Chapter 483: Chapter 468: Mining and Breaking News (First Update)
The figure lying in the hibernation pod was Rosh’s mother.
Rosh couldn’t understand why her mother would appear in the illusion of the Sgrin Defense War, and worst of all, there were clear signs of erosion by the Void Swarm on her mother’s body when she saw her.
When Rosh returned to the Arbiter Council from the Path to Ascension, she did not ask about it.
Because she knew that even if she did ask, she would not get an answer, and it would only make her current situation worse.
In the past, Rosh knew that her mother was receiving treatnt deep within the Sanctuary of Creation, but she had no idea what the specific illness was, now Rosh could roughly guess what it was.
But to know the truth, she had to beco a Supervisor, and possibly even that was not enough; she had to beco a Governor and take her ntor’s place!
“Descendants of the Devouring God have invaded the Path to Ascension… Rosh! Did you collude with them?”
The Arbiter Council asked Rosh this question as soon as she returned, as the mbers of the Hunter squad previously killed by the spirits had already returned to the council.
“I don’t know.” At this point, Rosh chose to lie, lying had even made her feel guilty in the past, but now she knew she had to use lies to go along with the… training work on the spirits’ side.
“You don’t know? Your team mbers have clearly stated that those invading spirits ca to assist you! And with the help of those spirits, you passed the Supervisor’s trial! This is a desecration of the Path to Ascension,” another person said.
“The Path to Ascension was sothing I achieved on my own ability,” Rosh said, and in the mont she learned to lie, she also acquired an advanced skill, telling bald-faced lies!
The Path to Ascension was indeed sothing she had achieved through her own skill! Without it, she would not have been able to snatch the title of best perforr from a group of spirits!
“mber Rosh!”
Those Supervisors were still trying to point fingers at Rosh, but Sharpshooter Alma interrupted them with her duty at that mont.
“You… have learned to lie, Rosh,” said Sharpshooter Alma, her voice clear throughout the Arbiter Council. “That’s good, you’ve finally grown… Are you ready for the next promotion challenge?”
“I am ready, ntor,” Rosh said.
“The ceremony of the Path to Ascension continues, this sacred ceremony cannot possibly be terminated because of foreign invaders,” Sharpshooter Alma declared loudly to everyone in the council.
Under pressure, the Arbiter Council did not pursue the matter of the invaders in the Path to Ascension and directly presented Rosh with the next challenge.
That was… to challenge Rosh’s life skills!
This ca as no surprise to Ru Yin, the next subject on Rosh’s Path to Ascension was mineral extraction.
“I understand,” Rosh said before everyone, adjusting the challenge of the Path to Ascension and then her figure disappeared from the Arbiter Council once more.
When Rosh opened her eyes again, she found herself in an underground environnt filled with lava, and this ti the mining project was for Pseudo-fire Crystals.
Pseudo-fire Crystals are a troubleso crystal, which instantly turns into vapor and disappears if mined at too low a temperature, and the worst part was that for this challenge, the Pseudo-fire Crystals were growing on the side and above the cave walls.
In the center of the cave was only a tiny platform, surrounded by burning lava.
The task required her to mine enough Pseudo-fire Crystals to amount to fifty tons within one hour and transport them to a mineral sorting station three kiloters away.
The outside world was icy and snowy, Rosh had always thought the mineral extraction challenge in the Path to Ascension was crazy, but this ti not challenging to extract so ultra-rare crystals with an extrely high degree of difficulty, and even a small mistake could cost her life, was already a relief.
“Are you the boss of this operation? Hello there,” a woman’s voice ca from behind Rosh as she pondered how to mine those Pseudo-fire Crystals empty-handed.
Rosh turned around to see Xia Shan standing behind her, Xia Shan was dressed like a miner, but the World War II pilot’s goggles she wore on her head made her look a little bit like a chanic.
Skyscraper 13 had transford into a prototype machine and hovered next to Xia Shan using propellers, greeting Rosh with’hello, hello, hello.’
“I’m not any boss,” Rosh said.
“Then shall I call you a newbie? To be honest, this is my first ti taking on a leveling job,” Xia Shan said as she set down her chanical workstation on the ground.
Xia Shan had started to focus on fully automated factory alchemy machinery recently, and the production processes of the Holy Spirit World’s life professions were very much at odds with the various laws of this world.
Just the blocks able to float in mid-air were already blatantly defying physical laws, but the power of the Devouring God was there to break these laws.
“These are Pseudo-fire Crystals,” Rosh reminded Xia Shan as she began to lay out the transport tracks on the ground, cautioning her that these crystals were not easy to handle.
“I know that once Ginsengfruit falls to the ground, it’s gone, so I switched to a specially fla-enchanted conveyor belt,” Xia Shan said.
Under Rosh’s gaze, Xia Shan took out the conveyor belts one by one from her backpack and laid them on the ground. Rosh, curious, moved closer to inspect these belts and discovered that their construction was completely… impossible to replicate in reality.
That’s where the power of the Devouring God is truly terrifying.
Xia Shan’s collection thod was simple. Using the building system that ca with being an Alchemy Engineer, she created a pathway in mid-air, laid the conveyor belts on this path, and then placed mining-specific chanical arms beside the conveyor belts.
These chanical arms were also enchanted with fla, so under Rosh’s gaze, they started frantically grabbing the fire-enchanted crystals from the walls and placing them on the belts.
The conveyor belts then transported the crystals to a mini packaging factory, where they were processed for protection before being sent out of the mine.
“Just… like that?”
Rosh watched as, within about half an hour, Xia Shan busily set up a player-style mineral transportation factory. All Rosh could see was the number of fire-enchanted crystals required for the mission increasing steadily.
“It’s quite difficult, you know. I spent a lot of money on these belts, chanical arms, and the mini factory. If it were to collect so higher-grade ores, I’d have no way to do it and would have to look for players who are professional miners,” Xia Shan said as she moved a chair to sit down for a rest, watching her conveyor belts and chanical arms at work.
“…The power of Devouring God is truly unimaginable,” Rosh was certain that the technology of the Sanctuary couldn’t replicate so features of Xia Shan’s transport factory.
For instance, blocks that floated in the air without any support.
Xia Shan and Rosh weren’t very familiar with each other, so as they settled down, the atmosphere beca a bit awkward. However, after so thought, Rosh still decided to ask a question… that she had been wanting to ask for a while.
“Holy Spirit, are you hired by that Holy Spirit nad Yin Hui?” Rosh asked.
“Hired? Not exactly. Our guild leader said there was a good mission for to try. I looked at it and accepted. But I’m also considering if I should quit and focus on being a chanic at the Active Nucleus Stronghold,” Xia Shan remarked sowhat wistfully.
She had been a minor staff mber in the auditing departnt of Heavenly Palace No. 13 for almost three or four years. Now, the Holy Spirits made almost ten tis her salary just by selling gold, Xia Shan was close to saving up enough to make a down paynt on a house just by playing Holy Spirit World.
“Active Nucleus… Stronghold.” Rosh had spent so ti living in the Holy Spirit World and knew that the Holy Spirits belonged to various guilds, so she asked, “Holy Spirit, do you think there’s any way I can help?”
“Help? With the mining this ti, you can just hang around idle,” Xia Shan made a thumbs-up gesture.
“No, I an for the Active Nucleus. That Holy Spirit called Yin Hui kept ntioning hiring as so professional player,” Rosh said.
“Professional player? Hmm… First of all, you are an AI in the ga. Besides, there aren’t any professional leagues for Holy Spirits to compete in, are there? Our world’s popular professional leagues are all about disputes,” Xia Shan, who had spent a lot of ti with Heavenly Palace No. 13 and thus ca to treat artificial intelligence as real people, chatted with Rosh in this manner.
“Maybe in a few years, the Holy Spirits will launch a specialized professional league, but right now, there are too few Holy Spirit players, and the leagues are lacking so hype and sponsors, right?”
Xia Shan was quite knowledgeable about the industry. Even though she knew the quality of Holy Spirit World’s ga was leagues ahead of Dispute, to reach the sa scale as Dispute would still take so ti.
“Is there no stage for to shine?” Rosh understood what Xia Shan was getting at, and just as Xia Shan finished speaking, Heavenly Palace No. 13 floating next to her started to kick up a fuss.
“Big news! Big news! Big news! Black-haired Chang Qing, there’s big news!”
“I rember deleting your news plugin, what’s the big news?” Xia Shan grabbed her Heavenly Palace No. 13 and shook it, then its eyes projected a news report.
The report’s headline read, “The will of Dispute’s founder has been confird, he has decided to leave most of his shares and a large part of his assets to his own Fureya.”
“Why has Gabby suddenly made a will? No wonder he hasn’t been seen at events recently, but wait, who’s Fureya?” Xia Shan was bewildered at the news.
Gabby Wiz might be one of the greatest programrs of this era. He participated in the improvent and design of Heavenly Palace No. 13, and he’s also the founder of Dispute. He used to make appearances at every world championship.
But he’s been missing lately, and now suddenly there’s news about a will?
What Xia Shan really wondered was… who was Fureya in the will? Why did that na seem familiar?
“Could it be?” Xia Shan shook off her daze and read the news content carefully.
“Fureya is an NPC in ‘Holy Spirit World’ who guides players, and Gabby Wiz has announced that he’s leaving most of his estate to this in-ga NPC?”
Xia Shan’s head was full of question marks, almost tilting her neck in confusion.
What the heck?
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