Chapter 3177: Multiple Insurance, Progressive Experimentation

Inside the Laboratory.

Xia Duo sat cross-legged; in his view, Psionics was, after all, a mysterious existence, so creating a sense of ritual might also serve as a certain aid to Awakening Psionics.

Around him, the floor, which could be used to set up various rituals, was covered in complex and mysterious Mithril patterns; this was the Void Array he had personally designed and set up, its main function being to weaken or even deprive one of Perception.

Further away was Niya, her eyes filled with worry; this was the final insurance policy Xia Duo had arranged, and although he did not want to make Niya worry, he trusted Niya more than anyone else.

So, he still called Niya over to help.

Besides Niya, Xia Duo had also arranged for the brain to perform an interruption; the link and interaction between the brain and him were conducted at the Subconscious level with the help of the mental Spell, Suggestion.

To prevent his consciousness from becoming uncontrollable due to the weakening of Perception, he had the brain wake him up immediately if the feedback from the Suggestion was fruitless; if the brain could not work due to an accident, only then would it be Niya's turn.

And before the brain, Xia Duo himself, located within the Void Array, was the first layer of Insurance; he would voluntarily choose to give up when he felt things were not going well.

After all, he had never expected to successfully Awaken Psionics in a single experiment; whether for the sake of collecting more experimental data or for safety considerations, it was necessary to conduct multiple progressive experiments.

……

After everything was ready, Xia Duo began his first experiment, which was also his first "Meditation" in the true sense.

His so-called "Meditation" before was actually a highly focused conscious activity, a process of data classification and data management at the level of consciousness.

But the Meditation he was performing now was true Meditation; the so-called "mind condensed and form released, merging with the myriad transformations," was not clinging to any specific thought, but emptying the mind and embracing the Void.

But emptying was not the goal, otherwise Xia Duo would empty himself when tired, which did not actually count as Meditation; the emptying of Meditation was to achieve a higher-level purpose.

For example, the Ascension of the spirit, but Xia Duo did not believe in this claim, so he had never attempted anything similar in the past.

Now, the purpose of his Meditation was to give birth to Psionics from the Void, a more concrete and clear purpose; he was not sure if such a purpose of his conflicted with Meditation itself.

But he felt that if he pursued something too ethereal, he would likely be unable to obtain Psionics.

……

As the Void Array activated, Xia Duo felt as if he had been locked in a box made of frosted glass, unable to see anything around him, and unable to hear the already quiet environment of the Laboratory.

This feeling caused a trace of unease in his heart; this was the fear of being unable to perceive the Reality world. For a moment, he even wanted to give up directly, so he truly gave up.

Progressive experiments did not need to be forced, especially since Psionics, a special existence, was closely related to the internal state of the experimenter; since even Zhamu had given up on starting from the emotional aspect, he naturally did not need to suffer emotionally.

Since he felt fear and unease, he would just give up; starting over was not a difficult task.

……

The Movement of the Magic Array in the Laboratory startled Niya; she cast a questioning look at Xia Duo, with the clear posture that she would wake him up immediately if she did not get a response.

Xia Duo hurriedly blinked at Niya, using Sending to tell his wife that he was fine, and then restarted the Void Array.

As his body's inherent Perception was weakened bit by bit, Xia Duo felt uneasy again, but because he had already had such an experience once, this time he quickly calmed his state of mind and calmly accepted the loss of Perception.

But when Perception was weakened to a certain degree, it was pitch black before Xia Duo—no, even the concept of black had disappeared, and he could not hear any sound from the outside world in his ears, only the sound of his own heartbeat and the sound of blood Flow.

But such sounds were also continuously weakening.

And in terms of Touch, he could still feel himself sitting cross-legged at first, and could feel the texture of his fingers rubbing, but gradually, this perception also began to blur.

He could not even perceive the posture of his body, only a vague feeling lingered in his heart, and that was—he still existed.

Although he had experienced a similar feeling during the deep experience of Mohawi's Psionic Awakening, that was, after all, adopting someone else's perspective, and there was still a big difference from experiencing it personally.

The biggest difference there was that even after adopting Mohawi, he could still feel himself, knowing that he always had an anchor point that could return to Reality, and this Time Anchoring was clearly visible.

But now, when he personally experienced the weakening of Perception, he felt that Reality was unprecedentedly distant; in the midst of the Void, only his own heart was the most real.

Yet even so, this real heart was constantly weakening, as if it could be extinguished at any moment.

But the next moment, the whole world began to roar; countless information of light, sound, and texture began to pour into Xia Duo's consciousness. At this moment, he was even a bit dazed, but fortunately, this was his normal sensory information to begin with.

When he came back to his senses, he found that Niya had already come to his side, sitting on the ground and holding him in her arms. Xia Duo broke free from Niya's embrace and said softly:

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

Niya took a deep look at Xia Duo, then retreated to the side.

……

Reviewing the experimental process, Xia Duo discovered that after his Perception was weakened, his own conscious activity was also weakened, and consequently, the means he had prepared to give up voluntarily also failed.

This experiment was interrupted entirely because the feedback from the Suggestion was fruitless when the brain interacted with him, so it closed the Void Array according to the preset program.

And Niya, seeing the Magic Array close and him falling to the ground as if unconscious, stepped forward to help him up, and thus came the scene Xia Duo saw when he woke up.

He did not expect that experimenting while sitting cross-legged would have such a benefit; it could be considered an alternative insurance mechanism.

It was just that when Xia Duo first made this decision, he did not have such thoughts; at that time, he just purely wanted a little sense of ritual.

Now it seems that such a sense of ritual can continue!

……

Next, Xia Duo did not immediately conduct an experiment; the experience of his consciousness nearly being extinguished just now left him with lingering fears, and this was absolutely completely different from the experience of adopting others.

So he decided to slow down for a while; it would not be too late to continue the experiment after dispelling the trace of shock in his heart, and by the way, he could also check the Focusing Artifact of Luodasi.

……

Just like that, two days later, Xia Duo returned to Evereska again, but this time he did not come empty-handed; he brought the Focusing Artifact of Luodasi.

After many experiments, he determined that he could use this Magic Artifact to a certain extent, but the specific effect was not clear, and he had not tracked the traces of the Remains of the First Psionic Mentor mentioned by Luodasi.

Only after asking Luodasi again did he learn that the detection of the Artifact Projection, like the perception of a Psionic Mage toward the Psionic Artifact they created, would be shielded by Excited State Energy.

In other words, it was very likely that Kalishi had hidden the Remains of the First Psionic Mentor in some high-energy location at this time.