Chapter 910: The Secret of Nature Response

In layman's terms, Xia Duo provides Yatewude with knowledge regarding Magic, thereby influencing his cognition, and then checks for new Nature Response through Mind Link.

By comparing the differences between the two instances, he judges the influence of individual cognition on perceptual feedback.

To minimize variables, this matter certainly could not be made known to Yatewude; therefore, Xia Duo truly treated this as a way to urge the other party to study Magic.

Of course, he could not forget the experiment either.

"Elder Yatewude, you haven't forgotten about Druid matters while studying Magic these past few days, have you?"

"My Lord, how could I! However, wanting to truly perceive Holy Power might still require a bit of luck; this is not something I can control, and I only study Magic in my spare time."

"That is good. I would like to experience the Nature Response again. Can Elder Yatewude grant me this convenience?"

"No problem, My Lord, please feel free to cast your Spell!"

Having had the previous instance of shared perception, and since no problems had arisen, Yatewude agreed very readily this time.

Seeing this, Xia Duo did not delay any further and immediately cast 【Mind Link】, connecting the two of them once again, after which a continuous stream of conscious information originating from the other person began to surge forth.

Regarding this, Xia Duo did not distinguish the specifics but instead performed a fuzzy perception from an overall perspective; to be honest, Xia Duo was already somewhat resistant to prying into the psychological states of others.

Although it seemed quite harmless, and he could organize his consciousness during Meditation every day anyway, this behavior itself was very easy to become addicted to.

The desire to pry into privacy is indeed a human instinct, but if one does not restrain it and instead indulges in the addiction, it may not necessarily lead to good results, so it is naturally necessary to avoid it as much as possible in advance.

Of course, "do not do unto others what you would not have them do unto you" is also a consideration.

Therefore, except in cases where it is truly very necessary, Xia Duo will not actively pry into the specific thoughts and psychology of others through Spells.

As for what is seen by the eyes, heard by the ears, or passively guessed or inferred through other perceptions, that is treated as something others have actively displayed, and it has nothing to do with himself.

Now, although Yatewude had no awareness of keeping secrets regarding Mind Link, Xia Duo did not want to pry too much, merely immersing himself in his Subconscious and letting the Subconscious analyze automatically.

He would then actively check once the Nature Response appeared.

Having had the previous experience, Xia Duo waited with peace of mind until a massive, tide-like surge of conscious information suddenly poured in, at which point he truly took action.

The information that the Natural Will fed back to Yatewude when the two shared perception last time had been preserved in Xia Duo's memory.

This so-called Nature Response was, in fact, Yatewude's entire cognition of Nature within the 【New Natural Philosophy】, or more directly put, Yatewude's worldview.

Although he did not know what the specific feedback mechanism was here, it did not hinder Xia Duo from conducting some simple experiments on it.

To influence a person's worldview, one must naturally show them some real things, or at least things they believe to be real.

The core of a worldview is, of course, the essence of the world, including various origins and various laws, but Xia Duo had not even figured these out himself yet, so how could he convince Yatewude!

Forced persuasion would only be counterproductive.

The fastest method Xia Duo could think of was Magic; as long as Yatewude learned Magic, he would naturally accept the cognition related to Magic.

This method was even more effective given that Yatewude had known almost nothing about Magic before!

Because, to a large extent, this was not changing, but filling!

Thus, during this shared perception, Xia Duo focused on checking Yatewude's cognition of Magic, as other cognitions were difficult to change in a short time.

—Magic, Magic Net, World!

This time, the Nature Response indeed contained more content; compared to the relatively vague Magic cognition of the past, this time it almost entirely copied the content from Xia Duo's book, 【Principles】.

This made Xia Duo feel very familiar, and checking it was even more effortless!

Taking a deep breath, Xia Duo disconnected the link with a look of shock, though the relevant memories did not disappear; at this moment, his mind still held the information he had just been checking.

That information was so astonishing that it once again gave him a feeling of unreality, but that feeling quickly vanished; Xia Duo knew he had probably created something extraordinary!

While recalling the information just now and pondering the impact this matter would have, he glanced at Yatewude, who was still kneeling on one knee before the Study desk, and Xia Duo then awakened the other party.

"Elder Yatewude, I have already perceived it; you may leave!"

"Yes!"

Yatewude did not say anything more, performed a salute, and left quickly.

The Study, left with only one person, suddenly became quiet and appeared somewhat desolate, but in Xia Duo's heart, it was not calm at all.

In the Nature Response obtained through Yatewude's shared perception just now, there was indeed the cognition regarding Magic originating from that book, 【Principles】, but—

Upon seeing that content, Xia Duo had a feeling that it was derived from 【Principles】 yet surpassed 【Principles】!

Beyond that, there was also a more macroscopic, comprehensive perception of the entire Magic Net system, similar to when one comes into contact with the deeper layers of the Magic Net.

If it were possible that the former was Yatewude being gifted and having supplemented and surpassed the cognition of Magic in the 【Principles】 book on his own.

Then what about the latter?

Could it be that Yatewude's worldview contained a comprehensive perception of the entire Magic Net system?

Thinking about it, that was unlikely!

Even Mages could only glimpse it for a very short time when coming into contact with the deeper layers of the Magic Net; how could Yatewude, a former Druid, possibly possess such a resident state of perception?

Then one has to introduce a hypothesis, which is—

It is highly likely that when involving certain facts very close to Reality, the Natural Will, when providing perceptual feedback to a believer, will to a certain extent correct and supplement the believer's cognition.

If this conjecture were true, then that would be extraordinary.

It would mean that Xia Duo could collect deep information about the entire Magic Net system at a macroscopic level by sharing the perception of a Natural Druid.

This information might not be usable in the short term, but in the long run, it would have immeasurably profound significance for understanding the essence of the Magic Net.

One must know that an Arcanist's Arcane Fire is a condensed, shrunken Micro Magic Net; if one could use that information to actively adjust one's own Micro Magic Net, it might provide a very huge boost to the growth of the Micro Magic Net.

Of course, this was merely a conjecture of Xia Duo's.

But even if it could not be applied to his own Micro Magic Net, knowing more information about the essence of the Magic Net was also beneficial for establishing a more perfect Magic worldview.

In this world, the Magic Net is the source of all Magic; knowing more about the Magic Net would only have benefits and no drawbacks.