Elder brother's garrison

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Xiaobai was taken aback. She scratched her head and walked out of the villa with Chaoda.

On the pebbled path in front of the villa, the supply ships were basking in the sun by a campfire, while the Deep Sea Yamato and the other Deep Sea Deans were stretching and doing some physical activities.

Upon seeing the supply ship and the Abyssal Deans, Xiaobai breathed a sigh of relief and felt at ease. She led the Super Yamato toward the Abyssal Yamato.

"Yamato-neechan!"

"Huh?! It's Shiro!" Deep Sea Yamato, who was stretching his legs, turned around when he heard Shiro calling him and waved to Shiro in a carefree manner. "You're back? How did things go with things in human society?"

"Ah, we're alright, everything's going according to plan... Yamato-neechan, what's wrong with you all...?"

"We're exercising!"

"Eh... does Dean Shenhai also need to exercise?"

“It’s not necessary from a physiological point of view.” Yamato Fukami shrugged and grinned at Shiro. “However, it’s a bit too stuffy to stay in the villa every day. We need to find a few opportunities to come out and get some fresh air and exercise, otherwise our bodies will rust.”

"Oh...oh oh..." Xiaobai nodded, her gaze sweeping over the Abyssal Yamato, then turning to the several Abyssal Deans behind her, who were carrying each other in pairs, and smiled knowingly. "I see...that's good. Uh...but where did the other ship girls in the villa go?"

"They've attacked the Abyssal Fleet, haven't they? Look how much quieter the whole valley is now. Even the ship girls from that other naval base are gone. Otherwise, we wouldn't have had a chance to come out for some fresh air," Abyssal Yamato said slowly to Shiro, rubbing her supple waist.

"Oh...so the Deep Sea Abominations appeared so early today..." Xiaobai said to herself with a sigh, looking around the valley.

"Actually, it's even earlier than now. We just woke up today when the deep-sea warning came on," Yamato Abyss interjected.

"Eh... so early..." Xiaobai nodded, about to respond, when she suddenly froze. She turned her head, her eyes wide as she looked at Shenhai Yamato. "Huh? Yamato-neechan, what did you say?"

As the person who recorded all the information about the newbie naval base's annihilation of the deep sea from beginning to end, Xiaobai immediately sensed that something was wrong.

The ship girls in the newbie naval base woke up about two hours ago.

These days, the ship girls in the newbie naval base can wipe out the deep-sea fleet at sea in just one and a half hours, without exception.

And today.

Two hours have passed since the deep-sea alarm was sounded.

So much time has passed... Haven't they finished their mission on the beach and returned yet?

Chapter 1884 A sudden downturn

"Oh no!" Xiaobai blurted out.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Deep Sea Yamato was startled by Shiro's voice and looked over in confusion.

"Something must have happened on the beach!" Xiaobai muttered urgently, then ran towards the valley exit. "No, there's no time to explain, I have to go to the beach and check..."

"Huh? An accident? Uh... Should we go help out..." Deep Sea Yamato was completely out of sync with Shiro's pace. She stared blankly at Shiro's figure, which had disappeared far away in the blink of an eye. She stood there for a few seconds, then hurriedly called out to Shiro's back.

"You guys stay here, Yamato! I'll go to the beach by myself!" Shiro, who was in the distance, turned around and answered loudly.

"Ah... alright then..." Deep Sea Yamato finally put her hand down. She silently watched Shiro's departing figure, blinked in confusion, and then turned her head to look at Super Yamato standing to the side.

Super-sized and obediently stood guard beside Deepsea Yamato, silently gazing at him.

"Did Shiro discover anything?" Deep Sea Yamato asked Super Yamato.

"I don't know." Chao Da shook his head.

"..." Yamato looked puzzled.

"Lord Yamato, shall we now..."

"Xiaobai said we should watch the house, so what can we do?" Shenhai Yamato shrugged helplessly, patted Chao Yamato's arm, and said helplessly, "Let's just go back to the villa and stay there."

……

After leaving the villa at the newbie garrison, Xiaobai headed towards the valley exit.

On the way, Xiaobai kept recalling the various information about the deep-sea ships that had appeared on the sea during the eighth chapter. She carefully analyzed the changes of these deep-sea ships that appeared every day, looking for any possible omissions in the information.

"The strength of the Abyssal Fleet in Chapter 8 should be getting weaker over the past few days. With Akagi and the others' strength, those Abyssal Fleet ships can only resist for less than an hour at most. Considering the travel time, they can return to the team in an hour and a half. Yamato and the others have a poor sense of time, so they won't feel the difference if they're half an hour late. In other words, if something unexpected happens, we can still get to the beach in time..."

As Xiaobai spoke softly, her steps quickened and became hurried as she headed towards the valley's exit.

quickly.

As Xiaobai gradually moved away from the villa in the newbie town hall, the lush green scenery at the valley exit came into Xiaobai's view.

"what?"

Upon seeing the exit of the valley, Xiaobai exclaimed in surprise and stopped in his tracks.

At this moment, at the exit of the valley, the rookie naval fleet led by Akagi was walking towards them unharmed. The ship girls were chatting and laughing, looking very relaxed, as if they had not experienced any fierce battle.

"..." Xiaobai looked at her ship girls with a complicated expression, and suddenly doubted whether her previous deduction was just that she was overthinking things.

"Ah, Admiral Lu Lin!"

Just as Xiaobai was pondering, a figure in the fleet of the newbie naval base seemed to notice Xiaobai's presence. The figure raised his hand high and called out urgently to Xiaobai.

Xiao Bai followed the sound and looked over, only to find that it was Elizabeth greeting him.

The ship girls gradually noticed Xiaobai arriving at the valley exit. They quickened their pace and moved closer to Xiaobai. Elizabeth was particularly enthusiastic among them. She was the first to reach Xiaobai, her nervous face slightly flushed.

"Good morning, Miss Elizabeth." Little White smiled slightly at Elizabeth.

"Admiral Lu Lin! How are your symptoms of acclimatization?" Elizabeth nodded quickly. She stopped in front of Xiao Bai, looked him up and down, and then asked with a worried look.

"Huh? Getting sick from the change in environment? Uh... oh, right..." Xiaobai was taken aback, then remembered that she had asked Akagi to help her ask for leave yesterday. She smiled at Elizabeth, "I'm fine... I'll be fine after a rest."

“Since Admiral Lu Lin is having trouble adjusting to the new environment, she should rest at home as much as possible,” Elizabeth said with concern, taking out a bunch of bottles and jars from her ship equipment space and handing them to Xiaobai. “Admiral Lu Lin, these are some medicines to help you recover. Although they can’t directly cure some of the symptoms, they can at least replenish the nutrients lost due to the adverse reaction to the new environment.”

"Ah... thank you, thank you." Xiaobai took the medicine bottle that Elizabeth pushed towards her.

At this moment, Akagi and the other ship girls also gathered in front of Shiro.

"Admiral, Miss Elizabeth has been concerned about your health since early this morning," Akagi said to Shiro with a smile.

“After all, Admiral Lu Lin is the main force in our exploration of Chapter 8. Admiral Lu Lin’s health is directly related to the success of the Chapter 8 exploration operation…” Elizabeth was a little embarrassed by Akagi’s words. She pursed her lips, lowered her head, and said shyly. She quickly looked up, “But… more importantly, Admiral Lu Lin, are you feeling alright? Why didn’t you stay at home? Why did you come all the way here by yourself?”

“Uh…me? This…” Xiaobai’s gaze shifted to Akagi. “Because your expedition today took a little longer than usual, I was a little worried, so I came to check on you…but it seems there shouldn’t be any problems now.”

Akagi smiled slightly.

Elizabeth looked at Little White with a rather worried expression.

“I didn’t expect Admiral Lu Lin to be like my admiral, the type who neglects her health when worrying about the battle…” Elizabeth, like someone who had been through it all, carefully tugged at Xiao Bai’s arm and earnestly advised her, “Admiral Lu Lin… putting aside the fact that Senior Akagi and the others performed incredibly bravely this time, with the Abyssal Fleet completely powerless against Senior Akagi, even if Senior Akagi and the others were held up by the Abyssal Fleet for a while, given Admiral Lu Lin’s current physical condition, she shouldn’t have run out alone. What if something happened to her on the way…”

"Uh... I'm reflecting on my actions... I'm sorry." Xiaobai was sweating profusely.

After experiencing the near-fatal incident involving Admiral Haoding, Elizabeth was clearly traumatized. Upon seeing Xiaobai, she earnestly took Xiaobai's hand and launched into a long speech, saying things like, "The Admiral's health is more important than anything else," "Knowing that the Admiral is safe is crucial for the ship girls to fight without worry," and "This is for the sake of the bigger picture." She talked on and on with Xiaobai for a good ten minutes before finally stopping, seemingly still not quite finished.

According to the original schedule, Elizabeth was supposed to go to Shiro's place next to have breakfast with the ship girls of the newbie naval base before leaving. However, it seems that because of the early appearance of the Abyssal ship, there were a lot of things to deal with on the beach. After giving Shiro the medicine bottle, Elizabeth declined Shiro and Akagi's symbolic pleasantries and turned back to the beach.

As Elizabeth's figure disappeared outside the valley exit, Shiro and Akagi exchanged a glance.

"Admiral, you've come back just in time. I was just wondering how to play games with Miss Elizabeth," Akagi said to Shiro with a smile.

"Ha...haha...sorry, I got back a little late."

"It's not too late, it's not too late." Akagi shook her head and asked Shiro, "...How's the Admiral's progress in human society?"

"Yeah, I just got off the train and am waiting for the next one," Xiaobai said to Chicheng. "Don't worry, at this pace, two days is definitely enough time."

“…Two days.” Akagi murmured, her brows twitching slightly, and she didn’t show the same relieved expression she had last night.

"?" Xiaobai looked at Akagi curiously. "Akagi, what's wrong?"

“Oh… um… it’s like this, actually something happened when we went out to sea today.” Akagi responded, paused slightly, looked around, and slowly said to Shiro, “… Anyway, it’s not convenient to talk about these things here, let’s go back to the villa first.”

"..."

Xiaobai and the ship girls rushed back to the villa.

In front of the villa at the newbie naval base, Abyssal Yamato and other Abyssal deans were guarding the gate, looking towards the road. After seeing that Shiro and the ship girls had returned safely, they were relieved and muttered that it was a false alarm, and one after another retreated into the villa.

Return to the villa.

The ship girls can go for a walk or rest as they please.

Xiaobai noticed that Akagi's expression had become slightly more somber since returning to the villa.

“Akagi, you can talk now,” Shiro said to Akagi.

"Hoo..." Akagi let out a soft breath and looked at Shiro with some helplessness. "Admiral... you said before that you came out to look for us today because you felt that we were a little late in returning to the team, right?"

“Yeah, that’s right.” Xiaobai nodded, “But it seems like nothing happened to you guys…”

“No.” Akagi shook her head. “Our ship girls may be a little playful, but at least when they go on a mission, they all prioritize the overall situation. If there are no unexpected events on the beach, we would not be late in returning to the team.”

"...Huh? That means..."

“Yes.” Akagi nodded and shrugged at Shiro. “Actually, the Deep Sea Fleet did encounter some unexpected situations today.”

"Gulp." Xiaobai swallowed hard, waiting for Chicheng to continue.

“These past few days, the Abyssal Fleet has mostly been a paper tiger. Apart from its intimidating presence, it doesn’t have much combat power.” Akagi said slowly to Shiro, “However, just today… on the very first day that you, Admiral, happened not to arrive at the beach, the Abyssal Fleet has indeed undergone a change, just as you said before.”

"What's the change?"

"Besides the usual deep-sea amphibious ships, the same deep-sea frigates have appeared on the sea again today," Akagi said to Shiro.

"Huh? The deep-sea frigate has appeared again??" Xiaobai was startled when he heard Akagi's words.

"Yes, but there aren't many, only two." Akagi nodded, and as she spoke, she took out two pieces of radiant deep-sea metal from her ship equipment space and handed them to Shiro.

Xiaobai subconsciously took the deep-sea metal that Akagi handed over and stuffed it into his ship equipment space.

"So you were only half an hour late because you were dealing with these two deep-sea frigates?" After collecting the deep-sea metal from the deep-sea frigates, Xiaobai asked Akagi.

“Yes.” Akagi nodded.

"I see... Thankfully, there weren't any battle casualties..."

“After all, our ship girls are all valiant veterans. Although the deep-sea frigates in Chapter 8 are a bit strangely large, this level of combat shouldn't be too difficult for us.” Akagi nodded as she spoke, but her expression quickly turned serious again. “However… the next part will be a bit more troublesome…”

"what happened?"

"The appearance of these two deep-sea frigates has intensified the tension on the battlefield. Although it only adds half an hour to our combat time,... the resource consumption has doubled," Akagi whispered to Shiro. "Our naval base was already running low on resources, and today's battle has made our resource reserves even worse..."

Chapter 1885 Supplies at Sea

Geek!

Chicheng spoke softly, but it made Xiaobai's heart skip a beat.

"How many resources do we have left?" Xiaobai asked before Chicheng could finish speaking.

“We only have enough for tomorrow.” Akagi replied as if he had already prepared his reply to Shiro. “And this is only considering that tomorrow’s battle won’t suddenly see some extra deep-sea frigates like today. Otherwise, we might have to shut down halfway through the battle tomorrow.”

"...There's only one day's supply left," Xiaobai murmured, somewhat lost in thought.

“Hmm.” Akagi nodded. “Admiral… based on the progress you just mentioned, it will take you another two days to get back to the naval base, right? At this rate, there’s no way you’ll make it in time for tomorrow’s resource resupply…”

“…Yes.” Xiaobai sighed, rubbed his forehead, and looked worried.

Xiao Bai never expected that right after he left Chapter 8, the Dean of the Deep Sea in Chapter 8 would immediately cause trouble, summoning a Deep Sea frigate to forcibly deplete a wave of his own garrison's resources, completely disrupting his plans.

There are still two days until Xiaobai returns to the newbie naval base, but the ship girl's resources are only enough for one day... And that's without even considering that the Deep Sea Dean might cause some trouble while I'm away tomorrow for Chapter 8.

Xiaobai said that he really had no other choice now.

—Do we really have to temporarily withdraw from Chapter 8?

From a combat perspective, Haoding Naval Base has exhausted its resources, and Mengxin Naval Base only has enough resources left to handle a day of low-intensity battles. Under these circumstances, the Deep Sea side still has endless combat power. For the safety of the ship girls and for the sake of the overall situation, the safest choice that Xiaobai can make is indeed to abandon the progress of the strategy with the ship girls, temporarily withdraw from Chapter 8, and wait for Xiaobai to arrive at Mengxin Naval Base to establish a resource replenishment channel before returning.

This is indeed the safest approach.

However, Xiaobai also knew very well that if the newbie garrison and Haoding garrison withdrew from Chapter 8, it would mean that all the previous efforts of Haoding garrison would be completely reduced to ashes. Whether it was the progress of the sea area reclamation, the construction of the watchtowers on the beach, the fishing equipment, or the flat wilderness, the dwellings and living environment in the valley, they would all be trampled and destroyed by the ashore abyssal ships as they regained control of Chapter 8, turning into nothingness.

Xiao Bai considers herself a sentimental person. She has enjoyed her time living in the villa in the valley quite a bit. If she had to watch all these infrastructure facilities go up in flames, Xiao Bai said she definitely wouldn't be able to bear it. Another important reason is that once she withdraws from Chapter 8 and the Deep Sea Abomination reclaims the land, the difficulty of clearing Chapter 8 will definitely increase dramatically, and it will never be as easy as before, given that it has attracted the attention of the Deep Sea Dean.

—All of this was because the resource supply chain of the newbie garrison was interrupted for one day, just one day.

"Have we told Miss Elizabeth about our resource problem?" Xiaobai asked Akagi after thinking for a while.

"Our girls all tacitly concealed this from Miss Elizabeth and the other ship girls today, acting as if nothing happened," Akagi said to Shiro.

"Hmm..." Xiaobai didn't say anything, just nodded gently.

"Admiral."

"Ok?"

"Should we evacuate from Chapter Eight?" Akagi asked.

"..." Xiaobai looked troubled. She thought for a while and then looked up at Akagi and said, "Akagi, if we want to withdraw from Chapter 8, do I need to go to Admiral Haoding's place to discuss this matter with him?"