Arcane Lord

Vol 13 Chapter 2152: Brain in a vat, memory

Of course, even if you can make a camouflage at the magic net level, it is still classified as a first-level illusion.

Because the second-level illusion begins to involve the mind, the spell is no longer an external disguise, but an invisible influence on the mind.

This level of illusion is actually not difficult to guard against, and it can even be said that it is easier to guard against than the first-level illusion when you are prepared. The easiest way is to use the spiritual amulet.

There is no doubt that Xia Duo has it. Even if it is an incarnation, he has not fallen any kind of protective measures, and it is really the same as the main body.

If there is any psychic magic that can affect him, then Shado believes it completely, but he doesn't believe that any psychic magic can affect him without his awareness!

Since it is not a mental spell, it is likely to be the third level of illusion—

It's a bit like a psychic spell, but it can ignore psychic protection. The caster and the recipient of the spell work together to create a virtual world based on similar cognition.

It's just that this level of illusion, Xia Duo has only seen it in some elven books, has never encountered it in reality, and has rarely even heard of it.

It is said that this level of illusion can already evolve instantly, that is to say, if he really falls into this illusion, then whether he is teleported to Cormanthor, Netheril, or even the astral world, the outer layer Planes and illusions will evolve one by one.

This is the most terrifying thing. The content of the evolution of illusion is based on the cognition of both the caster and the recipient. In other words, Xia Duo can't surpass his own cognition at all. When he thinks about it, it is already part of his cognition.

It is equivalent to becoming a brain in a vat, falling into this illusion, and it is almost impossible to escape. What is even more desperate is that there is no concept of time in illusion. Even if countless years have passed, the outside world is still only a moment.

This is the real one thousand years.

Xia Duo is not sure if he can get out of the illusion if he commits suicide, but he definitely doesn't want him to go to that step. Maybe the unknown enemy just wants to annihilate his consciousness in this way.

Suddenly, a flash of lightning flashed through his mind, and he thought about the lurkers with different behavioral characteristics that Kate Mill and Karin Shan had found in the past few days, whether the bizarre suicide was something like a brain in a vat. The illusion will eventually lead to the annihilation of consciousness and the disintegration of the soul.

If this is the case, Xia Duo can't help but feel a chill in his heart, does he want to follow in the footsteps of those lurkers?

"No, this is by no means my end!"

Xia Duo's will is not as strong as steel, at least it is comparable to a stubborn rock. If you fall into despair without even verifying it, it will be a joke.

The most important thing at the moment is to determine whether you are in a real-time virtual world based on the cognition of enemy and self.

If so, time doesn't matter to him, and he has plenty of time to figure out how to get out of trouble.

- Arcane Shift

The target chosen by Shado this time is Netheril. After many teleportations, he also began to try to correct the teleportation effect of [Arcane Shift], and began to analyze the characteristics of the current magic web (relative to the main plane).

Later, based on this mutated magic net, the spell adaptation will be carried out. At that time, his mobility will be able to be improved to the limit, and he does not have to be conservative in the arcane transition due to fear of teleportation.

Soon, Shado arrived at Sevington, or the place where this virtual world corresponds to the main plane called Sevington. There are no towns or buildings that he is familiar with.

Of course, there are no human beings, including Comanso, and there are no elves. Only those dead things will make adjustments when his cognition conflicts with reality (the reality of the virtual world).

Just like now, when he found that the city of seven towers that he was familiar with was not in the Severnton area of ​​the virtual world, a seemingly subtle but sudden change in his memory happened again in front of his eyes .

A complete but lifeless city appeared out of thin air, just like Comanso before.

Next, Shado traveled to many places, which was always specious at first, and then quickly evolved into a scene he was familiar with.

So far, he has basically determined that this should be the third level of the legendary illusion - the existence called "the world of mind" in the elves books.

Of course, in order to further verify, Xia Duo also tried to go to the astral world, the etheric plane, and even the outer plane, and this [psychic world] has evolved one by one.

For an existence capable of performing such illusions, Shado doesn't think that his cognition of the nature of the world can surpass the other's.

Of course, even exceeding it is useless, this [psychic world] is not created based on the cognition of the caster, but is created based on the cognition of both the caster and the receiver.

This made Xia Duo feel that everything he did was in vain, and before he knew it, he had already felt a little desperate.

This despair is invisible, deeply rooted, and grows over time, eating away at his limited sanity.

Xia Duo knew he had to do something quickly, and found a reasonable reason for it, otherwise he would really be crushed by this despair.

In this meaningless virtual world, he must create meaning for himself in order to maintain himself.

He firmly believes that even if he can't find a way to escape from the [mind image world] temporarily, in a long enough time, the way will definitely emerge, it's just a question of whether he can persist until that day.

And he doesn't believe that this world can really last indefinitely. Such a world is like an information base with zero performance on the outside, but the amount of information inside is growing at a high speed all the time.

This is obviously counterintuitive, and there must be an unimaginably huge price to be paid somewhere.

"Then what's the price?"

Shado's own incarnation does not have a complete soul, it is just a projection, only his consciousness is relatively complete, and he has now confirmed that his consciousness itself (which can also be understood as memory or self, personality) has not been affected.

Then the price is very likely to be paid unilaterally by the caster!

"Out of memory!"

Xia Duo had a flash of inspiration again, and UU reading www.uukanshu.com thought of a more feasible way to escape. Of course, whether it is possible to rely on the growing amount of information in the world of mental images makes it difficult for the other party to bear the cost of maintaining such a world, he still temporarily uncertain.

But at least give it a try!

And this is also a reasonable, meaningful and necessary thing to do! Thinking about this, Xia Duo felt that his mood was much brighter, and the haze of despair he had just felt was instantly swept away.

Of course, this only works for a limited time, and if it is really unlimited, he will still feel hopeless, but now he is full of energy!

(End of this chapter)

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