The afterlife blew up Gensokyo

After waving his hand and glancing at the scattered strips of cloth hanging on Hoshiguma Yuugi, who was sitting on the ground, Shi Bai casually took out a coat and tossed it over.

"Alright, I've defeated you, so please give up on the idea of ​​taking my sister away from me, right?"

“A loss is a loss. I promise I won’t cause you any more trouble. The Ghost Clan never lies… but I can only guarantee that I won’t take action myself.”

After taking a deep look at the man in front of her, Hoshiguma Yuugi wrapped the coat around her body and stood up from the ground.

"The opening of the Underworld is an inevitable trend, one that no one can stop. Although you are indeed very strong, the strongest being I have ever seen... join our Oni Clan!!"

"what?"

"One person is ultimately weak and powerless, unable to resist the trend of the times. Join our demon clan and become my partner, and we will become your strongest support and ally."

Do you know how many people in this world are truly afraid of death?

Shi Bai waved his hand, turned around, and walked back the way he came.

“I will handle my sister’s affairs myself. There are some things I know better than you do, or rather, no one in this world knows more than I do… Let’s call it a night. Since you promised me, please don’t come again. Because if it happens again, I’m not sure I can control myself…”

"Wait a minute, what's your name? You're the first person to beat me, and I'm absolutely not going to give up on the idea of ​​having you as my partner."

Seeing that the other person was about to disappear from his sight, Hoshiguma Yuugi hurriedly called out to the other person's back.

"Um... please call me Passerby A."

The faint echo of someone's rather irresponsible reply could be heard in the air.

Share the good fortune.jpg

P.S.: Py recommends books

"So, Let's Become Creators Starting Today," a new product from a top influencer.

Creating a world from nothing, a creation epic.

Chapter Fifty-Four: The Dwelling of the Dead

When Bai returned to the camp, the sky was already faintly showing the first light of dawn.

The night passed quietly.

Upon seeing him return, the Detective Hei Shen, who hadn't moved an inch since he left, first looked up at him, nodded, and then quietly returned to her tent.

As usual, the female detective was as taciturn as ever.

"Uh... so there's absolutely no need to stay outside all night, right? And it's already dawn, you won't get much sleep even if you go back into the tent..."

Shi Bai reached up and scratched his hair, muttering something under his breath.

—The faint sound of something falling could be heard coming from inside the tent.

As dawn broke, the people inside the tent gradually woke up. However, just as Yagokoro Eirin was skillfully preparing breakfast, a succubus who came out of Shinki's tent silently placed a staff broken into seven pieces in front of Shibai.

"...So how come it broke again?"

Looking at the staff that the succubus had handed him for the fourth time, Shi Bai's lips twitched involuntarily. He looked up at the succubus in front of him, somewhat speechless.

"Didn't I tell you that no matter what nice things Shenqi says to you, you must never lend this staff to her for research again?"

"...I didn't borrow any more; she stole it from my tent while I was asleep at night."

Turning her head to the side, the succubus spoke softly.

"........."

After a moment of silence, Shi Bai turned to look at Shen Qi, who was pretending to be looking at the scenery with an indifferent expression.

"Ahem... My research has reached a bottleneck. Although I have the idea, I still can't manufacture the same type of prop."

She coughed a few times, feigning composure, and then winked at him subtly.

"I was wondering if you could offer me some assistance with making props, Mr. Passerby?"

"...If you want to study it, I can give you this Leo Gold Cloth."

After thinking for a moment, Shi Bai took out a pure gold box and placed it on the ground.

"No, the Gold Cloth requires Cosmo to activate, and I don't want to study that kind of inexplicable power."

Without even glancing at the box, Shen Qi stared directly into his eyes, her expression serious.

"What I want are props that I make myself."

"Is that so..."

After a moment of silence, Shi Bai turned his head to look elsewhere and spoke calmly.

"I can help you, but the price you pay must satisfy me. After all, you can't expect me to help you for free, can you? I won't do things like helping someone to the point of tears again... Come back to me when you've thought things through."

"A price that will satisfy you?"

With a slight glint in her eyes, Shen Qi quickly nodded.

"Then it's a deal! I'll definitely find something that will satisfy you!!"

"...Teacher, what are you talking about?"

Having listened to the entire conversation, the succubus, feeling as if she were hearing gibberish, was momentarily bewildered.

"We're talking about happy things."

As he bent down to pick up the broken staff, Shi Bai casually replied.

"By the way, since your staff is so easily damaged... I might as well put a protective coating on it for you!!"

Succubus: "..."

...Why do I feel like something's suddenly missing?

...............................................................

"Teacher, we're being watched."

After breakfast, Yagokoro Eirin sought out her teacher alone and spoke to her with a serious expression.

"I can sense many powerful auras stirring up trouble. Although I don't know why they've all stopped, it's only a matter of time before they catch up with us."

"Will this affect you, Shenqi, and Tan Nu?"

Looking into the distance, Shi Bai's expression was one of noncommittal.

"...Yes, but not much. Because both Shenqi and I have almost faded out of this war."

After thinking for a moment, Yagokoro Eirin shook her head with slight hesitation.

"But now, both the gods and the demons are keeping a close eye on us. In opening the cycle of life and death in the underworld, it can be said that both sides have been completely involved. This is a major event involving both races. If it is not handled properly, it is very likely to start another extremely fierce battle. Even the demon kings on the demon race side have been dispatched. We simply cannot protect them... I don't quite understand why there is such a big commotion at this time."

"Because the appointed time is fast approaching, both the gods and the demons want to take advantage of this rare opportunity when the underworld opens to enter and rule it..."

As he said this, Shi Bai let out a cold laugh.

"They simply don't understand that the cycle of life and death is absolutely fair. The so-called judgments regarding reincarnation only consider right and wrong, good and evil, not personal feelings. Trying to reverse the course of reincarnation with one's own subjective will? Ha..."

"...I don't quite understand."

After a moment of silence, Yagokoro Eirin shook her head.

"Don't understand? It's okay, I'll explain it to you."

Looking up at the rising sun on the horizon, Shi Bai spoke softly.

"The appointed time is approaching, and the day the underworld opens is set. However, the underworld is a world of death. The dead cannot set foot in the world of the living, and the living cannot enter the world of the dead. These are the established rules of the world, and no existence can violate them, otherwise chaos will ensue between life and death... Unless an existence that can change the rules and overturn the realms appears, no one can break this rule."

"So, the underworld that's about to open... can't be entered?"

Eirin Yagokoro quickly realized what her teacher meant, and her face paled slightly.

"The underworld is the abode of the dead. What would it be like for the living to enter the world of the dead? To enter the underworld, one must first die, right? That should be obvious. If there were truly beings with immense power who could disregard all restrictions and enter the underworld, do you think the so-called cycle of life and death could truly continue? Therefore…"

Shi Bai took out a storage ring from his storage ring and handed it to Yagokoro Eirin, then turned to look at her.

“Unexpected things may happen at that time, so for your safety, remember to distribute the teleportation scrolls that I prepared in advance in the storage ring to the others, and then take them back to the bamboo forest.”

"Remember this: the Underworld is a place only the dead can enter. Even you and Shenqi must never step into the Underworld when it is open!!"

Undead Group.jpg

P.S.: Tickets

Chapter Fifty-Five: The Dream World

The living must not enter the realm of the dead, nor should the dead linger in the realm of the living.

The cycle of life and death must not interfere with each other; this is an ironclad rule of the world.

No one understands better than Shi Bai how inviolable the rules set by the world are.

If it is not with the world's tacit approval, anyone who attempts to challenge the world's rules on their own will inevitably end up with a bloody crash.

When the underworld officially opens, the gates to it will be wide open, and the cycle of life and death will begin. But rather than giving gods or demons the opportunity to rule the underworld, Shi Bai sees it more as a blatant trap.

Life and death are unrelated; the world before life and the world after death are completely different concepts.

After death, they become the dead, dust to dust, ashes to ashes. Their spirits cross the River of Three Crossings, where they are judged for their good and evil deeds and punishments. Then they walk the road to the underworld, drink the water of the River of Oblivion, and after forgetting all their past lives, they step into the next life.

This is what is known as the cycle of birth and death.

As for why a certain gluttonous child in Gensokyo can go to the mortal world, while a certain black and white rat can go to the underworld... Gensokyo's common sense is completely reversed from the common sense of the outside world.

—But at least for now, the underworld is a place only the dead can go to.

To be honest, Shi Bai didn't know what would happen when the Underworld opened, but it was best to be careful in everything.

He may not die, but that doesn't mean others won't.

After packing my bags, the journey began again.

As if they all had a premonition, the atmosphere in the group became slightly more subdued as the journey drew to a close. The green-haired loli would often stare blankly in a certain direction, as if drawn by something.

By the afternoon of the second day, they had reached the end of their journey.

What appeared before them was a bare rock wall.

Are you sure this is the place?

Looking up at the nameless mountain in front of her, Shen Qi turned to Shi Bai and asked him a rather strange question.

"I have indeed been to this place with the succubus before, but this mountain is completely unremarkable... Are you sure you haven't mistaken the place?"

"While it is true that hearing is unreliable and seeing is believing, sometimes hearing is not necessarily unreliable, and seeing is not necessarily true."

Stepping forward, Shi Bai placed his hand on the rock wall and spoke softly.

“In the place where I used to live, there were some extremely dangerous items stored. If I had just left them there without taking any precautions, it would have been terrible if someone had gone in and released them. So you won't find that place; only I…”

Before he could finish his sentence, the previously bare rock face suddenly rippled like flowing water, and before he could react, he fell straight into it.

His last words didn't come out until after he fell inside.

"...Only then can we find and enter... Holy crap! Don't rush in yet, there's a small problem here, let me handle it first..."

"Click it."

The sound of a neck being snapped came clearly from inside.

"........."

After a brief silence, Shen Qi turned to look at the people behind her.

"I hope he's alright...?"

The mysterious female detective silently shook her head.

............................................................

About ten minutes later, Shi Bai's voice finally came out faintly from inside the rock wall.

"Alright, that damn thing is finally taken care of. If you want to come in, be careful of the steps... Oh, and remember to be careful not to bump into the walls. The entrance inside isn't as big as you think."

What did you encounter inside?

Curious, she touched the rock wall and felt a sensation similar to flowing water. Then, she asked the person inside with great curiosity.

"A small thing made of reinforced concrete... but I've already put it back in."