It can be said that the 10,000 pounds of mithril paid by Cliff in the first installment brought a great turn to the current tense financial operation of the Tower of Time.
If all this wasn't because of the fact that the Seven Towers obtained Mythra, which caught him off guard, Sha Duo really wanted to sing loudly, but for now, he'd better work hard!
In the near future, apart from the Mithra device that must be delivered next week, the most urgent thing for Shado is probably the interrogation of the consciousness of Mojave, the master of psychic illusion.
This was related to the spiritual safety of him and countless people behind him, so he dealt with this matter after returning from the south. During this period, he was delayed by his incarnation and a trip to Everesca.
Now that the Northland Alliance has come to an end, he can finally concentrate on dealing with this matter, which is actually a key part of the psychic network security research project.
If you want to prevent psychic invasion, there is no doubt that it is most convenient and quick to learn from those who are best at the psychic field. In the main plane, the people who are best at the psychic field are undoubtedly the psychic masters of Zhamdas. !
Speaking of which, Mojave's consciousness can be said to be the most fruitful harvest since Shado's debut. Others, not even the [Sword of Dominance] from the projection plane Cormanthor or the full set of Nese Scrolls, can't compare. .
Because the latter two have more "meaning" value, he can view the Nese scrolls at any time in the main plane, and there is no essential difference between elf magic and Nese magic.
As the saying goes, "one thing understands all things", even without the [Sword of Dominance], he can gradually deduce it based on the elven magic information possessed by the Tower of Time. It just takes more time.
However, Xia Duo could not find any reliable method to obtain relevant information on psychic magic, whether in the main plane or the projection plane.
Zhamdas in the south seems to be similar to several other countries. They are all countries outstanding in their unique magic system, but this is just a performance, and the magic system itself cannot explain anything.
However, because spiritual energy is closely connected with the soul, Zhamdas, who is under the same unified system, is actually closer to the theocratic system of Christianity.
In the previous "fight" with Mojave's invading consciousness, Shado also passively obtained some information about the other party. Of course, some of his information was also obtained by the other party, which was inevitable.
In Mojave's understanding, the real ruler of Zham'das is not the ruling council of Zham'das composed of blade lords, but the two major factions that infiltrated the council.
Or to be more precise - it is the thoughts and concepts believed in by the two major schools of Zeqi and Anti!
In addition to the common understanding of the nature of psychic energy, the Zeqi school extended the concept of "psychic energy dominates everything in the world" based on the idealistic characteristics of psychic energy. This is also the source of Zhamdas' never-ending aggression.
The relatively moderate Anti School, based on the process of the birth of psionic energy, believes that psionic energy is only a relatively special magic system, not superior, and advocates coexistence with other magic systems.
Politically, it is expressed as advocating peaceful coexistence with southern countries.
That's about all the passively perceived information before, so Xia Duo has always been curious. Judging from the way psychic energy can invade consciousness at every turn, brainwashing is not a problem at all.
One of the most striking characteristics of thoughts and concepts is xenophobia. Even if the Antioch School advocates coexistence, if others do not coexist, can we rely on "non-violence and non-cooperation" to expect others to be kind?
Competition in ideas and concepts obviously cannot be so peaceful.
So, how did this seemingly incompatible idea develop, and how did it coexist in opposition.
Today, Xia Duo finally has the opportunity to solve this mystery, and of course the secret of psychic magic that he has always coveted.
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At present, only part of Mojave's consciousness is imprisoned by Shado, and its carrier is part of Shado's high-quality soul. Although it is only a part, it can also provide a number of forced peeling projections comparable to that of a normal soul.
In the process of stripping away the projection, Mojave's consciousness will also be separated into copies and enter the consciousness cage together with the soul projection.
Although a small amount of information may inevitably be lost in the process, compared with repeated interrogations, it is simply a cost-effective solution.
In the cage of consciousness.
Xia Duo projected this point, looking at the twisted half-elf and half-human figure in the wilderness scene that kept roaring wildly. He felt extremely happy. He was once a master of psychic illusions and could even reorganize his consciousness, but now he has lost himself.
Most of the time, he appears in a crazy state. Occasionally, he can see the other person's crazy eyes become clear, but it can only last for a short moment, and then he cannot suppress too much external contaminated information mixed into his consciousness.
Those projection planes abandoned by Shado have been transformed into elves and trees for hundreds or thousands of years. Mojave's twisted half-elf, half-human image is the most authentic expression of his self-awareness.
"Mohave, do you remember me?"
"Are you Shado? No, you are Mohave! No, I am Harvey! No, I am Brandon! No, I am Athos! No, I am Schilling! No, I am Lyle Alkaramar, the one true king of Cormanthor!"
As before, after several consciousnesses took turns to take over the dominant position, perhaps with the help of the most extreme chaos at that moment, the real Mojave consciousness emerged:
"Lord Xia Duo, I didn't expect that we all underestimated you, but don't think that even if you win, I will haunt you forever! We are one, I am you! You are me! You can never beat me! Hahaha!"
Seeing that the other party was becoming more and more incoherent and his eyes were no longer clear, Xia Duo suddenly lost interest. After meeting like this several times, the other party failed to say anything new.
"Sure enough, it's more suitable for me to defeat the consciousness copy and collect memory fragments!" Sha Duo couldn't help but sigh.
Metaphysical interrogation is not reliable at all. For a madman, any meaningful interrogation skills are in vain. Instead of doing this, it is easier to find useful information by crushing copies of consciousness and collecting memory fragments.
The only disadvantage of doing this is that Mojave's consciousness and Shado's soul fragment carrier are treated as consumables. If the key information cannot be found before they are completely consumed, it will be wasted.
Capture all the memory fragments with ease, and then analyze them.
"Huh? I actually got the key fragment so quickly this time!"
As soon as Xia Duo's consciousness moved, the projection instantly returned to the incarnation outside the cage of consciousness, located in the Tower of Time laboratory. Now that the key memory fragments have been found, more relevant information can be found through the connections between memories.
Of course, before that, Shado lit a copy of Uvelun's memory incense returned from the projection plane mask, as well as various auxiliary measures that the Tower of Time already had.
At this critical moment, he would not let go of anything that could assist thinking, imagination, and memory.
(End of chapter)
