Chapter 1

The bald black man sighed. "Anyway, thanks again to the God of Pain and Telecommunications, Mr. Steve Jobs.

The 5G base stations he built not only gave us mobile networks, but also healed the divided Underworld to some extent.

All parties were finally able to sit down and negotiate properly, electing this session's members of the Underworld Council.

And you have been chosen as the legal advisor."

"Me?"

Mule pointed at himself.

Honestly, he had already gone mentally insane when the bald black man had mentioned the names of the five dinosaurs from the 1990s American cartoon *Extreme Dinosaurs*.

This bizarre and unrestrained worldview setting wouldn't even appear in a Japanese light novel with a title longer than twenty characters.

"Yes, you are Kevin Lomax, a lawyer known as the embodiment of law, a paragon of morality, and a synonym for justice in the real world.

You are not afraid of the powerful, adhere to the truth, and protect the kind from the evil.

You insist on vegetarianism, treat all life in the world kindly, and your words and deeds are impeccable, perfectly reflecting the mainstream morality of human society, which meets the appreciation standards of the Dinosaur Overlords."

The bald black man said humbly, "We have invited you here this time because we need you to use your legal expertise to solve the problems of the Underworld Council."

Mule subconsciously asked, "What problems?"

"I don't know about that,"

The bald black man shook his head, "Although I am the most senior and experienced messenger in the Underworld,

I am only a messenger,

not enough to know the inside story."

"..."

Mule was silent, and an ominous premonition suddenly rose in his heart.

If this journey to hell required him to eliminate monsters along the way and complete adventures, it would be fine.

He had four players by his side to help him, collecting information, predicting fortunes, offering suggestions, and performing their respective duties.

He was not afraid of combat-type missions.

But if it was all about using his mouth, completing the mission by arguing the whole time...

Mule, who had social difficulties, felt that his life was very difficult.

"Tsk, so we've all been deceived by the system,"

The witch smacked her lips unhappily, squinting her eyes and said, "I originally thought that the 'follow the Underworld envoy and travel through the Underworld hell' mentioned in the mission description,

meant that we were to follow the Underworld envoy and travel through hell, purgatory, and Mount Paradise like Dante.

I didn't expect this mission description to be just a smokescreen.

The so-called travel is actually just a sightseeing tour.

The real highlight is probably the 'legal affairs' that Fury mentioned."

"Then what should we do?"

Forest Cat held the camera and looked at her companion with some confusion, and said, "I'm not a lawyer.

Uh, do any of you have a law degree?"

"I can remember some legal provisions of the world's five major legal systems,"

Black Wooden Horse said helplessly, "I can even recite them clearly. However, my understanding of the law is limited to reciting the provisions.

It may not be realistic to use them skillfully."

The three players looked at each other, feeling a kind of "I reviewed math problems for a long time last night, full of confidence, but the next day I took an English test" kind of pain.

They did review, but the problem was that they reviewed the wrong thing! ! !

Mule looked straight at Fury, listening to the conversation of the three experts in his ears, and his heart sank.

It was true that he was an information broker, and he had also helped customers solve legal disputes,

but he was not a professional lawyer after all.

He couldn't use the legal rules and regulations freely at all.

"So, what do we do now?"

Forest Cat hesitated and said, "None of us know legal knowledge. If the employer is asked, he will be exposed in no time."

The witch frowned and said, "Stay calm. The system will not issue a mission that is bound to die.

When it teleports the employer into the mission world, it has already tailored a path or multiple paths to clear the level for him.

There must be a way out..."

The three frowned and pondered,

Black Wooden Horse thought of something and turned to look at Li Ang,

but he saw Li Ang floating in mid-air, putting his hands in front of his eyes in the shape of binoculars, looking at the "5G signal tower" in the distance.

"Combining traditional occult rituals with modern integrated circuit technology?

Oh, awesome, there is such a way of thinking, I'll go practice it right away..."

Li Ang looked at the signal tower and marveled to himself.

Black Wooden Horse couldn't help coughing twice to attract his attention, "Ahem, Mr. Shadow Man?"

Wooden Horse waved at Li Ang, causing the latter to float down from mid-air.

"What's the matter?"

"We're discussing the script strategy,"

Black Wooden Horse explained, "I don't know what you think?"

Li Ang said as a matter of course: "Of course I'm standing by and watching."

Black Wooden Horse "… I'm not asking about your point of view, I'm asking if you have a solution."

"A solution..."

Li Ang frowned slightly, "Well, I can only say that I know a little about legal matters,

I certainly can't say that I'm very professional."

"That's better than knowing nothing."

Black Wooden Horse breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and turned to Mule and said, "Mr. Employer, the most urgent thing is to get more information from this messenger.

Whether we are going to act as defense lawyers and conduct a trial later,

or we are going to use legal knowledge to write laws for the Underworld,

we need to understand the local customs of the Underworld first."

Mule didn't answer, just gestured with his fingers behind his back to indicate that he understood.

"Ah, it's getting late,"

The bald black man looked at the alarm clock on his phone screen, smiled and said to Mule, "We'd better hurry up, the next journey won't be easy."

He tapped the ground a few times with his cane,

and the ground under Mule's feet immediately retreated rapidly, instantly crossing a long distance. When he opened his eyes again, Mule was already in front of a wall.

This wall was made of black giant stones, towering into the clouds, spanning the left and right horizons, majestic and magnificent. Just looking at it from a distance,

one could feel the huge sense of oppression brought by the miraculous creation of the gods.

In the middle of the wall, there was a tall wooden door.

Two rows of strange characters were engraved on the door.

The upper row of characters had been crossed out, while the lower row of characters had newer engravings.

The font symbols themselves were difficult to identify, but they could make people feel a sense of clarity in their hearts, understanding the meaning of the words written on the door.

The line of writing that was crossed out read: "Through me, enter the city of pain, enter the deep pit of eternal bitterness, enter the crowd of eternal doom."

The new line of writing below read: "Atlantic Region Human Soul Channel. Please line up and walk to the right after entering the door."

"This is the gate of hell."

Fury stepped forward and waved his cane, and the door retreated to both sides in response.

After the door opened, what appeared in front of everyone was a wide river.

The River Styx had arrived.