C1 (1/2)
According to the news from the reporters in front, near the Shanghua Building in the city, three more people were descending from the sky and disappeared from the crowd as soon as they landed safely. According to the eyewitnesses, the three of them didn't have the slightest trace of injuries, and the police were involved in the investigation.
A young man of about 23 years old, wearing a white shirt and black-framed glasses, was observing the road ahead with a pair of slightly lifeless eyes. He held the steering wheel with one hand and turned up the broadcast volume with the other.
”Professor Wang, what do you think about this series of events?” The female host's gentle voice came from the broadcast.
At a red light, the man took a sip of water and looked at the time.
”Five more minutes.” The man's ice-cold voice came out, and the temperature in the car seemed to have dropped a little.
”There are absolutely no supernatural events in this world, so I believe that these series of events are all artificial.” A middle-aged man's solemn voice echoed from the broadcast.
The corners of the young man's mouth curled up and a disdainful smile appeared on his face.
Someone in front waved at the green light, and the young man leaned his car over.
”Underworld.” A burly man wearing a black windbreaker and black sunglasses got on the car.
The young man turned on the meter and said, ”My luck is pretty good. I managed to catch the last train.”
After saying that, the young man stepped on the throttle and the taxi slowly drove towards an intersection. On the intersection's signboard, were three big words: Huangquan Road.
The end of the road was dark, and the taxi slowly disappeared into the darkness.
The brawny man took off his sunglasses, his big eyes nervously looking at the meter's number.
”Wan Lixing, is your meter wrong? How could it jump so fast!” The sturdy man's eyes were wide open as he asked with a vigilant expression.
”Black Impermanence!” You are insulting this father's character! ”I would usually pull three people before leaving. If it wasn't for the fact that I saw that it was almost time to get off work today, I wouldn't have pulled you alone. You don't even have enough money!” Wan Lixing stepped on the accelerator, turned his head and glared at Black Impermanence.
Black Impermanence snorted coldly, looked towards the darkness outside the window, then silently took out his wallet and counted the black paper money inside, causing the corner of his mouth to twitch.
”Where's your wife?” Wan Lixing looked at the pitch-black scenery around him, both of his hands were behind his head, he did not care about the steering wheel anymore, and only used one foot to firmly step on the throttle.
”White Impermanence, it's your turn today. Shouldn't you be resting today?” Black Impermanence shrugged.
”Grandma Meng and I requested it. It's not like you don't know the price of the Underworld. If I don't work hard, I won't even be able to pay this month's rent.” Wan Lixing sighed helplessly, seeing a bit of light gradually appearing in front of his eyes, his hands returned to the steering wheel.
”You can drop it, you can't afford the rent, you should be able to pay the rent for a few days just by running from the Underworld to the Heaven Realm.” Black Impermanence said in disdain.
”You don't want to spend that much either! There's still a share of the money every month, and Grandma Meng's fine is fine every now and then. After a month, I'll only be able to barely pay the rent. ” Wan Lixing casually curled his lips.
The light in front became more and more obvious, and very quickly, a door that was flickering with white light appeared in Wan Lixing's line of sight.
This place was very similar to the human world, except that all of the buildings here were black, the sky was red, and a black palace building floated in the sky, emitting a light barrier that enveloped the entire Underworld. As for the scenery outside the light barrier, no one was able to see it clearly.
Wan Lixing looked at the flickering black and white lights in front of him and said, ”The human world's red and green lights are still as beautiful as before.”
Hearing that, Wan Lixing glanced at the meter, 99.8.
”Alright.” When Black Impermanence heard Wan Lixing agree quite straightforwardly, he heaved a sigh of relief.
At that moment, Black Impermanence vaguely felt that the car had moved. Although it wasn't obvious, it definitely had moved!
Black Impermanence's heart skipped a beat, then he quickly looked towards the meter. Sure enough, the number on it became 100!
”AHH!” Wan Lixing your heart, why did you move just now! ” Black Impermanence roared angrily. At this moment, his heart was bleeding.
”Which eye of yours sees me stepping on the accelerator? The wind in the Underworld is strong, this is another downhill, the wind blew!” The wind is blowing hard, do you know? ” Wan Lixing retorted without hesitation. This was an insult to his character! How could someone like him notice a slight movement! Being discovered was a complete failure!
Wan Lixing kept the Underworld Coin and looked at the light that had turned into a white lamp. He hummed a song and sped up his pace, dashing through the streets of the Underworld.
”Come here, it's been a month …” Wan Lixing said to himself as he adjusted his black-framed glasses and looked at the street lights that were emitting white rays of light.
One month ago:
Looking at the long queue in front of him, Wan Lixing sighed. So it turns out that there were so many people dying on Earth every day.
Wan Lixing, a young taxi driver, was in the arms of this profession that he had always wanted to throw himself into when a sudden car accident caused him to throw himself directly into the stomach of the universe.
Underworld.
When Wan Lixing came to the Underworld, he found out that the Underworld wasn't what he had imagined. It was more or less the same as human society, with jobs, money, deals, friends, and even the possibility of getting married and giving birth. It was the equivalent of the Underworld's version of Earth.
As for everyone who had just died and came to the Underworld, they had to do one thing, and that was to choose the job they wanted to do.
The Underworld did not raise idle people. Everyone had to have a job in order to survive in the Underworld, get paid, support their families, and fill their stomachs. As for those who did not finish their work well and did not even go back to work, they would all be sent to Eighteen Layers Hell.
”Are you a super hero when you were alive? Three jobs have been recommended to you. Security, moving company employees, courier, choose one,” a student wearing a white robe flipped through the yellowed account book in his hands and said softly. On the staff card hanging on his chest were three big words: Sima Guang.
”Security!” Right after he finished speaking, the person who had lined up in front of Wan Lixing and wore his underwear, immediately disappeared from where he stood.
Wan Lixing immediately took a step forward.
”Mn, Wan Lixing, taxi driver... You can do a job with three worlds: a taxi driver, a traffic warden... ”Just these two.” The scholar replied without raising his head.
”I choose the rental driver!” Wan Lixing said. To do it was obviously his favorite profession, and he was also curious, what the hell was this driver from the Three Realms supposed to be.
With that said, Wan Lixing's figure also disappeared from where he stood.
The person ranked behind Wan Lixing stepped forward.
The scholar glanced at the book in his hands and said, ”Abe... Security! Security! There was still one that escaped the net! ”Drag him to hell!”
When Wan Lixing regained his consciousness, what appeared in front of him was a wrinkled face, which scared Wan Lixing so much that he retreated a few steps.
An old lady dressed in black, with a bent body, looked at Wan Lixing up and down.
”I'm Grandma Meng, the branch manager of the Three Realms Leasing Company. I'll be in charge of you from now on.” Grandma Meng's hoarse voice rang out.
Wan Lixing was startled upon hearing this, he looked at Grandma Meng suspiciously, and said puzzledly: ”Aren't you old lady at bridge to Hell …”
”Part-time!” That was a part-time job, do you understand! How could he support his family without a part-time job! ”If you don't work part-time, how are you going to get dressed properly?” After Old Lady Meng heard this, she immediately jumped up and knocked Wan Lixing with a jade bowl.
Wan Lixing held his head, and grimaced in pain.
”The new one is really a headache!” Let me explain to you the rules of the Three Realms Leasing Company. Listen carefully, I'll tell you once! ” Grandma Meng helplessly shook her head and said.
”You have to use underworld money no matter what you do in the Underworld. You need money to rent a house, so you have to work hard. This is the same as the human world, the work of the drivers in the Three Realms is the same as the human world, but the way we walk has changed.”
”The drivers of the mortal world are only responsible for the customers in between. You have to be in charge of all the people in the three realms, which also means that you can ask for guests in the mortal realm, or in the Underworld. You can also go to Heaven Realm.”
Wan Lixing was stunned. Why did those ghosts and gods have to rely on transportation to travel? Wasn't it always possible to fly through the clouds and reach the heavens? Is Great Sage Sun bragging or something?
”What great abilities do you think the Heaven Realm and the people of the Underworld have? It's the same for everyone! They are all equal! ” When Grandma Meng said till here, Wan Lixing's impression of her suddenly increased.
”Even the Jade Emperor is only the head steward of the Heaven Realm. The power he can use is bestowed to him by his position, not his own. He has to take a bus when he goes out to work, just that he has a private car to take care of it.”
Wan Lixing was already deeply shocked. The Jade Emperor was on his way to work, didn't that mean … In the future, would he be able to send all sorts of deities?