God's Idea

The Manor Lord agreed on the spot.

Now.

The stable was Liu Ping's.

He stood in the stable and placed his hand on the wooden fence. He was about to reveal a victorious smile.

A sacred, dignified, and solemn voice sounded from the stable:

"Your hand has touched the fence. This action has incurred a fee. Please pay one kilogram of gold in exchange for the right to use the stable (1 day)."

"If you refuse to pay, then you must work in the stable every day, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week, until you have successfully repaid all your debts."

"As you are under 18 years old, your debt will be reduced."

"Congratulations!"

"Your debt of one kilogram of gold has been reduced by 0.00001 grams."

Liu Ping glanced at these notifications and turned to look out of the stable …

He saw that the attendants all turned their heads away and were busy with the things in their hands. They didn't even look at him.

The Manor Lord also looked up at the sky and muttered, "Today's weather is good, let's go for afternoon tea."

With that, he turned and disappeared through the castle gate.

Liu Ping was silent for a moment.

Very … good …

So you all know that the Sacred Faction's buildings are like this.

No wonder the Manor Lord was so straightforward.

No wonder none of the attendants objected. Even the masters hiding in the shadows of the manor didn't speak up.

Liu Ping looked at the gate of the manor again.

He saw carriages parked near the gate, lined up in a row. They were being fed, groomed, and taken care of by the attendants.

But none of the horses were placed in the stable.

I see.

No matter how powerful the nightmare monsters are, they can only occupy the manor.

The Sacred Faction's buildings will never give up on collecting fees.

Unless you destroy it.

Liu Ping sighed and muttered, "What if I refuse?"

The solemn voice sounded again:

"If you refuse to pay the usage fee, you will be blacklisted by the Sacred Faction."

"Blacklisted?" Liu Ping asked curiously.

With a "pop", a long roll of parchment jumped out of the void.

One end of the parchment fell into the void while the other end fell into Liu Ping's hand. It was filled with names written in black ink.

Liu Ping held the parchment that seemed to be endless in length and casually read,

"Lucifer, you haven't paid the repair fee for your armor, which is three months overdue. You will be blacklisted and sent to hell."

"Adam, you owe rent. If you're one day late, you'll be blacklisted and expelled from the Garden of Eden."

"Xia Wa, credit card debt, five days overdue, blacklist, eviction..."

While he was looking at it carefully, a voice suddenly sounded in his ears.

"Pay attention, your chance is here!"

The voice of God.

"What opportunity?" Liu Ping was a little puzzled and secretly asked.

" My Divine Kingdom is hidden within this manor, but if you try to directly take it away, you will definitely attract the attention of those monsters, so now there is another way to help you obtain its ownership " God replied.

"What method?" Liu Ping asked.

" Now that all the monsters know that you've obtained a stable, if you don't pay the fee, you'll be banished to hell. This way, they'll assume that you're struggling in hell "God explained.

"What does this have to do with stealing the Divine Kingdom?" Liu Ping asked curiously.

" There is a secret path in hell that leads directly to the Divine Kingdom! " God said.

"Then I won't pay the fee? " Liu Ping asked.

" Exactly. You're just a young man, how can you have any gold? You should owe the fee, and then you disobeyed the 9 to 9 6/7 job, so it's only logical for you to go to hell, " God said cheerfully.

" Hell … What's the situation there? How is it different from purgatory? " Liu Ping asked.

" It's a place of suffering, but it was once destroyed by the nightmare monsters, so I actually don't know what's the situation there now. " God said.

" But it's your territory. "

" Yes, although it's been a little long since it left me, it's still my territory, so this is our chance! "

" Are you sure that hell can lead to your Kingdom? "

" Very sure, that path was specially designed by me, it can't be wrong."

" … Okay, then I'll make a trip there. "

After Liu Ping finished speaking, he casually threw the Holy Blacklist aside and sneered, "You want to take my money? Dream on! "

The long blacklist floated in the air by itself, and began to write Liu Ping's name in black strokes.

In a flash, Liu Ping suddenly reacted and immediately called out to God.

" You can't expose my name! "

" Ah, I know, I'm the omniscient and omnipotent Lord, you have to trust me " God replied in a steady voice.

Liu Ping looked at the blacklist and saw a code name appear on the paper, "0880".

Very good, there's no problem then.

But if one looked closely, one would realize that the first "0" was intended to be written horizontally to the right, that was the first stroke of the word "Liu", but it turned into an arc and finally circled a "0".

Liu Ping looked at it silently and a thought appeared in his mind.

" Hey, this blacklist was written by you, right? " He asked God.

" Of course, if not, who do you think is qualified to write God's blacklist? " God said in a dignified tone.

You almost wrote it wrong …

Liu Ping secretly cursed.

The next moment.

Lines of burning words quickly appeared in front of his eyes.

[ Attention!]

[You have been included in the Holy Blacklist! ]

[ You will be expelled from the Holy Stable and enter hell to reflect on why you don't have money to give to God. ]

The holy light surrounded Liu Ping and brought him away from the spot.

At the same time.

In the castle.

The Manor Lord was drinking a cup of black tea.

When the space fluctuated, his eyebrows twitched and he put the teacup back on the table.

" Sir, isn't this too harsh? " The noblewoman asked.

" Anyone would choose to use work to repay the reward, but he's just a young man, ignorant and impulsive. Finally, unexpectedly, he was thrown into hell. " The Manor Lord sighed.

" Hell " The noblewoman wanted to say something but stopped.

The Manor Lord also frowned and continued: " Yes, throwing him into hell is indeed a bit of a problem, it has become a very troublesome place … "

He threw the glove on the table as if it was some kind of trouble.

" Should we go save him? " The noblewoman asked.

" Who's going? "The Manor Lord sneered.

There was a moment of silence.

No one made a sound.

Only the faint sound of the wind could be heard in the hall.

Finally, it was the Manor Lord himself who broke the suffocating silence:

" Forget it, since he has such good qualifications, he should accept this level of challenge, only then can he become a more outstanding fruit. "

The noblewoman continued: "What you're saying is that if he comes back alive, that would be great, but what if he dies? "

" If he dies, then he dies, it's better than losing others. "

The Manor Lord stood up and walked to the window, looking in the direction of the Holy Stables and muttered:

" Hell … is a place where the transformation failed … "

" It shouldn't appear in this world again. "

The Manor Lord's face was reflected in the window glass, and there was an indescribable sense of horror on his face.

…

Liu Ping felt that everything around him had disappeared.

The next moment.

As if nothing had happened.

He was still standing in the stables. Outside the stables was the lawn and the main gate of the manor. Looking across the lawn into the distance, he could see the fountain in the manor, as well as the continuous chain of castles.

Liu Ping noticed that the main gate of the manor had turned completely black.

The majestic castle in the manor was shrouded in layers of dark fog, giving off an indescribable eerie aura.

Dead silence.

"It feels like something is different."

Liu Ping muttered to himself.

" Of course, this is hell. " God said in a relaxed tone.

"Isn't this still the manor?" Liu Ping asked.

" The nightmare monsters were the first to conquer hell, but they didn't know that the Divine Kingdom and hell were twins, mirror images of each other. So they always thought that the manor was only a place to seal hell away " God replied.

"So you're saying that the manor is the Divine Kingdom?" Liu Ping said.

" Indeed, the Divine Kingdom's mirror image world is hell. Alright, focus, we're going to find that path," God said.

Liu Ping nodded and was about to leave when he suddenly felt an ominous feeling.

He pulled his foot back without hesitation, turned around and walked behind a large wooden pillar. He closed his eyes and muttered:

"Activate!"

Lines of burning words quickly appeared in his mind:

[You've activated 'Special Effects Artist']

[You've used the power of Occultism: Deception]

[You're now an extremely normal pebble in the stables, you won't attract any attention]

All the text faded away.

A person suddenly appeared in the stables.

Rather than saying that he was a person, it would be more accurate to say that he was some sort of humanoid object.

「 The smell of … flesh … 」

This entity muttered and slowly moved his feet inside the stables.

Wherever he walked, a grey crystal wall would appear, the wall was filled with various living beings.

These living beings were desperately hitting the crystal wall, trying to escape.

But it was useless.

They were already dead.

They were now nothing but dead souls that were eternally imprisoned.