At this moment, shatter the dimensional barrier

“Yes, we were too reckless. I hope that after I die, my family will be able to live a better life with the compensation they receive,” another ghost said dejectedly.

No superhuman who has reached the fourth rank wants to die. After all, the fourth rank is the ceiling for ordinary superhumans. Reaching the fifth rank would make them immortal beings, and they are all confident that they can give it a shot.

"Oh dear, don't be so sad. Everyone dies except when they reach the sixth rank, and the fifth rank is no exception." Hu Tao quickly said, "If you're not willing to die in this life, then you can be reincarnated with your talent in the next life and try your luck to go from the fourth rank to the fifth rank, and from the fifth rank to the sixth rank."

"A few minor regrets can be made up for in the next life. Perhaps your original family members will still be alive in your next life."

Walnut's words of comfort left the departed souls speechless. Who would want to die if they could live? After reincarnation, they would have no memories. Even if they encountered their family members from their past lives, would they recognize them?

"Come on, register. When do you want to reincarnate? I recommend reincarnating now. We're in a period of rapid civilization growth, with maximum benefits." As Hu Tao spoke, a stack of golden application forms appeared in her hand, which she handed out to the souls one by one.

"If you don't reincarnate now, you'll regret it for three lifetimes."

Getting the spirits of the dead in the underworld to reincarnate faster is a key performance indicator. If the souls in hell are forced to reincarnate after a hundred years, that would be a huge performance disaster. In order to get the souls reincarnated, she has already devised ten plans.

One reincarnation slot can bring three people together for group reincarnation, group rebirth, one reincarnation free, and there are also couple reincarnation packages to meet the core needs of the deceased.

The souls were stunned as they looked at the reincarnation applications in their hands. They had only just died, and they were already being reincarnated? So soon?

“Silence means consent. Yunyi, come over and make a note of this. Tomorrow we have a group of forty people to be reincarnated as part of the big meal.” Hu Tao beckoned to the civil official.

The spirits came to their senses and screamed in panic.

"Ah! Show mercy, Master Hu! I don't want to reincarnate now."

"Yes! They'd have to live in the underworld for at least ten or twenty years."

"Yes, I want to wait for my wife to be reunited with me in the underworld. Before I left, I swore to my wife that I would definitely come back alive. I have to wait for her."

"No, no, no, you guys think about it," Hu Tao said seriously.

"We don't want to!!!" the dead shouted in unison.

Chapter 277: A Return to the Game Life, in the Kingdom of Elchia

"Alright, alright." Hu Tao waved her hand disappointedly, "But I should warn everyone, life in the underworld is very boring."

"There's no way to become stronger, no entertainment culture, no possibility of getting married and having children, and even the food is far inferior to that of the mortal world. Most importantly, you still have to work to maintain your soul body."

"That's right, even the dead need to eat. Otherwise, if their souls become too weak, they'll have to reincarnate before they've even reached a hundred years, which is extremely difficult."

The underworld is not a place for enjoyment. This is a rule set by the Lord of the Underworld. If the underworld were as interesting as the mortal world, would any souls be willing to obediently reincarnate there?

Therefore, more than 90% of the entertainment and leisure of the mortal world do not exist in the underworld. Life in the underworld is no less than the life of cattle and horses in the old era before the rise of the supernatural.

Few people, except for a few stubborn individuals, would want to stay in such a life of hardship for long.

Even those who cannot awaken to extraordinary abilities in the mortal world are unwilling to truly live in the underworld until they have no choice but to reincarnate.

Walnut left the governor's residence and arrived in the largest city in the underworld.

The city at the very center of Liyue's Underworld, and also the largest city, is called 'Peach City'. This name is in honor of the myth of 'Eight Wonders Forging Peach City'. Peach City is also a demon god who voluntarily transformed into a barrier separating life and death.

Rumble rumble rumble—

At this moment, the blood moon in the underworld sky continued to grow larger.

Both the 'Dark Sun' and the 'Evil Star' operate alternately in the Underworld and Hell, but they do not release 'evil energy' within the territory under the jurisdiction of the Underworld.

"Wow~ Another super, super evil god has been thrown down. Just how many evil deeds did he commit to become the sun and moon?" Hu Tao put his palm in front of his eyebrows, stood on tiptoe, and looked at the blood moon in the sky.

"And those blue aurora borealis on the horizon, I've never seen that before, what is that?"

Everywhere in the underworld, you can see a skyline radiating blue aurora; these are all life essences that flowed to the underworld after aliens were killed, materials used to shape life and souls.

Life Source Essence has different names in different worlds, but its effects are almost the same. The name Life Source Essence is simply because Luo Sheng first came into contact with it in the Ling Cage world, so he directly used the name.

The souls of aliens are shattered by the rules of the underworld the moment they enter, becoming the purest material, without leaving behind even the slightest bit of extra information.

Extraterrestrial memories are of no use to this world. Emotions cannot be shared, and the ways of life are completely different. Leaving this information behind would only take up space.

When pure 'life essence' is thrown into the 'reincarnation vortex', this essence will automatically flow to the place where it is reproducing to form new life.

Not just humans, but all life, including bacteria, insects, and small animals.

The amount of life-generating material determines what species one will become.

Intelligent life forms require the most life essence, and the better their talent, the more life essence they consume.

In some post-apocalyptic worlds, after too many lives have been lost, the world will use most of its life essence to create an individual with extraordinary talent in order to save itself.

This is one of the reasons why saviors appear in some worlds every time the end of the world is approaching, turning the tide and saving the collapsing empire.

"Oh... thousands of meteors are falling!" Hu Tao exclaimed, watching the meteor shower streak across the sky.

Each of these meteors carried an aura of sin so immense that it chilled her to the bone.

As those sinful energies streaked across the sky, they continuously crystallized, eventually forming spherical celestial bodies tens of kilometers in size.

"Wow! Thousands of monstrous planets... Did every single person from that demonic civilization from another world destroy a planet with civilization?" Hu Tao exclaimed, speechless.

The universe outside our solar system is just too cruel.

The birth of thousands of 'necromantic planets' means that thousands of planets with human civilizations have been destroyed, and each civilization must have had more than a billion people.

That means trillions of people were killed, trillions!

……

The interstellar war outside the Oort Cloud of the solar system did not stop because Morgana was put on trial; on the contrary, it intensified.

Those cannon fodder demons are just a bunch of tools that obey orders until they die.

Humanity also suffered considerable casualties, with a kill rate of 5%, which was negligible compared to the damage inflicted on the alien fleet.

As the war intensified, casualties among those at the fifth level and above in the superhuman realm began to occur.

Aside from the 'holder of the Eye of God', ordinary Tier 5 individuals do not possess any rule-based abilities. If they are caught in a one-on-one battle and cannot return to their warship in time, they will only face instant death if they are hit by the Star Destroyer Cannon.

Even a sixth-tier superhuman wouldn't die immediately from being hit by a planet-destroying cannon; they would only last for a few dozen seconds.

Although sixth-tier transcendents possess knowledge of the rules, this knowledge is merely a peripheral glimpse of the rules. Only those who reach the seventh tier and truly master the power of the rules can protect themselves from the onslaught of the planet-destroying cannon.

Interstellar wars cannot be fought in just a few days; this war will last at least another month or two before all alien warships are annihilated.

Although the war continued, the interior of the solar system remained unusually peaceful, and the lives of ordinary people remained unchanged.

The Vatican City in Europe.

All the priests and bishops of the Vatican above the fourth rank have been taken to the battlefield by the Pope, leaving only ordinary priests and nuns of the third rank.

The Vatican is now guarded by Gabriel, the lazy angel known to everyone in the Church.

At this moment, she was excitedly playing games in the e-sports room, looking completely unrestrained. The table next to her was covered with leftover snack bags, and the floor was littered with sunflower seed shells.

"Hahaha, great interstellar war! Joan of Arc isn't home, and neither is the Pope. Finally, I can play games and drink sparkling water to my heart's content! Awesome!!!"

"Who cares about me! Who can possibly care about me?! Who dares to care about me?!"

"Cough cough." A coughing sound came from behind Gabriel, who instantly jumped and turned her head stiffly.

However, he grimaced after discovering it wasn't Joan of Arc.

"Oh, it's Yan! You startled me. I thought it was Jeanne d'Arc."

"Gabriel, so this is the real you." Yan looked speechlessly at Gabriel, who looked like a lazy, slovenly internet addict. He casually pulled over a chair, swept the sunflower seed shells off the chair to the ground, sat down, and crossed his legs.

"So that's what you call a plane in the subspace of Heaven."

"Your well-behaved demeanor in heaven is all an act. Although there's no rule against angels playing games, it's not good for the reputation of angels to see you like this."

She was rebellious at times when she was young, so she didn't think there was anything wrong with Gabriel. Kids are kids, it's normal to be naughty.

As an angel who has lived for seven thousand years, she has a very accurate eye for people. Gabriel is just a bit addicted to the internet and has a decadent personality, but she still has the kind of justice and kindness that an angel should have.

"The reputation of angels? What does that have to do with me?" Gabriel said unyieldingly, "At worst, I'll just quit being an angel. I've even considered going to hell to become a fallen angel."

"Even if you go to hell, hell won't accept you." Yan's lips twitched slightly as he heard Gabriel's seemingly serious words. His expression suddenly became calm, and he smiled. "Little Gabriel, do you believe that you'll obediently turn off the game and start cleaning right away?"

"Huh? Pfft, who do you think you are? Just a newly arrived old angel. Besides, Joan of Arc has gone to war and won't be back for at least a month or two." Gabriel said dismissively, her eyes fixed on the holographic projection, her hand constantly pressing buttons on the game console.

Although there are now 'brain-computer games', she doesn't like them. She prefers games where she presses buttons with her fingers, and online games are fine with her too.

"I'm at the ninth level now, so it seems like I can go directly to the place where the gods hold their meeting," Yan said with a smile. Her power has been soaring these past few days, and she'll soon reach her peak, and she'll even be able to share the computing power of the 'Divine Treasury'.

That state corresponds to the Godhood rank, but she wasn't quite sure which rank it was.

"Oh, and then? I know you've advanced quickly, but I've already reached the ninth rank." Gabriel curled her lip, still disdainful. So what if she's at the ninth rank? She didn't do anything extraordinary; she reached it simply through her talent.

"If I can enter the Pantheon, I can see those great gods. If, I mean if, I tell those great gods about your mischievous antics..." Yan said with a smile.

"Gah—" Gabriel shuddered, and her fingers, which had been clicking the buttons on the game controller, stopped instantly.

"No, don't try to scare me. How could those great gods possibly care about a little angel like me..."

Although she feared Joan of Arc the most, she was still somewhat intimidated by other great gods, especially the Tree King, Tiamat, and the angel Fucarus.

Last time she went to the Pantheon, she was entangled by Tiamat. She finally managed to escape with an excuse, but then the Tree King caught her and gave her a few days of lessons. The lessons were so intense, it was almost unbearable. Oh my god, she will never go to the Pantheon again.

"I see. Then I'll go to the Pantheon and give it a try." Yan said, about to activate the teleportation spell.

"No, no, no—" Gabriel suddenly lunged at Yan, hugging her legs tightly and pleading, "Sister Yan, let's talk this out."

"I think someone just called me 'Old Angel,' did I just hear that?" Yan said with a smile.

"I must be hallucinating! I must be hallucinating! Sister Yan is so beautiful, has such a great figure, and such a lovely voice, how could she possibly be an old angel? Who on earth is so bold!" Gabriel shouted righteously.

"Hehehe..." Yan laughed out loud. She was actually summoned by Jeanne to keep an eye on Gabriel and prevent her from being so unscrupulous.

It has to be said that Gabriel's personality is the kind that will cause trouble if you don't discipline her for three days. However, she is still young now. In five hundred years, she will definitely become a brave, righteous angel who dares to protect the universe.

Speaking of which, Morgana, that evil god, is now suppressed in hell. Morgana's condition means she will have to endure at least a million years of torment.

After I become a god, I'll go to Hell and see how Morgana is punished.

It's quite a pity that the evil god who has plagued the known universe for 20,000 years was dealt with so easily. The angels had been fighting this evil god for so long but had never managed to catch him even once.

……

Los Saint returned to a corner of Eden, his original home, a small villa that would be considered an antique by today's standards. The orchards surrounding the villa hadn't changed much, but the life level there had skyrocketed.

Every fruit tree here is a true 'divine tree,' emanating an aura that reaches the true divine level. If given sentience, they would immediately become gods.

Furthermore, with the added influence of myths and legends, these fruit trees all have prototypes in myths and legends.

The quince tree became the 'golden apple' coveted by the gods in Greek mythology.