Elder brother's garrison

The ship girls eagerly touched the black tower and rushed into it.

The sea area around node 8-4 suddenly became lively.

For the entire afternoon, the admirals on the beach were spreading the news with great enthusiasm.

"Hey guys! Have you guys challenged the Black Tower yet?!"

"Hey everyone, stand at attention! I have an announcement to make! I got 42,100 units of supplies from clearing the Black Tower today!"

"Brilliant."

"Brothers, according to the messages from the ship girls, I've discovered that when entering the Black Tower, if we use a double column formation to pull the monsters and run a short distance eastward, it will be easier to control the spawn points of the first three waves of Abyssal Fleet monsters together. Then, bombing with the carrier will save even more time..."

"Fine, fine, you can roll it!"

"I'll let my ship girl go in and give it a try. My ship girl hasn't fought yet."

"..."

"Brothers, I got the score! Pulling monsters really works! I got 43,000 points! The closest I've ever come to a top ten naval base!!!"

"Niu Niu Niu!"

Chapter 3955 A Day in the Life of Xiaobai

From initial wariness and resistance, to later doubts and probing, and finally to surprise and celebration.

In just one afternoon, the attitudes of the admirals in Chapter 8 toward the mysterious black tower that appeared out of nowhere at node 8-4 underwent a complete 180-degree change.

The beach at node 8-4 instantly became abuzz with excitement.

After learning about the Black Tower from various sources, almost all the high-ranking admirals qualified to challenge node 8-4 immediately abandoned any further observation and eagerly led their ship girls towards node 8-4. On the high seas, fleets of ship girls heading to challenge the Black Tower arrived one after another. The admirals left on the beach were either trying to share information about the sea through the admiral network, or excitedly discussing with their colleagues about Black Tower score rankings and topics like "how many points you got, how many points I got, how many points he got."

这一股热潮甚至很快席卷到了8-3,8-2，甚至8-1节点，令其他节点的提督们也热议了起来。

"Holy crap! Did you guys see that? The Black Tower appeared in Chapter 8!"

"What Black Tower? Where is there a Black Tower?"

"8-4 nodes!"

"Hey, stop talking nonsense! I'm still smurfing at 8-2. I didn't even see it when Montana challenged the newbie naval base. This time it probably has nothing to do with me."

"It's none of my business, I'll just stay put."

"+1"

"Wait, wait a minute! This is different, I haven't finished speaking yet!"

"Anything else?"

"This black tower is for providing resources!"

"Gives resources? What's so great about that? I get resources from frying fish too. How can it give more resources than frying fish?"

"It's definitely more than fried fish."

"what?"

"That's right... I heard that the garrison that successfully challenges the Black Tower can obtain a huge amount of resources based on the speed of completion. Currently, the highest resource recipient is the Nia Garrison, which is among the top ten garrisons, and has a total of 46,500 units!"

"Steal, steal the young master?!"

"Forty-six thousand! I've surpassed it!"

"This is enough for me to fry fish for a week!"

"No way, this is way too much!!!"

"That's right! The admirals who can challenge the 8-4 node have gone crazy. Even the weakest naval base among them got more than 10,000 units of resources after challenging the Black Tower. Even so, that's still more than the income from several days of fishing!"

"Ten thousand!!"

"Holy crap! Why didn't you tell me about something this important sooner?!"

"I need to clear this level quickly!"

"Hey bro, why are you guys suddenly so anxious? Weren't we just talking about lying down and frying fish?"

"Hey bro, why don't you guess why we're frying fish?"

"Uh...lazy?"

"It's about resources! It's about hoarding resources! Everyone who comes to Chapter 8 to fry fish is a resource hoarder!"

"..."

Upon learning of the mysterious building at node 8-4 that could test fleet strength and provide generous rewards, the admirals who had previously been leisurely farming resources and not in a hurry to challenge the 8-4 node area suddenly became as anxious as ants on a hot pan. They scratched their heads, gritted their teeth, and almost frantically began to organize their respective naval fleets, launching a desperate challenge to clear their respective sea nodes, as if even arriving at node 8-4 a day later would mean losing millions of resources.

In an instant, the number of expeditions across all sea areas in Chapter Eight surged.

Not only at node 8-4, but the sortie rate at the other three nodes was also ridiculously high. At this time, anyone who came to visit the various nodes in the eighth chapter of the sea area would find that the sea surface of these four nodes was simultaneously filled with densely packed ship girls. Looking from a distance, the entire sea area was filled with gunfire, as if a large army was pressing in.

……

Surprisingly, despite the fact that the existence of the Black Tower was still shrouded in mystery, the admirals of Chapter 8 accepted its existence immediately.

What Black Tower?

What conspiracy?

What kind of trap?

However, Black Tower actually does give out resources!

Even if its existence is a thousand harms to Chapter 8, are the resources it provides to the admirals completely useless?

These are the admirals' treasures!

Besides, admirals who can score over 40,000 points have a lot of prestige!

Those who slander Black Tower must be those lazy admirals who failed to achieve high scores!

……

Chapter 3956 seemed to be immersed in a festive atmosphere, which not only permeated every corner but also penetrated all the way to the heart of the city.

The Admiral's Guild in the city center was in a state of extreme busyness due to the exponentially increasing number of information about the naval bases' expeditions. The sounds of footsteps and keyboard clicks within the guild intertwined into a high-frequency drumbeat. The piles of documents and reports on the desks were being picked up and read almost immediately. The information on the computer screens was refreshing at a frenzied pace, and the telephone in Luo Yingying's office rang incessantly.

All the staff in the guild were extremely busy, practically wishing they could borrow even a passing cat's paw.

It's fortunate that Xiaobai didn't stay in the Admiral's Guild.

If she were still here, looking at this hellish scene before her, and listening to the desperate cries of the employees running around in the lobby, as if saying "the work is never-ending, never-ending," she would surely feel incredibly shocked and worried.

Fortunately, Xiaobai was unaware of the current state of the guild.

Because at this time, Xiaobai was resting at the temporary garrison.

Xiaobai lay on a recliner in the spectator section at the edge of the training field, basking in the sunlight while enjoying the chilled orange juice brought to her by the ship girls, and receiving a shoulder massage from Akagi. She smelled the rich floral fragrance in the air, listened to the sweet whispers of the beauties that made her feel weak in the bone, and watched with delight as Veneto, Roma, and Illinois fought back and forth in the arena, their romance radiating.

Hey……

One must learn to enjoy life.

Xiaobai was immersed in the time spent with the ship girls and the deep-sea creatures, and couldn't help but feel that his long life of more than ten years had suddenly become much more fulfilling.

Before we knew it, it was evening.

After finishing her training for the day, Veneto returned to her dormitory and changed into a refreshing everyday outfit. As agreed, she found Shiro and they went to the garden of the temporary naval base together. They enjoyed a rare moment of leisure (for Veneto), chatting about recent events and laughing throughout their walk. After the walk, Shiro even had dinner with Veneto and her three sisters in the cafeteria before Nia led the ship girls home excitedly.

The first thing Nia did upon returning to the naval base was to find Xiaobai, happily rush into her arms, and tell her about the series of interesting events that happened during the day's challenge against the Black Tower.

It's worth mentioning that although Nia vividly described the ship girls' experience of challenging the Black Tower, the Black Tower seems to have the function of blocking the admirals' networks. At least during the challenge of the Black Tower, the ship girls inside and their respective admirals will be in a state of temporary communication disconnection.

But this is reasonable.

After all, the mental energy defense shield on the black tower's outer shell was so powerful that even Xiaobai had to admire it.

After a day's work, Xiaobai and Nia returned to their respective dormitories under a sky full of stars.

After saying goodbye to Xiaobai, Nia happily hugged the doll and returned to her dormitory, turned off the lights, and went to bed.

Xiao Bai stayed in the dormitory alone, swaying back and forth on the bed like a roly-poly toy for a while.

Soon, there was a gentle knock on the dormitory door.

Wearing an extremely alluring sheer nightgown and a coat that barely covered her alluring figure, Akagi Fukami, with slightly flushed cheeks and a hint of shyness, leaned against Shiro's dormitory door.

Moonlight streamed in from outside, illuminating Akagi's milky-white skin and giving her a jade-like, lustrous glow.

"My lord... today... I'm here to keep you company." Deep Sea Akagi murmured softly. She gently tucked a strand of black hair behind her ear and brushed it aside, then stepped lightly into Shiro's dormitory, carrying a rich floral fragrance.

The sound quickly dissipated.

The night continued.

Dark clouds obscured the moon and the countless stars in the sky.

……

Chapter 3957, Node 8-4.

Deep in the ocean, a massive black tower, shrouded in layers of black smoke, still stands on the surface of the sea.

Beneath the Black Tower, the Admiral's Guild patrol team was handing over their duties of guarding the Black Tower and monitoring those who stayed overnight.

"Third Patrol Team, we're leaving the rest to you. We're heading back to the guild to rest." The patrol team's ship girl handed a delicate little box to her teammate opposite her. "Good luck on your night watch."

"Please rest assured and leave it to us!" The captain of the third patrol team took the small box and saluted the patrol team in front of him.

After saluting, the members of the two patrol teams smiled at each other.

"Well... in short, the formalities are over, so we can chat a little more casually now, right?" a patrol member asked with a smile.

“Yeah, it’s just overtime now, so we don’t need to be too rigid about the rules.” A patrol member stretched and slumped down as if he was exhausted, sighing, “Sigh…you guys don’t know how many admirals came to challenge the Black Tower today. Even just being responsible for reception and transporting supplies is exhausting.”

"After all, this black tower is really powerful; it can send out so many resources," the other patrol members said with a smile.

"Hey! By the way, did you guys hear that rumor?" Suddenly, a patrol member spoke up. "It's that super explosive news!"

"what?"

"what news?"

"That's it! The news about Ticonderoga!"

"Ah...she..."

The patrol's ship girls immediately realized what was happening, and then some peculiar expressions appeared on their faces.

Chapter 3958 Mechanical Sound

Ticonderoga is much more popular among ship girls of the same rank than she is among those of higher rank. At least now, whenever someone mentions Ticonderoga, the patrol members seem to have a lot to say.

"Ticonderoga...what happened to her?"

"Yeah, that's true. I haven't seen Ticonderoga in ages."

"Ticonderoga... she had quite a lot going on today, I wonder which one you're talking about?" someone asked.

"I'm talking about the most exciting one, of course!" the ship girl who had just spoken said immediately. "Didn't you hear? I heard that Ticonderoga seems to be leaving the patrol squad soon!"

"what?!"

"Resignation?!!"

"She...she...she got fired?!"

"It can't be that bad. Even if her three team members accidentally fell into the Black Tower's trap and accidentally let the guild leader into the Black Tower... it shouldn't be this serious, right?"

"That's right, I think President Lu Lin really liked her! Why did she suddenly resign?"

"Oh dear, I haven't finished speaking yet..." The patrol ship girl who had just revealed the news immediately scratched her head and chuckled, then began to explain, "Although Ticonderoga has resigned, she hasn't left the Admiral's Guild. I heard from a friend who is in charge of personnel management that our guild is about to set up a personal guard for the guild leader, and Ticonderoga has been personally selected by Guild Leader Lu Lin today to be the captain of the personal guard."

"The Royal Guard?"

"Yes!"

"Just one person?"

"No, the entire Seventh Squad is going to become the guild leader's personal guard." The ship girl who had just spoken sighed with some emotion. "Ah, how lucky... to become the captain of the guild leader's personal guard... I dare not say how much real power she will have, but just the fact that she can see the guild leader anytime, anywhere, and talk and chat with her, probably means that Ticonderoga's status in our guild will jump directly to a level comparable to the guild's secretary ship..."

"..." The other patrol members remained silent for a while before finally managing to squeeze out a question, "Is this news... guaranteed to be true?"

"It's probably a package, sisters." The ship girl who leaked the information gave an especially serious "OK" sign this time.

The other patrol ship girls nodded in agreement.