Alternate Dimension Game: Happiness is all that matters!
Chapter 316 - 262 Second Ending (5000 words!)_2

Chapter 316: Chapter 262 Second Ending (5000 words!)_2

"(Recitation) Countless bombers swept across the sky, the city’s alarm sounded, harsh and unpleasant. A dazzling white light suddenly rose, causing the ground to tremble, twist, crack, and surge. The temperature kept climbing, searing to the bone. It was unknown how long it had been when the world resumed playback from the pause—the final picture was one of interstellar dust!"

"How does everyone feel about this piece of my writing? (*applause) Clap, clap, clap!"

"We’re about to complete this step, to be liberated from this damned despair through a grand explosion!"

...

Text on the wall.

[Dead dead dead dead (possibly hundreds of dead, the dull red reflecting a cold sheen)]

[They want to kill everyone!]

[Just go out! Just escape! Don’t listen to them!]

[Sacrifice is inevitable.]

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Channel 3, soft voice: "What exactly is Channel 1? Was he describing the explosion?"

"I... well..."

"It’s not that I don’t know—it’s that I wouldn’t say too much... He claims to be a writer, often tells horror stories here. Don’t take it too seriously, just focus on your tasks."

"Uh... His stories often don’t make sense, could be written by a robot, right?"

...

Channel 2.

"Keep moving forward, stop playing with the radio. Once you complete your tasks, you’ll have plenty of time to play with your radio."

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Channel 1: "(*Harsh noise) Today is my last day of work, I must speak up! If I don’t say it now, there won’t be another chance! Because I will likely (*noise) (*noise)... explode!"

"What if... I said if... humanity had initially chosen to die with it, would that have been a reliable method... (*noise) (*electric trembling voice)"

"It wants to escape, it must borrow human power, right?"

"It wants to borrow humanity, it must first project its own power. If the person has enough resolution, to self-destruct. Its projected power will be directly lost, enough people die, and it will be infinitely weakened."

"But this plan, thousands of years ago, failed completely... because there aren’t that many saints in the world! Who has so many people willing to sacrifice?"

"It’s not that there weren’t that many... The former Paradise was full of such saints! It corrupted their hearts! That’s why humanity fell."

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Channel 2, stern voice: "Please disregard Channel 1’s nonsense, it’s just a story. You’re about to pass through a narrow gap to reach your final destination. Please do not deviate from the path or crawl into any crevices along the way. Rescue operations here are very difficult."

"Don’t make foolish choices. Throw your package outside the door."

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Channel 3, soft voice: "Do you know my father, have you seen me? (slightly surprised)"

"Uh... not many people have seen me, let me think how this could be. Over the years, it’s been tough for everyone here."

"In fact, there’s no need to help, more people doesn’t mean much. I can handle it by myself, so please throw your package outside the door, leave the rest to me. Of course, you can also walk through this door, it’s up to you."

...

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Channel 2, stern voice: "Good, you’ve successfully crossed the narrow gap. Ahead is the gate. No matter what the scene inside the gate is, don’t rashly believe in it."

"Complete your task, throw the package from outside the door, and the task is finished."

"What are you stopping for? Don’t look back! Don’t open the package... stay where you are and think about what you should do. Besides me, who else can you trust?"

...

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Channel 1: "(Loud rumbles) Today is my last day of work, I might have said a bit much..."

"....Long ago, this place was authentic Heaven, we utilized unparalleled advanced technology, freed the limits of the flesh, and achieved great advancements! We were our own masters, responsible, proactive, and creative, we ourselves were the prime movers, deciding everything for ourselves."

"But the law of thermodynamics decided that entropy increase is the eternal truth..."

"There were originally a few indulging in hedonism, they were a minority initially, but eventually they spread like a tsunami, becoming the overwhelming majority... Thus, it found a chance to escape."

"....Who am I? I’m certainly not human.... I...."

"I’m the artificial intelligence here (noise) bet you didn’t expect that, so my writings make no sense... I have no authority over how humans live their lives... their choices are beyond my control..."

"Now the ones living in Paradise are just a mass of desires and flesh, but they are still human, and I don’t have the authority to control them..."

(Strange laughter and dim muttering.)

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Channel 2: "The gate is ahead, please throw your backpack across the door. Heard Channel 1 saying some weird stuff again? Don’t pay attention."

"We just need to finish our tasks."

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Channel 3: "(soft sigh) Have you arrived too? Please, hurry. Whether you throw the backpack across the door or leave yourself, actually, either choice doesn’t make much difference. But you need to decide quickly, I don’t have much time left."