"Grandma, why does Ling Yi call you 'sister'?"
On the streets of City of Cangwu, Fu Qingyun looked around and asked curiously.
Yan Yunfang explained the matter of Reincarnation and generation again.
"Although we are related by blood, the more times Reincarnation, the more blurred our generational hierarchy becomes. Therefore, in the Underworld, we are basically not ranked according to our generational hierarchy in the mortal world."
" Reincarnation so many times, won't you go insane?" Zhan Yan asked from the other side.
"Over time, many memories become blurred. For example, I now find it very difficult to recall what my family members looked like in my first life."
"Don't even mention the first life, even the previous life, and the life before that, only vague memories remain. Only a few people who left a deep impression can be recalled occasionally."
"Of course, this only applies to us ordinary spirits; our souls cannot bear so many memories."
"Otherwise, it really will collapse."
"However, these memories haven't disappeared. If the undead's strength increases, some memories will automatically become clearer."
"Just like how our brains automatically downplay some unimportant things, is it a kind of self-protection?" Zhan Yan asked.
"That's roughly the idea!" Yan Yunfang said.
"I've heard about your situation from Qingyun and Xiao Hai. These past few years have been tough on you."
Xiao Hai is Fu Wanhai, Fu Wanhai is Yan Yunfang's grandson, so it's perfectly fine to call him that.
"This is a promise I made to my sister," Zhan Yan said.
"Good child, you should have your own life. Your sister has already been reincarnated. Reincarnation is like a new life, so you don't need to care too much about it."
" Xiao Hai has been blessed with good fortune in this life, so you don't need to worry too much."
"Has my sister been reincarnated?" Zhan Yan asked, somewhat disappointed.
"Grandma, Grandma, why don't these stores have any products?"
At this moment, Bai Xiaoyao glanced at the entrance of a shop and then ran over, puzzled, to ask.
Because Fu Qingyun called Yan Yunfang" Grandma, "Bai Xiaoyao naturally followed suit.
"It used to be quite lively here," Yan Yunfang recalled.
"Everything in the Underworld is Manifestation of one's blood relatives in the mortal world—their food, clothing, and daily necessities are all derived from it. But people in the mortal world are becoming increasingly perfunctory in their ancestor worship."
"Naturally, the resources of the Underworld have become increasingly scarce. Now, the resources of the Underworld basically all come from the No Man's Land of the District Nine."
" No Man's Land?" Zhan Yan asked curiously.
Everything in the mortal world will one day decay, and anything that decays naturally will Manifestation in the No Man's Land of the Underworld.
"Cars, houses, clothes, food, etc., we basically obtain them from No Man's Land."
At this point, Yan Yunfang shook her head.
This is still referring to the past.
The No Man's Land, one of the eighteen districts, is inherently a No Man's Land of Chaos.
When those powerful beings from the Underworld were still around, no one dared to cause trouble, but now, there are fights to the death every day.
The city lords of the nearby cities, in particular, went to great lengths to seize ownership of this No Man's Land.
Only recently, due to the invasion, have these city lords quieted down a bit.
But it probably won't stay quiet for long.
The commotion in City of Cangwu is too great; sooner or later, people will guess it's related to the Nether Domain Seal. For some veteran undead, the Nether Domain Seal is no secret.
For some unknown reason, all the previous Nether Domain Seal have mysteriously disappeared. Otherwise, why would the Underworld be fighting over resources in No Man's Land?
Now that the Nether Domain Seal has reappeared, City of Cangwu will inevitably become the target of everyone's attacks.
Although the City of Cangwu is now fearless, the Underworld will not remain peaceful forever.
Those ambitious city lords are merely internal troubles for the Underworld, while external threats, besides invading monsters, include the Land of Chaos outside the Underworld.
If those foreign spirits knew about the existence of the Nether Domain Seal, how could they possibly not cause trouble?
However, Yan Yunfang is not worried at all now.
After all, Ling Yi is here now.
But Yan Yunfang didn't need to tell these things to the younger generation.
Everyone sighed with regret, realizing that people are indeed becoming increasingly perfunctory when it comes to ancestor worship.
Some experts and professors even regard these traditions as feudal superstition and as dross.
I wonder what will happen to these people when they enter the Underworld?
I'm afraid I'll get beaten to death!
Already dead? No problem, let's kill him again.
"Grandma, why is the sun in the sky white?" Bai Xiaoyao asked, pointing to the sky.
Everyone looked up and saw a white "sun" hanging in the azure sky.
Even the girls, who were used to the normal sun, felt very awkward.
"That's not the sun!" Yan Yunfang shook her head.
"As for what it is, don't ask. Some things are not for you to know."
The City of Cangwu was still quite lively, with spirits coming and going, looking not much different from the He Yang world.
"Grandma, didn't you say that the spirits of the Underworld don't need to work and have no pressure in life? Why do they all seem so busy?" Fu Qingyun asked.
"You need to find something to do, Tianzhen, can you?"
"Moreover, a spirit without Authority can only stay in the Underworld for a maximum of thirty-five years..." Yan Yunfang explained the time limit for the Reincarnation of the dead and their need for Soul Power.
Why thirty-five years?
"You've probably heard of the 'first seven days after death,' right? It's a custom in the mortal world to commemorate the deceased."
Zhan Yan nodded and said, "I've heard that after a person dies, their soul returns to visit their family once every seven days."
Yan Yunfang shook her head and said, "There are many sayings and customs in the mortal world, but most of these customs are passed down from the Northern and Southern Dynasties period."
"After the Northern and Southern Dynasties, a major event occurred between the Underworld He Yang. From then on, the connection between the mortal realm and the Underworld was completely severed, and some of the things that have been passed down have gradually become distorted."
"Before this, it was said that after the deceased entered the Underworld, they had seven chances to return to the world of the living within forty-nine days."
"Every seven days, they are escorted by messengers from the Underworld. On the first seven days, they visit their families; on the second seven days, the ghost Ghost Messenger collect travel expenses; on the third seven days, their past merits Merit are calculated; on the fourth seven days, they enjoy offerings; and on the fifth and third seven Dream Visitation after that, they appear in dreams to express their longing."
(This is a plot from a novel; those who understand this shouldn't take it too seriously.)
At this point, Yan Yunfang shook her head again and said, "But after the mortal realm and the Underworld are completely severed, once a spirit enters the Underworld, it can no longer return to the mortal realm unless it is reincarnated."
"The only way for the dead to communicate with the Underworld is through Dream Visitation, but Dream Visitation requires a lot of Soul Power. Where would an ordinary dead person get so much Soul Power to waste?"
"The reason we were able to Dream Visitation was, to be honest, thanks to the monster invasion we just experienced. After all, killing monsters yields their souls."
"However, there is a Soul Power Tide the Underworld every seven years. The size of this Soul Power Tide varies and is unpredictable. If a spirit of the dead can participate in one of these surges, it can use it to send Dream Visitation to their descendants in the mortal world."
"Furthermore, this allows one to absorb a large amount of Soul Power, strengthening oneself. The 108 city lords of the Underworld were basically all given the Authority of city lords because they strengthened their power through the Soul Power Tide."
"But the Soul Power Tide are too short-lived and their locations are difficult to pinpoint; everything depends on luck. Therefore, the undead have to find other ways to obtain Soul Power."
After all that talk, Yan Yunfang finally got back to the main point. "As I said before, for a spirit to remain in the Underworld permanently, it either needs sufficient Soul Power or it needs to obtain Authority within the Underworld."
"To gain Authority, one must first accumulate Merit."
"And what these spirits are busy with is Soul Power and Merit."
" Soul Power, besides relying on luck and waiting for the Soul Power Tide, requires Soul Crystal Soul Crystal, which need to be mined from Soul Crystal mines."
"As for Merit, you either need to make a great contribution to the Underworld, or you need to capture Thought Spirits. Currently, these are the only two ways to obtain it."
Thought Spirits cannot be killed, but that doesn't mean they can't be captured.
The Underworld has a special place to imprison Thought Spirits.
"However, since the Authority of the Underworld are currently not open and cannot be allocated, even with Merit, it is impossible to obtain Authority in the Underworld."
At this point, a Taunt flashed across Yan Yunfang's lips. Why not open up the Authority? Because the powerful figures of the Underworld are not here, and only they have the right to allocate Authority.
Even after they entered the Great Reincarnation, they never relinquished this right.
This has led to the Underworld now City Lord Token. Otherwise, how could those Thought Spirits have succeeded and attracted external enemies to invade?
They're just a bunch of selfish people.
Fortunately, the last fragment of the Nether Domain Seal remained in the mortal realm, and fortunately, Ling Yi was still there.
"Are there many Soul Crystal mines in the Underworld?" Zhan Yan asked.
"They used to be everywhere, but now they're all abandoned mines. But even in abandoned mines, these undead can still occasionally find something."
"If you're lucky, and work hard, you can accumulate quite a bit over seven years."
"However, most of the dead nowadays spend seven years in the Underworld before Reincarnation. These seemingly busy dead are just Bored and going to the Soul Crystal Mine to go through the motions and try their luck."
So, these spirits are just busy Passing Time?
After Yan Yunfang's explanation, the three women, including Fu Qingyun, gained a general understanding of the Underworld.
Yan Yunfang said everything she could.
Afterwards, he took them to see the newly formed 10,000-strong undead legion in City of Cangwu, as well as the Guard Army who remained behind.
The new undead army doesn't have any weapons yet, so there's not much to see.
However, the five thousand Guard Army who had previously fought the green-skinned monsters were almost fully armed.
He was carrying Charge in his hand and an RPG and EMP grenade launcher on his back.
Fu Qingyun and Bai Xiaoyao were just watching the show.
But Zhan Yan's eyes lit up.
Clearly, they are very interested in these weapons.
"Would you like to try out these weapons?" Yan Yunfang asked with a smile.
"Is that alright?" Fu Qingyun asked.
"Of course you can. Anyway, with Ling Yi around, we're not short of equipment. In the mortal realm, you probably wouldn't have a chance to touch these real weapons."
Just as Yan Yunfang was taking the three women to experience the weapons, Ling Yi had already arrived outside Vermilion Bird City in the Southern District.
[NS5 Combat- Type Intelligent Robot ( Transcendent Tier )]
[Age: 1 month]
[ Soul Power: 1][Can be intercepted]
[Biography: In the world of Mechanical Enemy, intelligent robots mass-produced by the intelligent life form V.I.K.I. can evolve by Soul Devourer power.]
Ling Yi sat on the Nether Domain Seal interface, looking down at the robots with red eyes below, and couldn't help but frown.
"Why is my Soul Power only 1 point?"
Even Hua Hua Cao Cao still has three to five points of Soul Power, so one point of Soul Power is really too low.
Or perhaps these robots haven't reached the level of intelligent life?
Ling Yi Ling Yi, Robot, and he also knew that the intelligent life form V.I.K.I., which had distorted values, was the same person with the square head in the movie.
Was V.I.K.I. not destroyed like in the movies?