Elder brother's garrison

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“I’m not short of money.” Luo Lian said, pressing the lens onto Xiao Bai’s hand, then smiled with pursed lips, “Besides, fame and status are not that great for me, but they’re not that tempting.”

"what……"

"Moreover, this device has another problem."

"What's the problem?"

"When I picked it up just now, I used it on the Super Dahe next to you," Luo Lian said, stroking her chin. "Maybe when I set the radar attributes, I set the aura detection accuracy too high without thinking, so it was able to get information about the Deep Sea Dean you were impersonating. If this thing becomes widespread, the positions of your Deep Sea Deans will probably be in danger, right?"

"..." Xiaobai blinked, then suddenly realized, "Oh right..."

Xiaobai was so focused on marveling at the device's effectiveness that she didn't notice that the lens could even capture the information of a super-sized Yamato wearing a deep-sea aura shield.

“I’ve studied your deep-sea aura shielding device. It’s an object that uses some kind of mysterious metal to cover and shield the deep-sea aura on the Deep-Sea Dean, right?” Luo Lian explained to Xiao Bai. “But in reality, the aura on the Deep-Sea Dean hasn’t truly disappeared. The reason the ship girls can’t detect it is simply because the scent of that deep-sea aura has been purified by that thing. Other things are still being released normally.”

"Oh...I see..." Xiaobai nodded repeatedly, like a humble and eager-to-learn elementary school student.

“I could lower the precision of this instrument, which would prevent it from detecting the data of the Abyssal Commanders carrying ship-mounted aura shielding devices… But lowering or raising the detection precision isn’t difficult. If this thing becomes widespread, there will inevitably be a few exceptions where the detection precision is deliberately raised, which wouldn’t be good for you… Besides, even if your Abyssal Commander can evade the instrument’s detection, all the ship girls can display character information, but your Abyssal Commander’s information is blank, which isn’t very good.” Luo Lian said, tilting her head at Xiao Bai without a care in the world. “So, it’s better if this thing isn’t widely available. I don’t intend to give its manufacturing method, or even its existence, to anyone other than you.”

"Lianlian..." Xiaobai looked at Luo Lian with emotion, but quickly became ashamed, "I'm sorry... it's all because of me..."

"I have no interest in money, nor in fame," Luo Lian reiterated, then sat down in a chair and said to Xiao Bai, "My little invention makes you so happy, which is already very satisfying for me."

Xiao Bai held the glass shard in her hand and smiled shyly at Luo Lian.

"Well... thank you, Lianlian... I will remember your kindness..." Xiaobai said gratefully.

"Find some time to repay me later," Luo Lian said with a smile.

"Okay!" Xiaobai nodded.

Just as Luo Lian sat down, Xiao Bai saw a full-length mirror not far away from where Luo Lian had been standing, and his own reflection was visible in the mirror.

Xiaobai suddenly had a brilliant idea.

Ok……

I wonder if this amazing artifact in my hand can reveal my ship's equipment data...

Xiaobai was quite curious about her own information.

If even the ship equipment information of the deep-sea deans can be detected... then theoretically, my own ship equipment should be able to be detected as well, right?

"Lianlian, when I use this to look at myself, can I see anything through the mirror?"

"I don't know, but you can try it."

"Um……"

Xiao Bai looked down and weighed the lens in his hand, then held it up to his eyes and glanced at himself in the mirror.

It was quiet inside the lens.

No data appeared.

"Sigh...can't we just look at our reflection in the mirror?" Xiaobai said with some regret.

“In theory, it should be possible. The lens is just a way to present the data it detects. When you activate it, it has already detected all the targets within its effective range. As for where it looks, it’s just a way for it to understand which data it should display,” Luo Lian said, sitting in her chair.

"But when I look at myself in the mirror, there's no data?" Xiaobai looked at Luo Lian in confusion.

"No data?" Luo Lian was taken aback.

"yes……"

"Let me see." Luo Lian reached out, took the lens from Xiao Bai's hand, looked at it for a while, then compared it to Xiao Bai, Warspite, Super Large, and her own body, before chuckling, "I understand..."

"Lianlian understands?" Xiaobai asked curiously.

“Little White, although you have ship equipment, it seems there’s absolutely no aura on it. You’re different from the Deep Sea Deans who wear Deep Sea aura shielding devices. Their auras are merely concealed or purified, but you truly lack both the aura of a Deep Sea Dean and the aura of a ship girl.” Luo Lian patted the glass shard in her hand, apologetically saying to Little White, “So there’s nothing I can do about my device not working on you…”

"Uh... okay then..." Xiaobai nodded regretfully.

"Hmm...but it seems like it's not entirely impossible to see your data." Luo Lian said again, seeing Xiao Bai's slight regret.

"Huh? Is there any other way?"

"Hmm... Try releasing your ship equipment first, and slightly activate your power. Even if you don't have any aura, you should be able to release something when activating your ship equipment."

"Oh, I'll try, I'll try." Xiaobai nodded quickly, then took the glass shard from Luo Lian, aimed it at the full-length mirror, and slightly activated the ship's power within her body.

Chapter 2064 There's only one good person in the world: Lianlian

Xiao Bai first activated the ship's equipment power slightly in front of her reflection in the mirror. When the enhanced power of the ship's equipment filled Xiao Bai's limbs, Xiao Bai in the mirror still stood there quietly, and the surrounding data labels did not appear.

It seems we really need to release the ship's equipment...

Xiao Bai muttered to himself, then gently waved his hand. A blue light flashed behind him, and the ice-blue land-based ship equipment landed on the floor with a bang. As Xiao Bai gradually activated it, it began to emit a hazy blue light.

"Ah, yes!"

Xiao Bai exclaimed in surprise.

As soon as the ship equipment appeared, the reflection of himself in the glass mirror began to ripple, and strange data slowly emerged around Xiaobai.

Some of the data appearing around Xiaobai had obvious strange symbols, and the floating data appeared and disappeared intermittently, as if the data of the characters floating around Xiaobai would disappear directly if Xiaobai exerted less effort.

Perhaps the glass plate hasn't been properly adapted to its own data attributes yet...

Xiao Bai stared intently.

Target ship type: %Z*B

Ship equipment grade: ^!G*

Lv: 3

Firepower: 3750

Armor value: 3050

Airborne: 9987

Torpedoes: 1

Mobility: 450

......"

"Hmm..." Xiaobai pursed her lips, frowned, and looked at herself in the mirror with a puzzled expression.

"How was it?" Luo Lian asked Xiao Bai curiously from her chair, "Did you figure it out?"

“I figured it out… but… I feel like something’s not right…” Xiaobai muttered, handing the glass shard to Luo Lian.

Luo Lian picked up the glass shard and looked at Xiao Bai.

The character panel that Luo Lian saw should be the same as the one that Xiao Bai saw. After seeing the exaggerated attributes floating next to Xiao Bai, Luo Lian was slightly stunned. Then she squinted and observed for a while, seemingly lost in thought.

"Lianlian, why is there garbled text on my character panel?" Xiaobai asked Luo Lian.

"I guess it's a pre-set issue...? I'm not sure either." Luo Lian muttered to herself, somewhat puzzled, looking at Xiao Bai in her glasses, and replied, "Hmm... Xiao Bai, your ship equipment... is land-based, right?"

"Yes."

"The 'land-based' ship type... while not a regular ship girl type, I still entered it into the database when I was editing it," Luo Lian said with a puzzled look. "But the data here about your ship type and equipment grade seems to be completely unrecognizable. Is it because your equipment has gradually deviated from the essence of regular land-based ship equipment?"

"Uh... is that another reason?"

"Yes, there is." Luo Lian put down her glasses and smiled slightly at Xiao Bai. "However, compared to this, your other basic attributes seem to far exceed the scope of ordinary ship girls."

"...Is this also a bug?"

"Maybe, but I don't think so." Luo Lian lowered her head, the glass shards jumping between her fingers. "These data could be your real data, or they could be fake... but they're still fine to use as a reference. At least they can prove that your ship equipment quality is far superior to what we think of as ship girls and deep-sea deans."

"My ship equipment was originally just a regular land-based ship equipment..."

"Then it must be the greatest blessing of its life to have followed you." Luo Lian said, satisfied, and put down the glass plate. She smiled at Xiao Bai and said, "I'll refine the glass plate a bit in a while and make it so that you can carry it with you easily, Xiao Bai. Hmm... how about making it into ordinary glasses?"

"Huh? Is that possible?" Xiaobai looked at Luo Lian with surprise. "If this thing could be carried around, that would be amazing... I could even use it to..."

Xiaobai said this.

Suddenly, she raised an eyebrow and thoughtfully covered her mouth.

Ok……

and many more.

Carry it with you...?

If I could carry this glass plate with me... wouldn't I be able to use it to measure the basic data of the Deep Sea Deans in the ruined city? That way, I could more directly investigate the strength of those Deep Sea Deans... especially since this thing could give me a direct understanding of the power of the mysterious Frederick the Great...

Wow.

I feel like I've discovered some amazing use case...

"You seem to be in a hurry to use this. Do you need me to rush the work?" Luo Lian asked, looking at Xiao Bai.

"Ah... um... yes, yes... it's a bit urgent." Xiao Bai blushed and nodded when Luo Lian saw through her thoughts. "I suddenly realized that I might need this for my work... how long will it take?"

"We'll see. I'll keep an eye on it." Luo Lian nodded, running her fingertip along the edge of the glass shard before putting it down. She said to Xiao Bai, "Well... anyway, let's put my invention aside for now. Xiao Bai, you should tell us why you came here, right?"

"me?"

"Hmm... Is there something you need my help with?" Luo Lian said with a smile. "Whatever it is, I'd be happy to help."

"Yes, yes..." Xiaobai scratched her head, chuckled, and then took out a few neatly folded but somewhat wrinkled draft papers from her ship equipment space and handed them to Luo Lian, "Lianlian, take a look at this first."

"Okay." Luo Lian took the draft paper from Xiao Bai, glanced at it, and then paused slightly. Her eyes changed from gentle and calm to sharp and piercing. "Xiao Bai, this is... the Missouri ship equipment modification design?"

The draft paper that Xiaobai handed to Luo Lian was actually the ship equipment design drawings for the Missouri that he had gotten from Yubari a few days ago. Because the design drawings were not perfect, Yubari rejected one written drawing concept after another. Xiaobai picked up a few of these discarded plans, intending to show them to Luo Lian when he was telling her about this.

"Yes, that's right." Xiaobai nodded and said to Luo Lian, "Lianlian, you figured it out?"

"Hmm... Although the appearance has changed quite a bit, the basic structure and shape in the design drawings are similar to the Missouri." Luo Lian held the design drawings and looked at them with great interest, nodding from time to time. "Hmm... This is a modernization, not a conventional shipboard... Since missile launchers are installed, is it a guided-missile system?"

"Yes……"

Who created the design drawings?

"Yubari".

“No wonder.” Luo Lian nodded.

"Lianlian, you know Yubari?"

"I know her, she's a current ship girl from the newbie naval base, right? But from what I know of her, she's a very famous ship equipment designer... I happened to see her in a database in Kyoto when I was researching a while ago, and I even got to read a few of her papers. She writes very well, and she's very serious about the research on Iowa-class ship equipment. She's a talented person who has put in a lot of hard work." Luo Lian nodded, her gaze never leaving the blueprints in her hands. "It's no exaggeration to say that she's probably the most suitable person in the world to modify the Missouri's ship equipment."

"Wow, that's a really high rating..." Xiaobai exclaimed.

This was the first time Xiao Bai had ever seen Luo Lian give such high praise to someone else.

"I'm just telling the truth. After all, when it comes to understanding Missouri's ship equipment, even Missouri herself might not be as knowledgeable as her." Luo Lian turned her head and smiled slightly at Xiaobai. "These blueprints are very well drawn. Although they are drafts, the inspiration and practical information in them are textbook-level."

“But Yubari said these are all scrapped cases…” Xiaobai scratched his head and said to Luo Lian.

"Scrapped case?"

"Hmm... this case is scrapped."

"Do Missouri and Yubari have a good relationship?" Luo Lian asked.

"Uh...it's alright? It shouldn't be bad," Xiaobai replied, blinking curiously. "What's wrong?"

"There are only two reasons why blueprints of this level of completion are discarded," Luo Lian said to Xiao Bai, looking at the blueprints in her hand. "Either Yubari hates Missouri to death, or Yubari likes Missouri to death. The former is because Yubari doesn't want to give Missouri such a good makeover, and the latter is because even with this level of completion, the makeover is far from meeting Yubari's expectations for the makeover she wanted to give Missouri."

"Uh... well... they must get along pretty well... yeah."

“I think so too.” Luo Lian put down the blueprints and asked Xiao Bai, “So, Xiao Bai, did you come to me this time because you want me to help out in Yubari?”

"Ah, no, that's not what I meant... um... but... it's pretty much the same." Xiaobai quickly waved his hand, then awkwardly put it down, and slowly said, "When we left, Yubari was still in the stage of drawing blueprints for the Missouri renovation project, and it seemed that she was stuck at a bottleneck, so I wanted to find someone with similar ability to Yubari to see if we could brainstorm some ideas... or something."

"I see, I understand now." Luo Lian nodded. "Then when do we set off?"

"Ah! Lianlian, you agree?"

"The world's first missile modification... Even if you hadn't come to pull me away, if I had known about it, I would have found a way to go and observe it from your side." Luo Lian smiled at Xiao Bai. "In fact, I am very grateful that you considered me when it came to choosing a helper for Yubari. In order to repay your trust, I will do my best to assist her as much as possible."

"Thank you, Lianlian!" Xiaobai breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then let's get going. I'll go downstairs and tell the staff to book a few train tickets so we can leave immediately..." Luo Lian made a move to sit up.

"Hey! Lianlian, no need!" Xiaobai quickly pulled Luo Lian back.

"Not taking the train?" Luo Lian looked at Xiao Bai. "Xiao Bai, do you want to take a helicopter? That would indeed be faster, but it's quite dangerous in the sea, so I don't recommend it..."

"Uh...no, I have a special way of traveling." Xiaobai smiled at Luo Lian, then pointed to Chao Yamato, "Look, it's her."