Chapter 111: There are several layers in the ghost prison
The place where Lin Chen and the three of them were located was on a mound, so the scene ahead was very clear.
In front of him is the second layer of the ghost prison, which is very similar to the pattern in costume films that Lin Chen saw on TV before.
There are teahouses, restaurants, clothing stores, and some small vendors on both sides of the road crossing to sell their goods, and many ghosts wander the streets.
"Where did your people gather?" Lin Chen asked.
"I don't know, when we enter the passageway, we don't appear here, but go straight into a room. Guran said.
"Not here?" Lin Chen turned his head and saw that the hole he had just come out of had begun to blur.
Gu Lan also noticed this, and reached out and felt the entrance of the cave, but her action only accelerated the dissipation of the hole, and after a while, the hole disappeared completely.
"Don't try it, this passage is not fixed, and it will appear in a different place every time you come in. When Lin Chen and Gu Lan were surprised, Zhao Shuang'er suddenly spoke.
Lin Chen secretly scolded himself for being stupid, he must have been infected by the stupid girl Gulan, and there was an aboriginal standing next to him who didn't ask, and asked a stupid girl.
"Are you saying that every time you enter the second layer of the Ghost Prison from the first layer of the Ghost Prison, you don't appear in the same place?" Lin Chen asked Zhao Shuang'er.
"Yes. But there is a fixed place for the exit. Zhao Shuang'er added.
Lin Chen looked at Gu Lan again and asked, "Then how did you get out of here just now?"
"It was in that courtyard, and with a wave of his hand, a gate appeared, and we went out from there. Guran said.
"So powerful!" Lin Chen beat a drum in his heart, and hurriedly asked the little blind man, "Wouldn't this white envoy have already comprehended the laws of space?"
"Impossible!" said the little blind man.
"How do you know?" Lin Chen asked curiously.
The little blind man paused for a moment and said, "Are you stupid, if he has the ability, it will be enough to open a passage directly from the village, why bother so much effort." ”
Lin Chen thought about it, and it seemed that this was indeed the case.
Zhao Chong and Li Qiaoshou were not found in the Endless Prison, so Lin Chen guessed that they were arrested by the White Envoy's people, but since there is no news of the White Envoy at present, he simply went to find Zhao Feng first and learned about the situation here by the way.
"Have you stayed on this second layer all this time?" Lin Chen asked.
"yes, we've been here now, doing things, living. Zhao Shuang'er replied.
"That's it?" Not only Lin Chen, but even Gu Lan felt incredible.
"Yes, it's no different from being in the human world. Zhao Shuang'er said.
This made Lin Chen incomprehensible, because what Zhao Shuang'er said was completely different from the rumors about the underworld that he had heard before.
Legend has it that hell is a place where the souls of the dead who have been imprisoned and punished for their sins in life, and it is a prison and execution ground in the underworld.
There are many theories about hell, but the most popular one in China is the eighteen layers of hell, which comes from the Eighteen Mud Plough Sutras translated by An Shigao of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
The "layers" in the eighteen layers of hell do not refer to the upper and lower levels of space, but to time and content, especially above time.
The eighteen layers of hell determine the length of time of suffering based on the severity of the sins committed in life, and each layer of hell is twenty times more painful and twice as long than the previous one, so when you reach the eighteenth layer, the degree of suffering is no longer attached, and the time is incalculable.
To give a simple example, the lightest punishment is converted into 13.5 billion years in human years, and you must know that the sun is now 4.6 billion years old. According to this calculation, by the time the first ghost of modern human civilization was released from prison, the sun had already been destroyed. That's why there is a saying in the world that you will never be reborn if you enter the eighteenth layer of hell.
The above is only in terms of time, and in terms of content, the pain suffered is even more terrifying. The names of the eighteen layers of hell in the legend are: Tongue Pulling Hell, Scissors Hell, Iron Tree Hell, Evil Mirror Hell, Steamer Hell, Copper Pillar Hell, Knife Mountain Hell, Iceberg Hell, Oil Pot Hell, Oxpit Hell, Stone Pressing Hell, Mortar Hell, Blood Pool Hell, Death Hell, Punishment Hell, Volcano Hell, Stone Mill Hell, and Knife Saw Hell.
Just listening to the name already makes people feel sour, and to give a specific example, such as in the graphite hell, put people in a grinding plate and grind them into meat sauce, and then reshape the human body and grind it again!
These things, Lin Chen believes that they were adapted by the ruler to control people's hearts without authorization, for example.
The ruler wanted all women to be chaste martyrs, so the Hell of Scissors dictated that if you instigated a widow to remarry or build a bridge for her, you would die in Hell of Scissors and cut off ten fingers.
For example, if you blaspheme the gods or prevent others from believing in God, then you have to go down to the Knife Mountain Hell, strip yourself naked, and climb on the Knife Mountain.
Speaking of which, do you think I don't do bad things, but I don't obey, I can always die, right? I'm sorry, it's not over yet.
Those who commit suicide will be sent to hell in vain, because your life is not given by you, it is the opportunity of reincarnation given to you by the king of Hades, well, if you don't cherish it, then you will never be able to be a human being.
In a word, how to live, you have to listen to me, how to die, you still have to listen to me.
So for this theory, Lin Chen scoffed.
However, after encountering the little blind man, especially knowing the existence of legendary civilization and the existence of cultivation, Lin Chen has gradually begun to believe that there may really be a netherworld in the world. It's just definitely different from what people usually hear, because it has been modified by people of their own volition.
Therefore, Lin Chen was not too surprised when he experienced the first layer of Endless Ghost Hell, maybe this was the real hell.
But Lin Chen never thought that the second layer of this ghost prison would actually be in such a state. Since the human world and the underworld are the same life, what is there to reincarnate?
"What's wrong, is there anything wrong?" Zhao Shuang'er's question interrupted Lin Chen's thoughts.
"No, there's nothing wrong, it's just ......," Lin Chen said.
"No, why does my father suffer from the fire every day!" Gu Lan interrupted Lin Chen.
As soon as these words came out, Lin Chen immediately caught the key point, it turned out that this stupid girl was here to save her father, and it seemed that her filial piety was commendable, but since the white envoys were willing to help them, it was not easy to save a ghost to come out, why did you have to get so many people in, isn't it an extra move. In this way, the white envoy, or the forces of the white envoy, must have a plan.
"Then I guess he is not on this level, but on other levels. Zhao Shuang'er said.
"What other layers?" asked Guran.
"Yes, there are six floors in the Ghost Prison. The first level of the Endless Prison, the second layer of the Prison of Innocence, the third layer of the Prison of No Argument, the fourth layer of the Prison of No Repentance, the fifth layer of the Prison of Selflessness, and the sixth level of the Prison of No Life. ”
"Then we are in the Prison of No Trouble now?" Lin Chen asked.
"Yes. You have already been to the first level of the Endless Hell, where only a few ghosts are selected at the end of each month, and after returning from the yang world, they will go to the Endless Prison to be baptized. Whenever there is evil thoughts in the heart, they will continue to circulate there until the soul power is exhausted and the soul is gone. ”
"Such a terrifying ......" Lin Chen had personally experienced it, and that feeling of powerlessness he definitely didn't want to experience again. Although it is the duty of oneself to die in a dream, it is easy to make people schizophrenic, just like some people will not be able to distinguish whether they are in the game or in reality, and jump off the building to their death.
"The second level of the Hell, where all the ghosts who have been punished, lives here. My brother and I were killed by manslaughter, and it was the other party who was rude first, so the time to accept the punishment was relatively short, so we were able to reach this prison of no difficulty so quickly. Zhao Shuang'er continued.
"What about the other layers?" Lin Chen asked.
"The third level of the Prison of Defenselessness is a place to punish ghosts who have sincerely confessed their mistakes. And the fourth level of the Unrepentant Prison is the place to punish the ghosts who refuse to repent. Zhao Shuang'er said.
"What about the fifth layer?" Lin Chen asked.
Hearing the fifth layer, Zhao Shuang'er obviously trembled, and said: "Then, that is the place where the prison king is, and all our ghosts will have to live there." ”
"Where to pass the hall?" Lin Chen suddenly became excited, and hurriedly asked, "Is there a book of life and death there for the Prison King, just that kind of roster or something." ”
"There seems to be a booklet, but I don't know if it's the life and death book you are talking about. Zhao Shuang'er said.
"Sure enough, there is!" Lin Chen said excitedly.