Soul Trigger

Chapter 426 Tombstone and Tower of Babel

Ji Li closed his eyes and sensed:
"I see."

Although Tombstone was giving Ji Li a science lesson, his situation seemed to be very different due to cheating with the death film. Of course, it was also very different from the previous state of the human spirit.

The first is the change in his appearance.

Although his appearance has become extremely attractive due to his affinity, he still has the appearance of a normal Asian.

After being "transformed", his pupils turned a constant pale blue, which is the color of his ectoplasm after he used the Personality Shadow Burster to enter the Odin State.

When driving the spiritual essence, the color of his eyes will change again because of being stained by the spiritual essence, which is the same as the state when he is a human spirit.

But the difference is that now the whites of the eyes will turn completely black.

This is the characteristic of a Dead Apostle. It is not yet known whether it can be concealed by certain means.

There hasn't been much change in his spiritual essence. After all, one of the reasons why he was considered a schizopath before was because of his evil spiritual characteristics. It's no different now.

Since the Dead Apostles themselves are evil bodies made up of spiritual essence, it is impossible to have spiritual essence circuits engraved on their bodies. This is somewhat different in Ji Li's case.

Perhaps it was because he was proficient in spiritual circuits, he could now directly generate various spiritual circuits on his body, and could also erase them in an instant.

There is no need to carve manually, you can just touch the spiritual essence to make a circle, which is extremely convenient. Of course, the circuits that you didn't know before are still not available now, so this still requires accumulation of knowledge.

The biggest change was in Soul Trigger, because he found that his Trinity had turned into a Quadruple, because he had an extra Soul Trigger—

Flesh Trigger.

This thing allows Ji Li to perceive the world around him in a strange way, and can directly detect the entrances between dimensions.

The original way for the human spirit to activate the spiritual essence is to touch the soul trigger, and the way to start the evil spirit transformation is to pull the soul trigger.

The Dead Apostles also have a similar driving method, called "Pumping".

Another difference from the human spirit is that the human spirit is a soul-psychological connection between the soul and the body, while the dead apostles are divided into "external appearance" and "inner evil".

By pumping the flesh trigger, one can move from the "outward appearance" into the "inner evil" state, completing the "autophagic ritual", which is similar to the "evilization" of the human spirit.

Ji Li had seen this technique and state once before when he was fighting against Su Yan. Now that he has been "transformed" into a dead apostle, he can also perform "autophagy". He has not used it yet, so he doesn't know what it will look like.

The evil spirit transformation has truly become a normal skill that can be turned on and off as you wish.

In a sense, after becoming a Dead Apostle, the appearance of a human spirit is a disguise, and the evil spirit is his true form.

It's just that he is currently in a state of duality between a human spirit and a dead apostle. As for whether he is a human or a ghost, the question will only lead him into academic traps and philosophical paradoxes, so he is too lazy to think about it.

He is what he thinks he is.

In addition to the above changes, the Ascension Protocol shows that its panel attributes have not changed much, but in addition to the previous four dimensions, there is a new attribute:
Will: 155.3
Super sense: 59.4
Creation: 26
Affinity: 151.9
Arrogance: 200
What's got such a high value?

In the characteristics column, there is a new fourth type of characteristics:
[Crazy Radiation] comes from the nine-sided personality relic sacrificed at the tombstone, which is equivalent to feeding it directly to Ji Li during the ceremony.

After that thing was completely contaminated by the Madness Radiation, it became this.

Thinking back to the appearance I had seen myself become in my consciousness before, I wondered if there would be any changes in my transformation into a demon when I was awake.

As for many other changes and in-depth understandings, Ji Li still needs to do some testing and research, so it may not be easy to demonstrate them here:
"Do you mind if I reveal my true form?"

"Original form?" Tombstone was stunned for a moment, then understood:

"mind."

Ji Li: “?”

"One is that your ritual transformation has not yet been completed. It needs some time to stabilize. This is the transformation of a Dead Apostle, not the corruption of an evil being. There is a difference.

The other is that the evil in this hell is too weak. If your spirit essence escapes, it will collapse because it cannot withstand your power, and you will destroy my safe house."

"That means I can't do anything during this period of time and can only stay here and chat with you?" Ji Li frowned.

"That's not to say..."

Tombstone pulled out a chessboard box from behind him like a magic trick:
"We can also play chess together, best of three, and gamble some lives first, how about that?"

"You took so much trouble to drag me into the Tower of Babel, using threats, inducements, and oaths, just to find you a chess friend?"

"why not?"

Tombstone hands:

"Talk while you're at it."

Ji Li paused:
"How to play?"

Tombstone paused:
"never play it?"

"never seen it."

Tombstone remained silent. After a long while, a slow reply came from under the helmet:

"...I'll teach you."

This old-fashioned form of entertainment does exist in Murphy's megastructure, but it is too niche and has never appeared in Ji Li's life trajectory.

The Tower of Babel is a highly elite evil society consisting of twelve seats and six hundred and sixty-six disciples.

Disciples only have numbers but no names. They are composed of human spirits and extremely special evil creatures that have consciousness but are not dead disciples.

Ji Li has only seen the latter situation on Black Box.

As for the human spirit of the Tower of Babel, a collaborator like the Magic Mirror should not be counted, but the Predator King is a disciple of the Tower of Babel.

However, when Ji Li knew of his existence and even when he was killed, this guy was sleeping soundly the whole time.

Since there are so many disciples with varying strengths, their ranking is not based on strength but on contribution.

According to the tombstone, after Ji Li joined, as the last seat of the twelfth seat, he also had the power to recruit disciples. However, the seat is full now. If one wants a disciple of his own, he must let the disciple kill the original number himself.

Fighting each other can also improve your ranking within the organization.

The name of the tombstone is "Knight of the Inscription", ranking eighth among the twelve seats. All twelve seats are named after the knight's title.

The original purpose of establishing this evil society was to be a research-oriented organization whose purpose was to deconstruct the causes of evil itself.

But later, one of the founders suddenly became an evil lord, and threw himself into the embrace of the other world, becoming a foreign god.

Since then, the entire organization has pivoted to focus on just one action:
Create a high concentration of evil ecology, such as the Black Sun House Seto.

In addition to the ghost town of Seguchi, there is also the "Boiling City" of Shiraishima, the "Multiple Stores" of the Asian Federation, and the "Frostbite in the Cold Zone" of Siberia, all of which are the work of Babel.

The tombstone did not tell Ji Li the reason behind it.

What it meant was that it was not responsible for this part of the operation, and Ji Li did not need to know too much inside information for the time being.

Obviously, this part of the content involves the deep-seated goals of the Tower of Babel, and he cannot tell it casually even on the basis of the oath.

"It sounds like you don't need to fulfill the will of the Table-Spinning Blood Oath."

Tombstone laughed and said, "The Cluster Spiritual Pivot cannot control the Tower of Babel."

The current leader of the Tower of Babel is also one of the original founders of the organization, named "Knight of the Stain". Tombstone said that the last time he saw him was six years ago. He is extremely powerful and is suspected to be the fourth stage of the Dead Apostles, "The Cursed One".

And speaking of this, there is a difference between the soul level of the Dead Apostles and the Immortals.

The absolute strength of a single-marked dead apostle is roughly equal to the level of a multi-type overlord to a limit-breaking overlord, but he already has the ability to interfere with reality.

The Double-Scarred Apostle is the counterpart to the "Echo" among the Immortals.

The Perfect Dead Apostle, also known as the Cursed Dead Apostle, is the counterpart to the "Dark Light" among the Immortals.

The next two stages were what Ji Li was unable to understand from the Special Management Bureau's information:
A "paradox" called "The Cursed One" that opposes the immortality of one's own nature.

And the other one, Tombstone doesn't know either.

Overall, the Dead Apostles seem to have one more level than the Immortals, and there are also special beings such as the Evil Lords and the Alien Gods.

However, Tombstone believes that the human spirit must exist above the immortality of one's own nature. Perhaps Ji Li will find out after he regains his memory.

Ji Li said, "Yes, yes, yes," then let me touch that thing on your chest. However, Tombstone refused with concern, saying it was inconvenient.

When it comes to the biggest reason why Ji Li joined the Tower of Babel, the issue of crystals from other worlds, Tombstone also gave an interpretation.

The thing called alien crystal is actually a product that contains special spiritual power.

This kind of product is generally a by-product of the power of rules, mostly "produced" by cluster spirit hubs. Evil Lords and alien gods will also leave these things behind.

This kind of spiritual power has a certain threshold. As far as Tombstone knows, only the beings that produce them can use them.

Of course, the alien crystals produced by Evil Lord A are useless to itself, but it can analyze the crystals produced by Evil Lord B.

To Tombstone, this seemed like a form of communication, or a way for these beings to try to gain a higher status from it.

But all in all, for most beings, this thing has more sacrificial attributes than practicality.

On the tombstone side, this thing is mainly used as a sacrifice.

As he spoke, Tombstone held the chess piece in one hand and took off his helmet with the other, revealing the empty interior:
"For example, my situation."

The reason why there is a large piece of alien crystal on the chest of the tombstone is because its original evil species is quite special and it split itself into two parts.

One part is one's own body, placed in a sufficiently secret place.

The other is the shell, used for movement.

The body of the tombstone cannot be destroyed. Only by killing the main body can the tombstone be killed.

Since the body can be used to create a dead puppet, Tombstone is the most resistant among the Dead Apostles.

The tombstone's method goes a step further. Through a special ritual, it makes the main body become the master of the body and achieves a state of "self-contract".

Therefore, all the spells it performs are essentially a sacrifice to its original body.

This method can make its Dead Apostle spells more powerful, but it will consume the Alien Crystals, turning them into practical props in disguise.

The evil tombstone is classified as a "Lich" by soul psychology.

"You told me so much, aren't you afraid that I will find your true form and kill you?" Ji Li took a step forward:
"General."

Tombstone was stunned for a moment, and questioned Ji Li:

"…Are you sure this is your first time playing?"

"Why don't you look for your own problems if you lose?"

Ji Li yawned as he watched the Ascension Protocol consume its spiritual essence to quickly calculate countless ways of moving the pieces after receiving image information and rule information.

"How do I find it?" Tombstone, who lost the game, seemed to be very concerned about the chessboard and said casually, "I can't even find it myself."

Ji Li: "I'm not talking about playing chess."

It then raised its eyes from under its helmet:

"I'm not talking about chess either. Although you're a very good chess player, I really can't find my own problem, and I can't see your way clearly."

It then sat upright:
"For some reason, I lost my original body, and I am working on it. In addition, under the witness of the blood oath, you and I cannot attack each other. This is why I trust you."

I don't think I trust you that much. At least you are hiding something from me... Ji Li narrowed his eyes:
"So, what should I do to get what I need? Find a place to set up an evil ecological test field?"

Tombstone studied the deadlock in chess and said:
"I will soon make your existence known inside the Tower of Babel and provide blood evidence. Before the blood evidence is completed, you will not be able to participate in the gathering at the Tower of Babel, because I will execute you first and ask for your permission later on this matter."

"So I need you to quickly complete a task as a notarization action to convince other seats, but..."

Tombstone reached into the gap in the armor, took out two objects and threw them to Ji Li:
"I know what you want."

Ji Li took the thing, which was a little finger-sized crystal from another world, and the other was a pitch-black ring.

"Token?"

Ji Li said this and put it on his finger naturally.

Tombstone nodded, then extended his hand.

As a spiritual fluctuation came from the ring in his hand, the skull ring quickly opened its mouth and bit Ji Li's finger, as if triggering some kind of resonance.

The same thing happened on Tombstone's hand, and a spiritual hole opened in front of Ji Li's eyes:

It was a black bedroom with a huge coffin standing in the center of the room. Glass-colored spiritual essence was emanating from it, and black and red auras were constantly floating around the edges of the spiritual essence.

In the bedroom, there were densely packed crystals of other worlds in all directions, some large and some small:

"Look, I didn't lie to you."

"What place is that?" Ji Li asked.

"It's a hidden hell belonging to the Tower of Babel. Even I don't know where it is. But you can obtain the things inside by offering sacrifices to the blood oath, various supplies... and there are four such places, so..."

As he spoke, the tombstone closed the hole:

“Don’t worry about what you want, the Tower of Babel and I will satisfy you.

As for the recent actions... I am about to move to Shulong, let's stay there for a while, and you can also complete your notarization operations there, it is a very valuable place. "

Forgive the dragon...

Although his previous life was a Shulong person, Ji Li had no memory of his previous life. To him, it was a strange country.

"However, we will not set off until your transformation is completely stable. Before that... you even have time to secretly attend the funeral, my future good partner."

Ji Li raised his eyebrows:

"funeral?"

Tombstone laughed:

“Yes, your funeral. Silla is giving you a state funeral with great fanfare.”

(End of this chapter)