Death knocked on the gate of hell

After confirming that Thanatos did not shed any more tears, Yan Luo calmed down, and his voice was unbelievably gentle: "Do you want to continue shopping? If not, we will go back now."

Thanatos stared down at his hands.

It was only then that Yan Luo noticed that he was still holding Thanatos' hand. After holding it for so long, the little Death God didn't say a word, and didn't break free.

He coughed lightly and let go quickly.

Little Reaper's hands are really small, even the phalanxes I saw just now are thin, so cute as hell.

Yan Luo didn't realize that his filter was already 800 meters thick, and even the bones of the little Death God were cute.

"I'm still very sorry about what happened just now." Yan Luo sighed softly, "I forgot to tell you about the danger of the Bianhua."

Thanatos shook his head, which was also due to his carelessness.It is normal for the nether world to be protected. The gate of the underworld in the west is guarded by the three-headed dog Cerberus, and the gate of the ghost in the east is guarded by the flower of the other side.The difference is just an animal and a plant, but he neglected that plants can also be aggressive.

"Go on." He said softly.

After the little death god had spoken, Yan Luo felt relieved and showed him around the entire underworld.

Except for the [-]th floor of hell, it's too bloody there, it's better not to let the little god of death see it.

Although Thanatos is probably commonplace in the Western underworld.There is also hell in the underworld, where people who commit crimes during life will be judged and punished after death.

"This is Yan Luodian. I usually work here."

"This is the Wangxiang Terrace. There is a Wangxiang Pavilion on the platform, where ghosts can see the world and look at their hometown."

"This is the city of death in vain, ghosts who died with hatred and do not want to die will settle here..."

Yan Luo explained to Thanatos in detail. Thanatos stood at the gate of the city, raised his head, and looked at the three big characters "Wonderful City" on the gate.

"Want to go in and have a look?" Yan Luo asked him.

Thanatos thought for a while and shook his head.There are many ghosts in the city, and they will definitely cause crowds to watch when they enter the city. He is a little suffocated just thinking about that scene.

Yan Luo saw Thanatos' concerns: "We can fly into the air so that we can see them, but they can't see us."

Ghosts can float around on the ground, but they cannot fly high in the underworld. The sky in the underworld is dark. No matter what is hidden in it, the ghost can only see the boundless night when he looks up.

This time, Thanatos nodded.

Yan Luo summoned a dark cloud and stepped on it: "Come up."

Thanatos looked at the cloud. The cloud was very small. If he went up, he would have to have close contact with Yan Luo.

Thinking about it is not very resistant.

It's just a little... sorry.

Thanatos said, "No."

Yan Luo looked sideways, and saw a pair of huge bone wings suddenly spread out from behind Thanatos.

He whistled like a rogue: "Cool."

Hearing Yan Luo's insane praise, Thanatos's bone wings closed unnaturally.

Yan Luo smiled and said, "Let's go." As he spoke, he flew high into the sky.

Seeing this, Thanatos also spread his bone wings and followed.

At high altitude, Yan Luo stopped the dark clouds, and Thanatos folded his wings.This height is enough for them to have a panoramic view of the whole underworld.

When looking up from the ground, the sky is dark.You can look down from the sky, and everything below is so clear.

The underworld is full of antique pavilions and buildings, the most majestic and majestic is the Hall of Yama.Ghosts wearing the costumes of various dynasties walk in the city, various shops are open along the streets to do business to earn ghost coins, children chase and play on the bridge, and all houses are brightly lit, embellished with green ghostly lights.

Except that the color tone is a bit darker, it looks no different from the prosperity of the ancient world.

With the increase of modern ghosts, these bigwigs from all walks of life continue to shine in the underworld after their death, driving the underworld to be modernized.It is not uncommon for a thousand-year-old ghost in ancient costume to sit in a coffee shop with a mobile phone in his hand. Of course, this mobile phone cannot connect to the net in the yang world, and can only contact his friends in the underworld.

This is also a world, the home of the dead.Their lives ended on earth, and they started a new life in the underworld.It is not dead here, but thriving.

"There seems to be no difference between the underworld and the yang world." Thanatos said softly, "They always accept new things very quickly."

There is also Elysee Paradise in the Greek underworld, where carefree souls live.There is no Mengpo soup in Greece. When the undead first arrived in the underworld, they missed their relatives and friends alive, but soon, they will make new friends in the paradise.Many years later, the friends of Yangshi come to the underworld, but the relationship is not as close as the new friends.

There was once a man and a woman who loved each other in the world. Thanatos took away the soul of a seriously ill woman. When she died, the ghost of the woman was full of sorrow, while the man guarded the body of the woman in grief—that incident was still carried out by the little girl. Cupid, the god of love, ran into him, and Cupid felt that the god of death was ruthless because of this.

But Cupid didn't know what happened next.A woman enters the Elysee after death, and falls in love with another undead after years of missing her terrestrial lover.The man suffered in the world for several years, and married a beautiful girl to spend his life.Later, the man and his wife grew old together and came to the Elysee Paradise together. They met the woman he once loved and her new husband. They happened to be neighbors, but neither of them recognized each other.

The only one who remembered that they had been in love was Thanatos.

There are many, many examples of this in Elysee Paradise.

The world is impermanent, and everything in the world will change and disappear. This is an eternal truth.Nothing lasts forever, not life, nor love.People always accept quickly and start a new life.

This is actually good, and it is not good to dwell on the pain of the past.It's just that Thanatos, as a god who lives forever and sees everything, will inevitably feel tired and melancholy.

At first glance, Thanatos' words were just lamenting the modern facilities of the underworld, and ancient ghosts can also learn to use modern products.But Yan Luo, as Thanatos' "confidant", of course understands more than the superficial meaning.

Yan Luo said: "Humans are creatures that can adapt to new environments. No matter how reluctant you are when you graduate from high school, you can have a group of new friends when you go to college. After work, your social circle will change again. After a few years, you will even I have forgotten the names of my high school classmates. I once thought that the things I would never forget and could not let go of, were finally forgotten in the traceless years."

"In the same way, mortals have many nostalgia for the world when they die, but as time goes by, they will gradually get used to the days in the underworld, and no longer miss their lives frequently. No need for Mengpo soup, and I can no longer remember the past."

"They didn't die, they just completed the graduation ceremony of life."

Yan Luo looked at Thanatos: "And you are the teacher who issued their diplomas."

Some ghosts died accidentally after living in the human world for only a few dozen years, but lived in the ghost town for thousands of years. For them, the underworld is where they belong.

Death also means new life.

Death is the graduation of life, and death is issuing the diploma.

Thanatos heard this statement for the first time.

But such a statement can make him a lot easier.

"Zeus ordered me to kill Sisyphus." Thanatos said suddenly.

This topic changed unexpectedly, Yan Luo was a little surprised, but still made a gesture of listening.

Unexpectedly, this conversation had the tendency to make the little death god open his heart.Yan Luo once heard the story of Sisyphus from Poseidon, but now he wants to hear the little death tell it in person.

"Zeus abducted the daughter of the river god, and Sisyphus told the river god the whereabouts of the river god's daughter, which offended Zeus, so he ordered me to take Sisyphus' soul away." Thanatos finished speaking in one breath. After a long sentence, after a long delay, the voice lowered.

"I think Sisyphus was right and didn't kill him."

"Sisyphus tried to lock me up with tricks, and I saw through his tricks at a glance, but I was still locked up by him." Thanatos whispered, "I did it on purpose."

Yan Luo had guessed it a long time ago, and he continued: "Because you don't want to see death in the world, you think you are the chief culprit, so you took this opportunity to be captured voluntarily."

Thanatos turned to look at Yan Luo.He remembered Bai Wuchang's sentence "If there is anyone in the world who can empathize with you the most, it is not us, but His Highness Yama".

He suddenly felt it.

"Yes," Thanatos admitted. "I was chained for ten years. I could have broken the chains anytime, but I didn't."

"At first, people found out that they wouldn't die. Everyone was very happy. I thought, this world is really beautiful without me."

"Later, there were more and more human beings, and newborns were born every day, but no one died. Food, water, and land became insufficient. People began to compete for limited resources, killing people, and even launching wars. Kill more people. But I am not here, those who have been fatally injured will not die, nor can they be cured, and live in pain every day." Thanatos narrated slowly, unwilling to remember what it was like Purgatory on earth.

"...So, I broke free from the chains and took those souls away."

It was rumored in the Greek gods that Zeus sent Ares to rescue Thanatos. In fact, when Ares arrived, Thanatos had already broken the chain and left.

Ares was unwilling to give up the opportunity to make meritorious deeds, so he didn't explain that Thanatos was not actually saved by him.Anyway, Thanatos is taciturn and will not jump out to explain.

"I went back to the underworld to plead guilty to His Majesty Pluto. He said that I was not to blame for being locked up for ten years. Zeus and Sisyphus should be blamed. I want to say no. Don't let me speak out."

"I understand that His Majesty Pluto knew that I did it on purpose, but he protected me."

Yan Luo could know Thanatos's knot in a short time, how could Hades not know Thanatos' fear.But Hades is not good at psychological counseling. He indulged Thanatos to strike for ten years, told Thanatos the meaning of death with facts, and finally did not blame him.

Thanatos blamed himself for this for a long time.

"You're right, the world is a school, there are always new students coming, and there are always people graduating. If you don't graduate, the school will not be able to accept so many students, and the whole school will collapse." Thanatos's voice grew louder. Come lighter.

"Parting is inevitable and necessary, but I am always unwilling to face parting... I am afraid to face it."

Maybe it was too sad for Yan Luo's experience, Thanatos no longer hid his thoughts, and said so much without knowing it, maybe he also wanted to comfort Yan Luo.

But I don't know who comforted whom.

Yan Luo didn't speak for a while after listening.

Thanatos suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and it was a huge test for him to say such heart-to-heart remarks.The god of death, who lacked a sense of security, exposed his fragility in front of Yan Luo. Yan Luo didn't respond immediately, so he wanted to add a sentence awkwardly, "I didn't say it."

But Yan Luo spoke before Thanatos retracted into the shell again: "Wait a minute, let me calculate how much you said and how much rent should be exempted."

Thanatos: "..."

The gag works, and Thanatos is instantly less embarrassed.

"You don't want to blend into the world because you are afraid of seeing the scene of life and death. You want to stay in the dark underground forever, but you still bravely take up your responsibilities, don't you?" Yan Luo said gently, "You stick to your responsibilities , even if that is your worst fear, you are not timid, you are strong. So why not look at other less scary things? If you look at the world more, you will find that there are many reunions besides parting , there is a lot of happiness besides sadness.”

"A reunion ends in separation. People don't like death coming into the world," Thanatos said.

"Human beings are also afraid of seeing me. I haven't opened the store into a national chain." Yan Luo said.

Thanatos: "..." So I really want to ask how it is done.

Yan Luo said: "No matter what others think of you, the world itself is worth listening to, seeing, and loving. If you choose never to participate because it will always disappear in the end, then the god system may also be destroyed. Is our current existence Does it make no sense?"

"You know what we do is always a thankless job. The reason I stick to it is not whether people like me or hate me, nor is there something happening in the world that I want to see or don't want to see every day. As long as what I do is meaningful , is the responsibility I have to shoulder, I shouldn't be afraid of what I will face in everything I do, even if the world thinks it's my blemish,

I also know it's my honor. "

"So little god of death, why feel inferior and afraid, you should be confident and proud, how meaningful your existence is. The world needs you, and it is wronged when you hide from it, and it also wants to show you how beautiful it is."