The Game of Global Mining

Soon, a whale song echoed above the sea, and the long-lost Old Whale finally returned!

Chun was overjoyed: "Old Whale, your injuries have healed quite a bit!"

Old Whale was also quite pleased: "After eating tuna, crabs, sharks, and ray meat that day, I've improved in every way, I'm much stronger than before."

Truly, you are what you eat!

Chun was delighted: "Let's set off to that Spice Island you mentioned before!"

Old Whale was excited: "Alright!"

The Siren said: "Hold on, let me check the map!"

Chun displayed the map.

The Siren smiled: "It's actually very close, let me lead the way."

Huh? Okay, I want to see your skills.

Chun boarded the ship, finding only Bai: "Where are the other crew members?"

The Siren chuckled: "The soul-infused hull, don't you think this ship is beautiful?"

Chun felt a bit creeped out: "Are you saying you infused the souls of hundreds of dead sailors from the safe outside into this?"

The Siren laughed: "Yes! It was their wish too, to become one with the ship and roam the world—so it's not me being playful, I also promised to take them around the world, to revisit their hometowns! So even though there's only Bai on board, the ship won't be slow, it's propelled by soul power."

Telekinesis, right?

Chun expressed his thoughts: "With my expert-level sailing technique, I'd like to use this ship to advance to master-level sailing technique, so I can find bigger treasures."

The Siren laughed: "Sure, you can sail in the captain's cabin, though it's a soul-infused ship, the basic driving functions are still there. With someone steering, it should go faster."

Great!

Chun took his place in the cockpit, holding the helm, feeling... a bit lacking modernized equipment, not like those advanced magic crystal displays on the Great Evil Spirit ship.

Aileen was excited: "Let me play for a bit!"

"Alright, alright, it's your turn!"

Only hearing the Siren report: "Steer the ship out here to the open sea..."

The nautical chart immediately displayed the coordinates.

Aileen was instantly displeased: "Not playing, why should I listen to this bitch!"

I... you...

Chun was helpless: "When I'm not around, you'll still need to oversee it for me, she's a god after all and knows a lot—so do listen, alright!"

Aileen coldly snorted but ultimately couldn't resist the allure of the steering wheel.

——System Alert: You are piloting a large vessel, the Obsidian, and your expert-level sailing technique has greatly improved in proficiency.

As expected from a big ship, my expertise finally gained proficiency!

As the ship took its position, Chun suddenly realized something was off, isn't this the Sea Abyss? Directly above the Magic Gold mine?

Chun got a bit anxious: "Why is this here?"

The Siren explained: "Because there's a Sea Abyss here created by a Void Meteorite, opening a space channel, it's what I mentioned before as the underground sea dark pathway—"

Speaking, the Siren brought out the Ocean Star Gem and began casting, immediately causing winds and clouds to swirl around the ship, forming a large vortex that surrounded the ship, and then it spun, spun, spun, descended, descended... the scene changed!

——System Alert: You have arrived at a special space, the Underground Dark Sea!

Dark Sea?

Chun looked around, how is this underground? Around him was a rotating starry sky, splendid nebulae, with flickering lights and shadows flowing like a galaxy running through the sky!

Aileen was also astounded: "This is too beautiful!"

The Siren was quite proud: "Impressed? Don't try to comprehend this through the eyes of mortals, it's a spatial rift, passing through it shortens a lot of geographical distance."

Chun asked in shock: "This was made by a meteorite impact?"

"Yes! But not just any meteorite, humans call these 'Divine Stone Ores', typically composed of iron and silver, higher grades as 'Divine Iron and Divine Silver', and lesser 'Secret Iron and Mithril'. However, when the meteorite fell, humans hadn't discovered them in this world yet..."

Chun asked in surprise: "Are there many such meteorites?"

The Siren replied: "I don't know about those on land, but not many fell in the sea, just a few, and each impact site developed a powerful sea race force."

Chun said in astonishment: "But I don't see any major sea race here?"

The Siren snorted: "Are you sure about that?"

Chun understood: "Octopus?"

The Siren said: "Perhaps, sea races have levels, my Siren kin are creatures from the sea cliffs, rising above the sea, able to avoid sea race attacks. Mermaids barely make it in the deep sea, but not too deep, they can't dominate. Octopuses and this Old Whale are deep-sea beings. Below that are Sea Abyss Giant Monsters, rarely seen and hard to assess, said that each being alone forms its race, even gods find them hard to match."

Truly a god, a database, you know so much!

The Siren continued: "And that Evil Spirit City of yours, do you know why it appears at night and disappears by day? It's also because of this meteorite impact, causing spatial displacement. For a day with time, perhaps we can explore nearby, maybe you'll find the Evil Spirit City that disappears by day."

Chun got excited: "What if we find it?"

The Siren laughed: "See if the Evil Spirit Space is stable, if stable, with a bit of propulsion, it could float like a Floating Island, wandering through space worlds! But before that, make sure it doesn't get eliminated by the Silver Fleet phases!"

Holy Shit!

Chun was speechless: "Do you really have to keep eying Silver City to snatch?"

The Siren laughed: "It's also for your good, isn't it too much to take five cities at once? Taking five, you'd be a global enemy, everyone would extinguish you. Taking Silver City, the other four cities would gloat over your misfortune!"

Holy Shit, you really understand!

Chun was truly touched: "You really do care about me!"

The Siren huffed: "So, any expression of that?"

Oh right, promised earlier!

Chun pulled out the Grandmaster Forging Ring: "This is for you!"

The Siren was not pleased: "What do I need that for? To swing a hammer forging? I want the one on your hand!"

Chun panicked: "This one can't do!"

Aileen was furious: "Bitch, go to hell!"

The Siren pouted: "You don't love me!"

Holy Shit~~~~

Chun had to say: "I'll have Grandmaster Tie craft one you like next time!"

The Siren just chuckled: "The materials for that ring are from this Sea Abyss, aren't they?"

"Yes."

Chun felt nothing was a secret in front of her, and all the while thought it was a secret before.

The Siren casually said: "Then I don't need to remind you, right?"

"I know, I'll keep it secret from the human world."

"Hand me the ring!"

Chun was stunned: "Didn't you say you didn't want it?"

"I just don't want to swing a hammer, didn't say I don't want it! Next time you'll give it to me again."

"You want two?"

"One for each hand, of course!"

Aileen was exasperated: "Still too many bitches!"

Just considering suppressing the rankings here.

Chun didn't want her to waste equipment: "I think you really can try swinging the hammer, it would have an unexpectedly strong beauty, you can certainly craft women's masterpieces that male grandmasters cannot..."

"Really?"

"You're a goddess! If you can't, who can?"