Global Mining.

Chapter 825: I'm nagging you
The sewers of Bronze City.

Moore received a new mission from Chun Ge, and the squirrel returned to the sewers to deliver the message. Normally, it would be daylight by now, and Moore should have gone back to his physical body, which was hiding in the abandoned mine cave, to warm up. But now, Moore increasingly felt that his physical body was a complete burden.

This time, Moore's squirrel received a reward and became stronger, and it felt noticeably easier than when it came last night.

As he was running, Moore's spatial perception detected an anomaly again; it was as if there was a streak of flowing water in the space.

What is this? Shadow Fiend? And that tatami mat?
He's here again, most likely to hand in the mithril mirror quest, since the factory exploded last night.

Moore instantly felt a surge of intense hostility. After all, this man was vying with him for control of the Cthulhu's favorability in the mission, and he was also capable of detonating the factory—his strength was no small matter. As a top-tier professional gamer, he naturally felt a competitive spirit when facing a formidable opponent.

However, Brother Chun had given instructions: they had already fallen into the slime monster's trap, so there was no need to worry about them; in fact, if possible, they should be supported.

Although that's what Chun Ge said, Moore felt particularly uncomfortable... But as a squirrel, there wasn't much he could do, so he decided to follow him. At the very least, he wanted to see if this expert could spot him; it was a kind of competition.

Soon, Moore realized that his movement speed was much slower. Was it because he was a Shadow Fiend with limited carrying capacity, and carrying quest items made him slow?

The more slowly Moore saw someone walking, the stronger the urge became to kick them.

Why don't we think of a way to increase his intensity?
Moore noticed several bats hanging on the walls of the sewer.

With my master-level druid spirit perception and the necromancy skill taught by the slime, I should be able to communicate with bats, right? After all, slimes are sewer creatures, so they should be able to communicate with sewer creatures, right?

I was too busy to try it before, but I'll give it a try now.

Moore chirped at the bats.

Then Moore's screen shook repeatedly, and he actually heard a bat's response, which he could even understand: "What is it?"

It works!
Moore, of course, couldn't expect a few small bats to increase Shadow Fiend's strength, so he asked, "Where's your boss?"

The bat responded, "What do you want with the boss?"

Moore said, "There's a shadow ahead carrying many treasures."

The bat responded, "We'll tell the boss right away."

After saying that, he immediately leaped down into the depths of the sewer.

Moore actually laughed! Could I really summon the Bat Boss with just a few words? If so, I'd be terrifyingly powerful!

It must be said that these little animals are truly simple, honest, and guileless, like a group of obedient and adorable kindergarten children, believing whatever they are told and acting on it immediately. So, is this why Druids dislike interacting with people and prefer to spend time with nature and small animals?
Let's watch the Bat Boss have a good show. Although Shadow Fiend is invisible, Bat Boss uses sonic attacks, which are also invisible. Invisible fighting invisible is a reliable strategy.

……

Alpha is crawling towards the tomb of the gods, carrying the mithril coating obtained from the workshop.

Last night's operation, though somewhat troublesome, was fortunately completed thanks to the cover provided by the Tata team's chaos.

Then Beta came to report the good news: "Old buddy, the organization has accepted my report and has begun spreading the word throughout the city that Metatron is the one who killed the 44 dancers! By tomorrow at the latest, the news will be spreading in the other four cities."

Alpha felt a little uneasy that things were going too smoothly: "If you were Metatron, how would you face this charge?"

Beta laughed: "Anyway, the Emperor is going to get rid of these sages. No matter how he tries to deal with them, it won't make a difference. The Emperor will just exhaust his privilege points."

Alpha sighed, "Actually, he still has a way. If Bronze City Flower runs away, he can pin the murder charge entirely on her."

Beta laughed: "But in the end, nothing changed. Instead, it caused the relationship between Cheng Hua and him to break down and become hostile!"

Alpha couldn't help but laugh: "Old buddy, can you help me figure out if there's anything else that's not right?"

Beta was silent for a moment, then suddenly remembered something: "I feel like the quest NPCs in my Shadow Demon City... seem to have a gap in their attitude towards me, and it's not just one of them!"

Alpha suddenly became alert: "If it's just one interruption, it might be that one of your missions timed out, but a group of interruptions... Could it be that some players have entered Shadow Demon City and intercepted our mission?"

Beta exclaimed, "If they get in, it's possible that the quest NPCs are secretly following us!"

Alpha said in a deep voice, "Our NPCs are specifically designed to serve our missions. The fact that they know to follow us means they are very likely part of the gift package team."

Beta said, "Then I'll ambush him!"

“Very good. Once I've completed the mission and finished the Magic Mirror, I can come back to support you immediately…”

Just as they were planning, Alpha suddenly sensed something was wrong; a dense wind was coming from the sewer.

This is?

Then a red light exploded before my eyes!
System notification: Warning! You are carrying a high-value item, which has triggered the appearance of the hidden boss "Bat King" in the sewers!
—Bronze Vanguard City Announcement: Player "Tatami" has triggered the appearance of the city's hidden boss, "Bat King"! Race to defeat the Bat King to receive generous rewards.

At this moment, all the players in Bronze City were in an uproar!
Alpha was completely dumbfounded!
What's going on? My mithril coating actually attracted the city boss? The trigger condition is way too easy!
The next moment, a sharp shriek rushed over, and Alpha's entire screen was shaking. Although Shadow Fiend was invisible and intangible, he would still be affected by this kind of shock!

Alpha was shocked and furious. Wasn't this city announcement just like the one that triggered when the game launched? Back then, he was only a few levels away and could kill instantly. Even without items, I'm over level 60 and I might still have a fighting chance!
Alpha decisively discarded the heavy mithril bag and used "Shadow Fiend Space" to envelop the oncoming bat boss!
I suffocated it, so the sound waves couldn't be heard.

In the previous battle at Oak City, even when Gabriel was caught in this attack, it took her several seconds to struggle with all her divine artifacts.

But the situation is completely different now than with Gabriel. Although it is enclosed, the vibration of the sound waves is more resonant in the enclosed space, and Alpha's screen is shaking more violently. Countless "sound wave -1 damage" and "echo damage" messages are popping up all over the screen.

Alpha was stunned. There was echo damage! That meant the bats' damage was increased dozens or even hundreds of times...

At this moment, Moore, who was watching the commotion from the back, was also dumbfounded!
Isn't this the announcement for the hidden boss in Black Iron City that Chun Ge triggered? But I was the one who invited the boss, so why did he trigger the announcement?!
Moore isn't like Chun Ge (a popular internet personality known for his cunning and secretive nature), hiding everything and afraid of becoming famous. Moore is a top-tier expert who needs attention and practically craved fame.

but now……

Moore had his eye on the package the other party had dropped, so I intercepted his mission!
That doesn't make sense either. The opponent is a Shadow Fiend, and he wants this mithril coating to paint the mirror. Once he has the mirror, he can come and go as he pleases, and he can completely take over my control of the quest. No way, I'd rather let the Bat Boss get it than let him complete the mirror.

Once he understood, Moore immediately took advantage of the chaos to stealthily rush to the mithril pouch. He grabbed the pouch, but the squirrel couldn't budge it at all! That's right, silver is heavy to begin with, and mithril is even heavier.

But it's alright, squirrels can shrink their surroundings.

With the activation of the Shrinking Earth skill, Moore was finally able to drag the mithril pouch away, but the mana consumption was ten times faster.

It doesn't matter. All I need to do is find a crack to hide the mithril pouch. Then, I'll personally deliver the message to the Bat King to make a deal, directly gaining his favor. From then on, I'll be the king of the Bronze City sewers! ...

At this moment, Alpha was shaken into a giant black balloon by the Bat King's echo!

Alpha found it hard to believe that he was actually inferior to Da Chun from a month ago. But upon closer inspection, it didn't make sense. Da Chun only eliminated the Stray Dog King and the Fish King; he didn't eliminate the Bat King, and he ultimately died at the hands of the Bat King!

If I can't beat him, neither can he!
With that thought, Alpha instantly calmed down and decided to use his last bit of strength to move the mithril pouch into a crevice, and then try to escape. Even if he couldn't escape and died, it didn't matter. The key was to move and hide the mithril pouch!

Alpha shifted its view, and it looked like the mithril pouch was moving? But it was hard to tell whether the pouch was moving or the screen was moving. Anyway, cancel the spatial pack!
As a result of this cancellation, Alpha was like a deflated balloon, propelled away by the kinetic energy of the massive echo wave, completely out of control!

The next moment, Batman took a breath and unleashed another sonic wave. Alpha felt the entire screen instantly distort until it went black and the headphones went silent!

System notification: Unfortunately, you were killed by the Bat King's sonic boom attack...

— Bronze Vanguard City Announcement: Player Tatami was killed by the Bat King.

The entire city's players were in an uproar once again!

Moore was stunned. Had this increased intensity killed him? Had I ruined Chun Ge's plan?

……

Top Ten Chat Group.

Just as everyone was focusing on the developments outside the third ring road of Gem City, Bronze City suddenly issued an announcement!

The crowd erupted in uproar, and Metatron was particularly chilled: "Alpha really did take action while I was away!"

Gabriel was stunned: "But how did he trigger the city's hidden boss? Since the server opened, only Da Chun has triggered it!"

Sariel said in a deep voice, "It's not easy to trigger this. Raphael, hold things steady here for now. I'm going to the Bronze City sewers right away. Although I don't know what Curry is doing, I have to destroy anything the enemy is doing!"

Michael said in a deep voice, "Good, Sariel, return quickly—"

Before the words were finished:

— Bronze Vanguard City Announcement: Player Tatami was killed by the Bat King.

Ok?
The chat group fell silent instantly!
Sariel was taken aback: "How many seconds has this bat been here?"

Raphael couldn't hold back any longer: "Including the time we were stunned just now, ten seconds?"

Gabriel burst out laughing: "No way, this Curry is level 60, right? He's in the top 200 on the leaderboard now, isn't he? The sewer boss that Da Chun used to one-shot, he can one-shot this Curry now?"

Sariel was both amused and exasperated: "I don't know if this curry is good or bad... should I still go?"

Michael said in a deep voice, "Go! Since he triggered it, it's most likely part of his God's Tomb plan. Sariel, eliminate him quickly!"

Sariel: "Let's go immediately!"

……

Desert ruins.

Da Chun switched from his secondary account (which he was resting on) to focus all his energy on his main account.

At this moment, the giant monster was still relentlessly hunting down the sand demon throughout the city. The vine net had covered the entire city, constantly absorbing demon blood. The master-level vine spell was also continuously improving its proficiency, but the divine craftsman level had not yet been triggered.

At the same time, Da Chun's divine realm has completely become a vast black mist forest, and it has expanded again. The trees in the divine realm have mutated. Some roots have begun to thicken, some branches have thickened and drooped continuously, and some branches can even bloom and bear fruit.

Da Chun knew that if things continued like this, he would probably head down a path of evil, but... even if he was going to be eaten by the emperor, at least he couldn't be too delicious, right?
Becoming stronger and more disgusting might be a way to protect oneself?
In short, the vines now have plenty of energy and can go to various taverns, restaurants, noble mansions, and other places on Zhou Qing's map guide to find wine.

As the vines extended downwards, the terrain of an underground ruin was once again displayed on Da Chun's ley line perception interface.

The first tavern? None! It was just shattered glass that had been there for a thousand years.

The next restaurant, still no luck.

Next, next...

Then we continued searching for the basements and underground wine cellars of taverns and restaurants, but found nothing!

Da Chun is so anxious. Without the Millennium Wine, I have to hold back and not dare to play in the game? It can't be that bad. My Plague Island's Hundred-Year Ruins have two boxes of cassava liquor. With that precedent in the ruins, the city should have some too, right?

While hesitating:

—Bronze Vanguard City Announcement: Player "Tatami" triggered the city's hidden boss "Bat King"...

Da Chun's heart skipped a beat. Oh no?

This announcement instantly brought back memories of a long time ago for Da Chun. He had thought that triggering the hidden boss was a unique achievement for him, but he never expected that someone else had triggered it, and it was by an enemy player! This inexplicably made Da Chun feel very unhappy.

But before I could even feel annoyed for a few seconds, another announcement came out!
Da Chun is absolutely holy crap! Is this guy strong, weak, or is he just messing with my mentality?
However, this also gave me an idea: there's the sewer! The map guide mentions that the underground bandit headquarters is located in the sewer.

Okay, let's not waste time elsewhere. Let's unclog the sewers. I refuse to believe the sewers have been destroyed by the millennia-old war. Speaking of which, the Dark Elf's treasure vault in Paradise Lost is also in the sewers…

Just then, Da Chun's phone rang. It was Zhou Qing sending a video file: "Brother Chun, are you busy?"

"Not busy for now! Is it about the Bronze City announcement?"

Zhou Qing said, "Yes, I'll send the video Moore took first. Moore was being a bit cheeky and called for the Boss in Druid animal language... which cracked him up, and the mithril pouch fell down too—Brother Chun, is this going to cause any trouble?"

Holy crap, Moore can even summon Bosses now! He's truly a professional. If I had that skill, I'd just be searching the entire void for dragon souls to play with, completely lacking his fancy use of readily available resources. Compared to him…

Da Chun exclaimed, "Actually, Moore's idea isn't wrong. I overestimated this guy. He's too useless. He doesn't have as much value as I imagined. Let's do it according to Moore's idea."

Zhou Qing laughed, "There are still some useful ones. Moore thought he had caused trouble—hmm? Brother Chun, the latest news is that the Ten Elders, Sariel, have stormed into Bronze City!"

(End of this chapter)