Chapter 264 Recognized
Chapter 264 Recognized
The upper spiritual world gave Wen Xishu the feeling that it was very much like a prosperous city in ancient times.
Of course, this is undoubtedly just one of the upper spiritual realms.
According to the Seven-Colored Crow, the world of the dead is just a door, but it is infinitely large, and the world it contains is the real universe.
What we see now is most likely somewhere in ancient times.
The souls here are also dressed in extremely retro styles.
But occasionally you can see some people wearing more advanced modern or even very postmodern clothes.
After walking out of the dark alley, the place where Wen Xishu was located seemed to be a very famous "snack street".
Wen Xishu was really surprised that the dead also needed to eat. And it seemed that some of the "tourists" from other timelines came just for food.
"Time travel will cause major bugs in the world of the living, but it is indeed no problem in the world of the dead."
[These dead souls are so comfortable, but you are even more surprised that they also need to eat. Can a dead person starve to death? Well, let me tell you the answer, what they eat is desire. The upper spirit world is the world where you were judged as "good people" during your lifetime, but you will find many evil people in this world. Time can change everything, right? ]
hint?
Wen Xishu was not too surprised. He guessed the result immediately. This was the ability brought by the seven-colored crow.
"Suddenly I feel like this is a play on words... This crow mentioned earlier that this was an attempt to smuggle a dead person across the border with only one chance of success."
"So who made the initial contact with the crow?"
Wen Xishu thought of the constellations.
The concept of the upper spirit is similar to heaven.
In heaven, of course, the souls of good people live.
Of course, good, bad, kindness, and evil will actually change in the future. And it is indeed difficult to define a person's kindness and evil.
"They eat desires... This makes sense. Many good people cannot obtain what they want during their lifetime, so naturally they have to satisfy their various desires after death."
Wen Xishu didn't stay too long and headed towards the inn.
The time-space carriage has different names in different eras. In the postmodern era, it is called the time-space travel train.
The entrance to the posthouse was naturally bustling with people lining up in long queues. It was not noticeable from a distance, but once you entered the posthouse, you were immediately transported to a vast area, and this area was filled with human souls.
Wen Xishu arrived at the posthouse and just received a ticket, which said that there were 194551 people ahead.
Wen Xishu frowned:
"This number is too large..."
Wen Xishu had heard about NetEase's 100,000 ghost soldiers before, but today he saw it with his own eyes. The scale of 100,000 was quite exaggerated.
The post station can handle about 700 people per minute, so the waiting time won't be long, but Wen Xishu is still reluctant to wait.
At this time, a man wearing a hat taller than a person and a white robe that looked like mourning clothes was shouting: "Six merit coins can go to the VIP area and wait, thirty merit coins can enter the VVIP area, one hundred and twenty-eight merit coins can enjoy the VVIP monthly card service, and six hundred and forty-eight merit coins can get on board immediately."
Wen Xishu was a little confused. So... one has to make money even in the world of the dead.
Although they are able to enjoy some "desires", obviously not everything goes smoothly.
[In the world of the dead, everyone needs to accumulate merit. As a novice, you will have 1,000 merits. Your time is short, you'd better make a choice. ]
The text prompt appeared again.
Wen Xishu is not really dead after all. According to the Seven-Colored Crow, there is no guarantee that some Ox-Headed and Horse-Faced Monsters will appear to capture him.
So he really can't stay in one place too often.
"I'll pay 648 Merit Coins, and I need to get on the bus immediately."
The monster in the top hat's eyes sparkled:
"Really? Oh! Although I have never seen your face, you are so great at this moment! You must have saved the world when you were alive, so that you can consume merits like this after death."
In fact, after death, all souls are equal, at least in terms of wealth. In life, they only judge good and evil, and decide where to go.
Merit can actually only be earned after death.
Wen Xishu said:
"Lead the way. I'm in a hurry."
"no problem."
The monster in a tall hat and mourning clothes took Wen Xishu to the depths of the inn. Along the way, many people looked at him with envy.
Wen Xishu didn’t know what the concept of one thousand merits was, but his current emotional value was indeed maxed out.
The envious eyes of the people around him, even eyes with a hint of sourness and jealousy, made Wen Xishu realize that the Colorful Crow was very generous.
Or--
The man who bribed the seven-colored crow was very generous.
But what Wen Xishu found very strange was that, in a rescue situation with only one possible chance, that person did not specify a target, but let the tower climbers search freely?
What if I saved a loser, wouldn’t he explode?
Wen Xishu certainly wouldn't save a waste. But he became more and more curious about which zodiac sign did this, and what the experience would be like later.
The carriage was right in front of him, and the driver's head looked like a starry sky. Although it was very small, it felt like he was looking at a starry sky.
"Guest, which timeline are you going to? Your identity is quite special. You actually have two starting points of timelines. It's really amazing."
The driver looked at Wen Xishu with his head as red as the starry sky.
Wen Xishu was a paid player after all, and the first payout was 648 yuan, which gave him a very simple answer. Just when Wen Xishu was about to ask for details -
The driver said:
"Dear VVVIP, due to your support for the Inn, I will explain it to you according to the name of the world you lived in. Do you need to go to the timeline of the Evil Land period?"
"Or do you want to go to the timeline of the Three Towers period? Of course, a timeline further back is also acceptable."
Wen Xishu was really surprised this time, the service was so good. But at the same time, he also became alert.
"You...are sure that I come from the evil land."
The driver smiled. Above the starry sky, countless stars crowded together, emitting dazzling light:
"You don't need to care. No matter how many secrets you had in your life, or how many cross-border and illegal things you did... but when you died, all your sins were cleared. You were not assigned to the lower spirit area, but even to the upper spirit area. It shows that you are a good person."
"And now that you have come to the underworld, you are also very rich. You are already sinless."
My goodness, are all the drivers of the underworld so perceptive? So knowledgeable? Wen Xishu couldn't help but ask:
"Why is the evil land called the evil land?"
"It's a magical place, because there are always people from other worlds who go to the Land of Evil to seek help when their own world is crumbling. But foreign help often causes great chaos, and over time, that place is called the Land of Evil."
This makes sense.
But Wen Xishu immediately realized the problem.
So he is really a time traveler? But according to the driver, that world is crumbling, so someone asked for help...
So who is this person who asks for external help?
Capricorn? All Wen Xishu could think of was that Capricorns could sneak across the border.
But he also felt that it was unlikely to be Capricorn, and why did it have to be him? In addition, who was the author of the insane dice?
Wen Xishu thought of Wen Chaohua.
The feeling this man gave him was becoming more and more complicated.
At the same time, Wen Xishu has another question:
"I hope you can answer a question for me before I set off. Your underworld is divided into many worlds according to the timeline..."
"Including what I understand, hundreds of years from now? There will be deaths in the future hundreds of years from now, right?" the driver said:
"Of course. Aren't you now equivalent to a person traveling from the future to the past? There is no future in the underworld, only regions. Time is more like space to us."
Wen Xishu was shocked by the answer.
He suddenly realized a key point.
In the timeline I am in, I am not dead yet, and Albert is not dead yet, but what about a hundred years later?
If I travel to a hundred years into the future...will I meet my own soul a hundred years from now?
You are not dead now, but that doesn’t mean you won’t die in the future.
Wen Xishu asked this question directly:
"I actually just died not long ago. If what you said is true... can't I immediately go to the area where my friends who are still alive are?"
"Willn't it be possible for me to reunite with them immediately?"
It is like a person dies today, and he and his friends are separated by the Yin and Yang. But as long as he takes the time carriage and immediately goes to the underworld area several decades later, he can immediately see his friends in the underworld several decades later.
If this is possible, it would be equivalent to meeting your dead self.
At this moment, Wen Xishu suddenly had a target.
But the driver nodded first, then shook his head:
"I'm sorry, although what you said is theoretically possible, you can't reunite with your friends right away because of the rule of life span time difference."
Wen Xishu was puzzled:
"What do you mean? What is the life span time difference?"
The driver said:
"Dear vvvip, I will answer all your questions, but please allow me to give you a simple example. For example, my friend died in 2000 and I died in 2050."
"Then my friend will be assigned to the underworld area of 2000. The areas of the underworld are divided by years. Of course, he can also go to the area of 2050... but he must stay in the area of 2000 for 50 years."
"The same is true in reverse, whether traveling forward or backward. For example, if I die in 2050 and want to go to the world of 2000, then the deficit is 50 years, and I have to stay for the full 50 years."
Wen Xishu was silent for a while.
Understood.
After death, people will be assigned to a fixed time zone. The time in the underworld is more like space... People who died in the year 2000 will live in a fixed world in the year 2000. This world will not change at all, and time is just a number.
If you stay for a full year, you can travel to the world of 2001, or the world of 1999.
If you stay for a hundred years, you can go to the world in 2100, or the world in 1900.
Wen Xishu couldn't help but admire the time travelers he saw at the snack street just now...
They must have stayed in their own world for thousands of years before they could travel to the ancient underworld. Of course, as I said before, there is no present or past in the underworld.
Wen Xishu found this concept very reasonable.
[You suddenly realized that you had just arrived in the underworld a few hours ago, and you seemed to be able to only go to the world a few hours ago and the world a few hours later. But what was even more outrageous was that you were not actually dead at all, you just fell into this world, the world of the dead, and there was no place for you at all.]
[Fortunately, the great and reliable Crow Brother forged your death certificate, thank you. ]
Wen Xishu saw the text prompt that suddenly appeared again.
At this time, he had to ask:
"I seem to have forgotten the time difference I had."
The driver was a little confused, so much so that many stars in his starry face flickered.
"I need to check for you. Can you authorize me to check the difference in your life span?"
Wen Xishu has to give it a try:
"Okay, I agree."
The driver nodded, and the countless stars in the starry sky gradually dimmed. After a while, the stars gradually brightened:
"Oh, well, you are such a distinguished guest. According to the display... you can go back to the timeline three years before or after your death. In other words, the difference in your life span is three years."
"However, due to some of your actions during your lifetime, you have won the favor of the administrator, and therefore you have the opportunity to travel through time and space."
The driver was a little confused at first.
Because the time difference for the guests is three years, no matter whether they are in the evil land or the three towers, they are far away from the current ancient world.
With a time difference of three years, it is impossible to come to such an ancient world.
However, since the guests have an opportunity to travel without parallax, they can also come and see the world a thousand years ago compared to the time when the guests were alive.
"That's three years later. I want to go to the world three years after my death."
"No problem, but according to your special experience, you died twice... once in the world of evil land and once in the world of three towers." asked the driver.
"The world of three towers." Wen Xishu added.
Wen Xishu realized that Crow was still bragging, something about freedom of travel and freedom of choice... In fact, he had no choice at all with the three-year difference.
However, the difference is not too big, which can reduce his choice difficulty a lot.
The driver nodded:
"Please take a seat and I will ensure that you receive the most efficient service."
Wen Xishu got on the carriage.
The driver's star-like head began to slowly grow larger, and Wen Xishu only felt that his consciousness was a little fuzzy.
The world in my eyes began to become as bright and complex as the starry sky.
……
……
The starry sky began to shrink slowly.
Soon, Wen Xishu discovered that the driver's head had returned to the same size as before.
The entire journey probably only took a few seconds.
But Wen Xishu actually felt that the process was somewhat vicissitudes and long.
Everything he was experiencing now was something that a living person could never experience. He opened his eyes and found himself in a fairly modern city.
"Time travel requires merit and life span difference. But space travel does not. You can contact other drivers and go to other dimensions at any time. I wish you a pleasant journey, and I hope you will not see your friends here."
Very thoughtful wishes.
After all, it's only a difference of three years. If you meet your friend, wouldn't it be like saying that your friend died three years later?
This city is almost the same as the city before Wen Xishu traveled through time. It is also like Shencheng, Jiangcheng and other places that have not been destroyed by the doomsday.
Wen Xishu looked at the people coming and going, and indeed did not see any familiar faces.
But soon, passers-by stopped and looked at Wen Xishu with incredible eyes.
[This is a special area for the bunker people. Although you don't know many people and you haven't seen them...but you, who was once a legend in the bunker, are familiar to countless people. Although there are many people from other areas who died at the same time as the bunker world, you are too famous, aren't you? ]
They recognized you. What are you going to do?
"Lord Wen Xishu... Oh my God, I just died! Lord Wen Xishu! How can I meet you here!"
"This... the sky is falling. What kind of upper spiritual area is this? This is simply hell! God, why do you want me, a follower of the Xishu Divine Religion, to meet the Lord Leader in the underworld!"
Wen Xishu was a little confused. Was he recognized already?
(End of this chapter)