Elder brother's garrison

Then there is no problem.

Little White smiled at Littorio.

"Littorio, I forgot to tell you before, your performance in today's exercise was particularly good. It's just a pity that your ship equipment level is low. If your conditions were the same as everyone else's, perhaps today's result would have been different."

"Oh," Littorio responded, tightening his grip on the doll in his arms.

Chapter 3501 The Throne of Second in the World

Littorio was indeed a cold and aloof person; even with such praise from Xiaobai, she did not show any joy on her face.

Littorio's skills are indeed excellent, but ultimately, the reason he was able to fight the Iowa-class to the very end today is because the Iowa-class held back several times during the battle.

After all, as the Iowa-class destroyer's current greatest combat capability, the Missouri did not use its missile hull today.

If Missouri were willing to use its missile-equipped ships, given the absurd range and outrageous accuracy of its missile weapons, this exercise could likely end in less than three minutes.

"I'll try my best to improve my skills," Littorio said to Shiro. "Maybe, when I have time in the future..."

"Okay, keep it up!" Xiaobai encouraged with a smile.

"Hmm? Admiral, I remember you had that ability to max out a character's level with just one touch?" Anshan asked curiously when he saw that Xiaobai didn't seem to be making any moves. "Just like when you touched me, why don't you touch Littorio too?"

"It depends on the situation when you're helping someone improve their skills," Xiaobai explained to Anshan with a smile.

“Forcing growth is definitely not good,” Veneto’s voice came at this moment.

Everyone turned to look and saw Veneto wiping the foam off her hands, walking up to them. She looked at Littorio and continued speaking.

"In the end, ship equipment level is just the most basic thing in a ship girl's overall strength. Admirals can certainly help ship girls improve their ship equipment level, but they can't help with other things like combat instincts, battlefield decision-making, positioning, and gunnery," Veneto said. "These things require time to gradually adapt to, learn, and understand. If the level is raised too high all at once, it will make people subconsciously ignore some basic skills, and they will have to spend more time training, which is not a good thing."

“Some ship girls are special; they come with mature combat abilities from birth,” Xiaobai said to Anshan. “For example, Anshan, and Wisconsin. It’s fine to improve the training level of these ship girls, but it’s better to be more cautious with the others.”

“I see.” Anshan nodded knowingly, and said with her eyes closed, “So, I guess I’m quite special.”

“After all, you’re from Jinan…” Xiaobai rubbed Jinan’s head, hesitating to speak.

Veneto lowered his hand and glanced at Jinan, which was stuck to Xiaobai.

Jinan quickly let go of Xiaobai, retreated behind Anshan, hugged Anshan's waist and peeked out, cautiously looking at Veneto.

"Admiral, would you like me to rub your back?" Veneto pointed to the bench in the shower area.

"Huh? I can do it myself."

“It’s alright, let’s go together. I’ve already taken down quite a few people today,” Veneto said, stretching his arms. “One more, Admiral, won’t make a difference.”

"Ah... well..." Xiaobai glanced at the ship girls around her, clutched the hem of her towel, thought for a moment, and nodded, "Alright then..."

Under Veneto's watchful gaze, Little White carefully sat down on the bench.

Xiaobai untied her bath towel and placed it aside.

A group of ship girls stood behind Xiaobai, staring intently at her back.

Xiaobai has very long hair, so when she entered the bathroom, Missouri helped her tie her hair into an adorable bun, thus fully exposing the view of her back to the ship girls.

"The Admiral's skin is really good, fair and rosy, soft and shiny." One of the ship girls said this.

"After all, the admiral has ship equipment... and the beautification effect of ship equipment is top-notch."

"It feels perfect for drawing something on it."

"..."

With a blank expression, Veneto squeezed out the shower gel and applied it to Little White's back with his palm.

Veneto's palm rubbed and moved on Little White's back.

Veneto took a deep breath, a look of satisfaction on his face.

Ok……

This feeling of calm and security is wonderful.

Compared to Hancock and the like in the Roman Empire, the Admiral's figure makes her happier.

After a long day of hard work, Master Wei began to vigorously rub Xiaobai's back.

Xiao Bai felt the stares from behind her, and her face began to burn uncontrollably.

Ever since acquiring a new ship, Xiaobai has felt unable to fully and comfortably show her body to too many ship girls at once...

……

Time passed quickly while repairing the bathtub.

When the ship girls finished washing and repairing their ship equipment, and walked out of the repair bath feeling refreshed, the sky had already noticeably darkened.

Ship girls are indeed slow at repairing their ship equipment. For large ship girls, a major ship equipment damage often requires them to spend an entire day in the repair bath.

The rapid repair device, capable of instantly restoring all damage, is precisely because of its high efficiency that it has become one of the currencies used to measure combat strength within the admiral community.

After leaving the bathhouse, everyone rushed to the canteen to prepare for dinner.

Nia had been waiting for everyone for a long time at her seat in the cafeteria.

Upon seeing everyone enter the cafeteria, she immediately stood up and excitedly greeted them.

Nia did not go with Xiaobai to repair the bath.

Nia likes Xiaobai. Although she really wants to stay by Xiaobai's side forever, she is also somewhat sensible. Xiaobai went to repair the bathhouse to get back to the ship girls she hadn't seen for months. Nia felt like she was an untimely third wheel, and she wouldn't disturb Xiaobai's gathering with the ship girls.

After dinner, Xiaobai dismissed the ship girls with satisfaction. She and Nia packed some food and went to the ship girl dormitory to bring a little surprise to Chaoda, who had been sleeping all day.

When Xiaobai and Nia arrived at the dormitory of Chaodahe, Chaodahe had already been awake for a long time.

Xiao Bai took out his key and opened the door, only to see Chao Da sitting on the bed with more than a dozen cups of soy milk, happily drinking it.

The air seemed to faintly emit a fermented aroma due to the enormous amount of soy milk present.

Looking at Chao Yamato, Xiaobai reluctantly put down the food. After reminding Chao Yamato to eat more rice in addition to the soy milk, she left Chao Yamato's dormitory with peace of mind and returned to her own room with Nia.

Tonight, Xiaobai and Nia chatted until very late.

It wasn't until the moon and stars were few that Nia reluctantly said goodbye to Xiaobai and went back to her room to rest.

Xiaobai lay alone on the bed, stretching, looking at the ceiling, listening to the wind outside the window, and slowly closed her eyes.

……

The next morning, sunlight streamed through the window and onto the sheets.

Xiao Bai sat up in bed, still half asleep.

While rubbing her eyes, she picked up her phone from the bedside. She glanced unsurprised at Akagi, who had somehow crawled into her bed and was sleeping soundly with her pillow. Then she opened her phone and browsed the Admiral Forum for the day.

The Admiral Forum seems to be a bit more lively today than in the past few days.

Xiaobai even felt like he was back in the days of salvaging special ship girls, or in the days of the limited-time exercise event for the top ten admirals.

Xiao Bai's hand, which had been flipping through the Admiral Forum, gradually stopped after a few pages.

Looking at the posts scrolling wildly across his phone screen, almost taking up the entire screen, Xiaobai paused for a long time before smiling slightly.

"Warmest congratulations to Admiral Luo Lian!"

"Report—Admiral Luo Lian arrived at Admiral Hao Ding's base yesterday and launched a ranking battle against him. The ranking battle mode was a best-of-five (BO5) where no ship girls would appear repeatedly. Admiral Luo Lian ended the match in the fourth game with a record of three wins and one loss, and strongly climbed to the top of the world's second place!"

"Admiral Luo Lian is awesome!"

"Damn it, he's a monster! Just four months ago, Admiral Luo Lian was ranked a hundred and eight thousand miles away, and now he's achieved enlightenment in a single day."

"Let us congratulate Admiral Luo Lian!"

"Second in the world!"

"So, even Admiral Haoding couldn't stop Admiral Luo Lian after all...?"

"Doesn't anyone question the authenticity of Admiral Luo Lian's claim to be ranked second in the world?"

"Upstairs, so you mean Admiral Haoding would fabricate something?"

"That's hilarious, my friend."

"No one else may mention it, but Admiral Haoding would never lie."

"Admiral Luo Lian is amazing!"

"After a lot of trouble, Admiral Haoding still ended up in third place in the world."

"It's not bad. Before, Admiral Haoding was fourth in the world. Now he has at least moved up one place."

"Do you think that, given this trend, it's possible for Admiral Luo Lian to defeat the rookie naval base in a few years?"

"It's even more humorous now, my friend."

"You believe me, even if you put all nine of the top ten naval bases together, they wouldn't be enough to beat a newbie naval base with one hand... Have you forgotten how Montana single-handedly took on the entire eighth chapter?"

"..."

Xiao Bai put down her phone, looked at the bright sunshine outside the window, and stretched comfortably.

"Sigh... I don't know why the conversations on the Admiral's Forum always end up talking about me... but..." Xiaobai smiled with satisfaction, "It seems that Lianlian has indeed achieved her goal. As expected of her."

After stretching, I picked up my phone again, closed the Admiral Forum, and opened the social media app on my phone.

On social media, a discussion group of more than a dozen people called "Former Eleven Family" has become incredibly lively.

The current top ten admirals are praising Luo Lian in the group chat. At this moment, Admiral Haoding also pops up and laughs, telling the story of how he was no match for Luo Lian. He then runs to Zhao Kuo, who has taken office as governor, to complain... Governor Zhao Kuo comes over upon hearing this and sends several red envelopes in one go.

The group chat is really lively. I wonder if these people didn't sleep at all last night.

Looking at the 999+ messages in the discussion group, Xiao Bai thought for a while and then switched to Luo Lian's private chat interface, sending her a private message: "Congratulations, Lian Lian!"

Ding Ding Ding!

Luo Lian replied instantly.

"You're awake." This was Luo Lian's message.

"Yeah, Lianlian, I saw you got second place in the world rankings," Xiaobai replied. "That's amazing!"

"Yes, but I still lost a game, and it wasn't a pretty win," Luo Lian replied. "Admiral Haoding is still strong."

Xiao Bai held her phone, looked at Luo Lian's reply, and smiled.

Chapter 3502 The next step is to go to work.

In the early morning, Xiaobai's dormitory was quiet and peaceful, filled with a fragrance that made it feel like being in a flower garden.

The sunlight shone quietly on the bed, highlighting the dust particles in the air in streaks.

"Uh-huh……"

Hugging her pillow, Akagi Fukami murmured softly. She gently adjusted her position on the bed, her slender and alluring body slightly twisting under the thin sheet, revealing the curves of her shapely and full figure. Her snow-white shoulders peeked out from under the sheet, like a white rabbit hidden in a snowfield.

Xiao Bai sat next to Akagi Akagi, feeling the sleeping movements of the woman beside him, and turned his head to look at her.

Xiaobai used one hand to pull the sheet up slightly to cover Akagi's shoulders before turning her attention back to her phone.

On the phone, Xiao Bai was still chatting with Luo Lian.

Luo Lian continued to tell Xiao Bai on social media that although she had regained the second place in the world this time, her battles in the practice were far from smooth sailing. For example, in the four battles, apart from the one she lost to Admiral Haoding, she had experienced considerable setbacks in the other two victories. Through a series of battlefield maneuvers and player bans and picks, she barely managed to find a momentary opportunity from Admiral Haoding and win the game through almost perfect on-the-spot performance and team battles.

What Luo Lian meant by saying this was that the gap between her current strength and that of the Haoding Admiral was not actually that large, so even though she had returned to the second position in the world, she would still feel a sense of crisis.

To prevent the future return of Admiral Haoding, Luo Lian needs to put the plan to further enhance the overall strength of the garrison on the agenda.

Xiao Bai smiled when she saw the message Luo Lian sent, and then sent Luo Lian an encouraging emoji of a black and white panda giving a thumbs up.

"Admiral Haoding is really something." Xiaobai sent a message.

"Yes, he's very capable," Luo Lian replied.

Xiao Bai looked at the short six words Luo Lian sent and felt a little emotional.

Throughout her life, Luo Lian rarely acknowledged others.

It's not that she's arrogant or conceited.

In Luo Lian's view, many things in this world are not difficult if she wants to do them. For example, some industry leaders with outstanding achievements are just the inevitable result of doing the right thing at the right time, and there is nothing too remarkable about them.

However, if Luo Lian encounters someone truly outstanding, she will also sincerely express her admiration.

Take Admiral Haoding, for example. He was one of the few talents that Luo Lian would utter precious words to acknowledge in her short life.

"Lianlian, after this exercise, are you going straight back to Chapter Two?" Xiaobai continued typing to ask.