The Game of Global Mining-Chapter 320 - 274: So It’s the Faith God_2

The streets of Black Iron City at night were brilliantly lit, and Chun, pushed in a cart by a nun, once again became the center of attention for all the players: "Hey, hey, really! Covered in lipstick marks!"

Chun was startled and quickly asked Maria, "Do I have lipstick marks on my face?"

Maria smiled faintly, "These are marks of love, after all, we’re a couple!"

Whoa... whatever, it’s just a game...

Arriving at the jewelry store, the onlooking players immediately asked, "Brother Chun, are you here to see the Jewelry Grandmaster?"

Chun struggled to speak, "Yes, look at this..."

The guard, recognizing the situation, let them pass, and Chun went up to the second floor where he saw the absorbed Grandmaster Moss.

Chun didn’t disturb him and just watched as his workbench emitted a colorful glow.

Maria praised, "Not bad, huh? It’s been a long time since Black Iron City had a grandmaster. Gem City will surely offer a high salary. So, now’s the best time to build connections."

Chun said, "Grandmaster Moss’s wish is to become a citizen of the Golden Empire."

Maria chuckled lightly, "Is that so? Unfortunately, he’s too old and hasn’t achieved grandmaster-level accomplishments, which makes it difficult through normal procedures. Moreover, if he truly has this aspiration, he can’t accept employment from Gem City due to contractual obligations."

Chun was surprised, "So grandmaster-level accomplishments are like the citizenship test?"

"That’s pretty much it. Perhaps the Golden Empire might make an exception considering Black Iron City hasn’t had any immigrant talent in a while."

Chun asked again, "Does the Golden Empire have an immigration office in Black Iron City?"

Maria laughed, "Of course, it requires a joint review by the Church and City Lord’s Mansion. As for the Church, if you achieve results in this Blasphemer’s Battle, you can recommend him. As for the City Lord’s Mansion, it’s a bit tough, because Black Iron City is reluctant to let talent go, but you can approach Black Iron Flower Fafnir; she’s the cultural envoy of the Golden Empire!"

Holy Shit! It looks like I can talk to both sides?

Maria then asked, "But if he immigrates, what good does it do for you? You can’t follow him to the Golden Empire."

Benefit? What I want is to go to the Golden Empire and find him! This is to set up an inside contact for my alt to infiltrate and train in the Golden Empire. And Moss, having just immigrated, won’t know anyone and will need someone to watch out for him, right?

But this training mission is arranged by the Azazel Race, and it’s not convenient to mention it yet.

Chun smiled, "Helping a friend’s lifelong dream, I’ll help if I can. By the way, do you know much about the Golden Empire?"

Maria sighed, "Not much, and it’s not convenient to say."

Holy Shit! You’re an Angel on the outside and a Demon on the inside, and you find it inconvenient to talk? What level of hidden map is this!

At this moment, Moss finally snapped out of it, sweating profusely, "Sir, you’re here! Look, I’ve made dozens of Five-Colored Stones. The first dozen were just rough practice, but the later ones are works I’m satisfied with. If you need a large quantity, take them all!"

Chun was delighted, "Thank you so much, Mr. Moss!"

Moss looked gratified, "No, these are still not enough to express my thanks—"

Before he finished speaking, Moss suddenly froze in a daze!

Chun rushed to support him, "Mr. Moss?"

Moss looked pale, drenched in sweat, and couldn’t speak!

Maria immediately saw that something was wrong and cast a series of Healing Techniques: "He’s too tired! And too excited, which isn’t good for an elderly person. He needs to rest."

Moss finally came to and laughed, "I’m fine! Thank you, Madam Nun. It seems getting promoted to Grandmaster got me too excited. I’ll go rest now..."

Maria said, "Alright, we won’t disturb you then, goodbye!"

With that, she pushed the cart downstairs. Chun sensed something was off, "What’s going on?"

Maria whispered, "He’s too old! His wish might not come true."

Chun was shocked, "Could he die of old age?"

Maria laughed, "Mortals dying of old age is quite normal!"

Holy Shit! An NPC dying of old age is not normal! As long as a ’storyline kill’ event isn’t triggered, NPCs will always be there—wait a minute! Did I trigger a storyline kill?

I traveled back a hundred years and modified the game’s operation, adding a plot module to this NPC that wasn’t supposed to have a wheelchair storyline... And given the way chess software likes to exchange pieces to reduce computation, this game’s system might also be annoyed by increased computation, especially related to opening up the mysterious and troublesome Golden Empire hidden map, and might kill off the related NPC story!

Thinking of this, Chun felt uncomfortable all over, "How long can he live?"

Maria sighed, "Who knows, maybe if he stays calm and doesn’t get overworked, he could live for quite a while. But if he faces the citizenship test and gets excited, it’s hard to say."

Live a long time calmly? Meaning, as long as he continues as a sweeping NPC without triggering new computations, he can live?

Chun instantly regretted making his grandmaster status public! It would have been better to kidnap him and persuade him to give up on going to the Golden Empire and retire in Southern Canyon Village. But is that possible...

Maria asked again, "Where to next?"

Chun instinctively replied, "Deliver the Five-Colored Stones to Southern Canyon Village..."

As soon as he said this, Chun suddenly felt something was wrong. Would letting Bilenna appear in front of her expose the bat’s true identity? After all, the Church mission Maria assigned from the Holy Mother was to find the bat...

Maria remarked, not without some irritation, "It’s so late, heading to the countryside with a cart?"

Chun thought the same, "Then let’s not—"

Maria laughed, "No problem! My duty is to meet all sorts of Blasphemer’s needs, so let’s teleport."

That’s right, Maria’s teleportation can send me directly from the island back to the Church—but no!

Chun immediately stopped her, "I have to appear secretly; we can’t let the village see me and you suddenly appear."

After all, there’s an undercover agent in the village. If I’m seen in the city one moment and then appearing out of nowhere with a cart and a nun in the village the next moment, that’s no good! Even without an undercover agent, it’d be awkward if the national server players saw this!

Maria was surprised, "So, you mean, we teleport outside the village?"

That’s doable! Once we’re in a secluded area outside the village, use the Mage’s Attendant Badge to call Sherry out of the village. If she’s busy or asleep, let Bilenna come out to get the goods—or not, it’s not convenient to let Bilenna appear in front of Maria, maybe leave the goods in one spot...

No, that’s not right either! The Mermaid said earlier that at this time of night, the Mermaid and Sariel should be landing under the cover of darkness. Sariel is an Angel, and might have already flown overhead to scout the surroundings of the village?

Thinking about this made Chun’s head spin, deciding to wait for Aileen to wake up and discuss a long-term plan: "Let’s go shopping first and figure out how to keep Old Mr. Moss healthy?"

Maria laughed, "Alright, let’s go shopping. Actually, death is not the end. If he has unresolved obsessions and doesn’t go to Heaven, becoming a Resentful Spirit is also a form of existence."

Holy Shit!

Speaking of which, Chun walked out, and the street was once again noisy with players: "Brother Chun is out!"

Chun immediately apologized to the surrounding players, "Sorry, I shouldn’t have shown off! Too tricky, don’t look for this NPC."

As soon as he said that, Chun regretted it again!

Sure enough, the whole street of players laughed aloud, "The benefits must be too great, Brother Chun wants them all to himself..."

Holy Shit! The more I try to explain, the worse it gets. Better not say anything.

...

Meanwhile, above Southern Canyon Village.

Sariel’s fleet landed under the cover of darkness, and 500 elite players were escorting the Mermaid—in fact, they made a divine throne for her out of a bathing tub—slowly carrying her inland. It’s expected they’ll arrive at the canyon village before the monster siege tomorrow night.

Sariel, displaying the True Angel True Body, led the way and recorded the terrain, flying over the Southern Canyon Village within hours.

It seemed unremarkable, and then the attention turned to the Gnolls north of the village. It’s said Chun brought his girl group for leveling there the night before, and it went badly.

Then Sariel saw over two hundred pulling monster players orderly pulling monsters for leveling there.

It seemed unremarkable too, but Sariel just felt something was off, was it that the monsters appeared a bit too often?