Alternate Dimension Game: Happiness is all that matters!
Chapter 249 - 229: Immortal Level Fire Spark: Dragon!

Chapter 249: Chapter 229: Immortal Level Fire Spark: Dragon!

Playing games is all about fun; that’s the most important thing. Depth, art, educational value, emotional impact, open-world sandboxes, and the like are all secondary bonus points.

If it doesn’t bring joy, then it’s definitely a flop.

"The last hospital scenario was pretty good, could work as a TV script, but it wasn’t much fun to play because even when you solve the puzzle, you don’t defeat the enemy. Instead, you feel their overwhelming power. Can humans even defeat these things?"

"Also, you guys make the Game too slow, the most critical thing is the production speed, it’s too slow, too short! There’s too little content; it can only become an idle game."

"As long as there’s enough content, a crappy script isn’t really a problem."

After a flurry of such guidance, I felt good, really good.

This is the joy of being a keyboard warrior, dispensing advice far and wide!

The simple survey ended with a flash of light.

[Thank you for participating in this survey, game points +100.]

[Your current points total: 14,700.]

Wang Hao couldn’t help but roll his eyes. Do I really need your hundred points now? Instead of wasting time on surveys, why not hurry up and make the Game?

Next, he clicked on the five-star gift pack, and a familiar roulette spun once again.

Since he had caught up with the game development progress, Wang Hao wasn’t as excited as the first two times; even if he got something good, it didn’t really matter. 1-3 star simple scenarios don’t need any props, and harder scenarios can’t really be acquired.

He just watched the roulette needle point to a red button. (The five-star difficulty roulette has red as the highest level.)

A red light flashed.

A glinting, golden roulette-like prop appeared before his eyes.

"I knew I’d draw the best again; there’s no need for any special expectations."

Wang Hao said somewhat arrogantly, "This game can’t escape the power of luck. When will it give me a lousy white surprise?!"

[Congratulations! You have obtained the "Time-Space Roulette." You can now draw "Epic," "Immortal," or "Mythic" level Talents for your "Reincarnated as an Oddity" game!]

[Each draw costs 100 points!]

[Note: There’s a 90% probability of drawing Immortal Level Talent, a 9% probability of getting Immortal Level Talent, and a 1% chance to obtain Mythic Level Talent.]

"Why is it ’Reincarnated as an Oddity’ again? Is this even considered a reward?" Wang Hao always felt like this game was a money pit, specifically designed to deplete his game points.

But then he saw the next sentence.

[The oddities you create will be hostile to the current main storyline Demon God, "Moon of Illusion," and may cause it trouble.]

[The stronger the oddity created, the more trouble it brings. When the "Moon of Illusion" sustains 50% damage, you will receive the last clue.]

"Just participated in a survey, and now it’s realized?"

Wang Hao rubbed his hands together, a bit excited: "Or is it that the game designers had already considered this content beforehand?"

To be fair, "Reincarnated as an Oddity" is quite playable, a pretty excellent Roguelike game with good replayability.

But the difficulty...

It’s just ridiculous!

Etheric Abyss is not a place for ordinary life to survive; death can come at any moment.

A newly born slipper animalcule could encounter acid, flames, hail, or even be caught by monkeys for study—almost enough to write "Ten Thousand Ways to Die!"

Only with strong "Innate Talent" can one survive.

The normal lottery costs ten points a go, quite cheap, but the best Talent you can draw is just "Rare" level, so the strongest oddity you end up with is "Stone Buddha." And then this guy just inexplicably turns into stone.

But with this Time-Space Roulette, I can draw "Epic," "Immortal," or "Mythic" level Talents, enhancing the playability of the game significantly.

"It’s kind of tempting," Wang Hao swallowed, "but also kind of expensive."

Looking at the 14,700 points in his pocket, he clicked.

[Your current points total: 14,600]

The roulette began spinning.

[Congratulations, you have obtained an Immortal Level Fire Spark: Dragon!]

[In the dark and lightless Etheric Abyss, amidst the endless tide of information, a one in quadrillions chance of Innate Immortal—Dragon—was born. Right now, you are very weak and need to avoid those powerful enemies, but one day, you will grow to become a Demon God that makes all the worlds tremble.]

[Now you can control this Immortal Level character on adventures in the Etheric Abyss.]

[You need to guide the Dragon to become a true Demon God.]

A golden flame jumped out from the screen. From within the flame, you could vaguely see an eye filled with majesty, with flowing light in its pupil like solar prominences churning around the sun.

One look and you knew that this Talent was quite extraordinary.

"I drew an Immortal level just like that?" Wang Hao perked up, "9% probability, my luck’s not bad."

As for why I didn’t draw Mythic, it must be some sort of reserved item.

The viewpoint shifted to the "Dragon’s" perspective, facing a formidable opponent: a green hairy ball-like creature baring its teeth, its cilia moving about, trying to kill it.

"Begin the Dragon’s adventure!"

Wang Hao sat up straight, his face serious.

This guy was born the size of a soybean, way stronger than those single-cell weaklings!

After some operations, a prompt popped up: [The Dragon has died.]

[Cause of death: Eaten by a wild ball monster juvenile.]

He was stunned, his eyes wide open, shouting to the heavens, "I just fumbled a bit... why are the wild beasts so fierce?"

"My Immortal Level Talent just vanished like that?!"

He couldn’t accept it!

But soon, he discovered a prompt on the screen: "Would you like to spend 10 points to revive ’Dragon’ (LV1)? Please note: the higher the level, the higher the revival cost."

A revival fee of 10 points was actually quite cheap.

And so, with trembling hands, Wang Hao started his day’s journey.

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At the next-door "Aunty’s Dumplings," with their thin skins and generous fillings, a light bite released a rich burst of flavor that assaulted Ling Pingzhi’s taste buds.

The taste was simply soul-stirring!

Much better than anything like human souls.

So much so that with every bite, he couldn’t help but let out a sigh of "ah," as if he were enjoying some rare delicacies.

"Another serving of pan-fried dumplings, please!" Ling Pingzhi shouted. In front of him were 5 plates, and he had likely already devoured more than sixty dumplings.

"Young man, eating so much, won’t that cause problems? It’s easy to get indigestion, poor digestion, constipation, diarrhea," the kind-hearted Aunty said.

"No worries, my body is very healthy," Ling Pingzhi called carelessly, "I get terribly hungry if I skip a meal."

Now Mr. "Ling Pingzhi" had to eat Aunty’s dumplings every day! A hundred at a time!

Of course, enjoying pleasures derived from humans also meant bearing human flaws.

The most painful thing for him was—defecating. Perhaps due to overeating leading to indigestion, and his dislike for vegetables, Ling Pingzhi found himself severely constipated.

So much so that he had to spend enormous amounts of time each day, squatting in the stall, struggling with his stool.

"Why do humans need to defecate, that’s the question."

As he philosophized in his mind, he became a philosopher: "If we eat only to excrete, then what’s the point of eating? Perhaps eating is just for excreting after all? Seems somewhat reasonable... Actually, defecating can be quite joyous."

A Demon God, as an idealistic being, does not need to defecate.

Suddenly, a blue light flickered in the space.

One flash!

Two flashes!

Three flashes!

It was as if a cold wind from Siberia had frozen the surrounding space-time.

"Who are you fighting with again? Hasn’t ’Moon of Illusion’ been defeated yet? Why are you fighting again?" Ling Pingzhi huddled his neck, also frozen in time.

But at least as a Subordinate Demon God, his thoughts still functioned normally.

The blue light point did not offer any response.

However, in the next moment, a terrifyingly powerful force erupted in the café on the second floor!

This massive force, like the sun, was boundless and infinite, traversing vast distances in an instant, breaking through the time freeze!

Fortunately, this sun-like "force" was not targeting humans; under the influence of the blue light, it shot straight into the sky, heading toward the moon...

A few seconds later, the frozen space-time was released once again.

Ling Pingzhi looked at the ceiling, dumbfounded.

People were bustling in and out of the restaurant. It was as if the scene from moments ago had never happened.

Thanks to the summer vacation, the restaurant owner’s daughter helping out in the shop brought over a large bowl, saying with a pleasant voice, "Your soup dumplings!"

"Oh, oh!"

Ling Pingzhi ate his dumplings with caution, like a little schoolboy who had learned his lesson.

Speaking to himself and addressing the speck of blue light: "What was that just now, it didn’t feel like a destructive force, but rather... creation?"

"Who is that gentleman at the internet café, may I know? Oh? I can’t know, alright, that’s understandable."

"And what’s that Time-Space Roulette thing, why is it placed at the edge of the well? It seems so troublesome, does it match my stature?"

His true form, a well.

Located in the Game Training Camp.

Providing one drop of well water each month.

But now, something that looked like a grinding stone had been placed at the side of the well.

This thing seemed ordinary, and indeed... it was also just ordinary? Merely a decorative item made of gold.

With his territory encroached upon, Ling Pingzhi was a bit irritated.

"Huh?" Ling Pingzhi swallowed hard, "It’s really just a decorative piece!"

"But if he believes it’s not just a decoration, then it’s not a decoration? He thinks it’s a Time-Space Roulette, so it’s the real Time-Space Roulette? Is that really so!"

He couldn’t help but breathe rapidly.

What kind of ability was this!

Absolutely breathtaking!

Creation is much more difficult than destruction.