T0 Gaming Guild Saves the World

"Calling you 'big boss' won't help. You stepped into this minefield yourself, so you have to clean it up yourself." Original Fries patted her on the shoulder to express his sympathy.

Seeing everyone from the virtual and real worlds heading off to various parts of the guild to get busy, leaving Mint alone to organize materials, she suddenly understood everyone's good intentions.

After glancing at the gleaming floor that had been cleaned by several guild dolls, and precisely calculating the distance, I slid down onto my knees from under the covers!

"Master Mint, I was wrong. I shouldn't have called you a child. Please make me a potion. I'll do anything!"

The practiced sliding knee and the sincere tone completely stunned Mint.

Being led by the hand, she seemed at a loss, her lips twitching incessantly.

After a long pause, she coughed, licked her lips, and said, "Wh-what, you're willing to do anything?"

"Well... then help me organize the materials first."

Mint is still a child after all.

Those watching from the shadows thought to themselves.

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Chapter 56 Mint Mom!

"Our meeting room is quite luxurious, so why are all these chairs war-damaged?"

Here comes the question that everyone who enters the boundary between the virtual and the real will ask.

The four original entities had been curious, and unsurprisingly, the quilt also asked the question.

Mint perked up instantly, slapping the round conference table that looked older than her and declaring, "With this witch here, this should be a powerful guild. The decor has been improved, so why isn't the furniture good?"

"Change it! We must change it!"

Her voice was firm and resounding, and her delicate white hands clapped until they were red.

Well... as a group of players who are used to using their output wisely, we usually only consider details like decoration after we have enough resources, so we can only look at each other in bewilderment.

Jiang Heyi sent a private message to Original Flavor Fries. After reading it, the two exchanged a glance and smiled knowingly.

It's rare to see someone who likes to create a persona actually smile.

During the intervals between Mint's outputs, Jiang Heyi seized the opportunity to say, "Mint just wants to make the guild feel more like home, and I can understand that."

Before Mint could even celebrate for two seconds, Plain Fries, resting her chin on her hand, muttered expressionlessly, "The guild's resources aren't going to be wasted on trivial matters right now. Since Mint, you're also a member of the guild and strongly request a swap..."

Jiang Heyi quickly tried to salvage the situation: "Then we can upgrade your bed to a more luxurious model, and at the same time open a new room for you to stay in, so you don't have to be stuck in the conference room."

Mint watched as Jiang Heyi and the original flavor fries argued over words.

She wasn't stupid; she realized that the guild members were indeed reluctant to invest existing resources to change the decorations.

The guild has opened its warehouse to her, allowing her to use resources freely, but the use of resources should primarily focus on research and development, and strategy.

However, in order to take her feelings into consideration, as the guild leader, Jiang Heyi made concessions and changes, and was even willing to give her the vacant area that the guild had reserved for renovation as her private room.

A warm current seemed to flow through Mint's chest; the sweetness of being cared for, understood, and looked after made the corners of her mouth involuntarily turn up.

But the words were already on the tip of my tongue...

"Hmph, if you're unwilling to do it, I'll do it myself."

"Uh, mint..."

"Potato, you don't need to try to persuade me." Mint was determined. "I'll go out and earn money myself to set up the guild properly. I will absolutely not use the strategic material reserves in the warehouse."

The jailer was the first to realize what was going on.

While having Mint brew potions for the guild for free, she can also go out and earn money to support the guild...

Are these two trying to trick Mint?

Wow, that's so despicable, tricking a child!

The boundary between reality and virtuality is clear; all eight people are present.

The preparation meeting for the conquest of the sixth floor of the Underground Temple of the Clarity officially began.

The information provided to Mint before was incomplete, so Jiang Heyi took this opportunity to recount in its entirety what they had seen and heard at the Temple of the Clarity, starting with their encounter with Alna's spirit.

Mint would sometimes rest her chin on her hand, sometimes lower her eyes, sometimes ponder with her head down, and sometimes roll around on the bed—she really loved to move around.

“The Frog-Headed Stitches and the Evil Spirit Aggregator are undoubtedly from the same necromancy.” She concluded. “So far, all the enemies you have encountered in the temple have been creations of the Church of Eternal Night. Apart from the Slime King, there are no original guardians of the Clarity.”

The 6th and 7th levels of the underground temple are both the [Clarity Mine].

The 8th level of the underground temple is the [Smelting Level].

The weapons, armor, and jewelry used by the Clarity Ones are all forged by their own master craftsmen, and most of the ores and other materials needed for forging come from this huge rich mine that was already discovered when the temple was built.

The maps of layers 6 and 7 given by Alna are incomplete, and her fragmented memories begin to show severe damage from layer 6 onwards, which is a sign that her main personality is about to shatter.

The incomplete map shows that the large mining area is the largest area of ​​the Clarity.

Based on the ninth floor, the [Deep Green Courtyard], it is known that the Clear Ones are raising a large number of monsters, which, combined with the lifelike puppets on the second and third floors...

She jumped up and paced back and forth in front of the round table: "If nothing unexpected happens, you will encounter undead or dark-attribute monsters on the sixth floor."

"The large mining area must be the most densely populated area for the Clarity People. The veins need to be mined, and the puppets and monsters are a supplement to the manpower. To control them, you need elites, and their numbers should be quite large. Therefore, you can see the existence of the open-air canteen in the mining area from this part of the map."

Mint continued her analysis logically and with evidence: "After all, only the elite of the Clarity are particular about food. Dolls and monsters, one doesn't need to eat and the other can be relatively perfunctory. To be able to set up such a large open-air canteen, tsk tsk."

"Imagine the eternal night descending. The first few floors are suddenly wiped out without any resistance. The unstoppable offensive sweeps into the large mining area, leaving the unprepared Clarifiers lying dead everywhere. Meanwhile, the monsters and puppets still have value, and there's a high probability..."

Jiang Heyi had a picture in her mind.

Walking corpses, monsters, dolls, and necromancers lurking in the shadows, the evil spirits of the Church of Eternal Night.

In addition, there are complex mine tunnels and pits after mining operations.

The first five levels are like appetizers; once they've officially reached the halfway point, the dangers and difficulties of the underground temple will suddenly increase.

"Help us, Mint Mom!"

Orange Tea, who had learned bad habits from the prison guard, started shouting.

Mint might scoff at this if someone else said it, but orange tea... it's just impossible to refuse.

“Give me some time. What you need is a potion specifically designed to counter the undead… I need to consult the ancient texts; there will be a solution. Children, don’t worry…”

Uh, Mint suddenly realized that she had really taken on the role of the mother, and she blushed instantly.

"Who's your mother now?!"

The jailer feigned tears, saying, "But you wouldn't want anything to happen to us while we're exploring the mine, would you...? Peppermint Mom, use your potions to give the children more security!"

They learn extremely quickly in bed and catch up immediately.

"Mint Mom, the children can't live without you!"

"Ughhhhhh, so disgusting!" Mint buried her head in the blanket. "I promise you, I'll find a way to help you. Stop screaming, stop screaming!"

"In short, you have to promise me one thing."

"No matter what, we must come back alive."

"Drink the life-saving potions I gave you, don't hold back!"

This sounds more like a mother's statement, revealing the boundless nature of maternal love.

Feeling that the schemes used against "Mom" were inhumane, Jiang Heyi slipped some start-up capital to Bohe before she left.

Mint firmly refused, saying that if she wouldn't move the strategy materials in the guild warehouse, she wouldn't use any of them. Although she loved money and was shameful, she had this principle.

Watching Bohe leave, Jiang Heyi and the others felt a little lost.

As they continued to spend time together, they stopped seeing Mint as an NPC and started seeing her as a living, breathing person, as if she were also a player who had used the device to enter the world of Stellaris.

Every frown and smile, every word and action, every laugh and scolding is no different from anyone else's.

The message Jiang Heyi sent before she and the original flavor fries started their charade was...

"She already considers this place her home."

Everything she wants to do is for the sake of making the guild a better place.

Thinking of her stubborn yet proud appearance, a sense of guilt suddenly welled up in my heart, and I would feel remorseful every time I woke up.

Even if they keep telling themselves that Mint is just data generated by Stellar Design... can they really still tell the difference over time?

Original flavor fries seem to have fallen into the same trap as Jiang Heyi.

"How about we prepare a surprise for her afterwards?"

"What should we prepare?" The jailer also became serious.

Zhong Zemo suggested, "Let's use money. She keeps talking about stardust, let's just give her what she wants."

Jiang Heyi made the decision: "If the sixth-level mining area suffers a setback, whether it's to prevent the floor guardians from recording behavioral data, or..."

He laughed: "Let's go scout out the way to the Screamer Snow Mountain first, so we can give Mint a surprise."

Everyone laughed and raised their hands in agreement.

Mint, who had just been teleported back to the outskirts of Annascent City, sneezed several times.

"Are those guys talking about me behind my back... They clearly call me 'Mom,' but they're just a bunch of naughty kids!"

Jiang Heyi examined the fashionable little trash that the messenger doll had picked up from outside; most of it consisted of useless white materials.

Just as I was tidying up, the jailer wandered over.

"Potato, open your friend request list. The guild leader of the 'You and Me Under the Funny Tree' guild wants to chat with you."

Jiang Heyi looked up, puzzled: "What kind of guild is this?"

"Among the teams conquering the Underground Temple, this is one of the faster-progressing guilds. They were previously held back by the Frog-Head Stitching Monster, but after accumulating enough potions, they unleashed a devastating attack and managed to clear the level by sheer luck."

"Because we were caught off guard, on the third floor, we were brutally beaten and wiped out by the puppets parasitized by Nafiel in two rounds."

"Huh? Will that wipe out the entire team?" Jiang Heyi was shocked.

As long as you have Sister Alna's lantern, clearing the second and third floors is a breeze.

They triggered the plot by destroying only Nafiel's first body, and the enemy retreated without a fight.

Where is the point of a wipeout?

"That's not so clear. They said that Nafiel in their dungeon is unusually strong, which may be due to differences in dungeon progress."

The Underground Temple of the Clarity is a true test for Chinese players; those who rank at the top are all top-tier players.

With that in mind, Jiang Heyi accepted the friend request from [Huangliang Yimeng].

"The potatoes will grow. Sorry for bothering you."

"You're welcome. You wanted to inquire about the subsequent floors, right?"

"You are so straightforward! It seems like it will be very pleasant and smooth to communicate with you."

The other party's manners and attitude were impeccable, so Jiang Heyi politely replied, "There's no need to use 'you,' it's too awkward."

"Before that, I'd like to ask Chairman Potato something."

After a pause, [Yellow Millet Dream] asked, "Has the boundary between the real and the virtual truly been breached to the fifth level?"

Jiang Heyi glanced at the guy leaning against the wall whistling and frankly admitted it.

Yes, just now.

"Killing at first sight?"

"Kill at first sight".

"You almost single-handedly defeated the Guardian?"

Jiang Heyi thought for a moment: "The original flavor fries also contributed a lot, and the efforts of all the guild members are equally indispensable."

"Floor Guardian, [Evil Spirit Aggregate], is it strong?"

That's a bit difficult to answer.

Jiang Heyi asked for opinions on the original flavor fries and orange tea, and received the comments "not good" and "not as good as the Slime King" respectively.

So he gave an ambiguous answer: "Far beyond expectations."

Huangliang Yimeng: "I understand, thank you very much... Does the Potato Master have any tips for us regarding the fourth level?"