When disaster struck, I became a big shot surviving in the ocean.
Chapter 210 - 187: Silver Birch Gears, Rune Storm_2

Chapter 210: Chapter 187: Silver Birch Gears, Rune Storm_2

Moreover, those powers wouldn’t let anyone disrupt the monopoly they now jointly held.

Chen Qing had many things to do; she decided to tackle them one by one.

For now, Chen Qing placed the restoration of the Assistant Bee Nest at the top of her list.

If the Assistant Bee Nest were fixed, at the very least it would be of A-level golden quality, which could free her from many trivial matters.

Like assembling factory production lines, for instance.

Currently, the number of Assistant Bees was too low; despite the development over time, there were only eleven.

The Hive’s repair was difficult, but it was possible to use Extraordinary Points.

However... it would cost more than seventy thousand Extraordinary Points to repair it completely.

To speak nothing of seventy thousand Extraordinary Points, Chen Qing couldn’t even come up with a fraction of that amount right now.

"..."

Chen Qing stood in front of the Assistant Bee’s Hive, quietly contemplating in front of the damaged structure.

The aesthetic of Mechanical Heart’s landscaping was really quite extraordinary, a style all its own.

The entire color of the Assistant Bee’s Hive was a pale silver, hanging from a towering tree that reached to the sky, situated in the midst of a lush forest.

Besides a few plants, the majority of the trees in the entire forest were built from mechanical parts.

Not far away was a vast field of flowers, also composed of various mechanical parts in different colors.

These mechanical parts could be considered a self-service meal for the Assistant Bees.

The giant tree was a Transcendent plant called Silver Birch Gears, B-level, of Purple Quality. The fruit it bore took the form of gear parts.

Because it absorbed a lot of metal while growing, the wood of the Silver Birch Gears was incredibly hard, making it excellent material for armor and shipbuilding.

Of course, shipbuilding was a bit extravagant; most of the time it was used for making armor.

The fruits it bore were favorites among certain races of the Sea Wood Clan and could also be substituted for mechanical parts.

Edible and useful.

The only issue was the scarcity of the harvest and the slow growth rate.

This Silver Birch Gears tree was bought by Chen Qing from a survivor, just a single tree left in the wilderness, then bundled with other plants dug up from the wild and sold to her.

That entire batch of plants was priced at two goldfish.

Apart from the Silver Birch Gears, the rest were ordinary plants, there was even one classified as an ’invasive’ malignant plant that could damage Extraordinary Soil.

Initially, Chen Qing, like the survivor, thought the plant was quite large and might be valuable but only possibly.

After all, viewing the expansive Deep Blue Sea region, tall or giant trees were commonplace and not each one was valuable.

Chen Qing got her hands on a common and Transcendent plant atlas from the Sky Blue Wood Chamber of Commerce, which she gave to Mechanical Heart.

After Mechanical Heart uploaded this information into its knowledge base, it identified the Silver Birch Gears and that malignant plant.

Luckily, the malignant plant hadn’t been planted, so no damage was caused.

The importance of knowledge really showed in all aspects, crucial for both professions and life.

Aside from buying plants and animals from survivors, Chen Qing constantly collected various books, without any restrictions.

If there was a book, she bought it.

Gathering from different seas, from different islands.

Even if it was the same book, due to the unique nature of this world, there were slight variations depending on where they were collected.

Chen Qing thought, she really needed a librarian.

Not just a librarian, but also farm managers, factory managers,...

All the affairs on the ship rested on Mechanical Heart, which was somewhat overwhelmed at the moment, many matters requiring its direct involvement.

The ship needed to add hands, especially mechanical creations for logistical work.

Chen Qing planned to go to Clockwork Bay to purchase some logistical mechanical creations.

Clockwork Bay was under the control of the Mechanical Association, with many families stationed there.

Having sold the Extraordinary Ship and plundered a stash from the Rose Family, Chen Qing had over three hundred thousand goldfish at her disposal.

She needed to reserve about two hundred thousand goldfish for procuring supplies to ensure the normal operation of the ship, the onboard factory, and other areas.

To produce goods for sale, raw materials also needed to be purchased, which was a considerable expense.

This meant that Chen Qing actually had just over one hundred thousand goldfish available to spend.

"Right, how much did we haul in supply boxes?"

Chen Qing suddenly thought of this; maybe she could pry some items from the supply boxes to fill her gap.

Whether they were related to mechanics or not didn’t matter; managing to pry out some good stuff would suffice.