Lord of Arcane

Chapter 908 The Secret of Natural Response

In layman's terms, Xia Duo provided Atwood with knowledge about magic, thereby affecting his cognition, and then checked the new natural response through the mind link.

Compare the difference between the two before and after to judge the influence of personal cognition on the perceived feedback.

In order to reduce variables as much as possible, Atwood must not let Atwood know about this kind of thing, so Xia Duo really treated this matter as urging the other party to learn magic.

Of course, the experiment can't be forgotten.

"Elder Atwood, haven't you forgotten about the druid matter in your research on magic these days?"

"My lord, how could it be! But to truly perceive the holy power, you may need a little luck. This is beyond my control. I only study magic in my spare time."

"That's good. I want to experience the natural response again. Can Elder Atwood give me this convenience?"

"No problem, my lord, please cast spells as you like!"

There was a shared perception before, and there was nothing wrong with it. This time, Atwood agreed very readily.

Seeing this, Xia Duo didn't delay anymore, and immediately cast [Mind Link] to connect the two of them again, and then a steady stream of consciousness information originating from others began to emerge.

In this regard, Xia Duo did not make a specific distinction, but made a vague perception as a whole. To be honest, Xia Duo is now somewhat resistant to spying on other people's mental states.

While it may seem harmless, since he can straighten his mind when he meditates every day anyway, the very act itself is highly addictive.

It is indeed a human instinct to spy on selfish desires, but if you do not restrain yourself and indulge in addiction instead, there may not be any good results. Naturally, it needs to be avoided as much as possible in advance.

Of course, "don't do to others what you don't want done to you" is also a consideration.

Therefore, Xia Duo will not take the initiative to spy on other people's specific thinking and psychology through spells, except when it is really necessary.

As for what is seen by the eyes, heard by the ears, or passively guessed or inferred through other perceptions, it should be taken as the active display of others and has nothing to do with oneself.

Now, although Atwood has no sense of secrecy about the soul link, Xia Duo doesn't want to peek too much, but just immerses himself in the subconscious and lets the subconscious automatically analyze it.

He waited until a natural response appeared, and then took the initiative to check.

With previous experience, Xia Duo waited with peace of mind, and he didn't really take action until a huge flood of consciousness information suddenly poured in.

The last time the two shared perception, the information fed back to Atwood by natural will has been kept in Xia Duo's memory.

This so-called natural response is actually Atwood's entire cognition of nature in the [New Nature Concept], or more directly, Atwood's worldview.

Although I don't know what the specific feedback mechanism is, it doesn't prevent Xia Duo from doing some simple experiments.

If you want to influence a person's world view, you must show him something real, at least something that he thinks is real.

The core of the world view is of course the essence of the world, including various origins and laws, but Xia Duo himself has not been able to figure it out, so how can he convince Atwood!

Forcing persuasion will only backfire.

The fastest method Xia Duo can think of is magic. As long as Atwood learns magic, he will naturally accept the cognition related to magic.

This method is even more useful when Atwood knows almost nothing about magic before!

Because, to a large extent, this is not a change, but a filling!

Therefore, when sharing perception this time, Xia Duo focused on checking Atwood's cognition of magic, and it is difficult for other cognitions to change in a short period of time.

——Magic, magic net, world!
The natural response this time really has more content. Compared with the more vague magic cognition in the past, this time it almost completely copied the content of Xia Duo's "Principle" book.

This made Xia Duo feel very familiar, and it became easier to check it!
……

Taking a deep breath, Xia Duo disconnected the link with a face of shock, but the relevant memory will not disappear, and at this moment his mind still maintains the information he was checking just now.

The information was so shocking that it made him feel unreal again, but that feeling disappeared soon, Xia Duo knew that he probably came up with something amazing!
While recalling the information just now, he thought about the impact this incident would have. He glanced at Atwood who was still kneeling on one knee in front of the desk, and Xia Duo immediately woke him up.

"Elder Atwood, I have sensed it, you can leave!"

"Yes!"

Atwood didn't say anything, just saluted and left quickly.

……

The study room with only one person left suddenly became quiet, looking a little deserted, but in Xia Duo's heart, it was not at all peaceful.

In the natural response obtained through Atwood's shared perception just now, there is indeed a cognition about magic from the "Principles" book, but——

When seeing those contents, Xia Duo had a feeling that it was based on "Principle" but higher than "Principle"!

In addition, there is a more macroscopic, similar to the overall perception of the entire magic net system when it comes into contact with the deeper layers of the magic net.

If we say that the former may be Atwood's extraordinary talent, he supplemented and surpassed the cognition of magic in the "Principles" book.

What about the latter one?
Does Atwood's world view still have a comprehensive perception of the entire magic net system?

Even thinking about it is unlikely!
Even mages can only peek a bit or two in a very short period of time when they come into contact with the deeper layers of the magic net. How can Atwood, a former druid, have such a permanent state of perception?

Then I have to introduce a conjecture, that is——

It is very likely that when it comes to some facts that are very close to the real, the natural will will correct and make up for the cognition of the believer to a certain extent when giving perceptual feedback to the believer.

If this speculation is true, it would be remarkable.

That means that Xia Duo can collect the deep information of the entire magic net system at the macro level by sharing the perception of natural druids.

This information may not be available in a short period of time, but in the long run, it has extremely far-reaching significance for understanding the nature of the magic net.

You must know that the Arcanist's Austrian Fire is a restrained and curled up miniature magic net. If you can use that information to actively adjust your own miniature magic net, it may have a huge role in promoting the growth of the miniature magic net.

Of course, this is just Xia Duo's speculation.

But even if it can't be applied to your own miniature magic net, knowing more information about the nature of the magic net is also conducive to establishing a more complete magic worldview.

In this world, the magic net is the source of all magic. Knowing more about the magic net will only be beneficial, not harmful.

(End of this chapter)