50,000 years ago, Hell was destroyed because of too much Foul from the resentment of the souls that later turned to Soul Eaters and devoured everything in their wake, leaving nothing of Hell. The gods above in Heaven, in order to take care of the newly-died souls, created the Afterlife Department comprised of grim reapers. Huo Ling was delivering food that day when he met Yi Bing and the guy gave him a warning. When he arrived to the customer's unit, he was killed. Huo Ling: you set up a death flag for me! Yi Bing: I'm a grim reaper. I'm the flag myself. Let me help you solve the mystery of your death. Huo Ling: your sister! Alternative title: The Different Ways I Died at 23 Update: daily
Their expressions turned serious as they pondered further. How about those experimental subjects, then? Should they have died there, too? Or, it was fated for them to not yet die, thus they were evacuated? They thought as they frowned, suddenly feeling uneasy. They have a bad guess. And, their guess was spoken by Jiu Ye.
Jiu Ye looked at them anxiously. "S – senior Feng and senior Lili…" he muttered. "T – their objective was to end the experiments, right?" he spoke in a small voice.
But, because the surroundings are silent, his voice can be heard by them.
"The – these experiments include both the researchers and the experimental subjects which are the cores." Jiu Ye continued when he saw that they didn't speak and so his confidence increased. "Then… then senior Feng and senior Lili… they should have…" he said and pursed his lips. He didn't continue since he knows that his seniors could guess what he means.