When disaster struck, I became a big shot surviving in the ocean.
Chapter 66 Customized Ships

Chapter 66: Chapter 66 Customized Ships

Gazing at the receding figure of Grandma Taozi, even the usually indifferent Chen Qing couldn’t help but feel a stir of special emotion in her heart.

Wealth seemed to have merely passed through her hands for a moment.

The Mechanic profession was also quite a money burner, or rather, to take any profession to its limits required a lot of money.

Ten thousand goldfish were but a drop in the bucket.

Chen Qing shook her head and turned to walk back to the recycling plant.

In the recycling plant, besides Assistant Bee, there were still some usable items.

For example, some of the old model Mechanical Creations, which haven’t been damaged.

She spent some time in the recycling plant to refurbish the place and, after tidying up, she went to look for the boss of the shipyard.

The Superpower Vine had already docked its ship there at the shipyard, and aside from Chen Qing’s ship, many other ships that had come for modifications were docked there too.

The entire sea area near the shipyard was filled with moored ships, and the shipbuilders were busily gliding on small boats among the vessels.

Chen Qing found the boss who was building ships inside the shipyard, and the Bald man understood why she had come.

"Modifications, huh..."

The boss rubbed his head and thought deeply for a while.

"Black Blade’s ship should be from the Mist Sea’s shipyard; it’s not suitable for major overhauls. I suggest you customize a new ship instead."

"If you have enough money on hand, I can use Black Space Stone, for the keel we can go with Dragon Scale Wood, and the mast with Purple Gold Pine..."

The Bald Boss lowered his voice; with each material he mentioned, his eyes sparkled brighter.

The materials were definitely top-notch, but the prices...

They could empty all of Chen Qing’s pockets.

"I don’t want Dragon Scale Wood or Purple Gold Pine, I want the entire ship to be made of Magic Root Wood," Chen Qing interrupted the Bald Boss and stated her idea directly.

Magic Root Wood was of Purple Quality, a very good material that was in the same category as the Dragon Scale Wood mentioned by the Bald Boss, but its price was about thirty percent lower than Dragon Bone Wood.

The main issue with this type of wood was a fatal flaw: Magic Root Wood passively emitted a special kind of energy.

If one wasn’t a Transcendent or had a special profession, they simply couldn’t withstand it.

Moreover, even those with special professions generally couldn’t endure the energy emanated by Magic Root Wood.

Among the pirate groups Chen Qing knew of, only the ships of the Ghost Bone Pirate Group were built from Magic Root Wood.

The Demon Dragon Pirate Group, being rather wealthy, built their ships from Dragon Bone Wood and used a large quantity of Black Space Stone.

"..."

The Bald Boss sized up Chen Qing from top to bottom with a strange look, not immediately agreeing to Chen Qing’s proposal.

He was a bit hesitant to agree.

"Only the Mist Sea can build ships with Magic Root Wood, is that it?"

"I understand."

A question from Chen Qing was enough to stir up the Bald Boss’s strong competitive spirit. What did it mean that only the Mist Sea could build ships with Magic Root Wood?

What a joke!

Their Sapphire Island’s shipyard was also known for its excellence, okay?!

"What do you know! Of course we can do it!"

"Tell me your requirements!"

Impulsively, the Bald Boss ended up agreeing to Chen Qing.

Chen Qing’s lips curled up, and she handed over a list to the Bald Boss.

Her requirements were not many: she needed a dedicated mechanical workshop, a place for a mechanical factory.

The warehouse had to be divided into a mechanical materials warehouse, a Mechanical Creations warehouse, and other storage areas.

As for living quarters, although Chen Qing was alone, she currently had intelligent Mechanical Creations on her ship, so several rooms had to be reserved for storing them when the time came.

Such as, the Superpower Vine and Assistant Bee Nest.

At the same time, the ship couldn’t lack other compartments, like a medical bay, kitchen, gym, livestock and planting area, ammunition depot, engine room,...

This ship must, must be suitable for her as a mechanic.

Chen Qing’s requirements weren’t excessive, but her demands for quality were extremely high.

"Oh, right, I also have a sea beast with quite a nasty temper."

Chen Qing added.

Upon hearing her words, the Bald Boss’s face grew even uglier.

Since he took over the shipyard, he had never encountered such a difficult task.

"Can you do it? If you can’t—"

"Of course we can!"

The Bald Boss readily agreed, saying he couldn’t do it would be like losing face!

"You just... you just give me a deposit of twenty thousand goldfish, and we’ll talk about the rest after it’s done. You won’t be charged more than the bounty."

By bounty, the Bald Boss meant the one hundred thousand from Daliya, which was already widely known.

"What about the deadline?"

Money wasn’t the issue, the delivery was what mattered.

"Let’s say... one and a half months."

The Bald Boss hesitated, considering that normally the time frame for a custom ship ranged from 15 days to about a month. Their shipyard had many shipbuilders and was the largest on Sapphire Island.

Even in the Gem Sea, their scale was considered large.

For them, Chen Qing’s task was certainly a challenge, but also a big opportunity.

The professional level of old shipbuilders in the factory had been stuck for a long time.

"That’s fine."

Chen Qing paid promptly, the timeframe was perfect for her to participate in the public event in the Deep Blue Sea while she waited.

After Chen Qing left with her newly built ship, the Bald Boss quickly called his assistant.

He swiftly instructed the assistant to stop taking new orders, and even had him call back some of the former master shipbuilders.

"What happened?"

"We’ve got a big order worth one hundred thousand goldfish!"

The Bald Boss’s gaze deepened, and he patted his assistant’s shoulder with gravity and significance.

Exactly one hundred thousand goldfish, how could that be considered over the budget?

He was determined to make Chen Qing’s ship absolutely perfect!

Though he was just the owner of a shipyard, he had ambitions too.

He too had come up as a shipbuilder, and their family had always been shipbuilders. Unfortunately, no one had managed to make the shipyard world-famous.

The Bald Boss’s gaze fell upon the Yiye Shipyard sign, his eyes filled with complexity.

Now, he wanted to be the person to make Yiye Shipyard renowned across the world!

The first thing to do was... The Bald Boss took out a specially made communicator, took a deep breath to mentally prepare himself, and finally pressed a number he knew all too well.

"Hello—"

A hoarse voice sounded from the other end, and the Bald Boss was moved to tears.

"Mom—help!!"

The most pressing thing was to round up people!

The current masters at the shipyard wouldn’t be able to complete Chen Qing’s task; they needed to bring back the old masters.

Especially his mother, a retired master shipbuilder.

Chen Qing had no idea that her one request would set the Bald Boss off on a frenzy to rally people. For her, the most important thing now was to save money.

Though the Bald Boss had said the cost of the custom ship would be under the bounty, Chen Qing believed that as a businessman, he would surely push the price to exactly one hundred thousand.

With the money Chen Qing had left after the deposit, she had less than forty thousand.