Global Mining.

Chapter 373 New Rune, Power of the Void
Soon, the thieves were either killed or escaped.

However, when he saw a thief lying on the ground with a serious disability, Dachun still suppressed his murderous intent and continued to force him to lie on the ground without killing him.

After all, this matter might soon become a global hot topic, and all the experts would surely come to study it. Since they were going to study it, I gave them a rule: "Lie down and don't kill," and let them dwell on this rule. As long as they dwell on it, they won't doubt me. Even if they do, it seems unreasonable...

Biliana seemed unsatisfied: "As long as we control this priest, maybe we can collect tolls from passing caravans!"

Dachun was anxious: "Don't do that yet! It will be difficult to deal with a mere goblin priest if he forces Fafner to take action."

Biliana smiled. "That's just talk! But with this chess piece, we can do things that are usually inconvenient to do!"

So this is the benefit of white gloves!
Dachun thought of the other two demon souls: "There are no findings on these two yet!"

Biliana was clearly feeling confident: "I feel like there aren't any monsters worth possessing here anymore. I might as well go deeper into the heart of the continent and take a look."

The heart of the continent? Currently, Tieyan Village is already the heart of the official server, but during the public beta, there are villages further afield, and there are also legends of powerful monsters that were banished to the depths of the continent during the Great Development...

Dachun's heart was pounding: "Can you control them to run that far?"

Biliana smiled and said, "I wonder how far I can control them."

"Alright, I won't bother you anymore. Take your time and try. As for this Goblin Priest, I'll make it an iron rule from now on: no one will be killed if they crawl on the ground."

"understood."

Dachun breathed a sigh of relief and continued to sit in front of the prism, enjoying the feeling of peeping behind the scenes, looking at the Old Sixth Tree God on this side and Ailian on the other side. No, it was a sense of control!

I think that I will only be responsible for going to jail or even going to sleep and logging off. It seems that when I enter the contract space, I will be in a sleeping state as if from the outside. Then I will clear all the evidence of absence and then use the Prism Wisdom White Gloves to cause trouble haha~~~
Just then, Zhou Qing's cell phone rang!
Dachun was ready to accept the praise while pretending to be innocent.

"Hey, leader!"

Zhou Qing laughed and said, "Brother Chun, you are really amazing. Now that Hongming has been sent in, the village will be quiet for a few days."

Dachun immediately evaded the question, "It's none of my business. It's just a piece of information I got from an NPC. Don't bother researching it."

Zhou Qing was surprised and asked, "Are you sure you don't want to study it?"

Dachun was anxious: "It's a trap, don't study it."

Zhou Qing smiled: "Okay, it's almost 12 o'clock, Chun Ge should take a break and arrange your time properly."

Dachun smiled: "Thank you for your concern, leaders, that's why leaders should pay attention to rest..."

I have to say, Zhou Qing doesn't talk much and is easy to get along with.

Then midnight arrived.

——System prompt: It is now 4:18 a.m. on April 0, 12: noon on the Golden Continent time...

——System prompt: You have received a daily salary of 100 ore coins from the honorary elder of the Southern Canyon Village, and a daily salary of 200 ore coins from the second mate of the Black Iron Blade. The current daily salary of the president of the Broken Bottle Chamber of Commerce is 201 ore coins.

Astrologer's Tip: Today's horoscope suggests "good luck for travel and mining." Your weekly horoscope accumulates skills and luck for one day. Today is a Mars day, so "Saturn Guidance" cannot be activated. Your "Chapter of Misfortune" sets today's misfortunes as severe injury, scapegoating, and imprisonment. You have accumulated misfortune for five days. The stronger the accumulated misfortune, the stronger the good fortune it will transform into.

……

It's a new day again.

Dachun suddenly remembered that he hadn't checked the rankings for two days. He saw that he was still ranked 11th in the world.

It feels like... I'm already an astrologer and rune mage, but I'm still a long way from the top ten? That's fine, though. If I really do end up surpassing the tenth-placed Ten by spending time in jail, that's going to be a serious problem.

Then I looked at the Chinese Super Team, two of whom were in the top 2. Looking at Midnight Moore, they had also made great progress and were now in the top 100.

Looking at the little mountain god I just killed, well, he has fallen out of the top 200.

Just by looking at the public information about this little mountain god, one can already imagine how he will be treated after this failure. Just thinking about it makes me feel a little sorry for him...

At this moment, the voice of the Earth Mother came from the Eye of Dibiron on the trumpet: "Little guy, the research has yielded results. I have discovered a new rune, or five. I will temporarily name it the Gift of the Void."

at last……

Dachun switched and saw that the Eye of Dibilon showed a shining rune, but this rune was different from the previous runes and it was changing!

——System prompt: Congratulations! You have mastered a new rune in your Divine Artisan Runecraft! You have learned the new rune word "Gift of the Void (Theoretical Version)".

Gift of the Void: Theoretically, it improves the strength of void creatures in all aspects.

……

Dachun was a little confused: "This rune is moving!

Mother Earth smiled and said, "Yes, actually, there are five rune forms: egg, juvenile, adult, victory, and defeat. I merged these five forms into one, so it can move, and it looks like it has experienced the life of a void creature. Of course, this gift of the void is just theory. You can talk to the Winged Serpent Queen and see if she is willing to try it. If it doesn't work, I can continue to modify it."

Dachun was surprised: "But this rune is changing. Can I carve it?"

Mother Earth smiled and said, "So this is a brand new topic. If you can't move it, you can break it down into five runes and carve all five. If you achieve a breakthrough, you might not just be a rune mage, but an advanced professional rune master!"

Another career advancement?!

Dachun got excited: "But I'm already a rune mage?"

Mother Earth smiled and said, "I guess it will further strengthen and upgrade your original profession?"

"Okay, I'll contact the Queen..."

Dachun took out the Void Ball. Even though the Queen was sleeping, she still maintained a minimum of alertness like most creatures: "I'm here!"

Dachun showed the rune: "I have a few new things..."

The Queen was very straightforward: "My power comes from you, and I am willing to accept new power. Can it be in the sand? I don't want to be exposed."

Um...it does increase the difficulty a bit.

"no problem……"

It’s better to leave this kind of troublesome matter to Dilian: “Dilian, it’s up to you.”

"Okay, Father."

So Dilian sank into the sand, found the queen's back, and carved new runes in the dark.

But the engraved runes are only static and cannot move at all!

As expected! This static rune should be the "Egg Form." Then, following Mother Earth's instructions, carve the remaining four forms.

However, it seems that nothing special happened?
Dachun immediately asked the Queen, "Do you feel your power getting stronger?"

The Queen said: "I feel a special tranquility and I want to continue sleeping."

Ah this? Dachun had no choice but to report the situation to Mother Earth.

Mother Earth fell into deep thought: "Or are you trying to find the little one?"

Uh...it feels like Mother Earth is unreliable again?
Fortunately, the little guy cooperated and finished carving all five runes. The moment he finished carving, the little guy fell asleep!

Dachun was stunned: "Ma'am, is this a sleeping rune?"

Mother Earth was a little embarrassed: "Or, why don't you try it on yourself?"

Dachun was shocked: "I'm not a void creature?" The Earth Mother smiled and said: "I think that perhaps this rune also has the basic requirements of rune magic for the user. You have a god-level rune magic."

Well, I had previously dug out seven top-grade rune stones and given them to the Queen. My own rune of the Mother Goddess of Fertility is basically half as weak as before, so it’s a good opportunity to try a new one.

So Dachun carved it on his own arm as well, but the feeling was completely different. It was really smooth and flowing like a dragon's pen.

The moment it’s completed, it’s time to move!

System prompt: You have used the "Theoretical Gift of the Void" rune. You have begun absorbing the power of the void! Current absorption progress is 0.001%. It is recommended to stop activities during the absorption process.

What the hell!

Absorption progress! The last time I encountered this progress bar was when I was absorbing the Flame Body in the magma pool. No wonder they were engraved with it, they would fall asleep, this is working.

Dachun immediately reported: "Madam, am I going to transform into a void creature?"

Mother Earth was happy: "This is a good thing. At least you can do more than your current state, right?"

Yes, we are too weak now and can’t do anything except sneak around.

Dachun asked, "Can I engrave it all over my body to speed up the absorption process?"

Mother Earth smiled and said, "The higher the level of the runes, the less benefit you get from stacking them, or even to the point of being useless. You can try it."

Then try it.

Dachun continued to carve one, but the feeling of the previous free and unrestrained brushstrokes was gone.

After completion, it will be still and won’t move at all!

Mother Earth said, "As expected. Erase them. The extra runes will not only not speed things up, but will also somewhat dilute the effect of absorbing the void's power."

Dachun asked, "But I engraved the Winged Serpent Queen with runes of Nature's Gift. Those are also high-end, god-level runes, right?"

Mother Earth smiled and said, "Perhaps this has something to do with the strong constitution of void creatures. Perhaps it just needs more carving."

Dachun became excited: "Then I will continue to carve more Void Gifts on their backs?"

"You can try anything."

Then give it a try.

……

Angel Family Chat Group.

Any unusual situation outside the Black Iron City, or any unusual situation in the Dachun Gang, would immediately attract the attention of the Ten Lords.

The butler said, "Gentlemen, the Shenqian team immediately reported the recorded videos from each player's perspective."

Everyone was confused. "Why is this happening? Can we avoid the goblin's attack just by crawling on the ground?"

The butler said, "Yes! After the Shenqian team retreated, ordinary leveling players in the surrounding area continued to try, and all of them experienced this strange phenomenon, but the red light indicating the hostile alarm was still there."

Sariel was anxious: "Did Dachun do it?"

Butler: "Well... he's in jail! But he's willing to provide relevant information."

Gabriel was confused and asked, "But what kind of information could have such a bug?"

Raphael said, "It's too early to determine if it's a bug. It's unimaginable that such a massive intelligent system could have a bug."

Michael remembered something: "Sariel, remember this place?"

Sariel said unhappily, "Remember what?"

Michael said, "This is what happened when the monsters attacked the village last time..."

Sariel was anxious: "I just lost to a wheelchair crystal core!"

Michael said, "I'm saying it might be related to that artifact you used, the Darkmoris Sword. That sword has the ability to tear through space. Dropping from such a high altitude... I suggest the butler simulate the effects of spatial damage. Theoretically, it should be able to reach the goblin spawn point nearby."

Butler: "Go and simulate it immediately!"

Gabriel was stunned. "Even if spatial fluctuations have an impact, it shouldn't cause this kind of intelligence anomaly, right?"

Michael said, "But this sword also killed a lot of siege monsters at that time. Some of the high-quality crystals that exploded might have been sent there by the spatial fluctuations. If the wild boss ate these crystals, it might mutate."

Gabriel laughed: "How could such a retard be mutated?"

Uriel said, "It's very likely. After all, if a low-level boss encounters amethyst ore, which is considered a high-grade ore in Hell, anything could happen."

Sariel was surprised. "But the people from the Dachun Gang immediately rushed into the cave and climbed down. How did they know about this?"

Michael thought for a moment and said, "At that time, Dachun also brought out four NPCs, a bloody nun, and three others. They should be related to them."

The butler said, "We already investigated it at the time. It turned out to be three academic graduate students from the Black Iron City Academy. We recommend that the Shenqian team continue to follow up on the research and provide first-hand information."

Michael nodded: "That's it."

Gabriel smiled: "Is this really that important?"

Michael sighed, "Perhaps it doesn't matter. What's important is to give the God-Present team some burdens to distract their attention. We can't let them discover that Black Iron City is actually the first city to gain a foothold."

Gabriel understood: "In that case, why not release the news that this monster spawn zone has some hidden meaning, and further distract more Black Iron City players."

"Makes sense!"

Sariel was indignant: "It seems that Dachun had already realized the value of studying and started to follow the academic trend! That makes him even more necessary to lock him up!"

Metatron smiled and said, "I'm still waiting for news from Dachun, otherwise how can I extradite him here?"

Sariel sighed, "I'd better go to the mining area and take a look..."

……

God's team headquarters.

The candid photographer, who had just finished scolding the mountain god, received another call from above: "Where is Mr. Shenqian? Ask him to answer the phone."

"Understood! Please wait a moment, sir."

The person taking the candid photo really doesn't want to wake up the young master at this time, but the person taking the candid photo above knows the willful pleasure very well, and what he wants is to torture the person below and not let the young master catch up on his sleep!
The young master woke up, but he had no time to vent his anger or understand the situation. He just listened quietly to the instructions from above.

"I understand! I will definitely do it!"

After the call ended, the young master, who probably knew what was going on, burst into anger: "Mr. Candid Photographer!! This time, you must complete this task with all your strength and cannot fail!"

I felt like the sky was falling when I was secretly filming! It wasn't because I was scolded, but because I was already so busy that I couldn't even get 3 hours of sleep a day, and now I have to face new tasks!
Feeling indignant at the thought of secretly filming, he tried to find a way to balance himself: "I understand! It's mainly because this little mountain guy is so self-righteous..."

The young master was clearly still fuming: "This useless cultivator, I made him famous through PK, but now he can't even do this little thing. Cancel his subsidy!"

The candid photographer finally calmed down a bit: "I understand..."

(End of this chapter)