When disaster struck, I became a big shot surviving in the ocean.
Chapter 164: City Wall Tree Hedges

Chapter 164: Chapter 164: City Wall Tree Hedges

Time passed swiftly amidst Chen Qing’s busyness, and the Extraordinary Ship was fast. After leaving Wood Island, it took her less than a day to reach the Deserted Island where Ming Rang was located.

Honestly speaking, the Elemental Sea was larger than the Gem Sea, and there were more deserted islands.

This Deserted Island was on Chen Qing’s necessary route to Treasure Sea, so she took a detour to visit it.

Ming Rang, like her, was also an orphan from a welfare institute.

But compared to the carefree Chen Qing who was on her own, Ming Rang had a family to look after—all the orphans from the welfare institute stayed with her.

The children abandoned at the welfare institute were mostly healthy girls or boys with disabilities.

Not many of these children survived the system’s first round of cleansing.

However, even this small number of children was enough to overwhelm Ming Rang.

Compared to the "Good Person" Chen Qing, Ming Rang was the true Saint.

It wasn’t meant derogatorily; it was genuinely praising Ming Rang.

When Chen Qing’s ship arrived at the Deserted Island where Ming Rang and others were, even at night time, there were fires lighting up the island.

As the ship approached the Deserted Island and she disembarked, Chen Qing had just set foot on the sandy beach when she was surrounded by a group of children.

"Who are you?"

The leader of the children watched Chen Qing with wary eyes, defiant.

Chen Qing looked at the child leader carrying a gun, blinked slowly, and spoke in a cold voice.

"If I were you, I wouldn’t point it at me."

Her voice was as cold as the night, chilling to the point of rattling those who heard it.

"Are you a pirate?!"

Hearing Chen Qing’s response, the group of children became even more vigilant, refusing to budge an inch.

Suddenly, Chen Qing stepped forward, her palm fiercely grasping the gun, completely covering the muzzle as she leaned in.

Her figure completely overshadowed the leading child, bringing an overwhelming sense of oppression, her dark eyes piercingly fixed on the child.

"Guess whether if you fire now, whether the gun will hit me or blow you apart?"

"Just like fireworks, your whole body will explode, splattering your blood and flesh all over them."

Chen Qing slightly tilted her head, a hint of a smile on her face.

"You-you-you—"

The leader of the children, overwhelmed by Chen Qing’s aura, stuttered with fright, unable to finish her sentence.

"Stop scaring them, Lady Chen Qing, they are timid," came a tired female voice from the grass behind the beach. Soon after, a girl in a floral shirt, shorts, and slippers appeared in front of Chen Qing.

Ming Rang’s hair was a mess, and her face bore the marks of a sleeping mat, obviously having just been woken up from sleep.

"Didn’t I tell you to wake me up when you spotted a ship?"

Ming Rang showed up and immediately gave each of the children a fierce thump on their head, making them cry with their heads in their hands.

"We were trying to let you sleep a bit longer."

The leader of the children, squatting on the ground holding their head, muttered quietly. However, she didn’t say anything more.

Obviously, she knew she was wrong.

If Chen Qing really were an enemy, then all of them would have to die—no, they would already be dead.

The best choice was to wake up Ming Rang in time. An earlier experience of killing pirates with a gun had made the child somewhat overconfident.

"Sorry."

Ming Rang apologized to Chen Qing skillfully, taking the responsibility onto herself.

Children without parents are easily discriminated against. There are good people in this world, and there are bad people.

Both orphans, Chen Qing and Ming Rang had completely different characters.

Compared to Chen Qing, who seemed to blend into society but actually stuck out like a sore thumb, Ming Rang’s difficult personality masked the smooth edges honed by society.

"They’re not bad kids, it’s my fault for not teaching them well."

"It’s not Sister Ming’s fault, it’s mine, I’m sorry."

The leader of the kids sprang up and charged over like a cannonball, earnestly bowing their head to apologize to Chen Qing.

Indeed, very well-behaved.

A faint smile deepened on Chen Qing’s face, but it was too dark for Ming Rang and her group to notice.

"It’s fine, but don’t play with that gun anymore, it’s easy to blow yourself up."

Chen Qing shook her head and tossed a bracelet to Ming Rang, who caught it instinctively.

"Here’s the Space Distortion Bracelet I promised."

A glint of joy appeared on Ming Rang’s face, a space item, she hadn’t expected Chen Qing to actually make it.

"I’ve prepared everything you wanted."

Ming Rang coughed lightly, trying hard not to let her joy show too clearly.

"Let’s go back and make some tea."

Ming Rang gently kicked the leg of the young girl with a buzz cut who had pointed a gun at Chen Qing. The kid giggled and wasn’t upset, quickly leading her friends back to their camp.

On the beach, an old gun lay there isolated, emanating a lonely aura.

"The resources on this island are quite abundant, I found something good, just not sure if it’s of any use to you."

Ming Rang scratched her head, stepped forward to pick up the gun, and led Chen Qing into the island.

Since Chen Qing said the gun was at risk of exploding, it would no longer be given to them.

The gun was one they had snatched from a pirate group, and surprising to find that the pirate group was so impoverished.

Ming Rang curled her lips, full of contempt.

So weak, yet daring to imitate others and become pirates to rob.

The people in this world are really no good.

Ming Rang clearly harbored a grudge against the survival system and this world; who didn’t.

Apart from a top-tier expert like Chen Qing, which survivor from Dragon Country would be willing to abandon their previous stable life and start over?

Perhaps to survivors from other countries, this was thrilling, feeling like a whole new opportunity to start afresh, but survivors from Dragon Country still preferred their old, peaceful lives.

Ming Rang felt the same way.

But since things had come to this, one had to learn to accept.

Ming Rang led Chen Qing deep into the island, through various threats, to a towering "city wall."

Other dangerous creatures were still living on the island, and Ming Rang’s camp was near the beach; they dared not go deeper.

This abnormally tall plant that resembled a city wall was discovered accidentally by a kid wandering around.

"City Wall Tree Hedges (Purple): An extremely tall and high-blood-volume mutant hedge with almost impregnable defense."

"Not bad, right?"

Ming Rang patted the towering hedge wall, which was so tall that the top was almost out of sight, and turned to look at Chen Qing.

She still very much enjoyed doing business with Chen Qing, who was generous and straightforward.

Although she was not exactly a good trade partner, she was almost the polar opposite of Chen Qing.

Stingy and slow.

But this hedge, would Chen Qing be able to use it?

Ming Rang hadn’t forgotten the rumors on the chat channels, that Chen Qing owned an Extraordinary Ship.

She didn’t feel any greed towards Chen Qing, but of course, she did feel envious.

"Do you want this thing? It’s a bit hard to dig up, I spent half a day and only got half of one, it’s at the camp."