Rehabilitation Begins with Building the Eighteen Levels of Hell

By some twist of fate, Yan Qing received a new mission: rebuild the underworld.

What does the underworld need first? Ghosts.

And after that? The Eighteen Levels of Hell.

But when Yan Qing looked at the wicked ghosts who were supposed to be locked in the Eighteen Levels of Hell, he thought it was a bit of a waste.

What was that saying again? Oh, right, reform through labor.

Those wicked ghosts had nothing better to do, anyway. They could build the Eighteen Levels of Hell themselves.

Wicked ghosts: ???? Are we building the place that's going to lock us up?

Yan Qing smiled. "That's right. Any objections?"

Looking at the wicked ghosts glaring at him, Yan Qing kindly gave them a choice. "Come on, don't be shy. Pick a job you like. Otherwise, you'll be stuck doing it for decades or even a century, and it'll be miserable if you hate it."

Wicked ghosts: You try doing one job for decades or a century! This is exploitation!

Without looking up, Yan Qing replied, "Man-eating wicked ghosts don't get to lecture me about exploitation. Until the victims' resentment is appeased, you'll keep working, right up until your souls are obliterated."

With the underworld newly built and short on staff, Yan Qing started a livestream to supervise the wicked ghosts at work: Underworld Live.

"That ghost's makeup is really good. I can barely see any traces of it."

"Is this some new livestream gimmick? Aren't they afraid of getting banned?"

"They're actually transparent! Did they add special effects, too?"

After a while, Yan Qing felt he was stretched too thin.

That very day, he entered someone's dream. He needed to hire people.

Of course, underworld employees served voluntarily. They signed a contract in advance and would enter the underworld to work after death, without reincarnating.

Someone: "Um, if I work in the underworld, can I bring my dog? He's a retired police dog, and he's great at the job!"

Yan Qing: "Sure. Press your paw here."

Some time later, new figures appeared in the livestream.

"Black and White Impermanence? Ox-Head and Horse-Face? They're already cosplaying?"

"That Horse-Face... why does his head look like a souvenir from some museum?"

"Can domestic delivery services reach the underworld now?"

"Why did the livestream stop?"

Yan Qing: I just took on a job. I'm printing your college entrance exam papers, so the stream is temporarily offline.

Please note:

1. In this story, the underworld is still being rebuilt. The old order has been destroyed, and the new one is still being figured out, so some punishments for wicked ghosts may be less than humane... ahem, less than ghostly. Even after the reconstruction is complete, its moral code won't exactly match the living world's.

2. This is a fictional setting. The rebuilt underworld will also receive ghosts from other worlds, hence the name Underworld of Myriad Worlds.

3. Yan Qing isn't very human in his thinking. Don't expect him to think like a normal person.

3. The ghosts and monsters are all made up.

My completed non-romance novel, "It's Magic, Not a Magic Trick [Entertainment Industry]," and my completed danmei novels, "Master, May I Touch Your Tail? [Book Transmigration]," "The Elf Emperor, a Professional Pretty Face," "Myriad Worlds General Store," and others are available to read~

[Non-romance upcoming novel, "Interworld Poverty Relief," please add it to your collection~]

Being transmigrated into a golden eagle isn't scary, unless you're afraid of heights.

Ying Huai stood on a hillock half a meter above the ground, gazing into the distance and thinking about his future.

So what if I'm afraid to fly? No problem! I can farm and raise livestock!

He even had a System with him, though it was a little glitchy and laggy.

But that was fine, as long as it could handle trading.

Blue Star, Country C

A research institute director stroked his white beard. "Well, I suggest you start by raising rabbits. They breed quickly and have lots of offspring. But I want you to trade me some small birds or livestock from your side."

Ying Huai: "Deal!"

At first, Ying Huai thought he was the one receiving poverty relief, until he discovered the interstellar spaceship buried on Rainbow Star.

"Whoa, this planet's technology used to be that advanced?"

Rainbow Star's technology all comes from archaeology.

Blue Star, Country C

Holding a set of blueprints for an interstellar spacecraft, the director of a research institute had a question pop into his mind: Between Blue Star and Rainbow Star, which side was actually helping the other?

Ying Huai: Trading this for a complete set of infrastructure from elementary school through university shouldn't be too much to ask, right~

No matter how poor you are, you can't let education suffer!

To strengthen cooperation between the two worlds, a delegation from Rainbow Star crossed the interstellar gateway to visit Blue Star.

Country C invited many other Blue Star nations to participate, in the spirit of peaceful exchange between the two worlds.

But...

"Oh no! The Rainbow Star representative beat up the M Country representative! He even called on the corvids to poop on the M Country representative's car!"

Ying Huai couldn't help asking the crow beside him, "What did he do to you?"

The black crow spoke. "Hmph. He demanded we cut our prices by another fifty percent, and forced us to buy the garbage they make!"

Ying Huai was shocked. "You didn't kill him? You're really a good-tempered crow!"

News broadcast, a long time later:

"After one year, six months, and eighteen days of interstellar travel, a Blue Star spacecraft successfully arrived at Rainbow Star at 10:32 this morning, marking humanity's first successful precision landing on an extraterrestrial habitable planet. This voyage, spanning several light-years, marks the beginning of a new chapter in interstellar civilization, and further strengthens cooperation between the planets Blue Star and Rainbow Star..."

This is probably a farming and business-management story set in an animal (beastfolk) world. The two worlds exchange what each needs and work together for mutual benefit.

Theme: Good and evil are rewarded accordingly. Be a good person.