Elder brother's garrison

In Xiaobai's view, a dejected female admiral was leading a group of ship girls out from the other end of the entrance, passing by the road where Xiaobai was.

Xiao Bai subconsciously pressed down his baseball cap, his gaze lingering on the young female admiral for a moment.

The young admiral who emerged from the sea entrance was none other than Xiao Yuan, who had just engaged in a practice battle with Luo Lian.

Compared to the bright and confident expression on Xiao Yuan's face when Xiao Bai saw her before, which was still quite cute, Xiao Yuan is now extremely disappointed.

Admiral Xiao Yuan walked dejectedly at the front of the group, her body slightly leaning forward, her arms hanging limply at her sides, and her steps appearing unsteady.

"Admiral, we're sorry, it's all our fault..."

Behind Admiral Xiao Yuan, her ship girls all showed expressions of regret and self-reproach.

The ship girls kept apologizing to Admiral Xiao Yuan.

"Admiral, I'm so sorry..."

"If we had performed better, we wouldn't have embarrassed you so much, Admiral..."

"..."

Xiao Yuan stopped in her tracks and looked back at the ship girls behind her, her fair face full of annoyance.

"I'm not blaming you... Why are you apologizing?"

“But, but…” A ship girl stepped forward.

“Sigh… Clemenceau, you don’t need to comfort me,” Admiral Xiao Yuan said. “A loss is a loss, there’s no point in making excuses.”

"In today's battle, I was the first to be heavily damaged, which gave the enemy an opening." Another ship girl stepped forward, clutching her chest, her apologetic gaze filled with determination. "Admiral, I promise I will never make the same mistake again in the next battle!"

“Zeppelin, I’m glad you said that.” Xiao Yuan sighed, glancing at the trash can beside her, and said, “But I’m so tired… I want to go home and get some sleep.”

"Ah..." The ship girls looked at Xiao Yuan with a hesitant expression.

It seems that Xiao Yuan's loss to Luo Lian has dealt a significant blow to the admiral's mental state.

The ship girls were a little worried, but Xiao Yuan had already turned around and continued on her way home, so the ship girls could only hurry to follow.

Xiao Yuan and the ship girls left the street and disappeared at the end of the street.

Xiao Bai, squatting beside the trash can, hugged his knees and gazed thoughtfully at Xiao Yuan and the ship girls' backs.

"Oh...it really is just like what Lianlian wrote in her notebook. The exercise lineup chosen by Admiral Xiao Yuan and the combat methods adopted by the ship girls were perfectly predicted." Xiaobai muttered to herself, a look of admiration appearing in her eyes. "Now it's even less surprising that Lianlian can win."

Xiao Bai dusted off his clothes and stood up.

Xiao Bai took out his phone and opened the Admiral Forum.

Sure enough, not long after Luo Lian and Xiao Yuan's exercise ended, the Admiral's Forum was already flooded with posts about Luo Lian.

"Breaking news! Admiral Luo Lian has achieved a perfect victory over Admiral Xiao Yuan, winning the exercise competition!"

"Incredible! Luo Lian is finally pushing the limits!"

"I heard that during the exercise, Xiao Yuan's ship girls were completely outmatched."

Haha! What a huge scoop!

"I remember in the previous prediction post, many people said that Luo Lian's ship girls were only at most in the top 200 in the world. Now everyone has been proven wrong."

"Admiral Luo Lian is awesome!"

"I watched the entire exercise, and my assessment is that Admiral Xiao Yuan bought it."

"Admiral Xiao Yuan is in the top 100 of this world, yet she was beaten so badly, with no chance to fight back at all. I think there's probably some exaggeration in her ranking."

"Analysis Post: Regarding Admiral Luo Lian's Current Level"

"I got some combat footage, anyone want to watch it? Send me a message in my email."

"Admiral Luo Lian's strength is probably now at the top 100 in the world... But considering that she can easily crush the top 100 naval bases in the world, her strength might be in the top 50 or even the top 20 in the world?"

"Is Admiral Luo Lian really going to target the top ten admirals?"

"That's outrageous! Her world ranking was over 900 before."

"What's so outrageous about that? She's currently ranked tenth in the world, and just a few months ago, Admiral Nia was ranked over nine thousandth in the world."

"Where is Admiral Xiao Yuan? Come out and rescue her!"

"..."

With a simple click of refresh, dozens of posts popped up on the Admiral's Forum, all unsurprisingly related to Luo Lian.

It seems that the Admiral Forum was also thoroughly shocked by Luo Lian's performance.

Hmm...that makes sense.

Actually, I was also shocked when I first watched it.

Xiao Bai was about to put away her phone and return to the temporary garrison when suddenly, just a second before she was about to turn off her phone screen, another post appeared in her field of vision.

Xiao Bai raised an eyebrow, a hint of curiosity in her eyes.

"Rational discussion: the possibility of Admiral Luo Lian winning a top ten spot."

Compared to most of the gossip-oriented posts on the Admiral's Forum, this post seems much more rational.

Xiaobai clicked on the post.

The original poster only wrote two words in the main post.

"No."

Upon seeing these two large characters, Xiaobai's face immediately darkened.

Xiao Bai immediately categorized this post as Luo Lian's hater.

Xiaobai pouted, about to close the post, but her eyes were drawn to the second floor.

The original poster of this thread, as if taking a deep breath, added four more words on the second floor.

"not enough time."

Upon seeing these four words, Xiaobai withdrew her finger from the close button, scrolled down the post, and read it for a while.

The original poster of this thread finally started speaking like a normal person starting from the third post.

He listed several calculation formulas in the post, then substituted Luo Lian's current ranking score, and showed the calculation process to everyone.

The calculation shows that, based on the current points system for the exercise, even if Luo Lian maintains a perfect record and uses the most cost-effective challenge tickets in the exercise, and continues to win from today onwards, by the end of the event, Luo Lian's points will only be enough for her to barely rise to seventeenth place in the world.

The reason for this outcome is... the time was too short.

After all, Luo Lian came out of seclusion too late. During the three weeks she was slacking off, all the admirals in Chapter 8 were rapidly accumulating points, and their points were far ahead of Luo Lian's.

When her ranking is low enough, Luo Lian can still climb the ranks, but as her ranking rises and she gains more and more high-quality admirals with a lot of points around her, Luo Lian will soon find that the points she gains through winning will be difficult to push her ranking further.

This is the difference in the number of points.

This is also a result of the mechanism of this exercise.

After stating the final conclusion, the original poster of this thread stopped commenting.

But the discussion following the post grew rapidly within just a few minutes.

"Wow, this poster is a data genius."

"Too long to read."

"To save everyone's data usage: Luo Lian doesn't have enough points, so it won't work."

"He seems to genuinely believe that Admiral Luo Lian can break into the top ten..."

"The original poster actually calculated based on the premise that Luo Lian won completely... For a moment, I couldn't tell whether he was praising Luo Lian or trying to undermine her."

"The calculations are quite good; it's clear the poster has a lot of free time."

"So the points system also has the function of stabilizing rankings. I've learned something new."

"Unfortunately, it seems that no matter how hard Admiral Luo Lian tries, she will never be able to become one of the top ten admirals (clasps hands)."

"In the end, she was still one step behind. If Admiral Luo Lian had come out a week earlier, I think she could have been a strong contender for the top ten in the world."

"..."

The discussion in the thread is still ongoing.

Xiao Bai frowned as he stared at the post.

She held her forehead, her heart filled with complex emotions.

It feels like one problem after another is brewing...

Ugh……

Lianlian really has to go through eighty-one tribulations to make it into the top ten.

Chapter 3292 Data Emperor

Before closing the post, Xiaobai swiped the phone screen back to the top and took a special look at the forum ID of the post's poster.

The poster did not hide their ID, but openly displayed their forum ID to everyone.

Data Emperor 9527.

That's a really strange name.

Out of curiosity, Xiaobai clicked on the poster's history.

This user doesn't seem to be new to studying "data." Looking at his posting history, I found that he often posts data calculation-related posts on the Admiral Forum. These include attribute analyses of Abyssal Fleet ships at various stages of Chapter 8, as well as guides on how to maximize damage output with battleship girls' equipment, how to pair carrier girls with carrier-based aircraft for axis-based combat, and strategies for destroyers and light cruisers against submarines with proper equipment. However, the post with the most clicks is one titled "Regarding the Points Increase/Decrease Mechanism of This Chapter 8 Limited Exercise Event."

Xiaobai clicked on the post and looked at its contents.

"Thanks to all the enthusiastic friends who provided the data. Regarding the scoring mechanism of this exercise, after three weeks of data testing, calculation and speculation, I have finally deduced the principle and algorithm."

"Here's the essential information."

"As we all know, points can affect the ranking of admirals, but in fact, as many people have noticed before, the points that truly affect the ranking of admirals are not just the kind of points we know. Here I prefer to divide the points into two parts: hidden points and exercise points."

"The so-called exercise points are the points we earn from daily exercises, and these are the most crucial factors in the ranking of the admirals."

"But in reality, besides the exercise points, there is another key value that plays a more significant role in the event, namely the hidden points. The so-called hidden points generally change more slowly than the exercise points. The main basis for determining them is probably the points that the target naval base has been allocated on the world rankings at the moment the exercise begins. Before the event starts, the higher the world ranking, the higher the hidden points, and the lower the world ranking, the lower the hidden points."

Can hidden MMR be changed?

"The answer is yes, but the changes in hidden MMR are much slower compared to practice points. Ten consecutive wins can increase the event points by nearly 150, but the hidden MMR will only increase by about 15 at most. The same applies to losing."

"So what is the purpose of hidden MMR?"

"First of all, as everyone knows, the amount of hidden points determines to some extent how many points you get after each exercise. If the difference in hidden points between the two sides in an exercise is too large, it will also result in a unique over-calculation of event points."

"And the role of hidden points is not limited to these. Here I want to introduce a concept: in this exercise, the changes in the world rankings are determined by the sum of a certain percentage of hidden points and a certain percentage of exercise points."

"This is a rather rare mechanism. The emergence of this algorithm mechanism has led to the hidden score having an absolute higher priority than the event score in this exercise. Take the world's number one naval base for example. The world's number one naval base actually doesn't have many exercise sessions, and recently it has even given up on exercise altogether. However, even though the event has progressed to the third week in full swing, no naval base has been able to threaten the world's number one position. This is because the newbie naval base, as the world's number one naval base, has an excessively large hidden score."

"Therefore, I can conclude that hidden MMR is the real factor influencing world rankings!"

"The following is the algorithm..."

"..."

Xiaobai read the post from beginning to end, his gaze lingering on the numerous calculation formulas written by the poster for a while before landing on the comments section.

The first comments that catch the eye in the comment section are mostly from admirals saying things like "Thank you, OP," "Data expert, awesome," and "You do this job, I have to give you a thumbs up."

Aside from praising the original poster's comments, there was also discussion about the exercise mechanism.

Xiaobai quickly scanned the data and found that the admirals had some complaints about the importance of "hidden points" to "practice points," but these complaints remained at the level of verbal grumbling and did not have a significant impact.

Xiao Bai scratched his head.

If Xiaobai remembers correctly... this exercise seems to be based on the plan that Luo Lian proposed to the Admiral Headquarters.

In other words, this scoring algorithm based on hidden points and practice points seems to have been specially created by Luo Lian and given to the Admiral's Guild.

Ok……

However, some people are saying that, based on the algorithm mechanism of the event points, Luo Lian will not be able to rise into the world's top ten before the event ends.

Thinking about this, Xiao Bai thoughtfully rubbed his chin and looked at the sky.

So... Lianlian's own invention of the points algorithm backfired, causing her to fall behind in the rankings?

Xiao Bai couldn't help but suddenly laugh helplessly at the sky.

This kind of thing...it's impossible no matter how you look at it, right?