Chapter 164 City Walls and Hedges
Time passed quickly amidst Chen Qing's busy schedule. The extraordinary ship was very fast, and after leaving Wood Island, Chen Qing arrived at the deserted island where Ming Rang was in less than a day.
To be honest, the Elemental Sea is larger than the Gem Sea, and has more deserted islands.
This deserted island was on Chen Qing's way to the Treasure Sea, so Chen Qing stopped by for a visit.
Mingrang, like her, was also an orphan from a welfare home.
However, unlike Chen Qing who was carefree on her own, Ming Rang had a whole family with her, and all the orphans from the welfare home stayed with her.
Most of the children abandoned in the orphanage are either healthy girls or boys with disabilities.
Not many of these children survive the first round of purges in the system.
However, even with these children, Mingrang was still extremely poor.
Compared to Chen Qing, who is considered a "good person," Ming Rang is the real saint.
It's not meant to be derogatory; it's a genuine compliment to Mingrang.
When Chen Qing's ship arrived at the deserted island where Ming Rang and the others were, the island was still lit up with firelight, even though it was night.
As the ship approached the deserted island, Chen Qing disembarked and was immediately surrounded by several children as soon as he stepped onto the beach.
"Who are you?"
The boy in the lead looked at Chen Qing warily, his eyes stubborn.
Chen Qing glanced at the gun the leader was holding, blinked slowly, and spoke in a cold voice.
“If I were you, I wouldn’t point it at me.”
Her voice was as cold as the night, sending chills down your spine just by listening to it.
"You're a pirate?!"
Hearing Chen Qing's answer, the group of children became even more vigilant and refused to back down an inch.
Chen Qing suddenly stepped forward, her hand gripping the gun tightly, her palm completely covering the muzzle, as she leaned forward.
Her figure completely enveloped the leading child, creating an extremely strong sense of oppression, her dark eyes fixed intently on the child.
"Do you think if you shoot now, the gun will hit me, or it will blow you to pieces?"
"Like fireworks, you explode, your blood and flesh splattering all over them."
Chen Qing tilted her head slightly, a smile appearing on her face.
"You, you, you—"
The leading child was completely overwhelmed by Chen Qing's imposing presence, so frightened that he stammered and couldn't even finish his sentence.
"Don't scare them, Lord Chen Qing, they're timid."
A weary female voice rang out from the grass behind the beach, followed by a girl in a floral shirt, shorts, and flip-flops appearing in front of Chen Qing.
Mingrang's hair was messy, and there were still marks from the bamboo mat on his face, clearly indicating that he had just been woken up from his sleep.
"Didn't I tell you to wake me up as soon as you spotted the ship?"
As soon as Mingrang appeared, he mercilessly gave each of the children a hard punch, causing them to cover their heads and cry in pain.
"I just wanted you to sleep a little longer."
The lead child, who was crouching on the ground with his head in his hands, muttered something under his breath, but didn't say anything more.
Clearly, she knew she was wrong.
If Chen Qing were truly an enemy, then they would all be dead now—no, they are already dead.
The best option is to wake Mingrang up as soon as possible; his previous experience of killing pirates with a gun has made the boy a bit arrogant.
"Feel sorry."
Ming Rang apologized to Chen Qing very skillfully, taking the blame upon himself.
Children without a mother or father are easily discriminated against. There are good people and bad people in this world.
Although both are orphans, Chen Qing and Ming Rang have completely different personalities.
Compared to Chen Qing, who seems to integrate into society but is actually an outcast, Ming Rang's difficult personality is actually masked by a smooth-talking nature that has been almost worn down by society.
"They are not bad children; it's my fault for not teaching them well."
"It has nothing to do with Sister Ming. It was my fault. I'm sorry."
The boy in the lead jumped up and rushed over like a cannonball, bowing his head obediently to apologize to Chen Qing.
She is indeed quite well-behaved.
Chen Qing's faint smile deepened, but it was too dark for them to see it at all.
"It's alright, but don't play with that gun, it's easy to injure yourself."
Chen Qing shook his head and tossed a bracelet to Ming Rang, who instinctively caught it.
"The space distortion bracelet that I promised before."
A hint of joy appeared on Ming Rang's face. A spatial artifact? He hadn't expected Chen Qing to actually make one.
"I have prepared everything you requested."
Mingrang coughed lightly, trying his best not to let his silly grin be too obvious.
"Go back and make some tea."
Mingrang lightly kicked the leg of the short-haired girl who had just pointed a gun at Chen Qing. The girl smiled and wasn't angry. She quickly led her friends back to their camp.
On the beach, an old gun lay there all alone, exuding an aura of loneliness.
"This island has quite a lot of resources. I found something good, but I don't know if it will be useful to you."
Ming Rang scratched his head, stepped forward, picked up the gun, and led Chen Qing toward the island.
Since Chen Qing said there was a risk of the gun exploding, then we won't give it to them.
They had stolen the gun from a pirate crew, but they hadn't expected that crew to be so poor.
Mingrang curled his lip, clearly disgusted.
With such poor skills, they still dare to imitate others and become pirates to rob others.
There isn't a single good person in this world.
Mingrang clearly harbors resentment towards the survival system and this world; who doesn't?
Aside from top-tier experts like Chen Qing, which other survivor from the Dragon Kingdom would be willing to give up their stable life and start over?
This might be exciting for survivors from other countries, who see it as a brand new opportunity to turn their lives around, but survivors from China still prefer their original peaceful lives.
The same applies to Mingrang.
But since things have already come to this, we have to learn to accept it.
Ming led Chen Qing deeper into the island, overcoming numerous threats to reach a towering city wall.
Other dangerous creatures also inhabit this island, so Ming and her team, whose camp was near the beach, dared not venture further in.
This unusually tall plant, which resembles a city wall, was discovered by chance when a child was running around.
[City Wall Hedge (Purple): An extremely tall mutated hedge with a huge amount of health, possessing near-impenetrable defense.]
"Not bad, I guess."
Mingrang patted the tall, nearly endless hedge wall, which was forty or fifty meters high, and then turned to look at Chen Qing.
She still really enjoyed doing business with Chen Qing; he was generous and decisive.
Although she wasn't a good deal, she was practically Chen Qing's opposite.
Stingy and procrastinating.
But, does Chen Qing even need this hedge?
Ming Rang hadn't forgotten the rumors circulating on the chat channel that Chen Qing owned a supernatural ship.
She didn't have any lustful thoughts towards Chen Qing, but she was definitely envious.
"Do you want this thing? It's a bit hard to dig up. It took me ages to dig out half of it. It's at the camp."
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