When disaster struck, I became a big shot surviving in the ocean.
Chapter 172 Ghost Moon Pirates’ Earnings

Chapter 172: Chapter 172 Ghost Moon Pirates’ Earnings

Chen Qing leaned on the railings of the Ghost Ship, closing her eyes as she waited for the Water Healing Butterfly’s treatment to end.

It must be said, the Water Healing Butterfly’s method of treatment was not at all restrained—it hurt as much as it could possibly hurt.

Feeling the pain in her palm and other injured parts of her body, Chen Qing slightly furrowed her brows.

She could tolerate pain and wasn’t afraid of it, but that didn’t mean she couldn’t feel it.

Only fools would seek out unnecessary hardship.

After shooing away the Water Healing Butterfly, Chen Qing glanced at the Mini Rabbits busily transporting various materials on the Ghost Ship, then quickly looked away.

Some Mini Rabbits were salvaging a sunken ship that the Wind Shadow Jade had dealt with, a scene that was quite cute and charming.

Most pirates were actually rather poor most of the time.

They didn’t have much cash on hand. Soon after plundering and receiving their money, they would either squander it or use it to enhance themselves.

Or they would exchange it for various kinds of materials, although the likelihood of that was relatively small.

More often, they would splurge it all in no time at all.

They were far more extravagant in spending than the Bounty Hunters; money came too fast and too easily, so it wasn’t valued as it should be.

The Ghost Moon Pirate Group was no different. Despite having such a large Extraordinary Pirate Ship and so many pirate ships, Chen Qing had only received less than one thousand goldfish so far.

She estimated that even after scouring the rest of the pirate ships, it wouldn’t amount to much more.

Moreover, there weren’t many valuable goods on this ship—most of them were quite ordinary.

It was only the weapons of the pirates and those on the ship that could be worth some money, worth tens of thousands of goldfish.

Especially the sniper’s rifle—if Chen Qing hadn’t closed in on him, he really might have been able to blow her head off with one shot.

The weapons of the other Ghost Moon Pirates combined probably weren’t worth as much as the sniper’s rifle.

A golden-quality sniper rifle with three B-level Skills, one of which was a passive skill.

Not only that, the sniper rifle was inlaid with many gemstones and enchanted as well.

The sniper definitely spent a fortune on it, but unfortunately, the rifle was too good and he couldn’t keep up; he wasn’t able to unleash the full power of the rifle.

Chen Qing’s identification skills were not yet able to fully appraise the data of the sniper rifle, but she could spend money to have the system appraise it.

This was a new feature that appeared after the system update, which could fully digitalize these equipment weapons.

The higher the level and quality of the equipment, the higher the appraisal fee would be. Just the appraisal fee for this sniper rifle would cost three hundred goldfish.

Chen Qing quite liked the sniper rifle, but she had no intention of keeping it; she wasn’t planning on switching her combat profession.

There’s a special focus for each craft, and Chen Qing’s Swordsmanship was already developing quite well. Switching now would mean her previous efforts would be in vain.

This wouldn’t be cutting losses in time, but rather giving up halfway through.

Chen Qing looked at the sniper rifle named "Eight Thousand Leaving Fire" with some regret and opened the chat channel.

Killing the Ghost Moon Pirates, the biggest gains were probably that Extraordinary Ship, the sniper rifle, the Extraordinary Points for killing the Ghost Moon Pirates, and their corpses.

Chen Qing needed to liquidate the sniper rifle and other weapons quickly and the survivors, with their considerable wealth, were the best choice.

As for that Extraordinary Ship, Chen Qing wasn’t sure yet how to deal with it.

Chen Qing’s forces were filled with Mechanical Creations; adding one more ship wouldn’t be much trouble.

The existence of the Ghost Ship could make up for some of the shortcomings of the Mechanical Ship. However, to keep up with the progress of the Mechanical Ship, Chen Qing would have to invest a large amount of Extraordinary Points.

Let alone the Extraordinary Ship, even developing the sniper profession would be a bit difficult for Chen Qing.

Without the Blood Spirit, Chen Qing was indeed feeling the squeeze in terms of Extraordinary Points.

Upon opening the chat channel, even though it was late at night, many night owls were still active.

Everyone was talking mostly about the battle between Chen Qing and the Ghost Moon Pirate Group.

The Deep Blue Newspaper was delivered so quickly that, during the period of Chen Qing’s battle with the Ghost Moon Pirates, the Deep Sea Daily issued a whole three editions.

Of course, the content was certainly not limited to Chen Qing and the Ghost Moon Pirate Group; there was also about the Demon Dragon Pirate Group, the White Immortal Pirate Group, the Makurein Chamber of Commerce, the Rabbit Ear Bone Commerce, the Delu Gu Family, ...

It was also a coincidence.

Chen Qing was in the limelight recently, so her news was directly placed on the front page of the daily.

The Mechanical Heart had already placed the daily in Chen Qing’s bedroom, and this time the deliverer was a red fish.

It was still the familiar violent delivery, but the red fish was taught to be fish by the Mechanical Heart.

It almost got directly stewed.

Chen Qing opened her private chat channel, where the number of survivors in the private channel now consistently stayed around eight hundred, with very few increases.

These were mostly survivors who had dealt with Chen Qing before, as well as some fairly powerful buyers from her auctions.

Not only survivors from Dragon Country.

A saying was quietly circulating among the survivors that only those invited into Chen Qing’s private channel could be called true powerhouses.

In fact, there was some truth to it.

Survivors came and went in Chen Qing’s private channel, but ultimately, those who could stay inside were at least elite level.

Basically, the survivors in the private channel were all well-known if they participated in the previous gemstone events.

[Chen Qing: Tomorrow the auction for "Eight Thousand Leaving Fire," "Thorny Sword," ...]

[Zhao Fuli: Goodness, big boss, which pirate group did you wipe out this time?]

[Teng Wanlin: Saying you don’t check the surf in time, yet you reply to messages so quickly, and saying you do check in time, but didn’t see the three issues of the Deep Blue Daily.]

[Teng Wanlin: Give me a one-off price for that sniper, I’m going to raise money.]

This message was sent privately to Chen Qing by Teng Wanlin, who rarely encountered a sniper rifle so suitable for her; even for twice the normal price, she would have to take it.

At the other end of the channel, a woman sat on a rock, legs crossed and a cigarette dangling from her mouth, growing more and more fond of the sniper rifle named "Eight Thousand Leaving Fire."

Just looking at the name was lucky for her! She had finally found her destined love!

"Big Sister, why are you laughing so enchantingly?"

"Get lost, I’m in a good mood, so I won’t settle scores with you. Go catch your fish!"

Teng Wanlin kicked her underling’s butt without so much as a smile. A weapon of this level was once in a blue moon; no matter how expensive, she would grit her teeth and accept it!

"Don’t go yet. Come back."

The underling, who was about to leave, was called back by Teng Wanlin, his face full of resentment.

"How much do we have in our private savings?"

Teng Wanlin grabbed her underling’s neck, smiling craftily.

"What are you trying to do? That’s my dowry! Even if you kill me, I won’t give it to you!"

The underling clutched his wallet, looking at Teng Wanlin with wary eyes.

"Oh, come on, we’ve switched worlds. Marry in, brother. I’ll definitely find you a good family."

Teng Wanlin faced the underling with a profound look, nodding earnestly and shamelessly extending her hand.

"Hand over the money; big sis has a big move to make."

"..."

Listen, does this sound like something a person would say?