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“Missouri had seen Bismarck use this tactic before, and thinking that given the Admiral’s style of doing things, it might come in handy sometime in normal times, so he secretly took some time to learn it,” Missouri replied.

"Uh...you really have learned a lot...you've worked hard..." Xiaobai didn't know what to say, so he could only smile wryly.

"It's alright," Missouri replied. "After all, there's plenty of time at the naval base. Missouri has a lot of time to go online, rest, and do what she wants. In this day and age, if you want to learn something, there are plenty of complete tutorials online for reference, so it's not difficult to get started. Besides..."

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"Missouri will learn anything, no matter how much, as long as it's for the Admiral." Missouri turned to Xiaobai and smiled slightly, speaking softly.

"……"noob.

Oops.

A little touched.

"Um, Missouri, what should we do with Elizabeth now?" Xiaobai asked Missouri.

Elizabeth is, after all, Admiral Haoding's ship girl, and she has always been polite and respectful to him. He had already crossed his line by tacitly allowing Missouri to knock her unconscious. If he went any further, Xiaobai couldn't just abandon her on a dangerous beach...

“Hmm…” Missouri seemed to be seriously considering the issue of Little White as well. She looked down at Elizabeth’s face for a while, then remained silent for a long time. “Admiral…”

"Ok?"

"How about we just take Senior Elizabeth away like this?"

"???"

This chapter is a combined chapter, with the same word count as a normal update. The reason for combining them is that I was a bit annoyed by the odd-numbered chapters, so I forcibly combined them into an even-numbered chapter.

That's all.

Chapter 1825 Elizabeth Grand Canyon

"No, no, no, that won't do..." Upon hearing Missouri's suggestion, Xiaobai immediately raised her hand and waved it vigorously at Missouri. "How can we lay a hand on Elizabeth? It would be one thing if she were someone else's ship girl, but Elizabeth is Admiral Haoding's ship girl..."

Xiao Bai never expected that Missouri would come up with such a sudden idea.

Missouri actually suggested that she take Elizabeth away herself...

That's impossible...

Xiao Bai did attempt to salvage boats more often, but even so, he wouldn't salvage just anyone's boat.

Although Xiaobai could sense from their brief time together that Elizabeth was indeed an excellent ship girl, Elizabeth was still the top ship girl of Haoding Naval Base, deeply trusted and valued by the Haoding Admiral. Xiaobai had no grudge against the Haoding Admiral, so wasn't it a bit too much to target his ship girl...?

not to mention.

Xiaobai has stated this many times.

For beginners, acquiring ships through naval base strategies often relies on fate. As the saying goes, forced relationships are never happy. If the ship girl herself doesn't strongly desire to follow you, beginners generally won't force her to join.

—Although Xiaobai's statements often seem somewhat weak.

"Admiral... although Missouri doesn't understand how you interpreted my words just now..." Missouri looked at Xiaobai's nervous expression, nodded thoughtfully, and said to Xiaobai with a half-smile, "If you misunderstood me, then I need to explain properly—when I said I would take Senior Elizabeth away, I only meant that we would take the unconscious Senior Elizabeth along to survey the sea area."

"Huh?" Xiaobai was taken aback. "Is that what you mean?"

“Yes… could it be… that the Admiral is thinking of something else?” Missouri smiled, bent down to look at Xiaobai, her beautiful eyes, which seemed to speak volumes, met Xiaobai’s gaze as she spoke, word by word.

"..." Xiao Bai's cheeks flushed red, and she lowered her head in embarrassment. "Ah, no... it's nothing... I, I didn't mean anything by it..."

"I see..." Missouri smiled slightly, but did not continue to tease Xiaobai.

"Admiral, shall we take her with us to the sea?" Princess Eugen blinked at Xiaobai and Missouri, pointing to Elizabeth lying on the ground, and asked Xiaobai curiously.

“The beaches in the eighth chapter’s area are somewhat risky. If we leave the unconscious Elizabeth here, and if something happens and a deep-sea vessel lands on the beach, Elizabeth will be in danger…” Missouri nodded and explained to Prince Eugen, “But if we send Elizabeth back to the original beach, her companions will find her, which will be even more difficult to explain. In comparison, taking the unconscious Elizabeth to explore the area should be the least risky option.”

"But this sea area is so dangerous. What if we bring a person who is unconscious and encounter a deep-sea vessel?"

“The admiral’s main purpose this time is to survey the sea area, not to engage in combat with the Abyssal Fleet. Therefore, the number of encounters with the Abyssal Fleet should be very few... As long as the battle is not intense, Missouri can take care of Elizabeth’s safety.” Missouri explained to Prince Eugen.

"Oh, I see!" Princess Eugen's eyes lit up. She was about to nod when a look of doubt flashed across her brow. She then said, "But... Missouri, what if you accidentally wake Elizabeth up while you're running around on the sea with her?"

“Then…” Missouri raised her hand again, making a chop gesture.

"Hey! No, no, no... I'm getting scared of that move after seeing it so many times..." Little White quickly called out to Missouri, awkwardly saying, "I think... it's better not to take Elizabeth to sea..."

"Has the Admiral come up with a good way to settle Elizabeth?" Missouri put down his hand and asked Xiaobai.

"Hmm...hmm...I guess so." Xiaobai closed his eyes and pondered for a while, then opened them, walked to Elizabeth's side, and said to Missouri, "Missouri, Eugen, you two move back a little."

Missouri and Prince Eugen took two steps back.

"Admiral, is this distance acceptable?"

"Okay, that's enough. Let me see... like this for now..." Xiaobai nodded. She looked around a few times, picked up a small stick that had been washed ashore by the waves from the nearby sand, and then used the stick to draw a circle around Elizabeth's body. After drawing the circle, Xiaobai squatted down, and a flash of blue light appeared in her hand, and a small, ice-blue carrier-based aircraft appeared in her palm. "Hmm, this should be enough."

Xiao Bai muttered to himself as he placed the ice-blue carrier-based aircraft in his palm flat on Elizabeth's chest.

Elizabeth had a great figure with a very full chest. When Xiaobai placed the carrier-based aircraft on her chest, it quickly fell down with a thud. Xiaobai had to quickly fix the angle of the aircraft, pressing on Elizabeth's high chest a few times, and grabbing Elizabeth's arm to help maintain the position before he could barely keep the aircraft upright on her chest.

"Admiral, what is this...?" Prince Eugen looked at Xiaobai's series of actions with curiosity, his eyes full of doubt.

“Ah, this? This is my carrier-based aircraft.” Xiaobai smiled at Prince Eugen and stood up from Elizabeth’s side. “The B-25 carrier-based aircraft I borrowed from Hornet was multiplied after being placed in my ship’s rigging. Ah, you’re asking why I put this here, right? Well, carrier-based aircraft are like the eyes of an aircraft carrier. Although my ship’s rigging is land-based, at least in terms of controlling carrier-based aircraft, the mechanism is similar to that of an aircraft carrier. Putting the carrier-based aircraft here makes it easier for me to observe the situation here in a timely manner… And in case of any unexpected events, such as some deep-sea amphibious ships coming aboard, I can remotely control my carrier-based aircraft to repel them.”

"Wow... the Admiral can already perform such precise operations? That's amazing!" Prince Eugen exclaimed, speechless with surprise.

Remotely controlling carrier-based aircraft sounds simple, but in reality, it is extremely difficult.

Controlling carrier-based aircraft requires not only meticulous skills but also immense concentration. Managing a group of carrier-based aircraft is not as simple as multitasking; it requires multitasking! Furthermore, the difficulty of controlling carrier-based aircraft increases exponentially with distance. Even among novice carrier-based ship girls in naval bases, there are definitely no more than a dozen who can perform the kind of maneuvering of carrier-based aircraft that the newbie just mentioned.

what……

That's a bit strange.

The women in the naval base always say that although the admiral's ship equipment is powerful, she herself is particularly bad at combat, right?

Could it be... could it be that the admiral is actually unexpectedly gifted in piloting carrier-based aircraft? Her ability to pilot carrier-based aircraft is already superb; the reason she kept quiet before was simply because the admiral herself is humble, so no one in the naval base knew about it.

correct!

That's right!

The admiral usually gives the impression of being the kind of girl who doesn't like to show off!

Upon closer reflection, the admiral, despite possessing land-based shipboard equipment with exceptional air superiority capabilities, actually rarely uses carrier-based aircraft! Now it seems that the admiral isn't incapable of using carrier-based aircraft; she simply doesn't want to!

My admiral is indeed no ordinary person!

As Prince Eugen looked at Little White, his expression shifted from surprise to delight, and then to deep admiration and worship.

"..." Faced with Prince Eugen's surprised expression, Xiaobai just smiled slightly, but did not explain anything further. "Things here have been settled, so let's go."

“Yes, sure!” Prince Eugen nodded expectantly. “Then, Admiral, I’ll go out to sea to scout ahead for you!”

Done.

Princess Eugen skipped and hopped onto the distant sea, summoned her heavy cruiser rigging, and propelled it to a distant point in the ocean in the blink of an eye. After circling around for a while, she finally stopped on the water not far away and excitedly waved her arms toward Little White.

"Admiral, it seems that Senior Eugen has already scouted the route. Let's go too."

Missouri said with a smile.

"Mm." Xiaobai nodded, stood up from beside Elizabeth, and glanced down one last time at the sleeping Elizabeth and the proud carrier-based aircraft perched on Elizabeth's chest. Xiaobai smiled slightly, bent down, and whispered to the ice-blue carrier-based aircraft in a voice only she could hear, "Then, Deep Sea Will, I'm leaving this to you..."

Xiao Bai's voice mingled with the sea breeze, turning into a mournful sound that drifted away with the wind.

Missouri gazed at the sea where Prince Eugen was, a strand of hair tucked behind her ear with one hand, a smile playing on her lips, seemingly unaware of the voice of Little White behind her.

The ice-blue carrier-based aircraft did not respond to Xiaobai's words.

However, upon closer inspection, one can detect something unusual at this moment.

The sea breeze on the beach was quite strong at that moment.

Under the blowing sea breeze, the ice-blue carrier-based aircraft standing on Elizabeth's chest had no stable triangular foothold. It should have been teetering on the verge of falling off Elizabeth, but now the aircraft stood firmly on Elizabeth's chest, head held high, letting the wind blow. It held on to Elizabeth and wouldn't let go, like a small guardian, standing tenaciously in the storm.

It's like...

It's like...

It seems to really like this soft, grand canyon.

Chapter 1826 Unrivaled Power!

After settling Elizabeth in, Xiaobai, relieved, stepped onto the sea with Missouri and joined Prince Eugen, who was waiting on the surface.

"I'm sorry, Eugen, it took a while. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting." Back beside Prince Eugen, Xiaobai said apologetically to him.

"It's alright, Admiral."

Princess Eugen shook her head indifferently. She opened her big eyes and carefully looked Little White up and down. Then, for some reason, she suddenly laughed happily.

"Hmm? What's wrong? Is there something strange about me?" Seeing Prince Eugen's sudden smile, Xiaobai couldn't help but curiously look down at her own body.

"No, no..." Prinz Eugen quickly waved his hand. "I just suddenly realized that only the ship girls in our naval base have this privilege of going to sea with the admiral. Others would never dream that the admiral can accompany the ship girls like this, so I couldn't help but smile a little proudly."

"Haha..." Xiaobai chuckled softly, "So Eugen, what are your thoughts on this voyage with me?"

"Well... in short, it's really great that the Admiral can have ship equipment." Prinz Eugen thought for a while and gave Xiaobai an innocent smile.

"What a coincidence, I think so too." Xiaobai wholeheartedly agreed.

Regarding its own land-based shipboard equipment.

Although Xiaobai's initial attitude towards it was rather indifferent, after a series of events surrounding the ship equipment, Xiaobai now realizes that having ship equipment is definitely better than not having it.

"Admiral, how do you plan to scout out leveling spots?" Prince Eugen asked.

"Hmm... Admiral Haoding showed me the map of the surrounding seas, and I've memorized it all..." Xiaobai hummed in agreement, looking towards the distant sea. "Anyway, let's go explore the deeper parts of the sea that Admiral Haoding hasn't yet explored?"

The leveling spots are not actually any special sea areas, nor are they marked with obvious signs or any magical landscapes that can be used as reference points.

In essence.

The so-called leveling spots mentioned by the admirals are simply areas at sea that the admirals have privately named as suitable for ship girls to improve their skills.

A sea area that can serve as a convenient leveling spot often has the following characteristics.

The first point.

The leveling spot should not be too far from the coast.

The reason it can't be too far is mainly to make it convenient for the ship girls who come here for training to return at any time, reducing the risks involved in long journeys.

Second point.

While the distribution of Abyssal Fleet ships in the sea appears chaotic, subtle patterns do exist. For instance, different Abyssal ship types tend to operate in different waters based on subtle differences in the density of deep-sea aura within a given space. If a location is a valuable training ground, the strength of the Abyssal Fleet ships cannot be too weak, nor too strong. It needs to be just right—providing sufficient training for the ship girls without incurring excessive battle losses that unnecessarily increase the leveling costs. After all, while the initial cost of repairing ship equipment may be small, the accumulated cost over time becomes staggering.

Point three.

Leveling spots must offer generous rewards.

The drops from the deep-sea amphibious ships used as "sparring partners," namely deep-sea metal, must be of high quality and have a high drop rate.

that's all.

In summary.

There are only three characteristics that make a place a valuable leveling spot.

but.

These three seemingly undemanding characteristics directly eliminate 99.99% of the world's deep-sea areas.

The deep sea is, after all, the territory of the deep sea. It's not a place specifically for ship girls to level up. Every leveling spot that appears in the deep sea territory is a coincidence created by nature.

Before this.

Worldwide, only the first node of the sixth chapter's sea area has a special area that can be called a perfect leveling spot. It is precisely because of its unique geographical environment that the sixth chapter has nurtured generation after generation of excellent naval bases over the centuries. These naval bases have become the mainstay in the war between mankind and the deep sea against the deep sea army.

How many regions in this world can be like Chapter Six, which are close to the shore, have a large number of deep-sea amphibious ships, are of average strength, have fragile ship types, and most importantly, offer extremely rich combat rewards?

Tell the truth.

Xiao Bai was unsure.

When Xiaobai was looking for a leveling spot, she didn't even think about finding a perfect leveling spot that was comparable to the leveling spot in Chapter 6. Her expectations were actually very low. In Xiaobai's mind, it would be enough if she could find a sea area that was just big enough for the admirals to level up, and a sea area that wouldn't leave the admirals who lost the leveling spot in Chapter 6 with nowhere to train their ship girls in the future.

……

On the dark, glistening sea, the sun's rays pierced through the thick black fog and shone on the water's surface.

Several well-fed deep-sea destroyers lay belly up on the water, letting the sunlight shine on their golden hulls.

The deep-sea destroyers basked in the sun, occasionally flicking their mechanical fishtails, creating whitish-black waves beneath them.

Fish swam in the seawater, occasionally nibbling at the iron hulls of the deep-sea destroyers, cleaning away the rust and stains.