Chapter 3168: The Secret of the Artifact

————A bit later~~

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"Computing Power Pool?"

Saike only then realized belatedly that the target of their operation this time was actually Xia Duo, which made him feel somewhat uneasy. At this moment, he didn't even bother to focus on why his Psionic had disappeared, but instead calmly questioned Xia Duo:

"Then what do you want to do? Go and destroy another one of our cities?"

"What do you think?"

Xia Duo ignored Saike further and went outside to seal Saike's Consciousness Copy once again; he had already discovered the fact that the other party lacked Psionic.

If the other party possessed Psionic, they would inevitably try to escape or make some other small moves while saying those things. The fact that there were no small moves at all, didn't that just prove the other party had already lost their Psionic?

Of course, considering the other party might be skilled at disguising and deliberately avoided making small moves while he was present, Xia Duo took out another Consciousness Copy, still Saike's, and went through the previous process again.

In the outside world, about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Saike in the rock cave virtual scene slowly woke up again, only this time Xia Duo did not show himself; he wanted to observe what reaction Saike would have when there were only outsiders present.

The so-called "three times is enough," although no matter how many similar experiments there are, it is impossible to rigorously prove that a Consciousness Copy cannot obtain the Psionic of the original body, but after these three experiments, Xia Duo did not discover anything unusual.

Most of it was what Xia Duo had not parsed before, but now he had indeed obtained it.

Since he was curious, since he wanted to know, then he must use Psionic.

The result was not much different from what Xia Duo had guessed. After waking up, Saike would definitely want to understand the environment he was in at the first opportunity. Even if it was still the rock cave they had been hiding in before, his companions were all gone, leaving only him alone.

The experiment always followed a fixed process: unseal the Consciousness Copy, then drink tea and wait. Since the time flow within the virtual scene could be adjusted at will, not even a moment was needed, and the two people in the scene woke up one after another.

If a large number of copies could be created to evolve all scenarios, in the end, I fear no secrets could be kept.

That was obviously impossible.

Saike woke up first, and after experiencing another major change in his expression, Badi slowly woke up. He saw Saike beside him and asked subconsciously:

"What on earth is going on here? Why would a perfectly fine mission turn into this?" Badi was still unable to calm down at this moment, continuously questioning Saike.

For now, it could be assumed that the previous judgment was correct, namely—the Consciousness Copy does not possess Psionic.

Before all methods were tried, he was not willing to accept the fate of death.

"I only woke up a moment earlier than you. I truly cannot perceive the Mental Image World. Not just my own, yours, other people's, or even the Artifact's Mental Image World, I cannot perceive any of them."

These two were both Lingneng Dashi, with equal status and common topics. If they were in the same desperate situation, I imagine they would spill quite a few big secrets.

So Xia Duo conducted a third experiment. This time he still did not appear, but he placed two Consciousness Copies into the consciousness prison: one was Saike's, and the other was a Lingneng Dashi named Badi.

After experiencing the short-lived shock and panic upon waking, Saike and Badi recovered their calm. There wasn't much despair; they soon began to check the situation of the rock cave and attempt self-rescue.

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A Psionic Mage who has lost their Psionic is just an ordinary person. Can an ordinary person dig through a mountain with their bare hands?

Under such circumstances, aren't you curious about what happened?

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A single-person scene best reflects Reality, which is why the ancient sages of Xia Duo's hometown had the teaching of "being cautious when alone," though considering Psionic always possesses some special aspects.

"Perhaps people from the Northland Alliance came by, took the others away, but left us behind for some reason. I can't figure it out either."

Xia Duo stretched out the time to observe the dialogue and reactions of the two people in this virtual scene. Two people are easier to establish order than one, and order often represents hope.

"Saike? What just happened? Where are the others?"

Being unable to perceive the Mental Image World is equivalent to losing the perception of the Reality world (as perceived by Psionic Mages), which is equivalent to losing Psionic.

And the next moment, Badi suddenly screamed, "Saike, Saike, why can't I perceive the Mental Image World? What on earth happened? How are you? Are you the same as me?"

It was just that with the strength of only two people, and without tools, they soon discovered that it was almost impossible to escape on their own, so the scene of Saike waiting for death like in Xia Duo's second experiment appeared.

Looking at Saike, he did indeed look like he was trying hard to think, but right beside him, Badi, having lost his Psionic, found it very hard to accept that fact, walking back and forth in the rock cave to vent the anger and fear in his heart.

It was just that this time it was two people waiting for death together, and compared to when it was just Saike, because there was one more person to talk to, the two continuously spilled various secrets of Zhamu Dasi.

Thus, Xia Duo once again saw Saike's expression change drastically. Saike, having lost his Psionic, couldn't even run out of this rock cave, because the exit of the rock cave was a thin, narrow passage that simply couldn't fit a person.

Perhaps it was because his companion had the same encounter that made Saike feel a bit better. After adjusting his emotions slightly, he began to state his findings:

Saike did not answer. Badi was his companion; Badi's waking could not trigger his subconscious alertness. He was still in a state of extreme shock and distraction from losing his Psionic.

Then it was time for the main course, which was Luodasi, that Lingneng Dashi who had direct contact with Kalishi, had a Consciousness Lock in his consciousness, and might even know many of Kalishi's secrets!

But Saike was helpless about this, "I don't know either. Perhaps the Northland Alliance has mastered some powerful mental Spell. After all, they even have a Computing Power Pool; having some special mental Spell is not something unimaginable."

The process was the same as the first three experiments: deploy the scene, unseal the consciousness, and then wait for the target to wake up. And this time, after Luodasi woke up, Xia Duo did not show himself directly in front of the other party as he did in the first experiment to try to communicate.

Watching Saike collapse to the ground in near despair, Xia Duo couldn't help but think that Lingneng Dashi were nothing more than this. If it were him in that situation, he would also be desperate, but he would never let despair take the lead; instead, he would try every possible means to save himself.

"Are you saying that our current state is the work of the Northland Alliance? Then what about the others? Where did the others go? I believe they would absolutely not abandon us."