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"Hey... I just wanted to look for a research and construction machine on the sea."
The admirals exchanged glances as they spoke.
"Anyway, before the map expires, our ship girls are strong enough to fight their way to the deep-sea boss. Even without the map, they can at least explore the sea area without any problems. We can also create a new version of the map in advance and sell it to the admirals in the 8-1 area with a decent amount of merit points." An admiral said with great confidence, "That's the confidence my ship girls give me!"
"Hahaha, I knew it."
"So, you also..."
The admirals laughed in perfect unison.
"After the research construction machine went missing, we practically turned Chapter 8 upside down, but we couldn't find a single thing, let alone the research construction machine!" an admiral said excitedly. "In that case, the only explanation for the research construction machine being missing is that it ran into the sea!"
"That's right, it seems like the only option is on the sea..."
The admirals chatted and nodded in agreement.
Just then, the ship girl squads behind the admirals were also ready, and squads of well-equipped and spirited ship girls were ready to set off.
Under the trusting gazes of the admirals, the ship girls sailed onto the water one after another.
With a few tumbling waves of dark sea, the ship girl squad disappeared into the ocean and vanished without a trace.
After the ship girls entered the sea, the admirals closed their eyes and used the admiral network to remotely command the ship girls on the sea.
Given the ship girls' skill level, they should have been able to roam freely in the outer perimeter of the 8-2 sea area. However, as the ship girls entered the sea area and gradually began to fight, the admirals on the shore frowned and gradually sensed that something was wrong.
Under the shared senses of the admirals, on the high seas, right after the ship girls stepped into the deep sea, there was almost no room to catch their breath, with high-intensity battles coming one after another.
The dark sea appeared particularly fierce at this moment, with endless deep-sea ships surging in like a tidal wave.
Soon, in the intense battle, the ship girls gradually showed signs of fatigue, their movements became sluggish, and their ship equipment was riddled with damage.
"Huh... is this... the intensity of the battle outside the 8-2 sea area?"
"I've never experienced such intense combat even at the boss spawn point in the 8-2 area..."
"Something's not right. Quickly call the ship girls back."
"Ah."
The admirals frowned, nodded to each other, and quickly spoke.
Under the command of the admirals, the ship girls on the sea fought and retreated, heading back the way they came.
However, what happened next was even more perplexing.
"Huh???" one of the admirals suddenly shouted, "What's going on?!"
"Huh? What's wrong?"
The way we came from is gone!!!
"What??!!"
Upon hearing this, the admirals' hearts skipped a beat, and sweat broke out on their faces.
"The way we came has disappeared??"
"How could this be... Didn't we just..."
The admirals panicked instantly, frantically directing their ship girls to disengage from the battle on the surface. However, at that moment, something almost hopeless happened—the once clear and unobstructed sea routes suddenly became like a maze after the Abyssal Fleet appeared in droves, the routes becoming hazy and confusing.
The ship girl fleet... is lost at sea?!
How can it be? !
Upon realizing this, the admirals all gasped, feeling a chill run down their spines.
Half an hour later, just as the ship girls were about to collapse and be overwhelmed by the endless Abyssal Fleet, a bright path suddenly appeared in the labyrinthine sea. Grasping at this path like a lifeline, the ship girls swiftly fled, miraculously returning to shore.
ashore.
The admirals stared in disbelief at the ship girls, their bodies battered and tattered, their rigging badly damaged, and their bodies limp as they slumped onto the beach. They all swallowed hard in shock.
The admirals exchanged glances, all seeing the fear in each other's eyes.
So close... so close...
If they hadn't finally escaped the maze, these powerful ship girls would probably have...
The admirals looked out at the distant sea.
The distant sea was dark and oppressive.
This sea... seems to have become something they don't recognize.
……
In the deep sea area of 8-2.
On the waters where the ship girls once fought, there are scattered a large number of deep-sea amphibious ships and fragments of the ship girls' equipment.
The deep-sea amphibious ships gathered on the water's surface, creaking and groaning.
Just now.
On the site, which resembled a battlefield ruin, several dark tentacles rose from the seabed. As the dark tentacles continued to rise, a slender figure in a black robe nestled against one of them and emerged from the seabed.
The moment this figure appeared, the surrounding deep-sea ships all lowered their heads, bowing down to the black-robed figure like pilgrims.
The sounds of kowtows rose and fell in waves.
The view on the sea was exceptionally spectacular for a moment.
The figure in black robes sat sideways on a dark tentacle, with large amounts of black seawater dripping from her skin. She slowly raised her arm, embroidered with a blue dragon pattern, and extended her grayish-blue palm toward the fragments of the ship girl's equipment on the sea surface. The next second, the dark tentacles beneath the figure in black robes reached out, picked up the fragments of the ship girl's equipment, and brought them to her.
The figure in black robes picked up a fragment of a ship girl's equipment, brought it to his mouth, sniffed it gently, then opened his mouth and bit into it with a crunch.
creak creak...
The figure in black robes puffed out his cheeks, chewing on the crumbs in his mouth. His dark yellow eyes, like those of a wild beast that had just gained sentience, stared coldly ahead.
Chapter 2918 Changes in the Sea
Time passed by unnoticed, and it was already afternoon.
The top ten admirals truly live up to their reputation. Whether it's the strength of their ship girl fleets or their command and strategic thinking abilities, they far surpass the level of ordinary admirals.
After a full day of collaborative exploration, just as the first day of the expedition was drawing to a close, the sky gradually warmed with the sun, and the waves on the sea surged high. At that moment, the top ten admirals in the 8-3 sea area finally redrew the new map of the 8-3 sea area.
"Phew! With this last stroke, the map is complete!"
Admiral Lian took a pencil and sketched the last few lines on the map in the center of the group. Then, she let out a long sigh, tossed the pencil aside with satisfaction, and held up the map, admiring it with satisfaction.
"Hahaha, as expected of the help from the top ten admirals! I never thought that the map of the 8-3 sea area could be redrawn in just one day!" Admiral Haoding laughed proudly from the side. "When we were conquering the 8-3 sea area on our own, it took us more than a week to barely draw the map!"
“There’s strength in numbers, after all… and this isn’t our first time attacking the 8-3 sea area, so we’ve gotten a bit more skilled.” Admiral Ling tapped her lips, looking at the map in Admiral Lian’s hand with great interest. “Hmm… it’s getting late today, so it’s not really suitable to continue the expedition, but with this map, we should be able to break through the 8-3 sea area in just a few hours tomorrow.”
Admiral Lian put the map in her hand into her portable printer, and the printer quickly produced six identical copies.
"Here, everyone, these are maps we painstakingly drew. We won't compensate you if you lose them." Admiral Lian handed the maps to everyone present. When it came to Xiaobai, she smiled and bent down, teasingly saying, "And for you, little cutie~ this is for you."
"Eh? Me... I have one too?" Xiaobai quickly waved her hands, "I... I... I'd better not... I wasn't of any help to you guys today."
"It's alright, little cutie, do we really need to worry about this?" Admiral Lian smiled at Xiaobai and winked. "Besides, little cutie, don't be so quick to refuse... I know your naval base is super powerful and you don't need this map, but maybe some people around you can use it?"
Xiao Bai was taken aback.
"Can...is it okay?"
"Hmm—why not?"
As Admiral Lian spoke, she looked at the other top ten admirals.
The other top ten admirals nodded in agreement.
"Admiral Lu Lin, please use this map to your heart's content!" Admiral Hao Ding gave Xiao Bai a thumbs up and laughed reassuringly, "Whether you use it yourself or let your friends use it, it's fine. Consider it a token of our appreciation!"
Xiao Bai blushed and nodded repeatedly as he listened to the words of the top ten admirals.
"Well... thank you all..." Xiaobai shyly accepted the map, then awkwardly covered her mouth with it, glancing cautiously at everyone. "Um... thank you on behalf of my Nia..."
"Ah—my little cutie, waah, you're so cute!"
When Admiral Lian saw Xiaobai striking this pose, he couldn't resist rushing over to give Xiaobai's head a good rub.
Of course, the next second she was grabbed from behind by Duan Shuiliu.
"Let's call it a day for today's expedition. Everyone go back tonight to prepare for the final battle. Tomorrow, we'll follow the route on the map to conquer the deepest part of point 8-3 in the deep sea," Duan Shuiliu reminded the group while supporting Admiral Lian.
"I could set off right now!" Admiral Haoding said loudly to the crowd, hands on his hips.
"You reckless fool, you can't run away!" Admiral Ling came up to Admiral Haoding, raised her index finger, and said seriously, "We explored the map together, so to be fair, we must fight together in the final battle!"
"Hahaha! I understand, Admiral Ling! For the sake of fairness, right!" Admiral Haoding nodded with a smile. "Then I'll wait until tomorrow morning and set off with the top ten admirals!"
Although Admiral Haoding was a reckless man, he was ultimately reasonable.
After deciding on their plans for tomorrow, everyone quickly recalled their respective ship girl teams, packed their belongings, and left the 8-3 sea area, promising to meet again tomorrow.
"Admiral Lu Lin, aren't you bringing any ship girls tomorrow?" After leaving the 8-3 sea area, Admiral Haoding asked Xiaobai.
"Hmm... my ship girl has been very busy lately." Xiaobai nodded and smiled at Admiral Haoding.
"Oh? Could it be..." Upon hearing this, Admiral Haoding suddenly realized something.
"I'm busy with the matter you entrusted to me before," Xiaobai said to Admiral Haoding.
"Ah—" Admiral Haoding showed an expression of "I knew it," he laughed at Xiaobai and nodded, "Admiral Lu Lin, you've really worked hard these past few days."
"It's nothing, just a small favor."
"Huh? What? What's going on?" Admiral Lian and Admiral Ling overheard Admiral Haoding and Xiaobai's conversation and quickly came over, looking like curious children. "What are you talking about? Did Admiral Haoding ask Xiaobai to do something?"
"Sister Lian, Sister Ling, this is a secret that can't be told." Xiaobai pursed her lips and smiled at Admiral Lian.
"That's not fair!"
"I also want to have a little secret with my little cutie that I can't tell anyone!"
"..."
The top ten admirals chatted and laughed as they left the 8-3 sea area. After returning to their respective sea cities, they bid each other farewell and went back to their temporary naval bases.
Nia and Luo Lian were not in the temporary naval base at the moment. After returning to the temporary naval base, Xiao Bai first had dinner, and then went to find his ship girls to briefly explain the matter of Jin Shiqi and Ning Lu. After receiving their promises and responses, he returned to his room alone.
This time, Xiaobai was alone in her bedroom.
Xiaobai lay on her big bed, letting out a long sigh as she stared at the ceiling.
Xiao Bai rested on the bed for a while, then turned to the side, took out his phone, and opened the Admiral Forum to browse.
At this time, the news about the sea map being invalid was spreading like wildfire on the admiral forum.
This time, Xiaobai didn't even need to perform a targeted search. She only needed to click the refresh button to see more than a dozen new posts about sea area maps refreshed at the top of the forum.
"Sigh... It seems this map malfunction is really causing a lot of trouble for the admirals in Chapter 8." Xiaobai muttered to himself, holding his phone and refreshing the forum posts. "Hmm... It seems there are several more cases of ship girls getting lost after setting out in the 8-2 area. That's really scary..."
"The admirals in Chapter 8 don't have the strength of the top ten admirals, so they can't redraw a map of a sea area in just one day. I estimate this phenomenon will trouble them for a long time."
"How long does it usually take for an admiral to draw a map of a sea area?"
"I think I heard someone say it would take about half a month..."
"Sigh, this is basically a waste of half a month... I hope it won't have too much of an impact."
Xiao Bai lay in bed and continued browsing the Admiral Forum for a while.
The sky grew darker before we knew it, and the full moon hung high in the sky outside the window.
Xiaobai put away her phone, changed into her pajamas, and went to bed.
A while ago... Xiaobai released a lot of mental energy on the ship equipment of all the married ships, so Xiaobai will not have the insomnia debuff for a while.
So good.
Xiao Bai lay on the bed, covered with a soft quilt, listening to the wind outside the window, and comfortably closed her eyes.
……
The night of Chapter 2919 gradually quieted down as the admirals fell asleep one by one.
The entire city seemed to have fallen into hibernation at this moment, remaining motionless.
Just as night was drawing near, on the sea surrounding the city in Chapter Eight, dark waves rolled ceaselessly under the moonlight.
On the thick, black sea, several dark, thick octopus tentacles lifted a woman dressed in a black robe with bluish-gray skin from the water.