When disaster struck, I became a big shot surviving in the ocean.
Chapter 31: The Bounty Guild and the Deep Blue Newspaper

Chapter 31: Chapter 31: The Bounty Guild and the Deep Blue Newspaper

One-eyed spoke so softly because he was afraid the words would reach the ears of the Reynolds family.

After all, the Gemstone Pirate Group might not care about it, but the Reynolds family definitely would!!

"..."

Chen Qing’s face remained calm, but a trace of indiscernible emotion flashed in her eyes.

The Reynolds family, huh?

"This isn’t the place to talk, let’s go."

Qiao Zhiyu hefted the large bundle on her back and quickly said.

"Let’s go to my ship."

Chen Qing nodded, Qiao Zhiyu and Gao Yue had small boats, while it was even worse for Zuo Yun’s trio, who came on a raft.

One-eyed immediately shut up, and the group quickly left the black market, smoothly met up with Daliya and Zuo Yun at a dessert shop, and returned to the harbor dock.

In full view of the public, no one would have thought that Daliya was sitting inside the dessert shop by the road, eating.

However, Chen Qing and the others carrying blood-stained bundles did attract a lot of attention along the way.

The Bounty Guild on Sapphire Island was located near the harbor, so they took the opportunity to collect the bounty for those bandits.

Those black market bandits were often up to no good and would rob anywhere, so the bounties were pretty high.

people brought in a total of 8 goldfish.

While at the Bounty Guild collecting the bounties, Chen Qing directly registered as a Bounty Hunter and added 5 goldfish to receive a bounty list from the guild.

All the bounty tasks and rewards in the Deep Blue Sea were listed there, and it would be updated in real-time.

Without paying extra, you couldn’t get updates.

Chen Qing also ordered from the Bounty Guild a daily, weekly, and monthly report from the Deep Blue Newspaper.

This was the most authoritative newspaper in the Deep Blue Sea, its backing powers unclear.

The three newspapers had different functions: the daily reported on things that happened every day or every other day in the Deep Blue Sea.

Mostly it included trivial matters like a certain newcomer setting out to sea and the like.

You could also place ads there, but there was a certain delay and regional limitation.

The weekly wasn’t published regularly. Sometimes there might not be an issue in a week, and sometimes there might be three or four issues or even daily issues.

It covered all the big and small matters in the Deep Blue Sea and the border area between the Deep Blue Sea and the Scarlet Sea Domain.

More detailed than the daily, it included some commentary.

Big news that happened that day would be reported that day, and would be delivered punctually even if it was in the middle of the night.

As for the monthly, just like the weekly, it was published irregularly, sometimes more often, sometimes less.

Like when Moana died not long ago, the Deep Blue Monthly published a whopping 37 issues in 15 days!

It mainly reported on events in the Scarlet Sea Domain but due to spanning two seas, had significant delays, hence the name monthly.

The prices for the three newspapers were also different, at 100 copper coins, 1 Silver Crab, and 100 Silver Crabs, with a discount for an annual subscription.

Pirates without much wealth simply couldn’t afford it.

Qiao Zhiyu and her group, short on funds, planned to mooch off Chen Qing’s newspapers first and would subscribe themselves when they had money.

When registering as a Bounty Hunter, Chen Qing noticed that some pirates also took on bounty tasks.

Being a Bounty Hunter and a pirate were not conflicting identities, and many among the pirates lived by betraying their peers.

After discussing and collecting the bounty, Chen Qing and the others bought some food with the unique flavors of this world near the harbor before returning to their ship.

Apart from the pirates, Bounty Hunters, and other professionals, Sapphire Island also had a considerable number of civilians.

They lived diligent and earnest lives, just like ordinary people from Chen Qing’s own world.

The harbor was lined with many food carts and stalls, mostly operated by civilians.

While they were shopping, Chen Qing and her companions happened to take care of a pirate who was preparing to dine and dash.

During the wait for their meal, they encountered a little mishap.

A seven-or-eight-year-old pickpocket tried to steal Chen Qing’s wallet but was immediately caught by Daliya.

The child wanted to chop up the little thief on the spot and feed him to the sharks, and Chen Qing didn’t even know when she had started carrying a knife.

Daliya’s ferocity was a bit more intense than Chen Qing had imagined, even though she already knew this child was no angel.

Chen Qing had no intention of pursuing the matter with the young thief, who was very young and appeared malnourished and frail.

Like Daliya, the child had a pair of fierce eyes that did not match her delicate appearance.

In addition, Chen Qing noticed several children even younger than the pickpocket covertly watching the situation from a corner, their faces filled with worry.

When Daliya caught the child, they wanted to rush out but were fiercely glared back by the young pickpocket.

The vendor from whom Chen Qing was buying things bravely pleaded for the child, and the child’s situation was not beyond Chen Qing’s expectations.

A pirate mother, a father who died early, a broken her, and a bunch of sickly younger siblings she had to drag along.

Children like this were everywhere.

Chen Qing bought some food for her and then let her go. Qiao Zhiyu and He Congrong were much more sentimental than Chen Qing, listening with teary eyes.

If it weren’t for Chen Qing and Gao Yue’s intervention, the two of them would have wanted to give all their money to the child.

But to be honest, giving the child money in front of everyone would undoubtedly have done her harm.

And besides, they simply couldn’t help everyone.

"Have you two not grown brains at all?"

The moment they boarded the ship, Gao Yue fiercely jabbed the heads of Qiao Zhiyu and He Congrong, scolding them, as if afraid others wouldn’t know they were both wealthy and kindhearted, right?

"And He he! You don’t think you can escape either!"

Listening to Gao Yue’s harsh words, the corners of Chen Qing’s lips curled up with a barely noticeable smile.

Well scolded.

Chen Qing knew Gao Yue’s thoughts; they were not the same.

Chen Qing was independent by nature, long accustomed to being on her own, and she liked her current state.

Gao Yue... she wanted to form her own team.

Uncertain about becoming a pirate, but Qiao Zhiyu, Zuo Yun, and others were her chosen teammates.

Given their temperaments, they would most likely form an adventure team.

Chen Qing was originally in this group, but after some interaction, Gao Yue had given up on that idea as well.

Being friends was fine, but being teammates was out of the question; there was no fate there.

After boarding the ship, Chen Qing organized her things and set off for the Mechanical Garbage Yard with One-eyed.

She gave Gao Yue a sum of money, asking her to help put up a sign on the ship to buy scrap machinery.

Many pirate ships had some, either stolen or salvaged from the sea.

Chen Qing wanted to quickly build her mechanical mini-factory to start assembly-line production.

With so many pirates gathered at Sapphire Island, her basic three-piece set was quite sellable, especially the Sea Water Purifier.

She needed money.

Sourcing from the garbage yard would greatly reduce her costs and selling price.

"..."

Watching the backs of Chen Qing and One-eyed as they left, Qiao Zhiyu, who was nibbling on fish balls, couldn’t help but click her tongue in wonder.

"No wonder she’s the boss. We..."

This execution, this efficiency, and this sleep time, really terrifying!