Chun left his game on auto-mode, watching the old foreman gesticulating for a bit.

Then when he switched to his secondary account, it was still steadily mining, and by staying up all night, it almost filled up two mining carts. At this rate, it would be loaded by noon and ready to return to town.

Alright, it's already daylight, time to log off and go out for breakfast.

...

Chun stretched and went downstairs, where the gang was having instant noodles: "Morning, Brother Chun!"

Interacting with the brothers is an essential part of slacking off!

Chun greeted them: "Morning, brothers, how's the development going?"

"The development's just so-so."

"Baka's at it again, first robbing the Shangri-La Commerce Association, then just now setting the Count's Mansion on fire, and getting caught for it."

"They must think there's treasure at the Count's Mansion you climbed into, Brother Chun, they're relentless."

Chun was suddenly jolted, Shangri-La? Isn't that... Holy Shit! Good thing I had the foresight not to appoint Vivian as president, the Consortium really came for retaliation! Then let's retaliate hard, take out the fat one.

Chun feigned confusion: "You mean they've already established a formal commerce association first?"

"No, it's just a baron who established a new commerce association, not a player's."

"So, Brother Chun, we're just waiting for your hidden map to explode, the Pirate King to return, you are VIP2 after all..."

Chun gave a wry smile: "I'm anxious too..."

"Don't pressure Brother Chun, Brother Chun, go have your breakfast."

"Alright, take it easy, everyone."

Although Chun was verbally eager, he was indeed in a hurry, but his character setup meant he couldn't rush, he had to slack off high profile, preferably dragging it until noon.

Anyway, the main account was on auto-mode learning supervision, by then the secondary account would have finished mining and returned to town, and it would be midnight in the game, Aileen absorbing the energy of the Shadow Demon should have awakened.

Chun continued to greet the little sister at the bar counter: "Arrange for someone to clean the private room."

"Alright, Mr. Ding, take care."

When Chun stepped out, he spotted another team of security guards walking past.

Chun didn't think much of it, he just wanted to figure out where to have breakfast and where to nap until noon, this time, go a bit farther...

...

At the third floor window sill.

Cyan Peak, who found out from the first floor that Chun had left, logged off specifically to watch Chun walk away with sharp eyes.

To be honest, Brother Long's task is a bit challenging. Even though the aim is to promote Chun as a top-tier scapegoat, the premise is that this Brother Chun has to have something about him, otherwise, the hype won't hold up.

Does he look like a pro? There's a hint of fatigue from an overnight gaming session under his calm and collected demeanor. Confirmed, he pulled an all-nighter! Instead of crashing in the private room.

Given that Cyan Peak is just a gamer, he doesn't have much experience recognizing people in the workplace, but he can always spot an all-nighter, since he's seen countless night owls. Especially stream goddess Ningning, who works hard staying up and maintaining her spirits despite it, seeing her disguise so often has honed his sharp vision.

This Chun was up all night on a theoretically nothing-to-do Plague Island, clearly up to something, possibly as suggested by the player downstairs, a major project related to pirates.

Very well, but the script still needs to follow Brother Long's plan...

First, a phone report: "Brother Long..."

Ma Yinglong was pleased: "Very good! Hyping up a master is like visiting a wise man three times, you must lay out each step properly. Will the level one security guard you introduced be able to act?"

"He will! He even acted as a thief himself once to catch one."

"Okay, start the act within the security team, lay the groundwork for the master image from the security team first..."

...

Golden Divine Throne.

Just after dinner, Michael received a report from the butler: "Sir, latest news, the Divine Presence Corps has successfully walked to Hell, switched allegiances, and triggered a monster siege mission, a large-scale siege is expected in 3 days."

Michael chuckled: "I really underestimated this Divine Presence kid, no matter, let them launch the siege to deplete some troops, also to deplete their newly occupied village, but don't attack the real estate new area, let players know the property's stable value, to encourage purchases."

The butler chuckled: "But sir, you underestimated the Count's Mansion's intelligence advancements; this time the joint operation of the Divine Presence Corps and Tata Battle Team to burn down the Count's Mansion achieved nothing, the Count's Mansion shook off its usual arrogance and idleness, and showed a far superior response."

Michael was delighted: "My purpose is to have players continuously test and improve NPC intelligence, what's the situation in Silver City?"

The butler reported: "The epidemic in Silver City is very troublesome, it's not just the plague but a combined corpse plague. Currently, no pharmacy in Oak City has a fully effective solution, they can only control the situation."

Michael's brow twitched: "How did this happen?"

"Because Plague Island was originally designed as a quarantine library for problematic programs. To deal with it effectively, one option is to see if that exile Chun can develop antibodies."

"What if he can't develop them?"

"Then his account will remain with halved limits, blurred vision and a weakened state, basically a waste account."

Michael smiled: "I mean, Oak City doesn't need to immediately develop a fully curative drug, as long as it can't be cured but controlled, it's quite a revenue source. However, once truly developed, it also signifies a solution to the problematic programs in the virus library, which is equally great."

"Sir, what you say is true."

Just as they were joking, a team member reported: "Sir, something happened, a ship of the Golden Empire loaded with Silver City ore vanished near coordinates 1341, 4331 off Silver's coast!"

The butler was incredulous: "Pirates? Impossible! Even the Pirate King dare not rob the Golden Empire's ship!"

The team confirmed again: "It disappeared!"

The butler furrowed his brow: "According to the game's ship protection settings, if sunk, it doesn't take long for the ship to drift back to port, disappearance is impossible."

Michael pondered slightly: "Mermaids can hypnotize sailors, causing the entire ship to lose control and completely lose contact, but the mermaid was captured by Sariel."

The butler said: "As it's nighttime now, there's no way to investigate, perhaps we'll have to wait for results, if it doesn't drift back to the harbor in 4 hours, then it proves something big happened."

Michael chuckled lightly: "Interesting, daring to challenge both the Golden Empire and its Silver City vassal, the operation of this game really is something to look forward to..."

...

This time, Chun slept on a bench in Cuihu Park until noon.

Then his alarm woke him and he ordered a Roujiamo from a nearby snack shop, eating while walking.

Dimly, he saw another security guard team pass by.

Huh? I've come quite far... Is there some city-wide event?

Anyway, back at the internet cafe, continuing a chat on the first floor.

Then back to the private room to log on, checking the midnight messages.

A barrage of system notifications flooded the screen!

——System Notification: You've gained construction experience taught by the old foreman Pyande by automatic hanging up, acquiring insights in dismantling buildings.

——Black Flag Order Notification: Warning! The guardian god of Black Flag Island, Siren, secretly plundered the Golden Empire's mining ship "Golden Marylander" using hypnosis. If exposed, you will bear unforeseen major responsibility.

——Black Flag Order Notification: The Black Flag Commerce Association has acquired minerals and various resources valued at 30 million Mining Coins.

——System Notification: Your possessed Evil Spirit Aileen successfully absorbed the energy of the Shadow Demon, gaining substantial strength improvement.

...

Holy Shit!!

Gazing at the island's Evil Spirits in cheering and the inexplicable mound at the dock, Chun was instantly dumbfounded! Siren really dared to mess with me!

Messed up big time!

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