Chapter 27 (1/2)

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation

Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

At the entrance of the mine, sounds of mining and chatting could be heard. Jiang Ming took out the torch and walked into the mine. He was planning to walk directly into the depths of the mine, but upon hearing the conversations of several mining players, he was stunned for a while and stopped in his tracks.

“I really wonder who the player named ‘Misty River’ is. He made the first global announcement in the game. Do you know that Situ Shenzhe spent a lot of money to investigate Misty River’s identity in the public chat channel?”

“Why bother investigating Misty River? It was just an announcement. As the leader of the top guild Divine Altar, is he so petty about this?”

“You are wrong. Situ Shenzhe is not trying to cause him trouble, but to win him over. Not only the people of the Divine Altar Guild, but also several other forces are searching for Misty River. It seems that this upgrade-maniac has become the most sought-after character.”

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“Divine Altar? Humph!”

Jiang Ming heard the word ‘Divine Altar’ and snorted, murderous intent flashing in his eyes.

Walking in the deep and quiet mine, Jiang Ming kept thinking about the words of the previous two stimulator players. “Since he wants to win me over, then I might as well beat him at his own game!”

Jiang Ming thought of something as the corners of his lips curled up into a smile, and he began to scheme against Situ Shenzhe in his mind.

The deeper he went into the mine, the fewer mining stimulator players there were, and in the end, there were basically none at all. After all, there was a high probability of thieves and burglars appearing in the depths of the mine. If players were not careful, an entire bag of ore tiresomely dug up would be stolen. Thus, most stimulator players would choose to mine at places with low probability of thieves and burglars.

Therefore, no one else had found the stone room. But when Jiang Ming came to the location of the stone room, his expression drastically changed. “Sh*t, the cavity has become smaller after the system update. I wonder if the room was reset; if so, that would be wonderful.”

Chikage was still sleeping and hadn’t entered the game yet, so he had no choice but to pick up the hoe and start digging by himself.

“Clang Clang~”

Bursts of knocking sounds by the hoe echoed throughout the stone room.

Ding~ System notification: Congratulations on obtaining a piece of silver ore.

“Haha, I didn’t expect that just by digging holes, I could already dig out a piece of high-grade ore. What luck!” Looking at a fist-sized silver ore that dropped onto the ground, he said excitedly and continued to knock on the mine wall around the small cavity.

While Jiang Ming was digging holes earnestly, he didn’t notice that in a pitch-black corner behind him, a pair of sharp eyes was staring straight at his back.

“Huh?”

As Jiang Ming was digging, a peculiar feeling suddenly arose in his heart. He had been feeling that there was a pair of eyes staring at him behind his back. His brows frowned slightly, raising the torch, he turned and looked behind him.

Just as he turned around, an ugly face almost pressed against his own. Though he had good psychological quality, he was still taken aback. Chills ran down his spine and he almost dropped the torch that he held in his hand.

“Ga Ga~”

The ugly face let out a sinister laugh and its pair of dry arms brushed against Jiang Ming’s body. Then, it turned around and quickly fled.

Ding~ System notification: The silver ore was stolen by a ‘Mine Thief’.

“F*ck, stealing mines from me?!”

A piece of silver ore was worth 1 gold coin. Being robbed as soon as he got it made him feel a little unhappy. He took out the Reaper’s Scythe and slashed toward the thief.

He must have Lady Luck in his favour today as this blow produced a lethal effect, killing the thief within seconds.