Alternate Dimension Game: Happiness is all that matters!

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"Eh? It looks like we have another guest, and an old acquaintance too." Wang Hao tasted the delicious fish soup, his eyes squinting into a line, "That old acquaintance is quite a character, who has been a beggar for ten years in Paradise just to gather more information."

"I just said, how could you guys be so weak, not even able to trap the 'Moon of Illusion'?"

Constrained by her appetite, Xiao Ai was yearning to have some fish soup but felt too embarrassed to ask for it, so she could only sit there blushing with even her earlobes turning red.

She heard the captain's teasing and responded, "The 'Moon of Illusion' is already a very powerful Demon God. It's normal that it can't be contained. Our civilization's research on idealist beings is only limited to the primary stage."

"Besides the Etheric Abyss, there are other idealist universes waiting to be explored."

"Oh, then how is the strength among Demon Gods determined?" Wang Hao asked curiously. "The judgment method like that of Earthlings is really too vague. Comparing the strongest existences across various idealist universes, can you do that?"

"Our civilization uses super-large sequence numbers to determine the strength between Supreme Demons," Xiao Ai finally perked up when discussing academic issues, "In ordinary intuition, finite numbers, even if astronomically huge, are ultimately exhaustible, while the infinite has no end, forever without a maximum, only ever greater. But those finite numbers that far exceed astronomical numbers, in the eyes of the wise men of our civilization, can pretend to be infinite to assess the strength of Demon Gods."

"Can you put it in layman's terms, maybe give some examples?"

Xiao Ai fell silent for a moment, "An existence like 'Moon of Illusion' can be likened to Graham's number. Humanity exhausting all imagination, from the Great Thousand World to Infinite Buddha Land, would never truly understand how many zeros the number calculated from 10↑↑↑↑10 actually has, and Graham's number G(64) is unimaginably huge."

"But after all, it is just an imitation, and its limitations become apparent from a higher perspective. It is still finite and can undergo mathematical analysis."

"High Level Demon Gods are like the numbers TREE(3) and TREE(4). These numbers are the imitation of infinity. TREE(3) is simply too large; it cannot be matched by any 'easy-to-understand' recursive structure before the end of time. This means, TREE3 appears as if on the other side of an infinitely long galaxy, seemingly incomprehensible to and disconnected from any lesser numbers. No matter how one iterates from the side of smaller numbers, they can't cross over that galaxy."

"Other than the TREE function itself, no other function can represent this number. But through tree graph analysis, we can still recognize that it is finite."

"Supreme Demons, almost infinitely large in existence, cannot be analyzed or counted, and are known only to exist. Here, we use the BB function to measure their strength. Discussing a certain number within the BB function under the ZFC axiomatic system would violate Gödel's incompleteness theorem; thus, indefinitely proving that one has truly counted the BB function, something which under naïve ideas of 'infinity never having an end,' is almost identically 'realistic infinity.'"

"However, it is almost certain that the BB function is incremental; BB(1000) should be greater than BB(999)... well, it should be."

Wang Hao fell silent for a moment, only managing to utter two words: "Damn impressive. I better just stick to being a chef and stop thinking about becoming a scientist."

Xiao Ai forcefully resisted the urge to roll her eyes; she certainly didn't dare to show such disrespect towards the existences within the large numbers. Nonetheless, this personality was really tempting one to roll their eyes.

In the midst of this conversation, footsteps echoed from afar.

"The timing is perfect! It's time to eat!"

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Lan Jin sniffed, laughing loudly, "Mr. Zhao truly has great skills. Just the aroma alone makes one's mouth water."

Indeed, that unique fragrance was wafting out from his own house.

However, at this moment the fragrance was subtle, only detectable up close and it felt truly extraordinary as if every cell in the body was jubilantly rejoicing.

Wang Hao replied with a smile, "Honor not disgraced, didn't waste these wonderful ingredients. Please, both of you, sit down!"

On the other hand, Lou Ronggen was looking somewhat apprehensive towards the inside of the house.

The "chef" in the kitchen was the "Old Zhao" he had encountered in Paradise, who was serving dishes in big and small pots, and a beautiful girl was clumsily helping him out, obviously not used to household chores by the looks of her delicate and tender appearance.

Who is the 'Giant Millstone'?

It must be that Old Zhao, looking almost indistinguishable from an ordinary person.

Indeed, the more one knows, the less happy one is. Just like Xiang Tiantian who chose not to know and could thus enjoy true happiness!

And the ingredients on the dining table, emitting ethereal mist, friеd fish mixed with rich juices, made him unable to help gulping down his saliva.

That exquisite fish soup, as white as milk, rich but not greasy, was accidentally spilled by the clumsy but beautiful lady. A few drops naturally coalesced like pearls on the table, and rolled onto the floor like actual pearls!

No need to look, that was definitely the good stuff.

This was his own opportunity!

Lou Ronggen decisively gave up digging deep into the matter, pretended to know nothing, and just ate. No matter who it was, finishing the meal was all that mattered!

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"Because I need to make a trip, I've come here to visit an old friend, nothing particularly important," Wang Hao said with a smile, "Come, try this fish meat and soup! Xiao Ai, you eat too, don't be shy, and stop putting on airs."

Xiao Ai's face turned red, then she picked up her chopsticks, and grabbed a piece of fish meat.

With just a gentle effort, the fish meat split open like tofu.

The juices burst out like a rupture, flooding her taste buds.

Delicious, so delicious!

Wang Hao also tasted a piece, "Hmm, compared to the fish from Changbai Mountain Heavenly Lake back on Earth, it's slightly tougher, but it's still quite good, it has its own flavor."

"Come, try this Monkey Wine."

Lan Jin popped a small piece of fish into his mouth, chewing it carefully.

Bam!

His eyes lit up instantly.

The tender fish, melting in his mouth, turned into a warm, sweet spring, filling his entire mouth.

Drinking a small sip of wine, he seemed a bit drunk, incessantly speaking about the hard old days, he even seemed tearful.

Lou Ronggen, sitting nearby, couldn't care less and started to eat and drink voraciously.

"Paradise might be nice, but it doesn't have such exquisite dishes or pure friendships!" Lou Ronggen took a sip of Monkey Wine, his face flushing as he said, "Everyone there is just a carrier of desires, insects wearing human skin! Each living just for their desires!"

"You're right, luckily Paradise is now empty, no one lives there anymore," Lan Jin slurred, "I do think that, from a certain perspective, Paradise is good too, it's just that humans can't handle it themselves."

"When will they be able to handle it? Not unless they stop being human!"

"I actually think that it should be artificial intelligence managing humans to really handle the enormous productive power of Paradise."

"Not at all, wouldn't that put the cart before the horse?"

"I think, the purpose humans were created by prehistoric civilizations was to become a new race, not to become homogeneous with those civilizations."

Talking about Paradise, the two of them actually started arguing heatedly.

Xiao Ai was getting a bit carried away listening to them because she was the highest-level artificial intelligence of the Planet Fortress and naturally managed Paradise.

However, with Old Wang there, she felt no need to interject.

But as she drank, she felt somewhat aloft, vaguely feeling as if she was floating in the air.

"Is Mr. Zhao going to explore the Etheric Abyss?" Suddenly Lou Ronggen recalled the phrase "making a trip." The Giant Millstone was going on a long journey - was it no longer going to cover for them?

"Being in one place for too long, one needs to go out, find some good food, see if there are any beautiful women, see if there are any interesting stories…"

"Mr. Zhao really has a taste for leisure! If I have time, I'd also like to go out and roam," Lou Ronggen shook his head, "Mountain and Sea Realm, I haven't even been there yet."