The Game of Global Mining

Chun demonstrated several times, and Aileen indeed sneered, "Stiff! Your speed and strength are halved when moving in the water..."

Chun quickly asked, "What should I do?"

Aileen snorted coldly, "Let me try first, as you wish, I'll attempt to integrate some dance moves..."

——System prompt: You have been taken over by the Possessing Mirror Spirit, activating the Possession Skill 'Dance of Evil Spirits'.

Holy Shit, she's really using dance moves! But that's not my intention.

But as long as she agrees to farm for me while I'm offline, that's enough.

After all, I'll be returning home tomorrow, and with this account inactive for a day, she at least ought to accomplish something.

As for now, I can peacefully enjoy the farming, sleep well, and make up for the all-nighters...

...

Lost Paradise Vassal City Dark Moon City Miner's Guild Lounge.

Uriel utilized his privileges to meet this Grandmaster-level Dark Elf Miner Bast, and surprisingly, he turned out to be a blind man wearing an eyepatch!

What's going on? Uriel had clearly checked the development data, and this NPC wasn't supposed to be blind; this evidently results from the system's autonomous operation!

As a developer, Uriel was quite pleased. But as a player, Uriel was at a loss!

Uriel asked, "What happened to your eyes?"

Bast said flatly, "I don't need them! Eyes would only blind my spirit, preventing me from finding the Divine Stone that could take me further."

Naturally, Uriel knew that Grandmaster isn't the end, there is the Divine Artisan above it. And to reach this level, acquiring minerals like Divine Stones is necessary.

Originally, Michael had arranged abundant minerals in the asteroid belt of the void where the Golden Divine Throne is located. However, after the system operation deemed the logic unreasonable, a void storm blew those asteroid mines away to god knows where, which was one of the rare times Michael had to eat humble pie.

Uriel asked, "Without eyes, how do you find them?"

Bast replied, "The mind's eye!"

Uriel exclaimed, "Radar?"

Bast directly threw over three dice, "You roll, I'll guess!"

Uriel got interested and shook them noisily in the cup, covered it, and placed it on the table, "Please guess!"

"1, 4, 6"

Uriel uncovered it and lo and behold, it was correct!

In that instant, Uriel thought of all the common casino cheat methods like remote-controlled dice and seeing through cups. Even in a game, it might be some kind of magic dice. But before him was a Grandmaster! Suspecting him of cheating seemed a bit...

Uriel steered clear of the topic, "Actually, I came here to—"

Bast shook his head and interrupted, "I'm only interested in Divine Stones and gambling!"

This attitude was anticipated by Uriel, "No one has any news about Divine Stones."

Bast said flatly, "Then gamble with me; win and we'll talk."

Uriel coldly said, "As far as I know, you have three jewelry stores on the sixth floor of Black Dragon Secret Abyss City, twenty-four beloved female slaves, and three sons you are proud of..."

Bast's tone turned cold, "How do you know these?"

Uriel said flatly, "Because I am the Sage! Suppose, for every game you win against me, you'll lose one son and eight female slaves. Would you still be interested in gambling—"

Before the words were finished, Bast suddenly appeared behind Uriel, lifting him by the neck with one hand, "Dare talk to me like this—"

The next moment, the guild master burst in, "Stop it! Mr. Bast!! You shall not be rude to Mr. Uriel!"

Uriel tried to adjust his neck, faintly smiled, "It's alright, Mr. Guild Master, I am having an in-depth and frank conversation with the Grandmaster here."

"Oh...please, carry on without disturbance then!"

At this point, Uriel was fully confident of winning him over. His actions showed he knew how to make choices. If he didn't care about the female slaves, didn't care about his sons, and didn't believe Uriel could achieve it, it would indeed have been tricky. If it had been the Minotaur, he surely would have smacked Uriel dead with one slap, which would have been embarrassing...

As the guild master exited, Uriel chuckled, "The guild master arrived quite quickly, eh?"

Bast coldly said, "Able to command the guild master...it seems you are well prepared, now speak."

Uriel said with emotion, "Actually, my previous assumption, I cannot achieve it currently. But I am destined to reach the summit, and I don't want to wait that long. I have a shortcut to gain the support of three major forces, I need us to join forces..."

Bast snorted, "Why come to me? Both Duodolin and Mino are Grandmasters."

Uriel laughed, "Don't you think three Grandmasters are too many? Imagine, if you were the only Grandmaster, wouldn't it be great? Finding a Divine Stone with no one to compete against you for it, only you can dig for it—you know what I mean?"

Bast coldly said, "You mean, you want to help me get rid of those two?"

Uriel said seriously, "You could also understand it as if you don't agree, the one getting rid of could be you too."

Bast laughed, "Ever since I became a Grandmaster, I've been bored, didn't expect things to get interesting now, then let's go..."

Uriel was very pleased, "After all, only supreme power is the most interesting, only then can you happily dig Divine Stones, happily gamble..."

...

Lost Paradise Commerce Association Headquarters.

Uriel brought Bast to room 233.

Bast said flatly, "Respected Miss Bobona, I am Bast, and I would like to join your association."

Uriel laughed, "I did it!"

Bobona was stunned, "Grandmaster, you're unaware of our association's situation?"

Bast replied, "I am aware. But since someone of Miss Bobona's stature joined, why wouldn't I have a reason?"

Bobona laughed heartily, "Very good, I approve your membership in the association!"

——System prompt: Uriel joins the association, Bast joins the association, the association's membership increases to 13. Reputation has been greatly enhanced.

Uriel couldn't wait any longer, "So what's my position?"

Bobona smiled, "Just in time, the president returned to the city, you can meet him at the mine warehouse. Perhaps he can give you a better arrangement."

Uriel's spirit lifted, "Great! I'll head there immediately—then Mr. Bast, I'll fly ahead!"

Bast took out a Magic Scroll, "I also wish to see, but might not be slower than Mr. Uriel..."

...

In the next moment, Uriel finally met this President Vonima at the mining site!

Short, small, inconspicuous...

Immediately, Uriel's eyes were drawn to the Flame Earth Dragon behind him, the Crystal Stone Necklace on the Earth Dragon, and the dozens of carts filled with Purple Gold Ore—these were the ores I was supposed to be eligible to transport!

A Dark Elf exclaimed, "It's truly Mr. Bast! The Mining Grandmaster actually joined our association!"

Bast politely greeted, "Greetings, president and various ladies! It was this Sage Mr. Uriel who introduced me to join!"

The ladies were once again in an uproar, "So it is the famous Mr. Uriel! Then our association will surely develop rapidly!"

Only then did Uriel recover and focus all his attention on this president, "Hello, President, I've heard of the Dios Commerce Association's reputation, I greatly admire your esteemed integrity..."