Global Mining..

Chapter 1: Becoming an Internet Cafe Master After Layoffs
In a turbulent year, the global economy is weakening and unemployment is rising.

The artificial intelligence-oriented Internet economy has absorbed a large amount of excess finance. Based on the basic algorithm of traditional digital currency mining, a globally popular magical management adventure game "Global Mining: Golden Continent" has been developed. Mining coins can be more convenient. By exchanging real money, players can mine and make money while sleeping and working. A new huge industry is beginning to lead the future!
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"Xiao Qin, I'm leaving. Xiaofan, dad is on a business trip these days. You have to obey mom and don't play games..."

Dachun waited at the bus stop with a depressed mood.

In fact, Dachun had been laid off, but he couldn't save his dignity and didn't dare to tell anyone. He still pretended to go to work every day in a suit and leather suit with a flat briefcase under his arm.

I have also tried to submit resumes for interviews everywhere, and just don’t mention them if they are good or bad. Finally, I stayed in a 6G high-end Internet cafe for a month to mine. This is the most popular game in the world. It will officially be launched at 0: after the public beta ends tonight. My so-called business trip is to work in an Internet cafe all night and for a week to work out a high-paying part-time job.

A black car with a sci-fi appearance stopped in front of Dachun and rolled down its window.

"I actually met Brother Chun! Waiting for the bus?"

At the worst time, I met the most handsome old schoolmate...

Dachun smiled lightly: "Mr. Jiang bought a new car again?"

Lao Jiang was very proud: "Shenjiang Super Factory Limited Edition BNB Tang, why don't you drop by and experience it?"

Dachun helped him: "I really need to experience this legendary world-class..."

Entering the car, the light scene changes as if you are entering a space capsule.

Lao Jiang said with emotion: "The rise of high-end will definitely bring about a new round of industry reshuffle - I heard that Brother Chun's big factory has laid off employees. Will Brother Chun be okay?"

Dachun sighed in embarrassment: "There are layoffs. One person has to do the work of several people. Do you think there is anything wrong?"

Lao Jiang laughed: "That's right! Brother Chun was a top student who won scholarships back then, and married a beautiful and beautiful lover. Now he is a great engineer and a big winner in life. No one can cut Brother Chun, right? "

Dachun changed the topic: "What is Bai Fumei, an ordinary family? But Mr. Jiang has no plans to get married yet?"

Lao Jiang lamented: "I have a lot of female anchors who need poverty alleviation and care. How can I be so busy?"

What the hell!

The on-board computer makes a sound - the system prompts: Congratulations! With the lucky blessing of the program celebration, you successfully dug out the mithril mine and your mining skills were promoted to expert level! Obtain talent reward: Expert Mine Hoe Mastery...

Lao Jiang Dale: "It is indeed a festival event on the last day of the open beta, and I have really been promoted to the expert level!"

Dachun was surprised, he was playing too?

Lao Jiang waved away the computer and displayed: "Global mining! The world's most popular and ultra-high free mining currency exchange, is Brother Chun playing?"

Dachun suddenly saw his ID, Jiang Moyu.

It's him! The top 1000 players in the public beta world celebrity list, surrounded by a bunch of female players, are very high-profile...

Dachun was a little surprised: "Mr. Jiang, with such a huge net worth, can he value this gaming income?"

Lao Jiang smiled: "Don't underestimate it! This car is high-end and can be sold to Europe and the United States. Then Europe and the United States have to sell something to us, right? As a result, we don't like anything there. They are anxious and call for trade. It’s out of balance, and we’re anxious, we can’t let them print money! What should we do? There won’t be another Opium War to sell opium, right?”

Dachun smiled and said: "So they just sell games?"

Lao Jiang said with a smile: "That's right! What's more, if there is no breakthrough in technology, then there will be involution and layoffs, and a lot of people will be unemployed! When the technology breaks through, there will be no need for so many people and they will still be laid off and unemployed! What should we do? We have to find something to do. How about settling the money? There just happened to be too much foreign money printed, so we came up with this game to distribute money while promoting the digital currency strategy. As a result, the sales of the chip cockpit became popular first and the profit was guaranteed! Not to mention that the big boss of the developer still wanted to The business opportunities of developing brain-computer interfaces to achieve immortality in consciousness are huge!”

Dachun was really in awe: "So Mr. Jiang is going to start a big project?"

Lao Jiang looked serious: "I'm going to integrate those beautiful anchors to set up a girl group studio, but I just need a technical supervisor. If Brother Chun is too tired in a big factory, can he join me as a supervisor?"

I was caught off guard! That's it?

Dachun smiled helplessly: "Mr. Jiang, are you kidding me? How can I, a lover, get away with it? If there is any problem with the equipment line, I can help you look at it. I can't help with anything else..."

Seeing that it was almost done, he pointed to a noodle shop on the side of the road and said, "I'll get off here. The kidney noodles here are pretty good."

Lao Jiang smiled and said: "If you have something to contact me, I'll drink some other time."

Dachun regained his composure and waved his hand without looking back, showing off his bureau style.

Because there is an Internet cafe 100 meters next to the noodle shop, and there is a street view camera there that can see here. His extraordinary temperament and regular -to- work schedule led the girl at the bar to guess that he might be an patrol officer, and she was annoyed by all the insinuations. Then lend him his car to install it. It’s not that I like to pretend, but the more embarrassed I am, the more I have to be energetic and impeccable, otherwise I will be severely beaten by society if I am poor.

At this time, Lao Jiang closed the car window and sighed at Dachun's back: "My resume has been sent to my agency, and I'm still pretending. My classmates can't help you..."

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Dachun came to the Internet cafe calmly after finishing the noodles.

The girl at the bar took Dachun's membership card with a smile: "Welcome Mr. Ding, the private room on the second floor has been disinfected and cleaned, and the drinking fountain has been replaced with new water. Please feel free to use it."

It can be seen that her respect has doubled today, and she is as innocent as the NPC flower girl in the game.

Dachun did not go directly to the private room on the second floor, but continued to "inspect" the ordinary seating room on the first floor with a large cup of chrysanthemum and wolfberry tea as usual. In fact, there is also a mysterious third floor, which is said to be a private venue for a certain Cangqiong professional e-sports team. No one is allowed to enter.

Internet cafes once declined due to the popularity of home computers, but the emergence of "Global Mining" has once again made Internet cafes popular. First, the cost of upgrading the game to a cockpit is a bit high. Second, the central host needs to provide 6G network speed. Otherwise, the main city will be flooded with millions of players as soon as it goes online, and ordinary networks simply cannot support it.

Ordinary Zama are all monthly masters who have been staying in Internet cafes for a long time. If you go to them in Dachun and ask and read, you can quickly learn a lot of things and generally know the development trends of players around the world.

The masters have long been accustomed to Dachun and made random jokes: "The leader is here to investigate again? There is no female companion, this is a serious Internet cafe!"

"What are Brother Chun's plans? I will formally serve you immediately so that I can take Brother Chun to the countryside to dig high-end mines!"

"Are you kidding me? How can Brother Chun dig mines when he is a leader who lives in a private room? After all, he has to go out for a fishing trip and have a love affair with a mermaid..."

"Are you going to use this to test Brother Chun's weakness?"

Dachun actually enjoyed this feeling: "How much did Wei Shen pay for it?"

"At least I can earn back the monthly fee, and I won't go out of town to grab villages in the official server."

Another great god smiled and said: "That's what Foot Pot Curry thinks. By then tens of thousands of people fighting in a team fight will be out of their minds..."

It has to be said that all the strategies for starting alone and in groups have been thoroughly understood by the masters of the public beta. Compared with these young people, compared with conventional operations, Dachun has no advantage.

So Dachun could only try to complete the hidden quests that all the public beta experts disapproved of. If he succeeded, even if he was only half a step ahead of the average player, he would stand out among the hundreds of millions of players worldwide. If he failed, he would just have to work as a part-time bot miner and continue looking for a job.

Dachun returned to his private room on the second floor and started the game.

The background introduction of the game is very simple. Five pioneer fleets from the Old World discovered a super continent full of monsters and minerals. At first, the fleets could only land on the seashore and defend against monsters, and then expanded with difficulty, and finally developed the landing point into five prosperous and powerful port city-states. These are also the five main cities of the major professions where novice players are born.

Because it's an old city, the valuable mines around it were mostly mined during the city's founding, making it difficult for newcomers to mine high-quality ores. They can only follow the pioneers' footsteps and explore the villages and towns deep in the mainland, where the mines are numerous, powerful, and difficult to transport. Those who prefer not to mine can go fishing or trade, or follow the One Piece route.

The city's financial system is both advanced and conservative. Players carry no cash; all payments are made through bank accounts, including real-world currency. This has the advantage of preventing pickpocketing. However, banks don't support player-to-player transfers, meaning that players are unable to instantly amass a fortune through crowdfunding from the outset. Players setting up stalls is similar to bartering at a flea market.

Of course, compared to the mysterious Golden Continent, the real mystery lies in this old world. Players are all pioneers and don’t know much about the old world.

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Spring has arrived in the city, and the whole city is filled with fireworks and festive joy.

System Notice: Welcome to the game. It's 20:10 PM Golden Continent time. You've received a lucky bonus from the "Black Iron Frontier City" festival celebration! May all your wishes come true.

System prompt: You earned 83 coins by automatically mining and selling minerals while offline. The public beta will end today and the data will be deleted. Players are advised to redeem their coins at the main city bank immediately to avoid losses.

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Game time is 1:1 with real time, based on the Western Hemisphere. Chinese players may experience a "day and night reversal" when logging in, but this isn't a major issue.

By this time, most players were probably busy clearing out their inventory and enjoying a frenzy. But Dachun, however, was determined to use his entire 6000 coins to complete the hidden quest lines: the "Flower Girl" and the "Bar Dancer." Throughout the public beta, Dachun focused his resources on three things: mining, buying flowers, and sending flowers to the bar dancers. He avoided all other activities.

According to Dachun's understanding of AI development for this game, it relies on massive amounts of big data. Women's shopping and emotional topics constitute the world's largest database, and have already spawned small AIs like "Dating Assistant" and "Scumbag Anti-Scam Assistant." Therefore, Dachun focused on these two female NPCs who are both "shopping" and "emotional."

On the other hand, the game's developers are dishonest, using NPCs to defraud players in a "fraud game" to defeat human intelligence and achieve artificial intelligence. This is why all the public beta experts don't recommend hidden quests. The NPCs are really bad! Or perhaps the overall moral standards of this Golden Continent are generally low.

But Dachun has his own understanding: when people interact with each other, nine out of ten friends are fake. But when you encounter an enemy, every one of them is real! So in a sense, enemies are more reliable. As long as they are reliable, they can be played...

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Dachun first went to the flower shop to find Shirley, a simple-looking girl who worked the night shift. There was only one way to improve friendship with her: buy the products she recommended and let her have a sales commission.

The high-end product she recommended to Dachun was a bunch of chilly "Royal Court Flower Crystal Frost Roses", which cost 3000 coins, equivalent to more than 3000 yuan in real life.

Dachun asked again, "Excuse me, is there only one?" The flower girl smiled and replied, "Yes, it's rare, so it's precious. This is Miss Vivian's favorite."

"Bought it!"

——System prompt: You spent 3000 coins to purchase from the flower shop... You have greatly improved the favorability of the store clerk Shirley.

The little girl was delighted: "Welcome to our store, and I wish you unexpected good luck during the holidays!"

What's the point of festive luck? Even if you buy the most expensive flowers, it won't trigger your hidden event.

Continue to the next step.

This time, Dachun didn't go directly to the bar, but took the flowers to the blacksmith's furnace to heat them up. This step is very important.

When the food was almost soaked, Dachun stopped immediately and went to the Harbor Bar and Nightclub to find the dancer Vivian. Her characteristics were that she was a scumbag, and a scumbag was ambitious, betrayal, and love for the rich and powerful, and she was unconventional, making her the most likely trigger of the incident.

The dancer lazily took the flower and glanced at Dachun: "Then I will dance for you personally..."

The dance was over, but still nothing happened.

Even with the luck of the festival on the last day, buying the most expensive and beloved flowers could not impress these two people. This is a failure, and this is the big pitfall that the public beta masters warned about.

Then go all out and provoke her; the enemy is more "reliable"! But don't really turn against her; you have to strike the right balance!

Dachun said, "Ms. Vivian, although I'm not a noble yet, since I admire you so much, I would like to ask you to help me get a liquor franchise license..."

The dancer was very impatient: "How far is your ideal? Just get as far away as you can!"

Dachun understood her bad taste and apologized immediately: "If I imitate the barking of a dog, can it make you happy for a while?"

The dancer laughed and said, "How about barking like a dog?"

This is what I was waiting for her to say!
Dachun imitated her previous speech: "How far is your ideal? Just go as far as you can!"

The dancer was stunned for a moment!
Dachun waited nervously. With her intelligence, she'd definitely figured it out, realizing it was an insult. Normally, insulting her would have earned her a beating from the bar bouncer, instantly turning hostile and their friendship rating plummeting. But this wasn't normal! Which word had I used to insult her?
As expected, the dancer was both angry and laughing: "You're quite courageous! Wait for me after get off work if you have the guts!"

Dachun breathed a sigh of relief, having successfully triggered it! But this hidden event was most likely "It's not convenient to play now, I have to play it after get off work", so he had to trigger another one to be on the safe side.

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Dachun returned to the flower shop again and checked the cabinet first. Suddenly, there was a frost rose in the cabinet - the key point was that it looked a little bit withered!
Dachun smiled. This flower was either a new item or the one given to the dancer. This was why he deliberately went to the blacksmith shop to bake the flower as a mark.

So now it's completely confirmed: one NPC sells flowers at a high price, the other collects them, and then returns them to the florist to be sold again—if there's such an insider trading chain between these two NPCs, then you can imagine how massive this entire city's economy must be. Isn't this a hundred times more complex than mining and monster hunting?
Then it's time to capture the little girl! The same idea applies as before: when the enemy is more reliable but cannot turn against you.

Dachun first complained to the little girl: "I just played a holiday joke on Miss Vivian, but she seems angry. What kind of flowers should I buy to calm her down?"

The little girl smiled and said, "Of course I'll buy her another Frost Rose!"

You are really a love assistant...

Dachun decisively exposed her: "This flower is not a new arrival, it's the one I just bought!"

The little girl panicked: "It's just the new arrival!"

Exposing her will lower her friendship level. Normally, you have to buy flowers to make up for it, but now this is an abnormal situation and you can't buy them normally.

Dachun made a big move: "I'll buy you this flower, but if you want it, I'll buy it. If you don't want it, I won't buy it and will even complain to the boss. Do you want it?"

Dancers have a pre-set gift-receiving feature, but Sulli, as a shop assistant, doesn't have this feature. Simply buying flowers and then giving them as gifts won't work. However, shop assistants have a commission system for increasing sales, which is a huge loophole! If successful, it would be a game-changer!
The little girl looked around nervously: "This is so embarrassing, you can't tell anyone."

Dachun was excited: "I won't tell you, I'll buy it!"

The last 3000 coins are a gamble! That's why Dachun prepared 6000 coins.

——System prompt: You spent 3000 coins to purchase from Shirley... Your friendship with Shirley changed from "passion" to "understanding"!
What the hell!

The system prompt has changed! I used to buy from the "flower shop," but now I buy from her! These flowers have been sitting on the counter, untouched, and she's already got 3000 extra coins! She's essentially pocketing the sales money, and the boss can't even reconcile!
Does this mean that I can continue to send money to her personal account by sending her flowers? Does this count as financial support?

Dachun hurriedly confirmed: "Dear Shirley, what is your ideal?"

Shirley was both excited and nervous. "Don't look at me like this. I'm actually an apprentice mage. My dream is to become the Grand Mage of the Palace, but the academy's tuition is very expensive! I'm struggling to pay for it by working here..."

I'd already seen her mastery of magic! Player mages were just noobs with incomplete skills, while NPC mages were truly masters. If I could have an NPC mage as my backer, even if it meant giving up my lead as a long-term meal ticket, it was worth it. More importantly, this Frost Rose was actually the product of the aristocratic star mage, Fafner. She must have some connection to Fafner...

Dachun continued to confirm: "Our Black Iron City is good at warriors, while the Jewel City is good at mages—"

Shirley said hurriedly, "But the beginner's class in Black Iron City is cheap. Once I have a solid foundation, I will go study abroad in Gem City."

So that's it! The atmosphere was already so heated, Dachun didn't waste any more words: "How about I work hard at mining to support your studies abroad?"

Shirley said happily, "Great! I'll definitely repay you then! Oh, and I can help you right now. When I get off work at midnight, let's go find Miss Vivian together! I can also use the extra money to buy you a spot as a mage's escort..."

So direct! This sentence perfectly answered all of Dachun's expectations. As a long-term meal ticket, his future is bright. He accepted being cheated and should be happy. Perhaps this is the joy of Lao Jiang being the top brother...

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The next step was to wait for her to get off work. Dachun would wait outside the flower shop and do nothing to avoid any complications.

Across from the flower shop, a player was performing a festive dog-training acrobatics show, with a large number of NPCs on hand to watch and tip him. It was Tata Wars, a high-end Indian player who had long since mastered the hidden class of animal trainer. It was said that his single-day performance income could equal his entire mining career, and the festival income was unimaginable.

So how far can I close the gap when I am about to trigger a hidden event?

While I was lost in thought, a system warning suddenly came from my headset: The current network speed is unstable...

The lights in the private room flickered, the game screen flashed, and it looked like the voltage was unstable and a power outage was imminent.

Dachun was shocked. How could the power go out at the critical moment when they were waiting for them to get off work?

No, this is the latest type of worm virus attack, which can increase the voltage and burn the machine. Because of the tripping protection, it cannot burn temporarily, so it will keep tripping... Who did this Internet cafe offend?

Finally, the Internet cafe was dark and the power went out!
The whole place erupted in an uproar, and the bar girl hurriedly shouted, "Network Admin Brother..."

This is not something that the network administrator can handle!

Suddenly, the network administrator called in panic: "What? Xinghui Internet Cafe, Tianlong Internet Cafe, and over 30 other large internet cafes have all experienced power outages?"

The gods were all shocked and furious: "It must be Baka who did it! They just don't want us to have a breakthrough during the festival..."

Dachun had no other choice but to take out his office tablet and calmly approach the bar girl: "Let me do it, take me to the computer room and find three more data cables."

Everyone fell silent instantly, and the bar girl said without hesitation: "Mr. Ding, please!"

A group of Internet cafe experts couldn't sit still anymore and crowded outside the computer room to watch.

Seeing this scene, Dachun remembered something and handed his phone to the bar girl: "Help me take a work video."

The younger sister seemed to understand: "I know."

Know what? I just wanted to deal with my wife checking up on me, letting her know I was doing something big...

Dachun connected the tablet to the host computer to check. It seemed complicated, but it was indeed not simple. In the past, when doing this kind of private work, he would have to negotiate a labor fee of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, but now, to protect himself, he had to fight...

After fiddling with the module toolkit for over ten minutes, Dachun placed the tablet on the mainframe and warned the network administrator, "There's a chip inside that could be used to open a backdoor. Contact your boss immediately to replace the machine. I'll leave this tablet hanging here. Lock the computer room and don't let anyone touch it. You can open the gate now."

The next moment, the lights in the Internet cafe were bright.

All the experts cheered: "We knew Chun Ge was from S.H.I.E.L.D.! Awesome!"

The network administrator was even more impressed: "Chun Ge is really an expert! If something goes wrong, I might be fired..."

Although Dachun was used to this feeling, he suddenly felt something strange this time.

Maybe I understand why I was laid off. It's not just because I'm older, have a high salary, and have many reliable colleagues, but because I can influence the boss...

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Back in the private room, I started playing the game. The verbal battle that ensued had already shocked the world. It turned out that it wasn't just the dozens of major internet cafes in the city that were affected; practically all the major internet cafes in the country had been targeted.

Block the message, go to sleep and wait.

(End of this chapter)