Genshin Impact: The Recorder of All Things

Oh my god! I scolded the young lord!?

"Hmm, no need to be so serious, everyone get up."

Zhong Gui chuckled and led Ai Lei and Shen Zi into the vortex.

After Zhong Gui left, the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief. The captain led his men to stand up, but the soldier who was about to reprimand Zhong Gui remained kneeling.

Captain: "Get up! What are you still kneeling for?!"

Soldier:"……"

Captain: "Alright, I'm not blaming you."

In this country where there are true gods and immortals, and these are the gods and immortals who feed this country and its people with their lives and blood, Zhong Gui doesn't need to establish his authority even if he has done nothing.

Because of the ever-present "prestige," the people of Liyue worship the Emperor and immortals to an extreme degree, even to the point of ignorance.

Therefore, Zhong Gui did not blame the soldier who intercepted him. The soldier was just doing his job diligently, and he should not be punished just because he did not know him. Otherwise, would all the people in Liyue Harbor be punished?

Zhong Gui didn't care about this matter; it was unnecessary and meaningless.

After passing through the whirlpool and the gates of hell, the three arrived at a place of light.

Ereshkigal: "Here, the sun really is shining..."

In the sky, a vast sun hangs high, radiating endless light and heat, and life is nurtured within this radiance.

Ai Lei looked excitedly at the flowers covering the ground, "Are these spider lilies?"

“Hmm.” Zhong Gui nodded and pointed into the distance, “There is a plum blossom grove over there, that’s where the most flowers are in the Underworld.”

The red spider lily is just for the occasion; the plum blossom is the main theme.

Lord of the Underworld, the fragrance of plum blossoms after the snow; butterflies guide the way home, through reincarnation.

"quack!"

Ereshkigal: "Hmm?"

Divine Child: "What was that sound?"

"Oh, it's two o'clock in the afternoon," Zhong Gui said, glancing at the sun.

"???" x2

"The sun is telling the time; it's two o'clock in the afternoon, and there are still three hours until I get off work."

"???"

The Divine Child was fine, but Ellie was full of questions.

get off work?

What's the meaning! ?

As the mistress of the underworld, Ereshkigal never rested!

As far as she knew, the concept of rest did not exist in any mythological underworld or netherworld in the world!

The dead don't care about any particular day; they play by chance.

During wars, they die in droves!

It's already a blessing to have a chance to catch your breath!

Does the underworld even close for the day?

"How can this be!" Ai Lei frowned. "As a god of the underworld, one should abandon all desires, abide by the rules of the underworld, protect all souls, and handle all kinds of soul problems!"

Zhong Gui: "The sun is about to set."

Ereshkigal: "Huh? Bean-eyes.jpg"

Divine Child: "Wait, does this place also have day and night?"

“Hmm.” Zhong Gui nodded, a slight smile playing on his lips. “Except for the lack of biodiversity in the real world, everything else here is just like the real world.”

The goddess looked up at the sun in the sky, which wasn't too dazzling. She sensed a slightly familiar aura emanating from it, and the sun—

"It's not as bright as it was before..."

"After all, it's not noon anymore. They must be quite hungry by now, having eaten breakfast."

"Hungry?" The divine child was taken aback. "The sun gets hungry too?"

“That’s the Sun Bird,” Ereshkigal explained for Zhong Gui, recalling some basic information about the Liyue Underworld. “If you can see through the dazzling flames, you can see a girl… well, a rather dull girl.”

A smile played on Ai Lei's lips. "This place is truly wonderful~"

This was the first time the gloomy woman in Ishtar's eyes had smiled so brightly.

"Is the sun of the underworld that important to her?"

Faced with the divine child's question, Zhong Gui nodded, "Think about it, Ying has stayed in the Pure Land of One Heart for thousands of years, where there are no sweets or light novels..."

"hiss--"

This person is so pitiful!

“I’ll take you away.” Ai Lei perked up. “Although I’ve never been out before, this layout seems very familiar to me.”

Ai Lei grabbed Zhong Gui's hand and ran forward, "This is the Road to the Underworld, and the Terrace of Longing for Home should be just ahead, right?"

Clumps of will-o'-the-wisps, inhuman in shape, formed a line and spread forward.

Ai Lei ran across the Yellow Springs Road and followed the ghost to an extremely large platform.

The platform's size is unknown, but it is known to be able to accommodate the entire traffic of the Teyvat network.

Each ghost stood at the edge of the platform, gazing at the rolling Yellow Springs below.

This place looks very dangerous. From time to time, skeletons pull a ghost into the rolling Yellow Springs. Once the ghost falls into the Yellow Springs, it regains its human nature and howls in pain as if it has been subjected to a thousand cuts.

Divine Child: "~Are there still evil spirits here that can steal souls?"

“No!” Aile shook her head seriously. “That’s punishment. Some undead don’t even have the chance to see the judge. They committed too many sins in their lives and will be dragged to the underworld by those skeletons to suffer the punishment of being torn to pieces.”

"They can only be released when they have received sufficient punishment, and only then can they proceed to face the judge."

"This is not the end. After the judge's judgment, you will go to hell to receive your punishment."

"Am I right?" Ai Lei looked at Zhong Gui expectantly.

"Ah."

"Hey hey hey~"

After a moment of silence, Shenzi said to Zhong Gui, "Give me a certificate proving that I am your friend."

"???"

"Let's skip these processes if something happens to me someday!"

"...You're not qualified to follow this procedure."

That's great!

After passing Wangxiangtai, the three arrived at a desolate mountain wilderness, where a dog or a chicken would occasionally run out and bite or peck at them.

Some souls suffer terribly, while others are never attacked.

Seeing this, the divine child seemed to be deep in thought.

After traversing desolate mountains and wilderness, the path ended at a huge archway.

A couplet hangs high above—

Humans and ghosts, ghosts and humans, humans and ghosts are on different paths.

Yin and Yang, Yang and Yin, forever separated.

The four large characters written at the top are "Right and wrong".

"We've arrived at our destination. This is the end of the underworld—the Hall of Right and Wrong!"

After the archway, a small path forks, and it's unclear what lies at the end of the fork.

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Chapter 307 The Structure of the Underworld

After passing the archway, the path begins to fork.

Ai Lei didn't understand what this was. According to the Eastern Underworld, once you passed through the gate, you should be in Fengdu City. But the road ahead had forked, and each road was guarded by countless Thousand Rock Army soldiers.

What's next?

"Next is the courtroom. The Liyue Underworld is divided into many courtrooms, also known as the Hall of Right and Wrong."

Zhong Gui led the two toward the central path, saying, "This is the path to the Great Temple of the Underworld; the others lead to the various courts of judgment."

"The so-called Great Temple is just the office of the Lord of the Underworld, and he generally doesn't do any work there."

There are basically no ghosts on this road; it's all guarded by the Thousand Rock Army, with a sentry every five steps and a patrol every ten.

The already ramrod straightened up even more when they saw Zhong Guilai, their faces practically screaming "I am an elite!"

"What are those things around here? Or is the courtroom what I understand it to be?" the divine child asked thoughtfully.