Elder brother's garrison

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Excluding rookie naval bases, whose combat strength is beyond the scope of this discussion, among the remaining top ten naval bases, Haoding Naval Base has the strongest pure data strength. As for Nanxing Naval Base... although its world ranking is fifth and its performance has always been lukewarm and unsatisfactory, Nanxing Naval Base's outstanding feature is its versatility and balance. Although it does not have the most outstanding combat strength in any one aspect and may not be able to achieve a complete crushing kill, it can handle any type of battle very well, and its main strength is battlefield adaptability.

Nanxing, whose strength is not extreme, certainly cannot kill the final boss as quickly as others.

The final boss battle in Nanxing lasted a full twenty minutes before it ended.

When Nanxing opened her eyes and breathed a sigh of relief, the other top ten admirals all gathered around her, looking at her with some nervousness.

"Nanxing, how is your battle going?" Admiral Lian asked hurriedly, clutching his chest.

"...Yes, it's over." Nanxing nodded to everyone. "The killing is complete..."

"Whoosh! Now, except for Li Hua, all of us have broken through 8-3!" Upon hearing this, Admiral Lian immediately raised her hands and hugged Admiral Ling beside her, saying happily.

"Haha, Admiral Li Hua will catch up soon!" Admiral Haoding laughed from the side.

"Hurry up and take the kill certificate to the Admiral's Guild to activate the 8-4 access!" Admiral Ling said excitedly, hands on her hips. "Tomorrow we can start exploring the final sea area! I can't wait!"

Chapter 2948 The Goals of the Top Ten Admirals

"Hmm, it seems we'll be among the first admirals in history to arrive at the 8-4 Sea Area after the completion of the eighth chapter city." Hao Ding, standing nearby, laughed heartily upon hearing this, proudly addressing the group. "I can't wait to see what adventures await us in the 8-4 Sea Area!"

"It shouldn't be to the point of being risky..." Everyone looked at Haoding and laughed.

"No matter what, the 8-4 sea area can't possibly be more difficult than the eighth chapter that Little Cutie faced back then..." Admiral Lian said to Little White with his hands on the back of his head, "I've read your sea area strategy records. It seems that in the last step of the initial exploration, more than a dozen Deep Sea Deans appeared in one go?"

"Ah... well..." Xiaobai pursed her lips and scratched her head.

“Oh my… that’s really scary.” Admiral Lian shook his head. “The combat strength of the rookie naval base is as terrifying as ever.”

"Little cutie, are you going to stay by our side and watch the battle in Sea Area 8-4 too?" Admiral Ling asked Xiaobai curiously.

"Hmm... that's probably it." Xiaobai nodded.

"It's a pity, I was looking forward to going on an expedition with the rookie naval base after so long." Admiral Ling sighed.

"No cheating allowed!" Upon hearing Admiral Ling's words, Admiral Lian immediately held up a finger and pouted, saying, "The reason we're cooperating on the 8-3 area is twofold: firstly, we've already cleared 8-3 once, proving we have the ability to clear it; secondly, it's to save time so we can all get to the 8-4 area quickly. Once we reach the 8-4 area, we'll each have to explore independently, so no sneaking around and clinging to Little Cutie's coattails!"

"Okay, okay, I know—" Admiral Ling shook her head, "Rely on yourself, rely on yourself, right—"

Watching Admiral Lian and Admiral Ling chatting back and forth, Xiaobai couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle.

Xiaobai quite likes the healthy competition among the top ten admirals.

There is a pure joy in mutual enhancement.

"Hmm... Speaking of which, where are you all going after we finish exploring the 8-4 sea area?" Xiaobai asked, looking at everyone.

"Hmm?" Admiral Lian listened to Xiaobai's words, nodded her chin and thought for a while, then said to Xiaobai, "Hmm... I'll probably go back to the naval base."

"Huh? In such a hurry?"

"You can't leave work for too long..."

“Is it a lot of work?”

"The top ten admirals must have a lot of work, right?" Admiral Lian smiled helplessly, shrugged, and smiled at Xiaobai.

“Ah…so, what about the others…” Xiaobai looked at the remaining top ten admirals.

"Before coming to Chapter 8, I accepted a large commission from headquarters," Admiral Ling said, raising her hand. "So after finishing the initial exploration, I had to rush to complete the commission!"

"Where's Sister Nanxing?" Xiaobai asked, looking at Nanxing.

“I…” Nanxing opened her mouth to Xiaobai, her expression somewhat conflicted, but she still said regretfully, “…Well, I have a lot of work to do…I have to go back…I can’t stay here for too long.”

"Where is Sister Duan?"

"I've resigned," Duan Shuiliu calmly replied to Xiaobai.

"Ah..." Xiaobai responded with a sense of loss, turning to look at Admiral Haoding.

"Haha, Admiral Lu Lin, although I personally really want to stay here, I've been in Chapter 8 for too long. The Admiral Headquarters gave me far too long a leave of absence, and it's about time I got back to work. I guess after this initial phase of development is over, I'll also need to find some time to go back to the Naval Base to handle some official business that I haven't done in almost a year, and also start a period of commissioned work to replenish the Naval Base's resources." Admiral Hao Ding gave Xiao Bai a thumbs up, smiled brightly, revealing a set of pearly white teeth, "But Admiral Lu Lin, please rest assured, at least until our agreement is fulfilled, I won't suddenly leave!"

"If that's the case, then Admiral Li Hua will probably leave here soon after the land reclamation is finished, right?"

“Yes, that makes sense, Admiral Zhao Kuo. After all, he’s about to take office as governor-general, and a whole host of troubles await him in the future,” Admiral Haoding laughed and said to Xiaobai.

"The top ten admirals are indeed very busy people," Xiaobai said with some emotion after hearing Haoding's words.

"Little cutie seems to have been quite relaxed all along." Admiral Lian blinked and leaned closer, tilting her head to ask Little White, "After all, you're so free that you're playing a little game like 'incognito visits' in Chapter 8... You're the world's number one admiral, your workload should be no less than ours, right? Are you doing alright on your end?"

"Hmm...it's alright, it's alright..." Xiaobai scratched his head and smiled at everyone.

The job of the world's number one admiral...

Xiaobai felt that she had a relatively free time, since after finishing her work each day, she still had a lot of time to spend with the ship girls in the naval base.

However... feeling the concerned gazes of the top ten admirals in front of him, Xiaobai secretly decided not to tell them about his condition.

"No wonder, I've never seen any of you compete for special ship girls." Thinking of this, Xiaobai smiled helplessly at the top ten admirals in front of him. "I thought you weren't interested in special ship girls before, but now I see that you really don't have time to compete with so many people for them."

Upon hearing this, everyone smiled.

"We don't have that much free time to spend all day on construction machines and math problems," Admiral Lian said with a helpless shrug and a smile. "After all, I'm not very confident in my luck or math skills. Since I'm sure I can't get the special ship girl, I might as well save my energy and time and not join in the fun."

"Special ship girls are amazing... but as for the fierce competition, I've only gone through the college entrance exam once," Admiral Ling said from the side.

"Hahaha, I've seen the math problems for the research and construction machine, and I can't solve them at all!" Admiral Haoding said confidently. "So I simply gave up on research ship girls! Hmm... but I am indeed very interested in special ship girls. Now that Admiral Lu Lin's friend has obtained a construction ship girl, perhaps I can only try to get the remaining salvage ship girl."

"Oh... salvaging ship girls." Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard Admiral Haoding's words, and they nodded in agreement.

The top ten admirals are not uninterested in special ship girls.

They simply don't compete for research ship girls and construction ship girls because it takes too much time and effort.

If special ship girls are right in front of them, they have no reason not to try and win them over.

“Indeed, the conditions for obtaining ship girls through salvage are much simpler than the other two,” Admiral Lian said, arms crossed. “As long as you can defeat the ship girl you are salvaging, you can gain her approval and bring her to the naval base—it only takes the time of one battle. Whether you can get her or not, the result is obvious, and it saves a lot of time compared to building ship girls and researching ship girls.”

“If it’s a ship girl salvaged from a shipwreck, I might try to get her,” Admiral Ling said from the side. “Well… provided it’s on my way…”

"Add one." Admiral Lian raised his hand high.

“I’ll give it a try too,” Duan Shuiliu said from the side.

This is a very rare instance of water flowing voluntarily.

This drew surprised glances from everyone.

"Huh? Sister Duan, you're interested in salvaging ship girls too?" Xiaobai was slightly taken aback when she heard Duan Shuiliu's words, then turned her head and looked at Duan Shuiliu curiously, "Aren't you about to step down as admiral?"

"Ship girls aren't just for joining naval bases... For example, our military police also need a certain level of ship girl combat power. If a powerful ship girl joins us, the military police's law enforcement procedures will be much easier in the future." Duan Shuiliu bent down slightly, approached Xiaobai, and calmly explained to Xiaobai.

"Ah... I see." Xiaobai understood.

"But then again, no salvage ship girls have appeared yet," Admiral Lian said to everyone. "We've already had construction ship girls for a long time, and even the research construction machine is about to produce research ship girls, but there hasn't been a trace of salvage ship girls."

“That’s true, I’m starting to wonder if salvageable ship girls will appear…” Admiral Ling said from the side.

"Yes, all three special ship girls for the Holy Day have never been absent," Admiral Lian quickly turned her head and said, "It's just that they appear at different times!"

"Let's wait... let's just wait." Admiral Ling sighed helplessly, "She can't possibly back out now, can she?"

"We're just going to be exploring our usual fishing grounds, and who knows, she might just suddenly appear one day."

"I can't wait too long. If she doesn't show up by the time I finish clearing out the 8-4 sea area, I'll have to leave," Admiral Ling said.

"Ah...that's true...me too..."

The top ten admirals chatted and laughed on the beach.

While the top ten admirals were chatting, the ship girl teams that had set off for the depths of the sea returned to shore with their respective kill tokens.

The top ten admirals hosted a welcome dinner for the ship girls, celebrating their victory in the battle. Afterwards, they led their respective ship girl teams away from the 8-3 sea area. The group returned to the admiral guild in a grand procession, handed over their kill tokens to the staff, and unlocked access to the 8-4 sea area.

"Speaking of which, no one has been clearing out the 8-4 area for a while. Is it really okay?" After leaving the Admiral's Guild, Xiaobai turned back curiously and asked the group behind her, "Could it be that the lack of ship girls clearing out the 8-4 area is causing the deep-sea aura to spread endlessly, potentially leading to some strange phenomena?"

Chapter 2949 Golden Light Pillar Dam

Hearing Xiaobai's worries, Admiral Lian and Admiral Ling behind Xiaobai both laughed.

"Oh dear... is your little darling worried about this?" Admiral Lian asked with a smile.

"Yeah..." Xiaobai scratched his head, looking embarrassed, "...Aren't you worried?"

Xiaobai's worries were certainly not unfounded—after all, she was very clear that the phenomenon of the sea map malfunctioning a few days ago was because the admirals had not cleaned the sea area of ​​Chapter 8 for a long time, causing the deep-sea aura in the sea area to grow endlessly, which in turn cultivated Deep Sea Shinano, the Dean of the Deep Sea.

"Haha, I understand Admiral Lu Lin's concerns." Admiral Hao Ding, who was standing to the side, laughed heartily upon hearing this. However, he then comforted Xiao Bai, "But Admiral Lu Lin, please rest assured, although I haven't been to the 8-4 sea area, I can guarantee that there will be absolutely no problems in that sea area."

"really?"

Xiao Bai opened his eyes and looked at everyone blankly.

It wasn't just Admiral Haoding; it included Admiral Lian, Admiral Ling, Nanxing, Duan Shuiliu, and it seemed that none of the top ten admirals, except for Xiaobai, were worried about this matter.

"Every sea area we encounter is a whole. As for the sea area nodes one, two, three, four, etc., those are merely classifications of a sea area forcibly divided into several intensity plates by us humans using our own figments of imagination. In reality, from the ocean's own perspective, the four sea area nodes are all the same thing." Admiral Lian covered her mouth and laughed at Xiaobai. "In other words, as long as our 8-1, 8-2, and 8-3 sea areas are normal, then the problem of uncontrolled growth of deep-sea aura in the 8-4 sea area is impossible."

“As long as the admirals in sea areas 8-1, 8-2, and 8-3 are all on their normal expeditions, even if no one arrives in 8-4, the abyssal aura there will be weakened.” Admiral Ling held up a finger and smiled at Xiaobai, saying, “This is the second course in the Naval Academy’s ‘The Ocean and the Abyssal Aura’ course, and it’s essential content to memorize in the chapter’s sea area characteristics and morphological analysis.”

"Uh..." Xiaobai blushed as she listened to everyone's words. "So...so that's how it is...I...I didn't know that before..."

"Ah...right, little cutie, you were promoted by Governor Mu Yu, so you haven't taken any courses at the Naval Academy." Admiral Lian blinked at Xiao Bai, then chuckled and leaned closer, pretending to put her arm around Xiao Bai's waist. "Hehe, it's fine if you don't understand, it's all just knowledge that's useless whether you know it or not. The little cutie who doesn't know any better is even cuter in my eyes!"

"Snapped!"

Admiral Lian's groping hand was slapped away by Duan Shuiliu before it could reach Xiaobai's waist.

Admiral Lian, with tears in her eyes, pouted and glared angrily at Duan Shuiliu.

"This is the reward for winning the card game," Duan Shuiliu said to Admiral Lian.

"Ugh—that wretched Duan Duan!" Admiral Lian gritted her teeth and stomped her feet angrily, but still obediently withdrew her hand and stood behind Xiao Bai looking aggrieved.

Feeling the resentful gaze of Admiral Lian behind him, Xiao Bai gave an awkward smile.

"Uh... um... since we don't need to worry about the 8-4 sea area... then... there are still a few hours before the sea closure time, should we go and take a look at the 8-4 sea area first?" Xiaobai asked the group.

"Admiral Lu Lin, would you like to take a look at 8-4?" Admiral Hao Ding asked.

“Yes, the normal expedition can be left for tomorrow. Let’s just consider today as a reconnaissance trip.” Xiaobai put his hands together. “After all, it’s not easy for us to open up the 8-3 sea area together. If we go home without taking a look at the 8-4 sea area, we’ll feel too empty.”

"Haha, I really agree with Admiral Lu Lin's idea!" Admiral Hao Ding laughed upon hearing this, and asked the others, "I agree with Admiral Lu Lin's idea. Would the rest of you like to go to the 8-4 sea area together before leaving get off work?"

“8-4… But didn’t we agree that the others would treat the first place winner to dinner today?” Admiral Lian looked cautiously at Duan Shuiliu.

“I didn’t participate in your bet, so I don’t have to eat.” Duan Shuiliu shook his head. “Let’s go check out 8-4.”

"Haha, I can arrange the dinner. Last time I held a banquet at the Central Building, the staff gave me a lot of discount coupons and meal tickets." Admiral Haoding laughed and said to everyone, "We can go to 8-4 first to take a look and familiarize ourselves with the environment for tomorrow's expedition, then we can have a meal together at the Central Building, and then go home!"

"Oh, oh, oh—Brother Haoding!" Admiral Lian raised both hands high. "I knew you were reliable!"

"Hahaha! Admiral Lian, you flatter me!" Admiral Haoding puffed out his chest in front of Admiral Lian.

……

After a brief discussion, the top ten admirals quickly reached a consensus on a plan.

Before leaving get off work, take a look at the 8-4 sea area!

The group left the Admiral's Guild and headed towards the entrance to Sea Area 8-4 with their ship girls.

The entrance to the 8-4 sea area was somewhat remote and secluded, as most admirals were still at levels 8-1 and 8-2 in the current Chapter 8. When Xiaobai and his group approached the entrance to 8-4, the surrounding streets were deserted, with almost no pedestrians. The empty streets were lined with rows of snow-white buildings. As the group moved between the tall buildings, a large iron gate soon appeared at the end of the street, along with a pavilion maintained by staff from the Admirals' Guild.

Xiao Bai and his group arrived at the entrance to the 8-4 sea area. They showed their respective admiral credentials to the staff guarding the entrance. After verifying their qualifications for pioneering, everyone walked into the beach where the 8-4 sea area was located.

Pass through the iron gate.

Behind the iron gate was a vast beach.

At the end of the beach, the waves seemed to roll endlessly in the dark ocean, and the dark clouds above were heavy and oppressive.

Visibility at sea was low; as far as the eye could see, the sea was shrouded in an endless black fog, making it impossible to see very far.

"Oh... is this the 8-4 sea area..." Xiaobai walked on the beach, looking at the horizon at the end of the sea, and murmured to himself.

"Admiral Lu Lin, how are you feeling?" Admiral Hao Ding came to Xiao Bai's side and asked her.

"It feels like... apart from the slightly stronger deep-sea aura on the surface, it's not much different from the previous three sea area nodes." Xiaobai withdrew his gaze and asked Admiral Haoding, "I thought that since the 8-4 sea area is the last node, the sea area strength would at least be close to the state before the pioneering."

"Hahaha!" When Admiral Haoding heard Xiaobai's words, he was first stunned, and then he couldn't help but laugh as if he had been hit with a funny bone. "Admiral Lu Lin, you are overestimating the level of us ordinary admirals. If the 8-4 sea area can really be close to the state of the eighth chapter before the opening, then there should be no second admiral in the world besides you who can clear the 8-4 sea area."

"Uh..." Xiaobai was a little embarrassed by Haoding Admiral's laughter. "My, my... I'm sorry."

"Admiral Lu Lin, why apologize for such a small matter?" Admiral Hao Ding nodded with a smile. "This also proves that you, Admiral Lu Lin, have indeed experienced a fierce battle that is unimaginable to ordinary people in order to bring back the completed Chapter 8 to us! That is why the Admiral's Guild's generous rewards to the newbie garrison seem even more reasonable and correct!"

"Don't praise me... I, I'm really embarrassed," Xiaobai said, shaking her head as she held her flushed cheeks.

"Haha!" Admiral Haoding put his hands on his hips, simply smiled and nodded, and didn't say anything more.