Alternate Dimension Game: Happiness is all that matters!
Chapter 182 - 169: Shocking News

Chapter 182: Chapter 169: Shocking News

The spokesperson for the Black-clothed Guard reported on stage, "The Demon God, a major threat to the world’s operation. However, human strength can hardly kill the Demon God completely."

"The discovery of this unknown Demon God dated back two months ago. The specific time was ****, in the Meili Empire, New York, Empire Building, where a fire occurred, leading ultimately to an unknown woman burning a Blood Ginseng. Her purpose remains unclear."

"Hmm?" Roger, the director of the Mysterious Bureau, was momentarily stunned.

His memory was excellent, and it seemed... there was such an incident?

Originally, the report was about a group of tycoons who held an underground auction. Such events were too common to concern themselves with before the actual outbreak of the Blood Demon disaster.

Among the Strange Objects, one was burned by a woman.

At that time, they searched for a long period but could not find the main culprit.

Could this Demon God control humans?

Whispers filled the hall.

Nobody wanted to be controlled.

The Black-clothed Guard continued reporting, "... The earliest incident influenced by this Demon God occurred five hundred years ago, codenamed ’destruction of Li Family Village’, temporarily assessed as a C-level impact event."

"But we cannot exclude the possibility of earlier influenced events, we just do not know these pieces of information currently. One of our Investigators, who traveled through time, was controlled by it and personally experienced this event."

"After that, the Time River was partially controlled, causing a minor butterfly effect..."

Such matters were actually quite serious. If Einstein’s mother had been killed before Einstein’s birth, who wouldn’t be terrified?

Yet, humans were powerless to stop it.

After all, if Einstein had not been born, who would know this was a genius capable of impacting human progress?

Of course, the Time River is a complex multivariable entity, and even the Demon God cannot completely control it. This is the only consolation humans have.

The Black-clothed Guard did not give the audience much time to think, continuing, "The most significant event influenced by this Demon God is the recent Blood Demon incident, with an impact level of S-grade. It is suspected that by altering the timelines, creating a Saint, the Blood Demon was subjugated."

"Simultaneously, this unknown Demon God, through the influence of the S-grade event, anchored our world’s history."

"The achievements of this Saint have been recognized by Gaia consciousness. We have no choice but to follow its instructions to complete the final task: as long as one tree is dealt with, the Blood Demon will sink."

The previous news was rather mundane. The impact levels of events are clearly delineated in the international community.

But the subsequent report was astonishing, explosive!

Was everything designed by this unknown Demon God? Even the solution to the S-grade event was planned by this Demon God?!

For example, D-grade events, which could cause single or double-digit casualties, often include general homicides.

Whereas a C-grade event results in hundreds of deaths.

Following this classification, the two World Wars were categorized as A+ grade events, causing tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of casualties.

S-grade events can destroy human civilization, bringing major historical shifts.

Of course, the world will not easily perish; even if humanity were eradicated, subsequent intelligent species would evolve.

Just like Homo sapiens replaced Neanderthals, the intelligent life that evolves later might also call themselves "humans", only differing slightly from the previous generation...

A mild discussion erupted in the conference room, everyone feeling suppressed and anxious.

The surfacing of this unknown Demon God was absolutely a historic event; it could be even more difficult to handle than the Blood Demon... Even from the report of the Black-clothed Guard, it was clear that they belonged to entirely different levels.

"Sir Roger, do you know something? Give us some insight," murmured the official from Australia, "The Black-clothed Guard is so serious... it’s like a heavy stone hanging over our hearts!"

"Don’t worry. The old fellows at the Black-clothed Guard have always been very rigorous, with the least trust in the Demon God," Roger chuckled coldly, "They have chosen to cooperate, what’s there to be afraid of?"

"By the way, have you been out and about recently?"

"Outside? It seems like there’s construction going on, all smoky and foul."

Roger laughed, "Exactly... the outer area of the Taishan Altar is under heavy construction, deploying many excavators to dig foundations, with numerous helicopters involved. There could be a thousand workers. They are exhibiting the speed of Great Xia."

"Based on my observations, this sub-base will expand more than tenfold within a year!"

"The new research facility will also be built nearby. Why do you think they chose this small place?"

The official thought for a long time but could not come up with a reason.

The location of the Taishan Altar was indeed just a small place.

Why build a bigger base? This was an internal matter of the Black-clothed Guard; perhaps some leader decided on a whim, what does it have to do with the newly emerged Demon God?

Could the newly appeared Demon God have already been contained?

Impossible. If the Black-clothed Guard had the ability to contain a Demon God, they would have unified the globe long ago!

Wait a minute!!

A terrifying possibility suddenly occurred to him, "The Black-clothed Guard might have established a specific connection with this Demon God, hence they are expanding this base."

Like the contact point between "God" and humanity, located at St. Peter’s Cathedral, the largest church in the world!

"The Black-clothed Guard this time, indeed, has gained tremendous benefits!" Roger exclaimed, "This place will become an international Strange Objects trading market, driving capital circulation; the taxes drawn annually alone are a huge fortune."

"This place will also become an international research center, where geniuses from the East and West gather. This kind of innovative thinking can further advance the development of supernatural disciplines."

In the past, the research and trade of Strange Objects were core interests of various countries.

But now, everything has changed!

Everything will change dramatically!

"Why is this happening?" the officer still didn’t understand why the scientific research team needed to be dispatched here.

Talent is the core of international competition; what interest could make countries willingly dispatch their highest level of talent?

"Because not dispatching would mean falling behind. Think about it, in the past, producing a result every three to five years, spending billions of funds, was considered an outstanding achievement, right? Many times, the investment just went down the drain."

"But from now on, this place might produce results every ten or fifteen days. If you don’t dispatch a research team here, you’re being foolish."

"Ah?!"

Roger was secretly envious: "I finally understand why the Black-clothed Guard wanted to quickly conclude over this Saint. The benefits are too great! Great enough to change the human landscape!"

"Your Excellency Roger, envy is original sin." A female voice came from behind, the famous Divination Wizard, Jenny.

"It’s not exactly envy... but the fortune of the Easterners in recent years has been too good."

...

On the stage, the report from the Black-clothed Guard continued.

But as the data was released, the conference room became uncontrollably lively.

"Based on our preliminary assessment, this unknown Demon God has shown an intention to cooperate with humans. It does not resist humans using some of its functions, provided there is sufficient remuneration... Source is the basic trading unit."

"This unknown Demon God has already anchored a part of human history, the consequences of which are still unclear."

"We have discovered what is suspected to be the actual entity of this unknown Demon God."

The entity? The entity of the Demon God has been discovered?

This was another shocking piece of news.

In fact, discovering the entity is the first step towards containment; Humanity also possesses a few World Level Strange Objects.

But the problem lies in the fact that Demon Gods typically exist by controlling "puppets," akin to machines remotely controlled by hackers.

It seems like the entity has been found, but in reality, it is just a "botnet," hence the Black-clothed Guard used the word "suspected."

"This unknown Demon God has created a vast space, the facilities and scenery inside resemble a luxurious human city."

"The currently available functions are: high-quality healing, curse dispersal, limb repair, increased learning speed, almost risk-free ether ability resonance, synthesis, and repair of Strange Objects..."

Although Roger had already received this news and bought a Transmission Watch, hearing these reports still caused him to feel annoyed, envious, and even jealous.

He turned his head and glanced at the representative from Korea.

The Korean representative’s eyes widened, murmuring, "Bloodline Ssimeurda..."

The Black-clothed Guard ignored the ongoing discussions and continued, "You can directly enter the space created by this Demon God through the Transmission Watch."

"Among these, we believe the two most important functions are, first, confidential conversation—talking about key information in this space will not trigger other Demon Gods’ rules of murder. With this, we can more easily contain high-risk abnormalities."

"Second is the synthesis and repair of Strange Objects. Research in this area is only in its initial stages and requires substantial funding..."

Moments later, the spacious conference room erupted into the most spirited discussion.

It was truly a sensation!

This was the first time in human history that such a platform-like supernatural phenomenon was encountered!

"Your Excellency, what is the code name of this unknown Demon God?"

"We call it ’Game,’ and it even claims to be a ’Cross-dimensional Game.’"

"How does it control humans?"

"Controlled humans can use a lot of functions for free, which is, in some ways, a good thing."

"What benefits can it bring us?"

"This... I’d rather not explain too much. Only by experiencing it firsthand can you feel it."

"What is its ultimate purpose?"

"I don’t know... It might be to turn our world into an interesting game ground."

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