Chapter 2613: Filtering Information, Artistic Thresholds

After multiple rounds of testing, Xia Duo finally determined that the Soul Fragment itself had no issues, but the information contained within it was another matter; he had experienced many trips to the Projection Plane before and was all too aware of the risks of memory contamination.

Fortunately, there were no curses on it; it was merely a matter of interpreting the information within, and since this wasn't a trip to the Projection Plane, there was no need to interpret it personally.

Xia Duo prepared to run it through his Wisdom Brain first, similar to running a virus file in a computer sandbox; regardless of what kind of information the Soul Fragment contained, using the Wisdom Brain to read it would at most affect the Wisdom Brain, and he could determine the state of the information through the Wisdom Brain's feedback.

After all, the essence of the Wisdom Brain was a Consciousness Copy of a Spellcaster, and it was most adept at interfacing with consciousness information.

Once the approach was determined, the rest was the specific implementation plan, which was not a difficult problem for Xia Duo, though he did not directly use the Wisdom Brain he was currently using for the experiment, but instead temporarily created a Consciousness Copy.

He still had plenty of the Spirit Material he had previously obtained from Imaska left unused!

He deleted everything in the Consciousness Copy related to self-existence and personal private information, turning an consciousness that was originally full of Wisdom into a fool that only possessed simple thought patterns.

Subsequently, he cast multiple Suggestion spells on this Consciousness Copy and set its feedback target to the Wisdom Brain, so that he could monitor the state of this Consciousness Copy in real-time through the Wisdom Brain.

Next, it was time to connect this Consciousness Copy, which was more akin to a probe, to the Soul Fragment.

The experiment progressed to that step, and everything went so smoothly that Xia Duo even wondered if he had been judging a gentleman's heart with a villain's measure!

Inside the Laboratory, Xia Duo ultimately decided to slow down; he was unsure how long it would take to interpret the information in the Consciousness Copy, and how long the Meditation Training would take, and it would be a great pity if he missed the final exchange meeting of the Cultural and Arts Festival.

Of course, it was impossible to have absolutely no negative influence; even normal text information is difficult to be absolutely neutral and devoid of any bias, let alone consciousness information, which is most prone to carrying hidden agendas.

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The Elf wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by another Elf, "Yifan Naer, you are off-topic; we are currently discussing the attributes of art, not the responsibilities of an artist."

However, because Xia Duo had experienced trips to the Projection Plane many times, he had long since figured out a set of methods to maintain self-Stabilization; it would be fine to do a deep Meditation Training after interpreting the information in the Consciousness Copy.

Xia Duo did not belong to either of these two types of people, but he was a lord, so naturally, he was free from taboos; when he arrived at the venue, it happened to be an Elf speaking:

The deceased were gone, and since it had not harmed him, he did not delve further into that aspect.

Next, Xia Duo could interpret this part of the information relatively harmlessly.

The one speaking at this moment was Lawrence, who was also the host and lead translator for this exchange meeting; in addition, there were several Elf translators invited from the Silver Leaf Family, responsible for translating the speeches of Elf artists and human representatives.

"Although I agree with the view that art originates from the people, I need to point out that art, or more precisely—aesthetics, has a threshold."

Anyway, the Consciousness Copy and the Soul Fragment were already in his hands; being a day or two late would not have any serious impact.

"The things I saw and heard in Great Xia Territory have given me a very good inspiration; the purpose of our existence as artists is not only to pursue art itself, but also to use our own works to improve the aesthetics of the masses."

Thus, Xia Duo acted decisively, continuously applying Suggestion spells to the Consciousness Copy; on one hand, he strengthened the Suggestion link, and on the other, he used the Suggestion spells to constantly erase specific thought patterns in the Consciousness Copy to prevent it from forming a coherent consciousness.

"Once anything has a threshold, it will inevitably lead to stratification, that is, so-called high-level art and low-level art, or Elite art and mass art."

From Code Plaza heading west, next to the Elemental Fountain was the Cultural Center where this Cultural and Arts Festival exchange meeting was located; this exchange meeting was a closed-door session and was not open to the public for the time being, with only a few invited artists or territory representatives able to attend.

……

Xia Duo hid his tracks and mingled among them without attracting anyone's attention; he first strolled around the various booths in Code Plaza, focusing on the booth where the Magic Shadow was located.

At this time, Code Plaza was bustling with noise and excitement, as if at a market; the huge plaza was divided into several sections, with enough aisles left in the middle for pedestrians to pass through.

"Antasuoluopaqi, although the exchange meeting has a theme, discussion is just that—talking about whatever comes to mind is not unacceptable, as long as it is related to the theme."

Otherwise, wouldn't this exchange meeting be like talking to a wall? After all, there are not many people who understand both languages, especially Elves, who basically would not specifically learn Netherese.

Right now, what was playing at the booth was still "Dungeon Treasure Hunt," and it was surrounded by people; the crowd would occasionally let out exclamations or cheers, and the audience was watching happily, and Xia Duo also felt very happy.

Thus, he put away the Consciousness Copy, turned and left the Laboratory, and walked through the Portal on Hengchun Square to reach Code Plaza on the ground.

On the contrary, "Dungeon Treasure Hunt" was just a popcorn feature film with a production that wasn't even considered refined; in the future, when there are more films of this type, perhaps no one will be willing to watch it a second time.

And on the side of the Portal, there was an even larger empty space; just as Xia Duo passed through the Portal, people were still occasionally returning to the ground from the Floating City, or going to the Floating City from the ground.

It was just that compared to the plot-driven "Dungeon Treasure Hunt," the plotless "Main Plane Travelogue" seemed to suffer from a cold reception; Xia Duo actually liked "Main Plane Travelogue" more, as it was worth watching repeatedly.

But very soon, as the Consciousness Copy began to interpret the consciousness information in the Soul Fragment, the Wisdom Brain received some unusual feedback; it was a change in the thought patterns of the Consciousness Copy, and this change was so great that it began to shake the stability of the Suggestion spells!

Before long, the Consciousness Copy completed the full reading, or rather, transcription, of the information; now, that original Soul Fragment still contained the original information, but the relatively pure information, excluding parts of the thought patterns, had already been transcribed into the Consciousness Copy.

From this, one can also see how dull the general entertainment of the people in Great Xia Territory and the Inner Land of Netheril is!

By this step, Xia Duo had basically determined that this Soul Fragment contained hidden dangers, but he was unsure whether it was intentional by that ancient Elf, or if the technology was not up to par to store purer consciousness information.

"Under such circumstances, art naturally has a distinction between high and low; this is something that even we as artists find difficult to change. Of course, this does not mean that I agree with so-called high-level art!"