Chapter 187 Silver Birch Gear, Rune Storm

All the random stuff inside Rose Castle could actually be worth tens of thousands of goldfish.

Some of it can still be recycled.

However, this amount of money is only a fraction of what Chen Qing took away, and it's incomparable to their original price.

Overall, Chen Cheng didn't actually lose out, considering that Rust Island is such a large territory.

There is still a considerable amount of available labor and machinery.

Whether she can actually subdue him or not is not Chen Qing's responsibility.

However, she would provide Chen Cheng with some assistance when necessary, which was harmless.

Of course, the most important thing for Chen Qing now is to dismantle the military factory on Mount Pukui.

The entire Pukui Mountain was integrated with the military factory; more precisely, the entire Pukui Mountain was transformed into a military factory.

Fortunately, all Chen Qing needed were the core components of the military factory; he could simply dismantle them.

The remaining portion will be left to Chen Cheng. If she can acquire the core of the new military factory, she can make good use of Mount Pukui again.

The entire body of Mount Pukui has been hollowed out by the Rose Family. The mountain is dead, and the trees and greenery outside are merely for decoration and camouflage.

This is very much in line with their style of doing things.

Unfortunately, Rust Island's living environment had already deteriorated due to the large amount of garbage it had previously received.

Now that one of the two remaining mountains has been destroyed by the Rose Family, Chen Cheng will need to put in a lot of effort to restore the vitality of Mount Pukui.

However, Rust Island has a pretty good geographical location, being adjacent to the Elemental Sea.

The Elemental Sea is rich in resources, and if Chen Cheng handles things well, he can still get some of its resources.

After carefully disassembling the core of the military factory, the rest can be left to Mini Rabbit and the others to handle.

Chen Qing returned to the ship and chose a suitable room from among the many cabins to house the military factory.

The ship's cargo hold, located below deck, can be easily removed and placed elsewhere if adjustments are needed, much like building blocks.

With the core of the military factory in place, Mechanical Heart quickly arranged for Mini Rabbit to transport the other materials to the factory.

Besides the military factory, Chen Qing's ship now houses many other factories.

Currently, the ship's only factory area is the mechanical factory area, which is divided into three areas: the war machine factory, the auxiliary military factory, and the living machinery factory.

The mini factory that accompanied Chen Qing the earliest was located in the living machinery factory area.

Chen Qing instructed it to focus on producing the beginner's three-piece set from now on: a seawater purifier, an automatic fishing rod, and an automatic fishing net machine.

These three items still have a considerable market, and most survivors and civilians need them.

Although I don't earn much, it's better than nothing.

Chen Qing's large mechanical ship is essentially an industrial city, encompassing planting, breeding, production, heavy industry, and light industry.

Unlike the extraordinary ships of the Demon Dragon and White Fairy, Chen Qing's ship, even if it does nothing and just sits there every day, still consumes a large amount of money and energy.

If it weren't for the fact that Mechanical Heart and Wind Shadow Jade could forage for themselves, Chen Qing would have gone bankrupt long ago.

Buying a house is easy, but maintaining it is difficult.

The Machine Heart has been busy these past few days, trying to develop new features for Wind Shadow Jade.

The Wind Shadow Jade uses minerals from the ocean to feed its young. Since they have the ability to find minerals, they naturally make use of them.

Purchasing raw materials is currently a significant expense, but if Chen Qing finds and mines them, he will be able to save a large sum of money.

The problem is that Chen Qing doesn't have suitable machinery for mining.

The machinery used for mining is quite different from the mechanical creations that Chen Qing has been making. It's not that it's more difficult, but rather that it's a completely different field.

Moreover, the project is quite large. It not only requires Chen Qing to learn some new knowledge, but also to have new blueprints and possibly even build a base on the seabed.

There are many things to consider.

Currently, all known large mineral resources in the Deep Blue Sea are controlled by fixed forces, not only the families of Treasure Sea, but also forces from other sea areas, and they have been divided up very cleanly.

Even if some people discover minerals on the seabed, they will choose to sell them to those forces because mining is too difficult.

Moreover, those forces will not allow others to disrupt their current united monopoly.

Chen Qing still has a lot to do; let's take it one step at a time.

Currently, Chen Qing has prioritized repairing the hives of the assistant bees.

If the assistant bee's hive is repaired, it will at least be an A-grade gold quality, freeing her from many chores.

For example, small things like assembly line in a factory.

The number of assistant bees is currently far too small; after so long of development, there are only eleven.

Repairing the hive is very difficult, but you can use Extraordinary Points.

However... it will take more than 70,000 extraordinary points to repair it.

Let alone 70,000 extraordinary points, Chen Qing doesn't even have a fraction of that right now.

"..."

Chen Qing stood in front of the hive of the assistant bees, gazing at the dilapidated hive in quiet contemplation.

Mechanical Heart's landscaping has a very good aesthetic sense and is unique in its own right.

The hive of the assistant bee is a light silver color, hanging on a towering tree, nestled in a lush forest.

Apart from a few plants, most of the trees in the forest were constructed by mechanical stacking.

Not far away is a huge flower field, which is also made up of various mechanical parts of different colors.

These mechanical parts can be described as a buffet for the assistant bees.

That giant tree is an extraordinary plant called Silver Birch Gear, Grade B, purple quality. Its fruit is shaped like gear parts.

Because it absorbs a lot of metal during its growth, the entire Silver Birch Gear wood is extremely hard, making it an excellent material for armor and shipbuilding.

Of course, shipbuilding was a bit of a luxury, and most of the time it was used to make armor.

Its fruit is a favorite of certain species in the seawood family of plants, and can also replace mechanical parts.

It can be eaten and used.

The only problem is that they are a bit rare and grow slowly.

Chen Qing bought this Silver Birch Gear from a survivor. It was just one plant left in the wild, and then the survivor sold it to Chen Qing along with other plants that he had dug up from the wild.

That bunch of plants, package price: 2 goldfish.

Apart from the Silver Birch Gear, all the plants are ordinary, and there is even one that is an invasive malignant plant that will destroy the extraordinary soil.

At first, Chen Qing was just like that survivor, only thinking that the plant was quite big and might be valuable, but that was just a possibility.

After all, throughout the entire deep blue sea, there are many tall or huge trees, but not all of them are valuable.

Chen Qing obtained the illustrations of ordinary and extraordinary plants from the Azure Stone Wood Merchant Guild and gave them to Mechanical Heart.

After Mechanical Heart entered this information into its knowledge base, it finally identified the Silver Birch Gear and the malignant plant.

Fortunately, the malignant plant was not planted in time, so no damage was caused.

The importance of knowledge is truly reflected in every aspect of life, concerning both career and life itself.

Besides acquiring plants and animals from survivors, Chen Qing has also been acquiring various books, all of which have no barriers to entry.

Collect any books you find.

Collected from various sea areas and islands.

Even the same book can have slight differences in different places due to the unique nature of this world.

Chen Qing thought she needed a librarian.

Not just librarians, but also farm managers, factory managers, ...

Everything on the ship fell to the Mechanical Heart, which was somewhat overwhelmed at the moment, so it had to do many things by itself.

We still need to add more manpower to the ship, especially for logistical machinery.

Chen Qing planned to go to Clockwork Bay to buy some logistics-related mechanical products.

Clockwork Bay is under the jurisdiction of the Mechanical Association, and many families are stationed there.

After selling the Extraordinary Ship and plundering another batch from the Rose Family, Chen Qing now has over 300,000 goldfish in his possession.

We need to keep around 200,000 goldfish to purchase supplies to ensure the normal operation of the ship, the shipyard, and other facilities.

To sell products, you need to purchase raw materials, which is a considerable expense.

In other words, Chen Qing only had a little over 100,000 goldfish in his pocket.

"By the way, how many supply crates have you collected?"

Chen Qing suddenly thought of this and wondered if she could find something in the supply box to make up for her shortfall.

It doesn't matter if it's mechanical or not, as long as we can get some good items.

"There are a total of 51,356 white quality supply boxes, 4,326 green quality supply boxes, 154 blue quality supply boxes, 2 purple quality supply boxes, and 1 special supply box."

Mechanical Heart replied in a very methodical manner.

If you remove the white, green, and blue boxes, there are only three supply boxes in total that are actually likely to contain good items.

"From now on, have someone open and classify the white, green, and blue quality supply boxes. Use the ones you can use, and put the ones you don't need for the time being in the warehouse."

"Bring over the purple and special supply boxes."

Chen Qing gave the instructions.

"yes."

Soon, the mini rabbit, carrying three small boxes, came into Chen Qing's view.

Although the Mini Bunny has always belonged to the Rabbit Legion, as the most numerous mechanical creation on the ship, they have always been moved wherever they are needed.

Despite its small size, it shoulders a huge workload.

"The number of Rabbit Legion will be controlled at three thousand: one thousand Explosive Fighting Rabbits and two thousand Mini Rabbits."

"This quantity doesn't need to be changed."

"In addition, we will reorganize a Rose Legion and incorporate Bai Can into it."

Neither Mini Rabbit nor Explosive Hunter Rabbit can match Chen Qing's combat level now, especially Mini Rabbit.

In every battle, they are the first and most numerous to die, and they hardly play any role.

Chen Qing was considering whether to revise the Mini Rabbit design and change it into Sailor Rabbit.

They were the ship's handymen.

As for the Blast Hunter Rabbit, it can still be improved. As a blueprint given as a system reward, the Blast Hunter Rabbit is definitely of good quality.

I wonder if the system will give Chen Qing another reward when she breaks through to the level of a faction mechanic?

In the Mechanic profession, Chen Qing is definitely the one running at the forefront among the survivors. Even if you include the natives, she is the fastest.

Generally, when you break through a profession level, the system rewards you with skills.

Chen Qing only had a few channels to obtain high-quality blueprints.

Purchase, develop your own, open boxes, or play slot machines.

As of now, the blueprints drawn by the slot machines are simply beyond description.

The quality was extremely poor; almost all the drawings were white, with only one green one being found.

Chen Qing's several thousand goldfish have gone down the drain, and will continue to go down the drain.

The three supply boxes were placed in front of Chen Qing one by one. Chen Qing did not do anything else and opened the boxes directly.

When other survivors obtain purple or special supply boxes, they usually perform some prayer activities, such as bathing, burning incense, and worshipping gods.

Don't think this is an exaggeration; there really are many.

The purple light shone on Chen Qing's face, but vanished in an instant.

Inside each of the two purple supply crates lay a gun and a skill scroll.

Perhaps Chen Qing's luck has run out; none of it is available to her anymore.

The skill scroll is an attack skill scroll, and its category is [missing information].

"magic?"

Chen Qing looked at the magic skill scroll in his hand, named [Rune Storm], and a question mark slowly appeared above his head.

She looked up at her ship, a mechanical ship.

Machinery and magic.

She thought the ocean and machinery were already mismatched enough, but to her surprise, she found a magic skill book inside a mechanical ship, surrounded by mechanical creations and parts.

Chen Qing knew that magic existed in this world, and Zuo Yun was a magical girl.

There are quite a few people who have mastered magic in the deep blue sea, but Chen Qing rarely encounters them.

The people she encountered were mostly pirates and bounty hunters, and these people generally had a similar background: they were poor from their original circumstances.

Pirates aside, most pirates come from the Poor Seas, and many bounty hunters also come from the Poor Seas.

Magic is an expensive profession, extremely expensive, much more expensive than Chen Qing playing the mechanic.

Mechanics at least have a chance to break even, but magicians—and I mean magicians, not rune and spell scroll makers or similar professions—are basically only spending money and never earning it.

Only the super-rich can afford to raise them.

This profession is mostly found in teams composed of the offspring of noble merchant guilds, such as adventure groups or exploration teams, where they are never short of money.

Chen Qing had met the White Bird Adventurer Group before, but had never interacted with them; one of their members was a mage.

However, it had already been eaten by the Blood Spirit.

If Chen Qing's skill book were sold, it would probably be worth more than that ghost ship.

There's no way around it; magic skill books are extremely rare, especially B-grade purple quality ones.

Magical resources are mostly found in the Crimson Sea, and are rarely seen in the Deep Blue Sea.

Chen Qing is in Europe, but not completely.

"..."

She stared at the skill book in her hand, lost in thought.