Soul Trigger

Chapter 284 Soul Howling
Special Management Bureau, East District Branch.

"Acting Director?! What the hell is that!?"

The lean, short-haired man threw the document on the table:
"It's fine that we were kept in the dark about Director Xiaofu's disappearance, but I can understand why they didn't tell us about his serious injury in order to prevent unrest in the bureau..."

"During the rally, all the senior agents sent by our three branches died. Fine, we'll just have to endure it! We'll just have to wait for an explanation from the headquarters!"

"What's going on now? An acting director has popped up!?"

"Ji Li Black Goat... who the hell is this? He has the evidence against that idiot councillor Li Bingxiao, and this is how he parachuted in?"

Sitting behind the desk, the man with a resolute look gently tapped his burnt fingers:
"Cheng Hao, calm down..."

"How can I stay calm?! Ever since the Pilgrimage Day incident, how much pressure has our East Bureau shared with the Core General Administration?
There were riots in the Lingbo Prison, chaos caused by evil spirits, transportation hubs for gatherings, and countless illegal gatherings of secret societies with a mixture of good and bad people...

What did the General Administration give us? Just this crappy thing? ! "

The man used his fingers to frantically press the document in front of him:

"And what about acting director-general? Shouldn't you be the one to take the seat..."

"Cui Chenghao!"

Jiang Jiuying's voice suddenly rose, and the suddenly hot air made Cui Chenghao jump back and let out an unhappy sound.

The middle-aged man put out the cigarette in his hand:

"Director Kosuke woke up two days ago. He must have his reasons for doing this."

"What's the reason? Where is it?"

Cui Chenghao spread his hands and sneered, but a pile of documents was thrown directly in his face:

"Just arrived. There's a Core Directorate meeting at 3pm this afternoon."

Cui Chenghao pulled the document off his face and glanced at it casually:
"Just to discuss the matter of the acting director?"

Jiang Jiuying's expression remained unchanged, and he refilled himself with a cigarette:

"Please read the document carefully first."

Cui Chenghao then took a closer look and suddenly his veins became bulging with anger:
"Signed... Acting Director General Ji Li? This brat is not going to discuss it?!"

"You'll know if you go and see it?"

Jiang Jiuying took off the cigarette in front of his mouth and exhaled a puff of smoke. At this time, the mobile phone on his desk rang, and he pressed it directly:

"Business...Have you seen the documents?"

A feminine male voice came from the phone:

"I'm on my way, but you're so quiet over there, are you still sitting in the office?

Aren't you curious about who this black goat is?"

"This is a top-secret file that was recently opened. It's about a young man who has been in the Special Management Bureau for less than half a year. The only photo he has is a headshot from half a year ago, wearing a cognitive camouflage mask.

The Pilgrimage Day Food Train, the Magic Mirror, the Blue Label Hospital incident, and the recent rally... His qualifications are too good to be considered a normal human being."

"In that case, why don't you come and see for yourself?"

The feminine male voice chuckled:

"Otherwise, the position of director you dreamed of would be snatched away by a young boy..."

"We all work for the Special Management Bureau, so you should avoid using the same tactics you use against those petty thieves on your colleagues."

"You are too kind. I am..."

Jiang Jiuying crushed the cigarette butt without changing his expression and hung up before the other party finished speaking:
"Cheng Hao."

"exist!"

Cui Chenghao suddenly stood at attention.

"Have a team ready for the car."

"Got it…huh?"

Cui Chenghao, who was about to turn around, suddenly stopped:

"Team One? Are we going to a meeting or a rebellion?"

Jiang Jiuying pointed to the document in his hand:

"Let me take a closer look."

Cui Chenghao picked up the document again in confusion and was stunned:
"The meeting place... Core General Administration Lingbo Prison, Training Hall No. 1..."

Jiang Jiuying also stood up slowly, a flash of burning spirit flashing across his eyes:

"Our young acting director general... is really a new official who is very active in taking office."

Let me take a good look at you and see if you are really worthy of such praise from Director Xiaofu...

……

Aurora City, the core headquarters of the Special Management Bureau, the Lingbo Prison.

Ji Li was playing with a small glass ball that he had just taken out of the arsenal, while looking through the information in the core archive.

At this moment, he was wearing a brand new Special Management Bureau uniform, which was custom-made after he felt that the acting director's official uniform was too ugly.

Compared with the previous Special Management Bureau uniforms, there are many subtle changes.

For example, the uniform specifications are higher, the style of the Special Management Bureau's half-face mouth and nose mask integrated into the collar has changed, and the overall built-in spiritual circuit is more advanced.

Also added are specific storage rune circuit carriers and special containment of the biomass mycelium epidermis.

The gloves changed from all black to pseudo half-finger gloves with red inside and black outside. The red part of the whole body is actually a composite spiritual circuit connection.

The surface of the coat is made of highly reflective patent leather. He had not originally intended to use this material, but he saw someone tinkering with it in the equipment department.

This leather material with a little laser light has a hazy feeling similar to Murphy's giant structure clothing, so he chose this fabric.

The material itself is not particularly special. It is a shadow material from the reflection world. Its characteristic is high conductive efficiency, which is very suitable for Ji Li's new ability.

Two days have passed since what happened in Han Xiaofu's ward.

He brought the black box to the Special Management Bureau that day in order to observe the changes in the black box after it received his power.

The ability to seal Han Xiaofu's spiritual core is a variant that occurred after obtaining Ji Li's "enchantment" ability.

In essence, Han Xiaofu's soul core was enchanted through the evil spiritual essence with spatial attributes, so that it was sealed in time in the form of a photograph.

But this ability consumes a lot of energy from Black Box, so Black Box has entered a short dormant state, which is a bit unfair to her.

However, Ji Li has promised to let her hug him as much as she wants after she wakes up. As for the housekeeping, Ji Li is now the director-general, and the agents will guard wherever they are directed. It is not a very high-level task, so it won't hurt to let Black Box have more rest.

I just chose the word "agent" out of respect for the qualifications of the Special Management Bureau.

During these two days, Ji Li quickly became familiar with the situation in the entire Aurora City.

In addition to the follow-up impact caused by the rally, Ji Li also gained some new intelligence insights with the power of the director general.

There are two things worth noting. One is that in the East Asia region of Silla, an island called "Saltwater Island" has a large spiritual reaction, suspected to be a large-scale riot in the spirit prison. The incident happened a month ago and has been under news blockade. Recently, it has been spread that there was friction between the capital of Silla and the Black Sun Mansion in the East Asia.

So, the capital may not have the time to take care of Aurora City recently, which is both a good thing and a bad thing.

The advantage is that Ji Li, the new official, can let go and do his best to maintain domestic stability and defend the country.

The downside is that those who work secretly can also let go and do whatever they want, even setting fire to the mountains.

The aftermath of the exhibition event has resulted in a lot of mergers between black industries and illegal associations, and some newly emerged medium-sized forces have been very aggressive.

This is the second thing that deserves attention. It seems that there are forces outside Aurora City that have extended their hands behind this.

Suspected to be related to the spread of contaminated relics, many strange people appeared, including some guys who called themselves "treasure hunters".

These things are obviously big obstacles for Ji Li's goal of turning Aurora City into his own stable base, and he has to take one step at a time.

His new appointment as director-general has also caused some stir in Aurora City, but currently it is mainly among the major forces and has not completely spread.

It seemed that Che Canhao was the first to send a congratulatory message, and then Gaoxing Group itself received more than a dozen calls, which fully demonstrated the grand occasion of one family having eighteen group chats.

Even the Yinchi Group, which is currently being used as a dungeon in the entire Aurora City, tried to contact Ji Li in a roundabout way, but he threw them to Jasmine like a dog and didn't bother to listen to a word they said.

However, the attitude of the Dark Lord of Shan Street seemed particularly ambiguous, and he took the initiative to show his goodwill to Ji Li——

Because Ji Li is still an operator in Flash Street and is good friends with Qin.

Ji Li's position of acting director general was regarded by the "Lord of Darkness" as a friendly signal from the Special Management Bureau.

Even in the eyes of the Lord of Darkness, this could be a sign of surrender, but there are many twists and turns involved.

Today, Ji Li, relying on his position as director general, took some psychic props he needed from the armory and then came to the archives room.

Now I am looking through the information about the Peak Overlord.

"It turns out that the infinite visualization of the eight-type master is a doctrine that only appeared later. In the earliest times, one could only cultivate to the fourth type, and the only way left was to strive for immortality...

However, visualizing and practicing more personalities can continuously add to the combat effectiveness at the Eight-Type Domination stage and increase the success rate of impacting immortality.

Therefore, more and more Type 4 Overlords, despite the high risk of corruption, began to practice Type 5, trying to achieve a huge breakthrough among Type 8 Overlords...

The reason why the previous theory believed that it was impossible to reach the fifth form was because the existence of the 'Shadow Corridor' was not discovered..."

The "shadow" in soul psychology refers to the personality shadow, which is the power formed by the negative emotions deep in the human heart. Most of the time, the shadow can only become one's own power after it becomes evil.

The personality shadow burster releases this kind of power.

The so-called "Shadow Corridor" is to explore and find the shadows deep in your heart and surround them.

One is that when repairing the fifth type, it can reduce the probability of uncontrolled corruption.

The other is that when practicing the Five Forms, one can steal the power of one's own shadow to assist in visualization.

Precisely because the power of the shadow is stronger than itself, the fifth type of master is far stronger than the first four types.

According to the data, in areas such as Shulong, this method of practice is also called "heart magic" and is considered to be a method that only "ignorant and mean people" will learn.

Some areas in Western Europe and America are also very secretive about this kind of practice, which they call a "devil's deal."

In Silla, the way to explore the inner "Shadow Corridor" and break through the five types is called "Soul Howling".

Beyond the four types, they are defined as "howlers" by soul psychology researchers in the Silla region.

In order to associate it with the eighth type of dominance stage, it is also called "Breaking Limits Dominance" or "Howling Dominance".

Those who have practiced to the point of transcending the Eight Forms are called "Extreme Howlers".

According to the data, Silla once had a "Howling Addict" that surpassed Type 16, and was officially hailed by Silla as "Silla's No. 1 Peak."

However, it was ridiculed by the Asian Federation as "the craziest person in Goryeo". After all, due to historical reasons, there were many frictions between Silla and the Asian Federation.

However, this person was later promoted to Immortal and is currently in the capital of Silla.

"No wonder Han Xiaofu was able to knock down the giant in the reflection world with one punch. In terms of special effects, it seems that it can even compete with the immortals. This is the reason."

That's why Han Xiaofu was able to lead the Special Management Bureau to dominate the entire Aurora City, although this was also due to the neutrality of Flash Street and the fact that the Lord of Darkness was not only focused on Aurora City.

"But the information never mentioned that one has to reach the fourth form to perform the Soul Howl. Maybe I should give it a try?"

Ji Li was telling jokes to himself. He picked up his phone and noticed the missed call and the time. He called back and heard Yan Xiyu's voice from the other end:
"I thought you, the protagonist, had deserted the battlefield after calling the three police stations here."

"Sorry for the waitting?"

"The Director of Internal Affairs couldn't find you, so he called me and asked me to come find you, but I had something urgent to do at the Blue Label Hospital."

Ji Li's heart moved:
"Glasses woke up?"

"Ah."

Yan Xiyu's voice was slightly sticky:

"…Thanks to your ability, they both woke up."

"That's good. I'm sorry about the others."

"No, after the breakthrough, I actually came out of it." Yan Xiyu said frankly, and then lowered his voice unconsciously:
"...Thank you, Ji Li."

The cool girl's breakthrough to becoming a dominant type was a struggle she had endured in endless despair.

To be precise, the moment before the quagmire of despair covered her eyes, Ji Li pulled her out of it.

"You are so polite today. To thank me, please treat me to some instant noodles."

"Come to my house to eat instant noodles" is a suggestive invitation. Ji Li has not forgotten this little knowledge, and it was even taught by Yan Xiyu. She naturally said:

"…Why is your mind full of this yellow crap!"

"Yes, it's all you."

Inside the Blue Label Hospital, Yan Jing'er, who was drinking water, saw Yan Xiyu's face flush instantly, and the heat rose like boiling water, and then he stood up suddenly:

“…What nonsense are you talking about!!”

Ji Li played with the glass beads in his hand: "But I am scolding you, yellow waste?"

"You know what you mean! I'm not a silly rabbit, don't tease me all the time!" Yan Xiyu was embarrassed and annoyed.

"Okay. Don't you want to watch me beat someone up?"

"Don't we have Jasmine for the cheerleading team? And the people in the precinct are only fit to eat your exhaust, right?"

"You think so highly of me? Thank you so much for your support. I'll go find Jasmine now."

"Hey……"

The call is hung up.

Ji Li put away his phone, glanced at the file shelf, and took another volume related to "Soul Howling" and tucked it under his armpit.

Inside the Blue Label Hospital, Yan Xiyu, who was staring at his phone in a daze, always felt that these words sounded strange.

What does "Then I'll go find Jasmine" mean?
(End of this chapter)