Alternate Dimension Game: Happiness is all that matters!
Chapter 123 - 114 Estimating Game Difficulty

Chapter 123: Chapter 114 Estimating Game Difficulty

Opened the shop section.

Every time a game is completed, new items such as Bloodline, Superpower, Talent, etc. would appear in the shop.

Wang Hao, being short on funds, was reluctant to buy anything.

He just wanted to freeload!

Then, the price of the "Seven-star difficulty Unlimited Resurrection Voucher" shocked him—it was 3000 points!

Completing a three-star difficulty scenario only yielded around 3000 points.

points—could he resurrect 30 times with them?

"Are you kidding me? Does the game developer think I need to resurrect 30 times to pass? No way, I can’t be that dumb!"

If I could pass within 30 attempts...

Wouldn’t that save a significant amount of money?

Of course, the first life is free, just to get a taste.

With that thought, Wang Hao directly clicked the "Start Game" button, ready to gauge the difficulty.

If it’s too difficult, buying an "Unlimited Restart Voucher" would be a sensible choice.

Thinking this way, mysterious halos intertwined, forming two luminous orbs.

Two portals-like rings appeared on the screen, one blue and the other red.

First, the blue ring.

Displayed a few lines of text: "Taoyuan II: This scenario takes place forty years ago."

"Having barely escaped from Taoyuan Village, you send your brother to another world. However, due to a certain historical mission, you return to Taoyuan Village to unearth the truth of the village..."

"Main Mission: Prevent the Subordinate Demon God - Blood Thirst from emerging from the Etheric Abyss. Some of the items acquired in the ’Taoyuan’ scenario will be carried over to this scene."

"This scenario is rated: Seven Stars."

Wang Hao’s eyes brightened instantly, his long-anticipated "Taoyuan II" had arrived!

That scenario had left him with deep memories.

However, how did the brother get sent away?

Missing out on a big chunk of the escape plot felt somewhat regrettable.

Another red ring.

Also displayed several lines of text.

"Gluttony Heaven II: This scenario occurs in the current timeline. You, entering the red fog to investigate, follow the glutton, ’Xu Zhijun,’ trying to uncover the final truth..."

"Main Mission: Prevent the Subordinate Demon God - Blood Thirst from emerging from the Etheric Abyss. All the items acquired in the ’Gluttony Heaven’ scenario will be carried over to this scene."

"This scenario is rated: Seven Stars."

"Gluttony Heaven" was the last scenario he completed recently, leaving a profound impression. The female character "Chen Xinyi" he owned was in a frozen state, still waiting for the Black-clothed Guard’s rescue.

And he played the middle-aged man, Zhao, following the still coherent glutton, "Xu Zhijun," into the red fog.

Wang Hao guessed that in the "Gluttony Heaven II" scenario, it was highly likely that he would cooperate with the "Black-clothed Guard Rescue Team."

Since both scenarios had the same main mission, completing either would equate to completing the "World Level Plot—Stopping the Blood Demon from Surfacing"!

Thus—saving the world!

Well, this trope of saving the world is quite cliché, but if it can engage the players’ interest in the game, that’s enough.

Thinking about it, Wang Hao felt a bit puzzled.

"The timeline of ’Taoyuan II’ is forty years ago, when I was just a 10-year-old brat with no items in hand. Can I really save the world?"

Contrarily, in "Gluttony Heaven II," he had some Strange Objects, was an adult, even had a car, and there were makeshift incendiary bombs in the car.

There could even be "Black-clothed Guard Rescue Team" as partners.

Yet, both scenarios were rated Seven Stars!

This seemed somewhat profound.

"Why are both scenarios the same difficulty?"

After thinking for a while, he realized.

"The reason is not too complicated; forty years ago, the Blood Demon had not fully surfaced; but now in Gluttony Heaven II, it has surfaced, making it naturally difficult to resolve."

It’s pointless to fret here, Wang Hao directly chose "Taoyuan II" and started the game!

A male voice read out "The Peach Blossom Diary" fairly well. His pace was moderate, his Mandarin standard, and his emotion well conveyed—pretty good, worthy of an 8 out of 10.

"In the Taiyuan period, a fisherman from Wuling fishes for a living. Following the stream, forgetting how far or near the path is. Suddenly encountering a peach blossom forest, extending hundreds of steps along the banks, with no mixed trees, lush grass, and scattered blossoms. Surprised by this, he proceeded further, wanting to exhaust the forest..."

"..."

"Liu Ziji from Nanyang, a noble scholar, learned of this and joyously planned to visit. He did not succeed, fell ill, and died, and thereafter, no one else inquired about it."

This narration, familiar to anyone who has undergone nine years of compulsory education, from Tao Yuanming’s "The Peach Blossom Diary."

Wang Hao frowned, staring at the text.

With a Seven-star difficulty, no clue could be meaningless.

The next moment, the fog in Peach Blossom Village seemed to be forcibly parted by a giant hand.

Two children rowed their small boat, exhausted, out of the dense fog and screamed in delight upon seeing a town in the distance.

The town was not bustling, but one could faintly see a few bright lights and hear the barking of a yellow dog, signifying a normal human world.

However, it wasn’t long before the older child seemed to change his mind and wanted to return to the village.

"Brother, why do you want to go back? We finally made it out! Why do you want to go back?!" The silly little brother cried out loudly with snot dripping down, "If you go back, you’ll die... that place... you’ll die!"

In the film, the ’main character’ turned his head and smiled as he said, "One day, you’ll understand. Some things can be done tomorrow, but some must be done today."

"If we miss today, tomorrow will be very hard to make up for."

"Come on, you go ahead to that town. One day, you’ll understand this!"

Amidst the little brother’s confusion, worry, and anger, the main character resolutely returned to the fog...

Flowers from both shores fell in profusion, peach blossoms bloomed, and the small boat sailed through the thick fog, as darkness was about to fall.

"I" had arrived back in Paradise.

A temple came into view, bearing the name "Ganlu Temple" written in three large characters.

This temple was located on the east side of Peach Blossom Village, small in size, about twenty square meters, with some damage at the edges revealing holes through which cold wind occasionally blew.

There was no door, perhaps it had been chopped down for firewood.

In the center of the temple’s stove, a half-human-height statue of Buddha was enshrined, with its head split in two, appearing quite terrifying.

Nevertheless, this temple could at least provide shelter from the wind and rain. In this haunted place of Peach Blossom Village, where there were hardly any normal creatures and darkness brought tremendous risk, it was the only refuge available.

"Hey, my friends, I’m back."

"Now what should I do, take on the Blood Demon barehanded?"

[Main Quest: Stop the "Subordinate Demon God - Blood Thirst" from rising out of the Etheric Abyss.]

That was the only lonely line of text, no other prompts... nothing at all.

Taking a deep breath and feeling a surge of adrenaline in my body, the pressure was immense!

The game scene had officially begun.

Wang Hao found that he could move his body, opened his character attribute panel, and checked the items he was carrying.

[Avatar]

[Name: ??]

[Age: 10]

[Physique: 60]

[Spiritual Strength: 300]

[Superpower: Bullet Time, Beast Intuition.]

A simple description, the superpowers were brought in, slightly stronger than before, the Physique had improved from 59 in the "Paradise" scenario to 60, but the main character was still helpless against any monster.

[Items Carried: Biaozi’s fur cape, a broken mirror, Blood Ginseng, Mysterious Compass, a rusty kitchen knife, a small amount of water, and some flour-like food for restoring SAN value, roughly a three-day supply.]

Letters from Black-clothed Guard Li Xianfeng and notes from missing children had been taken by the brother.

"Finding that township at the foot of the mountain, my brother should be able to survive on his own..."

Wang Hao sighed lightly in his heart; he felt quite empathetic towards his foolish brother.

Game system prompted: [It’s gotten dark, you feel a slight chill, and your mobility has decreased by 20%]

He quickly donned Biaozi’s fur cape, wrapping it tightly around himself.

Biaozi was truly a fine creature, providing warmth even in death.

Soon, the "cold" debuff disappeared.

As he checked the items, the sky gradually darkened.

But then again, a Seven Stars difficulty scenario with only one main quest prompt, no helpers, poor equipment, and a trustworthy brother gone, left him with no clues, only able to passively wait for the storyline to unfold.

Anyway, in the first loop, he hadn’t expected to clear it, just to experience the difficulty.

After two or three minutes, the sound of rowing came from outside the temple.

"Whoosh, whoosh..."

Very faint, as if the person was deliberately lowering the rhythm of the paddles.

Wang Hao’s expression changed: "Is it a human? It shouldn’t be an encounter with a creature so soon, probably just part of the inherent plot. After all, at this moment, I really can’t defeat a Blood Demon."

He went to the entrance and took a closer look.

A team of about seven or eight people was rowing a small boat through the thick white fog.

They held flashlights and other lighting tools in their hands, with small beams of flashlight light shining over.

"The fog has cleared! The fog has cleared! Haha, we’ve found the place."

"There’s a temple on the riverbank, it says... ’Ganlu Temple’... just like in the records!" These people seemed extremely excited, even if they deliberately lowered their voices, their voices still faintly carried over.

"There really is a Peach Blossom Village in the world, it really exists!"

"The legendary Fountain of Youth is here! God bless, God bless!"

"Let’s rest at this temple ahead, it’s not safe to proceed in the dark."

These people were speaking Italian, but the game system considerately translated everything in real time.

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