Soul Trigger

Chapter 727 Mind Hacking
Ji Li strolled past these prosthetic bodies, each with its own unique shape and color.

From the Odin-V1 that was accidentally awakened when he first came into this world, to the Odin-VK3 aerospace specialized type, Odin V4-A, and now the T4-002 Underworld Destroyer.

Ji Li tried to find the elusive, illusory Odin, but to no avail. After accepting the World Tree's offspring, something seemed to have changed.

The current soul space is one thing, but more importantly, after the remains of the gods merged into Valhalla, certain restrictions on Ji Li were completely lifted, just like the various Odin statues displayed before him—

He was finally free to use his Odin body.

No need for a shadow personality generator, no need for two-dimensional distortion, no need for the power of the law; now, in his demonic form, he is Odin, and Odin is him.

Transform directly into a Netherworld Destroyer with 100% power and all functions unlocked.

All of this was thanks to this World Tree sub-body. After that, Ji Li inexplicably felt that a gap deep in his soul had been filled.

But it's a strange feeling that you never noticed there was such a gap until it was filled.

Ji Li pondered, then closed his eyes slightly. When he opened them again, he had already teleported into Odin T4-002 in the hangar, which was enough to show that he could now use Odin normally.

He raised his hand, sensing the power of this body in his soul space. After completing the search of all the armor, something was triggered.

With a soft clicking sound, spine-like, jet-black tentacles emerged from his external armor unit.

This is the World Tree spore that was integrated into Valhalla.

Its shape and spatial location are unimportant; what matters is that the spiritual essence and power it carries, transformed from memories, have already merged into Ji Li's soul itself.
[The Touch of the Expedition: The starting point for the "Pioneer," the beginning of his erroneous journey, until finally returning to the origin and surrendering everything to his past self.]

This is Ji Li's second branded weapon, just like the "Madman".

The existence of the madman represents Ji Li's starting point in the Murphy's Great Structure, the power that his initial desires transformed into.

And this thing is the embodiment of the pioneers' aspirations:
The will to survive.

He came into this world to escape something... that Supreme Matrix?

Ji Li controlled the World Tree's offspring, or rather, the Expeditionary Tentacle, as it spread out. In an instant, countless metal tentacles combined together, twisting into a massive force that bombarded the space in front of him.

Then, countless more metal tentacles split off from his body and swept out in all directions.

In terms of attack, this is not Odin's most powerful method, but as the embodiment of desire, "Touch of Expedition" is not weak in its destructive power to the soul.

Its existence symbolizes Ji Li taking over that sub-body and reclaiming the power of the Murphy Megastructure from the pioneers.

But more importantly, it possesses a unique ability of the Expeditionary Touch:
Memory hacking.

Ji Li had previously considered the possibility of recompiling the memories of the intelligent personalities stored in the Hall of Heroes, and this was precisely the main ability of the Expeditionary Touch.

It can mobilize the spiritual power within Valhalla to directly rewrite or delete the memories of intelligent personalities.

This is equivalent to rewriting a person from the bottom code level. Murphy's Big Data already has such technology, and Ji Li has no doubt about its power.

For example, if the head of the world's largest secret society were captured and his mind rewritten, turning him into Ji Li's best buddy, then Ji Li becoming the ruler of the Earth would be just around the corner.

However, this thing also has some limitations.

One limitation is that it can only rewrite the intelligent personalities absorbed into Valhalla, which means that if Ji Li wants to hack into someone's memories, he must at least capture the person alive first.

Secondly, when the rewritten memories conflict with the surrounding reality, creating a bug, the other party risks reviving. This ability can also erase the memories of an intelligent personality. Ji Li suspects that the Pioneer may have used this ability to erase its own memories, thus transforming itself from the "Pioneer" born over countless years back into "Odin".

However, the pioneers' memory hacking shouldn't have so many restrictions, and it would probably be much more powerful than the version Ji Li currently has.

It's probably not a problem with the ability itself, but rather with Valhalla. After all, this ability requires Valhalla as a medium, and Valhalla itself is currently incomplete.

As he pondered, the mechanical tentacles retracted into Odin's body with a "clucking" sound. Ji Li then reached behind him with his claws and pulled out a large, intricately designed spear.

The second branded weapon signifies that Ji Li has reached the second desire within the concept of the Nine Desires of the Dead Apostles.

The madman, born from the primary desire "the desire to do reckless things," was also amplified to some extent.

Now it can undergo a special change in sync with Ji Li when he enters Odin's form.

Depending on Odin's form, the expressive power of the spiritual energy he emits also varies.

For example, in the current T4-002 state, the Madman's Gravity Barrage will become "Black Hole Wave".

So what level of strength have I reached in this world now?
When he was in the Dragon's Lair, he was able to forcefully enter the incomplete Odin T4-002 form through extreme two-dimensional transformation, defeat Archduke Ludwig head-on, and destroy his body.

At that time, Ji Li found it strange that Grand Duke Ludwig, who dared to stand on equal footing with Teng Jun in terms of demeanor, was slightly weaker in strength.

However, after understanding the Soul Noble system, it became clear that this was because the other party was not in their own territory.

A lord's strength lies primarily in possessing absolute advantage within his own territory and in being able to create advantages.

However, Ji Li has not yet encountered any enemies who actually fight him using the complete version of the laws.

Like this time, Bertrand Ludwig's territory was a vault, which was directly blown up by Ji Li's absorption of memories and spiritual power.

The nine desires are extinguished, with nine being the highest.

If we convert it this way, conservatively speaking, the full power of Odin T4-002 at this moment should be fluctuating around the six desires of the Dead Apostles, which corresponds to the six extinctions of the human spirit.
After reorganizing the information he had absorbed over the past few days, Ji Li left the soul space and returned to the projection of the Hall of Heroes.

He has successfully recovered one of the four missing parts of Valhalla, meaning there are three remaining.

These three divine remains contain the memories of the pioneers, revealing not only the secrets of their arrival in this world and their connection to the Supreme Matrix, but also the power they had lost.

According to the information he had previously obtained from the Dead Water Knight, both the royal family and the Tower of Babel possessed a relic of a god, meaning there was another one whose whereabouts were unknown.

So, should we start with the Tower of Babel or the royal family?
As Ji Li pondered, the communication brought him back to reality:
"what happened?"

Veronica's somewhat reserved voice came from the other end:
"Sir, the people over there are getting impatient."

"Although the 'Blood Moon' serves as a cover... the loss of the vault is a matter of great importance. If they don't see Bertrand Ludwig again, they might force their way into the vault, especially if they discover that the remains of the gods are already..."

"I understand. Keep them calm for a while, I'll handle it."

Communication hang up.

Mechanical tentacles clicked out from under Ji Li's sleeve. Ji Li looked down:

It's time to test the power of this thing.

(End of this chapter)