When disaster struck, I became a big shot surviving in the ocean.
Chapter 252 - 201: Multimillion Fortune, Choosing Sides_2

Chapter 252: Chapter 201: Multimillion Fortune, Choosing Sides_2

"Game rules, no spiritual power or extraordinary abilities are to be used."

"Fair enough."

A subtle smile crept onto Chen Qing’s face, faint enough to be concealed by the night and difficult to detect.

Shang Jia and his trio were still unaware that they were facing off against Rong City’s night market’s most renowned Dice God Qing – Chen Qing had never been defeated in dice games.

The sound of dice rattling quickly echoed across the beach, intense shouts persisting until the members of the Ghost Bone Pirate Group returned.

At this moment, dawn was just beginning to break.

"Haven’t you finished playing yet?"

You Gu’s eye sockets were somewhat red as he looked strangely at the sluggish and dispirited Shang Jia trio.

"What happened?"

He turned his head to ask Chen Qing.

"Nothing much."

Chen Qing chuckled softly, truly, gambling was a wicked affair.

This drink was not in vain; she had not expected such a pleasant surprise.

"Remember to bring the stuff to my ship."

Chen Qing dusted the sand off herself, waving her nonexistent sleeves, and left with a significant amount of treasure.

However, she was also prepared for the possibility of getting nothing at all.

After all, they were pirates.

"What did the three of you lose?"

"Ah, I can’t remember anything, my memory is completely gone!!"

Shang Jia cried out, clutching her head as she pretended to have amnesia.

Dodging debt, that’s what they, as pirates, were best at.

Blue Ghost and Hai Boqiluo swiftly gathered their belongings, ready to flee along with the pirate group.

They joked about the idea of returning the spoils that already reached their mouths; might as well dream.

Shang Jia also wanted to run, but she was concerned about Chen Qing’s Cooking Fruit Grass and those few rabbits.

She couldn’t run, and neither could Blue Ghost or Hai Boqiluo.

Luckily, Chen Qing had some restraint and hadn’t won too much from them.

Altogether, it was merely six B-grade auxiliary mechanical factories, eight C+B-grade food mechanical processing factories, and two B-grade alchemy mechanical processing factories.

Plus, an A-grade cannon.

Not too much.

Really, not much at all.

Shang Jia and her party could still afford it, though it was a bit painful.

Their faces were masked in agony, wondering how they would explain this to their respective ships’ helmsmen.

Of course, none of this mattered to Chen Qing; she just had to wait for the delivery.

Chen Qing counted the factories on her ship and found there were quite a few.

Fortunately, she had spent a fortune on the ship’s custom design, along with a ship upgrade scroll, the Mechanical Heart, and Blood Spirit had provided a considerable amount of energy.

It was only because of this that her ship could accommodate so many items.

Including the items soon to be delivered by Shang Jia and her party, there would be a total of eleven C-grade factories on Chen Qing’s ship: three military factories, three food factories, two component factories, and three metal smelting factories.

The B-grade factories were the most numerous: one component factory, one unassembled military factory, five food factories, six auxiliary combat mechanical factories, one life mechanical factory, and two alchemy factories.

There was also one mini-factory which could finally retire.

The alchemy factory was also pilfered by Shang Jia and her group from the Mechanical Island, an effortless gain indeed.

Altogether, Chen Qing’s wealth was genuinely substantial.

She was definitely a multi-millionaire in gold coins.

Unfortunately, of all her wealth, she had only a mere twenty thousand goldfish left at her disposal.

The rest of the money, Chen Qing planned to use for purchasing a Scroll Factory, likely not nearly enough.

Hai Boqiluo had revealed when drunk that her Sea Clan had stolen it stealthily.

She needed to hurry up and earn money; the daily maintenance cost of the ship was an astronomical figure.

Luckily, Chen Qing didn’t concern herself with finances; that was all handled by the Mechanical Heart, which worried about them on its own.

Upon returning to the ship, the Mechanical Heart immediately reported to Chen Qing.

"An intruder appeared on the ship and has been killed, the body is now in the morgue in the medical area."

There were six invaders in one go.

The faint smile vanished from Chen Qing’s face.

It seemed the Chi She Family hadn’t given up yet.

Speaking of which, with the recent schism in the Mechanical Association, the Chi She Family had followed the deputy chairman Yulandi in leaving the Mechanical Association, while the Rose Family, who in Chen Qing’s memory had always been little more than lackeys of the Chi She Family, had sided with the chairman Shi Fangtu.

During the previous attack on the Rose Family, the missing Blue Jade Green Lv Luo were all on the side of the Mechanical Association.

Chen Qing’s hit list now had three new names; a vendetta of extermination wasn’t so easily dismissed.

Whether it was the Mechanical Association or the defecting deputy chairman Yulandi’s side, it seemed both harbored sworn enemies of Chen Qing.