Alternate Dimension Game: Happiness is all that matters!
Chapter 425 - 299: Pretending Nothing Happened_3

Chapter 425: Chapter 299: Pretending Nothing Happened_3

"Ha, I don’t believe that for a second! You’re clearly just homesick for your game!"

...

...

He had been ill for a bit and needed to recuperate but it didn’t interfere with playing games.

Happy times set off once again.

[Welcome to the Cross-dimensional Game! You have been offline for 10 days, 8 hours, and 19 minutes.]

"Ah... I accidentally logged into the wrong one."

He had fallen in love with another text-based game and, removing the headset, he picked up his phone to start playing "Mountain and Sea Realm".

The wooden door creaked open.

[Foreigner, you’ve finally woken up? You seem to have been asleep for quite a long time.]

[But no matter, let’s set the story in motion once again.]

The plot picks up where "Li Qingshan" took the wooden token and headed for Fenghua City.

A series of characters appeared on the screen.

Playing "Mountain and Sea Realm" once again, Old Wang felt a strange sense of immersion, wanting to follow the "Main Character’s" perspective and understand this dark and mysterious world more deeply.

But his thoughts were not solely confined to the "Main Character", rather, they were from a much higher dimension, like the perspective of the ultimate ruler.

"The development of Mountain and Sea Realm is quite hardcore... How shall I put it, copying the various systems of Earth wholesale doesn’t quite fit here."

This world was too easily penetrated by the weirdness of the Etheric Abyss; the complete elimination of demonic beasts and serpents was nearly impossible.

"In that case, we must shape a world where mankind and weirdness can coexist."

From a higher vantage point, Wang Hao pondered how to create a new order.

This topic was even more interesting than the methodical "farming and developing".

[You followed the ox carts and caravan to Fenghua City, fortunately avoiding any mishaps along the way.]

[It’s the most bustling city within a hundred miles, with large city walls on which stand statues of Yellow Turban strongmen. These mysterious Rune Puppets are an outstanding creation of the Kunlun lineage, each with the fighting strength of a hundred men.]

[Fenghua City is protected by the True God ’Turtle Spirit Great Mother’, leaning on the lengthy "Sneaky Turtle River", offering a warm winter and cool summer, making it the most pleasant climate.]

[However, upon entering the city, you feel a faint cold chill and witness a bizarre scene: A group of people are beating a woman while scolding her: Will you give birth? Will you give birth?!]

[You want to uphold justice and spread the Light of Righteousness, but you’re stopped by the Scholar Ding Zhijing.]

[It turns out this is a local folk custom called "Patting for Joy".]

[If a wife does not conceive within two years of marriage, the husband will hire people to "Pat for Joy", which means beating her with a stick while scolding "Will you give birth?!"]

[The severity of the wife’s injuries varies, with lighter cases not affecting muscles or bones, at most skin breaks and bruises that heal within ten days or half a month. More serious cases can lead to death or disability.]

[Under the Turtle Spirit Great Mother, there’s a deity named "Matchmaker", and according to local customs, only those who follow this practice can receive the Matchmaker’s blessing and have children. Of course, Ding Zhijing personally scoffs at this absurd custom.]

[Fearless foreigner, will you meddle in affairs that aren’t yours, and spread the Light of Righteousness?]

Wang Hao sighed in his heart. Such ridiculous customs were occasionally heard of in real life and had even caused deaths.

In the game, however, they had turned into strange customs set by some deity.

[NO]

He didn’t want to stir up trouble for the time being.

[Ah, the newcomer who prides himself on being fearless, this time appears cowardly. Perhaps the "Light of Righteousness" isn’t so important in your heart after all.]

[Or maybe you subconsciously feel that these nonsensical and trivial matters are just too much to manage, and it’s better to claim the "Turtle Spirit Great Mother’s" Taoist temple earlier, letting that mighty Demon God spread the Light of Righteousness for you.]

Wang Hao could see one phrase from the game’s dialogue, no matter how he looked at it: facetious and sarcastic.

If you meddle, it mocks you; if you don’t, it calls you a coward.

In short—picky and quibbling!

Of course, this narrative style was quite interesting now, as the mood of this world was actually quite oppressive. Even Qiu Yuan Monk, with his steadfast will, could not find the way forward.

What Li Qingshan saw and heard was probably a hundred times crueler and colder than what was described in the text.

Without a "picky narrator" to lighten up the tone a bit, it wouldn’t be as fun to play.

[Foreigner, now that you’ve reached your destination, the merchants want to go to the market to sell their goods, where do you plan to wander?]

[The dark and damp alleys; the barely bustling square market; the residence of the Kunlun Immortal Master; the Taoist Temple of the Turtle Spirit Great Mother; the courtesan house filled with a pink atmosphere; the government office that doesn’t look very friendly; walk around randomly, chance upon fate.]

Tsk, it might be a famous big city within a hundred miles, but from the description, it is rife with unpleasantries as well, just slightly better than the newbie village "Qingshi Town".

"The Main Character still needs to trigger the story and save this city."

Wang Hao reminded himself that his task was to "deliver the wooden token", but his finger involuntarily selected [The courtesan house filled with a pink atmosphere].

Whatever!

One shouldn’t repress themselves when gaming.

Let’s check out the local girls first!

[Eager foreigner, you feel the stirrings of spring and want to visit the local brothel to observe the feudal dregs, but then you discover that your old boss, Lu Tianming, has been following you all along, even emitting a "hehehe" sinister chuckle.]

[The local Scholar, Ding Zhijing, says that everyone is tired from the journey; he’s willing to spend a little money for everyone to listen to a tune.]

[Unexpectedly, the women of the courtesan house have been booked by some wealthy but not-so-great dog, temporarily closed to new guests.]

[So, you can only abandon this thought disheartenedly and wonder whether there is something in Fenghua City enticing people into depravity.]

"No story event?" Wang Hao rubbed his nose, "Good for you, Li Qingshan, getting all spring feverish and now thinking there are ghosts in the city."

"Not sure if there really are ghosts or just pretending..."

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