Of course, even if it can be disguised at the magic network level, it is still classified as a first-level illusion.
Because the second level of illusion begins to involve the soul, the spell is no longer an external disguise, but becomes an invisible influence on the soul.
Illusions at this level are actually not very difficult to guard against. It can even be said that it is easier to guard against than illusions at the first level if you are prepared. The simplest way is to use a spiritual talisman.
There is no doubt that Xia Duo has this. Even in his incarnation, he has not failed to take any protective measures and is truly the same as his original body.
If there is any psychic spell that can affect him, then Xia Duo completely believes it, but he does not believe that there is any psychic spell that can affect him without him being aware of it!
Since it is not a psychic spell, it is probably the third level of illusion——
It's a bit like a psychic spell, but it can ignore psychic protection. The caster and the recipient jointly create a virtual world based on similar cognition.
It's just that this level of illusion, Xia Duo has only seen in some elven classics, never encountered it in reality, and has rarely even heard of it.
It is said that this level of illusion can already evolve instantly. In other words, if he really falls into this illusion, he will be transported to Cormanthor, Netheril, or even the star world or 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 cannot surpass his own cognition at all. The thought of it is actually part of his own cognition.
It is equivalent to becoming a brain in a vat, trapped in this illusion, and it is almost impossible to escape. What is even more desperate is that there is no concept of time in the illusion. Even if countless years have passed, there is still only a moment in the outside world.
This is the real glimpse of ten thousand years.
Xia Duo wasn't sure if he could escape from the illusion if he committed suicide, but he certainly didn't want to get to that point. Perhaps the unknown enemy wanted to annihilate his consciousness in this way.
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning flashed through his mind, and he thought about the lurkers with different behavioral characteristics that Katemir and Calinshan had detected in the past few days. Was it possible that the mysterious suicides were caused by something similar to a brain in a vat? Illusion ultimately leads to the annihilation of consciousness and the disintegration of the soul.
If this is really the case, Xia Duo can't help but feel chilled in his heart. Is he going to follow in the footsteps of those lurkers?
"No, this is definitely not my ending!"
Xia Duo's will is not to say as strong as steel, but at least as strong as a rock. If he falls into despair without even verification, it would be the most ridiculous thing in the world.
The most important thing at the moment is to determine whether you are in a real-time virtual world based on the knowledge of friend and foe. If not, then the worst you can do is wait for assistance from the Floating City or Calimshan.
If so, time is not important to him, and he will have a lot of time to find a way out of the predicament.
——Arcane Leap
Shado's target this time was Netheril. After experiencing many teleportations, he also began to try to correct the teleportation effect of [Arcane Leap] and began to analyze the characteristics of the current magic network (relative to the main plane).
Afterwards, by adapting spells based on this mutated magic network, his mobility will be increased to the limit, and he will no longer have to be conservative when making arcane jumps because of worries about teleportation errors.
…
Soon, Shado arrived at Sevington, or the place in the virtual world corresponding to the main plane called Sevington. There were no towns or buildings he was familiar with here.
Of course, there are no humans, including no elves on Cormanso's side. Only those dead creatures will make adjustments when his cognition conflicts with reality (the reality of the virtual world).
Just like now, when he discovered that there was no seven-tower city that he was familiar with in the Sevington area of the virtual world, a change that seemed subtle but was so abrupt in his memory happened again before his eyes. .
A complete but lifeless city appeared out of thin air, just like Cormanthor before.
Next, Xia Duo walked through many places, which were always specious at first, and then quickly evolved into scenes he was familiar with.
At this point, he has basically determined that this should be the third level of the legendary illusion - an existence known as the "Psychic World" in the elven classics.
Of course, in order to further verify, Xia Duo also tried to go to the star world, the etheric plane, and even the outer plane, and this [mental world] evolved one by one.
For beings who can cast such illusions, Sha Duo does not think that his understanding of the nature of the world can surpass them.
Of course, it is useless even if it exceeds. This [mental image world] is not created based on the cognition of the caster, but based on the cognition of both the caster and the recipient.
This made Xia Duo feel that everything he did was in vain. Unconsciously, he felt a little desperate.
This despair is invisible, deeply rooted in his heart, and will continue to grow as time goes by, constantly eating away at his limited sanity.
Xia Duo knew that he had to do something quickly and find a reasonable reason for this, 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 believed that even if he could not find a way to escape from the "mental world" for the time being, in a long enough time, the method would definitely emerge. It was just a matter of whether he could persist until that day.
Moreover, he does not believe that this world can really be maintained indefinitely. Such a world is like an information library with zero external performance, but the amount of internal information is growing at a rapid rate every moment.
This is obviously contrary to common sense, and there must be an unimaginable huge price paid somewhere.
"And what's the price?"
Sha Duo's own incarnation does not have a complete soul, it is just a little projection. Only his consciousness is relatively complete, and he has now determined that his consciousness itself (which can also be understood as memory or self or personality) has not been affected.
Then the price is very likely to be paid unilaterally by the caster!
"Memory overflow!"
Sha Duo once again had a flash of inspiration and thought of a more feasible way to escape. Of course, he was not yet sure whether he could rely on the growing amount of information in the mental world to make it unbearable for the other party to maintain such a world.
But at least you can give it a try!
And this is considered a reasonable, meaningful and necessary thing to do! After thinking about this, Xia Duo felt that his mood became much brighter, and the haze of despair that he had just felt was instantly cleared away.
Of course, this is only effective for a limited time. If it were unlimited, he would still feel desperate, but now he is full of energy!
(End of chapter)
