Soul Trigger

Chapter 729 Arrangement
"Has the person gone?"

"We've arrived, but..."

Veronica, on the other end of the communication line, glanced at Bertrand standing in front of her desk and felt something was off about him, so she secretly turned her head away.
"Something seemed off about him, especially his eyes... and he just called me... a native??"

"Ignore it." Ji Li, who was in the Hall of Heroes, manipulated the dazzling array of screens in front of him:
"Just cooperate with him as much as possible in this regard, otherwise the spell I planted on him will fail."

"...I understand. By the way, your female friends...have been wanting to see you these past few days."

Veronica carefully considered her words—

Kim Misa, Che Li, and Jasmine—the latter two are alright, but the first one is really troublesome and seems to be in a somewhat schizophrenic state, running over to her every few days.

Left with no other choice, Veronica had to ask her to help retrieve the out-of-control storax, and things only calmed down a bit in the last two days.

"Make proper arrangements. They are quite capable and should be of use in dealing with some of the current issues in the city."

“I understand. But Miss Cherry seems to have something urgent to attend to. The Illuminati may be urging her to leave as soon as possible. She has already come to see you three or four times.”

F?
Ji Li pondered for a moment: "I understand. My matter here will be settled soon, and I will go to see her in person then."

Communication hang up.

The Blood Moon erased the memories of all the ordinary people in the city, ending the aftermath of the Dead Apostle siege and twisting everything into a natural disaster rather than a man-made one.

But the world of ordinary people is one thing, and the world of awakened beings is another.

Veronica now faces troubles from accountability issues from the Ludwig family and the royal family.

The former was eager to see Bertrand Ludwig, and Veronica had been using the excuse of recovering from her injuries to keep him at bay.

But, natives?

Ji Li chuckled to himself.

While he was trapping Bertrand Ludwig in the Valhalla cyberspace, he considered many things, especially how to rewrite Bertrand's memories in order to better control the man.

After all, this is White Island, and in a sense, this city is also the city of Berant. If they need to use this guy when they face the Ludwig family later, there is a considerable risk that the mistake will be exposed and cause him to "wake up".

As he observed Berant's behavior in cyberspace, he suddenly had a brilliant idea: since constructing memories for him would lead to distortion no matter what, why not just let him awaken his "past life memories"?

Therefore, Ji Li carefully created a transmigrator memory template for him. In his previous life, he was a clerk in the security department of Murphy's Mansion, working overtime until he died. He had poor social skills and a timid personality.

Putting aside his surprise at discovering that his highest-ranking superior, Odin, had also "traveled" through time, Ji Li shaped him into a very easy-to-control personality and instilled in him the idea that "no matter what happens in this life, following Odin is the right choice."

This way, the risk of him waking up will be minimized.

However, because his "previous life" seemed to be too low-level, he now appears quite arrogant when facing Veronica and the other "natives," even more so than when he was the custodian of the St. Martin's Vault, behaving like a bit of a foolish young man.

It's not bad, considering it's the first attempt. It should be able to be improved later, like the second prisoner of Ji Li:

Governor Marin.

The position of Governor is the highest leader of the Dark Side Oversight Group, and it is also the position that Veronica is currently temporarily acting in.

Although the title of "Head of the Pavilion" represents the highest administrative rank among Awakened in the Birmingham area, the real authority, responsible for coordinating the Dark Side Oversight Group and overseeing the entire Awakened ecosystem in Birmingham, is actually held by the Governor.

Veronica's Blood Moon Clan wants to successfully control the entire city of Birmingham and make it the headquarters of Valhalla. Veronica and Bertrand alone are not enough, so Governor Marin also needs to be brought under their control.

Including Flash Street, it's also important for maintaining balance within the city. The blame has been placed entirely on the Tower of Babel, but the death of the head of a Blood Pact Hermit family still demands some explanation, and Veronica is already handing over the reins.

So now, it's time to try reforming Governor Marin as well.

Having learned from his previous experience with Berant, Ji Li became increasingly adept at using memory hacking techniques.

Previously, he needed to be fully focused on it to shape and adjust everything he wanted.

It's much easier now, and I can operate faster inside Valhalla.

This time, Ji Li decided to make some changes to her character design. Although the identity of a low-level clerk is easy to manage, being too low-class would ultimately be a disadvantage.

Therefore, Ji Li created an elite persona for Governor Marin this time:
Odin's most loyal subordinate, the third-in-command of the World Tree Group, is an absolute top executive elite whose loyalty to the World Tree even surpasses that of Odin himself.

In this way, this character will possess extremely high initiative and serve Valhalla wholeheartedly...

The screen in front of him was constantly displaying various binary codes, and a brain-shaped projection model was flashing continuously.

These brand-new memories are being injected into Governor Marin's brain through Valhalla, where he is currently asleep, experiencing a cyberspace that feels like a dream.

"His childhood should be set in the same slums as mine, and his experiences should overlap with mine as much as possible... Then, make it so that I promoted him to a higher position to show my gratitude, and design three events that intersect with my own life, so that..."

Snapped!
Ji Li, who was completely focused on the projection in front of him, suddenly had a mental breakdown. He snapped out of his daze and frowned.

what happened?

Suddenly, the lights around the hall began to flash wildly, and various strange noises emanated from the entire Hall of Heroes.

Just as Ji Li was wondering what was going on, the lights suddenly returned to normal.

At the same time, he felt the spiritual energy within his body rapidly draining away, and the Well of Souls shrinking at an extremely terrifying rate.

Before he could react, the Well of Souls had completely dried up, his brain felt like it had been hit by a heavy hammer, and he staggered, almost falling to the ground.
"What...what?!"

He endured the excruciating headache and quickly checked the situation in Valhalla. He discovered that his memory hacking had depleted all the remaining spiritual energy in Valhalla, and the spiritual energy provided by the intelligent personalities was no longer sufficient.

Therefore, Valhalla began to absorb his spiritual essence, and in addition to hacking his memories, Ji Li put all the repaired factories into full-speed production in order to produce the legion as soon as possible.

In other words, Ji Li is currently using his spiritual essence to supply the energy consumption of the entire Hall of Heroes and several factories.

With such terrifying energy expenditure, it would be strange if you weren't instantly drained dry!
Now, Valhalla has begun to consume some of the personality relics remaining within it, supplying energy by directly draining them.

This left him somewhat flustered, as it was the first time he had ever encountered a power outage.

If Valhalla stops operating, will those intelligent personalities perish, or suffer data loss and incomplete personalities as a result?

That would be a huge loss...

Just as Ji Li was attempting to urgently shut down the factories that were extremely draining of spiritual energy, a sudden, scalding heat surged through his wrist—

The Curse Seal of the Inner World?
What catches the eye is the intricate, shimmering emblem on the back of the hand:

Blood moon.

The next moment, a large amount of spiritual energy burst forth from the Blood Moon Emblem, forming an invisible channel that connected to the Hall of Heroes through Ji Li.

(End of this chapter)