Elder brother's garrison

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At this point, it was indeed Xiaobai who had to speak first.

"Ah, I'm sorry, Glorious Sister, it seems I broke the deep-sea metal of that Deepsea Abyss Ship. It's probably gone forever," Xiaobai said to Glorious with a hint of apology.

Seeing that the powerful and arrogant ship girl in front of them had displayed terrifying strength, yet was still the same soft and cute girl from before, the group of ship girls felt a sense of relief for some reason.

"...It's nothing." Glorious shook her head, glancing at the ship's rigging behind Little White with a complicated expression. "Miss Patina, your ship type is..."

"...An air battleship." Xiaobai started lying.

Surprisingly, Glorious and the others did not suspect anything.

"Patchina is so amazing..." The ship girls looked at Shiro and the ship equipment behind her, and were somewhat dazed when they thought of the terrifying laser beam from before.

Xiaobai's giant laser not only pierced the mechanical whale's body, but also shattered the worldview of these ship girls.

The combat power of ship girls... I didn't know it could be this high.

Such a large deep-sea frigate couldn't even withstand a single shot before it was destroyed...

The ship girl recalled some of Shiro's behavior after teaming up with them, and her face flushed with embarrassment.

At this moment, the answers to why this peculiar ship girl dares to step onto the sea alone, why she has no sense of crisis in the face of battle, and why her reactions are always a few beats slower than others, are all clear.

Because they're awesome!

As these ship girls thought about it, they all felt a strong urge to burst into tears.

Thinking about it, it seems that this Miss Pachina in front of me has never said anything about being weak.

I thought she was a cute and harmless little lamb, but she turned out to be a terrifying big shot. It turns out that my sisters were just showing off their skills in front of Guan Yu.

I'm so sorry... We really didn't expect you to be so strong.

"Why do you, Patina, who's so amazing... want to team up with us...?"

"Because you gave me one-fifth of the spoils."

"..."

Wow, that's incredible! Just one-fifth of the loot is enough to get you, a true sage! What kind of offer is that? May I ask if we can discuss a monthly or annual subscription? And is there a discount for a lifetime membership right now?

Seeing the ship girls in front of him, their faces flushed red from holding back their laughter, Xiaobai couldn't help but laugh.

Xiaobai just didn't want to be too conspicuous on the sea. Actually, she could team up with anyone. She teamed up with Glorious and the others for two reasons: first, Glorious was right in front of her at the time, and second, Xiaobai thought that this group of ship girls seemed easy to get along with, so she had a good impression of them.

"Um, has that mechanical whale been sunk by Miss Patina?" one of the ship girls asked Shiro.

"Ah."

"Can we leave now?" the ship girl asked excitedly.

"Probably not."

"Why?"

"Excuse me, which direction is east?" Xiaobai asked.

The ship girls were stunned for a moment. They looked at each other for a few moments, then stretched out their hands and pointed in the direction in their hearts.

Sure enough, it pointed in all directions again.

“That whale wasn’t interfering with your deep-sea amphibious vessel,” Xiaobai said.

"..." The ship girls showed a sense of disappointment, as if they had expected this.

It seems that these ship girls were aware of this matter quite early on. Asking Xiaobai just now was merely an act of hoping that their judgment was wrong.

After all, what's more despairing than encountering an invincible enemy is the fact that that enemy is just a lowly soldier under the boss.

"No, it's alright. Miss Patina is so amazing! Even such a big enemy couldn't withstand her shot. We'll be fine!" a ship girl cheered on her comrade.

The ship girls gradually turned their hopeful gazes toward Shiro.

While this may be somewhat realistic, it's perfectly natural for the weak to rely on the strong in their hearts when they're in dire straits.

—Perfect timing. Xiaobai already had something to discuss with the Deep Sea Dean anyway. Once we take down that Deep Sea Dean in the center, these ship girls will regain their sense of direction.

Just as Xiaobai was thinking this, and was about to say something like "Leave it to me" to the ship girl behind him, a hissing sound suddenly came from behind him.

Xiaobai subconsciously turned around.

A wisp of white smoke appeared behind me.

Then, the entire land-based ship equipment, like Tirpitz returning home, suddenly lost its spirit and energy.

With a thud, it landed face down on the sea surface.

"..."

"Pachina? Your ship equipment?"

Xiao Bai looked at his ship equipment, which was still smoking, with some embarrassment.

As the owner of the ship's equipment, Xiaobai can clearly sense its current condition.

Lasers are indeed not something you can just shoot out whenever you want.

After firing a laser cannon and destroying the deep-sea frigate.

Her ship equipment.

it turns out.

...CD.

Chapter 771 Day and Night

CD has many meanings, but this time it refers to cooldown time. In simple terms, it is the interval between when a skill or item is used once and when it can be used again.

Xiaobai first encountered this term in an online game. Of course, Xiaobai himself doesn't play games much, but with the prevalence of internet culture these days, plus a hardcore gamer at home who loves watching Kantai Collection, even though Xiaobai doesn't play games, he still knows some game terminology.

—And using CD to describe Xiaobai's current ship equipment is indeed quite accurate.

Xiao Bai watched the ship's equipment smoking and secretly monitored its status using the admiral's network.

Although I don't know what kind of mutation my ship equipment underwent to give me that big laser skill, now that I see it, even I would have to pay a price to use that kind of artillery fire.

The interior of Xiaobai's land-based ship equipment is extremely hot right now, like a motor spinning wildly under the scorching sun. After operating to its limit under overload, it finally couldn't hold on any longer and shut down with a click.

Fortunately, although it was operating under overload, Xiaobai's ship equipment had absorbed several deep-sea metals from several abyssal deans and undergone several layers of enhancement. Its basic attributes were far beyond those of ordinary land-based ship equipment. Although it was shut down, this was just a protective measure taken by the ship equipment after disengaging from combat, and the ship equipment was not damaged at all.

The ship's equipment itself is fine; the problem with Xiaobai is that it lacks a cooling system.

Xiao Bai reached out and remotely controlled the ship's equipment. Only when he confirmed that his connection with it was still strong and that he could even force it to start and control the ship's equipment did he feel relieved.

"Miss Patina, has your ship equipment been damaged?"

"No, I'll be fine after a rest," Xiaobai said.

After receiving Xiaobai's reply, all the ship girls present breathed a sigh of relief.

A false alarm.

The crisis in this sea area has not yet been resolved. No one knows whether a terrifying deep-sea frigate like the one just now will pounce on them at any moment.

If Xiaobai loses her fighting ability at this critical moment, then they are doomed.

"How long do you think you need to rest?"

"I don't know." Xiaobai bent down, reached out and broke off a small piece of ice from the ice under her feet, then threw it onto her ship equipment.

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle—" As the ice shards touched Xiaobai's ship equipment, the ship girls first heard a somewhat ear-piercing sound, and then a burst of white steam rose rapidly, and the ice shards disappeared just like that.

The ship girls didn't even see the ice melt before it was turned into steam.

"Hiss." The ship girls who were watching Xiaobai's movements shrank their necks.

Good heavens, this just heats up fast! Luckily, I wasn't curious enough to touch it earlier...

The whirlpool caused by the mechanical whale's carcass sinking into the sea grew larger and larger. In order to avoid being affected by the whirlpool, Xiaobai and Guangrong randomly chose a direction and traveled for a while. Only when they felt that they were some distance away from the mechanical whale did they stop to rest.

The electric heater behind Xiaobai was naturally cooling down since it was turned off, so Xiaobai didn't put it back, but instead placed it on the sea surface not far from the ship girls.

Land-based shipboard equipment is like this; it can be easily disassembled, which is quite convenient.

As for why the ship equipment of the clearly aircraft carrier battleship could be disassembled so freely, these ship girls, whether genuinely indifferent or feigning indifference, didn't ask a single question. They stared at the steaming immersion heater in the distance, hoping it would dissipate its heat quickly and get some rest. Some ship girls, bored and anxious, whose mental state was affected by fear and other negative factors, grabbed fans and squatted down next to the white ship equipment, fanning it while muttering strange things as if praying for rain.

Land-based ship equipment is very safe. You never have to worry about it being picked up by some random passerby. After all, the concept of land-based is a fortress or stronghold. While it is highly safe, it is also massive in scale and extremely slow in speed.

It's exactly the shape that was designed specifically for playing with and placing Prey.

Even before Pachina's ship equipment was destroyed by Lord Su, it liked to abandon its ship equipment and wander around the surrounding waters by itself.

More than an hour has passed since they came out of the beach. Although the time has not been long, it feels like several years to these ship girls. Before they know it, they are hungry.

While waiting for the cooldown of the ship equipment, the ship girls unanimously took out the prepared lunch from their ship equipment.

"Miss Pachina, have some too." The ship girl sitting next to Xiaobai handed Xiaobai the rice ball in her hand.

Whether it's the incredibly strong Xiaobai now or the former soy sauce bottle boss Xiaobai, it seems that the interpersonal relationships within this team haven't changed much, which makes Xiaobai quite happy.

"Thank you." Although Xiaobai wasn't hungry, she felt embarrassed to refuse since all the ship girls around her were eating. She took the rice ball offered by the ship girl and took a bite.

Mmm, the aroma of seaweed and tuna mixed with rice soaked in sesame oil is irresistible.

It's delicious; it tastes professional.

Xiaobai looked around at the ship girls and noticed that they were all eating the same thing.

"Does your admiral cook for you too?" Xiaobai asked.

"The admiral can't cook."

"Oh, that makes sense." Xiaobai nodded. "Did you make this rice ball yourself?"

"...I can't cook either." The ship girl looked a little embarrassed.

"...Bought it through takeout?"

"No, the admiral hired a chef who comes to our yard every morning and evening to cook for us."

Okay, no wonder you're so professional.

While eating the rice ball in his hand, Xiaobai looked around for Guangrong.

Glorious was sitting in the distance next to a ship girl, chatting with her.

Xiaobai had some impression of that ship girl. She was the one who seemed the most frightened when the mechanical whale attacked. Koei probably went to her side at this time to comfort her.

Being a flagship phone isn't easy.

Little White chewed on the salty rice ball while looking at Glory, and suddenly felt his mouth was a little dry.

It was at this moment that a bottle of mineral water was handed to Xiaobai from the other side.

"Ah, thank you." Xiaobai quickly took the bottled water and looked at York, who was sitting on the other side of her.

"Hmm." York had a rice ball in his mouth and looked somewhat listless.

Xiao Bai drank several sips of water before feeling a little better in his throat.

Come to think of it, it seems that York was the first to realize that the enemy might not be that far away from everyone. It was only after York said this that Glorious was able to move everyone out of the mechanical whale's attack range a few seconds earlier, thus narrowly escaping from the mechanical whale's mouth.

Without York, while Shiro might not have gotten into any trouble, the other ship girls would probably be in grave danger.

Thinking about it this way, York, this ship girl, is actually quite clever.

"Are all the garrison commanders as powerful as you?" Just as Xiaobai was looking at York, York suddenly asked Xiaobai.

"what?"

"Are all the garrison commanders as capable as you?" York repeated his question.

It seems she cares quite a bit about this issue.

In fact, this behavior was already considered to be probing the details of another garrison. If Admiral Luo Yin were present, he would probably be trembling with fear and would then quickly find an excuse to send York away before apologizing to Xiao Bai.

However, Xiaobai doesn't really care about this. After all, he's a newbie naval base... so his strength is just so-so. He knows the basics he should know, and he probably doesn't know the things he shouldn't know anyway.

"They're all better than me. I'm only level 1," Xiaobai replied.

"..." York gave him a look that said, "You're kidding me."

However, Xiaobai really wasn't lying to her.

Xiaobai has basically never actually used ship equipment in combat, and without any training or practice, her training level is naturally the lowest, level 1.

"If your training level is only 1, how could you possibly beat that whale just now?"