Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1847 The Brain in a Vat
"I?"

Xia Duo didn't expect that he would be given such high expectations. To be honest, he felt that this scene was somewhat dreamy, and it didn't seem like it was real.

"Correct!"

The Eye of Terror expressed his affirmation again, and at the same time threw a crystal ball to Xia Duo, and said: "Collite's consciousness is inside, and the time inside will be reset every 10 minutes or so, and it can be advanced or delayed as needed." In the end, it’s all up to you to decide, I just hope to hear good news from you as soon as possible.”

"This--"

It is too important. Xia Duo thinks that the "personality" he has shown since he joined Evereska is not enough for the Eye of Fear to value him so much. With this crystal ball in his hand, he It felt hot and sticky, so I asked again:

"Aren't you afraid that I'll ruin this Colit's consciousness?"

"It doesn't matter, this is just a copy of our projected consciousness. As long as the cobalt body is still there, you can project more at any time. You can use whatever means you have, and you don't have to worry about damage."

Looking at the pale teeth exposed by the eyes of fear, Xia Duo felt a little chills in his heart for some reason. It would be worse than death if he was mixed up with Colet!

And this kind of interrogation method, Xia Duo has never seen or even heard of this kind of interrogation on the projection plane or the main plane before. Only before the time travel, there are similar plots in some science fiction novels on the earth.

Isn't this a brain in a vat?
The time of the consciousness copy will be reset, which means that the interrogator can use countless keywords to test the opponent's reaction. In this case, no matter how strict the opponent's defense is, it is inevitable that a large amount of information will be leaked without knowing it.

"If that's the case, then I'll give it a try. It's just that the prison of consciousness was given to me, so you guys just waited?" Xia Duo shook the crystal ball in his hand and looked at Ogus.

In this regard, Ogus just smiled, and took out another crystal ball, "We still have it here, don't worry, we will continue to interrogate, but in a short period of time, almost all the methods we can think of have been used. , It mainly depends on you, you must find a breakthrough as soon as possible, otherwise the Funasi Chamber of Commerce may completely erase the relevant clues at any time, or act in advance, no matter which kind is very unfavorable to Evereska."

"I see. I'll go back and interrogate Sergis. Do you want him to join me?"

"Alright, but based on what I know about him, if there are no accidents, I probably won't be able to find any useful clues. You go back first, and I'll look for him later."

"Ah."

Xia Duo nodded, and then left the Cloud Top Tower.

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Assos Manor.

After returning to the study, Xia Duo put the consciousness cage crystal ball back on the desk. To be honest, at this moment, he was much more interested in the crystal ball itself than the copy of Colit's consciousness imprisoned inside.

If you can also have this thing on the main plane, doesn't it mean that anyone caught by him will have no secrets?
Although there are many spells that can indeed do this, this kind of consciousness cage that can reset the time at will is obviously more efficient and more convenient.

"Let me see how you do it!"

Away from the sight of Ogus and other high-ranking mages, Xia Duo did not hesitate to cast [Appraisal] on the crystal ball on the table in the study.

The effect of [Appraisal Technique] is similar to building a virtual sandbox, in which the various effects of magic items are continuously demonstrated. Although the essence of magic items cannot be directly seen, an approximation can also be deduced based on various feedbacks. the result of.

In fact, with the operation method provided by Ogus and Eye of Terror just now, Xia Duo actually "appraises" it, which is much less detour than appraising a completely unknown magic weapon.

About a quarter of an hour later, the special field aura created by [Identification Technique] completely dissipated from the crystal ball, and Xia Duo showed a thoughtful expression.

The only thing that is really useful to him on this prison of consciousness is the means to reset time, but after a simple identification, he found that this prison of consciousness cannot reset time.

At least not the kind of reset time he thought.

In fact, the designer made a trick here. When he was in the Genting Tower, Ogus mentioned that as long as Colit's body is still there, he can always project this copy of consciousness.

And the real principle of this cage used as a copy of consciousness is actually similar to that of ontology projection, except that every so-called "reset time" here is actually a projection that creates a new projection.

The projection of the projection in the previous "time cycle" is naturally eliminated, otherwise, if it is connected to the projection, the consciousness copy will be considered polluted.

In the same way, no matter how many times this copy of consciousness is interrogated, it cannot be connected with Colit's real consciousness, otherwise pollution will also occur.

After roughly understanding the principle of this consciousness cage, Xia Duo is a little more cautious about the current projection plane, because here can make a magic weapon that isolates consciousness and consciousness projection, which means that his consciousness can be completely trapped in it. here.

The actual situation may be even more serious. He is not sure whether his main body will give birth to a brand new consciousness after his consciousness is blocked here, or he will die instantly (vegetative state).

From the perspective of self-perception, once his perception of the ontology is interrupted, that is, he is not a copy of consciousness projected from the ontology, then he should be regarded as an independent individual, which has nothing to do with the ontology.

Even if the main body will generate an identical consciousness, it is not what he currently thinks of himself.

Of course, Xia Duo prefers that his own consciousness is the essence of his own existence, because the portable space follows his consciousness, and even the soul has to be slightly behind.

In other words, his experience on the projected plane is extremely real, and once his consciousness is trapped or even killed, it will really disappear.

"This method—"

Behind the desk, Xia Duo frowned and stared fixedly at the crystal ball on the table. He was instinctively afraid of this cage of consciousness that had "identified" some inside information, but subconsciously felt something was wrong.

If this question is not clear, he feels that he has no intention of staying in this projection plane any longer.

Thinking in this way, Xia Duo transmitted his perception into the crystal ball. Since it is called a cage, the relevant scenes have naturally been arranged inside.

This is a scene similar to a stasis room, the ground is covered with complex lines of magic circles, and the golden elf Colit that Xia Duo saw last night is suspended and imprisoned above the magic circle in a "big" shape.

Of course, all of these are illusions, even Colit itself. The reality of the copy of consciousness actually exists in the crystal ball in the form of aura.

Xia Duo turned around and looked around, but he didn't find his body, so he couldn't help but move in his heart, manipulating the illusion inside the crystal ball to change slightly.

The image of Athos appeared in front of Colit.

(End of this chapter)