which Xiaobai just entered the living room, one can clearly see Yubari's two snow-white and shapely thighs stacked on top of each other, as well as the large area of ​​her thighs near her shorts, with a hint of pink soft flesh on her buttocks amidst the snow-white skin.

"Admiral, welcome back~" The ship girls in the living room heard Xiaobai enter the door early on. While busy with their own tasks, they greeted Xiaobai as she entered.

"Yeah, I'm back..." Xiaobai looked around the sofa in the living room and found that there was no extra seat for her. She first leaned against Yuzuri and looked at her curiously, "Huh? Yuzuri, aren't you going to work today?"

"Hmm... even I sometimes want to rest and slack off." Yubari paused slightly with her pen, looked up from her notebook, and chuckled at the little white figure standing in front of her. "So I'm taking a day off!"

"Eh... so Yubari also takes leave..." Shiro's eyes widened.

"Hey, I haven't really taken many days off before. After all, it was too quiet at home back then. Living alone at home with nothing to do, I would easily think about strange things." Yubari shrugged at Shiro and straightened his posture on the sofa. "But... since there are so many people at home today, I thought it wouldn't hurt to stay home for a few days, so I took the day off."

"I see." Xiaobai nodded.

"Admiral, you really have a knack for making things lively around you..." Yubari turned her head and glanced at the three ship girls on the other side of the sofa.

"...Is Yubari implying that I'm good at salvaging ships?"

"About fifty percent?" Yubari gestured to Shiro. "After all, you should know, Admiral, before you came to Kyoto, the atmosphere at my house was completely different. Now my house is so lively, all thanks to you, Admiral."

"Uh..." Shiro scratched her head sheepishly. She looked at the notebook in Yubari's arms with curiosity and asked, "Um... speaking of which, Yubari, what's this notebook of yours?"

"This? Sorry, it's a secret for now!" Yubari waved the notebook at Shiro, then gave him a shrewd smile. She jumped off the sofa with the notebook in her arms. "I'll keep this a secret from you, Admiral~ You'll find out tomorrow! I'm going back to my room, Admiral, you can sit in my seat~"

After Yubari finished speaking, she skipped and hopped out of the living room, disappearing back into her room before Shiro could even see her.

Shiro stared blankly as Yubari's figure disappeared into her room.

"Why does Yubari seem so mysterious since last night..." Xiaobai muttered with a puzzled look, but still slowly climbed onto the sofa and sat in Yubari's seat.

The sofa where Yubari sat had a slight indentation, and there was still a faint warmth from her skin.

"Where did you go this morning?" The Kitchen Goddess asked Xiaobai curiously as she sat down on the sofa.

"I'm going to see the leader of the Obsidian Mercenary Group," Xiaobai said to the Goddess of the Hearth with a smile.

"Huh? Why did you go alone? That's dangerous..." The female Kitchen Goddess's eyebrows twitched involuntarily when she heard Xiaobai say that she had gone to see Lin Yueyue. "They just tried to kidnap you the day before yesterday, and you went there like it was a casual visit. That place is full of their family members. What if they suddenly have designs on you? Wouldn't the consequences be terrible? You have no sense of danger at all..."

"It's alright... Miss Yueyue is a very understanding person." Xiaobai smiled at the female stove god. "Well... I'll be more careful next time. Thank you for the reminder, female stove god."

Xiaobai went to see Lin Yueyue alone today, partly because she was indeed curious about Lin Yueyue's admiral network and wanted to ask about its origins. After all, if she brought her ship girls along, there might be too many strangers, and Lin Yueyue might not want to talk about it.

As for Xiaobai's second reason for going to the Obsidian Mercenary Group alone... that is, of course, Xiaobai is not afraid that the Obsidian Mercenary Group has any designs on him. If a fight really breaks out, Xiaobai feels that even if he does not summon the Will of the Deep Sea, he can still take on the mercenary group by himself by relying on attribute suppression.

How can you lose when the roadbed is right in front of you?

of course.

The goddess of the hearth knew nothing about this, so it's normal for her to be worried.

"So, what did you do at the Obsidian Mercenary Group?" Seeing that Xiaobai had a good attitude in admitting his mistake, the female goddess of the hearth did not say anything more, but just looked at Xiaobai curiously.

"I asked Miss Yueyue to do something for me," Xiaobai said to the Goddess of the Stove.

"What is it?"

"...Miss Vestal, don't you have a large number of female fans here in Kyoto?" Xiaobai didn't answer Vestal, but instead said to her, "Almost every day, there are civilian ship girls coming to you to repair their ship equipment, right? Including now."

"...Hmm, I guess so." The female hearth goddess's gaze became somewhat complicated upon hearing this. She absentmindedly grabbed a few kernels of popcorn and stuffed them into her mouth, stammering, "What's wrong?"

“Without your help, Vesta Goddess, those civilian ship girls would probably be in a very difficult situation. After all, you’ve worked here for twenty years, and I was just thinking… maybe you’re a little worried about the future of these civilian ship girls,” Xiaobai said.

"..." The female kitchen god stuffed popcorn into her mouth one kernel at a time.

"So, I'd like to build a public repair pool in Kyoto. I'd like to ask Miss Yueyue and her mercenary group to manage it for me." Xiaobai clasped his hands together and smiled at the Goddess of the Hearth. "That way, Goddess of the Hearth, you don't have to worry about those civilian ship girls. You can come with me without worry, right?"

"Cough cough cough cough..." The female stove god choked and spat out the popcorn she had just put in her mouth. She covered her mouth and coughed. She turned to Little White in surprise, "You...you want to build a repair pool?"

"Yes."

"That thing isn't a public toilet... Do you know how difficult it is to build one..."

"It's alright... Actually, I finished the approval process on the way back, so we should be able to start building the restoration pool starting tomorrow... Oh right, I've chosen the location in the yard that you rented before, Goddess of the Hearth." Little White smiled at Goddess of the Hearth, "It should be finished in about a week."

"..." The female hearth goddess stared blankly at Xiaobai.

"what happened?"

"...You..." The goddess of the hearth looked at Little White with a complicated expression, "That thing must be very expensive...you've really gone all out..."

"If doing these things can make you, the Goddess of the Stove, put your mind at ease, then it's not expensive at all," Xiaobai said earnestly to the Goddess of the Stove.

"..."

Looking at Xiaobai's serious face, the female kitchen god unconsciously quickened her breathing for a moment, and a blush rose to her cheeks.

"Well... thank you so much!" The female kitchen god lowered her head, reached out her little hand and grabbed two handfuls of popcorn from the popcorn bucket, stuffing them into her mouth. "Although I don't have much left to repay you, even if you do all this, I can't give you anything more..."

"It's alright," Xiaobai said with a smile.

"..." The female kitchen god crunched on popcorn, glancing at Little White beside her every now and then.

"..."

"..."

"Hey."

"Hmm? What's wrong, Vesta Goddess?"

"...Then, as a special exception, you can touch my head again." The female hearth goddess shifted her position, moving closer to Little White, and poked her little head in, her voice weak, "...Thank you..."

"..."

Xiao Bai silently reached out and gently stroked the head of the female stove goddess.

Salsasa...

Salsasa...

"You're welcome."

The TV in the living room was playing a midday drama, and the actors in the show were putting on a show, going back and forth, making a lot of noise.

The living room was quiet, as reflected in the surroundings.

Chapter 1740, Section 8

As time slowly passed, evening arrived.

After spending a fulfilling afternoon with the ship girls, Shiro's last day in Kyoto finally came to an end.

In the evening, the ship girls all went back to their rooms to rest. Xiaobai fiddled with her phone in the living room, and after booking her ticket back to the city where the naval base was located the next morning, she stretched and went back to her room.

In the room, New Jersey, without changing his clothes, crawled into Xiaobai and Changchun's bed. Changchun, who was halfway changing into his pajamas, pressed his chest, revealing a pair of fair shoulders, and called out to New Jersey on the bed.

"Sister New Jersey, why did you go to bed without changing your clothes again...? This will affect your sleep quality and bring the dust you picked up during the day into the blankets. Sister New Jersey, please get down and change into some pajamas before you sleep." Changchun called out to New Jersey on the bed, but New Jersey had cut off all contact with the outside world since she crawled into the white blankets. Like a snail, she had her upper body tightly tucked into the blankets, leaving only her lower body exposed, and she did not respond to Changchun's calls at all.

Changchun's attempts to persuade him failed, and he looked helpless.

Just then, Xiaobai entered the room, and Changchun cast a hopeful glance at him, as if to say, "Admiral, please tell me about New Jersey!"

Xiao Bai looked at the blue sailor dress peeking out from under the covers and smiled helplessly.

Xiaobai is fairly understanding of New Jersey's perspective.

The reason New Jersey didn't change her clothes in front of Changchun was probably because she felt embarrassed if Changchun saw the tall, spiky clothes on her thighs and belly... Don't be fooled by New Jersey's seemingly carefree nature; she's actually surprisingly concerned about her image.

—Otherwise, she wouldn't have pretended not to know Iowa and Missouri at first when she was at Ella's house because of her miserable experiences, right?

"It's okay, Changchun, let New Jersey sleep like this." Xiaobai smiled at Changchun. "New Jersey sleeps in her clothes every day, right? Maybe she's gotten used to this way of sleeping. Besides, New Jersey didn't go out all day, and her clothes aren't dirty."

"Huh? Is that so?" Changchun looked at New Jersey's lower body exposed outside the blanket in surprise after hearing Xiaobai's words.

"I see... But sleeping in your outer clothes is definitely not a good habit. Let's leave it at that for today and correct it gradually when we get back to the naval base," said Xiaobai.

"Ah... okay, since the Admiral has said so..." Changchun nodded obediently. She gave up trying to persuade New Jersey and went to the bedside to change into her cartoon pajamas. Then, blushing, she looked shyly at Xiaobai, "Um... Admiral? Tonight is our last night in Kyoto... shouldn't we..."

"Changchun, you and New Jersey go to sleep first, I'll get into bed later," Xiaobai said to Changchun with a smile.

"Huh?" Changchun looked up.

"Things in Kyoto have all been resolved... so it's time to take a look at the commission Admiral Haoding gave me." Xiaobai pulled out the USB drive that Admiral Haoding had given him in front of Changchun. "I happen to have some time tonight, so I'd like to take a look at the situation on Chapter Eight."

"..." Changchun blinked and looked at Xiaobai, his gaze blank.

"Does Changchun want to watch it too?" Xiaobai asked Changchun, noticing his strange expression.

"Ah... I... I guess I'll pass..." Changchun snapped out of her daze, her head drooping in disappointment. "I can't understand the data... I guess I'll just have to sleep with the New Jersey girl after all..."

"Okay—but I might need to turn on the lights for a while, Changchun, do you mind?"

"I don't mind." Changchun climbed into bed, pulled back the covers, and snuggled into New Jersey's arms.

The two ship girls on the bed gradually quieted down.

Xiao Bai walked to the desktop computer in the bedroom, pressed the power button, and plugged in Hao Ding Admiral's USB drive.

This computer was a high-spec desktop PC that Xiaobai casually installed in every bedroom of Yubari's house when he was renovating it. Because it was a new, expensive machine, its security was relatively guaranteed, and there was no need to worry about leaks.

However, to prevent any accidents, Xiaobai still unplugged the computer's network cable before turning it on.

Turn on the computer.

Xiaobai opened the USB drive on my computer, and as the window popped up, Xiaobai finally saw the contents of this mysterious USB drive.

The USB drive that Admiral Haoding gave to Xiaobai contained a whole page of files about Chapter Eight.

Among them are hard-core documents such as "Task Book for the Development of Chapter 8" and "Relevant Data on the Sea Area of ​​Chapter 8", as well as notes such as "Research Record Table for Chapter 8" and "The Strategic Value of Chapter 8 Gradually Discovered as the Development Progresses".

Even a novice doesn't need to think too much to know that the latter type of documents should all be Admiral Haoding's pioneering records.

Xiao Bai opened the "Relevant Data of the Sea Area in Chapter Eight" at the top and began to read it carefully.

After reading for about ten minutes, Xiaobai finished reading the entire document and gained a basic understanding of the sea area he would be developing in the future.

As we all know, the world's sea areas can be roughly divided into two types: safe sea areas and polluted sea areas. Polluted sea areas can be further divided into two types: controlled sea areas and uncontrolled sea areas.

The so-called controlled sea areas refer to those polluted sea areas where, thanks to the efforts of the admirals, the pollution level has been significantly reduced and can no longer cause substantial harm to the land. These areas are now protected by the various naval bases located nearby. This also includes the seven chapter sea areas that have been separately designated for new admirals to gradually train and improve themselves.

The uncontrolled sea areas refer to those polluted sea areas that the admirals have not yet conquered due to various geographical or combat reasons. Most of these sea areas are deep in the ocean, but some are surrounded by uninhabited land. The sea area in Chapter 8 that Xiaobai is going to conquer is one of these small areas surrounded by land.

The land where Chapter 1741's sea area is located is exceptionally remote and has harsh terrain. Due to severe deep-sea disasters, the land where Chapter 8 is located is uninhabited and desolate. The ocean is flooded with deep-sea creatures, and the strength of these deep-sea vessels is extremely high, even significantly higher than that of the sea area in Chapter 7 that humans have now reclaimed.

However, its remote location and the presence of deep-sea floods are not the only characteristics of this sea area. In addition, the sea area of ​​Chapter Eight possesses extremely rich resources, and is surrounded by vast, fertile land with lush vegetation, making it quite suitable for human cultivation and development.

Xiao Bai saw the last sentence in the introduction to Chapter 8, which stated that if the exploration of Chapter 8 was successful, it would undoubtedly be a landmark contribution to human society.

"I feel like... I think I roughly understand what Chapter 8 is like... but I still don't quite understand." Xiao Bai muttered, clicking on the pioneering diaries of several Haoding Admirals at the back of the file and reading them carefully.

Xiaobai read on and on.

Their gazes gradually turned to surprise.

Admiral Haoding's diary, like Admiral Haoding himself, is filled with boundless confidence and a sense of mission. Xiaobai had just opened the first few chapters of Admiral Haoding's diary and only saw Admiral Haoding's exclamations of boundless pride, as well as the meticulous and detailed process of pioneering. The pioneering process included specific introductions to the sea area of ​​Chapter 8, as well as analyses of the strength of the deep-sea amphibious ships in the chapter's sea area. Whether in terms of professionalism or entertainment value, Admiral Haoding's diary entries are of academic paper quality, worthy of being submitted to headquarters as key material.

However, this did not surprise Xiaobai.

What surprised Xiaobai was that... after Admiral Haoding's diary entries, filled with confidence and a sense of mission, continued for a few entries, his later entries gradually became confused, showed signs of difficulty, and eventually even became dejected...

As Xiaobai flipped through the pages, he came across the last diary entry written by Admiral Haoding.

"Two months have passed since we started exploring Chapter 8."

"In percentage terms, the initial development progress is only 10% complete."

"The resources I brought for this land reclamation are no longer sustainable."

"According to the ship girls' reports, the deeper they venture into the sea, the more powerful a presence they sense in the direction of the center. That presence makes them uneasy, and it's highly likely that there's a powerful deep-sea unit there. If it were before, I would definitely have led the ship girls to charge into the center of the ocean to capture the leader first. But now, for the safety of the ship girls, I don't plan to continue exploring in this resource-scarce state. Instead, I will wait here for the supply team coming from the naval base to arrive..."

"I'm starting to feel the limits of my strength..."

"The seawater here is black, blacker than any other sea I've ever seen before. Even standing on the shore and looking out at the sea, the intense aura of the deep sea almost makes me faint. If I didn't have a ship girl standing next to me to help me dispel the aura of the deep sea, I wouldn't even be able to command the ship girl."

"In the middle of the development of Chapter 8, I was summoned by the organization to prepare to fight a defensive battle at the production site of the nerve potion. This time I will be able to see the other top ten admirals whom I have not seen for many years."

"Perhaps... I can ask one of them for help."

"..."

The diary quietly ended with Admiral Haoding's last sentence, in which he expressed utter despair.

Chapter 1742 The Secret to Wealth: The Goddess of the Hearth

The pioneering documents left by Admiral Haoding are numerous and complex, making them time-consuming to read. However, Admiral Haoding is highly professional, and even his diary entries, which are in the form of casual notes, contain a wealth of information about the eighth chapter's sea area. This information is quite valuable for beginners who are about to explore the eighth chapter.

It's likely that Admiral Haoding considered this point, which is why he put his entire pioneering diary on a USB drive and gave it to Xiaobai.