Elder brother's garrison

During this time, staff from the Admiral's Guild visited Xiaobai to collect the battle report on the 8-2 mutation. After Xiaobai truthfully handed it over, the staff from the Admiral's Guild left with gratitude and thanks.

Watching the staff members leave, Xiaobai suddenly pondered whether he had dragged things out for too long, causing pressure on the staff members as well.

I'm so sorry.

After sincerely apologizing to the departing staff with his hands clasped together, Xiao Bai returned to his dormitory and ate street food to pass the time.

While killing time, Xiaobai didn't stay idle. She took out her phone, opened her social media app, and started clearing out the messages that had accumulated over the past few days. Before, when she was in Lexington, Xiaobai's phone was under Lexington's complete control, and she hardly had a chance to touch it. Now that she had been released, her phone had accumulated thousands of messages.

Xiao Bai replied to messages while eating snacks.

Time soon came to night.

A curtain of stars was faintly hanging in the sky.

As Xiaobai was replying to messages on social media, she suddenly heard footsteps approaching from outside the door.

Xiao Bai put down her phone, stood up, and looked out the window.

Nia was walking past Xiaobai's window with her head hanging low, while the ship girls behind her jogged after her, all with expressions of dejection and self-blame.

—Nia looks extremely disappointed today.

Whenever Nia passed by Xiaobai's window, no matter what the situation, she would immediately look towards Xiaobai's room to look for Xiaobai.

But this time, Xiaobai was standing at the window, and Nia didn't notice him at all, walking dejectedly into her dormitory.

Xiaobai put down the snack bag, carefully pushed open the door, and peeked out.

Outside the door, in the corridor, were Nia, and behind her were Veneto, Rome, Littorio, Empire, Cleveland, and Taihou, six ship girls.

This is Nia's favorite training team.

They are also the strongest fighting force in Nia's Garrison at present.

They looked like they had just finished an exercise.

The ship girls' originally clean and dry skin and ship uniforms were covered with some dust and the smell of the sea breeze, but their expressions were more noticeable than their clothes.

Almost all the ship girls' originally bright and beautiful faces were now covered with a faint look of regret and self-blame.

Nia herself, needless to say, looked travel-worn and extremely tired.

Xiao Bai thoughtfully took out his phone and checked Nia's recent battle record.

Good guy.

A page of red.

Nia went home after losing six consecutive practice matches.

Chapter 3233 Mine, mine, all mine

In exercises like these, it's perfectly normal to have both wins and losses.

As the saying goes, victory and defeat are common occurrences for military strategists.

Nia is not a top-ten admiral with overwhelming combat power, and her current world ranking is very different from a few weeks ago. Now she is ranked in the twenties. At this stage, every game Nia plays is a high-level game that requires her to go all out. None of the opponents Nia encounters are easy to deal with. They are all heavyweights in the entire admiral circle.

Rather, it's fair to say that Nia's ability to maintain a 50/50 win rate at this stage is actually quite an impressive achievement.

After all, she was only an admiral who had been training for two and a half years.

However... even a newbie who frequently watches Tirpitz play competitive games knows that in high-ranking matches where the win rate is close to 50/50, win streaks or loss streaks can occur frequently due to fluctuations in luck.

Winning streaks are fine, but losing streaks... can be a really frustrating gaming experience.

For example, Tirpitz once achieved a magnificent 15-game losing streak and 15 consecutive SVP victories in high-ranking matches (referring to e-sports games). Although Tirpitz had no expression on her face at the time, Xiaobai clearly remembers her sitting in front of the TV, her fingers pressing so hard that the veins were bulging, and the sound of her almost crushing the controller.

cough cough.

A bit off topic.

In conclusion, let's get back to the main topic.

Little White secretly peeked out from behind the door, watching Nia and the ship girls outside.

After a relentless six-game losing streak, Nia looked somewhat dejected. She leaned against the door, her mind hazy as she gently rubbed the key against the keyhole, trying to get it in place.

The ship girls behind Nia, seeing this scene, all looked remorseful, as if they wanted to say something but couldn't.

“Commander, I’m so sorry about today… I’m so sorry. If I had been able to dodge the enemy’s shelling at the last moment, then…” Veneto finally began to speak, her gray eyes lowered, her pretty face full of regret, “It’s all my fault… and the last one…”

"I...I have a problem too!" Taihou quickly took two steps forward, clutching her ample chest, and said apologetically to Nia's retreating figure, "If, for example, I could have provided timely support with carrier-based aircraft, Veneto wouldn't have been under so much pressure..."

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am very sorry. I have let everyone down today." Rome's heterochromatic eyes dimmed slightly as she murmured and bowed to the crowd.

“…Sigh, I have a problem too.” Littorio pressed the back of his head and sighed. “Cleveland fought with her life on the line today. She did everything she could. It’s my skill that’s not up to par. I didn’t coordinate well with her battlefield decisions in time, which allowed the opponent to seize the opportunity.”

"..." The Empire looked left and right, a rare look of unease appearing on his fair face, before he lowered his head and clenched his hands.

"Son, don't be angry." Cleveland stepped forward, gently patted Nia's shoulder, and whispered.

"..."

The ship girls of the Nia family are reflecting on themselves, feeling annoyed and regretful that they did not perform better in today's exercise.

As the admiral, Nia held onto the door, slowly pushed the key into the keyhole, and then breathed a sigh of relief before turning around leisurely.

Aside from looking a little down and listless, Nia's face didn't actually show any signs of resentment.

Nia smiled gently at the ship girls, as if she were trying very hard to smile.

"It's alright, everyone. You all did your best in today's exercise," Nia said with a smile. "In my heart, you all did your best today. It was just some coordination mistakes on the battlefield... Please don't worry about it. We can always win back the game we lost tomorrow."

Nia's words eased the ship girls' expressions of self-reproach slightly.

But the ship girls still looked at Nia with great concern.

"Commander, I will do my best tomorrow, I promise..."

"Okay, okay, I believe you." Nia forced a smile, gripping the doorknob and shaking it a couple of times. "Ah... well... speaking of which, I'm a little tired now, so... I'll go back to my room to rest. Everyone, please go back to your... your own places..."

As Nia continued speaking, her breath grew weaker and weaker.

Like a sack being gradually drained, Nia's voice grew softer and softer, and it seemed as if she was only inhaling air but not exhaling.

The ship girls gradually noticed that something was wrong with Nia.

"Commander, what's wrong? You look terrible! Should we call a doctor?" the ship girls asked hurriedly.

"I, I didn't..." Nia shook her head. She was about to say something when, as if a string in her head had snapped, Nia's eyelids suddenly rolled back, and her whole body went limp without a sound, falling towards the ship girls.

The ship girl cried out in surprise and rushed forward to catch Nia in a flustered manner.

"Commander? What's wrong?"

"Commander! Can you hear me? Please, please get a doctor! We really need to get a doctor now!"

"Cleveland, you're the fastest, I'm counting on you!"

"Quickly go to the clinic outside the naval base and fetch the doctor!"

The ship girls were immediately thrown into chaos.

Cleveland's eyes widened. After a brief moment of stunned silence, she quickly grasped the situation and swiftly climbed the nearby railing, disappearing from the spot like an orange shadow in a flash.

The ship girls who remained in place frantically hugged the silent Nia.

The corridor was filled with the panicked cries of the ship girls.

Amidst the calls, Veneto Taifeng and the others even sounded a little like they were crying.

Upon seeing this, Xiaobai immediately pushed open the dormitory door and ran out.

"Make way, make way, bring Nia in front of me so I can see her!" Xiaobai called out to the ship girls.

"Ah, Admiral Lu Lin! You, you're back!" The ship girls, upon seeing Xiaobai appear, immediately felt as if they had found their pillar of support, and hurriedly moved the unconscious Nia in front of Xiaobai. "Admiral Lu Lin, look, what happened to the Commander...?"

Xiaobai gestured for the ship girls to be quiet.

The ship girls immediately covered their mouths, staring obediently at Xiaobai with their bloodshot eyes.

Little White waved to Veneto of Nia's family.

Veneto stepped forward and carried Nia, whom he was holding in his arms, to Little White.

Xiaobai approached Nia, first peering at her face, then gently pressing her palm against Nia's forehead and her other hand against her chest, causing the Admiral's Network to emanate.

After a short while, Xiaobai withdrew from the Admiral Network and opened his eyes.

"Admiral Lu Lin, how, how is it?" the ship girls asked hurriedly.

"It's alright. Nia just fainted because her mental energy was severely depleted—in other words, she was exhausted." Xiaobai gently rubbed her fingers on Nia's forehead. "You guys carry Nia into the room, I'll replenish her mental energy."

"Ming, I understand!"

Upon hearing this, the ship girls breathed a sigh of relief and then hurriedly helped Nia into the room.

The group gently laid Nia down on the bed.

Xiao Bai sat on the edge of the bed, gently touching the back of Nia's hand, and channeling strands of spiritual energy into her body.

A group of ship girls squatted pitifully to the side, staring at Xiaobai.

"Admiral Lu, how is he now?"

"...My mental power has limited effects on humans. If even one unit out of ten thousand units of mental power I channeled into Nia's body survives, that would be good." Xiaobai shook her head and said to the ship girls, "All I can do is try my best to nurture Nia's mental power with my own and create a comfortable environment for her to recover. As for when she will recover, that depends on her own recovery ability."

"Then, then it should be alright!" Taihou said quickly, wiping away her tears. "Our commander is still young this year, in the prime of his life, strong and healthy, and his recovery ability is very good."

"..." Xiaobai nodded slightly to Dafeng, "It's not a big problem, don't worry."

Hearing Xiaobai's words, the ship girls were finally completely relieved.

"It's all my fault... If I hadn't performed so poorly today and lost so many exercises, the Commander definitely wouldn't have fainted." Veneto lowered her head like a sinner, tears welling in her eyes, and said self-reproachfully, "The Commander must have been hit hard by today's results, that's why she couldn't hold on."

"It's not quite like that. Nia fainted today... well, it was indeed related to her mood, but the main reason was that she had been working too hard lately." Xiaobai shook her head and said to the ship girls, "If we're really talking about it, it's actually my fault. I put too much pressure on Nia and didn't help her relax in time... I could tell from chatting with her a few days ago that she was a bit too tired. It's all my fault. I was too careless."

"No, no, no, no... How could it be Admiral Lu Lin's problem..."

When the ship girls heard that Xiaobai wanted to take responsibility, they were all so frightened that they shook their heads.

Well, that's settled. In order to prevent Xiaobai from continuing to say such things, none of the ship girls present dared to enter "Xianglin's Wife Mode" anymore.

Xiao Bai touched Nia's hand and channeled his mental energy into her for a period of time.

Nia's pale face finally regained some color, and her breathing gradually became more regular.

Seeing this, Xiaobai released Nia's hand.

After a while, loud footsteps came from outside Nia's dormitory.

Cleveland carried the doctor into the dormitory.

Although Nia had not yet woken up, after performing a basic examination, the doctor reached the same conclusion as Xiaobai had. After prescribing some medicine to help Nia recover, the doctor left with his medical bag.

Before leaving, the doctor praised the ship girls for their excellent emergency response, noting that although Nia had not yet woken up, her condition had recovered very quickly and was quite good.

Fortunately, Cleveland brought the doctor in time; otherwise, Nia might have recovered by now.

After the doctor left.

Inside the room, Xiaobai endured the silent yet dependent gazes of the ship girls. She couldn't help but scratch her cheek and smile shyly.

Chapter 3234 Your ship girls, I'll train them.

"Admiral Lu Lin, thank you so much," Veneto said gratefully to Xiaobai. "The doctor said it's all thanks to your timely intervention..."

"It wasn't a big deal to begin with. Nia's health is very good, and she won't be affected by my absence." Xiaobai shook her head and said to the ship girls, "Alright, now we just need to wait for Nia to wake up. You guys come and look after Nia for a bit, I'm going to play on my phone."

"Oh? Oh, oh..."

The ship girls responded haltingly.

Xiaobai got up from beside Nia, sat down at the desk, and took out her phone.

Xiao Bai took out his phone... definitely not for playing games.

While watching the ship girls crowd around Nia, Xiaobai quietly opened the Admiral app and checked the world rankings.

I remember the last time I looked at Nia's world ranking, she was ranked around 23rd.

Xiao Bai searched for Nia's Garrison and checked her current ranking again.

really.

After a disastrous six-game losing streak, Nia's world ranking has dropped to below 36.