After briefing Aileen, Chun glanced at the pit being mined in the pumpkin field, feeling like his main account was completely being wasted there.

Just then, Tie came over excitedly to greet him: "City Lord, we've made great progress, look—"

He pointed to a row of blazing things nearby that could hardly be called buildings: "These ten are crude ore smelting furnaces. To speed up progress, they were casually plastered together with mud bricks. Each furnace has three layers, separating the low melting point silver and copper first, then using copper to make parts, forge bellows, and prepare to build refining furnaces for full-scale iron smelting…"

Chun nodded repeatedly, his scalp tingling.

It felt like evolving from the Stone Age to the Iron Age was just a matter of commandeering two boats overnight!

But even so, Chun felt an urgent crisis, like the progress wasn't enough!

Chun remembered something: "We can't afford wages right now, everyone's working like this—"

Tie urgently hushed him and whispered: "It's the Evil Spirit's passionate obsession, life is fervent without cease, just mention the grand goal of Magic Gold to the workers, never mention the word salary, once they remember it, we're done for."

Chun nodded repeatedly in shock!

Anyway, let's get the main task done.

Chun instructed: "Tie, see these pumpkins? They're the cure for the plague. Many medicinal talents are on the island, right? Arrange some people to separate and preserve the pumpkin seeds and flesh, the seeds are especially precious! There can be no mistakes, whoever screws up—"

Tie understood well: "Whoever messes up will get smacked!"

Chun was very pleased: "That's right! By the way, keep an eye out for anyone on the island with planting talent? We'll need them to plant pumpkins in the future."

Tie laughed: "Sure, the Pumpkin Knight! This pumpkin field seems to be the land he owned before his death, now he's fixing the wall!"

What a prominent title?!

Chun was truly amazed: "A real knight?"

Tie laughed: "A melon vendor at the market, after all, this island is barren, other vegetables don't grow well, barely-grown pumpkins are small and tasteless, so he turns to art and creates ghost stories of the Pumpkin Knight, even carving pumpkins into lanterns."

Oh wow! Is he a marketing genius?

"Great, once the seeds are collected, find time to contact him."

Then Chun remembered something else: "Let Old Wall Lamp collect some old glass and make some medicine bottles to hold the pumpkin remedy, since our distillation system has clean water now. Cleaning the bottles shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Tie laughed: "Old Wall Lamp's glass shop is already open, he's already made hundreds of bottles! He knew the City Lord would need them!"

Chun felt immensely gratified: "Great, great, then I'll go find Pyande to continue my training. Our progress needs to be quick!"

Tie laughed heartily: "Wonder if the Guardian God will have new gains tonight; if there's more good stuff, it'll definitely be faster."

Holy Shit! You haven't completely cleaned up yet?

But, I like it! Wahahaha~~~

Then Chun found Pyande. In just one day, the city wall had risen considerably, and a few turrets were taking shape.

Pyande was busy with little time to greet him: "City Lord is here, continue learning!"

Chun cut to the chase: "Learn!"

Honestly, learning during the day and fishing at night isn't cohesive, and I don't know what they'll amount to.

—System Notification: You've entered Pyande's team collaboration mode, entering automatic study mode.

...

Thus, this all-night battle as part of the day's efforts came to an end. Logging out now, time for breakfast.

Chun was too exhausted now, even pretending became difficult, acting was tiring too.

As he reached the first floor, the bunch of gurus were not as spirited as usual, lying on the sofa, snoring away, with the game screens idling and mining.

Imagine, that Tata War God with his three sheep somehow lured away the siege monster. How could the players who had gone all out in Black Iron City, selling everything for defense, not gain any experience? During the monster siege, the players didn't dare leave the city to fight the monsters, so they could only mine.

The question is, what can I do?

...

Third floor of the internet café.

Cyan Peak, still spirited despite staying up all night, watched Chun walk out the door.

Gotta admit, the consistency of his schedule was scary, his breakfast, lunch, and dinner were always on time.

Plus, it was evident that he had stayed up all night again; anyone his age pulling two all-nighters would be more exhausted, yet his gait was as steady and assured as those coaches from the championship teams before.

Comparing that to his 100,000-place leap in ranking last night, it's remarkable. Imagine the major achievements he's made over these two days of staying up all night, especially on Exile Island!

Alright, lay the groundwork, keep laying it, first let those mysterious, unknown rumors about him spread everywhere on global forums.

At that moment, the phone rang; it was Brother Long again!

"Hey, Brother Long!"

"How's his situation?"

"Just went out to eat!"

Ma Yinglong laughed: "That's earlier than even the security guards… Actually, I heard a rumor from a client wearing a cloth over their head, maybe outdated, that two mining ships from Silver City were hijacked, disappeared, and then mysteriously reappeared recently, both being infected with the plague!"

Cyan Peak was shocked: "Infected with the plague? Did Brother Chun do it?"

Ma Yinglong chuckled: "My first reaction upon hearing this was the same. How else would people around the world think upon hearing this news?"

Cyan Peak laughed: "They'd definitely link it to Brother Chun?"

Ma Yinglong laughed: "That's the desired effect, whether he did it is irrelevant; what matters is everyone linking it to him. So, I'm just giving you some material to ponder."

"Brother Long, is this news reliable?"

"Are you kidding? My web games are going crazy there, and you probably don't know how much Brother Bu has invested in my studio for online games… The information is at least half true!"

"Alright, Brother Long, rest assured, we'll think this through!"

"By the way, how's Silverlight Village?"

Cyan Peak laughed: "This village is genuinely wealthy. It's built right on the entrance to the silver mine, with its own coin minting machine producing up to 1000 Mining Coins an hour, all cash, not bank transfers, so much we can do."

Ma Yinglong laughed: "Like pirate trading?"

"Absolutely! Our entire team is frantically mining silver during this lockdown period instead of fighting, with already 100 people reaching Advanced Level 10. If someone strikes lucky and mines some Mithril, they'll be an Expert for sure! Plus, the silver mine comes with ample copper and iron, so our weapons and armor forging hasn't stopped. Given any decent luck, Gou Xiaoming may become the country's first expert-level forger…"

Ma Yinglong felt very gratified: "Great, ultimately, the country still relies on you guys to hold the line! Make sure to hang in there…"

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