When disaster struck, I became a big shot surviving in the ocean.
Chapter 59 Settling Dust

Chapter 59: Chapter 59 Settling Dust

Chen Qing, accompanied by three Blast Battle Rabbits, moved through the blood waves, relentlessly harvesting the Life Force of the Biological Ship.

Life Force was converted into Extraordinary Points, ultimately becoming Chen Qing’s strength.

With every slash of her sword, the Attributes on Chen Qing’s panel flickered dozens of times.

Together with the three Blast Battle Rabbits, Chen Qing’s Extraordinary Points were soaring at a terrifying speed.

However, as the Extraordinary Points were reaped, the points the Biological Ship could offer gradually began to decrease as well.

Even so, the Biological Ship was still not something the current Chen Qing could handle, and there was a certain difficulty in crossing it to reach Lei Guang’s courtyard.

Chen Qing was waiting for a new opportunity.

Soon, that opportunity arrived.

Accompanied by exclaims from behind, Chen Qing promptly withdrew and, together with the three Blast Battle Rabbits, quickly concealed their presence.

"Catch her, quick!"

The ground trembled mightily as a Bounty Hunter fled in a frenzy, pursued by countless pirates and other Bounty Hunters.

In the hands of the Bounty Hunter was the Super Shield Whale, which held Daliya. Due to exerting all her strength, her face was extremely distorted, veins popping on her forehead!

"Aaaahhhh—!!!"

"Move—out of the way—ahhh!"

The Bounty Hunter screamed at the top of her lungs!

In Fei Huo’s hands, a massive fireball was raised, smashing down hard onto the Biological Ship.

A scent of burning spread instantly, and before anyone knew it, the black fog on the island had already quietly dissipated.

The fireball rolled towards Lei Guang’s courtyard, and the Bounty Hunter made a run for it with all her might!

Those behind her pursued relentlessly, some pirates became fierce, and simply attacked the Super Shield Whale forcefully, trying to kill Daliya inside.

And their attacks were indeed effective.

The Super Shield Whale’s protective shield had a limit value, and under the attacks of these many powerful pirates, it simply couldn’t hold out for long.

Only halfway through the journey, the shield of the Super Shield Whale started to emit cracking sounds.

Daliya’s heart was pounding fast inside the whale, but the thing she feared most still happened.

The Bounty Hunter hadn’t even reached Lei Guang’s courtyard when the shield completely shattered.

Daliya couldn’t help but close her eyes; at this moment, her heart was very calm.

It wasn’t hers to take after all, was it impossible to force it?

However—

"Who is this?"

"Where’s Daliya?"

"Did you eat her?"

As the shield shattered, revealing the person it protected, a Blast Battle Rabbit suddenly appeared and took the fatal blow for the person inside.

But the person inside...was not Daliya at all!

"What?"

Daliya, hearing the noise outside, suddenly opened her eyes!

If she wasn’t inside the Super Shield Whale, then where was she?

Sister...?!!

"Isn’t this brat the pickpocket from the port!"

This exclamation was drowned out by a loud crashing of the earth splitting open, as a thick green and gold metallic vine broke through the surface of the street, blocking the way for everyone.

Chen Qing, with two Blast Battle Rabbits, flashed past the dazed Bounty Hunter holding the Super Shield Whale.

No one had time to react to this sudden turn of events, but Shuangwei and Fei Huo acted quickly, stepping in front of Chen Qing and the three Blast Battle Rabbits.

"It ends here."

Shuangwei, holding the Heavy Sword, looked Chen Qing up and down; this woman was interesting, but just too weak.

"Is that so?"

Chen Qing, unpanicked by being stopped, smiled calmly at them, gesturing for them to look behind them.

A mechanical bird spewing flames had appeared above Lei Guang’s courtyard at an unknown time.

"...???"

Shuangwei glanced at the mechanical bird, then at Chen Qing, and turned to look at the mechanical bird again, going back and forth several times.

"Is she in there?"

Shuangwei asked.

Chen Qing nodded, the mechanical bird was used for delivery, and Daliya was small enough to fit inside perfectly.

However, Daliya thought she was getting on the Super Shield Whale.

Inside the Super Shield Whale was the little pickpocket Chen Qing had encountered earlier at the dock.

Chen Qing originally planned to put another fake inside but happened to run into this risk-taking kid on her way from the recycling plant to the central zone.

She was preparing to steal while all the civilians hid in the Bounty Guild, which was when Chen Qing caught her.

Chen Qing made a deal with her, giving the kid a sum of money and helping her find a Profession Scroll and a potion to enhance her physical fitness.

If she died, her belongings would go to her younger brothers and sisters.

In exchange, she would take Daliya’s place hiding inside the Super Shield Whale.

The kid was very smart, somewhat like Daliya.

The kid herself initiated the deal, and although she didn’t know the entire situation, when she saw Daliya inside the Super Shield Whale, she realized it might be her only chance to turn her life around.

Besides, she had already seen Daliya and Chen Qing. Chen Qing would surely not let her go.

This was actually an overestimation on the kid’s part; Chen Qing and Daliya had already been exposed.

But since the kid volunteered, Chen Qing had no reason not to agree, especially since she was concerned whether a mere decoy would fool White Immortal and the others.

After all, a decoy is still an inanimate object.

From beginning to end, the real Daliya had been hiding underground inside the mechanical bird, along with the Superpower Vine, responsible for digging tunnels.

The Daliya that White Immortal and her group saw was always a virtual image, both Daliya and not Daliya.

Even Daliya herself didn’t know.

"Alright, you’re impressive, quite brave."

Shuangwei gave a thumbs up and turned to leave.

Daliya had already reached Lei Guang’s courtyard. Why fight over it? It was best to escape while they could.

Facing Shuangwei’s praise, Chen Qing slightly nodded and happily accepted it.

As a mechanic, of course, she had to make the most of her machinery.

This time, Chen Qing had really invested heavily.

Had her reputation not been so good beforehand, she would have had no way to borrow so many supplies and props from the survivors with a promise to pay later.

When passing the little pickpocket inside the Super Shield Whale, Shuangwei stopped, bent down, and looked straight into the kid’s eyes.

"Kid, want to come with me?"

Shuangwei recognized this child, a burden like many others, just like her younger self.

After all, it was because she was so poor that she took up the path of bounty hunting at the age of ten.

"No."

The little pickpocket turned away, pouting her mouth.

"I want to be a super impressive mechanic like Sister Chen Qing!"

"Tch, no taste."

Shuangwei snorted coldly, rolled her eyes at the pickpocket, and walked away.

Did she think that Chen Qing could protect her?

She doesn’t recognize a Good Person.

"What, your pride got hurt?"

Fei Huo walked shoulder to shoulder with Shuangwei, trying not to laugh at Shuangwei’s puffed-up anger.

"Not at all."

"Sure, sure."

Fei Huo stretched lazily, looking up at the clear blue sky.

"The rookies these days are really impressive, much stronger than us."

She remarked.

"...Yeah."

Shuangwei grunted softly, acknowledging the statement.

That Chen Qing... she’s really something.

Wonder how she got such a big guts.