The Secret of Wild Dog Ridge

The underworld was an institution from myth and legend that ruled over the netherworld. It was the place that governed the lives of all living beings.

It was said that after a person died, their soul would leave their physical body and become a ghost.

After entering the underworld, the authorities there would judge your merits and misdeeds according to your conduct in life, deciding whether you would be reincarnated or sent to hell to suffer. Those with great merit might even be directly transformed into divine officials.

The whole point was that every cause had an effect, and good and evil would eventually receive their due.

Of course.

These were all just legends.

Especially in modern times, as science developed and people's level of knowledge improved, fewer people with modern ideas believed in such "feudal superstitions."

Many even scoffed at the saying that "good deeds are rewarded with good, and evil deeds with evil."

If good and evil truly received their due in this world,

then how could kindhearted people be falsely accused and nearly lose everything?

Even when the truth came to light, all they usually got was a casual, "It was a mistake."

Some people drowned while jumping into the water to save others, while those they rescued simply left coldly.

Others rushed to save people from danger, only to be accused of having ulterior motives.

All these things had caused people to grow increasingly cold. Even when they could not bear to stand by, they no longer dared to lend a hand. The cost was too high, and no one dared to gamble.

As for karmic retribution across three lifetimes?

To many people, that was simply too nebulous.

The masses could not even make sense of this life, let alone know what they would be doing