Elder brother's garrison

Page 2791

“…” Ticonderoga stood there, stunned.

Looking at Xiaobai's expression, Ticonderoga lowered her head slightly, her bloodshot eyes closing briefly.

"...President, you don't need to apologize for this...I..."

Ticonderoga had just opened his mouth.

Suddenly, the black tower beside her and Xiaobai buzzed again.

Amidst the flashing light, a powerful fluctuation of spiritual energy suddenly appeared and spread in all directions.

Everyone instinctively looked at the black tower.

Then, under everyone's watchful eyes, three transparent vortexes appeared almost simultaneously around Shiro, Yamato, and Ticonderoga.

Wow!

Snapped!

Boom!

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, three ship girls, their clothes tattered, their ship equipment torn, and only a few basic blue fabrics barely clinging to their skin, emerged from the whirlpool and landed on the water's surface.

The moment Ticonderoga saw these three ship girls, his eyes widened instantly.

Among the patrolling ship girls, the two surviving ship girl members of Ticonderoga also exclaimed in surprise.

"Cologne!"

Karlsruhe!

Königsberg!

The ship girls rushed over with surprise and exclamations. They immediately ran to the three unconscious ship girls, knelt down, and began to check on their condition.

The three unconscious ship girls appeared to be heavily damaged and looked somewhat disheveled. However, they were protected by the heavy damage protection system, so apart from looking a bit disheveled, there were no other significant effects.

After inspecting for a while, the ship girls looked up in surprise and gratitude, their eyes filled with excitement as they gazed at Xiaobai.

"President!!!"

"thank you!!!"

"Huh?" Xiaobai pointed to himself, somewhat confused. "Me?"

Chapter 3935 You're so stingy!

It wasn't until Ticonderoga and the others called out the names of these three ship girls that Xiaobai finally realized what the three ship girls he was looking for looked like.

While Ticonderoga and the others were thanking Shiro for her efforts and frantically rummaging for quick repair devices for their three unconscious and heavily damaged companions, placing the devices on the ship girls' heads, Shiro signaled to Yamato to bring her to the three unconscious ship girls and then secretly observed their condition.

Ok……

The three missing ship girls who returned had exquisite and delicate faces, snow-white skin, slender and graceful figures, and elegant postures. Their blue uniforms, like their ship rigging, were severely damaged, now reduced to small, torn, burned, and cut pieces of cloth barely hanging on their vital parts. With the movements of Ticonderoga and the others, and the gentle breeze on the sea, these small pieces of cloth would occasionally flutter up, revealing glimpses of their tightly covered private parts...

Uh.

wrong.

Now is not the time to focus on this kind of thing.

Xiaobai patted her cheeks in Chao Yahe's arms, then let out a long sigh and turned her gaze back to the three of them.

—In fact, when Xiaobai was handling official business in the Admiral's Guild, she had already memorized the basic information of all the ship girl employees in the Admiral's Guild. Therefore, she was familiar with the names of the three missing ship girls in the Seventh Squad. However, since she was looking at the basic information at the time and there were no photos or images for reference, Xiaobai had never seen the appearance of these three ship girls in person and naturally did not know what they looked like.

This time, given the opportunity, Xiaobai inadvertently took a serious look.

After clearing his mind of those inexplicable thoughts, Xiaobai released his mental energy and slipped through the gap between Ticonderoga and the other two into the bodies of the three unconscious ship girls, giving them a quick check-up.

After the inspection was completed, Xiaobai silently withdrew her mental energy and nodded with some relief.

Xiao Bai's examination was very discreet. Among the people present, only Chao Da, who was in close contact with Xiao Bai, and the one who sensed a slight fluctuation of mental energy appeared. She glanced at Xiao Bai's profile but did not say anything.

"Huh? What's going on? The rapid repair device isn't working?"

"Could the rapid repair device be malfunctioning? No, that can't be right..."

"Try one more time..."

Just then, Ticonderoga and his two companions, who were applying the quick repair devices to the three unconscious ship girls, suddenly discovered that the quick repair devices they had attached to the heads of the unconscious ship girls had no effect and had fallen off their heads.

With a thud, the green rapid repair device sank into the sea, emitting a string of bubbles as it disappeared from everyone's sight.

Ticonderoga and the others were stunned for a moment, then quickly helped the unconscious ship girls up from the water and placed the rapid repair device on their heads once again.

Even though the rapid repair device stayed on the unconscious ship girl's head due to gravity, it remained lifeless and did not produce any repair effect.

Seeing this, Ticonderoga and the others panicked.

They quickly retrieved brand-new quick-repair devices from their ship equipment space and reattached them to the unconscious ship girls' heads. However, no matter how many times they changed the quick-repair devices, all of them seemed to be malfunctioning and had no effect on the three ship girls who were clearly in a heavily damaged state.

"How...how could this happen..."

The three members of Ticonderoga were stunned by what they saw. Two of them had tears welling up in their eyes, their voices trembling with helplessness.

But just then, a gentle voice came from behind them.

"Don't worry, they're fine."

"President!" Upon hearing this gentle voice, Ticonderoga and the other two conscious team members felt as if they had found a powerful patron. They quickly turned around, holding the quick-repair device that had been broken in two, and pleaded with Xiaobai as if for their last hope, "President, the quick-repair device isn't working... What, what's going on? Do you... do you have any way to revive them?"

"Let me see." Xiaobai didn't answer immediately. She beckoned to Ticonderoga, signaling her to hand over the rapid repair device in her hand.

Ticonderoga glanced at the split quick-repair device in his hand, quickly stood up, and handed the device to Xiaobai with both hands.

Xiaobai took one of the quick repair devices into her palm, played with it for a while, observed it, and then nodded and spoke to Ticonderoga.

"The rapid repair devices are not malfunctioning; they are simply not responding to these three returning ship girls."

"How...how could this happen..." Ticonderoga's face turned three shades pale instantly, and his voice became mournful.

"Hey, I haven't finished yet, don't get so excited so quickly." Xiaobai immediately waved his hand with a smile, "I just checked the condition of those three ship girls using the admiral's method. They're fine, and the damage they suffered was only normal. The damage to their ship equipment is also within a controllable range. Logically speaking, their injuries aren't serious. The reason why the rapid repair device is ineffective on them... is probably similar to the research and construction machine before Chapter 8, right? I guess the damage they suffered in the Black Tower can only be repaired by soaking in repair fluid or something similar. The rapid repair device won't work."

“We can only soak them in the repair fluid…” Ticonderoga paused for a moment, then looked back at her three companions who were unconscious on the surface of the water.

The three unconscious ship girls had the fabric covering their chests fluttering gently in the breeze, yet even with their weak breathing, the rise and fall of their chests was still clearly visible.

At least from this point of view, they are alive.

Just live.

To be alive is a great victory!

A strange sense of peace immediately enveloped Ticonderoga's heart. The other two ship girls also stood up and, with tears in their eyes, bowed to Shiro along with Ticonderoga.

"President! Thank you!"

"Hey... what are you thanking me for?"

"Because you rescued them from the Black Tower! We will forever remember your kindness. From now on, please feel free to order the Seventh Squad around. The Seventh Patrol Squad will be loyal to you and offer you our loyalty and hearts!" The ship girls shouted with tears in their eyes.

"Offering your hearts is fine... but I have no use for your hearts..." Xiaobai smiled at the ship girls, "Alright, alright, carry your three companions first, we'll talk about the hearts later."

The ship girls wiped away their tears and responded, turning around to lift their three unconscious companions off the sea.

As Xiaobai watched the three unconscious ship girls being carried away, her eyes flickered slightly, and she couldn't help but lower her head and ponder.

Ok……

Having said that.

Although it's certainly a good thing that the missing ship girl suddenly returned...

But does this matter really have anything to do with me?

I was in the Black Tower with Chao Ya and the others, but we couldn't find any trace of those three ship girls...

Thinking of this, Xiaobai deliberately took a closer look at the injuries on the three ship girls.

Previously, Xiaobai was observing the severity of the injuries of the three ship girls. Now, Xiaobai is looking at the time when the injuries were caused... By observing the torn marks and almost carbonized scorch marks on their clothes, as well as the degree of drying of the smoke and fire stains left on their skin, Xiaobai can roughly judge that the wounds are definitely not fresh. They have been on them for quite some time.

In other words, they must have been trapped in the Great Damage Protection for quite some time now.

So why were they "spit out" by the Black Tower?

After failing the challenge, they were automatically spat out? That's not right. Judging from the timeline of the major damage, they failed the challenge long ago. If they were going to be spat out, they would have been already...

So...it really is related to me?

Thinking of this, Xiao Bai fell silent.

Could it be that I and Chao Da cleared the challenge inside the Black Tower, prompting the Black Tower to release all the other ship girls who participated in the challenge as well?

In that case... the timing of these three ship girls' appearance is quite reasonable.

Hmm... I see.

After clarifying the situation, Xiaobai understood a lot. She nodded and looked at the six Ticonderoga members with kindness in her eyes.

So, it turns out that I did indeed save Ticonderoga's three companions, and their gratitude towards me wasn't the wrong thing to do.

Ugh.

It feels so good to do good deeds.

The secret of this black tower is still not clear.

It inexplicably appeared here, sucking in those who came into contact with it, and then setting challenges for those inside. What could be the reason for this?

There's also one thing that's most worth complaining about.

The battles inside... putting aside the question of victory or defeat, were essentially a losing proposition... The deep sea there didn't drop any deep-sea metals or any useful resources. This black tower was dirt poor and incredibly stingy.

Xiao Bai thought to himself with a hint of resentment.

Suddenly, it seemed to sense Xiaobai's thoughts.

The Black Tower, which had remained completely silent since spitting out the three missing ship girls, suddenly began to flicker with light and shadow again.

A strange fluctuation of mental energy spread out with a whoosh.

Immediately afterwards, a huge transparent vortex twisted and suddenly appeared out of thin air above Xiaobai's head.

"Admiral! Watch out!"

Perhaps because her abilities are similar to those of the Black Tower, Super Yamato was the first to react to the appearance of the transparent vortex. She shuddered and quickly kicked back while holding Shiro, flying backward at top speed.

Chapter 3936 The Chairman and the Admiral

When the huge, transparent vortex suddenly appeared above Xiaobai's head, she reacted immediately, stomping her feet hard on the water's surface, creating a splash several meters high.

Immediately afterwards, with lightning speed, she carried Little White and quickly created a safe distance from the transparent vortex.

It wasn't until the giant creature had retreated more than twenty meters in an instant that the people present finally noticed, a beat too late, that such a large transparent vortex had appeared in the sky above where Xiaobai had just been standing.

This transparent vortex... is definitely not a good thing.

"All personnel!! On high alert!!!"

The moment they realized the transparent vortex had appeared, the patrol members, including Ticonderoga who was carrying her companion, almost simultaneously and swiftly released their ship equipment. They immediately assumed a high-alert combat stance, their eyes fixed on the mysterious transparent vortex in the sky.

This vortex was much larger than the previous ones... much larger, large enough to swallow everyone present...

The sudden appearance of the enormous vortex put everyone on high alert. They focused all their attention on the ship's equipment behind them, ready to launch a thunderous attack if the vortex made any further unfavorable moves.

However, after the transparent vortex appeared, it did not perform any operation such as "sucking people in".

On the contrary.

The transparent vortex continued to spin silently under everyone's watchful eyes. Then, one after another, dark shadows gradually emerged from the vortex, crashing down onto the sea surface with a series of crackling sounds.

Dong dong dong dong dong dong…

Dangdangdangdang...

Blah blah blah...

A large number of iron containers landed with a crash, stacking up around the sea where Xiaobai had just been, creating a rather spectacular metal landscape.

"Ok?"

"This is……"

The patrol team members present were stunned when they saw the iron containers that had appeared.

Then they looked up at the transparent vortex in the sky and found that the huge transparent vortex had closed again after spitting out these iron containers, and then slowly dissipated.

"……Well……"