Global Mining.

Chapter 281 The Road to Gambling Mage
Then a message from Weishen came over the gang channel: "Chun Ge, I received a message from the Royal Clan Command Group. A group of people from the Canyon Village team died and returned to the city. They want to come over to shake your hand. Let's follow and shake your hand too."

shake hands?

Dachun instantly guessed that the messenger had arrived, and the handshake was just a cover for the transaction. In fact, if you think about it carefully, what does the leader think of the NPC asking players to deliver a letter to other players?

Dachun could only reply: "I understand, but why did you die and return to the city?"

"I heard that a quest event was triggered, and thousands of goblin bosses were spawned in the wild, but now they're all gone."

What the hell!? It's just a letter delivery. How could a quest event like this spawn siege monsters?
Dachun realized something was wrong instantly!

Dachun only knew that as more mining in Hell increased, siege monsters would increase. But now, it seemed that these siege monsters would be controlled by developers like Shi Lao. After all, I can even have NPCs send me messages, so how could the big guys control siege monsters?
Dachun asked again: "How many people died and returned to the city?"

Weishen replied: "Hundreds of people, but you don't have to shake hands with everyone."

Dachun was surprised: "So many people?"

Wei Shen was stunned: "The royal family sent tens of thousands of people out of the city to support them, but they all returned dead!"

Dachun suddenly realized: "I know!"

The situation may be that Biliana asked the team leader to send a letter to me. The team leader may have found it too magical that the NPC asked players to send letters to each other, and thought that it triggered an incredible hidden task, so he sent hundreds of people as bodyguards. Then the royal family also thought it was incredible, so they sent tens of thousands of people to support.

But there was an undercover agent in the village, and even the boss was there and saw it. He didn't understand what all this commotion was for, and thought the village had triggered an important task, so he just killed monsters and caused trouble?

As a result, this destruction revealed that the boss could actually control monsters to attack the city!

That is to say, Southern Canyon Village is in danger at any time!
The more dangerous it is, the more I have to improve Shirley's strength as a "Rune Mage". At the very least, I have to get my cosmetics ready so I can change my makeup and hide my identity...

Mary's voice came from behind: "Great, where are we going now?"

Ah, she just appeared like this naturally?

Dachun could only smile and say, "I get rid of harm for the citizens and enjoy their love."

Mary smiled. "That's very interesting."

So the cart was pushed slowly. In order to pave the way for a handshake deal, Dachun waved to the surrounding NPCs and players, like a hero.

But Dachun immediately discovered that some NPCs were indeed too affectionate and excited, and even had tears in the corners of their eyes. This was too exaggerated!

Ailian spoke: "Did you find these six people pleasing to the eye?"

When Dachun counted them, he found that it was indeed those six people with exaggerated emotions. No, it was not that they were pleasing to the eye, but that their brightness was obviously more noticeable than that of other people in the crowd.

Ailian said, "I think we fulfilled their wishes with the fake crystals, and now they like us."

Ah, so this is what a believer looks like in God's eyes? It's clear as day!
At this moment, Wei Shen came running over with dozens of his gang members, shouting loudly: "Brother Chun is mighty! Brother Chun is awesome!"

To secretly send a letter, they put in so much preparation, it's really detailed...

Dachun smiled and shook hands with everyone: "Okay, okay!"

After shaking hands with a dozen or so people from the same gang, they cut in line and joined the village group.

——System prompt: Player Wu Xiaobai wants to trade with you, do you agree?

Huh? Agreed!

A letter appears in the transaction box.

Ailian said, "Ah, this is mine."

transaction!

But Dachun still asked: "Where is the leader?"

The player said, "He transferred it to me before he died! Any problem?"

What the hell is wrong with that! But… there has to be a problem. Whether it's the boss, the captain, or the royal family, they've made such a big fuss, don't they think this is a hidden mission? The mission must fail, otherwise Bilianna will give the mission reward!
As for the reason for the mission failure, well, he also returned to the city dead, but returning to the city dead won’t work because the magic power on the letter will disappear - they can think of this reason themselves, right?
Dachun deliberately remained silent for a moment: "It seems... I don't know... Thank you for your hard work!"

The player was a little panicked, but he had to pretend to shake hands reluctantly.

Dachun also had to put on a full show and continue shaking hands with the players behind him.

At this moment, the sound of church bells rang out throughout the city.

Mary was startled: "Something's wrong!"

Dachun immediately took this opportunity to stop acting: "Everyone, I have something to do, I'm leaving!"

Mary asked, "Where to?"

Dachun didn't think much about it: "Let's go to Vivian's Tavern."

Mary said, "Let's go! Want to teleport?"

Dachun was anxious: "Oh, no! I can't let anyone see that you can teleport me."

"Then I'll push faster."

Dachun asked, "Does this bell sound mean something urgent?"

Mary said, "One knock isn't urgent, so I won't have to worry about it. It's probably the team going underground to explore the Death God and they've run into trouble and need help. Two knocks would be serious, and three would force me to go."

Dachun asked hurriedly, "Do I have to go out too?"

Mary smiled. "Although your fight just now was graceful, it also consumed over 10,000 points of your Blasphemer Shield. How can you continue to participate in a battle that has nothing to do with the God of Death?"

Dachun was stunned: "Why didn't you stop me from wasting my shield?"

Mary smiled and said, "This can be considered an observation of your strength. It's not a waste."

Dachun was anxious: "This is the God of Death. Even the Guardian God has to rely on me to block it. Wouldn't it be dangerous for you to go there?"

Mary chuckled. "Just like a miner, when the supervisor is not around, he'll definitely slack off."

Does it mean that you work but don't put in any effort?

Dachun decided to get down to business first: "I just got the spatial coordinates of the Southern Canyon Village. We secretly teleported there from the Vivian Hotel."

"Oh? It's interesting."

As soon as he finished speaking, two bells rang in the city!
Damn it?

Mary sighed, "This is really troublesome. I don't think I can go with you. Oh, and don't you have some magic stones? I'll use them to get you there."

Dachun was very conflicted, but he felt that this was a good idea. It would not be good to let Biliana and Mary meet.

Then Vivian's Night Rose Hotel arrived.

Dachun was in a hurry: "Dear, let's take a break!"

Vivian smiled and said, "Yes, please!"

Dachun and Mary enter the hotel room, and Dachun hands over the letter and the magic stone.

Mary stared at the letter in surprise: "Who gave me these coordinates?"

Dachun didn't know whether he should tell Shirley about it, so he just said, "A friend who knows magic."

Mary laughed in surprise. "How could I understand? It's so unnecessary, complicated, and full of errors. If we continue to teach it this way, there will definitely be problems."

Holy shit! So this is why Shirley teleported me to this alternate dimension to see the tree monster?

Dachun was anxious: "My friend is a beginner! Can you correct me?"

Mary was helpless: "I can't point it out, so I'll copy down the coordinates of this room. When you come back later, you can use my coordinates. No need for anyone else's help. It's like a teleportation scroll." As she spoke, Mary's fingers condensed with magical light, and she wrote on the back of the letter. The whole piece of paper was transformed by the infusion of magic power and shone with magical light like the contract.

Dachun was really shocked. The handwritten transmission scroll, this is her strength!

At this moment, three bells rang in the city!

Dachun's heart tightened: "This..."

Mary sighed helplessly: "It's okay, let it be."

Then he handed the letter to Dachun, and the six magic stones circled Dachun's wheelchair and took their positions: "Go!"

Dachun's vision immediately blurred, and then the scene went dark.

——System prompt: You have arrived at the moss experimental field in the underground mine of Southern Canyon Village.

We're here! There's actually a field!

Shirley's delighted voice came from beside me: "You really came! I was quite nervous when Miss Biliana asked me to record the coordinates. It was my first time doing so too."

Holy shit, the first time... it was so scary.

Dachun felt it was necessary to encourage her to make progress, so he took out a letter and gave it to her: "Dear, Sister Mary who sent me here said you made many mistakes. The back of this is the correct coordinates for sending me back."

Shirley blushed: "I copied the book very carefully too."

Copying books again, Dachun was speechless.

Shirley was shocked when she received the letter: "This Sister Mary is amazing!"

Dachun became interested: "How amazing is it?"

Shirley was shocked and said, "I don't think even Miss Fafner has this level of magic power..."

Ah, that's it, after all, it's Maria's clone.

Then Shirley was shocked again: "The teleportation technique for this return trip is different from the one in my book!"

Dachun was also surprised: "Is the book wrong?"

Shirley was confused: "I, take a closer look, are you busy?"

Dachun smiled: "I'm not busy for now. I'm just here to give you materials to improve your rune skills."

So Dachun handed over another box of colorful stones.

When Shirley opened the box, she saw colorful light illuminating the dim space like a lamp!

Shirley couldn't believe it, her voice trembling: "Is this for me, the material?"

Dachun smiled and said, "This is the multicolored stone given by Moss from the jewelry store. I helped him get promoted to Grandmaster."

Shirley exclaimed in surprise, "This is very valuable! This box could probably sell for hundreds of thousands of mining coins..."

—Ah ...

Shirley then said happily, "What kind of rune technique can be practiced with this?"

"It has something to do with women's makeup. It's called being prettier. Advanced rune magic can be used."

Shirley was embarrassed: "I'm only at the beginner rune level!"

Dachun was a little unsure. "If you're a beginner, maybe you can just call it pretty? But I believe makeup is a natural talent for women. Even if you're a beginner, you can definitely learn it and make rapid progress with the help of advanced materials."

Shirley said excitedly, "I think what you said makes a lot of sense. This is the first time I've felt such a strong motivation to learn runes. Then I'll copy down Miss Mary's teleportation spell and study it slowly."

Dachun then realized that this dim mine was actually furnished with tables and chairs, similar to those in a chemistry lab, filled with bottles and jars. There was also a bed covered with a gauze curtain next to it.

Shirley lit the oil lamp on the table and began to copy. There were also various books on the table.

Dachun was stunned: "Honey, you live here?"

Shirley smiled and said, "Yeah, that way I don't have to practice dancing. It's really not my specialty. I'm just here watching the fields while studying the magic book I brought. Don't underestimate this moss field. It's actually 20 samples. Moss grows very fast. I have to observe the differences between the 20 samples. I'm very busy. My cultivation skills are much more advanced."

Dachun felt distressed: "But this place is too simple, isn't it?"

Shirley smiled and said, "But as long as I get results and get paid, it's nothing."

Dachun asked again: "What will the other students think if you don't show up?"

Shirley smiled. "I haven't been to the surface since I came out of the tree monster dimension. Maybe they thought I was dead."

What about the careful players and undercover players who think so?

Dachun suddenly came up with an idea: "Yes, yes, this is the advantage of learning makeup. Others think you are gone, but you are just wearing makeup and others can't recognize you."

Shirley smiled: "Don't talk yet, I'm copying the spell..."

Then just copy it slowly.

When Dachun saw the picture in the book, he found it was exactly the same as the one in Shirley's letter. Then he looked at the picture given by Mary, which was at least much simpler!
Damn, is the angel Mary more capable, or is the author of this book more capable?

Dachun suddenly realized... Could it be that this magic textbook was intentional? The legendary "anti-self-study mechanism"? Otherwise, everyone could just bring a few textbooks and study on their own like Shirley did. What was the point of the high-end magic academy in Gem City? How could they charge such high tuition?

It is even the same as the water injection master discovered earlier, which is technical castration, that is, not allowing ordinary people to easily learn high-end technology!
Dachun even began to question the difference between runes and magic. He had previously thought that the reason goblins, gnolls, minotaurs, and murlocs could use runes, but humans couldn't, was because of a "disharmony between humans and nature." Now, it seemed more complicated than that. Could it be that magic was used to mask runes, deliberately preventing them from learning them?

Just like today's programmers, they all copy and paste program modules, and only use the three keys Ctrl+C+V on the keyboard. There is no need to type any C language code, and even fewer people know the lowest-level source code!
So runes are like source code? Magic is like C language? As for the magic used by players, the icon-activated magic is definitely like a module toolkit...

While she was lost in thought, Shirley finished copying and returned the transfer scroll to Dachun: "Now that you're done, teach me this beautiful rune language!"

Dachun decided to continue his gamble on the path of becoming a wizard. Self-study would definitely not work, and going to the academy meant each generation was worse than the previous one, so he could only focus on runes!

"My dear, I also have a rune word called Abundance that can be used at the expert level. It can greatly increase the yield of medicinal crops. Once you learn how to apply makeup, you'll have the chance to become an expert!"

Shirley was indeed excited: "Then maybe Abundance can improve my cultivation skills?"

"Of course, dear. After all, there are modular combinations. Even modular combinations can be upgraded. If the modules are upgraded, it will be easier to upgrade runes and cultivation..."

……

At this time, Sariel flew to the previous battlefield. The flames were still there and the burnt trees were still burning the earth.

But there was no sign of the mermaid or the black dragon.

Sariel was panicked and immediately went to the butler to check on the Mermaid Throne of Silver City. He confirmed that she was not dead. So where did she go? Did she return to the sea? But the ship's radar showed nothing!
Sariel checked the All-Seeing Eye and found no unusual activity in the Southern Canyon Village. No, there was still activity. The deceased village leader was still blocking the door to the meeting room. It seemed the blow had been significant.

But no matter how great the losses of these low-level guys are, they are nothing compared to my own hair. So I continue to look in the direction of Tieyan Village, but is there a possibility that the mermaid was captured alive by the black dragon and brought into the village?
But Sariel didn't even want to think about this possibility...

……

South Canyon Village.

Feng Xingcuo was equally confused. Lao Wu had just reported that Dachun was bewildered when he received the letter. Clearly, something had gone wrong with the mission. Lao Wu hadn't received any completion notifications, and neither had he. So, delivering this letter meant he couldn't die? What was going on? He could only wait for Bilianna to come out and find out. Even if he couldn't get the answer, at least he'd tried...

……

The underground tomb of the gods in Black Iron City.

The deserted Tata War God hid in a giant beast's skull to avoid being discovered by any NPCs. Alpha and Beta mobilized a large group of ordinary undead monsters to fight the church's NPC search team. They could vaguely hear three bells ringing from the surface world.

Tata knew the strength of the search team. The fact that they could be beaten to the point of ringing the bell showed how powerful AlphaBeta was. They were truly terrifyingly strong.

Even more terrifying is the Grim Reaper. His basic ability is to absorb souls. Once an NPC is destroyed by the Grim Reaper himself, it cannot be resurrected unless the Grim Reaper is defeated. Every time the Grim Reaper kills an NPC that absorbs souls, he gains the NPC's soul power. Once all the souls of the investigation team are absorbed, the Grim Reaper is powerful enough to defeat the Guardian.

We must not let the investigation team escape!
(End of this chapter)