Pioneering

"If you can help the underworld solve this problem," the master of the underworld said sincerely, "in the future, if you want to annex the beliefs of the Northern Continent, I will stand by your side."

If you mention this, I won't be sleepy anymore.

If it was said that Zhong Ming was held in this inexplicable place and forced to work for the master of the underworld, then he must have resentment.

But if you add more money...it doesn't seem to be unacceptable.

The current problems encountered in the underworld can generally be described by the population, no, the explosion of the soul mouth.

In the world tree system, the soul destination of all living beings after death was originally the underworld.

When the chaos first opened, Zhong Ming felt that maybe the creator god Zoya hadn't considered the situation that the underworld would be full.

The souls of creatures are never cared by the strong.

Leave it alone, and the souls of ordinary creatures will be repelled to the underworld by the plane in their natural state under the influence of rules.

Unless the soul is interfered by external forces (undead spells, divine powers of authority, self-transformation...).

It wasn't until the Bronze Age that there was the method of ascension to gods, the new and old gods, in order to speed up the recovery of divine power and better exert their authority and power, and began to shape their own kingdoms of God, and the souls of devout believers had enough the value of.

As a result, the phenomenon of receiving believers in the kingdom of God similar to "going to heaven" has emerged.

At first, the master of the underworld was happy to accept more souls into the underworld.

When he first entered the Era of the Kingdom of God, he had a lot of trouble with the gods for the sake of the kingdom of God.

Back then, it was also the power of faith brought by the souls of the believers, which involved the interests of the other gods too much. Silanos, who knew that there was nothing he could do, only pinched his nose to admit it after receiving a large amount of compensation from the gods.

From then on, those who go to the underworld are souls who are not religious enough and not accepted by any god's kingdom of God.

The gods also began to establish a group of envoys subordinate to them, who were responsible for receiving the souls of believers who "meet the standard" after death.

Not all believers accept it, because to some extent, this world still obeys the law of conservation of mass and energy.

The Kingdom of God carries the souls of believers, and maintaining the belief in the Kingdom of God to transform the divine power system requires consumption to produce output.In order not to operate at a loss, generally at least a "true believer" with a soul that can produce 0.1 points of divine power per day will be accepted by the gods into the kingdom of God.

After all, these believers are not in a living state. To maintain these souls from dissipating, and to maintain their happy life in the Kingdom of God without losing the purity of their beliefs will also consume divine power and material resources.

Among the twelve main gods, the acceptance criteria for the Goddess of the Mother Earth are "fanatics", who can produce 100 points of divine power every day; the acceptance criteria for the Goddess of Fire, Goddess of Ice and Snow, Goddess of Nature... are "pious", who can produce 1 points of divine power every day. Out of [-] divine power.

And the acceptance standard of the kingdom of God ruled by the underworld is the lowest among the twelve main gods. Like those ordinary gods, "true believers" can enter the kingdom of God ruled by the underworld after death.

This is also something that can’t be helped. It’s still difficult to make people believe in “death”. It’s far inferior to the “five harvests”, “improvement of forging quality”, “seasonal climate issues”, and “royal protection” bestowed by other gods... Attractive.

Of course, the belief in the ruler of the underworld is not completely without advantages.

If you are a believer in the ruler of the underworld, even if your belief is not pure enough to enter the kingdom of Silanos, you can basically do well in the underworld. You can be a small official of the underworld who governs some souls, and you can only control after death the pleasure of others.

In the beginning, Silanos, who held the power of death and dominated almost the entire underworld, the more "deaths", the greater the power. He was very happy to accept these wandering ghosts, even though most of these souls were in the eyes of the gods "Troublemakers".

And with the passage of time, especially after the great extinctions at the end of the era, the souls of the ten major source planes of the world tree poured in, and Silanos became more and more uncomfortable.

The more you stuff this shit into the back, the less it is a thing!
For people without faith, no matter how much Theranos tortured them after death, most of them would not be able to provide him with the power of faith, only full of awe and fear.

But he is not an evil god, the master of the underworld, and he disdains to absorb too many mixed "negative" beliefs that affect the mind and thinking.

Although Silanos is majestic and looks like "unlikeable man" and "big villain", he is actually the strongest and righteous god among the gods, second only to Thork.

Therefore, [-]% of the dead souls are a burden to the ruler of the underworld.

In the beginning, being able to endure innocence means that the family is poor, life is difficult, and I am not qualified to pick and choose.

Now he is a man who has made a fortune, despises a wife who is a mess, and wants to throw away bad assets.

Without selling non-performing assets, how can we vacate positions and include hot stocks?

If you don't get rid of the yellow-faced woman, how can you find a young and beautiful woman openly?

Although the world tree absorbs chaos all the time to maintain self-consumption and expansion, and the top ten source material main planes also expand slowly and undetectably, it is clear that the growth rate of the underworld cannot keep up with the increasing number of creatures and deaths. more status quo.

If the underworld is really soul-stirring, then more than half of Silanos' extra income is also a great foundation for him to gain a foothold in the strongest man under Sock-the belief of the souls of countless shallow believers in the underworld, I'm afraid it will be destroyed. Disappeared.

No matter how stupid a wage earner is, it is impossible for a wage earner to remain loyal to his boss when he is physically burdened by one or more people, right?

There is no such thing as reincarnation in the underworld, and there was no way in the past that the heinous people would be thrown into the seven hells, so they can only enter and exit.

Throwing the souls of sinners into hell now, strengthening the power of hell, and indirectly alleviating the crisis of excess soul mouths in the underworld is also the helpless move of Silanos, who really can't think of a good way.

As for destroying the souls of these creatures in large numbers...Let's not talk about whether this act is evil or not, whether the father god Zoya in the dark will hate him, whether fate will hate him, it is this act that will inevitably be spread However, Silanos will inevitably lose his faith in the underworld as a result.

No matter how cruel the means are, even if the existing souls of the underworld are plowed, the friendly fellow gods will "enthusiastically" record the atrocities of Silanos and help him "promote his reputation".

This kind of operation is worse than no operation, and it is not flattering to waste effort.

It's not that Theranos didn't think of other ways to solve this problem, and recruiting Orpheus into the underworld was one of his attempts.

"Why can Orpheus support your workload?" Zhong Ming was a little puzzled. How could you believe that Orpheus is so good that he can help you solve this super problem? With his singing, dancing and playing skills?

Theranos said in a calm tone: "Music has a strong ability to spread and infect, so that these unbelievers can be moved to the point of dissipating, and the cost of contamination is also the least.

And Orpheus is not an ordinary person, he has the ability to help me, he is the recovery of the god of language Ekins.

A deity of moderate power would solve this problem if they put their minds to it. "

Zhong Ming is happy, isn't this just looking for someone to take the blame, which is quite euphemistic.

'God of language Ekins?Let me think about it, isn't it the suitor of the god of love, the one who helped the god of love to plot against the original god of water, Hefnall?The one who was killed by Eros in the end to appease Sock? '

'No wonder you want to marry your daughter to him by force. You have grasped the potential essence of Orpheus, the saint of lovers (dog licking) and the saint of love (dog), right? '

'The rejection of fate?Come on, with gods of your level, how can fate really be disgusted by such a trivial matter?
Sauk has destroyed the world several times, and the races of the Silver and Bronze Ages haven't died enough?Is he okay?
Can't killing the soul be more serious than killing the body?
Could it be that he was punished with three cups of wine, and he was disgusted by not taking it as an example? '

'You old boy, just looking for white gloves! '

'You are more cruel than Mustache Benbeard! '

'Your daughter, the Goddess of Plague, is really unlucky...'

"Hehe," Zhong Ming hugged his chest and sneered, "It seems that Brother Serranos has quite a lot of daughters. Is this a plan to recruit a son-in-law once the underworld is full?"

Theranos showed no sign of anger, but thought about it seriously: "It's not impossible to think about it."

"If you feel uneasy and want to strengthen the relationship between us, my daughter can be chosen by you." Theranos added another sentence, which attracted Zhong Bai's eyes.

How can you be your old son-in-law without slaughtering the underworld with your own hands?Is this dowry gift unique enough?I can't afford it, I really can't afford it.

No wonder Theranos said that Zhong Ming can help. Whether it is the high-tech influence to make the dead soul "self-destroy" or the low-tech "manual removal", they can all help Theranos take the blame and clean up. The goal for which the vast majority of the burden of faithlessness exists.

So, is Zhong Ming going to achieve "No. 1 Tu" as Theranos said?

Zhong Ming refused.

This dead soul can't recharge his gold finger, and he has to waste an unknown amount of time, and he has to bear a bad reputation at the record level. For his daughter of Theranos, blood loss, there is no need!
"No, no," Zhong Ming waved his hands again and again, "I'm playful, irresponsible, lustful, not specific, and... in short, definitely not a good match."

"I'll take over. Help you clear the underworld, and let all the souls who don't believe in you go away to make room for your believers. It's simple."

Silanos didn't care about whether the marriage was successful or not. Whether Zhong Ming was willing to descend from his previous generation to marry his daughter was far less important than the serious business of purging the underworld.

"So when do you start?"

Zhong Ming smiled slightly: "Brother Serranos, it's not that I don't want to start helping you now.

It's just that my main body is only in the state of semi-god's seal now. Even if I output all my strength day and night, the souls cleaned may not be as many as the souls pouring into the underworld.

You can't let me waste the excellent opportunity to develop believers in the material world and clean your house, can you?
Then I would rather give up this one-tenth of the power of water, and then turn around and tell Sea God Siri, let him have a good chat with you, maybe he will be willing to help you with this favor. "

Silanos frowned slightly, but he was not annoyed. After all, even if Orpheus got it successfully, he would not be able to use it immediately. It would take time for him to return to his prime.

"Then what do you mean?"

"In this way, the ascension adaptation period given to me by the world consciousness is only 1000 years. You also said that according to the current speed, it will take tens of thousands of years before the situation of soul overlapping. Now there are 992 years left, you can still accept it. right?

In my liberated state after ascension to the astral world, there are a few powerful divine powers, and the possibility of great divine powers is not low, and it is more convenient to help you solve problems, right?Taking the blame has more weight, right?
If you are worried, we can sign a contract first. I promise to help you solve the problem of excess soul ports in the underworld after 1000 years. You have to promise to support my expansion of belief in the North Continent. No, as long as I don’t violate it, it’s not you You must pledge to support your beliefs. "

Theranos gave Zhong Ming a meaningful look: You boy, I'm afraid you have the idea of ​​continuing to pass this blame on to others?That's right, after all, no one has ever done such an outrageous massacre of souls, and no one knows what the consequences will be.

"Okay, I agree." Theranos readily agreed. Anyway, the matter is outsourced, as long as it can be done well, who cares whether Party B will continue to outsource?
After the two signed the contract, Theranos waved his hand and was about to send Zhong Ming away, Zhong Ming asked: "The last question, you seem to have some influence in hell, why don't you just throw all these souls to hell? "

The corner of Theranos' mouth slightly raised: "It can be done, but it can't be done."

The familiar fluctuations struck again, and Zhong Ming reappeared thoughtfully in front of the portal from Yaxia into the hell of jealousy.

Clouds flowed, thunder struck, dust fell to the ground, and the sweat beads on Zhong Ming's forehead just slipped over his cheeks and dripped onto the blue-gray ground.

Everything seemed to have never happened, only the vague sense of contract and restraint reminded him that all this was not an illusion.

"Can be done, but can't be done?"

"Interesting, it seems that the gods in this world are more flexible than I imagined, and they are more 'friendly' to each other than I imagined."

"This is me, there are multiple side missions for no reason? Mandatory access?"

"Hehe, Silanos, you are quite domineering, but when I really help you 'clean the house', I hope you don't regret it!"

Zhong Ming sneered when he thought that in the contract, Seranos had to fully cooperate with him to complete the payment for clearing the underworld.

He hated being arranged the most, and he had to give Theranos a little shock when the time came.

He neither planned to end up working as a "cleaner" for the master of the underworld himself, nor did he intend to outsource this job.

Instead, he remembered an idea a long time ago. If it is realized, it will not only cure the symptoms, but also cure the root cause, and solve the phenomenon of excess soul mouths in the underworld from the root.

However, if this thought came true, I'm afraid Theranos would not only be unable to laugh, but also cry!
At that time, the dominion of the underworld, hehe.

The explosion of the soul mouth originated from the continuous breeding and reproduction of living beings, and the speed of reproduction and death in a relatively stable environment far exceeds the speed of the expansion of the underworld.

If there is reincarnation, World Tree does not need to continue to consume power to breed souls, which greatly reduces the consumption of more and more, and can also limit the total number of souls within a certain growth range, solving the problem of population expansion from the root.

Kill two birds with one stone.

It's just that after the power of reincarnation is in Zhong Ming's hands, the underworld may not be the domain of Silanos.

"Catch me as a coolie and take the blame on me? Everyone will be snatched for you!" (End of this chapter)