I have to say that the woman in front of me is indeed a beauty. Especially unlike others, she possesses a very special temperament - to put it nicely, it can be called fairy-like. Of course, to put it more casually, it can also be called otherworldly.

“You are so beautiful.”

At this moment, Lei Zi was staring at the woman in front of her and couldn't help but sigh. When she heard Lei Zi's words, the woman smiled slightly and lowered her head.

"It is a great honor to receive your praise. My name is Scarface. It is our first meeting. Thank you for your guidance."

"Scar...face?"

"Is that your name?"

Hearing this rather strange name, the girls were all stunned, while the woman nodded.

"Yes, that's my name now."

"So you had other names before?"

At this moment, Ruiko Saten was also staring at Scarface curiously - but before that, Fang Zheng said that you should look at your Lei, who was standing next to Ruiko and staring at her.

How easy is it for the protagonist to have a harem?

"Yes, before this, people called me a murderer."

"……Why?"

The girls were stunned when they saw Scarface saying this with an elegant smile.

"And the Grim Reaper, who is not a human, Scarface, Maria, Stone Head, Grim Reaper, Scarface..."

"Okay, stop it."

Fang Zheng waved his hand, and the woman who was introducing herself stopped immediately. The girls hiding behind Fang Zheng looked at each other, and then Lei Zi whispered.

"Why do I feel like the way she speaks doesn't sound like a human being? She sounds a bit like a robot..."

"I feel the same way, where's Onee-sama?"

"I didn't feel any electrical response from her, but this person is indeed a little weird."

Listening to the whispers of the girls behind him, Fang Zheng coughed and then walked forward.

"We are new here, if you don't mind, could you walk with us for a while? By the way, I have something else I want to ask you."

"Of course not."

Facing Fang Zheng's question, Scarface still had that smiling look on her face, as if she didn't mind at all, and in fact, she really didn't mind.

Soon, Fang Zheng learned about the current situation of the world from Scarface.

But this is not consistent with what is in the book.

In fact, whether there are really gods in this world has always been a question. Gods have never appeared in front of humans, and they will not disappear just by saying "It's over, screwed up." In fact, at the beginning, no one noticed the arrival of that day - no, people didn't even know which day it was.

Generally speaking, if the gods want to make an oracle or change the world, there will always be some movement, such as thunder and lightning, volcanoes and earthquakes. You know, even the village party secretary has to use a loud speaker at the entrance of the village to hold a meeting. In the end, nothing happened. It was as if one day, the gods suddenly remembered something and thought, "Oh, okay, then I will fulfill your wishes." Then humans unknowingly... fulfilled their wishes.

Don't want to die.

This is a characteristic of all life. No life desires death, and this is naturally true for humans. So the "gods" fulfilled their wishes and no one would die.

No, to be exact, even after death, they will continue to move and continue to exist.

Of course, at the beginning, the countries and governments of this world hoped to keep this secret, but this was impossible. No one would die, and this was not just a rhetoric. Even if they were torn to pieces and cremated, they would continue to exist.

Under such circumstances, the people on this land had no choice but to coexist with the dead, but soon the situation changed.

First of all, there will be more and more deaths, and more importantly, when you die, you don’t have to worry about death, but will be able to obtain "eternal" immortality. Many people cannot bear this kind of death and choose death on their own initiative. Then, of course... the society and the system collapse completely.

The dead cannot be killed, so there is no way to suppress or subdue them. However, the living will become the dead after being killed, so in the end, there will be more and more dead people and fewer and fewer living people.

Not only that, there is a very serious problem.

That is, "immortality" itself is not perfect.

At first, the dead will indeed retain their original bodies, but gradually, as time goes by, their flesh will gradually rot, their spirits will be eroded, and finally they will turn into monsters with only the desire to survive left. To put it bluntly, the final fate of these dead people is to become immortal zombies.

Gradually, both the dead and the living realized that "immortality" was not a blessing but more like a curse, so they prayed again, longing for death.

This time, the "gods" fulfilled their wishes and created "gravekeepers" to complete this mission.

Eventually, the world became what it is today.

What's more serious is that after that, no new life was born, and the passage of time in this world became very slow, and it even seemed to have stagnated. The means people used to distinguish the seasons and time were completely useless, and no one even knew how many days and years had passed since then.

“This is too weird.”

After listening to Scarface's story, the girls were stunned, and Misaka Mikoto quickly expressed her opinion.

"If everyone doesn't like this state, then why not just make a wish and restore the world to its original state?"

“Because I can’t do it.”

Fang Zheng shrugged and spoke.

"Can't do it?"

"That's right. Although it says that wishes are fulfilled, everyone's wishes are definitely different. Some people want world peace, some want the world to be destroyed, some people may wish for immortality, and some people may just want a successful confession. Obviously, if this so-called god can really fulfill any wish of mankind, then the world would probably have been in chaos long ago. Therefore, his way of fulfilling wishes must be the majority rule."

"Majority rule?"

"Look, suppose there are ten people, and each person has a different wish. What about a hundred people, a thousand people, or ten thousand people? So what is the common wish among ten thousand people? World destruction and world peace are definitely not the majority, and other wishes that involve personal interests will definitely not be approved by others. Then the only thing left is the desire to 'stay alive' as a life instinct for survival. And..."

Having said this, Fang Zheng paused for a moment. He was certain that there was something wrong with the program. He just didn't know what the problem was.

But it doesn't matter.

As long as we find Osta, the rest will not be a problem.

Fang Zheng also asked Scarface if there was a city called Osta. Unexpectedly, Scarface was also planning to go there, so Fang Zheng invited Scarface to go with him. Not only that, Scarface also found an abandoned school bus for Fang Zheng and others. Although it was rusty and in disarray, for Fang Zheng, who had the ability to manipulate time, he could make it look brand new with just a change of hands.

Soon, the school bus, which had been restored to its original state, played its role again, carrying a group of people towards Osta.

The journey was relatively peaceful, and they only encountered a group of road bullies who were quickly dispatched by Fang Zheng. On the contrary, the situation in the car was quite interesting, especially Saten Ruiko. Fang Zheng was now very sure that Saten Ruiko had the aura of a protagonist, because after getting in the car, she kept curiously circling around Scarface, and didn't notice the resentful look in Lei's eyes behind her, which made Fang Zheng feel that he had taken advantage of his girlfriend and then found a new lover.

Now Fang Zheng just wants to wait and see when Riri Saotome’s harem will catch fire… Anyway, I’d rather die than let my friends die. Besides, isn’t it the protagonist’s daily routine for the harem to catch fire?

Finally, at noon on the third day, everyone finally saw the legendary city of death.

Otas.

"What's wrong with you, Miss Scarface?"

Looking at Scarface who was sitting next to her, Riri Saotome was a little confused. Scarface had been a little restless since a while ago, and it seemed as if he couldn't bear something.

"I sensed the presence of unburied dead."

Scarface answered softly, reaching out and stroking the shovel on his knee.

"I want to bury them."

"Hey? How many?"

"At least...more than one million people."

"Why!?"

Hearing this, the others also screamed and looked at Scarface in surprise.

"One million...dead people?"

"That's right."

Scarface nodded, and Fangzheng stretched out his hand and pointed out the window.

"Look outside."

After hearing Fang Zheng's words, the girls came to the car window and looked out. Then they saw a lot of things that looked like grave mounds on both sides of the road, and without exception, there was a shovel stuck on top of each of these grave mounds.

"This is……?"

"It's probably the gravekeepers who came here to bury the dead before. They should have been killed."

"This... this is too dangerous, Miss Scarface."

Looking at the densely packed graves of gravekeepers on both sides of the road, Lei Zi couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart, but Scarface nodded.

"Of course, but I'm a grave keeper, and that's my duty."

"Mr. Fang Zheng?"

Seeing that she couldn't convince Scarface, Lei Zi turned to Fang Zheng.

"What do you think?"

"Although I am not a gravekeeper, I still have to maintain order and structure in the world."

Fang Zheng held the steering wheel with one hand and stared coldly at the city in the distance.

"The dead should stay underground instead of wandering around on the surface. Hmm... maybe I should get out my list of firewood."

One million and two hundred thousand dead bodies, it would surely smell very nice if burned.