Chapter 303

At this time, in the divine domain of the 'Main World', Aether felt a god knocking on the door of the abyss and quickly checked the public channel of the 'Blueprint of the Gods'.

A 'public channel' is an information platform that allows members performing tasks to specifically call on other members who are also performing tasks. Since a lower god cannot directly contact a higher god they don't know, they leave messages on the public channel, and higher gods can voluntarily respond if they choose.

Aether looked at the channel and considered the world from which the message had come for this mission. Although the 'Abyss' is a gathering place for all negativity in the Teyvat universe, it does not accept just anything. For instance, the weirdos whose mere appearance is off-putting are not welcome in the Abyss. Abyssal creatures are already unsightly enough without bringing in additional grotesque entities.

However, the evildoers of the "610 Office" who had committed heinous crimes? Yes, the Abyss would accept them. The Abyss was originally intended to punish sinners, ensuring that once they enter, they never reincarnate. The Abyss was in dire need of labor, and Aether knew it.

Aether thought about the vastness of the Abyss, where only a handful of humanoid abyssal species and very few soul-bound sinners resided. If it weren't for a few useful Abyss Demon Gods, even the main city on the Abyss Continent wouldn't have been built. Currently, the city paled in comparison to the main cities of the Seven Kingdoms; it was like a crude stack of blocks, lacking in any refined details. After all, the Abyss Demon Gods could perform heavy labor, but expecting them to carve intricate designs was unreasonable. Aether couldn't very well carve flowers onto buildings himself, could he?

So, Aether accepted Kamisato Ayato's proposal on the public channel. Then, he applied to "Heavenly Law" for permission to open the Abyss Gate on "One Punch Earth."

Meanwhile, hundreds of 'quasi-gods' and the full support of the 'Hero Association' had successfully purged 26 cities of all weirdos hostile to humanity, arresting those evildoers who had committed heinous crimes. In this anarchic world, there were a surprising number of human beings guilty of atrocious deeds. In the original timeline, on the eve of the war with the 'Weirdos Association', the number of villains recruited by the 'Hero Association' surpassed the number of heroes.

The day after the world was purged, the last dragon-level monster, Elder Centipede, was found. Under the siege of over a hundred quasi-gods, its two-kilometer-long body was reduced to fragments no larger than half a meter. Elder Centipede was killed before it could even destroy a single building in the city.

On the third day, after the cities were cleared, the purging extended to the weirdos outside urban areas. Most weirdos were hiding in abandoned cities, and in less than five days, the entire world was cleared of them. The planetary consciousness, which had been spawning weirdos, ceased, and from that point on, their numbers would only dwindle until they disappeared altogether.

In just a few days, the world had been completely transformed. Even the abandoned cities were bulldozed during the purge. If not for the city's foundations, no one would believe that just a few days earlier, this planet had been crawling with weirdos.

At this time, in 26 cities, people flooded the streets and alleys, cheering as celebrations erupted. In the central squares of each city, the captured evildoers were brought forward. Their hands and feet were bound with special iron chains, and they were led to the central squares under the supervision of heroes.

In the center of each square stood a hundred-meter-high, red, ominous gate. The gates were slowly opening, revealing a black and red vortex—the very image of what people imagined hell to be.

Thanks to the explanations given by the 'quasi-gods,' the people on this earth had reshaped their worldview: the "Abyss of Hell," the "Divine Realm of Heaven," "Parallel Worlds," and "Reincarnation"—all of these were real. It was time to send these evildoers to hell, where they would never be reincarnated and would suffer for eternity.

While the crowds cheered, the criminals cried out in terror. Every evildoer brought to the "Gate of Hell" broke down in tears. Bound hands and feet couldn't prevent them from biting at the ground in desperation.

"I don't want to go to hell! Let me go!"

"Get away from me! I'll kill you!"

"I was wrong! Please spare me!"

But the heroes showed no mercy. They kicked the criminals one by one into the swirling vortex, their hysterical screams echoing out as they disappeared, causing the criminals still waiting their turn to wet themselves in fear.

Among the prisoners, bound tightly in special iron chains, was Sykes—captured by Jean and brought to the Heroes Association's headquarters for judgment. She was bound by chains made of "Born World" marcasite to ensure she could not escape. Hell Fubuki, her former friend, was responsible for bringing her to the gate.

Sykes' face twisted in fury as she cursed at Fubuki. "Hell Fubuki! Let me go! Don't think—"

Hell Fubuki, furious and ashamed that her former friend had plotted humanity's extinction, stuffed her boot into Sykes' mouth to silence her. "Shut up, Sykes. Go to hell and atone for your sins!" With that, she threw Sykes into the vortex.

In the Abyss, the happiest beings were the three abyssal demons. Yuanshang's grin split his face as he watched the millions of criminals being thrown into the Abyss.

"Hehehe, finally, new laborers in the Abyss. Our master will finally be free from His Highness' whip!" Yuanshang declared. A whip appeared in his hand. "You sinners, I am the Demon God of the Abyss, a superior god. You must call me Lord God now. Half of you will work in the mines, and the other half will carve stones in the city. Disobey, and you'll spend a year burning in the fires of the Abyss, a year in the Abyssal Spring, and a year under my whip."

The terrifying aura of the three abyssal demons enveloped the heads of the criminals. Many fainted from fear, including Sykes, who had been bound like a rice dumpling.

Meanwhile, Takumi returned to the 'Divine Realm' with a cold smile on his lips. "Next, we proceed directly to the DXD world."