Creating the Underworld in Another World

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“Esteemed Supreme Arbiter, the Underworld app reminds you that your remaining lifespan is less than three days. Please top up your ghost account as soon as possible~”

Cheng Zhi received the text and reported it without changing expression.

He died.

Then came back to life.

The condition was that he had to rebuild the Underworld, which had been reduced to nothing but its city gate tower.

He thought it would be as easy as the Evil Sword Immortal absorbing resentment in the modern world. But...

He transmigrated!

And the absurd part was, this world had no souls!

Cheng Zhi, who had nothing on him but clothes stripped from a skeleton he passed by, not even a pair of shoes, argued his case with the Underworld app.

In the end, he got a beginner's bonus spin.

With his luck, he thought drawing Black and White Impermanence, or Ox-Head and Horse-Face with their soul-locking chains, would already be incredibly lucky.

He never expected to get the overpowered Book of Life and Death from the start!

The Book of Life and Death records people's lives, the Judge's Brush marks their lifespans, there's Meng Po's Soup and the Bridge of Helplessness, not to mention the upright and impartial Ten Kings of Hell...

A story has been passed down in Palmaton for as long as anyone can remember:

A god was born from the Sea of Death. There, the god created a realm for the dead, where the wicked repay their misdeeds after death, while the good can live forever.

Reader's guide:

The story uses the traditional Underworld setting, with the protagonist as its highest ruler.

Full-time Underworld staff follow the original setting. Souls from other worlds can only work as auxiliary contractors, such as managing order in the City of Wrongful Deaths.

A lighthearted power fantasy, so don't overanalyze it.

Coming soon:

★★★ “I Bound Both a Detective System and a Criminal System” ★★★

[Hello, Host. I'm the Detective System, properly trained and law-abiding. Fighting crime is part of our code. I hope working together will help you become a world-famous detective.]

[Hello, Host. I'm the Criminal System, smuggled in illegally. Breaking the law and destroying justice are our mission. I hope working together will help you become a world-class criminal.]

Two voices sounded in Qiao Lezhi's mind at the same time. He suddenly had a pretty good idea why there was a silver bracelet around his wrist.

“You were the last person General Qiao saw before he died, and you were also the last person his terminal spoke to. What do you have to say for yourself?”

Even so, their eyes and attitude made it clear that they had already decided he was the criminal.

[Host, the Detective System will earn you the trust of the forces of justice. Just say you're innocent, and you'll clear your name!]

[Host, the Criminal System will get you recognized as one of the villains. Just refuse to confess, and even if they know you're the real culprit, they won't have evidence!]

The five arbiters in the courtroom all thought they must be crazy. Otherwise, why did they keep alternating between thinking he was an innocent bystander caught up in things and a killer who had committed multiple murders?

Then

They saw the person in front of them smile.

“Could we find a mental health specialist first? I think I'm insane. There are two voices in my head egging me on to cause trouble.”

The arbiters: “...”

Qiao Lezhi finally confirmed that these weren't delusions caused by schizophrenia. The Systems were real, and he was stuck in prison, sulking.

He was well aware of his terrible luck.

If luck had levels, he'd be a hopeless E-rank.

Even getting bound to two opposing Systems representing justice and darkness had happened to him. What could possibly be more ridiculous?

After turning up at crime scenes for the fifth or sixth time, even the Qiao family couldn't suppress the scandal that was making the rounds across the stars.

Under pressure, they had to take him to the tribunal again. Qiao Lezhi finally got it!

If he wanted to rule the world, he had to become a combination of Moriarty and Sherlock Holmes!

Detective System: [...]

Criminal System: [...]

How did we end up bound to a chuunibyou?!

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