Once the door opens, Chun will have no cards to play, and his absolute advantage will turn into an absolute disadvantage.

But, there's no other choice.

Chun could only continue to reassure: "Don't be too happy yet. When you get to my island and have a look around, if you're dissatisfied or find the treasures not worth it, you can leave!"

In short, prepare for a fallout with me, but hopefully after we return to the city with some ordinary gemstones.

The Siren pouted resentfully, "Master, you've been so kind to me, how could I betray you? If word gets out, the gods wouldn't tolerate me…"

Chun felt conflicted hearing this: "Of course, she's a goddess; she understands reason and logic. Alright, I'll open the door then!"

I've done my best, the rest is up to fate!

The moment the cabinet door was half-opened, the Siren burst out like a gust of wind, her wild laughter echoing throughout the underground sea space.

Chun's heart tightened, but he still steeled himself to follow. At this point, it's like setting a tiger free into the wild; everything depends on her whims now.

The Siren looked back at Chun, with a playful expression devoid of her previous respect: "Guess what I'm going to do?"

Holy Shit!

The guardian deity you've coerced is indeed unreliable. But even so, how about giving me some dramatic and romantic love before betraying me?

Chun forced a smile: "I guess, maybe we should develop a deeper relationship!"

The Siren smirked coldly: "Wrong guess! In fact, I don't want to do anything at all! You see, now that my power has grown stronger, I can travel freely and play without worrying about the Emperor's pursuit! I wouldn't waste my strength on resurrecting a sunken ship; you're an exile plagued with disease constantly reported by others. Who on earth could worship you, a bankrupt consortium leader—so, what will you do now?"

Holy Shit, even an NPC knows I've been banished and reported, and she even checked the consortium's attributes!

Chun immediately found a point of entry: "Well, you're part of the consortium too, and you've seen its high levels and the great boost it brings to you. You've also seen how much assets I've added to the consortium; even if you're no longer a guardian deity, the achievements I've made will be seen by the distant president and the backstage boss. She'll marvel at my abilities and appreciate me even more. Therefore, my failure here will be compensated elsewhere, which is the hallmark of a qualified lord who transforms risks into benefits! Following a lord like me, you won't suffer losses."

That's why high executives at large firms love brushing data! Fafnir will definitely see the data I've been brushing; these are my achievements after being isolated and stranded on the island for three days! Even if I lose an unreliable Siren, gaining the City Lord's daughter's affection is worth it!

Seeing the Siren's expression change, Chun felt she was swayed and immediately continued to speak non-stop: "You know, you look very much like a human cutie now; you could easily blend into human towns and play around—all kinds of fun and food await there. You don't need to travel far; I can take you there to have fun."

The Siren snorted: "Not interested!"

Then let's talk business: "There's really nothing on my island except ghosts, but I'm planning to build an Evil Spirit City; are you interested in starting a grand venture with me?"

The Siren chuckled: "I'm interested in that Evil Spirit Ring you're holding; it hit me quite painfully just now, give it to me!"

Aileen was furious: "Bitch! No way!!"

Chun panicked: "There are still Evil Spirit Artisans on my island! If you go there, I'll give you one of them!"

The Siren smiled oddly: "I want to see how you still turn risks into benefits after losing this ring."

After saying this, two eagle wings rose from her back, and she took off, starting to sing. Red lights bombarded Chun's vision and the screen began to flicker black!

—System notification: Warning! Your body is weakened by disease, making it difficult to resist the Siren's Song of Eternal Sleep!

It's time to act!

All the effort feels wasted, causing Chun a great sense of loss: "Just finish me off with a whirlwind, why bother singing?"

Aileen snapped: "Because the ring's beam can't reach that far! She wants to kill you and explode my ring! But your death doesn't mean my death, it's not that simple!"

At least keep the ring!

Chun made a decisive decision: "Aileen, use the ring to hit me, let me die first to avoid implicating you—"

"You better hurry and die!"

Before he finished speaking, a flash of black light passed, and Chun's vision went dark!

—System notification: You were killed by Aileen's activation of the Necromancer Ring's Resentment Beam...

Holy Shit, you're really decisive in your actions!

The next moment, Chun appeared faintly in a dimly-lit, rundown chapel.

Revived and back on the island.

He quickly looked at his hand, the ring was still there!

Aileen also breathed a tired sigh of relief: "Luckily. But I'm burdened by your death, don't talk to me now; I'm focused on controlling the Crystal Bats over there."

Chun's emotions were complicated and indescribable; he wondered if death was too careless, but the gap was too large, so there's no fun in playing, dying is just dying.

On this trip, aside from brushing consortium data with the Siren, swimming expertise also reached level 10, he managed some mechanical designs too—the gains weren't small. So it's time to look for the Mechanician Chifanda.

Speaking of which, dying directly here also saves a few hours, that's a good thing. It's just a pity for the small boat, still tied at the fjord, with 6 fishing rods on it; it's impossible to auto-fish now, the loss is quite considerable.

If someday, high-end players pass by there and see that little boat and those fishing rods, what will they think? But only that "Mist Island" saw my boat during the PK, and thankfully it probably couldn't see clearly at night, likely thinking it got destroyed, right?

Just as Chun dragged his weakened body onto the street, all the Evil Spirits cheered!

Chun felt a silent emotion facing the folks back home, not really knowing what to say: "Everyone... actually I..."

A shop clerk pretending to go to work laughed: "City Lord, no need to say more, this time we won!"

Could they have seen me manipulating data? Shouldn't be! Aren't they civilians?

Chun felt invigorated: "How did we win?"

The clerk laughed: "We bet you'd die at sea this time!"

Holy Shit! Shouldn't have expected better from their low-level tastes. But making the Evil Spirits happy is a good thing.

Just then—the Black Flag Order prompt: Congratulations! Guardian God Sariel has successfully resurrected the consortium asset, the Obsidian, consortium asset evaluation ongoing.

Chun was shocked and incredulous, she not only didn't leave the Commerce Guardian God position but resurrected a sunken ship? So how long will this assessment take?

The Black Flag Order vibrated again—the Black Flag Order prompt: Received communication from Guardian God Sariel on commerce channel.

Communication? That's right, Guardian Gods can make calls, quickly answer!

Sariel's playful laughter came through: "I'm just messing around, how could you do this?! I gathered the power of lost souls to resurrect the ghost ship to find you."

You're playing me to death?

Chun suppressed his complex feelings: "Do you want to be the Guardian God?"

Sariel continued to laugh: "Guardian Gods can talk over long distances, how fun, but it's exhausting for far places. You mentioned there's a ring on the island for me, I'm coming to get it!"

——Black Flag Order prompt: Guardian God Sariel ceased commerce channel communication.

What the?!

Perhaps Chun could understand the feeling of Sariel being manipulated by the Mermaid, got to ask clearly for active contact——Black Flag Order prompt: Guardian God too far away, current ability can't establish contact.

Holy Shit!

Aileen spoke up: "She must have seen the consortium's attributes, consortium's vehicles and ships can gain a 105% speed bonus, hence her interest in resurrecting the ship!"

Exactly, that's one of the conditions I convinced her about earlier.

Chun surprised: "Didn't you say you were tired and focusing entirely on the Crystal Bats on the other side?"

Aileen laughed: "But it's midnight now, those Shadow Demons and Treasure Hunting Dog Legs are tired, they're resting!"

Even enemies need to rest? Alright, no issues on that side is definitely good.

Chun got to the point: "That was the Forging Ring used for embedding Slime Monster gemstones!"

Aileen sighed: "Goddesses have the power to do anything, but mortals can't break promises in front of gods. Since you said you'd give it, you can only give it——"

At this point, Aileen chuckled: "So, embedding it in my Necromancer Ring isn't just perfect? A 100-weight Forging Ring, can you really lift it? How can you forge then? Forging is a delicate task, right?"

Holy Shit! That's a Divine Format gemstone! The ring is yours, embedded Divine Format gemstone is also yours, you're calculating this brilliantly! Not only that, when the ship was uncertain at Pinocchio earlier, you also mentioned the 100-weight issue, you really had plans?

But, gotta say, this is indeed optimized configuration.

Once the Divine Format ring is yours, slipping into the top 10 of the Angel Race Consortium is totally possible, the consequences of exposure are unimaginable, at least can't hang out in internet cafes anymore. Besides, Sariel is unreliable, only quickly arming Aileen can rival her! Plus, having the big red name, dying is not an option, but gifting to Aileen is different—real alliance!

Chun instantly figured it out: "Alright, then embed it in your ring, let's quickly focus on breakthrough in the embedding machine development."

Aileen was thrilled: "That's why I'm your most trusted guardian. Don't think Sariel is having a change of heart, there's a type of Bitch who doesn't want certain guys but finds leaving their support unwise, thus maintaining a pretense."

Uh... feels like you're insulting two people at once, I still prefer when you don't speak ill of others.

Given Aileen's perspective as an Evil Spirit, she sees everyone as a Bitch, inevitably biased. But I must seize this opportunity, Sariel must be taken down.

Chun arrived at the blacksmith's shop, after a few hours, it turned into a glass shop, dazzling glass containers distilling pure water.

Tie sighed: "City Lord, temporary defeat is nothing, thankfully we made significant progress."

Chun laughed: "Did you guys bet too?"

Cui sighed: "I bet on your win."

Chun laughed: "Probably haven't lost yet, wait a bit. Anyway, serious matters, get Chifanda, and puppet artist Pinocchio here, I want Pinocchio to make a full-scale wooden model, if successful, perhaps wooden machines can be fit, must hurry, finish before daylight."

Tie went out and shouted: "Chifanda, Pinocchio! And you guys bring furniture over as timber..."

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