Elder brother's garrison

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"one thing."

"Hmm? What's the matter?" Xiaobai asked the maid in black.

"The egg compress treatment you recommended is indeed very effective," the maid in black said to Xiaobai with a smile. "The soreness on my forehead is much better now, thank you very much."

"Huh?" Xiaobai stared blankly at the black-clad maid's smooth forehead. "But..."

boom.

The black door closed at that moment.

Little White stared blankly at the tightly closed door in front of him.

This maid...

The egg compress I just mentioned... could it be the one I told Miss Connor about on the ground?

Ok?

Xiao Bai was a little dumbfounded.

The boiled egg I just told Miss Connor to apply to the wound must have happened just a few minutes ago. Boiling an egg takes several minutes, so she probably didn't have time to tell anyone about it.

Xiao Bai miraculously recalled the face of the maid in black.

The black-clad maid underground bore a slight resemblance to Miss Connor on the surface, but one always wore a stern, unapproachable expression, while the other was gentle, kind, and always smiling at her. It was quite obvious that they were two different people.

This boiled egg thing...

How did they pass it to each other?

Could it be based on brainwaves?

Chapter 1432 Ella's Grandfather

The strange black iron gate was tightly shut in front of Xiaobai.

Xiaobai looked inside the iron gate but couldn't find a doorknob or anything like that. She reached out and pressed the black iron gate a little harder, but the gate didn't budge.

Xiao Bai carefully took out the rune key and poked it on the iron gate.

The iron gate remained unmoved.

"This iron gate should also have been made using runic knowledge. The methods we are familiar with in daily life for opening doors should be ineffective against this gate."

Seeing that Xiao Bai seemed very interested in the iron gate, Luo Lian stood next to Xiao Bai and said to him.

"Uh... how do we open this door from the inside?" Xiaobai turned around, holding the key in her hand, and asked Luo Lian curiously, "This key could open this door just now... but it stopped working after we came in."

"Maybe this key is one-way?" Luo Lian said to Xiao Bai.

"One-way?" Xiaobai was taken aback.

"It means it can only be opened from the outside," Luo Lian explained.

"Huh? Does that mean we're locked up inside?" The ship girl next to Xiaobai was quite surprised when she heard Luo Lian's words.

“It’s not that bad.” Luo Lian shook her head. “The maid outside just said that this so-called Experiment Zone No. 2 is actually a school that teaches rune knowledge.”

"Uh, I did say that."

“Since it’s a school, then this rule of only being able to enter but not leave isn’t so strange, is it?” Luo Lian said to Xiao Bai. “Remember when we were in school? Students weren’t allowed to leave the school gates at will.”

"Uh...that's true..."

“But even so, the one-way door is probably mainly designed to protect rune knowledge.” Luo Lian smiled at Xiao Bai and said slowly, “As for getting out, there’s no need to worry. If we compare Experiment Zone 2 to a school, then the teachers in the school should have the keys to get out.”

"Makes sense."

"And, if all else fails, you can also summon the ship's equipment to blast open this door."

"……"noob.

Luo Lian's words made perfect sense. After thinking about it for a moment, Xiao Bai finally withdrew his hand from the door and suppressed the idea of ​​going out to find the black-clad maid.

The path behind the black door, like that of Experiment Zone One, was an underground tunnel filled with white light. The tunnel was more like a large corridor, spacious enough for Xiaobai and his group to walk side by side without any problem, so they did not feel crowded or oppressed when walking.

Xiaobai and the ship girls continued walking through the underground tunnel.

The structure inside the tunnel is similar to the buildings of the ship equipment research center on the ground. Rooms appear every now and then on both sides of the road. However, unlike the rooms on the ground that are just for decoration, the rooms that appear underground this time are relatively small, like independent single rooms. Looking through the window, you can see figures wearing white coats lying on the table, studying something by themselves. The rooms are also full of novel equipment and instruments, so they are no longer empty.

Occasionally, maids dressed in black would pass by in the tunnel carrying food and daily necessities, and there were also directional signs placed in the middle of the road.

Xiao Bai and the others gathered around the signpost and searched for a while. The signpost indicated how to get to Experiment Zone 2. At the top of the signpost, they found a place marked with a special font that read "Large Research Lab".

"A large research lab? That seems like the place we're headed for." Wisconsin looked at the large research lab clearly marked on the sign and said to Xiaobai, "It looks like a really important place."

"A large research lab... Is it also used to study rune knowledge..." Xiaobai looked at the signpost for a while, then her gaze fell on the black-clad maid who happened to be passing by.

"Miss Maid, may I ask..." Xiaobai raised her hand and called out to the passing black-clad maid.

"Miss Ella is in the large laboratory with the master. If you want to get to the large laboratory, just walk straight along this main road. It will take about ten minutes."

Before Xiaobai could even ask a question, the maid in black bowed slightly to the man and told everyone what Xiaobai wanted to know.

"Uh..." Xiaobai's hand, which was raised in mid-air, retracted. She blinked. "Okay... thank you, Miss Maid."

The maid in black bowed silently to everyone again, then, carrying the tray in her hands, went into a nearby room that was lit up.

"What an amazing maid," Changchun murmured, watching the black-clad maid's retreating figure as she entered the room. "They could give us the answers before we even had a chance to ask..."

"Yes...that's really impressive." Xiaobai nodded, looking thoughtfully at the black-clad maid, but ultimately said nothing more.

Following the direction pointed out by the maid in black, the group walked along the main road for about ten minutes, and finally saw a large gate that was as tall as three or four people at the end of the road.

This door is a normal human door. Although it looks tall, it is not heavy. Xiaobai gently pushed it with his hand, and with a creak, the door was pushed open with a considerable gap.

The group walked through the gate.

Behind this large door was a room about the size of a basketball court, filled with machines resembling printers. Hanging in the air were sheets of paper with drawings on them, covered with complex and profound runes.

There were only two people in the huge room.

One of them was an elderly man with a long beard wearing a white coat. He was sitting at a table and chair not far from the door, his brows furrowed and his face serious as he stared at a book in his hands, while his other hand was quickly writing and calculating on a piece of draft paper on the table.

When Xiaobai and the others entered the room, the old man didn't raise his head even an inch, still concentrating on the book and draft paper in his hands.

"Little White! You're finally here!"

Xiao Bai, who had just entered the large laboratory, soon heard Ella's voice.

Everyone turned their heads.

It was near the table and chairs of the elderly.

Ella, now dressed in a white lab coat, closed her book with a look of deep emotion. She then rushed towards Little White, opening her arms and throwing herself at him.

"You've been waiting for us here for so long!" Ella hugged Little White tightly, her face full of emotion.

"Hahaha... Well, it's not that I didn't want to come, it's just that you hid too well, Ella..." Xiaobai hugged Ella back and said to her with a wry smile.

“I don’t want to stay here either… but Grandpa said he won’t let me leave the house if I don’t finish reading this book today,” Ella said, holding up the book in her hand with a frustrated expression.

Xiaobai looked at the book in Ella's hand.

The book in Ella's hand was as thick as a brick, and the cover had the words "An Introduction to Rune Systems" written in large characters.

—This is the kind of book that makes you want to fall asleep just by looking at its cover.

"Uh... Ella, speaking of which, is that your grandfather?" Xiaobai looked at the old man sitting in a chair not far away, staring at a book like a statue, and asked Ella cautiously.

“Yes, that’s my grandpa.” Ella nodded and smiled at Xiaobai. “But don’t worry, Xiaobai, my grandpa is very focused when he’s reading. No matter what happens around him when he’s reading, he won’t notice anything.”

"So focused..."

"Yes, that's why I was able to sneak out!"

"……"noob.

As Xiaobai was talking to Ella, he subconsciously glanced at Ella's grandfather out of the corner of his eye.

Luo Lian had somehow walked up behind Ella's grandfather, and was now looking intently at the book he was holding, his chin tucked in his hand.

Luo Lian seemed very interested in the book in Ella's grandfather's hands. She stood behind the old man for a while and watched him. A hint of interest lit up in her eyes. Then she reached out and pulled the draft paper that the old man had placed aside, and began to read it seriously.

This startled Xiaobai.

Although Xiaobai and the others had a smooth journey thanks to the help of Ella and the black-clad maids, they were able to get there without any obstacles.

But no matter what.

The place where Xiaobai and the others are now is the most confidential family territory in the world. Just like when they were facing the old master of the Mu family, the person in front of them is the most authoritative patriarch in the family.

If you anger the clan leader, the consequences could be quite troublesome.

"Lianlian??" Xiaobai was startled by Luo Lian's actions. She quickly took two steps towards Ella's grandfather, nervously calling out to Luo Lian in a low voice, "Lianlian, you, you shouldn't go there... We haven't greeted this old man yet..."

"Hmm?" Luo Lian, who was holding the draft paper and looking at the old man's handwriting, turned her gaze back to Xiao Bai. She blinked and looked somewhat dazed. "Ah, sorry... I got a little engrossed."

"Even if that old man isn't paying attention to anything while he's reading, you can't go up and disturb him..." Xiaobai said helplessly.

"I'm sorry, I'll be more careful next time." Luo Lian lowered her head and put the draft paper back on the table. "It's just that I suddenly saw something I've always wanted to see on the draft paper this time, and it really piqued my interest."

"Hmm? Something you want to see?" Xiaobai looked at Luo Lian curiously.

“Hmm, that old man must be studying advanced rune knowledge, right?” Luo Lian said. “I originally thought rune knowledge was just a language for communication, but on that draft paper, I saw a different conclusion.”

"What conclusion?"

“Rune language is a programming language.” Luo Lian thought for a while and said to Xiao Bai, “Rather than being used for communication, the function of rune language is to execute actions. This also explains why, although I can roughly understand the meaning of some rune language words, I cannot understand the meaning of paragraphs and sentences composed of rune language words.”

"Uh..." Xiao Bai looked at Luo Lian, who was talking eloquently as if she had discovered a new world, with a blank expression.

How to do.

I don't seem to understand anything at all.

Chapter 1433 Let's take the exam after we've eaten and drunk our fill.

"programming language?"

Just as Xiaobai was looking at Luo Lian with a confused expression, a strong, elderly voice came from beside everyone.

Everyone instinctively turned their heads to look.

The old man who had been holding the book just moments before suddenly raised his eyebrows and stared at Luo Lian in front of Xiao Bai.

The old man's gaze was deep and sharp.

It gleamed with a deep and powerful luster.

"grandfather?"

Ella exclaimed in surprise, seemingly also surprised that the old man had noticed them.

Never imagined.

This old man, who claimed that he would never be affected by his surroundings once he started reading, was actually drawn to a few words of conversation between Xiao Bai and Luo Lian.

"what."

Looking at the composed old man, Xiao Bai quickly stood up straight, took Luo Lian's wrist, and bowed to him.

"Uh, I'm sorry, sir! I'm sorry, we...we think we've bothered you!"

"..." The old man's dignified gaze slowly shifted from Luo Lian to Xiao Bai on the other side.

When the old man first saw Xiaobai's appearance, he frowned slightly in confusion. He silently examined Xiaobai's attire and spoke with a puzzled expression.

"You are……"

"Grandpa! This is Xiaobai I told you about!" Ella stepped forward and hugged Xiaobai's upper body in front of the old man. Then, she smiled excitedly at the old man and said, "He's the world's number one naval commander. He not only saved me, but also often helps me. We've met several times by chance before. He's always been very, very good to me and is willing to be my friend, Xiaobai!"

Ella said a whole bunch of things in one breath.

The old man listened silently to Ella's words, then his steady and sharp eyes moved to Xiaobai's face.

A strange pressure, seemingly emanating from a leader who had long held a high position, pressed down on Xiaobai like a rising tide. This invisible pressure was completely different from the fighting spirit of the ship girls; it was a different kind of pressure that made Xiaobai's body stiffen for a moment, leaving her speechless and her heart pounding.

This is the kind of elderly person who commands respect without being angry.

It's the type that newbies aren't very good at dealing with.

I'm a little... nervous.

Xiao Bai swallowed hard, looking at the old man in front of him with his calm and sharp gaze and his composed expression.

The ship girls behind Xiaobai seemed to be affected by the sudden freeze in the atmosphere, and subconsciously moved closer to Xiaobai.