Elder brother's garrison

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This feature, which increases the consumption of challenge tickets, is indeed quite discouraging for newbies.

In short... I'll go farm challenge tickets first today.

After making some preparations, Xiaobai led a group of ship girls away from the temporary naval base and headed to the 8-4 sea area.

Time flew by and it was noon.

After completing tasks all morning, Xiaobai's challenge tickets had recovered to over 4000. After returning to the temporary naval base, she looked at the rankings of the top ten admirals and did some quick calculations.

These four thousand-plus challenge tickets are only enough for a newbie to challenge three of the top ten admirals.

As for those outside the top ten admirals... forget about it.

This morning, while waiting for the ship girls to return, Xiaobai tried to challenge the admiral ranked 1,000th. The admiral's app showed that the required number of challenge tickets was over 40 million.

Ok.

Fortunately, Xiaobai is healthy, otherwise she feels that she would have developed high blood pressure from this thing sooner or later.

Just as Xiaobai was lying in bed, preparing to figure out who she should cause trouble for this time, suddenly, before she could select the admiral she wanted to challenge, she heard a "beep beep beep" sound from her phone, and a message notification appeared on Xiaobai's phone screen.

"Ding! You have been selected as the target for the orienteering challenge."

"Huh?" Xiaobai, who was scrolling through her phone, stared wide-eyed at the message that appeared on her phone and quickly got up.

I was just worried about not having anyone to practice with... and someone actually sent me a challenge?

And it's not a random challenge, it's a targeted challenge?

This development piqued Xiaobai's curiosity, so she quickly opened the targeted challenge page and looked at the information of the admiral who had challenged her.

"Your opponent for this targeted challenge is Admiral Guan Qi, currently ranked 12th in the world with 310 points."

"This exercise will begin in two hours at Exercise Field No. 12 in Sea Area 8-2. Please bring your ship girls there as soon as possible."

"..."

Xiao Bai tilted his head, looking at the challenge names on his phone.

Ok……

This Admiral Guan Qi... looks familiar. If I'm not mistaken, this Admiral seems to be one of the more than seventy Admirals I challenged yesterday.

It's a bit strange.

Why would this admiral... take the initiative to challenge me?

Xiao Bai put down her phone, turned to look out the window, and seemed lost in thought.

……

Sea area 8-2, exercise range 12.

On the beach outside the exercise area, crowds thronged.

The admirals gathered together spontaneously, as if preparing to watch some world-class competition, nervously rubbing their hands together as they watched.

In the middle of the beach, a young admiral, dressed in a neat admiral's uniform, gazes solemnly at the sea, his back to the crowd, remaining silent.

The crowd is getting bigger.

Occasionally, when an exercise ended, the passing admirals, seeing the dense crowd, would gather around and curiously ask the people nearby.

"Huh? What are you doing?"

"Don't you know?" The people around him turned to look at him and said, "There's going to be a big show soon!"

"A big show? What is it?"

"Did you see the admiral next to the referee?" The crowd pointed at the young man in white in front of them.

"Uh... isn't that Admiral Guan? He's a really nice guy."

"Yes, Admiral Guan just issued a targeted challenge to the world's number one admiral!"

"Oh, a targeted challenge... Huh??? Wait, what did you say? The world's number one?" Upon hearing this, the others widened their eyes and gaped in disbelief, saying, "Has Admiral Guan gone mad??? He was doing just fine in the event, why would he suddenly want to challenge the world's number one!"

"Wasn't the world's number one missile ship girl just banned?!"

"Yes."

"Admiral Guan just lost to the world's number one missile ship girl yesterday, and he seems to be bothered by it ever since. Ever since he heard that the world's number one had his missile ship girl banned, he hasn't said a word. This morning, he got up very early, immediately farmed enough challenge tickets, and quickly launched a targeted challenge against the world's number one. Perhaps... he has a way to win."

Everyone sighed slightly as they looked at the departing figure of the locked-up admiral.

The admiral locked himself up, showing only the back of his head to everyone, so they couldn't see his expression.

This demeanor inexplicably added to his air of mystery, like that of a reclusive master.

The crowd grew larger and larger.

Everyone was waiting to see how the admiral would react.

Finally, half an hour passed.

Amid the bustling crowd, several admirals who were focused on the direction of the beach entrance suddenly brightened up and called out loudly.

"Look! Admiral Lu Lin has finally arrived!"

Upon receiving the news, the crowd turned their heads rapidly in a flurry of activity.

From the direction of the beach entrance, a female admiral with long, snow-white hair was leading a tall ship girl, approaching in this direction under everyone's gaze.

"Hmm? Admiral Lu Lin seems to have only brought one ship girl... Is she going to fight with just one ship girl?"

The crowd was initially puzzled when they saw that there were only two people approaching.

But soon, the sharp-eyed admiral immediately screamed excitedly.

"Wait! No! She brought... she brought..."

"Montana!"

"After banning the missile-equipped ship girls, Admiral Lu Lin is going to deploy special ship girls!"

The admirals shouted in panic.

As everyone watched, Xiaobai's figure gradually became clearer.

The ship girl following behind her raised her arms, holding the back of her head, looking relaxed and carefree.

This leisurely, tall, and beautiful ship girl is currently observing the surrounding training ground with great interest. She is wearing a technologically advanced trench coat with a thin bodysuit underneath. Her long legs are encased in a heavy exoskeleton, and her light yellow twin ponytails dance in the wind.

Montana noticed the shouts of the admirals and, from a distance, even raised her arm and waved gently at the stunned crowd.

Everyone looked away, glancing at each other.

For a moment, everyone was hesitant and submissive.

When they looked at Admiral Guan Qi again, a hint of sympathy unconsciously appeared in everyone's eyes.

Chapter 3148 Of course, it's about offering loyalty!

Montana.

For the admirals of Chapter 8, these three words represent a memory that happened not long ago, a memory that all the admirals are tacitly unwilling to recall.

Those were years filled with defeat and gunfire.

As the strongest salvage ship among the three special ship girls, Montana lingered in the 8-2 area for more than a month, accepting challenges from various admirals.

At this moment, nearly 80% or 90% of the admirals on the beach had personally experienced the deadly suffocating feeling of practicing with this ship girl.

Montana's strength far exceeds the admirals' definition of the term "ship girl".

Over the course of more than a month, she utterly thrashed almost every admiral who could reach the 8-2 sea area. Any admiral facing her, even those in the top ten except for Admiral Lu Lin, could hardly last ten minutes against her. Gradually, after one crushing defeat after another, the admirals' initial motivation for fighting Montana changed. They no longer hoped to gain the favor of this special ship girl; they simply wanted to see someone defeat this monstrously powerful ship girl, whoever it was.

Then, amidst great anticipation, the world's number one admiral made his move.

The result, of course, did not disappoint the admirals. Under the world's number one beyond-visual-range missile, even the monstrous Montana could not see any hope of victory and finally surrendered.

This was also the only time in Chapter 8 that the admirals overcame their fear with excitement and cheered in unison for the world's number one admiral.

Montana has now submitted to the world's number one naval base, becoming one of the most formidable backers of the world's number one naval base when it rules over this sea area.

To be fair.

If the world's number one admiral were to deploy Montana during their exercise against him, what chance would the other admirals have of winning?

Thinking of this, the admirals smiled wryly.

Are you kidding me... Even if everyone on the beach ganged up on Montana, they couldn't possibly win.

……

At the other end of the beach, Montana waved to the crowd on the shore, then smiled and turned to look at the little white dog beside him.

"Admiral, there are so many people here."

"Hmm... there are quite a lot." Xiaobai nodded, her gaze thoughtfully fixed on the crowd on the beach. "It's really lively."

"Are they all looking forward to our appearance?" Montana asked again.

"Maybe." Upon hearing this, Xiaobai closed her eyes and smiled.

Xiaobai ignored the group of people on the beach who were staring at her with complicated expressions. She led Montana to the training ground of Exercise Field No. 12 and went to the referee.

As soon as the referee saw Xiaobai, he immediately saluted Xiaobai.

"Am I late?" Xiaobai asked the referee with a smile.

"Reporting to Admiral Lu Lin, there is one and a half hours left before the start of the exercise challenge. Do you wish to click the 'Confirm Arrival' button?" the referee asked earnestly.

"Hmm... let's press it when we get there."

Xiao Bai responded, glanced at the crowd around her, then took out her phone, opened the Admiral app, and clicked the "Confirm Arrival" button.

With a series of beeping sounds from the phone, a reminder that the exercise would begin in five minutes appeared on Xiaobai's phone screen.

Xiao Bai put down her phone and let out a soft breath.

"Admiral Lu Lin, I have finally seen you in person." Just then, a respectful voice came from in front of Xiao Bai.

Xiao Bai looked up.

Admiral Guan Qi, Xiao Bai's opponent, was also looking at Xiao Bai. His gaze towards Xiao Bai was filled with fear, but also with some complex emotions.

"You're the one who locked up the admiral, aren't you?" Xiaobai nodded.

"It is indeed I." Admiral Guan bowed slightly and said, "Yesterday, I had the honor of rehearsing with Admiral Lu Lin. I wonder if Admiral Lu Lin remembers?"

"I remember, you are Admiral Guan Qi." Xiao Bai nodded, then glanced at the ship girls behind Admiral Guan Qi and asked curiously, "Admiral Guan Qi, I have something I want to ask you. Why did you launch a targeted challenge against me today?"

Upon hearing Xiaobai's words, Admiral Guan Qi's arms trembled, and beads of sweat immediately appeared on his forehead.

"If... this has caused any inconvenience to Admiral Lu Lin, I am willing to accept the punishment," Admiral Guan said, bowing.

"No, you misunderstood, Admiral Guanqi." Xiaobai smiled at Admiral Guanqi. "I'm not angry, I'm just a little curious why you chose me as your challenge target? I remember that if I lost to you, my score should have dropped a lot."

“Admiral Lu Lin is right,” Admiral Guan Qi replied.

"Don't you want to break into the top ten admirals?" Xiaobai asked again.

"The position of one of the top ten admirals has always been the goal that we strive for. I believe that no admiral in this world would willingly give up the opportunity to break into the top ten." Admiral Guan bowed to Xiaobai.

"That's very interesting." Xiaobai raised a finger, hooking his index finger against his lower lip. "Admiral Guan, since you don't want to give up your chance to break into the top ten, why did you challenge me?"

"Admiral Lu Lin, I... have come to beg you to spare me," Admiral Guan said, bowing his head.

"Eh?"

“Through yesterday’s events, I have come to a profound understanding of a principle,” Admiral Guan Qi said earnestly. “That is, for all those who aspire to be among the top ten admirals, the real challenge they need to overcome is not defeating the enemies before them, but gaining your approval.”

"……"noob.

"During this event, as the world's highest-ranked admiral, you have the right to challenge any admiral in the top ten. At the same time, due to your overwhelming strength, you possess a hidden score that strikes fear into the hearts of all who fight you. Any opponent who fights and loses will suffer a massive point deduction penalty," Admiral Guan said earnestly. "In other words... if you don't wish to, you can refuse any admiral's bid for a top-ten position during this event!"

The admiral's words were spoken with firm conviction.

Admiral Guan didn't care about others at all; what he said to Xiaobai spread to the surrounding crowd.

For a moment, the crowd fell silent; the next instant, the entire place erupted in uproar.

"what----"

"Yes, that's right!!! How come I never realized that before!!!"

"Is gaining Admiral Lu Lin's approval the key to entering the top ten admirals?"