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As Bai Zhi thought this, she looked towards the center of this small underworld, where a rather large palace stood.
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"It's already rotten to this extent, could it be that the god here really sent it?"
Bai Zhi slowly flew to the palace and looked it over.
High emotional intelligence: Antique and refined, bearing the marks of time.
Low emotional intelligence: So tattered and broken, even a gift wouldn't accept it.
There wasn't even a single guard in front of this building, whose former grandeur was still faintly discernible.
Although in Egyptian mythology, Anubis is the one who guards the entrance to the underworld.
However, in practice, it is impossible for a deity to personally guard the gate.
At the very least, there should be a few subordinates guarding the front of this place to maintain appearances.
Even the souls that drifted by seemed to ignore her.
Seeing that nothing unusual happened after she approached the palace, Bai Zhi frowned, then walked to the palace entrance, looked at the huge bronze door, and slowly stretched out her hand.
"Rumble"
The sound of the gate being pushed open echoed throughout the small underworld, and many souls who had completely ignored Bai Zhi turned their gazes towards it.
The gates swung open, revealing utter darkness to Bai Zhi, like a black hole swallowing everything, with no sound emanating from the palace.
"It's like a horror game..."
Bai Zhi stretched out her hand, and a handful of flames rose in her palm, illuminating everything around her.
It was a long road, with torches and even flames burning on the walls around it.
But no light came from those flames.
Ignoring the strange phenomenon, Bai Zhi withdrew her power and stepped directly into it, heading towards the end of the road.
"dong dong dong"
A bell rang out.
Then, a gust of wind blew by, and countless glowing souls suddenly surged in from behind Bai Zhi, then flew towards the end of the passage.
No, to be precise, it didn't fly there, it was sucked in.
She could clearly feel a powerful suction coming from the end, a suction that the souls were completely unable to resist.
"Interesting, what exactly is at the end of this road?"
Bai Zhi was also intrigued by this situation and flew forward following the suction force.
The main hall doesn't look very big from the outside, but it has a surprisingly large space inside.
Ordinary people might be quite surprised to come here.
But for Angelica dahurica, this situation is all too common.
In the Immortal Ship, the practice of creating hidden caves within caves is practically everywhere.
As the suction force grew stronger, Bai Zhi finally reached the end of the hall and saw the source of the suction.
It was a gigantic being with a jackal's head, dressed in ancient Egyptian clothing, just like Anubis in mythology.
However, compared to the myth, Anubis now looks quite miserable.
His body was decaying, and half of his head was even skeletal, with only a faint green light flickering within it.
"You are... a person from the present world, why are you here?"
Among the many translucent souls, Bai Zhi's presence was too conspicuous; Anubis noticed her presence in an instant.
His voice was deep and hoarse, and a faint green light flickered in his eyes.
"Are you Anubis, the ancient Egyptian god of death?"
Bai Zhi did not answer the other person's question, but instead asked the question in return.
......
Anubis paused for a moment, but was not angry; instead, he nodded.
“It has been a long time since I have seen real life here. I am indeed Anubis, the god of death who rules over this space.”
"I think the civilization we once led has probably been destroyed in the outside world, right?"
Bai Zhi looked at Anubis curiously, "Were you just eating these souls?"
"Yes, that's right. My power is almost gone, so I have to use this to recover some of it in order to maintain the existence of the underworld."
Perhaps because no one had come here for so long, Anubis seemed quite pleased and readily answered Bai Zhi's question.
"I see..." Bai Zhi nodded.
"But aren't you a god? Thousands of years ago, you should have been an extremely powerful being. How could you have declined to this state?"
"Hehe, little guy, you've come here to investigate something, haven't you?"
Anubis smiled. "But it doesn't matter. It's no secret. Even if you can't find the answer here, you can find it in other places with a long history."
"So I'm willing to answer your question."
"In this world, yin and yang complement each other. When one side becomes dominant, the other side will give birth to something that can counterbalance it."
"For example, the gods of Egypt, the Eight Immortals of China, and gods from other regions."
"Similarly, there are evil monsters, various calamities, and evil gods."
"The original eight demons occupied a large share of the dark energy, so the other evil beings that were born were not considered powerful."
"So, after fighting against these evil beings, we became the expendable pawns."
"The mandate of heaven is no more, and our power begins to weaken. Even the Eight Immortals, who sealed away the eight great demons, will suffer the five signs of decay and eventually perish. We Egyptian gods are no exception."
As Anubis spoke, he exhaled a breath of stale air, and the green in his eyes brightened considerably.
"So, have you found a solution to this problem?"
Bai Zhi didn't believe that these high and mighty gods would sit idly by and wait for their doom.
"Of course, the gods were united like never before, and finally came up with the idea of creating the underworld and the heavens."
“We judge all living beings, and determine their good and evil. The wicked are punished in the underworld, while the good ascend to heaven to be with the gods.”
"Did you succeed in the end?" Bai Zhi asked.
"We succeeded; our actions brought us back to the grace of righteousness. But we also failed."
Anubis's tone turned somber.
"Good deeds go to heaven, bad deeds are punished—what a perfect solution! People are motivated to be kind because they fear retribution after death."
"But we've forgotten the most important thing: where does the power that sustains the underworld and the heavens come from?"
"More and more good people are rising up to heaven, enjoying fine wine, delicious food, and all the good things in life."
"Evil people are punished in the underworld, but they also need various resources to achieve this."
"Over time, the heavens and the underworld have become increasingly crowded, as the population is always growing."
"In the end, we couldn't afford the expenses of the underworld and the heavens, and the entire system just collapsed."
Upon hearing this, Bai Zhi added, "And then because of this, it collapsed, and the favor from the Yin and Yang energies was gone, right?"
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"That's right. With the destruction of the Heavenly Realm and the Underworld, although our favor has not completely disappeared, it has begun to gradually diminish over time."
"With less favor bestowed upon us, our power begins to decline, making it even more difficult to maintain the existence of both realms."
"As you can see, the once vast underworld has shrunk to such a ridiculous size. I must devour souls to keep myself from disappearing."
Anubis sighed. Even the mighty gods were nothing more than playthings before the forces of Yin and Yang.
As long as they are not satisfied, the power that the world provides to the gods will be greatly reduced.
If they wanted, an ordinary person could rival a primordial demon.
Unless they possess their own unique power.
But how could that be? They were created by this world and cannot use powers from outside this world.
"Is that so..."
Bai Zhi seemed lost in thought.
"So the biggest problem with this model is that it doesn't have enough energy to sustain the existence of the celestial realm and the underworld, right?"
Anubis nodded. "It is perfect, enabling yin and yang to achieve a relative balance."
"But unfortunately, the world will not pay for this superfluous land; only we gods will pay for it ourselves."
"But how could we possibly support two worlds?"
"Therefore, whether it is the underworld of China, the underworld of Egypt, or the Hell of Northern Europe, or the Mitnar of the Maya, they all collapsed for this reason."
"So, as long as someone can pay this energy or price, will the world become completely stable?"
Bai Zhi smiled. What Anubis was talking about was actually a problem that the Immortal Ship also had.
A space requires a tremendous amount of energy to sustain it. If it's a celestial realm like the Immortal Ship, capable of supporting hundreds of billions of people, then normally the Immortal Ship is either vying for energy or on its way to vying for energy.
However, the Immortal Boat did not do that.
This is naturally because someone paid for the expenses of the Immortal Boat Grotto.
So, who paid for the expenses of the grotto?
Naturally, it was our respected Emperor Bow Master who opened up the power of the hunting path to the immortal ship, allowing it to be used in the cave heavens to maintain the enormous expenses of the entire immortal ship.
If Bai Zhi wanted to, she could create a new Heaven and Underworld, and then call upon Emperor Gong Siming for help. That would most likely be able to fill this energy hole.
For Emperor Bow Master, the energy needed to maintain his grotto-heaven from a mere planet was nothing.
However, Bai Zhi felt that it was not appropriate for Di Gong to handle this matter.
The main purpose of this is to balance the world, so that various evils will be dispersed into smaller events, rather than a big boss appearing every now and then.
The dark side still exists.
And the wicked will also be judged.
The main focus is on balance.
Therefore, for this kind of thing, we should find the most suitable star god, for example... balance!
Bai Zhi believed that this star god would certainly be willing to pay this expense that was in accordance with His path.
As for whether we'll be able to call this person at that time.
When she received the divine deity, she noticed that he seemed to be observing her.
Besides, if that doesn't work, then we'll have to ask Lord Emperor Bow for help.
Surely the Emperor's Bow wouldn't abandon His beloved followers?
Thinking of this, Bai Zhi smiled. She had already figured out how to make use of the demons or gods that still existed in the world.
“Um… Mr. Anubis, I, Bai Zhi, would like to extend an invitation to you to serve as one of the administrators of the new Underworld.”
“Little guy, what nonsense are you talking about? I admit you have some skills to be able to get into this place, but I don’t recommend that you rebuild the underworld.”
"Instead of doing that, you might as well conserve your strength; you might live longer."
Anubis said in a low voice.
"I'm already very satisfied to be able to chat with people again after such a long break. Don't think about doing anything big just because you heard what I said."
"Besides..."
Anubis looked up at the ceiling and thought, "The present world is already approaching the end times."
“The magicians of the past possessed power comparable to that of gods, and they frequently visited the heavens and the underworld.”