Chapter 1518: Mechanical Mind, New Consciousness Training

Xia Duo does not deny the existence of miracles, but he believes more in the miracle of human effort overcoming fate.

However, in his consistent understanding, the Earth universe has always been a material universe, and there should be no civilization will or planetary will.

Therefore, doubt is merely doubt; even if it were true, Xia Duo has his own will and will not succumb to the instincts of his bloodline.

……

This day, Xia Duo was conducting "playing hard to get" adaptation exercises with Niya when news suddenly came from Seventon; Iolum notified him personally:

"Rest for a few more days and then come back; the project can be wrapped up."

Upon receiving this news, Xia Duo was still somewhat incredulous. Could the Elf's Monitoring Divine Art be just for show? It was solved in just a few days?

"Teacher, is there no problem with the Elf Divine Magic side anymore?" Xia Duo asked hurriedly.

"Of course it couldn't be that smooth, but I thought of a shortcut. It works for emergencies, but it is not worth promoting."

"What method is it? Is it going to a Sub-plane? Or something else?"

Xia Duo had previously considered how to deal with the Elf's Monitoring Divine Art, but other than avoiding it, there was really no better way.

According to his calculations, even if a simple and easy countermeasure were found in the future, the cost would not be small. In a sense, this proposal from Keman was an open conspiracy.

However, in the Sending, Iolum did not reveal the specific shortcut, only telling Xia Duo to hurry back to Seventon once he was done with the Territory.

Xia Duo did not continue to press on this, but brought up another matter: "By the way, Teacher, did you receive the inquiry I sent via Sending regarding the 【Mechanical Mind】 spell?"

"Received. I will have someone send a Learning Scroll to the Tower of Time later; make sure to receive it. Also, don't forget to come to Seventon after handling the Territory affairs."

"Mm, understood."

Xia Duo finally gave a response, but he actually felt a bit uneasy inside; his current state was not suitable for contact with others.

He believed Iolum would not have any special thoughts about his bloodline, but the use of Majesty itself would cause inconvenience to others. If it interfered with the project's wrap-up, that would not be what Xia Duo wanted to see.

In reality, whether he was there for the project wrap-up or not did not have much impact. The final stage was more about testing the stability of the device and optimizing some details during the production, installation, debugging, and usage processes.

As for Xia Duo himself, he certainly wanted to participate in the final stage, but the prerequisite was being able to minimize the external influence of his bloodline. If he could not, perhaps not participating would be more appropriate.

"Come, Niya, let's continue practicing!"

"Wait, I just received an urgent letter sent by the Arcane Union, marked confidential, and the recipient is you. Is it the 【Mechanical Mind】 you mentioned earlier?"

"It should be. Send the letter over, and we'll know once we take a look!"

"Mm."

Niya immediately did as asked, sending over a thin booklet from the Communication Room that emitted a strong Magic Aura. The cover was plain, without any text or patterns, and appeared to be made of the exact same material as the Inner Page.

If not for the Magic Aura it emitted, it might have been mistaken for a stack of unused new paper.

Xia Duo performed the process of removing the Protection and encryption with great ease. Before long, the thin booklet lost most of its Magic Aura, and at the same time, it transformed into a pile of loose papers, with text and graphics appearing on them.

Among them were three Learning Scrolls, not just the one Iolum had mentioned earlier; the rest were some handwritten notes with sloppy handwriting. Looking at the marks on them, they did not seem to have been written at the same time.

Seeing these notes, Xia Duo felt quite moved; he had only asked casually, yet Iolum had even prepared the notes.

"Niya, I'll take one Learning Scroll, and the rest is for you."

"Mm, thank you, Xia Duo."

"Why say thanks between us!"

Next, Xia Duo and Niya continued their adaptation exercises; of course, there was now one more item, which was learning 【Mechanical Mind】.

For Niya, 【Mechanical Mind】 was a pure mental spell, but for Xia Duo, it was not just a spell, but also a method of subconscious training.

Ordinary people find it difficult to reach the subconscious Domain with their own power, but Xia Duo can!

The 【Mechanical Mind】 provided by Iolum is essentially flipping the subconscious and the Conscious Mind, letting the subconscious occupy the lead, putting the Spellcaster in a state of near-absolute rationality.

But at the same time, the Conscious Mind is not completely "melted" into the vast ocean of the subconscious; it can still maintain a certain degree of independence and provide a dominant role in the general direction for the subconscious's judgments.

This is simply similar to the integration of the subconscious and Conscious Mind that Xia Duo had envisioned before, only Xia Duo's vision was more advanced and more complete.

And 【Mechanical Mind】 uses the method of a spell to take a shortcut. The reason it is called mechanical is that the behavior of the subconscious has relatively fixed patterns, and the Spellcaster's own Conscious Mind cannot control everything.

If, unfortunately, an enemy finds out and exploits it, it might be easier to deal with than not casting 【Mechanical Mind】.

But for Xia Duo at this stage, fully integrating the subconscious and Conscious Mind is a long way off, so using this "affordable substitute" for now is also fine.

Furthermore, compared to ordinary Spellcasters who can only use spells mechanically, he can control much more, and even after the spell ends, he can still perform a certain degree of imitation.

That is to say, as long as he follows the study of 【Mechanical Mind】, Xia Duo can eventually obtain the passive effect of weakened absolute rationality and immunity to mental spells.

Of course, more importantly—the process of learning and imitating 【Mechanical Mind】 is actually also training for integrating the subconscious and Conscious Mind.

It is not even entirely impossible to summarize a set of training methods suitable for ordinary people from it.

……

The next day.

Although the Spellcasting process could not be considered very smooth, Xia Duo ultimately completed his first full casting of 【Mechanical Mind】.

The moment the spell was completed, Xia Duo felt that all his seven emotions and six desires had vanished without a trace, but upon careful examination, one could actually still find some clues.

It was not disappearance, but Suppression.

The manifestation process of consciousness was dominated by the vast subconscious, while the original Conscious Mind, which contained the self and was rich in emotion, was hidden within the ocean of the subconscious.

Xia Duo felt that he could still decide the actions of his body, but he clearly felt "resistance" for some behaviors, such as unnecessary movements or movements that would harm himself.

If he forced himself to do them, he could indeed do them, but this would greatly reduce the duration of the 【Mechanical Mind】 state.

Additionally, if there were no continuous instructions, the body would remain motionless; in terms of Control, it appeared very inhumane.