Chapter 1682: Sparking Interest: Test Report

Furthermore, these little ones who are not even Intermediate Mages actually asked about the details of 8th-circle spells; of course, Xia Duo did not set any restrictions in this regard.

After all, even if he told them, they would have no way to attempt them; it could just be considered broadening their horizons and increasing their motivation to learn.

However, not long after this Artifact Spirit was created, Xia Duo deleted a great deal from the underlying Ziliaoku; naturally, it contained spell details, but when it came to the 8th-circle level, most of it had certainly been wiped clean.

Consequently, the Artifact Spirit was unable to answer.

But these little ones were not stupid; when they couldn't get the details, they asked about general theoretical knowledge. Although they had no use for it yet, understanding it in advance was also a rare experience.

It was just like the theory of relativity in the High School textbooks from Xia Duo's hometown; could one really expect a group of High School students to have a profound understanding of it?

It was nothing more than broadening their horizons and stimulating their interest in physics.

Of course, it was also possible that some people would give up on physics early because of this early exposure, and Xia Duo did not think that was a pity.

On the contrary, this could also be considered a form of humanization.

During the High School stage, thoughts are gradually maturing, and one should have a certain ability to plan one's life; having interest does not necessarily mean one can learn physics well, but without interest, one certainly cannot develop long-term in the field of physics.

Kente and the others are mostly eighteen or nineteen years old now, which would just be a group of High School students on Earth; in reality, these Netherese would only be more precocious.

Whether they gave up early or increased their motivation, Xia Duo respected their choices.

……

However, Kente and the others were preparing to expand the number of people testing the "Learning Machine," and Xia Duo felt it was necessary to give a reminder—it would be best not to forget their proper work.

As soon as this thought appeared, the Communication Magic Tool, which was being surrounded by Kente and the others in a workshop on the Public Level of the Tower of Time, immediately responded and sent a Sending to Kente.

Kente, who was considering what question to ask next, received the message, his expression changed instantly, and he hurriedly pushed through the crowd, squeezed to the side of the Communication Magic Tool, grabbed it, and said to everyone:

"The President just sent me a message; we must complete the task first."

"Ah, how could this be? It was just my turn!"

But this guy had only just said one sentence before he was drowned out by the words of others: "The President's task is more important; there will certainly be opportunities to ask questions later."

"That's right, let's complete the President's task first!"

Regardless of whether it came from their hearts, at this moment everyone's opinions were highly unified; Kente held the Communication Magic Tool and loudly assigned tasks to everyone:

"Ron, your group analyze the social background; Harry, your group analyze the scholarly background; anyone with different opinions, feel free to bring them up at any time. Duolan, we will continue to test for blind spots."

"Yes!"

……

Watching Kente and the others quickly enter their state, Xia Duo waved his hand to disperse the real-time Projection provided by the Tower of Time's spirit; after this adjustment, Xia Duo also regained his passion and continued to devote himself to cracking the Enlightenment Scroll.

The next day, Kente submitted a detailed test report.

After receiving the report, Xia Duo opened it to view it immediately; the front was entirely the test process, which Xia Duo flipped through roughly, omitting some questions that asked for spell details.

Regarding this, Xia Duo could understand; after all, that was already considered off-topic, and writing it into the report would just be looking for trouble for oneself.

Flipping directly to the back and seeing the conclusion given by Kente and the others, Xia Duo immediately laughed; on the last page of the report, in black and white, it was clearly written—

"The test subject's thinking is rigid, but the logic is rigorous and possesses quite profound Magic Knowledge; it is preliminarily judged to be an Archmage or Arcanist under the control of a mind spell."

Such a conclusion had some gap from what Xia Duo expected, but it was already very qualified, and one could even say it was quite excellent.

Flipping forward, there was the specific analysis process; for example, regarding rigid thinking, the reason Kente gave was that the test subject could only answer questions mechanically, and once asked a question requiring subjective judgment, it could not answer.

Furthermore, when asked about content related to emotions, preferences, or thoughts, there would be obvious stuttering.

And for some identical questions, even if separated by many other questions, the test subject would give answers that were almost completely identical.

A normal person certainly could not do that.

As for rigorous logic, that was very simple; one only needed to ask some coherent questions, such as asking what the target's previous question was.

This seemed simple, but in reality, it involved the consistency of logic, so as not to appear contradictory; if one wanted to verify it emphatically, one would need to design more questions with more complex relationships.

Kente did indeed do this; although he had not systematically studied "Logic," Magic as an objective existence, and Mages as a rational profession, logic always ran through it, self-evident.

On the contrary, the last item—that the target possessed profound Magic Knowledge—this judgment was rare and commendable.

One must know that Kente and the others were not even Intermediate Mages; how could they judge that certain knowledge was profound knowledge? Merely based on some general theories?

But ordinary people could also know these general things!

This could not be considered profound Magic Knowledge!

One must know that Xia Duo had deleted the vast majority of spell details, and for these questions, the Artifact Spirit would not answer; according to a normal person's simple judgment, not answering meant not knowing, and not knowing meant not possessing such knowledge.

Yet Kente and the others still made the correct judgment, which was very difficult; it exceeded a normal person's simple judgment, yet it had sufficient basis.

Based on this one item alone, Xia Duo could conclude that there would definitely be more than one Arcanist among Kente's group; of course, this was based on the old-era training system.

But now, with the arrival of the new era, in Xia Duo's plan, as long as they completed the prescribed learning process, Kente and his group would nine times out of ten be able to become Arcanists; those who could not become Arcanists would be the rare species.

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Closing the report, Xia Duo pondered for a moment and decided to continue deleting the Artifact Spirit's underlying Ziliaoku; of course, the testing also had to continue until a Mental Model simplified to the extreme was found.

Or rather, Xia Duo wanted to study the composition of consciousness.

This technology of the Tower spirit was very important; the Floating City system was complex, and unlike ordinary Magic Items, the control and use of its various functions could not all rely on relevant personnel to perform them manually.

This was similar to Earth, where early fighter jets had all functions controlled mechanically and manually, but later they became electronic, and a single button could complete many of the previous operations.

In addition, before the appearance of a Magic-version computer, Xia Duo felt that perhaps the Tower spirit could be used to replace computers, and this period might last for a very long time!