The Game of Global Mining

Chun returned online in the private room, at this time Plague Island welcomed the birth of dawn, and Evil Spirit Island once again disappeared.

Sure enough, a large number of system messages flooded the screen again:

——System Message: Dear player, welcome to the Golden Continent, it is now 6:27 AM Golden Continent time...

——System Message: You have automatically gained the construction experience imparted by the old foreman Pyande, comprehended Basic Construction Technique Level 1, Physical Strength +1, Carrying Capacity +1, Life +1, Spirit +1, Accuracy +1%. You have acquired the construction specialization skill: capable of identifying the weak points of shoddy construction.

Basic Construction Technique: Able to craft building blueprints and construct buildings independently. The durability of buildings is greatly enhanced.

——Black Flag Order Message: Warning! The Guardian God Siren of Black Flag Island secretly plundered the Silver City mining ship "Silver Baron Andoni" through hypnosis. If made public, you will bear unpredictable major responsibilities.

——Black Flag Order Message: The Black Flag Commerce Association has acquired coal and various supplies worth 10 million Mining Coins.

——System Message: Your Possessing Mirror Spirit Aileen has achieved her ideal wish, upgraded to Idol Dancer, significantly boosting her strength. Acquired Special Skill: Idol Worship, the more fans Aileen has, the stronger she gets. Meanwhile, fans also grow stronger as their fan value increases.

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Chun carefully reviewed the messages!

The old foreman truly deserves the name, he really taught me Construction Technique! It's only the basic level yet has construction specialization; he's indeed an old artist from a hundred years ago!

If this pairs with my Weakness Strike skill, wouldn't it be a demolition machine?

Let's look further down.

Holy Shit, Siren, you really did it, scoring two hits in one night, and you even robbed a ship of coal. I'm going to be speeding down the road of the Iron Age.

And then there's Aileen, this idol...

Chun was utterly stunned, how is this different from a Faith God?

At this moment, Aileen laughed, "You're here! I've achieved great success! How's this idol, doesn't it resemble a god?"

Chun exclaimed, "Is the strength of an idol at this level?"

Aileen enthusiastically said, "Yes! That's why the Five Great City Beauties are all Idol Mages, it's no exaggeration to call them fast-track Magic Gods. This is the direction I pursued behind them. Of course, my fans aren't as pure as theirs, but once I take this step, it will gradually get better—by the way, that bitch earlier snatched another ship of coal. I wanted to test my strength, but considering she worked so hard to shift the blame on you, I let it be."

Chun asked in shock, "Do you mean you now have the power to confront Siren?"

Aileen replied irritably, "Of course, it will only be when my fans are more numerous and purer. I need the most unique and expensive clothes, the most luxurious and noble perfume, and the most exquisite posters posted worldwide. The higher status and more famous my fans are, the stronger I become! So you know what to do now?"

Holy Shit, what have I raised...

Honestly, this is completely contrary to the original intent. Initially, I wanted to cultivate Aileen into a completely unknown secret force. But now the situation has developed into something globally known.

Alas, let's play the reverse card and hide in the city. When the world knows, it instead becomes the most hidden and unsuspected—besides, it's just a bat clone of Aileen's that showed up.

Isn't this a reflection of reality strategy? Don't mind the posts hyping me up so much—when someone asks, shouldn't someone so amazing be in a top-secret facility? Why are they in an internet cafe? Then it's all seen as internet celebrity hype for views and an entertaining joke.

Chun asked again, "Have you thought about this, if we do things this way, Fafnir and the Five Great City Beauties won't be happy? I heard celebrities aren't as friendly as they seem on the surface, right?"

Aileen snorted coldly, "Finally, it's time to face my former idols..."

Holy Shit! You really are soaring tonight!

Chun asked, "You've met with the village chief, right? Any strategies?"

Aileen replied in a low voice, "Even if we had IOUs, he wouldn't acknowledge such an old debt. I knew when I was alive the Counts were dissatisfied with him, knew some of his shady dealings. He has assets in Black Iron City, if he really wants to turn hostile or even tries to harm me—I would send my fans to wreck his assets!"

You've got a little fame and now you're floating! This toxic fan community needs to be sorted!

Chun considered, "Calm down! His assets are our assets too, don't smash them! And don't let others know, wouldn't it be better if we secretly take over?"

Aileen chuckled, "That makes sense. Do you have a plan?"

Chun said, "What you said about the Counts being unhappy with him gave me some insight. I watched the village guard the village process, a bit puzzled; this village supposedly has a Secret Iron mine—though I don't know what use Secret Iron has, it must be very powerful. Logically, such a century-old village shouldn't perform so weakly during a siege, are they hiding their strength? To prevent the Counts from seizing his property?"

Aileen said, "That's very possible!"

Chun thought it out, "I think you can use this to threaten him, say Black Iron City's Counts suspect him—you heard this personally, so it's not deceiving him, demand debt equity conversion to join the village for a long-term cooperative relationship, not just to defend against tomorrow's monstrous siege, but also to guard against the Counts!"

Aileen agreed deeply, "That's a good plan! I also think I should contact the Crystal Bat to help, have it find out the village chief's Secret Iron stash!"

Chun perked up, "Exactly, now that your clone is public, we urgently need another secret force! The Crystal Bat can turn invisible, it absolutely cannot be discovered by anyone."

Aileen was excited, "I'll call it over tonight then! I'm going to be busy, you play by yourself."

How... how am I supposed to play by myself?

Switched to a small account, still a black screen.

Looking at the main account again, forget it, don't bother with auto mode, better manually unearth the treasure the Plague Angel mentioned in the melon patch.

Using a Mining Pickaxe to dig a hole doesn't work, first, go to the blacksmith to make a shovel—not right, shovels and pickaxes are completely different tools, might not auto-execute. Just modify the Mining Pickaxe into a wide pickaxe specifically for digging soil, who knows, it might work automatically...

Spent a dozen minutes, successfully crafted two wide pickaxes and returned to the pumpkin field, all pumpkins were gone.

Good, seems everything was gathered last night, this feeling of not having to do anything by hand is really satisfying.

Let's try auto mode—sure enough, it works! But still can't automatically scoop out soil.

Better dig manually.

Just believing there's treasure beneath, Chun indeed found something unusual, that is, crows were all over the island, except for this pumpkin field area where no crows came near, so there must be a treasure with a strong aura of angelic light, which further strengthened the resolve to dig for treasure.