Chapter 182 Beastman Wanted Poster: The Attack Begins
Chen Qing was not surprised by the news Chen Cheng brought. When he discovered that Cross Star had brought the Gem Observation Team, Chen Qing was already prepared to be wanted.
Bounty hunters and pirates on the high seas, even those adventuring groups composed of nobles, inevitably carry a few wanted posters on their backs.
Ultimately, it all comes down to interests and saving face.
The orcs have only now issued an arrest warrant for her, which is already too late.
How long has it been since that incident?
The fact that Chen Qing's wanted notice has only just come out shows that the beastmen are indeed a bit slow.
There must be something fishy going on here.
The next second, Chen Cheng gave Chen Qing the answer.
"Something happened within the Orcs. They didn't reveal the specifics, but I suspect it's because the Orcs' chieftain is gone."
Chen Cheng wasn't entirely sure either, since the orcs had kept the news tightly under wraps.
Whether or not the Great Chieftain of the Beastmen has died, we'll find out in a while.
Chen Qing agreed with Chen Cheng's guess.
The fact that her and Crossstar's arrest warrants have only just come out suggests that the Orcs only now have time to deal with this matter.
So why were they unavailable before? It's most likely due to internal turmoil.
Moreover, it is highly likely that a new patriarch has already been selected, and she and Cross Star are being used to establish authority.
This is announcing to the entire deep blue sea: Look, this is what happens when you offend our beast race. Even if we change our leader, we are still not to be trifled with.
Anyone who wants to cause trouble by taking advantage of the change of chieftain of the orc race should think twice.
Otherwise, given the identities of those beast cubs killed by Huan Cai, it wouldn't be worth the beastmen getting involved.
Even if there are noble beastmen among them, the wanted poster will only be issued by the tribe to which that beastman belongs.
"You'll know in a few days."
Chen Qing didn't dwell on the matter too much. There were already quite a few people watching her, so she didn't care about adding another beastman.
It's just unknown how the sudden change of the Great Chieftain of the Beastmen will affect the landscape of the Deep Blue Sea.
Chen Cheng was just giving Chen Qing a friendly reminder so he could be prepared and not get caught by a bunch of bastards.
This wanted notice hasn't spread widely yet; I really wonder about the internal problems within the Orcs.
Of course, the most important thing for Chen Qing and Chen Cheng right now is to take down Rust Island.
The Wind Shadow Jade had long since surrounded the entire Rust Island, and any ship or other object leaving Rust Island would inevitably alert them.
Whether from the ocean or the sky, they will be intercepted by the Wind Shadow Emerald. In other words, unless there is a large spatial artifact, they will definitely not receive any support from Rust Island.
The island's layout was displayed, and everyone gathered around the virtual sandbox, discussing the best point of attack.
Rust Island is somewhat similar to Sapphire Island, with vast plains and almost no other landforms.
However, Rust Island does have two proper mountains and a lake.
Chen Qing suspected that the military factory was located in one of these three places.
Starting from the port where Chen Qing and her group are currently located, they will pass by a large number of machinery recycling shops and machinery processing plants.
These shops and factories are all natural defensive fortifications of the Rose Family. They can only enter the Rose Family's stronghold by breaking through these places.
Behind the Rose Family's stronghold are those two mountains and a lake, and beyond that is a huge garbage mountain separated by the two mountains.
Beyond the garbage mountain lies the coastline.
If Chen Qing's guess is correct, if they attack from the garbage mountain, they will inevitably face a military factory that can continuously produce war machines.
The military factory itself has top-notch defensive and offensive capabilities.
Rust Island is actually a tough nut to crack.
After all, they are a mechanical family that has made its way up in the deep blue sea.
Relatively speaking, a frontal attack would be more prudent, allowing us to capture those shops and factories and use them as bases to wage a protracted war against the Rose Family.
Chen Qing is also a mechanic, and he can use those shops, factories, and machinery to rival the Rose Family.
Despite the abundance of machinery shops on Rust Island, they all belong to the Rose Family, the difference being whether they are directly or indirectly affiliated.
For example, Hannah, who previously joined forces with the Red Serpent family to attack Chen Qing, is related to the Rose family.
What she did may not have been done without the instruction of the Rose family.
However, regardless of whether the Rose Family got involved or not, Chen Qing and Chen Cheng were determined to get their hands on Rust Island.
They will not be the first survivors to target the original forces, nor will they be the last.
It's just unknown what place he'll get; Chen Qing is only certain that the first place winner will receive a reward.
Survivors who receive system rewards won't go around bragging about it; that would only make them more hated.
Chen Qing and her group quickly determined their attack route, and Chen Miao would accompany Chen Qing to assist her.
Chen Qing will also allocate a portion of the mechanical creations of the Rabbit Legion to Chen Cheng and the others.
With the plan finalized, the group didn't hesitate any longer and immediately began implementation.
It seems the Rose family has already assembled its legion.
Chen Qing's guess was pretty accurate, except that the news about the Rose Family came a little late.
They were out of favor with the Mechanical Association, and it wasn't until they received news from the Mechanical Association that Chen Qing and his group were going to attack Rust Island that they finally got in.
Chen Qing's Rabbit Legion has taken control of all the ports and residential areas on Rust Island and is now advancing further into the commercial district.
The Rose family had only just received the news, and it had changed hands several times.
The information spread slowly and indirectly among the survivors brought by Chen Cheng, eventually reaching the Mechanical Association and finally the Rose Family.
When they received the news, many survivors from Treasure Sea had already begun their journey to Rusty Island to see what was happening.
While we're at it, let's see if we can snag a bargain.
The Rose family, having just received the news, didn't even begin assembling their mechanical creations immediately; instead, they started arguing.
"She must know. She must know that we are allied with the Red Serpent Clan."
Inside the Rose Family's meeting room, a group of middle-aged people, no longer young, gathered together, restless and anxious.
No one knows better than the Rose Family, who made their fortune with the Purple Gold Rose, how terrifying a powerful and talented mechanic can be.
They were able to secure a place in the Treasure Sea simply by virtue of their Purple Gold Rose.
Now, they were facing Chen Qing, a mechanic with even greater talent than the Purple Rose school, and they couldn't help but panic.
"I told you not to scheme against Chen Qing!! That guy is a monster!!"
"What's the point of saying this now? Stop spouting hindsight!"
"You've used plenty of the things the Red Serpent family sent you, and now you have the nerve to blame us? If you're so capable, then don't use them!"
"What should we do now?"
Everyone in the conference room looked at Green Sand, who was sitting in the corner playing with a knife. Of the three generations, only Green Sand was useful here.
What the Rose Family was most worried about wasn't Chen Qing and Chen Cheng's attack, but that Green Indigo, Blue Jade, Blue Thorn, and the others were all not on Rust Island!
There are only three people in the Rose family who can control the White Remnants and Wild Roses left behind by the Purple Gold Rose.
It turned out that none of the three people were there!
Green was recruited by the Mechanical Association, Blue Jade is at Red Serpent's house, and Blue Thorn was supposed to stay on the island, but for some reason, he is not there either!
As for Green Ivy, she has been secretly studying at the academy founded by the Mechanical Association and hasn't returned for a long time.
The Rose family kept this news very well hidden, setting up a fake ivy plant on the island to cover their tracks.
The only remaining green sand wasn't from the mechanic at all.
"What does this have to do with me? You took the money, you did the work, and now you know to come to me?"
Green Sand sneered. These old geezers, relying on Green Insect's backing, have often opposed her. They also constantly make sarcastic remarks about her, saying that as a descendant of a mechanic family, she shouldn't be a full-time mechanic and should instead play around with boxing.
"Green Sand, you are also a member of the Rose Family. Do you think they will spare you alone?"
"Without the Rose family, you'd still be living such a good life!"
An elder of the Rose family threatened.
"At worst, I'll just go out to sea and become a pirate."
Of course, Green Sand was just saying that.
These days, even being a pirate is risky. With people like Shangjia Yuanfei Yougu Lei Niao Hei Shang Ersuo and others, honestly, it's really hard for ordinary pirates to rise to prominence.
After Jerome Black Knife and Night Star died, their positions and territories were immediately taken over and divided up by the pirates below.
Green Sands wouldn't be living such a carefree life if he were a pirate.
Regardless of one's identity, there are always advantages and disadvantages.
Green Sand's current status is definitely more advantageous than disadvantageous.
"Alright, don't panic. I've gathered all the combat-capable mechanical creations in the territory. I've already sent a message to Green Ivy."
"As long as we can hold out until Green Ivy comes back, I'll send people to look for Blue Thorn. In short, we'll hold out for as long as we can."
Green Sand wasn't very confident; she had fought Chen Qing before.
Regardless of her individual strength, their side wasn't particularly strong either.
The real battle between the two sides comes down to the skill of the mechanics, and in this respect, the Rose Family really lacks confidence.
Especially the skill Chen Qing showed in front of Lv Sha, even though Lv Sha wasn't a mechanic, she had been exposed to it since childhood.
Just thinking about Chen Qing gives me a headache.
What she feared most was that... when Bai Can and Ye Qiangwei showed up, they would become someone else's property!
The thought of this made Green Sand feel suffocated.
But she didn't tell those old fogies that they were of no use except to cause trouble.
Perhaps they all had their glorious days in the golden age of roses, but now they are old. They have lived a comfortable life for too long, and so many years of extravagant living have ruined them.
But they remain immersed in their past glory.
It's not that Green Sand wants to undermine them. When Purple Gold Rose was around, the Rose family wasn't that powerful, let alone now.
He was treated as a lackey by the Red Serpent Clan, yet he thought he could be on equal footing with them.
Where those people couldn't see, Green Sand nestled in the soft, comfortable sofa and sighed deeply.
This sofa was custom-made for her, sourced from the Crimson Sea, and cost over a thousand gold coins.
Maybe it won't be hers anymore.
Although they were well aware of Chen Qing's strength, Green Sand was not prepared to surrender so easily; they knew their own situation best.
Chen Qing and the others certainly don't know that Green Sand and the others are all not on Rust Island, but Green Sand still holds a glimmer of hope in her heart.
Within the Rose Family, a large number of mechanical creations began to gather, and countless mechanical raw materials were transported to the mechanical military factory deep in the mountains.
Chen Qing did overestimate the strength of the Rose family. As an unknown family in the Treasure Sea, even if the Rose family had a military factory, the mechanical products and weapons that the factory could manufacture were limited.
Furthermore, the quality of the blueprints is not high, and they may not even be as good as the Beast Hunter Rabbit.
If their mechanical skills were sufficient, they wouldn't need to specialize in secondhand products.
However, the Rose family is still wealthy.
He's much richer than Chen Qing.
Chen Qing was very poor, and even after receiving the proceeds from the auction of the ghost ship, he was still poor.
Maintaining the operation of the super-powerful mechanical ship requires a lot of money.
The daily expenses for the plantation alone amount to a huge sum of money.
Chen Qing's interest in the Rose Family, besides the military factory, is undoubtedly partly due to this reason.
Chen Qing and her group were unaware of the internal turmoil within the Rose Clan. However, judging from their unusually successful attack plan, the Rose Clan didn't seem as formidable as they had imagined.
"Isn't everything going a little too smoothly?"
Chen Cheng frowned and couldn't help but look at Chen Qing beside her, asking a question.
Chen Qing's expression was solemn. Things had indeed gone too smoothly; there was probably a trap waiting for them ahead.
"Are they going to play the 'empty city' trick on us?"
Given the current situation, Chen Cheng has to think things through.
Taking over the docks is no problem, taking over the residential areas is no problem either, but they've already conquered half of the commercial district!!
The Rose family hasn't made a single move yet!
Judging from his own experience, Chen Cheng felt that the Rose family was plotting something big.
The two stood on the ruins of the commercial district, with the Rabbit Legion fighting against the garrison of Rust Island in front of them, making a huge commotion.
"Um, gentlemen."
A timid voice sounded behind them; it belonged to a civilian from the Rust Island residential area.
They were called commoners, but they were no different from slaves.
The civilians in the Rusty Island slums all looked like refugees—very thin and dark-skinned.
Chen Qing and her team led the Rabbit Legion into the residential area and successfully subdued them.
Chen Cheng took a megaphone and shouted a few words, and they obediently came out, each of them crouching down in the corner with their heads in their hands, ready to face their fate.
However, there was no killing as they had anticipated; instead, they received only a basic check-up of the Water-Covered Butterfly and food transported from the mechanical ship.
These civilians, without exception, were all malnourished and as thin as dried-up husks.
The survivors who were with Chen Cheng couldn't bear to watch; it was truly too tragic.
So when Chen Cheng told them that Rust Island would have a new master in the future, and that everyone could live like human beings, with enough to eat and wear, they did not hesitate to stand on Chen Cheng's side.
As long as they behave themselves, Chen Cheng will guarantee their safety.
Of course, they had no other choice.
This is not the first time Rust Island has been attacked by foreign forces; pirates occasionally visit Rust Island.
Every commoner who attempted to seek the protection of the Rose Family and tip them off ended up as a victim of Chen Lin's actions.
They chose the Rose Family, which meant they were enemies, and threatening enemies at that, no longer belonging to the realm of ordinary people. Chen Cheng naturally wouldn't show any mercy, and Chen Qing wouldn't say anything either.
A sumptuous meal easily won over the hearts of these common people.
Chen Cheng naturally blended in with them, painting a rosy picture of the future for them—no, he promised them a bright future.
Sure enough, they immediately reciprocated.
"My lords, um, I know where the military factory on the island is."
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