Elder brother's garrison

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The fourth admiral stepped forward.

"I don't believe it! If other girls can sell their products, why can't I!"

"puff----"

The fifth admiral burst into a wild, exaggerated laugh.

"Hahaha! I've failed so many times already, and so many people have helped me with the inventory, I can't possibly fail now!"

"puff----"

"..."

Scenes like this repeat endlessly within the Admiral's Guild.

The sounds of thumping echoed continuously from day to night, until dawn. The number of admirals lying on the floor, lost in thought, gradually increased from one or two to a dozen, dozens, and hundreds... Inside the Admirals' Guild's construction building, pig-like screams rose and fell, lingering for days.

On this day, a construction device within the Admiral's Guild created a terrifying world record in full view of everyone.

Ten thousand consecutive failures to ship within one day!!!

Of course, this incredible record was unknown to Xiaobai and Nia, who had left the Admiral's Guild early on.

……

"Speaking of which, Xiaobai," Nia said to Xiaobai as if she had just remembered something on the way home from leaving the Admiral's Guild, "Shouldn't Anshan ask Miss Luo Yingying to help her appraise the ship's equipment?"

"Only special ship girls are subject to mandatory identification." Upon hearing this, Xiaobai smiled and shook her head at Nia. "For ordinary ship girls, you can register anytime. We've already troubled Miss Yingying once today, so we can talk about the Anshan registration next time we have time."

“Oh…” Nia nodded and shifted her gaze to her side.

Not far from Nia, Veneto and Littorio were huddled together next to the Empire, chatting away.

"What do you want to do after we get home, Empire?" Veneto asked.

"Ugh... I want to sleep," Empire said sleepily, rubbing his eyes.

"Why does this empire also love to sleep so much?" Veneto sighed, sounding quite worried. "Could it be that he, like the one in Admiral Lu Lin's family, has some kind of physical defect or something..."

"Empire, do you feel weak all over?" Littorio asked Empire.

"Hmm? It's alright." Empire looked at her two older sisters with a puzzled expression. "What's wrong?"

“It seems there are no physical problems.” Veneto reached out and pinched Empire’s cheek, then thought seriously for a while. “Could it be that after Admiral Lu Lin’s Empire appeared in the world, the world has already recognized the feasibility of Empire as a ship girl, so the second Empire, as her name ship, also enjoyed the blessing, and when it reappeared, it wouldn’t have a weak constitution?”

“It seems that’s the only possibility,” Littorio nodded. “However, although the weak constitution has been avoided, the habit of oversleeping has been retained.”

"Emperor, when you get back, be sure to thank Admiral Lu Lin properly," Veneto reminded him earnestly. "In a sense, without Admiral Lu Lin, there would be no you."

"...?" The Empire couldn't understand what his two older sisters were saying, so he was naturally confused.

Looking at Veneto, Littorio, and the three from the Empire, Nia smiled, a touch of emotion on her face.

"In the end... I still don't understand why the battleship formula could be used to build aircraft carriers..." Nia muttered to herself.

"Perhaps Rome temporarily gave this birth opportunity to my sister," Xiaobai said with a smile upon hearing Nia's words.

"Huh? Is that so?" Nia looked at Xiaobai in surprise.

"I was just saying." Xiaobai shook her head, but when she looked at the Empire surrounded by Veneto and Littorio, she narrowed her eyes and showed a relieved smile. "...However...my Rome and Veneto also love this little sister of the Empire very much. Based on what I know about them, if there really is such an opportunity, they might really give up the chance of being born to the Empire."

Nia listened blankly to Xiaobai's explanation, then stared at the Empire and fell into deep thought.

"...Sisterhood is truly a wonderful relationship."

"Yes."

As Nia and Xiaobai were talking, they both turned to look in the other direction.

Anshan and Changchun were chatting on the other side.

"Our naval base is the number one naval base in the world," Changchun said to Anshan as they walked.

"Huh?! Number one in the world?! Comrade is that amazing?!"

"Shh, shh, shh—this can't be made public!" Changchun quickly pulled Anshan back. "Right now, we need to disguise ourselves as an ordinary naval base—"

"Sigh, number one in the world." Anshan, having finally calmed down after being comforted by Changchun, looked up at the sky with a complicated expression and sighed, "So, I reached the finish line right from the moment I was born..."

Chapter 2627 The Tomb of the Four Vajra Kings

Anshan looked up at the sky, his expression appearing utterly empty.

"I was hoping to really show my skills after I was born, but it seems like I don't need to work hard at all anymore..." Anshan sighed, muttering to himself with regret, "Then why did I even end up here in the first place...?"

"Anshan, don't be discouraged! Even though our naval base is already the best in the world, there are still many jobs that you can handle!" Changchun quickly encouraged Anshan, "For example, high-difficulty missions, transporting valuable cargo, and daily drills and sparring..."

"...Changchun, you must have contributed a lot to this garrison, right?" Anshan turned to Changchun and asked.

"Uh... this, this..."

"You must have contributed a lot to our naval base becoming the world's number one, right?"

"Well……"

"Don't be shy, just say it with pride."

“No… Actually, before I was built, our naval base was already the best in the world…” Changchun rubbed his hands together and lowered his head.

"Eh?!"

"So, it seems my situation is the same as Sister Anshan's." Changchun said, then looked up and smiled sweetly at Anshan.

"Wow……"

The exclamations of amazement from Anshan reached Xiaobai's ears in waves.

Xiao Bai couldn't help but smile.

"Changchun and Anshan have such a good relationship, they're as close as sisters," Nia said with a smile as she approached Xiaobai.

"Yes." Xiaobai pursed her lips and nodded with a smile.

"Pfft... Changchun had said before that she didn't even know if she had any sisters." Nia covered her mouth and teased Xiaobai in a low voice, "But as soon as Anshan appeared, she obediently went up to her and called her 'sister'."

"Haha..." Xiaobai was amused by Nia's words and laughed out loud. However, after laughing for a while, she explained to Nia, "It's not Changchun's fault. After all, her identity is too unique, right? Besides, none of us knew that Anshan, this ship girl, would actually come out of the construction device as a construction ship girl."

At this point, Xiaobai also looked towards Changchun, which was not far away.

Not far away, Changchun was chatting with Anshan. From Xiaobai's perspective, Changchun's gaze was fixed on Anshan. The two were laughing and talking, and their relationship seemed particularly harmonious.

Whenever Changchun goes out with Xiaobai, she always follows him around like a demure young wife, keeping an eye on his every move.

But Changchun was different at that time.

At this moment, Changchun, unusually, almost never looked in Xiaobai's direction. All her attention was focused on the older sister from Anshan. As the group walked, Changchun gesticulated wildly as she explained the affairs of the garrison and Xiaobai to the older sister, describing them in great detail.

A hint of relief appeared in Xiaobai's eyes.

After all, it's a rare... reunion of sisters.

Xiaobai understands why Changchun is so excited.

“Changchun is, after all, a transnational ship. Her identity is sensitive and special. For her now, it’s difficult for either her Soviet partners or her Yixian partners to truly be her compatriots and sisters.” Xiaobai explained to Nia beside her while looking at Changchun. “That’s why Changchun said she couldn’t figure it out before.”

"Is it different in Anshan?" Nia asked curiously.

“Yes.” Xiaobai smiled, organized her thoughts for a moment, and then turned to Nia to continue explaining, “In human history, Anshan and Changchun are both cross-national ship girls. Her original name was Record, and long before she became Anshan, she and Changchun were already ship girls of the same class. Now that she has become Anshan and Changchun, they are still ship girls of the same class.”

“Eh…” Nia listened attentively.

"In other words, whether in the past or present, Changchun and Anshan have always been sister cities." Xiaobai held up two fingers to Nia. "From a certain perspective, this fraternal relationship between Anshan and Changchun has spanned across camps, time, and even the entire history of humankind."

"I see... It's the Four Heavenly Kings, right?" Nia replied as if she had remembered something.

"Nia, you know about the Four Heavenly Kings too?" Xiaobai looked at Nia.

"I am an admiral after all..." Nia nodded shyly.

The "Four Great Kings" refers to the ships in human history that, along with the "Courageous" and "Record," shouldered new missions and joined new factions.

There were four ships in this batch, and their relationship was similar to that of Changchun and Anshan. Whether before or after joining the new faction, they were always ships of the same class. It was precisely because of this unique close relationship, coupled with the unique mission they shouldered in the new faction, that these four ships were affectionately known as the "Four Great Kings" by people at the time.

It's worth mentioning that the Anshan that Xiaobai built today is the flagship of the Four Great Kings.

"But if that's the case, Changchun isn't completely without sisters, right?" Nia came to her senses and asked Xiaobai in a low voice, "Since the other three of the Four Heavenly Kings are Changchun's sisters, why did Changchun say she didn't know if she had any sisters?"

"Because logically speaking, the Four King Kongs are not obtained through construction, but through modification," Xiaobai said to Nia with a wry smile. "Including Changchun herself, she only became Changchun after undergoing modernization of her ship equipment. At that time, we were talking about building ship girls, so Changchun naturally answered the question from the perspective of building ship girls."

"Ah... I see..."

“Logically speaking, Anshan shouldn’t be in the construction device—even if she were here, she wouldn’t be in the same state as during the Four Heavenly Kings era, but rather as the former Record.” Xiaobai said, looking thoughtfully at Anshan not far away, and slowly added, “To become Changchun’s rightful sister, Record must undergo a modernization and become Anshan.”

"So, Xiaobai, the fact that you were able to build Anshan instead of Record this time is an extremely special case?" Nia finally realized what was going on and quickly asked Xiaobai.

"It's probably the effect of that piece of ship girl metal," Xiaobai nodded and said to Nia. "Being able to directly create modified ship girls, the effect of that piece of ship girl metal is quite remarkable."

"What amazing ship girl metal..." Nia exclaimed.

"Interested? If the reward for the second research lock is also ship girl metal, why don't you try building it, Nia?" Xiaobai asked with a smile.

"Xiao Bai, please stop joking with me..."

Xiaobai and Nia led the ship girls back to the courtyard in Chapter 8.

It was nearly noon when Xiaobai and his group returned. At the edge of the playground in the center of the courtyard, Luo Lian was sitting on the steps, yawning and lost in thought.

"Lianlian!" As soon as Xiaobai saw Luo Lian, he waved and called out in her direction.

Upon hearing Xiaobai's call, Luo Lian opened her eyes wide. She quickly closed her yawning mouth and then sprang up from the steps like a spring, her sharp gaze fixed on Xiaobai.

Luo Lian's languid state vanished instantly.

"Admiral, why are you awake so soon? Have you rested well?" Desmond quickly stepped forward and asked Luo Lian with concern.

"Yes, I rested well and slept a lot." Luo Lian nodded with a smile. She glanced at Xiao Bai and the people behind him, then her gaze lingered on Anshan and Empire with slight surprise. "...Hmm? There are new faces...Xiao Bai, did you go to the Admiral's Guild to build ship girls?"

“Yes,” Xiaobai said with a smile. “Lianlian, let me introduce you. This is Anshan, from the empire over there.”

"..." Luo Lian quietly glanced at Anshan and Empire, then said to Xiaobai, "I heard from the ship girls here that you should have gone to the beach."

"Yes."

"Have you unlocked the first lock on the research and construction machine? What's the reward?" Luo Lian asked.

"Here's the reward!" Xiaobai grabbed Anshan's hand and pushed him in front of Luo Lian.

"Hey hey hey—is it me? Is it me?" Anshan exclaimed in surprise.

"The reward... is a ship girl?" Luo Lian looked at Anshan curiously, then stroked her chin thoughtfully, her brows furrowing in confusion. "...This shouldn't be a research ship girl from the construction machine, right? Then how does a research construction machine conjure a ship girl out of thin air?"

"Well, that's how it is..." Xiaobai smiled and told Luo Lian about the ship girl metal.

After hearing Xiaobai's explanation, Luo Lian finally understood.

"Is it a reward given to you in the form of a special deep-sea metal? I see." Luo Lian nodded. "Now I understand."

"Lianlian, you're practically a second mother to Anshan," Xiaobai said with a smile to Luo Lian. "After all, without your help, we wouldn't have been able to get the reward for the first research lock, and we wouldn't have been able to build Anshan."

"It's just a tiny bit of help." Luo Lian smiled nonchalantly, then quickly composed herself and stared at Anshan for a while. "Hmm... since this ship girl named Anshan was created using ship girl metal, she must have some special qualities, right?"

“What’s special about it…” Everyone looked at Anshan as they listened to Luo Lian’s words.

In everyone's eyes, apart from its overly similar appearance to Changchun, Anshan is no different from a normal ship girl.

At first glance, it doesn't seem to have anything particularly unusual about it.

Chapter 2628 Anbao, Here's a Gift for You

Half an hour after Xiaobai and his group returned to the courtyard.

On the spacious parade ground, ship girls carrying various building tools and instruments came and went.

As the ship girls worked hard to build, tall blast-proof walls were gradually erected on the wide pool at the edge of the playground, and blast-proof measures were also put in place on the ground around them.

The small pool, spanning several thousand square meters, shimmered in the sunlight.

Sunlight shines on the water's surface, refracting a bright white light.

At the edge of the wide pool, Xiaobai Nia, Luo Lian, and the other two sat on deck chairs, chatting happily while looking at the scenery in the pool.

"I'm really starting to admire the Admiral's Guild's audacity. There's no shortage of sea surface here in Chapter 8, so why did they bother to cultivate such a large ship girl training ground in this courtyard?" Xiaobai said to Nia and Luo Lian with a wry smile. "Isn't this completely unnecessary?"

“I guess that’s what being willful is all about.” Luo Lian shrugged. “Building luxurious facilities where they’re not needed is also a way to increase the value of a residence.”

"This pool was probably built to provide a better living environment for the ship girls..." Nia said, looking at the almost endless water in front of her. "But my ship girls rarely use this..."

“After all, it’s a luxurious residence for a million merit points a month. It’s not surprising that it’s equipped with a training ground for the ship girls to warm up and exercise at any time.” Luo Lian continued, picking up where Nia left off. “Look, we’ve put it to use right now, which means it wasn’t a waste.”