Chapter 111: The Ghost Messenger's Dream
Chapter 111: The Ghost Messenger's Dream
"Go to the First Hall to check your life history, make a simple record and make a judgment to see when you will be reincarnated and what you will be in your next life."
Old Man Wang asked, "Then in my next life, can I still be a human being in this world?"
Xie Ling: "That's not necessarily true. Being a human or an animal is uncertain, and you may not be able to reincarnate quickly. Look, many ghosts here have bought houses and cars to live here. Some have waited for eight hundred years but have not been reincarnated."
"If it takes you this long to reincarnate, even if you were a human, by the time you were born, the times outside would have changed."
Indeed, the underworld is no different from the human world. There are tall buildings, ancient buildings, suspended traffic, and even clothing stores.
"Don't miss it if you pass by. These are the paper clothes that my descendants just burned. They are the latest popular styles. They look no different from living people when they are worn."
"I'm selling a house. It's a three-story villa that just burned down. I can install it anywhere I want if I have land."
"..."
Old man Wang looked around blankly, and for a long time he cried loudly on his fishing rod, "I want to be thrown into the water like a dog or a cat. Can I read the words? Can I still see the ending of the novel?"
can not see.
Xie Ling curled his lips, feeling very depressed, and sent the person to register.
Colleague Shen Junyi had been waiting at the gate with a sullen look on her face, and when she saw him, her eyes were blazing with anger.
Grabbing his collar, he started to curse, "Where the hell have you been? Ghosts from all the districts were sent in at the same time, but you're the only one who's late. Do you know how much more work you've added to my workload? If you have any shame, clean up all my personal files."
"Next time you're late for me, I'll throw you into the Forgotten River to feed the soul fish."
Xie Ling was sweating profusely and kept saying yes, sliding down to his knees at an incredibly fast speed, almost kowtowing and begging for mercy.
He sent the howling old man Wang in, wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead, and sighed.
He and Shen Junyi were ghosts who were reincarnated at the same time, and were also unlucky ghosts who drew lots and became ghost messengers at the same time.
Since the birth of mankind, the first gods of the underworld, the Four Hades, also came into being.
However, as the human population on Earth grew day by day, the workload became too heavy. The four Yama Kings were exhausted to three, leaving only the Eastern Yama King to write the Book of Life and Death until he foamed at the mouth and his hands cramped.
Afterwards, the four Hades discussed it and decided to draw lots to pick a few unlucky souls from the reincarnated ghosts who had not been able to reincarnate in the short term to stay and work for them.
Wait until the time comes to be reincarnated, then retire and be reincarnated.
There are both humans and animals, and a mixed bag of good and bad.
He and Shen Junyi are two of them.
Looking back to the past, Shen Junyi was still a lady from a famous family, with graceful steps and soft voice.
As a result, over hundreds and thousands of years, the high-pressure workload has gradually become stronger.
She went dark.
Xie Ling sighed and expressed his understanding.
He saw that every working person in the world looked as pale as death and lived a life worse than death, and they were the same.
They have been fighting for hundreds and thousands of years.
Recruitment notices for ghost messengers were posted all over the underworld, but no one was willing to apply.
When all the people registered and checked their life stories to determine their reincarnation, they were frightened and said no one after another when they saw the mountains of files and documents in front of the ghost officials' desks.
They can be idle and do nothing in the underworld. As long as their ancestors and grandchildren burn money, they will have a steady supply of money. Even if no one burns money, they are all ghosts anyway, and no one will care if they walk on the street.
Just wait until it's your turn to reincarnate. You have lost all your memories anyway, so there is no difference between being a human or a dog.
But the benefit of being a ghost messenger is that you will definitely be a human being in your next life. People who worked like cows and horses in their previous life will be scared away when they hear about this benefit, and they will shout at the top of their lungs that they would rather be mosquitoes than be human beings in their next life.
Those who want to be human beings have basically lived a good life in their lifetime. They would never be willing to go to the underworld and become cattle and horses.
Those who don't want to be human beings will be scared away when they hear about employee benefits.
So basically no one applies for the position of ghost catcher.
As a ghost catcher, you not only have to take care of human souls, but also those pigs, dogs and sheep that cannot understand human language. They hang around everywhere in the hall, and even the Ox-Head and Horse-Faced Ghosts cannot stop their relatives.
This has led to a serious shortage of ghost catchers, the number of ghosts in the underworld has increased, and the workload is so heavy that one person has to do the work of a hundred people.
Xie Ling was considered to have an easy time. This year he tricked an introverted, socially anxious ghost who was afraid to say no, and tricked him into being a ghost messenger. Now he has become a violent madman who swears all the time and explodes at the slightest provocation.
Part of his mission was also taken away.
However, his workload will have to increase in the later period, after all, the underworld does not support idle people.
Xie Ling sat down at his seat, looking at the scrolls that couldn't even fit on the long table, and sighed, not knowing when he would be able to see the novel again.
He spent three days and three nights processing Shen Junyi's personal file.
When they came out, the ghosts had lost a lot of weight.
Ghosts can live without food or water, so they are qualified cattle and horses.
No, both the Ox-Head and Horse-Faced Demons said that being an ox or a horse in their previous lives was not this tiring.
When Xie Ling came out, he heard a sad and resentful cry. If this sound happened in the human world, it would definitely scare people into becoming mentally retarded, but it is very common in the underworld.
It was not until the ghost floated in front of him that he was surprised to find that it was Old Man Wang.
He hasn't left yet?
"Why are you staying in front of the temple instead of going to the city center?"
Old Man Wang said in a sad voice: "I will soon be reincarnated as a human being."
"Congratulations then."
Old Man Wang looked even sadder. "But the time of birth is a hundred years later. A hundred years later, let alone the ending of the novel, how can I still see the shadow of the novel!!!"
Xie Ling patted his shoulder and also sighed, "You are lucky. The earth is overpopulated now, and many birds, beasts, insects and fish are dying. Some people have to wait in line for hundreds or thousands of years before they can be reincarnated. By then, who knows what they will have evolved into."
"You can be reincarnated now without waiting in line, which is already very good."
The time of reincarnation also depends on luck. Some people want to reincarnate earlier, but the time they draw is a thousand years later; some people want to reincarnate later, but the time they draw is the next second.
Old man Wang suddenly leaned closer and said, "I heard that you ghost messengers can let people see you in dreams?"
Xie Ling nodded, "Those with great merit can send messages in dreams, but there are limits on the number of times."
In fact, this is useless, because most people now don’t believe it at all. If it were a few hundred years ago, there might still be people who believed in it, but now no one in the world believes in ghosts and gods.
"I have done many good things in my life."
"A person of small merit at best."
"That would be a good deed. Can you give me a backdoor so that I can send a message to my grandchildren in their dreams? When the book is brought to you, you can also read the ending."
Xie Ling was somewhat tempted, but he did not dare to act, for he was afraid that Shen Junyi would beat him to death.
But he really wanted to see the sequel.
"There is another way. You can take the test for the ghost messenger. The ghost messenger can freely send messages in dreams. There is basically no limit on the number of times you can do so. As long as you don't live in someone's dream, you will be fine."
newbobooks