When disaster struck, I became a big shot surviving in the ocean.
Chapter 173 The Path Ahead

Chapter 173: Chapter 173 The Path Ahead

Fixed price.

Chen Qing had received Teng Wanlin’s message and was considering whether to agree to her.

To be honest, as soon as Chen Qing sent out the panel information for the "Eight Thousand Leaving Fire," she started receiving a massive number of private messages.

Initially, it was just Teng Wanlin, the surfer pro, but later it seemed that some people who had been keeping an eye on the chat channel informed others.

After Teng Wanlin, Chen Qing received a deluge of messages, all more or less saying the same thing.

Like Teng Wanlin, they all wanted to secure this sniper rifle.

As long as it wasn’t going to auction, they let Chen Qing set whatever fixed price she wanted.

There were too many uncertainties with auctions, and these people would rather pay more for peace of mind.

There are many rich survivors, and Chen Qing was definitely not the richest one.

But this fixed price... it wasn’t easy to determine.

Chen Qing was not clear about the market value for weapon equipment, especially the "Eight Thousand Leaving Fire," which had many gemstones and magic patterns, all of which significantly increased its value.

The system only authenticated, not appraise the value.

It appraised the "Eight Thousand Leaving Fire" at eight thousand goldfish, could Chen Qing set a fixed price based on its appraisal?

How could that be possible.

The price of the "Eight Thousand Leaving Fire" had to be at least ten thousand goldfish now.

Besides, such weapons were prone to fetching a price above their value.

Especially at auctions, when a group of wealthy people got carried away.

This world was not the same as the one before, these wealthy people had money but no connections, and they were easy targets for scams and trickery.

Their rights could hardly be guaranteed, and Chen Qing was one of the very good, safe, steady sources of high-quality advanced materials they could access.

In the end, Chen Qing declined their fixed price requests and chose to go with the auction.

She would put all the other weapon equipment up for auction as well.

Some shrewd survivors quietly asked Chen Qing if the Ghost Moon Pirate Group’s Extraordinary Ship would be up for auction.

This was related to whether they would participate in the auction for the "Eight Thousand Leaving Fire."

With an Extraordinary Ship up for grabs, the "Eight Thousand Leaving Fire" certainly wouldn’t be as attractive.

For most teams, they needed to allocate their funds to the most critical needs.

For loners like Teng Wanlin, the "Eight Thousand Leaving Fire" was definitely more attractive than the Ghost Ship.

But teams had more to consider.

Chen Qing didn’t answer these people, but from Chen Qing’s ambiguous attitude, some sensed a possibility and quietly began to raise a large amount of funds.

After all, the Ghost Ship was not your average half-step Extraordinary from the Black Blade Pirates, this was a true Extraordinary Ship, and its price was naturally...

Sometimes, survivors really resented why there were so many other survivors; the more people there were, the greater the demand and the fiercer the competition.

A common ship worth a few hundred goldfish could easily double or triple in price to a few thousand, and the price of an Extraordinary Ship like the Ghost Ship was even more terrifying.

Ships weren’t really that valuable in themselves, and neither were the materials; what really added value was the shipwright’s craftsmanship, the various special functions they imparted to the ships.

All the supplies on the Ghost Ship had been stripped clean, but aside from money and materials, there were other things on the ship that were quite valuable.

For example, the Captain’s logbook of Sasha and the navigator’s navigational journal.

But...

Looking at the cryptic symbols in the Captain’s log in front of her, Chen Qing finally understood why there was such a special profession as decrypters and translators in this world.

And why their fees were so high.

Because you could never know how these illiterate pirates would choose to record their diaries...

Chen Qing dared swear on her professional talent that there wasn’t a hint of Deep Blue common language in the logs of Sasha’s ship’s captain.

The navigator’s notebook was somewhat better; Chen Qing could barely understand it.

She tossed Sasha’s captain’s log to Mechanical Heart, along with those previously obtained from groups like the Black Saber Pirates, the Ten-color Pirates, the Reynolds Family Pirate Group...

She gave Mechanical Heart all sorts of diaries, notebooks, and documents found aboard the defeated pirate groups, instructing it to decrypt, translate, and extract any useful information.

As for time, it didn’t matter.

Even if she were to hand these things over to dedicated professionals, it wouldn’t necessarily take much time.

Beyond that, Chen Qing put the mundane supplies found on the ship, which held no value, up for random sale on the trade channel to those survivors without combat ability.

The valuable items were sent to the storage by the Mini Rabbit; Mechanical Heart would handle them.

One benefit of owning an Extraordinary Ship was that Chen Qing had a storage space with virtually no capacity limit.

Mechanical Heart had divided it into several large categories and countless sub-areas within each category, with meticulous care.

Besides, except for some particularly precious resources, Chen Qing didn’t have to worry about anything expiring or spoiling.

After dealing with the Ghost Moon Pirate Group, Chen Qing sat in the dining area enjoying the midnight snack prepared by the chef robot.

All dishes were from this world, with somewhat strange names.

Fairy Berry Jelly, Phantom Jade Salad, Secret Realm Ancient Flower Tea, Dragon Heart Fruit Spread...

As a Transcendent, Chen Qing had huge energy needs.

She probably only felt half full after eating a whole table of midnight snacks.

She didn’t feel hungry, but she certainly didn’t feel satiated either.

After finishing her late-night snack, Chen Qing went back to her room to rest.

Her bedroom, though called a bedroom, was at least several hundred square meters in size.

Sleeping area, washing area, dressing area, study area...

And the areas like the dressing area and study area even had dedicated cabins in the ship, where the mechanicals would adjust the items based on Chen Qing’s movements.

It was truly very convenient and comfortable.

Having just finished battling, Chen Qing didn’t go straight to sleep but soaked in the huge bath in the washing area instead.

It even had a massage feature.

The water in the bath wasn’t ordinary; it was a specially formulated Body Training Potion that could enhance one’s physical attributes.

In a pool of crimson water, Chen Qing closed her eyes, leaned against the edge of the bath, and soaked most of her body in the potion.

Although the battle with the Ghost Moon Pirates ended in her victory, Chen Qing also recognized her own problem.

She relied too much on machinery.

Of course, as a Mechanic, it wasn’t a big problem to rely on machines.

But Chen Qing wasn’t just a Mechanic.

She needed to enhance her personal strength, not that of her machines.

Additionally, since the Blast Battle Rabbit model of Mechanical Creation would soon be mass-produced and hit the market, her advantage would no longer exist.

She needed to seriously consider her next steps.

Without the Blood Spirit, she lost a stable source of Extraordinary Points.

The main way to acquire Extraordinary Points was still hunting creatures, and if she improved her own strength, she would inevitably collect fewer Extraordinary Points.

This point was evident from today’s hunt of the Ghost Moon Pirates.

Even without improving her Body Attributes, Chen Qing, who had grown stronger in various aspects, still ended up with fewer Extraordinary Points after killing the Ghost Moon Pirates.