At night, two days later, inside the houseboat, bedroom.
After washing up, Chen Qi stood beside the mirror, straining to look back at his back.
At this moment, due to the medium-level healing, even though he had been injured before, his body still appeared quite healthy.
"No major issues."
Chen Qi did a simple check-up on himself.
Apart from his spine, there were no internal or external injuries.
Thanks to the Chef Skill, the Transcendent vegetables from the black soil, and the joint effect of three developmental buffs, his constitution had reached 44 points.
His stamina had also increased significantly.
A 44-point constitution meant that he could now equip simple mechanical implants.
Once his constitution exceeded 60, he could even undergo the installation of flesh implants.
After watering the small yellow flower on the windowsill, Chen Qi sat in a chair and took out the latest newspaper.
The solo journey to Black Mine City was downright boring.
The hardworking Water Elves had also reached their limit in continuous work.
At the moment, he was the only source of activity on the vast boat.
Loneliness, solitude, cold... Chen Qi joked to himself.
Fortunately, during the voyage, he encountered a vessel from the Seal Logistics Company and managed to get the latest newspaper of Black Mine City.
Chen Qi opened the newspaper, ready to catch up on the major recent events in Black Mine City.
In the Crack Sea, Black Mine City was the site of many major events and also offered many opportunities.
"Environmental issues in Black Mine City urgently need to be addressed, cracks increasing, the once bustling mining area faces a huge challenge."
"Massive Blade Phase conflict between Blood Blade Pirate Group and Black Whale Group! Casualties exceed five hundred people! Battles! Thrilling!"
"Over a thousand maritime conflicts have occurred, when will the robbery at sea stop? What exactly is the navy doing?"
"Announcement: Sea Beast Twelve Touches and calamitous Blade Storm! Currently ravaging the northern waters!"
"Number of adventurers in Black Mine City, along with the population and market size, hit new record highs."
"Leader of Blood Blade Pirate Group is in retreat for personal reasons, the Lady of Blood washes her face with tears daily, the great pirate of Black Whale Group, Long Beard, publicly states he will look after the Lady of Blood for the leader, Blood Dragon."
"Lady of Blood states she will send someone to kill Long Beard and send him to Golden Flower Bird Kingdom, to experience a whole new gender."
"The mysterious dealings and love-hate relationship between Black Hunter and Flower Witch."
Chen Qi quickly scanned the news before him.
"All recent updates from Black Mine City... Wait a minute, what is the last one about?"
Chen Qi raised his eyebrow, scrutinizing it closely.
Firstly, because Black Hunter and Flower Witch had killed Kuang Sha together, the relationship between the two had always been a matter of debate.
Thus, it had long been speculated that there was a hierarchical relationship between them.
But who was above and who was below between him and Flower Witch? There was never a unified answer.
Many believed Flower Witch was on top, and Black Hunter was definitely below.
Others believed Black Hunter's monstrous personality was on top, and Flower Witch was definitely below.
Regarding this, the brave reporter Miss Jin Li, chatting with knowledgeable individuals from the Ice Demon Pirate Group, reported that, based on history, witches are not violent monsters but hunters of Sea Beasts and saviors of Witch Sea, hoping everyone could abandon their prejudices against witches.
Though cruel, Flower Witch acted for the good of Witch Sea.
However, Flower Witch would never consort with someone monstrous like Black Hunter from the sea.
The ultimate conclusion was that the Ice Demon Pirate Group believed Flower Witch and Black Hunter were not in the same faction; their cooperation was only temporary to tackle the Black Whale Group.
The reason for their cooperation might be that Flower Witch threatened Black Hunter, either planting a parasitic seed in him or administering a deadly poison.
In short, just a lot of baseless conjecture.
"..."
Damn clickbaits, thought it was something significant... Chen Qi couldn't help but say:
"Hmm? Perl, you unscrupulous reporter...hmm?"
But the author of the article turned out not to be Perl from the Witch Times but her archrival, Lilith from the Witch Times.
So it's you... Chen Qi murmured internally.
As a journalist who started with wild dating rumors, Lilith was a novelist who could exaggerate a story about a count having an affair and spin it into a tragedy that lasted a whole year.
All one could say was that Miss Lilith had restrained herself quite a bit.
Chen Qi scanned the news from the Crack Sea, apart from this report, there was nothing about him.
And this piece of news was just tucked away in a corner, unable to stir up any waves.
If it weren't for Perl's report from Moonstone City, it could be said that he had already disappeared from public view.
"I guess I've temporarily fallen off the radar in the Crack Sea..."
Chen Qi mused internally.
Calm waters, ah!
Finally...
I can make some waves again!
Taking advantage of the current lack of attention, maybe it's time to make a big move!
After all, the identity of Black Hunter was too useful, especially for robbery.
The next moment, Chen Qi shifted his focus to the black market in Black Mine City.
He remembered that in the black market of Black Mine City, there were plenty of treasures, and even extremely rare forbidden Skill Cards for sale.
I need to visit the black market...
He still had a lot of weapons from the Bei Country Meteorological Bureau on him.
Beyond the forbidden cards and weapon trade, Black Mine City also had numerous low-difficulty, high-return rare events to acquire special forbidden artifacts.