Elder brother's garrison

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Logically speaking, it should be a major taboo for a stranger to touch one's gun. The guard should have quickly stepped back and then told Xiaobai and Linglan, the two ignorant women who were trying to offend him, to leave. But when he saw Xiaobai's slender white hands, for some reason, his mind slowed down slightly.

—These hands are quite beautiful.

Then, Xiaobai gripped the gun at the guard's waist.

Then, with a "crack," the guard's gun was crushed into a piece of scrap metal by that small hand.

The guard's mouth slowly opened wide, as if he had seen something terrifying, watching as the seemingly frail girl in front of him crushed the pistol hanging on his waist into scrap metal.

Wait, incredibly delicate?

The guard felt his nerves trembling wildly, on the verge of snapping.

"Excuse me...may I go in now?" Xiaobai lifted a corner of her straw hat, revealing her face, and asked the guard.

The guard didn't speak. He looked at Xiaobai's face peeking out from under the straw hat, and felt another heavy blow to his head.

"Oh ho..." The guard's face turned as red as a monkey's bottom in an instant. He quickly retreated to the door and then pushed it open.

"Thank you." Xiaobai lowered her head and then walked inside with Linglan, who was beaming with pride.

Watching the gate slowly being closed by the guard, Linglan covered her mouth and laughed, "Hahahaha."

Hearing Linglan's laughter, Xiaobai lowered his head somewhat awkwardly.

People always have to bow down to various things in life, and Xiaobai is like that right now.

Actually, if time and circumstances allowed, Xiaobai really wanted to reason with the guard, but with his goal right in front of him and the hope of going home not far away, Xiaobai couldn't wait any longer. In desperation, he resorted to the extreme measures he had just taken.

—Yes, that's a tactic only bad women would use.

The novice who did this felt subtly disappointed.

"You did a great job! Simple, straightforward, and efficient." Linglan noticed Xiaobai's disappointment and encouraged him with a smile.

Xiao Bai chuckled dryly a couple of times before turning his attention to what was in front of him.

Just as Xiaobai had imagined, behind the gate was an open space, where many people were standing holding pens and paper, recording something in front of some steel instruments.

In front of them, rows of devices resembling ship equipment lay on the ground, surrounded by a large group of people discussing something.

As expected of a high-tech city, it is indeed different from a self-reliant little village like Suzuran.

Xiao Bai's gaze was drawn to the ship equipment on the ground. Looking at it, she couldn't help but feel excited.

I never imagined that we'd already be in the era of ship equipment being built. It seems like the appearance of ship girls isn't far off.

Xiao Bai hurriedly headed towards the direction of the ship's equipment.

"Little sister, how did you get in?" Just as Xiaobai was focusing all her attention on the ship equipment in the distance, a boy's voice came from beside her and Linglan.

A long mechanical leg stepped directly in front of Xiaobai, blocking her and Linglan's bodies.

As the boy's voice and the appearance of the mechanical leg came, a series of mechanical turning and creaking sounds also followed.

Eh?

Xiao Bai was stunned when he saw the long mechanical leg stuck in front of him.

She followed the mechanical long legs to the newcomer and saw a black-haired boy sitting in the center of a huge steel skeleton, pressing buttons back and forth with both hands, looking at her strangely.

Xiaobai looked toward the spot where the ship's equipment had been.

At this moment, the ship equipment lying on the ground also stood up as if demonstrating, gradually deviating from Xiaobai's definition of ship equipment, and walked on the ground somewhat stiffly like robots.

"High...high...high..." Xiaobai kept muttering as he looked at the mecha in front of him.

"high?"

“…Gundam?!” Xiaobai pointed tremblingly at the robot in front of him and exclaimed in surprise.

The impact that Xiaobai is currently experiencing can be described as quite significant.

Chapter 469 I am a ship girl!

Wait a minute? Is this still human technology? What happened to the ship girls?

Shouldn't humanity be entering the era of ship girls? Then what on earth are these strange robots walking on the ground?

Xiaobai stared in shock at the strange creatures in front of her, which were completely different from the cute art style of the ship girls. She was stunned.

"Gundam?" The boy inside the machine in front of Xiaobai was stunned for a moment, then explained to Xiaobai, "This is not a Gundam, this is the Victory Unit-01, a primary exoskeleton combat armor, or Unit-01 for short."

"..." Xiaobai felt that he should complain about something at this moment, but he didn't know what to say.

The boy in the middle of the machine wanted to say something, but at that moment, the mechanical legs of the machine he was in crackled and sparked. The entire machine slowly knelt down on the ground as the gears turned, emitting a long trail of steam-like smoke.

The boy reluctantly jumped out from the middle of the machine along its long mechanical legs, then put his hands on his hips and looked at the Evangelion Unit-01 (himself) with a regretful expression, shaking his head: "So it still doesn't work?"

As the boy murmured helplessly, the staff recording data next to the other ship equipment also rushed over from a distance.

"How's Unit-01 doing?" the staff member asked the boy urgently, pen in hand.

"The movements are still too slow. After walking two laps, it became unusable. We should reduce the power a bit and increase the flexibility of the bones, especially the joints of the legs, which are very important." The boy shook his head and truthfully expressed his thoughts to the staff.

"If we weaken the power further, it's very likely that we won't be able to achieve the combat capability to cut through deep-sea armor. We can't weaken it any further. Perhaps we could try changing some materials."

“Changing the materials is fine, but the cost of these exoskeletons can be higher…” The boy nodded after hearing the staff’s suggestion. He glanced at Xiaobai and Linglan, who were standing aside in a daze, and interrupted his conversation with the staff, “By the way, how did you guys get in?”

The staff members noticed Xiaobai and Linglan's presence after hearing this, and they all cast puzzled glances at them.

"They came in to share their thoughts." After waiting for a while, Suzuran noticed that Shiro hadn't said anything and was just staring blankly at the pile of Unit-01s, so she went over to explain for Shiro.

"Sharing your thoughts?"

“Yes, we also have deep-sea technology here.” Seeing that Xiaobai still didn’t speak, Linglan continued, pointing to the large robot kneeling on the ground in front of her, “So we’ve come to exchange our thoughts.”

"Are you envoys from outside?" Linglan's words eased the staff's brows. They nodded, the doubt in their eyes dissipating considerably. They asked Linglan, "Are you also from the city?"

"...Ahem, let's not talk about this anymore." Linglan blushed.

It was obvious that the group of staff in front of them regarded Linglan and Xiaobai as envoys sent from a city that was just as developed as their own.

But Linglan is hardly an envoy from a high-end city. Her hometown, a small village, has no knowledge of deep-sea technology whatsoever, and even the houses are made of wood, lacking any technological sophistication whatsoever.

Besides, this city is the only developed city that Xiaobai can find with the help of carrier-based aircraft. There shouldn't be any other advanced cities within at least 10,000 miles around.

"Lu Lin, Lu Lin." Linglan gently nudged Xiaobai beside her, waking Xiaobai from its daze.

"Oh, oh." Xiaobai finally snapped out of her shock at witnessing Unit-01, swallowing hard. "Hello..."

“No wonder the guards let you in; you seem to be quite capable.” The staff exchanged glances for a moment, then said to Xiaobai, “We welcome sharing scientific progress with other cities. As you can see, we are currently researching mecha technology.”

"Wow, amazing, amazing!" Suzuran made no attempt to hide her admiration for the pair of mechs in front of her.

Indeed, this thing looks pretty cool and powerful; it really does have a feel of being able to save the world.

"Thank you for the compliment. Now, could you please briefly describe the current state of development of 'this' in your city?"

When the staff member mentioned "this," they pointed to the kneeling mecha, looking quite proud. They seemed very satisfied with their achievements in deep-sea technology.

Xiaobai looked at the pile of mechs, which were completely different from what she remembered and should have existed in other stories and worlds, with some confusion. Then, she said cautiously, "Um, our technology is ship girls..."

"Ship girls? What are those?"

"Ship girls are those with powerful ship equipment, capable of launching torpedoes, dropping aircraft, and using powerful turrets that can penetrate deep-sea armor..." Xiaobai said, and the staff nodded in agreement. Xiaobai looked at the staff, and after thinking for a while, she said the last three words, "Girls."

"...What? Wait, what were the last three words you said?"

"Girls."

"..." The staff members were speechless. "Why a girl?"

"Because ship girls are girls."

The staff fell silent.

For modern people, the conclusion that ship girls are female is perfectly normal, just like birds have wings and fish can swim in water. No one would ask why birds have wings or fish can swim. However, the existence of ship girls is surprisingly hard to believe in terms of historical context.

To people from a bygone era, the existence of ship girls, with the suffix "girl" in their names, feels strangely incongruous, like a child's whims.

The staff members all sighed, and their gazes toward Xiaobai and Linglan gradually became strange.

"Ladies, our city's technology is based on exoskeleton technology developed from the technological knowledge left behind by this city. In our ideal vision, human warriors can wear these exoskeletons and possess combat power as strong as the deep-sea amphibious ships. We have also considered equipping these armors with cannons and swords. Your ideas are unique, ladies. Indeed, as deep-sea amphibious ships that emerged from the sea, perhaps using ships as carriers to modify mechs is more appropriate. We will retain this idea. Thank you." The staff member said to Linglan and Xiaobai, his eyes already showing a strong desire to get rid of them. "If you still want to stay in the city, then stay."

It seems the staff still sees Xiaobai and Linglan as people who have come to swindle and deceive, just like the others before them.

"Don't you believe me? We're telling the truth. Lu Lin, she still..."

"Do you know the parameters of your so-called ship equipment? What materials are used to make it? What methods are used? What are the specifications? What is the power source? And why does it have to be a girl?" Before Linglan could finish speaking, the staff member bombarded her with a series of questions, leaving her speechless.

Suzuran didn't know what ship girls were, so she definitely couldn't answer these questions.

"Since you're here as envoys to exchange technology, you haven't brought anything. How can we trust you?" A hint of annoyance crept onto the staff member's brow. "This is the seventeenth time this month. Every time, someone comes and tells us they have some deep-sea technology or ideas, just to exchange for some food and lodging. But all they can offer is a few words. We're busy. We're on serious business. We don't have time to mess around with you."

"But there's no point in you continuing this research," Xiaobai suddenly said to the staff after a moment of silence.

"Our research is useless?" The staff member had been trying to reason with Xiaobai, but after hearing her words, they really started to get angry. "Young lady, I think you should take back what you just said."

"I'm sorry," Xiaobai apologized.

Xiao Bai refuted and apologized quickly, which immediately extinguished the anger of the staff who were about to lash out.

"Our research is useless, but are your so-called ship girls useful?" The staff scoffed, then cast unfriendly glances at Suzuran and Shiro. "We've at least researched our technology to a level that's at least visible to others. What about your ship girls? Do you even have any parameters?"

"..." Just as the staff member finished speaking, Xiaobai opened her mouth and a long string of inexplicable data burst out of her mouth.

Xiao Bai rattled off a long string of data without any explanation, consisting entirely of numbers, like a child randomly shouting out numbers. However, the staff member in front of him subtly sensed a connection between these numbers.

"I remember the shape, I can draw the graphics, and I know the parameters corresponding to the size and performance. I can recite all the data that the ship girls need!" After reciting all the numbers, Xiaobai patted his chest and said to the staff in front of him who were questioning him.

"You...you have blueprints for ship equipment?"

"I didn't, but I remember!" Xiaobai said confidently again.

“Why should we believe you? And how do you know this data? What if you just made it up to lie?” several staff members said indignantly.

Xiao Bai paused, pursed her lips, and then reached out and pulled off the straw hat on her head.

A head of long, snow-white hair, shimmering with a faint white light, cascaded down from her straw hat like a waterfall.

Then, as Xiaobai revealed her true form, a huge white and blue crystal ship appeared behind her with a loud bang, crashing heavily to the ground and taking root in the earth like a small fortress.

"Of course I know, because I am a ship girl!"

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Xiaobai stubbornly spoke to the staff member in front of him.

Chapter 470 Doraemon's Chronicle!

On the vast open ground, the white and blue crystal ship rigging sat behind Xiaobai like a fortress, protecting her body inside. The huge cannons and runways were burning fiercely in the blue flames, and the air currents, which were hard to tell whether they were cold or scorching, kept spreading outwards from the center of the ship rigging, making the people around them shiver.

In modern times, this kind of ship equipment, symbolizing the deep sea, must never be seen by humans. Even all the ship girls in the naval base, including Lexington, have repeatedly told Shiro that she should never use this ship equipment unless it is a life-threatening emergency.

However, it doesn't matter to the people of this generation. They've never seen a ship girl before, so even if Shiro brings out her ship equipment and tells them she's a ship girl, they won't believe her.

So this was the first time Xiaobai had shown his ship equipment to others.

"A ship... a ship girl?" The staff, who had just been arguing with Shiro and Suzuran and refused to believe it, looked at the huge machine that had appeared out of nowhere behind Shiro with expressions as if they had seen a ghost.

The ship equipment behind Xiaobai is the land-based ship equipment. Even people from the past have some impression of this kind of iconic super-giant ship equipment.

—This thing is exactly the same equipment that those deep-sea creatures wear.

Upon encountering something beyond their wildest imagination, these staff members, accustomed to thinking scientifically and rationally, froze, their brains seemingly rusted and unable to function.

"If you want to see ship girls, just look at me!" Xiaobai repeated her words after seeing the staff in front of her standing there like statues after seeing her ship equipment.

Xiao Bai's voice woke up the staff member in front of him.

"Wh...what? Little sister, you're saying you're a ship girl?" The staff members finally came to their senses. They all swallowed hard and stammered as they asked Xiaobai.

"Mm." Xiaobai nodded.

"...You're not human?"

Xiaobai covered her face, heartbroken, but what could she say now that things had come to this? So she could only nod reluctantly.

Anyway, it doesn't matter whether the people of the broken era treat him like a human being or not. For Xiaobai, going home is the top priority right now. In short, the right way is to first gain the trust of the staff, then exchange the parameters of these ship girls that he knows for a large amount of energy, and go home on the side.

I haven't been back to the naval base for three whole months. I bet Lexington and the others are worried sick.

A series of clattering sounds rang out as reports and pens fell to the ground from the hands of the staff.

All the staff present felt they had been dealt a significant blow.

Their proud mecha technology is already halfway complete. They have produced quite a few of the rudimentary exoskeleton combat armored units that are capable of withstanding the deep sea, and the results are indeed satisfactory. Although from a practical combat point of view, the Unit-01s are far from being useful, at least they have something to show for themselves, right?

Therefore, a large portion of the staff are quite satisfied with their research results, which is why they got angry when Xiaobai said that continuing like this would be useless.