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"Master, that's not all, it has also taken control of those sea creatures..."

At that moment, Zero offered a timely reminder.

"It seems this is what's attracting the sea creatures' attention. Do you really want to continue?"

"Of course, the council has already issued the order, and they have signed a life-or-death pledge, so there's no way to stop now."

The goblin in charge smiled helplessly, and Qin Yu expressed his understanding.

"Then do you mind if I lend a hand?" Qin Yu walked towards the blue core. In analysis mode, Qin Yu had already finished analyzing all its information. He found paper and pen and wrote down all the information.

The chief research goblin was initially somewhat resistant to the sight of this human entering their sacred research institute. Even if he was a major client, he wasn't a researcher, and his presence here would only cause trouble and offer no real help.

However, when he got closer, he found that everything Qin Yu wrote on the paper seemed to be related to this core concept. He was stunned for a moment, until Qin Yu finished writing on the entire paper.

"This is......"

The chief research goblin stepped forward and snatched the paper filled with formulas and analytical data, his hands trembling.

"The paper contains analytical data about this core issue, which you should find useful."

After analyzing the data, Qin Yu realized that the blue core was definitely a man-made product, and it was impossible for it to have formed something with such a strong targeting capability.

The Blue Core is both an energy converter and a weapon used against marine life.

At its best, it can attract fish and allow for large-scale fishing.

Heaviness can control powerful sea creatures and drive them to fight for him.

This core is similar to the "Essence of Biomechanical Research" that Qin Yu obtained from the system before. This core possesses a low level of intelligence to some extent.

"I can't believe it. After reading your analysis, I realize how one-sided our understanding of it is..."

The chief research goblin sighed repeatedly, realizing that if they had continued with their previous research, they would probably never have been able to access this core secret.

"The most basic level of intelligence—this core is terrifying. I don't know if we goblins can use it for our own purposes..."

From the perspective of the chief research goblin, this thing is more like a technology left behind by a higher civilization. Given the current level of goblin technology, he is pessimistic.

"Don't be too pessimistic. I actually have a way to use this directly on your metal islands, but that requires you goblins to offer an equal price..."

This time, Qin Yu wasn't going to help for free. He wasn't stupid; if he handed the core over to the goblins, the goblin merchant guild's power would grow rapidly, and he wouldn't get anything in return. Therefore, he had to set a price and keep something in reserve regarding the core to prevent it from slipping out of his control.

The key to all of this lies in zero, which can directly modify this core...

Chapter 258 The Army of the Deep Sea Nation

Just as Qin Yu was discussing things with the goblins at the research institute, the sea creatures launched another attack. This time, the attack was much larger than the last, and they directly besieged the metal island.

The Star Army only numbered three hundred, which was naturally insufficient to attend to the situation on the island. This gave the sea creatures an opportunity to attack, and the metal island was completely besieged.

"Damn it! This time the number is dozens of times greater than before, what's going on?!"

The security-responsible goblin was already furious. What were these sea creatures doing, attacking them so recklessly? Was it really necessary?

He was clearly unaware that something controlling the sea creatures existed on the metal island. Helpless, the goblins could only continue to defend, and the Star Army retreated to the walled area to defend, thus reducing the area to be defended.

A new round of meetings was held in parliament.

This meeting is a bargaining chip in the deal with Qin Yu.

The core can provide the goblins with a new, near-inexhaustible energy source and the ability to control sea creatures. Qin Yu uses this as leverage, and in return, the goblins must offer an equal amount.

This is what troubles the goblins the most. The former's energy is an immeasurable amount of money, while the latter is a powerful tool for controlling an entire race. To be honest, the goblins can't offer a matching bargaining chip.

Even if they gave Qin Yu their most valuable black gold cards, it would only offset the former at most, and

The latter controls a race and...

"Lord Qin Yu has left us with a good question. I think what he really wants is the allegiance of us goblins..."

Black Gold immediately saw through Qin Yu's bargaining chip: the necessary condition for controlling a race was the loyalty of that race. The other goblins looked at each other in bewilderment. This meant they had to choose a human to pledge their allegiance to. They really needed to think carefully about whether this deal was worthwhile.

Inside the research institute, the shaking of the metal island began again, signifying that the sea creatures' attack was becoming increasingly intense. The research goblins were all scrambling to read the research results written by Qin Yu.

They were amazed by the value inherent in this core, but at the same time, they worried about the parliament. It would be difficult to offer a corresponding bargaining chip for something of such immense value.

However, Qin Yu was not in a hurry. The ones who should be worried were the goblins, because now it was their house that was on fire.

On the metal island, in addition to the ordinary sea creatures, even the royal guards of the sea creatures appeared. Like the ordinary sea creatures, they had all lost their own consciousness and were controlled by that core.

These royal guards, clad in golden armor, were wantonly destroying buildings on the island. Star Taurus charged forward and lifted one of the royal guard's large murlocs, but it was no ordinary murloc. The golden armor absorbed most of the damage, and the royal murloc swung its trident, sending Star Taurus flying.

"Star Water!"

The Star Maidens heal the Star Soldiers under their command; with them around, it's virtually impossible for any Star Soldiers to suffer casualties.

Golden-shelled dragon turtles rose from the sea surface, gathering energy to bombard the wall.

The Capricorn and Pisces stars joined forces to stop them, but they only managed to stop a portion of them. The remaining dragon turtles unleashed high-pressure water jets, boom!

The metal wall was blasted open, creating gaps in it.

"Quickly plug the gap!"

The safety-responsible goblin shouted, and the worker goblins immediately set off for the breach to begin repairs, but the little murlocs had already crawled in through the gap.

The scene was very chaotic at one time.

Deep in the ocean, far away, lies the gap between the deep sea and the kingdom. Recently, many sea creatures and even the royal guards have gone missing, which has drawn great attention from the kingdom.

Therefore, the Deep Sea Kingdom dispatched an army to investigate the disappearance of the sea creatures.

The leader, General Seahorse, was the commander of this army. He had a seahorse head, a human body, and a fish tail, and led a royal guard of ten thousand men.

Before setting off, he had already sent out scout jellyfish, and now it was time for those jellyfish to return.

Not far away, the reconnaissance jellyfish, emitting a faint glow, returned, bringing with it some news.

"Metal islands? Goblins?"

Upon hearing this, General Seahorse suspected that the goblins were conducting some forbidden experiments, which had provoked the sea creatures' attack.

"These cunning goblins are always up to no good. That metal island is already a disgrace to the sea, and now they dare to attack our own people. They're just asking for trouble!"

Therefore, General Seahorse plans to request support from the Deep Sea Kingdom from the Deep Sea Behemoth. With the Deep Sea Behemoth there, conquering that metal island will definitely not be a problem.

The message was transmitted to the deep-sea kingdom of the gap via the messenger flying fish. The gap emitted a red light, and a deep groan came from within. Countless bubbles spewed out of the gap, and a huge figure appeared from it.

It was a gigantic, whale-like creature that swallowed the entire sea creature army, including General Seahorse, whole in one gulp, and swam toward the metal island.

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real world

At the airport

A group of people disembarked from the plane, carrying bags of various sizes. They walked through the crowd and took a taxi to their booked hotel.

The door closed, and they began to open the suitcases and take out their contents.

"We'll arrive early; we should be able to surprise them!"

This group of people is the filming team commissioned to shoot a promotional video for Don Quixote. However, they also have another identity: they are sent by the United States to investigate the Snow Feather Guild. If necessary, they will be dealt with directly.

"Is it really necessary to make such a fuss? They're just a few gamers."

Another accomplice couldn't quite understand their superior's mission. It was just a game; if they couldn't win online, why did they have to kill people offline? It was clearly a case of sore losers.

"What do you know? Don't you guys realize something's wrong with this game?"

Their leader couldn't help but sneer.

"From its release, this game has received recognition from all countries in the world. There hasn't been a single negative news story about it. Even if there were, they were suppressed by official forces. Under such circumstances, anyone with a modicum of common sense can see the reason behind it..."

The leader's words made the others fall into deep thought. That makes sense. The reason why this game is so popular and has more and more players is not only because of its high quality, but also because of the support from the official forces behind the scenes.

While many countries haven't openly promoted the game, they've already encouraged various domestic investors to offer different deals and discounts. Meanwhile, several studios have made a fortune from it.

News of people buying luxury homes with their money is popping up everywhere, making even those who don't want to play games want to give it a try, since nobody wants to miss out on money.

Earning cash and discounts while playing games has now become a reality, but delving into its underlying meaning only sends a chill down one's spine...

Chapter 259 The Terrifying Core

The sea creatures' attack was temporarily halted, but they did not retreat. Instead, they turned to a war of attrition, as if an invisible leader was directing them.

Therefore, the Star Archers were also engaging in ranged attacks with the goblins to wear them down, refraining from rashly launching an attack. Qin Yu, who was at the research institute, probably knew what these sea creatures were planning.

"It seems this core member also knows some tactics..."

The core is what controls these sea creatures. It is a weapon left behind by an advanced civilization, specifically designed to deal with sea creatures, and it also contains war strategy modules.

The council has not yet given a clear response. They are still weighing the pros and cons, after all, it concerns the ownership of the goblins, and whether it is worth putting all their hopes on Qin Yu.

The more they hesitated, the greater the losses became for the goblins. Their metal walls were already badly damaged, and their defenses were about to collapse when a long cry suddenly came from afar.

Woohoo!

For a moment, the controlled sea creatures returned to normal; they stopped attacking and didn't know why they were there.

In the distance, a giant whale emerged from the water, spitting out General Seahorse and his army.

"Hmph, we've finally arrived, my fellow countrymen!"

Upon seeing that it was General Seahorse, the sea creatures gathered around, and the attacks from the goblins and the Star Army temporarily ceased, since the other side showed no intention of attacking.

General Seahorse asked the sea creatures what had happened, but they couldn't give a clear answer. This was very puzzling, so he pointed all the finger at the goblins, who were the ones pulling the strings behind the scenes!

"Fellow countrymen, these evil goblins must have developed some new weapon, which is why you've lost control and can't remember anything. Now let's go and destroy them!"

"Yes!"

In no time, the sea creature army, which had finally recovered, turned around and launched an attack on the metal island. The goblins were furious at the sight.

"What exactly is going on with that seahorse?"

Although I didn't hear what General Seahorse said, I could tell from the momentum of the sea creatures that it was a pre-battle mobilization.

With the addition of the giant whale, the Metal Island was in even greater trouble. The new weapons had no energy supply, and the situation became increasingly urgent.

In the council, Black Gold finally made the decision. For the sake of the Goblin Merchant Guild's survival, he decided to accept Qin Yu's offer in exchange for the Black Gold Card and the allegiance of the entire goblin race.

The news quickly reached Qin Yu, and Black Gold went directly to the research institute to sign a pledge of allegiance to Qin Yu on behalf of the goblin race, along with the Black Gold card.