The Game of Global Mining

Celebration? Popping champagne halfway, that’s a big taboo in warfare!

Chun promptly declined, "No, no, let’s do it tomorrow night. I’m not done yet."

Zhou Qing laughed, "Alright then, Brother Chun, take your time."

Ending the call, Chun found himself pushed into a small room next to the warehouse, with the slow noises of garbage collectors working outside.

Aileen immediately alerted, "There’s a warning from the Lighthouse!"

Huh? No way, this is midday in the game, could the Nightmare be moving?

Chun was highly vigilant, "Everyone, on guard!"

— System alert: The Lighthouse has detected a Sleepwalker entering!

Sleepwalker? Vivian?

Aileen said, "It’s the first layer! It’s about to break through the outer water ball!"

No, Vivian’s Sleepwalker connects directly to the third layer of the Lighthouse, directly arriving at the island Lighthouse!

Chun promptly decided, "I’ll go to the first layer and check it out. You guys don’t come out yet, don’t reveal your strength."

"Alright!"

Chun still had a certain confidence in his current spiritual state to face it alone. Even if he couldn’t win, he shouldn’t be defeated instantly.

The next moment, Chun appeared in the ruins space of the first layer.

After not coming for days, the first layer had visibly accumulated more spiritual material, becoming broader and thicker, even more shadowy and desolate.

The first layer’s purpose as the outermost barrier, essentially the battlefield, needed to be substantial.

Above the water ball in the sky, flashes of light hovered, and a shadow clad in a maid chef outfit floated down!

Chun’s eyes widened—it really was Vivian!?

Vivian smiled, "What’s wrong? Never seen me in a chef outfit? Let me tell you some good news: after three days of preparation, my bakery is about to open. I’ve been busy until late every night the past few days, so tired that I had no time to think of you. Now I’m finally done, I heard your ranking improved, so I had a champagne drink to celebrate my nap, and came to you in a dream!"

Chun listened as his eyebrows twitched furiously, pretending not to recognize her, "Who are you?"

Vivian was anxious, "How could you say that, dear! Last time, you took me to play in Gem City in the dream!"

Holy Shit! Does she need to prove to me she’s really her?

Chun felt a bizarre chill down his spine, "Who are you?"

Vivian’s shadow floated directly up to Chun, an amused look in her eyes, "Dear, look closely!"

Look closely! Absol—utely—NOT—her!! She’s not as scummy, not as disdainful! Even when I took her to Gem City to play, showcasing my Grandmaster status in front of Jenny, she was shocked and called me her lover, but her attitude didn’t become humble at all, still so full of herself! As though I only had the right to court her because of my Grandmaster status...

Chun said, "Look closely, who are you?"

Vivian laughed loudly, "Alright, you can call me Baron Vivian of Daydream!"

Daydream!? Baron? This...

Chun instantly felt the situation become grave, "You might as well get straight to the point!"

"Vivian" said, "These days, the peace of Oak City has been disrupted, suddenly emerging with an Evil God Demonic Puppet and its Nightmare Dragon, going to show off in the other three cities. Then this Nightmare Dragon started attacking my kin—"

Chun was shocked, not because she said this, but because why she would use Vivian’s identity?

The other continued, "—Until last night, we received an uncertain message: this Nightmare Dragon was related to you, which piqued my interest. But I couldn’t investigate you, so I went to Black Iron City to investigate your friends. Your best friend in the city is this Vivian, right? She was busy till late last night, exhausted, fell asleep immediately, and then I got in immediately, understand?"

Chun couldn’t hold back, "You’re using my friend to threaten me?"

"Vivian" laughed, "Friend? Clearly, she’s your dear! You don’t want your dear to be tormented by me, do you?"

What to do when threatened with a hostage?

What to do?

Chun instantly thought of various film scenarios where the female lead is threatened, and the male lead obediently lays down his arms, either thanks to protagonist aura for a happy ending or the female lead takes the bullet for the male lead... But that’s just movies!!!

The solution now was to stall for time, waiting for Aileen below to react, like, sending Bilenna to the city tavern to see what’s up with Vivian.

Then, since this isn’t a sealed space, just a public warehouse area, Aileen could use Magic Mirror Transmission to instantly teleport me to Bilenna, right next to Vivian, then rush in to catch it off guard; it would never expect me to have the ability for super long-distance maneuvering with a Magic Mirror, right?

Chun sighed, slowly said, "I actually don’t understand why you don’t just talk directly to me? She’s doing her wealthy boss thing, I’m still serving my sentence, she has her Baron lover, I’m still serving my sentence, you’re using her to threaten me? Does it work?"

Chun spoke while activating Beelzebub’s baron link with Nabchuanxi, "Arrange manpower in the garbage warehouse, make a big commotion, the bigger, the better!"

After all, there were still three Eyes of Omniscience from the Ten Lords monitoring him, a Mirror Demon Transmission would inevitably cause space fluctuations, must create a big disturbance to interfere with the Eyes of Omniscience...

"Vivian" laughed out loud, "She heard, oh, how sad! You wouldn’t think I really completely pretended, right? I’m just using her thought channel, entering your consciousness effortlessly. I have to say, you’re indeed worthy of being a new powerful 10th-ranker, already possessing a Divine Domain—huh?"

Saying this, "Vivian’s" smile disappeared, "I see! You’re contacting Beelzebub!"

Holy Shit!! That’s the strength of a Nightmare Baron Level?

"Vivian" said sternly, "So, you’ve obtained Beelzebub’s baron title? The garbage collectors outside are part of Beelzebub, aren’t they? You also have quite a few treasures on you, which are very attractive to the Nightmare, indeed Beelzebub is behind the manipulations. But you’re thinking too much; you’re just being used by Beelzebub. They publicly declared the Nightmare Dragon was related to you, just using you as cannon fodder. And your lover, Miss Vivian, will be the first cannon fodder— anyway, she has nothing to do with you!"

Chun panicked, "No! I’m just a prisoner, too, I have no choice. Beelzebub found me, surely I’d latch onto the life-saving straw. I know I’m being used, I want to escape control, too. If you think I have value, you can talk to me nicely. If you have suggestions, I’d cooperate!"

"Vivian" chuckled, "That’s right, this is the purpose of finding you—"

Before the voice finished, loud cries of surprise from the workers outside the wall, followed by the rumbling roar of vehicle engines—then, with a clatter of crash, Chun was hit by great force, flying with the wheelchair!

The entire Divine Domain shook violently!

It’s time! Pretend to faint, log off, and stop wasting breath with this shadow!

Chun immediately returned to the mansion, "Aileen, I need to transport to—"

Aileen immediately said, "Bilenna’s already transported and ready! Xina, the goddess and her seven little Andariel, are prepared too!"