Elder brother's garrison

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Lexington knew this wasn't the time to ask questions, so he didn't press the matter.

—If the result is good, then that's all that matters. Sometimes, living with Bismarck's thought process can be quite easy.

Xiao Bai glanced silently at the ship's equipment behind him, and finally smiled silently.

It is indeed impossible to strip off the complete equipment of a deep-sea amphibious ship. Even a novice, or even the will of the deep sea, cannot do it.

In fact, after a one-sided crushing battle, the Deep Sea flagship's ship equipment had long been blasted to smithereens by her own carrier-based aircraft. The entire sea surface was covered in fragments, and it was no longer intact, let alone ship equipment.

However, everything can be viewed from a different perspective. It is true that the Deep Sea Will cannot completely remove the ship equipment from the Deep Sea Dean's body.

However, she is, after all, the will of the deep sea, the controller of the resentment of the deep sea, and the queen of the deep-sea amphibious ships.

If the task is to reassemble the shattered deep-sea ship's equipment back to its original form and restore it to its complete state, the difficulty will be much less. This is a small task that the Deep Sea Will can accomplish.

Everyone waited outside for a while, but Ringo still didn't come out. However, more than a dozen staff members came out and told Xiaobai that they wanted to carry the ship equipment into the Admiral's Guild for a thorough inspection.

Xiao Bai nodded in agreement.

One by one, the staff surrounded the ship's equipment and worked with all their might to move it.

However, the weight of the ship's equipment seemed to exceed their expectations. The faces of the dozen or so men turned red, but the ship's equipment remained on the ground, motionless.

In the end, Bismarck put the ship's equipment back into its storage space before entering the Admiral's Guild under the staff's instructions.

After a while, Ringo still hadn't come out of the Admiral's Guild. Bismarck, after settling her ship equipment, slowly walked out alone and returned to Shiro's side.

"Bismarck, you're back." Little White smiled at Bismarck.

"Ah."

"How's the ship equipment situation?"

“A bunch of people gathered around to take pictures, and then, under the direction of the man in the red shirt, they uploaded them to the internet,” Bismarck said.

Xiao Bai nodded knowingly.

I guess they're checking the integrity of the ship's equipment.

Xiaobai doesn't think there's a problem with that. After all, there's a fundamental difference between a deep-sea ship equipment that won't turn people into die-hard fans and one that will.

Now it's time to see how many merits you've earned.

Thinking of this, Xiao Bai turned his head and looked at the rankings on the LCD screen.

Xiao Bai, who ranked first with ten million merits, had already noticed it long ago.

As Xiaobai predicted, given the growth rate of the newbie naval bases, Ys Naval Base surpassed the newbie naval bases by the end of the seventh day.

There was even an extra 600,000.

This is more data than several lazy admirals who frantically farmed merit points throughout the entire event.

Xiao Bai sighed inwardly.

Lexington is under a lot of pressure, and Xiaobai knows it too. As the number one naval base in the world, participating in the event and getting first place is already the duty of a rookie naval base. If a rookie naval base doesn't get first place, it will be a huge blow to the reputation of the rookie naval base and its older brother.

Even if the gap between the newbie naval base and the second-place base is too small, it may become the main point of attack for criticizing the newbie naval base.

For example, the newbie naval base is no good, and the younger generation is surpassing the older generation.

Thinking of this, Xiao Bai began to pray silently in his heart.

—I hope I can get as many merit points as possible, preferably several million, so that I can widen the gap with the second place.

Little White closed its eyes.

Then, at that moment, the rankings on the LCD screen suddenly changed.

After a series of score updates, the rookie naval base, which was originally in second place, unsurprisingly returned to first place, kicking the Ys naval base back to second place.

The changes on the LCD screen were quickly noticed by the admirals, who nodded as they looked at the rookie naval base that had returned to first place.

This result is quite normal, after all, the original difference was only 600,000, and the value of the Dean's ship equipment is far more than 600,000.

Admirals who thought this way subconsciously looked at the scores of the newbie naval base.

Then, a series of thumping sounds came from all directions in a fairly regular manner.

A considerable number of admirals, upon seeing the scores of the new naval base, were so shocked that their legs went weak and they collapsed to the ground, their eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.

The LCD screen displayed the following text.

Over 109.4 million meritorious service awards?

Chapter 561 Luo Lian Appears Out of the Way

After seeing the data for the newbie naval base, confirming that their eyes weren't blind, that they hadn't misread an extra zero, and that they weren't dreaming, all the admirals present were terrified and cried.

They really wanted to cry.

Having lived this long, who among those present has ever seen so many meritorious figures?

That's a hundred million, I'm not kidding.

Perhaps the accumulated wealth of a behemoth like a newbie naval base might be close to this amount, but many admirals firmly believe that the total merits possessed by 99% of the world's naval bases are probably less than one-tenth of 100 million.

A thousand words were on the tip of their tongues, and they wanted to turn them into a heartfelt "mmp," but after a long pause, the admirals present could only manage a helpless "damn it."

The admirals looked toward the second-place finisher.

The data that had previously been terrifying now left everyone feeling utterly helpless.

I used to think that Ys Naval Base might be able to defeat the newbie naval base and bring everyone a chance for a comeback.

And the result? Even if a salted fish turns over, it's still a salted fish.

Your grandpa will always be your grandpa; being number one in the world isn't just empty talk.

Just as the other admirals were gasping in shock, Ringo finally arrived late. She slowly walked out of the admirals' guild and returned to her seat.

After Ringo sat down, she turned her head to look at the LCD screen, and finally her body trembled slightly, and her eyes gradually softened.

"Ringo-neechan, did you give me the score?" Xiaobai asked with some concern.

“No.” Ringo shook her head, thought for a moment, and then nodded. “It used to be.”

"Ok?"

"Apart from this ship's equipment, all the other merits were given to me by me," Ringo said, then smiled gently at Shiro.

"...Then who gave you this 100 million merit points?" Xiaobai asked.

“…Senior,” Ringo replied.

—Ringo's senior? That's probably Mu Yu.

A rather peculiar expression appeared on Xiaobai's face.

One hundred million in merit is no small amount, absolutely not. If converted into money, that's one billion. What does one billion mean?

If you spend money freely, it would probably be enough to raise her older sister and her younger sister until the next century.

Was Mu Yu really this kind of person to me?

Xiaobai felt a little bit, just a tiny bit, sporadically, a sense of gratitude for the hard work and voluntary labor of the working people (referring to Mu Yu).

Thinking of this, Xiaobai breathed a sigh of relief.

In any case, given such a huge gap of one hundred million, it's estimated that the second place will have absolutely no chance of catching up with the newbie naval base.

No matter what methods they used, it probably wouldn't work.

Xiao Bai said it was quite enjoyable.

"Lu Lin." Just then, Ringo softly called out to Shiro.

"Huh? What's wrong, Ringo-neechan?" Shiro looked at Ringo.

"Is this the flagship's ship equipment?" Ringo asked.

"Mm." Xiaobai nodded.

This is indeed the equipment of the fourth generation of the flagship, and there will be no fifth generation.

Because the deep-sea resentment during the autumn deep-sea activity period is almost exhausted, even a slightly stronger frigate cannot be conceived, let alone a deep-sea dean.

"..." Ringo looked at Shiro and nodded. After working on her laptop for a while, she finally took out a platinum card and handed it to Shiro.

Xiaobai took the card.

"What is this?" Xiaobai asked.

“A card for 100 million merit points,” Ringo said, then handed another slip of paper to Shiro. “Go to the warehouse behind the Admiral’s Guild.”

"storehouse?"

"You've already defeated the flagship, and the autumn deep-sea activity period is over," Ringo said.

"Huh?" Xiaobai was taken aback for a moment before she realized what was going on.

That's right. I've already taken care of the deep-sea flagship. So, as a symbol of the end of the event, wouldn't capturing the flagship mean I've pulled the curtain down early?

Ringo is going to the warehouse herself, probably to choose the prize for the first place in the event.

Xiaobai looked at a card and a note in her hand. The note had a neat handwriting that said Ringo acknowledged Xiaobai as having the highest number of words in the event.

"Okay!" Xiaobai nodded to Lin Qing and smiled.

Closing the event early is good, because if it closes early, there's no need to worry about any sudden and terrible changes.

"Go to the warehouse and wait for the senior." Ringo didn't respond to Shiro's words, but looked at Shiro gently and said to her.

"Okay, I understand." Xiaobai smiled and put the things in her hands into her clothes, then waved and led the ship girls away from the Admiral's Guild.

The Admiral's Guild's warehouse isn't inside the Admiral's Guild, but behind it. That's fine, since the Admiral's Guild is always packed with people, and Xiaobai, with his thin skin, would still feel uncomfortable staying there.

Xiaobai and the group of ship girls disappeared from everyone's sight.

Ringo placed her hands flat on the table, looking particularly relaxed.

At the entrance of the Admiral's Guild, the young admiral of the Ys Naval Base and his classmate stood still, quietly watching the departing Shiro and the ship girls.

After a long while, the alumnus finally remembered to breathe and took several rapid breaths.

"Sigh... well, how should I put it..." The alumnus looked at the young man somewhat awkwardly, "... well... please accept my condolences."

"As expected of the world's number one naval base." Surprisingly, there was no sign of dejection on the young man's face; instead, there was a sense of relief, as if he had known all along.

"Wow, you've got some nerve, kid," the alumnus said, looking at the young man. "Aren't you disappointed you didn't get first place?"

"..." The young man turned to look at his classmate, then shook his head and smiled helplessly, "...Impossible."

"impossible?"

"Correct."

Why is it impossible?

"Because..." The young man was about to explain when he suddenly stopped and looked in one direction.

At the street corner, which had been empty since Xiaobai left, a black-haired female admiral slowly walked out with a red-clad ship girl.

The young man paused slightly, then nodded awkwardly to his classmate: "Excuse me, the person I'm waiting for has arrived."

Then, ignoring the surprised expressions of his fellow students behind him, the young man stepped out of the Admiral's Guild and walked towards the black-haired girl.

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Xiaobai didn't like being watched by everyone around her, especially since she was going to receive an award and it was inconvenient to bring too many ship girls with her. So, halfway there, Lexington noticed Xiaobai's thoughts and happily told the ship girls that she had made a good impression and that the sisters could take a break, using this as an excuse to disperse most of the ship girls.

Nearly a hundred ship girls cheered and left in pairs amidst shouts of "Long live the Admiral!"

Only a few senior ship girls remained by Xiaobai's side.

Xiaobai led the ship girls to the edge of the warehouse behind the Admiral's Guild. At the signal of the soldier guarding the warehouse, they showed the note Ringo had given them before finally approaching the warehouse door.

At the entrance of the warehouse, Mu Yu, whom Xiao Bai hadn't seen for several days... well, several years, was standing there, waving at Xiao Bai with that incredibly annoying smile that Xiao Bai remembered.

"Little White—Little Sister—it's been so long!" Mu Yu called out to Little White.

Xiao Bai originally wanted to put on a sour face, but after thinking about it, he realized that Mu Yu was the one who had secured a reward of 100 million for him. After a while, Xiao Bai obediently walked up to Mu Yu and bowed to him, saying, "Long time no see."

"Little White Sister, are you here to receive your award?" Mu Yu smiled at Little White.

"Mm." Xiaobai nodded.

"Hmph." Mu Yu looked at Xiao Bai with a smug expression, then took out her key and opened the door behind her. "Come in, little sister Xiao Bai. Oh, by the way, ship girls, don't come in."