Chapter 26 Inspection

Black and White Wuchang took us to visit the entire Hall of Hell while explaining. To be honest, this place is very similar to the ancient county government, except that it is larger and eerie. Ghosts that are usually hard to see are like ants here, and a long line of dead souls lines up from the entrance of Yama Hall into the ghost mist.

The underworld is different from the human world. There is fog everywhere. The difference is that some places are thick and some are light. In dense fog, you can't see your hands if you straighten your arms, but in thin fog, you can still have a vision range of five to six hundred meters. The color of the fog here is also very different from the world. Most of it is green, blue in some places, and a small amount of black and yellow. It is said that there seems to be a red mist area, but it is very rare. There is blue fog in front of my Palace of Hell, and the visibility is only more than 300 meters. The farther away it is, it is blue.

The dead souls diverted from Fengdu City will directly reach the area outside the Yama Hall through a transmission channel. This channel is not a teleportation array, but a road. If you keep following it, you can reach the Yama Hall. However, Black and White Wuchang said that this road is called the point of no return. Consciousness can only enter but not exit. It is a typical one-way road.

Ying Zhui asked: "You said the road of no return is one-way, so what if we need to go to Fengdu City?"

Bai Wuchang explained: "Of course we have something that can cross the point of no return in reverse. We will check it with the adults when we go to the warehouse to inventory the items later."

"Then what if we break in without taking the time-travel device?"

"We haven't seen anyone actually break through this, but it is said that the road of no return is full of fog. No matter you are Daluo Jinxian or the Great God of Kaitian, once you are lost in the sea of ​​fog, you will never be seen again. I figured it out. Any teleportation and positioning props and spells will not work in the Sea of ​​Mist."

"Can't even a powerful beast like the Black Kirin?"

"The black unicorn can indeed break through the space and cross the eighteen levels of hell, but the Sea of ​​Mist is a special kind of existence, which combines the three realms and six paths into one point. No matter how you cut the space, you will still end up in chaos in the Sea of ​​Mist. 'Turn. Never get out."

Rose asked Bai Wuchang in surprise: "Isn't it possible to trap even the first god like Nuwa?"

"Almost, in theory, even if the two first gods Pangu and Nuwa go in, they will never come out! Moreover, this sea of ​​fog will gradually absorb the power of souls. If you stay in it for a long time, it will become more and more... Weak, in the end all three souls and seven souls were sucked dry and completely disappeared from this world. However, the strength of each person's soul is different. We will be finished after three or five days of entering this way. The first god like Nuwa may have to take more than ten thousand years. The talent is exhausted.”

"What a scary place, no wonder it's called the point of no return!"

As we were talking, we suddenly discovered a card gallery outside the main hall. The archways form a long passage. The souls who come to the Yama Hall will be separated when they arrive here. Some of them will go directly through the arch array and disappear, while the other parts will continue to walk towards the Yama Hall.

We walked to the archway array and saw exactly two ghosts being sent inside. The two ghosts passed under the archways one after another, but their figures became fainter and fainter, and finally disappeared under the last archway. Seeing us appear, a red-robed ghost who was responsible for classifying ghosts over there ran over. This guy is dressed like an ancient official. There is also a big writing brush in his hand. Judging from his clothes, he is probably a judge.

He ran up to us and saluted immediately, and then asked Wu Chang: "Two Wu Chang, are these His Highness Yama and the adults?"

Hei Wuchang immediately saluted me: "This is His Highness Yama, and this is His Highness Yama. The rest are adults."

The ghost official immediately said: "See Yama, I am the seventy-fourth judge of this palace."

"Shouldn't the judge be responsible for judging the cause and effect cycle of the dead souls in the palace? Why are you here?"

Judge No. 74 immediately replied: "I am the chief executive of the outer court, and I am responsible for sending away the ghosts who have faked their death."

Rose pointed at the memorial arch: "What are these?"

"Oh, this is the Ninety-Nine Archway. It consists of ninety-nine archways in total. As long as you walk from one end to the other, you can directly return to the sun and resurrect."

"Resurrection? Isn't that a fake corpse?"

"No." The judge quickly explained: "Sometimes some living creatures will enter a state of suspended animation due to trauma or over-stimulation, but sometimes they can be rescued. These lives have not yet died, so their souls cannot be crushed away. , they must be sent back to Yang as soon as possible, otherwise the body will die again because there is no soul for a long time. This archway array is the way to return to Yang, and sometimes we use this when we go to the human world to catch those evil ghosts who are on the run."

I looked at the team next to me and asked Hei Wuchang: "Why are the dead souls I see all human beings? What about other creatures?"

"The soul of the dead is the original form, and the human form is the original form, whether it is an insect or an animal. After death, it is a soul in human form. Some ghosts who made mistakes were reincarnated in the animal realm, aren't their souls still human?"

"That's right." I nodded and looked at the team on the road. The images of these dead souls include men, women, old and young, but they are all in human form. All the ghosts walked forward with dull eyes and lowered heads, and most of the expressions on their faces were very painful. Some of the ghosts in the team are quite disgusting. There are many who are missing arms and legs, and some are even as flat as a piece of paper. They must have been crushed to death by something!

"Do these ghosts look like what they look like when they die?" Rose asked Bai Wuchang.

Bai Wuchang nodded: "The soul also has memory. After a non-human creature dies, his soul will appear as the last time he was reincarnated as a human. And the age of this image depends on the time of his death. The proportion of the life span of a living thing. For example, if an insect can live for one year and dies in 6 months, it will become a ghost and look like a middle-aged man. And the cause of his death is the soul. It will also be reflected. Look at the dead soul over there, he only has one hand, no matter what kind of creature he is, the soul after death must have lost one leg. "

Su Mei suddenly asked jokingly: "Then if someone is reincarnated as an earthworm, will he be a human stick without limbs after death?"

Hei Wuchang immediately pointed to the team and said, "There happens to be a ghost who was reincarnated as an earthworm over there."

When we took a look, we found that he was really a stick. Below the ghost's waist is a long white mist, like a snake's tail. Moreover, he has no arms, and his entire body is just a long cylinder. At first glance, he looks like a djinn, but he has no arms.

Hongyue 'rubbed' her arms and looked around: "Why do I feel a little cold? Doesn't Taibai Jinxing say that you can keep warm by leaning together?"

Bai Wuchang immediately replied: "Below the Yama Hall is the entrance to hell. The cold air comes from here, so it will be colder. Although you can keep warm by relying on the heat of your soul, it only reduces the coldness. It is not that you are not afraid of the cold at all. .Except for the undead, normal creatures can’t stand it here.”

"Then let's go check the items and leave as soon as possible." Rose also urged: "I'm a little cold too."

Because everyone couldn't bear it anymore, we had to go back to get the things first and then send the roses away. Rose came down to help me count my items, otherwise she wouldn't have followed me down. As for inspecting the hell under the Yama Palace, I can only wait until I get the warm jade to inspect it alone.

The warehouse is in the yard where we first came out. There would be no thieves in this kind of place. The warehouse is wide open and there are no door panels. The first is the warehouse where the Book of Life and Death is stored. This entire side is used to store the Book of Life and Death. At first we were still thinking about the birth and death of so many lives recorded in the Book of Life and Death. It should be bigger than the National Library, but when I entered the warehouse, I realized that I was completely wrong. There are no bookshelves in the warehouse at all. There are six stone tables in a large room, and each stone table has only one book shining with white light. These six books are very thick, about the size of a computer mainframe. The cover is a white metal. There are three big characters in the middle of the cover of each book - Yin Yang Zhi. These three characters are arranged vertically, and they are in traditional Chinese. The words didn't look like they were written on them, because they were all shining with a brilliant red light. If you look carefully, you can also find three small words in the corner of the book, which read: "Book of Life and Death."

"Why are there only these six books? And the names are so different?"

Bai Wuchang immediately said: "The Book of Life and Death is what the outside world calls it. In fact, it is an additional name. The real name of the Book of Life and Death is Yin Yang Zhi. There are so many souls between heaven and earth, and new souls and some long-lasting souls are produced from time to time. Lost, just written on paper, even if the underworld is full, there will be no room for it! In fact, the Yin and Yang Chronicles are the real books of life and death, recording the birth and death of all life in the world. These six books respectively represent the six paths, the human world As long as the creature is not there, it will be remembered."

"How many words can I remember in this book?"

Hei Wuchang said: "Actually, the book of life and death is not a book at all." He said that he stepped forward and helped us open one of the books of life and death. As he opened the book of life and death, we were shocked to find that the book of life and death only had two pages: the front cover and the back page. Although it is so thick, it can only be opened once in the middle, and both sides are as thick as a page. After the side of life and death was opened, a cloud-like picture immediately appeared in the middle, and then a line of red letters was displayed.

Hongyue stretched out her head and read out the text. "The hundred-eyed insect monster died today?"

"Don't...!" Hei Wuchang wanted to stop Hongyue from saying it, but it was too late.

"What's wrong?" Hongyue looked at him nervously.

Bai Wuchang explained: "The book of life and death shows the undecided destiny. Once it is read out, it becomes certain. This insect demon is really unlucky. He lost his life inexplicably!"

"Huh? No, right? Are you going to die now?"

"The King of Hell wants people to die at the third watch. He never leaves anyone alive until the fifth watch. The book of life and death is the magic weapon of the King of Hell. If he can't seduce souls and capture people at will, what kind of person is he called the King of Hell?"

"This thing is so powerful, wouldn't every Yama Hall have a set of it?" I am the eleventh Hall of Yamas. It would be too worthless if everyone had a set of it, right?

Bai Wuchang laughed: "Actually, my lord, you have taken advantage. This book of life and death is a set. The Ten Palaces of Yamas fought for me and refused to give it to anyone else. Later, the Heavenly Court gritted its teeth and took this thing back and put it under the custody of the Heavenly Court. , the Yama Hall sends people to copy back the records that need to be captured the next day every day. But this is the eleventh hall, which belongs to the newly added Yama Hall. Compared with others, our power is the weakest, so the Heavenly Court puts this aside. Come to our place, so no one will be embarrassed to say anything. Other Yama Halls will send ghost officials to copy the necessary things and take them away every day."

"What if this thing is stolen? What if someone reads it out like I did just now and kills the Jade Emperor?"

"That's impossible. There are so many creatures in the world, and the information displayed in this book of life and death is irregular. If you want to use it to kill someone, you have to hold the book and wait for that person's name to appear. If you wait until your target appears, it is estimated that that target has already passed away. The book of life and death will only output the list of people who should die within a few days according to the way of heaven every day. Although the destiny of these undecided people can be seen, the scrolling speed is too slow. , it’s impossible to just find someone.”

"Understood." Rose nodded: "Take us to see other things quickly. I feel like it's getting colder."

"OK."

We quickly ran to the warehouse opposite. There were more things here, but there were only a dozen or so sparse items. The underworld is not as poor as usual. The warehouse is as clean as if it had just been looted by bandits. Bai Wuchang held the record book and introduced us one by one, while Hei Wuwei showed us the actual objects for comparison. There are only a dozen items in total here, the most interesting ones include a ghost-slaying sword and a soul-searching mirror, and of course the warm jade that the King of Hell must have.

The Ghost Slayer Sword is just an ordinary sword. Its only feature is that its damage effect on spiritual bodies is not reduced. Those spiritual bodies or ghosts whose physical damage is ineffective will be finished when they encounter this sword. As for the soul-searching mirror, this thing can find the specific location of any soul. The disadvantage is that it does not work for souls with physical bodies. The function of warm jade is more simple, it is to offset the coldness of hell.

After checking the items, I sent the roses away. Apart from wearing warm clothes, only ghosts can move normally in this place.