Will You Die [QT] 0

Chapter 0

　　The dark, bottomless river of forgetfulness was flooded with thick fog; a boat drifted down the river, on it was a man in a coat, humming an old tune. The fog prevented his face from being seen by his trembling passengers – the extradited souls looking left and right. They could only fearfully rock along with the boat after listening to the man’s warning that they would lose their souls if they fell into the river.

　　The ferryman had just moved the boat to the middle of the river when the fog was suddenly penetrated by an extremely strong light. The boat’s horn sounded with a ‘Woo-‘, alerting others on the river to steer clear of the boat.

　　The passengers were stunned and one of them asked the ferryman tentatively: “This sound… why does it resemble a cruise ship’s?”

　　They exchanged glances amongst themselves. Could it be that the Underworld has caught the wrong person and is putting them on a cruise ship to go back?

　　”It’s a cruise ship, as well as a motorboat. There are more souls than normal this time so I’m using a larger boat.” The ferryman answered them calmly, his eyes curiously studying them; they don’t actually think that the Underworld is rustic right?

　　After a long time, the behemoth gradually emerged from the mist and revealed it’s appearance. Several people looked up and watched the brightly-lit cruise ship pass by, their minds were full of doubts:

　　Why is Hell’s technology so advanced??? This isn’t what we expect at all, ah-

　　
　　The Wangchuan River is extremely long, winding through almost all of the Underworld and traces of it can even be seen near the palace of the Ten Halls of Yama. The river’s water flowing near Naihe Bridge is much lighter in color, turning into blood red and only allowing evil spirits to survive, so there are guards next to the bridge to prevent the souls with high merits from being dragged down.

　　Two extremely beautiful women holding a blood-red oil paper umbrella crossed the Naihe Bridge while looking at the queue of reincarnation that could not be seen no matter what time of the day. One of them licked the popsicle made of condensed Yin energy in her hand and exclaimed, “Meng, you must be really busy with business.”

　　The other woman holding the umbrella was dressed in a Han suit with silver hair neatly tied behind her head. She smiled at the first woman’s words and replied, “Two days ago, the Ten Kings of Hell passed the decree of ‘Xianshi Daibao’ (present reincarnation), so you and your newly formed team will be getting very busy soon”

　　The first woman was wearing short-sleeved hot pants, her black hair was tied simply behind her head, and her red lips were slightly hooked: “Yes, letting mortals suffer retribution in their present life to make it easier to calculate their life merits in Hell. I heard that Judge Cui’s pen is almost bald.”

　　Knowing that her words were exaggerated, Meng Po smiled and stopped talking.

　　Speaking of this ‘Xianshi Daibao’ project, it is something that Cui Yingying, the daughter of the Judge Cui, came up with after being bored of listening to thousands ghosts complain about injustice for hundreds of years.

　　It just so happens that the Underworld just made an intelligent system, so it will first be tested on the “Xianshi Daibao” project. If it succeeds, it can help reduce the workload of the judges after death and can also let people know that retribution is something that is not always settled with you only after death, so it is better commit less sins when you are alive.
　　

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　　The hall for applying for “Xianshi Daibao” is almost full of souls; there is a long line in front of each machine. All services need to be carried out through the new system, even if it is a preliminary application by a salesperson; After receiving the number given by the system then can this troublesome queuing step can be saved, so even if she knows the project chief, Jiang Yuyan needed to obediently register her identity through this self-service system.

　　Occasionally some souls would drift in from outside and ask to jump in for various reasons, like this now shouting, “I’m in a hurry! Please let me cut in front the queue! I need to apply for a present-day report for the wretched man who abandoned his wife and child! Otherwise, I can’t reincarnate with peace of mind!”

　　There were a few laughs from the queue, depending on whether the applicants had a good temper. Those with good tempers would smile and allow the line jumper through, while those with bad tempers would ignore them or even shove them back.

　　It was finally Jiang Yuyan’s turn after a long time. Her body was solid, unlike the general transparent ghosts that needed to float. At first glance, she seemed to be an existence that normal ghosts would never dare to provoke lest she gets mad and eat their souls in one big bite.

　　”Self-help system of the “Xianshi Daibao” at your service, what kind of business do you need to handle?” An electronic sound rang in her ears, accompanied by a blue screen floating in front of her eyes.

　　Jiang Yuyan did not have the patience to wait for its step by step instructions and directly said: “Salesman Jiang Yuyan is registering.”
　　
　　”The information has been entered successfully and the identity verification is complete: [Emotional Unit] Salesman Jiang Yuyan, number 0004. Please collect your ID code. Thank you for your contribution; have a good day at work.” The mechanical tone quickly processed the information and a gray mist appeared in front of her. When she stretched out her hand to take it, the mist quickly wrapped around her arm seeped into her arm.

　　Oh, how advanced. Is this it?
　　

　As she walked outside, she looked at the place where mist integrated into her arm. If it weren’t for her good eyesight, she really wouldn’t able see the difference.

　　[The information reception is complete and System 04 has been successfully activated.]

[Hello, I am System 04. May I ask whether you choose the Underworld commission or the Yang commission?] Just as she was stepping out, a voice suddenly rang out in her mind, giving her a bit of a scare.

　　She twisted her brows and replied, “Are you invading my brain?” Regardless of whether there is a cultivation level, this part of the brain is very important, and it is very important to let anything suspicious in.

　　[I am communicating with you in the form of brain waves, don’t panic. Which type of commission do you choose? ] The system answered her stubbornly and did not forget to repeat its question.

　　It’s no wonder that Jiang Yuyan was unable to find anything in her head after checking for invaders.

　　”I’m in no hurry, you can first explain the difference between the two and the task flow. Oh, yes, and is your smart system talk normally so boring? Can’t you be a bit livelier? It’s better to talk to me. A conversation.” Even if the system uses brain waves to communicate with her, she is not used to speaking directly with thoughts for the time being and currently looks like a crazy person talking to herself.
　　
　　[…You can apply to change your personal system after completing the first task. Now, I will introduce you to the difference between delegation and task flow. Underworld commissions are applied for by normal ghosts, while Yang commissions are recorded by the Heavenly Way from the heart of the taskmaster. Mission process: In the first step, a commissioner sends out their commission through this system; the compensation is arbitrary and is based on soul power and longevity; in the second step, the system screens the mission and unqualified commissions will be returned by us; in the third step, Unit members select a commission to complete and the system determines whether or not it is a success. If the member succeeds then they get the commission rewards. ]

　　So lengthy… Jiang Yuyan was falling asleep thanks to the system’s long explanation. After a while, she made an ‘um’ noise and decided to warm up first.

　　”Well, come on. Take the task.” As soon as she finished speaking, a faint blue screen appeared in front of her. It was very large and densely packed from top to bottom, all commissioned. Her good eyesight allowed her to see every line extremely clearly, making this a visual shock to her.

　　[Please choose the Underworld or the Yang commission ]

　　”Ah, whatever, you randomly choose one.” She did not bother to look at the overwhelming commission board. She felt that not even 500 years will be enough to clear the board and did not have the ambition to clear them all.

　　She was just a salesperson to pass time, because she had too much time… so much time that she had forgotten why she had not reincarnated, and her grievances and grudges during her lifetime. She just wanted to find something interesting to do.
　　

……casual?

　　[There is no such option. ] It replied stubbornly.

　　Jiang Yuyan showed a troubled expression. She was the most impatient to deal with serious guys and immediately replied calmly: “Yang commission, as for the number- you now, give me a random number within two digits.”

　　System : [……17. ]

　　”Then I’ll take the 17th commission from the top down. Eh, do you have to trouble me so much? Do you still have any self-awareness as an intelligent system?”

　　System: Even if she does not change systems after the task is completed, I need to change my client! What kind of work attitude is this???
　　
　　The blue light screen flashed, and the message that appeared in front of her was this:
　　Task 017:
　　Commissioned by: Wang Mosi
　　Human World Number: 21
　　Commissioned content: Let Qi Tian and Qian Wan get retribution!
　　Reward: 3 months of Yang life.
　　
　　Jiang Yuyan continued to scroll down——

…Huh, no more?
　　
　　”004, a world is so big, where can I find this scum man and woman to complete the commission for her?” She asked with a complicated expression. 

At this rate, she’ll just end up strolling around the 21st century until her target winds up dying of natural causes without her even being able to do anything.

　　[People in all the worlds are recorded in the book of life and death we have imported data from the book to send you to a designated location, don’t worry-also, I am 04, not 004!] As soon as the system finished speaking, a small ghost door opened in front of her and sucked her in.

　　Eh! She hasn’t finished asking yet! What is she even going to do with her reward! She’s a ghost, why would she need life? Why doesn’t this system make sense?

Author has something to say:
Hello everyone, here is the newcomer for support! This article was updated the day before or the next day, at five o’clock in the afternoon, no surprises.
In order to celebrate the new pit, before the next update, leave a message with five red envelopes at random! [Of course I guess the five people who may be watching have no hhhh the
next chapter will start the plot.
In fact, there is a setting here, as to why the retribution in this world is clearly retribution, and the client still needs to pay remuneration. Well, I will explain it below.
Well, other settings are welcome to discuss.
And the world view uses the fusion of different worlds [similar to wearing different books], the setting is that all the Chinese people in all the worlds will see after death in the underworld. Thinking about it this way, the underworld is also overcrowded… I also work hard to enrich the subject matter. …And well, it’s gone.
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TL notes
The title is such a mouthful, it’s legit the only reason why I wanted to translate the novel. Like I tried to put the acronym of the novel as the title but it ended up being WYDiYDPtBF and I wheezed. I do not know what this is about, but I love it already.

Also- HOLY CRAP IT’S SO HARD TO TRANSLATE THIS, THE AUTHOR IS SO ARTICULATE IT’S MESSING UP MY GOOGLE TRANSLATOR. I have to individually translate chunks, leaf through a dictionary, and then piece it together in an understandable way. This is already killing me…. it’s forcing me to recall my English literature and writing composition classes, I feel the flashbacks coming ;(

I hope this high description stuff is a one time thing??? I’m sorry but it took me 2 days to translate the chapter so I’m not even going to bother translating the author’s note… I need a Chinese proofreader really badly for this series…

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