Alternate Dimension Game: Happiness is all that matters!
Chapter 122 - 113 Seven Stars High Difficulty Script!

Chapter 122: Chapter 113 Seven Stars High Difficulty Script!

The atmosphere in the central hall was solemn.

The lights shone brightly, but people’s expressions were generally stern.

Elite Investigators from all over the world had gathered here to exchange information and discuss the current severe situation.

In the past eight hours, a total of 11.3 square kilometers had been swallowed by the red mist.

The mist veiled the land, and nearly fifty thousand people had gone missing.

This area might seem insignificant compared to the entire Earth, yet anyone with a bit of foresight knew it was a harbinger of a storm.

This oncoming oppressive sensation, much like the weight of Taishan Mountain, bore down on everyone’s hearts.

Many young people were facing such a massive crisis for the first time—dramatically different from normal mystic events. No matter how clever or distinguished you were, facing the overwhelming power of a Demon God, you could only end up powerless.

And Investigator No. 1 was discussing strategies with the people around him.

"The best current solution is to wrap the ’Blood Demon’s’ body in this falsified Corpse Wrapping Cloth and throw it into a Dimension Fragment, right?"

"Yes, it’s a pretty ideal plan that we can afford."

"There’s also this specially made bronze coffin among the Strange Objects. Although not enough to completely suppress a ’Subordinate Demon God’, it can still seal one for some time."

Investigator No. 1 looked at the bronze coffin, carved with exquisite patterns of various ghosts and demons, likely weighing 2 tons—normally used to suppress all kinds of evil oddities. Who knows which organization came up with such a Strange Object...

There were all sorts of messy yellow papers too, with a small amount of sealing ability; a thick stack could have thousands of sheets.

The Black-clothed Guard Investigator No. 1 was willing to take the field personally, shouldering the greatest responsibility of this investigation. This time, he brought many Strange Objects. If it still failed, the only option would be to use a World Level holy artifact, which came at a colossal price.

The investigation team consisted of five members.

The other four S-level Investigators were already waiting in the hall; two of the S-levels were Black-clothed Guards, and the other two S-levels were supports from foreign organizations who flew to Kunlun Mountain headquarters overnight.

One was Carl from the Mysterious Bureau, skilled in long-distance telekinetic control.

The other, a Red Cardinal responsible for summoning ’God’—at the cost of his own life.

Investigator No. 1 greeted the Cardinal, "It’s been over twenty years, Your Excellency Nicholas, you’ve aged quite a bit."

The aged Nicholas replied, "Mr. No. 1, after all these years, your eyes are still as bright, not showing the slightest sign of age."

No. 1 joked, "If I hadn’t aged, I would have become a mystic entity. But you’re not truly going to meet God this time, are you? We Easterners believe in returning to our roots; we don’t like being buried in some strange place."

"I’ll be counting on your guidance for the journey ahead."

The other replied, "I trust in your wisdom and strength and will obey your command. But if I truly need to meet ’God’, I won’t resist."

"Everything is a blessing from ’God’."

No. 1 said, "As long as you believe in ’God’, you don’t have the psychological pressure of facing Demon Gods, that must be nice!"

Nicholas responded, "Not exactly, I’d like to live a few more years to drink at my great-grandson’s full-moon celebration, I’m not always thinking of meeting ’God’."

No. 1 laughed, "Your Excellency Nicholas, when we enter the Heavenly Stairs later and see the body of that Red Cardinal, please don’t be surprised."

There once was a Red Cardinal who sought to climb the stairs to meet with ’God’.

But when Investigator No. 12 entered the stairs last time, he found the Cardinal’s body lying between the steps, shriveled like a mummy.

If the body was a fake, it would be one thing; but if it were real, the implications behind this fact were extremely terrifying and hair-raising.

Nicholas sighed, "Let’s not delve too deeply into that matter. This world is like a sieve, maintaining a horrific balance. Knowing too much isn’t good. Even if I see the body, I won’t pay it any mind; I will pretend I didn’t see it."

"Ah, that’s a good way to think," No. 1 also dropped his smile. The world was indeed like a sieve, thoroughly infiltrated. For the major Demon Gods, human affairs were like a chessboard, you move a piece, I move a piece.

Of course, human strength itself was not weak; it’s just that they preferred not to pay too high a price.

Investigators were strictly categorized internationally by rank.

Besides sufficient achievements, an S-level Investigator must have Spiritual Strength above 5000 and possess one Legendary Ability in the Time System or Space System.

As for X-level Investigators, they must boost their Spiritual Strength above 10,000, reaching the human limit, exceedingly rare even along the long river of history.

This time, 4 S-levels and 1 X-level, an unprecedented luxurious assembly.

After briefly discussing the combat plans, with severe information deficiency, there wasn’t much meaning in talking.

"Let’s go; we set off immediately."

After checking all their personal luggage, the five people approached the "Heavenly Stairs" and entered.

Target—Wolmei Mall where Chen Xinyi was located!

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...

Another day with fine weather and gentle breezes.

In the azure sky, clouds scattered like fish scales.

Birds chirped as they flew through the sunlight, precisely dropping their droppings.

As cats passed their mating season, a few more "meow-meows" little kittens appeared, lying around in Wang Hao’s yard sucking on catnip. Unwittingly, like a carpet, they spread all over the place.

Wang Hao carefully stepped over the cats lying haphazardly on the ground, addicted to the catnip: "Excuse me, watch out, or I might step on you."

"Prrrrrr..." Not only did the cat not move aside, but it also exposed its belly, gesturing for Wang Hao to pet it.

"It’s you who’s asking for it."

Squatting down, he gave it a couple of strokes.

The stray cats weren’t afraid of people at all, probably because the elderly in the neighborhood never stopped feeding them.

"More kittens have appeared; one day, I’ll catch you all and neuter every one of you!"

Still, he refrained from stepping on these lazy cats—such fragile creatures don’t deserve too much fuss.

With a happy heart, he headed to his own office.

The internet cafe wasn’t open for business yet; who knows when the business license will finally come through. But it seems that the prospects aren’t very good... since not a soul is showing any interest.

"No worries, once the students are on vacation, business will pick up!"

He sat at the computer desk and browsed the news for a while.

The world remained peaceful, without even a single piece of eye-catching gossip.

An earthquake in some unnamed small country, apparently, it killed a bunch of people?

Of course, this was just a rumor, not even making the trending searches, naturally, nobody paid any attention.

"Forget it, it must be some small country that doesn’t have a good relationship with ours, who cares about their life or death."

For those abstract figures that are beyond one’s reach, just numbers, it’s hard to feel compassionate.

Bored out of his mind, Wang Hao joyfully donned his helmet.

[Welcome to the Cross-dimensional Game.]

[Dear Player, congratulations on passing the "Etheric Abyss" knowledge system examination with a score of 77!]

It wasn’t easy.

I studied hard all night just to scrape by with 77 points, not easy at all!

[World Level plot, Subordinate Demon God - Desire for Blood, is now open!]

[You are about to challenge a Seven Stars high difficulty script named "Life and Death". Are you mentally prepared?]

After clicking confirm, an exquisite CG animation popped up.

In the dim, cold expanse of deep space...

Among twinkling stars, the Earth orbits the sun, like a blue sapphire floating in the universe.

In this vast and empty world, it seemed so alive and vibrant.

However, in the very next moment, coldness, trembling!

Red mist appeared in spots across the Earth.

As if a mysterious force was invading this vibrant "cutie."

Initially, the amount of red mist wasn’t much, a mere grain of sand in the grand scheme of the planet’s surface. But as time passed, the red mist exploded like a virus, spreading globally across plateaus, mountains, plains, cities, lakes, oceans -- like pockmarks in the late phase of syphilis decorating the world.

The planet, once like a magnificent gem, began to decay and wither under the onslaught of red mist.

Then, the camera switched from a cosmic viewpoint to a coastal city where people struggled amidst this great disaster, strange creatures appearing from within the red mist, the cries of children, women’s screams, men’s roars...

But in the end, everything, everything, turned into dead silence...

The last survivor, using the last of their strength, wrote a line in blood on the head of the Statue of Liberty.

"WHERE IS GOD?!"

Wang Hao was fired up, his heart beating faster.

"This CG is well done!"

At the end of the film, time suddenly reversed, the syphilitic spots vanished completely, the planet reverting back to its original state: just spots of red mist here and there, still a chance for salvation.

A line of red text sprang forth.

[WARNING! WARNING!!]

[Countdown to human extinction: 10335 hours, 29 minutes, 13 seconds!]

"The CG is quite well done; must have cost a pretty penny! Tens of thousands for a second? Fits the prestige of a Seven Star script!" Old Wang felt he had indulged in a sci-fi feast, took off his helmet, and started tapping on the calculator.

"Reset to zero."

"10335 divided by 24 equals 430.625."

"Humanity still has 430 days before complete extinction... *cough* rather realistic numbers indeed."

"But once the red mist becomes a disaster, humanity will have suffered greatly. So the sooner it’s resolved, the less harm to Earth, that’s the idea, right?"

The following text confirmed his guess.

[Dear Player, you need to complete the main quest within 168 hours to minimize the apocalyptic impact brought by the Secondary Demon God - Desire for Blood, on humanity!]

[Here, for the sake of your gaming experience, we recommend a special item, "Seven-star Difficulty Unlimited Restart Voucher".]

[After purchasing, you can resurrect your character an unlimited number of times without worrying about resurrection costs! You can save and load at any time.]

[One-time purchase, unlimited use! Buy early and enjoy, no discounts for latecomers! (Please note, the Unlimited Resurrection Voucher is only applicable to the "Life and Death" script and cannot be used for other scripts.)]

"I knew it, that whole 10,000-plus hours was just a gimmick... 168 hours is quite a long time, a whole week actually."

"Looks like the game developers are really confident in this headliner."

Wang Hao prided himself as a hardcore player, surely he couldn’t fail to get past this in a week?

But what’s with this Unlimited Resurrection Voucher? Are they starting to push for microtransactions now?