Elder brother's garrison

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Xiao Bai opened the text message, and the phone screen was instantly flooded with a large number of words. Xiao Bai glanced at it briefly and found that the text message was full of Mu Yu's flirtatious nonsense. Only the last two paragraphs finally mentioned the current residence of Admiral Ruan Li.

Xiao Bai sighed wearily, as if he had just finished watching over a hundred episodes of a documentary, then clicked delete and put his phone away.

"Um, Mu Yu replied to me. Let's go find Admiral Ruan Li first," Xiao Bai said to the ship girls behind her.

Xiao Bai didn't actually want to stop the Deep Sea Dean's strange transformation in Chapter Six.

After all, the change in the Deep Sea Dean did not harm any of the admirals in Chapter Six, including Xiaobai.

Although the appearance of so many Deep Sea Deans in one sea area sounds a bit frightening, the reason why Deep Sea Deans are called Deep Sea Deans is that every time they appear, they are accompanied by a well-organized, dignified, and clearly hierarchical Deep Sea army.

The abyssal commanders command thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of infinitely resurrectable abyssal minions and abyssal escorts. Under clear and meticulous command, the abyssal minions perfectly utilize the numerical advantage of the abyssal ships, rampaging across the sea like army ants. If a human admiral is even slightly careless, a coastal city is in danger of being directly annihilated by the abyssal army.

This is what makes the Deep Sea Dean so terrifying.

However, in the current sixth chapter's sea area, with so many deep-sea deans, there are definitely not enough left for them to go around.

Without those deep-sea minions, even the most powerful Deep-Sea Commander, unable to assemble a massive deep-sea army, is nothing more than a super soldier capable of dropping incredibly rare and priceless materials. For high-ranking sea admirals whose strength is significantly higher than their counterparts, this is not an insurmountable problem.

Do you think this is still a bad thing?

This is a good thing.

So the reason Xiaobai is looking for Ruan Li now is mostly because he has nothing better to do, and simply out of gossip and curiosity about this admiral who is said to have caused the Deep Sea Dean's strange change.

Following the information Mu Yu left for Xiao Bai, Xiao Bai and the ship girls found the courtyard where Admiral Ruan Li was currently living in a relatively remote corner of the city.

From a distance, the courtyard where Admiral Ruan Li currently resides looks somewhat dilapidated and small. Compared to the prime location courtyard house in Xiao Bai's possession, the difference is so great that it's almost heartbreaking.

Xiaobai understands this situation.

After all, Admiral Ruan Li had been stuck for so long and had only just reached Chapter Six in the Killing event. Before he could even start recovering his health, he encountered the Deep Sea Dean's mutation. As the initiator of the mutation, he probably couldn't go to sea for a while, so it's normal that he was short of money and couldn't afford to rent a more reliable courtyard.

But no matter how dilapidated the courtyard was, as soon as Xiaobai and the others approached it, they could hear the ship girls singing and laughing. The sounds chattered and sang, as if each of them had wings and were flying around in the sky above the courtyard.

Home, you know.

Sometimes, the hardware environment isn't the most important thing; what matters is one's attitude towards life. For these ship girls, reaching Chapter Six might be a joyous occasion where every day feels like New Year's Day.

Xiao Bai walked to the gate of the courtyard and gently knocked on the gate.

"Here it comes!"

With a series of footsteps, an unexpectedly familiar, crisp voice came from the other side of the door, and the sound of the door bolt being pulled rang out. The gate to the courtyard was pushed open by a destroyer.

As the destroyer appeared, a head of short chestnut hair danced before Xiaobai's eyes.

Chapter 1026 Baby

Blaine, who had once worked at a coffee shop in Wisconsin, appeared at the door with a refreshing and charming smile.

Blaine stroked the door he had just pushed open, a warm and gentle smile on his face. The moment he saw Little White, he was filled with surprise and joy.

"Huh?" Blaine blinked, carefully looking at the little white figure smiling at him from behind the door. He looked the little white figure up and down several times. "Is...is the big sister...of the coffee shop?"

"Hello, Blaine, it's been a few days, how have you been?"

Xiao Bai smiled at Blaine.

"Ah! It really is you, big sister!" Blaine's eyes lit up instantly. "Big sister, you really are a high-ranking admiral!"

“Yes.” Xiaobai reached out and gave a high five to Blaine, who was beaming with joy, before turning to Blaine and introducing them, “Blane, these are my ship girls.”

"Hello, sisters!" Blaine bowed politely to Akagi and the others.

Akagi and the others returned the smiles with gentle smiles.

Now is the time for the admiral to rise to prominence; nothing could be happier than this.

"Bryan, I'm here to see your admiral." After exchanging greetings, Xiaobai got straight to the point.

Are you looking for our admiral?

"Um, is this a convenient time for your commander?"

"Well... actually, our admiral recently..." Blaine gave a somewhat troubled look, then shook his head and smiled at Xiaobai, "But sister, you've helped our admiral a lot, so our admiral will definitely see you. Please come in, sister!"

After Blaine finished speaking, he led Xiaobai and the others into the courtyard.

Upon entering the courtyard, Xiaobai saw a group of ship girls playing a game called "Eagle Catches Chicks" in the middle.

A light carrier ship girl, with a fierce expression, roared like a monster and lunged at the destroyers in front of her. The destroyers quickly hid behind the heavy cruiser ship girls, constantly dodging the light carrier ship girl's pursuit.

"Hehe... We haven't been out to sea lately because we've been waiting for an event, so we've been bored at home and started playing games like this," Blaine said with a smile to Little White.

"Not bad."

“The admiral is in the living room of the house.” Blaine pointed to the innermost room. “I’ll take you there.”

Blaine led Little White to the door and pushed it open.

"Admiral! Look who's here!"

Inside the house, Admiral Nguyen Le, who was sitting at his desk writing something, looked up.

"Bryan? What's wrong... Ah!"

Admiral Nguyen Le was halfway through his question when he saw Little White walking in with Blaine.

Admiral Ruan Li opened his mouth and immediately jumped up from his seat, taking several steps toward Xiao Bai and stopping at a position that was neither too far nor too close to Xiao Bai.

"Your Excellency... Hello..." Admiral Ruan Li smiled nervously at Xiao Bai, trying to reach out to shake hands and bow at the same time, making his movements look somewhat comical.

"Admiral Ruan Li, it's been a long time. Congratulations on surviving the fifth chapter's kill." Xiao Bai smiled at Admiral Ruan Li.

"Thank you, thank you, it's all thanks to your help..."

"I was just standing there watching you, I didn't do anything."

"Sir, please stop teasing me. There have indeed been many, many people who have helped me along the way. Although you haven't appeared in person, I know that Wisconsin is your ship girl. Without your permission, how could Wisconsin possibly have given me an invitation to the banquet? So you are also my great benefactor." Ruan Li scratched her head and said to Xiao Bai, then quickly gestured to the sofa in the room, "Oh dear, look at my brain... Quick, quick, please sit down, please sit down."

After Xiaobai and the ship girls sat down on the sofa, Blaine thoughtfully served each of them a cup of tea.

"Your Excellency, you've come to ask me about the strange changes in the sea, haven't you?" After Xiaobai took his seat, Admiral Ruan Li closed the door and turned to ask Xiaobai.

Seeing Xiaobai's somewhat surprised look, Admiral Ruan Li, who was standing at the door, waved his hand: "Your Excellency, there is no need to be too surprised. In fact, the Admiral's Guild has sent people to ask me about this matter several times in the past few days. They have almost trampled the sand in front of this house flat."

"Uh... I see." Xiaobai gave Ruan Li an awkward smile. "Um..."

"Rest assured, Your Excellency, I will tell you everything I know." Ruan Li said as she walked to the other side of the sofa. "Let me think... Anyway, it all started a few days ago. With the help of a friend I met at that banquet, I finally defeated the final boss of Chapter 5 and gained the qualification to go to Chapter 6."

“The friend who helped me was the admiral of Chapter Seven. After helping me, we parted ways temporarily. He returned to Chapter Seven, and I came to Chapter Six. Because that friend told me a lot about Chapter Six, on my first day in Chapter Six, I went straight to the first node and formed a fishing team to see how profitable Chapter Six was.” Ruan Li said, glancing at Blaine standing to the side, “Brainine was in the team at the time.”

"Brain is here too?" Xiaobai asked.

“Yes.” Ruan Li nodded to Xiaobai. “Brain is of course in the team, because she was the first ship girl to discover the anomaly in the sea.”

"Huh? Is it her?" Xiaobai was surprised.

When Blaine saw Xiaobai's surprise, he smiled awkwardly at him.

What exactly is the situation?

"It's like this, after experiencing the benefits of the first node that day, I became a little curious about the sea area behind. So I asked the ship girls to take a look into the sea area. I didn't expect them to attack, I just wanted to take a look, but..." Ruan Li's brows furrowed quickly as he said this. He thought hard for a while about how to phrase it, and finally shook his head. "Well, how should I put it... let Blaine, the person involved, tell you more clearly next."

Xiao Bai looked at Blaine.

Blaine thought for a moment and said to Little White, "Well, it was getting late that day. My sisters and I were heading out to sea, and as we were heading out, we suddenly realized that the sea around us had changed."

"changed?"

"Yes, the sea area that was originally bright has become somewhat dark. The ship girls from the other naval bases around here have also disappeared, leaving only us."

"...Could it be..."

"Yes, it was in that strange sea area that we saw so many Deep Sea Priests on the surface. They were hidden in a thick cloud of deep-sea resentment. They didn't notice us. Although it was a great opportunity to ambush them, we felt we definitely couldn't beat them, so we gave up the chance and ran away." Blaine lowered his head somewhat embarrassedly. "I'm so sorry, if only Blaine were a little stronger..."

"It's alright, you made the right choice." Little White smiled at Blaine. "Did you escape successfully?"

"At first, we couldn't find our way back. We wandered around that strange sea for a long time, and even after dark, we still couldn't find a way out. In the end, we were unlucky and accidentally encountered a group of Deep Sea Deans while looking for a way. We fought them while retreating, but they were too powerful, and we struggled to resist. In the end, we had no choice but to run in one direction without caring whether it was right or wrong," Blaine said. "We thought we were in danger this time, but at that moment, suddenly..."

"Suddenly?" Xiaobai blinked.

"Suddenly, the surroundings brightened, and then we realized that those Abyssal Deans had disappeared, and we escaped back to the surface of the sixth chapter's sea," Blaine said to Xiaobai. "Afterwards, we found the Admiral and told him about it. He reported it to the Admiral's Guild, and the Admiral's Guild sent professional ship girls to search for a whole day. Although they didn't find the strange sea area we mentioned, they did find a large number of Abyssal Deans in the sixth chapter's sea area."

After saying that, Blaine smiled at Little White: "Well, that's all for now!"

"Oh..." Xiaobai looked at Blaine's smile with some surprise, "Blair, you've been through such a dangerous thing, aren't you scared?"

“Ah… well… to be honest, during that final battle, Blaine was terrified, even desperate…” Blaine nodded, but his expression remained resolute. “However, Blaine and his sisters still managed to escape, so Blaine feels that, rather than being afraid, he should be proud of himself and his sisters for surviving!”

"Well said!" Little White took a breath and clapped at Blaine.

Blaine smiled somewhat embarrassedly at Xiaobai.

Ruan Li looked at Xiao Bai apologetically: "Um... I'm sorry, Your Excellency, Blaine is just that kind of child."

"That's great. Many ship girls don't have such a positive attitude as Blaine," Xiaobai said sincerely.

Ruan Li smiled with satisfaction at Blaine, accepting Xiao Bai's praise. He picked up where Blaine left off, saying to Xiao Bai, "In short, the events unfolded as Blaine just described. I was investigated by the Admiral's Guild for a long time, and I can't go to sea until the investigation is over, and I have to write many reports every day..."

"Ah... the report... it's quite truthful." Xiaobai agreed.

"Is there anything else you would like to know?"

"Hmm...it seems there isn't any more." As Xiaobai spoke, she took out a piece of paper with her address written on it from her clothes and handed it to Ruan Li. "Well, since Admiral Ruan Li, you're very busy right now, I won't bother you any longer. Thank you very much for telling me about what happened that day...Anyway, this is where I live. If you ever run into trouble or need help in the future, don't mind coming here to find me."

Ruan Li took the note and glanced at it.

Oh wow.

—A large courtyard house.

—Rich people.

Ruan Li suddenly felt a bit conflicted.

Xiao Bai didn't stay any longer to disturb Ruan Li's writing of the report. After saying goodbye, Xiao Bai left Ruan Li's courtyard and walked back to his own courtyard house.

"That girl named Blaine is quite the spirited young lady," Akagi said to Shiro on the way back.

"Yes."

"After listening to her, Xiaobai, do you have any clues?"

"Hmm... I'm not entirely sure. From what I can make out, it seems they entered a special environment, and when they tried to escape, they accidentally brought out something from inside," Xiaobai said. "Overall, Blaine and the others seem to have had a lot of luck."

"The special environment of Chapter Six... does that thing exist?"

“There are always some undiscovered places in the world,” Xiaobai said. “But there’s one thing I don’t quite understand.”

"What don't you understand?"

"Why were Blaine and the others able to get into that environment? What did they do..." Little White muttered to himself, puzzled.

"..."

"Yeah...why is that...it's so strange."

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After seeing Xiao Bai and the others off, Admiral Ruan Li returned to his desk, picked up his pen, and racked his brains to continue transcribing the daily report.

"Admiral, how long will it take you to write this report?" Blaine asked Ruan Li, standing beside his desk.

"Maybe... I'll have to keep writing until the event starts..." Ruan Li gave a wry smile. "I won't have time to spend with you guys during this period, I'm sorry..."

"It's okay, it's okay, hehe, anyway, we've already reached Chapter Six, we can go play whenever we want." Blaine smiled mischievously at Ruan Li.

"Okay, after we rest, I'll go shopping with you."

"Great! Admiral, can I buy that little dress you mentioned before?"

"can."

"Thank you, Admiral!" Blaine spun around with a big smile, then hummed a little tune and walked toward a corner of the room. "Our naval base has finally seen the light at the end of the tunnel~ Let Blaine go and offer another prayer."

Blaine hummed as she walked to a corner of the room. She went to a picture frame, put her hands together, and bowed to it, saying, "May our naval base have a better and better life!"

"...Brain, what are you praying to?"

"The proof of the Admiral's good fortune, the invitation that Miss Wisconsin gave to the Admiral. I went to the Chairman after the banquet to get the invitation back. I've been carrying it with me, but now I'll take it out and put it in the house to ward off evil spirits."

"Ah... oh, that... umm, thank you for your hard work."

"This treasure is incredibly effective! Perhaps it's because he always carried this invitation with him that Blaine was able to escape from that strange sea!"

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