Chapter 2652: Batch Inheritance, Precursors to the Mist

"Since you have all made your choices, let us head to the Inheritance Chamber!"

After saying this, Xia Duo opened the conference room door and walked out first. When he arrived at the Inheritance Chamber, he did not let everyone in, but instead called for the 24 people who had chosen the Plane Exploration path to enter first.

Currently, the Tower of Time only has this one Inheritance Chamber, which can accommodate at most five people for inheritance simultaneously. Those who received the inheritance previously came one by one because there was no precedent.

But now, with a total of one hundred people, if they came one by one, who knows how long it would take!

"Natali, you five go first. Put on the Focus Headbands, then lie down on the Inheritance Chairs."

Xia Duo pointed at five people at random, letting them lie down on the crescent-shaped reclining chairs placed parallel in the center of the Inheritance Chamber. Once everyone was ready, he reminded them once more:

"Don't be nervous, relax. A large amount of information will soon flood into your minds. What you need to do is not desperately try to memorize it, but to keep your state of mind peaceful, just watching it flow slowly through your heart like flowing water. Do you understand?"

"Yes, we understand! Don't worry, President! We have already inquired about the situation we will face when the Inheritance Ritual is conducted."

"I hope so!"

Of course, what the Inheritance Ritual can pass on is not just literal knowledge and experience; it can also pass on the spellcasting experience of others, which is the essence. But unfortunately, such inheritance is too rare; at least Xia Duo has no way to create it right now.

"Do not try to memorize or understand this information! Just watch it appear and then disappear. This relates not only to the final effect of the Inheritance Ritual but also to the recovery of your consciousness after the ritual."

If they cannot keep up, then the subsequent progress will basically fall behind.

The certainty and uncertainty of fate were truly a battle between heaven and man in Xia Duo's heart at this moment, but he quickly adjusted his emotions and then sent a message to Laruian to ask for the details of the reconnaissance squad's loss of contact:

If knowledge and experience could be obtained like that, then what would the Inheritance Ritual be for?

Over the next few days, Xia Duo conducted Semi-plane experiments alone while also keeping an eye on news from the outside world. This morning, he suddenly received a message from Evereska Elder Laruian—

The Inheritance Ritual can only solve memory-related problems to a certain extent. People like Xia Duo, who can trace past memories at any time or possess the ability of photographic memory, have no use for this thing at all!

Next, Xia Duo took a stack of books from his Personal Space and said to everyone: "The end of the Inheritance Ritual does not mean you can stay in the Directed Cultivation Plan. Everyone take one book, go back and review it well. The first assessment is next week; I hope you can all pass.

That is why various auxiliary measures are needed. If it were really like what is shown in some science fiction movies on Earth, where you could just put on a helmet and immediately receive and understand the input knowledge and skills, then the Elves would have already ruled the whole world.

"Additionally, remember that this book can only be read within the Tower of Time or the Floating City and cannot be taken out, otherwise your subsequent qualifications will be canceled immediately."

Before long, clear, audible snoring sounds echoed in this not-so-large Inheritance Chamber; one of the five seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep from extreme exhaustion.

But Xia Duo knew that this was the normal phenomenon.

It looks very abnormal, but in fact, when one tries to understand the memories, it is equivalent to reading various books and listening to various explanations in reality; whether one can remember or understand it depends entirely on oneself.

Xia Duo had fulfilled his duty to remind them. If the inheritance effect was poor, he could not be blamed, as he had already reminded them many times.

"A reconnaissance squad of the Northland Alliance lost contact while tracking Demon Descendants. This is the first time a reconnaissance squad has collectively lost contact since the establishment of the Alliance's Demon-born Intelligence Office."

But on the other hand, he did not want all this to happen, because these things were not good, and they were very likely to lead to even worse results.

It was even possible to be misled by the descriptions of others, so Xia Duo reminded them again:

He knew too well what the feeling of seeing information flow by while having to forcibly endure not understanding it was like. When he tried the Inheritance Ritual in the Projection Plane Wuweilun, he himself could not resist trying to memorize and understand it.

Seeing this situation, Xia Duo could not help but smile knowingly.

The crowd's expressions turned solemn, and they nodded in unison.

He gestured for Natali and the others to begin, and then Xia Duo started the ritual without any hesitation. As time passed bit by bit, the expressions of Natali and the other four, which had been somewhat tense, slowly became relaxed.

If the person receiving the inheritance has a ferocious expression or shows any other expressions of joy or pain, it indicates that they are trying to understand the information stream during the process of receiving the inheritance.

Upon receiving this news, Xia Duo's mood was extremely complex. On one hand, he hoped that reality would align with his prophecy so that he could use the prophecy to guide his real-world actions.

Even if past reconnaissance personnel suffered losses, they would not collectively lose contact without sending back a single bit of information. This was very abnormal. Now, the Demon-born Intelligence Office was already in an uproar, all discussing what kind of conspiracy the Demon Descendants had cooked up again.

"In which area were they tracking the Demon Descendants? Specifically, when did they lose contact? Were there any special signs beforehand?"

Now, these five people, although their levels of relaxation were different, had all taken Xia Duo's reminders to heart. It stood to reason that the final inheritance effect should be quite good.

The result was naturally that the inheritance effect was not ideal; the more one tried to memorize and understand, the less was ultimately retained.

Afterward, Xia Duo successively completed the inheritance for the remaining 76 people. Of course, because the number of people was too large, it took him two days to complete it all.

Just like that, in successive batches, all 24 of them finished their inheritance.

Without having personally experienced the Inheritance Ritual, it is very difficult to accurately describe that state based on the mere words of others. Natali and the other four clearly had not yet realized the severity of the problem.

But regardless of how many shortcomings there were, the Inheritance Ritual was still a powerful tool that could greatly accelerate the growth of a Mage!

Another thing was the recovery of consciousness after the ritual. After all, it involved forcibly stuffing information that did not originally belong to one's own consciousness into it. Because it did not involve sensory information, it was relatively pure and "clean" information, but it would still cause a certain degree of consciousness confusion, or even cognitive displacement.

He gave everyone one week to prepare. The first assessment was mainly to check the inheritance effect. If the effect was very poor, then they would have to make up for it with their own intelligence and diligence.

Xia Duo would not open a second inheritance for them. This was also a selection mechanism; missing this time meant there would be no next time.

Before long, the five people's inheritance ended. Then, without needing Xia Duo to remind them, someone immediately stood up, took the Focus Headbands from the hands of Natali and the others, put them on their own heads, and then each lay down on the Inheritance Chairs.