Chapter 7 The Girl Floating on the Sea

Chen Qing estimates that he can make more than twenty finished products from the mechanical waste he obtained in exchange with Qingxian.

Those unusable mechanical wastes can actually be recycled and remanufactured as long as Chen Qing has enough tools; they are not truly waste.

With enough finished products on hand, Chen Qing immediately contacted the previous survivors and bought the mechanical arms and mechanical ants they had.

The robotic arm took Chen Qing five finished products, while the robotic ant took a full 18.

If it weren't for the early stages of the game, Chen Qing probably wouldn't have been able to buy such a cheap item of the deep blue quality.

Of course, Chen Qing's automatic fishing net machine can also save survivors a lot of effort.

With the mechanical ants in hand, Chen Qing can now be freed from repair work and focus on assembling and modifying finished mechanical products.

Chen Qing used the remaining finished products to acquire mechanical blueprints and skills, or some valuable props.

Whether it's fishing nets, fishing rods, or water purifiers, Chen Qing doesn't sell them for high prices. She single-handedly drove down the price of freshwater in the survival world.

Although it was only a small area, it did not prevent most of the survivors in that small area from developing a favorable impression of Chen Qing.

This goodwill was enough to make them willing to sell their best items to Chen Qing first.

The sky after the rain was clear and blue, without a single cloud, and exceptionally beautiful.

Even the sea was calm, and seagulls soared in the sky, making pleasant calls, as if there was no danger at all.

Chen Qing sat on a deck behind the bow of the ship, quietly assembling an oversized seawater purifier.

Its water tank has a capacity of 300L and uses a full 10 primary power cores, giving it a strong range.

She plans to assemble this seawater purifier on the ship and connect it to various cabins via water pipes, thus solving the ship's water problem.

Moreover, it will be much more convenient and sufficient to support Chen Qing's daily needs.

After all, as the only mechanical apprentice among the survivors, Chen Qing's time is very precious.

After finishing this purifier, Chen Qing plans to make some minor modifications to the mechanical workshop to streamline the repair of parts.

Assembly line production is not yet feasible, so Chen Qing was already very fortunate to have obtained a repair ant.

That beginner's guide to mechanics really helped Chen Qing a lot. She learned many skills on her own and now she can even handle renovation work with ease.

We can also make some minor modifications to the ship, such as planting some special plants on it.

"Thump—!"

After finishing her work, Chen Qing was about to return to her studio when she heard a crashing sound.

The boat looks like it hit something.

Chen Qing frowned slightly and followed the sound to the bow of the ship.

A person tied to a piece of driftwood had appeared on the sea surface at some unknown time, and the sound just now was the driftwood hitting the ship.

The person in the water was covered with wounds of all sizes, including knife wounds, gunshot wounds, and even burns from flames. Chen Qing couldn't identify what kind of weapon caused some of the wounds.

These wounds had long been soaked in seawater and turned white. Even from this distance, Chen Qing could smell a putrid stench. Even if this person wasn't dead, he was hanging by a thread.

To save him, Chen Qing would need to spend a lot of money.

Whether it's time or money.

Moreover, Chen Qing's intuition told him that the guy in the water was definitely going to be a big problem!

Whether from a rational or emotional perspective, Chen Qing should pretend not to see it and let it disappear without a trace.

The best course of action would be for Chen Qing to personally kill the person, destroy the evidence, and eliminate any future trouble.

but……

Perhaps the person in the water sensed the danger, because the person who had fallen into a coma due to serious injuries miraculously woke up.

"Save...me...please..."

The voice was hoarse and dry from excessive dehydration, and the face was young and innocent.

He's still just a child.

After calling for help from Chen Qing, the child fell into a coma again.

Chen Qing lowered his eyes and made no move.

After a long while, Chen Qing sighed almost imperceptibly, threw down a fishing net, and caught the person.

Saving her would undoubtedly bring trouble upon himself.

However, high risk is often accompanied by high returns.

Moreover, Chen Qing really couldn't bear to watch a child die in front of her.

Call her a saint or a busybody, but her upbringing doesn't allow her to ignore a weak person when she has the means to do so.

Chen Qing was an abandoned child, thrown into a hospital trash can at birth. Without the help of kind people, she would never have been able to grow up to be this big.

Of course, Chen Qing wasn't the kind of person who would do anything to help someone without considering the consequences. She had observed that the child couldn't beat her.

She showed no signs of training, and being seriously injured posed no threat to her.

After pulling the person out of the water, Chen Qing quickly checked her over. She wasn't carrying any belongings, except for a set of tattered clothes.

The child was very thin, with his bones clearly visible. He must have suffered from long-term malnutrition, never having eaten his fill, and constantly engaged in excessive labor.

This child is not a survivor; she is a native inhabitant of this world.

What is there about a child who has been malnourished for a long time that would warrant such treatment?

She must be hiding a big secret.

It could be her, or it could be something she heard or saw that she shouldn't have known.

Chen Qing frowned and quickly opened the chat panel to find Qingxian.

She's a middleman, so she should have some wound medicine on hand.

Qingxian did not disappoint Chen Qing's expectations and immediately sent three types of wound medicine.

[Potion No. 5 (E)], [White Dew Ointment (E)], [HY-163 Recovery Potion (D)]

As soon as Qingxian received Chen Qing's message, she immediately sent over all the best medicine she had on hand.

She thought Chen Qing wanted to use it himself, and never expected that Chen Qing would want to save someone.

Qingxian had more good stuff than Chen Qing had imagined. After weighing the options, Chen Qing chose Bailu Ointment.

The child's external injuries were very serious. Given her constitution, if she had internal injuries, she wouldn't have survived until she met Chen Qing.

After cleaning her wound with water and applying a thin layer of white dew ointment, Chen Qing temporarily placed her in the kitchen.

There weren't many cabins on the ship, and Chen Qing's room was connected to the studio, so it wasn't convenient to use it to house her.

Chen Qing had just settled the people in the kitchen when she stepped out of the cabin and saw a ship speeding towards her in the distance.

A huge long-sworded skull is painted on the black sails fluttering in the wind on the mast. The sails are tattered and look like they have suffered a serious attack.

From afar, Chen Qing could hear the noise coming from the ship, filled with intense malice.

They're pirates!