Chapter 048: The Yellow Springs Road

Settle these people in Hell?

Wang Bo was taken aback, instinctively wanting to refuse, but when he calmed down and thought it over carefully, he suddenly felt that this idea wasn't as bad as he had imagined; in a sense, it was actually the best choice.

After all, Hela still didn't know when she could develop an antidote, and he couldn't stay here forever. If he sent these people to Hell, not only could they survive, but it would also prevent more infections.

It could be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Wang Bo's eyes darted around a few times, and he was about to agree when a flash of inspiration struck him.

He thought of a better idea.

"Forget it, I'll handle this myself," Wang Bo said.

Lady Gremory didn't argue, showing a smile that said, "Whatever makes you happy."

Wang Bo continued, "It's decided then. I'll deal with these people. You two find the River of Forgetfulness and the Yellow Springs Road as soon as possible, and then destroy them."

Hela nodded. Lady Gremory said, "You really know how to order people around."

Wang Bo smiled ingratiatingly and said, "I'm short-handed, so help me out. Next time you need something, I'll go all out."

Only then did Lady Gremory nod in satisfaction. Hela was Wang Bo's subordinate, but she was not.

Wang Bo knew this well, so he treated Lady Gremory and Hela completely differently—one with condescension, the other with equality.

This filled Hela with resentment, but she said nothing.

However, she was no pushover; she was probably plotting something, and might explode at any moment.

On the other hand, after sending Hela and Lady Gremory away, Wang Bo went alone to the Western Hemisphere.

He first gathered all the infected people in the Western Hemisphere to prevent them from infecting others further.

But this action caused panic in the Western Hemisphere.

After all, people were disappearing every day, including emperors and ministers, which naturally caused a huge uproar.

When Wang Bo acted, he didn't care about the occasion; he grabbed people wherever he saw them. Some kings were in the middle of meetings when they suddenly vanished, leaving the rest in a panic.

Many thought it was the wrath of the gods.

The Church took this opportunity to promote their faith.

It took Wang Bo several days to clean up the infected in the Western Hemisphere. He found that some of them had already lost their minds and turned into puppets.

For such people, Wang Bo could only take extreme measures—burning them to ashes, leaving no trace.

The remaining people were temporarily left on an island by Wang Bo.

Of course, a single island couldn't accommodate nearly a million people, so Wang Bo used magic to move island after island, piecing together a small landmass in the vast Pacific Ocean.

For Wang Bo as he was now, this was not difficult.

Then, Wang Bo exiled all the captured people to this island, stocked enough food for a year, and left a large number of seeds.

As long as these people were willing to work, no one would starve on the island.

Before leaving the island, Wang Bo set up a barrier to hide it.

Just like the Paradise Island where Diana lived.

For now, no one could leave the island, nor could anyone find this vast land. The people on the island were completely isolated from the outside world.

Wang Bo penned these people up here to protect others.

If they were lucky, they might wait until Hela developed an antidote for the Thousand-Change Puppet Silk.

If they were unlucky and died before Hela found the antidote, Wang Bo could do nothing—maybe that was fate.

After all, it was their misfortune to be infected.

At least Wang Bo didn't throw them into Hell, which was already merciful, since Hell was no place for humans.

No matter which Hell it was.

After penning up the infected in the Western Hemisphere, Wang Bo began to clean up the infected in the Eastern Hemisphere.

The Eastern Hemisphere had only tens of thousands of infected, so any island would do to settle them.

Wang Bo did not put the infected from the Eastern and Western Hemispheres together, as their cultures and languages were different. Forcing them together would only cause conflict.

So Wang Bo had to place the two groups separately.

While settling the people from the Eastern Hemisphere, Wang Bo found that many famous martial arts masters were infected, including Ximen Chuixue, Yan Nantian, Ye Gucheng, and even Huo Xiu.

The virus was hidden inside them, ready to erupt at any time.

So Wang Bo had to capture them and exile them to an island, setting up a barrier to prevent them from leaving.

During this process, Wang Bo naturally faced resistance, but even all of them together were no match for him. With a little effort, Wang Bo crushed them.

As for the little old man Wu Ming, he was naturally among them.

To prevent them from killing each other, Wang Bo told them that if they could jointly create a world-shaking martial art, he would let them go.

Among those present were many martial arts heroes. Wang Bo hoped they could use their great wisdom to create a peerless technique.

Even if they were unlucky and turned into puppets before Hela developed the antidote, they could leave behind a few peerless martial arts to benefit future generations, at least preventing many martial arts from being lost.

After Wang Bo finished dealing with the infected, good news came from Hela and Lady Gremory respectively.

Hela found the Yellow Springs Road, and Lady Gremory found the River of Forgetfulness.

Wang Bo was overjoyed and hurried over. The Yellow Springs Road was hidden in a remote mountain path in the Kunlun Mountains, which surprised him greatly.

In fact, the Valley of Evil was also in the Kunlun Mountains. Wang Bo had been there before, but he never expected that besides the Wangxiang Terrace, the Kunlun Mountains also hid the Yellow Springs Road.

After arriving at the Kunlun Mountains, Wang Bo found Hela, and under her guidance, he finally saw the Yellow Springs Road.

It turned out that the reason Wang Bo hadn't discovered the Yellow Springs Road in the Kunlun Mountains last time was that it had been hidden.

Obviously, it was done by the Yin gods of the underworld.

To prevent others from finding the Yellow Springs Road, they cast spells to conceal it from mortal eyes.

But this couldn't fool Hela.

As the Goddess of Death, she was extremely sensitive to deathly energy. As soon as she entered the Kunlun Mountains, she sensed something was wrong. After some investigation, she finally found the Yellow Springs Road.