The Game of Global Mining

Chapter 557 - 411: Controlling the Drunken Captain

Leveling up already before absorbing all the energy, can’t wait to see what happens after it’s fully absorbed.

Chun was quite pleased: "Keep going!"

Mina exclaimed in surprise: "I absorb energy much faster now."

Great! This first battle which was initially impossible to win feels like a perfect start with the Mermaid’s blessing, maybe laying the foundation for a snowball effect.

Chun began examining the remaining list, there’s the irritable church priest, the baron who’s been hospitalized long-term, the widow from the jewelry shop, the retired disabled officer... None of them seem easy to deal with! The key is to wait until after 10 PM when they go to sleep.

So, now it’s a tough wait in the afternoon. Why not go down the Bronze route and find children in the slum to level up Mina? But the poor are even more bitter, their nightmares might be stronger...

Or maybe, after controlling this captain, let him meet these people for drinks and make them drunk?

While musing over this, Chun’s phone buzzed with a message from Zhou Qing: "Brother Chun, are you asleep? Want some late-night snacks?"

Chun replied: "Not asleep, it’s already 1 AM, aren’t you going to sleep?"

Zhou Qing replied: "The Azure Sky team on the third floor is gambling on village luck, all the big shots in the national server are watching, so none of us are sleeping. Since Brother Chun’s awake, I’m sending snacks over now."

"Thanks, boss."

Chun got intrigued: "What are they gambling on regarding village luck?"

"Don’t know which streamer is chasing clout, they publicized that there’s a crashed airship inland outside Silver City, now high-end teams in Silver City are gearing up to snatch it up, part of the Azure Sky team is defending the village and top elite along with the Royal Family branch have gone out to snatch it."

Chun was shocked: "Aren’t they afraid other teams will seize this chance to attack their village?"

Zhou Qing sighed: "That’s why they’re gambling on village luck. Personally, I feel it’s unnecessary, but since the Super Team arrived at Silverlight Village, they’ve been targeted by foreigners, and they’re a bit young and hot-headed to hold back..."

Suddenly, an idea struck Chun, once he controls the captain, should he send the captain to help defend the village? From the dreams, this captain’s ship looks quite big, to be a captain on such a large ship, his combat power mustn’t be low?

Soon, a delivery guy knocked on the door: "Brother Chun, snacks!"

"Coming!"

Chun noticed tonight’s platter was quite large: "This?"

The delivery guy smiled: "Just a few crabs, not much meat really..."

Holy Shit! Zhou Qing evidently found I’ve picked up a Demon, using this opportunity to give me extra treats.

So the rest of the time, Chun leisurely broke the crabs while checking Mina’s absorption progress and watching live broadcasts about the airship online.

...

At this time, Sariel was also monitoring airship-related live streams and investigating any connection to Alpha.

Subordinate team member reported: "Sir, the 5-man Super Team from Silverlight Village, core elite of 50, and Royal Family’s 3000 members have all mobilized."

Sariel was stunned: "How dare they? Aren’t they afraid the village might get raided?"

"Hence, the Two-Star Battle Team has decided to abandon the outdoor airship, seizing this chance to raid the village and requesting you to intervene."

Sariel was quite torn. Previously, he casually placated this Two-Star Battle Team, but then Old Whale appeared and defeated Alpha Evil God, thwarting the Two-Star Battle Team’s village raid plan. As for now...

Sariel decided: "Gather the whole city’s battle teams in the group and let those willing to take part in the village raid vote."

...

Chun finished eating crabs, washed his hands, and didn’t wait long before Mina finally absorbed all the Sea Demon’s Nightmare power, leaving only a puddle of glue on the ground, clearly still a Slime Monster!

At that moment Mina flashed with black light again: "Master, I’ve grown stronger again! I’ve learned a Dream Search skill!"

And with a wave, a faint light appeared overhead.

Mina exclaimed joyfully: "Master, there’s something!"

What? I’ve got Treasure Hunting skill too but in the previous prison cell dream I found Crystal Core treasures, yet here it’s far less convenient than her remote searching!

Chun felt incredibly pleased: "Quickly, go get it!"

So he went to the upper deck, entering the cockpit, finding a metal empty liquor flask on the ground.

Chun picked it up to check—system prompt: Congratulations! You found Essence of Dreams "Habitual Liquor Flask".

Uh... the sole attribute is Essence of Dreams, just like the combined Crystal Core found in the prison cell, both lack attribute usage.

Chun felt somewhat helpless: "Mina, how can it become Soul Artifact?"

Mina laughed: "Soul Artifact comes post-death, he’s not dead yet, obsession isn’t deep enough, right?"

Must he necessarily die?

Chun was amazed: "But Douding’s cake shop is quite formidable?"

Mina sighed: "Children’s imagination is different. Many are smart in childhood, then become average as they grow. So achieving accomplishments in childhood surely suggests extraordinary potential."

Just then, Chun noticed the scene wasn’t spinning as much: "What’s this?"

Mina said: "Perhaps he’s waking from his drunken stupor? In such cases one might meet the Dream Master, Master, would you like to stay in the Dream Realm to meet him or retreat now?"

"Let me think about it."

Actually, not really thinking but contacting the Mermaid.

—System prompt: Sea God’s Personal Guard successfully contacted Helen.

The response came instantly.

The mermaid was impatient: "Is the absorption complete?"

"Yes!"

The mermaid got excited: "Alright, move away a bit, I’m going to control him now. Once controlled, I’ll let you know, you can control too."

While speaking, the water sphere enveloping Chun suddenly collapsed and flowed downwards, and the entire dream realm began to violently shake.

—System prompt: Your Sea God’s Blessing effect vanished.

—System prompt: Current dream realm is about to disappear...

The scene changed, Chun was directly back at the tavern.

Mina was stunned: "Just now, what was that?"

Turns out it was a temporary Divine Gift?

Chun felt slightly dejected: "I dispersed the power, returning to Black Cat."

So, Chun and Mina flew to the tavern rooftop, Tom was basking in afternoon sunshine with the soothing sea breeze.

Sometimes, truly quite envious of being a cat.

After the possession, Mina asked: "Master, who are we looking for next?"

Chun replied: "Let’s locate their positions first, come evening we’ll act directly."

Mina was rather eager: "I’m curious about my current strength, can I successfully lead the charge for Master?"

Fair point, so far, I’ve relied on my robust soul strength to lead, really expectant for Mina to shine alone, sparing me from front-line hassles.

"Don’t rush blindly, growth should be cautious and humble, lest taught a lesson, wasting previous accomplishments."

"Master’s right."

As they passed the list "Baron hospitalized perpetually," Chun suddenly spotted a familiar face with bandages on his hands, wasn’t this Remia’s housekeeper? His injury not healed yet?