Elder brother's garrison

Linglan, carrying the sorrow of defeat and clutching her lower abdomen with a hunched back, had just stepped out of the restroom, looking utterly humiliated.

"How about Missouri temporarily become Suzuran's ship girl?"

Chapter 488: The flags are all easily inserted and removed.

Under everyone's gaze, Missouri, with a relaxed and confident smile, pointed her slender finger at Lily of the Valley, who had just come out of the restroom.

Kiji and the staff slowly shifted their gaze to Suzuran.

Linglan was clutching her bladder, which was still aching slightly after the release, and slowly walked towards them while pursing her lips.

She immediately noticed that the group of people were staring intently at her, and Linglan blushed: "Why are you looking at me? Haven't you ever seen a beautiful girl going to the toilet before?"

"Miss Suzuran, the ship girl Missouri specifically requested that you be her admiral," Kiyoshi said respectfully to Suzuran.

"Huh? Me?" Lily of the Valley paused, then looked at Missouri.

Missouri was holding Little White, looking at Lily of the Valley with a broad smile like a victor.

Lily's gaze shifted to Missouri's arm around Little White's shoulder, and in an instant, she understood what Missouri was thinking.

—Wow, Missouri with those thick eyebrows and big eyes, you're quite the player!

Lily withdrew her hand from her lower abdomen, straightened her chest, walked to Missouri's side, and then subtly separated Missouri and Xiaobai, sitting between them.

"Ahem, alright, be an admiral it is then," Suzuran said to Kiji.

"Then thank you very much, Miss Suzuran." Kiji said to Suzuran.

"You're welcome." Lily of the Valley smiled at Missouri. "Missouri, please take care of me from now on."

"I'm sure you'll have a wonderful time with Miss Suzuran," Missouri said with a friendly smile.

For some reason, when Muji looked at Suzuran and Missouri's friendly smiles as they looked at each other, he felt a chill creeping up his spine in waves.

"Speaking of which, now that I'm the Admiral of Missouri, why do they still call me by my first name? How about just calling me Admiral?"

"Missouri is still quite shy, so please let her get used to this nickname for a while."

"Oh really? That's a shame. Missouri, have some tea."

"Miss Lily of the Valley, please. You must be quite thirsty after picking the flowers."

"No, no, but Missouri, are you sure it's okay for you not to go to the bathroom all the time?"

“Miss Lily of the Valley, please proceed.”

"Then I'll drink first as a sign of respect."

With a snap, the two teacups collided as if toasting, and then Missouri and Lily of the Valley gulped them down. They then simultaneously set down their teacups, exchanged a smile, and

For a fleeting moment, Kiji seemed to see countless lightning bolts and flames, as well as countless swords and flying sand and stones, between the lily of the valley and Missouri, as intense as a battlefield.

However, as the main characters on the battlefield, Suzuran and Missouri were like sisters who hadn't seen each other for many years, their faces beaming with incredibly bright smiles.

Muji looked up at the sky.

Women are truly terrifying creatures.

"Speaking of which, Miss Ship Girl, you said yesterday that it would take two months to build a ship girl, so why is this ship girl already built today?" Muji asked Shiro, who was sitting at the corner of the table.

"Ah... this question." Xiaobai put down her teacup and smiled apologetically at Muji. "This construction device seems to be a different model than the ones I've seen before. This should be an enhanced version, so it should be able to build ship girls much faster."

“Oh…” Muji looked at Missouri and stared at her delicate skin for a while.

To be honest, I still find it hard to believe that such a beautiful and dignified woman could be made of steel and oil.

"The ship girls have already been built, Lord Muji. Although it's a bit early, you should start thinking about researching ship girl devices," Xiaobai reminded him.

"Oh, oh..." Muji had obviously thought of this problem long ago. He nodded, his eyebrows twisting like earthworms.

Muji looked at the fully open construction equipment, then at Xiaobai and Missouri.

Do we really have the ability to understand the machines that can build such intelligent life forms?

Muji was lost in deep confusion. When he saw Missouri standing in front of him, chatting and laughing, his unease and confusion only intensified.

Or we could just keep the construction device and use it to build ship girls, without even thinking about dismantling it.

This thought kept echoing in Muji's mind.

But then, Kijimi quickly dismissed the idea. Disassembly was absolutely necessary; he needed to thoroughly understand the structure of this construction device so that humanity could acquire the technology to build similar devices.

It's better to teach someone how to fish than to give them a fish. The construction equipment in front of you might break down, be lost, or even rot away at any time. It will be too late to consider dismantling and studying it then.

Muji swallowed hard, opened his mouth, and said to Xiaobai, "Then... how about building another ship girl? After we build another one, we'll start disassembling and studying the construction device."

At the very least, during this research period, the city needs to have a certain number of ship girls. Kijiro thought to himself.

Xiaobai thought for a moment, then nodded, looking at Muji with a somewhat peculiar expression: "Yes, I understand."

Xiao Bai was thinking about quickly solving the ship girl technology problem for this city so that she could be freed up and could start thinking about finding an energy source to go home.

Resources in this city are expected to be scarce for some time after the ship girl technology is fully developed, so Xiaobai had no choice but to give up and turn his attention to other places.

Anyway, it'll probably only be a month or two at most, and Xiaobai, who has already been in a hiatus for three months, doesn't mind staying for another three months.

With Shiro's permission, Muji breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that his actions were a bit of a waste of the durability of the construction device that the ship girl in front of him had worked so hard to obtain for him, but since Shiro said it was okay, Muji could relax a little.

She respectfully removed Shiro from Suzuran and Missouri, and then began feeding resources into the construction device to build ship girls.

Once the resources were almost filled, Xiaobai called Linglan over from the table and pressed the start construction button.

Watching the construction device slowly close and begin to operate, Muji looked at Xiaobai with some concern: "Miss Ship Girl, how many more times do you think this construction device can be used?"

Xiao Bai shook his head helplessly: "I don't know."

The modern construction equipment is quite reliable. Lexington mentioned that the few people in his garrison had been with his brother since the garrison was first established. However, this dark construction equipment in front of him... well, that's a different story.

After all, this thing has been in a shipwreck at the bottom of the sea for who knows how many decades or even centuries. Who knows what parts inside might be aging?

As Sukhbaatar once said, construction will not fail. Amidst the ever-present "ding" of the microwave oven, the construction device returned to silence.

This time, Muji and his group were quite quiet. They brought out tables from the factory and sat down one by one next to the construction device, resting their chins on their hands and staring intently at the device.

Xiaobai and Linglan returned to Missouri.

The morning passed slowly, and at noon, Sukhbaatar arrived late, wearing a wreath around his neck and carrying many gifts and fruits in his hands.

"I'm here!" Sukhbaatar walked into the factory, found Little White, and his little eyes immediately spotted Missouri next to Little White. "Oh ho, it's already built."

"Lord Su, you've arrived?"

"You're here. I don't know anyone in this city, you're the only one I know." Sukhbaatar walked up to Xiaobai and placed a bunch of fruit on the table in front of him. "Want some fruit?"

"Thank you," Xiaobai said gratefully.

"Oh right, I also received quite a lot of tea, but it tastes bitter after brewing. Why don't you keep it?" Sukhbaatar took several cans of tea out of the basket and handed them to Xiaobai.

When Linglan, who was standing next to Xiaobai, saw the tea that Sukhbaatar had brought, her face turned pale instantly. She covered her mouth, turned to the side, and looked like she felt very uncomfortable and wanted to vomit.

"By the way, Lord Su, where did you get all these gifts?"

"You and Suzuran gave me your place to stay, didn't you? Then when I went to stay there, some people inexplicably asked me if I was a ship girl. I said yes, and they gave me so many gifts." Sukhbaatar shrugged. "Although I'm not a combat type, I don't dislike the fact that humans admire ship girls so much."

"I'm glad you like it, Lord Su." Xiao Bai smiled at Sukhbaatar.

It seems that Sukhbaatar really likes human cities. Given this situation, she might even stay in a human city to protect humans.

After cutting open a few slices of watermelon, Sukhbaatar munched on the red flesh while glancing at the operating construction equipment: "Oh, they're building ship girls again."

"By the way, Lord Su, how long is the lifespan of this construction device?"

"How would I know? Anyway, it's still working normally for now," Sukhbaatar said, spitting out sunflower seeds. "But let me tell you, it would be better to take it apart and study the technology inside as soon as possible. After all, if this thing breaks down, the difficulty of studying it will increase many times over."

"Okay, once it's finished building this time, we'll tear it down," Xiaobai said.

Then, for some reason, as if sensing that Xiaobai was about to dismantle it, the construction device seemed to have gained human-like qualities, making a few loud rumbling noises before going on strike in front of everyone.

With a loud bang, the construction device, which had been under construction all morning, suddenly spewed out a cloud of black smoke. Then, the warehouse door was suddenly forced open, and a white-haired little girl, trailing black smoke, burst out of the warehouse and rushed straight towards Xiaobai, crashing into her arms.

Chapter 489 Free Gift

Xiaobai was standing by the table talking to Sukhbaatar when the construction device malfunctioned right before everyone's eyes. She had just finished inserting the standard flag.

Before Xiaobai could even understand what was happening, the malfunctioning construction unit vengefully spat the ship girl still under construction out of the hold towards Xiaobai, and in the end, Xiaobai was knocked away.

Suddenly, the world spun around.

In the blink of an eye, Xiaobai felt two huge, soft things suddenly press against her neck, and then she fell into a warm embrace.

"Oh dear, Miss Ship Girl, it's not good to be so careless." Missouri's kind voice reached Xiaobai's ears. Xiaobai looked up and saw Missouri looking down at her with a smile.

"Ah... thank you, Missouri." Xiaobai smiled shyly at Missouri.

“It’s alright, we’re colleagues after all,” Missouri said as she helped Xiaobai up.

"Hahaha..." Xiaobai chuckled dryly a few times, then lowered his head and looked into his arms.

The reason Xiaobai was knocked away was entirely due to the impact of the ship girl that rushed out of the construction device. This construction device had only been working for half a day, so it can basically be understood that the construction device had either stopped working or malfunctioned, causing the unfinished ship girl to be ejected directly.

—Please don't let it be a corpse, that would cause a lot of psychological harm.

Xiao Bai cautiously looked into his arms.

"Huh?" Then, Xiaobai was stunned.

The ship girl lying in her arms was not a corpse; she was still alive, and there were no bloody scenes of "premature birth" as Xiaobai had imagined.

As expected of a ship girl, even in her incomplete state due to the construction equipment malfunctioning, she still possesses snow-white, delicate skin, a soft touch, gentle breathing, and beautiful features despite her young age.

—That's right, the ship girl that was spat out was a child.

And, most importantly, this is yet another ship girl that a complete newbie knows.

Xiaobai stared in shock at the ship girl in his arms who slowly opened her eyes and looked at him.

It was a young ship girl with a slender body and ruby-red eyes, looking at Xiaobai with a pitiful expression. Her long, white hair, like wings, spread over her body like a blanket, adding to her pitiful aura.

“North Carolina…Laurina?” Xiaobai murmured the name of the ship girl in front of him.

"Hmm." The young ship girl reached out and grabbed Xiaobai's collar, tilting her head at Xiaobai as if wondering why Xiaobai knew her name.

Xiao Bai's mind is now filled with just two words.

—Oh my god.

The shock of reality was too great for Xiaobai, and he couldn't understand what had happened for a while.

"Lu Lin?!" What just happened happened in the blink of an eye, so fast that no one present could react for a moment. It wasn't until then that Linglan, who was a beat slower, got up from her chair in a panic. She rushed to Xiaobai's side, stretching out her hand as if she didn't know what to do. "Are you alright?"

"It's alright, I'm a ship girl, I'm very strong." Shiro smiled at Suzuran, then looked down at North Carolina.

"..." Lily of the Valley pouted and looked at Missouri behind Xiaobai with a complicated expression. "Thanks."

“You’re welcome, Miss Lily of the Valley. We’re companions.” Missouri looked at Lily of the Valley humbly.

Linglan sighed and looked down at the North Carolina in Xiaobai's arms: "Lu Lin, what's going on here?"

"I don't know either, Lord Su, do you know?" Xiaobai smiled helplessly, then looked at Sukhbaatar.

While munching on a watermelon, Sukhbaatar looked at Xiaobai and thought for a while: "I guess the construction equipment broke down and then spat out the unfinished ship girl."

The truth was exactly as Xiaobai had imagined.

"No"

Just as Xiaobai was about to say something more, a man's grief-stricken howl suddenly came from the other side of the factory.

Xiaobai was startled by the heart-wrenching scream. She quickly looked towards the source of the sound and saw Muji kneeling on the ground, tears streaming down his face. He stared at the construction device emitting black smoke, his hands trembling as he raised them, looking like a little kid who had lost his toy in despair.

Muji is now filled with regret.

I regret it so much I want to slap myself twice, no, twenty thousand times.

The construction device in front of me was still broken. Although there were no obvious damages on the outside, the fact that it jammed in the middle of construction and directly spat out the unfinished ship girl showed that the construction device was still broken.

In the end, I still missed the perfect opportunity to research and build the device.

Muji angrily pounded his head and chest, gritting his teeth as he stared at the construction equipment in front of him: "I've let down the people! I've let down the ship girls! I've let you all down! I, Muji, have failed the residents of this city!"

The staff next to Muji rushed to help him up, but Muji remained kneeling and refused to get up.

On the other side, Shiro, seeing Muji's performance, also fell silent.

"..." Just then, Xiaobai felt the North Carolina in his arms move.

Xiaobai lowered his head and saw that North Carolina was looking at Muji, who was kneeling in front of the construction device, with a slightly confused expression. In his eyes, a questioning look of whether he had made this person so sad gradually became clear.