"Lord Yue... Lord Yue, time is of the essence! The corpse energy is about to spread to the vicinity of the Three Links Center. Once the corpse energy enters the upper floor, it will be a catastrophe, a calamity for the Six Realms! If the ghost population in the Underworld is greatly reduced, serious trouble will befall the human realm as well!"
"Selling human-machines is utterly insignificant compared to this! Don't blame me for not warning you, as a celestial being of the Heavenly Court, you see the Six Realms in peril, yet you cling to this trivial matter and ignore it. When the time comes, the Heavenly Court will surely throw you into the Heavenly Prison." Gu Qi's voice suddenly turned icy.
Upon hearing Gu Qi's words, Wang Yao paused, abandoning his plan to hang up. He had heard from the Underworld official that if the ghost population in the Underworld couldn't keep up, it would create a plague in the human world, summoning back a large number of reincarnated ghosts, which would indeed be a great calamity for the human world.
But the cycle of reincarnation in the underworld takes place on this floor zero, yet Gu Qi ordered him to shut off the upward passage of yin energy, clearly afraid that the corpse energy would enter the upper floors. This kid isn't worried about any underworld calamity at all; he's probably worried about losing his official position, isn't he?
And this kid clearly shit his pants, yet he dares to threaten Wang Yao? Does he think I'm some newly ascended immortal, easy to fool? Locking me up in the Heavenly Prison? Does he think I'm easily scared?
“Three questions. First, I don’t have time right now. Isn’t the Heavenly Court’s office in the Underworld located on your level? Why can’t you just ask them to come and shut it down? Why are you calling me here? I’m the Heavenly Court’s office in the Human Realm. If I’m going to get involved, I should be handling matters in the Human Realm.”
"Secondly, I seem to have heard that all the ghosts qualified to enter reincarnation are on your floor. Instead of hurrying to ensure the safety of floor zero, you're thinking about flattering those upstairs. When I get to Heaven, I'll definitely file a complaint against you and see who ends up in the Heavenly Prison!"
"Third, if you want my help, that's fine too. But the first condition is that all floors of the Underworld completely stop selling human-machine hybrids. I still have a lot of scores to settle with you in the Underworld. Find someone in charge and we can talk then."
Wang Yao didn't plan to go into the Three-Way Center, but he had just been reminded by Gu Qi about the matter on Floor Zero, so he couldn't ignore it. After all, it involved the human realm, and he couldn't just sit idly by.
But he couldn't think of a good way to manage it, so he could only try to scare Gu Qi with his words and see what else he could come up with.
"Lord Yue Lao, you may not know this, but in the Underworld, the control of Yin energy is divided into two lines: one for intake and one for expenditure!" Gu Qi's voice grew louder upon hearing Wang Yao's words.
"The source of Yin energy is all below this building. It is collected layer by layer starting from the eighteenth floor below. After being gathered in this building, it is directly transmitted upwards. This building actually has no right to use it. All Yin energy first reaches the eighteenth floor above and then is distributed layer by layer from top to bottom."
“Up to the next floor, it’s all about taking without taking. But from this floor down, it’s about both taking and taking. Those who take go up one line from the eighteenth floor, and those who take go down one line from the eighteenth floor. Although they are different, the yin energy they use is actually from the same source.”
"Therefore, once the corpse energy mixes with the yin energy, if it is allowed to be transported upwards, not only will the upper floors be unable to escape, but the lower floors will also be unable to avoid it. In our underworld building with 37 floors, no one, from top to bottom, will be able to escape."
"There are a total of 32 immortals in the Heavenly Court's office in the Underworld. Of them, 16 are on official business on the upper floors, 12 are patrolling the lower floors, and two have gone to other realms. By the time they return, it will be too late. There are only two immortals on my floor."
"The corpse energy is now surging into the central area of this building from all the passages. The two immortals need to block the corpse energy and protect the safety of the important departments and the Ghost Mouth Concentration Area of this building. They are unable to spare any time."
"Lord Yue Lao, whatever conflicts you have had with the Underworld are personal grudges. This great calamity of corpse energy is a common crisis for the six realms. I urge you, Lord Yue Lao, to consider the bigger picture, put aside your prejudices for now, and help the Underworld overcome this crisis first."
Gu Qi probably saw that Wang Yao was inclined to stand by and do nothing, so his tone finally became a little urgent, but he still kept Wang Yao at arm's length with his words, without saying anything substantial.
Wang Yao did understand one thing: the control of Yin energy in the underworld was actually redistributed according to rank. In other words, once the Yin energy sent up was tainted by corpse energy, all the high-ranking officials in the underworld, including the Ten Kings of Hell, would likely be in mortal danger.
This is probably what Gu Qi is most worried about. He said it's true that there are only two immortals on this floor, but he guesses they're not protecting any important department or the Ghost Mouth Concentration Area.
After all, although the corpse energy came on strong, according to Wang Yao's estimate, it would take at least two or three days to spread out of the Underworld District. You have to know that it took them three or four days to come from the previous ritual road. The speed at which the corpse energy spread could not keep up with the speed at which the ghosts traveled.
Even if the distance is shortened, it would take at least two days for the corpse energy to truly threaten the Ghost Mouth Concentration Area on this floor. Currently, the area that is truly threatened is the Underworld Queen Area.
Therefore, he guessed that either Gu Qi couldn't contact the two immortals, or the two immortals were located in places too far away, and even if he teleported over, it would be too late to deal with the problems in the Underworld.
The Netherworld building was simply too magnificent. The surface area of one floor was about the same size as other realms, and the roads were winding and irregular. Wang Yao couldn't teleport, and he didn't know if he could teleport through the walls. But in the Netherworld, the roads were not easy to travel.
It took Hua Gu about an hour to teleport him and Hui Shuo from Cai Du to Hua Du. If these two immortals were hiding in some remote corner and wanted to come over, they probably wouldn't be able to close the valve for the upward flow of yin energy in the center of the three passages.
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