The Game of Global Mining

Chapter 568 - 418: Mei Joins

While in thought, the mermaid chuckled and asked, "Where are you now? This little form of me will play with you from now on!"

Chun got excited, "I’m just under the hospital. I’ll be done soon and come pick you up, my lady!"

"I’m tiny now, no need to call me ’my lady’ when we meet."

How small? Chun figured it was best to give her new form a nickname, to keep the real one secret: "Why not give this little form of yours a name?"

The mermaid laughed, "Hmm, you’re right, you pick one!"

Umm...

Without hesitation, Chun blurted, "Mei?"

The mermaid burst into laughter, "That’s so cheesy, I love it..."

Meanwhile, Mina had finished absorbing the Nightmare power, so it was time to retreat.

Chun was in high spirits, "Mina, here’s another Soul Artifact for you. Keep it as a backup."

Mina was overjoyed, "My dear master, I must reward you properly once I regain my form!"

—System Prompt: Nightmare Mina’s affection towards you has increased to "Infinite Love"!

Holy Shit, this is Aileen’s affection level! Is she going to Fbl me? I need to keep the home front steady!

Chun quickly said, "And the mistress Aileen is also dearest to us, her support is behind all our successes, got it?"

Mina laughed, "Of course, the mistress is also dearest! I’ll love her just as much as I love you, master."

Though it was mushy, it sounded nice! Chun added, "Afterwards, an old friend will join our team. You should love her as you love me and show her respect."

"Yes, master!"

Then possessing the Black Cat again, Chun greeted, "Tom, be careful as we retreat."

"Meow!"

The Black Cat slipped back into the pipe, retracing its steps.

This trip yielded 2 Soul Artifacts, 12 points of Spirit, plus Mina advanced to Initial Tier and absorbed a massive amount of Dragon Soul power. What an unexpected gain, but Chun felt a bit uneasy. After all, suddenly disabling the hospital’s 12 blood-draining young dragons might alert more than just the hospital. Whoever caught this many dragons can’t be ordinary!

The next step is to quickly treat the patients in Silver City and then move to Gem City.

But looking at the time, it wasn’t even 7 PM. No one would be sleeping at this time, right? Wait a minute!

Chun immediately contacted the mermaid, "Hey, does your Mei only sing?"

"Yes!"

"Can it hypnotize?"

"That’s a basic skill! Even a weak form like this needs a self-defense trick."

Chun was ecstatic, "This is going to be fun. Have your Mei wait for me above that pipe by the tree!"

The mermaid giggled, "As long as I’m not sitting on the Divine Throne every day, it’s fun! You don’t need to contact me through the Sea God’s Personal Guard anymore, just talk to Mei."

"Got it."

Thus, as the Black Cat emerged from the pipe, Chun saw a dragonfly-sized mermaid floating above, with six pairs of dragonfly wings!

Holy shit, she’s really that small! But unlike the dark and cold Remia, this one was mischievously colorful and dazzling—a playful soul split off!

Chun called out in delight, "Mei!"

Mei laughed, "Here I come, here I come!"

"Meow! Meow~"

Mina was momentarily surprised but then respectfully greeted, "Hello, Lady Mei!"

Mei was thrilled, "Wow, a cat and a dragon, how fun! I can’t wait, where are we going next?"

Chun jumped right in, "There’s a Baron who’s been hospitalized on the second floor. Let’s hypnotize him first and then have fun in his consciousness."

Mei reminded, "Remia is currently guarding the butler against assassins, and some really strong guards have been deployed around the hospital. Are you sure you want to do this?"

Oh, right! But why was Mei so serious about it? Isn’t she supposed to be playful?

Chun took the advice, "Let’s change our target and first go to—"

Mei laughed, "No no no, this is more fun! Otherwise, Remia and those guards would just be standing there all night doing nothing!"

Chun was shocked, "You’re planning to cause a commotion?"

Mei asked in surprise, "Is that not allowed?"

Mina said, "As long as we create enough fear, it’s doable. I just learned a Fear Skill and have a Soul Artifact to enhance it."

Chun suddenly realized, maybe they do need to make some noise? On one hand, to coordinate with the butler; on the other hand, who’ll take the blame for the mishap with the 12 young dragons? They need to distract the Ten Lords, or else if they’re fully focused on hunting the man in the black robe, it might be difficult to even leave via the Teleportation Array.

Chun thought for a moment, "Mei, let’s sneak in first and see if the Baron is a good person. If not, we’ll stir things up."

Mei eagerly said, "Great, let’s hurry!"

So, the group set off enveloped in the mist sprayed by Dragon-shaped Mina, flying to the window sill outside the Baron’s hospital room, where three nobles were gathered, playing cards, drinking, smoking, and chatting.

Holy Shit? Drinking like this, who looks like they’re recovering from an illness?

Chun immediately signaled: "Hold on, let’s listen to what they’re talking about."

Regarding Pulan’s mission details, Moore knew a little; he had gone bankrupt due to a shipwreck. But there was no information on this Baron of the Hospital, since ordinary players couldn’t even enter this hospital.

They heard someone say, "A lot of guards have come outside."

Another person scoffed, "Who are they putting on a show for? There’s no pirate assassin. No Pirate King Siren Sea Demon. Obviously, someone higher up wants to get money from the merchants, so they act like pirates and directly rob them!"

"Exactly! They even intentionally bombed the City Beauty’s residence, sent assassins to pretend and create an atmosphere of panic. It’s all too fake!"

Chun was shocked!

There really are people who see through the facade! Is the act really that fake? But is it possible that part of it is real, seen differently based on their interests?

The baron snorted coldly: "Bitch!"

The other two cursed along: "Bitch!!"

Chun felt heavy-hearted! Even in Aileen, where everyone might be called a bitch, they only idolized the City Beauty and never cursed them. Not to mention, City Beauty is my good, good friend! You just go ahead and play the villain.

Chun quietly ordered: "Mei, start the hypnosis!"

So Mei cupped her hands around her mouth and started humming toward the baron’s ear.

It wasn’t particularly pleasant, but after staying up all night without rest, Chun found it sort of—Holy Shit! Is this really a lullaby? Let’s see the effect in the game later!

The baron suddenly lowered his head, and a few cards slipped from his hand. "I’m... sleepy!"

As expected from Mei, it worked instantly!

The two were stunned: "What time is it?"

The baron forced himself to shake his head but ultimately couldn’t resist: "Not playing anymore..."

With that, he grabbed the wine bottle on the table, chugged half of it, and then fell asleep.

Drinking to aid sleep! Isn’t that just like Pulan? There must be a great terror in his consciousness that he doesn’t dare to face, so he drinks to escape.

The other two saw it getting dull and left the ward.

"Mina, ready?"

Mina was a bit impatient: "Enter!"

——System prompt: Warning! Your team has entered Baron Pidan’s consciousness dream realm under the leadership of Nightmare Mina. Be ready to respond with full force.

The scene changed, and Chun’s group found themselves in a spinning, blurry hospital. So there’s a great terror in the hospital, huh?

Mei was immediately thrilled: "So this is entering the dream. How interesting!"

Mina said, "I’ll go check for the treasure first! I feel my treasure-hunting ability has improved after transforming into a dragon!"

Indeed, the Dragon Race is recognized as the strongest in treasure hunting, so becoming a dragon has many advantages—the drawback being Mina’s towering size can’t enter the hospital to search, which is a hassle!

Sure enough, a bright spot appeared on the map, right in the baron’s ward.

His ward was by the window, and Mina lowered her head to see: "Another wine bottle!"

——System prompt: You’ve obtained a Dream Realm Essence "wine bottle."

Is that it? That’s too easy! How can the baron be in the same league as a bankrupt captain? Not even close; the captain had a refined wine jug.

Chun had no choice but to press on: "I’ll search the hospital. If I encounter a monster, I’ll freeze time!"

Mina said, "No, Master, if you use Time Freeze too much, your Spiritual Power might not handle it. Why don’t I just demolish the hospital?"

Chun felt a chill, she had a point! With lowered Spiritual Power, Chun wasn’t the formidable figure in the dream realm.

Mei was unfazed: "That sounds fun! Dream demolition should be allowed, right?"

Chun was at a loss: "Alright, then demolish! We’re here to cause a scene anyway."

Meanwhile, it’s a chance to see Mina’s strength as a transformed dragon.

However, the blurry scene shattered like Aileen smashing furniture at home; there was no rigidity, demolished into ruins without revealing any great terror.

What’s going on?

From the first dream and gunfight in the prison to now, Chun counted as a seasoned hand, yet it was his first time encountering such a perfunctory dream realm!

Chun instructed: "Then dig down, uncover that underground operating room from earlier!"

Though they dug, it was blurry; there was no basement at all. Then they seemed to hit an air wall, just like the factory gate of the Rusted Clamp Gang Elder before.

Mina was also puzzled: "Master, perhaps there’s another possibility, a dream within a dream! But that’s not something an average Nightmare would dare enter."

Chun suddenly recalled what the butler said about not wanting to expose deep memories at Oak Hospital, suddenly enlightened: "You mean our current dream realm is only surface-level memory, meant to conceal deeper memories?"

Mina said, "Yes! Consider this, people who stay long-term in hospitals either have a terminal illness or have some long-term cooperation with the hospital. This person drinks and smokes, ignoring hospital rules, showing he’s not terminally ill. So it’s long-term cooperation, but no need to pretend to be a patient for long-term cooperation. This means the cooperation isn’t suitable for open discussion. I think this blood-draw young dragon might be something unsuitable for open discussion. So his fear might also be dragon-related!"

Mei said, "A hundred years ago, there were some dragons inhabiting Silver City here!"

Hmm?!

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