Elder brother's garrison

The pursuers stared blankly at Bismarck and Little White.

With a broad smile, Xiaobai said to the pursuers, "Although we're in a bit of a hurry, we need to go straight to the deep-sea event area."

Just like in response to Xiaobai, Bismarck behind Xiaobai also walked to the pursuer's side, grabbed her with both hands, and carried her onto her shoulders.

"Huh? So fast! Give me some time to change my clothes... and..."

"Let's go!"

"Ahhh?"

And so, the bewildered pursuer was carried out of the house by Bismarck and Little White, who was covered in the face and dressed like a thief.

Chapter 406 The Sound of Character Collapse

Little White followed Bismarck, who was carrying the pursuers, all the way downstairs, and darted into the waiting car in a flash.

Unlike her previous incognito visits, this time Xiaobai was going to the expedition area, so she received even better treatment than before. She didn't need to find her own tickets or walk anywhere; all her transportation was provided.

The pursuer was bewildered as he was carried into the car, and then the car sped off towards its destination with the roar of its engine.

The pursuer left home, abandoning the live stream and completely ignoring it.

However, though the person is gone, the legend remains.

As the world's first ship girl streamer, Chaser's live stream content was preserved, edited into videos, and uploaded online.

From her initial awkward live streams, to showcasing her ship girl power to prove her identity, to later giving up on her dream and even becoming too lazy to explain, until finally she was completely familiar with live streaming, but still stubbornly called herself a ship girl, her entire live stream was condensed and preserved.

The most popular part of the video was the final cameo appearance by Xiaobai, where the pursuer bids farewell to Hua Q. The number of views skyrocketed to an extreme.

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As one of the protagonists of the legend, the pursuer traveled in a flurry of activity, getting off a car and onto a train, then off the train and onto another car. After a bumpy ride, he finally arrived at a city near the deep-sea area where the ocean was active half a day later, together with Xiaobai.

The bright green off-road vehicle bypassed layer upon layer of protective zones and headed towards the city's beach.

Modern humans have incredible construction capabilities. In just a few days, with the help of the kind admiral and ship girls, a sizable temporary city was built in this area.

The SUV roared to a stop in front of the city gate.

Xiao Bai got off the car first and looked at the city in front of him.

When these temporary cities were built, it was probably because they were all intended for the admiral's use, so they were built according to the style of the chapter's sea area. Therefore, apart from being larger in scale, Xiaobai felt that the style and details were almost exactly the same as the city in the first chapter's sea area she had been in.

“Same here,” Xiaobai exclaimed.

"Like what?" Bismarck came down and asked Little White.

"I went to the first chapter of the sea area before, and it's the same city as there."

“Oh.” Bismarck stared at the city gate for a while. “All the cities in the Chapter Sea are the same.”

"Did Bismarck go to all of them?"

“I’ve been there. They’re pretty much the same except for the size.” Bismarck thought for a moment, then added, “Lexington sent you to the first chapter so you could familiarize yourself with the layout of this kind of city.”

“Lexington is amazing.” Little White smiled.

After chatting with Bismarck for a while, Xiaobai finally remembered the existence of the pursuers.

"Hey chaser, why aren't you getting out of the car?" Xiaobai asked into the car.

At this moment, the pursuer was kneeling on the car seat, holding onto the chairs on both sides, looking at Xiaobai and Bismarck with a resentful expression.

She sidled up to the car door and swung her legs around wildly.

The pursuer's bare legs swayed in Little White's eyes.

"Shoes! Admiral!" the pursuer complained bitterly to Xiaobai, tears welling in his eyes.

Bismarck, that ship girl who has no sense of human emotion, is one thing, but why is the admiral acting up too?

I was a girl, and I was carried to the battle city without even washing my face. I didn't even change my clothes or put on my shoes.

Although ship girls are naturally healthy and can go barefoot or wear thin clothes without getting sick or catching a cold, they are still girls.

"Uh..." Xiaobai could only awkwardly tug at Bismarck's sleeve.

Bismarck thought for a moment, then took out a pair of slippers from her ship's equipment space and put them in the car.

These slippers were what Bismarck wore while cleaning his home at the naval base, and now they've been temporarily lent to the pursuers.

"Slippers?"

"Make do with it," Bismarck suggested.

“…Oh.” The pursuer reluctantly put his feet into his slippers before jumping off the car.

After the pursuers got out of their car, the SUV parked next to Xiaobai sped away.

Dust and sand rose up instantly with the wind, and the pursuer blushed and covered his backside.

Speaking of which, I'm still wearing those pretty short shorts. They feel quite comfortable when I wear them at home, but I feel really embarrassed when I'm out chasing after someone.

This is a combat zone! Every ship girl here is fully prepared for battle, but here she is, in a tank top, shorts, and flip-flops. She's not here to fight, she's here for a vacation.

“Lexington should already be inside, Chaser, let’s go in.” However, Little White and Bismarck were unmoved, like two stones, completely oblivious to the Chaser’s subtle feelings.

The pursuers could only pout and droop their slippers as they followed in the footsteps of Little White and Bismarck.

Just like in the first chapter, Xiaobai walked to the door and showed his admiral's certificate to the staff.

After confirming that it was indeed Xiaobai, the tightly closed city gate slowly opened a gap large enough for three or four people to pass through.

Xiao Bai and his two companions walked through the gap in the heavy city gate, and there it was—a familiar scene, just like the setting in the first chapter.

The familiar stall, the admiral dressed in white military uniforms surrounding him, and the ship girls accompanying him.

The only difference is that the admiral I met in this city during the Deep Sea event had a confidence that far surpassed that of the admiral in the first chapter.

They were all full of vigor, chests out and heads held high, looking like winners in life.

However, in a sense, this is indeed the case; admirals who are capable of conquering the Deep Sea event are indeed among the better-performing admirals.

Xiao Bai didn't stop, but walked towards the direction of the Admiral's Guild that he remembered.

Many admirals' gazes drifted to Xiaobai and her pursuers.

Because they were in a city in the sea area, Xiaobai didn't wear any disguise, so many people could see Xiaobai's face directly.

As the only admiral in recent years to appear on television and even show off her intimate relationship with Missouri in front of everyone, she still leaves a deep impression on many people, even though she is usually too busy to rest or go online.

However, since they are all admirals, they won't approach you for autographs like fans of celebrities in human society.

The pursuer walked at the very back of the three, feeling the gazes of a large crowd around him.

Just because someone does live streaming doesn't mean they're used to being watched. That's how it is for those who follow suit, especially when they're in such an unconventional way.

Many admirals and ship girls had strange looks on their faces after the gazes fell on them.

That would be really weird. Have you ever seen a ship girl going into battle wearing slippers and a tank top?

—So embarrassing.

The pursuer closed his eyes and approached Xiaobai from behind, reaching out a hand to grab her clothes, as if doing so would give her a sense of security.

It seems the deep-sea event period hasn't officially started yet, and the admirals who came here are just here to catch the early show, so they're all pretty free right now. And when admirals have free time, they like to wander around aimlessly, so there are bound to be many leisure places in this city.

Looking at the streets around him where even the shops looked almost identical, Xiaobai gained a new appreciation for human construction capabilities.

Before the deep-sea activity period was detected, this place was just an ordinary large open space. Unexpectedly, a sizable city was built here in just a few days.

Xiao Bai walked for a long time before finally reaching the main entrance of the Admiral's Guild.

This time, Xiaobai finally saw something completely different from what he remembered.

That is the Admiral's Guild in front of us.

This Admiral's Guild is much larger than the one in the first chapter.

Like a towering mountain, a magnificent and resplendent Admiral's Guild stood before Xiaobai.

"Admiral!" At this moment, a ship girl who was looking around at the entrance of the Admiral's Guild saw Xiaobai and hurriedly waved and ran over.

Lexington arrived in the city before Xiaobai. Xiaobai was a few days late because he had to go to another city to pick up the pursuers, so he sent someone to greet Xiaobai at the guild gate.

Changchun is on duty today.

Changchun, beaming with a radiant smile, ran up to Xiaobai and waved, exclaiming, "Admiral! You've finally arrived!"

"It's Changchun!" Xiaobai took Changchun's hand and jumped up and down like two children who hadn't seen each other in a long time.

"Hello, Sister Bismarck. Oh, and the one behind you is the one chasing you, right?" Changchun's big eyes looked at the pursuer behind her.

"Uh, hello..."

"I am Kokang, chasing after my sister."

"Huh? You're from Kokang?"

"It's been renovated, huh?" Changchun chuckled at Zhuigan. "Back then, you were the one who taught me how to fry fish."

It seems that Zhuihan and Changchun are quite familiar with each other.

"Oh... Guo, Changchun, you've become more beautiful." The pursuer smiled at Changchun.

"You've become more cheerful, haven't you?" Changchun smiled at Zhuigan.

"Hahaha...no, no...hmm?" Zhui Gan scratched his head, about to decline, when he realized something was wrong. "Wait, Changchun, what did you just say to me?"

"Has your sister become more cheerful?" Changchun repeated.

“Cheerful?” Zhui Gan was stunned. She had only exchanged a few words with Chang Chun. How did Chang Chun figure that out?

"...Hua Q?" Changchun asked in a low voice.

What's going on???

"Watching your live stream, sis... it's quite interesting."

"what?"

"We watched the live stream of the chase, the episode with the Admiral." Changchun looked at the chaser apologetically.

"How did you know?" The pursuer's eyes widened in shock. Her live stream was actually a niche channel, and not many people should know about it.

“Sister Tirpitz showed it to us,” Changchun said. “She said the Admiral and the Pursuers were on TV together, so she showed us the video.”

—Click.

This is the sound of the pursuer's persona collapsing.

Chapter 407 Nothing ventured, nothing gained

The pursuers underestimated the influence of their admiral.

Based on her own popularity, she usually only operates in a very small circle. Outside of that circle, very few people know about Chaser. Therefore, Chaser was not worried at all that her live stream would be known by the sisters of the naval base.

Once she returned to the garrison and changed her clothes, she was still that pure and quiet beautiful girl.

But she never expected that Xiaobai's existence would directly push her, an unknown online streamer, into the eye of the storm.

She only realized now that at this point, it was simply impossible to keep this a secret from her sisters at the naval base.

"Tirpitz!" The pursuer clutched his head, filled with regret.

Especially since he had a brain fart before ending the broadcast and blurted out a shockingly vulgar comment about "high-class behavior" to the audience. Now the entire naval base probably knows about it.

"Where are Lexington and the others now?" Xiaobai asked Changchun.

"Over there, Admiral, I'll take you there." Changchun smiled and glanced at the swaying pursuer who was clutching his head, then left the Admiral's Guild with Xiaobai and headed towards a hotel in the distance.

The area beyond the Admiral's Guild is quite different from the sea cities in the first chapter of Xiaobai's memory. The cities in this event sea area become increasingly larger as you progress. Led by Changchun, Xiaobai and Bismarck entered an alleyway composed of various tall courtyards.

"Because a lot of ship girls are needed for the Deep Sea event, the admirals here don't stay in hotels. There's a special place for a ship girl from a naval base to live here," Bismarck explained to Xiaobai as they walked behind Changchun.

"Wow, this place is amazing! They can build a structure of this size in just a few days!"

"It's quite simple, if you use the power of the ship girls."

"Are the ship girls going to help too?" Xiaobai asked curiously.

"Yes, we'll do it." Changchun overheard Bismarck and Xiaobai's conversation, turned around and smiled at Xiaobai, "But it's just a small job like moving bricks and transporting things using the ship's equipment space, like stacking blocks, everyone builds their own home."

"That sounds quite interesting," Xiaobai smiled.

Changchun chuckled.