Elder brother's garrison

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"The characteristics of the saber should have been eliminated by the will of the deep sea..." Xiaobai murmured with his eyes closed, sank into his mental world to ask, and finally opened his eyes and took a step toward his side.

Then, Xiaobai's figure disappeared on the sea.

It was as if Little White had never existed on the sea; only a ring of ripples, still spreading, remained on the surface.

On the speedboat, which was moving forward with a whooshing sound, Warspite held his face in his hands and looked at the sky with a melancholy expression.

Luo Lian and Guild Leader Er Gou watched Warspite from behind.

"Warspite, you didn't hear the whole story just now. If there's anything you don't understand, I can explain it to you." Luo Lian felt that Warspite was probably confused and didn't quite understand Xiao Bai's current state, so she sat down next to Warspite and said to him.

“…Oh…” A flicker of emotion appeared in Warspite’s melancholy gaze. She sat up straight and turned to look at Luo Lian with a puzzled expression. “Admiral…there’s something I don’t quite understand.”

"where?"

"Admiral Xiaobai...does she really like that helmet that much? She hasn't taken it off at all."

"..."

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With a twisting sensation, the light around Xiaobai dimmed, and she returned to the dark sea area filled with the Deep Sea Dean.

As Xiaobai landed, a splashing sound of water followed.

The Deep Sea Deans, who were leisurely wandering around Xiaobai, were attracted by the sound and glanced in Xiaobai's direction.

The deans of the Deep Sea Academy stared at Xiaobai for a while, and finally, their gazes slowly moved away.

Xiao Bai, who was feeling tense, breathed a sigh of relief.

—It's safe now.

Xiao Bai felt a sense of relief.

—I will never eat random things again.

Once people are safe, their hearts are set on returning home.

Xiaobai has been out for several hours now, and time is running out. She's in a hurry to get home and sleep.

Without the tormenting pursuit of the Deep Sea Dean, Xiaobai, relying on the dynamic map of the Deep Sea Will, searched along the edge of the water for a while in the dark waters before finally finding the exit of Chapter Six.

After finding the exit, Xiaobai glanced back at the dark waters filled with the Deep Sea Dean before stepping into the exit leading home.

Having left the dark waters, Little White returned to the sea under the cover of night.

On the water's surface, several deep-sea deans were pushed back two steps by the sudden appearance of Little White, and fell onto the water with a splash.

Lying on the water's surface, the Deep Sea Deans tilted their heads, their empty eyes staring blankly at the suddenly appearing Little White. Although their faces were expressionless, they seemed to be trying to understand Little White's appearance.

Xiao Bai looked at the Deep Sea Dean who had fallen onto the water's surface, his expression somewhat complicated.

Xiao Bai shook her head, and after clearing her mind of any inappropriate sympathy, she quickened her pace and left.

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on the beach.

Bai Ying sat by the campfire, which had long since died down to a pile of charred embers, her chin resting on her hands, waiting quietly.

As if by some telepathic connection, Bai Ying, who had been waiting quietly, suddenly turned her head and looked towards the sea.

On the sea, a white figure was waving as it rushed back this way.

It was Xiaobai.

“…Phew.” Bai Ying breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiao Bai gradually ran onto the beach, waving excitedly at Bai Ying as she ran towards her: "Bai Ying! Bai Ying! I'm back!"

"The situation on the sea was chaotic, all sorts of things happened, which caused a delay."

"Bai Ying, are you alright here?"

"Is it too cold? Should we—"

Just as Xiao Bai was excitedly talking to Bai Ying, who was quietly watching him, about his time-traveling journey, Xiao Bai was talking non-stop.

Sudden.

"Alas—Alas—Alas—Alas!"

A loud siren blared from the helmet on Xiaobai's head.

An indicator light rose from the helmet.

In an instant, a burst of red light appeared.

"..." Xiao Bai's voice stopped, and she stared blankly at Bai Ying, who was sitting in front of the campfire waiting for her.

Bai Ying sat quietly in front of the campfire.

She looked up at Little White.

Her delicate face was illuminated by the bright red light from the white helmet.

It suddenly feels a bit unfamiliar.

Chapter 1045 So that's how it is (5000 words)

From the moment Xiaobai entered the sea until they returned to the beach, several hours had passed, approaching midnight.

At this moment, the stars in the sky above the beach have become somewhat sparse, and the entire sky is faintly tinged with a dim light that is about to brighten. The whole beach is bathed in a harmonious silence amidst the sound of the waves.

As the radar was activated, a loud and sharp siren echoed across the quiet beach.

The whooshing sound was extremely piercing, like a raging storm or tsunami, directly overpowering the sea breeze and carrying far, far away.

Surrounded by the bright, dazzling red light, Xiaobai froze, like a wooden statue.

The gentle smile that had just appeared on Xiaobai's face was now covered by a subtle blankness.

Xiao Bai stared blankly at Bai Ying sitting in front of her.

Xiaobai panicked.

In an instant, all sorts of thoughts rushed into Xiaobai's mind, layer upon layer, endless, like waves, catching Xiaobai somewhat off guard.

—The radar went off.

—It rang?

—It actually rang?!

The helmet that Luo Lian gave to Xiao Bai—to be precise, a multi-functional smart helmet—is a rather silly invention. However, it cannot be denied that even though its silliness is almost off the charts in some ways, the helmet's functionality and precision, just like Luo Lian who created it, demonstrate genius-level professionalism.

Once the radar function is activated, it means that the radar has found Xiaobai.

Luo Lian and her group found Xiao Bai using this radar.

However, Luo Lian also said this when answering Xiao Bai's question.

When Xiaobai equips this helmet, the radar will not be able to detect him.

After all, when Xiaobai is connected to the helmet as a medium, she and the helmet are one, and no matter how sensitive the radar inside the helmet is, it will not react to her.

In summary.

Theoretically, it's absolutely impossible to make this ordinary helmet ring on Xiaobai's head.

Repeating it once is absolutely impossible.

—Because there can't be two idiots in the world.

Amidst the piercing, high-pitched siren.

Bai Ying, who was sitting on the beach, finally reacted.

Bai Ying looked at the warning light above Xiao Bai's head that was whimpering, and a faint hint of doubt appeared in her calm emoticon.

"what is that?"

Bai Ying stretched out her hand, pointed upwards at Xiao Bai's helmet, and asked with some confusion.

"...Ah...this...this..."

After being stuck in her thoughts for a while, Xiao Bai came to her senses after Bai Ying spoke. She stammered and quickly reached out to take off her helmet.

—Doesn't Bai Ying recognize this radar?

The first thought that flashed through Xiaobai's mind was this.

"This...this...a toy! It's a toy!"

Out of instinct.

Since Bai Ying didn't recognize the helmet, Xiao Bai, for some reason, subconsciously didn't tell Bai Ying about the radar function of the helmet in his hand.

After Xiaobai took off the smart helmet, the loud alarm stopped, the flashing indicator light retracted into the helmet, and the helmet returned to its original ordinary appearance.

The beach returned to its previous calm state.

"Toy?"

"Yes! It's a toy!"

"...You weren't wearing this before."

"It's windy at sea, so I took it out of the ship's equipment space to block the wind."

"You didn't see this when you took things out of the ship's equipment."

"Ah—really? I think so..."

"……wack."

Bai Ying seemed to have no desire to continue asking questions.

Bai Ying felt that if she were to compete with this ridiculous helmet, she would most likely fall into Xiao Bai's stupid trap, be assimilated by her, and then be defeated by Xiao Bai's rich experience.

Bai Ying withdrew her gaze, picked up a stick from the ground, poked it in the campfire in front of her until she was sure it was completely extinguished, then sprinkled a few handfuls of sand on it before standing up.

"Let's go back." Bai Ying looked at Xiao Bai.

“…Hmm.” Xiaobai replied somewhat absentmindedly.

Bai Ying and Xiao Bai left the beach and walked side by side toward the city.

Throughout the journey, Xiaobai kept her head down, clutching her helmet with both hands, and rarely dared to look directly at Bai Ying's face beside her.

Xiao Bai has always been someone who is not good at hiding her emotions. When some strange feelings suddenly arise in her heart, Xiao Bai finds it difficult to perfectly hide her panic on the spot.

Fortunately, Bai Ying seemed to be a bit dim-witted. Although Xiao Bai's emotions clearly seemed a bit off, Bai Ying didn't notice anything unusual about Xiao Bai along the way.

"Have you finished doing everything you wanted to do in the sea?" Bai Ying asked Xiao Bai beside her on the way back.

Xiaobai did not reply.

Bai Ying turned her head and looked at Xiao Bai.

Little White beside me kept her head down, just staring blankly at the helmet in her arms, idly stroking the helmet's shell, showing no desire to answer my question.

"..."

"Lu Lin?"

"Huh?" Xiaobai exclaimed in surprise, quickly looking up. "W-wh-what happened?!"

"...Did something happen?"

"No, no, no, no!" Xiao Bai hurriedly shook her head at Bai Ying.

"That's it..."

"Ah, compared to that, by the way, Bai Ying, did you ask me anything before?"

"Hmm, did you finish your business in the sea?"

"That...it's all done, all done..."

Xiao Bai answered somewhat guiltily, his eyes darting around in his surroundings.

"You came back so late, I thought you had run into trouble."

"...Thank you for your concern...I'm fine...By the way, Bai Ying, you were there too...Were you waiting on the beach for a long time? Sorry, I got back a little late..."

"It's nothing, I'm used to it," Bai Ying replied.