Elder brother's garrison

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"You...you are a monster!!! You're not human, you're not human!!!"

This scene completely shattered Aunt Mei's psychological defenses, causing her to scream without even realizing it.

Chapter 3715 The Silent Bell

The walls of the principal's office were riddled with holes from the fight, especially the side facing the artificial lake. Perhaps due to its weaker structure or the dampness, the entire wall collapsed like tofu, exposing the view on the other side of the artificial lake without any cover.

That's why the mechanical whale lying in the middle of the artificial lake, covered in mud and with a ferocious face, is particularly eye-catching.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the mechanical whale roared and opened its huge mouth, from which extended a massive main cannon. The cannon barrel was filled with astonishing light and heat, as if the cannonball was about to be fired at any moment.

In 1913, Illinois used the high ground to speed towards the artificial lake.

brush brush --

Between a few brief leaps, 1913 and Illinois jumped off the school building. Their steps did not pause for a moment after touching the wet soil, and they continued to rush towards the lake.

The two ship girls swept through the dense forest like two hurricanes, breaking trees along the way, with the rustling of leaves rubbing against each other echoing in their ears.

The two ship girls are already approaching the lake at full speed as much as possible.

Even so, they were still quite a distance from the lake surface where the mechanical whale was lying. At this moment, the cannonball in the mechanical whale's mouth was almost fully charged, and the fiery red steel ball was aiming at the teaching building behind the two ship girls.

"Illinois, there's not enough time—"

1913 was the first to realize the situation and quickly alerted her companion beside her.

The timing of this mechanical whale's appearance was indeed fatal.

Before the mechanical whale appeared, none of the people present could have imagined that such a thing would suddenly appear in human society. At this moment, the mechanical whale was aiming at the teaching building in the distance. Illinois and 1913, who were responsible for intercepting it, were still a long distance away from the mechanical whale, and they were currently traversing the jungle. The dense trees and muddy environment around them would become fatal sources of interference with their artillery aiming. Moreover, these two were new ship girls with a training level of only 1, and they lacked a lot of experience in artillery fire on such complex, time-sensitive, and interference-ridden land terrain...

The more I thought about it, the more serious the situation seemed to become...

As 1913 watched the mechanical whale in the distance gradually being enveloped in a deadly red light, a strong sense of tension welled up in his heart, and his breathing became rapid.

The road beneath our feet seemed exceptionally long and distant.

"Miss Thirteen, do you have a solution?" Just then, Illinois's voice rang out from the side.

"We're at a loss." 1913 shook his head.

“It’s okay, I have it.” Illinois’s voice rang out again.

"...?" 1913 was stunned for a moment. Her fast-moving legs subconsciously paused for a second, and her gaze fixed on the other side of the lake froze.

In 1913, he turned his gaze to Illinois beside him.

After saying those words, Illinois immediately abandoned her plan to continue. She then suddenly turned around, nimbly leaped onto a tree trunk, and with a flurry of falling leaves, gracefully climbed to the top of the tree and landed steadily.

“Illinois, what do I need to do?” she called out immediately when her companion stopped.

“Thirteenth Sister, there’s no need to do anything special.” Illinois, who had climbed to the top of the tree, took a deep breath and then exhaled. She raised her arms and gathered her long hair into a single ponytail. Then, staring at the mechanical whale on the lake, her eyes lit up with emerald flames. “When the time is right, leave it to me with confidence.”

"..." 1913 slowly stopped.

The green flames in Illinois' eyes seemed to make 1913 realize something. She slightly opened her eyes and spoke softly.

"...Ship equipment skills?"

“…” Illinois did not reply. She simply smiled slightly, her eyes, burning with green flames, narrowed slightly.

Illinois was not disturbed further in 1913.

The artificial lake and jungle area suddenly became quiet.

The sounds of trees breaking and leaves rustling have subsided, replaced by the faint sound of wind and tranquil water.

Illinois seemed to have entered a special meditative state, devoid of joy, sorrow, desire, or wants.

And then, at this very moment.

The mechanical whale on the lake completed its preparations for firing the cannonballs, and with a boom, it launched an attack towards the teaching building.

Roar----

A massive, crimson iron ball briefly illuminated the night sky like a shooting star, then, accompanied by a roaring flame, it passed through the dense forest where 1913 and Illinois were located, heading straight towards the teaching building.

As the shell finally shot out, 1913's heart skipped a beat with the loud noise.

Whoosh!

The shells flew over the dense forest in the blink of an eye.

It was under these circumstances that Illinois took action.

Illinois raised her right hand, her slender middle finger touching her thumb, and then gently pinched it together.

Buzz————

Illinois's gesture was clearly just a snap of his fingers, yet 1913, standing next to Illinois, distinctly heard a distant chime.

It was as if the large iron bell on the roof of a church, used for sacrifices and timekeeping, had suddenly been struck. This profound and distant sound, centered on Illinois, instantly enveloped the artificial lake, dense forest, and even the school buildings within a radius of several kilometers.

Bells?

1913 slightly opened her eyes, instinctively puzzled by the voice Illinois was making.

But soon, in 1913, they were surprised to discover something.

As the bell rang, 1913 clearly felt that everything around him seemed to slow down.

The sound of leaves rubbing together was drawn out for an extremely long time. The sound changed from a refreshing rustling to a dull, low, and even eerie sound. The sounds of wind and water also seemed to be slowed down, exhibiting a particularly unique sonic quality.

Just as she realized the sounds around her had changed in 1913, she suddenly noticed something else.

That is... it seems that her own body has also been put on pause.

In 1913, she wanted to speak, but she couldn't. Her body was no longer flexible, and her limbs no longer obeyed her commands. She could only maintain the same posture and couldn't even move her eyes, which were fixed on the shells in the sky.

Surprisingly, the shell that had been so aggressively heading towards the teaching building suddenly stopped in mid-air.

In 1913, you can even clearly see the lifelike tail flame of the shell, as well as the leaves that were lifted up by the huge airflow when the shell flew overhead.

Did Illinois...stop time?

It was only after 1913 that they realized this.

The melodious chimes were the only normal sound echoing during this pause.

After the bell rang three times, it faded away, and the flow of time returned to normal.

In 1913, he felt his body regain consciousness, and the distorted, low voices in his ears returned to normal.

Boom! ! !

Then, just after time returned to normal, a cannon shot rang out from overhead in 1913.

Looking up in 1913, they saw that the Illinois had already deployed its shipboard equipment and launched a salvo of shells at the deep-sea whale.

Several bombs whizzed past the deep-sea whale's cannonballs. The cannonballs met in mid-air, exploded with a bang, and bounced off each other.

The deep-sea whale's cannonballs ultimately missed the teaching building, instead exploding into a bright burst of fireworks in front of it.

“…This is…” 1913 murmured as he watched the fireworks.

Illinois's body fell from the sky, covered in dry leaves, and landed next to 1913.

"Miss Thirteen, let's go!" Illinois called out, then immediately turned around and continued heading towards the artificial lake.

“…” 1913 turned around, staring at Illinois’s back, and took a step forward.

The two men ran through the dense forest and soon caught up with Illinois in 1913.

"Did you just pause time?" 1913 asked Illinois.

"It's just a trivial skill." Illinois seemed completely unconcerned about what she had done. She simply smiled and explained, "That was just my skill, the Silent Bell."

"After activation, time around the area can be paused for the duration of three bell tolls?" 1913 asked.

"...That's exactly right."

“A very powerful ability.” 1913 stared blankly at Illinois’ profile and spoke to her.

“Thank you for the compliment… However, my ability isn’t actually that outstanding.” Illinois explained as she walked, “Although it seems like a great time-stopping ability, my body and ship equipment are actually unable to move when the ability is activated. So for me, this ability just gives me plenty of time to think and aim.”

"I see, that's why you were able to hit the shells in mid-air."

“If it were Missouri or Iowa doing it, they wouldn’t need to rely on skills; they could do the same thing with their superb artillery skills.” Illinois smiled slightly at 1913. “I’m just showing off.”

"...No, this is a divine skill that rivals the workings of creation." 1913 withdrew her gaze, looking leisurely towards the artificial lake, and said, "Sufficient time for thinking and judgment is enough to win most battles."

“Let’s win the deep sea over the artificial lake first.” Illinois seemed a little surprised that she had received such recognition from 1913, and she couldn’t help but glance at 1913 a few more times. “...But thank you anyway.”

"You're welcome."

"...Thirteenth Sister, do you have skills too?"

"..." Upon hearing this, 1913 did not react, remaining noncommittal.

Chapter 3716 I set the fire

In 1913, he still didn't have the chance to use his skills.

Just as 1913 and Illinois successfully broke through the dense forest and reached the edge of the artificial lake during the pause in the whale's main cannon firing, they were surprised to find that the huge mechanical whale that had been lying on the surface of the artificial lake had disappeared.

wrong.

Using the phrase "disappeared without a trace" to describe it might be a bit inaccurate.

A more accurate description would be... it is sinking.

1913 and Illinois slowed their pace. The two of them stood at the edge of the artificial lake, looking at the mechanical whale in the lake with puzzled expressions. The whale had lost all signs of life, was emitting faint smoke, and its huge body had been swallowed by the lake water.

The mechanical whale...was sunk?

In 1913, he looked thoughtfully at Illinois.

"Illinois, is this also an effect of your skill?"

“No, no, no, I don’t have that kind of time to spare.” Illinois quickly shook her head and said, “My skill only pauses for a short while. I didn’t have time to launch an artillery barrage on the other side of the lake just now…”

"Then she is..."

In 1913, he looked at the lake with a puzzled expression.

1913 and Illinois had prepared themselves for a fierce battle with the mechanical whales when they arrived at the artificial lake, but before they could even make a move, the mechanical whales died on their own...

Could it have been Missouri and her group who did it?

Thinking of this, 1913 and Illinois looked at the mechanical whale on the lake. Although most of the mechanical whale's body had sunk into the lake, the two ship girls could still clearly tell from the injuries on the mechanical whale that the injuries were not from battleship shells or missiles.

This mechanical whale... seems to have been pierced through the body by a weapon similar to a super-powerful torpedo, killing it instantly.

torpedo?

Illinois and 1913 exchanged a glance.

Of the people on this trip, who was carrying torpedoes?

Moreover, when Illinois activated her skill to block the mechanical whale's bombardment, the mechanical whale was still alive and well... How could it be gone in the blink of an eye?

Did you act so quickly?

Just as Illinois and 1913 were looking at each other, 1913 suddenly seemed to sense something and turned her head to look at a certain spot on the lake.

Under the moonlight, on the dark, viscous surface of the lake, it seemed as if a slender girl with a transparent fish tank on her head sat on the shore.

The girl was petite and delicate, her arms supporting her on the mud beside her, looking up at the bright moon in the sky. Her fair and slender legs gently kicked in the water, and her back view looked quiet and peaceful.

Just as 1913 was about to call out, a gust of wind suddenly blew by, and 1913 felt a momentary blur before his eyes. The next moment, the girl in the distance had vanished without a trace.

In 1913, he subconsciously hooked his index finger and wiped the corner of his eye.

"Hmm? What's wrong?" Illinois asked, noticing 1913's movements. "Did you get sand in your eyes?"

“No.” 1913 lowered her hand, shook her head, and then slowly opened her parasol. “I just saw a girl over there…”

"The girl? Where is she?"

"Gone."

"She disappeared?"

"Ah."

“Oh…then go back and tell the admiral about this,” Illinois suggested to 1913 after a moment’s thought, drawing out her words.

“Okay.” 1913 looked at Illinois and nodded.