Soul Trigger

Episode 118
Before the pilgrimage, Ji Li gradually became busy.

In addition to the basic patrols arranged by the Special Management Bureau every day, the situations requiring him to respond and provide support are increasing.

In just less than a week, he cooperated with other patrol agents to participate in 7 abnormal incidents, including evil appearances and abnormal spirit hell incidents.

In addition to the matters concerning the Special Management Bureau, he also gave further instructions to Aries College in the area under his jurisdiction.

The book of the Ecto-Plasma Circuit School that he exchanged for credits from the Special Management Bureau is titled [Energy Shaping Slavery], which contains two lessons. It is a rubbing board just like the [Wheel of Thorns] he got before.

However, Shaping Slavery technically belongs to the "Path School" and functionally belongs to the "Contract Type", which is very different from the "Loop School" which mostly tends to have protective effects.

If the spiritual circuit of the Loop School is based on the core loop, which is wrapped and empowered by the second and third rings, then the Path School extends the circuit-like striped path from the core.

The huge difference caused Ji Li to encounter many difficulties when he was trying to master this school of thought book, but he finally learned the [Artificial Refining] before the Pilgrimage Day.

The "Contract-type" ectoplasm circuit is a special circuit used for "ectoplasm creation" and evil. In the world of Reflection Walker, there are two well-known large communities that love this:

One is Shulong’s “ghost raiser”, the other is Heirifu’s “Onmyoji”.

Although "Onmyoji" is a common name in Hei Ri Prefecture, there are indeed large communities and associations named "Onmyoji".

This type of awakened people specializes in psychic creations and psychic circuits related to evil, which are used to strengthen the evil they enslave, or psychic derivatives.

The swarm of rats controlled by Li Zhanxiang with spiritual essence, the black ice rats summoned by Ji Li, and the magic shadow horse are all "spiritual essence derivatives", commonly known as "summoned creatures", or "taming beasts" or "taming ghosts".

If we further subdivide it, it can be divided into "slavery" like Li Zhanxiang, and "refining" like the Moyingma.

"Slavery" means using spiritual essence to forcibly drive existing objective entities, and "refining" means giving spirituality to dead objects.

However, such spiritual essence derivatives, especially "refined" spiritual essence derivatives, cannot be directly engraved with spiritual essence circuits, and require special pre-engraving as a framework.

[Artificial Refining] is a kind of pre-imprinting, which cannot be used by the human body.

As the core of the [Energy Shaping Slavery] system, in addition to the effects of the previous imprinting, it also allows the imprinted person to have the ability to absorb spiritual essence for self-sustaining.

Although it is very basic, it is a breakthrough from 0 to 1 for the black ice rats that rely heavily on Ji Li's Lingboyu energy.

With this thing, the Black Ice Rat can move freely within Ji Li's jurisdiction even if it leaves the coverage of the Lingbo Prison.

[Artificial Refining] is further followed by [Creation·Artificial Refining], which is the step of refining spiritual essence derivatives in this school, that is, using specific materials and the spiritual essence circuit to create spiritual essence derivatives that can be driven.

Ji Li hasn't learned to this level yet.

After engraving the artificial refinement on the seven black ice rats, Ji Li engraved the spiritual circuits he had obtained before on them:
Protection from Evil, Spiked Shell, Heart of Thorns, and [Corpse Wax Fluctuation].

As for why it is not an advanced version of [Traces of Eclipse], it may be because the circuit level of [Artificial Refining] cannot keep up with [Traces of Eclipse]. If it does, the entire structure will collapse.

So Ji Li could only settle for the next best thing and engrave the initial version of [Corpse Wax Fluctuation].

As for the dog Xiang Yu, he is now Ji Li's campus security captain. He has made some progress in "suppressing bandits" in the school every day recently, and has grown bigger.

As a reward for his hard work, Ji Li engraved on him the spiritual circuit that he had learned from An Zhongxun but had no use for himself.

The study and research of these spiritual circuits also allowed Ji Li to gain more from the ruins. At least he had obtained the name of Henson's first spiritual circuit:

【Weaver's Contract】

This spiritual circuit is naturally of the contractual type, and is also of the Path School. This made Ji Li confirm his research direction of the Contract Department of the Path School.

However, compared to [Artificial Refining], the complexity of the Weaver's Contract is several times more.

After so long, Ji Li still has not completely analyzed one-fifth of the content, but the progress is steadily improving. If he continues to maintain the current momentum, he should be able to fully understand it in about half a month, and then he can try to drive "Henson".

Of course, all of this was accomplished with the assistance of the Ascension Protocol.

As for the research paper from "Professor Gu", he has done most of it.

As everything was getting better, time gradually approached the eve of the pilgrimage day.

……

On that day, the entire Special Management Bureau cancelled all day field work and conducted special training for the Parade Day together with the police station and the Third Category Contact Defense Team.

The so-called special training is actually the familiarity and training of the entire practical process of the pilgrimage day.

It includes but is not limited to the actual practice of information exchange between three parties, the process of handling emergencies, the regional conditions of the current pilgrimage route, personnel scheduling, etc.

For most of the content, since there have been patrols during this period, everyone has their own responsibilities and is very familiar with the regional conditions.

What is more important is to make those guys in Shan Street listen carefully to instructions, follow the procedures of the Special Management Bureau, and pay attention to the pedestrians watching the ceremony and possible protesters.

In the eyes of ordinary people, Pilgrimage Day is a city festival and a city-organized holiday.

The third mayor's parade on that day will be regarded as a grand commemorative event.

The third mayor is actually a former regional councillor of Aurora City. He has worked for the welfare of the people of Aurora City. His greatest achievement is the optimization of the port of Aurora City and the promotion of the international economy.

But the greatest achievement was the elimination of slums within the jurisdiction of Aurora City.

In addition, he himself came from a grassroots background, so even though he is no longer in office, his prestige among the masses remains undiminished, which is why he became the "third mayor" of Aurora City.

However, if you please one group, you are bound to offend another group. This is an unchanging rule in social relations.

Therefore, in such large-scale commemorative activities, due to the Silla system, there will be protesters who will seize the opportunity to show up.

Whether it was done by the third mayor's political enemies or by civil groups acting spontaneously for their own interests, the parade route that day would definitely be accompanied by protesting crowds.

So regardless of what the crowd is like, the first thing we need to do is to control these ferocious monsters that have flashed down the street.

This part of the content lasted until the afternoon. Tuzi, as a temporary worker through Ji Li's overseas assignment channel, was also present for special training. He was yawning the whole time and only became more energetic when lunch was served at noon.

Around three o'clock in the afternoon, it is the final stage to finalize all personnel arrangements.

Since this part also involves a GPA settlement, it is left to the end.

After the establishment of the Special Investigation Section, the performance points awarded to the Flash Street personnel will be used to determine their positions in this tour day. This also involves the issue of subsequent personnel promotions. After all, the tour day is a key task.

When the performance list was announced, everyone was somewhat surprised that the first place was Luo Hu.

The performance list here refers to the "hardworking emperors" who have participated in the most public affairs, completed the most cases, and contributed the most since the establishment of the Special Investigation Division.

The purpose of the list is to make public the gangsters like those in Flash Street, and the top ten will be ranked.

Ji Li's ranking was not very high, barely seventh, and a large part of his GPA was due to the "Gluttony Train" incident.

Finally, based on GPA and comprehensive evaluation, the final positions of everyone on tomorrow's pilgrimage day were confirmed. Ji Li was assigned to the observation post in the middle of the pilgrimage route, and was assigned a team including an external personnel for his temporary dispatch.

As for the expatriate, it was naturally Rabbit, whom Ji Li called in to prevent any unexpected events. After all, it was a big deal, and Misha herself also wanted to get some good things from the Special Management Bureau.

The first one, Luo Hu, was assigned to the front guard team.

In this tour, the guarding forces in the present world are distributed in a three-tier structure:

The core layer is protected by the third-class contact defense team and is closest to the third mayor.

The second layer is composed of agents from the Special Management Bureau who change their routes.

The third layer consists of agents who are arranged at fixed points along the way. The personnel composition and functional division of this part are the most complicated.

Ji Li belongs to the middle command of the third level, which is considered a relatively important position in a fixed area.

Luo Hu was assigned to the second level and was a member of the escort team for the key route in the front section.

"I'm not convinced."

Luo Hu raised his right hand: "I think I'm number one in GPA, why am I still an ordinary guard?"

"Well..." The guy with glasses who was in charge of announcing the GPA pushed his glasses up:

"If you have any objections to the seventh place...it's because he is directly under the core squadron, which is a reflection of his assessment results."

During this period, Luo Hu made a lot of reports to Ji Li and was still a little upset about the assessment. Brother Glasses knew about it.

Today this guy has a bandage on his arm. It seems that he has been working too hard on field work recently and his arm was broken by something strange:
"All core squadron personnel will be assigned a team, and his results this time are not bad, which is why he is the command unit."

"Besides, you are not just an ordinary member of the Guard, but a member of the N2 area second only to the core force of the Guard. Honestly, this place is good enough."

Generally speaking, places like the Special Management Bureau wouldn't make things so clear.

But many of the people standing below came from Shan Street. The atmosphere is different, and the unspoken rules are also different.

The unspoken rules of the Special Management Bureau related to job changes and performance points are taken for granted by people on Shan Street.
"If I work hard, you have to give me benefits. Why would I work hard if I don't get benefits? Don't talk to me about benefits or leadership. The leaders on Shan Street give me lucrative jobs. How can you, as a leader, be stingy? Just tell me whether this job is lucrative or not and how much I can earn."

——It’s about this style of painting.

So when Glasses speaks, he is naturally straightforward and gets to the point.

"I don't think he can."

Luo Hu also spoke quickly: "Can he take charge?"

At this moment, Rabbit nudged Ji Li with his elbow:

"Did you cheat on his wife?"

Ji Li: "Don't just open your mouth."

"Why else would he look like he has such a deep hatred?"

Ji Li: "How should I know? Maybe this person is just like that, not generous enough. Plus he is relatively young, so I understand."

Then he looked at Li Zheguang——

Strictly speaking, these two were in the same group, both working for the Magic Mirror. Li Zheguang gave him an apologetic smile, shrugged his shoulders, and used lip language to convey a message:
Young man, don't mind it, brother.

"Maybe it's because he's from the Magic Mirror." Ji Li expressed his understanding.

It is normal for subordinates to create obstacles in order to please their superiors when they are at odds with them.

Although Li Zheguang has a good personal relationship with Ji Li and they went out for drinks recently, he may not do anything tricky to Ji Li in official matters, but it is hard to say whether he will condone such a small obstacle by his subordinates.

"What are you talking about? Fuck him!" Bunny Girl was ready to fight, but Ji Li yawned without interest.

He was just a defeated general and a child at that.

Because a little sister like Tuzi has a good relationship with Ji Li, he doesn't mind playing around with her and even taking advantage of her.

But forget about Luo Hu. There's no need to waste time. Wouldn't it be better for him to use his brain to study spiritual circuits or something?

At this moment, the person on the stage has been replaced because Luo Hu expressed that he was very dissatisfied and wondered why a person with no command experience could be the commander.

The underworld atmosphere is too strong and Yan Yan can no longer bear it, so now it is Yan Xiyu's turn to take the stage.

The cool girl was secretly smoking near the emergency exit, and someone in the team called her. She put down the cigarette and went on stage to say, "Tell us what your plan is."

Luo Hu said he had no plan, but we in the underworld speak with our fists.

Yan Xiyu said that I would call the disciplinary inspection officer next door and you should say this to him again.

Luo Hu said this is not an internal fight, let's play with the command system.

The so-called "command system" is a combat system developed by the Special Management Bureau during internal training based on various situations and is used to simulate various operations.

Including but not limited to simulations of hostage situations, bomb disposal, limbo traps, psychic out-of-control and evil outbreaks, etc., all are conducted on the Special Management Bureau's internal training system.

Because the Reflection Walker's combat involves all kinds of strange abilities, this combat system is used to process action ideas, and generally speaking, training is conducted in the form of one offense and one defense.

For example, in different situations, the conversion of intentions and strategic goals of the attacker and defender, no matter how many capabilities they have, are all for the purpose of achieving the goal, so this system is quite meaningful.

Ji Li said: "I think this is meaningless..."

Then all eyes turned to Ji Li, and then his wrist became hot, and Lao Deng's eyes lit up:
"Well, I think a drill between colleagues can really help us strengthen our mutual familiarity and friendship. When will it start?"

The bunny girl next to him looked at him strangely:
"You've only been here for a few days, and the old leader is possessed?"

Half an hour later, Luo Hu walked out of the special training terminal with a dejected look on his face.

Ji Li gained some cognitive index points and was satisfied as he prepared to leave with the bunny girl clapping her hands.

Putting aside Luo Hu's own command level, just based on the tactical resources in Ji Li's mind and the auxiliary control of the Ascension Protocol, this small simulation can only be regarded as a game of low difficulty for him, even in PVP.

But what no one expected was that a red light flashed in Luo Hu's eyes, and his spiritual essence erupted, rushing towards Ji Li.

Suddenly there was a commotion from all directions, and soon people passing by on the street started to make a fuss.

And a strong spiritual pressure instantly subdued the whole place——

A man with regular features, bright eyes and sharp eyebrows, with a slicked-back hair, squeezed out of the crowd and came over, frowning:
"what happened?"

Yan Xiyu covered his forehead with his hands and sighed, then walked over and explained what had happened in general.

The man frowned even deeper:
"Luo Hu, right?"

At this moment, the young man was shocked by the spiritual essence and became much more sober. His face fell:
"Sorry, I was impulsive."

Seeing that he had a good attitude and was relatively young, the man nodded and said:

"Your attitude is much better than the others. According to the discipline, half of your GPA will be deducted. That's it. Let's all go."

"The others?"

Yan Xiyu walked up to the man and asked in a low voice.

"Similar situations also occurred in the other three core squadrons just now. The people in Flash Street had many grudges before, and the masters behind them also had frictions with each other, so it is not uncommon for such things to happen."

Yan Xiyu nodded and saluted the other party.

As Yan Xiyu's core squadron began to restore order, things slowly returned to normal, as if this was just an episode.

Ji Li and Bunny Girl also got to know the team members assigned to them, while Luo Hu was pulled aside by Li Zheguang:
"What's wrong with you today?"

Luo Hu glanced at him coldly:
"The Black Goat belongs to the Film Witch. Do I need to explain this to you?"

"It has nothing to do with this matter." Li Zheguang looked at him seriously, "Do you know that you were almost disqualified just now? That guy is the chief of the special investigation department."

Luo Hu took a deep breath:

"Okay, I get it. This is my problem... I might have been under too much pressure recently. That bastard made me a little uneasy yesterday."

Li Zheguang's face was slightly relieved:
"It's okay as long as you realize it. I know you want to be promoted, but don't ruin all your future paths because of a momentary impulse or a problem with your state of mind."

At this moment, he saw Luo Hu holding a thermos-like container in his hand and asked in confusion:

"what is this?"

"Oh, this is a spiritual tool I just exchanged from the magic mirror." Luo Hu picked up the "thermos cup" in his hand, took a look, and sighed:
"Damn it...half of your GPA will be deducted..."

(End of this chapter)