The Game of Global Mining

Chapter 725 - 563: The Uniqueness of Oak City, Two Gods

Although having an additional Shadow Demon job transfer is worth celebrating, it is far from enough compared to the threat posed by the Great God Team faced by Iron Flame Village.

The Young Master urgently needed new growth points: "Fishing Lord, how is the small boat investigation going?"

The Fishing Immortal responded nervously: "There is indeed a new breakthrough—a major development. The serial number of the small boat was burned off by flames."

The Young Master was stunned: "Who did it?"

The Fishing Immortal said: "I can confirm, it wasn’t a player or a regular NPC. By the time our team guarding the boat noticed the smoke, the serial number was already burned off. If it had been discovered any later, the whole boat might have been destroyed."

The Young Master said gravely: "Can I understand this as the most crucial piece of evidence for our investigation being erased?"

The Fishing Immortal replied excitedly: "But this is actually a major development! It’s a triggered event, otherwise, the serial number wouldn’t have caught fire. This must have been done by an extremely powerful NPC, which means the owner of this boat is no ordinary individual."

The Young Master saw the logic: "But with the serial number gone, how can we continue the investigation?"

The Fishing Immortal said: "It’s impossible under normal circumstances. We can only try to gather information from the tavern now."

The Young Master asked: "What do you think, Peeping Tom?"

The Peeping Immortal, possibly having to accompany Amy for more shopping at night, genuinely hoped for fewer unrelated troubles, which was really exhausting.

But he had to speak up: "Young Master, judging by these burn marks, only a powerful mage could have done this. In Black Iron City, right now only the City Beauty Fafnir has that capability. But obviously, her status makes it unlikely she’d cross paths with a small boat. So... overall, this indicates that we’ve uncovered the true intrigue in Black Iron City."

The Young Master nodded: "Good, this is far more interesting than fishing. Fishing Lord, Peeping Tom, you two push the investigation forward with full force."

"Understood."

Since they were going to a tavern for information, Peeping Tom naturally had to take Fishing to the Night Rose Tavern to find Vivian, where he felt at home.

However, to their surprise, they discovered that Vivian had already paused her bar dance performances at the front and was fully engaged in helping with bread-making in the back, not visible to anyone.

Ah, well... Reluctantly, they decided to inquire at other taverns. After all, Fishing Lord wasn’t the type to be in a hurry.

Of course, as a mission ace, Peeping Tom wouldn’t just make a perfunctory inquiry. Given the booming business of Night Rose, jealousy from other taverns was inevitable. He intended to check on the malicious attitudes of other taverns, report them as an emergency situation, and naturally, Vivian would come out of the kitchen, and he would also gain her favor...

...

Silver City.

Amidst a haze of smoke, tension blended with order. The grand scene Tata War God had imagined did not appear, and the cigarette that could curb the plague was even more unexpected. There was even a faint festive air in the city, as the Ten Lords’ Sariel was hosting a ceremony to welcome the Oak Flower.

Feeling puzzled, Tata’s text message alert went off.

Tata immediately logged onto the dark web. A message from Alpha arrived: "Change in situation."

Tata felt helpless: "What to do? What can I do?"

"Figure out how to quickly gather 5000 Teleportation Ore Coins. Whether it’s doing tasks for the Animal Protection Association, performing dog tricks on the street, or borrowing and selling items from players, teleport to Gem City as fast as possible to assist Beta in confronting the Evil God."

Tata was shocked: "Are we still going to act?"

Alpha said: "We’ve been absorbing Death Energy in the Divine Tomb for over ten days. Action can no longer be halted."

The role Tata could play was essentially feeding the souls absorbed by the Druid’s Staff, filled with countless siege monsters and even the soul of the Ancient Giant Python, to the Evil God. But this also meant the possible downgrade or disappearance of the Divine Artifact, meaning he, an intermediate Druid, might not maintain his current rank of 12th globally.

Tata hesitated: "What if both sides fail?"

Alpha chuckled: "There’s still the Bronze City as the last resort, isn’t there?"

"But if it really comes down to just one Bronze City, the Ten Lords Association will be on full alert."

Alpha sneered: "Let them be on full alert, waste their energy for nothing. Beta and I would just return to the Demon Realm’s Shadow Demon City. Besides, Oak City is quite special. And coincidentally, the City Beauty has gone to Silver City, so I may not fail yet."

Tata became intrigued: "What’s special about Oak City?"

Alpha explained: "There are actually two gods in Oak City. One is the normal Angel Guardian God, and the other is the Oak Tree God. The Guardian God’s mission is to suppress and conceal the Tree God, turning it into a resource for medicine extraction. But during development, I made a small alteration by relocating the Divine Tomb to the roots of the Tree God, allowing it to absorb nutrients from demon beast corpses over the past hundred years, secretly building strength to counter the Guardian God. And in these ten-plus days I’ve spent in the Divine Tomb, I’ve also been communicating with the Tree God. Anyway, call time’s up, go handle it."

Ending the conversation, Tata was truly stirred and sensed something different about Alpha. Under normal circumstances, Alpha would never disclose so much inside information to him. But now, with the decisive battle imminent, Alpha was both nervous and excited, unable to keep the secrets himself.

The key now is how to gather the 5000 coins. Specifically, 3000 more since he still had some on him.

Street dog-training? That’s out of the question. He hadn’t paid any venue fees to the officials or made any arrangements with local gangs. Besides, amidst a pandemic, citizens wouldn’t buy into it.

Feeling nervous about the ceremony gathering the Ten Lords Sariel and Gabriel alongside the three City Beauties, an idea sparked in Tata’s mind. Performing dog tricks was no match for playing the dog himself, perhaps providing a show for the City Beauties! The Ten Lords would surely consider his global rank of 12... Surely they wouldn’t chase him away in front of the City Beauties?

If they really did try, he’d immediately start recording, stir public opinion in the whole region, and even the Ten Lords would have to yield under such an enormous wave of pressure.

With this plan set, Tata War God activated the Ancient Python Spirit and dashed to the ceremony site, ready to perform handstands.

Sariel roared in anger: "Get out..."

...

a.m.

Chun, who barely had a small nap, was awakened by the buzzing sound from the Conch Lighthouse: "Space rift detected!"

Chun was astonished, realizing this showcased Beelzebub’s superior space technology. Such a quick find!

Chun asked: "What should I do?"

The buzzing voice responded: "Cover for me to slip through the rift."

"How do I cover for you?"

"For instance, make a big commotion, smash a surveillance camera or something."

Smash a surveillance camera? Wouldn’t that make me even more notorious?

Chun retorted unhappily: "With your strength, do I really need to go that far?"

"My abilities allow no margin for error before the Tree God, it is necessary."

Holy shit, I need to be able to act first, right?

Plus, if I just suddenly "go online," it would be conspicuous to smash a camera. I need to have a reason for "coming online."