The afterlife blew up Gensokyo

Chapter 71 Shen Qi, the Home Demolition Expert

Like a final frenzy, the nearly month-long brutal war resulted in heavy losses for both gods and demons. Even the usually powerful demon race lost more than half of its members, not to mention the other races.

Furthermore, with the opening of the Underworld and the appearance of Hecatel Lapis Lazuli, a Underworld deity whose power far exceeded that of ordinary beings, some powerful deities who wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to break into the Underworld and gain control of it were instead forced to become Underworld deities and begin to build up the empty Underworld.

—In Shi Bai's words, it was about conscripting men.

And so, under these circumstances, peace descended upon the world in an unusually bizarre way.

Originally, the gods were still somewhat unwilling, and some pro-war factions were even more eager to start a final battle. However, the times create heroes, which has always been an eternal theme.

Just as there are beings like Kinkara on the side of demons, there are also beings on the side of gods who want to advocate for peace.

In the face of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, with all the powerful war-loving gods entering the underworld and being conscripted by Heca, a god named Tsukiyomi has risen to prominence.

She seized a rare opportunity with remarkable precision, not only decisively extinguishing the seeds of war, but also becoming a leader among the gods through her powerful strength and personal charisma.

Finally, Tsukiyomi personally came to the Youkai Mountain. After a friendly "exchange" with the Demon King of Power, Hoshiguma Yuugi, both sides, who had realized that the war could not continue, finally reached an agreement on certain issues. Under the witness of countless eyes, Tsukiyomi signed a non-aggression pact with the Demon King of Power, Hoshiguma Yuugi.

At this point, the overall situation has been decided.

It seems that they all understood that the tide of the times was unstoppable. Some monster clans that had been almost wiped out in the war, disheartened, joined the construction of Hell and chose to become its inhabitants.

However, many more quietly disappeared from the world. And the demon community, originally built around the Oni clan, was showing signs of disintegration.

—This is all that Shi Bai learned after returning to the world.

"So you're saying I was gone for a full three months?"

Facing the chilling gaze of the fragrant woman and listening to Eirin Yagokoro's story, Shi Bai couldn't help but feel a slight toothache.

"This doesn't make sense. Could it be that the flow of time is different in the two worlds? It feels like we've been tricked by that goddess of hell..."

"Did the teacher come back from the underworld?"

As if she had something on her mind, Yagokoro Eirin glanced at Shibai's side, hesitated for a moment, and then asked him a question.

"So, about her..."

"I'll address this all at once later; this should be considered a good ending."

After thinking for a moment, Shi Bai walked towards the square.

"Call the succubus here. I'll talk to her about her sister myself... Also, we can go back to the bamboo forest now."

Although he had been away for three months, the square seemed to remain unchanged... Shi Bai pretended not to notice the murderous aura that accompanied the refreshing fragrance.

"Yama from the underworld... I understand."

After a moment of silence, the succubus nodded somewhat sadly.

"Being able to become a near-immortal god in the underworld is perhaps the best ending for my sister. At least she won't end up like me, without even a name..."

"Yama's rebirth time is one hundred years. After one hundred years, I will take you to the underworld to see her. It is also possible for her to come to the living world... Just think of her as your sister working in a different place."

Shi Bai glanced at the succubus in front of him, then took out two pre-written letters from his storage ring and handed them over.

"I have done what I promised you, so now it is your turn to fulfill your promise to me. I need you to deliver these two letters to a certain place."

"Are you sending the succubus to the celestial realm?"

Before the succubus could reply, Shen Qi suddenly spoke up and took the two letters from Shi Bai's hand.

"It's too much of a burden to send her to such a dangerous place. Let me deliver it for you. I'm still very interested in the legendary Heavenly Realm... The Heavenly Realm should have already appeared in the world, right?"

"Danger? I think the people there are all quite friendly."

After thinking for a moment, Shi Bai nodded thoughtfully.

"Actually, it doesn't matter who delivers these two letters. If it weren't for some special reason that I couldn't get in, I wouldn't have to ask you to do it... If you really encounter any danger, just give me my name. The address for delivering the letters is written on them, just make sure they are delivered."

"If we encounter danger, I can just use your name, right? I understand... wait?"

Turning her head to look at the succubus who had snatched the two letters from her hand, Shen Qi was slightly taken aback.

"This is an agreement I made with my teacher at the beginning, and it is my duty to fulfill it."

Standing up, the succubus gave Shi Bai a slight bow.

"Then, teacher, I'll go and prepare for the trip to the heavens now."

"Hey, wait a minute! I really want to go to the Celestial Realm too! How about I go with you? Don't ignore me, I really just accidentally broke your staff... Wait for me!!"

"...The succubus's staff was dismantled by Shinki again?"

Listening to the conversation fading into the distance, Shi Bai turned his head with a slightly strange expression and looked at Yagokoro Eirin beside him.

"Didn't I deliberately apply so many protective layers to the staff? And I even upgraded them all the way to +10, like sharpness, durability, automatic repair, and binding to its master... Is it possible that even protective layers are useless against the Divine Staff?"

"Ahem... In fact, Shenqi dismantled more than one thing in these three months."

After hesitating for a long time, Yagokoro Eirin coughed a few times and turned her head away somewhat awkwardly.

"She even took it apart... Holy crap, don't tell me she took my precious race car apart!!!"

Suddenly realizing a possibility, Shi Bai's face turned pale.

"...Shinki said she wanted to study the operating principle of this racing car, and confidently claimed that she could reassemble the car... By the time we found out, it was too late."

Eirin Yagokoro was speechless.

"Dismantle? How many were dismantled?"

Shi Bai's voice trembled slightly.

"You should ask how many are left."

With a cold snort, Yuuka picked up where Yagokoro Eirin left off.

"Also, during the three months you were gone, she took apart more than just your precious race car."

"...What else did she tear down?"

"She almost detonated the thing you left behind that you called a nuclear bomb."

"........."

"Remember that incredible Gundam you once summoned? It's been destroyed too."

"........."

"besides……"

"Don't say anymore, I have angina..."

With one hand clutching his chest, Shi Bai interrupted Youxiang's words, his face contorted with rage.

"No wonder she said she would volunteer to go to the Celestial Realm in the succubus's place... Kamiki!!!"

"Huh? Did you call me?"

An innocent-looking figure peeked out from behind the courtyard wall.

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P.S.: There will be another update later.

Chapter 72 Enduring for a Moment Only Makes One Angrier

"Luckily, I got the [Treasure Hammer] this time, otherwise repairing these things would have been as difficult as climbing to the heavens..."

While muttering these words to himself, Shi Bai used the [Treasure Hammer] to repair the dozen or so racing cars neatly lined up in front of him.

It must be said that Shinki is a talented person.

Although these race cars look exactly the same as before, each one has actually been disassembled into thousands of parts, with even the smallest screw meticulously separated...

As for why the race car could remain intact after being disassembled into thousands of parts... it's because Shinki used strong glue to glue all of those thousands of parts back together.

So, when you say "repairing" a relationship, this is the kind of repair you're referring to?

Although Shi Bai really wanted to correct Shen Qi's bad habit of being extremely curious about everything, she always humbly accepted his advice but never changed her ways.

"So you see, isn't everything the same as before...?"

Beside her, Shen Qi, carrying a bucket full of water in each hand and a bowl full of water on her head, watched Shi Bai repairing the race cars one by one and spoke weakly.

"And this racing car is really amazing, I'm just humbly asking for your guidance... So could you please let me put down the bucket I'm holding and the bowl on my head?"

"Dream on! If even a single drop of water spills from the bowl or the bucket, you'll be standing there for hours on end!"

Shi Bai stood up from in front of a race car that had just been repaired, a cold smile on his face.

"Do you even know how valuable these race cars are? What's worse, you actually dared to dismantle my precious Gundam mecha!! Where did you come from, you brat!?"

"Uh... because that mecha looked really cool... I really didn't mean to..."

Seeing her incriminating evidence brought up again, Shenqi couldn't help but feel quite guilty.

"That's right, you didn't do it on purpose, you did it intentionally."

Walking up to the unicorn that was also glued to the ground, Shi Bai didn't even bother to turn around, and let out a cold snort.

"You haven't even learned to walk yet, and you're already thinking about flying a plane? It doesn't matter how many times you destroy a succubus's staff, I can fix that. But these are high-tech products, don't you know this is completely unrepairable?!"

Someone's words carried an intense resentment.

"If we hadn't gotten this [Treasure Hammer] from the Oni Clan, these race cars would have been completely totaled, you understand? You can even dismantle these race cars with sturdiness attributes, I really don't know what in this world you can't dismantle..."

As the saying goes, you don't know how much it hurts until the needle pricks you. He now understands a little better how the succubus feels when her own weapons are constantly being destroyed by Shinki...

Technology is all about accumulation and ingenuity. It's like taking a smartphone to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods before Christ and having those ancient people study it. Even if they studied it for a thousand years, they would never be able to completely recreate the phone.

Hmm... the same applies to instant noodles.

The [Treasure Hammer] might require others to be cautious and unsure of the consequences of using it, but in Shi Bai's hands, there's absolutely no need to worry about that.

Putting aside his inherent good fortune, he can still afford the price to pay for small wishes like fixing things.

He has repaired thirteen racing cars in a row, and the price he paid was... the thirteen boxes of instant noodles stored in his storage ring disappeared.

After repairing the remaining seven or eight race cars in the same way, Shi Bai went to his collection room to repair the giant Gundam mecha that had been glued together.

To be honest, Shi Bai was still a little curious.

For something as massive as a Gundam mecha, with hundreds of thousands of parts inside, how did Shinki manage to have the patience to glue every single one of them together...?

"Phew... It's finally all repaired..."

Looking at the brand-new Gundam mecha, Shi Bai reached out and wiped the sweat from his forehead, letting out a long sigh of relief.

"So this [Mega Hammer] is still useful to some extent... at least we don't have to worry about that home-destroying expert anymore..."

Given the good attitude of the person involved in admitting their guilt... Shi Bai planned to put two more bowls of water on Shen Qi's shoulders when he got back.

Just then, he suddenly felt his clothes being tugged. Turning around, slightly puzzled, he saw that the Detective Girl had appeared behind him without him noticing.

"What, what's the matter?"

"This is an apology."

Shaking her head, the Detective Girl took something out of her pocket and handed it to him, speaking very cautiously.

"This is for Lady Shinki, as an apology, and I will study it."

"Uh……"

This was the first time Shi Bai had heard the rare goddess Tan Nu speak. To be honest, the extremely beautiful voice coming from Tan Nu's mouth made him slightly stunned.

"This thing... Yin-Yang Jade?"

Shaking his head, Shi Bai took the small object from the Detective Girl's hand. After seeing the object in its entirety, Shi Bai couldn't help but become interested.

"Was this researched and created by Shinki?"

"That's right, this is the result of my research. I have successfully created a treasure-level item—the Black and White Jade!!"

As a proud voice rang out from the direction of the entrance, Shen Qi, carrying two buckets of water in her hands and a bowl of water on her head, struggled to reach this side.

"The black and white jade can be used as a weapon. It contains extremely powerful spiritual energy and possesses incredible strength!! And the most amazing thing is that there are no strict conditions for using it!! It's my first research achievement, so how about I give it to you as an apology? If that's not enough, I'll make more in the future..."

"The name 'Black and White Jade' sounds awful. How about changing it to 'Yin Yang Jade'?"