Soul Trigger

Chapter 692 Departure
Green Manor Hall.

"Following the station's inquiry, the Dark Side Surveillance Team has received a reply confirming that everything is normal and has agreed to Kane's request to remain in Red Maple Town..."

Angelica put down her phone, her eyes still filled with disbelief as she looked at Ji Li.

"I told you, it's no problem."

The entire team sent by the Ludwig family has been wiped out, and all members have been backed up in Valhalla, creating a cyber prison that even they themselves are unaware of.

Like Kane, he will gradually discover anomalies in the infinite loop world prepared for him in cyberspace, but at that moment his program will be reset—

Intelligent personality is a digital life form, a piece of data, a program, and a software.

Valhalla cannot edit them, but it can restore them to their initial state.

When can we set off?

“Anytime is fine, but you don’t need to…?” Angelica glanced at Aquile and Aunt Duke not far away.

"Then tomorrow."

Indeed, he needs some time to settle things in Red Maple Town.

But the matter between Aquile and Aunt Duke was secondary.

It would be best if my silly little sister could stay here and help him look after the house, but she lacks the strength to do so, so there's not much point in her staying. She also wants to follow Ji Li, so going to the Royal Asylum in Birmingham would be a good option.

The others are matters related to Valhalla.

Old Green has guarded Odin's secret for a hundred years, and his loyalty speaks for itself. Ji Li left him the remaining set of centaurs, along with some of the privileges of the Leap Wolf. Suppressing the novice believers here is not a problem, and they can even gradually expand their faith to the surrounding towns.

As for the new believers, most of them are only casual believers; we just need to ensure they return to normal life.

Above them are townspeople who lost loved ones or friends in the turmoil, such as Grayson, who are believers who hope Odin can bring their families home.

This group was a key target for development according to Old Green's suggestion.

Ji Li achieved a breakthrough by extracting the Restoration Material after eliminating Kane's team. The Restoration Material was confirmed to be usable as the energy core for the third skin exoskeleton, the centaur exoskeleton, and even the jump wolf and firefly arrays.

As long as Ji Li completes the next technological breakthrough and finds a way to create bodies that can be used by Heroic Spirits from Kisame's ability "Great Group", these people can be developed into fanatics.

The remaining group, which is also the smallest in number, consists of fanatical believers led by the old "saint" Green and under the leadership of the Green family.

Aside from the Green family's own servants, stewards, and direct descendants, who were a few fanatical followers of Odin under Old Green's influence over the years, what surprised Ji Li were the few Evangelical priests and the town's devout Evangelical believers.

After witnessing the "miracle," their original faith was destroyed, and they turned to the fanatical worship of "Odin."

You've believed for so many years and it's all been useless. Odin came and solved everything. So Odin is the true god descending. My faith collapsed on the spot and I apostatized.

Moreover, he was so resolute in changing jobs that he was even more fervent than when he was a Christian, and he even took on missionary work on his own initiative.

Ji Li always felt that the development of this sect was strange, but it was the most appropriate method at the moment, so he let Old Green do it.

According to Angelica's files at the Royal Assumption, the average number of stunt incidents in the surrounding towns and small cities of Red Maple is one every two weeks.

If all goes well, the Odin faith may develop very rapidly.

"Oh right, that guy..."

Angelica gestured for Ji Li to look to the side, where the Dead Water Knight Bordeaux was chatting with Sika and the others:
"Are you sure you don't need to get rid of it?"

"We're short-staffed right now, so let's keep them for now."

Bordeaux, the Dead Water Knight, played the role of the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole that entered from behind, in the Red Maple Town incident.

The Knights team hated him to the core, but Ji Li didn't take him too seriously and spared his life for the time being.

Since the backup is already complete, it can still be used to do some things in Birmingham. If all else fails, we can just turn around and kill it.

"That's settled then. Get the vehicles ready, we'll leave tomorrow..."

As Ji Li spoke, he glanced at Bordeaux and prepared to leave.

Angelica suddenly called out to him:

"Oh right, this thing."

She took a purple pendant from her bosom and handed it to Ji Li:

"The psychic artifacts confiscated when Bordeaux was locked up before had very special spiritual energy inside them..."

Ji Li didn't pay much attention. His dragon ring was a gift from his father, and it was already one of the top-tier spatial items, so he only glanced at it before deciding to let Angelica keep it for herself. But that one glance made Ji Li's brows furrow.

At the same time, everyone in the room felt their hearts stop and they had difficulty breathing.

Angelica was the first to be affected, her soul trigger pounding wildly as she met Ji Li's bright blue eyes.

The white sclera had turned pitch black, enveloping the intense blue light within it, instantly piercing into Angelica's eyes—

Snapped!
The sharp pain in her wrist jolted her awake:
“…Pri…Odin, you…?!”

Ji Li slowly pulled up Angelica's wrist and gently removed the pendant with his other hand.

It was some kind of dark purple mineral, strung together with a simple leather cord, and showed signs of age.

Rabbit Girl's obelisk was the first spatial artifact given to him during the Silla period.

He stared at the thing, expressionless.

"From Bordeaux?"

"Yes……"

The next moment, Bordeaux, who had been startled by Ji Li's burst of spiritual energy, turned his head and felt an intense suction force tearing at him from all sides.

In the blink of an eye, it was already in Ji Li's hands.

Before I could even speak, a sharp, clear pain shot through my neck, as if my entire throat and spine were about to be crushed and I was being lifted into the air.

The subconscious burst of spiritual energy was instantly shattered, and the ground exploded with a deafening roar, tearing apart crisscrossing tectonic plates. Amidst this, Ji Li's icy voice rang out:

"Where did it come from?"

He stared at the object, the intense pain and overwhelming spiritual pressure making it almost impossible for him to focus. He could only manage to squeeze out words from Ji Li's grip with all his might:
"...a wanderer...a knight...Birmingham..."

Where is this wandering knight now?

"In...San Martin...Vault...Prison!"

Ji Li looked at Angelica. Under the violent spiritual pressure, Angelica could barely stand. She gritted her teeth and replied:
"It's the Avalon site beneath the San Martin Museum, also known as Limbo, a prison specifically for holding awakened criminals and high-risk resting places... The remains of God are in there..."

What happens to serious offenders inside?

"No...nothing will happen! I'll just be locked up!...I'm telling the truth!"

Ji Li ignored Bordeaux's struggles and simply looked at Angelica, gradually relaxing his spiritual pressure.

The latter took a few deep breaths and quickly said:

“He’s right, that’s true. But…”

Angelica's expression was somewhat strange:
"The Ludwig family conducted numerous experiments with living souls in the St. Martin's vault... Forgive my bluntness, but the files we've seen before..."

"Angelica!!!"

"...The Dead Water Knight's previous mission was to maintain the Avalon Block. This is a common tactic used by the Ludwig family to capture experimental subjects. If that is your friend, he is probably in grave danger."

"No!!! Odin, let me explain! She's lying! She's settling a personal score! I..."

puff! !

Bordeaux's neck exploded instantly, blood spurting out, his head, which had been blown into the sky, was torn to pieces by gravity, and the entire stadium fell silent.

Aiguir stared blankly at Ji Li, somewhat bewildered.

Seeing his face covered in blood, and Angelica trembling with fear, she mustered her courage and stepped forward, tentatively reaching for his wrist:
"...Brother?"

Ji Li glanced at her, but was speaking to Angelica:

“We’re going to Birmingham now.”

Angelica immediately understood and quickly replied:

"Understood... I will ask the teacher to help find out about the necklace's owner as soon as possible."

Ji Li looked at the necklace in her hand and put it back around her neck:
"Ah."

(End of this chapter)