When disaster struck, I became a big shot surviving in the ocean.
Chapter 110: A Surprising New Force

Chapter 110: Chapter 110: A Surprising New Force

Back in the studio, Chen Qing once again immersed himself in the battle of wits with the Sword Dance Mantis.

In the following two days, Huo Hou and his group of Gem Hunters finally found their groove, and Chen Qing’s points climbed steadily.

One of the Gem Hunters discovered a hiding spot for a Treasure Fish known as the Dream Carp and managed to capture them all in one go.

This propelled Chen Qing’s ranking directly into the top five hundred, bringing his points to a total of 1.72 million.

However, compared to the top ten survivors on the leaderboard, he was still far behind.

At present, the most formidable survivor was Zhao Fuli, or more accurately, the powerful Demon Dragon Pirate Group.

With the Demon Dragon Pirate Group’s relentless plundering, Zhao Fuli had successfully broken into the top ten, now ranked fifth.

If the news from the Demon Dragon Pirate Group was reliable enough, it wouldn’t be long before Zhao Fuli would claim the top spot.

Zhao Fuli’s momentum was so strong that even the stakes on various bets placed on her soared to a frightening figure.

However, survivors betting on Zhao Fuli, if they knew about the situation and standing of the Demon Dragon Pirate Group in the Deep Blue Sea, would realize it was an impossible feat.

Zhao Fuli’s success and failure both depended on Jia.

The Demon Dragon Pirate Group was undoubtedly formidable, but for some reason, the major powers of the Deep Blue Sea were quite wary of and even subtly hostile toward them.

Not to mention others, just the pirate groups like White Immortal would not sit idly by and watch Jia support Zhao Fuli, the puppet, to snatch those rewards.

Zhao Fuli’s rank might remain in the top ten, but claiming first place was out of the question.

Those people would exhaust every means to thwart Jia, and it wasn’t just the humans; the Sea Clan and the Wood Clan were also involved.

They would rather let the survivors get the rewards than allow Jia to have them.

The reason was simple: Jia was inherently a fickle-minded madmen.

Even more insane than the notoriously mad Bedelugu family.

What was most terrifying was that this madman possessed an exceptionally strong power.

The survivors might not have experienced Jia at his maddest, but the natives of the Deep Blue Sea had suffered greatly from his actions.

In the words of the survivors, at that time, Jia was like a mad dog that bit anyone he saw!

Leading the charge were well-known pirate groups of the Deep Blue Sea like White Immortal, Gem Hunter, Ye Xing, Aurora Silver, Frenzied Metal, Amnesiac,...

Of course, not limited to them, places like Jade Island, the Mechanical Association, Plant Sea’s Sky Country, Sunrise Country in the Great Vortex Sea, Deserted Island No. 73, the 6487 Islands Alliance,...

Countless victims, the Deep Blue Sea was once shrouded under the dark shadow of Jia’s curse.

Jia being targeted had its reasons and was well-deserved.

Only members of the Demon Dragon Pirate Group felt they were wronged and aggrieved; if they were innocent, then the Deep Blue Sea would not have a single villain!

The survivors were lucky; in the past, the forces of the Deep Blue Sea united to suppress Jia, killed many related individuals, and finally calmed Jia down, making him seem less insane and somewhat humanlike.

However, everyone knew that if Jia found the opportunity, he would revert to that lawless madman.

Therefore, they would absolutely not give Jia that chance.

Either kill Jia or somehow send him to the Scarlet Sea Domain.

With his craziness, he was bound to die at the hands of the strong individuals in the Scarlet Sea Domain sooner or later.

But over the years they had neither killed Jia, and those opposing forces weren’t so united in their hearts.

After all, interests were most important.

However, they still distinguished the importance of matters; the past leniency shown to Jia was harmless, but this time they absolutely would not let Jia off.

If Jia ever got hold of the rewards... this scoundrel would definitely seek insane revenge, and they would all have to die.

Of course, the survivors were almost oblivious to these matters; they only saw the glory of the Demon Dragon Pirate Group as the number one pirate group of the Deep Blue Sea.

The betting stakes among the survivors were terrifying, with many staking their entire fortunes on a chance to completely turn their lives around.

Many survivors had already keenly sensed the abnormalities in the Deep Blue Sea Domain, feeling the tension of a brewing storm, only calming when they had enough supplies and money in hand.

Of course, all this had nothing to do with Chen Qing. No matter what the Deep Blue Sea Domain turned into, there would always be a place for her.

At this moment, Chen Qing was deeply mired in the quagmire of modifying the Sword Dance Mantis, unable to extricate herself.

After spending two days, Chen Qing had confirmed one thing.

The existing Sword Dance Mantis blueprints could not be modified at all.

Chen Qing threw down her pen and silently lit a cigarette.

Her workshop was a mess, with discarded blueprints littering the floor.

Chen Qing had tried various methods, but none could fix the flaws in the Sword Dance Mantis.

Indeed, Chen Qing was able to modify the blueprints, enhancing the Sword Dance Mantis’s attack capabilities.

But correspondingly, its flaws would also be magnified.

This was not what Chen Qing wanted.

A mechanical creation that couldn’t be controlled, what use did she have for it?

Would it only harm others and herself?

"..."

Chen Qing’s movements suddenly paused, her eyes flickered.

It seemed like...

Just as Chen Qing was about to do something, a noise from outside the window suddenly escalated into a loud clamor.

Chen Qing momentarily set aside her work and went up to the deck.

The previously deserted Deserted Island was now tightly packed, and even the nearby sea showed clusters of shiny green heads.

It was the Deep Blue Newspaper’s delivery Muscle Turtles.

And a group of Gem Hunters Chen Qing didn’t remember, unsure if they were survivors or natives.

Chen Qing wasn’t surprised by the additional Gem Hunters on the island, but why were these delivery Muscle Turtles here?

Was it because she had split one of the Muscle Turtles’ shells in two before?

"Chen Qing has come out."

Someone suddenly shouted, and all the creatures in the sea and on the entire Deserted Island turned to look at Chen Qing, their gazes intense!

Among the crowd, a few Gem Hunters looked at Chen Qing nervously, Chen Qing didn’t remember their faces, but she recognized the mechanical prosthetics on their bodies.

She had made them.

A group of Muscle Turtles stood up from the water, staring fiercely at Chen Qing, their gazes horrific and imposing immense pressure.

The leader among the Muscle Turtles pulled out a smaller turtle from the group, the very same Muscle Turtle whose shell Chen Qing had cut in half before.

"Compensate..."

The lead Muscle Turtle spoke in a strange Deep Blue common language, clearly indicating they wouldn’t leave without compensation.

Chen Qing looked down at them coldly from her high vantage point.

She was in a bad mood right now, and these Muscle Turtles had just crossed her path.

Chen Qing didn’t bother with words, she drew the knife from her waist, its blade sharp and threatening.

"Come at me all at once."

Night fell, stars twinkled, and in the distance, the Muscle Turtles’ bulging muscles looked like looming dark clouds, densely packed, filling the entire sea area, their faces bearing human-like smiles, chilling to the bone.