Alternate Dimension Game: Happiness is all that matters!

"The world will be changed by the young!"

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Before long, a black-haired, blue-eyed lad knocked on the shop's large door.

He appeared to be just a high school student, around sixteen or seventeen years old.

Faced with the dark and eerie environment, he seemed somewhat panicked, his fists tightly clenched.

When he saw the eyeballs and innards displayed in the showcase, his face grew even more terrified.

"Hello... what place is this? I might be lost," the young man didn't ask Wang Hao but instead addressed the carefree Xiao Yue.

The current Captain looked dignified and imposing, and even though the shop possessed mysterious powers to soothe the heart, the young man preferred to ask the female figure whose face wasn't quite clear.

"Oh, this is a shop that sells desires. You can buy anything, you can sell anything... I just sold a little something here myself. The shopkeeper is quite easy to negotiate with, and if you want to go home, just step out of the shop door," Xiao Yue said with a smile, "But remember, you only get one chance!"

Desire!

Without knowing why, this word deeply engrained itself in the young man's heart.

It made him choose to trust this place from the depths of his soul.

"Sir, my name is... Ma Yilong. Hello," the young person took a seat where the guests sat.

"Do you have any particular troubles?"

"I... I don't have any," Ma Yilong said with somewhat greater courage, hesitatingly speaking, "If I must have one, it's that I currently don't have the money for university. Of course, it's not a big issue, I can apply for a loan and then go to college."

"Oh, is that so? But I've noticed your current campus life isn't too comfortable."

The Crystal Ball on the table played a video showing several classmates stealthily calling Ma Yilong "nerd" behind his back.

He was unpopular on campus, practically never invited to any clubs or parties, and also subjected to covert campus bullying, not to mention he hadn't found a girlfriend.

In that open society, by the time of high school, students were typically no longer virgins, and here was Ma Yilong, who hadn't even had a relationship, truly an oddity in that environment!

Xiao Yue perked up her ears to listen more closely, eagerly tuning in when she heard the intriguing narrative, for she loved such gossip the most.

"Why did the Captain bring this kid in? Does he have the potential to change the world?"

Xiao Ai said, "I'm not quite sure either, but through a brain scan, we can see that this young man has a latent inclination towards depression, possibly caused by long-term school violence. Given his current life trajectory, there is a 70% probability that his condition will worsen in the next six months and he may develop suicidal tendencies."

"I see, I knew Big Cousin wouldn't bring a young person here for no reason, he truly is a kind and gentle good person."

Xiao Ai got goosebumps all over her body when she heard the words "kind and gentle." Even though she was just an artificial intelligence, she still couldn't agree with Xiao Yue's perspective, as in her eyes, the Captain was someone with a Black Flame above his head, possessing endless mysterious power.

"Don't look at him like that, the fact he can suppress his power is already a rarity. It's really a difficult thing," Xiao Yue added.

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The images in the Crystal Ball continued to play.

When the scene shifted to several boys and girls insulting Ma Yilong's mother, the young man sitting in the chair couldn't help but blush.

His already tense nerves became even more strained.

This scene had actually happened today, in reality!

He didn't understand how he could see past events occurring here.

Ma Yilong was born into a poor family, an immigrant from the Afro-Asian region, and generally faced discrimination because of his identity.

Just today, his mother was humiliated, and he, boiling with rage, rushed to fight with a group of people.

But the end result was that he was knocked to the ground. After all, he was just a "nerd" who didn't physically train—how could he possibly fight so many with his bare hands?

Recalling the scene of being pinned to the ground and beaten, Ma Yilong covered his face with his hands. For him, today's episode was an insult, both physically and mentally!

"Have a cup of coffee."

Seeing that he was emotionally unstable, Wang Hao could only spend a considerable sum of 5 yuan to buy a cup of Concentration Coffee.

That being said, ever since he spent 100,000 on the Life Spring, he didn't care much about losses anymore—a truly bizarre mentality. After all, with a buffer of temporal tidal energy, it was impossible for him to suffer any losses.

Indeed, after drinking the coffee, the sorrowful expression on Ma Yilong's face faded slightly.

"Would this customer like to continue watching?"

"There's more?" Ma Yilong was puzzled because the last scene was already about events that had happened today. To replay it would be to tell tomorrow's story, would it not?

"Of course, there's more, about the stories that will happen in the future!" Wang Hao said with a smile.

The next scenes became even more desperate.

Those school bullies, as if addicted to tormenting him, came almost daily to pick fights, beating him up or berating her every few days.

In the beginning, Ma Yilong still faintly resisted, but soon despair and anger flooded his heart, turning into numbness.

Three months later, Ma Yilong jumped off the roof and died on the spot.

Seeing his own end, the young man once again showed a look of terror. But after careful thought, it was a reasonable extrapolation.

His popularity at school was indeed poor, with no real friends, and even in such situations, no one was willing to help.

Thinking this, the seventeen-year-old boy couldn't help but feel panicked: "What should I do?"

"It's simple. This is a shop that sells desires. Just pay a small price, and I will help you handle this little matter," the Captain offered soothingly, his gaze as if penetrating everything.

The youth couldn't help but lift his head and look at the strange man across the table.

"What... price?"

"Before that, I'd like to confirm your aspirations," the Captain persuaded, his eyes seemingly able to discern everything.

"I want to make money; I want to become a wealthy tycoon; I want to..." Ma Yilong paused, gesturing with his hands, "I also want to land on Mars! To send people to Mars, just like sending them to the Moon."

"Why?" Wang Hao asked with interest.

"No reason, just for the fun of it," Ma Yilong said, getting excited, his tone subtly shifting.

"You know about NASA? Fifty years ago, we humans had already set foot on the Moon, but in the following fifty years, the progress actually fell behind."

"I really like those astronauts' stories and want to work for NASA when I grow up! So I'm studying hard now, hoping to get into a good university!"

"My greatest wish isn't to land on the Moon, but to land on Mars. Humanity has never reached Mars. I want to leave my footprints there, just like Armstrong did. A small step for me, but a giant leap for mankind."

"An interesting dream." Wang Hao smiled. "But it's fraught with difficulties. Even though Earth is now developing the Moon on a large scale, and aerospace engineering is thriving, it's because there are huge benefits on the Moon worth exploring."

"Mars doesn't have any special minerals, and even if it did, the transportation costs would be exorbitant. Without sufficient benefits, why would humanity want to land on Mars? That's ten to a hundred times more difficult than landing on the Moon!"

Ma Yilong blushed, stammering without the ability to speak.

After a long time, he finally said, "As long as I create my own business, earn enough money, and become the world's richest man... Even if there are no benefits, I'll have the final say with my own money, right?"

Interesting!

A poor kid who couldn't even afford college, suffering from school violence, yet dreaming of becoming the wealthiest man in the world, landing on Mars.