The Game of Global Mining

Chun didn’t have time to study the orb, focusing entirely on approaching the landing craft.

Getting closer, Chun could see the Wine Angel in the tumbling cockpit, glowing white!

Uh... yeah, I remember when we recruited him, we told him that in a hundred years, the poisonous wine Tapioca Burn he made would become a top-grade vintage. He immediately ascended with white wings but still kept covering himself with black aura, so he could emit white light.

It’s lucky it’s a white glow, otherwise wouldn’t be able to find it in the dark!

Chun had a rescue plan, using wind to counter wind, trying to stop the landing craft from tumbling. Once stabilized, then gradually boosting to let the landing craft be blown out by the direction of the Void storm!

[Wine Angel]: Oh, President! Is it you? I seem to see a big snake with wings!

[Chairman Vonima]: It’s me! Are you driving under the influence?

[Wine Angel]: I thought, never expected you to be so big! I think I should have a drink now!

[Plague Angel]: Stay steady, don’t act recklessly!

[Aimee]: President, I love you~~~

[Julia]: The president’s gotten so big, can’t love you anymore!

[Medesia]: I can keep loving, I knew the president transformed into a snake to match me!

[Kasha]: Quiet everyone, don’t distract the president’s operation!

Holy shit, you guys are all over the place!

Finally, Chun got close to the outskirts of the landing craft. Although it’s a landing craft, it’s not small, roughly the size of four semi-trailer trucks lined up in volume.

Facing this massive rotating vessel, Chun started pondering which direction to tackle from, finally coming up with a plan: "Earth Lotus, you’re up!"

Leave the professional operations to the AI auto-manage Small Padding!

Earth Lotus was startled: "Me? I’m only proficient in the Earth Series, this is wind..."

Chun grinned: "No worries, Earth Wind, Sky Wind, it’s still wind, isn’t it? You should learn!"

"Sure thing, father."

Once taken over, Chun felt like a long-haul driver finally getting a break after a bumpy day on the national roads.

Yet Chun couldn’t relax, knowing besides that Volcano Dragon, the rest should be in place on the landing craft. But only those who greeted me are my own crew. The two Mining Grandmasters Uriel brought in and the former Silver Guardian God didn’t greet me.

No doubt, they are Uriel’s trusted aides. Once they return, they’ll definitely report my situation to Uriel, right?

Thinking of this, Chun felt uneasy all over.

——System prompt: Congratulations... Your Grandmaster Level Sailing Technique has gained proficiency, achieving insight into Divine Artisan Level Sailing Technique.

Holy shit!

The Sailing Technique again! Yes, this is genuine sailing. The last time I practiced sailing was in the chaotic space between Cui’s and the Oak Guardian God’s Divine Domains. With Cui’s help, I simultaneously learned the Divine Artisan Level Swimming Skill and Spatial Technique, triggering the Sailing Technique; at the time, the system even recognized my vine’s status as a ship.

But I couldn’t advance. After all, there are strict requirements for the Sailing Technique; you need to operate a real, sizable ship, right?

So now in this situation, there’s a real ship, albeit not very large! There’s also a chaotic scene similar to the one between the two Divine Domains! Could it work?

Under Earth Lotus’s repeated tweaks for over ten minutes, the landing craft’s tumbling did gradually stabilize.

The Commerce Channel erupted in cheers: "As expected of the president!"

[Chairman Vonima]: Don’t rush, the next step is getting out of the storm zone!

Oh, Chun wasn’t as happy as they were, maybe because this ship isn’t big enough to meet the criteria for advancing to Divine Artisan Level.

Once the ship’s balance is achieved, it becomes easier below. Soon enough, Earth Lotus found the wind tunnel, and the landing craft suddenly accelerated outward,

Success!

Finally, light as a feather traversing layers upon layers of mountains, the landing craft broke free from the edge of the storm.

Chun let out a deep breath of relief.

[Chairman Vonima]: "Now you can be happy!"

The Commerce Channel erupted in cheers once more: "President, we love you!"

[Chairman Vonima]: "I also love... care about everyone!"

At that moment, the faulty power system started functioning again, all the cabin lights turned on! Hua’s view resumed to normal again.

Chun exhaled once more in relief, realizing the severe interference was due tothe Void storm; otherwise, sharing a Grandmaster Level Mechanician account to repair such high-tech stuff alone would be quite a hassle.

Then the cockpit’s communicator received a static-filled announcement: "——Black Dragon Secret Abyss City’s Military Department announces, in the recent battle against the Void Evil God, the brave members of the Dios Commerce Association succeeded in heavily injuring the Void God, heroically sacrificing themselves. The Military Department has awarded Kasha, Aimee, Julia... Wine Angel, Shoe Angel, Plague Angel, Bast, Duodolin the highest honor medal for slaying a god heroically, and the Dragon God Hall will hold a city-protecting hero funeral for them..."

Chun froze, what’s this?

The Commerce Channel was in an uproar: "What’s going on? We’re not dead!"

The Wine Angel said solemnly: Folks, something’s up! We’ve become the martyred heroes inspiring the entire army; if we return now, all those high honors from the Military Department and the city-protecting hero funeral from the Divine Hall will become a joke. Everyone knows what happens if we go back, right?"

The Shoe Angel sneered: "So we’re dead if not dead?! The moment we show up we’ll be bombed?"

Chun suddenly realized, so this is the infamous plot kill!! It’s not necessarily about triggering some scenario mission, this kind of premature death announcement counts too! Even if you don’t die, follow-up hits can make sure!

Aimee was stunned: "Wait! Why isn’t Pava Landing’s name there? Isn’t Pava Landing the most heroic one?"

That’s because he’s one of Uriel’s and not a shareholder!

Pava Landing spoke in a muffled voice: Sorry, I had no idea it would turn out like this. Maybe I misjudged the vice president.

Bast was anxious, "I also followed the vice president, so why was I canned too?"

Aimee scoffed: "You two Grandmaster fellows are rich; once you can’t return, your assets turn up missing!"

Duodolin was incredulous: "The sage even took a liking to my assets? I’m just a goblin!!"

Bast was frantic: "What do we do if we can’t go back? This is the Void; quite a few of us aren’t Void creatures, we’ll starve to death eventually, nowhere to run!"

Yeah, what to do?!

The Plague Angel said: "Everyone, calm down! Such incidents have mishandling precedents in war history; unless we can return with achievements surpassing the current honor roster, only then there might be a chance!"

Bast shouted: "Are you saying we take this little ship to attack the Golden Divine Throne? Impossible!"

Aimee asked: "Can we surrender to the Golden Divine Throne?"

At the mention of surrender, everyone fell silent!

The Plague Angel asked: "President, you say, what should we do now?"

Holy shit! From the NPC perspective, surrendering is possible! But from the player perspective, Michael and Uriel are in cahoots. If our little ship gets close, Michael will probably open fire to eliminate us!

Chun remembered something: "Wasn’t the blue orb in the storm center just now a giant Spatial Gate?"