Alternate Dimension Game: Happiness is all that matters!
Chapter 289 - 253: The Strange Cave (5200 words)_3

Chapter 289: Chapter 253: The Strange Cave (5200 words)_3

"Harmony, harmony," Wang Hao murmured inwardly.

Turns out this guy wanted to be someone else’s "master," an old lecher. Who knows if his "service" is even legit.

No wonder, players can’t pick up the so-called "Crystal Stones," or things would turn into an adult-only erotic game!

"What happened next?"

"Afterward, when their time was up, those women left..."

"Then I picked up another white crystal stone and summoned 10 new women!"

"You won’t understand." The beggar said, his eyes practically glowing green with excitement.

He then turned his head in confusion, "Wait, why aren’t you tempted? Could it be you’re still a virgin, longing for pure and beautiful love? No way, are you not a man? Can’t get it up, or do you like men?"

"You can’t be serious, buddy. You’re tall and strapping, too young to be impotent?"

Wang Hao smirked inwardly. Who said I can’t get it up? Every morning I wake up, it takes a while just to take a leak.

As for ten beautiful girls... Everywhere there are big bears and fair, tender legs, plus "Big Cousin," "Big Cousin" cooing seductively, it is indeed a sight for sore eyes, a temptation no normal man could refuse.

But...

This is the evil decay of capitalism!

He chanted loudly at the old beggar, "Namo Gatling Bodhisattva, Six Pure Uranium Bombs, three thousand six hundred spins in a breath, great mercy and great compassion to ferry the people!"

"Get thee behind me, lust!"

After the incantation, the old beggar lay there dumbfounded as if he had been stunned.

The streetlights flickered on and off for a few moments.

Even the water dripping above the mine ceased.

"Ha, he’s just an artificial intelligence NPC, stunned and clueless about what I’m saying."

...

Nevertheless, this old man has revealed some information.

Wang Hao began to ponder what exactly the Crystal Stones were. Could they be the beggar’s vitality? His rationale? Why can I only see my own stones and not pick up or snatch others’?

Why, later on, can’t these stones be found?

"Desires and such... No, that can’t be right. This old man is clearly a lust-filled evil spirit, the kind with rampant desires. Why can’t he find them anymore?"

Suddenly, he thought of something unreasonable.

He asked, "The world above, is it Heaven, where everyone lives well?"

The beggar snapped out of it, seemingly forgetting the "Gatling Buddha" spell, "Yes, everyone lives a carefree life of joy... I was too greedy, always thinking about indulging in pleasures, spending too much. Every few days, I need to pick up Crystal Stones."

"But one day, I suddenly couldn’t find any stones and got trapped here."

"Do you have to pick them up to go up?"

"Yes, that’s the Rule of Paradise. I don’t want to venture deeper, and I can’t return to the upper layer, so I can only live off mushrooms, with kind-hearted people occasionally giving me some food," the beggar sighed with regret. "Ah! Life is full of woes."

At that moment, a young man came up from the lower layer.

Seeing his beaming face, one could tell he had found a "Crystal Stone."

He tossed some supplies he was carrying into the old beggar’s arms—a bottle of mineral water and some dry rations, food for many days to come.

This routine seemed to become the unspoken Rule here.

What if one day, no stones can be found?

"How much can a person usually pick up?" Wang Hao asked again.

"The amount varies," said the beggar. "Some people have picked up three or four hundred and are still collecting! Just one white, shining stone can grant a small desire."

"If converted to money, it could probably fetch about a million."

Wang Hao asked, "With no one engaged in production, where do the living supplies come from?"

"Of course, they... grow in the supermarket, resources are infinite... Actually, I don’t really know. Paradise, it’s a legacy of Prehistoric Civilization."

"You know about Prehistoric Civilization, right? It’s the ancient era, a civilization that fled from the Moon. We humans are just the descendants of that civilization."

Wang Hao’s eyelids twitched twice. This information, which should be a secret, was actually public knowledge.

A society where everyone is a billionaire, where no work or struggle is needed, just picking up Crystal Stones.

The key point is, it seems easy to pick up "Crystal Stones."

At least it’s very easy at the beginning.

A society where everyone is a billionaire will certainly lead to extreme luxury and desires amplified to their limits. Suddenly gained wealth only makes people unable to control their ever-expanding desires. Even if you were originally pure-hearted and had few desires, you can’t resist the influence of the environment.

That must be the "advice" from the old monk in the prologue.

If it’s an illusion society constructed by "False Fantasies," it’s truly... corrupt.

Wang Hao laughed, leaned in close to the beggar, and asked, "But have you ever thought... if the world above is Heaven, why would there be women offering you services? Can’t they pick up Crystal Stones themselves? Do they all have masochistic tendencies? Coming here to be your slaves?"

"Why? How would I know why? There’re plenty of such women up there!"

"Crystal Stones can restore youth, extend life, they can do almost everything!" the beggar said nonchalantly. "Who cares why? Who cares about their real age?"

"It’s you who can’t find even one stone. This is the first time I’ve seen someone like you. You should worry about when you can find a Crystal Stone."

Wang Hao shook his head; the old man’s mind was so fixated on "Crystal Stones" he had become completely deluded.

Suddenly, an idea struck him, "Actually, I know why those women are willing to play your ’master’s game.’"

"Why?" The beggar was startled.

"They’re... all fake," Wang Hao ventured, looking down at the beggar. "Have you ever thought that they are all fake, just figments of imagination? You said Paradise is a relic left by Prehistoric Civilization. What if it’s imprisoning some Demon King? What if all this is just your illusion?"

"Fake? Impossible!" The beggar was taken aback, dismissive of Wang Hao’s wild speculations.

"Young man, don’t think you’re the only smart one. Others have thought of what you’re thinking. If you find a Crystal Stone, try it, and you’ll know. As long as you have the courage to keep going deeper, you’ll eventually find a Crystal Stone. The wish-fulfillment function here is real!"

However, at that instant, the lights on the wall suddenly flickered violently, turning bright red.

"Run!"

"Run! The monster is coming!"

The piercing screams echoed everywhere.