Chapter 196 Space Travel, Jade Branch Island
The mechanical ship caught Chen Qing and her two companions safely, and all the pursuers behind them were annihilated by the arriving mechanical ship.
Those scrapped and damaged mechanical creations were not wasted; the Mechanical Heart devoured them all. The Mechanical Association and their traitors contributed to the growth of the Mechanical Heart.
They also helped Chen Qing and the other two escape.
The ship's active skill, Time Travel, was activated, and before the eyes of all the people in Clockwork Bay, a huge rift was torn open in the sky, which was stained red by cannon fire.
The sky seemed to be split in two.
The crack exuded a terrifying aura, instantly engulfing the surrounding mechanical parts and causing them to disappear.
However, Chen Qing and his two companions, who were quite close to the spatial rift, were not affected in any way.
Under the captain's control, the mechanical ship rapidly approached the spatial rift.
The robbers below became even more anxious upon seeing this.
They all ran away, what are they going to do?
All the firepower is reserved for them.
"Take us with you!!! A huge reward awaits!!"
At this point, spending money to save your life is the most appropriate course of action.
Now that Clockwork Bay has recovered, it must have opened up the island's defenses, making escape extremely difficult for them.
If they don't grab onto Chen Qing as their lifeline, they're doomed.
These robbers weren't completely stupid; they even knew to lure Chen Qing with promises of profit.
Chen Qing glanced down and pondered for a moment before having Mechanical Heart send down a few ropes to help them.
Meanwhile, all the weapons on the ship were aimed at those who were preparing for a relentless bombardment.
Faced with the escape rope falling in front of them, the robbers naturally caught it without hesitation and quickly climbed onto the boat.
Thank you—
Before they could finish expressing their gratitude, Explosive Rabbit Hunter's knife was already at their necks.
"Chen Qing, what are you doing?"
The robbers forced a smile and asked.
"Insurance."
Chen Qing said calmly, "These people are all robbers. How could I let them stay on the ship with peace of mind?"
These people are all wanted criminals on the list, and they have a considerable amount of bounty on them.
Even if these people deceived Chen Qing, killing them for the bounty, or feeding them to the mechanical ship and dismantling them with skills, would all be good options.
"There's no need for this, is there? We're dealing with the Demon Dragon Pirates—"
The robbers tried to struggle and forcefully maintain their relationship with the Demon Dragon Pirates.
Chen Qing should be willing to give the Demon Dragon Pirates some face, right?
"It has nothing to do with me."
Chen Qing said calmly.
Her relationship with the Dragon Pirates wasn't that good yet; it was only at the level where they wouldn't fight when they met and could sit down and have a meal together.
The main reason for saving Evil Luo and Yuzeqi was because Shangjia offered a reward.
Could it be that these two people, who have only met once, have some touching friendship?
When the time comes, they will still resort to violence.
Not only these robbers, but also Evil Luo Yuzeqi received the same treatment; they were all taken away and locked up in the prison.
This ship will exist forever as long as its mechanical heart is not destroyed.
Therefore, Chen Qing didn't need to worry about them causing any trouble on the ship.
The mechanical heart will kill them; the Blood Spirit is dead, but it is still omnipresent.
Besides, Class B prisons aren't so easy to break into.
To reap huge profits, you always have to take some risks.
After a long day, Ero and the others were all taken away and imprisoned. Chen Qing looked at the mechanical ship that had already entered the spatial passage, surrounded by darkness.
She was about to go back to her room to rest, but suddenly a bright light appeared in front of her in the darkness.
The dazzling white light was so bright that Chen Qing couldn't open his eyes, so he couldn't help but close them.
When the white light disappeared and I opened my eyes again, all I saw was a clear blue sky.
One moment they were on a battlefield engulfed in gunfire, the next they were on a vast, boundless sea.
The seawater was crystal clear, sparkling and shimmering with tiny points of light under the sunlight.
Tranquil and peaceful, the atmosphere is one of tranquility and comfort.
Even more dazzling than the seawater is the island below, which looks like a giant gemstone.
It is eye-catching yet not dazzling, radiating a soft light that is impossible to ignore.
The mechanical ship has arrived at the territory of Yuzhi Island.
Jade Branch Island is more fitting to the name of Treasure Sea than the other islands in Treasure Sea. This island is home to a plant called the Jade Branch Tree, which is exceptionally beautiful.
Its fruits, leaves, and flowers are often sold as gemstones.
Yuzhi Island is covered with Yuzhi trees, and people who enter Yuzhi Island for the first time will think that they have entered a fairyland.
The mechanical ship slowly descended from the sky and landed peacefully on the sea, creating a shallow ripple.
This time, taking Evil and the others on their escape, they used up all the energy stored in the mechanical ship.
Not only energy, but she also destroyed almost all of the Rabbit Legion's machinery. In addition to the ammunition and other supplies consumed, Chen Qing had invested a lot.
For this reason, Chen Qing also gave up the opportunity to purchase a pharmaceutical factory from Clockwork Bay and to take advantage of the Machinery Association.
If the additional gifts offered are not enough to satisfy Chen Qing, he will seriously consider handing Ero and Luo over to Yuan Fei.
Yuanfei should be happy to offer a better price than the Bounty Guild.
She hated Shangjia to the core.
Because of her use of space travel, Chen Qing arrived at Yuzhi Island much earlier than Shang Jia and the others had expected. When she arrived, the Demon Dragon Pirates had not yet arrived.
Chen Qing simply went back to his room to rest for a while, and Mechanical Heart docked the ship on Yuzhi Island.
Jade Branch Island does not belong to any of the forces in the Treasure Sea; it is just an ordinary island.
Just like the reef island that Chen Qing first encountered, it was located in a remote area, and the island was mostly inhabited by civilians. Apart from the occasional visit of small pirates, there were also some tourists and merchant ships.
The island is beautiful, but unfortunately it lacks resources and is not very large.
The island is home to only a few thousand villagers, and the jade tree is just an ordinary plant.
Jade tree branches are sold as gemstones, a practice commonly known as counterfeiting.
When the mechanical ship appeared, the island's civilians were terrified, thinking it was another pirate raid.
Judging by the size of the mechanical ship, it's not like those small pirates they can handle.
The island's civilians hurriedly hid all the elderly and children in their homes. Led by the village chief of Yuzhi Village, a group of young and strong men cautiously arrived at the dock.
Upon seeing the well-equipped weaponry on the mechanical ship, the elderly village chief nearly fainted.
How did their Yuzhi Village manage to provoke such a wicked star?!
Damn it!!
"Village chief, village chief, that ship doesn't seem to intend to attack us. There doesn't look like anyone on board."
The villagers from Yuzhi Village quickly helped the village chief up and whispered words of comfort.
“Yes, village chief, there’s been no news for so long, let’s go ask Granny Yuhua.”
The old woman they were talking about, Granny Yuhua, was the only staff member of the small bounty guild that ran at the Yuzhi Island pier.
He is also the most knowledgeable person on the island.
"Yes, yes, yes."
Upon hearing this, Yuzhi Village Chief, who was still unconscious, immediately woke up and led the other villagers to the Bounty Guild.
The bounty guild on Yuzhi Island is a bit larger than that on Reef Island; it at least has a storefront, a two-story building covering more than fifty square meters.
Elegant flowers grow in front of her door, and the villagers on the island even helped her fence off a plot of land to grow vegetables and raise a sea lion.
It has a beautiful artistic conception.
Unfortunately, this old woman named Yuhua was a heavy drinker, drinking both during the day and at night.
If it weren't for the villagers helping to manage it, not to mention the small garden and vegetable patch, even the Bounty Hunter Guild's little building would have been abandoned.
When the villagers stormed into the Bounty Hunter Guild with their weapons, unsurprisingly, Yu Hua was already drunk and fast asleep, clutching her wine bottle.
"Yu Hua, Yu Hua!!"
The village chief shouted into Yu Hua's ear, and villagers helped shake Yu Hua's body frantically, hoping that this would bring her back to her senses.
Unfortunately, no matter how much they tried to wake her up, Yuhua showed no signs of waking up.
"Village, village, village chief—no, no, no—"
The villagers who were guarding the door suddenly rushed into the house, stammering and unable to utter a complete sentence.
"Something's wrong?"
"Yes, yes, yes, ship, ship, ship—"
"People have boarded the ship?!"
The village chief looked terrified and almost jumped three feet high.
"right!"
After the villager finished speaking, a tall, dark shadow appeared at the doorway, completely blocking the sunlight.
"!!!"
"Help!!"
"Pirates are coming!!!"
The villagers of Yuzhi Village were all in a panic and ran around in panic.
However, some villagers were more rational and knew that they should deal with the pirates first.
So, a steel fork was placed against Chen Qing's back, but it couldn't be inserted no matter what.
"???"
A look of confusion appeared on Chen Qing's face.
"pirate?"
I don’t think her ship was flying a pirate flag.
She herself doesn't seem to have the air of a pirate, does she?
"Get out of Yuzhi Island, you damned pirate!!"
Behind Chen Qing, a young boy pointed a weapon at Chen Qing and shouted insults.
However, she was immediately dragged away by her family, who cursed at her as they did so.
"Are you out of your mind? Didn't you see that even your Uncle Dog Egg's steel fork couldn't hit her!"
The villagers were doing all sorts of things, and it was a chaotic mess.
However, they had essentially formed an encirclement, trapping Chen Qing inside the Bounty Guild.
This left the still unconscious Granny Yuhua to face Chen Qing alone.
Grandma Yuhua was quickly awakened by the farce before her eyes and opened her blurry eyes.
What are you doing?
After seeing the chaotic Bounty Guild in front of her, Granny Yuhua stared wide-eyed and cursed in disbelief!
"Are you all crazy? How could you make such a mess of my house?!"
"We're the ones who usually clean this place."
A villager muttered under his breath.
Indeed, Granny Yuhua is either drinking heavily every day or on her way to drink heavily, so how could she have time to tidy up?
Even if they make a mess of the Bounty Hunter Guild, in the end, it's still them who have to clean up the mess.
Grandma Yuhua can't do anything.
"They mistook me for a pirate."
Chen Qing pulled up a chair and sat down, saying helplessly.
"you?"
Grandma Yuhua glanced at Chen Qing suspiciously, then found her reading glasses among the scattered wine bottles and put them on before she could see the person in front of her clearly.
"Aren't you that... that... Chen Qing from recently?"
As the most knowledgeable and well-informed member of the Bounty Hunter Guild on the island, Yu Hua knew Chen Qing.
"Um."
Chen Qing nodded.
"Let's disperse, let's disperse, we're not pirates."
Yu Hua glanced disdainfully at the panicked villagers outside the door; they still hadn't figured it out.
She naturally saw Chen Qing's ship docked at the pier. If he were a pirate, wouldn't a pirate with such a large ship fly a pirate flag?
I know how poor Yuzhi Village is.
That wouldn't attract those big pirates.
"Chen Qing? Who is he?"
"I think I heard Granny Yuhua mention it before."
"Is it some kind of mechanic?"
"A mechanic? Do you think she can fix refrigerators?"
Despite being ruthlessly driven away by Granny Yuhua, the villagers weren't angry; instead, they started discussing it quietly.
Yu Hua has lived on this island for many years, and they all know her temperament.
Although she has a bit of a temper, Yu Hua is always willing to step up and help when they encounter pirates they can't handle.
"The drinks menu is on the wall, the wanted posters are on the bookshelf over there, and the dark blue newspapers are on the cart by the door. Help yourself."
Yu Hua glanced at Chen Qing, showing no intention of entertaining him, and continued to sleep soundly in her recliner.
In such a small, run-down village, don't expect the staff of the Bounty Hunter Guild to be good-natured.
To be precise, don't expect any bounty guild employees to be good-natured.
Chen Qing grabbed a few bottles of liquor from the counter and started mixing them.
She originally intended to disembark to replenish her supplies and enjoy the scenery of Yuzhi Island, but she didn't expect the villagers on the island to react so strongly.
A strong aroma of mixed liquor filled the room, mixed with a faint smell of blood.
Chen Qing was not uninjured when he was at Clockwork Bay, but his injuries were not serious, just some superficial wounds.
As the strong liquor went down his throat, a spicy taste filled his mouth, and Chen Qing flipped through the wanted list.
The bounty for those robbers on the ship is quite high.
There are nearly 20,000 goldfish in total.
Her reward was also quite high, 100,000.
Most of them were from the orc race, and the bounty set for her by the Bounty Guild was not high, only eight thousand.
That's quite in line with Chen Qing's abilities.
"elder sister."
Chen Qing was drinking when he suddenly felt a pull on the hem of his clothes.
She looked down and saw a child looking at her timidly.
"Sister, my aunts say you're a mechanic, so could you fix this for me?"
The child was holding a very old wind-up toy mouse, which its owner clearly cherished, but it couldn't withstand the ravages of time.
"It's stopped moving."
"Can."
Chen Qing took the toy and, using the tools he carried, fixed it in just a few seconds.
"Thank you, sister! This is for you!"
A necklace made of jade was stuffed into Chen Qing's hand by the child.
"Sister, could you fix this for us too?"
On the windowsill by the door, fluffy little heads popped out, looking at Chen Qing expectantly.
"..."
So, when the Demon Dragon Pirates and their temporary alliance allies arrived at Jade Branch Island, this was the scene they saw.
Chen Qing sat under the jade tree, diligently repairing the broken toys of the children in Yuzhi Village.
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