Elder brother's garrison

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In conclusion, Xiaobai felt that she was too young to handle such a shock, so she quickly shook her head: "Forget it, forget it, don't call me that anymore."

“That’s a real shame,” said the Will of the Deep.

"And one more thing……"

"Ask away, I told you I would answer you." The Will of the Deep Sea raised its head proudly. She finally felt that she had gained the upper hand in her conversation with Little White.

“…Um, your skirt is too short, and you’re not wearing anything underneath…so, could you put your skirt down first…” Little White blushed, covering her eyes with her two little paws, but her golden eyes peeked out from the forked tips of her fingers.

"...Tsk." The Deep Sea Will subtly released its grip, and the hem of the skirt slowly drooped down.

"Thank you..." Xiaobai breathed a sigh of relief.

I didn't realize it before, but now even the smallest actions of the Deep Sea Will seem so lewd to a newbie.

Before, when she wasn't wearing clothes, it was fine. The things on the Deep Sea Will's body that should be revealed were revealed, and the little white things that shouldn't be revealed were also seen. At that time, she had a wild feeling, and I didn't feel that she was like the quiet girl she is now.

"Um...Deep Sea Will, do you know about...we traveled to the time gap together?" Seeing that his conversation with the Deep Sea Will could finally proceed normally, Xiao Bai asked her impatiently.

"Understood." As the Deep Sea Will spoke, its entire body leaned backward, and the green grass on the grassland surged up, transforming into a rocking chair to catch the Deep Sea Will's body.

“…Oh right, I already said that.” Xiaobai nodded.

"No." The Deep Sea Will, sitting in the rocking chair, gave her a "you definitely don't understand" look. Then, the grass beneath her continued to grow, transforming into a table beside her. She rested one elbow on the table, then propped her chin on the side, looking at Little White with interest. "I knew before you came in."

"Eh?"

“Weren’t you quite clever before?” The Will of the Deep Sea pointed to the grassy rocking chair beneath him and the table beside him, and said to Little White, “I am now the core of your spiritual world. You haven’t forgotten what your spiritual world is made of, have you?”

"My memories... Ah." Xiao Bai was also surprised to see how skillfully the Deep Sea Will manipulated the mental world.

Xiaobai's mental world is composed of the Admiral Network, and the raw materials of the Admiral Network have been mentioned many times before: the amount of information possessed by the Admiral himself.

In other words, the essence of the spiritual world is the Admiral's own memories. If that's the case, the Deep Sea Will, which became the core of the spiritual world, seems to have shared Shiro's memories, just like Pachina did before. However, there's a slight difference: Pachina only had one opportunity to share Shiro's memories; after that, Pachina couldn't access any of Shiro's newer memories.

The Deep Sea Will directly resided in Xiao Bai's memories. From the moment it became the core, not only past memories, but everything Xiao Bai experienced was directly synchronized into the Deep Sea Will's mind.

"So you know everything I've been through outside?" Xiaobai asked.

"Understood." The Will of the Deep Sea nodded. "I also know about those three useless people in your naval base."

The "three useless things" mentioned by the Deep Sea Will most likely refer to Deep Sea Yamato, Deep Sea Musashi, and Pachina.

"Yamato and the others aren't useless," Shiro muttered.

After Xiaobai explained, the Deep Sea Will didn't say anything else and remained silent.

"Do you know how we got to this era?" Xiaobai asked the Will of the Deep Sea.

"Traveling through time requires a lot of energy. All the energy in my previous body was detonated by you, and since we were right at the center, that's probably how we traveled through time," the Deep Sea Will said calmly, stating the fact that it had exploded.

"Is it that simple?" Xiaobai was taken aback.

Deep Sea Will frowned, and the hand resting on his chin suddenly clenched.

"Do you know how much energy is inside my body?" The Will of the Deep Sea hummed softly to Little White.

"Oh...sorry." Xiaobai scratched his head. "So, how do we get back?"

"You shouldn't have asked that question." The Will of the Deep Sea gave Little White a mysterious smile.

"Ok?"

"You should ask me if we can go back?" The Will of the Deep Sea stared intently at Xiaobai's expression as if it were a performance, and said slowly.

This question really scared the newbie.

"Huh?!" Xiaobai shuddered, suddenly feeling a chill run from head to toe. "Then...then can we still go back?"

"sure."

"Oh, all right……"

"Let's get a few tens of thousands of bombs first. The energy from a single explosion might last for several days." A mocking smile appeared on the Deep Sea Will's face.

Xiao Bai froze completely.

Putting aside the fact that tens of thousands of missiles can only travel for a few days, even if the target is only 10,000 missiles, with a civilization level that is so low that it is difficult to even watch fireworks, a newbie would not be able to get even one missile, let alone tens of thousands.

The words of the Deep Sea Will can be said to have directly killed any possibility of Xiaobai traveling back to the modern era.

Xiao Bai felt his body getting colder and colder, and he couldn't help but shiver.

"Then... is there any other way?" Xiaobai asked.

"Traveling is not such a simple matter." The Will of the Deep Sea simply shook its head. "If you can't get past the energy hurdle, don't even think about it."

"What should I do? Will I never see my mom and dad again?" Little Bai's eyes were about to well up with tears again.

"Not traveling through time doesn't mean you can't go back." The Deep Sea Will rested its chin on its hand and snorted at Little White. "You can also choose to live until then."

"That's hundreds of years ago, I'm long gone," said Xiaobai.

However, to Xiaobai's surprise, the Deep Sea Will looked at Xiaobai with a rare expression of astonishment.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"Do you still think you're human?" The will of the deep sea seemed quite interested in Xiaobai's reaction.

"what?"

"You have the ship equipment of the Deep Sea Abomination, you've consumed so many cores of the Deep Sea Dean, and now you even possess my spiritual power, the spiritual power of the Deep Sea Will. In terms of both physical and mental qualities, you've gradually surpassed the level of humans. Yet, do you still think you're the kind of human who won't live past a hundred years?" the Deep Sea Will asked once again.

"..." Little White stared blankly at the Will of the Deep Sea.

The Will of the Deep Sea was also watching Xiaobai. She seemed to quite appreciate Xiaobai's reaction, and a bewitching smile appeared on her lips.

"So, simply surviving to the modern era isn't a problem for you at all," the Deep Sea Will said to Xiaobai with great interest.

Chapter 461 is finally here!

Xiao Bai stared blankly at the Deep Sea Will before him.

What the Will of the Deep Sea said had a significant impact on Xiao Bai. Indeed, after acquiring the Deep Sea's land-based ship equipment, Xiao Bai's body was indeed developing in a healthier direction.

The change in hair and eye color is a special case. Apart from that, Xiaobai is full of energy and has become stronger. The quality of her nails, skin, hair, and so on is indeed getting better and better.

Xiaobai has always viewed this change as a perk of being a ship equipment administrator.

Unexpectedly, the will of the deep sea directly and ruthlessly told Xiaobai that she had now evolved into a long-lived species.

Being suddenly told that you're no longer human is quite a blow, and Xiaobai's mind was in a mess for a while. But knowing this in this situation, regardless of whether Xiaobai believed it or not, Xiaobai still felt a little bit of relief.

If, as the Will of the Deep Sea says, it is indeed a very long-lived being, then Xiaobai's desire to return home is at least not without hope.

Even if you can't time travel, if all else fails, you can just wait. After living for a few hundred years, you'll naturally reconnect with your original era.

Xiao Bai looked at the grass at his feet with a complicated expression, his mind a complete mess.

—But this has been going on for far too long, an outrageously long time.

"Is there any other way?" Xiaobai looked up and asked the Will of the Deep Sea.

"...You can find other energy entities if you want." The Will of the Deep Sea said, crossing his legs and turning his head to the other side, no longer looking at Xiaobai.

Conversation ends.

It seems there's really nothing more that can be extracted from the Deep Sea Will.

Xiao Bai sighed. After learning the conditions for returning and her own physical condition, she didn't feel like asking any other questions for the time being.

She whispered her thanks to the will of the deep sea, then closed her eyes, and slowly disappeared into the grassland as if she were ascending to heaven.

After Xiaobai completely disappeared, the Will of the Deep Sea let out a long breath, turned its head, and looked at the place where Xiaobai had disappeared.

The proud woman watched quietly as Xiaobai disappeared, her beautiful eyes now filled with an indescribable complexity.

As the core of the spiritual world, the Deep Sea Will has become a part of Xiao Bai to some extent. She has obtained all of Xiao Bai's memories and knows all of Xiao Bai's past.

Therefore, relying on this memory, she also realized that Xiaobai was not the person she had been trying so hard to kill.

At least not yet.

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The fresh scent of the grassland gradually disappeared, replaced by the smell of wood chips.

Xiao Bai slowly opened her eyes on the bed.

What catches the eye is a large moon hanging in the sky.

"You're awake." Just as Xiaobai was exiting her mental world, she heard Linglan's voice.

Xiaobai turned her head to look at her side. Linglan was huddled under the covers, with only her head sticking out as she looked in their direction.

Being able to detect that Xiaobai has woken up as soon as she opens her eyes must have taken a long time to accomplish.

Xiao Bai gave Linglan a wry smile: "Linglan-jie, aren't you going to sleep yet?"

"The house isn't finished yet, so I have to be careful when I go to sleep." Linglan pointed to the empty roof, finding a perfect excuse for spying on Xiaobai.

What could Xiaobai say? Xiaobai had nothing to say.

"Do you miss home?" Lily of the Valley asked.

“…Yes, I do.” Xiaobai nodded.

"From now on, I'll be your older sister, and this will be your home, okay?" Linglan asked cautiously.

After Suzuran said those words, Shiro and Suzuran fell into an awkward silence for a while.

"Thank you, Sister Linglan." After a long while, Xiaobai said to Linglan with some emotion.

Xiaobai neither agreed nor rejected Linglan. Linglan didn't react much to this outcome; she simply smiled at Xiaobai and then pulled her head back under the covers.

...It seems the road to reformation is long and arduous.

The next day, the small village gradually awoke in the morning dew.

Xiao Bai slowly woke up amidst the sounds of work all around her. She yawned softly and sat up in bed.

Outside the house, Linglan was sawing wood with a saw, and when she saw Xiaobai wake up inside, she smiled apologetically at him: "Oh, did I wake you up?"

"It's okay, it's okay, I woke up naturally." Xiaobai waved her hand.

"That's good." Linglan said, then turned to Xiaobai with a smile, "Speaking of which, Lu Lin, do you know how those deep-sea powders turned out yesterday?"

"How is it going?"

"Those powders turned out to be just ordinary iron powder. Now some people in the village are planning to melt them down to make some iron products," Linglan said to Xiaobai as if she had discovered a new continent. "Although we can't make weapons now, having so much extra steel is like a windfall!"

The village of Suzuran is not without iron products, but given the village's iron smelting technology, it would be too costly to produce ironware in large quantities. As a result, the wreckage of the deep-sea ship, which seemed useless to Xiaobai, actually came in handy.

Xiao Bai walked out of the house and looked at the group of people gathered in the middle of the village with their hands raised. Looking at the thick earthen cellar, he couldn't help but feel even more admiration for them.

"Oh right, Lu Lin, my grandpa was looking for you this morning." Linglan said to Xiaobai as if she remembered something when she saw Xiaobai come out.

"Is the village chief looking for me?"

"Well, I see you're going to sleep, so I'll have my grandpa go home and wait for you."

"I can't possibly do that..." Xiaobai said awkwardly. "Should I go find the village chief now?"

“It’s alright, you can go anytime. My grandpa can’t do physical labor, he can only teach the children.” Linglan didn’t seem to mind. She smiled and pointed to a house that had already been built not far away. “That’s my grandpa’s house. The villagers helped him build it first.”

It seems that the village chief is quite beloved by the villagers.

Xiao Bai hurriedly arrived at the house she pointed out, under Ling Lan's watchful gaze.

The door was ajar, and the voices of many children could be heard coming from inside.

Xiao Bai thought for a while and then gently knocked on the open door.

"Grandpa Village Chief? Did you look for me this morning?" Xiaobai asked softly.

"Ah! Teacher Lu Lin is here!" However, the village chief's voice was not heard. Instead, the children's voices rang out first. The door was pushed open immediately, and a little girl with a ponytail stood out. With a bright smile, she reached out her little hand, grabbed Xiaobai's wrist, and pulled her into the room.

The village chief was also in the room, sitting in a chair with a simple wooden board next to him covered in various writings. A group of children sat in front of him, looking back at Little White.

Many of the children here are the ones who watched Xiaobai explain math problems yesterday.

"Little girl, you've come." The village chief on the stool smiled at Xiaobai, then put down his book and said to the children beside him, "That's all for today's lesson. You can go back now. I have something to say to Teacher Lu Lin."

With the village chief's words, the children in the room had no choice but to leave, even if they didn't want to. They said goodbye to Xiaobai and the village chief, and then rushed out of the room in a swarm.

"Are you sleeping well here?" the village chief asked Xiaobai.

"Hmm..." Xiaobai nodded.