Elder brother's garrison

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When Xiaobai and his two companions arrived at the modification factory, there were already quite a few people inside.

"Admiral! Changchun, Jinan! You've arrived!" As soon as they entered the modification factory, Alaska greeted Xiaobai with a smile and a wave. Guam, sitting on a high bar stool beside her, looked in Xiaobai's direction. "We've been waiting for you for so long!"

Changchun and Jinan greeted Alaska and Guam with practiced ease.

"Guam, Alaska...you've arrived so early." Little White stepped forward, looking at the enthusiastic Alaskans with a smile.

“We said we were coming yesterday,” Alaska said with a smile. “Besides, we band members are all super disciplined; getting up early every morning is basic for us.”

“I heard that after we left yesterday, Garibaldi, Giard, and Chicago all finished their renovations in one go,” Guam said to Little White. “We just wanted to come and see everyone today.”

"Oh...right." Xiaobai nodded and looked around.

Besides Guam and Alaska, the four Killing-class frigates were also present.

Say something.

After being modified, Kiat's height after growing up was particularly noticeable among the Gearing-class destroyers, making him stand out like a crane among chickens. Xiaobai spotted Kiat's figure at a glance.

Kiat also noticed Xiaobai's gaze, and she turned her head and immediately waved her little arm at Xiaobai.

As Kiat turned around, Kieran, Frank Knox, and Bauer also turned around.

Good morning, Admiral!

Good morning, Changchun sister!

Hello, sister from Jinan!

The destroyers greeted each other with crisp voices.

"Good morning, everyone." Xiaobai smiled and waved. She looked at Kiate and asked with extra care, "Kiate, how did you sleep yesterday?"

"Me? I'm fine, eating well and sleeping well..." Kiat pointed to himself, then said with a smile, "Ah, if I had to say, this body is too big, so I can't wear any of my old clothes anymore, which is quite troublesome."

"Oh, okay? Then let's go buy some clothes together after the renovation in Anshan is finished," Xiaobai asked with a smile.

“Okay!” Kiat hadn’t expected that a casual chat would lead to a personal storyline involving the admiral, and she immediately nodded in agreement.

Xiaobai smiled at Kiat, then looked at Jilin and the others.

"Hmm... these are the people currently working at the factory. Pompeii and Baltimore will probably arrive a bit later." After thinking for a moment, Xiaobai asked Kirin, "Did you see Yubari just now?"

"Ah, we see her! We see her!" The Gearing-class destroyers immediately raised their hands. "We were the first ones here! We saw Dr. Yubari today! She even asked us to leave a message for the Admiral!"

"What are you talking about?"

"She said that once the admiral arrives at the modification factory, he should go directly to her; she'll be waiting for him in the workshop!"

"Ah...it seems the renovation in Anshan is almost complete." Xiaobai smiled upon hearing this. She glanced in the direction of the renovation workshop, where the door was indeed open. "Then I'll go take a look. Are you going to Changchun and Jinan too?"

"We're not going," Changchun said to Xiaobai, pulling Jinan along. "We'll wait for Sister Anshan outside!"

"Okay, that's fine." Xiaobai nodded, waved to Changchun, and then turned and walked towards the renovation workshop.

Xiao Bai's figure quickly disappeared behind the door of the renovation workshop.

Outside the door, Changchun watched expectantly in the direction Xiaobai had left.

A pink figure quietly approached Changchun from behind and whispered in her ear.

"You had a good time last night, didn't you?"

"Huh?!" Changchun exclaimed in surprise. She quickly turned around and took several steps back, her face flushed red. "Ah... Sister Alaska, what... what are you saying..."

"Tsk tsk tsk." Alaska looked at Changchun's shy expression, as if his weakness had been exposed. She raised her eyebrows and shook her head. "Sigh, it seems you're having a really good time."

"No, no, nothing like that... I... I... it's not true..."

Changchun stammered immediately, cupping her flushed cheeks and avoiding Alaska's gaze, but her voice quickly softened as if resigned to her fate.

"Alaskan sister... please... please let me go..."

The Gearing-class ship girls watching this scene couldn't quite understand what was happening.

But Guam's expression shifted. She quietly walked to Alaska's side and whispered in Alaska's ear.

"Alaska...how did you know?"

“That’s just… a guess.” Alaska smiled and turned back, lowering her voice to Guam. She winked at the end, becoming smug. “After all, our admiral is quite the little lecher. I saw her come with Changchun, so they must have spent the night together, right?”

"..." Guam was speechless, but Guam could not refute it.

……

Xiao Bai had no idea what happened in the factory after he left.

But subtly, Xiaobai felt her face inexplicably burning and turning red. She curiously cupped her cheeks, but her steps continued along the path she had taken yesterday to the ship equipment hall.

At this moment, there was no sign of Mars or the operation of the modification platform in the ship equipment hall. A gleaming missile ship equipment stood in the center of the venue, exuding a unique and advanced aura.

Xiao Bai stared at the ship's equipment from afar for a while, then silently nodded.

Hmm... This ship equipment has been modified very well... The sense of sophistication that Xiaobai felt from this ship equipment before is now even clearer and more obvious.

Xiaobai took two steps toward the missile ship, looked left and right, and finally saw Yubari sleeping with his head tilted back on a sofa not far away.

Yubari was still wearing her clean white lab coat as always. She had her hands in her pockets, her legs crossed on the table in front of her, and she was breathing slowly with her mouth open, looking like she was sleeping soundly.

Chapter 3889 Sudden Change

Yubari's sleeping posture is not exactly ladylike, but it has a certain relaxed feeling that researchers have when they take a nap in the office.

Xiaobai stared at Yubari lying on the sofa for a moment, then turned her head and glanced at the missile ship, which had been modified and was now shining brightly, exuding a strong high-tech atmosphere. She then walked slowly towards Yubari.

Yubari, fast asleep, was completely unaware of Shiro's approach.

She continued to breathe slowly, her eyes completely closed. The white coat, which was two sizes too big, naturally slipped off her body under the influence of gravity, sliding to the sides to reveal her snow-white shoulders and her chest, which rose and fell noticeably with her breath.

Shiro stood in front of Yubari for a while, looking at her sleeping face, lost in thought.

...She's sleeping so soundly.

Judging from this, Yubari probably stayed up all night to modify Anshan's ship equipment...

Shiro looked at Yubari's sleeping face and smiled helplessly.

But soon, realizing something, Shiro's smile faded, and she looked at Yubari with growing concern.

wrong.

Given the ship girls' abundant energy, staying up all night was nothing to Yubari. The reason she slept so soundly... perhaps she didn't just stay up all night.

perhaps……

Thinking of this, Xiao Bai looked at the black metal frames in the ship equipment hall that used to hold missile ship equipment, but now most of them had melted down.

With such a large number of missile ships, the conversion process is progressing so quickly. Xiaobai initially thought it was because Yubari's conversion techniques were becoming more and more proficient, but now that he thinks about it calmly, mere proficiency in techniques shouldn't be enough to speed up the conversion process so quickly... Has Yubari not really stopped to rest during this period?

During the week or so of ship modification... Yubari probably... stayed up all night without taking a break.

Xiaobai was a little helpless.

No wonder the guard ship girls outside the modification factory haven't had a chance to see Yubari many times in the past week or so; it turns out Yubari has been working non-stop day and night.

Even for ship girls, doing this kind of reckless behavior will eventually cause them health problems.

Shiro had clearly told Yubari before that she should get some rest, but now... sigh...

Xiaobai bent down, reached out and placed her hand on Yubari's snow-white shoulder, gently pulling the white coat that had slipped off her shoulder back to the collar.

But just as Shiro was adjusting Yubari's white coat, Yubari, who had been immersed in her sleep, suddenly trembled as if alerted. Then, her big eyes snapped open, and she stared intently at Shiro, who was right in front of her, with a straight, imposing aura.

Shiro's hand suddenly stopped in front of Yubari's chest.

"Ah..." Xiaobai made a soft sound.

"..." Yubari stared at Shiro, but after seeing Shiro's face clearly, the gaze in her eyes softened and returned to its natural gentleness. "What... I thought it was someone else, but it's the Admiral."

Yubari muttered to herself, casually shoving the hand that Shiro had stretched out in front of her chest to the side, then stretched and yawned as she sat up from the sofa.

"Hmm... Hmph... What was the Admiral doing just now? Was he going to play a prank on me while I was asleep?" Yubari yawned, casually wiping away a tear or two from the corner of her eye, and then asked Shiro, "Or... has the Admiral finally been seduced by my good looks and is going to make a move on me?"

To be fair, Yubari, just awakened, did have a hazy and pitiful beauty in her eyes due to her drowsy state.

However, Xiaobai is not the kind of admiral who would take advantage of a ship's misfortune.

"Uh..." Xiaobai awkwardly put her hands behind her back and quickly shook her head at Yubari, "No, no... I just saw your clothes fall down and wanted to help you pull them back up."

"Hmm." Yubari glanced at the white coat that had slipped down to her arm. She didn't say anything, just shrugged and pulled the coat back onto her shoulder. "Did the Admiral just arrive?"

"Um...it's been a while." Shiro nodded quickly, looking at Yubari's sleepy appearance, and asked cautiously, "Um...did I disturb your rest?"

“What kind of disturbance is this…” Yubari then replied, “I was actually wondering why the Admiral hadn’t woken me up since he’s here.”

"It's not that I didn't want to disturb you because you were resting..."

"Hmph." Hearing what Shiro said, Yubari got up from the sofa, put her hands in her pockets, and smiled at Shiro with narrowed eyes. "Next time, you can just call me."

"Oh……"

"Yes, Admiral." Yubari gestured with his chin in one direction, indicating that Shiro should look at the missile ship equipment in the center of the arena. "As agreed, I have completed the modification of the missile ship equipment."

"Yes, got it."

"Such a weak reaction... Wait a minute, Admiral, you haven't already filled up the ship's equipment with mental energy, have you??"

“No…” Xiaobai shook her head and said to Yubari, “This step is so ritualistic, I still want to wait until you wake up before doing it.”

"..." Yubari gave Shiro a thumbs up with a big smile.

After Yubari got up, she and Shiro walked towards the modified missile ship equipment in tacit agreement.

As they walked, the two chatted intermittently.

"Yubari, how was your rest?"

"Hmm, I slept for three or four hours, that's about it."

"You haven't been sleeping much... You haven't been resting at all lately, have you?"

"Haha, thanks for your concern, Admiral. But it's nothing. Staying up all night working on projects is normal at the Ship Equipment Research Center. When we first started working on projects, everyone had to be carried out of the lab on stretchers. I'm lucky. After this ship equipment modification is completed, I'll go back to my dorm and catch up on some sleep."

"Um……"

"Stop talking about me all the time, let's talk about something else," Yubari suggested with a smile.

"So... how's the missile ship equipment doing now?" Xiaobai thought for a moment and asked, pointing to the missile ship equipment that was getting closer and closer.

"Hmm... the missile ship equipment is doing well. After my modification was completed, I smoothly entered the ship equipment integration period, but it's only been a few hours, so the integration progress is probably only a fraction of a percent." Yubari said, and then, as if remembering something, she happily continued to speak to Shiro, "Ah! By the way, Admiral, I took some time yesterday to check the data from the testing instruments. Guess what? After the high-threshold preparatory treatment, plus the addition of a self-shutdown safety procedure under special circumstances, those instruments didn't burn out like before. It's just a pity that although the instruments were protected, the data from when you injected your mental energy into the ship equipment yesterday was so volatile that it triggered the instruments' self-protection function, and only a small portion of the data was recorded—but even that small portion of data is more valuable than all my data!"

When Yubari finished speaking, he was so happy that he danced around like a child who had received a wonderful gift.

Xiao Bai smiled as he looked at Xiao Bai.

"I hope you're satisfied, Yubari. Just let me know if you need my help in the future."

“Of course!” Yubari quickly smiled.

The two finally stopped in front of the modified missile ship equipment. Yubari stood aside and gestured for Shiro to enter.

Xiaobai understood immediately. Looking at the ship in front of her, which exuded a strong high-tech atmosphere, she slowly reached out and placed her hand on its gray hull.

This is... the last one in this batch of modified ship girls, and also the grand finale of the missile ship equipment class.

Xiao Bai slowly released its spiritual power, which seeped into the gray ship equipment.

A vast amount of sluggish but powerful mental energy covered the gray ship's rigging layer by layer. Within the rigging, the slow-moving and inefficient rune strings gradually lit up, like parched land receiving long-awaited rain. The runes greedily drank in Xiaobai's mental energy, and their speed increased with the amount of mental energy absorbed, becoming faster and more agile...

……

at the same time.

The exterior of the factory has been renovated.

Changchun, who was greeting the first group of people from Baltimore, Chicago, Pompeii, Zara, and Garibaldi who had just arrived at the conversion factory, suddenly shuddered. Her body swayed twice as if she had lost her balance, and then she staggered and fell to the side.

Fortunately, the nearby Alaskan Malamute reacted quickly, stepping forward to catch Changchun, who had lost his balance, in his arms.

Changchun?

"Sister Changchun?"

"Oh! Xiao Changchun, are you alright?"

When the ship girls around saw Changchun suddenly collapse, they quickly gathered around and asked her with concern.

"Ah... thank you, Alaska-neechan..." Changchun, nestled in Alaska's arms, looked bewildered. For some reason, her cheeks were flushed, and her eyes were still sleepy. She quickly got up from Alaska's embrace and said apologetically to the ship girls who had gathered around her, "Thank you all for your concern, but I'm fine... I'm fine... I just suddenly felt a little dizzy... and my body felt weak for a moment."