Worlds’ Apocalypse Online

The battle situation had suddenly become more intense.

More and more people were gathering in the Hall of Reincarnation.

Perhaps because of how arduous their assigned tasks were, all the Combatants had heavy expressions on their faces.

After all, this trip might very well be their last.

If that happened, they would return to the Forgetting River, lose all of their memories, and be reincarnated into a different realm.

Everyone felt uneasy.

---------however, things had taken a turn for the better ever since the day before.

The people of the Hells Department had come up with a method to allow everyone to be resurrected after death.

Albeit, resurrection in Hell.

The news spread like wildfire throughout all the 5 Departments of Huang Quan.

By midnight of the same day, everyone already had known about this.

500 Merits.

In exchange for guaranteed survival and a return trip to Huang Quan.

This resulted in a sigh of relief as well as complicated emotions toward the Hells Department in everyone's mind.

Many people had already prepared countermeasures and tricks for the loopholes they found.

All were waiting until the morning of the next day.

But unexpectedly, when everyone gathered in the Hall of Reincarnation to prepare for sortie, they discovered that-------

"Where are they? Where are the people of Hell? How come they haven't arrived yet today!"

Somebody called out.

「 That's right, I'm about to head out already. I want to buy a one-time Hell Insurance, so why aren't they here yet? 」another person worriedly commented.

An electronic voice suddenly spoke:

[To purchase Hell Insurance, please head towards the Southeast corner]

Everyone turned their heads.

At some unknown point, the Southeast corner of the Hall of Reincarnation had been filled with several lines of smart machines.

"Huang Quan machines?" someone exclaimed in surprise.

One of the machines spoke in an electronic voice: [Indeed, from today onwards, Hell Insurance will become a self-service program, please line up to use this machine]

「 Then, how should I operate you? 」somebody asked.

[Identification – Payment – pick up an empty can from the machine and toss it next to the trash bin on the floor, then the transaction is complete]

The machine replied.

One Combatant couldn't wait any longer and hurriedly ran up to the machine to operate it as instructed and finally saw a can pop out from the side of the machine.

As he took a closer look, he saw the empty can had no designs except for two tiny lines of text at the bottom right corner:

[For Empty Can Adverts, please contact Hell Combatant: Rhode]

[Huang Quan contact number: XXXXXXXX, thank you]

Reading these two lines of text, the Combatant was completely speechless.

In the crowd, the people from the various forces that were prepared to take advantage of the loopholes were also speechless.

『 Sir? 』

Somebody tried asking for instructions.

One person muttered: "Hmph, to be able to utilize so many Huang Quan machines, Hell must have cooperated with the Hall of Reincarnation… this matter has gotten a lot more troublesome…"

The Hall of Reincarnation was the department responsible for all of Huang Quan's affairs, so normal people wouldn't dare to covet their possessions.

…

At another location.

Next to the Forgetting River.

Gu Qing Shan yawned.

"Not going to stay for a meal?" he asked a man standing next to him.

"No need, this matter has been properly arranged, there's only one last issue" the man coldly replied.

"I'm all ears" Gu Qing Shan took a sip of his drink and casually said.

"The fee, isn't 500 Merits a lot?" the man asked.

"Is it really that much?" Gu Qing Shan asked in return.

"That's right, many people wouldn't be able to earn 500 Merits even if they complete 3-4 tasks consecutively" the man answered.

"But I saw a lot of people yesterday who wouldn't even blink when handing me hundreds of thousands of Merits" Gu Qing Shan commented.

"They belong to the minority, I advise that you should consider its influence on Huang Quan as a whole, after all, that is more important than anything else" the man explained.

Gu Qing Shan fell into thought.

Influence on Huang Quan as a whole?

Hm…

Then I should indeed take it into careful consideration.

-----making a fortune is a good thing, drawing envy is no issue either, but I can't draw people's grudges, it's best to make it so that it benefits all the beings in Huang Quan and gives positive feedback to the world.

I'm quite experienced in such matters after all…

"Then so be it, everyone won't have to pay exactly 500 Merits every time" Gu Qing Shan said.

"How much would it be then?" the man asked.

"Anyone who wishes to be served by Hell Insurance only needs to pay 1/10th of the total Merit that they possess"