UD | Chapter 2 – Underworld Delivery
by North_SkyDoctor—
Rong Leying instinctively wanted to call for a doctor to treat the little boy’s wounds.
Before the words could leave her mouth, the boy spoke first.
“Big Sister, are you here to help me deliver something?”
Deliver what?
Rong Leying looked utterly confused.
Then a thought suddenly occurred to her.
Slowly, she lowered her head.
Blood had already spread across the floor.
The crimson pool had expanded so far that it had reached her feet.
What kind of child could possibly survive losing this much blood?
And how had this boy appeared out of nowhere?
An absurd possibility surfaced in her mind.
Half her body instantly went numb.
With great difficulty, she raised her head and looked carefully.
The boy’s body was slightly transparent.
Through him, she could clearly see the blue floor markings beneath.
Rong Leying’s entire body went numb.
Good heavens.
She had prayed for the gods to save her grandfather.
She had not prayed for a little ghost to come and open the door to a brand-new world.
Brother, at least understand the assignment!
If she hadn’t been naturally brave, she might have gone ahead of her grandfather and started exploring the afterlife first.
“Big Sister, are you helping me deliver something or not?”
Seeing her remain silent, the boy asked again.
He raised the toy airplane in his hand.
“Big Sister, I want to give this airplane to my dad.”
As he spoke, he looked toward the man sitting on the bench.
His eyes were filled with guilt and regret.
He regretted not listening to his father.
He shouldn’t have secretly gone downstairs alone to retrieve the airplane.
At that moment, the notification from earlier appeared in Rong Leying’s mind again.
【Please deliver the toy airplane currently in Xu Zihang’s possession outside the operating rooms of Dongning Hospital’s Emergency Building to Xu Yunfei.
Reward upon successful delivery:
【5 Merit Points】
【50,000 Yuan Delivery Fee】
Would the courier like to accept this order?】
Looking at the airplane in the boy’s hand, Rong Leying hurriedly opened her phone.
An unfamiliar app interface filled the screen.
In the upper-left corner was a default profile picture.
Beside it was her name:
Rong Leying
And after it, five additional characters:
Underworld Delivery Courier
Below that was a status line.
【Merit Points: 0】
In the upper-right corner was an icon shaped like a small house.
Further down were several menu buttons:
【Pending Orders】
【Orders in Progress】
【Completed Orders】
The interface was surprisingly simple.
A red notification dot appeared beside Orders in Progress.
After tapping it, she saw the same delivery request as before.
Beneath it was a countdown timer.
【00:59:01】
One hour.
That was the time limit for completing the order.
Understanding dawned on her immediately.
She stared at the little boy in disbelief.
“Xu Zihang?”
The moment she spoke the name, the man who had been sitting motionless on the bench suddenly stirred.
He slowly lifted his head and looked toward her.
His eyes were terrifyingly red.
His face was covered in stubble.
His cheeks were hollow and gaunt.
Compared to the little ghost, he looked even more like a wandering spirit.
However, he seemed unable to see the boy.
His gaze lingered on Rong Leying for only two seconds before lowering again.
He returned to his statue-like stillness.
The little boy nodded.
“My name is Xu Zihang.”
He pointed toward the man.
“That’s my dad. Big Sister, please help me give him the airplane.”
So this was the child from the delivery order.
All she had to do was hand the toy airplane to that man.
The problem was—
How was she supposed to take something from a ghost?
Then she froze.
…She could.
She had actually taken an object from a ghost.
Her scalp tingled.
The airplane in her hand suddenly felt as hot as a burning coal.
She had only tried casually.
Yet somehow she had effortlessly taken the toy from Xu Zihang’s hand.
Wow.
Her understanding of reality was rapidly collapsing and reconstructing itself.
Fantastic.
Rong Leying very much wanted to throw the thing away.
But seeing the boy’s pitiful expression, she suppressed the urge.
She didn’t know how he had died.
Nor did she know the story between him and his father.
But if she died…
Or if her grandfather died…
The second possibility made her heart ache painfully.
Rong Leying glanced toward the operating room.
Taking a deep breath, she turned around and walked over to the man.
Holding out the airplane, she said,
“Xu Yunfei, your son Xu Zihang asked me to give this to you.”
She thought that if one day she and her loved ones were separated by life and death, she too would hope for someone like this.
Someone who could deliver her final words or belongings.
Hearing his son’s name once more, Xu Yunfei finally reacted.
He slowly raised his head.
The moment he saw the airplane, light gradually returned to his dull, bloodshot eyes.
He snatched the toy model from Rong Leying’s hand.
Turning it over repeatedly, he finally found a familiar marking on the underside.
This was the custom-made gift he had ordered for his son.
His son’s name and birthday were engraved upon it.
It was his son’s airplane.
The airplane he had searched for desperately but never found.
And the very thing responsible for his son’s death.
Xu Yunfei looked up at Rong Leying.
His voice was hoarse and rough from not speaking for so long.
“Where did you find this airplane?”
Rong Leying pointed toward Xu Zihang.
“Your son gave it to me. He asked me to pass it to you.”
Xu Yunfei instinctively followed the direction of her finger.
Xu Zihang stood there expectantly, looking at his father.
But Xu Yunfei saw nothing.
He turned back to stare at Rong Leying.
Either this girl was mentally unstable…
Or she was deliberately mocking him.
“You probably can’t see him.”
Rong Leying shrugged.
“But your son really asked me to give it to you. He’s standing right there.”
After saying that, she returned to her original spot.
Her task had only been to deliver the item.
Whether Xu Yunfei believed her or not had nothing to do with her.
[Ding!]
[Order Completed.]
[Merit Points and Rewards Have Been Issued.]
The familiar cold mechanical voice sounded again.
Rong Leying immediately checked her phone.
A text message from her bank had arrived.
50,000 yuan had been deposited into her account.
Her breathing stopped for a moment.
Her heartbeat accelerated.
It was real.
Actually real.
She quickly switched back to the Underworld Delivery app.
The red notification beside Orders in Progress had disappeared.
A new red dot appeared beside Completed Orders.
Her Merit Points had changed from 0 to 5.
Underworld Delivery…
Underworld Delivery…
She silently repeated the name.
Merit Points…
Suddenly, a thought struck her.
Her heart skipped a beat.
Could it be…
She immediately tapped the house-shaped icon in the upper-right corner.
A page resembling an online shopping marketplace opened.
Countless products were displayed inside.
There were:
《Beauty Pills》
《Disguise Pills》
《Black Jade Regeneration Ointment》
《Itching Powder》
《Soft Tendon Powder》
《Five Poisons Powder》
There were also:
《Swift Legs》
《Superhuman Strength》
《Bone Shrinking Technique》
And talismans:
《Exorcism Talisman》
《Peach Blossom Talisman》
《Safety Talisman》
As well as:
《Marrow Cleansing Pill》
《Nine Revolutions Resurrection Pill》
《Eternal Youth Pill》
There were even clothes and decorative items.
…
Incredible.
The marketplace contained everything from martial arts and mysticism to cultivation treasures.
Every item had a corresponding price.
Beauty-related products such as whitening pills and appearance-enhancing pills were relatively cheap.
However, skill books, abilities, and specialized tools were extremely expensive.
Some prices didn’t even have an upper limit.
Rong Leying’s gaze immediately locked onto one item.
《Life-Restoring Resurrection Pill》
She opened the details page.
The product image showed nothing more than a pitch-black pill.
It looked exactly like an unlicensed, counterfeit health supplement.
Price:
【88 Merit Points】
or
【5,000,000 Yuan】
Below was the description.
━━━━━━━━━━
《Life-Restoring Resurrection Pill》
Restores the vitality of critically injured individuals.
Can even bring the dead back to life.
━━━━━━━━━━
Rong Leying’s heart began racing.
If this thing was real—
Then Grandpa could be saved.
Immediately, she attempted to purchase it.
A notification appeared.
【Insufficient Merit Points】
However, installment payments were available.
Additionally:
【First-Time User Discount】
Reduce cost by:
【20 Merit Points】
or
【1,000,000 Yuan】
Even after subtracting one million yuan, she would still need four million.
She obviously didn’t have that much money.
That left only the Merit Point option.
After the discount, the price became:
【68 Merit Points】
Installments could be spread over twenty-four payments.
Monthly interest rate:
【5%】
Just the interest alone would amount to:
【79.2 Merit Points】
Rong Leying stared at the numbers.
“…Damn.”
“This system is ruthless.”