Chapter 2212: Mental Image Amulet, No Worries Behind

However, Xia Duo was in no rush to enter the Library located within the Wind Elemental Plane; instead, he continued to perform a final organization of Mohawi's subconscious information.

Facing attacks from a Mental Image World, all of Mohawi's defensive measures were mostly completed based on his own Mental Image World, but this did not prevent Xia Duo from converting them into Arcane Magic that he could understand and apply.

Xia Duo had already roughly understood the essence of the Mental Image World; it should be a special Spell based on the subconscious. Attacks from a Mental Image World are, in essence, attacks on the subconscious, capable of making a person die an unnatural death without a sound.

Therefore, to effectively defend against this kind of attack, one needs to proceed from the subconscious level.

On Earth, no matter how complex a phenomenon is, it can be explained as interactions between particles, from the merging of celestial bodies to the simple act of picking something up.

Yet in the world of Magic, the action of forces is not entirely conducted through elements or the Magic Net; the mutual influence between minds transcends these existences.

But no matter how subtle the changes are, they must ultimately manifest as changes in the mind itself, and changes in the mind itself are, in fact, changes in subconscious information.

As long as one can fully control their own subconscious information, then correspondingly, external information becomes very "conspicuous," and establishing a barrier based on this is not entirely impossible.

In other words, even a shared Mental Image World attack is not entirely unsolvable. The reason it feels unsolvable is because the Spellcaster stands at the level of the Conscious Mind, falling into a situation that is logically absolutely unsolvable.

But the Conscious Mind is not the entirety of consciousness; in reality, the subconscious is the largest part of a person's consciousness.

This situation is like encrypted mobile software; it is difficult to break the encryption through normal channels, but the essence of the software runs on the phone's hardware. As long as one can find the corresponding hardware-based operational activities, one can eventually restore the software, and even if it cannot be restored precisely, one can at least find most of its functional positioning.

Escaping a Mental Image World is essentially an escape of the Conscious Mind, which is more akin to software-level cracking, while a shared Mental Image World is a nearly perfectly encrypted program that is almost impossible to crack at the software level.

But as long as one distinguishes between friend and foe from the subconscious level to establish a barrier, it should be very easy to escape from it.

Of course, this is in theory; whether it can be done in practice, Xia Duo has not tried and dares not guarantee it, but as long as it is theoretically feasible, actually creating it should be able to achieve a certain effect.

As long as one can block some key intrusive information, one can exert enough interference on the manifestation of the Mental Image World, thereby allowing the Conscious Mind to detect loopholes and escape, without necessarily having to completely block the opponent's attack from the outside.

The more precise a Spell is, the less force is actually needed to destroy it, provided one finds the right weakness.

Conversely, those mass-based Spells, as long as the magnitude reaches a certain level, become very unsolvable.

It is like the 【Annihilation Light】; its essence is to concentrate the Entropy Increase characteristic, which might otherwise act over an entire Plane, into a small area, making it very difficult to resist.

In fact, it is not that Xia Duo has never been to a high-speed Entropy Increase Plane. Several years ago, during the Snow Melting Competition, he was invited by the Seven Towers to a place called the 【Annihilation Plane】, where not only was the flow of time faster than the Main Plane, but it was essentially a Plane accelerating toward annihilation.

Normal matter cannot be directly exposed to the Plane environment and can only be kept within the Sacred Dwelling established by an Astral Mage. Xia Duo once tried throwing some simple items out of the Sacred Dwelling's range, and the result was exactly the same as being hit by a slow-release 【Annihilation Light】.

When Xia Duo named his War Spell 【Annihilation Light】, there was perhaps a subconscious reference to the name of the 【Annihilation Plane】.

Additionally, the reason 【Annihilation Light】 is difficult to resist can also be attributed to the fact that "destruction is easier than construction."

But the Mental Image World is not a Spell with real-world weight; it has plenty of ingenuity but lacks mass. As long as one finds the right angle, it is not impossible to achieve perfect resistance.

Based on various thoughts, Xia Duo made defensive deployments in two directions—

First, of course, is to do a good job with Avoidance of Detection; this can be used not only to guard against Mental Image World attacks but also has the same effect on other long-range locking Spells.

(Note: This plan requires re-establishing a set of communication protocols with higher security coefficients; otherwise, it might affect the use of communication Spells or be locked onto by enemies through communication loopholes.)

Second, it leans toward active and proactive defense, which can also be further subdivided into two directions—

One is to continue researching the Mental Image World with the goal of achieving advance prevention against potential Mental Image World attacks; the other is various specific defensive measures, such as Calimshan's defensive measures against Zhamu Dasi, as well as the just-conceived subconscious-based barrier for blocking external information.

With a program of action, one will not feel at a loss when acting specifically. Regarding the specific actions in these two major directions, Xia Duo has limited personal energy for the research of Avoidance of Detection Spells, so he plans to "outsource" it.

Whether it is Saville, Yinaole, or Kelifu, they can all become his project contractors, especially Kelifu, because he also holds the status of a Priest; thinking from multiple angles might just bring him unexpected surprises!

As for the research on the Mental Image World and the subconscious barrier, Xia Duo does not plan to entrust it to others for the time being, which is, of course, also out of realistic considerations.

It is difficult for him to explain how the relevant data for the former was obtained, and if it were to spread to Zhamu Dasi, who knows if they would fly into a rage. As for the latter, the vast majority of people cannot even parse subconscious information, so their help in his research would at best only be used as subjects for research.

After clarifying his thoughts, Xia Duo began to take action. He first contacted Kelifu to reiterate the details of the handover of the Mythallar device in a week, and only then did he state the true intention of this contact:

"I would like to ask you to help design a Spell that focuses more on avoiding mental Scrying. I will provide some basic data, but further research will require more effort on your part."

Netheril Magic has a classification for mental Spells, which also includes a sub-option for mental Scrying, essentially a type of Spell that investigates and locates target information by amplifying the Spellcaster's Perception.

The Spellcaster's own Perception—this phrasing is relatively vague; in reality, it can be considered a mysterious sixth sense beyond the normal five senses, somewhat similar to Psionic Magic, but it is indeed expressed using Netheril Magic.

Its accuracy is poorer compared to conventional Scrying Spells, and it might even just be the Spellcaster's own brain-filling or delusions, but its advantages are also very obvious: it can often ignore conventional Avoidance of Detection Spells, making it impossible to guard against.

This point is also very similar to Psionic Magic. Xia Duo asking Kelifu to research this was largely because he valued the other party's status as a Priest.

Arcane Magic currently has limited development and may not necessarily find an effective method, but the advanced Lord of Radiance certainly has a way; it just depends on whether Kelifu is willing to ask.