Soul Trigger

Chapter 425 The Layout

"You stabbed pretty hard."

Ji Li touched his chest and felt a chill running down his spine.

Tombstone tilted his head: "Then there's a chance for you to stab it back?"

Ji Li's eyes twisted: "I won't pretend I didn't hear it."

The other party immediately laughed:
"This is not a personal grudge, it's just..."

"The last person who said that is dead." Ji Li's eyes flashed, and Tombstone immediately raised his hands, with a rather friendly attitude:
“…I apologize.”

Ji Li retracted his gaze and continued to sense the changes in his body:
"I overestimated your speed. It's too slow."

Tombstone Shrug:

"After all, people from White Island and the Kaiton Federation are here, so I have to make sure everything is normal. But to be honest, it was really surprising when you contacted me using the personality relic of Su Yan..."

"You want your things back?"

Tombstone Negation:

"That's not necessary. My relationship with that guy isn't close enough to warrant a souvenir. You can keep it for yourself. I'm just a little surprised by your ability."

Before leaving for the capital, Ji Li had already agreed with Feilin on a plan to start directly from the Tower of Babel itself.

Relying on the personality fragment given from the previous memory - the ability of "high-frequency perception" obtained from the "World Tree Sub-Body Frequency Meter" (this ability has been integrated into the Destruction Engine), Ji Li was able to contact the tombstone by sensing the "frequency" related to the Tower of Babel that might remain on the relics of the Suyan personality.

Of course, this was enhanced by Film's power of time and space. Under normal circumstances, this ability was far less powerful than its positioning and communication functions.

The two memories that were triggered before brought Ji Li a huge mystery. Up to now, he still didn't understand what the lost memories meant, and he had no idea about the reason for his amnesia and the reason for his failure to ascend.

He is currently still in a state of confusion about this, but the power brought by memory recovery is quite amazing.

The ability to sense frequencies, and this time the black hole.

Although the quality of personality relics transformed from memory essence varies, and is likely to be uneven, the memory is old enough considering his age of 300, and there may be stronger ones in the future.

However, Ji Li has not yet reached the immortal stage, and may not be able to integrate the power brought by every memory.

The small black hole caused by the lost memory caused by Su Yan's alien crystal can only be in Kong Yulong's hands.

Or, like this time, through external objects such as the Personality Shadow Burst Device, you can resonate with this force and achieve the result of utilizing it briefly and completely.

The form of Odin that burst out this time was exactly the form that appeared in the memory he gained, which further confirmed the positive effect of lost memory on the growth of strength.

And this requires more alien crystals.

Due to his position and connections in Silla, and the limited channels through which he has been able to access this thing so far, Monsa's direct answer is actually the Tower of Babel.

Apart from this, the most direct contact is the auction at the Keaton Federation.

Filin needs to take back his fragments from the Tower of Babel, he needs the crystals from another world, and Tombstone needs him, so it becomes more and more natural for him to join the Tower of Babel.

"But I'm very curious..." Tombstone said:

"If I hadn't taken any action in the end, how would you have dealt with the Nine-sided people who had managed to escape from you, as well as the people from White Island and the Kaiton Federation? You know, the brief conversation we had earlier didn't actually allow us to reach any consensus."

Ji Li found it a little funny:

"What makes you think that he 'escaped' from me with his last breath?"

Tombstone shook his head:

"When you returned to your human form, you looked around for the remains of Nine-Faced's personality. My perception was not wrong..."

He stopped himself in the middle of his words:
"and many more……"

Then there was silence for a few breaths:

"You are confirming that he has not left any personality relics..."

Ji Li shook his head: "After all, it is still a bit troublesome to control such power. If I am not careful, I will kill you. How can I force you to take action if there is no variable that can kill me?"

There was silence for a few breaths, and then there was a slight clanging sound from the armor, and the tombstones were applauding:
"Excellent... With a partner like you, I will surely have less trouble in the future... But you didn't expect such powerful characters to come from White Island and the Kaiton Federation. This is your mistake."

Ji Li's neck cracked as he twisted it:
"Partner? I'm not good at this, so it's normal for me to make mistakes. But whether it's the White Islanders or the Kaitons, their cognition determines that they can't kill me, and they don't pose a real threat to my life.

As for things that can't kill me, I don't need to care about them from any perspective, and I don't bother to care about them either."

The tombstone looked at him curiously:
"Is this your pride as a wheel-turner?"

"Am I proud?"

Tombstone's dull laughter came from under the helmet, and it did not say much about its evaluation of Ji Li:
"...seemingly passive, but actually active, even I am part of your plan...haha, really interesting."

"When you contacted me, had you already prepared for the worst?"

Ji Li did contact Tombstone, but trust between them was a problem. For this reason, Ji Li believed that Tombstone trusted the deal with Nine-faced more than him, which was evident from the fact that Tombstone did not tell him more about Nine-faced's plans.

Otherwise, why would I want to trade with Jiumian? I've already said I want to join, why don't you come over and add me to the group?

So Ji Li only expressed an intention. He had no reason to join the Tower of Babel, and he had not even reached any consensus on cooperation with Tombstone. It was just an exchange, and he revealed his desire for the crystals from another world.

But the condition of the ceremony is that Ji Li must "voluntarily join", which means "voluntarily be killed".

Therefore, the information that Ji Li revealed to Tombstone during that conversation was actually only one:
"I'm going to join the Tower of Babel. Please find time to kill me."

In this way, the tombstone's attention will naturally be focused on Ji Li.

When Ji Li was facing the threat of death, the tombstone would naturally jump out and transform him into a Dead Apostle.

After all, it wouldn't be considered a ceremony for someone else to kill Ji Li, he had to do it himself.

This actually became Ji Li's means of escape and was also one of the preparations he made before going to the capital.

The fact is that his preparation was indeed effective. Jiumian started to make trouble when they left the city, and it also worked when he let Rabbit sit in the car instead of him.

So what do you think would happen if Ji Li really died?
Da Lei still has the death substitute film on him. In addition to completing his oath on his behalf, the most fundamental purpose of this thing is to save him from death, so he cannot die.

The final situation did turn out to be the worst result that Ji Li had expected, but it was also under his control.

According to the original plan, he was going to go to the Keaton Federation to make a decision after the martial law and awarding of honors ended.

If the conditions are met, we can even take advantage of this trip to complete the tombstone ceremony in the Keaton Federation, as long as Da Lei watches from the dark.

But the situation changed faster than he had imagined, and the nine sides had enough leverage to overpower the eight-member council. At this time, it all came down to who was more prepared.

If everything went well in this awarding ceremony and Jiumian's final plan failed completely, Ji Li could go to the Keaton Federation with peace of mind. He would not need to force Tombstone to fake his death and he could still join the Tower of Babel.

This fake death was one of Ji Li's means of escape. Although it was partly a plot against Tombstone, it was highly credible precisely because it was a life-and-death threat and seemed to be a gamble. In Tombstone's eyes, he might have saved Ji Li's life.

In a sense, no matter what the calculation is, if the tombstone is really stubborn and doesn't do what you want and doesn't come out to give you a knife, then what are you, the black goat, so proud of?
With this important factor in mind, Ji Li will definitely gain more trust after joining the Tower of Babel than he originally planned, and will also avoid some unnecessary temptations.

After all, in addition to his desire for the crystal from the other world, he also has to help Da Lei find clues to her body fragments. His purpose is not pure, and he is here to be a traitor.

For Ji Li, many of the operational details were not a problem at the tombstone. Instead, it was a question of whether he and Feilin could cooperate in the ever-changing situation when there was almost no direct exchange of information.

In that situation, even spiritual communication would be detected by the Immortal and the Tombstone, causing suspicion, but fortunately the two of them cooperated perfectly.

The moment the Emperor of Heaven turned his attention to Ji Li because of the coercion from the Nine Faces, it meant that the most extreme situation had already occurred.

Filin decisively took advantage of his "injury" to paddle along like crazy, and disappeared throughout the whole process, just to create opportunities for Tombstone.

However, the black hole reactor was too powerful. Not only did Filin have no need to take any action, but he had to wait until Ji Li had vented his anger before he could even deal with the tombstone.

This makes those lost memories even more tempting to Ji Li.

"Well then... let's stop talking nonsense here."

Tombstone held up a palm with one hand, and the armor on his body clashed:
"How does it feel to be a Dead Apostle again?"

Even with the use of a surrogate film, Ji Li's body still underwent significant changes.

The most obvious thing was the change in the state of unity of soul and body. Originally his spiritual essence was a very pure evil spiritual essence, but now it had completely penetrated into his whole body.

What this brings is physical strength that is enhanced synchronously with his attributes. Even if he does not enter the evil spirit transformation now, he already has the physical qualities equivalent to that of an evil spirit.

But the most important thing is the strange feeling about this space that comes from the soul trigger, which is like returning home.

"I forgot that you haven't recovered your memory yet."

Tombstone said, explaining to Ji Li:
"We were born in the nest and traveled through dimensions. Most of the time, dimensions are not a problem for us. It's like floating up and down like diving, whether it's the reflection world or the sea of ​​evil. ...Oh, human spirits generally call that place the 'other world'."

In the eyes of the tombstone, Ji Li is a Chakravartin who has not recovered his memory, so it kindly introduces the "superiority" of the Dead Apostles to Ji Li.

Ji Li was thinking, and at this moment, the feeling of the strange dimension around him transmitted by the soul trigger no longer had the obvious feeling of being rejected as before, and there was even a sense of comfort.

With a slight touch, the Soul Trigger did not give the sudden "shudder" it once gave, but a sound like the beating of a heart.

He instantly "saw" where the exit of this spiritual prison was.

This means that as a "Dead Apostle", he can see the entrances between dimensions and enter and exit any spirit prison at will.

However, he is not a complete Dead Apostle, and Soul Trigger seems to be a little different.

At this time, the guidance from the tombstone came at the right time:

“I believe you have also sensed that Dead Apostles do not have soul triggers, nor do they become evil spirits, because we are evil spirits.

Instead, it is replaced by the 'Flesh Trigger' and the 'Autophagy Ritual', because our body and soul are one, there is only a distinction between inside and outside, but not between the soul and the flesh."

(End of this chapter)