Elder brother's garrison

"It seems that's true." Director Chen nodded.

"What do you want from me?" Xiaobai asked.

"Huh?" Director Chen was taken aback, a look of confusion suddenly appearing on his face. "Eh..."

Director Chen then realized that he had decided to let Xiaobai appear on the show after seeing Xiaobai in the dressing room, but for a moment he seemed to have completely forgotten why he had entered the dressing room in the first place.

hiss……

Why was it me again?

I vaguely remember it being because of something quite important...

It's the kind of situation where one careless mistake could lead to someone's death...

As Director Chen pondered, looking at Xiao Bai's appearance, a sudden thought flashed through her mind, and she remembered.

Director Chen's eyes widened, and he gasped.

"Director Chen?" Xiao Bai asked curiously when Director Chen didn't speak. "What's wrong?"

"I...I remember now, I went to apologize in person!" Director Chen slapped his forehead in regret and quickly bowed to Xiao Bai. "Boss, it's my fault! This is all my fault! I accept the punishment!"

Chapter 2305 Luo Lian's Favorite

"Huh? What apology? What happened?" Xiao Bai was taken aback when he saw Director Chen's remorseful and pained expression.

"It happened this morning! When you first entered the studio, weren't you stopped outside by a staff member?" Director Chen didn't dare to take any chances and quickly explained to Xiao Bai, "I was checking the equipment backstage at the time and couldn't get over immediately..."

"Oh, the thing you were talking about." Xiaobai nodded after hearing Director Chen's words. "What happened?"

"This is my dereliction of duty!" Director Chen's face was full of embarrassment. "It's a long story. Actually, the employee who put her arm around you, leader, is not in charge of human resources. She is one of our logistics staff and also a fan of Ms. Lu Ming. In order to get the opportunity to meet Ms. Lu Ming up close, she secretly switched her duties with the human resources staff. Who knew that she would run into you, leader, first."

"Oh, I see." Xiaobai suddenly realized.

"Yes, I bear a lot of responsibility for this as well," Director Chen said with a heavy heart. "Because this ship girl idol group project was a top-secret project, even the staff within the production team didn't know your identity before the broadcast. That's why..."

"I see, I understand now." Xiaobai nodded with a smile. "But it's nothing, right? Sister Luming has already helped me save face."

"But, but she did neglect you after all..."

"I'm not that petty, it's been so long." Xiaobai waved her hand with a smile, "Just treat it like a normal thing."

"You...you mean by 'ordinary'..." Director Chen looked at Xiao Bai with some fear, his mind immediately flashing through words like sacks, cement, and sinking into the river.

"Ordinary is just ordinary."

"Thank you so much for your kindness, leader!" Director Chen bowed deeply to Xiao Bai in gratitude, relieved. "Then I will handle this matter as a normal case of dereliction of duty!"

After all, Xiaobai isn't some kind of demon.

Xiao Bai said goodbye to the reassured Director Chen and left the conference room.

Under the respectful guidance of the staff, Xiaobai and the Dean of the Deep Sea Academy left the studio through the back door and returned to the waiting van.

Inside the van, Akagi and the others had been waiting for a long time.

Seeing Xiaobai and the abyssal deans get on the bus, the ship girls greeted them with beaming smiles, but also with a hint of slight resentment.

"Admiral! Welcome back!"

"Yamato-neechan, you guys were amazing on the show!"

"The admiral too, I recorded the entire performance of the admiral!"

"Admiral, why didn't you tell us you were going to be on the show?!"

"..."

Seeing the ship girls pouting, Xiaobai couldn't help but laugh.

"Actually, I didn't know I would be on the show. It all started with Sister Luming's stylist..."

The van bumped and jolted as it drove onto the road.

Xiaobai started telling a story inside the car.

……

A week is but a fleeting moment in a world that is always in motion.

For example, time is meaningless to Luo Lian.

Within Chapter 2306.

On the rooftop of the Admiral's Guild, in Luo Lian's laboratory.

When Luo Lian put down the assembled gears and got up to stretch her limbs, she turned her head and saw the electronic clock on the wall.

"Another week has passed without me even realizing it." Luo Lian looked at the time on the digital clock, thought for a while, and muttered to herself, "It feels like time is passing faster and faster here ever since Warspite went on vacation to Xiaobai's place."

When Zhan Yan was still by Luo Lian's side, she would often stay with Luo Lian in the laboratory.

Every mealtime, Warspite would lie on the table like a salted fish, making appropriate yet conspicuous groans to remind Luo Lian, who was engrossed in his experiments, to eat on time. Whenever it was time to rest, Warspite would nag and urge Luo Lian to leave work. Even when Luo Lian was preparing to stay up all night to do research, Warspite would always light an oil lamp for Luo Lian every two or three hours, checking his WeChat steps or other ways to make his presence known.

Ah.

They're quite cute.

Even though there are electric light bulbs in the laboratory that provide brighter and longer-lasting light.

However, whenever Luo Lian asked why they lit an oil lamp, Yan Zhan would always say that it made the experience more immersive. She was also bored staying up all night with Luo Lian, and they always needed to do something. Over time, Luo Lian just let Yan Zhan do whatever she wanted.

When war is raging, time often doesn't seem to pass so quickly.

Luo Lian put down the gears, stretched, and then went downstairs.

The top floor of the Admiral's Guild is Luo Lian's private space, but the lower floors are public areas with a constant flow of people.

When Luo Lian arrived on the first floor, Desmond, dressed in a cheongsam, was handling the admirals' requests at the front desk. Desmond had a great figure, and the cheongsam she wore, custom-made by President Er Gou, accentuated her perfect physique. Every time Desmond made a move, her breasts heaved, and between the high slits of her cheongsam, her long, straight, white-stockinged legs were captivating. This was the most beautiful sight.

"Admiral, you've finally come down." As soon as Desmond saw Luo Lian, she breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at him. "If you hadn't come down, I would have sent someone up to find you in a few days."

"is it so serious?"

“You’ve been in the office for almost a month now since you came back from Admiral Lu Lin’s place.”

"Hmm... I did gain a lot from Xiaobai's work, and I have quite a few ideas, so I'm eager to try them out. I came down here to ask you to help me purchase a batch of parts. I'll give you the purchase list later." After listening to Des Moines's words, Luo Lian thought for a while and said seriously, "Speaking of this idea, I think that ship rigging, which is unique to ship girls, can theoretically be used by humans. It's just that humans have always lacked the ability to drive ship rigging..."

Upon hearing that Luo Lian had entered a research state, Desmond smiled helplessly.

“Admiral,” Desmond interrupted Luo Lian.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Luo Lian interrupted her thoughts and looked at Des Moines.

“You really need to rest,” Des Moines said. “You’ve been working for so long, don’t you feel tired, Admiral?”

"Fatigue...?" Luo Lian looked down at her palm in confusion. "I don't feel that tired."

Luo Lian is very young and takes care of his health when he is not researching, so his physical condition is already excellent. Especially after obtaining the Admiral Network, Luo Lian's mental strength has also been developed. Therefore, even if Luo Lian works continuously for a month, he does not feel overdrawn. On the contrary, he feels excited and wants to work hard for another month.

"That won't do." Desmond didn't care about anything else. She just sighed and said to Luo Lian, "Admiral, you really need to rest, even if it's just for one day. If you go back to the lab now, I might have to complain to Senior Helena. Senior Helena will tell the Chairman, and the Chairman will tell Admiral Lu Lin. If Admiral Lu Lin knows you're like this, she'll be worried about you."

Luo Lian is actually a very stubborn person.

But whenever it involves Xiao Bai, Luo Lian will decisively put aside her stubbornness.

Upon hearing that Xiaobai would be worried, Luo Lian immediately nodded and said in full agreement, "Alright then, I'll go rest."

"You really need to get some rest, don't go off to do experiments again. Remember to buy some food on your way home, Admiral, you often forget that. And also..."

"Ah."

Under Desmond's concerned gaze, Luo Lian left the Admiral's Guild and returned to a nearby inn.

This inn is now owned by the newbie garrison, and strictly speaking, it can also be considered Luo Lian's home. Luo Lian has been renting a room there for a long time to rest.

After returning to her hotel room, Luo Lian first went to the bathroom to take a shower.

Dragging her wet and naked body, Luo Lian walked out of the bathroom, bent down to pick up a bottled drink from the table, opened it, and started drinking.

Although Des Moines gave him a day off, he really didn't know what to do for the time being...

Luo Lian usually spends her time between work and sleep. Since the second chapter began, she has had almost no entertainment activities, and even if she does, it's mostly just dreaming.

As Luo Lian was thinking, she suddenly noticed the remote control on the bed.

Let's watch TV for a while, although I don't think there'll be anything interesting to watch.

Luo Lian thought for a while, then stretched out her water-drenched hand, turned on the TV in the living room, and started watching TV while drinking a carbonated beverage.

The television is turned on.

"I never expected that the admiral of the Kantai Collection idol group would be such a beautiful girl!"

On the television, the host's voice came through, and a snow-white figure appeared in front of Luo Lian.

puff! ! !

Luo Lian tilted her head and sprayed carbonated drinks all over the floor.

Chapter 2307 An Encounter on the Train

The day after the latest episode of "Happy Base" was filmed, a large amount of information about the show appeared online.

With Director Chen's tacit approval and indulgence, the one hundred lucky fans who participated in the on-site filming of "Happy Base" uploaded detailed accounts of the program to the internet through fragmented mobile phone videos, chat logs, and audio recordings.

For a while.

Even before the show aired, major online social media platforms were already completely dominated by information about "Happy Base".

Among the various trending posts, most of the content about "Happy Base" was spoilers for this episode, including concrete evidence of actor Lu Ming's participation, the appearance of numerous heavyweight celebrities, the seemingly revamped set design, and even the Kantai Collection (Kantai Collection) characters...

That's right.

And there are ship girls too!

When Lu Ming's fans eagerly clicked on the discussion thread about "Happy Base" and excitedly searched for information about their idol, they were all shocked by the last message about ship girls.

In this unprecedented and star-studded film and television extravaganza, the grand finale featured real ship girls!

A... ship girl idol group authorized and supported by the central government!

My goodness!

Am I really not dreaming?!

All netizens who saw the spoilers for "Happy Base" for the first time had their heads buzzing when they saw anything about ship girl idols.

This is the first ever ship girl group to appear on an entertainment program!

This is far more breathtaking than any gathering of stars!

Initially, the internet was filled with skepticism regarding the spoilers for "Happy Base." Many netizens who saw the ship girl parts commented things like, "It looks fake as soon as you see the ship girls," "My grandma wouldn't joke like that with a kid," "Ship girls are rare combat resources, how could they have the time to be idols?" and "The beginning was pretty good, but it's too fake when it comes to ship girls later on." However, soon, videos taken by some lucky fans, ranging from tens of seconds to one or two minutes, began to circulate in popular online posts.

It spreads from person to person, from one to ten, from ten to a hundred.

These online videos were filmed using amateur techniques, resulting in somewhat blurry images and noisy surroundings. However, it was still possible to vaguely discern that they were filmed on the set of "Happy Base." On the bright and spacious stage, one could see Lu Ming, familiar celebrities, the host team of "Happy Base," and of course, the cool scene of the Kantai Collection idol group making their appearance.

There are so many videos circulating online, covering various angles and time periods. Considering the large number of celebrities appearing in them, the possibility of any fabrication is almost eliminated.

Therefore, even if they found it unreasonable, netizens had no choice but to believe that the ship girls did indeed appear in this episode of "Happy Base".

What followed was an almost unstoppable surge of enthusiasm.

Posts analyzing the leaked videos, posts discussing the feasibility of ship girl idols, and in-depth discussions about the reasons for this ship girl project... Every corner of the internet seemed to be flooded with information about ship girls. The trending topics on social media platforms were quickly filled with all sorts of ship girl information. The original trending topics about the Deer Cry or the Deep Sea Twins were directly swallowed up by the massive wave of the internet and disappeared without a trace.

Netizens' anticipation for the latest episode of "Happy Base" has reached an unprecedented peak.

It was in this environment that a week slowly passed, and it was Saturday afternoon.

The highly anticipated "Happy Base" has premiered.

……

The train sped along the tracks, its carriages occasionally creaking and groaning.

The scenery outside the window vanished like a fleeting light. The seats inside the carriage were sparsely populated, and most people were engrossed in their phones with their heads down.

"Mommy, this lady is so pretty!" A little boy who looked only seven or eight years old stared wide-eyed at his mother's phone and said in a childish voice to the white figure on the screen, "Who is she?"

"This is the Admiral," the woman in the seat replied with a smile, her eyes glued to the video on her phone.

"What kind of duck is an admiral?"

"He is our hero."

"But this lady is very pretty..."