Global Mining.

Chapter 613: Pinocchio's String Puppet

The other party replied: "The King of Oak City!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Tata felt something sharp hitting him from behind.

It’s indeed an NPC! It’s impossible for a player to follow me through this gap, but he is pushing me, is he threatening me?
Tata asked in a trembling voice, "Have you been following me?"

The other party said: "Wrong, I have been waiting here for the servant puppet!"

Then Tata felt that the pointed thing went deeper!
Tata was panicked: "Don't do it, let's talk it over."

"You only have one choice: be my puppet! I'll give you one minute to think about it."

I didn't get a push this time, but I didn't trigger the quest prompt either. What's going on? Just a normal conversation?
Tata asked again: "Why are you called the King of Oak City?"

Instead of answering, the other party asked, "Don't you want to be the king's puppet?"

It was getting weirder and weirder. Tata really wanted to contact Alpha to ask what was going on. But it was always Alpha who sent him invitation codes from the dark web, so he couldn't contact him on his own initiative!

Tata wanted to know clearly: "What are the benefits of being the king's puppet?"

"The first benefit is that you won't be killed now! The second benefit is that you will gain supreme glory, wealth, and power—"

Before he could finish his words, the sharp object pierced in again!
Tata is now stuck in the gap and can't move, so he can't fight at all. He might as well agree to it. It seems like a hidden event has been triggered.

"I am willing!"

The other party smiled: "Very good, don't resist, puppet thread, start!"

The next moment, Tata felt several silk threads coming through and entangled his hands and feet, and then a red light exploded in front of his eyes:
——System prompt: Warning! Your body is about to be controlled by an unknown evil spirit. The current control progress is 5%...

Evil spirit? ! !

Tata became alert instantly. Under normal circumstances, this was a liar!
However, everything modified by Alpha will appear in an abnormal location. How can I use normal thinking to deal with the current situation? Based on its title of "King of Oak City", it must be a hidden NPC, a hidden event. This is a great opportunity!
So, Tata watched the control progress bar roll from 5% to 99% with infinite anticipation, and cooperated throughout the process without struggling.

Until 100%!

The other party laughed out loud: "Great! I like obedient puppets!"

——System prompt: Warning! You have become Pinocchio's puppet, and the evil spirit will issue instructions from behind the scenes.

Pinocchio?! Only after being controlled did we learn his real name?!
Tata asked: "Pinocchio——"

The other party immediately interrupted: "Shut up, call me the King of Oak City! Call me Your Majesty!"

Tata immediately got into the state: "Your Majesty, what do you need me to do?"

The other party smiled proudly: "This king wants to retrieve the king's treasure. You have entered here, so you should know the way, right?"

Tata asked, "Is it the treasure in the evil god's cave?"

"good."

Could it be the roots of the sacred tree? Or the furniture that Alpha packed up?
Tata asked, "What is your majesty's secret treasure?"

"Everyone is like that. As a puppet, you are also like that. You must remember that only by being a good puppet can you gain supreme power!"

Tata said, "Your Majesty, I know the way, but I'm a bit big, so I might need to use a pickaxe to open up the way."

The other party smiled and said, "You just need to know the way. Get out of the way and I will come."

"Your Majesty, can you please step aside?" The other party smiled coldly and proudly: "No need! I can transform!"

The next moment, Tata heard the creaking sound of wood colliding behind him, and then he felt a long snake-like object squeezing through his stomach.

After a while, the head of the long snake came out, and Tata saw clearly that it was a clown head with a long pointed nose and a folded and flattened head. Behind the head were pieces of wood connected together!
Like an ugly wooden cobra with a flat clown face, Tata is so terrifying that it's hard to describe!

Soon, the cobra disappeared into the gap ahead.

After a while, Tata's hands and feet began to twitch. It was the silk thread, but it was invisible! The puppet's voice came from the invisible silk thread: "There are three gaps ahead. Which way should I go?"

Tata replied: "Your Majesty, you can try the left one first. If the left one doesn't work, you can try the middle one."

Silk thread was furious: "What if? Can't you be sure it will save me time? What a waste!"

A burning red light came from the silk thread, and Tata's burned screen trembled!

Tata was really shocked by the evil spirit's weird methods. He was not afraid of his master being evil, but was afraid of his master being weak!
Tata was inexplicably excited: "Your Majesty, I will definitely try my best to confirm it and save you time."

Then he continued to ask: "Your Majesty, I am very uncomfortable with being stuck here. Can you please step back?"

Si Xian was furious: "Until I retrieve the treasure, you are not allowed to move at all, otherwise I will regard you as having evil intentions!"

Tata immediately dared not move: "I am absolutely loyal to Your Majesty!"

……

Underground Oak City Street.

Dachun's vines branched out and drilled into Nabuchuanxi's Noble Quarter apartment. Perhaps the Noble Quarter was a beachfront apartment near the sea, and the underground soil here was relatively loose, making it much easier for Dachun to drill.

But Dachun wasn't feeling relaxed. The progress bar for his astrological prediction stuck on the screen was a bit of an eyesore. Logically, any major system event was likely driven by a player. There was only one Michael in the Void, so what was he pushing for?
Then I will continue chatting with Nanhill and Aziza on the Chamber of Commerce channel while digging in the ground. I haven't seen them for many days. I should cherish the opportunity to chat with them. It will take three days and three nights to finish chatting with them.

Dachun brought up the topic: "My profession as an astrologer seems to have predicted that a war will break out in the sky. What do you think?"

Aziza was surprised and asked, "What kind of place is heaven?"

Nan Hill said, "The void?"

Yes, Nan Hill is the guardian angel. She is knowledgeable and immediately took up the topic. Her original body in Hell, Xiao Nan, also knew that my small account went to the void, and she could provide useful suggestions.

Dachun asked, "If it's the void, what forces will fight?"

Nan Hill said, "It is said that a thousand years ago, the three tribes of gods, demons, and dragons fought a war, which triggered a huge wave that destroyed the old world..."

Well, I know the news that the Ten Lords Michael sent the Ugly Emperor Earth Mother to explore the void with a mission to collect various dragon souls, gods and demon souls that dissipated in the battle that year.

Nan Hill continued, “If there were to be a fight now, it would definitely be one of the three tribes coming back, but the scale would definitely not be as large as it was a thousand years ago.”

Dachun asked, "Can the demons fight their way into the void?"

Nan Hill said: "The demons' spatial teleportation ability is very powerful."

If it's the demons who are dispatching... Holy shit, no wonder the Chamber of Commerce run by Boss Uriel is upgrading like crazy. It's because they've transported too many high-end ores, and the demons have too much energy! But his mining and ore transportation target is Black Dragon Secret Abyss City, so he's the one who's driving the war...

Dachun was surprised and said, "I think it's the dragon clan!"

Astrology Class Note: You predicted the Dragon Clan's impending Void War. Your Wisdom increases by +2, and your Class Skill "Fortune Accumulation" is enhanced.

(End of this chapter)