Chapter 222 Mechanical Graveyard, A New Virus

The group left Parti Seven Islands without any hindrance. Chen Qing told Miao Dingying about the situation on Parti Seven Islands, but Miao Dingying still chose to attack the Delugu family.

This was her choice, and it has nothing to do with Chen Qing anymore.

Delugu is crazy; the survivor group isn't exactly normal either.

The group sat inside the Wind Shadow Emerald, gazing at the endless flames shooting into the sky on the sea.

The original plan ended so abruptly, and to be honest, they felt a little frustrated.

Although they've left, Dlugu won't have an easy time ahead.

It's quite troublesome to see those sea wanderers united as one.

The mechanical fish swarm gradually carried Chen Qing and her companions away from the conflicts of the Parti Islands.

Mingmeng leaned against Sailor Rabbit, his eyes darting around, and a wicked idea suddenly popped into his head.

"Yuan Fei is... on Nanashima right now, isn't she?"

Her malicious intent was very obvious, and Fei Huo knew without even thinking what Ming Meng was up to.

"If you do that, you'll be completely at odds with Yuan Fei to the death."

If they try to raid Yuan Fei's hideout while she's away, Yuan Fei will hunt them down to the death.

If Hara didn't do that, it means that this guy is brewing an even more terrifying plan!

"If Yuan Fei hadn't ruined our plans, we wouldn't have left like this!"

Mingmeng spoke with great confidence and conviction.

The Delugu family is wealthy, so Yuan Fei is even less likely to be poor.

Since Yuan Fei ruined their plans, then she should compensate them with her own treasure.

That sly one, she must have hidden a lot of good stuff!

"Chen Qing, what do you think?"

Seeing that Fei Huo disagreed, Ming Meng secretly tried to persuade Chen Qing to go with him.

If Chen Qing is willing to go together, Shuang Wei and the others might go too.

Chen Qing had reservations about this. It was true that Bai Xian wasn't home, but it was hard to guarantee that she hadn't left behind some tricks.

They left the Parti Islands precisely because they didn't want to get involved in Bai Xian's conspiracy.

"Eh—"

Seeing Chen Qing and Fei Huo's reactions, Ming Meng was somewhat annoyed. She turned her head away, pouted, and refused to talk to the two of them.

Those two cowards, she'll go by herself!

"Put us in the Thousand Islands later."

Scarlet Fire glanced at their current location and said to Chen Qing.

They really lost out on this trip today.

"Um."

Thousand Islands is an underwater island in the Treasure Sea. It is currently a rare quiet place and has not yet been affected by the Deep Blue War.

After placing these allies on Thousand Islands, Chen Qing left with the mechanical fish swarm.

However, Chen Qing did not return to the reef island immediately.

There was another reason why she so decisively withdrew from the Dlugu family.

Qingxian contacted Chen Qing, and they made a big discovery—a mechanical graveyard.

It's not a junkyard like Rust Island, but a place where failed and destroyed machinery is stored.

Qingxian and her group have their eyes on that island and want to seize it as their territory.

I initially thought it was a deserted island, but after venturing deeper into the island, I discovered that it was filled with mechanical creations.

There were guards, but only two or three.

But these two or three people are all prominent figures in the deep blue sea.

Based on the discoveries on the island, this place should be the territory of the Blue Team, and the Delugu family should also be involved.

Qingxian and the others also saw people with the mark of the Beixing family appear on the island.

The machines on the island are strange; they are extremely aggressive, treating both people and machines indiscriminately.

Whether they are combat machines or life support machines, once they meet, it's a fight to the death.

Qingxian and the others couldn't handle this place, so they specially invited Chen Qing to come.

Of course, it wasn't to let Chen Qing work for free. Qingxian offered a batch of supplies as payment, hoping that Chen Qing could clean up all the machinery on the island.

As for whether the Blue Team will cause trouble again after the cleanup is done, that's none of Chen Qing's concern.

Based on Qingxian and the others' descriptions, Chen Qing estimated that the island was probably a testing ground for the Blue Team, where they were experimenting on things that came out of the mechanical ruins.

This was actually very helpful to Chen Qing.

Just then, after leaving that island, Chen Qing planned to go to Chunmingjian to see where Granny Peach had discovered the assistant bees.

It is Xue Xiaoyue now.

The Mechanical Heart sent over its collected analysis results, which roughly determined the commonalities between the pirate crew that Granny Peach belonged to and the Sapphire Island expedition team.

Chunmingjian is very close to that island. Chen Qing wasn't the only one who discovered this. The natives of the red and blue factions should have started using the bug in this mechanical ruin a long time ago.

I just didn't expect that two non-mechanic factions would get the better deal.

It's true what they say: you might plant a tree with good intentions but it won't grow, while a willow you planted unintentionally will thrive.

It seems the invitation from the islanders of Reef Island will have to be postponed.

The ship traveled at top speed, with the mechanical fish following behind. In less than five hours, Chen Qing arrived at the location where Qingxian and the others were.

This was the first time Chen Qing had met Qingxian and the others, even though they had known each other for quite some time.

Qingxian and the others looked exactly like Chen Qing had imagined them – a group of immature teenagers.

"Sister Chen Qing!"

Qingxian was thin and petite, much shorter than Chen Qing, but she had a very cute smile.

Young people always exude a vibrant and energetic spirit, which can easily infect those around them, making them unable to resist laughing along with them.

In modern terms, spending time with them makes even their corpses feel warm.

"Qingxian".

Chen Qing got off the boat, nodded to Qingxian, and looked very indifferent.

Qingxian and the others were not deterred by Chen Qing's indifference; they all excitedly came up to greet him.

It's the living Chen Qing!

Chen Qing's reputation among the survivors became increasingly bizarre, with many stories and gossip about her that she herself was unaware of.

Survivors close to Chen Qing certainly wouldn't believe it, but given the large number of survivors, many things that hadn't even been verified were directly attributed to Chen Qing.

Although Qingxian knew Chen Qing, they didn't interact much.

So these teenagers were really curious about Chen Qing, especially since Chen Qing had saved their lives!

"Sister Qing, the mechanical graveyard is just ahead. They've used a shielding device, so it's hard to spot them."

A boy pointed to a seemingly ordinary island in front of him and enthusiastically gave Chen Qing directions.

“We’ve been eyeing that island for a long time, and the number of people coming to the island has increased in the last two days.”

"Yes, yes, there were only two or three people on the island before, but recently there have been several more people on the island!"

"They're definitely up to something. That 'Sword Dance Mantis' thing from last time was their doing!"

The boys surrounded Chen Qing, excitedly sharing their discoveries.

Qingxian was pushed aside by them and stared at her companions with great resentment.

If you're going to talk, just talk. Why push her away?

That's too much.

Hehe, the boys grinned sheepishly at Qingxian, they were just too excited for a moment.

Chen Qing is the most famous and mysterious survivor!

The boys' descriptions were a bit disorganized, but Chen Qing still managed to piece together the situation on the island.

There are currently seven people on the island. One of them is from the Beixing family, and the identities of the rest are unknown. Once they enter the island, no matter who they are, even if they are from the Blue Team, they will not be spared and will be attacked by the island's machinery.

Those people usually operate on the periphery, monitoring the condition of the machinery on the island.

The island appears lush with greenery from the outside, but it's actually full of machinery. Even a flower or a stone could be a machine disguised as a machine.

Moreover, the level of danger is extremely high.

One of them was swallowed by a machine on the island. They killed the machine immediately, but their companion still had an arm ripped off.

This is just the peripheral machinery.

"Sister Qing, could you please take a look at An'an? She was eaten by that machine while trying to save us."

The short-haired boy looked at Chen Qing with great embarrassment and asked in a low voice.

They had all heard about Chen Qing installing mechanical prosthetics. The strength of the indigenous people and survivors who had mechanical prosthetics installed by Chen Qing increased by more than 30%!

They originally wanted to pool their money to buy An'an a bottle of growth potion, but after finally finding Dr. Gui Shu from Fengya Island to examine An'an's arm, the result was bad news.

An An's arm had residual unknown energy, and even the most expensive growth potions were useless.

Only by removing this unknown energy can the growth agent be used.

Moreover, the price of the limb growth serum is beyond their current means.

Very expensive.

In order to save money, Qingxian and her friends decided to acquire a piece of land.

"Can."

Chen Qing did not refuse. The residual energy on the arm of the girl named An An might be related to the virus from the Sword Dance Mantis that Chen Qing had previously contracted.

Another new virus has emerged, and it's no less troublesome than the Mantis Blade.

One is aimed at the powerful, and the other is aimed at the general public.

What will be the next one?

Judging from this posture, the Blue Team clearly intends to dominate the entire Deep Blue Sea.

What are they after?

Given the current chaos in the deep blue sea, Chen Qing is already considering whether to enter the scarlet sea ahead of schedule.

To enter the Crimson Sea, it is possible to traverse the Mysterious Zone and the Sea Beast Zone.

She wasn't a pirate and didn't care about reputation.

Entering the Crimson Sea via the Deep Blue Chamber of Commerce's ships is out of the question; even Chen Qing couldn't afford that.

The machinery on her ship, and her ship itself, all required tickets.

The idea that only those who cross the border to enter the Crimson Sea deserve respect is likely just a rumor spread because impoverished pirate hunters couldn't afford the ticket price.

Anyway, Chen Qing felt that she was the poor person.

An'an, who was resting in the cabin, was brought out by her companions. The wound on her arm was still bleeding.

The gauze was still covered in red.

Chen Qing called out the fluid doctor, and the two of them examined An An's wound together.

When it comes to mechanical viruses and mechanical symptoms, fluid doctors are more adept at it.

It quickly reached a conclusion.

The patient's test results indicate infection with an unnamed mechanical virus. The presence of ultra-miniature combat-type machinery at the wound site is causing persistent bleeding. A treatment plan is currently being developed.

The Fluid Doctor lives up to its B-grade mechanical reputation; it's got some skills.

An An's bleeding was quickly relieved, and many tiny combat machines invisible to the naked eye were cleaned out of her wounds by the fluid doctor.

The fluid medics put those miniature combat machines into special bottles, and they will analyze their condition in the laboratory when they return.

However, it wasn't these miniature machines that prevented An'an from using the limb growth serum.

After cleaning off the miniature machinery, Chen Qing had An An lie down in the medical pod for basic treatment.

"Are they going to install prosthetic limbs next? That's so cool!"

The boy standing nearby asked excitedly.

Looking at the scan results and values ​​displayed on the medical pod, Chen Qing suddenly realized something was wrong!

She immediately drew her knife and sliced ​​through the medical pod!

The top of the medical pod was blown off, and Chen Qing destroyed all the core circuit components inside. Sparks flew out, scaring the teenagers half to death.

What happened all of a sudden?

Seeing Chen Qing's inexplicable actions, the teenagers immediately had a bad feeling.

Chen Qing quickly carried An'an out of the medical pod and handed her to the fluid doctor next to her.

The fluid doctor tested An'an again, and the virus newly "manufactured" by the blue team was indeed not so simple.

An'an showed signs of becoming mechanized.

From human to machine.

From living things to dead things.

If Chen Qing hadn't gotten An'an out of the medical pod in time, her mechanization would have been very obvious.

The flesh and blood at An'an's wound site had turned into metal.

The fluid doctor simply cut off that area, and blood gushed out immediately.

Qingxian and the others were heartbroken, but they dared not object to Chen Qing's decision.

Laymen shouldn't easily give advice to experts.

"Gently, gently, that's meat."

A boy grimaced, as if he were the one cutting her.

Chen Qing felt it was necessary to contact Xia Li to find out what the current situation was and what the Mechanical Association's attitude was.

The mechanization of humans... what exactly are those people in the Blue Team trying to do?

"Stay away from that island, and don't come back here!"

This was the first time Chen Qing had ever been so stern with someone; his expression was extremely serious.

"What's wrong?"

The boys asked, puzzled.

Whether you call them lucky or unlucky, they always seem to strike it rich.

And they always run into the Drugu family!

"Killing all the machines on this island won't solve all the dangers. There's a machine virus on the island, and my current understanding of this virus is limited to its effects."

Chen Qing briefly explained the situation on the island.

"What virus did An'an get infected with?"

The boys frowned, looking worriedly at An'an in the fluid doctor's arms.

"Yes, she can't have any more contact with machinery, otherwise she'll become mechanized. The longer she's in contact with it, the more mechanized she'll become, until she eventually becomes completely mechanical."

Chen Qing spoke in the calmest of words about the most terrifying things.

"How could this happen, my God."

"Transform...transform into a machine?"

"How could a human possibly turn into a machine—"