Elder brother's garrison

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"No...no need, no need!" Shi Xia quickly shook her head and said, "I didn't contribute to this deep-sea metal, so it can't be mine. You've already helped me a lot, so Admiral Lu Lin, please keep it!"

Although she wasn't quite sure why such spoils of war would appear in her own waters, Shi Xia felt she couldn't accept such a grand gift.

Holding the deep-sea metal, Xiao Bai looked at Shi Xia's nervous expression as she kept shaking her head, and suddenly burst out laughing.

"It's alright, Miss Xia, just accept it." Xiao Bai stepped forward, pried open Shi Xia's hands, and placed the deep-sea metal in her hands. "Such a big incident happened in your sea area. Even if it didn't lead to serious consequences, you'll still need some evidence when the higher-ups ask you to write a report, right? Having this on hand will at least make the writing process much easier."

"Ah this..."

"Miss Xia, don't worry," Xiao Bai smiled. "I have plenty of deep-sea metal."

Shi Xia stared at Xiao Bai, stammering. She held the deep-sea metal in her hands, looking somewhat bewildered.

But in the end, Shi Xia lowered her head, feeling the heavy weight in her hands, her eyes reddening slightly, and silently nodded.

"Thank you... thank you..."

Chapter 3350 Encounter

This piece of deep-sea metal would certainly be a pretty good loot in Chapter 2, but to be honest, Xiaobai and Nanxing are already admirals who have cleared Chapter 8. Compared to the high-quality deep-sea metal produced in Chapter 8, they really don't think much of the deep-sea metal in Chapter 2.

Even beginners would complain about the taste of this as a snack.

But Shi Xia is different.

Shi Xia is a new admiral, and her garrison is in dire need of start-up capital.

A high-quality piece of deep-sea metal could play a very important role for her.

Xiao Bai figured that since this thing wasn't much to her or Nan Xing's liking, they might as well leave it for someone who needed it...

Anyway, Xiaobai thought that Admiral Shixia was a good person. Her ship girls were also very individualistic and enthusiastic. They were polite and respectful to her group. Moreover, her group had just eaten so much rice from their naval base. Xiaobai had seen Shixia staggering out of the kitchen looking exhausted while they were eating. Giving her a piece of deep-sea metal from Chapter Two was no big deal.

Of course.

Xiao Bai had considered giving Shi Xia something more.

But there's one principle that even a novice like Xiaobai knows: too much of a good thing is bad.

Xiao Bai finds Shi Xia pleasing to the eye, so helping her out a little is fine, but if Xiao Bai can't help but help too much, it's never a good thing.

Xiao Bai is somewhat aware of his own influence.

"Woo..."

Shi Xia held the deep-sea metal in her hands, and soon tears streamed down her face.

Shi Xia raised her hand and kept wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes, sobbing as she spoke to Xiao Bai.

"Admiral Lu Lin, thank you so much, sob sob... You are the best person to me in this world besides my parents..."

"It's not that exaggerated..." Xiaobai smiled sheepishly, scratched her cheek, looked around, and then said to Shi Xia, "Miss Xia looks a bit like a friend of mine, so I couldn't help but help you out."

"Friend?" Shi Xia stopped crying and looked at Xiao Bai through teary eyes.

“She’s an old friend,” Xiaobai said. “I met her in a similar situation to yours, but she was even less fortunate than you back then.”

The friend Xiaobai mentioned naturally refers to Nia.

Xiao Bai did see some of Nia's traits in Shi Xia.

This statement doesn't mean that Nia and Shi Xia look alike, but rather that when Xiao Bai first met Nia and Shi Xia, both of them were in rather dire straits.

However, Nia's situation back then seemed to be worse than Shi Xia's.

"Yes, I see..." Shi Xia wiped her eyes, sniffed, and looked at Xiao Bai. "So that's how it is... Is it similar to my situation... I, I understand."

"Hmm? What do you understand?" Xiaobai asked curiously.

“Admiral Lu Lin, your friend… must really like you, right?” Shi Xia said, wiping her eyes.

"Huh? Well..." Xiaobai was taken aback.

"She'll definitely fall for Admiral Lu Lin, she'll be head over heels in love with you!" Shi Xia quickly added, "She won't be able to see anyone else in her eyes anymore!"

Shi Xia's words came from the bottom of her heart.

When someone reaches out and pulls you out of the darkness, then offers meticulous care and a warm, sun-like embrace, the emotional impact of such a gesture cannot be explained by a simple suspension bridge reaction.

It will collapse.

It's completely hopeless.

What girl in this world could resist something like this?

Moreover, Admiral Lu Lin is truly a lovely and gentle girl.

Shi Xia felt that she was almost falling in love with Admiral Lu Lin after he helped her so many times, let alone the friend that Xiao Bai mentioned.

Don't bring up the issue of whether it's straight or not.

Just a few hours ago, Shi Xia thought she had been straight since birth, but now she even felt that a cute girl like Admiral Lu Lin might be acceptable.

"The idea that you can't tolerate anyone is just too... cheesy." Xiaobai laughed upon hearing this. "However, my relationship with that friend is indeed very good. Miss Xia, if there's a chance in the future, perhaps we can meet again in the high-level sea area."

"I, I will try my best!" Admiral Shi Xia nodded hurriedly, hugging the notebook in his arms tightly, as if he were hugging a Bible.

Xiaobai and Nanxing are going to the beach to see the ship girls.

Admiral Shi Xia originally wanted to go with them, but holding the notebook in her arms, she always felt uneasy. So she said goodbye to Xiao Bai and Nan Xing early on, and prepared to go back to her admiral's office, put the notebook into the most secure safe in the entire garrison, and then come out to find Xiao Bai and Nan Xing.

Shi Xia, clutching her notebook, skipped and hopped back to the garrison.

Xiaobai and Nanxing watched Shi Xia's retreating figure until she disappeared into the office building, then they looked at each other.

“She likes you,” Nanxing said to Xiaobai.

"I'm very likable," Xiaobai smiled at Nanxing, "which is why I've made so many friends all over the country!"

“…” Nanxing shook her head, “That’s not what I meant…”

"What does Sister Nanxing mean?" Xiaobai looked at Nanxing curiously.

"..." Nanxing didn't say anything, but silently moved closer to Xiaobai and put his arm around Xiaobai's shoulder.

On the golden, sparkling beach, the sea breeze, carried by the waves, weaves through the figures of the white-clad ship girls.

Although Nanxing changed into a swimsuit, she did not go into the sea to play in the water, but stayed by Xiaobai's side.

Although Xiaobai had told Nanxing that she didn't need to worry about her and could go underwater to play with the ship girls, Nanxing always shook her head and whispered that it was fine to stay here.

Seeing Xiaobai and Nanxing snuggling together, the ship girls from the Nanxing family were quite sensible and none of them came up to greet Nanxing.

The quiet afternoon seemed to pass by quickly.

Xiao Bai and Nan Xing's group spent the night at Shi Xia Garrison.

That night, Xiaobai and his group felt the warmth and softness of the bed for the first time in a long time, and they slept very soundly.

Early the next morning.

Shi Xia got up early, intending to make breakfast for Xiao Bai and her group, but Xiao Bai and Nan Xing's group got up even earlier than her. Everyone had already packed their luggage and was ready to leave.

"Ah, Miss Xia, good morning." Xiaobai stood in front of the naval base gate, smiling as she looked at Admiral Shi Xia, who was wearing a nightcap and pajamas, staring blankly at her group with her mouth agape.

"Admiral Lu Lin, Admiral Nan Xing, are you leaving already?" Admiral Shi Xia stammered.

“Yes, we still have a long way to go,” Xiaobai said. “Thank you for your hospitality, Miss Xia. We had a very happy day, and the food you cooked was delicious.”

"Ah... well, breakfast..."

"We'll take care of breakfast ourselves," Xiaobai smiled. "We won't bother you any longer."

"Then, I'll take you there!"

"No need, Admiral Shi Xia is very busy. You already missed a day yesterday because of us, so I can't trouble you any further." Xiao Bai politely declined Admiral Shi Xia's offer.

"Oh, oh... well... alright then..." Admiral Shi Xia looked bewildered, glancing at Xiao Bai and Nan Xing, who were all dressed up. Suddenly, she felt a pang of sadness at parting. Admiral Shi Xia's spirits dampened, and she whispered, "Admiral Lu Lin... Admiral Nan Xing... it was a pleasure to meet you both..."

“It’s a pleasure to meet you too.” Xiao Bai stepped forward and said with a smile, “Miss Xia, I forgot to mention yesterday, after we leave, please remember to contact the local police station and ask them to have someone remove those posts on the internet that promote the unpurified sea area. I think most of the tourists came because of those posts.”

"I will, I will!" Shi Xia nodded quickly.

"After what happened yesterday, if you use your connections to post some related information online, public opinion will probably turn in your favor once it spreads."

"Okay, okay..."

Shi Xia listened blankly.

"Remember to get enough rest," Xiaobai smiled. "To become an admiral, a healthy body is a must."

“Okay, okay!” Shi Xia nodded again.

"Then we won't bother you any longer."

Xiao Bai raised her hand and waved to Shi Xia with a smile.

After thanking Shi Xia, Xiao Bai and his group slowly left Shi Xia's garrison.

Shi Xia stood on the threshold of the garrison's gate, staring blankly at the backs of Xiao Bai and his group. Suddenly, as if she had thought of something, she quickly took two steps forward and shouted.

"Admiral Lu Lin!!! Admiral Nan Xing!!!"

Hearing Shi Xia's voice, Xiao Bai and Nan Xing, who were in the distance, stopped and turned around.

"You...you all...you will definitely become top ten admirals in the future!!! You can do it!!!"

Admiral Shi Xia racked his brains and came up with the best blessing he could think of, and shouted it out.

The most powerful admirals are those top ten admirals who are high above the rest.

Although Admiral Shi Xia couldn't find information about high-ranking admirals in the database due to her short experience and low authority, she felt that this was a blessing that was enough to satisfy her.

Therefore, Admiral Shi Xia shouted with extra force.

Xiao Bai and Nan Xing, watching Shi Xia shouting enthusiastically from a distance, were slightly stunned and exchanged a glance.

But soon, Xiaobai showed a happy smile.

"Yes! I'll try my best too!"

Xiao Bai waved, seemingly quite pleased.

……

Xiao Bai and his group arrived at the nearby road and soon spotted three buses.

The drivers responsible for transporting the goods arrived near the Shixia Garrison early on. Even though Xiaobai didn't tell them the exact location of the Shixia Garrison, the group of people came to them on their own the next day.

As expected of a seasoned veteran from the Admiral's Headquarters, he's truly reliable.

Chapter 3351 Deep City

After boarding, the three buses carrying Xiaobai and his group slowly set off, gradually driving away from the small border town where Shixia Garrison was located along the highway.

As the bus gradually drove away, the small border town shrank in everyone's sight, disappearing on the other side of the horizon and swallowed up by the sea and mountains.

The ship girls inside the vehicle clung to the windows, watching the sea shimmer and sparkle in the sunlight.

Some of the ship girls were sighing, some were lamenting, and some were reminiscing.

Yesterday's experience was like a fun and vivid dream for the ship girls.

Xiaobai leaned against Chaodahe's arms, feeling herself bounce slightly against a full and soft body as the vehicle jolted, enjoying the trampoline-like fun, while fiddling with her phone with her head down.

After leaving the Shixia Garrison, Xiaobai had something he wanted to confirm.

Following her memories of yesterday's beach trip, Xiaobai quickly found the tourist brochures that the beachgoers had shown her online.

Admiral Shi Xia acted very quickly.

Less than half an hour after Xiaobai left the Xia Town Guardian's Mansion, all the related travel posts on the internet had been completely banned. Xiaobai even went so far as to find the users who posted the banned travel posts and discovered that all of them had their accounts banned.

Xiaobai closed the webpage, thought for a while, and then searched for keywords such as "beach, tourism, ship girl" on the search engine.

Click OK.

brush brush...

A bunch of web links appeared in front of the novice.

These are all new messages from within the last 24 hours.

"A large number of tourists ignored warnings and repeatedly ventured into the deep sea, ultimately suffering a deep-sea attack."

"At XX Beach in XX City, tourists secretly entered a dangerous area, and unsurprisingly..."

"Shixia Naval Base: A near-perfect rescue operation, and human teammates who are as stupid as pigs and dogs."