Global Dungeon: I Can See the Status Bar

Chapter 211: Chapter 119: Pulling a Big Stunt Before the Whole Underworld

Only a bunch of “What the hell” exclamations remained from the mouths of Ox Head and Ma Mian, the sounds of national essence echoing continuously.

Inside the exam hall, under the curious gazes of various ghosts, Lu Wenwu found his seat, entered his ID number and exam ticket number into the computer, and began waiting for the exam papers to be unlocked.

A few minutes later, accompanied by shrill eerie music and a ghostly broadcast, the Underworld civil service exam officially started.

When the exam paper refreshed onto the screen, Lu Wenwu looked at the first multiple-choice question.

1. During daytime outings, please pay attention to the temperature of the sun and the angle of plant photosynthesis, avoiding trampling on lawns which could lead to Ghost Body leakage and cause Yang Qi to enter the Body. Which of the following behaviors is likely to cause a Ghost Body safety accident?

[A] Secretly planting foreign plants, such as pea-pod shooters, sunflowers that produce sunlight, and tasty nuts that might choke ghosts, on the square lawn beside the swimming pool in the backyard of Beiyin Mountain Management Office.

[B] Ignoring administrator warnings, picking black mushrooms from decorative grave mounds at Xiaowuxiang Nature Reserve to take home for soup.

[C] Releasing 220v Celestial Thunder into the Wangchuan River, attempting to swiftly accumulate Merit for reincarnation.

[D] Lighting large amounts of charcoal for a barbecue picnic on Beiyin Mountain in winter and using kerosene lamps for lighting and warmth.

This is a freebie question, just pick A. Only newly arrived ghosts will get it wrong.

Option B is invalid because there are no administrators at the Xiaowuxiang Nature Reserve, and the grave mounds there don’t grow mushrooms.

Option C, those who release Celestial Thunder into the Wangchuan River will be surrounded and beaten by fishermen nearby, then promptly taken to the City God Temple for detention.

Option D is invalid because there’s no such thing as kerosene in the Underworld, only Qi Fire refined with Yin Qi.

Option A is too obvious, sneaking in foreign plants to Beiyin Mountain Management Office’s front, right?

Sunlight-producing and attacking plants? What rotten morals!

Must be a Western Hell agent trying to steal Hell’s rare protected demons, must be sent to Ghost An for a thorough interrogation and then to the Mirror of Evil!

Once confirmed as an agent, directly fed to the Bo’er Elephant!

Of course, the interrogation process by Ghost An usually mirrors the big and small regions one to one, and it’s likely the ghost won’t make it through the questioning.

Isn’t it obviously A?

2. Tomb Feng Shui and Deed-Seeking for Virtue are considered important preparatory actions for Underworld reincarnation. Which of the following would affect the accumulation of Merit for reincarnation?

[A] Sending a dream to relatives in the Human World, who, upon receiving the dream, burn ten million tons (Human World weight) of Netherworld Currency for you.

[B] Applying to reincarnate as a fish, breaking the fetal mystery using mana from past cultivation, then swiftly entering Wangchuan River, intentionally getting zapped by electric fishermen to enjoy accidental reincarnation subsidies.

[C] Using various means during university to cause all classmates to reincarnate except yourself, securing postgraduate recommendation.

[D] Using a bug to create a Merit Machine (now patched) and forcibly inflating personal merit scores during the Underworld World Cup, causing your Ghost Body to emit a blinding Merit light to intimidate and attack opponents.

This question tests news accumulation regarding major Underworld events, all with real case references.

Option A, about ten years ago there was this wealthy overseas fellow who, after descending, asked his descendants to burn more for him, seeking to continue his rich life.

Turns out his descendants were truly filial, investing down in Australia and built a Netherworld Currency printing factory by Blue Star’s real currency printing standards, producing ten million tons before even burning down the factory, hiring Great Celestial Masters to ensure smooth transport.

Burning such amount wouldn’t be an issue, rich folks burning money.

That factory is still used by the Underworld now.

The major problem was the large bushfire in the Human World, causing massive plant and animal deaths, inadvertently adding a forest to the Underworld.

That messed everything up, making the wealthy overseas fellow’s Merit go negative, at the common speed Merit accumulates in the Underworld, reincarnation won’t happen for at least a thousand years.

Option B is straightforward; disputed cases head straight for the Mirror of Evil, where fraudulent subsidy attempts are caught, and the perpetrator gets directly tossed into the Eighteen Layers of Hell for prison.

However, after release, one can still accumulate merit.

Option C, now this is interesting.

Causing all classmates to reincarnate ahead of time.

How could this affect Merit accumulation?

This is great Merit!

If you can guide forty or fifty people to enlightenment, directly going through special procedures into reincarnation, even Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and Taiyi Jiuju Celestial Venerable would give you a big thumbs up!

That’s why you get the postgraduate recommendation!

Eliminating the first three options, only D remains as correct.

Originally, using a bug to create Merit Machines and inflate merit scores wasn’t that severe, rolling back data would suffice, even legislating penalties afterward would just seal the title, and forcefully reincarnate into the Beast Dao.

However…

There was once a daring fellow who set up a hundred giant classic water-wheel Merit Machines, each tied with a thousand spawning sturgeons, a single rotation collectively yielding seventy billion merits!

This fellow, ignoring the seasoned old ghosts’ dissuasion, let those Merit Machines whirl away!

The Heavenly Dao inspection system determined his Merit data was abnormal, suspecting an Outer Heaven Demon had infiltrated, trying to sabotage the Merit system operation, forcibly reclaiming all merits and permanently kicking him out of the Merit and reincarnation system’s black list.