Elder brother's garrison

The essence of any war is information warfare. The combat power of an admiral with a strategy guide is vastly different from that of an admiral without one.

The new Black Tower levels today are indeed a bit harder than yesterday's, but I don't think the difficulty of today's Black Tower levels will suddenly jump to the point where admirals who easily cleared them yesterday can't beat them at all today... In the end, it's just that today's admirals don't have any guides and can only explore in the dark.

Of course, as long as you have absolute strength, you can clear the Black Tower in one go, even if you are just starting out. At least in my understanding, the top ten admirals all have this strength.

It's a pity that Nia didn't challenge the Black Tower today. The remaining admirals in Chapter 8... their strength is still quite far behind the top ten admirals. At least with the strength of the remaining admirals, they can't directly clear the fifth to tenth floors of the Black Tower with only one chance.

"Sigh, it's my fault." Thinking of this, Xiaobai said to Nia again.

"Xiaobai, today's events aren't your fault." Nia immediately grabbed Xiaobai's hand and shook her head rapidly. "Such a big thing happened in Chapter Eight today, even a deep-sea missile ship that's never appeared before has shown up. You definitely need to focus your work on the deep-sea missile ship today. As for the Black Tower, it's not going anywhere, it'll definitely have to give way to your work!"

Nia, as always, stood on Xiaobai's side and spoke in Xiaobai's favor.

Xiaobai felt a warmth in her heart, and she smiled at Nia.

"Thank you, Nia," Xiaobai said gratefully.

“I didn’t do anything… I just believed you,” Nia said, shaking her head.

Xiaobai grabbed Nia's wrist with her other hand.

"Hmm... speaking of which, Nia, it seems quite a few people have built missile ship girls today," Xiaobai said. "Nia, have you tried building a large number of them?"

Missile ship girls can significantly boost the strength of a naval base. Since some admirals have already started building missile ship girls in Chapter 8, Xiaobai definitely hopes that Nia will give her a few for her own naval base.

"A missile ship? Ah... I've heard about that too." After hearing Xiaobai's words, Nia didn't show too much surprise on her face. After thinking for a moment, she said to Xiaobai, "Xiaobai, are you talking about the seven or eight admirals who built missile ships this morning? This news spread like wildfire during the day. Now a lot of people have gone to the admiral's guild's construction floor to start building. The construction floor should be packed with people right now."

“That makes sense. Now that missile ships can be built, the Admiral’s Guild’s construction floor must be packed with people.” Xiaobai pondered for a moment, rubbing his chin. “Hmm… how about I take you to the Admiral’s Guild when it closes at night?”

“No need for all that trouble, Xiaobai.” Nia said immediately after hearing Xiaobai’s words. “Actually, when I was turning in my mission today, I was also drawn to the building floor by the crowd around me and built it a few times.”

"Oh? So you built one too? How did it turn out?" Little White looked at Nia expectantly.

Although there are so many admirals in the construction field, only a dozen or so people have successfully completed their projects by the time the admiral guild closes for the day. But Nia is a construction queen, and Xiaobai believes that with Nia's luck, she definitely has a chance to be one of those dozen or so people.

This is the absolute confidence of a seasoned unlucky person in someone who is extremely lucky.

But... to Xiaobai's surprise, Nia simply shook her head when asked.

"Little White, I haven't built a missile ship yet."

"Huh? You don't have any?"

“Hehe, yes.” Nia nodded with a smile.

"How many have you built?" Xiaobai immediately asked again.

“Oh…it was built three times.” Nia held up three fingers.

"Only three times?" Xiaobai frowned immediately. "Three times isn't enough. A typical admiral builds hundreds of times..."

"Well... there were a lot of people around at the time, and I could see that the people queuing behind me were getting impatient... and I just wanted to experience the atmosphere myself," Nia said. "If it wasn't built, it wasn't built."

“Nia, you need to make time to build them tomorrow.” Xiaobai immediately said to Xiaobai, “Missile ship girls are very important for improving the strength of the naval base. Besides, deep-sea missile ships have started to appear on the sea. If we don’t have missile ship girls, won’t we be ridden on by others?”

“Hmm… Xiaobai, you’re right.” Nia nodded. “Then I’ll try again tomorrow.”

"Okay, okay, you've got it." Xiaobai said with concern.

“Mm.” Nia smiled.

"..." Xiaobai looked at Nia's seemingly unhurried appearance and felt a little helpless. "Nia... you don't seem to be in a hurry at all."

"Huh? Really?" Nia pointed to herself, then scratched her head and said embarrassedly, "No... Actually, I really want a missile ship, but what's that saying again... What's meant to be will be, and what's not meant to be shouldn't be forced. Some ship girls are destined to be with me, so they'll come to me sooner or later no matter what, while some ship girls aren't meant to be with me yet, and no matter how much I beg, it's useless. So, the reason I didn't build a missile ship girl today is probably just because my destiny hasn't arrived yet."

"……"noob.

This theory, full of mystical explanations... it's utter nonsense... but coming from Nia, it somehow sounds incredibly convincing...

What a confident lucky person!

Even a seasoned veteran of bad luck (a Chinese internet slang term for someone who is unlucky in the game) couldn't say something like that, no matter how hard he tried.

"Sigh, alright, since that's what you think, Nia, then let's do it your way." Xiaobai said, relieved.

"Hehe, thanks for your concern, Xiaobai." Nia gave Xiaobai a beautiful smile. "But don't worry, Xiaobai, even without missile ships for the time being, I have great faith in the strength of my ship girls, whom you personally trained! I will definitely help you protect the position of the tenth naval base in this world!"

“That’s true…” Xiaobai murmured and nodded.

Nia's naval base is currently strong enough to be able to roam the seas and launch expeditions without worry, even without missile ships...

Judging from the situation on the sea today, most of the ship girls are hesitant and suffer repeated losses when facing the deep-sea missile ships due to their lack of experience in fighting them. On the contrary, the Nia Naval Base continues to advance triumphantly and still defeats the deep-sea missile ships.

While missile ships are powerful, hard power is also a very important factor.

At least in the short term, Xiaobai doesn't need to worry that Nia will fall out of the top ten naval bases due to her strength.

Chapter 4013 Before Greatness

"Nia, you can take your time thinking about the missile ship here. I'm heading back now." Xiaobai pointed to the open door of Nia's dormitory. "I still have some things to do here. If you need me to help you get in the back door and take you to the Admiral's Guild, just let me know anytime."

"Okay, thank you, Xiaobai." Nia nodded, looking obedient.

"Then I'll be going now." Xiaobai was relieved and turned around with a smile.

As soon as Xiaobai turned around, she suddenly felt her wrist being grabbed.

Xiaobai paused for a moment, then looked at Nia with some surprise.

"Nia? What's wrong with you...?"

"Little, Little White..." Nia was holding Little White's wrist, her eyes filled with tenderness. "Um... since we have to part ways, shouldn't we say goodbye one last time?"

"Huh?" Xiaobai was stunned.

Is Nia's sentence... grammatically incorrect?

The thought had just popped into Xiaobai's head when, a second later, looking at Nia's pink lips, she suddenly seemed to realize what Nia wanted to express.

Xiao Bai's face immediately turned red.

"Ah..." Xiaobai belatedly realized, and said to Nia somewhat shyly, "Nia...didn't we just kiss once...?"

"That kiss was when I met Xiaobai! It was just a later kiss!" Nia immediately explained on tiptoe, leaning closer to Xiaobai and saying, "Now it's time to part! It can't be considered as being together!"

"All right……"

Xiao Bai looked at Nia, who was so close to him, and at the pure, hopeful eyes in her fair face, and nodded.

After all, Xiaobai had just decided that he would try not to overreact when kissing Nia in the future...

Xiao Bai closed its eyes and leaned closer.

When Nia saw Xiaobai looking like she was waiting for a kiss, she immediately pressed her lips to his as if she couldn't wait any longer.

Nia excitedly tiptoed, her buttocks sticking up high. She clasped her hands together with Xiaobai's, and because she was slightly taller than Xiaobai, she could only bend slightly towards him. Her lips pressed tightly against Xiaobai's lips.

Shake...shake...sway...shake...

This is... a kiss between best friends... a kiss between best friends...

This sentence kept replaying in Xiaobai's mind.

……

After the kiss, Xiaobai and Nia parted ways. She walked out of Nia's dormitory and waved to Nia. Inside the room, Nia was holding the doorknob with a dazed look in her eyes, her whole body seemingly limp, and she leaned gently against the door.

"Little Bai, see you next time, next time..."

Nia was panting heavily. She raised her fair and slender hand and waved it at Xiaobai. Her face was flushed with a fiery red, like that of a phoenix.

Xiaobai nodded to Nia and waved goodbye.

Nia then shakily closed the door to the room, and soon the sound of Nia staggering and then falling onto the bed could be heard from inside the room.

Xiao Bai raised her hand, opened her palm, and covered her lips from a distance.

Xiaobai took a deep breath.

"Hmm... I feel... I've gotten used to it..." Xiaobai murmured softly.

After a few attempts, Xiaobai felt that he had gotten used to kissing Nia. If Nia continued to treat kissing as a friendly greeting next time, Xiaobai believed that he wouldn't be surprised and could cooperate with her calmly.

pretty good……

I'm gradually maturing too...

Xiao Bai thought to herself, turned around and walked towards the corner of the corridor, but still lightly wiped her lips with her little finger.

Although... Xiaobai felt that the kiss Nia gave him lasted longer than the previous three times, and when Nia kissed him for the fourth time, Xiaobai could clearly feel her lips slightly rubbing against his lips, but these should only be minor changes.

If I had to pick it up... well, I wouldn't say I don't.

After all, Nia's lips were soft and warm, carrying a human-like simplicity, and her face was considered very beautiful even among humans; she was also at the most beautiful stage of a girl's life...

Snapped!

Suddenly, Xiaobai raised both hands and slapped them together against her face.

What are you thinking! Yourself!

Nia is my good friend!

Sigh... I'll have to go find Akagi from the Deep Sea later...

Xiao Bai, somewhat resentful, clutched her chest and left the floor along the corridor.

……

Xiaobai just told Nia that he had some things to do, and that was definitely true.

Xiao Bai does have some personal matters to attend to.

Xiaobai reported back to the Newbie Naval Base that the eighth chapter of today featured a deep-sea missile ship, and that the admirals were gradually building missile ship girls. Upon receiving this news, some of the ship girls in the Newbie Naval Base immediately became restless.

In short, a group of ship girls in the newbie naval base insisted on coming to Chapter 8 to check it out.

Before asking for leave from Shiro, Chao Yamato must have already picked up the ship girls for Shiro. Shiro left Nia's dormitory and headed straight for the food warehouse of the temporary naval base.

When Xiaobai left the ship girl dormitory building and walked along the playground to the "teleportation anchor point" of the temporary naval base, which was the entrance to the food warehouse, she saw several figures lingering there in the distance.

As Xiaobai approached, the figures all turned their gazes towards him.

"Admiral! Admiral, over here, over here!" Jinan jumped up and down, waving her arms happily at Xiaobai who was approaching her. "You're finally here!"

As soon as Xiaobai walked up to this group of ship girls, Jinan immediately jumped out like a pink fox, then pounced into Xiaobai's arms with a soft, fragrant scent.

"Comrade Admiral, Comrade Admiral, I feel like we've been apart for a month!" Jinan said sweetly in his arms.

"It's only been a few days." Xiaobai smiled and reached out to stroke Jinan's soft, pink fox-eared hair. "How have you been at the naval base these past few days?"

"Hehe, we go to play with Sister Yixian every day! Admiral, do you know? Sister Yixian is still wearing the outfit you gave her!" Jinan said to Xiaobai with a smile, then seemed quite regretful, "Alas, it's a pity that the clothes the Admiral gave me are too formal. Although they're light and airy, they're so troublesome to wear. They're really not suitable for everyday wear. Otherwise, I would wear the clothes the Admiral bought me every day..."

"Sister Yixian's outfit is quite something, after all, it's a cheongsam."

A melodious and clear voice, tinged with laughter, rang out.

Xiao Bai looked up and saw Changchun and Anshan walking over separately. They first nodded slightly to Xiao Bai, exchanged glances, and then looked at Jinan, who was nestled in Xiao Bai's arms.

"There are still so many people in Jinan. It's not good for you to keep occupying the position of admiral like this."

"The admiral has so many ship girl sisters, but there's only one admiral. If I don't take the initiative, I don't know how many years it will take to hug the admiral." Hearing this, Jinan pouted and muttered as she let go of Xiaobai.

"It's not that exaggerated," Changchun laughed.

"Changchun, Anshan, how have you been at the garrison headquarters these past few days?" Xiaobai asked Changchun and Anshan with a smile.

“Yes, life at the naval base is very comfortable, but after living there for a while, I sometimes miss the environment here in Chapter 8,” Changchun said immediately.

"Are you sure you're not missing the Admiral?" Anshan teased from the side.

"Sister Anshan!" Changchun blushed instantly, her mouth agape, and she repeatedly punched Anshan's shoulder with her small fist. "Don't joke around in this kind of situation..."

There was a burst of laughter.

Xiaobai also turned her gaze to the remaining ship girls present.

Among the ship girls present, apart from Changchun, Anshan, and Jinan, the remaining ship girls were noticeably more distant—their distance wasn't directed at Xiaobai, but rather at their surroundings.

This is their first time visiting Chapter Eight.

The ship girls from Alaska, Guam, Garibaldi, Chicago, and Kiat were observing their surroundings with wide-eyed curiosity.

—That's right, the ship girls who have come to Chapter 8 together this time are the same ship girls who underwent missile upgrades at the newbie naval base some time ago.

Xiaobai glanced at everyone present, then looked at Changchun.

"Changchun, where's Jeanbart? Hasn't she come back?"