Today's tutelary fort remains peaceful.

Xue Cheng nodded. For many players, Lexington does have a different meaning.

In the early stages of the game, it is still difficult to obtain regular aircraft carriers. Common ways to obtain them are construction and salvage. In addition, a light aircraft carrier bought from the six-yuan talent market can also be promoted to a regular aircraft carrier after modification.

These three methods are very unfriendly to new players who have just started playing the game and do not want to spend money for the time being.

As a newcomer, resources are generally scarce, and construction is a bottomless pit. The probability of obtaining a rare ship girl is not high, so during this period, even the big spenders and European seals dare not say that they can get an advantage in this. Many newcomers, even if they gamble away their fortunes and are so destitute that they can't even gather the resources for an attack, can only watch the Kaohsiung family cry silently.

Salvage is also a big problem for newcomers. Not to mention the drop rate and supplies, the map where aircraft carriers can be salvaged is simply not accessible to newcomers. Therefore, at that time, only some Martians among newcomers could have aircraft carrier squadrons.

So, does it mean that newcomers are not worthy of owning an aircraft carrier?

That's not the case. As the main aircraft carrier of a group of admirals and a virtuous wife who can accompany the player until the end, Lexington can be obtained by completing levels 1-4, and her sister Saratoga can be obtained by reaching the admiral level .

As the absolute main force in the aircraft carrier brigade, the Lexington sisters play an irreplaceable role. They have accompanied Xue Cheng from the novice stage to the end. In addition, the portraits of the two sisters are very much to Xue Cheng's liking, so they occupy an extremely special position in his heart.

Especially her elder sister Lexington, who, after the transformation, had completely changed her previous girlish image and turned into a gentle and graceful wife. When Xue Cheng saw the transformed Lexington, he gave her his only ring without hesitation.

Later, a wedding dress change was added to the game, which could be obtained as long as you got married. As the first ship girl to own a wedding dress, this move further established Lexington's position in Xue Cheng's heart.

7. Lexington Blues

Originally, Xue Cheng thought that meeting Lexington would be a very wonderful experience.

Although it was already very wonderful for him to travel into the game world and interact with paper people, Lexington was different. This girl had special meaning to him.

When they arrived in front of the white building, Xue Cheng deliberately slowed down his pace and followed Chongqing closely. There was no elevator in the building, so the two of them went up the stairs to the third floor and then found a room with an office sign on it on the far right side of the corridor.

Putting his hand on the door handle, Xue Cheng had a hesitant expression on his face. He tried to open the door several times, but finally retracted his hand. Chongqing, who was standing behind Xue Cheng, leaned over from behind him and looked at his expression. He found that the admiral was a little strange. He just went back to the office as usual, but his face had a kind of... well, it was like the uneasy expression of the destroyers who were worried about being discovered after causing trouble.

Could it be that he went crazy yesterday and did something strange, so now he doesn't know how to face Lexington? Thinking of the delicate relationship between the admiral and Lexington, Chongqing felt that his guess was not unreasonable.

Feeling the subtle emotion of homesickness in his heart, Xue Cheng hesitated again and again, and finally withdrew his hand, then knocked lightly three times on the wooden door.

"Come in." A soft and pleasant voice came from the room, slightly different from the dubbing in the game. Xue Cheng took a deep breath, suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, then put his hand on the door handle and pulled it open with force.

"Whoosh..." As the door opened, a strong draft blew out of the room. Xue Cheng, who was the first to be hit, squinted his eyes subconsciously due to the sudden wind. He looked into the room and saw a girl in a white navy uniform and flaxen hair leaning against the window in a large office. She seemed to be observing the scenery outside. When she heard the door open, she slowly turned around, her soft hair fluttering in the breeze, and looked towards the door.

"Chongqing? Admiral?" Lexington was startled at the newcomer. For some reason, her expression, which had been somewhat gloomy, seemed to burst into dazzling brilliance the moment she saw Xue Cheng. She held her somewhat rapid breath, took a deep breath after a moment, and said nonchalantly, "You two, do you even need to knock on the door to come to the office? I thought you had guests."

"If you treat me as a guest, I don't mind." Xue Cheng turned around and closed the door, joking. For some reason, after seeing Lexington, his original uneasy mood disappeared without a trace. Looking at the girl's slowly revealing smile, Xue Cheng felt a kind of cordial feeling in his heart, as if he had met relatives and friends whom he had not seen for many years.

"Nonsense! How can you treat the Admiral as a guest?" Lexington calmed down, rolled his eyes at Xue Cheng, and then asked the two, "What would the Admiral and Chongqing like to drink?"

"A glass of water will be enough." Xue Cheng said. Actually, he wanted to have a glass of fat otaku happy water, but when he thought about his blurry abdominal muscles, Xue Cheng gave up the idea.

"I'd rather drink some water too." Chongqing said immediately. If possible, she actually wanted to drink tea. However, although Lexington was a perfect wife, it did not mean that she could do everything best. At least when it came to making tea, Lexington's skill in making black tea was obviously not as good as Reputation and Counterattack. And if it came to green tea, Yixian could still beat her, so it would be better to have a glass of water.

Lexington responded, took out a large bucket of ice-cold mineral water from the refrigerator, and filled disposable paper cups for the two men. Then he walked over to the sofa, placed the two cups of water on the coffee table, and said with a smile, "Admiral, how come you have time to come to the office today?"

Such a great resentment... Looking at Lexington's nonchalant expression, Xue Cheng inexplicably felt a hint of hidden resentment from the girl. After a moment's thought, Xue Cheng couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Unlike the paper man in the game who will silently wait for the player to return no matter how long he has been away, Lexington at this time is obviously strongly dissatisfied with his previous actions during the semi-abandonment period.

But this is not Xue Cheng's fault. Ever since Xue Cheng graduated from university and became a corporate slave, he has had less and less spare time. Whenever he finishes overtime, he returns home and just wants to lie on the bed and watch some relaxing videos to kill time. He has no desire to open the games on his phone.

After all, games are just a spice of life and can be used as entertainment, but it is not suitable to be overly addicted. If a person is overly addicted to games and it affects his life, then it violates the original intention of playing games and is not advisable.

But if he stood from Lexington's perspective, Xue Cheng could not feel the slightest bit of disgust towards Lexington's attitude.

After all, in her opinion, her husband and superior were nowhere to be seen all day, and when they came back occasionally they only checked on the expedition mission and then disappeared without a trace, so no matter from which angle, she had the right to express her dissatisfaction with herself.

Xue Cheng chuckled awkwardly and turned his gaze to Chongqing behind him, but found that the girl was looking up at the sky. Her serious expression seemed as if flowers had suddenly grown on the ceiling above her head. Obviously, Chongqing also had a lot of resentment towards him, so in the face of Lexington's sarcasm, Chongqing not only had no intention of helping Xue Cheng, but instead acted like she was watching a show.

It's better to rely on yourself than on others. Xue Cheng shook his head secretly. He walked to the sofa with his head held high. Seeing that Lexington had already sat down, he hesitated for a moment, sat next to her, and said nonchalantly: "Of course it's because I missed you, ma'am."

Lexington's smile gradually faded. Although he didn't know what the admiral was busy with outside instead of returning to the port, he could see that he was living a good life when he was not in the naval base. The ship girls and the port were just dispensable things to him.

But now, he actually said to himself shamelessly, I miss you?

What did I do wrong to make you disrespect me like this? Lexington felt a surge of anger in her heart. She picked up the glass of ice water that belonged to Xue Cheng on the coffee table and drank it in one gulp. The cold feeling went straight from her stomach to her brain, stimulating her head so much that it began to hurt.

Thanks to this sudden chill, the rage burning in his heart seemed to be suppressed a little. Lexington let out a long breath, then managed a smile and said softly, "In that case, Admiral, could you please not leave and stay by Lexington's side?"

When she said this, Lexington couldn't help but reveal a self-deprecating expression. She knew very well that the Admiral was like a wisp of free wind, never bound or restrained by anything, and she couldn't do anything to force the Admiral. The answer to this question was already determined the moment it was asked.

"Okay." Xue Cheng replied.

8. Something is wrong with the Admiral

Hearing Xue Cheng's answer, Lexington just smiled and didn't take it to heart. The admiral had pretended countless times that he wanted to do something big, but it turned out that it was just a three-minute enthusiasm. When the enthusiasm faded, the admiral would become a lazy guy again.

Shrugging his shoulders, Lexington crossed his arms, leaned back on the sofa, and said, "Rather than that, let's talk about what the Admiral is here for today."

"Do I have to have a purpose to come to my own office?" Xue Cheng was a little helpless. He came here just to get familiar with the environment of the garrison. After all, he would live here in the future. The office, as his future workplace, was naturally the top priority. He didn't have any special intention, but in Lexington's opinion, it seemed like he was coming here for no reason?

How bad is my image in Lexington's mind? Xue Cheng couldn't help but sigh.

Lexington looked at Xue Cheng, hesitant to speak, and finally shook his head and said, "Okay, since you said so..."

Lexington stood up and went to the refrigerator to search for a while. He took out a bunch of snacks and drinks and placed them in front of Xue Cheng. "Until the work is done, please enjoy the food here with Chongqing."

Chongqing didn't say anything, but sat down silently, searching for her favorite food among the pile of snacks. She was self-aware. Although she had worked as a secretary for a while before, she was not good at handling affairs or reviewing documents. Instead of making things worse, she might as well be a salted fish.

"Is there no other option?" Unlike the self-aware Chongqing, Xue Cheng looked at the snacks in front of him, seemingly unaware of his own inadequacy. He said with a smile, "For example, how about we handle the work together?"

"Are you sure?" Lexington asked. After receiving Xue Cheng's affirmative answer, Lexington silently walked to the large desk, took some of the pile of documents on it, and placed them in front of Xue Cheng: "In that case, I'll hand these over to the Admiral."

"This... so many!" Xue Cheng's eyes nearly popped out of his head as he looked at the thick stack of documents. "Does our garrison usually have to deal with so many things?"

"Originally, it wouldn't be necessary." Lexington glanced at Xue Cheng and said meaningfully, "However, yesterday, someone sent fleets to sweep the surrounding waters for deep-sea ship girls several times. In just one day, they completed the tasks assigned by the Governor's Office this week. In addition, a large amount of equipment was extracted from the warehouse, so the reports and detailed records of material inflows and outflows have piled up like a mountain."

Xue Cheng's face flushed. Yesterday was the last day of the game's server closure. Thinking that he would never be able to play this game again, he turned on the liver emperor mode after get off work. He also distributed all the equipment usually stored in the warehouse to those ship girls who still had free equipment slots. He didn't expect that this self-satisfying behavior would actually dig a big hole for himself.

With a sigh, Xue Cheng decided to bite the bullet and accept the bitter fruit he had sown. He took the pen from Lexington and carefully examined a document. After a while, Xue Cheng looked up and said to Lexington, who had returned to his desk and was writing furiously, "What should we do with these documents?"

"..."

After replacing some documents that only required signatures and stamps for Xue Cheng, Lexington finally ended the farce. She sat behind the desk that originally belonged to the admiral, and reached out to press her temples as if she had a headache. However, under the cover of her arms, Lexington's eyes were always observing Xue Cheng who was sitting on the sofa.

Lexington keenly noticed that there was something strange about his admiral.

Compared to his previous tough and indifferent attitude, the admiral seemed to have softened a lot today. He was no longer as serious as before, and no longer kept silent except for giving orders. He even joked with himself.

For example, the document he is signing now. If it were him in the past, the admiral would not even look at it and would just throw it aside for someone to deal with. But now he is sitting quietly on the sofa, bending over to sign and stamp page by page on the coffee table. This is something Lexington would never have dared to think about before.

Such a change made Lexington think of what happened yesterday.

As usual, the admiral was not in the naval base, but the ship girls had long been accustomed to this kind of life. They were all doing their own things, and everything was no different from usual.

However, the admiral who had not been seen for a few days suddenly came back. He seemed to be very lost and in a bad mood. The destroyers and submarines were very afraid of such an admiral. But unexpectedly, the admiral did not get angry at anyone, but arranged the expedition and attack missions with a worried look on his face. Then he gathered everyone together and distributed the equipment extracted from the warehouse to everyone, muttering something like "I'll never see you again", "Use these equipment to protect yourself", and other confusing words.

Although no one knew what had happened to the admiral, it could be heard from his words that he seemed to be leaving the naval base and never coming back, which made everyone very worried.

Many times, the admiral behaved very badly, for example, he always asked the ship girls to change into various clothes and show them to him in the office.

When we returned from a major attack, we should have been put into the ditch for repairs, but we were assigned to be a secretary ship and were not allowed to change clothes."

He envied others for having the Richelieu, and then went to build it despite Lexington's opposition. Not only did he lose all his money, but he also used up all the resources of the garrison at the time, and was unable to complete even the tasks issued by the Governor's Office.

Also, the admiral has many destroyers and submarines.

Such an admiral is simply terrible. Occasionally, some ship girls would complain privately, but if they really had to separate from the admiral, no one would be willing to do so.

If the admiral wants to dismiss his ship girls and become an ordinary person again, he also has to see whether the ship girls agree. Just like many male admirals regard their ship girls as forbidden, for the ship girls, the admiral is also their private property. Although they have to share it with many sisters, the admiral has already marked his mark in their hearts. If the admiral wants to abandon themselves, the consequences may be very terrible.

Even Lexington, in order to prevent the admiral from really leaving, had secretly made some preparations and stored them in a drawer of his desk. He would just wait for the admiral to show any signs of abnormality, then tie him up with chains and drag him back to the basement of his detached villa. However, it now seemed that those preparations were a bit redundant.

9. The Silent Girl and the Chatty Eagle

Essex sat on a bench beside a tree-lined path, enjoying the long-lost quietness.

Bear McCann, the bald eagle who used to be inseparable from her, rarely did not follow her. Instead, he went to the beach with his sister CV-16 to feed the seagulls. Although Essex didn't know how Bear, as a bird, should feed the seagulls, thinking about gaining some long-lost private time, she didn't say much, but readily agreed to Bear McCann's request to go out.

Unlike the tightly wrapped portraits in the game, Essex at this time is wearing a plain dress, her long white hair tied into two ponytails, and a pair of cool sandals on her feet. Except for her unusual hair color, Essex looks like an ordinary human girl.

It was already July, and although the naval base was by the sea, the weather was still a bit hot. Even though Essex was not used to such cool clothing, he had to compromise under the scorching heat.

Looking out at the sea from afar across the woods, Essex couldn't help yawning. She looked around and found no one else nearby. It seemed that this section of the path had temporarily become her private property. Essex hesitated for a moment, then simply took off her sandals and lay down on the bench, intending to take a nap in the sea breeze.

However, her little wish did not come true. Just when Essex's consciousness was a little fuzzy, a loud bird cry came from afar. Hearing this familiar sound, Essex slowly opened her eyes and sat up with a regretful expression on her face.

Sure enough, just as Essex was about to put the sandals on her feet, a gust of wind blew in her face, and the bald eagle Bear McCann flapped its wings and landed on the back of the bench next to the girl.

"Jiaozi! I've been bullied! You have to avenge me!" Bell McCann's voice returned to an arrogant male voice. He looked at Essex who was bending over with his head down, and flapped his wings a few times in anger.

During World War II, the extremely fast construction speed of the Essex-class aircraft carriers was unprecedented and was ridiculed by people in later generations as "dumpling making". Therefore, "dumplings" also became the nickname of the Essex-class aircraft carriers. As the lead ship and the first Essex-class carrier to join the naval base, Essex was "honored" to get this nickname.

Although Essex didn't like this name very much, the admiral was surprisingly persistent. Over time, Essex accepted this nickname, and slowly, it spread in the garrison. Many people would call Essex dumplings when they saw her, and few people called her by her real name.

Hearing Bell McCann's words, Essex slowly fastened the laces of his sandals, then straightened up and tilted his head to look at the bald eagle standing beside him: "Bell, didn't you go feed the seagulls with CV-16?"

Essex didn't take Bell's words about being bullied to heart. Although the bald eagle was her good friend, she knew that not everyone could tolerate Bell's noise like she did.

Once, his sister Hancock couldn't bear it anymore and tied Bell to a wooden stick to prepare for barbecue. If Bell hadn't broken free from the rope and escaped while Hancock was making a fire, even though Bell McCann was not afraid of the burning flames as part of the Essex ship's equipment, his feathers would have been burned off and he would have become an ugly bald chicken.

"Who said I was feeding the seagulls?" The bald eagle completely disavowed the excuse he had made before leaving the house that morning. Holding its head high, it shouted, "Who wants to feed those stupid, greedy, brainless creatures? I just wanted to scare those idiots. You know? When they saw CV-16 holding up the bread, their eyes lit up and they were about to swoop down, but then they saw me charging towards them with all my might. How funny was that panicked look?"

Essex's expression froze. Even though she rarely showed any facial expressions, it was obvious that Bald Eagle's words had caused her to experience a violent emotional fluctuation.

My younger sister CV-16 loves small animals very much. She likes to carry some pet snacks with her to feed the small animals in the naval base. If CV-16 knew that Bell was destroying her coexistence with the seagulls, I'm afraid that child would not forgive it, right?

"Bell, don't do this again." Essex whispered, "You will be disliked by your sister if you do this."

"Don't worry, my dear Dumpling, I know my limits!" The bald eagle cackles proudly, "Every time I go to drive away those seagulls, I avoid little Lexington's sight. Don't worry, she won't notice!"

Essex hesitated to speak. Her original intention was to ask Bell McCann to stop such bad behavior, but she also knew that although the eagle in front of her appeared as her companion creature, it had an extremely strong sense of self-awareness, and its relationship with her was more like a partner than a master-servant, so it would not obey her orders completely. Especially this kind of evil taste that came from its heart was simply the greatest pleasure in its eagle life, and it would not be easily given up.

"Forget it." Essex sighed quietly. Perhaps it was because he protected it too much. In addition, everyone in the garrison was a gentle person, so Bell became more and more unscrupulous. If he didn't let it suffer a heavy loss, it probably wouldn't think of changing.

"You just said that someone was bullying you. What happened?" Essex remembered what the bald eagle said when he found him just now.

Bell McCann's eagle body trembled. He was distracted by Jiaozi's words and even forgot his purpose. When he thought of the hateful man grabbing him, putting his hands on his body to grope, and lifting his feathers to check, the bald eagle had an urge to go crazy.

It raised its head and let out a loud cry, then looked at Essex and said viciously: "Dumpling! Am I your closest friend?"

Essex nodded, "Of course."

"Am I your most compatible comrade?"

Essex continued to nod. Although there would be other aircraft carrier girls in the team to partner with him when attacking, when it came to tacit cooperation, only Bell could do it. As Essex's companion creature, Bell McCann had a subtle spiritual connection with Essex. If necessary, both parties could clearly know what the other was thinking without verbal communication.

"Am I the most important person to you?" Bell McCann continued to ask.