Elder brother's garrison

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Xiaobai logged into the Admiral Forum.

I just logged into the Admiral Forum and saw that many posts from Admirals had been refreshed.

"(Hot) Regarding the interval threshold division of construction formulas, and several examples of common construction formulas."

"Recommended priorities for (hot) equipment development and ship girl training (without fandom bias)."

"(Hot) Ranking of the Beautiful Female Admirals in Chapter 8 (Updating)"

"The rise of an ordinary admiral..."

"Chapter Six: First Impressions (Updating)"

"The fifth chapter of the Salted Fish Admiral's slaying (live text broadcast)."

"..."

Rows and rows of posts appeared on Xiaobai's face.

Since Xiaobai had just logged into the Admiral Forum and hadn't yet filtered the posts for browsing permissions, most of the refreshed posts were for new Admirals getting started, as well as a variety of miscellaneous posts. Xiaobai glanced at the posts briefly, his gaze landing on the top post, the ranking of the beautiful female Admirals in Chapter 8.

"I remember seeing this when I browsed the Admiral Forum last time... I didn't know this post was so popular..." Xiaobai exclaimed.

Even admirals who have seen countless ships can still be very tempted by beautiful women.

Unfortunately, Xiaobai had already seen this post a few days ago, and although she didn't know what had been updated since, she had no desire to click on it now.

Xiaobai opened the filter interface and adjusted the reading permissions to Chapter 8.

Refresh the interface.

The post has changed a lot.

"(Hot) Ranking of the Beautiful Female Admirals in Chapter 8 (Updating)"

“(Hot) 8-1 Sea Area Enemy Stats Data and Route Summary (Completed)”.

"(Hot) 8-1 Sea Area Team Composition and Equipment Recommendations (Continuously Updated)"

"..."

The posts that appeared in front of Xiaobai were dazzling. Xiaobai refreshed the page and found that although there were many posts, none of them seemed to mention the Holy Construction Day of Chapter 8 or the special ship girls.

Xiao Bai considered it for a moment, then nodded.

Indeed, the topic of the eighth chapter of the Holy Day, the admirals' public secrets, seems to be something no one wants to discuss online.

After all, the number of admirals who have the right to read the Chapter 8 post is far greater than the number of admirals who actually reach Chapter 8...

But what if we raise the privilege level by one?

Thinking of this, Xiaobai opened the filter bar and set the browsing permissions to the 8-2 sea area in Chapter 8.

With permissions set to such a precise level, those who can browse these posts are basically only admirals within Chapter 8.

Xiaobai refreshed the page with great anticipation.

Perhaps due to the excessively high access restrictions, resulting in a small number of users, only a dozen or so posts appeared this time compared to the hundreds or thousands of posts previously.

However, to Xiaobai's relief, she finally found the content she wanted to see in this refreshed post.

"The research questions for the Shengjian Day are too difficult... Could we find a professional mathematician to help solve them?"

"Sea area 8-2, come quick! The owner of a special ship girl is holding a tournament! Don't miss it if you want to see a special ship girl!"

"Damn it, why hasn't that post from yesterday been deleted yet? Where are the admins? Do some personnel work! How many people have been tricked into participating in the martial arts tournament? Give me a count!"

"Friendly reminder: stay as far away from the admiral of that special ship girl as possible. Don't ask me how I know, I can't say more. There are too many people around, so I'll remain anonymous."

"Damn it, ever since I competed with the special ship girl, my construction has failed thirty-three times in a row."

"My ship girl went on three expeditions today and was damaged three times. She keeps coming back saying that she's being targeted by something unclean. Does anyone have any clues?"

"Speculations on the abilities of special ship girls in the construction category..."

"..."

Xiao Bai looked through the posts on the page over and over again, then smiled helplessly.

"It feels like all the posts are about special ship girls... but these rumors are a bit exaggerated..." Xiaobai muttered, his finger hesitated for a moment, and then clicked on the post that speculated on the abilities of special ship girls.

The interface refreshed.

The next second, what appeared in front of Xiaobai was a text in bold red.

"I'm sorry you clicked on this post. I'm not sure if you'll be cursed by a special ship girl for browsing it, but if so, I offer you my sincerest apologies..."

"It won't curse me..." Xiaobai smiled wryly, glancing up at Jean Bart, who was squatting next to the tent not far away.

Jean Bart was hugging his knees and secretly staring at Richelieu's buttocks.

The ship girls came and went around Jean Bart, but none of them noticed his presence.

Jean Bart is so adorable, how could he curse someone?

Thinking of this, Xiaobai continued to look down at the phone screen.

The post is ongoing.

"Description: Special Ship Girl (Construction) is a special product of Chapter 8 Holy Construction Day. Her appearance is that of a battleship girl with long, dark blue hair that is almost jet black, fair skin, a beautiful figure, a holy forehead inscription, and a pair of heterochromatic eyes that are gold and blue. As mentioned above, her appearance is extremely beautiful and noble, so much so that even if she stays in place and does nothing, she will attract the attention of all life forms around her."

"Ability Speculation: The special ship girl's name is Rome, and in her normal form, she is the third ship of the Veneto-class. Her abilities are uncertain. Based on the currently available video footage, Rome seems to have the ability to fire unpredictable shells. Or perhaps this ability is not transparent shooting, but time freezing, or a substitute—in any case, the result of the various abilities is that the enemy will be hit by an unknown shell in the first moment of the battle and be defeated."

"Warning: Rome's capabilities may very well extend beyond this."

"A second warning: As a special ship girl in the construction category, Rome's ability seems to be related to luck. Her ability appears to absorb the luck of all living beings around her, and the targets are not limited to ship girls and admirals. Specifically, enemies who have fought her often experience exceptionally bad luck the following day. It is currently unknown whether this ability is the source of the invisibility shots, but feedback from admirals and ship girls who have fought her does indeed seem to indicate they have been attacked by an unlucky fate, including but not limited to failing to produce items during construction, being severely damaged upon leaving the ship, failing equipment development, tripping while walking, etc..."

"Evaluation: Special ship girl (construction) is an extremely powerful ship girl, and the aggressiveness of her abilities is enough to bring misfortune to anyone who witnesses her. Her power is so strong that even Admiral Li Hua, one of the top ten admirals, felt as if he were hearing a ghost."

"Advice for getting along with her: The reason why the Roman admiral organized yesterday's tournament is still unclear, but based on the ability, it is very likely that yesterday's tournament was a conspiracy to absorb luck. Our opinion is that the admirals who participated in yesterday's tournament should not go out for the next few days and wait for their luck to recover before taking any action. In addition, in your future interactions with this special ship girl, we hope that you will try to stay away from her to avoid being accidentally injured by her terrible abilities."

"The following are images and video materials."

"..."

As Xiaobai scrolled down further, the post indeed contained photos and videos taken at the tournament that day. In the videos, in addition to Rome fighting against all sorts of ship girls, Jean Bart also appeared.

Xiao Bai clicked on the clearest video showing Jean Bart's figure and checked the comments on the floor.

The floor was filled with comments like "How terrifying," "Holy crap," "The unpredictable artillery fire," and "How on earth did she use this ability?" It seemed that everyone was treating Jean Bart, who was clearly filmed in the video, as if he didn't exist.

Xiao Bai let out a long sigh.

Xiaobai put down her phone, rested her chin on her hand, and looked out at the sea.

Absorb good luck...

Jean Bart's abilities are clearly completely unrelated to this.

Chapter 2718 Sea Map

"Xiaobai, our tent is all set up!" Just as Xiaobai was sighing and contemplating life, Nia's voice called out from behind. Xiaobai turned around and saw Nia waving and walking quickly towards him. When she came to his side, Nia glanced down and saw his phone screen. "Hey, Xiaobai, are you browsing the Admiral's Forum?"

“Yes.” Xiaobai showed Nia his phone screen. “I was a little free just now, so I went to browse the Admiral Forum.”

Nia stared at Xiaobai's phone screen for a while.

"Oh... this is the post. I saw it last night too." Nia smiled at Xiaobai. "Is this the post about the abilities of special ship girls? It has a lot of views, and it sounds quite plausible."

"That's right... the hidden ability of special ship girls is to absorb other people's luck, that's too outrageous."

“If that’s the case, then I’ll be drained dry!” Nia said.

"You're incredibly lucky, it's really difficult." Xiaobai shook her head, stuffed her phone back into her clothes, and stood up.

"If you're Xiaobai's ship girl, I don't mind if you drain me dry." Nia leaned closer, her soft body pressed against Xiaobai, and she hugged Xiaobai's arm with a look of eagerness.

Nia's joke left Xiaobai feeling rather helpless.

Xiaobai and Nia walked towards the tent in this sticky manner.

The ship girls were incredibly efficient. In the short time it took Xiaobai to browse a few posts on the admiral's forum, they had already set up a large tent big enough to accommodate Xiaobai, Luo Lian, and Nia. The tent, resembling a Mongolian yurt, stood on the golden sand. Led by Nia, Xiaobai entered the tent and found it exceptionally spacious. The command platform was piled high with food and bottled water, and even three sets of portable beds and chairs were set up nearby.

"That's really great," Xiaobai exclaimed.

"As long as we let the ship girls rest and check their equipment, we can set off!" Nia hugged Xiaobai's arm, her face full of joy and excitement. "Hehe, after more than a year, we can finally set off together with Xiaobai again."

“Yes.” Xiaobai nodded to Nia, smiling with pursed lips, “Me too.”

"They have such a good relationship." Luo Lian's soft voice came from behind Xiao Bai and Nia.

"Ah!" Nia was startled. Feeling guilty, she quickly let go of his hand, her face flushed as she looked behind her. "Luo...Luo Lian, when did you get here...?"

“I’ve always been here.” Luo Lian stood behind Xiao Bai and Nia and sighed deeply. “It’s a pity that I only have two ship girls, and one of them isn’t with me. It seems I won’t be able to go on the expedition with you.”

Luo Lian rarely showed her regret.

"No, it's alright..." Nia quickly stepped forward to comfort her, "Luo Lian, your development path isn't exactly that of a conventional naval base..."

“Yes, anyway, I’m going into battle under your name, Lianlian. In a sense, we’re one.” Xiaobai smiled at Luo Lian.

"One body...me and Xiaobai?" Luo Lian was taken aback and looked up to ask.

"Yes," Xiaobai clenched her hands, "One!"

"..." Luo Lian covered her mouth, quickly turning her head to the side, her face flushing red like a boiling kettle, steaming upwards. "Oh... if I were one with Xiao Bai... um... then... there would be no regrets. One... um... one..."

Luo Lian's skills greatly enhanced the Qi of the VIII-level spirit of the spirit of the spirit of the spirit of the spirit of the spirit of the spirit of the spirit of the spirit.

"Oh, right." Xiao Bai said, then turned to Luo Lian and Nia in front of him, "Lianlian, Nia, I have something to say before we go to war."

"Hmm?" Luo Lian and Nia looked over. "What's wrong?"

“It’s related to today’s expedition…” Xiaobai said as she walked to the command platform. She first looked around and, after confirming that the area was completely covered by tents, she reached into her clothes, pulled out a map folded into small squares, unfolded it, and laid it flat on the command platform. “Nia, Lianlian, come and see this.”

“Huh? This is…” Nia and Luo Lian approached, stared at the map for a few moments, and then their eyes lit up.

The map that Xiaobai took out was actually a sea map from Chapter 8.

This sea map is not very extensive, covering only the 8-2 sea area, but it clearly marks all the gathering points of deep-sea creatures, resting areas, as well as information on ocean currents and sea passages within the area.

"Wow!" Nia covered her mouth with both hands. "This is... a detailed map of the 8-2 sea area?"

"Yes." Xiaobai nodded with a smile.

"How did you get your hands on this map?" Luo Lian asked curiously.

"Well... I was an admiral who participated in the overall exploration of Chapter 8," Xiaobai said with his hands on his hips. "I can still present this kind of map with some flair."

"Xiaobai, you're amazing!" Nia exclaimed with admiration.

"As expected of Xiaobai, with this incredibly detailed sea map... we can skip the initial development phase for area 8-2 and create a customized plan based on the information on it, allowing for low-cost, mindless map progression." Luo Lian nodded in admiration as she looked at the map, but then she looked at Xiaobai with concern, "However, Xiaobai, the deep-sea gathering points aren't static. They migrate and change over time and with various circumstances, including ocean currents... Xiaobai, you copied this map half a year ago when we were developing the area, right? Is it still relevant now?"

"Don't worry, there's absolutely no problem." Xiao Bai gave Luo Lian an OK sign and revealed a mysterious smile.

"...Since you've said so, Xiaobai, then it should be fine." Luo Lian nodded as she looked at Xiaobai's smile.

Luo Lian still blindly trusts Xiao Bai as always.

Xiao Bai smiled and put his hand down.

Luo Lian and Nia have already started discussing their plans for clearing the map.

Xiao Bai looked at the two people in front of her, listening to their conversation while her gaze drifted slightly downwards to the map.

Luo Lian's concerns were actually quite valid.

The admirals' exploration of the sea is essentially a process of creating their own sea map. Once the admirals' fleets have traversed every corner of the sea, collected all the sea information, and created a map, the admirals will integrate the information on the map and ultimately develop a final plan to strike at the heart of the sea, which they will then implement.

This is called being absolutely foolproof.

From a certain perspective, once you obtain the sea map, you can skip the long process of exploration and directly proceed to the final conquest of the sea.

However, this is contingent on the map information being reliable.

Because... nautical maps are actually a very time-sensitive thing.

After all, deep-sea gathering points are simply locations where deep-sea ships frequently appear. These locations change due to the preferences and habits of the deep-sea ships. While the changes aren't particularly frequent, they're certainly not permanent. Let alone large-scale natural disasters or marine calamities, sometimes even the visit of a group of ordinary ship girls can cause minor shifts in their locations. Therefore, generally speaking, the reliability of the information recorded in these manually drawn sea maps by the admiral is only valid for a maximum of one month from the time of confirmation.

After more than a month, the information on the map is no longer reliable.

At that time, the map information will need to be reconfirmed in order to continue using it safely.

If the sea map Xiaobai produced was the one she used six months ago when she was exploring Chapter 8, then the current situation at sea, while not drastically different from the information marked on the map, definitely has many discrepancies. For example, resting points on the original map have become deep-sea gathering points, and the number of deep-sea gathering points has increased from one to three or four, etc.

Under these circumstances, blindly trusting this map might bring Xiaobai and his group not convenience, but rather one trouble and danger after another.

In fact, in the admiral community, from chapters six and seven down to chapters one and two, it is not uncommon for expedition plans to be disrupted by outdated map versions. As a result, fleets frequently run into deep-sea gathering points and engage in battles, failing to get proper rest for extended periods. Ultimately, this leads to heavy damage to fleet members, and in some cases, even shipwrecks.