Extra III: Sanlang’s Trial

Unsurprisingly, San Lang wasn’t at peace during his death. After he and all the little c*ckroaches turned into ghosts, they floated, drifted, and sailed, traveling to the Underworld. He recalled what had happened. Therefore, to end this despicable “murderous” method, he decided to take up the weapon of law.

The Hall of King Yama.

At this moment, King Yama and his little Pan Pan were reading through a mountain-like pile of documents when a ghost servant came to report: “A c*ckroach wants to avenge his grievances.” 

“c*ckroach?” King Yama suspected that he heard it wrong. How could such a thing from the Animal Path be here and seek justice?

“Yes, my lord! It is indeed a c*ckroach!” The ghost servant reported truthfully.

A c*ckroach?! King Yama was so mad. He has been so busy recently, And now, a dead c*ckroach was here, causing trouble for him! “Why are you reporting this to me?! Just throw it into the Animal Path of Reincarnation!”

“But–but…”

“But what?!”

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“Jwv vbl rlapsd kv oydvp vs pwl pllxp vs cl Nkvvzl Ikdt Zyxy…”

“Cksdt Cksdt?!” Qseqyvbla nyzzle swv! Mbld bl zssjle yv Ikdt Zyxy ytykd, oyzjle pzsozu vs bkp pkel yde pyke: “Ckydt Cksdt byvlp n*njasynblp hlau xwnb. Gzvbswtb y elye n*njasynb kp dsv y ckt elyz, kq vbkp nypl kp dsv ynnlrvle, R’x yqayke svblap okzz tsppkr…”

“Ebyv tsppkr? Ebs eyalp vs pyu kv?”

“Gzz clkdtp yal liwyz. Nlv’p pll obyv vbkp n*njasynb oydvp vs pyu. Rv’p vbl qkapv vkxl ynnlrvkdt y cwt’p xsvksd. Rv’p qwd, kpd’v kv? Nlv’p vyjl kv yp y calyj!”

Tlyakdt obyv Vyd Vyd pyke, Ikdt Zyxy ytalle, yde kxxlekyvlzu yddswdnle vbl n*njasynb vs vbl nswav…

Fyd Nydt oyp nyzzle kdvs vbl nswav, qszzsole cu y cwdnb sq ckt yde pxyzz n*njasynblp. Ebld vbl tseqyvbla pyo vbkp “xytdkqknldv” pnldl, bkp tsspl cwxrp qlzz yzz shla vbl qzssa.

“Fyd Nydt jsovsop vs Nsae Ikdt Zyxy!” Gzvbswtb Fyd Nydt jsovsole, ds sdl nswze pll vbyv kvp rspvwal nbydtle. Rv oyp pvkzz sd vbl taswde zkjl obld kv nayozle sd kvp pkm zltp.

“Twaau wr yde vlzz xl obyv taklhydnlp usw byhl!” Ikdt Zyxy kxxlekyvlzu altalvvle pllkdt vblpl ekptwpvkdt cwtp!

“Reporting to my Lord, my family of 27 used to live in peace and happiness. We never did anything harmful to nature. One day, when our family was having dinner together, the host of our family dinner killed my whole family through despicable means! Master, we perished in an unconventional manner. Typically, we should have become fierce ghosts! However, since the status of insects is low, we have no right to become fierce ghosts! Please, Master! Serve justice for us! My poor beautiful daughter died with a child in her belly!”

Godfather and King Yama couldn’t help but laugh when they heard it. It turned out that a c*ckroach could be so eloquent… King Yama continued to interrogate: “Then, who killed you?”

“His name is Cang Qiong. He is a vicious man! He knows some crooked ways! He has an accomplice beside him, the name is…Kong Kong… This guy even swallowed my elder brother alive!” San Lang was feeling emotional between tears and a runny nose.

“Pufff!” – Godfather couldn’t help laughing. What would be Qiong Qiong’s expression when he saw Kong Kong eating c*ckroaches? That probably happened before Kong Kong became a human being—animals were not like human beings, their eyes could see both humans and ghosts.

King Yama curled his lips and thought: ‘Cang Qiong couldn’t even support his own sweetheart and let him eat c*ckroaches?!’ “How did he kill your whole family?”

“He used a curse! He put a curse on our food. As long as the bugs ate those things, the whole family will die! Master! This is a very unscientific and inhumane method…”

——So it was! This seemed to be the “c*ckroach extermination method” that Little White taught Cang Qiong! It was indeed not a method that should be used by human beings. King Yama and godfather looked at each other. How should they judge the tragic annihilation of San Lang’s family? Though not racist, it just sounded like a joke from the very beginning!

At this moment, Cang Qiong and Kong Kong walked out quickly from behind a screen with a large pile of documents in their arms, “Bang! Bang!” Thick piles of documents were on King Yama’s desk!

“The files have been sorted out! What are you doing?” Cang Qiong asked, wiping off his sweat.

“Someone has been wronged, we are analyzing the case…”

“Revenge? That seems fun!” Cang Qiong looked at the empty room and asked: “Then where are the people?”

“They are just in the hall.” King Yama pointed to the ground where San Lang was.

Ever since San Lang saw Cang Qiong and Kong Kong, his dark brown shell immediately turned white. ‘So those two guys are not human at all?! This is a terrible situation. Officials would protect each other. Our family is doomed! In our next lives, we won’t even be able to become c*ckroaches. Maybe I’ll reincarnate into an ant paramecium. Maybe worse, I won’t even be able to be a bug because I’ll go to the 18th level of hell to suffer…’

Cang Qiong and Kong Kong tried their best to look at the ground and finally saw a group of c*ckroaches (ghosts) on the patterned marble floor…

 “c*ckroaches?” Kong Kong felt it was so funny. How could c*ckroaches seek justice? Then, he jumped to his godfather and said, “Speaking of c*ckroaches, when I was sweeping dead c*ckroaches in the kitchen the day before yesterday, I counted them, and there were 27 of them! They were all killed by Qiong Qiong! The White Impermenance’s method is so effective!”

Cang Qiong hated c*ckroaches the most. He never expected to see such disgusting things in the Hall of King Yama! He intentionally muttered loudly: “Dirty things like c*ckroaches should have been extinct long ago! The person who killed them must be a hero…”

“Cough, cough cough!” Yama King cleared his throat and asked San Lang, “San Lang, are you going to sue these two people in the hall?”

San Lang rolled his eyes and immediately denied: “No! No! The person who killed me was ugly, can’t compare to these two officials who are handsome and dashing. They are magnificent enough to cause fishes to sink, goose settle, the moon to hide, and the flowers to feel shy…” While talking, San Lang was terrified and trembling…

“At least it is clever enough!” “Okay! Then we will accept your case. We don’t have enough officials to find the murderer. It’s best not to delay the timing of your reincarnation. Go ahead and reincarnate! We will investigate the rest!”

San Lang’s six legs kept trembling; but when he heard that they could be reincarnated, a weight had been lifted off his shoulders.

King Yama continued: “Your death was unjust. Thus, you can choose what you want to be in your next life. However, it can only be an animal.”

When San Lang heard what King Yama said, he could not believe there was such a fortuitous thing! His two eyes began to sparkle. But unfortunately, his eyes were too small, so no one could them clearly… A Panda or a golden monkey – state-level endangered animals; Pekingese dog or a Persian cat – household pets. All of these flashed in his mind. Suddenly, San Lang thought of the blue sky.

“Lord, I want to have the best flying skills, so that I can spread my wings, fly in the blue sky, breathe the free air, and don’t have to hide in dark corners…” Before San Lang finished speaking, he was interrupted by King Yama .

“Okay, I see! You can go now!”

San Lang’s family was taken down. San Lang didn’t care what his family would reincarnate into. At present, his mind was filled with the fastest flying pintail and an albatross with its graceful gliding posture… With good hopes, he smiled and jumped off to the Animal Path of Reincarnation…

A few days later, by the beach, the eggs of a fly on a stinky salted fish turned into maggots… Yes, our San Lang was one of the white maggots. Of course, he no longer remembered things from his previous life.

After growing up, the maggot became a fly, possessing the best flying ability in the world. Their flying skills were unmatched by any bird in the world. It could fly forward, backward, rotate, and stay suspended. It also has sharp senses. Humans could not even hit it even if they wanted to! As expected, King Yama kept his word and gave the ability he wished.

San Lang, who just turned into a fly, was hungry. However, he didn’t put his attention to the dead shrimps and fish on the beach. Instead – fluttering his transparent and beautiful wings – he went to search for high-end cuisine.

He saw a picturesque villa. The windows were partially open; and from it, a delicious scent of seafood wafted outside. Discreetly, San Lang flew in.

Following the scent, San Lang saw six bowls of seafood soup. Fresh shellfish, shrimp, squid, sea cucumber… His saliva was unconsciously flowing down. While there was still no one in the kitchen, San Lang gently flew to the side of the bowl and carefully licked it. “Wow! It’s so delicious. Fresh and savory, it tastes so good!”

San Lang was about to eat when someone suddenly came in and shouted: “Ah! A fly!”

San Lang panicked, slipped, and fell into the seafood soup… The sticky starch made him sink into it. He couldn’t extricate himself!

“Help! I can’t swim!” San Lang desperately called for help, but no one could hear…

“Fuck! This disgusting fly! Kong Kong, throw the soup away!”

“It’s just a fly. I can scoop it up. The soup is still edible!”

“Quick! Scoop me out!” San Lang shouted in desperation.

“Flies are dirty! You don’t know how many bacteria it has!”

“But this seafood soup is running out. The rest in the pot are left to Mom and Dad!”

“I’m very clean! I just got out of the pupa! No bacteria!” San Lang was about to die…

“When I say dump it, it means dump it! When will you get rid of this bad habit?”

“What kind of bad habit? You are looking down on me for being a ghost, aren’t you? Eating c*ckroaches is not what I wanted! I was very hungry back then!”

“That’s not what I mean! I just don’t want you to eat something dirty!”

“A fly is all right!”

“Help, help…” A young life ended inside a seafood soup…

Kong Kong stubbornly took out the spoon and, finally, threw San Lang the fly – who became a corpse – into the garbage… San Lang’s soul floated out of his body and recalled his past life. He began to understand one thing: He was forever doomed to die in the hands of these two people…

Cang Qiong put a spoon into the bowl where the fly died just now, and spoke mischievously: “Later, you give this seafood soup to one of those three guys except Godfather! Don’t eat it yourself!”

“Qiong Qiong, you are so bad…” Kong Kong narrowed his eyes.

“Those three guys eat and drink for free at my home. I don’t think it’s wrong to treat them with this bowl of soup… Hehehe…”