Elder brother's garrison

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The research and construction machine opened its teeth, and several mechanical tentacles emerged from them. Several pieces of hot clothing were hanging from the tips of the tentacles. The mechanical tentacles then picked up the clothes and deftly folded them into small cubes. They then slowly extended out of the passage and placed them into the storage basket.

After doing all this, the research and construction machine retracted its tentacles and lay on the water's surface, happily chewing away.

Outside the channel.

Changchun and the little white dog in Changchun's arms stared at this scene with their mouths agape, looking completely dumbfounded.

"Sister...sister was dragged back?"

"Okay, it seems so..."

"Admiral...? I... I didn't see wrong, did I?" Changchun said dumbfounded.

"Uh...you mean those...tentacles from just now?" Xiaobai covered her mouth, looking amazed.

"I...I didn't see wrong?!" Changchun exclaimed in surprise to Xiaobai, "So those tentacles just now...were they real?"

"Yes……"

"How come a research and construction machine has this kind of part?! I've never seen it displayed before!"

"Don't even mention you, I've never seen it either..." Xiaobai scratched his cheek and said with a wry smile, "And probably... no one on the Admiral Forum has seen it either..."

"Is that so—" Changchun blinked, then became worried, "Oh dear! Will my sister be alright?"

"There's no need to worry about that. Although the methods used are rather... well... crude, the essence of the research and construction machine remains unchanged." Xiaobai stared at the research and construction machine at the end of the passage and the neatly folded clothes in the storage basket, and slowly said, "Probably... Anshan will at least be safe in terms of personal safety."

"Then I'm relieved..." Changchun breathed a sigh of relief, but then muttered to himself in confusion, "But... why did the research and construction machine extend tentacles..."

"Perhaps she really likes food from Anshan?" After thinking for a while, Xiaobai could only give Changchun this reply.

"Does the research and construction machine really like your older sister?"

"After all, you said it yourself, the Research Construction Machine is Anshan's home base..." Xiaobai scratched his cheek and said with a wry smile, "Now that you mention it, I suddenly understand. Anshan, as the first lock of the Research Construction Machine, might just be the reward that the Research Construction Machine likes the most..."

Chapter 2815: A Stunning Progress

Luo Lian once said that there was probably some unique logic between the three technological locks of the research and construction machine. Therefore, she had also speculated that, for example, the rewards for the first two locks might also be the key to unlocking the subsequent technological locks.

Luo Lian rejected her false proposition when the third puzzle of the technology lock was exhibited, and she even apologized to Xiao Bai afterwards.

However, looking at it now, perhaps Luo Lian's speculation was not wrong.

As a reward for the first lock, Anshan appears to be a food form that the research and construction machine greatly favors.

Xiao Bai looked thoughtfully at the scientific research and construction machine, watching it chew and digest Anshan. He recalled how Anshan had just been lifted up by several mechanical tentacles and couldn't help but ponder.

Two minutes have passed.

Compared to the tens of seconds it took in Changchun, the time required to digest Anshan's product is significantly longer.

Xiao Bai and Chang Chun waited outside the passage for a few more minutes. Finally, the research and construction machine reluctantly opened its giant mouth and spat out a snow-white figure, carefully placing it back onto the water surface inside the passage with several mechanical tentacles.

"belch."

After finishing all this, the research and construction machine let out a comfortable burp and settled peacefully on the water's surface.

The snow-white figure on the water remained motionless.

Xiaobai and Changchun exchanged a glance, and they immediately sensed something was wrong. They quickly ran into the passage and came to the side of the snow-white figure.

Anshan, are you alright?

"Sister Anshan! Are you...are you alright?!"

Xiao Bai and Changchun quickly checked the situation in Anshan.

To Xiaobai and Changchun's relief, Anshan was not in bad shape. Although the ship equipment inside her body had been dissolved, she herself was unharmed and was even conscious when she was vomited out.

However, what worried Xiaobai and Changchun was that Anshan, who was spat out, had blank eyes and a look of utter despair, as if he had lost all motivation.

"Sister Anshan, please don't scare me..." Changchun was so frightened that she immediately knelt down and called out to Anshan, "If you're alright, please say something!"

“nia…” Anshan opened his mouth.

"Sister Anshan?" Changchun quickly whispered in Anshan's ear.

"Sticky...dark...slippery..." Anshan muttered softly beside Changchun, his voice filled with frustration, "It's...so disgusting...I feel like...like being licked by a bunch of greasy tongues...I'm going to have nightmares tonight...sigh..."

"..." Changchun raised his head and met Anshan's gaze on the water.

"Changchun, you're lying. It didn't hurt, but it was disgusting," Anshan said, feeling wronged.

"Sister...you scared me to death." Changchun sighed, looking at Anshan's aggrieved face, which looked like she had been bullied, and finally chuckled, "Sister Anshan, I'm sorry...I'll never force you to feed the research construction machine again, please forgive me this time..."

"You actually want a next time?!" Anshan was so angry that he sat up directly from the water.

This scene amused Xiaobai, who was standing nearby, and made him laugh as well.

Okay.

Judging from this, Anshan should be fine.

"Honestly, this research and construction machine is so wicked! Even though my comrades agreed to let me leave, it still insisted on dragging me in!" Anshan clutched his chest, kneeling angrily on the water's surface. "Now I don't even have my clothes left! How am I supposed to get back—"

"Oh, don't worry about the clothes, it just delivered all your clothes, sister," Changchun reminded her.

"Huh? Is that so?"

"Yes, look!" Changchun ran out of the passageway and brought in the storage basket. "It's even folded up for you!"

Inside the storage basket, the clothes from Anshan were neatly folded, stacked together like several white blocks of tofu.

"...How come they folded it better than I did... This is disgusting." Anshan looked at the clothes in the storage basket with a complicated expression, reached out and grabbed a piece of underwear, leaned in warily, and sniffed it carefully, "...It shouldn't have any fishy smell from octopus or squid, right..."

Yes, the clothes in Anshan smell nice and have no strange odor.

This left Anshan speechless, even more so than pleased.

"The ship's equipment has been completely dissolved, and the ship's equipment space can't be opened anymore, sigh..." Anshan sighed as she straightened her tie while wearing her clothes, turning back to stare at the research and construction machine, "Really... comrade, no matter what you say, I will never come here again!"

It seems that this one-day trip to the belly of the scientific research and construction machine has left a considerable psychological shadow on Anshan.

"Of course...no, no." Xiaobai waved her hand and smiled apologetically.

Anshan spent several minutes tidying up his appearance.

Xiao Bai smiled as he watched Anshan change clothes, his gaze fixed on her body. Suddenly, he saw the scientific research and construction machine behind her as she swung her arms.

On the technological lock of the research and construction machine, the data indicating the progress gleamed.

"...Huh?" Xiaobai asked in surprise.

"Hmm? Comrade, what's wrong?" Anshan, who was wearing black stockings, looked up at Xiaobai when she heard Xiaobai's voice.

"Look," Xiaobai pointed to the technology lock on the research and construction machine.

Anshan and Changchun turned their heads to look.

The number on the technological lock hanging on the scientific research and construction machine was a dazzling 60.14%.

"Huh?!" Changchun exclaimed in surprise, "How come the progress of the research and construction machine has accelerated so much?"

"Before entering Changchun, I remember the research construction machine's progress was only 55.13%," Xiaobai said from the side. "Based on the progress gained by the research construction machine from consuming ship girls, Changchun can increase the research construction machine's progress by 0.01%. After consuming Changchun, its progress should be 55.14%..."

"So, eating Sister Anshan actually increased the progress of the scientific research and construction machine by a full 5%!" Changchun exclaimed from the side.

5% progress!

That's equivalent to sending five hundred destroyers lined up to the research and construction facility!

"Sister, I never imagined you were the top-tier rations for the research and construction machine!" Changchun said to Anshan with delight.

"What the hell is 'rations'?!" Anshan shrank back and quickly said. "Even if you say that, I won't feed the research and construction machine anymore!"

Just thinking about his experience inside the research and construction machine made Anshan feel extremely uncomfortable.

It wasn't physical suffering, but rather that Anshan couldn't get over his own mental hurdle.

Slippery and sticky, it felt like being inside someone's stomach...

No no no!

(Absolutely no more feeding!)

Scientific research and construction machines... are really strange things for Anshan.

"Let's just consider it a pleasant surprise." Xiaobai said to Anshan with a smile, "It seems that the research and construction machine really likes Anshan... But since Anshan doesn't like it, let's just forget about it. We'll have the other admirals help fill in the progress in the future. Let's go home now."

"Comrade—!" Anshan stepped forward, deeply moved, and hugged Xiaobai tightly. "I knew you wouldn't abandon me because of that little bit of progress!"

"Haha..." Xiaobai patted Anshan on the back and laughed.

5% progress...

It's not quite accurate to call it "that little bit".

After all, if converted into Deep Sea Dean Metal, that's enough to get 500 yuan, enough for a newbie to eat on and off for almost two years.

However... as I said before, compared to these material things, the ship girls' own wishes are more important to Xiaobai. Anshan seems to really not be used to being swallowed by the research and construction machine. Since she hates the research and construction machine so much, as the admiral, I can't force her to do something she doesn't like.

Xiao Bai patted the outer shell of the research and construction machine and sighed.

"Let's go home," Xiaobai said to the ship girls behind her.

"Admiral! Yay! We're home!"

Upon hearing Xiaobai's words, Changchun quickly took Anshan's arm and laughed.

"..." Scientific research and construction machine.

……

The three of them left the sea and returned to the beach.

On the beach, the admirals had been waiting for Xiaobai and his two companions for a long time. Near the entrance to the sea area, some admirals had even begun to complain.

"The previous admiral only brought two ship girls! How come it took him so long!"

"That's right, it takes longer to feed other people's entire fleet of ship girls!"

"It's so slow, what's going on?!"

The crowded admirals talked as they stood on tiptoe and peered out at the sea.

"Keep quiet and don't crowd!" The ticket inspector stood at the entrance with his hands on his hips, lecturing the admirals in front of him. "Anyone who thinks it's too slow can come back tomorrow! If I catch you complaining about this again, I'll cancel your admission for today!"

Upon hearing the ticket inspector's reprimand, the admirals immediately fell silent.

After a while, the figures of Xiaobai and his two companions finally appeared on the sea.

Under the expectant gaze of all the admirals, Xiaobai and his two companions went ashore.

"Admiral Lu Lin, you're back." The ticket inspector, who had been fierce towards the admirals, quickly turned to Xiao Bai with a gentle and kind smile. "Have you finished your work?"

"It's done, thank you." Xiaobai smiled and nodded. She glanced at the admirals nearby who were staring at her with resentful and complaining looks, and smiled apologetically, "...Sorry, it seems like it took a little too long..."

"It's alright, it's alright, these are just a bunch of admirals who have nothing better to do! Ignore them!" the ticket inspector quickly said. "Our Admirals' Guild has never stipulated that admirals must return within a certain timeframe. You can stay as long as you like!"

"No problem, as long as we're not afraid of getting scolded." A commander muttered in the crowd.

"Who's talking! Who's talking!" The ticket inspector's eyes widened instantly, and he pointed fiercely at the crowd, "Dare to step forward!"

The crowd fell silent.

"A bunch of gossipy old men who won't admit it! So what if we brought fewer ship girls and were a little late! Why are you still complaining about it!" The ticket inspector turned around angrily and said to Xiaobai with a forced smile, "Um, Admiral Lu Lin, please don't mind..."

"..." Xiao Bai felt the gazes coming from all around and gave an awkward smile.

"Um, before you leave, you need to register." The ticket inspector picked up the booklet in her hand, thought for a moment, and carefully handed it to Xiaobai, saying, "Um, would you like to fill it out or should I?"

"You can fill this out for me." Xiaobai glanced at the records in the booklet, then smiled slightly. "You need to fill in the progress for a one-time increase, right?"

"...Uh, yes." The ticket inspector smiled sheepishly. It seemed that even she knew that Xiaobai had spent so much time on the sea, yet only increased the progress of two ship girls, which was somewhat unfair to the other admirals present.

"You fill this out for me, my stats increased by 5.01% this time," Xiaobai said directly, not caring about the admirals around him.

"Oh, okay, I'll write it for you right away..." The ticket inspector quickly lowered her head and reached out to write, but halfway through, she suddenly froze, looking up blankly, "Huh? Wait... what did you just say, how much? Did I hear you wrong?"

“5.01%,” Xiaobai said with a smile.

As soon as Xiaobai said those words.

He paused, his gaze fixed on the surrounding admirals with resentment.

Everyone froze, staring blankly at the little white dog in the center of the arena.

"...How much...?"