Chapter 3388: Cognitive Bias, The Root of Radiation

————It will be later~~

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Of course, in the process of analyzing and processing the Magic Net data of Tear Drop Lake, Xia Duo would occasionally have other thoughts; after all, remaining focused on one thing is quite a test of one's mental stamina.

From the first week, when Xia Duo felt he could still hold on, to the later month, he began to understand Duomamu, but because the Tear Drop Lake Magic Net data had not yet been fully analyzed and processed, he could still endure it for the time being.

But negative attributes like irritability, dissatisfaction, and resentment had already begun to appear in his emotions. Dafuni paying a not-insignificant price to keep looping time like this is true, but does Xia Duo, being inside the loop, not need to pay any price?

Thinking itself involves consumption; it's just that usually, when tired, one can rest, sleep, or use other more relaxing leisure activities to unwind.

But now, being inside the loop, his body is reset back to one or two seconds ago time and time again; while he doesn't feel the slightest physical fatigue, mental exhaustion is unavoidable.

Of course, if Xia Duo were performing the time loop in his own home, he could certainly sleep at the level of consciousness with peace of mind, thereby achieving the goal of recovery.

But right now, he is in a time loop created by an enemy; as long as he relaxes even a little, he might be doomed beyond redemption. In this situation, he wishes he could grow a few more eyes and stay vigilant at all times.

Not to mention performing high-intensity thinking and analysis while maintaining vigilance.

Receiving a response from a Divine Envoy is not one of the ineffective ways to anchor the past, but there is a more complex one: the Divine Envoy is right by his side.

This is not to say that Dafuni might be in the loop herself; perhaps for the first two days, Dafuni did not participate in the loop, but since she took the initiative to ask, it is possible that Dafuni has placed herself in the loop as well.

It is nothing more than time.

I can actually break the loop actively!

And the Personal Space has always been anchored by Xia Duo's consciousness.

Not only that, I even thought about whether to do some of the research I was originally working on (the non-practical parts) during this period; since it is time gifted by the enemy, I might as well use it.

It just depends on whether the Darkness Society has the ability to push itself into the abyss of destruction with its own hands.

That place is where I can absolutely dominate, and I will only take out the Holy Seal when necessary.

On one hand, I am very clear that manipulating the Time Line cannot be without cost; in order to win more advantages for the Alliance, now that there is an opportunity to consume the power of the Darkness Society, I naturally must make full use of it.

In other words, Xia Duo can now take the Holy Seals of the two Divine Envoys out of his Personal Space at any time to obtain the effect of anchoring the past, thereby breaking the current time loop.

Besides underestimating Dafuni, Xia Duo also overestimated his own consciousness's endurance; starting off with high-intensity thinking, he was not well-prepared psychologically for a protracted war.

That is, of course, a wild fantasy; it just depends on whether the Darkness Society gives this opportunity!

Xia Duo suddenly discovered that his previous estimates were not practical; with his current state of consciousness, I am afraid it will be very difficult to complete the analysis of the Tear Drop Lake ritual within a few limited years.

Both Divine Envoys are on the Surface, and furthermore, they are not by Xia Duo's side.

But Xia Duo did not do that.

It was also because Xia Duo's previous considerations were insufficient; starting off by trying to outlast Dafuni was actually a huge underestimation of the time Dafuni could maintain the time loop, and perhaps there was also a slight misjudgment.

Whoever can hold on until the end will be the one to achieve victory.

Of course, Xia Duo does not think that Dafuni has no backup plans at all; if he were to lower his guard because of this, the one who would suffer would be himself.

And in fact, Xia Duo now has an extra month out of thin air; after resting and formulating a new plan, he is fully capable of holding on until he completes the analysis of that ritual. Now it just depends on Dafuni!

After his mental state fully recovered, I reformulated a new plan to balance work and rest, and it was during this relatively leisurely and composed thinking process that I discovered some details I had previously overlooked——

After calming down, Xia Duo temporarily stopped the analysis work and instead used Meditation to eliminate negative emotions in his heart bit by bit; of course, this was under the premise of ensuring basic vigilance.

Fortunately, it is not too late to realize it now; nothing unexpected has happened over this past month. Next, I just need to adjust myself properly and prepare psychologically for a protracted war.

But——

Since the state of the body is always in a nearly frozen state, one only needs to reduce high-intensity thinking activities, and it can be recovered through the body's ability to restore consciousness.

Or it can also be understood as the consumption of mental lifespan.

And the most effective method Xia Duo found to anchor the past is to borrow the power of the Divine Envoys; his own power, against the backdrop of the current decisive battle, can only maintain the continuity of his consciousness but cannot anchor the past. (It was possible before)

But in the time loop, because Xia Duo's consciousness can remain continuous, it is equivalent to possessing nearly infinite time out of thin air to analyze that ritual.

And thus, he cannot be dragged into the time loop.

So it is only theoretically nearly infinite.

Xia Duo possesses the Holy Seals of two Divine Envoys, and they are Holy Seals that possess part of the essence of the Divine Envoys, but because Xia Duo was worried that keeping the Holy Seals by his side might cause privacy issues, he had always kept the Holy Seals in his Personal Space.

On the other hand, the time loop is actually an opportunity; originally, there was simply not that much time in the real world for me or the Alliance to analyze the Tear Drop Lake ritual.

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Xia Duo is looking forward to it, and by the way, he is also starting to plan how the Alliance side should counterattack after the Tear Drop Lake ritual is analyzed and the loop is broken. Now that he is in the time loop, because he has to consider rest, he has enough time to think about these things.

By such means, he makes himself avoid mental fatigue as much as possible.

That is to say, even if Dafuni sets the interval of the time loop to a degree that mortals cannot perceive, as long as she cannot change the continuity of Xia Duo's consciousness, she cannot stop Xia Duo from using his Personal Space.

Right now, Xia Duo is in a time loop; time is the most meaningless thing to him, and the only negative gain is probably the continuous Entropy Increase of his consciousness.

I must include rest and recovery in my considerations; the actual progress of processing and analysis will likely be dragged out to a point that even I cannot look back on.

But this is also something that cannot be helped.

Breaking the loop, or pushing the loop to a level synchronized with the real world, the key lies in completely anchoring the past Time Line, making it impossible for the past to change, and thus impossible to reshape history for the past.

Of course, the infinite time here refers not only to the time Xia Duo needs to hold on, but also to the time Dafuni needs to hold on; if either side cannot hold on, then it is not infinite.

At present, Divine Envoy Taide is leading his subordinates to clear out the Abyssal Land Embryo in the Underdark, and Divine Envoy Waiqi, having returned from Taiweimansa, also went to the Underdark.