Witch, I'm really not an ancient god of the deep sea!

Chapter 190 Black Mine City (Part 2)

Two days later, at night, inside the houseboat, in the bedroom.

After Chen Qi finished washing up, he stood in front of the mirror and tried to turn his head back to check his back.

At this moment, thanks to the moderate healing process, even though he had been injured before, his body still appeared to be in relatively good health.

“No big problem.”

Chen Qi did a simple physical examination for himself.

Apart from the spine, there were no internal or external injuries.

Thanks to his cooking skills, the extraordinary vegetables from the black soil, and the combined buffs of his development period, his constitution has reached 44 points.

Moreover, his endurance has also improved significantly.

With 44 points in physique, he is already capable of equipping himself with simple mechanical implants.

When his physical strength exceeds 60, he will even be able to perform implantable flesh and blood implantation.

After watering the small yellow flowers on the windowsill, Chen Qi sat down in a chair and took out the latest newspaper.

A solo trip to Black Mine City was incredibly boring.

The hardworking water sprites also reached their limit after continuous work.

At this moment, on the huge ship, only he was making any noise.

Loneliness, solitude, cold... Chen Qi joked.

Fortunately, during the voyage, they encountered a ship belonging to the Seal Logistics Company and obtained the latest newspaper from Black Mine City.

Chen Qi opened the newspaper, which was a good opportunity to learn about the recent major events in Black Mine City.

In the Sea of ​​Rifts, Black Mine City is the site of many significant events and offers numerous opportunities.

"The environmental problems in the black mining city urgently need to be addressed. Cracks are increasing, and the once prosperous mining area is facing enormous challenges."

"A massive battle between the Bloodblade Pirates and the Black Whales! Over five hundred casualties! The battle was exhilarating!"

"There have been more than a thousand maritime conflicts. When will the looting at sea stop? What exactly is the navy doing?"

"Notification: The Twelve Tentacles of the Sea Beast and the Blade Storm of Calamity are ravaging the Northern Seas!"

"The number of adventurers, residents, and market size in the Black Mine have all reached new highs."

"The leader of the Blood Blade Pirate Gang has gone into seclusion due to some matters. Lady Blood is in tears every day. The Black Whale Gang's chief pirate, Long Beard, has publicly stated that he will take good care of Lady Blood on behalf of Blood Dragon, the leader of the Blood Blade Pirate Gang."

"Lady Blood said she would send someone to kill Longbeard and send him to the Golden Flower Bird Kingdom to experience a completely new gender."

"The mysterious deal and love-hate relationship between the Black Hunter and the Flower Witch."

Chen Qi quickly scanned the news in front of him.

"These are all updates from Black Mine City... Wait, what's with the last one?"

Chen Qi raised an eyebrow and examined it carefully.

Firstly, because the Black Hunter and the Flower Witch killed the Mad Shark together, the relationship between the two has always been a problem.

Therefore, everyone has always suspected that there is a superior-subordinate relationship between them.

However, there has never been a consensus on who should win between him and the Flower Witch.

Many people believe that the Flower Witch is the top, while the Black Hunter is definitely the bottom.

Some people believe that the Black Hunter's monstrous personality is superior, while the Flower Witch is definitely inferior.

On this matter, the reporter bravely risked her life to interview Jin Li, a wealthy merchant and insider of the Ice Demon Pirate Gang.

Jin Li, who has a deep knowledge of history, told everyone that according to history, witches are not violent monsters, but hunters of sea beasts and saviors of the Witch Sea. She hoped that everyone could abandon their prejudices against witches.

Although the Flower Witch is cruel, it's all for the good of the Witch Sea.

At the same time, the Flower Witch would never stoop to the level of a sea monster like the Black Hunter.

The final result was that the Ice Demon Pirates believed that the Flower Witch and the Black Hunter could not possibly be on the same side, and that their previous cooperation was merely a temporary effort to deal with the Black Whale Gang.

The reason for the cooperation might be that the Flower Witch threatened the Black Hunter, or even implanted a parasitic seed into him, or gave him a deadly poison.

Simply put, he started with just his mouth and relied entirely on making things up.

"........."

Damn clickbait headlines, I thought there was some big news... Chen Qi couldn't help but say:
"Huh? Peru, you heartless bastard... huh?"

The person who wrote the article was not Peru, but Lilith from the Witch Times, Peru's number one rival in the White Dove Times.

So it was you... Chen Qi thought to himself.

As a journalist who started out with scandalous stories, Lilith is a genius novelist who can embellish the story of "the count keeping a mistress," report on it for a whole year, and adapt it into a tragic love story.

All I can say is that this Miss Lilith has already restrained herself quite a bit.

Chen Qi scanned the recent newspapers of the Rift Sea, and apart from this report, there were no other reports about him in the Rift Sea.

This report was only a peripheral one and couldn't make a splash.

If it weren't for Pelé's report, he would have disappeared from the public eye long ago.

"My limelight in the Sea of ​​Rifts has temporarily faded..."

Chen Qi thought to himself.

The storm has passed!

at last……

Time to have some fun again!

While there's no one paying attention to him right now, maybe we can do something big!
After all, the identity of a Black Hunter is extremely useful, especially when it comes to robbery.

The next second, Chen Qi focused his attention on the black market in Black Mine City.

He remembered that there were many treasures in the black market of Black Mine City, and even extremely rare forbidden skill cards for sale.

I need to go to the black market...

He still possesses a large quantity of weapons from the Belgrade Meteorological Bureau.

Besides trading forbidden cards and weapons, Black Mine City also has many rare events with low difficulty and high rewards, where you can obtain special forbidden artifacts.

Chen Qi glanced at his not-so-wealthy wallet.

Make money! Making money is the only way!
If this continues, even the cost of fuel for going out to sea will become a problem.

Unbeknownst to him, a blinding light pierced through the darkness, shining through the window and onto his face.

"The lighthouse, have we finally arrived...?"

Chen Qi glanced at the Water Sprite No. 1, which was still evolving, and walked out of the bedroom.

In the distance, atop the massive lighthouse, a lighthouse keeper with a brown beard and a hooked nose points a searchlight at him.

Chen Qi took out his professional certificate from the dining boat and his pass from Maro Town from his backpack and pointed them toward the lighthouse.

The lighthouse keeper's lips curled into a slight smile as he shook the lantern in his hand.

"Welcome to Black Mine City, welcome to the city of night~"

Black Mine City always welcomes young people, especially those who go out to work hard overseas. It's cheap, useful, and valuable.

Chen Qi moored the houseboat in the harbor and stepped off the boat.

Unlike Moonstone City, Black Mine City has no city walls; you only need to walk inwards to reach the city's residential area.

The first impression of this island city is that it is dirty and chaotic.

The ground was covered in sewage, and dead fish were everywhere. Due to the mining industry, the air in the black mining city also smelled of coal slag.

Despite its appalling environment, Black Mine City is undoubtedly the largest city in the Rift Sea, the starting point of countless dreams, and also the place where countless people are ruined. Even now, at midnight, the entire city is still brightly lit.

Working people, adventurers, hunters, ladies, traveling merchants, naval personnel...

Rather, many people enjoy the atmosphere of the night; compared to the daytime, the nights in Black Mine City are significantly more lively.

After registering his medium-sized vessel, Chen Qi headed towards the city.

The moment he stepped onto the street, a man and a woman with ghost fire fish tattoos stared at him.

"This city is really troublesome..."

Chen Qi took out the Collector's Gun and tucked it into his waistband to demonstrate his dangerousness.

Unlike Moonstone City, the forces that rule this city have changed from the original gangs to pirate groups and large corporations.

Although the navy maintains basic security in Black Mine City, all they can do is maintain a superficial level of security.

In Moonstone City, as long as you don't enter dangerous areas at night, you won't be targeted by some burly black man.

But in Black Mine City, if you're a newbie, you might bend over on the street and get a hard slap on the butt from some crazy guy.

This is Black Mine City, a city with simple and honest folk customs.

Newbies without any skills are easy prey in this place.

“I remember there should be a black market here managed by the Bloodblade Pirates…”

Chen Qi walked along the street, winding his way to the 'Shell Mall' managed by the Bloodblade Pirate Crew.

Under the dim streetlights, his shadow was stretched long.

According to data from the forum, the black market managed by the Bloodblade Pirates is the one with the fewest violent incidents and the one that pays the most attention to customer privacy.

It is also the largest black market for weapons.

If newcomers want to buy or sell weapons, this is the best black market in Black Mine City.

And he happened to have a large number of weapons of dubious origin.

Moreover, Chen Qi remembered that there was a special guest here who had contracted a sea monster disease, and he was able to obtain special forbidden artifacts from him.

"Do business, make money!"

Chen Qi put on a hunter's outfit and covered his face to prevent others from recognizing his identity.

Then, he excitedly pushed open an iron gate, and with a slight creak, the world behind the gate gradually unfolded before his eyes.

The air was thick with smoke, and various stalls were intertwined, creating a busy yet chaotic market.

Under the dim light, a wide variety of goods were on display, from antiques and jewelry to rare medicinal herbs and powerful weapons.

The stall owners were busy with their own tasks, some talking in hushed tones, others haggling with customers. Their faces all wore an indescribable expression, a mixture of merchant shrewdness and the cunning of the underworld.

The moment he entered the mall, a greasy-faced, chubby businessman approached him, forcing a smile and saying:
"Guest? Want to buy Ghost Fire Oil? This is top-grade weapon coating, imported from the Black Blood Empire. You may not know, but this stuff can hurt even the overlords of the near seas. Five grams, originally priced at 50,000 shells, now I'm only selling it to you for 20,000."

Are you sure you didn't import this from me? And this price is way too high; you've inflated it by at least five times… Chen Qi glanced at the ghost fire oil in the fat merchant's hand and got straight to the point:
"No interest. I'm here to sell weapons."

"Selling weapons?"

The portly merchant glanced at the Collector's Spear at Chen Qi's waist and chuckled:

“If it were the gun on your waist, we might be a little interested, but you probably wouldn’t want to sell it. If it’s just a regular gun, you can try selling it at one of the internal stalls.”

Those vendors couldn't possibly accept weapons from the Belgrade Meteorological Bureau… Chen Qi immediately said:
"No, I have a lot of weapons and equipment to buy. I need to go underground to complete this deal. If possible, could you please tell your boss, Chameleon?"

Chameleon, the boss of this black market, is a capricious third-tier superhuman and also a weapons merchant of the Blade Realm.

Upon hearing the word "chameleon," the fat merchant's palms immediately began to sweat.
"Chameleon, Chameleon, um, guest, please don't call our boss by his name. He just broke up with his girlfriend, and the day before yesterday he was swindled out of 20 million by Jin Li, the big merchant from the Ice Demon Pirate Gang..."

Snapped!
The moment the word 'lie' left his mouth, a huge shovel slammed into the fat man's face!

A man with smeared face paint, an afro, and a flat nose suddenly appeared and viciously attacked the fat man's groin with his knee:
"Damn it, who told you I was scammed? I was robbed!!"

The service was quite fast... Chen Qi was surprised.

At that moment, the chameleon turned around and said fiercely:
"Where did this brat come from? Don't you know that someone as important as me only receives high-ranking people, not someone like you..."

"The Tarot series tattoo of the Moon grants the ability to blend into one's environment; however, it seems unable to escape the observation of spiritual forces."

Chen Qi said softly.

Most people in the black market are uncultured. If you don't immediately demonstrate your knowledge and strength, they won't even give you a second glance, and might even rip you out.

The Chameleons under the Bloodblade Pirate Crew are considered outstanding individuals of high caliber in this area.

Knowing the origin of my tattoo surgery and possessing a high level of inspiration... the chameleon's grumpy face instantly transformed into a professional business face, before slapping the fat man twice more:

"Instead of a useless person like you who can't even serve guests properly, guest, I was just drunk and was disciplining an employee, please forgive me."

Are you here to sell weapons or buy weapons?

Chen Qi glared at the chameleon:
"all I want."

A second-tier transcendent dares to glare at me; he must have quite a background… Chameleon swallowed hard, put his hands in his pockets, and walked deeper into the mall.

"Guest, please follow me. The conflict in the Sea of ​​Rifts has been escalating lately, and the arms business is booming. Although I'm in charge, I still have to say that unless it's a big order, there's no need to call me directly!"

Recently, someone leaked that he was the boss, and as a result, a bunch of people went straight to him the moment they walked in.

He's the boss, not some waiter who can sing and dance for two and a half years and knows everything.

The chameleon pushed open an iron door and entered an underground shopping mall, intending to find a woman to deal with the young customer's business.

Beneath the Shell Mall lies the place where forbidden creations are traded—the black market.

Chen Qi glanced around and saw that there were quite a few people with names and identities in this place, and some were even carrying naval weapons.

We've come to the right place... Chen Qi took out a backpack card containing weapons from the Bei Kingdom's Meteorological Bureau:

"Chameleon, this business isn't big, I hope you can give me a reasonable price."

The chameleon scanned the vicinity but couldn't find any other available subordinates:

"alright."

Chameleon and Chenqi walked to a corner where they could see less:

What do you sell?

Without hesitation, Chen Qi emptied the weapons from the Beiguo Meteorological Bureau from his backpack card.

Clang! Clang!
In an instant, weapons and extraordinary items were piled up into a small mountain.

"Heh, sir, you've got quite a few weapons..."

The chameleon lowered its head, preparing to inspect the quality of the weapon.

Then, the next second, he saw the logo of the Belgrade Meteorological Bureau.

He smiled:

"Sir, you can even get your hands on weapons from the weather bureau? What kind of middleman are you?"

He then flipped down.

Why is the Belgrade Meteorological Bureau logo still there?
and many more!

Something doesn't seem right.

"??"

The chameleon flipped it over again.

The weapons and props here all seem to belong to the Belgrade Meteorological Bureau!
Which gang are you from?
The chameleon broke out in a cold sweat, forced a smile, and said tremblingly:

"Distinguished guest, are you involved in arms wholesale or work for the Belgrade Meteorological Bureau?"

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P.S.: It's my birthday today, so I updated in a bit of a rush. There might be a lot of typos. I'll fix them as soon as possible (cough cough).
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