diskusbooks Chapter 272
Chapter 272
A large team is needed to film the underworld because the probability of entry is extremely low. It requires continuous entry to fill the slots of players who have already left. Since it's uncertain who will be able to get in, the organizers hope for as many people as possible.
Soon, the players filmed the amazing scenes and processes of the underworld, and the interstellar people were shocked by what they saw!
Someone even captured a soul-searching angle:
In the world of Chinese martial arts, an ordinary NPC dies, a new story NPC added to the Underworld system. Qingfeng has prepared ten lifetimes for this NPC, each a cycle of ten lives, filled with the breath of life.
The deceased NPCs are taken away by the Black and White Impermanence to the Underworld, where they are judged and their approximate next life is determined. Then they drink the Meng Po soup and wait to be reincarnated. After reincarnation, they are reborn and begin a new life.
This video has shocked interstellar people; it's absolutely stunning!
They never imagined that a person's life could be lived this way, or even that there was reincarnation. Now, with the advancement of technology, it's incomprehensible because it doesn't make sense; it's a paradox.
"My great mecha marshal, what kind of design system is this? I don't believe that ancient people could have come up with this. Is it just something that the designer Qingfengyi imagined?"
"I really can't believe it. Anyone with even a basic understanding of science, technology, and theory wouldn't have come up with something like this."
"Don't you think the underworld is terrifyingly vast? I always feel a mysterious chill when I enter it, and watching this video is also very eerie."
One interstellar researcher commented: "Don't assume that ancient people couldn't have come up with these ideas just because you watched this video. Remember, in ancient times, their vision was limited to everything on their home planet and a mysterious sky. Humans are always afraid of the unknown, and this fear leads them to seek answers and justifications. The underworld is their fantasy about life: where do people come from, where do they go, how life and death evolved, how is the inheritance of offspring achieved—these are all questions they couldn't solve at the time. Thus, myths were born, along with mythological stories and local legends that addressed these questions."
One interstellar traveler strongly disagreed, saying, "Even if you can't understand it, you can't possibly come up with such an outrageous legend. If you think like that, the lifespan of the world is constant. What about the population growth later on? Humanity is always evolving."
With hundreds of billions of people in interstellar space, it's impossible for them to imagine that life on a single planet possesses a soul and is constantly reincarnating. This is a paradox; with such a vast population, how can growth exceed that population?
The interstellar researcher was writing a long novel about Darren when another interstellar being stepped forward and said, "The ancients didn't have many people, did they? According to the underworld's system of judgment, everything in the world is taken into account—trees, flowers, dogs, cats, and so on. If the population is uncountable, it means that other life forms have accumulated enough merit to be reborn as humans. If the population decreases, it means that everyone is not doing good deeds and will be reborn as animals."
After this explanation, the interstellar people suddenly understood, but some still didn't understand: "Can plants and animals also be counted?"
At this point, a historian spoke up: "Back then, the ancients had a limited perspective. There weren't as many researchers dedicated to studying these topics as there are today. The government also lacked policies specifically supporting these researchers, unlike now, where vast sums of money are poured into various research projects. Back then, all research was a personal hobby. If someone had a dream, their personal interest would catch the eye of the rulers, gaining access to more resources to deepen their research. Therefore, people didn't know how many beings and souls existed in the world. In their view, everything had an order of coming and going, which they saw as reincarnation and the underworld. Furthermore, the ancient population was small; it was quite normal for villages to have fewer than a thousand people unless they were in a prosperous era."
This historian went on and on, even writing five paragraphs due to the character limit in the comments. Only after reading it did the Starman begin to understand the background and reasons behind the ancients' fantasy of the underworld.
The historian's lengthy post was sent again: "We often view the ancients from a modern perspective and judge them with double standards. It is this kind of thinking that prevents archaeologists and other researchers from getting close to the true state of the ancients' lives and thoughts, leading to errors in the study of historical materials. These errors are unsolvable and may even mislead future generations."
Another long, rambling post followed, prompting many viewers to silently turn off the comments and messages, and focus solely on watching the main content.
This video about a time loop was made by a fairly well-known blogger. She and three friends spent two whole weeks working on it, resting at night and going online during the day, strictly adhering to the limits of holographic rest—it wouldn't appear unless the alarm went off. They stayed up all night making the video because there was a lot of content, but most of it was unnecessary.
Even among the three of them, it wasn't certain that all of them could enter the Underworld; one person could stay outside while the other two took turns inside. This resulted in a significant amount of waiting time, such as being unable to enter, or being accidentally killed by other players inside, wasting a chance.
This discovery was quite unexpected. The blogger happened to trigger the option to enter the underworld in a shop in the Huaxia Jianghu (a martial arts world). As luck would have it, the old man who owned that shop passed away shortly after her, and she encountered him on the Bridge of Helplessness. One second they were buying and selling things together, the next they were meeting in the underworld—she was terrified.
After inquiring, I learned that the old man had been caught in the crossfire of a brawl among players in the game "Huaxia Jianghu" and had died just like that. She was even smugly pleased with her good luck, discovering for the first time that NPCs from "Huaxia Jianghu" could actually come to the underworld.
Curious, I followed him. Unexpectedly, this old man arrived at the Bridge of Helplessness, drank the Meng Po soup, and went to the Yama's Palace to be reincarnated. Even more miraculous was the entire judgment process, which was extremely meticulous and practically perfect. It was filled with humanity's hope for all injustices, permeating every corner. This was a gathering place of hope, all hope!
She quickly thought of something and immediately contacted her friend to find the next reincarnated person to film the video.
While her friend was searching for a target, she quickly summoned the Black Tiger to investigate the flow and routes of souls in the underworld, and was shocked.
They then filmed the entire life-or-death process:
When a soul dies, it is taken away by the Black and White Impermanence. However, the Black and White Impermanence cannot be seen in the human world represented by the Chinese martial arts world. They can only be seen after entering the underworld.
Passing through the Gates of Hell and traversing the Road to the Underworld, the soul is cleansed of its impurities and its yin energy is increased, allowing it to solidify and completely detach from the mortal realm. On this road, souls have varying weights; the heavier ones sink to the underworld. The Black and White Impermanence, based on their descent, send them to the Nine Courts of Hell, where they are judged by the Eight Kings of Hell: King Chujiang, King Songdi, King Wuguan, King Biancheng, and King Dushi. The judgment considers various aspects, including morality, merits, and demerits. Those without guilt are punished, while those guilty remain to continue to the next stage.
The soul they were tracking was an ordinary, good person who smoothly entered the final gates of hell to be reincarnated. In his next life, he was reborn as a child of a fortunate family, living a peaceful and prosperous life.