After Chun finished dinner, he went to a legitimate foot massage shop to get his feet groomed and then lay down to sleep until 9 PM. Then he leisurely returned to the internet cafe.

The atmosphere on the street tonight felt kind of indescribable—right, there were two security teams patrolling nearby, was there a street performance happening?

As soon as he returned to the internet cafe, the crowd of experts greeted as usual: "Brother Chun, nothing's happening on the world channel."

No news is the best news.

After exchanging a few words to ask about the situation, Chun eagerly returned to his private room on the second floor to log in.

——System Message: Welcome to Golden Continent, the current time is 9:16 AM, Golden Continent Time.

——System Message: Congratulations! Your attached Evil Spirit, Aileen, has successfully eliminated the Shadow Demon and is fully absorbing Shadow Demon's energy in hibernation. Hibernating state cannot be contacted.

——Black Flag Order Message: Chamber of Commerce asset appraisal is 1 billion. President Blizzard Ice Flower has decided to initiate a program to strip and restructure bad assets to establish a level 1 subsidiary Chamber of Commerce "Shangri-La". It is authorized to operate "Spice" and various daily commodities. This chamber will be established with the valuation of 1 billion spice pledged by Fafnir and Baron Bapeng. The president candidates for the subsidiary are Baron Bapeng and Lady Vivian.

Note: The subsidiary chamber does not inject capital into the parent chamber. Establishing a level 1 subsidiary chamber will downgrade Black Flag Commerce Association by 1 level. The parent chamber does not have direct management authority over the subsidiary chamber.

——Do you agree?

...

Chun breathed a sigh of relief; Aileen really lived up to expectations!

But staring at the message below, Chun's eyes nearly popped out!

What's the situation, a chamber appraisal came out? Holy Shit, the previously said Guardian God's value was immeasurable, just a ship and a god are appraised at 1 billion? I damn well gave her a Heart of the Ocean worth 20 billion...

As a guy from a science and engineering background, Chun didn't quite understand operations like asset stripping and restructuring, but he roughly got the idea.

For example, if a factory has dozens of knowledgeable young men and hundreds of elderly, sick, disabled dependents dragging it down to bankruptcy and debt.

One solution is to specifically select those dozen capable young men and put them in a new factory, showing there's hope of repaying debts. This is called restructuring. As for those hundreds of separated elderly, someone must be willing to buy out these debts to provide assurance, then it's considered stripping and restructuring.

In this case, Fafnir and Baron Bapeng are the big shots buying quality assets, using spice as collateral, probably because spice is valued at 1 billion, so Fafnir simply forcefully devalues Guardian God and the resurrection ship to 1 billion. As for the other 99 billion bad debts, they won't buy!

So what's this stripping and restructuring? It's just scooping out a lump of relatively fresh fruit from a pile of rotten apples.

Moreover, they didn't actually spend a penny, using the spice I gave them to do things for me, no, for themselves... I as the parent chamber simply can't manage it!

Chun stood dazed for a long time, it indeed brought him no benefit, and it was fully confirmed, this maneuver wasn't available to him, Fafnir definitely had an "official" one.

Chun chuckled with surprise, what does the official matter? The island is filled with the deceased, not even the official can manage!

Alright then, as a one-month probation white glove, why take it so seriously, just agree! If one marries Fafnir in the future everything's solved...

——Black Flag Order Message: Please appoint the president of Shangri-La Commerce Association.

Logically, distance matters, obviously Vivian should be appointed rather than that fatso. But this small chamber is blatantly doing spice business, aren't they afraid of the spice consortium's severe retaliation?

Vivian cannot be chosen, it would harm her.

However, knowing Vivian's obsession with power and ambition, if she's not selected, she'll surely get angry and perhaps even lower her friendliness!

Ah, this is called great love without words...

——Appoint Baron Bapeng as president!

Ha! You fatso, this is me repaying the favor of holding your shoes, you're welcome!

——Black Flag Order Message: Level 1 subsidiary chamber Shangri-La established. Black Flag Commerce Association's level changed to 104. Given the special nature of Black Flag Commerce Association, it remains hidden in the background as the parent chamber; the subsidiary chamber cannot view the parent chamber's status.

Looking again at the token, Black Flag Commerce Association's debt became 99 billion, that's good.

Wait!

Chun suddenly realized Black Flag Commerce Association's terrifying nature; it's a mother hen laying small chamber eggs! This still clearly is a function of Fafnir's "official" Black Flag Order, meaning next time with some assets, another small chamber can be opened, letting Vivian be president!

Indeed, this is the essence of this real world! In reality, the peak giants visible to ordinary people with the naked eye are just Black Rock and Vanguard, but they are only front stage small brothers.

So... he's playing quite big!

Chun thought of the experts on the ground floor and decided, next time he'll lay an egg and make a small chamber for them to join. Simply make it big, downgrade the parent chamber by 4 levels and promote the subsidiary chamber to 4 levels, adding 40 people in one go. Not really, leveling the parent chamber and a subsidiary chamber aren't the same concept, sticking to level 1...

And then...

Looking at the blurry view of the desolate street, Chun suddenly didn't know what to do.

Switch to the clone account, the clone had been idling for a day and had completed mission prompts. Good, it's time to free up hands and check progress on the clone.

But the main account can't stay idle, without a fishing rod, it can only auto-mine in the abandoned pit.

Chun first went to the dock to bring some food and water left from when he previously went out to sea, then headed to the bar to take a few bottles of drinks from the chest. After all, he had developed the Cleaner Fish's drink purification skill, always ready for ammo. Finally, he went to Tie's blacksmith shop to take a few century-old mining pickaxes, along with two mining lights.

After preparations were complete, he returned to the mine pit and dug open the blocked dirt.

With each dig, Chun felt uncomfortable all over. The 100-weight ring on his hand made it hard to lift his hand. Wielding the pickaxe felt like weightlifting, he had no choice but to use the other hand to wield it, though slow, it was bearable.

After digging through to make a hole, he drilled inside, then blocked the hole from inside and activated the Death Divine Artifact ring to absorb some resentment, trying to replenish the loss from the earlier battle with the Siren. Who knows what the Siren is doing now.

Speaking of which, in this Siren's state, valuing her at 1 billion wasn't that much of a scam, in my view, she's actually negative value...

Chun lit the oil lamp and ventured into the depths of darkness, even an abandoned mine pit must mean the deeper the pit, the more valuable the ore.

It's undeniable, having Aileen around meant using her radar; without it, it was uncomfortable.

Walking for ten minutes, Chun finally reached the deep pool where the Slime Monster previously hid, so he'll hang out half-submerged in the pool, striving to recall underwater construction skills.

——System Message: Your technical movements are severely deformed, Mining Technique failed.

It's inevitable, but this is equivalent to binding a 100-weight sandbag to practice kung fu, if not successful, once successful it certainly results in mastering a new skill.

Idle grind continues.

With tasks arranged, Chun switched to the clone account to check the mission.

——System Message: Your diligence and excellence have gained the recognition of Earth Flame Tribe's leader Dibilon, please proceed to Leader Dibilon to receive your reward.

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