When disaster struck, I became a big shot surviving in the ocean.
Chapter 242 - 198: B-Level Military Industrial Core, The Outbreak of Deep Blue War

All types of machinery were present, and Chen Qing suspected they had emptied Mechanical Island of its contents.

However, this amount of machinery apparently hadn’t touched the core of the Mechanical Association.

Otherwise, the Mechanical Association’s response to these bandits wouldn’t be just simply issuing a bounty.

Tampering with the core of the Mechanical Association was like what the former vice president Yulandi did, taking with him most of the association’s members and affiliated families, and who knows how much of the association’s property he secretly took away.

While the pirate group members were transporting machinery, Shang Jia found Chen Qing and traded her Eluo and You Zeqi for a B-grade military factory core.

"You’re willing to trade this thing?"

Chen Qing looked at the massive core device in front of her and asked curiously.

Eluo, like her, was also a mechanic, and neither her talent nor her strength was low.

They could have totally kept it for themselves.

Shang Jia laughed heartily, her smile bright and flamboyant, filled with infectious energy.

She draped her arm over Chen Qing’s shoulder, with her red hair cascading down, and Chen Qing could clearly see the tattoos on her neck and shoulders.

These were patterns Chen Qing had never seen before, and under her gaze, those strange creature patterns quickly moved from Shang Jia’s neck and shoulders and disappeared.

"This thing is useful to you, but it’s a burden to me."

It was indeed the case.

The operational mode of the Demon Dragon Pirate Group was different from Chen Qing’s, and the mechanical school Eluo followed also diverged greatly from Chen Qing’s.

Eluo’s school was that of a Mechanical Master, whereas Chen Qing didn’t adhere to a specific school; she knew a bit of everything.

Shang Jia had been paying attention to news about Chen Qing and had heard about the incidents on Rust Island.

Xue Po said that Chen Qing must be after the Rose Family’s mechanical military factory core.

So, Shang Jia used that military factory core as the reward for Chen Qing’s rescue of Eluo and You Zeqi.

The military factory core from Mechanical Island was definitely better than whatever the Rose Family had.

"Besides, using it to exchange for my comrades, that’s the greatest use it can have. Don’t you think?"

Shang Jia looked at Chen Qing with a smile, raising her eyebrows to her.

"Right."

Chen Qing didn’t have companions; she couldn’t understand that feeling.

Given the choice, she’d choose the military factory core.

The Sailor Rabbits on the ship quickly disembarked to transport the freshly acquired military factory core back aboard.

Shang Jia, stroking her chin, watched the Sailor Rabbits’ figures, feeling a bit itchy.

She found it interesting again, and Zhao Fuli quietly nudged Chen Qing on the side, reminding her.

Shang Jia, a list of crimes as long as her arm.

That was how she was forcibly brought aboard, with no way to escape.

"Chen Qing, you better keep an eye on those rabbits, otherwise Shang Jia is going to steal them again."

"I can hear you!"

Shang Jia, hands on her hips, loudly retorted to Zhao Fuli with discontent.

She wasn’t deaf; there was no need to shout as if afraid someone wouldn’t hear.

And whose side was Zhao Fuli on, anyway?

"So what if you heard? Are you going to kill me, what are you going to do about it?"

Zhao Fuli rolled her eyes disdainfully.

Where would she find a second Superpower Chef if she killed her? Shang Jia might as well resign herself to eating husks and chaff.

Zhao Fuli was very confident in her cooking skills.

Within the Demon Dragon Pirate Group, she was also indispensable.

In fact, that was truly the case.

The whole Demon Dragon Pirate Group were a bunch of gluttons; otherwise, Zhao Fuli wouldn’t be so brash to talk back even to Shang Jia.

Shang Jia and Zhao Fuli quickly started quarreling, both acting like children, trying to outshout each other.

Chen Qing, caught in the middle, remained expressionless, standing stiff as a post.

The pirates who saw this couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

"Boss, if you drive Lili away, we’ll have nothing to eat."

Lili was the endearing name the Demon Dragon Pirates had for Zhao Fuli, which she didn’t like at all.

"Aaaaargh— I’ve told you so many times not to call me Lili!"

Zhao Fuli went berserk on the spot, causing an uproar among the pirates.

Although Zhao Fuli complained about the Demon Dragon Pirate Group every day, she got along pretty well with these pirates.

Of course, given the chance, she would still opt to leave the Demon Dragon Pirate Group.

After all, the Demon Dragon Pirate Group were pirates, living a dangerous and thrilling life, but Zhao Fuli preferred a quiet life, farming and cultivating land.

She didn’t have such lofty aspirations to venture into the Scarlet Sea Domain; she thought the Deep Blue Sea was nice enough.

Unfortunately.

In the end, it was Naga who rescued Chen Qing from the dispute between Shang Jia and Zhao Fuli; whenever these two quarreled, they were like unbearably annoying children.