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Chapter 60 Underworld Transformation Plan 060
Aphrodite came out of Hera's back garden, Hera did not keep up, but he did not look back, and went directly back to the palace.
Narcissus' shadow was reflected on the ice wall outside, and he asked Aphrodite, "Your Highness, do you want to bring Cupid to the underworld?"
Aphrodite snorted softly and said, "Well, and I'm going to let you stay, and then tell the public that you are mine. If something happens on the mountain, let me know through your mouth, and I can do it too. With your command."
Narcissus was stunned, and then quickly replied, "I will follow your arrangements."
Aphrodite's footsteps stopped suddenly, he looked at Narcissus in the ice, raised his eyebrows and said, "Is it because I became the master? I think you and Hephaestus are obedient. A lot."
He seemed to be adjusting, but there was no meaning in his eyes.
Narcissus instinctively thought quickly, and replied directly: "I have always been very respectful to you, Your Highness. I enshrine you as my only lord, the only one... It is by no means that I respect you because of my strength, nor dare I neglect you because of my strength."
As he spoke, he gradually calmed down and raised his eyes to sneak a peek at Aphrodite. The dark purple eyes were like purple grapes that had just been washed with water, with drops of water, shining brightly. Guang, careful and flattering, but sincere: "I have always respected you..."
Narcissus lowered his head and said dejectedly: "When I had Ares, my behavior was a little too much. But Your Highness, it's not because I want to monopolize you, I want to touch you too much. I can clearly Being touched by everything, being alone, and being able to stare at you from the other side of the world forever, that feeling is so torturous."
Aphrodite's expression softened, and he said, "I understand."
Narcissus added: "But Hephaestus is definitely not. He has a lot of bad things. Unlike me, he missed one. Your Highness, don't be "fascinated" by his performance. Otherwise, he will definitely do something even more unpleasant to you."
Aphrodite snorted softly, and didn't express too much sympathy for Hephaestus.
He doesn't have the habit of not having heart-to-heart conversations, nor is his emotional intelligence low enough to talk about his other admirer in front of his admirer.
Aphrodite continued to advance in the palace, and Narcissus followed in the mirror world step by step, until the ice disappeared and he was forced to stay outside the palace.
When Aphrodite returned to the palace, Cupid was dangling his golden bow in front of the crowd on purpose.
As soon as he saw him coming back, Hades said quickly: "Master, come and see Thanatos and Hypnos, who are now up after being shot by Cupid's golden bow."
Aphrodite glanced at the twin brothers in surprise, not so much to describe it as Hypnos unilaterally beating Thanatos.
Hypnos shoved Thanatos rudely, but Thanatos looked at him with fascination and admiration, like a little daughter-in-law who did not dare to resist when she was angry.
Aphrodite groaned and asked, "What happened?"
Hephaestus had been following Cupid, and when he heard the words, he told the friction between Cupid and Thanatos.
Cupid felt a little guilty, so he held the golden bow and flew beside him obediently, with his head bowed, his chubby little face tucked out of his double chin, and he looked like he had gotten into trouble.
Aphrodite raised his hand and scratched his chin, Cupid felt itchy, couldn't help giggling, swayed to hide, and then fell into Aphrodite's arms, softly acting like a spoiled child : "Father, itchy..."
Aphrodite hugged him and sighed softly: "It's too naughty, Cupid, you can't be like this in the future, you know?"
Cupid hugged his neck and said aggrieved: "He looked down on me first, so I gave him a small lesson."
Aphrodite didn't speak, and Hades asked embarrassedly, "Master, can you help them both get back to normal?"
Aphrodite was silent for a few seconds, then said subtly: "Love is uncontrollable... The golden bow of love is an exception, but after the arrow is 'shot', the rest cannot be changed by Ming's control. So I have no choice but to watch the golden and lead arrows disperse in their bodies for a long time."
Hades frowned, looking at his dead brother with worry and embarrassment, after thinking about it, Aphrodite said apologetically, "I'm sorry."
Hades was stunned for a while, then shook his hand hurriedly and said, "The Lord doesn't need to say sorry to me, in fact, what Cupid said makes sense. I am..."
He sighed heavily, and the emerald eyes were filled with melancholy "color": "Netherland is busy, when Thanatos and Hypnos have such problems, I'm too busy..."
I was worried about this.
The corners of Aphrodite's lips were slightly hooked, and she said gently with a light meaning: "Don't worry, since I said that I would accompany you to the Underworld in person, I will definitely help you solve everything."
Hades cheered up when he heard the words, and the worry between his brows dissipated. He looked at Aphrodite expectantly and said, "Then please, Master."
The corners of Aphrodite's lips were light, returning to her cold look, her eyes swept across the hall lightly, and said coldly: "Later I will set off with Hades to go to the Underworld, but in order to prevent you from messing with me when I am not around. trouble, so—"
Aphrodite's scepter was raised, and the ice-blue light rushed out of the grid. Frost and Snow pushed open the silver gate full of patterns and rushed in arrogantly.
Frost and snow were spread on the ground and attached to the wall. Philimore tapped his toes and turned around in a gorgeous gesture. The temperature in the palace rose and dropped sharply. The frost and snow turned into water and then instantly condensed into ice. Except for Apollo and Hephaestus, all including Zeus were affected by the sudden temperature change and shuddered.
The hall is covered with ice, and the people standing on the ice can clearly see their own reflections from the ice.
At the foot of Aphrodite, Narcissus with the same appearance as him appeared in the ice like a real reflection. He had a very similar appearance to Aphrodite, and he was also the most beautiful Beautiful, white hair, crystal clear skin that seems to be transparent, giving him a very translucent and illusory temperament, the darkest color in the whole is the pair of dark purple eyes. Beautiful eyes are even more stunning.
Aphrodite raised her hand, and Narcissus moved in the mirror world, from under Aphrodite's feet to the ice surface of the wall, looking at the crowd with a dull gaze.
Aphrodite said to the crowd: "He is my part, without wisdom, but my eyes and my words. But when I am not at Olympus, he will watch you for me, And tell me about the movement on the mountain."
Zeus said dissatisfiedly: "Is it necessary? Aphrodite, you are here, and I am still here on the mountain, I don't need this point|."
Aphrodite heard the words and responded with a snort.
Zeus: "...Speaking of which, what about Hera, she left with you, why didn't she come back together?"
Aphrodite said, "I'm looking at the golden apple tree later, maybe I've been delayed by something."
Aphrodite looked at Narcissus in the ice. Narcissus was holding the wood seriously, and when Aphrodite looked over, his eyes blinked quickly.
Aphrodite nodded slightly, Cupid also bit his finger and looked at him excitedly, Aphrodite said to Hades, "Pluto, let's move."
They got up, got down from their seats, and saw off Aphrodite.
Brother to death, Hypnos had given up the struggle, closed his eyes on his own, and fell into a deep slumber as if escaping, while Thanatos carefully hugged him and put Hypnos' face in his arms. Stick it on his chest, and then "show" a satisfied expression.
Aphrodite seemed suspicious and said to Hades, "It seems that the two of them have reached a consensus."
Hades glanced at them casually, shook his head and retracted his gaze, whistled, and summoned the dark horse who was pulling the cart.
Hades put on a hood for himself, and after covering himself tightly, he asked Aphrodite to ride with him in the carriage.
Aphrodite: "Philimore, Chie, join me in the underworld."
Hades' heart moved, Aphrodite didn't say anything, Cupid in his arms turned to face himself.
Cupid was a little restless, and said coquettishly, "Father, I want to see the sky!"
Aphrodite listened to what he said, but she really didn't care about him.
Cupid raised his head, admiring the sky in ignorance and amazement. He was blinded by the splendid aurora in the sky. His little mouth opened wide. Just choked and closed his mouth.
Aphrodite patted his back lightly and asked, "Are you still watching?"
Cupid grabbed Aphrodite's fingers, stood up and pressed it against his, and did not dare to open his lips when he spoke, he whispered, "Keep your mouth shut."
Aphrodite snorted softly, and then chatted with Hades.
Aphrodite asked, "Hades, tell me about the reincarnation of the souls of the underworld."
Hades briefly introduced Aphrodite: "First of all, the dead souls will be brought to the underworld by Thanatos. After the dead souls enter the underworld, they can no longer return to the earth. Next What they have to do is cross the river Styx and come to the entrance to the underworld."
"But in addition to the Lord of the Styx, there are Charon's ferry boats that can take souls across. Charon will collect a gold coin from those souls, and give the souls of gold coins to cross the River Styx, and then cross the river guarded by Cerberus. The gate of the underworld..."
Aphrodite raised her hand and asked, "What if the dead soul has no gold coins?"
Hades was stunned, and then replied: "Then they can linger at the junction of the River Styx and the earth, and one day when the River Styx rises, they will be involved in the River Styx and perish."
Aphrodite frowned, and Hades explained: "Master, we don't want to do this either, but the Styx is very dangerous. Except for the special duty of crossing Charon, no other tools can drive on the river. It sinks automatically, and Charon One's strength is limited, so he can do this."
After being silent for a few seconds, Aphrodite asked: "If that's the case, haven't you thought about building a bridge over the Styx? The bridge is arched and not close to the river, so it will never be affected. right?"
Hades was stunned, Aphrodite didn't speak, and continued to perfect the plan for this idea: "Maybe because of the special nature of the Styx, the construction of this bridge is more difficult. But the difficulty is difficult, and the power of several masters must be gathered. If so, it can still be made, can't it?"
Hades lowered his head and said sullenly, "I didn't expect this before..."
Thinking is too limited.
Aphrodite: "Okay, there is a solution for crossing the Styx River. When the time comes to build the bridge, I will convene the Lord to find a solution. It is not urgent, I will do it at the end, if the bridge is built early , other arrangements have not been made, and if the souls swarm in, it will be very "chaotic"."
Hades kept nodding, looking at Aphrodite's eyes full of conviction. Although he was wearing a hood, there was a sense of pleasure coming to his face.
Aphrodite's hood was lifted, Hades' calm face was a little surprised, the black hair was lifted up by the cold wind, contrasting with the snow-white skin.
Aphrodite measured him a few times, her brows were curved, she nodded seriously, and said, "This feels normal, when you hid your face before, it gave me a different feeling than your appearance, I always It felt like it wasn't Hades in front of him."
Hades stared at him blankly, a hint of confusion appeared in his eyes, and after a while he said: "Master, then I will continue..."
"Um."
Hades put his fist to his lips, coughed lightly, and continued: "After the dead souls pass through the Styx, they must pass through the gate of the underworld to officially enter the underworld. There is Cerberus at the gate of the underworld, mainly to prevent living souls. Enter. If living souls must enter, they are not allowed to leave."
"Behind the gate of the underworld is the Narcissus Plain. The dead souls will forget all the past on the Narcissus Plain. After the past disappears from their bodies, if there is no resentment on the dead souls, it means that they have not done evil before, and they will enter through the Narcissus Plain. Elysee, start a new life in Elysee, and no longer suffer from pain. If you have resentment, you will enter the abyss and never get free..."
After Hades finished speaking, Aphrodite waited for a while longer. After he stopped talking, a look of surprise appeared on his face and asked, "Is it gone?"
Hades said eagerly, "Is there anything else?"
Aphrodite should ask her own questions: "For example, after entering the Elysee, will the dead soul be there forever?"
Hades nodded, and Aphrodite asked unceremoniously: "Elysee is limited, no matter how big it is, and it will be filled sooner or later. And the souls who have lost the past and forgotten everything will be blank from now on, and it will be a waste to stay. A blank, empty piece of white paper that does nothing but make the Elysee more crowded."
"That being the case, why don't you scatter those souls and let them reincarnate?"
After a few seconds of silence, Hades said bitterly: "The soul job sank into the abyss with Iapetos, and we can't help the reincarnation of the dead. And they did nothing wrong, and they handed over the Charon gold coins to cross the river. , we can't destroy them anymore, if that's the case, it's better for them to stay outside the Styx at the beginning and not extradite them in."
Aphrodite's eyes flickered slightly, soul job, he has it.
He thought that he was now the master of frost and had absolute control over the domain. He wondered if Tartarus would let him communicate with those titans in the abyss.
Aphrodite changed her mind and decided to try it when the time came. It doesn't matter if Tartarus doesn't give him entry, he can pretend to enter, and then take out the soul job, anyway Hades doesn't know.
Thinking of this, Aphrodite said: "The abyss is just below the underworld, and after I get there, I will visit His Highness Tartarus in the abyss and discuss with him to see if Iapetus can get it. If Iapetus cooperates, we can arrange for the reincarnation of the dead, without them continuing to linger in the Elysee."
Hades thought for a while and asked, "The reincarnation of Elysee's dead souls, what about those dead souls who did evil and finally entered the abyss?"
Aphrodite said indifferently: "According to their sins in life, set a standard, and give them different punishments and let them reincarnate. In short, don't stay in the underworld."
Aphrodite murmured: "But then, there is another thing, and there must be a special judge to record the deeds of the dead soul."
"By the way, if the bridge is built, there will be no need for Charon to take the ferry. If he is okay, let him stay in front of the bridge and feed the dead souls diluted with the water of the Lete Spring to erase their memories. The Narcissus Plain is good, but it is not It's not specifically for memory erasing, I'm worried that after the establishment of reincarnation, some cunning guys will use special means to save their memories and reincarnate with their memories. In this way, the order of the time will be "chaotic"."
Hades carefully wrote down: "Build a bridge over the River Styx, arrange for Charon to feed the dead souls to the memory spring... Establish a trial and punishment system, and the reincarnation of dead souls."
Aphrodite murmured and repeated: "Reincarnation...is the transformation from death to new life, what kind of personality can I condense with this?"
"What is the most reasonable way to establish reincarnation at that time?"
Aphrodite frowned and thought, Hades hesitated for a moment and asked, "Master, should we erase our memories and put them after punishment and before reincarnation?"
Aphrodite hummed suspiciously from the tip of her nose, "Huh?"
Hades explained his thoughts to him: "Because I felt that the first words were too arbitrary. When the judgment and the punishment are determined, we should give those souls a chance to defend themselves, and then determine the punishment. After all, things are not one-sided, and we have to take into account more factors and influences..."
Aphrodite glanced at him in surprise and smiled: "Arbitrary? You're thinking about it..."
Hades said: "At the same time, when those evil spirits are punished, they can also clearly realize that they are paying the price for their past sins, and the warning is more serious, what do you think?"
Aphrodite nodded: "You are Hades, you have the final say."
He casually lowered his head, and suddenly a golden apple appeared in his hand. Cupid poked his finger and took it tentatively. Aphrodite didn't hold it tightly, and Cupid took the golden apple directly. .
He raised the golden apple, squinted his eyes under the gorgeous sky, and saw a word, 'life', suddenly appeared on the green leaf adorned with the golden apple.
Cupid read it out, and after hearing the word, the golden apple was suddenly taken over by Aphrodite, he looked carefully, and there really was this word on the leaf, Aphrodite said in doubt: " Life? Is it what I think it is?"
As he muttered to himself, the earth had already cracked open with a rumble, and the ice on the ground shattered, revealing His Highness's dark ground.
The carriage drove into it, and Aphrodite came to the underworld again.
Different from the silence and monotony when he came last time, this time outside the river Styx was full of dead souls, and there were all kinds of dead souls, such as species, animals, livestock, monsters, etc...
They were crowded by the Styx River, their souls were covered with scars, and their resentment was still tormenting them. The mourning continued, and some dead souls attacked each other from time to time, which made the bleak scene even more terrifying, a living hell.
Hades frowned and glanced down, the speed of the carriage subconsciously slowed down a little, a look of worry appeared on his face, Cupid didn't want Aphrodite's reminder, and automatically hid in his father's arms, The pure white wings shrank, and the feathers exploded slightly.
Aphrodite opened her lips slightly, and a large piece of light golden light spit out from his mouth, falling from the sky in a thin glitter, sprinkled on the dead souls, purifying their souls, and healing their wounds at the same time.
Aphrodite suddenly snorted, and a strange color appeared in her eyes. Hades asked nervously, "Master, what's wrong?"
Aphrodite shook her head and did not answer, but said, "Nothing."
But he felt good in his heart, the job Apollo gave him was not purification at all, but the job of light.
Is he relying on Zeus not checking, and he went to Chencang with him in an open and honest way?
Because the job is not as powerful as the character, Aphrodite didn't look carefully, and she didn't realize the ingenuity until now.
Aphrodite was quite happy, thinking, not bad, Sunge didn't fight for him in vain.
The carriage flew very high. At the highest point in the underworld, Hades was worried that if it flew too low, it would be splashed by the Styx and sink.
Underneath, Charon, who had been ferrying back and forth for a long time without rest, raised his head and looked up at the sky. Across the carriage, Hades could feel Charon's resentful eyes.
Hades felt a little guilty, and suggested to Aphrodite: "Master, why don't we build a bridge first, so that Charon can rest. Then we close the gate of the underworld, so that the souls of the dead will not be able to enter. , it will not affect our subsequent transformation in the underworld."
Aphrodite shook her head and refused, "No, I'm in a hurry, His Royal Highness Tartarus."
Hades was stunned, and Aphrodite added: "I must first determine whether His Highness Tartarus will let me enter the abyss, and see if I can get the Soul Grid. If we can't get the Soul Grid, we will The transformation plan of Hades has to be changed.”
Hades nodded and said slowly, "Oh..."