Lin Dong knew that Ollie had once crashed into a coral reef, causing serious damage, which had left a severe psychological scar on the little girl.

"Bri built an aquarium, and we're going to keep coral reefs and lots and lots of fish in it!"

"Awesome!"

Since Zibuli joined the little loli group, their entertainment projects have become increasingly sophisticated. A few days ago, these incredibly mischievous little girls stole steel from the construction team, claiming they wanted to build a bungee jumping platform. If Zibuli hadn't set the height too high and Lin Dong hadn't discovered it in time, it would have actually been built. As for how it was discovered? You could also discover it if you woke up in the morning and suddenly found a 20-meter-high, unfinished steel structure standing in front of your house.

It wasn't that Lin Dong forbade them to play, but being too high-profile in a military base wasn't a good idea; it would attract criticism. Besides, these little girls only had a short attention span; once they got bored, they definitely wouldn't touch it again, and in the end, Lin Dong would have to clean up the mess.

"So you're spending today with the Commander?"

"Ok!"

…………

"Olive, you must stay focused during the match and not get distracted, understand?"

Lin Dong solemnly instructed Olek, who was sitting on a children's tricycle wearing a motorcycle helmet.

"Commander, I'm sure I'll win!"

Lin Dong nodded heavily and pressed the play button on the 60-inch TV. The TV screen showed a first-person perspective recording of a motorcycle race.

Lin Dong lifted Orik up, along with the tricycle. As the race began on screen, whenever the driver turned, Lin Dong would tilt the tricycle along with Orik, creating a 5D game masterpiece under Lin Dong's human control.

"Olive! Hang in there! Hang in there! One last lap!"

Olek gritted his teeth and gripped the handle tightly.

"Beautifully curved into the ditch!"

The match ended with Olek's cheers and Lin Dong's fall.

Olik won first place without any doubt, because the video was originally a copy of the champion's footage by Lin Dong.

Exhausted, Lin Dong lay on the ground, panting heavily.

"Commander is so kind, I like you."

…………

"Enterprise, do you know where the seafood that Lieutenant General Cao sent yesterday went?"

"what?"

With his left hand on the keyboard and his right hand on the mouse, the Spence destroyer on the computer screen was wreaking havoc, completely ignoring Lin Dong's appearance.

"What a terrible thing..."

Looking at the company's decline, Lin Dong couldn't help but sigh. Wearing an apron, he continued rummaging through the styrofoam boxes.

"Commander... are you referring to those shellfish when you say seafood?" Olek asked somewhat guiltily.

"Yeah, I remember it being in this box... That's strange..."

"Uh... that was put into the aquarium by Sister Ford."

"Are you raising abalone in your aquarium hoping to get rich quick? Or are you planning to appear on the Donghuang Finance Channel's 'Get Rich' segment?"

Lin Dong complained helplessly, then waved his hand.

"Forget it, you can keep it. We'll have something else for lunch."

With seafood gone, the table was left with only canned food. Although the little girls were quite mischievous, they weren't picky about it.

Three little girls carrying diving goggles chatted and laughed as they entered the cafeteria, while Laffey, who had just finished breakfast and was about to take a nap, followed them in unsteadily.

"Ugh...it's canned food again."

After glancing at the menu, Ford immediately contradicted the commander who had previously remarked on how easy it was to raise a loli.

"It's all because you took the Commander's abalone, sister!" Ollie, now a devoted fan of Lin Dong, immediately defended him, though her words sounded a bit off.

Ford stared in disbelief at his sister's betrayal, then said angrily.

"Olive, you!"

"Okay, okay, let's go out for dinner tonight..."

Lin Dong carried the glaring, blustering Ford, who was standing on a chair, to the side of the company, and then carried Ollie onto his lap. Anyway, the sisters' arguments weren't new; they made up after dinner, so Lin Dong wasn't worried.

"Commander, this is delicious!"

Seeing Ollie's act of extending his affection to Ollie's family, Lin Dong smiled smugly, although the words still sounded a bit off.

Chapter 32 Stronghold

On the sea 15 nautical miles away from the security bureau.

In the office of an Eastern Huang destroyer, Nelson carefully reviewed the patrol report.

The day after the stronghold was captured, the Sirens sent ship girls to harass the enemy. However, because Lin Dong immediately dispatched Nelson and her two companions to assist in the defense after receiving instructions, the poorly trained Sirens could only leave behind a pile of wreckage and return defeated.

The spoils from killing the Sirens are exclusively for the Security Bureau. As for why Lin Dong hasn't received any supplies from the base yet, you'd have to ask his wife. Nelson intercepted the supplies to prevent Lin Dong from creating more vixens while she was away. What would have been the point of all that trouble she went through to bring Rodney and Cleveland over?

"strangeness……"

Nelson frowned as she looked at the report in her hand. This was because after Nelson and her two companions repelled the first wave of Siren shipgirls, several Siren attacks occurred every day thereafter, but since yesterday, the waters near Xiamen Island had become calm.

Something unusual must be going on, and Nelson didn't believe the Sirens would give up so easily. For over 90 years, the Sirens had acted with the attitude of stopping humanity from advancing into the ocean at any cost; in short, they were stubborn. These stubborn fools had never known the meaning of compromise. If they couldn't beat you, they would mass-produce troops; either they would fight you to the death here or get out of the ocean.

Unable to come up with a solution, Nelson could only write "increase patrols" in the blank space on the report and sign his name.

"I wonder what the commander is doing right now..."

After finishing her work, Nelson rested her head on her left hand and twirled her pen in her right, thinking about her husband.

……

Meanwhile, Rodney, who was stationed at the outpost, had become a recluse in one of the few houses available at the outpost. She was sitting on the edge of the bed, clumsily knitting a scarf that was almost finished, with a knitting needle in each hand.

As Rodney knitted the scarf, he imagined the commander's reaction when he received the gift, a sweet smile occasionally appearing on his lips.

"Commander, I miss you so much."

…………

Cleveland was now in the open sea off the coast of Xiamen, more than 60 nautical miles from its base.

After easily dispatching a patrolling Siren squad, Cleveland began cleaning up the battlefield. As a ship girl, she could instantly identify recyclable materials from the wreckage.

After Cleveland put away his ship equipment, he dived into the sea and packed the recyclable materials that had not yet completely sunk into his backpack.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Cleveland surfaced, shook off his wet blond hair, and reactivated his ship rigging. As soon as the rigging was deployed, it began to press against the seawater around Cleveland, and soon he was standing on the surface.

Immediately afterwards, propelled by the oil, the ship's equipment ejected another burst of hot air, which directly enveloped Cleveland.

As the heat dissipated, Cleveland's clothes and hair were completely dry.

"We're running low on fuel, let's head back."

Cleveland made his decision and set off for the outpost. Once there, he spent his days hunting Sirens to relieve his boredom; life as a defensive ally at the outpost was simply too dull for him.

Moments later, on her way back, Cleveland saw a cruise ship, clearly driven by humans, pass by in the distance, sailing in the exact opposite direction from her.

Cleveland didn't take this to heart. Since arriving at the outpost to help defend it, she had often seen fishermen like this who were not afraid of death.

Thanks to the absence of humans, a huge scourge, the fish population in this world has grown to an astonishing number over the past century, prompting fishermen eager to get rich overnight to venture into the open sea one after another.

……

On the cruise ship that just passed by Cleveland at that moment.

"She must be the Cleveland that the adults are talking about."

"Luckily she didn't stop us, otherwise the adults' supplies would have been in trouble."

"Stop talking. We only have one last destination left on this voyage. Be careful."

"Damn Donghuang dogs."

The cruise ship sailed smoothly across the ocean, encountering at least four waves of Siren patrols without being attacked. The Siren ship girls continued their patrols as if they hadn't even seen the cruise ship.

The cruise ship slowly docked at its final destination, the Sirens' stronghold.

Chapter 33 New Year's Eve

"Bulibuli, Commander, are we setting sail tonight?"

"Yes, little Brie."

Lin Dong bent down and pinched Zi Buli's little face.

"Bulibuli! Let Buli take charge of the ships going out to sea!"

Zi Buli waved a giant wrench and volunteered.

"Calm down, kid. I'm leaving the boat to you."

Lin Dong hurriedly took two steps back, fearing that the purple cloth might accidentally smash his head.

“bulibuli!”

After receiving Lin Dong's permission, Zi Buli put away the giant wrench ship equipment and skipped away.

"Is this a threat?" Lin Dong finally realized what was going on.

Lin Dong wasn't worried about Zibuli's efficiency at all, after all, he was the kind of person who could build a 20-meter bungee jumping platform overnight.

Lin Dong then found the project manager who was still working at the Security Bureau.

"Xiao Chen, it's New Year's Eve today, let the brothers go home first, and come back after the Lantern Festival."

Lin Dong said with a smile to the captain surnamed Chen.

"Sir!"

Captain Chen gave a serious military salute, then said with a smile.

"General Lin, we've received a death order from above to finish this within three months. If we come back after the Lantern Festival, we'll probably be dead by then."

Lin Dong and the very comical Captain Chen had become quite familiar with each other over the time they had spent together. Lin Dong also learned that their department was similar to the Navy's, just tough and miserable.

Those who are still fighting on the front line during the Spring Festival are only the unsung heroes who have made sacrifices for the country.

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