That dark figure, His Majesty the King of the Underworld—perhaps because Chu Nian was standing and seeing his entire body this time, the back view seemed somewhat familiar. She felt that she might have known this King of the Underworld before she became a movie queen. If that came to mind, she might have actually lived in the Underworld before.
What Chu Nian was more concerned about was the energy from the depths of the underworld that had sent her into the book last time. She carefully recalled the direction from which that energy came and was about to leave the bookstore when Cui Yu stopped her.
"I said, the underworld isn't your backyard, you can't just wander around there," Cui Yu said, suppressing a strange tension in his heart, trying to regulate his breathing so that the other person wouldn't notice that he was having some difficulty breathing.
Chu Nian looked at him, stroked her chin, and pondered, "Why do I feel like your complexion is a little off?"
Cui Yu hurriedly said, "What's wrong? I'm a judge in the underworld, so my complexion is naturally different from that of people in the mortal world. You're used to the faces of people in the mortal world, so of course you'll find mine a little unnatural."
He felt it was unlikely that his unusual nervousness was the reason for his abnormal facial expression.
Suddenly, Chu Nian asked, "Are you nervous? What are you nervous about? Are you afraid I'll really go and take a tour of the entire underworld?"
"No way!" Cui Yu shouted hysterically, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. "I'm not nervous! What am I nervous about? What's there to be nervous about?"
Little Black, standing nearby, was a bit bewildered: "Your Honor, are you really not nervous? Even I can tell you're incredibly nervous."
Although the judge in the underworld is only a mid-to-high-level manager and not a top figure, Judge Cui Yu, who has experienced the vicissitudes of life, is a very composed person. Xiao Hei had never seen Cui Yu like this before.
"You said before that Hades mentioned me to you?!" Chu Nian asked. She was a little curious about what her life in the underworld was like, as she felt she had no recollection of it at all!
None of the memories that inexplicably appeared in her mind seemed to be scenes of living in the underworld.
Cui Yu was startled by her words and quickly said, "When did I say such a thing?"
Chu Nian: "I heard what you just said, right when I came back from the worlds in those books."
Cui Yu and Xiao Hei exchanged a glance, their eyes meeting, and both saw the shock, even panic, in each other's eyes.
This woman's journey through the world of the book can at most be considered a passing through the underworld. It's already amazing that she was able to stay in the underworld, and that she could hear the conversations in the underworld before she even actually entered it.
It's important to know that the world in the book and the underworld belong to different timelines. Before she fell into the underworld, she must have been in another timeline or a space-time rift—in short, an alternate timeline. The fact that she could hear Cui Yu and Xiao Hei's conversation shows that this woman's hearing is capable of hearing sounds from other timelines.
Has her five senses reached a level that can break through the barriers of space and time?
This is terrible.
It seems that only... can do this.
Cui Yu dared not think any further. What he couldn't understand was, if they truly possessed such abilities, why would they so obediently allow themselves to be sent through these books by the Underworld?
He turned to look at Xiao Hei and questioned, "How did you manage to send this actress Chu into these books to quell her resentment?"
Xiao Hei: "Didn't you send her here?! You said her aura matched, and she might be able to help us eliminate the resentment in these books."
Cui Yu: "Then how did you send her into the worlds of these books?"
Xiao Hei was a little confused and said, "I didn't send her anything. After she arrived, she was automatically added to the book by the system selected in the book."
Chu Nian: Just as she thought, neither Cui Yu nor Xiao Hei had the ability to send her into these book worlds. What sent her into these book worlds must have been some powerful being deep in the underworld, some treasure, or something else entirely.
Xiao Hei's answer left Cui Yu speechless.
Chu Nian, meanwhile, was pondering what force had sent her into these books. She felt that the force was somewhat familiar.
She wanted to leave the library and search in the direction from which the power came, but Cui Yu stopped her again.
Cui Yu thought to herself: I can't let this strange woman go out, otherwise if His Majesty the King of the Underworld sees her and finds out the truth, Xiao Hei and I will be finished.
He still planned to stick to the original plan, waiting until the woman accumulated enough merit to obtain an immortal body before reporting to the King of the Underworld.
"Chu Nian, you've rested here, shouldn't you get back to work?" He said this, trying to put on a serious face and project the same aura he usually had when scolding kids.
But Chu Nian found it a bit funny: How strange, she was facing the handsome Judge Cui, so why did she unconsciously think of the three ugly characters under the old ghost Lin Jingting?
However, whether in response to Cui Yu's words or not, Chu Nian felt that the power that burst forth from the depths of the underworld reappear, and she left the underworld in a flash.
Hades, who had just left the bookstore a few breaths earlier, sensed the energy eruption from the depths of the underworld and instantly returned to the bookstore. He questioned the still somewhat dazed Cui Yu and Xiao Hei (they hadn't expected that Chu Nian, that drama queen, would be so obedient; as soon as Cui Yu spoke, she went into the book obediently): "Did someone appear just now?"
"No...no!" Cui Yu quickly replied. There was no turning back now; he could only stick to that statement.
Hades stared at the two suspiciously, then suddenly turned to Little Black and roared, "Speak!"
Xiao Hei was so frightened that he knelt down with a thud, or rather, because his legs were stiff, he lay prostrate on the ground, stammering in horror, "I...I didn't know!"
The saying goes, "A local official is more powerful than a distant one," so he dared not offend Judge Cui under any circumstances. Besides, what Cui Yu said earlier was true; only if Chu Nian attained immortality would he and Cui Yu be spared punishment.
Hades stared at Cui Yu and Xiao Hei for a long time, then walked away with a cold face.
After he disappeared behind the door, Cui Yu clutched his chest and took deep breaths, thinking: Oh my god, I hope that woman doesn't show up again, or he and Xiao Hei will be tormented to death by this Hades coming and going.
Although she was only tricked into falling into a new body, Chu Nian still managed to mentally calculate the time she spent in the underworld during this process, which seemed to be about the same as the last time.
The timeframes of these two visits seem to be roughly the same as the time she spent in the underworld during her first visit after the film queen's death. Could it be that she's a soul destined not to stay in the underworld for long, and will be actively sent away by the underworld once her time is up?
At this moment, a large amount of the original owner's memories flooded into his mind.
In addition, Chu Nian also sensed a large amount of magical energy, or spiritual energy, permeating every corner of the air.
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