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Chapter 1151 1149. The Creator's World Blueprint: Shadow of the Present World
In the ancient legend of the Songhai people, when the world was first created, the Creator discovered the existence of the underworld while wandering in the sea of ​​stars.

He sensed the desire of the underworld and accepted the other's prayer, and used his infinite power to connect the underworld with the mortal world, making it the basis of a cycle of life and death. This legend is the theoretical basis for the Songhai people's respect for death, and the story it describes is generally true.

It has been confirmed that the connection between the underworld and the material world came from the hands of the Creator.

According to the private description of Tris, who escorted the Pharaoh's coffin to the Holy City of the Moon, when she handed Murphy's artificial godhood to the Will of the Underworld, the latter was still muttering about a certain "agreement" between it and the Creator.

After hearing what Tris said, Murphy knew that the Creator had left him with another problem that needed to be solved.

But the good news is that compared to the other problems left by that guy, this Underworld Agreement seems to be much easier to solve. Everything has been prepared, and you just need to stamp and sign it.

"Your Majesty, are you used to your life in the underworld?"

Murphy walked up the stairs and asked Thutmund II, who was wearing a golden lion mask:

"Are your colleagues friendly? Is the work environment safe? Have you been bullied by bad seniors in the workplace?"

"Well, Mr. Chosen One, the tone of your question is like an elder's advice to a child who is away from home. I know you are joking, but to be honest, it's okay."

Thutmose II, who had risen from a pharaoh to an ancient king, laughed and said:
“I feel free!

It is a higher and greater freedom than the freedom that the living talk about, based on the free will granted by death, which is the ultimate gift that death gives to all souls.
I have seen my children grow up so well with my own eyes, which makes me have no regrets about the life that has passed. I know that under your care, the Songhai Empire will truly take off, and my achievements as the Pharaoh will be recorded in history.

However, I no longer care about the evaluation of future generations.

Because my greatest work will only begin after my death."

"Well?"

Murphy looked curiously at the high priest Bayek next to him.

This guy still maintained the mysterious mummy posture in the underworld, with bandages all over his body and a crow skull mask. Facing Murphy's questioning eyes, he responded with his consciousness while leaning on the Holy Staff of the Dead Moon:

"The truth will be revealed ahead, and it is not the etiquette of the dead to let the distinguished guest talk outside the gate. Please follow us, honorable Lord Murphy. The ancient king and the will of the underworld are already waiting for your arrival.

They have been waiting for this for thousands of years.”

"I am your tour guide for this trip, the Chosen One of the Creators."

Nefertari's grandmother introduced herself generously:
"You can call me 'Pom'."

"Okay, Mrs. Pom, your granddaughter and I are good friends, so you are considered my elder."

Murphy nodded, pulled some strings to make Mrs. Pom laugh, then pulled out a dog whistle and blew it hard.

A few seconds later, a black chariot pulled by six armored three-headed dogs appeared on the Road of the Dead. This luxurious chariot was obviously a special vehicle for ancient kings. According to Nefertari's previous revelations, it was said that the pharaohs of the underworld would occasionally hold drag racing competitions on the Road of the Dead when they were in the mood. In short, the living conditions of these dead were much more vivid than Murphy had imagined.

Of course, that was in the good old days, before the mutiny.

Thutmose II boarded the chariot and personally served as the driver for Murphy, while Lady Bom acted as a maid and arranged the seat cushion for him, while the high priest Bayek served as the guard.

As the four men boarded the chariot, the ancient king raised his whip, and the ferocious three-headed dogs began to gallop, rushing along the Road of the Dead all the way to the underworld.

"The Underworld is a special plane that contains the concept of death and a series of powers that extend from it."

In the comfortable and majestic carriage, High Priest Bayek introduced Murphy:
"It is said that the Hades plane was not discovered by the Creator in the sea of ​​stars as the legend goes, but was obtained from outside the realm by Him with the help of His supreme power. It is a 'gift' specially prepared for this world. So I am going to test you, Mr. Murphy.

Why do you think the Creator would connect a plane filled with the power of death to the edge of the material world and call it a 'gift'?"

"Because for an individual, death is a tragedy, but for a population, death is a blessing."

Murphy sat on the three-headed dog chariot, looking at the scenery on both sides of the road of the dead. In front of the gate of Hades that was getting closer and closer, he took the Hades special drink handed to him by Mrs. Bom and said:
“If you don’t accept death, you can’t understand life. It is precisely because life is limited that every day and every minute is important, which can encourage individuals to invest effective time in more efficient creation and learning. Wisdom thus emerges and we get closer to the truth in iteration after iteration.

The inheritance of this symbol of reincarnation of the cycle of life and death from generation to generation is the foundation for a civilization and a population to become stronger.

I am a theoretically immortal vampire, sir, so my understanding of this issue is different from that of ordinary people.

Eternal life is a curse!
When the perception of time becomes dull, there is no difference between a day and a year for an individual. Those who once cherished will fade away, and those who once pursued will lose their meaning. The simple accumulation of emotion and time cannot bring truth and wisdom, but will only make the burden on the soul heavier and heavier.

When there is no difference between sleeping for one day and sleeping for a hundred years, how the world changes loses its meaning to you.

Because of boredom, one becomes withdrawn; because of withdrawal, one becomes resistant; because of resistance, one becomes disgusted; and finally, caught between self-doubt and disgust with the world, one encounters a total outbreak of nihilism.

Until the end, you either turn into stone or live to survive.

Or fall into the shadows and verify your existence again and again with behaviors that break the bottom line.

We can easily create offspring and expand our clan through blood contracts. Theoretically, as long as the vampires are willing, a thousand years is enough to turn the entire world into a vampire kingdom. However, we have not been able to do so. Instead, the more vulnerable humans are in the lead in the competition among species.

Is it that we don’t want to?
of course not.

Death has not blessed us!

A vampire will not be able to leave anything valuable to his descendants after he dies forever, and the entire race will become stagnant.

What is the difference between vampires today and vampires a thousand years ago?
The answer is, there is no difference.

From this point of view, our race is hopeless. It may not perish, but it will only remain in this stagnant state until the night of the end of the world. On the other hand, the Songhai Empire is in a state of collapse. "

When the chariot passed through the gate of Hades and displayed the scenery of this unique plane in front of Murphy, the vampire lord sitting on the chariot took a sip of Hades' special drink. In the feeling of the coolness that went straight into his heart, he said:

"The will of the underworld looks after the Songhai Empire. Thousands of years of reincarnation and reproduction have made your country prosperous.

The Songhai people can live for 200 years, which puts them in the category of immortal species. However, your population is increasing faster than that of short-lived humans. I think this is not only because the Songhai people are happy to reproduce in a stable environment.

The cycle of life and death governed by the underworld also plays a huge role in this.

If the soul is also a kind of "resource", then when other races and civilizations waste this resource, the Songhai people make good use of it through the underworld, which leads to the continuous increase in the population of the Songhai Empire.

So, there shouldn't be a god like 'Guanyin, the Goddess of Childbirth' here, right?"

“No, but every tide of the Underworld Sea will indeed return the cleansed spiritual essence to the origin of the material world.”

Mrs. Pom whispered:
“These pure spiritual essences do not directly bring life, but they can make the life force of the material world flow more stably and more frequently, forming the tides of the birth of life. Therefore, after each tide of the Underworld Sea, the empire will usher in a wave of baby booms.

This is also an important reason why the Songhai ancestors, who only had a few thousand people a thousand years ago, were able to multiply enough to support the imperial system within a few hundred years.

As far as I know, it's the same in the ancient country of Callum.

However, the two sides' underworld territories are not common, which makes us unclear about the structure and system of the Eastern Underworld. But what is certain is that the Underworld has contributed to the development and growth of the Eastern Dragonborn's empire."

“This is also an important reason why we invite you to come here.”

Thutmose II, the charioteer, said in a deep voice:

"The will of Hades has proven the significance of its existence to the material world. The Creator's request has been fulfilled. It is eager to fulfill a more important mission and spread the blessing of death to every corner of the world.

It desires to become the true 'shadow of the world', to become the law and existence that covers the concept of the material world, to become a complete kingdom that is opposite to it and is forever intertwined with the material world. Only then can the original blueprint of the Creator be completed, and you can also obtain the reward that should belong to you."

"I got it."

Murphy nodded and said, "But I still need to discuss the specific details with the will of Hades in person. Don't worry, I have no objection to fulfilling this promise."

As soon as these words were spoken, the three messengers who were sent to greet them breathed a sigh of relief.

Mrs. Bohm was also able to introduce to Murphy in a more relaxed manner the scenery that kept flashing below the carriage running across the sky of the underworld. In the eyes of other living people, the underworld was only pitch black, but Murphy was a wall-hanger with privileges, so he could clearly see the scenery of the underworld.

It's like a reflection of the world.

The literal meaning is that Murphy is now sitting in a gorgeous chariot passing through the "Great Pyramid of Issus" in the underworld.

These undead are so uncreative and bored
They actually replicated an identical Ptolemaic city in the underworld, and that city was indeed as prosperous as the material world, or even more prosperous.

However, the vast yellow sand in the real world was replaced by endless green fields in the underworld, with countless trees growing on them and birds and beasts wandering lazily among them.

It seems that even the native Songhai people don't really like the desert.
To be honest, who would want to spend the night in the desert when they can live in an oasis?

Isn't that an environment suitable for life? This has nothing to do with simple love and hate.

“I think maybe you guys should be a little more artistic.”

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Murphy grumbled:
"Build some buildings of your imagination in the afterlife instead of lazily moving the scenery from when you were alive. After all, being able to enter the underworld represents eternal life after death."

"Not really. Not all souls are allowed to exist in the underworld forever. They have to reincarnate again when their time is up."

High Priest Bayek shook his head and said:

"The living have their own troubles, and the dead have their own troubles. The underworld will not continue to expand, and the balance between life and death is the basic rule. Both ends of the scale must always maintain a general balance. As the Songhai people said, death is the next stage of life, and life is another starting point of death.

The ancient king’s council chamber is just ahead!
We’re almost there.”

Under Bayek's guidance, Murphy withdrew his gaze from the scenery below and looked up. On the top of the distant mountain stood a black pyramid, on the highest peak of this underworld plane, hanging high in the air like a black eye.

The Mercedes-Benz carriage soon stopped in front of the pyramid. When Murphy got out of the car, he saw that the other eleven ancient kings were already waiting at the door to greet him. Unlike Thutmose II, these guys all had a strong concept of death.

Perhaps it is due to long-term service to the will of Hades.

They are endowed with strong symbolism of death and are the foundation of the existence of the underworld plane.

There was no luxurious welcome ceremony, and there was not even anyone serving here. Under the silent gaze of twelve ancient kings wearing masks of various colors, Murphy walked alone through the dark corridor and finally arrived at a circular altar inside the pyramid.

The purest ebony stone is shaped into a pitch-black broken blade to form a unique statue, symbolizing the existence of the will of the underworld.

Murphy felt that this thing might also be related to the Creator.

He took a deep breath and walked forward to touch the ebony statue. It felt icy cold as if the soul was frozen, but soon an indescribable existence "touched" his consciousness.

It is asking:

"Heir of the Creator, are you willing to fulfill the agreement of the world blueprint plan and expand the scope of the underworld to every part of the entire material world?"

"If you can take care of the dead of other races as you do the Songhai people, and shape their respective cycles of life and death so that their populations can thrive, then I am willing."

Murphy gave his answer.

"buzz"

With a slight sound, a black mark appeared on his left hand, as if it was an affirmative response from the other party.

"Successor of the Creator, are you willing to accept the power characteristics of the underworld as part of your available power, and welcome the dead to join the endless war against Chaos with a fair attitude?"

"If your dead can be as steadfast and brave as the living, then I will!"

Murphy answered again.

The second black mark appeared on his left hand. At the same time, a prompt popped up on the interface in front of Murphy:
"Special Player Template: Hades Undead" has been included.

"Successor of the Creator, are you willing to take over my burden, engrave the doctrine of the cycle of life and death into the rules of the world, and regard the prosperity of world civilization as the goal of your life?"

The will of the underworld did not give Murphy any time to react before asking the third question, but this time Murphy sensed something was wrong.

He asked suspiciously:
"What does this mean? What do you mean by 'take on your burden'? Do you mean that after I agree to this, you will perish?"

"I mean, after you agree, I can get off work! Idiot!"

The next moment, a hoarse and indifferent voice turned into a heavy punch and hit Murphy's heart. He vaguely saw a dark figure wearing heavy armor and holding a scythe, and behind the latter was a spectacular sea of ​​stars alternating between death and rebirth.

Of course, it was only for a moment, so it's hard to say whether Murphy was hallucinating.

But this voice is real, and the other party complained with a gnashing voice:

"Originally, we agreed that I was only here to perform tests and take charge before the cycle of life and death in this world was established. However, the unreliable guy messed up the job and ran away, trapping my consciousness projection here for more than a thousand years.

Asshole! Don't I have anything to do?

you!
alpha!
Take up this burden immediately, I command you! "

"what?"

Murphy was really confused.

But he reacted quickly and asked back immediately:

"You are not. Are you also like the gentleman who chatted with me in the Creation Engine, a big shot brought in by the Creator to take over the job?"

"You look rather stupid, Murphy."

The voice said:
"Who told you that there is only one 'Creator'? Although he is the main person in charge, we will occasionally provide assistance. Okay, quickly complete the transfer of responsibilities. I still have my own things to do. You look like a rookie, I won't let you work for nothing."

"Then I do."

When Murphy heard the word "benefits", his heart suddenly moved and he responded seriously. When the three black seals on his hands gathered into a strange nested circle, a large number of prompts immediately popped up on the administrator system in front of him.

But there was one thing that made Murphy's eyes widen instantly:
[The new function of the administrator system "Law of the Underworld" has been unlocked.

The new camp "Hades" has been incorporated into the administrator's affiliated forces, and its manpower feedback rule is: wherever the shadow of Hades goes, 100 manpower will be fed back for every 1 cycles of life and death.

hint!

A complete cycle of life and death refers to one death and one rebirth in the same area. Individual deaths and rebirths are not counted.

hint!

This feedback is settled every 24 hours. 】

After seeing this, Murphy had only one thought in his mind:
"Come on, you bastard, let's have a painful fight! Murphy, I am already invincible!!!"

(End of this chapter)