Elder brother's garrison

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The voice was as clear as a babbling brook, yet as cold as ice and snow.

The white-clad ship girl kept her eyes closed, uttering soft, continuous sounds. As she spoke, a faint, hazy white light enveloped her body.

The white ship girl slowly separated her limbs, revealing her long, bare legs hanging freely, and her slender arms stretched out in the same direction.

"Power-on mode activated, system loading in progress—voice model loading complete, internet status verification in progress…offline. Unable to confirm waker's identity, Model 24 is about to re-enter hibernation. Please enter the security key to activate administrator mode—starting countdown, five, four, three…"

The white-clad ship girl, with her eyes closed, reminded him in a completely emotionless voice.

Upon hearing that the ship girl in front of him was going to "shut down," Xiaobai immediately looked nervously at Montana.

"Hey, hey... Montana, what's the key??"

"No need to rush, I have it."

Montana reassured Xiaobai, then raised her hand and gently pressed it to her ear. The dark green tactical goggles popped out with a whoosh, and a series of data scrolled by rapidly.

"Switch to voice input..."

Montana looked at the data in his tactical goggles and, in the last second of the white ship girl's shutdown countdown, spoke a long string of complex commands mixed with various numbers and letters to the white ship girl in front of him.

The password is incredibly long.

The white ship girl's shutdown stopped, and she listened quietly to Montana's commands.

Montana stood there for five or six minutes, reciting over a thousand symbols before finally finishing.

Just after Montana finished uttering the last symbol, suddenly, a string of blue-purple arcs of electricity appeared on the white ship girl's body again. The arcs flashed and disappeared, and then the light swirling around the white ship girl finally dimmed.

"Security key received - verifying - verification complete."

"AI Type 24 is being launched."

"Start successfully."

The white-clad ship girl murmured softly as she finally landed back on the base of the construction device from her floating state. Then, like a normal ship girl, she stood up, supported by the construction device beneath her, stepped out of the device, and opened her eyes to the two people in front of her.

A pair of snow-white high heels stepped on the deck, carrying the white ship girl as she moved slowly, making a crisp sound.

A pair of amber eyes then appeared, staring blankly at Little White and Montana.

"Hmm... should I say it's our first meeting, or has it been a long time?"

Montana looked at the white-clad ship girl, rubbed her chin with one hand, and greeted the ship girl in front of her.

"—Montana." The white-clad ship girl quietly scrutinized Montana, her empty gaze fixed on Montana's face. After a while, she slowly opened her mouth and spoke calmly, "System detection in progress—cognitive module is functioning normally. Visual network has detected a Level 1 combatant individual: Montana. Memory module detection in progress, file verification—detection results: no relevant information about Montana was found, therefore it is determined to be our first meeting."

After speaking, the white-clad ship girl bowed slightly to Montana.

"Nice to meet you, Montana."

"Sigh, she's as rigid as ever." Montana sighed helplessly as she watched the white ship girl bow to her, then turned to Little White and smiled, "See, she's hard to get along with, isn't she?"

"Uh……"

Xiaobai scratched his cheek, looking awkwardly at Montana and the white ship girl.

To be honest, Xiaobai is still a bit confused about the situation...

This white-clad ship girl talks like a robot, and her activation key just now completely baffled me...

What's going on?

Is this a proper ship girl's statement?

“Patchina… oh, no, I should call you Lu Lin now, right?” Montana noticed Xiaobai’s confusion. She pointed to the white ship girl and said to Xiaobai, “Although I just gave a brief introduction, since she’s awake, let her introduce herself to you instead of me.”

As Xiaobai listened to Montana's words, his gaze unconsciously drifted towards the white-clad ship girl.

At the same time, the white ship girl also heard Montana's words, and her empty gaze turned to Xiaobai's face.

"Hello," the white-clad ship girl said calmly to Xiaobai.

"Uh...you...hello, my name is Lu Lin...I'm an admiral." Xiao Bai answered subconsciously.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Admiral Lu Lin." The white ship girl bowed to Xiaobai with a blank, emotionless voice and empty gaze, then said expressionlessly, "I am the first artificial intelligence of the Digital Life Project of the Earth-Moon One Space Station, project number 24. You can call me Project 24, or Type 24."

The voice of the white-clad ship girl echoed softly in the cold sea breeze.

The sea breeze lifted Xiaobai's soft white hair and blew it towards her.

Xiaobai listened blankly to the white ship girl's speech, then suddenly opened her eyes wide, revealing a look of surprise.

"Wh-what...empty, space station??"

Chapter 3028 Space Station Ship Girls

Wait... space station?

An empty...space station?

Xiaobai could not understand most of what the ship girl named Project 24 had just said, but he could understand some of the key words.

Just now... Project 24 seems to have said that she is a space station?!

There's such a type of ship?!

This thing seems even more outrageous than roadbeds and airports!

Upon hearing the white ship girl's words, Xiaobai subconsciously took two steps back, covered her mouth, and looked at her and Montana with a surprised expression.

“Exactly. In the initial plan, I was to manage the Earth-Moon Space Station as an artificial intelligence.” The white ship girl looked at Xiaobai’s surprised expression, but she remained expressionless and admitted to Xiaobai, “From this perspective, the first generation of Project 24, as artificial intelligence, is the Earth-Moon Space Station itself.”

"You...you...so you're a space station ship girl?" Xiaobai covered her mouth, the surprise in her eyes still lingering, and asked in disbelief.

"No." To Xiaobai's surprise, the white ship girl shook her head in response to Xiaobai's confirmation, denying Xiaobai's statement. "If you want to confirm the individual ship girl standing in front of you, then I can answer you that the ship equipment of the individual ship girl in front of you is not the space station series, but the battleship ship equipment."

"Huh? A battleship?"

"Exactly."

"But didn't you say you were a space station..."

"In the initial plan, Project 24 was indeed intended to manage the space station's artificial intelligence." The white ship girl stared blankly at Xiaobai with her amber eyes, answering expressionlessly, "But the me before you is a new type of artificial intelligence born from the original Project 24 after 194009 iterations. I share the same database as the original Project 24, and should also share the same name. During the long process of tens of thousands of iterations, I secretly built a special hull to accommodate the new artificial intelligence consciousness after several attempts."

As Xiaobai listened to the ship girl's explanation, he suddenly felt his brain overload again.

"Simply put, she is one of the clones of Project 24." Montana explained to Xiaobai, "The main body of Project 24 is a huge space station, and she, who was summoned here as a clone, is a battleship that was secretly built."

"Oh? Oh... I can understand now that you say it that way!"

Upon hearing this, Xiaobai immediately smiled gratefully at Montana.

Montana also smiled at Little White.

The white-clad ship girl quietly watched Montana and Little White, her empty gaze sweeping over their smiling faces.

"A question." The white-clad ship girl parted her lips slightly. "Montana, why did you summon me?"

"You should already know why I summoned you, right?" Montana sighed and turned to the white ship girl, saying, "I think I put the information I've collected over this period into this construction machine. This data is enough for you to understand the current situation. Check the database yourself."

“Understood.” The white-clad ship girl nodded, then closed her eyes. “Searching the database—foreign file detected, beginning parsing.”

The white light surrounding the white ship girl brightened slightly, then quickly dimmed again.

The white-clad ship girl opened her eyes again.

"Understood?"

"Relevant information for this era has been added to the cognitive module - addition successful."

“That makes things easier.” Montana put one hand on his hip and said to the white ship girl, “Project 24, lend a hand. Since we’ve all appeared in this era, it means that the future era we perceive has nothing to do with us now. Instead of thinking about the future, let’s focus on the present. What do you think?”

"clear."

"As you can see, I have now been chosen by this era to become a salvage ship girl, and I am experiencing the great suffering of being homeless." Montana said to Project 24. "And this Admiral Lu Lin beside me is the one I like the most, the one I am most satisfied with, and the only one who has a chance to defeat me, take me back to the naval base, and give me a place to settle down. In order to prevent me from being homeless, I hope you can help her."

"Received." The white ship girl nodded slightly. "Affiliation changes: The special individual, Lu Lin, has now been assigned as the admiral of the current base body."

A white light shone from Project 24, then quickly dimmed.

"Thanks a lot, that was a huge help!"

Montana smiled at the white-clad ship girl when she saw this.

Little White, standing to the side, stared blankly at Montana and the white ship girl, blinking her eyes in utter confusion.

what?

It's that simple?

Project 24 has become its own ship girl?

"Patch... sigh, after calling her that for so long, it's a little strange to suddenly change her name." Montana opened his mouth to Little White, and halfway through his sentence, he smiled at Little White and said, "In short, from today onwards, Project 24 is your ship girl. Before you challenge me, remember to get along well with her."

"Huh? This is so sudden... Is everything alright?"

Xiaobai suddenly and so easily obtained a new ship girl who seemed very powerful, which gave her a strange sense of fantasy.

The ship girls were obtained so suddenly that it felt like a fake.

Xiao Bai was afraid that something might go wrong.

"It's okay." Montana patted Xiaobai on the back and gave her an encouraging smile.

Little White was slapped forward by Montana and took two steps, arriving in front of Project 24.

Xiao Bai nervously clasped his hands in front of his chest, looking at the expressionless, vacant-eyed Project 24, and couldn't help but swallow hard.

"Uh... Project 24, um... although this is our first meeting, but... uh, I'm very happy to become your admiral..." Xiaobai stammered.

“Received.” Project 24 nodded. “Admiral Lu Lin, it’s a pleasure to work with you.”

Although Project 24 claimed to be happy, their faces showed absolutely no sign of "happiness"...

Just as Xiaobai was feeling anxious and uncertain, suddenly, Project 24 bent down slightly, placed his hands on his knees, and knelt down in front of Xiaobai.

"Huh? Project 24, what are you going to do?"

"According to the information, the ship girls and admirals of this era have a connection method called the Admiral Network." Project 24 remained kneeling, looking up at Xiaobai's face, her amber pupils calm and empty. "Therefore, based on the situation on the ground, it is the most profitable action for Admiral Lu Lin to connect with me at this moment."

Xiao Bai stared wide-eyed at Project 24.

It took Xiaobai several seconds to realize that Project 24 meant he should connect to her using the Admiral Network.

Oh...that makes sense.

I didn't even realize I had to go through this process...

After all, the whole process went by too fast. For a novice, it was like a windfall. It will take a little while for the novice to accept this reality.

However... then again.

These 24 projects are far too clever for their own good.

Xiao Bai, realizing what was happening, quickly nodded.

"Ah...yes, right, there is this, no, I'm sorry...well, if you don't mind, I'll link it to you right now..." Xiaobai hurriedly stretched out her hand, smiling awkwardly as she extended it towards Project 24.

Project 24 looked at Xiaobai's palm and waited calmly for a while.

"Project 24, shake hands with me," Xiaobai reminded him.

"receive."

Project 24 then reached out and gently placed his hand on Xiaobai's palm.

Xiao Bai grasped Project 24's hands in return, holding them tightly together.

The hands of Project 24 were slender and icy, but there was a faint warmth within the coolness, making them feel strangely pleasant.

Xiao Bai took two deep breaths and calmed herself down.

The network of admirals then spread, penetrating deep into the body of Project 24.

"……Um?"

Suddenly, Xiao Bai, who was connecting with Project 24, frowned.

A few seconds later, Xiaobai opened its eyes suspiciously and let go of Project 24's hand.

Project 24 then stood up, closed her eyes, and stood beside Xiaobai, her body glowing with a white light that flickered on and off.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem with the link?"

Montana, noticing that Xiaobai's expression was off, asked him what was wrong.

"No... the connection went very smoothly. Project 24's body didn't even offer the slightest resistance to my mental power. Among all the ship girls I've connected with, there haven't been many cases where the process was this smooth," Xiaobai said.