Elder brother's garrison

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Above the lock, a large "1.44%" was particularly eye-catching.

I remember when Xiaobai finished deploying the resources, the progress on this lock should have been 1.42%...

It actually secretly rose by 0.02%!

“When the research and construction machine consumes a piece of mass-produced Deep-Sea Deity Metal, its progress increases by about 0.01%. The research and construction machine just consumed Changchun, which carried mass-produced Deep-Sea Deity Metal, so theoretically it should only increase by 1.43%... This extra 0.01% is…” Xiaobai looked at the values ​​on the technology lock in surprise, then, as if realizing something, looked at Changchun, “Could it be…”

"It's a ship girl!" Changchun exclaimed, pointing at the research and construction machine as if he had discovered a new continent. "The research and construction machine's favorite food isn't deep-sea metal, but ship girls!"

"I see... No wonder the other resources weren't helping the Research and Construction Machine progress so slowly... It turns out what the Research and Construction Machine really wanted wasn't deep-sea metal or the four resources, but ship girls..." Xiaobai, enlightened by Changchun, exclaimed, "Now I understand!"

"Admiral, do you have a rapid repair device?" Changchun asked Xiaobai nervously, tugging at her sleeve.

"Yes, there is. What's wrong?" Xiaobai looked at Changchun.

"I...I want to use quick repair to restore the ship's equipment, and then let the research and construction machine take another hit..." Changchun said.

"No way!" Little White shook his head immediately upon hearing this. "It's too dangerous!"

"Admiral, I've already been eaten once, so I have experience. It's uncomfortable inside, but it doesn't hurt." Changchun held Xiaobai's hand and said earnestly, "Besides, feeding yourself to the research and construction machine should be a relatively safe thing to do. Admiral, let me try again."

"Changchun..."

Xiao Bai still looked at Changchun with some worry, but Changchun's expression was very firm, as if he would not allow any wavering.

Xiaobai and Changchun looked at each other for a while, then sighed.

"Well... alright." Xiaobai took out a quick repair device from her ship's equipment space and handed it to Changchun. "Be careful. If anything goes wrong, I'll still destroy the research and construction device to save you as soon as possible."

"Thank you, Admiral!" Changchun picked up Xiaobai's quick repair kit and placed it on his head.

Changchun closed his eyes and waited for the rapid repair device to take effect.

The rapid repair device took effect quickly, and a hazy light enveloped Changchun. Changchun closed his eyes and waited for a while.

click!

A crisp sound was heard.

The rapid repair device overhead in Changchun split in two and fell onto the water.

Changchun opened his eyes, looked down, and clenched his fists.

“Okay… this should work… huh?” Changchun was speaking when he suddenly seemed to realize something and his expression froze.

"Changchun, what's wrong?" Xiaobai asked from the side.

"..." Changchun didn't speak, but simply lowered his head and clenched his fist.

Changchun?

"Admiral... Admiral..." Changchun clenched his fist, stared wide-eyed at Xiaobai, his eyes filled with confusion, "I... my ship equipment doesn't seem to have recovered..."

"Huh?!" Xiaobai exclaimed in surprise.

"I've already used up all the rapid repair devices, so why is my ship equipment still damaged?" Changchun looked at his palm with a puzzled expression.

"Try a few more?" Xiaobai quickly took out a few more quick repair devices and put them on Changchun's head.

As the rapid repair devices activated one by one, she closed her eyes and felt the changes in her body. After a short while, she still shook her head at Xiaobai. ?

"Oh no...this is terrible..." Changchun said helplessly, "Admiral...the ship's equipment is still not responding!"

"..." Xiaobai's heart stopped beating for a moment.

Does this mean that Changchun has permanently lost its shipboard equipment? Like the Akagi Abyss?

Upon realizing this possibility, Xiaobai quickly approached Changchun, grasped her hand, and began scanning Changchun's body using the Admiral's Network.

The Admiral Network completed the scan of Changchun's physical condition in a few seconds.

After the scan was finished, Xiaobai's tense expression eased. She breathed a sigh of relief and said to Changchun, "Changchun, don't worry, your ship equipment is still there. I can feel the aura of your ship equipment in your body."

"Really...really?" Changchun asked pitifully.

"Although I'm not entirely sure why the rapid repair device couldn't fix your ship equipment... well... anyway, let's go back first." Xiaobai gave the research and construction machine one last, cursory look, then pulled Changchun's hand and said, "Let's go back to the temporary naval base and see if soaking your ship equipment in repair fluid can fix it!"

"Oh, alright!"

With matters concerning the ship's equipment in Changchun, Xiaobai didn't have the time or inclination to deal with the research and construction machines.

Xiao Bai led Changchun all the way from the 8-1 sea area back to the temporary garrison.

Nia's temporary garrison is the most luxurious residence in the entire eighth chapter, complete with buildings of all kinds of functions, including a repair pool.

The ship girl's repair pool looks a lot like a hot spring.

Xiaobai led Changchun to the edge of the restoration pool. She watched intently as Changchun took off his clothes and slowly immersed his body into the pool.

"How is it? Can you feel the ship's equipment being repaired?" Xiaobai asked with great concern as she lay on the edge of the repair pool.

"Hmm... let me see..." Changchun soaked her shoulders in the repair fluid, closed her eyes and felt it for a few minutes before opening them and nodding to Xiaobai in surprise, "Wow! Admiral, you were right! My ship equipment is being repaired!"

Hearing Changchun's words, Xiaobai finally felt relieved and let out a long sigh of relief.

Great……

Although the exact principle is unclear, it seems that the only way for the ship girls to repair the damage to their ship equipment after being eaten by the research and construction machine is to soak them in repair fluid.

That's a really strange restriction.

Thinking of this, Xiao Bai looked at Changchun in the repair pool and a relaxed expression crossed his face.

Xiaobai was genuinely worried that Changchun would end up like Akagi Akagi in the Deep Sea...

Fortunately, unlike Akagi, who had no trace of ship equipment in her body, Changchun still had a clear ship equipment aura in her body. This was an important reason why her ship equipment could still be repaired even if it was completely dissolved.

Now it seems we can rest assured.

Xiao Bai leaned against the edge of the repair pool, looked up at the ceiling filled with water vapor, and his mind went blank.

"Admiral, Admiral." Just then, Changchun's voice called out from behind Xiaobai's head.

"What's wrong?" Xiaobai turned to look at the repair pool.

In the repair pool, Changchun swam up to Xiaobai with a smile on her face and said to her, "Admiral, once my ship equipment is repaired, let's go to the 8-1 area again."

"...You still want to feed the research and construction machine?"

"Hehe, isn't this helpful to the Admiral?" Changchun said with a smile, pursing his lips. "Look, feeding me to the research and construction machine will save you a piece of mass-produced Deep-Sea Dean Metal!"

"You are far more important than the Deep Sea Dean Metal..."

“But I can feed it repeatedly.” Changchun raised her snow-white arm and rested it on the edge of the repair pool, smiling at Xiaobai. “After I feed it a few more times, figure out the details of this research and construction machine, and confirm that it is really safe, we can keep feeding it! That way, even with such a high resource requirement, it won’t be expensive for us!”

“...That’s true.” Xiaobai nodded.

Compared to the expensive mass-produced deep-sea metal, the cost of using ship girls in the repair pool is negligible.

Looking at Changchun's smiling face, Xiaobai thought for a while, then shook her head with a smile.

"Changchun, I've received your idea... but let's call it a day."

"Huh? Why? I'm fast! Admiral, I..."

"Repairing ship equipment in the repair pool would take you several hours, even if you did it, right? By the time you're done, it'll almost be dawn." Xiaobai reached out and patted Changchun's head, smiling at her. "Let's skip it today, we'll talk about it next time."

"Eh...oh...that's true..." Changchun lowered her head as she felt Xiaobai's caress.

"Changchun, you can soak for a bit, I'll go out for a bit." Xiaobai stood up with a smile.

"Admiral, are you going to rest?" Changchun asked curiously.

"...Okay. I'm going to rest."

"Alright then..." Changchun looked at Xiaobai's cheek and blinked. "Admiral, goodnight."

"Changchun... Goodnight." Xiaobai smiled at Changchun, then turned and walked out of the repair pool area.

……

Half an hour later.

On the sea area of ​​8-1.

dark night.

moonlight.

The dark sea.

A cold wind was blowing.

Xiao Bai stood alone in front of the scientific research construction machine. She took a deep breath, held the mass-produced Deep Sea Dean Metal in her hand, and slowly approached.

How could Xiaobai bear to let Changchun take such a risk?

If we really need to test the safety, how can I, as the admiral, step down to the second line?

"Come on! I have ship equipment too, come and eat me!" Xiaobai walked up to the research and construction machine and spoke to the metal shell in front of him with utmost seriousness.

Chapter 2778 Sacrifice

After leaving Changchun, Xiaobai secretly returned to the 8-1 sea area and stood in front of the research and construction machine once again.

The weather in the sea area at 8-1 is cold at night.

The biting sea breeze whistled through the air, the icy air seeming to possess a soul, as if it would forcefully penetrate into one's skin.

Standing alone against the cold wind, Xiaobai gazed at the quiet research and construction machine before her. She took a deep breath, made up her mind, reached into the slowly opening ship equipment space, and took out a piece of mass-produced deep-sea dean metal, which she held firmly in her hand.

The method proposed by Changchun may indeed be the most correct way to open the research construction machine and obtain research ship girls.

Compared to the absurd decision of dumping tens of millions of tons of deep-sea metal into research and construction machines, feeding the ship girls to these machines is clearly a faster, more convenient, and more economical method.

From this perspective, the research and construction machine was probably only intended for admirals to feed its ship girls. As for deep-sea metal and the other four resources, they were merely inefficient and low-quality substitutes for it. This also explains why it had to be fed such an absurd number of deep-sea metals, because the research and construction machine was simply not full.

but……

That being said.

Feeding living ship girls to a research and construction machine is far too much for the admiral to accept. Therefore, before agreeing to Changchun's idea, Xiaobai must thoroughly and without any errors confirm the "safety" of this research and construction machine.

In other words... Xiaobai should take the lead.

Holding mass-produced deep-sea metal in its hand, Xiaobai slowly approached the research and construction machine.

"Come on! I have ship equipment too, come and eat me!" Xiaobai raised the mass-produced Deep Sea Dean Metal in his hand as if raising a torch, and said seriously in front of the scientific research construction machine.

The research and construction machine sensed the presence of the mass-produced deep-sea academy director's metal and slowly began to move.

In Xiaobai's eyes, the scientific research construction machine in front of him was like a brown bear slowly awakening from hibernation. It moved its huge body, opened its huge and dark mouth, and then the whole machine paused for a moment. When it moved again, it was as fast as lightning, as if it had smelled its favorite food and pounced on him fiercely.

Xiao Bai neither dodged nor avoided; she opened her eyes and raised the mass-produced Deep Sea Dean Metal in her hand.

Pfft! ! !

The next second, Xiaobai's body was completely swallowed by the scientific research construction machine.

The research and construction machine plunged into the water, and black waves surged up from beneath it, rising several meters high.

After consuming Xiaobai's body, the research and construction machine lay prone on the sea surface. Its massive steel body swayed for a moment before slowly calming down.

Looking at the sea again, Little White's figure had disappeared.

The dark sea returned to calm, with only the cold wind continuing to blow, barely stirring up ripples on the heavy surface.

……

Gudong Gudong Gudong...

After being swallowed by the research and construction machine, what echoed in Xiaobai's ears were sounds like the churning of internal organs and the churning of the stomach.

This was the first time in Xiaobai's life that something had been swallowed.

The world is spinning.

It was pitch black all around, with only the gurgling sound echoing continuously, as if the source of the sound was right next to my ear, or as if it were far away at the ends of the earth.

The environment inside the research and construction machine was indeed very cramped. The surrounding walls, compared to steel, felt more like slippery fat to Xiaobai, who was groping in the dark. This fat tightly wrapped around Xiaobai's body like living beings, restricting Xiaobai's movements with an indescribable force.

Relying on the inexplicable sense of gravity, Xiaobai could roughly sense that he was currently in an upside-down position with his head down.

"This position... isn't exactly comfortable..."

Xiaobai gave a bitter smile at the darkness. She tried to struggle to turn her body around and pushed forward with her hand. The surrounding fat barriers could be pushed aside relatively easily, but only a little. They were extremely resilient. As soon as she loosened her grip slightly, the fat barriers would quickly contract again, continuing to restrict Xiaobai's movements.

Xiao Bai tried to turn itself over several times, but failed each time. In the end, it could only remain upside down, looking rather disheveled, inside the research and construction machine.