Soul Trigger

Chapter 204: The Gate of Hell (I)

"I'm flattered."

Ji Li took the other person to his office and sat down.

Jiang Zhenhe also waved his hand and left the subordinates who followed him outside.

Ji Li picked up two beautifully cut glass cups from the shelf behind him and placed them in front of himself and Jiang Zhenhe with skill:
"Gin or whiskey? I brought these from home, so these are the only two I have for now."

Jiang Zhenhe's mouth twitched suddenly:
"Gin...whiskey?"

"Very tasteful. If the conditions here were not so bad, I could show you my craftsmanship."

Just now, this young man put on a good show for him and beat him up. Ji Li is in a good mood now.

As he said that, he grabbed the bottle of whiskey from the drawer and prepared to pour it for him, but Jiang Zhenhe pushed his hand away:

"I'm not choosing... Is this what you use to entertain people in the bureau?"

"What else? Are all the agents in the bureau allergic to alcohol?"

Jiang Zhenhe was stunned for a long time without saying anything, and suppressed the twitching corners of his mouth:

"Ji Zhengjian, this is the Special Management Bureau."

"Not allowed to drink?"

“Normally you can’t drink it.”

"Today is special." Ji Li poured him a glass without hesitation. Jiang Zhenhe's expression was so wonderful——

I am the highest leader of the Inspection Office. Is this how you violate discipline?

The Chief Prosecutor stared at Ji Li for a long time. Seeing that he looked natural, he didn't say anything when he was about to say it. He just changed the subject:
"I have something else to do later, so let's make it short:

I will suppress your matter today, and Inspector Zhao will not say anything when he comes back. After all, you are the one that Director Xiaofu has instructed. "

"But we still have to go through the punishment process?" Ji Li picked up the wine glass and took a sip.

"You will be deducted from your salary for half a year and will be forced to take leave, but I will immediately draft a major mission investigation document to have you reinstated."

Ji Li was happy: "One plus one equals zero."

"Extraordinary times call for extraordinary people and extraordinary measures."

"Is the Attorney General taking the lead in doing this?"

"Why don't you think about what you are holding in your hand when you say this."

"Awakened people are still afraid of drinking and causing trouble?"

Jiang Zhenhe shook his head: "That's not the case. Discipline is the most important thing. Be more cautious next time."

"Okay. Now that you've been fired as the director, who will take over next?"

"Don't worry. He is already under severe checks and balances, so it won't affect the normal operation of the bureau. This time, you and I worked together to dig out this cancer. In addition to your intelligence, it was also thanks to you that you were able to take action directly during the meeting."

"Isn't the result more important?"

"Yes, the result is important, but only this time."

Jiang Zhenhe smiled:
"The Gaoxing Group will definitely be unhappy, but I still have some things I can use. It will be enough to release them so that the Yinchi Group and Shanjie can check and balance them."

Ji Lixin said that Jiang Zhenhe was completely different from Han Xiaofu.

If Han Xiaofu is the kind of person who relies on the power of the awakened, and can strike with one punch to avoid a hundred punches.

Jiang Zhenhe is obviously good at using his intelligence advantages and understanding of other forces to implement various checks and balances.

If it is not an old silver coin that has been in use for many years, it may not be possible to do it without some background and means.

"Professional, but are you sure you really think highly of someone like me?"

"You are quite self-aware."

Jiang Zhenhe didn't say much, but grabbed the wine glass and raised it:

"Congratulations on your new position."

The meaning was already very clear, Ji Li grinned:
"polite."

The two clinked their glasses, and Jiang Zhenhe drank it all in one gulp:

"You are a talent that Director Xiaofu values. Although you seem to be reckless and have no sense of propriety, I have read your action report and you are very experienced. The film witch must have taught you a lot. I can see that you think more clearly than most people.

With your current achievements, whether within the Special Management Bureau or as a Reflection Walker, it is enough for the Special Management Bureau to offer enough money to keep you here.

I won’t say any more of these overly snobbish words, as they will hurt the harmony. Not to mention…”

"Not to mention I'm just a 16-year-old baby."

"That's it." Jiang Zhenhe smiled.

"Having said so much, you are not here to review the situation for me, right?"

Jiang Zhenhe nodded:
"Is the matter about the Gate of Flesh and Blood true?"

Ji Li gave him a strange look:
"Otherwise, do you think that what I gave you was false evidence? Then why are you using it so comfortably?"

"Whether it's perjury or not, what we got today must be real." Jiang Zhenhe said firmly:

"The current situation is turbulent. According to the intelligence from the Negative Witch that you revealed to the bureau, the capital is not trustworthy, so we should stabilize the bureau, cut off all the hands that come in from the outside, and ensure internal stability." "In this matter, the intelligence of the Flesh and Blood Gate is a weapon, but if this matter is going to 'really happen' in the future, then it will be a big problem."

"It's about 80 percent reliable."

"Eighty?" Jiang Zhenhe seemed to be thinking about something.

"What do you think about the organization that approached the chaebol to find the Gate of Flesh and Blood?"

"It should be closely related to the Tower of Babel."

Jiang Zhenhe said without hesitation.

"I'm afraid they are the only ones who know the current situation in Aurora City." Ji Li shrugged.

"That's why we have to completely eradicate the chaebols."

"That's it."

Seeing that the conversation seemed endless, Jiang Zhenhe poured himself another half glass of whiskey, to which Ji Li smiled knowingly -

He likes to challenge rules and authority. Does this count as misleading the leaders of the Inspection Department?

In fact, when Ji Li learned that the chaebol and the secret society were working together to find the Gate of Flesh and Blood, his first reaction was that the secret society was most likely related to the Tower of Babel.

After contacting the people from the Tower of Babel who appeared in his ruins, he searched for the secret society of the Gate of Flesh and Blood, and this was the only organization he knew of.

We might also have to add the "king" behind the Flayed Man, but the "king" is birds of a feather just like the Tower of Babel.

Combined with what Feilin said before, that people coming from the capital cannot be trusted, only the local tycoon Gaoxing Group can do such a thing.

However, he did not know enough about the Tower of Babel, the chaebol, and the Gate of Flesh and Blood, and these speculations were highly subjective. Even with the logical calculations of the Ascension Protocol, the same would apply when there was insufficient intelligence.

"So what exactly is the Flesh Gate?"

Jiang Zhenhe took a sip of whiskey and said slowly:
"Also known as 'The Gate to Hell'."

"Is there also a three-headed dog guarding the gate?" Ji Li joked.

After coming to this world, while learning common sense, he also tried to find some commonalities between the earth here and Murphy's megastructure.

In addition to the huge differences in historical branch lines, he found a high degree of overlap in myths and legends.

Ji Li even had a feeling that the myths of this "ancient" Earth were more "realistic" than those of Murphy's megastructure.

For example, when World Tree Company was promoting consciousness storage technology, it joined forces with a local sect to promote it.

One of the sentences says:
"If the Holy Father had had the opportunity to upload his consciousness when he was crucified, he would not have died."

Ji Li almost laughed out loud when he heard this. The paradise of love is in the cyberspace, so those hackers who steal, smash, rob and burn and drill into any port they see are angels?

If Michael comes to earth, he has to find a hacker with a tights suit and a head interface running at full speed and soaked in ice water to come down, right?

“Although it could indeed be the gate to hell in mythology, and there are indeed some connections between mythology and the afterlife, what mythology shows is generally just the tip of the iceberg.”

"The Hound of the Underworld does exist, but 'Dog' is only one of them. Gatekeepers come in different forms. There are different gatekeepers in different regions. And depending on the size of the Flesh and Blood Gate, there are also different levels of gatekeepers."

Jiang Zhenhe explained.

"So, what is the use of this thing?"

"I don't know." Jiang Zhenhe said casually.

"do not know?"

"Those who know are either crazy, dead, or corrupted and transformed into evil creatures from the other world, also known as 'blood monsters'.

But there are many rumors. Some say that the Flesh and Blood Gate connects to the other world, some say that you can travel through time and space through the Flesh and Blood Gate, and some say that behind the Flesh and Blood Gate is the depths of the collective subconscious of mankind, where you can gain powerful strength. "

"But from what you said, not knowing its effect does not mean not knowing its harm?" Ji Li narrowed his eyes, and Jiang Zhenhe nodded:

"That's right. The Flesh Gate could potentially trigger an invasion from the other world."

The so-called invasion of the other world is what happened when Ji Li and Bunny Girl first met in Lingbo Prison, the base of the Red Whip Society.

But in fact, Ji Li's feelings about this, apart from the dangers at the beginning, are not very profound about the invasion of the inner world, which is to say, it will cause the Lingbo Prison to fall into the inner world——

Entering the inner world seemed like returning home. The red radiation in the sky seemed to welcome him, but there were too many monsters.

According to Jiang Zhenhe's explanation, the invasion of the other world is a very terrible anomaly that causes part of the real world to briefly overlap with the other world.

Along with the Lingbo Prison and the Reflection World, everything went out of control.

In that kind of scene, no matter it is a blood monster, an evil creature, or a giant from the reflected world, all will appear in the overlapping real dimensions, and then everything will be distorted by the breath of the other world, which is very scary.

"In history, there was an invasion of the other world related to the Flesh and Blood Gate, and that was the Hundred Demon Gate incident in Sakura City."

"If you are interested, you can go and look at the bureau's information. Your permissions should have been upgraded, so you should be able to browse these contents at will."

Ji Li took a sip of wine thoughtfully: "Following this line of thought, the Tower of Babel may want to trigger the coverage of the other world in Aurora City?"

"It's possible, so your information is very important. I have a feeling that the Internal Affairs Department's incident is just the beginning of the Gaoxing Group."

Ji Li nodded, and then suddenly asked:

"By the way, do you know what a wheel-turner is?"

"What it is?"

(End of this chapter)