Elder brother's garrison

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"Admiral Luo Lian's performance today was truly remarkable. She accepted twelve exercises today, eight of which were random challenges she initiated, and four were selected by others," another admiral nodded and said. "Her record was undefeated! Very impressive. Even if this rank isn't considered high in Chapter 8, such a clean and decisive victory at least proves that their ship girls are among the top three or four hundred in the world."

"So what if it's three or four hundred? Does it ruin the reputation of the world's second-best naval base?" the skinny admiral said defiantly.

"Haha... This fellow, you're a bit of a liar."

"Just you wait, once her ranking rises, her true colors will soon be revealed!" The gaunt admiral angrily turned his back and strode away.

The surrounding admirals watched the departing figures of the gaunt admirals, their faces showing confusion.

"Why does this person seem to have such a lot of malice towards Admiral Luo Lian?" one of the admirals asked.

"I do not know."

"Could it be a hater?"

"Haha, that's too abstract."

The admirals around them looked at each other and laughed.

Just as the admirals were laughing, a clear voice suddenly rang out.

"He and some others had previously maliciously reported Lian... Luo Lian for violating regulations during the exercise. After an investigation, they were caught by the Admiral's Guild and were fined 6,000-word self-criticisms."

"Ok?"

The onlookers instinctively looked toward the source of the sound.

The voice that just appeared was crisp and delicate, like the sound of a clear spring, and it also had a faint sense of familiarity. Just listening to the voice was enough to make one feel happy.

When the onlookers looked over, they found that there was no corresponding female admiral around.

The admirals were curious.

"Huh? Who just said that?"

"Whose little sister is she?"

"Uh... anyway, I understand."

"Understand what?"

"Now I understand why that person was so hostile towards Admiral Luo Lian."

"Haha, me too."

"Case solved!"

"Detective!"

"of course!"

"really?"

The admirals exchanged knowing smiles.

……

Little White pressed his baseball cap to his head and left the beach.

The admirals behind him kept laughing heartily, but Xiaobai's mood didn't improve at all.

Because... what Xiaobai was worried about was exactly the same thing the skinny admiral said when he left.

Luo Lian's current strength is sufficient to handle the situation, but what if it escalates to a competition among the world's top 100... or even a top 10 contest?

Thinking of this, Xiao Bai couldn't help but sigh.

After leaving the beach, Xiaobai entered Chapter City.

At the entrance street of the chapter city, Xiaobai saw Luo Lian once again.

Luo Lian was standing by the roadside.

The ship girls behind her, having endured a day of arduous battle, were all radiant despite being covered in dust. Holding cups of canned ice cream, they didn't mind the dust in the air and enjoyed their treats right there by the roadside.

Xiao Bai stared at Luo Lian and the ship girls, and paused for a moment.

Luo Lian happened to raise her head at that moment. She looked at Xiao Bai, but her expression showed no surprise.

"Little White, come here." Luo Lian beckoned to Little White.

"Uh..." Xiaobai blinked, then, adjusting her baseball cap, she approached Luo Lian. "Lianlian, you..."

Before Xiaobai could finish speaking, Luo Lian handed him a box of ice cream.

"I just bought it, it's your favorite vanilla flavor," Luo Lian said.

"Ah... Oh oh..." Xiaobai stared blankly at the ice cream box, looking up at the ship girls.

"Admiral Lu Lin, have a taste, it's delicious!" The ship girls all gave Xiaobai friendly smiles.

Xiaobai blinked, then subconsciously picked up a spoon, scooped up a mouthful of vanilla ice cream, and put it in her mouth.

It's a very hot day now.

The sweltering summer.

Days when you're drenched in sweat.

Despite being protected by her ship armor and not sweating profusely from the slightest movement in her daily life, Xiaobai still felt a sense of blissful intoxication when she ate the cool ice cream, feeling the refreshing coolness and the gentle sweetness spreading in her mouth.

"Ah, delicious," Xiaobai said.

"I'm glad you like it," Luo Lian said.

"...Haha." Xiao Bai hugged the ice cream box, took another bite, and then stared curiously at Luo Lian, whose expression remained unchanged. "Lian Lian...you...did you know all along that I was secretly following you?"

"Do you think my little radar is just for show?" Luo Lian retorted.

"Honestly... you should have said so earlier, making me hide all the time," Xiaobai muttered.

"I saw you were having a good time hiding, so I didn't bother you."

"So what do you call me now?"

"Today's work is finished," Luo Lian said. "My world ranking has risen to 807. It's time to rest."

"Oh, oh..." Xiaobai nodded thoughtfully.

Xiao Bai joined Luo Lian's group, and the group headed back towards the temporary garrison.

Luo Lian didn't buy herself any ice cream, so Xiao Bai shared the remaining half box of ice cream with her.

Strangely enough, Xiao Bai thought that Luo Lian didn't buy her ice cream because she didn't like it, but after Xiao Bai gave Luo Lian half a box, Luo Lian looked like she was enjoying the ice cream very much.

"Lianlian, you should buy yourself a box too," Xiaobai said.

"You're right." Luo Lian's expression remained unchanged, but she still held the ice cream box tightly in her hands.

"..." Xiao Bai looked at Luo Lian's profile, thought for a while, and then asked Luo Lian, "Lian Lian... speaking of which, where did you get your challenge tickets?"

"Do it every day."

"Hey? Didn't you just start your campaign on your first day?"

"No way, I clearly asked Dessou to help me get daily challenge tickets."

"Eh... well, well, Des Moines?"

"Don't worry, the security patrol missions I asked her to do are all carefully selected. They are a bit troublesome, but with her skills, she can definitely handle them by herself," Luo Lian said. "She has done missions for me for three weeks now, at four hundred a day, which is eight thousand in three weeks, enough for me."

"Huh? So many?!"

“That’s how it works, little by little.” Luo Lian nodded. “After all, without challenge tickets there are no points, so I have to be careful.”

"Okay... alright..." Xiaobai nodded.

Luo Lian was indeed as cunning and calculating as ever.

Looking at Luo Lian's profile, Xiao Bai felt a strange sense of comfort.

"Lian Lian."

"Ok?"

"What if something goes wrong during your training and you can't make it into the top ten... what will you do?"

"I will go in," Luo Lian said calmly.

"What if?" Xiaobai asked.

"There's no 'what if'," Luo Lian shook her head.

"What if I intervene?" Xiaobai pouted and started arguing.

"..." Luo Lian looked at Xiao Bai and sighed, "Okay, then it's still possible."

"So what if we can't get in...?" Xiaobai asked.

"I see." Luo Lian looked up. "If that really happens... I'll probably have to resort to some rather extreme measures."

"Extreme?" Xiaobai asked curiously.

“For example, everything I’m doing right now is legal and compliant.” Luo Lian raised her hand. “If I can’t do it through legal means, then I’ll have to become a lawless outlaw.”

"..." Xiaobai remained silent.

After a while, Xiaobai spoke.

"Well... Lianlian, we'd better not break the law."

"What if I break the law?" Luo Lian turned her head to look at Xiao Bai.

“Uh…” Xiaobai stopped in her tracks, looked at Luo Lian with a serious expression, “I’ll hire the best lawyer in the world for you, I… I’ll wait for you to get out of prison!”

Upon hearing this, Luo Lian laughed happily.

Chapter 3286 Luo Lian's New Rival

The higher the rank of the battle, the more intense the fighting.

Xiao Bai thought that after Nia successfully passed the tribulation and became one of the top ten admirals, she could finally take a break. However, to Xiao Bai's surprise, when Xiao Bai and Nia finished a full day of training and returned to the temporary naval base, Nia was still fighting fiercely with many admirals who were vying for a top ten position on the other side of the training field.

Xiao Bai scrolled through his phone, looking at the several extra pages of green battle records next to Nia's in the Admiral app's battle history, and couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement.

"It seems that being a top ten admiral isn't so easy after all..." Xiaobai sighed.

“In the current rankings, apart from the six veteran top ten admirals, three of the remaining four positions are occupied by admirals who possess both prestige and strength, and Nia happens to be in the last position,” Luo Lian explained from the side. “Compared to the others, Nia’s rise to power was too fast and sudden, so when Nia came to this position, she naturally attracted the attention of all those who wanted to compete for the top ten admirals, and at the same time, she also bore the brunt of the firepower.”

“Konya’s current strength is definitely no weaker than Miss Ning Lu and the others,” Xiao Bai said to Luo Lian.

“This kind of logic is hard to explain,” Luo Lian said, spreading her hands. “But it’s fine. Although there are many challengers, their quality is definitely not as good as the admirals in the top ten. Anyway, we’ll fight them all, so let’s just treat it as a training opportunity for Nia.”

“That makes sense.” Xiao Bai put away her phone, looked at Luo Lian, and said with emotion, “I never expected that the current top ten admirals would have so many troubles.”

"...That's like you're not one of the top ten admirals yourself." Luo Lian looked at Xiao Bai speechlessly, then poked his shoulder with her slender white finger. "Number one in the world? Where's your self-awareness?"

"I've been an admiral for so long, and I haven't encountered many challengers..." Xiaobai said with a smile, rubbing his shoulder where Luo Lian had poked him.

Luo Lian shook her head.

Luo Lian looked like she wanted to complain about Xiao Bai, but it was clear that she held back.

……

Night is approaching.

The sky was filled with stars.

It was already late at night when Nia dragged her tired body back to her dormitory.

Nia staggered into the dormitory. As soon as she entered, she saw Luo Lian lying peacefully on the soft bed, fast asleep.

The lights were on in the room.

The light was left on for Nia.

Nia wiped the sweat from her face and plopped down on the floor, looking exhausted.

Nia swayed unsteadily for a moment, just as she was about to collapse, when suddenly her gaze drifted over the desk in the room, and then her eyes widened abruptly.

Nia quickly got up from the floor and went to the table.

There was a neatly arranged piece of paper on the table.

The paper strip features vibrant fruit-themed cartoon colors, and the handwriting on it is delicate and cute.

"Lianlian needs to prepare for tomorrow's rehearsal, so she should go to bed early."