Once again at the sealed mine, Chun chisels open a hole in the sealed layer, and a visible white smoke wafts out.

—Purification Technique Warning: Foul death Qi detected!

Activate Resentment Black Hole.

The ring instantly turns pitch black and invisible, with the permeating white smoke directly drawn into it in a rapid shooting line, displaying a black vortex.

Aileen is ecstatic: "So fast, completely different from before!"

After all, it's the crystallization of the Slime Monster absorbing the entire island's resentment!

Chun is pleased yet utterly exhausted: "I'll rest for a bit, manage my body if anything happens, call me for major issues."

Aileen is extremely excited: "Go, go..."

This is the benefit of having an idle manager!

But the situation changes instantly, Chun certainly cannot go out for a meal, instead, he continues with instant noodles and catches some sleep. As a result, Chun falls asleep on the chair in these few minutes waiting for the noodles...

Until he is awakened by Aileen's outcry: "You're in trouble again!"

Did the Sirens arrive?

Chun abruptly opens his eyes to see a series of world announcements: —Warning! Silver City has a rat plague outbreak, the entire city is under lockdown! Silver City issues a wanted order for Chun, repeatedly reported as the source of infection, for spreading plagues. All main cities will receive Silver City's wanted order.

Warning: If killed by the wanted order, you will resurrect in Silver City prison and serve a half-year sentence.

—System Prompt: Warning! Due to plague spreading, your reputation in Silver City has become hostile evil, Reputation -100,000.

...

Wanted in various main cities! Half-year imprisonment? That's practically a direct half-year ban!

Chun is stunned: "I just infected the crew of that Piku ship, they said they were heading to the secret base in Sea of a Thousand Islands for ship repairs, how did Silver City get infected?"

So, Piku definitely set me up! Their goal?

Aileen is puzzled: "Very odd, you have two plagues, the prison can't hold you, only exile you. Silver City wanting you to go to prison is just spreading it through the whole city?"

Is it an alternate dimension prison?

Aileen also said: "What's there to be afraid of? This is Plague Island! Silver City took our mermaids and whales, they deserve what's coming."

Speaking of which, Aileen pauses: "This Villapico is a henchman of the Great Evil Spirit. On the day of capturing the mermaids, we and these treasure hunting ships were near Silver Sea. Is it possible the Great Evil Spirit was actually planning to ambush Silver City's fleet to rob the mermaids?"

Chun suddenly realizes: "Then, because of the whale's unexpected appearance, causing the mermaids to surrender quickly, he couldn't secure the mermaids, then saw me drifting on a small boat. Perhaps he saw I had Magic Gold, or thought I had connections with the mermaids, hence the pursuit! Then observing my divine sailing skills, further convinced him I was connected with the mermaids!"

Aileen follows up with a theory: "Thus, the Great Evil Spirit personally came to the island, confirmed we had Magic Gold! Then began to recruit, your rat plague and bird plague further provided the Great Evil Spirit a way to retaliate against Silver City, letting Villapico infect the whole ship to teach us to practice sailing..."

Finally, it made sense!

Chun is drenched in sweat; this NPC intelligence is terrifying! Luckily, I wasn't duped by those three ships at the time, otherwise, I'd have infused the Four Sea Souls into the ship...

Chun hesitantly remarks: "So the Great Evil Spirit did this not only to retaliate against Silver City but also to cut off my retreat and force me to find him?"

Aileen laughs: "Of course, that's an endless fortune! You're on Plague Island right now, they can't do anything to you."

All you think of is treasure!

Chun, however, thinks of his instant noodles, now soggy and cold.

Checking the time, it's past 4 PM, in-game, it's 4 AM. Holy shit, a mere nap turned into an hour's sleep. Better skip eating and wait for dinner.

As dawn approaches in the game, Chun is anxiously hoping the Sirens quickly bring that shipload of gems over, otherwise when day breaks in a deserted island, the Magic Mirror might delay for half a day. If the Sirens indeed arrive... maybe I should proactively contact her.

—Black Flag Order prompt: You are currently communicating with Guardian God Siren, please wait…

This time, the communication goes through, suggesting they are not too far.

Soon, Siren's cheerful laughter comes through the Black Flag Order: "Saw the announcement, you're so naughty, I love it! Are you scared, wanting me to protect you?"

Eh?

Chun clearly senses her attitude shift, so is there a possibility that this Sea Demon prefers those with particularly low reputation? But usually, goddesses dislike the weak, mustn't seem cowardly.

Chun says: "I'm reminding you, at least two pirate ships are lurking around my island, ready to attack you."

This shows concern; women like being cared for.

Siren thankfully responds: "Thanks for the concern! I can already see the island lights from afar, really seems like a ghost city, how frightening. Maybe I should wait till daylight to come."

Holy shit! By daylight, Tie and all the Evil Spirits will be gone, neither able to awe her nor keep my Magic Mirror on schedule.

Chun urgently says: "By daylight, the ghost city will be gone, and you can't get the ring!"

Siren is surprised: "Oh, then I'll fly over immediately."

Chun is more anxious: "The key is bringing that roomful of gems over, otherwise you won't get the ring either!"

Siren is intrigued: "I'm curious how the gems and the ring are related, I'll put effort into bringing them."

Chun is amazed: "You can carry that roomful of gems?"

Siren playfully retorts: "I am a goddess after all!"

"But I'll need to go onboard to open the cupboard."

"You didn't even shut the cupboard!"

Looks like that's true?

—Black Flag Order prompt: Guardian God Siren has cut off communication.

Chun immediately asks Aileen: "How's the resentment absorption going?"

Aileen solemnly replies: "Counting my own resentment, I'm about to advance the Divine Artifact to Level 1! Absorption is much slower now, unsure if it's the ring's limit or the scarcity of resentment in the mine."

What does tier 1 even mean?

"Do you feel confident?"

Aileen was a bit excited, "I have no idea! But I'm really curious about what happens if the Black Hole Ejection hits her now, super looking forward to it."

Chun felt helpless, "Let's try to avoid conflict. Fighting with your own Guardian God would be an epic fail, just draining each other."

Aileen snorted coldly, "It's not up to you to decide. That bitch needs to be beaten into submission; otherwise, she'll do whatever she wants endlessly."

You're getting cocky!

Just as Chun was anxiously waiting—Black Flag Order notification: Guardian God's location is now visible.

Chun immediately saw a glowing dot rapidly approaching him on the map.

Chun urgently asked, "Aileen, have you ranked up?"

Aileen was also in a hurry, "Add my resentment too!"

The next moment, black light flickered from Chun's hand, making the surrounding night seem to tremble—so this is how powerful a Divine Artifact upgrade is.

Chun immediately checked the attributes and was stunned to find that the ring had gained an upgrade special skill: Specifically Beat That Bitch!

Chun was shocked, "Aileen, is this skill for real?"

Aileen said seriously, "This skill was developed with my resentment, very seriously dedicated to beating that bitch! She's here!"

At this moment, the Siren was also approaching, and Aileen's radar was turned on; on the radar, she was a massive energy whirlwind, with a dazzling circle of crystal shimmering inside.

So that's how she carries goods!

As Chun was about to greet her, the Siren's voice came from the air, "I sensed a Divine Artifact fluctuation from you earlier, come play with me!"

Holy shit, could you consider my human feelings? Just say you want me dead if that's the case...

A burst of red light exploded in front of Chun's eyes, and a huge rain of gemstones howled down from above!

Aileen reacted immediately, "Gravity Field, activate!"

Chun quickly followed suit, the Sea Emperor's Shift Barrier was activated.

Chun clearly felt the ground beneath him sink slightly, and the oncoming gem rain immediately changed direction, crashing down just a few meters around him!

Chun was sweating out of fear; if not for the Divine Artifact, he'd be done for.

Aileen finally exploded, "Submit, you bitch!"

—System Notification: Warning! Your physical strength and illusion skill value are being drained by the Death Ring!

An indescribable, night-black twisted wave shot into the sky!

A cry of pain echoed from the sky, "Geeee~~ oooooo~~nnieee~~"

Did it hit? Even the sound got twisted and blurred.

Chun's strength was drained dry, leaving him collapsing on the ground, while the Siren quickly moved away according to the radar and Black Flag Order display.

She ran away? Quickly contact via Black Flag Order!

—Black Flag Order Notification: Guardian God Siren has refused the call!

Chun was dumbfounded!

Aileen laughed heartily, "Does she still dare to want the ring? Don't worry, I see through her; this kind of bitch has nowhere to go, especially knowing you have a Divine Artifact, and coveting ships' 105% speed, she won't leave the guild. If she wanted to leave, she would've long ago."

Then she got depressed, "But the resentment that just filled up is all used, and the Divine Artifact is back to tier 0..."

Exhaustion! Chun was helpless and speechless, feeling more mentally drained than physically.

At this moment, Old Tie, Cui, and Old Wall Lamp rushed over with a crowd of citizens, "City Lord, what's going on?"

Cui was ecstatic, "Gems! So many high-end gems! As a Master Jeweler, I can now smelt even smoother mirror bodies."

At least, some basic goals were achieved.

Chun felt slightly comforted, "Just recruited a not-so-obedient Guardian God; she showed up and then left. Ms. Tissina, Old Tie, Old Wall Lamp, transport the gems back and start the Magic Mirror project; can it be done by dawn?"

Cui picked up a deformed, flattened white gemstone from the ground and said, "If the City Lord wants speed, then use this Secret Talc; talc is the world's softest stone, malleable like gold; mirror body materials refined from it are pliable, durable, smooth, and impact-resistant, but can't guarantee power!"

Aileen said, "Prioritize speed, so we can strike them unexpectedly before dawn."

Chun said, "Then use the Secret Talc for now, and let Old Tie take special care of the other gems!"

Old Tie solemnly stated, "Leave it to me! But City Lord, you're wanted, are you planning to bolster your defenses?"

Chun exclaimed, "With the rundown state of our island... how can we defend?"

Old Tie said, "Everyone's full of resentment, there's no lack of fighting spirit, but the lack of materials is a real problem, I'll go ask around. Speaking of which, the previous guild also had a Guardian God, seemingly an Angel, who left after the guild went bankrupt."

Chun was amazed, "What's the name?"

Old Tie patted his head, "It's been a hundred years..."

Then he showed an expression of anguish, "Can't remember..."

Holy shit! Must've thought of something painful from his past!

Chun hurriedly interrupted, "Focus on gathering the gems for now."

"Understood."

Now Chun was too exhausted to move, and still had a 100-weight ring on his hand, so he simply entrusted Aileen with his body, "I'm off to rest, you take care of it..."

Aileen was quite expectant, "Go ahead, go ahead..."

Too tired, just catch another hour's nap until dinner, or sleep until it's game dawn to see results...

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