Five Frozen Centuries

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Wei Huo was helping the man remove the weeds. The field had been planted with radishes. These radishes were not simple, however. They contained strong Rule Power. Wei Huo felt that eating them should extend one’s lifespan.

However, it could only be extended by 1,000 years at most. Any longer, and it would not do.

He had obtained a lifespan of over 3,000 years through the BUG. Come to think of it, the God who had created the game was really powerful.

However, according to Ma Tengyun, that God was a God outside the world. He was an existence similar to a programmer. If that was true, it would be obvious if he changed the rules of the world so easily.

However, the relationship between this world and the outside world could not be described as a relationship between a computer and the outside world. That was just a metaphor. Wei Huo did not know what the God outside the world was like. He did not know how much he could change the world either.

After hearing the man say that his adoptive father had been the previous Yama King, everyone fell silent. Wu Bin was shocked and did not know what to say. Wei Huo did not have a special reaction, but he was confused.

The man said, “This is the first time I’ve seen someone who wasn’t shocked after hearing this news! Most people think I’m bragging!”

Wei Huo smiled and said, “I’m shocked. However, I’m confused. If your father was the previous Yama King, why are you farming here?”

The man smiled and said, “I’m the only one who can farm in the Underworld. This field and this house only recognize me. From this perspective, I’m afraid even the current Yama King would not be qualified. Isn’t that right?”

Wei Huo said, “That makes sense. However, I’m curious. Where did the previous Yama King go? If you don’t know, does the current Yama King know?”

The man sneered, “He’s only a peak Legendary creature. How could he know that the Underworld was destroyed by these guys? The Underworld was not meant to be used like this. It’s really stupid. The Underworld was originally a tunnel used to transcend the world!”

Wei Huo was shocked when he heard that. “What do you mean?” he asked.

The man was stunned for a moment. He knew that he had said something wrong, but he did not want to stop. He said, “Although I can’t remember many things, I still remember something my father said. He once said, ‘Everything begins and ends with nothingness. There is no light or darkness in the land of nothingness. Only the mind exists.'”

“Nothingness?” Upon hearing that, Wei Huo thought of the Void Realm he had encountered in the Divine Realm a long time ago. It was a world that was neither white nor black. In that world, one could go anywhere one wanted with just a thought.

However, one had to have the coordinates in one’s heart. If one did not have a home in one’s heart, one would be completely lost in a world without any reference systems.

Wei Huo asked, “Was your father the King Yama who built the Underworld over 30,000 years ago?”

The man was confused. Moments later, he said, “Don’t believe the history books you study. If history books were real, there would be no fake things in the world. Everyone is alive, but history is cold. How can it be real?”

Wei Huo asked, “Do you know what real history is like?”

The man shook his head. “I don’t know. I was too young when Father left me. I didn’t intend to ask about Father’s real history. However, there’s someone who should know. I can refer you to him. There’s one condition, though.”

Wei Huo asked, “What condition?”

The man lifted his head and said in a firm voice, “You will join the Reformists. As long as you become a member of the Reformists, you will know true history!”

“The Reformists?” Wei Huo did not say anything immediately. In fact, he had guessed this from the moment he had seen the man’s attitude toward the current situation in Hell. The people that Wu Bin had seen should be members of the Reformists.

This villa was indeed a good place to meet.

Wei Huo looked at it. “Have you renovated this villa over the years?”

If it had been passed down for hundreds of years, it should not have looked like this. A house built hundreds of years ago should have been made of soil and wood.

The man said, “I know what you want to say. That’s right. This convenient and fast life was granted to us by the new king. I also renovated this house. These are indeed good sides to this, but don’t forget what kind of place the Underworld is. This is a tunnel to the outside world. It’s a path to transcendence. If this continues, no one will be able to transcend this world!”

Wei Huo asked, “Why do you say that no one could escape the current system?”

The man said, “That’s because this place used to be a world where the strong preyed on the weak and the strong were respected. In that world, everyone was thinking about ways to become stronger. Everyone was thinking about ways to break through. Although that world was chaotic, that was an era when heroes rose up and hundreds of families fought for supremacy. However, the world has changed. After everything was programmed, no one could become stronger anymore. Normal people can only be ordinary people now. They have no chance of becoming stronger after being bound by the Rules. They can only wait until the day their soul lifespan ends and they die. Other than that, there’s no hope.”

The man’s words required a certain background for one to understand them. According to Wei Huo’s understanding, people who lived in the Underworld would not die from accidents or diseases. There was a rule in this world. Anyone who was injured would automatically recover after a certain time. Even those who were fatally injured would be revived.

However, once one’s soul lifespan reached its end, one would really die. There were no exceptions. Before that happened, people did not need to worry about death. Everyone could live peacefully.

Although work was tough, everyone’s working hours were not long because of the rotation system. People could live safely and happily in this world. Apart from those who left the Underworld to fight evil people, no one else needed to worry about their own safety.

This world was undoubtedly a beautiful world, but it was a lifeless world. It was just like the fable of boiling a frog in warm water. If no one was worried about death, they would lose their determination and desire to defeat death.

That way, no more experts would be born.

However, at that moment, the man said, “The Rules limit everything. Even if someone wants to become stronger, they won’t have a chance. Most people’s thoughts are sealed. Most people won’t ask me anything even if they find this villa and this field weird. People like you should be people whose hearts haven’t been completely occupied by the Rules. Your curiosity has temporarily overcome the Rules, but before long, you will become walking corpses in the Underworld!”

The man told them everything. Indeed, most people in the Underworld would not meddle in other people’s business even if they felt that a villa and a field were weird. Even if they were curious, it would be better to avoid trouble. However, they did not know why they were alive.

The man smiled bitterly and said, “It’s weird, isn’t it? A long time ago, the Underworld was filled with walking corpses. Now, everyone is just wearing human skin. Their hearts are still just walking corpses.”