When disaster struck, I became a big shot surviving in the ocean.
Chapter 123: Control Wind Shadow Jade

Chapter 123: Chapter 123: Control Wind Shadow Jade

By the end, either the Wind Shadow Jade would disappear from the Deep Blue Sea.

Or the inheritance of the Wind Shadow Jade, that is, their program, might face major issues—who could say what the result would be.

Perhaps they would become a terrifying presence in the Deep Blue Sea.

The moment Chen Qing saw the core of the Fish King, she knew she lacked the ability to repair its Mechanical Core.

However, although she couldn’t repair it, maintaining its current condition might still be feasible.

The construction of the Fish King’s Mechanical Core was far more complex than that of the Wind Shadow Jade.

However, its core was already compromised, with holes throughout the walls of the labyrinth.

Though complex, these holes acted like a cheat for Chen Qing, significantly reducing the difficulty.

It turned a closed-book test into a half-open book test.

This was of great help to Chen Qing.

She successfully penetrated the core of the Mechanical Fish King.

Although she couldn’t directly control the entire Wind Shadow Jade Clan, having them obey Chen Qing directly,

The systems of these Wind Shadow Jade had already become fixed, making it difficult to change their core commands.

Nevertheless, Chen Qing could use the Fish King to transmit some erroneous information to the Wind Shadow Jade.

The Fish King was still capable of doing that.

For example, making them hunt other Treasure Fish in the deep sea and seize their gemstones.

Moreover, Chen Qing could still use the Fish King to modify the core commands of the next generation of Wind Shadow Jade that had yet to officially emerge.

She could make these young Wind Shadow Jade work for her.

Chen Qing needed to verify whether, by controlling the Mechanical Fish King, she could be considered the nominal Controller of the Wind Shadow Jade.

As long as the system acknowledged it, it didn’t matter whether the Wind Shadow Jade obeyed her commands or not.

As long as she had enough Jade Gemstones, Chen Qing could soon breed a mature Wind Shadow Jade Clan.

Compared to using the Fish King to modify the core commands of the adult Wind Shadow Jade to control the clan,

Chen Qing was more inclined to indirectly control the Wind Shadow Jade Clan through the Fish King.

There was a significant difference between these two methods.

In the former, Chen Qing needed to control the entire clan, a task that would consume a great amount of spiritual power and mental energy, which she couldn’t sustain in her current state.

In the latter, controlling just one Fish King was sufficient.

These methods differed completely from Chen Qing’s own proactive invasion of the Wind Shadow Jade’s Mechanical Core.

By using her skills to invade the Wind Shadow Jade, Chen Qing, to some extent, hacked the Mechanical Core and implanted a virus in the controlled Wind Shadow Jade.

This fundamentally twisted and modified their programs to control them.

However, this virus was beneficial for Chen Qing, but not for the Wind Shadow Jade.

The consumption of spiritual power in this process was one-time, not a continual drain.

Whereas modifying the core commands of the Wind Shadow Jade through the Fish King inflicted no harmful damage to the Wind Shadow Jade.

Chen Qing controlling their issuance of new commands would require spiritual power.

Using the Fish King to modify their core commands was a continuous and slow process, requiring a significant amount of spiritual power.

Even if each Wind Shadow Jade consumed just a little spiritual power, with over eight thousand Wind Shadow Jade, the consumption was not something Chen Qing could afford.

Overall, the Mechanical Core Invasion skill is an offensive skill and will inevitably cause damage to the Wind Shadow Jade.

However, Mechanics who possess this skill would hardly care, since it is the enemy’s machinery they are invading.

Who would worry about the kind of damage inflicted on the enemy? This skill is truly designed for destruction.

But Chen Qing’s main goal was to put these machines to use for herself, so she couldn’t allow too much damage to be inflicted on the Wind Shadow Jade.

She would need them later on.

In the following time, during the egg-laying period of the Wind Shadow Jade, Chen Qing stayed inside their nest, waiting for their reproduction period to end.

During this time, Chen Qing kept using the Fish King to try and implant new commands into the cores of these Wind Shadow Jades to achieve her goal.

The results were quite satisfactory.

The Mechanical Fish King was the leader of the Wind Shadow Jade, acting as a spiritual guide. They accepted its commands well.

But if the commands were particularly twisted, they would resist.

Chen Qing once tried to order the Wind Shadow Jade to hand over their gemstones. As soon as this command was issued, the Wind Shadow Jade receiving the command immediately showed aggression.

This indicated that the command contradicted their programming, as they prioritized their core programming commands.

However, this was not the case with those Wind Shadow Jade that had been invaded by Chen Qing.

The Wind Shadow Jade with invaded cores were more obedient.

While waiting for the Wind Shadow Jade to lay eggs, Chen Qing was not idle. She did more than just attempt to control the Wind Shadow Jade.

She also dismantled the casing of the Fish King and performed some basic maintenance.

This simple task was something Chen Qing could manage.

Even though the structure of the Fish King was extremely complex and unlike anything Chen Qing had ever seen before.

But with so many Wind Shadow Jade around, Chen Qing could practice on them.

While Chen Qing stayed in the nest, the conflict and competition between the survivors and the natives grew even more intense.

Chen Qing’s current points had already reached the upper limit for white, green, and blue quality gemstones, with the assistance of Gao Yue and other survivors, as well as newly arrived Gem Hunters.

And they had even slightly exceeded the limit.

Although this slight excess was but a drop in the bucket in terms of the leaderboard, they had truly given their best efforts.

No one among the survivors was focusing on Chen Qing anymore; they had all turned their attention to a few strong competitors.

Demon Dragon Shangjia pushed Zhao Fuli, Bai Xian Yuanfei, and survivor forces like Xuan Ye, as well as national forces from Dragon Country, Mao Bear Country, Ying Country, and others supporting their survivors.

The survivors believed that the final victor would be one among these people.

Aside from Gao Yue and her group, no one believed Chen Qing would be the final victor.

Gao Yue and her group were waiting for Chen Qing to truly exert her strength, and Chen Qing was also waiting for a new opportunity.

Once the reproductive period of the Wind Shadow Jade ended, Chen Qing would initiate her attack!

The Sea Clan outside the nest of the Wind Shadow Jade were also waiting for the end of their reproductive period to attack the Wind Shadow Jade.

With reproduction over, the Wind Shadow Jade were relatively less aggressive, making it the best time to attack.

However, these Sea Clan and those human forces probably could never have imagined.

While they were waiting outside, Chen Qing had already infiltrated their ranks and successfully "Controlled" these Wind Shadow Jade.

Once the reproductive period ended, they would face Wind Shadow Jade that were more aggressive and more terrifying than during their reproductive period!