Soul Trigger

Chapter 601 Asylum
However, the master of the rule-based Limbo is the Necromancer, who possesses a certain degree of intelligence and the ability to think for himself.

Resting objects can be understood as the out-of-control remnants of a personality that acted according to rules and affected the surrounding environment.

Even though they possess the ability to think, their thinking strictly revolves around rules.

The opened Lingbo Prison is not independent of the three dimensions, but rather covers and adheres to the current dimension, occupying substantial space, which is the semi-Lingbo Prison, or "territory".

When not activated by human intervention, their spiritual reactions are relatively weak and difficult to detect.

This is also why Ji Li sensed a weak spiritual reaction from those malicious derivatives when he was attacked on the ground.

This is the stronghold of the Tower of Babel. Logically speaking, Ji Li should be able to control it by triggering his flesh-and-blood trigger as a Dead Apostle.

But that's no longer possible. This means that the Restless One has completely lost control, indiscriminately imposing its rules on all human spirits and living beings within its expansive territory.

Forcing a breakthrough might be worth a try, but it could directly damage or even destroy the mortis.

Ji Li came here for the resting place and the things left on the tombstone, so it's not realistic to break through the wall to catch it.

Another point worth noting is that the rules of this sustenance can reset time and initiate a cycle of reincarnation.

The object prepared for him on the tombstone should be his resting place.

Having confirmed the intelligence, Ji Li looked up:

"Does anyone else have anything to add?"

The nun opened her mouth as if to speak, but then closed it again.

Seeing that no one else spoke, Ji Li's gaze swept over the nun almost imperceptibly, then he pointed at Anya:
"You, lead the way."

The only path ahead was the door at the end of the hall.

Anya shuddered; she knew it would turn out this way!
Everyone else was also stunned. In their imagination, Ji Li should have been the one to charge ahead and shield them from all disasters. Why would they let An Ya, an ordinary person, walk at the front?

A brown-haired young man, who seemed to be interested in Anya, immediately rushed forward:

"Hey, isn't this a bit inappropriate? She..."

"Okay, then you do it."

"This..." He choked for a moment.

"According to you, she's the one who's lived here the longest, so her intelligence advantage is the strongest. She's the most suitable person to lead the way. Or do you think I'm using her as cannon fodder?"

Ji Li's voice was more teasing, and the brown-haired man dared not reply.

Anya took a deep breath:

"Okay, I'll lead the way."

She took the lead, striding forward in her lambskin boots, trying her best to ignore Ji Li's sharp gaze from behind.

Realizing that the people behind her were following, especially Ji Li, Anya stepped over a brick, her heart pounding.

As they walked, everyone remained completely silent.

She silently counted the bricks on the ground, while keeping an eye on Ji Li's movements and location behind her.

When she noticed that Ji Li was about to step into the spot she had just crossed, her heart jumped into her throat, and she felt as if time had slowed down several times over.

Her breathing was rapid, her pupils were constricted, and she was in a state of extreme tension.

After a fierce internal struggle, she suddenly stopped in her tracks:
"stop!!!"

Ji Li stopped, her foot about to be lowered.

"Oh?"

Anya took a deep breath and turned around abruptly:
"I'm sorry, I lied to you. Don't step on that spot."

Ji Li's voice immediately turned sarcastic:
What would happen if I stepped on it?

Anya was about to reply when she felt herself being lifted into the air. When she came to her senses, she found herself being grabbed by Ji Li and placed on the brick.
"you?!"

As Anya screamed, a small array appeared on the ground, enveloping her, and a terrifying power instantly struck.

Everything on the plot of land she was on was decaying at an accelerated pace, as if time itself was accelerating.

But in the next instant, the dark spiritual energy enveloped her body, instantly tearing the unknown array diagram apart.

The corrupting power of time crumbled instantly, and Anya collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath, as if she had just narrowly escaped death.

"you……"

Ji Li:

"You can try not to believe me, but you'll have to bear the consequences."

He dispersed the spiritual energy in his hand:
Anya deliberately led him into a trap, and of course he knew it.

If the girl hadn't spoken up and told him it was a trap, he would have killed her first and then searched for the location of the burial object himself.

But there's still one person I need to test... Ji Li glanced at the nun out of the corner of his eye.

The once safe haven has turned into a state of riot; only the Awakened can accomplish this.

Anya stood up again, trembling. She glanced back at Ji Li, nodded timidly, and then extended her hand:

Anya Foster.

She asked for Ji Li's name, which signified the establishment of an initial trust relationship between Ji Li and this small group, but he ignored her outstretched hand:
"Odin, lead the way."

Anya's expression froze for a moment, a strange look flashing in her eyes, and even her previous tension eased a little.

The others exchanged bewildered glances, seemingly still caught off guard by Anya's earlier scheme, but their attention was already focused on Ji Li's name. They looked at him in his trench coat, their expressions troubled.

Odin? You're really not called Adolf?
But this name...

To put it simply, if you tell a White Islander that your name is Odin, it's like telling a dragon, "I am Qin Shi Huang, send me money."

The current atmosphere is somewhat tense.

"Then... Odin, I'll continue leading the way..."

"no need."

Anya gasped in surprise as Ji Li casually scooped her up, rolled her under his arm, and snapped his fingers.

To everyone's astonishment and near-numbness, a nightmare appeared behind them, snorting a cloud of black matter:

"I'll lead the way, you follow behind, it will protect you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ji Li dashed out like an arrow, directly destroying the door at the end of the hall.

Amidst the clanging of gears and the gust of wind, numerous mechanisms and monsters burst forth at Ji Li's high speed, only to be shattered by the blade in his hand.

Anya stared at the splattering blood and shattered mechanisms before her, and immediately let out an uncontrollable scream:
"Wait! Slow down!! Slow down..."

As he was shouting, a mouthful of monster blood suddenly poured into his mouth, causing him to gag on the spot. He no longer cared about uttering anything incoherent and could only roar:
"My friends won't be able to keep up!!!"

Ji Li chuckled at this, raising his cane-sword with one hand:

"I have done more than enough, little girl..."

A surging wave of desperate sword energy burst forth, tearing a burly blood corpse blocking its path into pieces.

Seeing this, Anya couldn't care less about anything else and could only grit her teeth and point the way for Ji Li:
"I've only ever reached the very innermost part of the maze, which involves passing through three corridors and two large halls. I don't know what comes after that!"

"learn."

"Be careful, there are a lot of monsters inside!"

"That's not something you need to worry about."

Ji Li shattered all the metal blocking his path and propelled himself forward like a rocket.

As Anya looked at the countless monsters and traps that had killed her and her companions countless times, yet appeared as fragile as tofu before her, her pupils began to contract.

Her long, golden hair flew through the air, her adrenaline surged, and her pounding heart seemed to echo in her ears—

So exciting.

This experience is a thousand times, ten thousand times more exciting than surfing, skydiving, or bungee jumping—those are all child's games compared to it. It's like entering another world in an instant!
She suppressed the urge to scream and firmly controlled her shattered rationality, but she still couldn't help but hug Ji Li tighter and tighter, going from being held in his arms to actively hugging him.

It wasn't just because she was afraid of falling, but also because the high-speed sprint and killing brought her intense sensory stimulation, yet she had no way to release it all.

Her face flushed red as she hugged Ji Li tighter and tighter until she was completely wrapped around him.

The moment the two left, sensing the immense and terrifying spiritual power ahead, and the nightmare beside her, the nun's expression completely changed:
He was knighted... He really was a knight!

Before the students around her could react, she chased after Ji Li and rushed out. Seeing this, the others, though somewhat afraid of the Nightmare, could only follow the nun.

The nun had no time to worry about them now, and she used all her strength to push her spiritual energy forward:

This wandering knight had definitely seen through her identity, and leaving her among those people must have been a test for her.

But we can't worry about that now; we have to notify the teacher immediately, because the owner of this place has his eye on it!
At that moment, she felt a shiver run through her body, as if she had been locked onto by something.

It's obvious it's the mount of the knight; we need to get rid of that thing first...

While pondering, she suddenly changed her path, drawing gasps of surprise from behind:
"Hey, where are you going?!"

……

Ji Li was incredibly fast; in just a few minutes, he had broken through the middle of the maze and reached the deepest part.

A huge underground church.

Behind him were some men and women, all survivors he had met along the way. He didn't bother to explain that he was sprinting all the way and no ordinary person could keep up with his speed.

As he came to a stop, Ji Li's body was radiating scalding steam from the high speed.

Even under his spiritual protection, Anya Foster's clothes were completely soaked, her pot-shaped figure revealing alluring white skin, especially the wet black tube top and the large white breasts peeking out from under the mesh overcoat.

After Ji Li stopped, she looked around with a lingering sense of satisfaction:

"……it's over?"

"What, you want another round?"

Anya Foster snapped back to reality and coughed lightly as she got off Ji Li.

Ji Li ignored her and focused her gaze on the church in front of her.

This is the core area of ​​the maze, free of any monsters. A huge hourglass hangs high above the church, with only a third of the sand inside having flowed away.

On the altar below, a thin boy wearing glasses was lying unconscious from blood loss.

Beside him stood a figure dressed in a black robe, holding a heavy book in his hand, emanating whispers that spread into the hourglass above.

Looking at the hourglass, Ji Li recognized the power within it:

Time-domain fragments.

(End of this chapter)