Alternate Dimension Game: Happiness is all that matters!
Chapter 178 - 165: Funding! Funding!!

Chapter 178: Chapter 165: Funding! Funding!!

"The ambition of the ’Game’ is indeed significant, this place is clearly not solely prepared for humans."

"Could there also be goblins, dwarves, or some kind of creatures that live in magma? Parallel worlds..."

The mention of parallel worlds once again sparked a heated discussion within the Black-clothed Guard.

Who said that the ’Game’ could only be anchored to one world?

"This big square might be a key trading area in the future."

"We should secure some good spots."

"You’re right, maybe buy some land? Spending some money would be worth it."

Although the square was large, it would take an hour to circle it with an electric car, comparable to the scale of a small county town. But the best locations were always limited.

The citizens of Great Xia Country, stirred by the desire to speculate in real estate.

Of course, the ’Game’ would never allow free riding, everything comes with a "reasonable" price. Empty land might not compare to the World Tree, but it still costs money to purchase.

"Do you want to spend points to lease a portion of the land?"

"All buildings you construct in this square will be under strict property protection."

"Your current affiliation: Black-clothed Guard."

"Number of fixed assets owned: 0."

"Please note: The more land you purchase, the higher the leasing price will be. The current price is 1 point for 3 square meters/50 years. After purchasing land, you will receive one-time free building generation (limited to ordinary building materials and a complexity not exceeding 1.15 engineering coefficient. The renewal fee will be somewhat reduced.)"

"The ’Game’ is really a Zhou Bapi-level businessman, very shrewd calculations... well, actually not too expensive. Mr. 24, why don’t we spend some money and buy a piece of land? Then it would be nice to build some houses too. Without a house, we can only sleep on the streets."

Mr. 24 took a deep breath, felt the budget for this operation, and said indignantly, "No buying!"

"Don’t rush to buy!"

If you had to spend money to rent land, that was one thing, but the prices would rise, and real estate speculation could lead to losses.

All he could think about was getting a free ride!

Over the headset came the voice of Old Man No. 1: "Indeed, if the land prices keep rising, we need to plan each building’s function carefully. Don’t rush it, we have no competitors now, we are the first."

"We also need to spend time planning the budget."

The budget is an eternal problem!

Mr. 24 took another deep breath after seeing so many things, his brain inevitably began to heat up.

Not just him, the other four were all feeling their foreheads burn.

Mr. 24 remembered the highlight of this trip: "Let’s go, let’s try that Magic Cube Processing Machine, and see what it’s all about..."

"You get two free teleportation opportunities per day, don’t waste them."

As they crossed through the light ring, a holographic map of the Game Training Camp appeared in their minds: the airport, tank training camp, parade ground, medical post, Sea of Ether, Weird Forest, and so on.

They could transport through this light circle to various functional areas of the training camp; they also could return to the "Taishan Altar" in reality.

"You have chosen ’Super Ancient Magic Cube Level Precision Processing Machine.’ This direction is unobstructed, and the transmission will proceed smoothly."

The next second, a flash of light passed.

The five of them arrived around 500 meters from the "Super Ancient Magic Cube Level Precision Processing Machine."

Everyone’s emotions were not calm, their hearts beating wildly.

"It’s really big!"

Filled with curiosity, they crossed that boundary line.

A paradoxical atmosphere of scorching heat and icy cold struck their faces.

More reminders flooded into their minds — this device could synthesize Strange Objects, a highlight of the Game Training Camp!

The dense instructions text, easily numbering in the thousands.

"Welcome to use the pinnacle creation of Atlantis civilization: Magic Cube Level Precision Processing Machine."

"Atlantis civilization? Were there such a civilization in the past few epochs?"

"I don’t know, I think it might be from a pinnacle civilization of Parallel Worlds."

"According to known information, the past few epochs weren’t as advanced as us now, they probably couldn’t build such a machine."

Humans actually have quite a sense of self-awareness, Earthlings definitely can’t be considered the pinnacle among low entropy beings.

In the parallel worlds, there likely exist stronger "humans."

Of course, these "humans," compared to Earthlings, might look similar, sort of like the differences between Homo sapiens, Neanderthals, Denisovans, and Dragonfolk...

It’s possible there could be reproductive isolation between them, or perhaps not, allowing interbreeding for superior genes.

Another theory posits that Earthlings might have originated from refugees who fled to this world from a parallel universe.

"Let’s not talk about these baseless things... those ancient history papers are simply too superficial."

Mr. 24 took a deep breath as he approached the massive machine.

The first function was repair and duplication: "Based on the provided materials and molds, replicate identical or lower efficacy Strange Objects. (If materials are insufficient, replication may fail.)"

This single statement triggered a strong exploratory interest within the expedition team.

Repair and duplication?!

The second feature is synthesis: "According to the materials provided, combine them to create Strange Objects with unknown abilities. The success rate is determined by the performance of the materials and the processing method."

"You can also provide precise design drawings for effective assembly of materials."

The screen displayed three options, "Rough Processing," "Fine Processing," and "Ultra-precision Processing," each requiring different amounts of "source."

Ultra-precision Processing required more than 100 times the "source" of Rough Processing, but it also produced better Strange Objects.

"This machine is incredible."

"It’s a pity we can’t study its internal working principle."

Number 24 said grumpily, "Get real, there’s no free lunch in this world. ’Game’ lending us this machine is already a friendly gesture."

"I bet it will take some tax from us..."

He swallowed a gulp of saliva and touched the massive machine that rivaled a mountain, its touch cold, somewhat metallic, yet with a certain degree of elasticity.

There were 30,000 "Rough Processing" furnaces, 1,500 "Fine Processing" furnaces, and 3 "Ultra-precision Processing" furnaces.

The machine could operate multiple furnaces simultaneously.

Of course, the 3 "Ultra-precision Processing" furnaces, like small mountains, were probably too expensive for humans to play with.

It was foreseeable that if this machine truly worked reliably, this would become the primary workplace for these scientists in the future.

"Let’s begin."

The first attempt at synthesis involved a Rune Blade that had shattered into several pieces.

This blade had completely broken during a certain mission.

But the runes on it hadn’t been completely destroyed and still carried a hint of mysterious Supernatural Characteristics.

These fragments were placed into a circular chamber, along with some standard materials used to make Rune Blades.

He clicked the "Repair" button and chose "Rough Processing."

A prompt appeared on the huge screen: "Please place a certain amount of ’source.’ If the amount of ’source’ is insufficient during ’Rough Processing,’ the processing might fail."

Number 24, Jin Bowen swallowed saliva, "Add more, add a bit more."

He cautiously pre-placed 1,000 units of source.

These mysterious Ideal Energy units, each about 10 grams, shone like individual sparkling diamonds.

1,000 units, already half of the current amount they carried.

If "Rough Processing" didn’t consume all 1,000 units of source, the remainder would be returned, not all used up.

Of course, whether ’Game’ quietly took some tax or not, no one knew...

In the expectations of Number 24 and others, as long as the cost wasn’t too high, even if ’Game’ charged some fees, they could accept it.

Only through mutual benefit could there be longevity.

An orange light emanated from the processing chamber.

The chamber started spinning at high speed like a washing machine, the light slowly changing from orange to red, then gradually to green, constantly changing like a rainbow.

Even a special camera couldn’t clearly see what was happening inside.

In just one minute, the light faded.

The lid of the chamber opened.

The shattered Rune Blade had been restored to a knife as good as new!

Everyone held their breath, witnessing this astounding scene.

The overseeing doctor, ecstatic, said, "Professor, it really... it only used 53 units of source, the remaining 947 units were all returned! Oh, and it used about ten percent of the materials."

"This Rune Blade has been restored to its original form and is usable again!"

Only 53 units of source!

Number 24 held his breath, taking the Rune Blade. The surface Cicada Wing Rune emitted a faint glow, indeed restored as new.

His mind raced with more possibilities.

In his eyes, this machine had essentially turned into a gold and silver mine.

This price... much cheaper than expected.

Although Rune Blades could be mass-produced, their capacity wasn’t large and the manufacturing cost was quite high, personally forged by old lady number 3.

But old lady number 3, advanced in years, couldn’t forge continuously.

Old lady number 3 had taken a few apprentices, but well... this kind of thing required a very high personal Talent; some things, if not doable, really weren’t doable.

In the expectations of the Academy of Science, using 200 units of source plus raw materials to repair a blade wouldn’t be considered a loss.

But now, repairing one with just 53 units and using only a tenth of the materials was a huge profit!

"Did you hear that? This machine can repair broken items and duplicate them!" Number 24 couldn’t help but shout into his headset, "Hurry and go abroad to buy those damaged Strange Objects! The damaged kind!"

They were all money, shiny Silver, funds!

Most of the broken Strange Objects could be repaired, he was nearly on fire with excitement.

Great Xia Country was about to make a fortune out of the blue, a substantial amount for sure!