Elder brother's garrison

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After doing all that, Montana clapped his hands and turned to look at Little White.

"Okay, all done. Sorry to keep you waiting... Hmm? Why do you look like that?"

Montana turned around to speak, but his attention was drawn to Little White's current appearance.

At this moment, Xiaobai was clutching her chest, gritting her teeth, and looking pitifully at the construction machine in front of her, with a heartbroken look that seemed about to bring tears to her eyes.

This is... a future-building machine that's 100% guaranteed to succeed!

This is a lifesaver for those who are unlucky!

The white moonlight in Xiaobai's heart!

Something that countless admirals have been longing for!

Why did Montana just take it apart...?

Xiao Bai's heart was in excruciating pain.

“Montana…you…” Little White clutched his chest, on the verge of tears, “Why…why did you dismantle that construction machine…”

“Oh…you mean this?” Montana pointed to the construction machine behind her and smiled. “There’s no point in dismantling it now, because I’ve already modified this construction machine to guarantee that it will build Project 24. Now that Project 24 has been built, no matter how you use this construction machine, it won’t be able to build anything.”

"...Can't we just build another Project 24?"

“Project 24 is a one-of-a-kind ship girl. There’s only one of her. Once she’s gone, she’s gone for good,” Montana said, shaking her head. “There can’t be a ship with the same name.”

"Ah... Oh, I see." Xiaobai paused for a moment, then realized.

Xiao Bai looked at Project 24.

Project 24 stood quietly behind Little White and Montana. Her face was as bright as the moon, and her temperament was otherworldly. Her long, soft white hair, as soft as feathers, danced in the wind. The pair of sharp headdresses on her head, which resembled antennas, looked like the ears of an alien race.

Xiao Bai loosened his chest and suddenly felt that his heart no longer ached, his back no longer hurt, he had more energy to speak, and he could climb five floors in one breath.

Quite a few things happened tonight.

Xiaobai and Montana originally had a lot to talk about, but in their current state, neither of them was really in the mood for a leisurely chat.

In the current mission, figuring out how to defeat Montana is the most important thing.

After a brief farewell to Montana, Xiaobai left the cruise ship and headed towards beach 8-2.

On the way back to the beach, the waves rolled across the sea.

The icy sea breeze swept across Xiaobai's ankles in waves as she walked, glancing back at her.

Project 24 followed quietly behind Xiaobai without saying a word.

Xiao Bai's gaze held a mixture of satisfaction, emptiness, and worry.

Tonight... my biggest gain is probably that, with Montana's help, I've acquired another future ship girl.

However, the price for obtaining Project 24 was the realization that he couldn't substitute for the ship girls in the battle to face Montana's salvage challenge...

Xiao Bai's feelings were truly complicated.

“Project 24,” Xiaobai called out.

"I'm here." Project 24 opened its agate-colored eyes and stared blankly at Little White.

"How are your infiltration skills?" Xiaobai pointed to the beach. "There are patrol teams on the beach at night, and I don't want them to find my trail."

“Answer: I’m not good at it,” Project 24 replied. “Suggestion: This machine has a certain self-defense capability and can stand by on the sea. Admiral Lu Lin, you can wait until a safe time, such as tomorrow morning, before coming here to take me back.”

"Tomorrow morning... that's not impossible..."

Xiao Bai muttered, his gaze moving up and down from the beautiful face of Project 24 to her body.

Although Project 24 possessed an ethereal and pure aura, the style of her white gauze dress was... well...

Xiao Bai stared at Project 24's almost completely bare white legs, as well as her abdomen, waist, and eye-catching chest for a while, then sighed.

"Project 24"

"I'm here."

Why is your initial ship suit like this?

"Answer: The design of the ship's uniform was to make it easier to operate the ship's equipment and to save resources to a greater extent. At the time of designing the ship's uniform, I combined the most searched women's clothing in the archives and made certain modifications to its appearance."

"...Are you okay with this style?"

"Answer: From a practical standpoint, I am very satisfied with the ship's suit," Project 24 replied calmly.

"But, but, so much showing... no, aren't you embarrassed..." Xiaobai said, blushing as she examined Project 24's body.

Question: What does "sorry" mean?

"I'm just shy."

"My personality module does not have the shyness function. Please wait for a future system update."

“…Okay.” Xiaobai.

In just a few words, Xiaobai's understanding of Project 24 has taken another step forward.

Xiao Bai sighed and looked away.

Although Project 24 herself said she didn't mind that her clothes were too revealing...

But this outfit...

To put it bluntly, what's the difference between this and being completely destroyed...?

No.

Xiaobai felt it still wouldn't work.

Tomorrow morning, a huge bunch of admirals will gather here to challenge Montana. If those admirals see Project 24 in this state...

Although it's not like it would explode if someone just glanced at it.

But I still feel quite uncomfortable.

Xiaobai doesn't like this.

“Project 24, you don’t need to stay here. Just follow me closely later,” Xiaobai said to Project 24.

“Received.” Project 24 nodded calmly.

After communicating with Project 24, Xiaobai and she finally went to the beach.

Xiaobai entrusted her body to the Deep Sea Will in the spiritual world. Under the Deep Sea Will's skillful operation, although the infiltration target changed from one person to two, fortunately, nothing went wrong along the way. Occasionally, when Project 24 was a little slow and was bumped into by the ship girl patrol team, the Deep Sea Will would immediately send a mental energy shock to stun them, and that's how she returned to the city in Chapter 8 without any danger.

Under the cover of night, Xiaobai led Project 24 back to the temporary garrison.

After Xiaobai and Project 24 entered the temporary garrison, Xiaobai closed the gate behind him and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Project 24"

"I'm here."

"Your clothes... um... it's best not to wear them outside."

Question: Why?

"I'm afraid you'll catch a cold."

Answer: Ship girls won't catch a cold.

"Well, but I'm scared... and your clothes are too flashy," Xiaobai said, blushing.

“…Received.” Project 24 paused for a moment, then nodded slightly with his eyes closed. “Operation log change: Changing clothes has now been listed as the highest priority action in idle mode.”

"Ah, no rush. As for clothes... it's too late now, all my ship girls are asleep. I'll have someone get you a nice outfit after dawn." Xiaobai scratched her cheek and quickly said to Project 24 with a smile, "As for your current clothes... keep them. You can wear whatever you want inside the naval base. As for outside... you can summon them along with your ship equipment when it's time to fight."

"receive."

"I'm sorry... Project 24, you just entered the naval base and I'm already criticizing your clothes and appearance..." Xiaobai said apologetically.

“No need to apologize. As the admiral, you have the right to dictate my attire,” Project 24 replied calmly.

"Thank you." Xiaobai looked at Project 24 with some emotion. "Then... the accommodation... I guess it won't be arranged until the daytime."

"Recommendation: Until an available space is found, this unit can remain stationary."

"...You, you should come with me. My dorm room is quite big."

"receive."

Project 24 agreed to Xiaobai's words and took two steps behind Xiaobai.

Xiao Bai looked at Project 24's face for a while, then led Project 24 toward the dormitory building.

A gentle breeze blew along the way.

The two remained quiet.

"Speaking of which, Project 24."

"I'm here."

"The way you talk sounds like a chatbot."

"Answer: Your understanding is not accurate enough. Strictly speaking, I am the first artificial intelligence of the Digital Life Project on the Earth-Moon One space station, project number 24. My designers prefer to call me Project 24. In terms of form, my existence is closer to a system with a self-circulating system and logical chain..."

Project 24 then spoke a long string of words that Xiaobai couldn't understand.

Xiao Bai listened to Project 24's speech and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Uh... to put it simply, you think you are artificial intelligence, a robot, right?"

"Yes."

“But to me, you look more like a living ship girl.” Xiaobai glanced at Object 24’s long, bare legs, watching the realistic rhythm between the skin and muscles as the legs moved with each small step, and said, “Isn’t this flesh and blood?”

Answer: My true form is a robot.

"And what about your clone?"

"The answer... is a ship girl."

"Since you're a ship girl... your body shouldn't be made of parts and machinery, but rather flesh and bones, right?" Xiaobai curiously turned to look at Project 24. "Then how did you maintain the link with your main body? I mean, you mentioned before that you were investigating databases and sharing something..."

"Rely on equipment."

"Huh? You have equipment too?"

"some."

As she finished speaking about Project 24, she stopped, then bowed her head to Xiaobai and slowly bent down.

The sharp, antenna-like headdress on Project 24 then rushed towards Xiaobai.

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When Project 24 bent down, the angle revealed a magnificent view of mountains surrounding the area to Xiaobai.

Such a stunning sight left Xiaobai dazed for a few seconds.

Fortunately, Xiaobai is no longer the same Xiaobai he was two years ago. Xiaobai quickly came to his senses and looked at the "antenna" above Project 24.

The headpiece on Project 24's head was less like an "antenna" and more like a unique headdress that enhanced the atmosphere of the other world. It resembled a pair of sharp, mechanical rabbit ears that shot straight up from the back of Project 24's head. When Project 24 bent down and pointed the "antenna" at Xiaobai, Xiaobai could even feel a sharp, steely touch from the ends of the "antenna".

"Project 24, is this the equipment you were talking about?" Xiaobai asked.

"Answer: Correct. This is the data receiving device of this machine, used to connect to the Internet and obtain data. It is part of the machine's ship equipment." Project 24 maintained his bowing posture and calmly said to Xiaobai.

"Ah... I see..."

Xiao Bai nodded blankly, muttering to herself, and gently touched the headdress of Project 24.

The antenna headdress of Project 24 does indeed feel very sharp to the touch, with a cool, polished blade-like feel.

Xiao Bai withdrew his hand and smiled at Project 24.

"Okay, that's fine, Project 24, you can get up now."

"receive."

Project 24 silently got up.

Xiao Bai continued leading Project 24 towards their dormitory.

"How does it feel to go from a mechanical body to a body of flesh and blood?" Xiaobai asked without turning her head as she walked forward.

"Whether it's my original self or the me here, we are the same in terms of thought patterns and ways of acting. I don't think there's any difference between us." Project 24 paused for a moment and said calmly, "...But as a ship girl, being able to have physical touch is a very strange experience."