Alternate Dimension Game: Happiness is all that matters!
Chapter 43 - 41 Etheric Abyss

Chapter 43: Chapter 41 Etheric Abyss

Chen Xinyi listened to the two discussing "horses," her heart slightly surprised.

"No way, no way, could my favorite white horse really have no soul?"

Why could a soulless creature work? That was quite a complex issue. Chen Xinyi’s mind was filled with question marks.

"This F16 fighter jet, couldn’t be the one from overseas, could it... The task spies couldn’t handle, are we now able to directly copy the data?"

"Our own airplanes are quite good as well. However, obtaining a complete set of data is naturally a good choice."

Lu Tianming carefully surveyed his surroundings, observing nearby security measures. Thanks to the camp’s own fast recovery attribute, his spirit was regaining stability.

The effect of tenfold training efficiency was simply too powerful, and he touched various pieces of equipment here and there, starting to like this damned place!

That’s when a line of text emerged in his mind.

[Dear Guest, hello.]

[Your current free trial period of "1 hour" has been used up, would you like to extend your training time?]

[You can exchange items you carry with you at the Exchange for additional training time.]

"Huh???" Lu Tianming was shocked, why were they suddenly charging a fee?

He quickly reported the issue through the conch headphones.

...

"Charging a fee is good, charging a fee is definitely a good thing!"

"A great thing!"

No. 24 excitedly said, "There’s no such thing as a free lunch. It’s only when they charge that you can use it with a clear conscience, right?"

Everyone present was taken aback, but after calming down, they nodded in agreement.

Aside from some Weirds that specialize in "deception" and "fraud," most Weirds follow their "own rules" more than humans do.

Because they are products of idealism and rules, they couldn’t possibly violate their own nature.

Charging a fee, that must count as a rule.

The Game, however you look at it, was not of the fraudulent type, right?

"No. 12, you could try trading some stuff. After all, you brought plenty of good things."

...

In fact, Lu Tianming was a bit suspicious, if his current state was still human?

Logically speaking, Li Qingshan and Chen Xinyi had entered this training camp in a state of soul only, with their bodies remaining in the real world.

But he came in body and soul together through the "Stairway to Heaven." Could his body be lingering in the Stairway to Heaven?

After mulling it over, he concluded it wasn’t worth the trouble to keep wondering. In a world full of incomprehensible things, seeking to know the whole truth would only bring trouble to ordinary people.

Chen Xinyi pointed to a large building ahead, laughing, "Over there, they’ve added some new buildings. I might not have seen these functions when I first came in; they must have been added a few hours ago."

"Are you sure?"

That meant the Game might still be growing.

"I’m not very sure... after all, there are too many things to do here, I haven’t tried every function."

"There are definitely three new areas," Li Qingshan spoke up this time, "the Weird Forest, the Exchange, and the Sea of Ether, and they’ve also added a bulletin board. The Exchange is in the direction to the north, we haven’t been there."

The three headed to the newly added areas.

Suddenly, Chen Xinyi asked, "Mr. No. 12, there’s a big question: if I know the world has supernatural phenomena but don’t have that Black Flame in my mind, will I be sentenced to death? How do you keep it a secret?"

Lu Tianming looked at her, saying with a bit of amusement, "No, most likely not. What era are we in that the death penalty is given out so easily?"

"There are two possibilities."

"The first is a confidentiality agreement, where we would erase your short-term memory, allowing you to live the life of an ordinary person."

"If you go with that option, you’ll get a bit of a monetary compensation."

"Memory erasure is possible!" Chen Xinyi was somewhat surprised.

Lu Tianming nodded, "It’s indeed possible, and it’s a quite mature technology now."

"Then there’s the contract for peripheral members of the Black-clothed Guard, or E-class Investigator. We’ve looked into your personal background; it’s clean, and there’s no chance you’re a spy, so you could become an E-class Investigator."

"You might have a special constitution, which gives you higher Spiritual Power than regular people, making you more susceptible to Weirds’ attacks. E-class Investigators can learn some simple psychic techniques and take on jobs that are not too complicated. Like erasing other people’s memories, using various high-tech instruments, and more, there are quite a few of us."

"I have another question, what are Weirds? Where do they come from?"

Lu Tianming fell silent for a moment, then said, "Sigh... according to current research, we believe that Weirds emerge from the ’Etheric Abyss’."

"Behind our world exists an ’Inner World.’ You should know the meaning of ’Inner World,’ right?"

"I do! Many games and novels have that concept!"

"Right, the ’Inner World’ is far larger than the material world we currently reside in; it encompasses our history, culture, movies, games, literature, everything and anything, including so-called Parallel Worlds. Weirds are creatures that run out from the ’Inner World.’

"Of course, this is a simplified explanation; more detailed information isn’t appropriate to discuss here. Once you become a formal member, you can go to the Great Science Academy to study related knowledge in detail."

Upon hearing this, Chen Xinyi got excited, "Does that mean Immortals and the like all exist? Does Sun Wukong, the Buddha exist? Can humans defeat Weirds?"

She thought of the Namo Gatling Bodhisattva!

She had promised to make an offering!

If she didn’t, she shuddered secretly...

Although the Game might not directly relate to Namo Gatling Bodhisattva, some things exist if you believe and don’t if you don’t.

As they talked, the three arrived at the vast Exchange. The ceiling of this Exchange was a whopping three hundred meters high, and it covered an area of one square kilometer; the three of them were like ants in the Surprisingly Country.

At the center of the Exchange, there was a giant sphere of light, where guests could convert the materials on them into "Training Points."

Lu Tianming remarked, "Unfortunately, as of now, no such ’Immortals’ you mentioned have been found. Perhaps they exist in another Parallel World we can’t reach, or maybe they don’t exist at all."

"Because the lifeforms in the Etheric Abyss often exist in states of derangement, madness, and irrationality."

"The more powerful the lifeform, the deeper it dwells in the Abyss, the lower the concept of reason they possess."

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