Alternate Dimension Game: Happiness is all that matters!
Chapter 219 - 203: Giant Millstone

Chapter 219: Chapter 203: Giant Millstone

From the Great Science Academy, Number 24, Professor Jin spoke slowly, "Have you ever considered that this might already be a high-dimensional game between the Demon Gods?"

"This was just a minor incident from 20 years ago. It just so happened that you encountered it. The probability of that happening is actually quite small."

"Hmm," Lu Tianming nodded slightly, "Now that I think about it, there is indeed a possibility that the Game deliberately guided this."

Number 12 had a deep connection with the Game, although he was not an official training camp character, he was still inextricably linked.

Without the existence of the Game, he himself might have died in Taoyuan Village, unlikely to survive.

As a result, in the past timeline, he inexplicably took out the anchoring of an "unknown Demon God."

Without the secret guidance of the Game, this matter is a bit hard to explain.

Number 1 cleared his throat and added, "There’s another matter, more than ten years ago, over in Russia, a mass of black fog appeared, codenamed ’Black Fog.’"

"People shrouded in the fog slowly began to lose their appearance, with entire facial skins disappearing. The incident caused dozens of casualties and was classified as a Class C supernatural event. In the end, the black fog was annihilated by thermobaric munitions, which burst out a string of charred human skin fragments."

"Several of those human skin fragments’ DNA components were from the same species as the ’Howling Ghost,’ not of Earth’s. The residual etheric fluctuations bore a high degree of similarity to the unknown ’It.’"

All present couldn’t help but feel slightly agitated.

Using thermobaric munitions in a city... Only the Russians would do something like that...

These confidential documents would not have been disclosed publicly in the past, so the Black-clothed Guard never knew the specific details related to the "Black Fog."

Now with this comparison and analysis, they understood the oddity therein...

If it were just one anomaly, it could be explained as a coincidence, but now that it had happened twice, it meant that the unknown ’It’ had already launched an attack on the Human World.

This is just the information that humanity has discovered; the attacks lurking behind the scenes are countless.

Heinrich’s Law states: behind every serious accident, there are necessarily 29 minor incidents and 300 near-misses, as well as 1000 hidden hazards!

Thinking this way, a heavy pressure surged in one’s heart... A Demon God Level adversary!

Moreover, it could possibly be a Demon God of world-ending caliber!

If you ignore it, it’ll just annihilate the entire world to prove a point!

Fortunately, our side also has a Demon God — the Game.

Both sides have very obvious conflicts.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let me sort out the entire process for you," said Number 24 from the Great Science Academy, Professor Jin.

He stroked his glasses and wrote a series of logical events on the screen.

"First, the one certain thing is that the Game had a direct conflict with some unknown Demon God ’It’. The final result was that the Game, with the aid of a third party’s power, repelled that unknown Demon God. That piece of metal that fell from the sky, we don’t know what exactly it is; it could be an unknown phenomenon of a higher force level, which I will refer to as the ’Giant Millstone’... Let’s presume it’s some Demon God."

In such a serious situation, Number 28, Miss Immortal Bean, couldn’t help but sneak a giggle. The name ’Giant Millstone’... why did it sound so comical?

"The ’Giant Millstone’ may be a neutral entity, with no ether value detected, hence no clues."

"...However, the other two behemoths did not stop there, but engaged in a higher-dimensional game."

"The method of the game is most likely a struggle for anchoring..."

"Unknown ’It’ is trying to remove the Game’s anchoring in our world by some method, to further sink the Game. After all, our world might be the only world where the Game is anchored."

"Similarly, the Game involved itself with ’It,’ either to wrestle control of the other’s world or to protect our own world."

"Of course these are some of my speculations, the accuracy is doubtful, everyone is free to take them as they please... The thought patterns of these idealistic beings are fundamentally different from humans."

"Speak freely, without reservation!"

The Black-clothed Guard has always promoted "speaking freely."

There are too many strange and unusual things in the world; as long as the probability is not zero, anything can happen.

If speech is not free, thought becomes imprisoned.

Thought imprisoned, humanity stops making progress.

Someone else asked, "Does ’it’ have its own code name?"

"According to international sources, several Prophets have named it ’Illusion Truth.’ Yes, that’s the conjectured Demon God that might exist."

Illusion Truth!

Everyone gasped in shock.

A Demon God’s code name is not chosen carelessly; it requires a certain degree of information but cannot use the real name. Otherwise, it becomes easy for the Demon God to strike back.

And ’Illusion Truth’ is that kind of conjectured "potentially existing" Demon God.

For instance, the well-known ’Mandela Effect’ was thought to be triggered by ’Illusion Truth.’

Back then, some lamented that the unknown ’phenomena’ were all attributed to Demon Gods, which was irresponsible laziness.

Now that this Demon God truly exists, it is indeed shocking!

"Is this Demon God’s ability related to the mind?" someone asked. "Can ’Illusion Truth’ alter our memories at will? How should we deal with this?"

There’s no solution!

Memory is the core of humanity; if our memories are altered, am I still myself?

"For the time being, we don’t have much information. However, everyone need not worry too much. After all, our world has been painstakingly anchored down by the ’Game’; it’s not likely to give up that easily. Plus, the waters of our world are especially deep."

Number 24 shook his head and said, "Of course, it could also be due to the whims of an ’illusory and elusive’ ’Player’ that the ’Game’ must protect humanity."

Someone else asked, "The Player, is it the ’Giant Millstone’?"

"I don’t know, and I suggest that we refrain from delving into matters beyond our power."

The Black-clothed Guard had largely given up looking for the so-called ’Player,’ since the Player was probably not a proper human being. Even if found, what then? Could we coerce the ’Giant Millstone’?

It seemed unlikely; after all, when they dispatch a millstone, it’s like a whole mountain!

Beyond our ability to provoke.

So, why bother making trouble for ourselves?

Our world runs deep, and humanity struggles to maintain a precarious peace; uncovering more secrets would only destabilize the world further.

It’s wiser to turn a blind eye and maintain world peace.

Seeing that there were no further questions, Number 24 continued to reason, "Our world’s rules are complete, with a vast population and extensive territories. It wouldn’t be so easy for a newcomer Demon God with shallow roots to invade the world."

"Under normal circumstances, ’Illusion Truth’... well, let’s just call it ’Illusion’ for now, would need hundreds to thousands of years to plan, similar to the ’Blood Demon’ that gradually exerted subtle influences on our world."

"But it seems ’Illusion’ has chosen not to do so, instead attempting to invade a ’segment of the past.’"

"In that segment of the past, two or more anomalies — anchored by ’Illusion’ — entered our world, trying to influence our world through the butterfly effect."

"But, they were found by the humans of our world and promptly eliminated."

"Of course, it’s also possible that ’Illusion’ is tentatively probing the strength of the ’Game’ and that the two parties have engaged in a clash at the computational level."

This statement might sound a bit convoluted, but it isn’t complicated to understand.

A freshly-arrived Demon God will not find it so easy to massively invade the world.

The fundamental reason is the insufficient number of ’anchors,’ which makes it incredibly difficult for ’Illusion’ to project its power.

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(Although this is a bit brief, I’m still asking for a monthly ticket! The author is adjusting their state, hoping to get past this rough patch of writer’s block soon!)