Navigator: I have a double six-story house

After the gunshot, the construction site finally fell completely silent.

Chen Pingzhou clutched his abdomen and slowly collapsed, his eyes filled with confusion, resentment, and a strange sense of relief.

He opened his mouth, as if to say something, and with all his might, he managed to utter three words in broken sentences.

"Why...?"

Su Qing lowered his head and continued loading ammunition, his movements steady.

Wang Yao sat down to rest, using the shield as a cushion. This time, he did not question Su Qing.

"Why were you discovered?" He finished Chen Pingzhou's question. "To be honest, you acted very well. I genuinely wanted to get you on board."

"But you took that kick."

Chen Pingzhou was stunned.

"Zhou An is a martial artist, a burst damage class. One kick from him can shatter stone tablets." Su Qing continued reloading. "I'm a musketeer, a fragile ranged character. I can't even withstand one of his punches, let alone you, a support class."

He raised his head, his gaze falling on Chen Pingzhou's still panting body.

"You were kicked by him, but instead of dying, you were able to get up and walk over as if nothing had happened."

"You're in too much of a hurry."

Chen Pingzhou's eyes darkened; he hadn't expected that the problem would arise in the final step.

Su Qing pulled a necklace from her collar; the gemstones were dull and lifeless, and she dangled it gently from her fingertip.

[The Tears of Angels]

[Grade A equipment, grants immunity to damage inflicted upon triggering a fatal attack. Cooldown: 72 hours.]

This is the kind of life-saving equipment that even legendary captains dream of.

"This thing was already triggered when that punch landed." Su Qing's gaze shifted from the necklace back to Chen Pingzhou's face.

Chen Pingzhou closed his eyes. This captain had only been at sea for a short time, yet he had managed to obtain such a valuable item, a registration tool that even the people behind him might not have.

"It seems... that lord underestimated you too much." His voice grew softer and softer, and his last breath dissipated completely with these words.

After loading the ammunition, Su Qing did not put the gun back into the holster on his waist, but held it in his hand.

"Why is the one behind you targeting me, a mere upstart captain?"

But Chen Pingzhou did not reply.

He is dead.

"Captain Su is indeed amazing. I didn't misjudge him."

Mr. Ziloti walked in from the construction site entrance, his hands behind his back. He stepped on the gravel ground, walked around the charred potholes, and walked to Su Qing's side. He looked down at Chen Pingzhou's corpse with a cold expression.

"I wonder what Mr. Zloty thinks of this 'show'?" Su Qing looked at Mr. Zloty, holding a musket in her hand.

"Captain Su is not only intelligent, but also a force to be reckoned with," Mr. Zloty said frankly. "In the past decade, there have been very few captains who have possessed such strength at the very first Midway."

"This scene was brilliant."

Wang Yao sat on the ground, his face swollen like over-fermented dough, his nose blocked with blood. He listened to the two people talking, but his mind was buzzing and he couldn't hear a single word.

Su Qing remained silent for a moment, her gaze falling on the open space, and then she suddenly smiled.

"This construction site is not your property."

Mr. Zloty remained silent, waiting for him to continue.

"During my time at Midway, I did two things quite conspicuously," Su Qing said, tucking the musket back into his belt. "First, that silver coin, and second, accepting your invitation." He paused. "It seems I unknowingly took sides for myself."

Mr. Zloty nodded slightly after listening. "Captain Su is right. You did accidentally take sides, but not because of that silver coin, but because you accepted my invitation."

Mr. Zloty paused for a moment, a smug look spreading across his face.

"If it's just about flaunting wealth, it won't attract the attention of other chambers of commerce."

"But by accepting my invitation, you have already come into the sights of other chambers of commerce, especially our Windrise Chamber of Commerce's arch-rival—the Wild Wave Chamber of Commerce."

"Midway is not a place I'm watching over alone."

Su Qing sighed, somewhat self-deprecatingly, "It seems my little schemes were nothing but showing off in front of Mr. Zloty."

"No, no, Captain Su just doesn't quite understand this world yet," Mr. Zloty said. "This world originally belonged to us 'natives'."

Upon hearing this, Su Qing suddenly realized that he had previously overlooked the existence of these locals.

Although human civilization has entered the Age of Exploration for ten years, we are still outsiders. In future planning, we need to include these formidable locals.

They are not NPCs in a game.

The trouble this time was caused by his own "choosing sides," which provoked the hostile forces of Mr. Zloty's chamber of commerce.

"So, this land belongs to the Wild Waves Merchant Guild?"

Mr. Zloty shook his head with a wicked grin: "It used to be, but it's not anymore."

Su Qing cursed the old fox in his heart. It seemed that he had been completely outmaneuvered by the other party. His little bit of cleverness had been used by the other party to make a fortune.

Looking at the smug old fox in front of her, Su Qing sighed and tentatively asked, "Can I still withdraw now?"

"Captain Su is so clever, doesn't he already have the answer?"

Su Qing rubbed her temples and glanced at the corpses scattered on the ground and the large construction site.

Even if he went to the Wild Waves Merchant Guild and said he wasn't a member of the Wind Breeze Merchant Guild, they wouldn't let him off easily.

Now that we've already been branded with the Wind Breath Merchant Guild, let's do our best to reap all the benefits!

"Mr. Nazrotti, as a member of the Windbreak Merchant Guild, I shouldn't be short of benefits, right?"

When Su Qing mentioned the word "person," she gritted her teeth. Mr. Ziloti heard this and his smile widened.

"Don't worry, our Windrise Merchant Guild never mistreats its own people. I will make you satisfied within the limits of the rules."

Su Qing nodded, her expression softening slightly.

Wang Yao sat on the ground, scratching his head. He couldn't understand the conversation between the two people, but he did understand that there were benefits to it, and he grinned from his swollen face.

Mr. Zloty noticed the grinning pig's head and took out two bottles of Grade C healing potion from his pocket.

"I prepared this for you a long time ago, but I didn't expect that we would only need one bottle."

After he finished speaking, he was about to put one of the bottles back into his pocket when Su Qing darted forward and took them all away.

"Mr. Zloty, I am also seriously injured and need medicine."

Mr. Zloty smiled and let Su Qing take them all.

He doesn't care whether his partners are greedy; he only cares whether they have the strength to cooperate with.

Su Qing's strength is beyond doubt, so he was happy to let the other party gain a small advantage.

Su Qing held a bottle of Grade C healing potion and helped Wang Yao feed it to him.

In just a short while, the swelling on Wang Yao's face began to subside, and his sunken cheeks and brow bone began to heal.

"By the way, Mr. Zloty, is there anything I can do for you?"

"It's no trouble at all. You said we're family."

"Please help me post a bounty of 5 silver coins."

"Help me capture a crew member named Zhao Ling, dead or alive."

Mr. Zloty didn't ask why, but said with concern, "If you want to get rid of this person, you don't need to go through all this trouble. I have people I can use on this island."

Su Qing shook her head.

"There's no need for Mr. Zloty's men to intervene."

"What I want is for everyone on the island to see it and get moving!"

A cruel smile appeared on Su Qing's face, a smile that sent a chill down Mr. Ziloti's spine.

The cunning man began to doubt himself, wondering if he had made a mistake in scheming against the young man before him.