Elder brother's garrison

Xiao Bai hadn't helped many people undress, especially not those who had been asleep. When she pulled Nia's pants down to her knees, she felt something stuck.

Xiao Bai changed his posture and tried to pull down his pants.

"Oh...that's much better..."

Little White murmured.

Just as Xiaobai was muttering to herself, the wall clock in the room suddenly struck twelve o'clock.

……

8-4 Sea Area Nodes.

Meanwhile, the patrol ship girls were eating their rations, keeping a close eye on the black tower standing before them.

Just as the second hand struck twelve, the black tower in front of them suddenly emitted a tremendous roar.

Buzz————

A surge of spiritual energy instantly erupted from the black tower, spreading in all directions.

The patrol ship girls, who were prepared, immediately assumed combat stances. They kept their eyes fixed on the black tower, ready for battle. However, in the instant after the mental energy spread, apart from the sudden "hum!" sound in their minds, they still felt nothing.

"As expected... the last time the Black Tower trembled was at midnight, and today it's at midnight again..."

The patrol ship girls looked at each other and nodded.

"It seems... the Black Tower's voice is about to reach the city of Chapter Eight again..."

……

hum! ! !

The black tower's mental energy fluctuations instantly spread throughout the entire eighth chapter.

The admirals, who were fast asleep, were all awakened by the loud sound in their minds, and the ship girls were also startled awake by the resounding bell.

Black Tower has been updated!

The Black Tower's range has been updated!

The admirals all stood up, suppressing their inner impulses, and looked out the window with surprise.

……

Xiaobai wasn't sure if the people in Chapter 8 were surprised or not, because she couldn't hear the Black Tower's voice at all.

But Xiaobai was quite surprised at that moment.

Just as Xiaobai spread Nia's legs apart and was pulling her pants down from one of her legs, Nia, who had been sleeping soundly on the bed like a lump of mud a second ago, suddenly shuddered and opened her eyes wide without warning.

"Xiaobai, I..."

Nia shouted as she got up, then propped herself up on the bed, straightened her upper body, and stared wide-eyed at Xiaobai, who was taking off her pants.

Xiaobai and Nia remained in that position, awkwardly and silently gazing at each other on the bed for a long, long time.

Chapter 3982 Why Am I Unpopular

A faint tranquility permeated the night outside the window, as if even the wind had stopped breathing.

The full moon hangs high, casting a milky white light that falls on the corridor railing, shrouding everything outside the window in a hazy veil—the deserted corridor, the night view beyond the railing, the tall trees shedding their leaves faintly in the moonlight, the pond shimmering with light, everything seems to have been reduced to a blurry outline.

Xiaobai and Nia remained staring at each other for a long time.

I don't know how much time passed; it could be just a few seconds or several minutes.

In the still air, the tranquil atmosphere was like a lake that had been settling overnight, suddenly stirred by a tiny pebble. The admirals throughout the city of Chapter Eight were gradually awakened. They got out of bed and muttered to themselves. The edge of the night was rippled by too many thoughts, like a water city suddenly lit up in the darkness.

The atmosphere between Xiaobai and Nia suddenly eased slightly at this moment.

"Ah... Nia... wait, let me explain..." Xiaobai immediately released Nia's legs, raised her hands above her shoulders in a surrender-like manner, and immediately spoke to Nia on the bed, "Actually, I was just..."

“…” Nia.

Nia didn't say a word in response to Xiaobai's explanation.

After the initial shock of seeing Xiaobai taking off her pants upon waking up, Nia's gaze towards Xiaobai quickly transformed into one of knowing tenderness.

The evening breeze brushed against Nia's skin, making her exposed skin feel slightly cool.

Nia lowered her head quietly and saw that she was only wearing a bra on her upper body. The girl's fullness and roundness were barely covered by the delicate openwork lace fabric, and the rest of her body was only a patch of snow white. Nia's gaze then lingered on her legs. Her trousers had been pulled down to one knee, leaving only one leg with fabric hanging on it.

If such a scene happened to her, no matter the circumstances, it would probably be a very shocking and frightening experience for a young girl who had never been with such people.

But Nia was not frightened.

Nia remained silent, only hugging her chest before slowly lowering her arm that had been supporting her on the bed.

She closed her eyes, her hands, which were wrapped around her chest, naturally came together, her arms clenched tightly in front of her chest like a devout believer. Then, a sweet and contented smile appeared on her lips, and she lay peacefully on the bed.

Nia lay motionless on the bed.

But now Xiaobai is even more afraid to move.

“Um… Nia…” Xiaobai tentatively called Nia’s name.

"Little White..." Nia opened her eyes shyly, her gaze filled with a sweetness rarely seen during the day. "Wh-what's wrong..."

“…Um…your legs…” Xiaobai scratched her cheek awkwardly, her hand resting on Nia’s pants. “I, I just saw you were asleep, so I wanted to change you into some pajamas…but your pants are a little harder to take off than I thought…”

“…” Nia.

Nia lay on the bed, staring blankly at Xiaobai.

Nia subconsciously turned her head to look at the bedside, and saw that there was indeed a neatly folded nightgown next to her.

Nia turned back to look at Xiaobai again, and the shyness and anticipation in her eyes vanished like flowing water, turning into a hidden regret.

"Sigh... Oh, so that's how it is..." Nia murmured, pressing one hand to her chest and slowly sitting up from the bed with her head down. "You know... you're right... Xiaobai is such a considerate person after all..."

After Nia got up, she quickly grabbed the pajamas that were placed to the side and covered her body.

Xiao Bai sat in front of Nia, watching as Nia, who had just woken up, hung her head in apparent dejection. She hastily put on her pajamas, then reached inside to unbutton her bra, slowly pulling the still-warm bra out of her pajamas and placing it aside.

After doing all this, Nia carefully hugged her thigh, looked up, and met Xiaobai's gaze.

"Little White...am I really ugly?" Nia suddenly asked Little White, sounding very unsure of herself.

"Huh? No." Xiaobai paused for a moment, then immediately shook her head. "Nia, you're very pretty."

"Then... then is my figure really boring...?"

"How could that be? Your figure is top-tier, like a ship girl." Xiaobai said to Nia, stating a conclusion she had long held.

"Oh, I see..." Nia hugged her knees carefully. Hearing Xiaobai's words, her depressed mood seemed to improve a little. She looked up at Xiaobai, and taking advantage of the darkness to gather her emotions, she spoke, "Then why haven't you been treating me well, Xiaobai...?"

Little White blinked as she looked at Nia.

Nia stopped talking abruptly when she saw Xiaobai's eyes.

"……Um?"

"Oh, no, nothing, I didn't say anything..." Nia shook her head softly. After a pause, she continued to speak to Xiaobai, "Xiaobai, I just heard the Black Tower's voice."

"Huh? Black Tower's voice? Really?" Xiaobai exclaimed in surprise.

"Little White, did you hear that?"

"Uh...not at all..." Xiaobai scratched his head and said with some regret.

“The Black Tower’s voice seems to have a powerful ability to wake people up…” Nia whispered. “When I was sleeping before, I felt groggy, but suddenly the Black Tower’s voice rang in my head, and I was instantly wide awake.”

"No wonder you suddenly woke up just now..." Xiaobai belatedly realized, and after glancing at the wall clock, she cautiously asked Nia, "So, just like yesterday, the Black Tower's voice rings out precisely at midnight every day?"

“I think so,” Nia nodded.

"What did it say today?" Xiaobai asked.

"Ah..." Nia opened her mouth, then slowly closed it again. "Hmm... it doesn't seem very convenient to talk about it..."

After saying this, Nia turned to the side and patted her waist. Then she looked at the clothes that had been taken off and reached into her clothes to take out her phone and log into the Admiral Forum.

Xiao Bai immediately understood Nia's actions.

—Since the voice of the Black Tower resounded throughout the entire eighth chapter, the Admiral's Forum must be discussing information about the Black Tower at this moment.

Thinking of this, Xiaobai immediately bent forward, pressed her hands on the bed, climbed to Nia's side, leaned on her shoulder, and looked at her phone screen.

Nia, who had just finished showering, had a fresh scent of fruity shower gel on her body. Her hair was slightly damp but neatly combed. Although she had an ordinary human body, Nia, who was in the prime of her life, had snow-white, translucent, soft, and flawless skin, which was no less than that of a real ship girl.

Nia also sensed Xiaobai's approach. She turned her head, closed her eyes, and quietly sniffed Xiaobai.

"...Nia, aren't you going to do anything?" Xiaobai looked at Nia's phone screen and saw that she was just stuck on the Admiral Forum login page without taking any further action, so she couldn't help but ask curiously.

“…Ah…okay…okay…” Nia said softly as she clicked the login button and entered the Admiral Forum.

This was Xiaobai's first time logging into the Admiral Forum from Nia's perspective. As soon as Nia entered the Admiral Forum, dozens of private message notifications popped up on her phone screen.

Xiao Bai glanced at Nia's message notification bar; the message notification page already showed 999+ notifications.

“Nia, you have so many messages in your message bar,” Xiaobai couldn’t help but say.

“Ah… um…” Nia nodded absentmindedly. She glanced at Xiaobai’s face, which was close to hers, and said, “Well… ever since I became one of the top ten admirals, I get a lot of messages from people every day.”

"Huh? Why did I message you?"

“It’s like… attending gatherings of small groups of admirals, participating in friendly training matches organized privately by admirals, or holding lectures, or simply wanting to make friends with me…” Nia explained.

"Huh... do you get these kinds of private messages when you become one of the top ten admirals?" Xiaobai asked blankly. "Hey, why don't I get any?"

"Ah... Xiaobai, is your admiral forum anonymous?"

"No." Xiaobai shook her head.

Although the Admiral Forum is officially controlled, it is not an official forum in the strict sense. Therefore, admirals surfing the forum can freely choose the nickname status of their accounts. For example, those admirals who posted or replied to posts that had previously disparaged newbie naval bases all chose to remain anonymous. As for posts discussing normal strategy matters in Chapter 8, some admirals will more bluntly use the naval base name as their account, while others will use some online IDs as their names.

Xiaobai's account nickname is a rather blunt one, directly using the name of the naval base, but Nia's account is different; she uses a more common online nickname.

Logically speaking, Nia did not make her identity public.

But the Admiral Forum... well, that's how the boxed weapons are.

Although Nia's account nickname never revealed her identity, since she became a top ten admiral, countless capable people on the admiral forum have been able to uncover Nia's admiral forum account based on her posts, strategy guides, and even her progress speed from the first to the eighth chapter.

So it's not surprising that Nia was "bombarded" by the admirals.

The newbie doesn't quite understand... why Nia's private message interface is always at 999+, while his own private message interface, as the head of the world's number one naval base and the guild leader of Chapter 8, remains completely clean...

Chapter 3983 Little White, I'm Sorry

This is a question that a complete beginner might not understand.

She's a registered user on the internet, so how come no admiral has ever messaged her privately after being online for so long...?

"Well... I don't know either..." Nia looked at Xiaobai's suspicious expression and said, "Well... but Xiaobai, you don't need to worry about this. I haven't responded to any of the private messages asking me to attend the admiral's gathering, the admiral's training match, or any other messages..."

“Exactly, they didn’t even invite me, so what kind of place could it be?” Xiaobai said to Nia.

“That makes sense.” Nia nodded to Xiaobai and continued clicking on the Admiral Forum, switching the permissions section to the eighth chapter area.

As soon as the Admiral's Forum page entered Chapter 8, sure enough, the entire page was filled with discussions about the Black Tower information that had just been released.

"Brothers and sisters, can you hear me?"

"The call at midnight—"

"Hmm, it seems the Black Tower will ring precisely at midnight. Admirals will hear a fixed message, while ship girls will hear a bell."

"The Black Tower has been alerted; its information has probably been updated again."

"Damn, I can't wait!"

"I've copied down the information about the Black Tower. If you didn't remember it, click in to take a look."

"..."

Nia pointed to the post where the Black Tower's voice was copied.

Upon entering the post, a pre-written message appears on the page.

"The first zone challenge has ended. The number of players who have cleared the first zone difficulty has reached the required standard. The second zone of the simulated combat exercise is now officially open."

Number of people clearing customs in the first section: 124

"Highest rating in the first interval: 235000, final rating: S grade."

"The first completion reward for the first section has been issued."