When disaster struck, I became a big shot surviving in the ocean.
Chapter 106: Deserted Island 266

Chapter 106: Chapter 106: Deserted Island 266

When Chen Qing set sail from the harbor of Jade Island and arrived at Deserted Island No. 266, it was already nearing evening.

The Huo Hou group had been waiting on Deserted Island No. 266 for a long time, having repelled two waves of Gem Hunters who wanted to contest their territory.

Due to the incident caused by Shui Seqinglan, Chen Qing did not recruit Gem Hunters on Jade Island, but instead entrusted the task to the Huo Hou-led Bounty Hunters to find suitable Gem Hunters, who would temporarily join Chen Qing’s Bounty Group.

With an onslaught of money, Huo Hou and her team indeed attracted many experienced Gem Hunters.

The price offered by Chen Qing was not low, but the specific details would be discussed after her arrival on Deserted Island No. 266.

She needed to test which type of "Cheating" method was actually effective.

The system must have restrictions, it limits the acquisition of points, so how could it not bind "Cheating" at all?

There is a cap on points acquisition for White, Green, and Blue gemstones, with White capped at one hundred thousand, Green at one million, and Blue at five million points.

Higher quality gemstones had no points limit.

This number was difficult to reach for ordinary survivors, but if some survivor organizations and forces were involved, then...

Ultimately, the rankings on the leaderboard would come down to the acquisition of high-quality gemstones.

"Chen Qing."

On Deserted Island No. 266, Huo Hou and her team had already set up temporary structures made of wood and cloth to rest in.

The island was barren with no vegetation left after just enduring the Gemstone Hurricane.

As Chen Qing’s boat approached, they spotted it.

After docking the boat in the near sea, Chen Qing stepped on the railing and jumped from the ship to the sandy beach of the deserted island.

At this time, Huo Hou and her team were leisurely preparing their dinner.

The Gem Hunters had caught quite a number of Fake Fish from the sea and were grilling them directly.

"Come join us for some."

Huo Hou called out to Chen Qing, who nodded and took out a bag of goldfish from her space, throwing it to Huo Hou.

"A deposit."

Huo Hou caught it with her hand. She knew right away how many goldfish were inside and was immediately overjoyed.

These hunters risked their lives just for money, didn’t they?

Working with Chen Qing could earn them even more, not to mention, as a Mechanic, they definitely couldn’t do without her Mechanical Creations.

Things like Mechanical Bombs, mechanical underwater equipment, and mechanical bodyguards would also provide them a bit more security in life.

Huo Hou had a good impression of Chen Qing, who was reliable, indeed.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have gone around helping her gather experienced Gem Hunters as soon as she received Chen Qing’s message.

Specific strength didn’t matter, but experience was essential.

At first, Huo Hou had thought of recruiting Chen Qing into their Bounty Group, but seeing how things unfolded, she thought better of it.

Chen Qing was simply not one of them, and instead of thinking about how to win her over, it was better to cling to her coattails.

Chen Qing was much easier to deal with than both Shuangwei and Fei Huo, those two dead weight individuals.

After having a meal of grilled fish with Huo Hou and her team, Chen Qing took out all the assembled mechanical creations from her space.

Heavy-duty mechanical arms, modified automatic fishing nets and fishing rods,...

There were many of them, and more were continuously produced in the mini-factory.

After dinner, Chen Qing began testing "Cheating" methods with these Gem Hunters.

Teams were formed, consisting of the members from Chen Qing’s Bounty Group, accompanied by Blast Battle Rabbits and other Mechanical Creations belonging to Chen Qing, as well as Hunters responsible for catching live Fake Fish...

There were nearly a hundred Gem Hunters solicited by Huo Hou, and they were managed by Huo Hou and a few others.

It took Chen Qing quite some time to finally obtain the results.

The only way for points to be credited to her was if either she or her Mechanical Creations personally killed the Treasure Fish and Fake Fish.

As for the specific methods and processes, the system didn’t care.

This allowed a great amount of leeway for the survivors.

Especially for those original official forces, the energy they could rally was incomparable to loner survivors like Chen Qing.

Chen Qing sat cross-legged on the beach, quietly beginning to ponder her strategy.

The Gem Hunters had already started diving to retrieve Treasure Fish and Fake Fish.

Chen Qing offered them the condition of buying gems from them at prices higher than the market rate, along with an additional one-time compensation.

The higher the quality of the gems, the higher the purchase price, with all mechanical-related expenses borne by Chen Qing.

However, Chen Qing required the live Treasure Fish and Fake Fish, or those killed by her Mechanical Creations, to extract the gems, and if any were hidden in the sand and soil, they had to be retrieved by her Mechanical Creations as well.

The difficulty was not low.

This task was assigned to Huo Hou. Chen Qing didn’t care how much profit Huo Hou would take from this, as long as the job was done well.

On the surface, it seemed like a trade-off completely detrimental to Chen Qing, as she would lose a substantial amount of money.

However, what Chen Qing sought wasn’t something that money could buy; she was after the ranking rewards.

Just thinking about obtaining the ranking rewards, she knew it was far from enough.

The Gem Hunters could only help Chen Qing gather up to 610,000 points, with a possible variance of thirty to fifty thousand.

The rest had to be figured out by Chen Qing herself.

For instance... by leveraging the power of the natives.

This was a tricky issue to solve, as Chen Qing did not have many Blast Battle Rabbits. After distributing one to each squad, she was left with only six.

To maximize the benefits from these Blast Battle Rabbits, Chen Qing still had to let them team up with the Super Shield Whale, Water Healing Butterfly, and Spider Bomb.

Chen Qing had also created the Water Healing Butterfly, mainly due to the efforts of the Assistant Bee.

It simultaneously had the capability to heal both living beings and Mechanical Creations, not only able to treat humans but also to perform simple repairs on machinery.

However, the quantities were small, and Chen Qing was running low on spare parts. Either they were too advanced, or the materials had not yet been made into parts.

Teams that were diving into the Central Sea and the deep sea were equipped by Chen Qing with a Water Healing Butterfly or a Super Shield Whale.

The Mechanical Arms and modified Automatic Fishing Net Machines and other such Mechanical Creations were responsible for salvaging gems from the shallow and central seas.

Due to the Gemstone Hurricane, the seabed’s layers of sand and soil also hid many gems.

Some were buried very deep, beyond the capability of ordinary Gem Hunters to detect, compounded by many Treasure Fish that lured people to enforce the law.

However, using machinery, Chen Qing could significantly reduce the casualty rate, and anytime a piece of machinery got damaged, she would immediately be notified where the Treasure Fish were located, as the gems carried by the Treasure Fish were at least of green quality.

Toward the middle and latter stages of the salvage operation, gems of purple quality would likely appear.

But that meant directly snatching from the jaws of peril.

As night fell deep, Chen Qing, who had been continuously creating Mechanical Creations with the Assistant Bee, finally received a system notification that her points had moved up into the top 1000.

The system encouraged her to keep up the good work...