Elder brother's garrison

at the same time.

In an outdoor training ground in Chapter 3230, the admiral, who had just won a battle and squeezed into the top twenty in the rankings, hadn't even had time to smile when he heard a crisp notification sound from his phone.

"Ring ring ring! You have a new message."

The admiral picked up his phone and glanced at it.

"You have been selected as a random match. Please arrive at Exercise Field 19 within half an hour..."

The phone contained only ordinary, randomly matched information.

But as the admiral looked at the notification on his phone, for some reason, he suddenly felt a chill run through his body, and his hand holding the phone began to tremble uncontrollably.

……

On this day, the admirals of Chapter 3231 finally recalled the fear of being dominated by the world's number one admiral.

In just three hours, Xiaobai launched more than a dozen drills.

All the opponents they encountered during that time showed expressions of utter disbelief and trembling terror upon seeing Little White leading Montana.

The exercise begins.

The exercise has ended.

Xiaobai led the ship girls away, searching for the next admiral to be victimized.

Even after the Admiral Guild's "weakening," those defeated by Xiaobai can only lose a maximum of 100 points, which is just a small loss and not a serious blow, but it is enough to make the admirals who suffered a crushing defeat at Xiaobai's hands wail in anguish.

In today's eighth chapter, the admirals are in a state of panic, spreading the news among themselves.

"Extreme alert! Extreme alert!! That woman, that woman is back!"

"What! It's that woman?"

"That woman is back?! No—"

"More than a dozen admirals have already been brutally murdered, and several of them have been beaten to death!"

"Oh my god—she's here again!"

The admirals, who had suffered greatly from the disease, had long since developed a tacit understanding.

They didn't even need to call her by name to understand the terrifying meaning behind the words "that woman."

After a few days of silence, is the world's number one admiral about to start participating in exercises again and wreaking havoc on the masses?

Upon hearing the news, the admirals quickly pulled out their phones, accessed the admiral app's backend, and tried to use 800 points to directly purchase a one-day "peace token" to avoid being randomly matched by the world's number one admiral.

But the admirals' fingers hovered over the purchase interface for the peace token. Their expressions were pained and conflicted, their fingers trembling, yet they were truly reluctant to press it.

After a while, the admirals sighed and withdrew their hands, closed the admiral app, and opened the admiral forum.

The number of posts on the Admiral Forum has surged recently because Xiaobai has started practicing again.

Almost every time the forum homepage is refreshed, it is covered by completely new posts.

Almost all the posts are discussing the world's number one admiral.

"Brothers, the good days are over. Admiral Lu Lin is starting another exercise!"

"Breaking news: Three hours and eighteen minutes have passed since Admiral Lu Lin's first exercise today, and a total of nineteen admirals have suffered as a result!"

"Brothers, use all the peace tokens you have."

"I am the eighth admiral randomly matched by Admiral Lu Lin. I am currently in a stable mood, so please feel free to ask me anything."

"..."

Among the many discussion posts, one post was quickly pinned to the top by the administrator after being highlighted.

"Friends, listen carefully. If you want to rank up, never use the peace token—it's a trap!"

The number of likes on this post is steadily increasing over time.

Almost every admiral who browsed the admiral forum saw this pinned post, and out of curiosity, they clicked on it.

This post was sent by an anonymous admiral, and it contained a lengthy and detailed explanation.

"All of you admirals who clicked in are probably players looking to climb the ranks. You've all probably received the news about Admiral Lu Lin resuming exercises today. To make matters short—if you still want to rank up, please, please do not buy any avoidance tokens!"

"The following is the main text!"

"As we all know, the Battle Avoidance Talisman is very powerful. It can prevent the owner from being randomly matched by anyone for a short period of one day. In the current situation, to put it more bluntly, the Battle Avoidance Talisman will prevent the world's number one admiral from locking onto the user and causing them to lose a lot of points!"

"At first glance, avoiding battle with Admiral Lu Lin seems like a very tempting option, but please think carefully: the price of a peace token is as high as 800 challenge tickets! According to the formula of the past few days' training activities, an admiral with normal combat strength can convert 100 challenge tickets into 38 points during the ranking period. If all 800 points are used for random challenges, the admirals can gain a total of 300 points—while Admiral Lu Lin has been weakened many times, so even if you lose to her once, you will only lose 100 points at most!"

"According to my calculations, I need to encounter Admiral Lu Lin at least four times before buying the avoidance talisman will be profitable!"

"The probability of an admiral encountering Admiral Lu Lin four times in one day is extremely low!"

"And don't forget, the Battle Avoidance Talisman not only blocks Admiral Lu Lin, but also blocks random challenges from other people! This is also a part of the points income!"

"The detailed calculation formulas are below!"

"Simply put, anyone who wants to rank up has a much higher chance of gaining points than someone who buys avoidance charms!"

"..."

Chapter 3232 Consecutive Kneels

The post advising everyone not to buy battle avoidance charms went viral within just a few hours, becoming the hottest post on the Admiral Forum at this moment.

The post's view count skyrocketed.

Below the post, numerous admirals eagerly replied.

"I am a top 100 admiral in the world. Admiral Lu Lin's exercise will not affect me, but I still thank you, OP."

"The original poster is destined for great things."

"Wow, this is going to be an exciting and thrilling day every time we do this exercise."

"In other words, this means we all need to prepare for battle, right... Whoever encounters Admiral Lu Lin the fewest times will be the winner."

"I'm speechless... Admiral Lu Lin used to only do two or three drills a day, but now she's doing so many drills."

"The Deep Sea Chief in the 8-2 sea area was defeated by Admiral Lu Lin some time ago. The Admiral's Guild rewarded Admiral Lu Lin with 200,000 challenge tickets. These challenge tickets will be enough for Admiral Lu Lin to play for quite a while."

"Admiral's Guild, look what you've done!"

"I give up. I've been challenged twice by Admiral Lu Lin today. I really can't take it anymore."

"Hold on, upstairs! According to the original poster, you're still earning points!"

"Thanks to the poster, I was able to rank up."

"Hilarious! Now Admiral Lu Lin has become a punishment mechanism. Whoever runs in front of her is unlucky."

"Thank you, OP. May you have a peaceful and safe life."

"Damn it, I already bought the evasion talisman, am I going to lose a lot of money?"

"Please don't stay anonymous, OP. I really appreciate your suggestion."

"..."

……

Admirals who are already close to the top 20 naturally want to climb the ranks as much as possible, and this post undoubtedly gives them a reason not to buy peace tokens.

The anonymous author of this post, the admirals of Chapter 8... especially the top twenty admirals, all expressed their deepest gratitude.

Today's eighth chapter is exceptionally lively.

Xiao Bai's existence is like a catfish, splashing and thrashing about in a quiet pond.

As random challenge messages were sent out, the desperate cries of the admirals echoed across the beach from time to time.

……

Inside the temporary garrison headquarters.

At the edge of the training ground, Luo Lian put down her phone, picked up a bottle of mineral water, and took a few sips.

The ship girl beside her looked at Luo Lian curiously.

"Admiral Luo Lian, were you playing on your phone just now?"

"Hmm?" Luo Lian looked at the ship girls, glanced down at her phone, and then asked, "What's wrong?"

"This is the first time I've seen Admiral Luo Lian playing on your phone during training time..." the ship girls whispered, as if they had discovered something amazing.

"..." Luo Lian remained silent. She put down her phone and said to the ship girls, "I just browsed the admiral forum and posted a thread."

"Huh? Posting?"

"Hmm... anyway, I'm just killing time... might as well let Xiaobai have some fun." Luo Lian tightened the cap on the mineral water bottle and calmly said, "If everyone uses the avoidance talisman, Xiaobai won't be able to continue practicing—and besides, Nia is now almost in the top twenty. If everyone buys avoidance talismans, even with Enterprise around, and with no other targets to choose from, Xiaobai will only be able to pick Nia. Nia is currently in the process of leveling up, so neither buying an avoidance talisman nor encountering Xiaobai is a good outcome for her. So I took some time and made up some reasons..."

As Luo Lian was speaking, she suddenly felt that the gaze in front of her was somewhat dull.

Luo Lian looked up and saw the ship girl staring blankly at her, looking like she didn't understand what she was saying.

"..." Luo Lian shook her head, put down the mineral water bottle, and said to the ship girl, "Are you rested enough? If you're rested enough, we'll start training."

"Oh!" the ship girl quickly replied.

The ship girl said she could understand the phrase "training begins".

……

Xiaobai's berserk drill continued into the afternoon.

After defeating their thirtieth opponent, Xiaobai and the ship girls walked back to the temporary naval base. Xiaobai took out her phone and looked at her historical battle record in the admiral's app. Looking at the green victory information behind her, and then at the tens of thousands of challenge tickets missing in the backend, she couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

"These challenge tickets are really plentiful; I can't possibly use them all," Xiaobai muttered to himself.

“If we practice this many times every day, it feels like we’ll run out of them pretty quickly,” Montana remarked from the side.

“I can’t possibly practice this intensely every day…” Xiaobai couldn’t help but smile when she heard this. She said to Montana, “Even with Enterprise by my side, it’s a bit unreasonable that my random challenges always fail to select the top ten admirals… And most importantly, Nia is almost in the top twenty. Once she enters the top twenty, my practice frequency will have to be reduced.”

"Admiral Nia has already entered the top twenty?"

"Let me see..." Xiaobai took out her phone, looked at the world rankings, and then showed the phone to everyone. "Nia's world ranking is at the very bottom of the twentieth."

“Wow, that’s impressive, Admiral Nia.” Montana stepped forward, stroking his chin and smiling.

"Yeah, it's unbelievable. Just a few months ago, Nia was at the bottom of the world rankings." Xiaobai held her phone, looking at Nia's historical records, and sighed, "But..."

"but?"

"At Nia's current limit, it seems she'll only reach 20th place," Xiaobai murmured softly.

Xiaobai has been keeping track of his two friends' performance.

Nia's recent win rate in exercises is not very good. When she was in the top 50 in the world, her win rate could barely maintain 60% to 70%, and it was in a steady upward trend.

But after her ranking rose to the top 20, Xiaobai discovered that Nia's recent historical record was a mix of red and green, and her win rate had plummeted to 50%.

A 50% win rate means that, given Nia's current strength, this is where she should be ranked.

But it's true.

The top 20 admirals in the world are all naval bases with deep foundations and rich experience.

In other words, each of the top twenty admirals is a strong contender for a place in the top ten naval districts.

Just as there is a huge gap between the top ten admirals and other admirals, there is also a significant gap between the top twenty admirals and those outside the top twenty.

While the gap isn't so terrifying as to be insurmountable, it is still another clear dividing line.

Jin Shiqi and Ning Lu are already among the top twenty admirals, so there's no need to worry too much about their strength. With a little special training, breaking into the top ten shouldn't be too difficult.

However, as an admiral who has only started to rise in the last two years, Nia's lack of deep foundation has always been her weakness. It is already not easy for her to rise to this ranking with the extraordinary combat power of the four Veneto sisters. If she can maintain a high win rate at this ranking, then her strength should at least be at the level of a top ten admiral.

"It seems Admiral Nia is going through a tribulation these days," Montana said, stroking her chin. She looked at Xiaobai, "And what about Admiral Luo Lian? How is she doing?"

“Lianlian…” Upon hearing the name Luo Lian, Xiaobai immediately gave a wry smile. Without even checking the world rankings, she said to Montana, “Lianlian’s condition… well, it’s still the same. The event is already halfway through, and her naval base ranking is still at the bottom of Chapter 8…”

"Isn't Admiral Luo Lian in a hurry?"

“She’s not in a hurry.” Xiaobai put away her phone and murmured softly, “I’m so worried for her.”

“Haha.” Montana smiled. “Admiral Luo Lian is quite an interesting person.”

Xiaobai and his group discussed the matter, bought some snacks and treats from a street vendor, and returned to the temporary garrison.

In the afternoon, there were even more ship girls at the temporary naval base than during the day.