The Game of Global Mining

Let Aileen rest in bed, while Chun returned to the second-floor farm to continue the watch.

Then switch to the alt account, and at this moment the Queen awoke gently: "Master, I’m well rested, let’s depart!"

Chun asked: "You haven’t eaten all day, shouldn’t you have something?"

The Queen said: "We actually haven’t eaten for eight days. Being able to absorb the pure power of the Void feels like we don’t need to consume those low-grade meats."

Really practicing immortal cultivation and fasting, huh? Indeed, I haven’t eaten for many days either.

Chun was surprised: "Why do you have this feeling?"

The Queen said: "It takes energy to digest these low-energy meats, which may not be worthwhile. I think it only makes sense to eat the meat of those stronger than us."

Chun was amazed: "Do all Void Creatures avoid low-grade food?"

The Queen was uncertain: "Low-grade creatures are not picky, high-grade creatures depend on the situation."

"Alright, then let’s head to the Ancient Battlefield."

Actually, this reminded Chun of a saying: during times of famine, hunting rabbits can make one hungrier. Because rabbit meat has low fat and high protein, digesting protein requires consuming fat and sugar, making eating rabbit meat a loss.

The Ancient Battlefield was relatively far away, so Chun didn’t worry for now and switched back to the main account with the vine.

After a morning, the absorption progress of the vine was almost full, and Chun awaited the moment of completion.

Finally:

—— System prompt: Congratulations! Your vine form’s absorption of Earth Vein energy has reached 100%, gaining the new special skill "Earth Essence Extraction", which allows extra refining and absorption of the "Essence of Earth Life" in the planet.

Then the progress bar reset, starting from 0.001% again.

Chun was astonished, as the vine evolved to have the "absorption" special skill by absorbing that pot of "Essence of Earth Life" from Earth Mother, making this fake vine truly have life. Later, after rescuing the goddess and self-destructing, it returned to mediocrity, but now, the skill to exclusively absorb essence appeared again!

However, the front of this vine had fattened from filaments to the size of yams! My goal isn’t to cultivate vines but to provide energy to the Divine Domain, so as Old Cui suggested, I have to utilize the advantages of rune plants: disband the entity and recycle it into spiritual energy!

As for which segment to recycle...

Chun checked the length of the vine, and from the slum to the street, this nearly kilometer-long distance had all fattened, so I might as well recycle the whole segment!

But it can’t be recycled in one burst instantly, otherwise transforming from entity to spirit might expand and burst out a fart. If it bursts through the Guardian God’s sealed barrier, it could ruin things!

So, start with the fattest front end and gradually disband it!

Begin!

Though Chun only slightly disbanded a bit, a big wave of energy still rushed back into the body like an urgent pee!

Holy shit, this force, but no worries, the vine pipe gets thinner later on, shouldn’t alarm the Guardian God!

Chun monitored the smooth return of the energy flow to the body, to the Divine Domain, to the second floor of Chun’s farm.

At this moment, the entire second floor was filled with swirling colorful clouds!

Holy shit! Is this all the energy after spiritualization? Certainly diverse!

The goddess’s surprised voice came from the lower layer: "What is this?"

Chun was embarrassed: "You’re the goddess, shouldn’t you know more?"

The goddess retorted irritably: "I’m only 23 years old!"

Uh... so your innate goddess nature and Aileen’s acquired goddess nature don’t seem fundamentally different~~

Old Cui’s voice chimed in: "This is the spiritual energy that can truly birth a Tree Spirit or Flower Spirit. Warrior, look forward to it, your farm will have a bountiful harvest. If luck is good, a spirit may be born; if it’s a spirit, be careful not to harvest it."

Chun was amazed: "Is it possible for a spirit to be born so quickly?"

Old Cui said: "Your native bean seeds and tea tree seeds are very likely."

Ah, indeed! The four native seeds are the "Essence of Dreams" given to me by the four farmers from Gem City’s countryside. They’ve been brewing in the dream realm for decades now. Perhaps this type of plant-based "Essence of Dreams" should truly be called "Essence of Life".

No wonder Mina said that when they followed the Dark Soul Witch, the main focus was stealing these flowers and plants from the dream realm. It turns out this is the most valuable thing!

So, it’s okay to harvest the bounty, the key is to preserve the four native mother plants! Actually, these four native mother plants have never been touched, because when they were planted, they gave me the impression that once they’re gone, the farm seems to be gone too.

If I also have four Flower Spirits, not right, I don’t even know what to call them? Bean Spirit? Smoke Spirit? Cane Spirit? Of course, the name isn’t important; what’s important is that I don’t have to worry about Liya’s four Flower Spirits anymore.

With a clear goal, Chun was even more motivated and continued to gradually disband and recycle...

...

Deep in the Void.

Michael and the Fourth Prince, aboard the Golden Divine Throne Battleship "Admiral Barov", and the entire Uledios Commerce Association, aboard the Black Dragon Secret Abyss City Battleship "Black Dragon Lord Shaqima", formed a diplomatic alliance, heading towards the Ancient Battlefield.

It’s undeniable that this event’s fruition was both arduous and within Michael’s calculations.

In short, as long as Privilege Points are sufficient, there’s no problem going on a diplomatic mission. Also, there’s no problem with forming an alliance between the two diplomatic missions, though an alliance of missions does not equate to an alliance of the two cities.

The difficulty lies in deciding which ship to send to explore the Ancient Battlefield.

If Michael had previously requested reconnaissance alone, the Military Department, fearing losses, would only arrange a patrol boat. Now headed to the Divine Nest of the Ancient Battlefield, the Military Department dared not assign a big ship!

However, if a big ship isn’t arranged and only small boats are sent, the opposing mission might see it as cowardice, which would be disgraceful and severely damage military prestige.

Thus, both sides finally agreed on these two highly excellent main battleships. Rather than exploring the Ancient Battlefield, it’s more about flaunting muscle. With these two big ships, the self-destructing locusts Michael previously encountered are completely laughable—a barrier can easily block them.

Even if encountering some giant Void rays, it’s merely a matter of a few shots from the main gun to deal with them. However, if we truly encounter the Void God... we could first test the god’s power and should have the capability to escape.

Actually, although Uriel held disdain for that Prophet, he still vaguely believed him, that there isn’t a Void God, just a creature close to god.

After several hours of full-speed travel—well, this was really both parties competitively speeding—the vast star fragments of the Ancient Battlefield appeared in sight.

Then, an unauthorized representative from the Divine Realm, Rachael, appeared on a surfboard.

At this moment, the NPC officers and soldiers from the Divine Throne Battleship were speechless, while the officers from the Black Dragon Battleship laughed boisterously.

Actually, laughter is a good thing, precisely because NPCs have this competitive spirit, they managed to bring these two great ships here.

Rachael grumbled: "What are they laughing about? I’m just one person, the Divine Realm doesn’t even know, what if they did?"