Elder brother's garrison

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“That won’t do.” Veneto shook his head immediately upon hearing this. “We’re going on this expedition together, so you absolutely must have a share of the deep-sea metal. You gave us half before we even got involved, so you have to get half this time too!”

After saying this, Veneto looked back at his teammates, seeking their opinions with his eyes.

The ship girls from Nia's family also nodded in agreement, expressing their support for Veneto's idea.

"This piece of deep-sea metal from the deep-sea flagship at the end of Chapter 8 is worth more than double the value of all the deep-sea metals we've collected along the way," the ship girls from the newbie naval base said with a smile.

“That’s precisely why we should divide it up!” Veneto’s expression became even more resolute upon hearing this.

“Alright…” The ship girls at the newbie naval base looked at Veneto and knew that Veneto had made up her mind, so they didn’t say anything more. “Anyway, we’ve finished fighting the flagship at the end of the gate, so let’s go back to the beach first, give this piece of metal to the admirals, and then let them distribute the deep-sea metal from this deep-sea flagship.”

"okay!"

Veneto nodded in satisfaction.

Generally, after defeating the final flagship, you always take some fragments from the deep-sea flagship's body as "death evidence" to leave the sea area. Only after the Admiral's Guild has identified the "death evidence" and confirmed that it is correct will the naval base that defeated the final flagship unlock the qualification to go to the next sea area node.

However, given the current situation, there's no need to bring "kill evidence".

Compared to the metal fragments on the wreckage of the deep-sea flagship that were about to crumble into invisible pieces, the deep-sea flagship metal in Cleveland's hands was the most convincing "evidence of the kill".

The ship girls didn't look back at the huge body on the sea surface again; they left the area where the deep-sea flagship was located, following the path they had come from.

“This piece of deep-sea flagship metal is so beautiful. I really can’t bear to hand it over to the Admiral’s Guild…” Veneto looked at the deep-sea metal in his hands as he walked, looking heartbroken. “This thing is so shiny. I wish it could be made into a decorative souvenir like a diamond.”

"The Admiral won't forcibly collect the deep-sea metal, but they'll usually offer a price you can't refuse," Changchun said with a smile to Veneto. "Sister Veneto, would you prefer to keep this hard-won deep-sea metal as an ornament, or exchange it for a large sum of money, enough to make the naval base rise to prominence?"

“Uh… um…” Veneto looked troubled. “Anyway, the decision is made by the commander… I… I won’t dwell on this.”

Veneto reluctantly touched the metal outer shell of the Deep Sea Flagship.

Veneto glanced back at the Empire and Rome.

The Empire and Rome were also staring curiously at the metal flagship of the deep sea.

"Would you like to touch it too?" Veneto thought for a moment, then smiled and handed the deep-sea flagship metal in his hand to the Empire. "To see such precious deep-sea flagship metal in our first battle is perhaps good luck brought to us by the two of you."

"..." The Empire blinked, picked up the deep-sea metal that Veneto handed her, and leaned close to Rome, carefully examining it with her head down.

Veneto looked at Rome and the Empire with a smile, like a kind old man.

But suddenly, all the aircraft carrier ship girls in the group stared at the horizon.

"Huh? There's a ship girl up ahead."

Veneto, who was looking at the Empire and Rome, was slightly taken aback and subconsciously turned her head to look.

Sure enough, in the far distance, a group of ship girls vaguely appeared in everyone's sight.

Geek!

"Rome, quick, put away the deep-sea flagship's metal!" Veneto hurriedly called out.

Rome and the Empire were taken aback at first, and then the Empire hurriedly stuffed the deep-sea metal into the ship's equipment space.

Veneto breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that the deep-sea metal had been stored by the Empire.

The two groups of ship girls soon met on the water as they moved forward.

The ship girl formation that appeared before Veneto and her group was a line of aircraft carrier ship girls and destroyers. The ship equipment behind them was more or less worn, and the ship equipment of the most damaged one was even moderately damaged, and it was emitting smoke and sparks in front of everyone.

Upon seeing Veneto and his group, the other party stopped in their tracks and first scanned Veneto and his companions to assess their condition.

Their gazes were initially surprised and curious, but the moment they saw someone in the group, their eyes widened in shock, then turned to terror and fear.

The opposing team retreated several steps in succession.

"You...you guys are...the fleet of special ship girls???" The opposing ship girl swallowed hard, looking at Veneto and the ship girls from the newbie naval base with some panic.

“Special ship girls…” Veneto and the others glanced back at Roma in the group, then looked at the ship girls. “Yeah, hello everyone, what’s up?”

Chapter 2731 Suppress her fiercely!

After receiving Veneto's affirmative answer, the ship girls in front of them took a few steps back.

They looked at Veneto and the others with some fear, and then quickly spoke up.

"I...we're just...just here to advance the main storyline, no, no, no...we're not here to cause trouble..." the ship girls pleaded hurriedly, "Please don't attack us...please don't attack us...and...and please don't absorb our luck...we're about to challenge the final flagship..."

"..." Veneto and his group remained silent.

So our reputation has already gotten this bad by Chapter 8...?

Oh dear... this is really...

A little cool.

Seeing the obvious fear on the faces of the opposing ship girls, Veneto felt a sense of satisfaction and a kind of triumphant pleasure, like a fox borrowing the tiger's might.

"Don't worry, we won't do anything. We've already taken down the deep-sea flagship, so please wait here for it to respawn." Veneto smiled contentedly at this thought and said to the ship girl team ahead, "Good luck, we'll take our leave now."

"..."

Amidst the tense and panicked gazes of the ship girls, Veneto and the others brushed past them and disappeared into the sea behind them.

After Veneto and the others left, the ship girl team finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Wow... I was so scared... Did they really leave? What if they secretly plot against us from behind?" A destroyer pulled up the corner of his clothes and asked with tears in his eyes.

"No, no, I just sent out carrier-based aircraft to patrol. They really have gone far away and should have returned to the beach." A carrier ship girl squatted down and hugged the destroyer who was so scared that she almost cried. "It's okay, it's okay, sweetie, your older sisters are here."

"Oh... Ha!" Another carrier ship girl breathed a sigh of relief, patting her chest as she said, "I really didn't expect to encounter special ship girls here... Didn't they only arrive at 8-2 two days ago? How come they've reached this place in just one day..."

"This is outrageous... Our naval base diligently explored the map and planned the route, and it took us almost half a month to get here..." The aircraft carrier ship girl holding the destroyer sighed, "Sigh... Maybe this is what special ship girls are like. The power of special ship girls is beyond what we ordinary ship girls can imagine."

"Yes, did you see what they looked like just now?" Another ship girl quickly showed off her discovery. "The ship girls in the group all had some damage, but there were two of them who didn't have a single trace of combat on them! They looked like they had never participated in a battle, and that special ship girl was one of them!"

"They even killed a deep-sea flagship, yet there wasn't a single mark on their body..."

"Terrible...so terrifying."

"What about the other one?"

"I remember the other one is called Empire, I think she's the younger sister of a special ship girl."

"It seems that special ship girls are not only powerful, but they can even spare the strength to protect their younger sisters... This is even more terrifying."

"..."

The ship girls remained silent for a moment.

Suddenly, one of the ship girls swallowed hard and looked around at the people asking questions.

"Speaking of which...did you see what happened just now?"

"Ok?"

"When we were far away from the special ship girl's team, my carrier-based aircraft saw the special ship girl and her sister, who seemed to be holding a particularly large deep-sea metal... The deep-sea metal was emitting a golden light, and it looked completely different from ordinary deep-sea metal."

"...Huh? A special deep-sea metal?"

"Ah! Could it be... the Deep Sea Flagship??"

The ship girls said a few words, then widened their eyes and covered their mouths.

"A special ship girl actually obtained rare deep-sea flagship metal?! That's something that's currently incredibly valuable!"

"As expected, manipulating luck is the special ship girl's hidden ability!"

The exclamations of the ship girls echoed across the dark sea.

……

Veneto and his crew, having left the deep-sea flagship's area, were unaware of what was happening in the surrounding waters.

After finishing off the deep-sea flagship, these ship girls were eager to return home and had no time to think about anything else. They simply followed the path they had come from and quickly returned to the beach.

"Commander! We're back!"

"Admiral! We're back too!"

On the beach, Xiaobai, Nia, and Luo Lian, who had sensed the return of the ship girls early on, had been waiting for a long time. As soon as Veneto and the others stepped onto the beach, they came to their respective admirals and reported on the day's gains.

"Commander! We've cleared area 8-2! We've also harvested a lot of deep-sea metal along the way!"

"Oh, that's great!" Nia smiled as she looked at the ship girls, genuinely happy.

In fact, through the admiral network, Nia could basically learn about most of what was happening at sea by communicating with Veneto and Cleveland via the admiral network. Of course, she already knew that her ship girls had cleared the 8-2 sea area. However, knowing is one thing, but hearing the ship girls tell her about it herself was much more enjoyable.

"Commander, let's go back quickly," Veneto urged Nia.

"Hmm? No rush. You can rest first, then go to the Admiral's Guild and submit the evidence of the killing..."

"No, no, no, we should go back now!" Veneto quickly shook his head and said, "We're a little tired, let's go home now!"

"Huh?" Nia looked at Veneto strangely.

Why does Veneto look so strange today, like he's caught doing something wrong?

However, since the ship girls are so eager to go home, Nia has no reason to refuse.

After spending about ten minutes packing up the tent and tidying up the items left on the beach, the group left the beach and returned to their accommodation.

Back in the familiar, spacious courtyard, the ship girls closed the door behind them as soon as they stepped inside.

No mole, let's start dividing the spoils!

"Commander! Admiral Lu Lin, Admiral Luo Lian! Look what we got today!" Veneto hurriedly pushed Empire in front of the three admirals, then patted Empire on the shoulder and said, "Empire, Empire, hurry, hurry, bring that thing out!"

"Hmm." The Empire raised its hand and summoned a fist-sized deep-sea flagship metal object from its ship's equipment space.

The moment the deep-sea flagship metal appeared in the air, wisps of dark gray energy dispersed, and the surrounding temperature seemed to drop by half a degree.

"Huh? This is... a special deep-sea metal?" Nia looked at the object in the Empire's hand in surprise.

Nia's admiral network wasn't as powerful as Xiaobai's, which allowed her to share the ship girls' five senses even when they were thousands of miles apart. Once she was too far away from the ship girls, Nia's admiral network could only serve as a small tool for exchanging messages with them. During today's expedition, Nia did not receive any information about the deep-sea metal from Cleveland or Veneto.

"This is a surprise I wanted to give to you, Commander and Admiral Lu Lin!" Veneto held up the deep-sea metal in her hand and smiled at the three admirals in front of her. "How about it! This is what we got from the deep-sea flagship!"

"Wow, this is deep-sea flagship metal!" Nia covered her mouth, suddenly realizing, "This is the first time I've ever seen deep-sea flagship metal!"

"Great, this must be worth a lot of money." Little White smiled at Nia.

"Wow... such a rich deep-sea aura, amazing..." Nia cautiously approached the deep-sea metal through the air. The moment her palm touched the metal, the aura surrounding it seemed to sense something and formed a faint protective shield, resisting Nia's touch. However, this resistance was so weak that it was less than a breeze. Nia didn't even feel any obstruction; her fingers had already passed through the shield and touched the deep-sea metal. "Cool... hard... Hmm... how much could I sell this metal to the Admiral's Guild for?"

"The bounty listed by the Admiral's Guild on the app is 86 million merit points, and it will increase depending on the quality of the deep-sea metal," Xiaobai said.

“Eight…eighty-six million…isn’t that eighty-six months’ rent?” Nia exclaimed in shock.

"Yes, it's a bit low," Xiaobai sighed. "After all, more than a year ago, the Deep Sea Dean's event in Chapter Six caused a flood of high-quality deep-sea metal in a certain area, which severely impacted the market price of this material..."

“…” Nia.

Looking at Xiaobai's sincere expression, Nia wanted to say that what she actually meant was that the price of this deep-sea metal was very, very high, but she never expected that Xiaobai would actually complain that the price was too low...

Is this what difference in perspective means...?

Nia blushed slightly, feeling a little embarrassed.

“If you’re not short of money, I think you shouldn’t sell it to the Admiral’s Guild now.” Just then, Luo Lian looked at the deep-sea metal for a while and said to Nia, “After the Admiral’s Guild appraises it and you get the 8-3 strategy qualification, take this piece of deep-sea metal back.”

"Huh? Why?" Xiaobai and Nia looked at Luo Lian curiously.

"...The price will rise slowly," Luo Lian said. "Deep-sea metal on the Deep-Sea Flagship is a very rare item... Although the drop rate of deep-sea metal is officially one in ten, the actual production rate of deep-sea metal on the Deep-Sea Flagship is far lower than that. Do you know why?"

"Uh...why?"

“A single set of numbers cannot fully reflect the reality,” Luo Lian said. “Deep-sea metal needs time to develop, but as the final boss, the Deep-sea Flagship is often killed by ship girl teams as soon as it spawns. Even if it can produce Deep-sea metal, it simply doesn’t have time to develop its own. The reason you got yours this time, besides pure luck, is also because Chapter 8 is currently in its early stages. The Deep-sea Flagship has ample time to develop its own Deep-sea metal. As time goes on, more and more people will finish their early stages and then go on to kill the Deep-sea Flagship for its metal, leaving them almost no time to develop it. Until that time, the output of Deep-sea Flagship metal will drop to an outrageous level, and the Admiral’s Guild will naturally raise its purchase price.”

"Oh! I see!" Xiaobai and Nia suddenly realized.

Chapter 2732 The World is Full of Wonders

After hearing Luo Lian's explanation, Xiao Bai and Nia finally understood what it meant.

"I... I understand! So, as long as we don't sell this to the Admiral's Guild, the value of this Deep Sea Flagship Metal will only increase, right?!" Nia, as if she had seen through the secrets of heaven, excitedly grabbed Luo Lian's shoulders and shook her, asking, "Then how much will this thing increase in price?"

“I haven’t studied this stuff either, and I don’t know the specifics, but the increase in the metal of the deep-sea flagship should still have about 30% room for growth…” Luo Lian explained as Nia shook her constantly. Surprisingly, no matter how hard Nia shook her, Luo Lian’s voice remained steady and without any disorder.

"Eighty-six million merit points increased by another thirty percent..." Nia finally let go of Luo Lian's shoulder, and she held up her fingers and counted for a moment, "Sigh... then, wouldn't that be close to one hundred million merit points..."

After reaching this conclusion, Nia's head began to spin.

A hazy, dreamlike feeling enveloped Nia's heart, making her feel as if she were in a dream.

“Hundreds of millions…deep-sea metal worth hundreds of millions of merit points is right in front of me…wow…I, I’ve never seen so many merit points in my life, this, could it be fake?” Nia swallowed hard and nervously turned to Xiaobai and Luo Lian to ask.

Nia is currently working her butt off in Chapter 8, and can only barely earn a million merit points a month. This is only because she took advantage of the opening benefits of Chapter 8 when there were fewer competitors. Once the situation in Chapter 8 is completely stable, her income will be reduced by at least half.