Alternate Dimension Game: Happiness is all that matters!
Chapter 275 - 249: Investigation and Dream Sending

Chapter 275: Chapter 249: Investigation and Dream Sending

The Moon, mining zone.

Periodic earthquakes caused massive stones to fiercely tumble within the mining pits. These stones could weigh tens of thousands of tons; even under the Moon’s gravity, they could crush a human into a pulp!

Fortunately, the investigation team brought a defensive Strange Object: the Safe House!

This thing was like a giant snail shell with an interior space of about 10 square meters, a small room where humans could control the Safe House to creep forward slowly.

The Safe House had a maximum use time of 28 hours, after which it would forcibly shut down and digest all the materials inside.

"I see it, I see it!"

"Ahead lies a vast magma lake, and that colossal thing is hidden underneath it... The magma spouts come from the Lake Heart Island in the middle!"

"A rough estimate puts the temperature of this magma at 3000 degrees Celsius. Our Safe House can’t withstand this temperature."

The three people discussed anxiously yet excitedly inside the Safe House; their ability to make it here already made them heroes to all of humanity!

Yet, human strength was too insignificant in the face of such a natural disaster.

Even with the maximum support provided by headquarters, they could only protect themselves at best.

As for how to investigate, they were completely at a loss.

Li Qingshan chuckled wryly, "We can’t get any closer; we surely can’t let the Safe House rush into the magma, can we?"

"Our regular equipment can’t withstand such high temperatures; we can only throw Strange Objects into the magma lake for reconnaissance..."

"Alright, let’s use the Strange Objects for reconnaissance, but there’s no guarantee of success."

Jenny took out an exquisite Crystal Ball, a divination item unique to the Gypsies.

These Crystal Balls were quite expensive to produce but could be made repeatedly; losing one wasn’t much of a concern.

And Smith, after hesitating for a while, bravely took out a triangular mirror called the "Vibrating Gold Prism."

Millions of years ago, an ancient meteorite that fell to Earth contained a trace amount of vibrating gold.

When items were blended with vibrating gold, they gained powerful defensive abilities, effectively absorbing kinetic energy and heat.

This mirror also had the ability to scout and could withstand the high temperatures of magma.

"Actually, I don’t think it will work."

Li Qingshan also brought out a Strange Object: a piece of the Kunlun Mirror, an imitation made from Mithril and other mystical materials, also with scouting abilities.

"Let’s start then, do our best and leave the rest to fate."

The three of them threw the three Strange Objects into three different areas of the magma lake.

But something quite unpleasant happened; the three Strange Objects sank one after another as soon as they hit the magma!

They lost contact immediately!

"My Crystal Ball... it’s gone."

"It hasn’t vanished; rather, it’s been affected by a Supernatural Power in the lake, breaking the psychic link with me," Jenny said with a pale face.

"I’m having the same issue," Smith said, holding a screen, "Electromagnetic waves cannot penetrate this magma lake, nor can they transmit information out."

Li Qingshan sighed and discovered the Kunlun Mirror was also disconnected: "All I saw was that the thing spewing magma could be something like a nostril... Once it spouted, it blew my mirror away."

"The plan failed, a powerful entity can’t easily be spied upon."

"Whether it’s active defense or passive defense, it’s tough to deal with it."

The three discussed for a bit.

Even the calmest Li Qingshan didn’t know what to do.

Human efforts sometimes reach their limits, facing such an entity, one truly feels at a loss.

After a while, when headquarters on the Earth’s surface received the report, they replied, "The three of you, our mission this time isn’t to stop its birth or to kill it. We’re here to assess its harmfulness."

"Just clarifying this would mean completing our mission."

"We can’t launch an attack without any intelligence and provoke its animosity."

"Lady Jenny, do you have any inspiration?"

"I don’t have any right now," Jenny said troubled, "Initially, I saw that it wanted to destroy the Moon."

"But now I can’t see anything."

"Is there still no reaction from the ’Game’?"

"None," said the liaison from Earth’s surface, "In fact, the ’Game’ has never actively contacted humankind in writing... It’s never made any demands of humans. It is the head digging tunnels in the well that speaks a few words."

"Has the head’s dialogue changed?"

"No, it’s still urging the Black-clothed Guard to hurry up."

Jenny sighed, "Shall I go out and try? Hiding in the Safe House, inspiration won’t come."

Li Qingshan fell silent for a moment, then nodded, "I’ll accompany you then."

"Smith, you stay in the Safe House to communicate with headquarters and support us."

"Okay."

The two of them exerted great effort to squeeze out of the snail shell.

The dark red magma surged, enveloped by billowing black smoke, and with a thunderous vibration, the ground shook, sending the glowing red rocks flying high into the air only to plunge down, leaving countless fiery streaks in the smoky sky.

Faced with the hellish volcanic landscape, both of them felt an involuntary sense of reverence.

At the same time, their minds brimmed with countless questions: Is there an end to the macroscopic level? Does the microscopic level truly have an end? What is the essence of time? What is the starting point of everything, and where will it go? Is the world truly real or just a construct of consciousness? An endless stream of maddening questions burst from deep within their hearts, one after another.