Elder brother's garrison

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"Admiral! We've built it! We've built it!"

Chapter 4011 Welcome Back

In the background of Luo Lian's call, the voice of war-weariness jumped out excitedly.

Xiao Bai heard Luo Lian get up, and then Luo Lian walked around with her phone for a while. Finally, the shouts of war-weariness in the background grew louder and clearer.

As Xiaobai listened to the sounds coming from the phone, she suddenly heard a series of light footsteps and the exclamations of the ship girls all around her.

Faintly, a clear and delicate voice seemed to echo from time to time.

"Xiao Bai, are you still there?" After about half a minute, Luo Lian's voice came from the phone again.

"I'm still here."

"Hmm..." Luo Lian's voice remained calm. "Xiao Bai, we did indeed build a missile ship girl just now."

"Huh? So fast?"

"Yes, the admirals here in the second chapter rarely do large-scale construction. The hundreds of construction machines that are supposed to be building large floors have been idle. Now that hundreds of machines are building together, the efficiency is quite fast," Luo Lian said.

"Lianlian, what construction formula did you use?"

"Just a guess," Luo Lian said. "I think you probably don't know the construction formula for missile ship girls either, so I just made a reasonable guess."

"Huh? How did you figure that out?"

"Because I'm building them simultaneously using hundreds of construction machines, even the resources of the Admiral's Guild in the second chapter would be insufficient for large-scale construction at the battleship level. Therefore, I chose to build energy-efficient missile ship girls, similar to missile destroyers," Luo Lian said. "Since it's confirmed to be a missile destroyer, the destroyer formula will definitely be used. However, missile destroyers are different from ordinary destroyers, so I considered the characteristics of missiles and increased the input of aluminum and fuel. The rest is to maintain a state that is greater than that of ordinary destroyers but less than that of large ships."

“…Uh…I see…” Xiaobai stammered in response.

As for the construction formula for missile ships... I just saw on the admiral forum that many admirals in Chapter 8 were arguing heatedly in their pursuit of the most perfect construction formula.

Surprisingly, the admirals of Chapter 8 discussed the construction formula for so long, but Lianlian didn't even take it seriously, and just came up with it with a casual "reasonable guess"...

Lianlian is so understanding.

Xiao Bai couldn't help but admire Luo Lian.

"In short, a missile destroyer has indeed been built. I'm currently in Chapter Two, which proves that the missile technology unlocked by the Black Tower is not limited to Chapter Eight, but seems to be effective for the entire human faction." Luo Lian continued to say to Xiao Bai, "Based on this situation, it's possible that in a while, missile ships will become a regular ship type and appear in most naval bases."

"In that case, it's actually a good thing..." Xiaobai murmured and nodded.

"Hmm." Luo Lian paused for a moment. "Want to have a chat with the newly built missile destroyer?"

"Eh? Me?"

"She watched me talking to you on the phone, and seemed a little curious about your voice."

"Ah...yes, that works too?" Xiaobai said subconsciously.

Soon, a sound of someone taking over the phone came from the other end, followed by a clear and pleasant voice.

"Hey! Hey! Are you there? Are you there!" A clear voice rang out, clean, tender, and full of energy, as if its owner was a young girl.

"Hello," Xiaobai said.

"Oh, what a lovely voice! Nice to meet you, my name is Ulsan!" The clear voice continued.

"Ulsan... Hello, my name is Lu Lin."

"Hehe, you're my admiral's good friend, right? Then I can come visit you from now on! Don't look down on me, I'm a missile destroyer, I'm super awesome!"

"...You're welcome to come visit me anytime," Xiaobai replied with a smile.

The little girl on the other end of the phone seemed to want to continue chatting with Xiaobai, but her phone was quickly taken back.

Luo Lian's familiar, gentle voice rang out.

"Xiao Bai, you must be very busy with this situation in Chapter Eight. Now that we've figured things out, I won't bother you any longer," Luo Lian's voice said. "Once things are settled in Chapter Eight, I'll bring this child to visit you next time."

"You can come now, right?"

"Let's wait until things settle down in Chapter Eight," Luo Lian said gently.

"Okay," Xiaobai agreed.

Xiao Bai and Luo Lian said a brief goodbye over the phone, and then the call ended amidst a girl's shouts.

Xiaobai put the phone back on the table after hanging up, then took a deep breath, leaned back, and continued to lie in Chao Yahe's arms.

"Sigh... I received so many messages all at once..." Xiaobai muttered to herself. She raised her hand and pinched her brow, looking like she had finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Admiral, what's the situation?" Chao Yamato asked.

"Although there are still many mysteries surrounding the Black Tower, with Lianlian's explanation, I have a clearer idea of ​​what to do now," Xiaobai replied.

"What is the admiral to do?"

"What I need to do is..." Xiaobai said, picking up the half-finished draft about banning the Black Tower in front of Chao Yamato, and then throwing it into the trash can next to the desk, "This."

The Black Tower should remain open to admirals.

Xiao Bai made this decision in her heart.

……

Once the tasks are determined, handling other matters naturally becomes a smooth process.

Xiaobai and Chaoda stayed at the Admiral's Guild, dealing with the large amount of work caused by the changes in the sea area today. Before they knew it, it was time to get off work.

After finishing their work, Shiro and Yamato returned to the temporary naval base.

Inside the temporary naval base, Nia and her ship girls had already returned to the base. When Shiro and Super Yamato found them, the Veneto-class ship girls from Nia's naval base were gathered in Nia's dormitory, chatting and laughing, seemingly engrossed in something.

"Excuse me, everyone." Xiaobai and Chao Yamato stood outside Nia's dormitory. Xiaobai poked his head in and greeted Nia and the ship girls inside.

In Nia's dormitory, the four Veneto-class ship girls were sitting on the bed, while Cleveland and Taihou were leaning against the wall with their arms crossed, and Nia herself was sitting at the indoor desk.

Upon hearing Xiaobai's voice, everyone seemed to have been waiting for a long time and turned to look at her.

"Xiaobai, you're back!" Nia was the first to speak. She immediately stood up from her chair at her desk and hurried over to Xiaobai.

When Xiaobai saw Nia running towards her with a happy expression, she was about to go to meet her when suddenly her heart skipped a beat.

and many more……

It seems that my "daily greetings" with Nia have now turned into a "kissing" routine between friends. Nia didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with this behavior before. Is she walking towards me now to kiss me...?

As Nia's smiling face drew closer, Xiaobai watched as her delicate pink lips seemed to grow larger in his vision.

Xiao Bai immediately became extremely nervous.

—Actually, it wasn't that Shiro was against kissing Nia, it's just that there were six other ship girls in Nia's dormitory at the moment, and Shiro was also followed by Super Yamato...

Kissing Nia in front of so many people is a bit...

Xiao Bai was sweating profusely.

Just as Xiaobai was sweating profusely, Nia arrived in front of him.

Fortunately, for some reason, Nia didn't lean in to kiss Xiaobai's lips this time. She just hugged Xiaobai affectionately, just like a few days ago, jumped around a couple of times with Xiaobai in her arms, laughed a few times at Xiaobai, and then naturally let go of Xiaobai.

This puzzled Xiaobai a little...

“Nia, you…” Xiaobai said subconsciously.

"Hmm? What's wrong, Xiaobai?"

"Ah...no, it's nothing." Xiaobai looked at Nia's innocent smile, thought for a moment, and then shook her head. She then took out a medal and a resource card from her clothes. "Um, I heard about your naval base's act of bravery at the Admiral's Guild. I know you don't like to be in the limelight, so I brought the reward back to you."

"Thank you, Xiaobai!" Nia happily accepted the medal and resource card.

When the ship girls behind Nia saw that Xiaobai had come with a reward, they all stood up somewhat awkwardly, looking at Xiaobai with expectant eyes, as if they were about to step onto the podium.

Xiaobai understood immediately. She took the medals and stepped forward, pinning them on the chests of the ship girls. She also praised their courage earnestly and, in her personal capacity, commended their improved strength.

Xiaobai's "award speech" was just a formality in the first half, but the second half showed his genuine satisfaction with their abilities.

Faced with Xiaobai's praise, the ship girls of Nia's family were unusually excited. Leaving aside the four older sisters of the Veneto class, even Cleveland, who rarely showed any emotion, pursed her lips and her eyes reddened slightly.

In a sense, Xiaobai can be considered the "instructor" or "master" of these ship girls.

For them, there is nothing in the world more joyful than gaining the approval of their "master".

The ship girls held the medals as if they were precious treasures, bowing deeply to thank Xiaobai. Afterwards, they stayed in Nia's dormitory for a while before leaving satisfied with their medals.

As Xiaobai watched the ship girls from Nia's family leave, until their figures disappeared around the corner of the corridor, Chao Yamato hesitated before speaking to Xiaobai.

"Well... Admiral, I'm going back too..." Chao Yamato seemed to be saying something very apologetic to Xiaobai, and didn't dare to look at Xiaobai.

"Yeah, you're going back to find Yamato-neechan, right? Okay." Shiro smiled and waved to Super Yamato.

Chao Dahe breathed a sigh of relief and quickly walked away.

After Xiaobai left, he breathed a sigh of relief and turned to Nia in the room.

“Nia, then I…”

Xiaobai stopped halfway through her sentence.

The moment Xiaobai turned around, she saw Nia walk up with a smile, take Xiaobai's hand, and lean in to kiss her.

Nia's lips touched Xiaobai's lips, and she gently rubbed them together twice.

"Oh, I forgot to say hello earlier, let me make it up now." Nia withdrew her lips contentedly, smiled at Little White with narrowed eyes, "Welcome back, Little White."

Chapter 4012 The Importance of Hard Power

Nia's kiss came suddenly, catching Xiaobai off guard.

It wasn't until Nia kissed Xiaobai and smiled as she squinted at him that Xiaobai seemed to slow down to notice the fleeting, warm, soft touch of a young girl's lips on his own.

“Oh, Nia…”

Xiaobai subconsciously took a step back, then spoke up, looking at Nia in surprise.

"Xiaobai, what's wrong?" Nia still smiled at Xiaobai, looking at her with the innocent expression one would show to a true friend.

"..." Xiaobai looked at Nia with a strange expression. She rubbed her lips with her finger, and after a while, she shook her head. "No...it's nothing."

For Nia...

That kiss just now... it should have just been a kiss between good friends... right?

I was a little over-alarmed.

Xiao Bai rubbed her lips with the tips of her index and middle fingers, silently convincing herself.

I clearly told Nia yesterday that close friends can greet each other with a kiss, and Nia was simply faithfully following that rule. But me… I was the one who said it, yet I've been surprised by this behavior time and time again…

Ugh……

You're making a fuss over nothing.

Nia was just greeting herself normally; she didn't have any strange thoughts.

It seems I need to take the initiative to adapt.

Xiaobai touched her lips, and thinking of this, she lowered her hand, suppressing the strange feeling that arose in her heart. Then, she put on an act of not caring about the kiss just now and continued to speak to Nia.

"Nia, speaking of which, how's the situation at the Black Tower today?"

"...Huh? What Black Tower?"

"How are the results for the admirals who challenged the Black Tower today?" Xiaobai asked.

“Ah…you asked about this.” Nia nodded and said to Xiaobai, “Well…today the Black Tower is open from the fifth to the tenth floor. I heard that most of the admirals who challenged the Black Tower today are stuck on the seventh or eighth floor.”

"Huh? No one has cleared the game yet?"

“Yes, no,” Nia said.

"The difficulty has increased so much." Xiaobai's attention was gradually drawn to the topic, and she returned to her normal mood, quietly considering it.

“Because each person can only challenge the Black Tower once… With such a precious limit on the number of attempts, the margin for error becomes extremely low. I heard that some of the Black Tower levels that opened today have very tricky configurations, causing many fleets that entered for the first time to fall into their traps,” Nia explained.

"Ah... and Nia, what about your grades?"

“I didn’t have any challenges today,” Nia said with a smile to Xiaobai. “After all, our ship girls went to participate in rescue operations later. During the rescue operations, they experienced fierce battles in many deep-sea gathering points, so after rescuing the ship girls, I let them come back to rest.”

"I see..." Xiaobai looked at Nia's smile, paused for a moment, and then said with some regret, "Sigh, it's my fault. I was supposed to be working on the Black Tower strategy today, but I got distracted by other things."

Following yesterday's pattern, today's walkthrough guide for the fifth to tenth floors of the Black Tower should also be compiled and released by Xiaobai.

As for the strategy guide...

Don't underestimate the importance of strategy guides.