Starting from the folklore forum, making up town objects

Chapter 312: Creating a Ghost Gate Passage!?
When the same question was asked again, the meeting room fell silent.

Chu Xiu sat down and looked at the crow opposite him. After reconsidering the sentence, he suddenly noticed a point that he hadn't paid attention to before.

Those who return to the mortal world go to live, while those who return to the underworld go to die.

The person on the other side, the Raven Prophet, was talking about 'humans,' not the Bureau of Investigation, nor the Great Xia!

Therefore, the Underworld did not place itself on the same level as the Bureau of Investigation or the Great Xia Dynasty!

If the Underworld places itself on such a high pedestal, then why would it want to cooperate with the Great Xia's Bureau of Public Opinion?
Could it be that the Great Xia Dynasty possesses something the Underworld needs?
Chu Xiu's eyes lit up, as if he had grasped something.

The worst thing you can do in a negotiation is to reveal your thoughts. But just now, because the rooster of the underworld 'closed the door,' the Great Xia side has already revealed what it cares about. If we want to bring each other back to the same level, we need to find out what the underworld cares about!
what is it then?

What would the underworld care about?

Chu Xiu's mind raced, and finally, he looked at Yun Longtian, who, like the other researchers, had a shocked expression on his face.

A chosen one?
He is the chosen one!

The chosen ones that the underworld needs, only the Great Xia has them?
Chu Xiu narrowed his eyes and looked at the Crow Prophet.

"We have witnessed the power of the Underworld, and it is truly beyond comprehension. To be honest, Great Xia desperately needs this power of the Underworld and its assistance."

"I wonder what price the Underworld would require the Great Xia to pay in order to help the Great Xia close all the rifts within its borders?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Xin looked at Chu Xiu.

What price?
Nothing is needed. All you need is for your Bureau of Investigation to properly spread the town's spirits and cleanse all the ghosts and spirits in the Great Xia and the Underworld.

But Chen Xin couldn't say that.

If that were the case, Chen Xin was certain that the Great Xia would become suspicious, doubtful, and even wonder what kind of conspiracy the Underworld was plotting against the Great Xia.

This is the complexity of human beings.

“Severing the ties between Yin and Yang is what the underworld is supposed to do. You don’t need to give anything in return. Of course, you can’t give the underworld what it wants either.”

"If you really want to do something, then stop causing trouble for the chosen ones. The more the underworld walkers are revived, the faster the process of severing the yin and yang will be."

"It's beneficial to both humans and the underworld."

Chu Xiu thought to himself, "Just as I suspected."

He truly is a chosen one!

Although the underworld spoke of it casually, in reality, the chosen ones were very important to them!
Chu Xiu felt a little more at ease.

"Does 'following the crows' mean that the underworld needs certain conditions to close the rift?"

"Of course, otherwise do you think the rift between Yin and Yang is so easy to repair? If it were that easy, would you humans be waiting for the underworld to take action?"

Chu Xiu frowned.

"May I ask, how can we speed up the repair of the cracks in the underworld, and what conditions are required?"

"That's certainly presumptuous of you. What, do you see the underworld as your tool, or do you think the underworld has to tell you everything it does? Or perhaps the netherworld should also belong to humanity?"

Chu Xiu's face darkened.

We were having a nice chat, why are you getting so worked up?

Could it be that we've touched upon some core secret of the underworld?

“You’ve misunderstood, Crow Walker. I just want to resolve the issue of Yin Ming as soon as possible. If it touches on the secrets of the Underworld, then you don’t have to answer.”

After Chu Xiu finished speaking, he realized that he couldn't be so humble, otherwise there would be no point in talking.

Then he asked, "May I ask another question?"

“Say it.”

"Why does the Underworld only cooperate with Great Xia? Is it because... the Chosen Ones are only in Great Xia?"

Chu Xiu looked at the Crow Prophet, a barely perceptible smile curving his lips.

"Huh? How do you know the Underworld only communicated with Great Xia? Could it be that Earth belongs to Great Xia? Does Great Xia know everything other countries are doing?"

Chu Xiu's expression froze.

Looking at the crow, he felt for the first time that it was just a crow. If it were a human, he would have been able to read something from its expression.

But now, he has no way to refute it.

Although the Great Xia Dynasty is powerful, it is not yet the ruler of the world.

Even if you ask them face-to-face, other countries will not tell you the truth.

Just then, Chu Xiu heard a voice in his earpiece and immediately looked at the Raven Prophet.

"The crows walk, and the Bureau of Investigation agrees with the concept of the underworld."

"The living world returns to the Great Xia, and the underworld returns to the netherworld."

"From now on, those who walk in the underworld and are underworld officials will enjoy the same special powers as temporary workers in the Bureau of Investigation in the mortal world. At the same time, they will no longer monitor the existence of those who have already appeared in the underworld."

"I wonder if these conditions are acceptable?"

Chen Xin noticed that Chu Xiu had changed one word, but he didn't care.

Whether it's 'human' or 'Great Xia' doesn't matter.

If he likes to say it that way, then so be it.

"In that case, we'll leave now."

As soon as the Prophet Crow spoke, Chu Xiu immediately interjected, "Wait a moment, there's something else."

“Crow Walker, because of the Bureau of Investigation’s previous focus on the Chosen Ones, and because some of Shen Zhihong’s underworld messengers revealed information about underworld talismans to the Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Investigation also has some information about talismans. I wonder if the Bureau of Investigation can use these talismans?”

After saying that, Chu Xiu stared intently at the Raven Prophet, trying to discern something, but he failed; there was nothing interesting about that crow's face.

"Those talismans are merely byproducts of the process of reviving the underworld. Use them if you want."

"However, it's best to abide by the taboos surrounding the talisman and not to disrespect it, otherwise you might anger some official in the underworld, and if they cause trouble, I won't be responsible."

After saying this, the Crow Prophet, along with the other Yellow Infants, Cloth Dog, and Chicken Brother outside, all disappeared.

Seeing this ability to appear and disappear without a trace, everyone felt even more awe for the underworld.

Perhaps, the ancient secrets told by that crow weren't all false?

After a long while, someone suddenly asked:
"Will the Warm Sunshine Project continue?"

"Yes, they can all repair the cracks, so is the Warm Sunshine Project still necessary?"

Several researchers looked dejected.

The thing they've been trying so hard to do now has a better solution. So why waste time on it?
"What are you thinking? Why aren't you doing anything? Do you just rely on others?"

"This is your first contact with the Underworld. Can you judge whether they are good or evil? Are you willing to entrust the future of Great Xia to them?"

"Were all your pursuits scared away just now?"

"If you don't want to work here anymore, just say so, and I'll have someone transfer you to another position!"

Fan Yaohui coldly rebuked them, causing the researchers, who were intimidated by the underworld, to lower their heads.

"Alright, let's all go back now."

After Chu Xiu finished speaking, everyone left the conference room, leaving only Fan Yaohui and Chu Xiu, who were talking to someone through earpieces.

Half an hour later, Fan Yaohui and Chu Xiu left the conference room one after the other.

On the way, Chu Xiu suddenly asked, "Old Fan, what's the current status of Project Warm Sunshine?"

"It's almost there. It can already illuminate a radius of 100 meters. If we keep going, we'll eventually succeed."

"Okay, that's good. Take good care of Nuanyang..."

"knew."

"By the way, why didn't we ask about the God of the Chaotic World earlier? Perhaps the Underworld knows something."

"Let's leave it at that for now, since it's our first time meeting. Asking won't necessarily get us the real answer."

"Too."

……

"The Warm Sunshine Project?"

In the hall, Chen Xin, who had just recalled the town's goods, muttered this word to himself.

He had seen the word before from Zong Peng, and now he heard it again from the researchers.

So, what exactly is the Warm Sunshine Project?
Before Chen Xin could think for long, Bai Hongtao called Bai Bowen away.

From afar, Chen Xin saw Bai Bowen's deathly pale face.

It seems they know about his father's situation.

Bai Yi didn't die, but he came with two ghosts inside him, and left with none. But maybe that's for the best.

With two ghosts inside me, it's hard to say how many years I can live, but right now, as an ordinary person, I should be able to live for another ten years without any problem.

While Chen Xin was pondering, the General Administration of Sport had already announced the results of the qualifying rounds on stage.

Mubei City jumped from 28th to 8th among the Earthly Fiends.

Chen Xin and Bai Bowen contributed to this, but Bai Yi deserves the most credit.

Nearly half of the top team leaders in Gray District 76 have died. Before the leader of the Skull God Cult made his move, Bai Yi had already accumulated a considerable number of points.

So after the final results, Mubei City jumped 20 places!
Besides Mukbei City, Chen Xin also made significant progress at the Lingyuan City branch, which he was focusing on.

Previously, the Lingyuan City branch was ranked 64th among the Earthly Fiends, a very low ranking.

After this, Lingyuan City rose to the 33rd position among the Earthly Fiends.

Wang Xingping performed exceptionally well in the regular division, but unfortunately, he either performed poorly or suffered defeats in the other three divisions. Although the top team leader survived, he did not gain many points.

The fact that Wang Xingping was able to reach the 33rd position among the Earthly Fiends was largely due to his sweeping victory over nearly half of the ordinary competition areas with his Sorrowful Staff.

Although the ranking wasn't high this time, Bao Lingqing, the director of the Lingyuan City branch, looked very happy at the moment.

Just as Chen Xin looked over, Bao Lingqing and Chen Xin made eye contact.

Then, Bao Lingqing brought Wang Xingping to Chen Xin.

"Xiao Chen, after graduation, go back to Lingyuan City and let your uncle take care of you."

"His current abilities are no less than those of some senior team leaders. When you graduate and come back, your uncle will definitely reach the level of a top team leader. By then, it will be another three-year term. If the two of you work together, it might not be impossible for Lingyuan City to break into the top ten!"

"At that time, Lingyuan City will be able to provide better resources for geniuses like you."

Bao Lingqing became more and more excited as she spoke, unaware that a few strands of hair on her head had already strayed to one side.

Just as Chen Xin was about to nod, Bai Hongtao returned.

"Hey, Lao Bao, you guys improved your rankings much more than us this time!"

As he spoke, he shielded Chen Xin behind him.

……

That evening, it's unclear whether Bai Hongtao was eager to go home or was trying to avoid someone.

That night, they went to the dark area they had come from and found the entrance where the scroll had formed.

In the blink of an eye, the people from the Mubei City branch all returned to Mubei City.

Chen Xin went straight back to his rented apartment.

After washing up in his room, Chen Xin lay on the bed and took stock of what he had gained this time.

More than eighty coins used to suppress evil spirits, a clown box containing the ghost's true form, the head of a leader of the Skull God Cult, and a Blood Calamity-level fiend corpse.

I won't go into the details of accumulating merit, as it's difficult to calculate.

In order to repair the crack located in Yangcheng, Chen Xin sent Brother Chicken to kill the worm demons in the crossroads twice more.

Only then did we accumulate enough merit points to repair the crack.

Looking at the remaining 20,000 points of Yin Virtue, Chen Xin sighed inwardly that the price of showing off was really high.

However, the effect was still quite good.

By leaving the Underworld with a high-class impression on the Bureau of Investigation, there should be far fewer problems afterward.

Of course, things will become less frequent, but once something goes wrong, it won't be a small matter.

For example, the crack in Yangcheng.

After Chen Xin finished the repairs, he suddenly received a piece of information.

That crack... will reappear!
The reason is that there are some problems between the underworld and the mortal world.

The cracks that Chen Xin repaired were only a temporary measure.

Like a bucket full of water that had started to overflow, Chen Xin used his Yin De Points to raise the bucket a little, stopping the overflow.

But water is still being poured into the bucket, and one day, the water level will reach the bucket's limit again.

At that point, Chen Xin either had to keep raising the bucket, or he could only watch the water overflow.

Moreover, Chen Xin felt that when the crack appeared a second time, it would definitely be even bigger.

Similarly, the amount of merit points required for repairs will also be greater.

Therefore, Chen Xin had to find another way to resolve the issue of severing ties between Yin and Yang.

They've already made the boast, but if they can't deliver, the underworld won't have much prestige with the Bureau of Public Opinion.

This will be a bit troublesome, and Chen Xin doesn't like trouble.

Therefore, this problem still needs to be solved.

After thinking for a long time, Chen Xin took out "The Complete Book of Talismans".

Since good deeds can only solve the problem temporarily, what about talismans?

Is it possible to create a talisman to sever the yin and yang ties?

Chen Xin fell into deep thought.

Chen Xin couldn't sleep that night, and by dawn he still couldn't think of any talisman that could do that.

Even a powerful figure like Brother Chicken, at the Yama level, could probably only maintain the stability of a Yin-Yang region.

What Chen Xin needs to do is maintain the stability of all the Yin and Yang regions.

Chen Xin himself couldn't imagine how difficult this was.

"Could it be that the talisman above Yama is going to be used here?"

Chen Xin suddenly thought of this.

If there really is any talisman capable of achieving this level of power, it would probably only be a talisman of the rank above Yama.

"So, what kind of talisman was it?"

Chen Xin got up and went to the Bureau of Public Opinion Investigation.

Because of the ranking competition, the entire Mubei City Survey Bureau was in a relatively relaxed and cheerful atmosphere.

Chen Xin could understand; the eighth of the Earthly Fiends was more than just a title.

The resources available are more than double those of the Twenty-Eight Earthly Fiends, so the treatment of everyone at the Mubei City Investigation Bureau is correspondingly better.

However, Chen Xin's attention was not on this.

After walking to the information processing department, Chen Xin greeted familiar people and then sat down at his workstation.

Chen Xin currently has no clue about the powerful artifact that surpasses even the Yama level. He wants to try to find some inspiration from the Bureau of Investigation's data and event database.

Chen Xin didn't expect that his investigation would take a whole week.

Until this day, when he was feeling irritable, he casually browsed through his things and came across a supernatural event that was just a wandering ghost.

There's not much to say about the process of this paranormal event. What caught Chen Xin's attention was the ghost wall created by the wandering spirit.

That wandering spirit likes to deceive people's senses, causing the scene behind any door in the room to change to the basement whenever someone opens a door, thus frightening the homeowner.

After witnessing the wandering spirit's actions, a thought suddenly popped into Chen Xin's mind.

It is better to block than to open up!

Since we lack the ability to eradicate the cracks and doors, could we create a door that could replace all the doors and cracks connecting the underworld to the mortal realm?

What's troubling the Bureau of Polling right now?
What troubled them was the doors and cracks that appeared randomly in various locations of the Great Xia. The appearance of these cracks not only caused the yin energy to rise, but also caused casualties in the area.

The Bureau of Polling is already running out of manpower; otherwise, it wouldn't be able to expand university enrollment.

It's conceivable that as more and more scandals emerge, the Bureau of Investigation will likely need a very large number of personnel just for this purpose.

Wouldn't managing all the doors and cracks in a unified manner be an alternative way to solve the problem?
Chen Xin thought of the ink painting in Mubei City. Since there was already such a 'door' that could lead to any underworld region, it didn't seem like a difficult thing to create a similar talisman.

As for its ability to suppress objects, Chen Xin didn't think it was inferior to a 'door'!
The more Chen Xin thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.

"So, what kind of door should we build?"

Chen Xin's mind popped into his head the fishhook, the photograph, and the ghost money—these were the "doors" he possessed, and then he thought of the painting.

Suddenly, Chen Xin slapped his forehead!
Hell!

Since he created the underworld, why couldn't he create something closely related to it?

gate of hell!
What's wrong with building a gate to hell?
……

(End of this chapter)