Soul Trigger

Chapter 71 Hong Zhi and Xiang Yu

The next morning.

The first thing Ji Li did when he woke up from his doghouse was to check the message he sent to Feilin last night.

After returning to the city last night, Jin Misha, who was still excited, dragged him to the night market to have a meal of Silla barbecue, saying that he had entered the Lingbo Prison again and had not been able to continue the previous meal, so he had to have a good meal.

After sending a message to Filin in the barbecue restaurant, he almost fell asleep as soon as he got home. He was so exhausted.

As for the dog, Ji Li brought it back temporarily. After treating it with the supplies he borrowed from Rabbit, he threw it in the living room to lie dead. It was still snoring soundly, and Ji Li could hear its snoring clearly in the room.

At this time, Filin had already replied, but it turned out that it was not him, but a head maid named "Black Box".

Ji Li simply made a phone call, and a clear female voice came from the other end:

"Hello, Mr. Black Goat."

"Is Ms. Fillin not here?"

"Yes. Recently, there have been some developments in the Red Whip Society. The leader of the Red Whip Society has died, and there have been some conflicts between Flash Street and the Special Management Bureau. The leader needs to step in to deal with some things."

The leader of the Red Whip Society is dead?
This was something Ji Li didn't expect.

Since he came into this world, the Red Whip Society has always been around Ji Li.

Whether it was the first Lingbao, the subsequent tracking, or even the Lingbao cluster in the school, there was the shadow of the Red Whip Society, and this frequency was enough to make Ji Li think about dealing with them properly.

But when I woke up, your boss was dead before I even did anything?
"Not only has the leader of the Red Whip Society died, but all members in the Red Whip Society's temporary base have died for some reason."

Black Box naturally knew the relationship between Ji Li and Feilin, and he did not hide this information and spoke very frankly.

"Except for a high priest who is still at large, there are only a few peripheral members still scattered around. The Special Management Bureau and the Aurora City Police Department are already hunting these people down."

"If you have any mission reports in the near future, please tell me first and I will pass it on to the master."

Ji Li thought for a moment:
"When was this news?"

"This is the news from Friday night, the 8th. There should be news on the Crimson Front by now. You can check the official Flash Street and forwarded Special Management Bureau notices there."

After finishing the call with Black Box, Ji Li sat on the bed and pondered for a while with a focused look on his face.

He was the one who killed the Soul Eater on Friday night, and the Lord behind him also showed abnormalities because of that battle.

The leader of the Red Whip Society also died last night. Assuming that there is an inevitable connection between the two, then the demise of the Red Whip Society is very likely related to himself.

However, this is not the key point. The task can be handed in as it should be. The problem lies in what the Soul Eaters have hidden under Aries College through the Soul Prison Cluster. This is the key point.

"Just hand in the task as it should be. You've already gotten most of the benefits. There's no need to hide this thankless task."

Having made up his mind, Ji Li entered the soul space.

It was still the place where pieces of rubble were floating, and the environment had not changed much, but on the giant floating stone where the display case was placed in the center, there was a strange arch at the edge, which looked like a cave.

And at the front of the cave, there was a slight red fluctuation, with something floating on it.

Ji Li first looked at his cognitive index, which had reached 26 points. This was all caused by the death track.

The spiritual reactions of those little black men were very unstable, which might be the reason why so many values ​​were obtained. Adding the parts provided by the contestants, the harvest was quite good.

Then he came to the red fluctuation:

[Red quality: 0]

WTF?

He summoned the Ascension Protocol, and a densely packed operation log appeared before his eyes. After scanning it all the way, Ji Li immediately understood the entire process of the changes in this place -

The chip given by Monsa seemed to be somewhat similar to the eyeball that glared at him when he first came to this world.

This directly led to the operation of the [Binary Decoder] built into the Ascension Protocol, which deciphered and extracted the information inside for the purpose of improving and upgrading the gray space.

In simple terms, the Ascension Protocol provided a deeper analysis of certain information about this world, and also brought about some changes to Ji Li's third-rate online game point-adding upgrade system.

First of all, there is this extra red quality:

This new facility - let's call it a "filter" for now.

This thing can directly transform the relics or fragments of personalities that carry the aura of the other world into a new type of energy unit called [Red Matter].

However, the filtering and conversion speed of this "red matter" is very slow, and it will directly consume the entire personality relic.

This energy can be temporarily absorbed by Ji Li into the Soul Well for use. The effect is currently unknown. This thing seems to have some uniqueness and cannot be directly tried in the soul space.

However, through the perception of the soul trigger, this thing is far stronger than ordinary spiritual essence in terms of the most basic energy generation. If we must use a vivid metaphor, it would probably be the difference between energy bullets and gunpowder bombs, lightsabers and iron swords.

The only contaminated personality relic that Ji Li has left in his hand is the [Heart of Dead Blood], a thing with a maximum of negative states obtained from the Soul Eater. It can be called the heart version of Pandora's Box.

Because the thing was too polluting, he threw it into his own spiritual prison. Putting aside the red substance, another new function made Ji Li quite satisfied:
Because the Ascension Protocol's computing power has increased and its resolution has been enhanced, it is possible for him to individually evolve the traits of the currently collected personality relics, as well as the personality relics themselves, rather than investing a large amount of cognitive index at once as more and more traits are integrated.

This allows him to choose the direction of existing traits for specialized development, which in a sense reduces the waste of cognitive index. Without the right environment, this thing is more difficult to deal with than personality relics.

However, he is not planning to use this cognitive index yet. He will go to the Lingbo Prison later and try to upgrade it. Besides that, he has another idea.

As for the token given by Monsa, according to the other party, it can only be used in the inner world. After Ji Li exited the soul space, he injected spiritual essence into both the present world and the reflection world and tried it, but nothing happened, so he put it aside for the time being.

……

After returning to his home in the real world, Ji Li first went to the "Crimson Front" to check out the public notices related to the Red Whip Society mentioned by the black box. Sure enough, there were already a lot of comments under the posts of the official Flash Street and the Special Management Bureau.

According to the public announcement, except for several official members of the Red Whip Society who are still at large and a priest cadre, Shan Street and the Special Management Bureau will continue to cooperate to liquidate all organizations related to the Red Whip Society.

Including but not limited to other forces that have close contacts or cooperation with the Red Whip Society, as well as gangs and corporate associations that work for the Red Whip Society.

After roughly browsing the information and making some notes, Ji Li browsed other sections.

Since he had just obtained a special spiritual circuit, Ji Li checked the spiritual circuit section and found that the introductory technical training manual was actually sold for seven-digit Hong Kong dollars. He had no choice but to buy some basic information to look at it first.

In addition, he discovered that the "engravers" of the spiritual circuit, that is, the technical personnel related to the spiritual circuit, seemed to have a very good status in the reflection walker group.

He saw many commissions seeking engravers, and the prices were quite high. If the Ascension Protocol could assist in learning this technology, it might be a good way to make money.

After walking around for a while, Ji Li put away his phone and went to the living room. He saw Tie Baojin sleeping on the sofa with bandages on his legs. He went up and kicked him.

The latter rolled off the sofa smoothly and fell to the floor with a thud.

The tremors were felt strongly in Aurora City.

It snorted, turned over and prepared to continue sleeping, but was woken up by Ji Li's kick:

"Fuck! Who the hell disturbed my sleep…"

When he looked up and saw Ji Li, Tie Baojin immediately fell to the ground:
"Hey, it turns out to be Brother Gu. The way you wake me up is really casual..."

"Tell me, what are you?"

"Look at what you said. I am a dog."

"Awakening dog? Are you a delusion-breaking dog, a splitting dog, a demon-contracting dog, or a mourning dog?"

"To answer your question, I should be Polugou, and my name is Xiang Yu!"

When talking about his name, Tie Baojin raised his head proudly.

But Ji Li's face showed no expression, which made him a little unconvinced: "My name is Xiang Yu!"

"……Then?"

"Xiang Yu, the Overlord of Western Chu!"

"You are famous?" Ji Li was puzzled. You want someone who has not figured out the 21st century to know about the people in 200 BC, which is really a bit too much to ask.

"Okay... well..."

Tie Baojin instantly became depressed, and at the same time he felt somewhat puzzled——

Could it be that this big guy is a husband?
"What are you proud of?"

"Nothing... nothing..." Tie Baojin lowered his head guiltily and glanced at Ji Li.

It saw the heroic performance of this man last night. If it accidentally angered this terrifying upright ape, it might lose its head.

Ji Li was also very curious about this guy. Although he had seen corrupted dogs before, this was the first time he had seen an awakened dog. He couldn't help but feel excited, so he asked about the origin of this iron-wrapped gold dog.

According to this iron-clad man named "Xiang Yu", it came from a street gang called "The Overlord Group", and it was the leader of the Overlord Group.

"Are you still a gangster boss?"

"You underestimate me too much. We have four gangs and more than fifty heroes in the Overlord Group!"

The Overlord Group is located in Xiachi District outside the Fourth Ring Road. The public security there is not very good, which provides a fertile ground for the development of the Overlord Group.

Xiang Yu didn't remember how he awakened. He only remembered that he was in a daze before, but one day he suddenly could speak. He gradually formed the Overlord Group and became the most powerful gang in the local area.

Ji Li searched seriously and found a news report about the killing of stray dogs in Xiachi District.

It is said that stray dogs in Xia Chi District gathered in groups, disturbing the nearby neighborhood environment and gathering to surround restaurants, so many of them were killed.

When talking about this Xiang Yu, he burst into tears:

"We just brought more brothers, ate a few more mouthfuls of food and collected some protection fees. You should know that we were the ones who drove away all the stray cats in the entire Xiachi District! Three gangs were taken down by stupid cops!"

"...So you are in the Beggars' Sect?" Ji Li subconsciously thought of the strange literary works that Bunny Girl had introduced to him when he had dinner with her.

The main thing is that Rabbit keeps talking about all kinds of jokes all the time, and if Ji Li didn't ask, he really wouldn't understand what the young man was saying.

"Nonsense! It's only natural for us stray dogs to beg for food!"

Ji Li nodded: "Indeed, only a dog can beg for food so confidently."

Xiang Yu rolled his eyes, feeling that these words sounded like an insult, but they weren't, because it was indeed a dog.

"Anyway... after the three gangs were gone, we could only move around near a used car disposal plant. As a result, we happened to meet an awakened person near the parking lot, and later this leader took him in as his younger brother."

"That little brother was responsible for preparing food for our Overlord Group, and also worked hard to find various businesses for me. Only then did our Overlord Group gradually grow stronger."

The "business" that Xiang Yu mentioned mostly involved stealing things, delivering packages for others, and tracking and eavesdropping on intelligence.

Since few people would suspect that a dog hanging around outside their door was doing so in order to eavesdrop or steal, Xiang Yu was able to do these things like a fish in water.

The reason why he appeared in the Limbo of Monsa was because he overheard some information.

"Are you sure that he is your younger brother and he is not using you as a working beast?" Ji Li complained helplessly.

"He must be my little brother. He said it himself!" Xiang Yu was unconvinced. "It's all thanks to my little brother that I was able to get so many spiritual circuits!"

It twisted its butt, and in front of Ji Li's astonished gaze, its body lit up with dense spiritual circuits of light, all kinds of colorful lights.

"He also said that when I become stronger, he will introduce me to become a Flash Street Operator. He won't lie to me!"

Ji Li was immediately happy: "I am from Shan Street."

"Are you a Flash Street Operator?!" Tie Baojin was stunned for a moment, his eyes rolling around.

"So, where did you get the car when you're a beggar?"

"Nonsense! We stray dogs beg for food, that's heaven..."

Tie Baojin interrupted his thoughts instantly and retorted subconsciously. He shrank his neck when he noticed Ji Li's unfriendly look:

"Well, beggars are beggars..."

Xiang Yu went on to say that transforming into a vehicle was its inherent ability, and Bumblebee was the appearance it chose.

As for the information about the Death Track Lingbao, he got it from eavesdropping on the conversation between a female agent of the Special Management Bureau and her subordinates while doing business, and learned that they were besieging a fugitive.

It learned that it could get a huge reward if it caught the fugitive, so it kept following the matter closely until it joined the police in the pursuit of the fugitive. However, it did not expect to be sucked into the spirit prison along with a police car and the fugitive.

Ji Li knew everything that happened afterwards.

The fugitive should be the driver of "Hellraiser", and the policewoman is the female agent from "The Shining Vigilante", including the female agent that Xiang Yu eavesdropped on.

The Special Management Bureau, stray dogs, "little brothers" and the repair shop. Based on Ji Li's experience, the Xia Chi area might be a gathering place for the black industries of the awakened ones.

However, Ji Li was somewhat curious about the spiritual circuits on its body. He parted Xiang Yu's shiny hair and studied it, and found that this guy seemed to have fought many tough battles, with many scars and surgical sutures on his skin.

According to Xiang Yu, these things were traces of when he was in a daze and was taken to a rescue station for treatment before he awakened.

After flicking the hair again, Ji Li saw a lot of spiritual circuits distributed throughout its body. Most of the dog's strength was probably brought by these spiritual circuits.

"So what are you going to do next, go back to your doghouse?"

At this moment, Tie Baojin became embarrassed:
"Brother Gu, are you really from Shan Street?"

"Why, do you want me to take you in?"

The dog-head immediately said, "Okay, okay!"

"You're not going to be a sly guy anymore?"

"We are the Overlord Group, we shouldn't run away... Well, as long as you take me to Flash Street, then I should run away..."

"Are you so willing to do that?" Ji Li was very interested.

"Those who are in the underworld all know that only by going to the streets can you become a big shot. I also want to be a big shot, make more money, and let my brothers live a better life. It would be best if they could become awakened dogs like me."

Ji Li looked at Xiang Yu and had other plans in mind:

"In this case, we have to negotiate good terms."

"It's okay, just set any conditions! Brother Gu, you are my savior..."

"You and your group of bullies will listen to me from now on."

"……what?"

Xiang Yu was stunned.

"Then my business..."

"Don't do that business anymore. I'll take you to do the business on Shan Street and give you a share of every order."

Xiang Yu was stunned for a moment, feeling a little overwhelmed.

Judging from Brother Gu's performance last night, he must be a big shot in Flash Street, right?

So I have finally made it?

"Come on, follow me out."

"Okay, okay! Brother Gu, where are we going?" Xiang Yu followed excitedly, with great visions of the future rising in his heart.

"I'll take you to the restaurant first, and then I'll take you to school."

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