Soul Trigger

Chapter 435 Mirage City
Looking at the silver sphere in front of him that completely covered the scenery inside, making it impossible to see or hear anything, Li Jiangyao felt itchy in his heart.

Her intuition told her that this trip today was the right one, as terrorists were so daring as to attack the royal coffins and the dragon veins were out of control.

She had only heard of this kind of situation but had never seen it before. This was definitely a big news.

Unfortunately, the escort officer inside blocked their view completely. Not only could they not see anything, they couldn't hear any sound either.

Several minutes passed like this, and just as she was scratching her head, she saw the silver shield break, revealing the figures of two people.

Sun Zhipeng's face was gloomy, but Ji Li's face was full of interest.

Because the "Painted Skin" killed by Sun Zhipeng, in his soul trigger perception, was indeed the fluctuation of human spirit, and he could not see any flaws at all. This had never happened in Silla before.

It is obvious what this little monster was brought here for: to replace the "corpse" originally in the coffin.

This is indeed the same as Ji Li's plan.

Faced with Ji Li's curiosity and questions, Sun Zhipeng didn't have time to answer them. He thought he should talk less to this guy who had no common sense and take him back to Mirage City first.

If there really was something wrong with this thing, he would have to be careful not to accidentally leak Shulong's information to the other party.

After all, this guy has no common sense, and it's a good thing that he doesn't know anything. If he understands something, you can't be sure he will do something different.

The current situation is becoming increasingly complicated and is somewhat beyond his control and understanding.

In his understanding, if the resurrected Ji Li was a dead apostle, and he had substituted the prince for the cat before entering Shulong, then when he entered the territory, he would be sensed and killed by the Shenzhou Dragon Vein.

If it is said that he used some means, such as "Painted Skin", to deceive the Shenzhou Dragon Vein and enter the territory.

Then just now, his appeasement of the Shenzhou Dragon Vein would not have any effect.

Because "Ji Li" who directly provokes the dragon vein will definitely be discovered by the Shenzhou Dragon Vein and this pretender will be blasted to pieces.

Unless he has the blood of the Shulong, or in some extremely rare circumstances, the Shenzhou Dragon Vein will show mercy to him.

But you said that Ji Li is a human spirit, and those eyes are clearly evil eyes. In the spiritual world, some things cannot be disguised, such as evil eyes.

There is also the evil aura emitted by its spiritual essence, the composition characteristics of the reverse spiritual essence, and the aura of corruption...

Various situations that conflicted with his understanding made him make the decision that he thought was most appropriate at the moment:

Leave it to King Yuanling to confirm.

As for the possibility of real resurrection, that is even more a fantasy.

He looked at the three Soul Bureau trainee guards who were standing straight in the distance, their expressions instantly becoming solemn, and then looked at Ji Li.

He took out his cracked cell phone and made a call.

"Your Highness, it's me. We have encountered a very serious situation. I can't report it to you clearly for the time being. Anyway, I have encountered a situation that I cannot understand..."

He looked at Ji Li and opened his mouth with great difficulty:

"…The young prince is alive."

There was a long silence on the other side.

Time passed minute by minute, until cold sweat began to seep out of Sun Zhipeng's forehead, and then it seemed that there was a response. After listening, Sun Zhipeng quickly hung up the phone.

Ji Li asked curiously: "What did he say?"

Sun Zhipeng turned off his scratched mobile phone screen:
"I'm sorry... I have decided not to have any conversation with you before returning to Mirage City and meeting King Yuanling."

Ji Li tilted his head:

"That's a shame. I was originally planning to tell you about my grand plan to subvert Shulong from within."

"What did you say?"

Seeing the nervous look on Sun Zhipeng's face, Ji Li suddenly smiled and turned his attention to the three little ones next to him:
"He believed it."

The three people who were suddenly cueed by the gaze were all stunned, and Li Jiangyao in the middle suddenly laughed awkwardly.

Sun Zhipeng suddenly fell silent, and he was already certain of his decision.

Don't talk to this guy.

He let out a long breath and looked at the three people who were laughing awkwardly:

"Are you scouts from the Qinzhou City Soul Bureau?"

I immediately noticed that the markings on their bodies were empty, and was somewhat surprised:

"Intern college student?"

The intern college student scout just rushed forward like this. Which general is so brave?
Li Jiangyao answered loudly: "Yes! We are from the local military academy. We are currently in the final stage of our internship and are providing security for the logistics team near the tomb..."

Before she could finish, Sun Zhipeng took out three black ceramic plates from his pocket and threw them to them:

"Thank you for your efforts today, and for providing effective and reliable assistance to the royal family. But from now on, the record of your actions will not appear in your files or the files of the Soul Bureau, and this achievement will no longer exist.

Any reports or comments regarding this incident will be considered as a violation of false reporting of merit, is that clear?"

Several people were stunned. Li Jiangyao felt wronged, but facing the royal family, he could only say pitifully:

"clear……"

But Sun Zhipeng continued:
"Instead, you can directly enter one of the 'Liang Yi' schools in Mirage City. King Yuanling will give you the right to choose, and you can have an additional achievement of suppression in your graduation file."

"Understand?"

His voice was filled with unquestionable expectation. The three of them looked at each other at first, but then all the grievances disappeared and their eyes burst into extreme ecstasy.

Li Jiangyao was so excited that his hands were shaking, and his voice was the loudest:

"understand!"

Sun Zhipeng nodded calmly:
"Next, your employment relationship will be transferred to Mirage City. Someone from Qinzhou City will take you to handle the relevant procedures soon."

"Intern students will have corresponding transfer procedures, that's it."

"Besides, before providing support, have you informed the local Soul Bureau headquarters in Qinzhou City?"

This is generally a normal process, but it is also normal for interns to forget their business capabilities. However, Li Jiangyao answered loudly:

“Notified! But half of the remaining combatants are trying to suppress the sudden riot in the tomb!
Qinzhou City Shuzhen Wang is also in the tomb at the moment, so our support personnel are coming from another suburb!"

"Then tell them that they don't need to come. Everything is normal. Others will take over the follow-up situation. The Qinzhou City Soul Bureau does not need to know about this matter. In addition..."

He paused:

"We don't have a car, so we need you to take us to the checkpoint."...

Three hours later, Mirage City.

A helicopter with a dragon logo printed on it circled around, bypassing the towering mountains, and a large city nestled between the mountain peaks appeared in front of Ji Li.

His first impression was that this was a city divided into black and white.

Dark black ancient buildings made of modern materials are interspersed in this three-dimensional mountain city, combining tradition and the aesthetics of this generation to the extreme.

But the most towering is the eye-catching black palace deep in the city——

Forbidden city.

The imperial city stood at the highest point of the entire city, and for some reason Ji Li had a sense of déjà vu of the former Murphy megastructure, the World Tree headquarters that soared into the sky in the core quadrant city.

However, standing there, one can almost overlook the entire Murphy structure. Compared with that, this city called Mirage City is naturally far inferior.

Sun Zhipeng didn't say a word the whole time. Just as he said, he hardly had any conversation with Ji Li, and he strictly guarded against Ji Li to ensure that he was completely clueless about the current environment.

The helicopter roared into this steel jungle, and those densely packed dots in the distance gradually turned into tall buildings.

Amid the roar, the hustle and bustle of the city gradually came. Apart from the extremely three-dimensional terrain and some traditional buildings, Ji Li believed that the current capital city of Shulong was not too different from Aurora City.

Looking at the city in front of him, Ji Li was also thinking about a question.

The cluster spiritual hub of this country: the Shenzhou Dragon Vein is extremely special and seems to have become an existence of some kind of rule level.

His spiritual essence was called "reverse spiritual essence" by Sun Zhipeng, which meant that the Shulong people's system was probably fundamentally different from that of Silla.

The so-called aura of corruption should be caused by the madness fire in his body that is related to the inner world, as well as certain powers integrated from the other three types. They should all be reasons related to the inner world, such as the [Corrupted Red Lightning] of his main form of Feidian.

Due to the antiquity of their souls, these forces may be regarded as extremely dangerous outsiders by the Shenzhou Dragon Veins and go out of control.

In other words, unless it is necessary, he may not be able to use his spiritual essence at will temporarily, which will be a big problem.

But since Tombstone chose Shulong, that guy should have a corresponding solution.

King Yuanling is also a breakthrough point, but his act of pretending to be dead may lead to some temptations from his "original family", but this is also part of the original plan.

Soon the surrounding noise faded away in the high speed of the helicopter, leaving only the roar of the engine.

They crossed an artificial lake and came to a large helipad. Ji Li could see a line of words flashing on a giant digital billboard on one side:

【National 4A-level scenic spot】

Below, you can see some people who appear to be a tour group heading towards the depths of one side of the artificial lake.

They all stopped to look at the passing helicopter, then quickly looked away. Ji Li was quite confused by this.

As the helicopter came to a complete stop, Sun Zhipeng, who had been silent all the way, finally spoke:
"After you go in, until you enter the Yuanling King's residence, do not touch anything on the road casually, and do not talk to those tour groups."

"You're finally willing to speak?" Ji Li smiled.

Sun Zhipeng fell silent again and took Ji Li away from the helicopter. A team of fully armed men in black were already waiting nearby.

They were wearing slender combat uniforms of antique cut but modern design. Their faces were covered with dragon-shaped masks. They had some straight knives on their waists that Ji Li did not recognize. There were some scattered spiritual fluctuations on their bodies.

Ji Li pulled the trigger on his soul and found that the lowest level was also that of a Type Five Overlord.

In Shulong, these official awakeners are collectively called "Guardians".

These people continued to follow the two men after they got off the helicopter. The two leaders were in front, and the others surrounded Ji Li, sandwiching him and Sun Zhipeng in the middle and moving towards the west of the helipad.

Ji Li didn't care about this strict defense attitude at all. He was carrying a long black backpack and looking around, just like the tourists next to him.

After arriving here, Sun Zhipeng seemed much more relaxed.

The two changed many means of transportation along the way, first cars, then trains, and finally helicopters. He was on guard against possible secondary attacks, and also had to keep an eye on Ji Li, the unknown life form.

But because of this, he did not delay at all even when he changed vehicles along the way, and he arrived at Mirage City at an extremely fast speed in three hours.

With the dragon vein's rejection mechanism in place, he wasn't actually too worried about Ji Li causing trouble midway; he was mainly afraid that he might do something small.

So apart from not talking to him, there were no restrictions on him throughout the process.

There was a garden ahead, and some tourists were taking photos everywhere. Two guards were assigned to stop the tourists from taking photos, and only followed Ji Li and his group after they left.

However, there was no commotion among the crowd, as if they had already gotten used to it. They were just somewhat disappointed, especially the female tourists.

This also allowed Ji Li to get a glimpse of the social norms in this empire. The social hierarchy gap between royal members and ordinary people did not seem to be that serious, but you just shouldn't take pictures of them casually.

There is not much difference in the attire between these human spirits and the human spirits of Silla, there are only slight differences in aesthetics.

The Silla people seem to prefer lighter colors or grayer ones. In Ji Li's opinion, the Shulong people are more diverse.

Ji Li even saw two female tourists in pure ancient costumes taking pictures. When they saw Ji Li and his group, they walked up to them enthusiastically and seemed to want to take a photo together, but were politely rejected by the leading guard.

Although Sun Zhipeng next to him didn't say anything the whole time, he was observing Ji Li's performance.

Seeing him looking around like a country bumpkin, I was speechless and finally couldn't help but say:
"This is Yuanling Palace, the entire scenic area is like this."

Ji Li asked: "Why is it a scenic spot?"

Sun Zhipeng: "To promote the economy, it was already a scenic spot thirty years ago."

“Why are those people wearing costumes?”

"…That's not a costume, it's a Tang suit. And it's in the style of an ancient royal family. Because this is Yuanling Palace, so people will wear Tang suits in the style of an ancient royal family to take pictures here. After all, it's a scenic spot."

While explaining to Ji Li, Sun Zhipeng felt more and more confused.

After all, he was an elite member of the Dragon Vein Convention Bureau. Why would he introduce his own family to someone who looked like a little prince...

Ji Li was even more puzzled:

"Isn't Shulong an empire? Can these people just take photos wearing royal clothes?"

Sun Zhipeng was speechless: “After the New Tang Dynasty, we entered a period of social reform. Apart from the Tang suits used for ceremonies by the royal family, there were no restrictions on clothing.

In modern times, the country's name was changed to Shulong, and even the ban on ceremonial use was lifted. You can wear anything to take photos, as long as you don't enter the royal family's private area. "

Ji Li commented: "Then your empire is indeed quite unique and open. I thought there would be a sign on the door of my house saying "Civilians and dogs are not allowed to enter..."

Sun Zhipeng:
"..."

(End of this chapter)