Soul Trigger

Chapter 299 Hotbed
Southern urban area.

A black helicopter roared in the sky. Ji Li, dressed in a patent leather uniform, was looking out the window at the crowded distance.

"Shangzheng Building was previously owned by Yinchi Group and has now been bought by a company called Sun Moon Investment."

The pilot in front promptly explained the situation to Ji Li:
"The people below are all reporters from the newspaper and employees of an automobile factory owned by Shang Zheng."

"Strike protest?"

"That's right," the pilot replied.

"Shangzheng Electronics is affiliated to Yinchi Group, and Riyue Investment is affiliated to Gaoxing Group. Although Gaoxing Group's overall status is currently shaky, it does not affect their actions against these industries of Yinchi Group."

Ji Li certainly knew this.

Riyue Investment is the company of Che Canhao, the eighth brother of Gaoxing.

Shangzheng Electronics was the company previously managed by the "third prince" of Yinchi Group. It has many businesses including idol creation, game operation and production, and film and television shooting.

"…They are hiding here. This is really a perfect example of the saying 'the darkest place is the darkest place'."

Ji Li glanced at the crowd below. In addition to the people who were gathered together in the work clothes of the car company, there were also some people with obvious spiritual fluctuations coming from their bodies.

This is no coincidence:
"I saw people from the Secret Society. There are also some Flash Street agents and black market elements among them... It's really a mixed bag."

"Should we let the agents clear the area first?"

"No need. Haven't the people from the Southern Branch already carried out a secret siege? An Huaiyin's team from their branch has been out of contact for an hour, and they haven't gone up to chase them away yet. They are really patient."

Ji Li stood up and opened the helicopter door:

"People from the headquarters and the Dusk Squad will arrive and work with the branch to drive these people away. It is not a good thing to see a cluster of human spirits at a time like this."

“Forcibly disperse the protesting employees? It might lead to a riot…”

"Let Jasmine handle it. She is very kind to the citizens."

"Wait, you're going to go straight from here..."

Amid the pilot's exclamation, Ji Li took a step out of the helicopter, and the colorful glass beads in his pocket suddenly opened up a spiritual net, spreading into an invisible mirror.

The hatch was like a dimensional door, instantly swallowing up his figure.

Reflected world.

A figure fell towards the thick fog amid the whistling wind.

As the light appeared on Ji Li's neck, [The Demon's Hoof] neighed, and the spiritual essence that had been iterated many times turned into a ferocious horse with dragon armor.

At this moment, the "Demon Shadow" was completely black, wearing dragon armor. Apart from the saddle-shaped exoskeleton, it was covered with arched blade armor. There were cracks all over its body that were emitting electric light, and its tail had turned into a long, sharp tail like the Lord of Blades.

The two touched and connected in mid-air, sending out red lightning all over the sky and creating spider-web-like cracks on the concrete ground.

Rushed into the thick fog in a trail of red, burnt hoof prints.

Compared to when he first obtained the Demon Shadow, Ji Li's spiritual essence has changed a lot, and the speed of the Demon Shadow has also increased dramatically.

The thick fog around was directly blown out into a turbine-shaped air wave, and the surrounding scenery was receding at a high speed.

In just a few seconds, Ji Li arrived within the scope of the Shangzheng Building——

This is the Reflection World plot where the Tracker and the Southern Branch lost contact.

In an emergency, it is best to use Magic Shadow to get there directly.

But considering the ecological problems in the reflection world, being too high-profile would attract the attention of the giants and cause unnecessary trouble, so he compromised and let the helicopter take him a ride and take a look at the current situation of the Shangzheng Building.

The moment he approached the Shangzheng Building, the fog detector on Ji Li's body began to drip. He immediately turned over and jumped off the demon shadow, which turned into spiritual essence and returned to the spiritual essence circuit on his neck.

He took out a detector with a special shape:

"The thick fog is unusual, and the human spirits outside are gathering in groups... something unexpected is going to happen."

The Spiritual Mist Detector is an essential psychic item for traveling in the Reflection World for a long time.

As the name suggests, it is specifically used to detect the fog conditions in the reflection world.

The thick fog in the reflection world did not arise for no reason, but is closely related to its ecology.

The denser the spiritual fog is, the greater the danger it represents.

At this moment, Ji Li's eyes were filled with fog and he could only vaguely see the shadow of the Shangzheng Building.

At this moment, the density displayed by the detector has reached red.

High risk.

This means that there may be habitats of giant creatures from the other world, or a more dangerous hell.

He turned off the detector's temporary warning and took a photo.

A huge cyclone enveloped the entire area around the Shangzheng Building. The majestic fog cleared away on the spot, revealing corpses one after another.

Reverse Nightmare.

He quickly found many uses for this new ability. It came in handy for helping Jasmine stir coffee, but Ji Li didn't like that stuff.

He separated his spiritual essence to keep the cyclone rotating, continuously rolling away the fog around it and maintaining a clear vision for him.

Then his eyes swept over the corpses one by one.

There were agents of the Special Management Bureau, some wearing black suits, some awakened people in different costumes, and some people who were obviously dressed as Mist Hunters.

There's even a dead body of a member of the Dusk Force.

He expanded the cyclone casually, tearing apart several scattered evil things that were attracted to approach, and came to the body of the Dusk Army member and gently opened it:

"No spiritual essence remains. This is a very standard phenomenon of devouring by the Lightless Ones..."

The Lightless Ones call themselves the Chosen Ones, and their signature killing method is that no spiritual essence remains in the people they kill.

Because the characteristic of the Lightless One is to devour the spiritual essence and spiritual core of others.

The spiritual essence was drained, the spiritual core was eaten, the soul trigger was annihilated, and the entire soul disappeared directly and became an empty shell.

Cui Zhechen's prison car was hijacked by the Lightless One who suddenly appeared.

"It seems to be related to Cui Zhechen... I just don't know what the situation is with this building."

Ji Li checked the scattered bodies of the awakened people one by one. Since he did not bring the door opener team, Ji Li's signal here could not connect to the Special Management Bureau headquarters.

But he had used the Ascension Protocol to scan many files on the hidden web and was able to identify the characteristics of black market criminals and some members of secret societies.

Finally, there are those black suits.

Ji Li casually grabbed the body of a small leader who was dressed slightly differently and took out some sundries from his pocket.

One of the phones was out of battery, but the Silver Pool Group logo could be seen on the back:

"The Third Prince's men..."

The so-called "Third Prince" is a nickname.

His real name is Cui Shanzhi. He is a descendant of the Cui family's branch of Yinchi Group, not a direct descendant.

But because of his outstanding abilities, holding an important position within the Yinchi Group, and being the third child in his family, he got this name.

He and Cui Zhechen are cousins.

At this moment, Ji Li noticed an inexplicable luster flashing on the lining of the corpse's clothes.

He just stretched out his hand, but the corpse in front of him suddenly opened its white eyes, which quickly turned transparent, and murmured hoarsely:
"Hotbed...hotbed...hotbed..."

The powerful counter-rotation instantly shredded the corpse. Ji Li slowly stood up and saw people in black suits crawling up from the ground around him:

"Hotbed...hotbed...hotbed..."

The next moment, a chaotic white light burst out from one of the corpses and shot towards Ji Li, but before it got close to him, it was intercepted and torn into pieces by an invisible vortex.

The moment the white light was torn apart, the corpse also exploded in an instant:
"The Lightless One..."

A large number of corpses in black suits on all sides also crawled up, and two more chaotic white lights shot towards Ji Li, and were crushed by the vortex in front of him.

The other men in black suits found weapons scattered nearby and pulled the trigger at Ji Li.

In an instant, a large number of bullets passed through the man in black suit who was rushing up with cold weapons, and densely covered Ji Li's entire body.

But the air exuded invisible semi-transparent black fluctuations.

There were vortices that kept appearing and shattered the attacks on Ji Li. Then he slowly stood up and snapped his fingers lightly, and the whirlwind that was enveloping the building and clearing the thick fog expanded several times in an instant.

In an instant, with the sound of flesh and blood exploding, all the standing men in black suits were instantly crushed into pieces of meat on the ground.

Ji Li put down his right hand:

"... Zombies?"

Before at Murphy's, Ji Li had basically never watched any zombie movies.

The zombie setting was a bit too boring and weak for Murphy's giant structure. After coming here, it was Bunny Girl who excitedly pulled him to watch it together -

He slept soundly during that movie-watching experience.

This is the first time that the Lightless One has turned into a zombie.

The dead body could still speak, which meant it was either mutated or polluted by the other world, but there was no evil spirit or the characteristics of the red spirit from the other world, which was very strange.

Just as Ji Li was about to check the meat residue, he sensed a slight fluctuation coming from the thick fog:

"hotbed……"

A silent gust of wind made him crouch suddenly.

The spiral airflow created a huge looping hole in the thick fog, and a transparent figure passed by Ji Li's body.

Then a powerful gust of air spread out, blowing away the fog in all directions, and the hem of Ji Li's uniform rustled.

Snapped!
He grabbed the invisible figure's flying kick with one claw, and threw it hundreds of meters away with his backhand.

The latter shot into the thick fog like a cannonball, tearing open a visible vacuum spiral channel, and then with a snap of the fingers, it slammed into the dark vortex at the end of the channel.

The sound of metal clashing against metal filled the air.

Dense sparks suddenly burst out from the invisible figure's body, and then he suddenly stepped on the vortex that Ji Li had casually created, and instantly crossed a distance of a hundred meters and tore towards him -

Poof! ! !
The exploding sparks and the impacting air waves blew away the thick fog that had just surrounded them.

Ji Li's wrist had already turned into a ferocious dragon armor. As the elbow blade, which had just grown halfway, was stretched into its complete form under the effect of spiritual essence.

The body behind the wrist was covered with dense red cracks and shattered in an instant.

Ji Li, who had entered the form of the Red Electric Master, lowered his arms and followed the ditch on the ground where the opponent was knocked out by him. He saw that the invisible figure was quickly becoming solid.

In a very short time, it transformed into a ferocious figure that was completely white and over three meters tall. A pair of huge elbow blades followed its naturally drooping arms and shot straight into the sky from behind.

Looks exactly like Ji Li, except for the color.

Ji Li rubbed his finger claws, and a cloud of white steam spurted out from the holes in Feidianzhu's armor:
"It's a bit interesting..."

Then, with a loud bang, a cracked hole more than ten meters wide appeared on the spot, and the sharp claws of bright red lightning crackled directly into the opponent's chest.

But the white Scarlet Lightning Lord instantly entered elementalization, transformed into white lightning, broke away from Ji Li's grip on the spot, and attacked him from behind.

The sharp claws, which were almost as fast as his, smashed into the vortex that suddenly erupted behind Ji Li and were shattered in an instant.

The White Scarlet Lightning Master retreated immediately, and a puff of smooth, reflective, transparent blood burst out from the broken wrist, as if he was thinking about something.

The next moment, a transparent cyclone erupted where Ji Li was.

"You can learn this too?"

Ji Li flipped over and flew more than ten meters before landing with a bang.

The pitch-black mycelium exploded in rounds, like giant wriggling spikes roaring towards the "White Lightning Master".

The White Lightning Master did not move at all, and a white chaotic black mycelium erupted from under his feet and rolled towards Ji Li's attack.

The moment it saw Ji Li open his mouth, it also opened its mouth wide, and both sides simultaneously spewed out a black and a white laser-like spiritual fire column, which collided with each other.

The spherical impact that exploded like fission instantly spread to the open-air parking lot of the Shangzheng Building, turning the ground into black and white frost.

The Lord of White Electricity shook his head, but saw that Ji Li had turned into the Lord of Blades, and the red electricity on his body disappeared.

It also quickly degenerated into the appearance of a Blade Master. When Ji Li drew his sword, it also drew its sword and chopped him down head-on.

The two passed each other, but the evil spirit transformation of Ji Li's body suddenly shattered and he returned to human form.

The other party also quickly returned to human form, turning into a white-haired Ji Li, and then with a "click" sound -

Ji Li put down his phone:

"Nice look."

The white-haired "Ji Li" with a lifeless expression rushed out and punched him at a tricky angle.

But Ji Li looked at the photo on his phone, blocked the opponent's punch with two moves, and then shook his hand back and the white head was wrapped in his arm.

Then, there was a sudden "crack" sound. Ji Li raised his hand high. Bai "Ji Li's" neck had been twisted into a screw. The moment he fell to the ground, it shattered like plaster.
"You can also learn a little bit of spiritual essence."

Ji Li put away his phone and took out a large, colorless, transparent, smooth crystal from the cracked fragments.

This "master of copying" seems to be able to completely copy the appearance and features of his opponent, and even simulate the spiritual essence and life level.

It's just that his brain isn't very useful. If he becomes an ordinary person, you will actually change with him.

Bruce Lee only fought for 30-odd years with his physical body and brain when he was alive. How many rounds could he last against him?
"A hotbed... There is no such situation in the intelligence. What is the mechanism of this guy..."

At this moment, the colorless transparent crystal in Ji Li's hand suddenly burst into a surge of white light——

"Defeat 'The Hidden One's Blade', confirmed by player #279."

At this moment, Ji Li saw thousands of white lights erupting from the Shangzheng Building, as if a god had descended from the sky.

In the myriad of white lights, he saw white chaotic tentacles hanging down from the sky, wriggling slowly and disorderly, and a soulless human voice came to his ears again:
"You have defeated 'The Invisible One's Blade', and you have obtained the qualification: Lord."

"Loading..."

The next moment, the myriad white lights suddenly turned scarlet:
"Hotbed...hotbed...hotbed..."

In an instant, the curse seal of the other world on Ji Li's wrist rose hot:
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[An unknown existence is extremely happy about your arrival]

[Your soul core is throbbing, and your connection with this world is deepening.]

【Cognitive Index +24】
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The evil master! ?
Ji Li suddenly raised his head and looked at the white tentacles all over the sky.

"Player 279, the Phantom Light Sect invites you to join. Do you want to join?"

Ji Li had already transformed into an evil spirit. He pulled out a sword whip flashing with red electricity from his chest and whistled it together.

"Player 279, the Phantom Light Sect invites you to become the Phantom Light Sect Leader. Do you agree?"

Ji Li stomped on the ground, his red lightning armor exploded, and his bright red electric wings suddenly fluttered behind him, and he flew into the sky -

"Player 279, the Lightless Cluster invites you to become the King of the Lightless. Do you agree?"

Under the red lightning rising into the sky, the giant spiral rushed forward in Ji Li's explosive sword whip and suddenly pierced into the group of tentacles that were rising with white light.

The soul trigger did not tremble, which meant that the other party was definitely not the real person.

Cut it first--

Suddenly, a violent white light engulfed Ji Li's vision:
“Qualifications changed.”

"Player 279, go to hell."

……

Ji Li opened his eyes, saw the unfamiliar environment around him, and felt his wrist feel heavy.

He raised his hand and saw a huge watch on his wrist:

【Player 279】

[Qualification: Evil Demon Lord]

[Power level: In the process of national destruction]

【Introduction: Welcome to the brand new Lingboyu reality game produced by San Taizi Studio. 】

[As the ultimate villain of the Outer Realm, the Demon Realm has been destroyed by the King's power, and your era is coming to an end. ]
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PS: I had a severe stomachache yesterday and was so sleepy that I could only sleep.

In addition, I saw someone talking about things involving yuri. The tendency of this book should be very obvious at this point, and it is impossible for yuri situations to appear.

I saw that the godfather had given feedback about the previous plot, and I think this aspect was indeed not well thought out. I will pay attention to prevent such situations in the future.

(End of this chapter)