Xia Duo sat cross-legged. In his opinion, spiritual energy is always a mysterious existence, so creating a sense of ritual may also play a certain supporting role in awakening spiritual energy.
Around him, the ground that can be used to arrange various rituals is covered with complex and mysterious mithril patterns. This is a void formation that he personally designed and arranged. Its main function is to weaken perception or even deprive it of perception.
Further away was Niya, whose eyes were full of worry. This was the last move arranged by Sha Duo. Although he didn't want Niya to worry, he believed in Niya more than anyone else.
So he still called Niya to help.
In addition to Niya, Sha Duo himself also arranged for Zhi Nao to block it. The link and interaction between Zhi Nao and him were carried out at the subconscious level with the help of the spiritual spell of [Suggestion].
In order to prevent his consciousness from becoming uncontrollable due to the weakened perception, he asked the brain to wake him up immediately after the hint feedback was fruitless. If the brain failed to work due to an accident, it would be Niya's turn.
Before Zhinao, Xia Duo himself, who was in the void formation, was the first layer of insurance. He would take the initiative to give up when he didn't feel very good.
After all, he never expected to successfully awaken psychic powers in one experiment. Whether it was to collect more experimental data or for safety reasons, it was necessary to conduct multiple progressive experiments.
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After everything was ready, Shado began his first experiment, which was also his first real "meditation".
What he called "meditation" before was actually a highly focused consciousness activity, which involved data classification and data management at the conscious level.
But the meditation he is doing now is the real meditation. The so-called "the heart condenses the form and releases it, and merges with all things." It does not cling to a specific idea, but to let go of thinking and embrace nothingness.
But emptying out is not the purpose, otherwise Xia Duo would usually empty himself out when he is tired, which is not actually meditation. The emptying out in meditation is to achieve higher-level goals.
For example, spiritual sublimation, but Xia Duo did not believe in this statement, so he had never made similar attempts in the past.
Now the purpose of his meditation is to create spiritual energy from nothingness, a more specific and clear purpose. He is not sure whether his purpose conflicts with the meditation itself.
But he felt that if he pursued something too ethereal, he might not be able to obtain spiritual power.
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As the void formation was activated, Xia Duo felt as if he was locked in a box made of frosted glass. He could not see everything around him clearly and could not hear anything in the already quiet laboratory environment.
This feeling made him feel uneasy, which was an incomprehensible fear of the real world. For a moment, he wanted to give up, so he really gave up.
There is no need to force progressive experiments, especially as the special existence of psychic energy is closely related to the inner state of the experimenter. Since even Zhamdas has given up on starting from the emotional aspect, there is no need for him to suffer emotionally.
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If you feel scared and uneasy, just give up. It won't be difficult to start over.
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The movement of the magic circle in the laboratory alarmed Niya. She cast a questioning look at Sha Duo, as if she would wake up immediately if she didn't get a response.
Sha Duo quickly blinked at Niya, sent a message to his wife that he was fine, and then reactivated the Void Formation.
As the body's inherent perception was gradually weakened, Xia Duo felt uneasy again, but because he had already had such an experience, this time he quickly calmed down and accepted the lack of perception calmly.
But when the perception is weakened to a certain extent, it is pitch black in front of Xia Duo, no, even the concept of black has disappeared, and no sound from the outside world can be heard in his ears, only the sound of his own heartbeat and the sound of blood flow.
But this voice continues to weaken.
In terms of touch, at first he could still feel that he was sitting cross-legged and could feel the texture of his fingers, but gradually, this aspect of his perception began to blur.
He couldn't even perceive the shape of his body, only a vague feeling lingering in his heart, that is - he still existed.
Although I have experienced similar feelings during the in-depth experience of Mojave's spiritual awakening, after all, it is from someone else's perspective, and there is a big difference between experiencing it personally.
The biggest difference there is that even if he is substituted into Mojave, he can still feel himself and know that he always has an anchor point that can return to reality, and this anchor is clearly visible.
But now, when he personally experienced that his perception was weakened, he felt that reality was farther away than ever before. In the void, only his own heart was the most real.
But even so, this true heart is constantly weakening, as if it may die at any time.
But the next moment, the whole world began to roar, and countless brilliance, sound, and texture information began to pour into Sha Duo's consciousness. At this moment, he even became a little absent-minded. Fortunately, this was his normal sensory information.
When he came back to his senses, he found that Niya had come to him, sat on the ground and held him in her arms. Sha Duo broke away from Niya's arms and said softly:
"Don't worry, I'm fine."
Niya took a deep look at Xia Duo and then stepped aside.
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Looking back on the experimental process, Xia Duo found that after his perception was weakened, his own conscious activities were also weakened, and the method he originally prepared to give up on his own was also ineffective.
The interruption of this experiment was entirely due to the ineffective feedback from Zhi Nao when interacting with his link, so the Void Array was closed according to the preset procedure.
Niya, on the other hand, saw that the magic circle was closed and he fell to the ground as if unconscious, so she stepped forward to help him up, and then the scene that Sha Duo saw when he woke up happened.
I didn't expect that doing experiments cross-legged would have such benefits, and it could be regarded as an alternative insurance mechanism.
However, when Xia Duo first made such a decision, he had no such thoughts. At that time, he simply wanted a sense of ceremony.
Now it seems that this sense of ritual can continue!
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Next, Xia Duo did not conduct the experiment immediately. The experience of nearly annihilation of consciousness just now left him with lingering fear. This was definitely completely different from the experience of others.
So he decided to take a break for the time being and wait until he could get rid of the panic in his heart before continuing the experiment. By the way, he could also check Rodas' focusing magic weapon.
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In this way, two days later, Shado returned to Everesca again, but this time he did not come empty-handed, but brought Rodas' focusing weapon.
After many experiments, he determined that he could use this magical weapon to a certain extent, but the specific effect was not clear, and no traces of the remains of the first-generation psychic master mentioned by Rodas were traced.
After asking Rodas again, he learned that the detection of the artifact's projection is just like the psionic mage's perception of the psionic magic weapon he created, and will be blocked by the excited state energy.
In other words, at this time, Kalish most likely hid the remains of the first-generation psychic master in a high-energy place.