New Times, New Hell

Chapter 21 - Underworld Communication Technology’s Customer Service

After Yu Zhengdu spoke, all the villagers exploded, jabbing fingers at them and cussing.

Father Yu facepalmed, hard. “Zhengdu, you’re being too disrespectful. Hurry and go home.”

“He’s not going anywhere.” The old man standing at the very front of the clansmen took a step forward and looked at Yu Zhengdu. He said, “The youth don’t know how high the sky is or how thick the earth is anymore, even daring to speak such blasphemy in front of the Three Gods. If you don’t win the Three Gods’ forgiveness today, you cannot leave.”

This was the current leader of the clansmen, the only person in the Yu Village who deserved to be called “Old Mr. Yu”. His words held great weight with the Yu Clan’s clansmen, so as soon as he spoke, Father Yu felt his vision go black; there was basically no way out of this anymore.

“Exactly.” Yu Manjiang added on to Old Mr. Yu’s sentence and looked at Father Yu. “Yu Chuan, how did you teach your kid? How come Zhengdu is like this now, even daring to make such uncouth jokes in front of the Three Gods? Is this something that can be joked about?”

Yu Zhengdu was originally listening, but after seeing Yu Manjiang act so high and mighty while lecturing his dad, he immediately took a step forward and said, “Uncle Manjiang, I’m not joking.”

Yu Manjiang’s face immediately became dark. He yelled, “You still don’t feel any regret?”

Yu Zhengdu ignored him, directly reaching a hand out to dig through Shang Que’s pockets.

Shang Que: “……”

This is too much! He doesn’t even warn me before touching me anymore! And he keeps moving his hand around!

Yu Zhengdu pulled out Boss’s Underworld phone and shoved it in Yu Manjiang’s face, saying, “Our company works in health management and performs scientific removal of evil. This is an Underworld Energy Detector that our company invented. It can effectively examine the circumstances of when a human is harassed by a ghost or spirit……”

Yu Manjiang: “……???”

This time Yu Zhengdu really caused a lot of trouble. Everyone present became extremely agitated, and Old Mr. Yu was so angry his hands started shaking. He yelled, “Yu Chuan, if you can’t give us a reasonable explanation today……”

At this moment, Daoist priest Kou, who had previously remained silent and off to the side, suddenly went “yi”. He took a few steps forward to stand in front of Yu Zhengdu, then bowed. “It can’t be, are you two from Luofeng Life Management Co. Ltd.?”

Yu Zhengdu was stunned. He didn’t know why the supposed youngest priest with the greatest skill of Danyang Temple recognized him, but still nodded. “Yes.”

“That’s perfect.” Daoist priest Kou’s expression was filled with anticipation. He said, “A little while ago the nation’s Daoist Association held a seminar. Daoist priest Mu from Diyang’s Qinglian Temple shared with us some of his previous experiences capturing ghosts. He introduced us to your company’s advanced ghost-catching technology, especially the Underworld energy detection technology you invented. It really opened my eyes; I felt like I could suddenly see the light.”

Daoist priest Kou became more excited the more he talked. “I originally wanted to find a chance to personally go to Fu City and discuss a scientific way of cultivation with you guys. I didn’t expect to be able to meet you at a place like this; what an unanticipated surprise.”

Yu Zhengdu: “……”

Only to see Shang Que nod, his tone filled with rare praise, “Not bad, only motivated Daoists are good Daoists.”

The crowd of people had just been so agitated, but hadn’t expected for the religious master that Old Mr. Yu had specially invited from Minan to suddenly start having a conversation with Yu Zhengdu, or for his tone to be immensely respectful too. In a moment, they all quieted down.

Old Mr. Yu was perplexed as well. He pushed down the displeasure in his chest and politely asked Daoist priest Kou, “Daoist priest Kou, you know them?”

“This is our first time meeting, but I’ve heard of what their company can do.” Daoist priest Kou briefly relayed Daoist priest Mu’s story, then sighed at the end. “Qinglian Temple’s Daoist priest Mu is someone to be respected. His abilities are the benchmark for us. If even he admits defeat, it’s clear to see that scientific advancements are the way to go.”

Old Mr. Yu: “……”

Yu Manchuan: “……”

Everyone else: “……”

It must be known that Qinglian Temple was truly one of the nation’s biggest and best temples, and Daoist priest Mu was also quite renowned. Reasonably they wouldn’t make these things up, but why did the story seem so unscientific……ah no, too scientific?

Old Mr. Yu immediately became bewildered. He looked at Yu Zhengdu and Shang Que, speechless.

It was Yu Manchuan who first couldn’t hold himself back. He said, “What a load of bullshit. In my opinion, Daoist priest Mu was scammed. Daoist priest Kou, you religious people don’t really interact with society much, so you probably don’t know how advanced scammers are these days. It’s quite hard to avoid them.”

Daoist priest Kou’s expression became pensive. His voice conveyed his disagreement. “This householder, those who dedicate their lives to Daoism still go on the Internet. I even have a Weibo. Besides, a normal scammer could never be able to accomplish something like capturing a ghost.”

“Fine, then let’s pretend they really can remove evil and catch ghosts.” Yu Manjiang pointed at Yu Zhengdu with an expression that seemed to say that he didn’t want to argue. “But what they said today isn’t about removing evil or catching ghosts. What did they just say? That they can text the gods? They have that kind of technology?”

This time Daoist priest Kou was rendered mute too. The Underworld Energy Detector was easy to defend, but text messages……this really seemed a bit far off the map.

Shang Que looked at Yu Manjiang out of the corner of his eye. “It is our technology. Is something wrong?”

This time the tongji became unimpressed too. As the only person in the Yu Clan who could communicate with the gods, if he continued to let them cause a commotion, how was he going to earn his living anymore? He stepped up and said, “If that’s the case, why don’t you show us right now. If you can communicate with the Three Gods, we’ll let what happened today go.”

Shang Que tsk’d. “Your Three Gods are so out of the times, they probably don’t even own a phone. To communicate with them you’ll have to keep drawing on your body.”

Yu Zhengdu: ……Don’t be in such a hurry to disrespect the Three Gods ah, we’re still surrounded by the villagers right now!

Upon hearing this, the tongji was infuriated, as expected. Seeing his evasion of the task, he believed that he had found the crack in their scam, so was just about to start raging when Shang Que casually said, “How about switching to contacting a ghost. Did someone die in your family recently, I can help you send a text over.”

Tongji: !!! They’re clearly cursing me!

Yu Zhengdu saw the tongji’s dark face become red with anger, so hurriedly started mediating. “This is the Underworld communication technology that our company invented; you can contact people who have already passed with it. If you and the deceased have some incomplete business, we can help you relay that.”

Their surroundings: “……” These two people were insane, right!

“That’s enough, stop arguing.” At this crucial moment, Old Mr. Yu stepped up again to maintain the situation. He looked at Daoist priest Kou. There was nothing to be said about his abilities, but he probably was like Yu Manjiang said, not delving into society enough and easily scammed. Yet he couldn’t humiliate Daoist priest Kou to his face, as he ultimately had Danyang Temple behind him. This mess couldn’t carry on either, it needed to be resolved quickly and neatly. The easiest way was to use reality.

Old Mr. Yu told Yu Zhengdu, “If that’s the case, then can you guys please send a text to my deceased wife.”

As soon as Old Mr. Yu said this, the crowd went into an uproar.

Yu Manjiang immediately disagreed. “Elder Yu, how can you let these two scammers have their way!”

Father Yu was a little nervous and wanted to stop them, only to see Old Mr. Yu wave his hands and solemnly state, “But I’m going to make this clear. If Zhengdu can’t contact my deceased wife today, he must be removed from the clan.”

Father Yu: “Old Mr. Yu, thas isn’t……”

At the same time, Yu Zhengdu nodded. “Okay.”

Father Yu felt his vision go black. His entire body started shaking. “Zhengdu, are you trying to make me die from anger!”

“Dad, don’t get so excited first.” Yu Zhengdu was actually quite exasperated too, the situation had escalated out of his control. The only thing he could do now was hurry and act first. He had no time to explain in detail to his dad, so only looked at Old Mr. Yu and asked, “Old Mr. Yu, can you please tell me what you want to say to your wife?”

Old Mr. Yu’s gaze was slightly depressed. He said, “My wife passed away half a year ago. Her biggest regret before passing was not being able to see our granddaughter get married. Originally, she already finished preparing our granddaughter’s dowry. She was so close, so close……”

Here, his voice automatically started to tremble. “My granddaughter is getting married next month. My wife was planning on giving her a jade ring passed down from her side of the family for generations. But she left so soon that she didn’t manage to tell us, and none of us know where the ring is so we can’t find it. This is our family’s biggest regret. If you can really contact the Underworld, please help me ask her.”

At this, Old Mr. Yu’s eyes became completely red.

Many people present knew about their family’s misfortune. When she was alive, Old Mr. Yu and his wife were deeply in love. They were practically the village’s model couple. Upon hearing this, they all sighed.

Simultaneously, many people were even more outraged. They thought about Old Mr. Yu having to reminisce this tragedy because of these two scammers; it was the equivalent of stabbing a knife into the old man’s heart again. How were they going to rectify this situation?

Yu Zhengdu was moved too. He deeply inhaled, then said, “Okay Old Mister. Please wait.”

Honestly speaking, this task was the easiest for them……

To make management easier, Luofeng automatically transformed each person’s ID card number into their phone number after death.

Yu Zhengdu asked Old Mr. Yu for his wife’s ID number, then used Shang Que’s phone to type up a message and send it. As he sent it he also spoke, “Old Mister please wait. As long as Old Missus hasn’t already reincarnated yet, we’ll definitely be able to get in contact with her. I’m just worried she may be busy right now.”

Old Mr. Yu made a noise of acknowledgment. There was no change to his expression, but his palms couldn’t help slightly trembling. He actually didn’t trust Yu Zhengdu at all, but the previous conversation made him remember his life with his wife. Though he clearly knew this was all a farce, he couldn’t help anticipating something.

Yu Manjiang had been patiently watching his performance, but now couldn’t help scoffing. “What now? Are you going to say in a moment that Old Missus has already reincarnated so you can’t contact her? You have quite a bit of tricks up your sleeve……”

Before he finished speaking, Yu Zhengdu’s eyes lit up. He laughed, “Old Missus’s typing speed is quite fast, she’s already replied.”

Yu Manjiang: “……”

Everyone present: “……”

Yu Manjiang refused to believe him, pointing in his direction and saying, “What blasphemy. Don’t think that you can randomly find someone to respond to your message and fool us!”

Old Mr. Yu shook his hands, signalling for him to be quiet. Then he looked at Yu Zhengdu and calmly stated, “If that’s the case, then read it for us to hear.”

Yu Zhengdu nodded and read, “Stupid old man, how did you contact Luofeng to send me a text? Did you die too? If you’ve died hurry and come find me, I’m at…… Aiya, this part got censored.”

Yu Zhengdu looked at Boss in confusion. Shang Que said, “The secrets of the Heavens mustn’t be revealed. If the information contains anything about the secrets of the Underworld, it’ll automatically be censored out.”

Yu Zhengdu: “……Yi? I never noticed before.”

“Censoring out secrets? I can write a hundred of these types of texts,” Yu Manjiang mocked. “If you’re going to make something up at least make it more realistic. You didn’t even do your research. Who doesn’t know that Old Mrs. Yu was gentle and mannerly. She was normally the most refined, how could she use a nickname like ‘stupid old man’?”

Upon hearing this, Yu Zhengdu became nervous too. “It can’t be. Did I send it to the wrong person?”

Yu Manjiang was about to mock him again, only to hear Old Mr. Yu suddenly speak up, “You continue, continue……”

Everyone looked over to discover that for some unknown reason, Old Mr. Yu was extremely excited.

Yu Manjiang: “……???”

Yu Zhengdu didn’t understand why, but still continued to read. The latter half was Old Mrs. Yu explaining where the ring was. He perused it and summarized, “Old Missus says that when she was alive she worried that nobody would be able to find it after she died, so she placed the ring in the cabinet of your granddaughter’s room. It’s in the innermost location of the third shelf.”

As he read, he complained to himself: Old Missus’s line of thought is truly strange. If anything happened to her, any normal person would first go look in her room. Who would expect her to place it there……

After hearing this, Old Mr. Yu immediately called home. His granddaughter was preparing for the wedding so wasn’t at the gathering today; he told her to go look for the ring following these instructions. Not long after, Old Mr. Yu hung up and stared at Yu Zhengdu, stunned.

His gaze was too dazed. Everyone present already believed that Yu Zhengdu and them were from a scamming company, so naturally interpreted Old Mr. Yu’s expression to be the displeasure and anger of being lied to.

Yu Manjiang didn’t hesitate at all, declaring on the spot, “Yu Chuan, from today on, your son must be removed from our clan……”

“No no——” Old Mr. Yu excitedly shouted, then leapt in Yu Zhengdu’s direction. “We found the ring; the information was all accurate. Zhengdu, can you please send another text for me, I still have many things I want to say to my wife.”

Yu Manjiang: “……????”

Shang Que lunged forward with his long legs and hid Yu Zhengdu behind him. He gazed coldly at Old Mr. Yu. “That was just a test trial. If you want to actually use this service, you must pay.”

Yu Zhengdu: “……”

Has Boss’s transformation into a profiteer not been a little too fast?

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