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"Huh? Ooi? Kitakami? What are you doing here?" Xiaobai looked at her two ship girls with a strange expression, then followed Ooi and Kitakami's bodies to look at the table, and then noticed a circle of familiar wooden cubes on the table.
Ok……
Oh?
Mahjong, huh.
Xiao Bai was surprised.
"You guys are...playing mahjong?"
"Haha, hehehe." Daii scratched his head and gave Xiaobai an awkward smile. "I've been so bored at the garrison lately... so I thought I'd have some fun. But don't worry, Admiral, we absolutely won't gamble! And we won't get carried away! We'll definitely stick to the principle of having fun!"
"I'm very happy," Kitakami echoed Ooi's words with a smile.
Xiao Bai stared at the two blue and white figures in front of her, scrutinizing their harmless smiles for a while before turning her gaze to Mu Chenglin, whose style had become close to line art and was almost entirely black and white.
Not getting drunk?
This scene is hard to believe.
"Oh my! Isn't this Admiral Lu!" Just as Xiaobai was pondering what to do, Admiral Haoding's voice interrupted his thoughts. Admiral Haoding, who had been engrossed in studying something, noticed Xiaobai's arrival and greeted him warmly, "Admiral Lu! It's been a few days, how have things been on your end!"
"Ah... um... I'm... fine, fine." Xiao Bai replied, tiptoeing to look at the table on Admiral Haoding's side. She noticed that Admiral Haoding had just been studying a mahjong hand and couldn't help but click her tongue in amazement, "Admiral Haoding... you... play mahjong too?"
"Me? Hahahaha! I can say I have absolutely no idea how to do this!" Admiral Haoding laughed heartily. "I was losing terribly before Admiral Lu arrived! I haven't won a single game since the beginning of the morning! But even though this thing is so difficult, it's actually quite fun! Hahahaha!"
Admiral Haoding seemed completely unconcerned about the fact that he had been losing all day while playing mahjong.
That's a really good attitude.
"What about Patriarch Mu Chenglin..." Xiaobai looked at Mu Chenglin.
“You mean Brother Mu? Hmm… he’s about the same as me, he hasn’t won a single game since this morning. You see, he just said he was a little tired and wanted to rest for a while,” Admiral Haoding said, standing up and patting Mu Chenglin’s shoulder with his big hand. “Brother Mu! Brother Mu! Admiral Lu is here, say hello! Hey—it seems he hasn’t rested well yet.”
Mu Chenglin's scholarly body trembled as Hao Ding Admiral patted him, but he still didn't react. Hao Ding Admiral had no choice but to give up on the idea of waking Mu Chenglin up.
Xiao Bai looked north towards Da Jing again.
Both Oi and Kitakami blushed and awkwardly smiled apologetically.
"Admiral, well... haha... it's been so long since I've played... I finally got an invitation from someone, so I couldn't help but take it a little more seriously."
"Hey~"
These two ship girls are trying to play dumb.
You guys are something else.
"Daijing, Kitakami, go and call someone for me. Go to the Mu family base and find someone to carry the Mu family head back to rest." Xiaobai turned around and instructed the two ship girls.
"Oh, okay!" Oi Kitakami nodded quickly.
Two figures in blue and white swiftly left the wooden table and ran down the terraced fields.
"Huh? Admiral Lu? Judging from your expression, it seems like you have something you want to discuss with me?" Admiral Haoding looked at Xiaobai's actions with some curiosity on his dark face.
"Hmm... I guess so."
"Oh? Is it because your land reclamation plan isn't going well? I've recently heard that Admiral Lu, you seem to be leading a squad of ship girls on a covert mission."
"Smoothly, very smoothly." Xiaobai smiled awkwardly, "It went very smoothly."
That went very smoothly.
Things went so smoothly that if I didn't come back soon, I might have become the boss of the deep sea in Chapter 8, fast forward to the point where I'm simultaneously commanding the deep sea army and the ship girl army in a fight between Himeko and her lover.
"That's good!" After listening to Xiaobai's words, Admiral Haoding nodded with admiration. "As expected of Admiral Lu, he is so meticulous at such a young age!"
"I'm here to share some information with Admiral Haoding," Xiaobai said to Admiral Haoding.
"Oh? Is it news about the eighth chapter of the sea area?" Admiral Haoding suddenly became interested upon hearing this and quickly sat up straight.
"Yes."
"What kind of news is it?"
"Here's the thing, after my ship girl's investigation some time ago, I've obtained the complete map of the eighth chapter's sea area, along with some stat analysis charts of the enemy, and information on several valuable deep-sea locations within this area..."
Chapter 2130 Cupid
Admiral Haoding stared blankly as Xiaobai spoke fluently, occasionally pulling out a pile of paper documents from behind him as evidence. He even produced a huge map of the entire sea area in Chapter Eight.
Xiao Bai has been working undercover in the deep-sea city for a while, but he has not been idle. In addition to interacting with the deep-sea deans, he has also taken the time to conduct a detailed investigation of the entire sea area in Chapter 8, studied the ship equipment attributes of the deep-sea frigates under the Black Tower, and recorded several valuable deep-sea gathering points he passed by.
This information is extremely important and very difficult to obtain for the fleet attempting to conquer the sea area in Chapter 8.
Even though the former Admiral Haoding possessed the combat power of the world's fourth-ranked naval base, after spending several months, almost exhausting his entire fortune, and even risking half his life, he could only barely obtain a map of a portion of the coastal waters in Chapter Eight. As for the attribute data of high-level deep-sea enemies and precious deep-sea gathering points, Admiral Haoding didn't even dare to dream of them.
Even Hao Ding, who has focused on recklessness throughout his career as an admiral, can understand the importance of the information Xiao Bai is now telling him.
Information is the most important thing in military campaigns.
Those who control the information gap are the ones who will win the battle.
Admiral Haoding looked at the map in Xiaobai's hand, at the vast sea area shown on the map.
Admiral Haoding found the coastal area he had led the ship girls to find a few months earlier on the map. This sea area, which seemed unimaginably vast to Admiral Haoding at the time, only occupied less than one-tenth of the area in Xiaobai's Chapter 8 map.
Just this coastal area almost wiped out the entire resources of the world's fourth-largest garrison. The further away from the land, the stronger the aura of the deep sea, and the more powerful and numerous the deep-sea creatures. Even Admiral Haoding couldn't imagine how cruel and terrifying the battlefield would be further back in this eighth chapter territory. And Admiral Lu Lin had to pay a huge price and put in a lot of effort to bring back this news.
It’s incredible...
After standing there in a daze for several minutes, Admiral Haoding finally let out a long sigh, a trace of weariness appearing on his charcoal-black face.
Admiral Haoding had no doubt about the authenticity of the information. Instead, he slowly asked Xiaobai, "Admiral Lu, you must have put in unimaginable effort to get this information."
"Yes, it really took a lot of effort." Xiao Bai nodded in agreement when asked by Admiral Haoding.
The large map in Chapter 2131 was barely recorded by Xiaobai and Chaoda, who practically ran all over the sea area of Chapter 8. This trip was exhausting.
"So, Admiral Haoding, you'd better take the news I brought back very seriously."
"..."
Admiral Haoding looked up, large drops of hot tears welling up from the corners of his eyes, the tears flowing endlessly.
"Huh? Admiral Haoding? Why are you crying!" Xiaobai was dumbfounded.
"I'm so moved—ah, I'm so moved—I'm so moved that I, as a human being, have a colleague like Admiral Lu Lin!" Admiral Haoding's eyes were filled with tears, which flowed uncontrollably. "I'm moved by the thoughts in your heart, Admiral Lu Lin! I'm moved by the rookie naval base... no, I'm moved that all of humanity has an admiral as noble and pure as you!"
"Wow... Is it really that serious...?"
"Absolutely! Absolutely!" Admiral Haoding raised his arm and wiped his eyes hard, clenching his fist as he shouted at Xiaobai, "Admiral Lu Lin! To this day, I have never regretted inviting you to join the mission for Chapter 8! In fact, I am extremely glad I did it! Now, I will not question any of your orders, and I will devote myself wholeheartedly to this mission!"
"I think it's more important for you, Admiral Haoding, to focus on recovering..." Xiaobai quickly interjected, trying to dissuade Admiral Haoding, who was about to get angry. "Well, actually, I shared this information with you just so you could do me a few small favors, Admiral Haoding..."
"Oh? What kind of help do you need? Admiral Lu, please just ask!"
"Ahem." Xiaobai said seriously to Admiral Haoding, "Look, aren't we comrades now? You've lent me your ship girls, so it's necessary to share some deep-sea information."
"I see, Admiral Lu is so thoughtful." Admiral Haoding praised him highly.
"I'll need you to forward these messages to headquarters."
"It's alright, Admiral Lu Lin really trusts me." Admiral Hao Ding was moved again. "Admiral Lu Lin, rest assured, I will definitely mark your garrison's name on these maps."
"It's okay... I don't mind."
"No, it's still necessary. Admiral Lu Lin, trust me, I will definitely handle things properly and make you satisfied!" Admiral Hao Ding said earnestly.
"Hmm... alright then, I'll leave it to you." Seeing that Admiral Haoding seemed to be upholding the greater good, Xiaobai didn't want to persuade him any further, so he nodded. "Then I'll leave this message to you, Admiral Haoding. As for me... I'll take my leave and head back now."
"Oh? Admiral Lu Lin, you're heading back already?"
"Yes, I really can't get away from work." Xiaobai smiled wryly.
"Oh, oh, oh, oh, I understand, I understand, I understand," Admiral Haoding nodded hurriedly.
Xiao Bai bid farewell to Admiral Hao Ding and led Chao Dahe away.
Admiral Haoding sat upright, watching Xiaobai's figure leave step by step until it disappeared into the horizon, and couldn't help but burst into tears once again.
Filled with reverence.
A touch of worship.
"That's wonderful..." Admiral Haoding exclaimed, nodding repeatedly.
Just then, a stammering voice rang out.
Mu Chenglin, slumped in his chair, hissed as he sucked the scattered soul back into his stomach, returning to his normal state. He woke up, still dizzy, leaning on the table for support.
"Hiss—my head...my head's a little dizzy." Mu Chenglin dug his fingers deep into his hair, looking dazed like he'd had a hangover. He picked up the teacup beside him, tilted his head back, and gulped down the tea. "Ah..."
Mu Chenglin looked up at the side.
The wooden table next to them was empty.
Mahjong tiles were scattered on the table.
It's as if everything that happened before was a dream.
"Hiss... I think I had a nightmare. I dreamt that a pair of blue and white ship girls won over fifty rounds of pure handicap against me in one morning..." Mu Chenglin muttered, then looked up and saw Hao Ding, with his dark skin, staring into the distance like a statue, with hot tears streaming down his face.
"Huh? Brother Hao? What's going on...?"
"Admiral Lu has been here," Hao Ding replied, pursing his lips.
"Huh? Admiral Lu?" Mu Chenglin was stunned, his eyes widening as he quickly turned around to look at his surroundings. "Huh? Where is he?"
"They've already left." Hao Ding closed his eyes, his tone deep.
"So fast?"
“But she left behind something truly moving.” Admiral Haoding gestured with his chin, indicating that Mu Chenglin should look at the table.
Mu Chenglin looked down.
"Hmm? This is... Hiss—wait! This is the enemy ship equipment data for the eighth chapter's sea area? It's even more complete than what I saw from Admiral Lu Lin last time?! Hiss! This is the fishing spot for the eighth chapter? Wait, could the bottom one be..." Mu Chenglin stared blankly at the papers on the table, finally freezing in place as if dumbfounded, "This is the strategic map for the eighth chapter?!? So detailed? So specific, this is too... Did Admiral Lu Lin leave all of this behind?"
Mu Chenglin checked the information on the table again and again, as if he were admiring a work of art.
“That’s true.” Admiral Haoding nodded. “Everything on this table is information that can cause a tremor in the entire admiral community. A brand new sea area is gradually opening up to us.”
"Hiss—" Mu Chenglin exclaimed in amazement.
Mapping a deep-sea area is no easy task... it's practically equivalent to scavenging every single deep-sea creature on the surface, especially in a vast, unknown ocean like Chapter Eight...
This Admiral Lu Lin is incredibly powerful...
Mu Chenglin was amazed, amazed, looking at the things in his hands, and then fell into a strong sense of self-doubt.
"Brother Hao."
"Huh? What's the matter?"
"Does Admiral Lu Lin... really need our help?"
"Clean up and go to sleep."
"That makes sense." Mu Chenglin slumped back in his chair, looking at the sky with a sense of helplessness.
Admiral Lu Lin is truly a ruthless person.
Mu Chenglin thought to himself.
Just thinking about it.
Suddenly, two sweet, delicate voices called out from afar.
"Admiral? Admiral!"
"Admiral! We heard you collapsed at the mahjong table! We've come to take you home for dinner!"
The two ship girls called out loudly as they stepped onto the terraced fields, making their way towards the wooded forest.
Hao Ding and Mu Chenglin looked over and saw two pretty ship girls from the Mu family walking towards them.
"Ah! Master, we've finally found you!" Two ship girls grabbed Mu Chenglin's arms on either side, and before he could reply, they lifted him off the chair, his feet dangling in the air. "We heard from others that you fainted here. Are you alright?"
"Let me see if you're hurt!"
"Ah I……"
"No, no, I should see it!!"
"Ah this..."
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