American Comics: Something's Wrong with This Superhero World

Chapter 146 The Rules of the Hell Dimension

"Jigsaw Space becomes my color gamut space, what will happen to Jigsaw?" Xiao Xian curiously examined the changes in the space. This was definitely the color gamut route decoration that came with the Hell Dimension, and it had nothing to do with him. However, to be fair, the various props really broadened Xiao Xian's horizons.

"I don't know. He's so ill; without the support of this space, his condition will probably worsen." The White Queen shrugged, indicating she didn't know either. Then, she looked at the new attire and said to Xiao Xian, "Why don't we try it out?"

"No need. It mainly functions to promote abstinence, lower moral standards, increase my charm, amplify pleasure, and quickly restore physical strength." Xiao Xian shook his head and said, "In this situation, it's easy to get addicted, even to the point of addiction, and eventually become someone I can't afford to mess with."

After becoming the new master of the core, although he has not yet fully refined it, Xiao Xian has already obtained a lot of information about the space, including the space's buffs, the way to recruit people, the cost, and how to absorb sins to strengthen the space.

Unlike the Jigsaw era, which primarily absorbed pain and killing, the current core, based on Xiao Xian's characteristics, has changed its main content of absorption, becoming the absorption of lust, depravity, immorality, and a series of sins and emotions arising from sin.

The advantage is that lust and the like can be satisfied without killing the other party, and you can repeatedly exploit them. The disadvantage is that compared with the pain that people experience when facing life and death, the emotional power generated by lust and the like is not very strong for ordinary people, and the sins brought about by depravity are not many. In fact, there may even be a situation where the sins absorbed are not as high as the cost required to recruit people, resulting in a loss.

According to the knowledge inherent in the core of hell, generally speaking, the purer a person is, the more sins they commit due to indulging in desires. For example, the sins caused by the fall of a saint are many times greater than those caused by a bus derailment. The same goes for those who are deeply in love; compared to a bus derailment, the sin of a wife who deeply loves her husband committing adultery is definitely greater.

Soul strength is also an important indicator. For the same behavior, people with strong souls commit more sins. In addition, some special souls, such as the chosen ones, commit far more sins than ordinary people.

"So that means it will be even more fun?" The White Queen's eyes lit up immediately after hearing this. Anyway, she was against becoming someone Xiao Xian couldn't afford to offend, and she was already addicted to Xiao Xian.

"Be serious. I don't want you to become someone who only knows 'that' and is unapproachable. I prefer you as you are now." Xiao Xian patted the White Queen's head and said. The strength of telepathy is linked to mental power. If the White Queen becomes unapproachable, how much power will telepathy have left?

"My dear~" Upon hearing this, the White Queen beamed with joy. Sure enough, her long companionship still held a place in Xiao Xian's heart! He has me in his heart!

"Let's go check on Jigsaw's situation," Xiao Xian said, leading the White Queen to the room where Jigsaw had been. It was a pity that Xiao Xian hadn't fully refined the core yet; otherwise, he could freely change his position and form in this space, teleporting with ease—a standard skill for dimensional lords in their own space.

In fact, Jigsaw suffered from a lack of education and didn't know about dimensional lords. If he had refined the space core earlier, his illness wouldn't have been a big deal at all. Not to mention illness, there are plenty of dimensional lords who have completely abandoned their bodies.

When Xiao Xian arrived at Jigsaw's room, Jigsaw, who had lost the ability to prolong his life in the Hell Space, had already died of illness. His soul was automatically devoured by the Hell Space as nourishment. Xiao Xian closed his eyes and sensed that the Hell Space had increased by about 100 cubic meters. It seemed that Jigsaw's soul was a very high-quality soul according to the standards of the Hell Space.

If we convert it to rooms, Jigsaw's soul roughly added two 5 by 5 rooms, each 2 meters long, wide, and high, to Hell, which is about 50 square meters, the size of two four-person dorm rooms.

In fact, according to the knowledge of the Hell Core, a special high-quality soul like Jigsaw would be more profitable than directly devouring it, using it for rituals to slowly exploit it, or even trading it with other dimensional lords. However, Xiao Xian has not yet fully controlled the Hell Space Core, so the Hell Space will only operate according to the default rules, automatically devouring high-quality souls like Jigsaw to grow, rather than storing them.

However, it's not a big problem. So-called special souls are hard to find for others, but for Xiao Xian, every single character in the story has a soul that is definitely more special than others, especially Spider-Man, Batman, and Superman. They all have a sense of being chosen by fate, and their souls are much more special than the guy selling Mexican pancakes downstairs.

The most urgent task is to collect the sins as soon as possible, refine the core of hell, complete the dimensional lord's job advancement quest, and truly become a dimensional lord.

Xiao Xian already had a plan in mind, and he was confident that he would be able to complete the job change task soon.

After this hellish space went from being exclusively for Jigsaw to being exclusively for Xiao Xian, the rules for recruiting people also changed. During Jigsaw's time, it was a random selection of those with heinous sins, as well as those who knew about Jigsaw's space.

The cost of recruiting different people varies, and the more the sins of the target are consistent with Jigsaw Space's main business, the lower the cost of recruiting.

If the cost of recruiting a serial killer who enjoys torturing others is 1 unit, then the cost of recruiting a kind-hearted and benevolent person might be 100, or even 1000.

This is because the crimes of a serial killer are highly compatible with the crimes of Jigsaw Space, and their souls are attracted to Jigsaw Space. The energy required to pull them in is very low. On the other hand, kind-hearted and benevolent people are repelled by Jigsaw Space, and the cost of pulling them in is very high.

The cost of recruiting people varies from world to world. Some worlds are more lenient in this regard, allowing you to recruit as you please without any problem. Other worlds prohibit recruiting people, and even souls are considered to have owners. Recruiting people in such a world comes at an exceptionally high cost, and if you manage to recruit someone, they might even come back to take them back.

The good news is that the cost of recruiting people is not high in both the world where Jigsaw is located and the world where Xiao Xian is located. Xiao Xian doesn't know the situation in the world of Jigsaw, but in the superhero world, demons from all dimensions take turns appearing, some collecting souls and others signing contracts.

Speaking of contracts, we must mention another important factor affecting the cost of recruiting people: whether the recruited souls come voluntarily. Of course, voluntariness here can be subjective or forced. Once the contract is signed, they have to come voluntarily, whether they want to or not.

Considering the reputation of the various hell dimensions, most dimensional lords trick people into signing contracts, since very few actually go to hell voluntarily. However, Xiao Xian felt that he might be an exception, since he was a color domain theme.

(End of this chapter)