Elder brother's garrison

Page 1881

Forget it, forget it.

It seems like not treating the disease properly is a bad thing.

Faced with the gazes of the ship girls and his friends, Xiaobai didn't know what to say for a moment, so he could only scratch his head and give an awkward smile.

In a secluded corner, Xiaobai and his group found a construction machine with a relatively short queue.

Compared to other construction machines where there are often dozens of people in front of them, this construction machine only has a dozen or so people in front of it.

"There aren't many lines here, let's queue here." Xiaobai discussed with Nia and stood at the end of the line.

"Strange, the construction machine lines around here are so long, why aren't many people coming here?" The ship girls looked around curiously and asked in confusion.

"who knows……"

"Maybe they're just too lazy to switch teams."

The ship girls chatted amongst themselves, and then began the long wait.

The construction of the Admiral takes a lot of time. Apart from the necessary mystical prayer before construction, each Admiral prepares resources for hundreds of constructions. Although there are only a dozen or so Admirals in front of Xiaobai, it is estimated that it will take at least two or three hours for her to get a turn. But it's still much faster than the dozens of people in the queue next door.

Fortunately, Xiaobai didn't find the queueing period boring because she chatted with Nia and the other ship girls.

Before we knew it, more than an hour had passed.

Xiaobai and Nia moved from the back of the line to the middle.

It's worth mentioning that the construction machine that Xiaobai and Nia chose seemed to be having some bad luck today. While Xiaobai and her group were waiting, the construction machine made hundreds of attempts, but all of them ended in failure. Puffs of black smoke turned into a basin of ice-cold water, extinguishing the enthusiasm of the admirals who came to build.

"Damn it, is this construction machine acting up today? I've watched it build thousands of times, how come it hasn't succeeded even once?"

"Yeah, at least the construction machine next door can succeed once every three or four hundred attempts."

"Could this construction machine be poisonous...?"

The admirals in line were also drawn to the repeated construction failures, and couldn't help but stare at the construction machine in front of them and whisper among themselves.

Just then, the admirals who were queuing up at the construction site next door heard the commotion and finally looked over.

"Hey! Is this your first time queuing in front of this construction machine?"

"Haven't you noticed that nobody wants to queue up for this construction machine?!"

"This construction machine is notorious for being an African construction machine! It hasn't delivered a single item since Chapter 8 was completed!"

"Don't waste your time on this construction machine, just come and line up with us!"

The admirals from the construction sites next door waved and called out.

Upon hearing the sound of the construction machine next door, the admirals who were queuing up on Xiaobai's side all widened their eyes.

"Huh?? So that's how it is! I was wondering why there were so few people queuing in front of this construction machine!"

"Good heavens, it's a poison pool! Let's get out of here!"

"We can't afford it! We can't afford it!"

"Why didn't you guys tell me sooner?!"

In an instant, the admirals who had heard the advice all picked up their buckets and ran away, leaving only Xiaobai and Nia in the long line.

"Girls, don't waste your resources on that construction machine, come and line up here properly!" the admirals who ran to the construction machine next door shouted.

"...Nia, what should we do? Should we go too?" Xiaobai looked at the admirals' kind calls and tugged at Nia's arm. "This construction machine seems to be really unlucky."

“Little White, if you want us to queue up next door, I don’t really mind…” Nia blinked and pointed to the empty construction machine in front of her, “But Little White, look, there are no more people queuing up in front of us… If we choose this machine, we can start building right away.”

"The people next to me said this construction machine is really unlucky..."

"That's all just wishful thinking," Nia said with a sudden laugh. "Of course, construction is ultimately up to you!"

"……"noob.

Xiao Bai silently watched Nia's confident expression, as if the sun were rising behind her.

Despite everyone else trying to dissuade her, and despite witnessing firsthand the construction machine's repeated failures, Nia remained unmoved.

Is this the confidence of a lucky person...?

Damn it, I wish I could be as confident as Nia just once.

“Since… since Nia said so… then let’s listen to Nia.” Xiaobai picked up the pink stone in her hand and nodded. “Anyway… logically speaking, this stone will definitely produce a result, so it doesn’t seem to matter what kind of construction machine we use…”

"hey-hey!"

Nia smiled, pursing her lips.

Seeing that Xiaobai and Nia had no intention of leaving, and even seemed to want to start construction immediately, the admirals of the construction machines next door all sighed.

"Sigh... what a stubborn fool."

"When you've built it a thousand times and still haven't delivered anything, you'll know what it means to suffer the consequences of not listening to the elders."

"This is going to be interesting."

The admirals from the construction team next door, since they were already in a queue anyway, decided to keep an eye on Xiaobai and Nia's group.

Xiaobai and Nia's group arrived at the construction machine without any hindrance.

Nia first reached out and touched the construction machine, then squatted down at the entrance of the construction machine to take a look, and then circled the construction machine to check it.

"Nia, what are you doing?" Xiaobai asked.

“Let me check if this construction machine is broken.” Nia stood up and turned to Little White. “If this construction machine is malfunctioning and that’s why it’s not delivering anything, then we’ll be in trouble.”

"And what were the results of the examination?"

"Hmm, almost brand new!" Nia gave Little White an OK sign. "Absolutely no problem. Little White, come and build!"

"Uh..." Xiaobai looked at the dark construction machine in front of her, gripped the pink stone in her hand, took a step forward, and suddenly felt extremely unsure. She then stopped and cautiously looked at Nia, "Um... Nia, how about... you go first?"

“Me?” Nia pointed to herself.

"Hmm... I'll pay for your construction resources, you can start building now." Xiaobai swallowed and nodded.

Xiaobai was still a little worried about the construction failing.

Xiaobai wasn't worried about the resources consumed in construction. Rather, with the nascent garrison's strong foundation, the cost of construction failure was negligible. If Xiaobai wanted, she could simply hire hundreds of construction machines and build non-stop for three days and three nights.

However, this piece of ship girl metal in his hand was hard-won. Even though it was said to be a targeted construction, if it failed and this priceless piece of ship girl metal evaporated and disappeared, the result of failure was something that Xiaobai was very unwilling to bear.

At least Xiao Bai will be too ashamed to go back and see Luo Lian.

After thinking it over, Xiaobai decided to wait and see before making a decision.

This construction machine is a poison pool right outside its gates. So, what kind of chemical reaction will occur when Nia, the luckiest person in the world, encounters this poison pool?

Xiaobai decided to let Nia try first. If even a lucky person like Nia failed in front of the poison pool, Xiaobai, being unlucky, would naturally know better and leave, going to other construction machines to obediently queue for a whole day.

If Nia succeeds...

That means Nia is awesome.

“Alright…” Seeing Xiaobai’s worried look, Nia blinked and nodded. “Then, Xiaobai, if you don’t mind, I’ll start building it.”

"Nia, please!" Xiaobai clasped her hands together.

"Hmm." Nia smiled, turned to face the construction machine, and thought for a moment, "Hmm... what type of ship girl should I build..."

Chapter 2618 Shipment! It really shipped!

After listening to Nia's monologue, Xiaobai, who was watching from the side, and the admirals standing in the construction machine queue next door, who were just watching the show, all fell silent.

The admirals who were just watching the show trembled slightly.

While everyone was still debating whether the African construction machine in front of them could actually deliver the goods, Nia, the person in charge, was actually thinking about which type of ship girl to build today...

What kind of confidence, no, what kind of arrogance, is this...?

Does she really not take the admirals who built the structures hundreds of times before her seriously?

Excessive!

This is really too much!

"Young lady, as an admiral, it's good to be confident, but if you're too flashy, it can be annoying—" The admirals who were watching the drama raised their slightly reddened eyes and tried their best to suppress their anger as they reprimanded Nia.

"...Uh? Are you talking about me?" Nia, who was considering the construction, was stunned when she heard the voice next to her. She then looked at the onlookers nearby with some confusion.

Xiaobai quickly stepped forward, grabbed Nia, pressed her cheek, and rushed towards the construction device.

"Nia, forget about the people around us..." Xiaobai forced a smile at her, "Let's build the boat first, let's build the boat first."

"Oh? Oh... well, okay then..."

Nia nodded and turned her attention back to the construction device.

Seeing that Nia did not clash with the admirals around her, Xiaobai breathed a sigh of relief.

That was close...

As a seasoned builder with terrible luck, Xiaobai could certainly understand how devastating Nia's unintentional mutterings were to others. In fact, even Xiaobai felt as if a part of her heart that she had always avoided looking at had been suddenly struck hard by something after hearing Nia's mutterings.

But as an old friend who had known Nia for so long and was very familiar with her personality and past, Xiaobai was well aware that Nia's words were simply her own thoughts and that she had no intention of showing off.

As for why Nia's unintentional remark could cause the nearby admirals to glare at her with such hostility...

—That's what a lucky person is like.

Even if the unlucky ones are just around the lucky ones, even if the lucky ones do nothing, the unlucky ones will still feel a burning pain all over their bodies from the dazzling light emanating from the lucky ones.

"So, Nia, have you decided which formula to use to build it?" Xiaobai patted his chest and asked Nia cautiously.

"Well, to be honest, I haven't decided yet... But if we're considering it from a resource utilization perspective, it would be better to practice with the formula for small boats..." Nia thought seriously for a while and said to Xiaobai.

"There's no need to deliberately use the formula for small ships to save resources. I can afford to spend those resources," Xiaobai advised Nia. "Nia, just use the construction formula you like."

"Thank you, Xiaobai!"

"This is just a drop in the ocean," Xiaobai smiled.

Nia's gaze fell on Xiaobai, then swept over the ship girls waiting behind Xiaobai, one by one.

Suddenly, Nia smiled with a hint of nostalgia.

"Then... let's use this formula."

Nia turned around and lightly tapped a few numbers onto the construction formula.

The construction device in Chapter 2619 has a dedicated resource delivery pipeline. Admirals can choose to carry buckets to fill the construction device with resources themselves, or they can choose to purchase resources directly from the guild in Chapter 8 and then use the resource delivery pipeline to send all four required resources to the construction device with one click. Although this may lack some of the ritual, it is more convenient and less time-consuming.

Nia chose the latter construction method.

After she adjusted the construction formula, a buzzing sound came from the delivery pipes on the construction device. Then, the sound of various liquids and solids being mixed and poured into the construction device came from the pipes. Soon, with a "ding" sound, the four resources were poured in, and a groove unfolded from the center of the construction device.

The groove that appeared before everyone was the location for depositing the most important deep-sea metal when building ship girls.

“Cleveland, do you still have any deep-sea metal on you?” Nia asked Cleveland.

“Hmm.” Cleveland nodded, then with a flick of his fingers, he magically produced a fist-sized piece of deep-sea metal and handed it to Nia.

Nia took the deep-sea metal and placed it into the groove of the construction device.

As the deep-sea metal was swallowed, the construction device's groove closed, and the green "Start Construction" button on one side lit up.

"Preparations are complete; construction will begin next."

Nia let out a long sigh of relief, then raised her hand and gently pressed the green button.

With a click, the construction device started.

Soon, a microwave-like roar came from inside the construction device.

Xiaobai and the other admirals watched the construction device in operation with great tension. Their eyes were fixed on the front, and they seemed to be more concerned than Nia herself, who was starting the construction device.

boom! ! !

However, at that moment, the construction device, which was starting up at a gentle pace, suddenly jammed. Then, a loud bang came from inside the device, and the entire device stopped working like a deflated balloon. The exhaust vents on both sides of the device opened, and a large amount of black smoke was poured out, enveloping Nia.

A classic reaction to a failed construction!

The construction was a complete failure!

Seeing this, the admirals who were watching from the sidelines smiled.

"Ugh! I thought it was some kind of expert, but it turned out to be a failed project!"

"Let's call it a day, this is no fun anymore."