The Game of Global Mining-Chapter 532 - 393: Another Expert, Chifanda Is Captured
With Aileen’s assistance, finding the resonance frequency was effortless. The magic prism directly converted the audio into pulsing spectral bands, visually apparent.
So the challenge was how to use the "Summoned Whale" skill to launch an ultrasound of the same frequency.
Summoned Whale is triggered by clapping in water; here, it should be tapping the machine, but no matter how you clap, you can’t go insane enough to match the machine’s rhythm, can you?
Then try large bands, where when the machine spins ten times, a hand clap counts as another form of synchrony, right?
With the theoretical direction in place, it’s time for repeated attempts. Failure, failure, continuous failure... but it doesn’t matter, so long as there’s success somewhere...
Unintentionally, Chun’s clap made the machine bed’s vibration sound suddenly increase, and some oil and rust on the machine shook and lifted like dust!
It’s resonating! If not now, then when?
Chun suddenly exerted himself, wiped with the cloth—a smooth sensation like wiping with toilet paper, a tactile feeling...
—— System prompt: Congratulations! You successfully utilized "Whale God Guardian" to loosen the oil rust structure with ultrasound and successfully cleaned the rust. Your Initial Tier Mop Mastery skill has elevated from level 10 to Advanced level 1! Purification Technique effect increased by 21%, achievement obtained: Physical Strength +11, Heavy Load +11, additional achievement: Life +11, Spirit +1!
—— System prompt: Congratulations! Your Possessing Mirror Spirit Aileen successfully understood the principle of wave resonance, enhancing the function of possession skill "Radar".
...
Holy Shit, instantly shot up to Advanced level! Without even using the strength of Beelzebub Gemstone!
Chun was ecstatic: "Aileen, we succeeded!"
Aileen was extremely calm: "Don’t talk; I need to find the feeling. You keep wiping..."
Indeed, she also understood, but it clearly wasn’t complete yet.
Chun continued finding the rhythm from earlier.
Actually, having reached Advanced level already, even if done roughly now, the effect was much better than before. But Chun often comprehended things at the Master’s level; obviously, he wasn’t aiming for mere Advanced.
Moreover, Aileen had previously mentioned when possessing Whale that the Whale Radar shared similarities with Bat Radar, always wanting to find an opportunity to reconcile the two. Now is that chance!
And once Aileen successfully understood resonance, Chun’s success rate greatly increased—the machine’s vibration sound suddenly amplified again, dust sprang up! 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂
Chun forcefully wiped again—system prompt: Congratulations! Your Advanced Mop Mastery has elevated to level 2...
Wow! Wipe once, rise a level!
So, indeed, this oil rust is genuinely high-end, probably only experts at expert level can deal with it, so I must be at least expert level too.
In no time, Chun continued his efforts with momentum like wiping a butt, wiping the side of the machine completely clean of oil stains in less than ten minutes! Skills effortlessly shot up to Advanced level 10, just one step away from the threshold! And Expert level usually gifts extra skills; really anticipating!
Chifanda’s gaze at Chun moved from initial confusion to shock, then to extreme fervor!
Heh heh, yes, I’m the great sage your grandpa spoke of...
"This is normal operation, sit down, sit down..."
Unfortunately, he couldn’t hear, so Chun just pressed his hands to signal him to calm down.
Then continued striving for Expert, without suspense!
This time, the machine emitted a clear sound; Chun forcefully wiped, and this wipe made an obvious eye-catching difference!
—— System prompt: Congratulations! ... Your Advanced Mop Mastery has ascended to Expert level 1, Purification Technique effect increased by 32%, achievement obtained: Heavy Load +2, Physical Strength +2, Master of Ultrasound. Additional achievement: Spirit +2, Life +2.
Master of Ultrasound: Passive Skill, greatly enhances the sound wave effects of "Whale God Guardian", "Whale Roar", "Radar", and boosts communication of "Sea Race Personal Guard", Beelzebub Lord’s "Encrypted Communication", Commerce Token, etc.
Active Skill: After activating the Master of Ultrasound active mode, your attacks, footsteps, all carry a certain degree of ultrasound oscillation effect. Meanwhile, physical strength consumption increases. The higher the load value, the stronger the ultrasound oscillation effect.
...
Promoted!
Chun had always awaited this moment! Expert level 1’s Purification Technique effect increased by 32%, already on par with Old Whale’s Initial Tier Leviathan power and Lord’s effect. The key is, the rewarded skill is "Master of Ultrasound"! And it’s both "Passive" and "Active" modes!
And active mode means I’m the man who brings wind with hand strikes and tremor with kicks! If I stomp down, ants around me might get crushed dead in waves, right?
All in all, keep pushing forward; mere Expert isn’t enough satisfaction!
However, though promoted to expert indeed cleans brightly, the proficiency doesn’t rise as rapidly as before. Probably at this stage, advancement relies on the quest machine.
Chun’s excited mood soon got diluted by fatigue after staying up all night, further compounded by the machine’s rhythm bringing heavy drowsiness. Still...
"Aileen, I need to rest. It’s up to you now."
"Go ahead, go ahead, it’s a good time for me to verify alone."
Chun felt deeply, lay down, and fell asleep.
...
Golden Continent time five PM.
Metatron woke up after a few hours’ nap without feeling like eating dinner, directly logging in, with the first task to check Chun’s progress.
This glance, stunned on the spot! Chun hadn’t wiped his quest machine, instead polished the exterior of machine number 1032 brilliantly!
Metatron immediately replayed the monitor, even more shocked. Chun initially stood still, then kept tapping the machine, then suddenly forcefully wiped, showing significant effect! Then continued tapping and repeating, shown to be rhythmic!
Metatron exclaimed in the chat room: "Everyone come see this Chun!"
Many lords were similarly shocked: "He’s clearly practicing skills on less rusted machine, only after leveling up will he polish the quest machine!"
Gabriel amazedly asked: "But what skill is this? Charged skill?"
Michael’s brows twitched: "Hear the machine’s particularly crisp sound? Then the rust on the machine visibly leaps, he takes this instant to wipe clean."
Metatron exclaimed in shock: "This should be a resonance phenomenon, yeah? But as a player, how could one resonate in front of such fast spinning machinery?"
Gabriel noted: "Using astrology to predict?"
Many lords fell silent. After all, astrology is not an original set skill but a research project yet to be developed.
Michael appeared slightly anxious: "The possibility isn’t nonexistent."
At this moment, the factory shift bell rang.
Metatron grew impatient: "Then let Chun also finish work, directly assigned to the factory’s disciplinary room to sleep, preventing doing anything. As for NPC number 1032, immediately transfer and arrest for interrogation!"
Sariel cheerfully noted: "Doing nothing sounds right! Using factory time for finish work, using prison time for rest, spending a day in alternation between work and sleep, thus unable to complete the quest!"
Michael laughed: "Arranged to the disciplinary room, huh? Too bad you had the informant setup in prison number 1 hostel?"
Metatron smiled: "Leave that to the just-entered royal family players then."
At this point, following Metatron’s capture order, two mechanical puppets arrived at work station 1032, forcibly taking it away. Chun tried blocking, intended to say something, but was subdued by another puppet.
Sariel immediately felt satisfied: "This feels right."
Gabriel chuckled surprisingly: "Why would Chun dare oppose puppet robots? This adds a charge of resistance, right?"
Metatron smiled: "This template fits well for arranging Chun into the disciplinary room."
...
Chun was awakened by the game’s alarm.
Looking at the time, daylight’s out. Upon logging in, suddenly found himself in a small black room. What?
Checking the system messages:
—— System prompt: Warning! You resisted the puppet inspector, earning a resistance charge.
—— System prompt: You presented a deck of playing cards to little Chifanda.
Chun was dumbfounded: "Aileen, what happened?"
Aileen sighed: "Just after work, Chifanda got taken away, you were also locked in here."
Taken away! Holy Shit, this clearly indicates Ten Lords are playing dirty hands! Prevent any NPC interaction with me, isn’t it?
Aileen stated again: "I noticed something amiss, so amidst the blocking action slipped a deck of cards into his hand, he caught it."
Chun was surprised: "Why give him playing cards?"
Aileen said solemny: "Because there’s no chance to communicate anything with him, hence unable to express our intent, so just slip a random object as a token, a flower or a handkerchief. This is also a common dance girl practice for leaving a token— like, if you meet a dancing girl and get caught, you don’t have time to say anything, she slips a handkerchief into your hand, what would you think?"
Chun’s heart skipped a beat: "This..."
Aileen sighed: "Profound enough isn’t it? At least during interrogation not to completely spill everything and betray the other, right? Besides, these cards are prestigious among Silver experts, implying they are unusual objects, holding that card might indeed spark discovery."
Holy Shit, turns out that’s it!
