Simulate the universe, starting with speedrunning Greek.

However—back to the present reality.

Hermes, who wrote a record for Griffith and witnessed and commented on this history, is now being beaten and hunted down.

While the act of playing with the body of the dead is said to be praising Griffith, it completely ignores the fact that Griffith was already dead, yet he excitedly ran to the corpse and cheered.

Artemis: An eyesore—so an eyesore, kill him!

Even the usually composed goddess of wisdom, Athena, expressed her pettiness, saying that Hermes had indeed gone too far and that killing him was excessive. She suggested that his legs should be removed so that the gods might learn to be more composed.

One wanted to kill him, the other wanted to cripple him forever.

Faced with the murderous intent of the two powerful goddesses, Hermes could no longer hold back.

Seeing that things were not going well, he quickly tried to escape, but was surrounded by several gods. No one knew who they were. But later, some mortals said that they seemed to see Hermes hurriedly descend from the sky with a pig's head on his face, and then hide in a pigpen, as if he was hiding from someone.

Although Hermes soon came forward to clarify that it was all slander and even wanted to punish the mortal who dared to blaspheme the gods, he was stopped by the goddess of justice, Astraea.

and so--

What's the truth? Those who know, know.

at the same time--

On the other side, Ye was completely unaware that some goddesses had not only attacked Hermes, one of the twelve Olympian gods, but had even conceived the dangerous idea of ​​going to the underworld to demand someone's return.

He felt as if he had fallen into a very long, tranquil, and beautiful dream.

The expected scene of waking up and returning to the transit station did not occur.

Although we don't know the final outcome for him now that he's dead, it probably won't be too bad; he should at least have some achievements to show for it.

But where is my checkout page?

Even my consciousness is gradually returning, but I can sense that my soul is still asleep. What's going on?

Finally—after an unknown amount of time—his soul was awakened.

Then I saw a dark and gloomy world.

It was as if I had mistakenly entered the realm of the dead, the underworld, the final resting place of the deceased.

No, it can't be said that he wandered in by mistake; he seems to be dead now.

The world before my eyes is somewhat similar to the underworld controlled by Ereshkigal in the Mesopotamian plains of the neighboring Type-Moon universe.

But when he saw a long river shrouded in mist stretching across this dark world not far away, Night suddenly realized something.

The River of the Dead—or the River Styx!

Is this the underworld?

Although it is said that after the Greeks died, their souls would go to the underworld and be led by Charon, the ferryman of the underworld, across the River Styx before finally reaching the true realm of the dead.

But night doesn't usually follow this conventional process. He should have already returned and started simulating cosmic calculations by now.

The death of human physiological functions signifies the end of the simulation, which is the understanding of the night.

But now it seems that if there is external interference, perhaps physical death is just a new beginning, and his journey continues.

This reminded Ye of a certain man.

Kratos, the strongest bald Greek tyrant who decimated the gods on Mount Olympus.

That Greek mad dog who entered the underworld three times, but fought his way through it—and in the end even killed Hades himself.

Hades tried to restrain his soul, so he turned the tables and pulled Hades' soul out of his body, returning to him in the most brutal way the means that God had imposed upon him had been used against him.

If nothing unexpected happens, something definitely did.

The fact that I am now in the underworld is clearly the work of some gods; mortals don't have the ability to bring their souls here.

However, there seems to be an interesting concept in Greece: although the souls in the underworld are considered dead, once they leave the underworld, they regain flesh and blood and become living people again.

This is reflected in the story of Lyra and the myth of Kratos.

Slaying through the underworld and returning to the earth is no longer a dream...

However, Kratos is ultimately an independent game universe, and whether the real Greece is like that remains to be verified.

Lyra's wife was also unable to leave the underworld before being sucked back in.

Thinking of this, when he saw the River Styx before him that night, he remembered Achilles' body, which became invulnerable after being soaked in the waters of the River Styx.

This is undoubtedly a blessing for the living, but a deadly poison for the dead. If their souls fall into the river, they will be unconsciously and assimilated or devoured by the endless, malevolent spirits in the river.

Here, no dead can defy this river; to cross it, one must simply wait for the ferryman to arrive, even heroes are no exception.

But Ye is very different from ordinary heroes.

Perhaps because he had been growing and honing himself in the conceptual universe, his soul power and spirit also increased dramatically as he became stronger.

Especially after completing the great feat of the final arrow, the rewards from the River of Myths, even though the settlement is not yet complete, the settlement is just a formality. In fact, the feedback has already begun the moment it made a significant impact.

and so--

Chapter 228 Charon: !!! I got up early and saw the dead bathing in the River Styx!

Night's heroic instincts allowed him to feel nothing for the River Styx, which terrified countless fallen heroes.

He even felt a sense of peace he had never felt before, as relaxed as if he were back home.

For the deceased, the atmosphere of the underworld and the ether are perfectly suited.

Being freed from the physical body is actually the true release from the shackles, allowing the soul, which has long surpassed the physical body, to be released, resulting in an unparalleled sense of liberation.

You should know that what has always troubled Ye's growth has never been martial arts or mental will, but his physical body.

The physical body in reality cannot compare to the physical body in the simulated world. Although the physical body in the simulated world is a conceptual simulation, it is equally difficult to bear the soul of the night, which has gradually transformed into a shining sun, surrounded and washed by endless achievements.

Especially after awakening the power of a god of destruction, his soul quality had already touched the threshold between gods and mortals.

It would be more appropriate to call him a demigod now.

He was more like a real demigod than those false demigods like Achilles.

His soul was so massive that, even without a physical form, it was more resistant to the River Styx than the living.

Perhaps he could learn from Kratos in the neighboring Greek world and, in his ghostly state, try bathing in the River Styx to see what it feels like.

Ye unconsciously took a step forward, and when her foot touched the riverbank...

Charon, the ferryman of the underworld, is rowing his boat, obeying the orders of Hades, to ferry heroes from the mortal world.

Just to clarify, it's Charon, not Chiron, not that centaur sage.

Then the ferryman witnessed the most incredible scene of his life.

The hero, now a dead soul, calmly and voluntarily dipped his foot into the River Styx, a river of death for the soul.

! ! ! !

Charon stared wide-eyed at his empty, hollow pupils.

Wait a minute, doesn't this guy sense the danger of the River Styx?

Just as humans have an innate fear of fire, they naturally avoid things that make them feel dangerous and won't get too close...

With a hero's five senses, it's impossible that he wouldn't feel that sense of danger. So what is this guy doing? Is he going to his death?

If you die, how am I supposed to explain this to Lord Hades?

Then Charon witnessed an even more incredible scene.

When Ye tried to put her feet into the River Styx, she not only did not feel any discomfort, but the countless souls inside the River Styx scattered in all directions like mice seeing a cat.

Even though they are already unconscious vengeful spirits and lingering regrets, their instinct to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune still remains.

They instinctively sensed a great fear and fled in all directions, as if staying in this water for even a second longer would mean being devoured by some great terror.

For wandering spirits and vengeful ghosts, the principle of "big fish eat little fish, little fish eat shrimp" applies. It can be said that the most basic law of survival followed by the hundreds of millions of souls from the Greek world in this River Styx is that powerful souls will devour weaker souls, and the weak can devour even weaker ones.

At this moment, the night, with its soul's radiance as vast as the sun, makes those consciousnesses, which are far smaller than humans, dare not approach it.

Simply being in the same body of water caused those who were originally unable to feel fear to begin to experience panic-like symptoms.

grass--!!

As a ferryman of the underworld—Charon, who has spent his entire life ferrying people across the River Styx, is naturally very familiar with this river.

Charon naturally sensed the sudden upheaval of the Styx instantly.

Those departed souls were actually—"fear"?!

For thousands of years, countless souls have perished in Greece, their bodies pressed beneath the River Styx. The sheer volume released would be enough to engulf the human world and destroy the entire Greek realm! And this destruction would be contingent on the gods not intervening.

But that's already pretty impressive.

But now this army of undead, powerful enough to destroy the world, is actually afraid of a newborn soul?

No matter how brave and powerful you were in life, you are now dead. In the world of the dead, everything starts from scratch.

Charon said he could no longer understand the world; his brain was somewhat malfunctioning.

In Greece, there was no concept of reincarnation; the souls of the dead remained in the underworld forever.

Even the souls of the previous God-Kings and Titans are imprisoned deep underground here.

As the years have passed, the number of these dead has continued to increase, while the human population continues to grow. It is unknown how many souls now exist beneath the River Styx.

Getting back to the point—such a large number of souls, yet they showed absolutely no resistance to the arrival of night.

At this moment, Ye actually felt that the Styx River also had a condensing effect on his soul.

Just as the physical body gains invulnerability when cleansed, now his soul, after being cleansed by the River Styx, is also beginning to acquire invulnerability?!

Logically speaking, the River Styx should only harm the souls of the dead, offering no benefit whatsoever.

But what's wrong with him?

Night sensed that the part of his immortal body, the part that originated from Achilles' steel blessing, was trembling slightly, symbolizing that the concept of that immortal body was responding to him.

Is it because of this concept?

Did they give my soul a physical form and enhance it?

Hiss! Ye Shen took a deep breath.

I've only ever heard of people whose bodies are incredibly hard, like steel, with amazing defenses that can even block holy swords.