Hell's Handbook

Chapter 273: Welcome Back

Based on Chu Yi’s response, everyone was sure that his memories had stopped at the moment the pigheaded demigod slammed him to dust.

But Su Jin still asked him in a patient voice, “Do you remember the cult?”

“What cult?”

“What about how you massacred the resistance army?”

“Massacred who?!”

“And what about the huge fight you had with me? You don’t remember any of it at all?”

“Waaaaaait a minute. Boss, when did I have a huge fight with you?” Chu Yi’s eyes had gone wide. He was so confused. His current health was fine, but he couldn’t seem to understand a single thing Su Jin was saying.

Su Jin nodded his head slightly and said, “Looks like even though the cult had revived his soul along with his body, their methods were still problematic. Chu Yi’s soul was probably in hibernation mode or something like that, so he doesn’t have any memory of what his body did. So, it’s more accurate to say that they had revived a zombie rather than they had actually revived Chu Yi.”

Everyone agreed with Su Jin’s analysis. The revived body had the same strength and techniques as Chu Yi, but it didn’t contain a soul. These abilities were purely muscle memory.

Meanwhile, Chu Yi was completely bewildered by this time. He felt as though he had taken a short nap and woken up to a completely different world.

“Did the whole world get reprogrammed while I slept or what?” grumbled Chu Yi.

“While you slept? Did that feel like you’d merely slept?” asked Su Jin.

“If not?” Chu Yi nodded with a dazed expression on his face.

Su Jin shook his head. “You’re really something. To put it accurately, you’ve actually already died once.”

“I died once?” Chu Yi was stunned for a moment, before flying into a rage. “WHO DID IT?!”

“Who do you think?” asked the rest at the same time.

“That pighead? Shit! That despicable, scheming, shameless asshole!” cursed Chu Yi angrily. He turned and asked Su Jin, “Boss, did I die a terrible death?”

Su Jin couldn’t believe Chu Yi was in the mood to ask such a question. He said gravely, “It was terrible. So terrible that we couldn’t look at you. We could only put up a gravestone for you.”

“Why?”

“You were smashed to dust by that fellow. And you’re asking why?” said Su Jin huffily.

“The fuck?!” Chu Yi cursed angrily again, then asked, “And what’s all this about a cult, a resistance army and having a big fight with you?”

“Well, what happened was that there was actually a chance to revive you not long after you died. But at the same time, the cult in your world revived you first. A person can only die once, so they can only be revived once after that. You get that logic?” said Su Jin.

“Yeah,” Chu Yi nodded.

Su Jin went on, “But the cult’s method of reviving people was problematic, so they only revived your body and trapped your soul inside your consciousness, so you were like a zombie.

“But because your body had already turned your fighting abilities into an instinct of sorts, the cult made use of these abilities to attack the resistance army within your universe, and so you ended up killing quite a number of people.”

An apologetic look flashed in Chu Yi’s eyes. He was originally on good terms with the resistance army and even thought of joining them at one time.

“After that, someone from the resistance army came looking for me, saying they didn’t know how to deal with you.”

“That’s impossible. The resistance army isn’t as formidable as the cult, but they’ve got plenty of highly skilled fighters. It’ll be hard to deal with me but definitely not impossible,” said Chu Yi.

Su Jin rolled his eyes and said, “I discovered that for myself later on. But in any case, if we wanted to revive you, we had to kill the version revived by the cult. And so I didn’t really have a choice.

“So, I accepted their invitation to your universe, then had a big fight with your revived body.”

“And what happened in the end?”

“In the end I beat you to death, obviously. How else would we have revived you?” snapped Su Jin.

“I was… beaten to death!” Chu Yi wasn’t sure if he ought to laugh or to cry now.

“If not? Would you rather continue being a slave to that cult?”

“Of course not! But I want to know if I was a formidable enemy! Was this a neck and neck fight?” Chu Yi was looking forward to the answer as he asked this question that came naturally to him as a martial artist.

Su Jin burst his bubble. “I killed you with my psychokinesis.”

Chu Yi immediately looked sorrowful.

“Haha! It doesn’t matter anymore. Welcome back to the team, Chu Yi!” Su Jin hugged Chu Yi.

“Welcome back to the team, Yi!” Kano Mai hugged him too.

“Welcome back!” Wu Chen and Situ Jin took turns to hug him too.

Chu Yi felt a little awkward and scratched his head as he said, “All of you look so serious, but I really just felt like I woke up from a good nap, so I really can’t match your emotions!”

“Also… is this lady here… new?” Chu Yi’s eyes lit up when he spotted Bo Ya.

“This is Bo Ya, who joined us after the last Challenge,” Su Jin introduced her to Chu Yi.

Bo Ya held her hand out to Chu Yi with a friendly smile. “Hello, I’m Bo Ya. Please take care of me!”

Chu Yi hurriedly shook her hand and grinned as he said, “Hello! Do you have a boyfriend?”

“She does, and he’s standing right in front of you. Don’t you think you ought to let go of her hand now?” snapped Situ Jin in an annoyed voice.

Chu Yi blinked in surprise, then wailed, “Why are you guys doing this to me?! We should just change the name of the team to Team ‘Let’s Make the Singles Feel Miserable’! Don’t you think so, Wu Chen?”

“What has this got to do with me?” asked Wu Chen in a confused voice.

“Sister Mai and Boss are a pair, Situ and Miss Bo Ya are a pair, so we’re the only miserable singles in this team!” said Chu Yi matter-of-factly.

Su Jin and Kano Mai’s expressions flinched very slightly, but neither said anything. It was best not to engage Chu Yi on this topic.

“You can go ahead and be miserable! I’m doing very well in my universe, so I don’t lack women,” sneered Wu Chen with disdain.

“In that case… I’m the only miserable single here?” Chu Yi had a look of disbelief. He wailed at Su Jin, “Why did you have to revive me? Why didn’t you just leave me to dieeee…”

With Chu Yi around, the atmosphere of the team was a lot more relaxed. Su Jin and the rest recounted what happened during this time, especially the three Challenges they went through without him.

“The team was nearly wiped out and Boss nearly died?” Chu Yi could hardly believe his ears. He grinned and said, “Looks like I’m still very important! If I were around in these Challenges, they wouldn’t have been so tough.”

They all nodded slightly. It was true that Chu Yi was very formidable indeed. When it came to fighting prowess, Su Jin was the best in the team. But if you took Su Jin out of the picture, Chu Yi was probably the next best.

Wu Chen was formidable too, but he was not suitable for sustaining through tough fights. This was a weakness that came with his Spirit Power. Wu Chen was a powerful figure in general, but his actual fighting abilities were no match for Chu Yi’s. At the same time, his survival skills and adaptability levels were way higher than Chu Yi’s.

If Chu Yi had been around for the Alien Invasion and the recently completed Exorcist Challenges, they would have had an easier time. But without Wu Chen, they might have died.

Chu Yi had just been revived and had to get used to a lot of things. The changes in the rules alone were enough for him to chew on for quite a while.

After they were done celebrating Chu Yi’s return, they moved their focus back to their Hell Domain. The most important thing to settle now was to decide which area Bo Ya ought to be strong in.

“I would like to choose a healer’s path. Team Boning Knife has plenty of fighters, but you don’t have enough backup and support.” Bo Ya was able to analyze the team’s makeup very well.

The rest of the team nodded in agreement. Yang Mo had also chosen this path before, but he ended up dying in the Level A Challenge, All Have Sinned, before he could really take on this role in the team. After that, nobody in the team specialized in this, so Bo Ya’s choice was a very suitable one.

Since everyone was agreeable, Bo Ya’s role in the team was decided.

“Since you’re going to be the medic, then you’ll probably find this useful,” said Wu Chen suddenly. He retrieved a badge from his Handbook.

This badge had a shield as its main design and the shield had a pair of angel wings attached to it. The mostly white color of the design also made one feel assured by just looking at it.

“Honor of a Medic, A Grade Spirit Power item. Option 1 requires 10 points per minute of any non-dark type Spirit Power. Item will multiply the effect and speed of the user’s healing skills by three.

“Option 2 requires 100 points per minute to multiply the effect and speed by ten times.

“Option 3 requires 1000 points per minute to multiply the effect and speed by 20 times.”

Everyone stared with their mouths wide open when they read what the Honor of a Medic could do. They just needed Bo Ya to activate her Spirit Power and this item would enable her to become the super doctor of the team.

“An A Grade Spirit Power item, gosh,” remarked Su Jin. This item in the hands of a medic would have an even more incredible effect than his Gift from the Gods.

“This… this is too precious, I can’t accept it.” Bo Ya was new, but she could tell how valuable the item was by just looking at the expressions on the faces of the other members.

Wu Chen laughed and said, “It is very precious, but I don’t have any use for it. It’s only of use to me if I give it to you.”

Everyone knew what Wu Chen meant. If Bo Ya could become a super doctor with this item, the ones who would benefit were her teammates.

Since that was the case, Bo Ya didn’t refuse it anymore. She gratefully accepted the Honor of a Medic badge.

After that, everyone looked at the catalog of items and exchanged their points for a few things.

But Su Jin was reminded that he had one more item from the last Challenge, which was the dagger that the shapeshifter had used to secretly attack him. Su Jin tried to see what this dagger was capable of, only to discover he needed to spend points to authenticate it.

“Since it could actually hurt me, this thing can’t be trash, right?” muttered Su Jin to himself. But his eyes flew open immediately after that, because authenticating this dagger was actually going to cost him a whopping 5,000 points.