Soul Trigger

Chapter 567 Memory Vortex
"It's not about contamination. In these three dimensions, how many beings could possibly contaminate the very source of a Wheel Reincarnator's power?"

Feilin rejected Ji Li's hypothesis:

"I'm afraid this is a kind of modification, or rather... alteration."

Ji Li asked in confusion, "Can power itself be altered?"

“I don’t know. I can’t recall some distant memories, but this is probably the result of some kind of ‘ritual’.”

As the phantom of Felin examined the fragment, Ji Li could clearly sense Felin's fluctuating emotions.

Why would Tengjun possess such a fragment, and why would it be made into a spirit communication tool?

Ji Li pondered, glancing at the stone sculpture next to him from which he had removed the stone crown.

The time fragment of Flint was taken by the Tower of Babel, whose headquarters are in Europe.

According to Teng Jun's casual remark, he once studied in Europe.

Those who can sit in this position probably have experiences that cannot be simply summarized as "studying abroad".

Considering this and the age of Felin, it makes sense that this fragment, or rather this statue, was brought back from Europe by Tengjun.

"This guy is really trusting, entrusting something like this to me without worrying that I'll discover its secrets?"

"Perhaps he doesn't know that it contains a fragment of a time-space realm, or perhaps he doesn't believe you can destroy it and discover its secrets," Felin said.

“If I hadn’t sensed the familiar fluctuations and had another fragment of the time domain in hand, you wouldn’t have been able to break the stone crown at all.”

"So what should we do with this?"

"Let's take it back to the heritage lab first. Recovering it directly would be too risky. I need to see what's going on..."

Ji Li nodded and walked toward the red fragment that he had placed next to the pocket watch.

The gaze beneath the film's illusory image was somewhat hesitant.

After the stone crown was shattered by Ji Li's spiritual energy, the crimson fragments outlined a few bright red streams of light in her eyes, intertwining with the pocket watch.

However, Ji Li seemed completely unaware of this anomaly and immediately prepared to separate the two and take them away. Fei Lin quickly spoke up to stop him:
"Wait, I'll do it."

"what happened?"

"Didn't you notice anything unusual about the fragments?"

Ji Li glanced at the pocket watch and the red fragment, then shook his head.

But Philin's words still made him maintain the necessary vigilance, and he took two steps back to give space to Philin's phantom.

The hands on the pocket watch spun rapidly, indicating that Felin had begun to unleash his spiritual power.

The instant her spiritual essence touched the red fragment, the crystal shone brightly in Ji Li's eyes, transforming into a deep red, swirling meteor that hurtled towards Felin's phantom.

"what happened?"

"Step back, it's a remnant of the ritual, I'll handle it..."

Before she could finish speaking, Felin discovered that the crimson meteor had passed through her afterimage and was heading straight for Ji Li, who was not far away. Her spiritual energy trembled instantly.

"No, it's coming for you!"

Is it because we touched each other?
The moment Ji Li noticed the strange phenomenon of the crimson meteor, he had already entered Death Star form, and a beam of light shot out towards the meteor as the rainbow burst forth.

But the magnificent rainbow seemed to freeze as if time had slowed down, and Ji Li's movements also slowed down instantly.

Felin knew something was wrong, and without thinking too much, he directly used his phantom form to grab the red fragment.

Ji Li wasn't entirely unprepared. This was the paradoxical power of Felin; even Felin himself couldn't understand why the fragment had turned red. He needed to make additional preparations.

Under the effect of the two-dimensional distortion, a large amount of affinity values ​​were infused into Ji Li's will, which instantly gave him the power to barely activate the Time Domain Dagger, allowing him to release it directly.

Film's expression changed drastically:
"Black Goat, no..."

But it was too late; the three forces of time erupted simultaneously—

Film, Red Fragments, Ji Li.

The three forces collided almost simultaneously. On the hazy, illusory image of Felin, the eye protection was instantly torn apart by an invisible force, revealing clear, visible gray-white eyes.

At this moment, a flicker of panic flashed in those greyish-white eyes as they rushed toward Ji Li and the meteor:
"Don't do that! You'll..."

hum-

With a strange buzzing sound, the movements of the three stopped, and the world turned gray.

Felin's body froze on the spot, Ji Li remained in a defensive posture, and the crimson fragment also stopped in mid-air, the trail of the meteor leaving a swirling mark behind it.

Then the entire gray-white object shattered completely, transforming into a strange vortex that instantly swallowed the three of them. At the same time, Felin, who was in the heritage laboratory, suddenly opened his eyes, and the blindfold fell to the ground as if it had been freed.

Her black hair quickly turned white, her gray pupils turned black in the center, and the black stitches between her fingers shone like light; she had already entered the form of the "Negative Witch".

As she quickly stood up, she clutched her head, her body beginning to tremble violently:

"Black Goat...wait...you will...don't look!!!"

The next moment, the spiraling vortex of memories suddenly pulled her into it as well.

……

"Want to take a picture?"

"what?"

Ji Li responded instinctively, then bent down to mobilize his spiritual energy, only to find that he could not unleash any power—

He could sense the spiritual energy, but he couldn't mobilize it.

The crowded room was filled with all sorts of old-fashioned cameras, making it seem like a photo studio with a strong sense of history.

The wall was covered with posters that also had a vintage feel, most of which contained historical information that Ji Li was unfamiliar with.

Alternating current, illustrations related to detective novels with the name "Sherlock Holmes" on them, the pandemic, recruitment of sailors for voyages, and of course, the camera advertisement in this store, called "Kodak".

On the other wall, there was a large yellow sheet of paper with no illustrations, only some text.

The English in this world is no different from the English in Murphy's Big Picture; Ji Li can understand what is written on it:
The wanted poster lists a man known as "The Ripper".

All of this, together with those bulky and huge old-fashioned cameras, created a subtle historical atmosphere. Those cameras possessed both a brand-new and an old feel, and these conflicting atmospheres blended together, yet Ji Li could not sense any incongruity.

This place should be some kind of "ancient" era, or perhaps an era of revival and great development.

The only slightly jarring thing was that Ji Li also saw a poster for something called "Witch Hunt" next to him, which was a bit out of place.

It seems that no era can escape feudal superstition.

The foreign girl who spoke stood in front of Ji Li, with long golden hair.

Her face was dotted with freckles, and her eyes, like green amber, shone with an innocent radiance and hospitable warmth.

Upon closer inspection, there was a familiar feeling about her between her brows:
"Film?"

A look of surprise appeared on the girl's face:
"Ok?"

Then she smiled.
"Don't worry, we have plenty of film. We're a professional photo studio and shop here..."

"Film" means "film".

Ji Li then realized that the girl was speaking English:

No, that's not what I meant.

He wasn't quite sure where he was until he turned his head and saw a hazy view outside the photo studio—

He had once entered Rabbit Girl's memories in the Magic Mirror's realm, and a similar state was present here.

This is Film's memory, and this girl...

Ji Li looked at the innocent and carefree girl and curled his lip:
You're telling me this is film?

Putting aside the fact that their body types and heights don't match, just looking at the mysterious aura and movements of the woman in front of him, it's impossible to associate her with the flat-chested man in front of him.

Just as Ji Li was lost in thought, the girl in front of him continued his previous words:

"Huh? You weren't talking about film..."

She pushed aside the heavy camera beside her and took out a small, historically significant camera from the corner.

Calling it small is an understatement compared to other larger cameras in the vicinity. The rudimentary, technologically advanced components were crudely exposed on the camera's surface, then pointed at Ji Li:
"That's it! Has its reputation become so renowned that even foreigners come from afar to seek it out?"

Ji Li was still completely bewildered:
"it?"

"that's it."

The girl raised her camera and pointed it at Ji Li:
"It's a treasure of this city, the star product of this shop, a miniature camera with magical powers. Anyone photographed by it will feel the vitality of returning to youth and the hope of never growing old!"

Calling it a miniature camera is only in comparison to the giant cameras around it; this camera is much larger than a brick.

Following the light, Ji Li saw a string of characters on the corner of the camera, like an inscription a blacksmith leaves on his sword:
Film.

(End of this chapter)