When disaster struck, I became a big shot surviving in the ocean.
Chapter 209 - 187: Silver Birch Gears, Rune Storm

Chapter 209: Chapter 187: Silver Birch Gears, Rune Storm

The mess inside Rose Castle, when put together, was actually worth a few tens of thousands of goldfish.

Some recovery was still possible.

However, this amount of money compared to what Chen Qing took away was just pocket change, and even more incomparable to their original price.

Overall, Chen Cheng actually didn’t lose out, especially since such a large territory as Rust Island was here.

There were also a good number of available labor and mechanical equipment.

As for whether she could tame it, that was no longer Chen Qing’s responsibility.

But when necessary, she would still provide some help to Chen Cheng, which was all within reason.

Of course, the most important thing for Chen Qing now was to dismantle the military factory on Pukui Mountain.

The whole of Pukui Mountain had integrated with the military factory, or more precisely, the entire mountain had been transformed into a military factory.

Fortunately, what Chen Qing needed most were just the core components of the military factory, and disassembling them would suffice.

The remaining parts would be left to Chen Cheng, who, if she could acquire a new core for the military factory, might be able to put Pukui Mountain to good use again.

The mountain body of Pukui Mountain had been almost hollowed out by the Rose Family, and the mountain was dead; the trees and greenery outside were just for show.

This was in keeping with their style of doing things.

Alas, Rust Island had already seen a decline in the living environment because it had received a ton of waste in the past.

Now, one of the only two mountains was dead thanks to the Rose Family’s actions, and Chen Cheng would have to put a lot of effort into rejuvenating Pukui Mountain.

However, the geographical location of Rust Island was still quite good, adjacent to the Elemental Sea.

With its rich resources, if Chen Cheng managed well, she could still gain access to some of the Elemental Sea’s resources.

After carefully dismantling the core of the military factory, the Mini Rabbits could take over the rest of the work.

Chen Qing returned to the ship and chose a suitable room among the many cabins to place the military factory.

The cabin with the military factory was below the deck, allowing Chen Qing to adjust it later if necessary, just like taking out a piece of Lego and moving it elsewhere at any time.

The core of the military factory was in place, and Mechanical Heart quickly arranged for the Mini Rabbits to transport the rest of the materials into the factory.

Aside from the military factory, there were many other factories on Chen Qing’s ship.

Currently, there was only the mechanical factory zone on the ship, and the Mechanical Heart divided it into three areas: the War Machine Military Factory, Auxiliary Military Factory, and Life Mechanical Factory.

The very first Mini Factory that accompanied Chen Qing was placed in the Life Mechanical Factory zone.

Chen Qing instructed it to henceforth focus on producing the newcomer’s trio: Sea Water Purifier, Automatic Fishing Rod, and Automatic Fishing Net Machine.

These three items still had quite a market, as many survivors and civilians needed them.

Though they didn’t bring in much profit, it was better than nothing.

Chen Qing’s massive Mechanical Ship was an entire industry-city, with facilities for agriculture, aquaculture, heavy industry, and light industry all included.

Unlike Demon Dragon’s and White Immortal’s Extraordinary Ships, Chen Qing’s ship consumed a considerable sum of money and energy daily, even if it did nothing but sit there.

If it weren’t for Mechanical Heart and Wind Shadow Jade being able to feed themselves, Chen Qing would have gone bankrupt long ago.

[Buying a house is easy, maintaining it is hard.]

In the last few days, Mechanical Heart was busy trying to develop new functions for Wind Shadow Jade.

Wind Shadow Jade nurtured its offspring with minerals from the ocean, so gleaning its ability to find minerals was naturally advantageous.

Currently, procuring raw materials was also a significant expense, but if Chen Qing could locate and mine minerals, she could save quite a sum.

The trouble was, Chen Qing didn’t have the right machinery for mining operations.

The machinery required for mining differed from the mechanical creations Chen Qing had been producing; not that it was more difficult, but rather it was a completely different direction.

Moreover, the engineering involved was substantial, not only necessitating Chen Qing to learn some entirely new knowledge but also to acquire various new blueprints, and perhaps even to construct a base on the ocean floor.

There was much to consider.

Currently, all the significant and known mineral deposits in the Deep Blue Sea were in the hands of established powers, not just the families in Treasure Sea but also other sea territories, neatly divided up.

Even if some people discovered underwater mineral deposits, they would choose to sell them to these powers, since the difficulty of mining was too great.