Genshin Impact: The Road to Reversal

When the girl saw Mo Yan, her eyes lit up and she said, "Oh, a new guest has arrived."

Mo Yan was somewhat bewildered and stammered, "You...you are the King of Hell?"

The girl put her hands on her hips and said with a smile, "Of course, if you don't believe me, you can ask around. The 39th generation heir to the Yama Palace, Yama Hu Tao, is me!"

"Ah?" Mo Yan was completely stunned.

"You look very confused." Hu Xiaotao tilted her head and looked at Mo Yan, her eyes sparkling with intelligence.

Mo Yan calmed himself down and said, "But you look completely different from the King of Hell I imagined. I thought he would be an extremely majestic and eerie being."

Hu Xiaotao folded her arms over her chest and said in a serious tone, "Humph, that's just the stereotype you mortals have. Although I may look young and cute, I'm not vague at all when it comes to matters of life and death."

Mo Yan still found it hard to accept. He scratched his head and said, "But I don't understand. I'm healthy, so how did I end up here?"

"Ah, well," Hu Xiaotao said, approaching the throne and flipping through the Life and Death Shop. "I, the King, am actually familiar with your situation. You're from a world outside of Teyvat, and you came here for some reason. You've helped Rinhui solve various problems before, but now that you're here, of course I have the final say."

"Huh?" Mo Yan was stunned.

"Oh, don't worry, it wasn't me who lured you here. According to the description in your file, you came here because you drank fake wine and were allergic to alcohol." Hu Xiaotao said, looking at the scroll.

This time, Mo Yan was no longer calm.

"What the hell? Fake wine?"

Hu Xiaotao nodded. "Yes, half a month ago, the hotel next to yours signed a deal with someone, but when the wine arrived, they discovered that the wine they bought was fake. By then, the other party had already left the building to avoid being tracked down, and the owner of the tavern was afraid of losing money, so he mixed the original wine with the fake one."

"You know this too?" Mo Yan asked in surprise.

"Of course. Don't forget that this is the underworld. I know everything about the living world very well." Hu Xiaotao said proudly.

"In this case, can I still go back? I think my friends will definitely be worried if they know my situation!" Mo Yan said anxiously.

Hu Xiaotao shook her head. "Sorry, that won't do. Yin and Yang are in order, but fate is unpredictable. Sending a dead soul back to the living world goes against the system of order. How could this king allow such a thing to happen?"

"Can't you be flexible?"

"No, everything in the world has its own laws. Since you've come here, you can only accept your fate. You can't blame anyone else." Hu Xiaotao shook her head again and said, "However, considering everything you've done for Linhui these past few days, I can arrange a higher position for you later. Before that, you should first get used to the environment here."

As she spoke, she yawned and waved her hand. "That's it for now, we're adjourned."

"What? Not waiting!" Before Mo Yan could finish his words, he was blown out of the hall by a gust of cold wind.

The gate of Yama's Palace closed and he fell to the ground with his legs up in the air.

"It hurts, it hurts, what's going on?" He covered his head and slowly stood up. Looking at the closed Hades Palace in front of him, although he was extremely anxious, he had no choice but to give up. "What should I do now? I don't know how worried Kailin and the others will be if I come here. I should have stopped drinking earlier. Fake alcohol is harmful."

"Well, why don't we look for a solution somewhere else." Mo Yan turned around and left the Hall of Yama.

Although the streets were not as crowded as those in the mortal realm, there were still quite a few people (ghosts) walking around. Moreover, there were quite a few people he had seen before, such as Zhou Cheng from the Black Territory and the Sanu people from Red City. They were all being used as coolies here, and judging by their pale and gaunt appearance, it seemed they had received many punishments.

"But isn't this Linhui? Has Hu Xiaotao expanded her business overseas?"

Mo Yan stood there confused, when suddenly someone pushed him from behind.

Snapped!

"What are you doing standing there, kid?"

"Could this voice be?" Mo Yan was stunned, then quickly turned around and asked, "Athenus?"

That’s right, with that burly figure and the unique clothing of the Ares tribe, the person standing in front of him was none other than Athens, the leader of the Ares tribe who had been killed by a thunderbolt from the Lord of Thunder.

"It's you. You are here too?" Mo Yan quickly became alert.

"Yes, thanks to you, I'm now like the others, dragged here to do hard labor after death." Athens said with his arms folded. "But thanks to the remaining power of the God of War, I can at least still be the leader here."

He looked at the coolies passing by. Regardless of whether it was fair for him to come here, for him, at least he had retained some dignity. What's more, he would die without regrets if he could torture these parasites personally.

Despite saying so, Mo Yan did not let down his guard: "So, you want to seek revenge on me?"

Hearing this, Athens laughed: "Hahahaha, revenge? You're not a guardian, so even if you want revenge, it's not your turn. And although time is short, I've basically gotten used to life here."

"Really?" Mo Yan asked, gradually relaxing. "So, you're one of the 'residents' here now?"

Athenus nodded. "I guess so. Life here isn't easy, and there's heavy work to do every day. But compared to the human world, it's at least stable. What about you? You were clearly with the three guardians, so how did you end up here?"

"Well, it's a bit..." Mo Yan was very embarrassed.

He then briefly recounted how he died from drinking fake wine by mistake and was sent here, as well as what had just happened in the Hell King's Palace.

"That's it. I really don't know what to do now." Mo Yan said this while holding his head, as if he felt very aggrieved.

"That's right. That sounds quite complicated." Athens put down his hands and snorted coldly, "But don't worry. If your guardian friends knew you were here, they would definitely come down to find you."

"Come down to find me?" Mo Yan asked doubtfully. "You mean, they'll come down and plead with Hu Xiaotao on my behalf to let me go?"

"You can say that, but I'm not looking for Hu Xiaotao." Athens shook his head.

"Who are you looking for?" Mo Yan asked again.

"The first generation of the Ghost King."

"Huh?" Mo Yan was stunned.

Athenus explained, "You've been traveling with the Guardians, and you've probably heard a lot about the Holy Lord along the way. But did you know that the Holy Lord has another name, 'Order'? A thousand years ago, the only person who was on good terms with 'Order', besides 'Heavenly Justice', was the ghost king here, 'Lord of Death'. If your Guardians wish to help you return to life, they can only seek his help."