Chapter 3113: War of Attrition

Of course, to say this world is entirely a pile of dog shit would not be very rigorous.

Although Xia Duo did not provide his own perception of Reality, there was still the perception from the Psionic Master! Although psionics are based on idealism, any research, once deepened, will inevitably touch upon Reality.

And these realities are actually still largely outside the cognitive scope of Arcane Mages, which of course includes Xia Duo.

So Xia Duo's current approach is more like panning for gold in a pile of gravel; if one does not want to search or lacks sufficient Wisdom, then what one faces will always be a pile of gravel.

But if one has the heart to search and possesses the Wisdom and patience to discover real gold, then what one faces is real gold shimmering with unknown light.

This is not the first time Xia Duo has faced a Mental Image World, and because he had already absorbed the memories of a Psionic Master, he is now very experienced when facing a Mental Image World.

First of all, there is one thing he is very clear about: the time difference between the Mental Image World and the real world is very large; the further away from Reality, the faster the flow of time, and the closer to Reality, the closer the flow of time is to Reality.

And now, this world lacks the true perception of Reality provided by Xia Duo, and its distance from Reality is even more remote than the Mental Image World created by Mohawi last time.

Or rather, the time difference between this world and Reality is even greater.

Staying here for eight or ten years might mean only one second has passed in Reality.

Of course, being trapped counts as half a day, but those trapped usually have far less attainment in psionics than a Lingneng Master, so it is still difficult to resist in practice.

Taking Mohawi's Mental Image World as an example, it could generally be maintained at about ten times the time flow of the real world; exceeding this would require extra consumption of psionic energy, making it difficult to maintain for long.

But—

But the microscopic level is actually not the domain of a Lingneng Master, but the home field of an Arcane Mage, and the cost of its evolution would be even greater than the macroscopic.

The Mental Image World is almost unsolvable for ordinary people; once trapped inside, one can only leave it to fate, and that "fate" is the Lingneng Master who dominates this world.

Of course, if one stays here for too long, consciousness will also be worn away over the long passage of time.

No Spellcaster can instantly construct an incomparably vast and incomparably complex virtual world; vastness corresponds to macroscopic volume, while complexity corresponds to the degree of microscopic detail.

Of course, if the time flow is close to Reality, it will also save more psionic energy.

As long as he wants to break free, he can do so at any time, but that would also mean letting the enemy escape.

The goal is to delay his time.

So he made the same response as he did when facing Mohawi's Mental Image World—he must break free as soon as possible, rather than coveting the special environment here.

A battle of attrition!

Then just wait for the harvest.

Last time facing Mohawi's Mental Image World, Xia Shao did indeed break through by adding new rules to the Mental Image World that Mohawi could not understand, but even if he hadn't been able to summarize the 【Mind Interference Field Equation】, he would still have had a chance to escape.

Through such a method, Psionic Mages gain a longer lifespan in terms of Perception than ordinary people.

He did this solely to consume the opponent's psionic reserves; psionics is a very strange thing, and there is no guarantee that there isn't psionic energy that can exist even if the Mental Image World collapses.

Especially when a Psionic Master launches a desperate final strike, they will completely lose their connection to Reality, which is to say that a Lingneng Master may not necessarily be able to control the time difference between here and Reality.

Adding new rules to the Mental Image World is not a conventional solution, and it is not always possible to encounter a rule like the 【Mind Interference Field Equation】 that happens to be summarized by both sides' cognition within the Mental Image World.

If Xia Shao were truly trapped in a Mental Image World, he would choose to attempt a breakout by exploring from both the macroscopic and microscopic directions.

Conventional methods are the most universal methods.

Because an Arcane Mage is rooted in Reality, their own perception of Reality has already been integrated into this world; as long as the direction of exploration is found, the consumption of this world can be increased at an extremely exaggerated speed.

I suppose a Lingneng Master should not be qualified to come into contact with the conspiracy of Zhamu Dasi this time!

The goal is very clear, so the method is also very clear.

The direction Xia Shao chose at the time was not to shape the environmental details of the Main Plane, but to explore the limits of the macroscopic and microscopic aspects of the Mental Image World; the macroscopic is easy to say, as it only requires investing a large amount of resources to be evolved instantly.

Or perhaps the Lingneng Master made a huge change in cognition at the moment of life and death, thereby turning the situation around, so Xia Shao must first consume the opponent's psionic energy.

It's just that it might take a little longer; besides, Mohawi could also break free before being unable to support the consumption of the Mental Image World, rather than dying directly due to the collapse of the Mental Image World.

So he unhesitatingly chose another way—let the Mental Image World collapse, and then harvest the memory of this Lingneng Master.

The maintenance of the Mental Image World is not without cost; as long as the details of this world are constantly enriched, there is still a chance to drag the Lingneng Master down, as dominating this world actually means that the consumption is mostly provided by the Lingneng Master.

And enriching the details of this world is a simpler method for an Arcane Mage.

If one really thought time here was unlimited and could explore at will, perhaps by the time he returned to Reality, decades or centuries would have passed outside, and by then, the opportunity would have been lost.

Therefore, for the current Mental Image World, Xia Shao has plenty of time to explore without worrying about how things are in Reality.

The breakout method Xia Shao figured out himself is actually not a conventional response for a Psionic Mage in the memories of Lingneng Master; it can be simply described in one sentence—

After all, a Lingneng Master has also seen Reality.

However, he also set a time limit, using real time as a reference: within four hours, consume as much as possible, and then introduce new rules into the Mental Image World to cause phenomena that exceed the Lingneng Master's understanding.

Xia Shao first used Scrying spells to constantly explore the limits of the current Mental Image World's macroscopic and microscopic aspects; it is not that he wants to exhaust the opponent to death this way, that is unrealistic.

But now, Xia Shao is not actually truly trapped in the Mental Image World; what is trapped in the Mental Image World is actually just the 【World Editor】 he specifically designed for protection against Mental Image World attacks, which is also a virtual world constructed at the level of consciousness.

If it were a normal Mental Image World, a Psionic Mage would actively control the time difference within it; the specific method of adjustment is unknown to Xia Shao because it involves psionics, but he does know the conclusion.

How could this make Xia Shao willing to accept it!

Xia Shao is not sure whether this Lingneng Master is truly launching a desperate final strike; although it looks very much like it, it cannot be ruled out that it is disguised through some means, such as a Psionic Artifact.