When disaster struck, I became a big shot surviving in the ocean. Chapter 233 - 195: Ancestor Relics, Escaping Clockwork Bay

From this ssage, it’s likely that sothing has happened to Shang Jia.

It’s just not clear what exactly that is, could be a breakdown in negotiations, or maybe they’ve snagged enough benefits to be satisfied.

Chen Qing glanced toward the direction of the private room’s door. Whatever it was, Eluo and their robber alliance were likely unable to maintain their relationship.

Otherwise, Shang Jia wouldn’t have needed to make a run for it with them.

Helping Eluo and the others escape was undoubtedly taking a stand against the chanical Association and siding with the chanical Association would inevitably offend the Demon Dragon Pirates.

Whichever choice made, the road ahead was unclear.

Chen Qing wasn’t particularly worried about offending the chanical Association; she had never been on their side to begin with.

The Deep Blue Sea was vast; the chanical Association’s reach didn’t extend that far.

You only need to look at Chen Qing’s current situation to understand, she’s got plenty of bounties on her head, and yet, she’s still getting by just fine.

However, this would disrupt her original plans.

If she helped Shang Jia, she would have to give up on the opportunity to fleece the chanical Association, as well as buying the alchemy factory.

But then again, the hefty reward promised by Zhao Fuli was indeed very tempting.

The Demon Dragon Pirates had just left chanical Island...

Chen Qing didn’t make a decision imdiately, but instead sought out the mbers of the Survivor Observation Team.

They had the most up-to-date information, without equal among the survivors.

Chen Qing had their contact information.

Any survivor with a bit of fa, those journalist pups from the Observation Team had their contact details.

Selling information was one of their sources of inco.

However, you have to be careful when buying information from them, this bunch had no sense of contract spirit or moral bottom line.

The mont they had the information in hand, they might turn around and spread your news, Chen Qing had heard of several survivors who ended up at the bottom of the sea because of this.

You could say, approaching these people for information required a certain ntal preparation.

Before reaching out to them, Chen Qing checked several chat channels to make sure no news had leaked, only then did she contact the Survivor Observation Team.

[Chen Qing: The latest news from chanical Island.]

[Survivor Observation Team Employee No. 1: 5000 goldfish.]

As expected, the price was steep, but it was a cost that had to be paid.

It seed like the commotion at the front of the train had stopped; the so-called robber alliance was on the brink of collapse.

The Demon Dragon Pirates were strong, but the chanical Association wasn’t easy prey either.

The 5000 goldfish were paid, and soon the information gleaned by the Survivor Observation Team reached Chen Qing.

[Survivor Observation Team mber No. 1: The Delu Gu Family, the Beixing Family... a host of powers from the Treasure Sea, led by Yulandi, the vice president of the chanical Association, revolted from the chanical Association and cut ties with it.

The long-absent chairman of the chanical Association, Shi Fangtu, along with nurous School chanics appeared on chanical Island and publicized the series of cris committed by those traitors in collusion with other powers.

These included but were not limited to the unauthorized developnt and release of extrely dangerous and uncontrollable chanical Sword Dance Mantises, using children for live experints, releasing unknown plagues,...

The chanical Association officially declared war on those traitors and the Sea territories that colluded with them.

The other Sea territories involved were the Elental Sea’s Gold Flow Kingdom, the Blue Water Kingdom,... the Plant Sea’s Thorny Island, Olive Island,... as well as the Gem Sea’s Diamond Islands, Crystal Islands,...

The Elental Sea’s Wind Island, Fire Island, Water Island, the Plant Sea’s Wood Clan, the Gem Sea’s Sea Clan, and the Amber Islands stand with the chanical Association, jointly declaring war on the chanical Association’s traitors and their allies.

All the while, the Mist Sea’s Demon Dragon Pirate Group, the Ghost Bone Pirate Group, and the Great Vortex Sea’s Naga Pirates, as well as the Deserted People from the Deserted Sea ford a temporary alliance known as the Isolated Island Blood Sect, taking advantage of the chaos on chanical Island to loot a big score from the chanical Association and the Plant Sea and Elental Sea.

Bounty hunters from the Bounty Guild, hired by various powers, are out hunting down mbers of the temporary alliance.

Also, there’s an unconfird rumor that the Giant Whale Adventure Team, along with other exploration teams, has discovered Ancestor Relics.]

Chen Qing summarized the information from the Survivor Observation Team. In simple terms, the long-predicted Deep Blue War was really about to erupt.

The reason—Ancestor Relics.

Despite the chanical Association publicizing nurous pieces of evidence, the true catalyst for the war’s outbreak was definitely not the deaths of so irrelevant civilians or nobility.

At the end of the day, it was all about interests.

And this so-called Ancestor Relics could very well be the chanical Relics Chen Qing knew of.

Fundantally, this Deep Blue War was circling around the affluent Three Seas of the Seven Seas—the Elental Sea, Gem Sea, Plant Sea, and the Treasure Sea in the Central Sea.