The Game of Global Mining

Chapter 769 - 606: Seizing the Treasure

Gem City sewers.

Ever since the Tata War God knelt in the street to buy Teleportation Silver Coins from Sariel and dashed into the Gem City sewers to deliver the Divine Artifact Magic Staff to the Evil God Beta, Tata hasn’t dared to openly walk out of the sewers.

Although he’s innocent in the game layer, at the level of Raphael’s Rainbow Team, showing his head means getting beaten by batons. For some reason, while Tata might not fear swords, he has an indescribable fear of batons.

Fortunately, Tata has been very adept with sewers ever since the Black Iron City stray dog gift pack and can occasionally go in and out of the sewers on missions under the guidance of ground team members who help avoid the Rainbow Team’s capture.

Though it’s delayed a lot of mission progress, his frequent trips in and out of the sewers have garnered the appreciation of a certain NPC scavenger, who has given him a sewer mission: the scavenger offended a slum gang and became homeless, asking Tata to go into the sewers and clean up a shelter for him.

Tata thought this NPC was intriguing, likely a hidden adventure mission, so he mobilized the ground team to collect and deliver building materials, not only preparing furniture, beds, and stoves but also planning to build him a protective fence.

Amidst the busy work, the team chat was abuzz with talk about the Oak City Evil God Secret Cave treasure.

Tata was astonished, is there really treasure? Alpha should have told me!

But even if there’s treasure, I don’t have 5000 Mining Coins to teleport back to Oak City...

As he was pondering, Tata’s phone received a mysterious text—a darknet invitation code from Alpha. Was he also here for this?

Tata immediately logged onto the darknet to contact: "I’m here!"

Alpha said, "Have you seen the Evil God Secret Cave news circulating on the forums?"

"I saw it, I was just about to ask you."

Alpha said, "This is very strange, but that coordinate map is indeed real! The only possibility I can think of is that the Tree God, after being suppressed by the Guardian God, confessed to the address. The player who sent this map... it could be Gabriel, or maybe not, but it doesn’t matter. What matters is that there is indeed treasure; a piece of the Tree God’s root remains there, likely a top-grade material for making dark Divine Artifacts."

Tata was shocked, "What can I do then?"

Alpha said, "Don’t you need a Divine Artifact Magic Staff? You should also go to Oak City and snatch it. I have more detailed routes, but normal players can’t pass due to their size; you need to think of something. Also, you’ve been to the Black Iron Divine Tomb and seen those piles of antique furniture there—that’s what I packed in with the module codes. The Gem City Divine Tomb here is even grander, with lots of gemstone furniture and perhaps unknown treasures inside."

Tata felt a mix of joy and confusion, "But I don’t have money to teleport! And the moment I leave the sewers, the Rainbow Team will chase me."

Alpha scoffed, "Let your team step in and continue buying Silver Coins from Sariel. Since you’ve already bought from him, with his influence, the Rainbow Team shouldn’t beat you."

Tata found it hard to believe, "Given the situation, will he sell?"

Alpha said, "He sold once, he’ll sell twice. Just bid higher."

Tata was dumbfounded, "But if I want to buy 5000 coins, and he sends people to teleport them, covering the cost would mean paying a total of 15000 coins?"

Alpha retorted, "Are you buying 15000 coins? You’re buying his favor, so the Rainbow Team won’t beat you! The contact time is up, I’ll send you the route map..."

The darknet connection was cut.

Alright, it’s the team’s money anyway.

Tata took a deep breath and called the team manager, "Mr. Singer, contact Lord Sariel..."

...

At this moment, well past midnight, Sariel’s mind became clearer as he began to analyze the clues of the mysterious organization piece by piece.

Just then, the butler came over: "Sir, the Tata Battle Team manager has called..."

After hearing the butler’s report, Sariel chuckled, "I was just regretting selling him the Silver Coins the other day, and now he wants to buy again? To go to Oak City?"

Butler: "Yes, he also hopes Sir will forgive him."

Sariel laughed heartily, "Is forgiving him my business? Raphael, is he asleep?"

The butler said, "Mr. Raphael has already gone to bed."

Sariel sighed, "Well, Curry truly has nerve, planning to rob treasure in front of me... What does everyone else think?"

Metatron said, "That Alpha must have given him the route, so let him go and give me a reference on the route. After all, the next Evil God’s target could be me—if they aren’t satisfied with just capturing one."

Sela sneered, "Doesn’t matter to me, I’ve already begun preparing to lure the Evil God. Not selling to him would make us look afraid, might as well ask for a high price."

Uriel murmured, "I do hope to see something interesting to lift my Spirit."

Sariel mused, "Alright, let’s liven things up a bit, Butler, fetch 500,000 Dollars."

The butler was stunned, "Sir, last time I heard them crying over the phone when they bought 5000 for 50,000 Dollars..."

Sariel laughed, "Oh? Is that so? I didn’t hear it, this time I want to hear it clearly!"

"Very well, Sir, I’ll respond immediately..."

After a while, the butler returned, "They want to apply to the board, but hope Sir would set the price at 1 million Dollars, and give half to Sir..."

Sariel was astonished, "He wants to pocket 500,000 as a rebate?"

Uriel laughed heartily, "Curry truly is a delight! This is the funniest thing I’ve heard."

Sariel reflected, "Alright, indulge him, also, notify the head of the Rainbow Team to assist with a courteous send-off for the Tata War God out of the city."

"Will arrange immediately."

...

2:00 PM, game time 2:00 AM.

Chun’s vine finally reached Oak City Beauty’s mansion. Now Chun was quite familiar with the structure of the City Beauty’s mansion, with bedroom locations largely the same, not needing to look for them deliberately; the dense Protective Barrier was Chun’s real challenge.

Now that Chun was at the Divine Craftsman Level in Spatial Technique, he was eager to challenge.

No suspense! Though the City Beauty’s Protective Barrier was powerful, its density was much lower than that of the Guardian God; it could be passed, but required patience, or it could easily backfire due to Magic Power.

At the same time, through the Barrier, Chun clearly saw the layout of the bedroom, rich with Oak characteristics, filled with flowers inside—nothing like Eve’s book-filled room. Liya, in her snow-white pajamas, was sleeping amidst the flowers...

Huh, Chun suddenly felt something’s off, what’s this, a Sleeping Beauty in the flowers? This feels like a viewing at a memorial service.

Just then, Chun’s phone pinged with a video message from Zhou Qing, "Brother Chun, there’s a big stir in Gem City. The Ten Lords’ baton team is sending off Tata War God to Oak City, is he going to steal treasure?"

Holy Shit!?

Chun was stunned at the commotion, but knowing he had Aziza and Nancy as a safety net, Chun wasn’t worried at all, "Let him go..."