Chapter 1678: Spirit Quality Experiment: Speculation on Essence

However, the time required to test the duration of the Communication Artifact Spirit's existence was uncertain, so Xia Duo did not ask Niya for help, but instead called someone from the Progress Society to assist.

The method was also very simple, similar to the previous test of connection distance; Xia Duo continuously commanded the Communication Magic Tool to send numbers to the tester, starting from 1, sending one number at a time, until the other party could no longer receive any information.

It is imaginable that if this virtual spirit existed for a slightly longer time, Niya might have to spend the next several days on this, and Xia Duo did not want to delay her time at this moment.

However, the reality was somewhat different from what Xia Duo had expected; he had originally thought the duration of the virtual spirit's existence would at least be calculated in "days."

But unexpectedly, after less than an hour, Kente, the Progress Society member who had come to assist with the test, raised his right hand with some disappointment and said to Xia Duo: "President, the information has stopped."

"So fast?"

"Yes!" Kente squeezed out a reluctant smile and replied.

If it had been later, the Progress Society points he could have obtained would have been quite substantial, but now, getting 10 points was considered lucky for him.

"President, do you still want to test?"

"No need, you can go back."

Xia Duo's mind was now entirely filled with the essence of the Mage Tower spirit, and he did not notice Kente's nearly resentful expression; he casually had the Mage Tower spirit give the other party 10 points and sent him away.

……

In the Laboratory.

Xia Duo looked at the crystal-clear Twisted Phantom Core in his palm; the nearly one hundred facets made this eyeball-sized transparent bead refract brilliant colors even in the soft light of the Laboratory.

"A Mage Tower only needs three, and I use one for a single experiment; this is too wasteful!"

Xia Duo looked left and right, feeling quite reluctant in his heart, but this Twisted Phantom Core could not be decomposed and had to be used as a whole; he did not know if his predecessors had encountered this situation, but he was truly in a dilemma.

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained; let's do it!"

In any case, Xia Duo had to know the essence of the Mage Tower spirit; a mere Twisted Phantom Core, if used, it was used, and besides, it was not used in vain. Once he understood the essence of the Mage Tower spirit, it would also be of great use for him to crack the Enlightenment Scroll.

It was similar to knowing the general direction first and then targeting the details; if the understanding of the Mage Tower spirit was only superficial, then one could only use the most time-consuming and laborious brute-force cracking.

The efficiency of the former was something the latter could perhaps never catch up to.

……

Since he had made a decision, Xia Duo soon took action.

He took out another Enlightenment Scroll and unfolded it, but this time he did not trigger it directly as before; instead, he held a Twisted Phantom Core and began to trigger it using that as the Spell Source Point.

As the Spell took effect, Xia Duo felt his consciousness turn into a pool of flowing water overflowing from his mind, and at the same time, a cluster of white Spirit Quality light spread out from his body.

However, this time, after the Spirit Quality light spread out, it was immediately absorbed by the Twisted Phantom Core in his palm, and then Xia Duo felt his palm go empty; the Twisted Phantom Core, which originally had shape and substance, instantly turned intangible.

It merged with the Spirit Quality light and, according to his will, quickly wrapped around the Second Generation Communication Magic Device in front of him, infiltrating it just as before.

But this time, unlike the last time when he felt nothing, Xia Duo felt his consciousness extend into the Communication Magic Tool; the Communication Magic Tool seemed to have become a tissue or an organ of his body.

This feeling was truly difficult to describe in words; he now truly understood what Niya's perception state of the Mage Tower spirit was like.

Of course, this was only at the level of perception; specifically in reality, what he could do to the Communication Magic Tool compared to just now had not actually increased at all.

That is to say, besides controlling the Communication Magic Tool to display the functions it already possessed, Xia Duo could not control it to fly, move, or do anything else.

This was also easy to understand; creating a "spirit" could be compared to Refining some item, facility, or building in a cultivation novel. If that thing did not possess a certain ability itself, then even if it were refined, it could not be created out of thin air.

"This is really—quite realistic!"

Xia Duo sighed inwardly, and then his face lit up with joy; it was indeed quite realistic. Three Twisted Phantom Cores were enough to create a Mage Tower spirit, so how could one Twisted Phantom Core be completely consumed in creating a "Communication Artifact Spirit"!

After the Spell ended, the Twisted Phantom Core that had merged into the unknown Spirit Quality light actually separated out again, still appearing in the form of a Multi-faceted Crystal Bead, only its volume had shrunk by nearly half compared to before.

There is a saying in his hometown: "Having gained Long, one still desires Shu."

Xia Duo had originally prepared himself for this one Twisted Phantom Core to be completely consumed; he did not expect that half would be left for him, which made him greedily compare the Spirit Quality consumption of the Mage Tower and the Communication Magic Tool.

Thinking that it should have left a little more!

However, Xia Duo soon adjusted his mindset; it was good enough to have some left, how could he hope for more? Of course, after completely cracking the Enlightenment Scroll, he might be able to find a way to optimize the Spell and reduce consumption, but that was a matter for later.

……

Next, Xia Duo briefly tested the Second Generation Communication Magic Device that possessed a permanent "Artifact Spirit," and after confirming that its functions and control were exactly the same as before, he focused his research on the "Artifact Spirit" itself.

In Xia Duo's view, this kind of "Artifact Spirit" could respond to its master's commands, so it must possess intelligence. If it were the Netherese, they might not delve too deeply, but Xia Duo knew well—

Such intelligence must possess an underlying Ziliaoku, otherwise, where would the relevant cognition come from?

For example, if one asked the Mage Tower spirit where a book was, for the Mage Tower spirit to answer or act, it must first be able to understand the book, then the location, and then be able to distinguish the target book from other books and precisely locate it.

It would be impossible without a massive underlying Ziliaoku.

The same was true for Xia Duo's current "spirited" Communication Magic Tool; when he tested it, he ordered it to send a message to Niya, but he did not tell the Communication Magic Tool who Niya was, or rather, he did not set in advance how the "Artifact Spirit" should determine the target.

Then how did this "Artifact Spirit" know who Niya was?

Xia Duo speculated that this kind of "Artifact Spirit" either inherited some of the Spellcaster's cognition and behavioral patterns, or it was accessing the master's cognition and behavioral patterns in real-time.

Besides these two possibilities, he really could not think of any other!

Could it be just by that 【Enlightenment Spell】, whose information volume was pitifully small compared to an underlying Ziliaoku?

Xia Duo was almost one hundred percent certain that the 【Enlightenment Spell】 had no direct relationship with the information contained in the "Artifact Spirit's" underlying Ziliaoku.