Not long after, the walkie-talkie connected. The voice on the other end was very noisy: "Hello, what do you want? I'm busy!"
"What's that sound?" I listened carefully, as if a million soldiers were marching through, mixed with the clang of weapons. Ah, I knew it, she was in a cinema!
"If you have something to say, say it... Ah, you damn careful, you hit this seat!"
I introduced Lin Chi and said I wanted to see you.
"Got it, where?"
I then stated the address of the Shakespeare Bureau in Fucheng.
"So far away? In ten minutes, I'll take down Kaiyin Mansion first!"
With that, she hung up.
It didn't sound like she was watching a movie. Could she be at war?
Lin Chi and I waited curiously for a while. In less than five minutes, I felt an unusual aura surge from behind me. I activated my Qi Sensing technique, and sure enough, Little Yama had already phased through the wall. Her body was transitioning from transparent to solid, as if she had just come down from the battlefield. Her yellow robe was stained with blood, and there were many paper offerings and scraps of paper.
"I am Lin Chi, greetings to Your Highness Little Yama." Lin Chi immediately knelt on one knee.
I, however, did not get up from the sofa, as I had never knelt before.
Little Yama snatched the tea from my table and gulped it down. She sat on the sofa and looked at Lin Chi, "Get up."
"Your Highness Shuyao, did you take down that Kaiyin Mansion?" I asked.
Little Yama sneered, "Just a small city of a hundred thousand people, it was easy."
"Even you personally led the troops into battle?" Lin Chi asked.
Little Yama waved her hand, "I don't want to talk too much about the affairs of the Underworld. Speak, what do you need this venerable one for?"
Lin Chi did not dare to waste time or engage in pleasantries. She directly expressed their desire to offer assistance to the Underworld, representing Shakespeare, and indeed, the entire Yanxia.
"Help us suppress the rebellion?" Little Yama frowned and asked, "How will you help? By providing weapons or troops?"
"Forget about troops," Lin Chi waved her hand. Providing troops would mean killing living people and turning them into ghosts, which was unacceptable. "We can provide weapon support to help Your Highness and His Majesty quickly quell the war."
Little Yama looked up at the ceiling and thought, "I'm afraid that's not appropriate. If your mortal world's modern weapons are used, some in the Underworld might not be convinced. Do you know that the most advanced weapons in the Underworld currently are only antique firearms? They are generally five hundred years behind your mortal world. Even the Western Pure Land is no different. Most combat is still in the era of cold weapons."
I scratched my head. "Your Highness Shuyao, I didn't quite understand. Why do you know you're so far behind but not introduce modern technology from the mortal world?"
Qin Shuyao chuckled, "Besides the Yin Messengers who can travel between the Yin and Yang realms, not many people know. Since the separation of Yin and Yang eight hundred years ago, there has been almost no interaction between the mortal world and the Underworld. Most newly deceased ghosts are of humble existence, with very limited soul power. Even if modern weapons were used, they would be ineffective. Currently, the main forces of various factions in the Underworld, including the commanders and ghost soldiers, are still 'great souls' from before the Qing Dynasty. They are unaware of the power of modern weapons. Even if they have heard of it, they don't believe it because they haven't seen it."
I didn't really understand what Little Yama was saying, only grasping the general idea. In short, technology in the Underworld was backward. If modern weapons could be transported in, Qin Shuyao's side would definitely have an advantage. However, if the enemy learned of this and experienced it, they would also start eyeing modern weapons, rebalancing the forces. Therefore, Qin Shuyao felt that weapons were not important; fighting still relied on "combat power," which was what she called soul power?
That's how I understood it, anyway.
"But at least, I understand Shakespeare's intentions. Our Yin Messenger Bureau will also carry out further rectification, striving to maintain the balance between the Yin and Yang realms," Little Yama politely declined Lin Chi's kind offer.
However, she added, "If you could develop weapons that resemble firearms but are slightly more powerful, I don't think the rebels would necessarily notice anything."
I nodded emphatically. "This is a good idea!"
Lin Chi cupped her fists. "Understood, we will immediately proceed with research according to your instructions!"
"Don't make it too obvious," Little Yama said with a smile.
"Understood!"
"I'm leaving, I have another battle to fight soon." Little Yama waved her sleeve, winked at me, and her figure disappeared...