Chapter 369: Prayers Trial Machine
âDamn it, what does this have to do with me, this is for those bastards that just arrived in Hell!â Liao Xing refuted.
âWeâre still in the human realm right, why is it warning us?â Ye Fei Li was confused.
All four people were confused looking at the scroll.
Suddenly, a powerful voice resounded.
[Iâm sorry, that was the introduction to hell but since weâre not that great at writing scripts, we havenât changed the content for this occasion]
Everyone looked around, apart from the scroll hovering in front of them, there was nothing else on the empty field.
âWho are you?â Gu Qing Shan asked.
The voice told him: [Please step back, Iâm going down now, if I happen to hit and kill someone, thereâs no saving them]
The four of them quickly backed off.
A few moments later, a resounding boom.
Dust scattered everywhere!
Something seems to have really appeared.
Not too long later, the dust settled.
A fridge-like thing was now sitting on the empty field.
Not exactly fridge-like, since this thing was at least one size larger than a fridge.
And from its shape, it was almost like a large arcade machine!
There were even some flashing lights and faint background music to accompany it.
If you listen carefully, youâd hear that the music was a choir of many voices singing gospel.
The machine was jet black, painted with a large number â1â on both sides.
[Youngâuns, you did a really good job, the Frozen Hell is temporarily unable to fully manifest] the machine praised them.
âWho are you?â Gu Qing Shan asked again.
[I am Prayers Trial Machine, responsible for the final process in Huang Quan] the machine introduced itself.
âNice to meet youâ Gu Qing Shan wiped the sweat off his forehead and greeted it.
So this is our reinforcement.
The Prayers Trial Machine began to let out a rumbling voice.
[Are you unsatisfied with this world? Does unjust bully exist? If you have any of the preceding problems, please contact me]
âWait a minute, let me ask again, are you from Huang Quan?â Gu Qing Shan asked.
[That is 100% true without a doubt]
Gu Qing Shan observed it: âYou donât look like something from Huang Quanâ
[To improve Huang Quanâs working efficiency, weâve switched to be fully automated, and Iâm the first representative product] the Prayers Trial Machine replied.
Gu Qing Shan forced himself to believe that.
He then changed his approach and asked: âAlright then, if itâs Huang Quan, then there should be someone or something to rule over it right?â
[Correct]
âThen why did you come? Where are they now?â
[Theyâre all done for]
âAll done for? What happened?â Gu Qing Shan pursued.
[This is related to Huang Quanâs internal matters so I canât tell you. Simply put, the only thing in Huang Quan still capable of helping you humans are us automated machines]
âUs?â Gu Qing Shan noticed that word, âyou mean there are other machines aside from you?â
The Prayers Trial Machine answered: [Of course, aside from me, there are also the Hell Transport Machine, Suffering Sea Rescuer Machine, Sinnerâs Atonement Machine, Anger Appeasing Machine⊠88 in total]
It added: [88 of us, my god, I actually feel like weâre a bit overstaffed]
âSo you all have different functions?â Liao Xing asked.
[Very smart!]
The Prayers Trial Machine looked at him and answered: [I am the machine used by the Divinity for general pastimes, there are other machines responsible for battle, for cleaning, for reclaiming and expanding the land, overall, itâs a total of 88]
âWhy 88 machines? Is there some sort of implication?â Zhang Ying Hao asked.
The Prayers Trial Machine sighed, then answered: [Because one of our Divinities is highly superstitious and felt that this was a good number. By the way, at the time of the disaster, that Divinity was also the first to 88] (TN: itâs a Chinese internet slang, means âbye-byeâ)
Gu Qing Shan looked around.
A cold breeze passed by, but the Prayers Trial Machine in front of the four of them was still the only one.
He asked: âWhere are your good friends?â
[Theyâre still preparing, theyâll come here one by one. No need to mind them, let us talk about the current calamity first]
The Prayers Trial Machine rumbled a bit, then continued: [We may be able to think of a way to help you get through this tough period]
âCan you really?â Ye Fei Li was a bit hesitant.
[Donât you look down on us] the Prayers Trial Machine puffed out its chest and spoke: [Weâre cutting edge technology that was born after the Huang Quan industrial revolution, our Law power is powerful enough to help the Divinities manage the entire Huang Quan down to the littlest details]
Hearing its claim, Gu Qing Shanâs group exchanged joyful looks.
If itâs really as powerful as it claimed, then this world is saved.
âThen venerable, erm, Prayers Trial Machine, Iâll be frank, 3 Hells are upon us right nowâ Gu Qing Shan curtly spoke.
[Itâs over! Canât help you!!!] the Prayers Trial Machine exclaimed without pause.
Gu Qing Shan: ââŠâ
Zhang Ying Hao: ââŠâ
Ye Fei Li: ââŠâ
Liao Xing couldnât help but swear: âFucker, youâre here to do comedy or somethingâ
The Prayers Trial Machine answered: [Of course not, I canât help you solve this problem, but the Hell Transport Machineâs ability is to bring the criminal dead to their respective hells]
[You can cooperate with it to bring the three hells that dared to run away back to the other hells, your crisis would be solved] the Prayers Trial Machine said.
âBut thereâs numerous monsters from the three hells, will the Hell Transport Machine really be effective?â Ye Fei Li asked.
[Of course, itâs a bit similar to what you call trains, as long as you put the dead people in, theyâll immediately be bound and unable to leave the Hell Transport Machine]
[After that, when all of the Hell Transport Machineâs cars are full, itâll activate and bring the dead back to Huang Quan and throw them into other hells]
Zhang Ying Hao mumbled: âPut the dead in⊠which means weâll still have to defeat the dead to bring them back to hellâ
âThree hells, the amount of criminals born from several Eras should be an astronomical number, how are we going to accomplish that?â Liao Xing sighed.
âWe have to, even if we canât, this is the only wayâ Gu Qing Shan mused about it.
While they were discussing, a massive explosion could be heard from the void of space.
A few train cars and a train engine appeared out of thin air, crashing to the ground.
An intense fire was burning both the train cars and the engine, reducing them to metal scraps in just a few moments.
[Ah, no good, seems like the Hell Transport Machine couldnât make it to the human realm] the Prayers Trial Machine said.
âWhy did this happen; didnât you say this thing would be able to help us?â Zhang Ying Hao loudly questioned.
[Itâs not quite as smooth as you think for us to come to the human realm] the Prayers Trial Machine answered.
âWhatâs attacking you?â Gu Qing Shan spoke in a heavy tone.
[I canât tell you that] the Prayers Trial Machine said.
Everyone exchanged looks, came forward and carefully examined the train wreckage on the ground.
âThis is the Hell Transport Machine? Can we repair it?â Liao Xing asked.
[Only the Divinity that built it can repair it] the Prayers Trial Machine answered.
âIn other words, weâve lost our only hope?â Zhang Ying Hao asked.
[No, no, no, truthfully, there are a lot of other machines, weâll have other ways] the Prayers Trial Machine spoke again.
âThen what are the methods, please tell us all at onceâ Gu Qing Shan asked it.
The Prayers Trial Machine went silent.
It twisted its body to look around.
Aside from Gu Qing Shanâs group of four, there wasnât anything else on this empty field.
There wasnât even a road.
Completely desolate.
Occasionally a cold breeze blew past.
The Prayers Trial Machine spoke up: [It seems I have made a mistake, I need to open shop right away in order to create a bond with this world, otherwise Iâll be rejected and immediately forced back to Huang Quan]
It then looked over at Gu Qing Shanâs group: [I need to complete a small deal first to settle myself in, weâll talk more after]
âAlrightâ Gu Qing Shan sighed, âI hope you can be quick, hell is eroding us increasingly fasterâ
[Donât worry, Iâll be back quick]
With a loud âbamâ, the Prayers Trial Machine split into two.
One of them immediately disappeared without a trace.
Everyone exchanged looks.
Liao Xing: âWhat, so you can split yourself as well?â
With another loud âpoofâ, the second Prayers Trial Machine suddenly came back.
[I need to borrow someone, ah, no need to worry, itâs paid work] it said.