Chapter 1879

As for using a method similar to the previous Consciousness Cage for Gulite, it might eliminate the vast majority of hidden dangers, but such a method cannot obtain Mila's real-time state of consciousness.

One can only obtain the state at the moment the Consciousness Copy is generated; the subsequent responses and changes may look like the normal development of a normal consciousness and can even branch into different paths, but they lack free will to lead them—they are, in fact, predetermined.

Moreover, Xia Duo does not wish to make things that complicated; in the current situation, asking face-to-face is sufficient, though of course, if necessary, he would not refuse to use other essential means.

"Mila, can you tell me what you are thinking right now?" Xia Duo softened his tone as much as possible.

At the same time, Kelisi was also persuading and comforting her from the side; seeing Mila's state getting better and better, the next moment, however, the corners of her mouth curled up, revealing a cruel, bloodthirsty smile, and then she lunged at Kelisi with both hands and feet.

The result was, of course, being blocked by the Jinjufazhen; a flash of disappointment crossed Kelisi's eyes, yet she still did not give up—she had encountered this situation countless times in the past few days.

She only gazed at her ill-fated daughter with a heartache, her body leaning weakly against the edge of the Jinjufazhen, trying to get closer to her daughter in this way to give her the greatest support.

Seeing this scene, Xia Duo couldn't help but frown; he didn't have much time to waste with Mila, so he immediately said to Kelisi:

"You stay here and continue talking to Mila, ask her about her thoughts at every moment, especially that 'bad Mila' she just mentioned, and write them down to give to me tomorrow."

After saying this, Xia Duo left the Laboratory; he prepared to observe for a few more days, and if there was still no good news, he would have no choice but to directly begin purifying the bloodline pollution for Mila.

……

Arriving in another Laboratory, Xia Duo randomly selected a mutant to begin the purification experiment; the progress of Evereska Independent had been moved forward, and it was foreseeable that his departure would also be moved forward.

He didn't even care much about Mila, that rare sample; the remaining mutants who had already been confirmed to have lost their consciousness could mostly only be used as consumables.

Of course, their sacrifice was meaningful; before leaving, Xia Duo would leave behind the preliminarily perfected Purification Plan and his ideas for subsequent refinement.

In the future, if there were any more Magic Energy Infection incidents or Demon Descendant frenzy incidents, they could act according to the method, and perhaps they might be saved.

Ideally, the Elves could even find a way to change the shape of the Demon Descendant bloodline from the plan he left behind, or a way for the Demon Descendant bloodline to reproduce normally.

It was just that this would depend on how the Elves in this Projection Plane chose, and for Xia Duo, once he returned to the Main Plane, everything here, apart from his memories, would have no meaning at all.

……

A night of experiments, and time quickly arrived at the next day.

When Xia Duo walked out of the Laboratory, the eastern mountain peaks were already showing a fish-belly white, with golden light faintly shining through; it seemed today would be another clear day.

The experimental results last night were not very ideal, and after trying multiple improvement ideas without obtaining the desired results, Xia Duo had little heart to appreciate the beautiful sunrise at this moment.

After returning to the Study, he summoned Shali and instructed: "Go to the South City for me to recruit a batch of Wood Elves to assist with an experiment; there will be a generous reward after the experiment concludes."

Shali, being a key figure, naturally agreed without hesitation, then asked: "My Lord, I wonder what specific requirements you have for the recruits?"

"There are no high requirements; as long as they are in good health, bring some from every age group, let's set the limit at one hundred for now. By the way, this experiment does not involve any dangerous items; if they are worried, they can also go through the Patrol's recruitment procedure. When you go, tell Lakelaisi to send a squad of soldiers to follow as verification."

Actually, Xia Duo also wanted to recruit Moon Elves, or even Gold Elves, but he also knew that most of the Moon Elves in Evereska now were middle-class or above and would not be reduced to the point of volunteering to enter a laboratory.

Of course, if he were to openly recruit Apprentices, then perhaps even Gold Elves would find a way to squeeze in, but if he were recruiting Apprentices, he couldn't recruit many.

After a whole night of experiments, he discovered that the problem might be related to the Gold Elf Longevity Body Data Model he used when casting the Longevity Technique, and the mutants were all Wood Elves.

If he switched to a Wood Elf Longevity Body model, perhaps it could take the purification itself a step further.

As for the consciousness level, he didn't have any good ideas for the time being; what he could think of was more about how to prevent it in advance, rather than dealing with it after the fact.

If a method to perfectly restore consciousness after the fact could be found, such a method might even be able to change demons; not all demons use Negative Energy, and not all who use Negative Energy are demons.

Undead also use Negative Energy, and even live on negative energy, but Undead can possess reason; although their reason gradually disappears with the passage of time, at least it existed for a period.

A period of time for an Undead may not necessarily be short for humans or even Elves.

As long as consciousness and reason can be restored, even if only temporarily, there is still hope, just like before Xia Duo transmigrated, when Earth had actually already seen theoretically very feasible ways to achieve immortality.

It was called the "Ladder of Immortality."

Of course, the realization of this way of immortality was based on the premise that technology would continue to advance; that is to say, as long as technology continued to develop, even if one could not obtain immortality directly, one could wait for the next longevity-extending technology by continuously extending one's lifespan, just like climbing a ladder, until true immortality was obtained.

As long as Xia Duo could find a feasible line of thought, the rest would just be piling up time, manpower, and resources.

……

After Shali left to carry out the order, Xia Duo organized his thoughts in the Study for a while, and it was not until Saijisi sent a Sending to notify him that the ceremony was about to begin that he created a new avatar and invested a small portion of his consciousness to arrive at the newly built plaza near the confluence of the three rivers.

This plaza is called "Dawn Plaza" in the Main Plane, but in this Projection Plane, the Council of Elders had decided to name it "Duli Guangchang."

Xia Duo did not care about this difference; when he arrived, over half of the Elves had already gathered in the plaza, mostly members of small and medium-sized families within the city, who could be considered Nobles.

There was also a batch of Commoner representatives; their attire was not considered impolite to Xia Duo, a human, but among the sea of gorgeous formal wear, they were somewhat out of place.

"Asuosi, I thought you would wait until the ceremony began to arrive!"

Under a pavilion-style building beside the plaza, Saijisi smiled and was about to step forward to take Xia Duo's hand, but as if thinking of something, he stared at Xia Duo carefully for two seconds before stopping in front of him.

"I didn't expect your avatar to be so exquisite; I almost didn't recognize you."

"A trivial skill; if you are interested, Saijisi, we can exchange ideas when we are free later."

Seeing Xia Duo so blatantly propose a plan to zone out during the ceremony, Saijisi shook his head and hurriedly changed the subject, "Let me introduce the Envoys of the various countries to you."