Bizarre Realm-Chapter 208 - 28: Correcting the Out-of-Control! The Concept of Thought Steel Seal! (Part 2)
"I still need the abilities of Mental Barrier, Mind Fortress, and the like."
Aemon nodded slightly, turned to the fallen angel beside him, and gave instructions: "Gather the Seven Evil Guards of Abyss City, I don’t care what method you use, deliver what he needs within half an hour."
Fallen Angel-Phil bowed his head, his expression serious and said, "As you command!"
The next second, he directly tore open a teleportation gate, disappearing from Shawn’s laboratory.
Shawn no longer paid attention to Aemon’s presence.
He was now in a brainstorming state, needing to seize any trace of inspiration.
"The uncontrollable nature of those on the Casting Path is mainly due to mental pollution."
"To handle mental pollution, undoubtedly the power of the Mind Path is more effective. The Night Watchers of Dorne City rely on psychologists to reduce mental pollution and restore Rationality Value, indicating that the Mind Path is a targeted treatment, just that it was difficult to affect the uncontrollable ones before."
"This is akin to how traditional Chinese medicine works; without suppressing the source of the disease, any treatment effect is useless."
"The key still lies in ’Knowledge’."
"As long as the madness of Activated Knowledge can be reversed, the flame of rationality can burn anew."
Soon.
The fallen angel brought back the items Shawn needed, and he started extracting these Extraordinary Relics, mastering more Mind Domination-type spells.
The experimental process remained the same.
Shawn first suppressed the Activated Knowledge in the opponent’s brain. After turning the target into an imbecile, he tried to cast Mind Path control spells on the target.
During this process, Shawn clearly felt the Activated Knowledge inside the uncontrollable one’s brain was also being controlled.
"Effective!"
"Since Activated Knowledge controls the uncontrollable ones, when they are hit by Mind Domination spells, the power of the spells will in turn act on the Activated Knowledge."
"Does this mean I can try to control Activated Knowledge like controlling Mind Slaves?"
Shawn proceeded with the next attempt.
Aemon stood not far away, his expression increasingly serious, with shock in his eyes because he could already feel the rationality of the uncontrollable ones returning.
"No!"
"I can only manipulate its body, like controlling a puppet."
"How on earth can the ’Thought Steel Seal’ be planted?"
"If I can’t reshape knowledge, I must assimilate it, sow my cognition as a Thought Steel Seal into the opponent’s brain, thereby finding an opportunity to awaken its self-awareness."
Shawn dissipated the Mind Domination spell.
Just like last time, the result was about the same; the uncontrollable one in front gradually regained a hint of clarity amidst confusion.
"I..." Its words remained unfinished as its eyes were once again shrouded in madness and pain, but this time, Shawn observed the changes in the entire Activated Knowledge. When Shawn lifted the Knowledge Suppression effect, the Activated Knowledge swiftly seized the uncontrollable one’s brain, then permeated the entire brain’s structural tissues, as if the brain had become their nest.
"Reminds me of when Detective-Morty Laine corroded my brain; knowledge transformed the brain into their nest."
"However, physiologically speaking, the brain structure of the uncontrollable one remains intact."
The experiment failed once again.
Shawn did not feel discouraged in the slightest, instead resumed recording experimental data.
As long as selfhood fundamentally isn’t erased, there exists the possibility of correction; currently, there’s no substantive result, which only means Shawn’s method is still not right.
"Mental deviation? Possession?"
"Mind Path possesses the ability to modify implanted memories, the next step can be attempted."
"Since simulating ’Thought Steel Seal,’ rectifying their self-cognition has to be performed surgically in the deepest parts of the mind!"
"Can the Activated Knowledge in their brain be restarted?"
"Like a computer rebooting and formatting."
"Being entirely out of control in the Bizarre Realm equates to death in a certain sense."
"If it can be formatted and restarted, it is also a solution."
"If the uncontrollable one’s brain can be restarted, it means the final cognitive correction is further along, I need more experimental data to support further research."
This is an incredibly complex mind surgery!
Shawn not only needs the power of the Mage Path to suppress but also requires the abilities of the Mind Path to repair, which makes the operation very difficult. However, at present, he has already achieved partial experimental results.
Everything is theoretically feasible.
Shawn’s current Primitive Magic Power and Spiritual Energy Pool are significantly depleted, requiring a lot of spells above the Third Ring during the experiment, posing quite a burden for him.
"It failed."
Shawn turned to look at Aemon, calmly saying: "But there’s a bit of progress."
Not far away.
Aemon deeply gazed at Shawn before him, uncharacteristically showing a hint of a delighted smile, saying slowly: "Don’t hurry. Take your time."
"What you’re doing now is already very successful."
"I’ll arrange another assistant for you; you can instruct it at any time for anything you need."
After finishing, Aemon turned to leave, and upon reaching the doorway, he quietly said: "Take a good rest first." 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦
Shawn indeed needed rest.
He looked up at the window; it was already midnight.
"Sleep for a while first."
"After recovering state, consider tomorrow’s research."
Shawn packed up some things, turned towards the bathroom; there was a Magic Hot Spring here, the previous owner really knew how to enjoy life.
Outside the tower.
Aemon’s figure halted at the entrance, his expression very solemn, speaking towards the empty space behind him: "Transfer the Assassin Demon."
"Always ensure his safety."
In the shadows, a respectful voice of the Invisible spoke: "Yes, master."
The night passed without incident.
Shawn awoke the next morning, had a bit of food, and began preparing the next step of his research.
Perhaps due to yesterday’s breakthroughs, today this uncontrollable one maintained rationality for a noticeably longer time, even attempting to converse with Shawn, talking about its memories before losing control.
"Mind Surgery."
"In the repetitive Mind Domination, the uncontrollable one has gradually adapted to my control over its mind."
"Mind Suggestion is indeed effective; implanting memory can also be attempted."
"But, as soon as Activated Knowledge returns to normal, it quickly falls back into madness."
"Hence, the next step."
"I need to prepare to operate on the Activated Knowledge in its brain."
——Emotional Resonance (Second Ring Spell).
Shawn’s attempt today was to give the uncontrollable one before him his Emotional Resonance, and the effect was quite evident. When Shawn was calm, it was forcibly calm; when Shawn was angry, it was similarly infected by the emotion of anger.
On the desk, the Invisible Hand recorded the new experimental findings.
"If emotions and feelings can resonate, can thoughts and cognition resonate?"
"Mind Path has the ability to implant will."
"Can I potentially embed my will as a replica into the uncontrollable one’s brain?"
——Alter Memory (Fourth Ring Spell).
Shawn attempted to modify the target’s memory; this spell can only alter five minutes of memory. As a trial result, Shawn implanted a segment of his own memory.
Unfortunately, he couldn’t grasp the ability of ’Mind Demon Seed,’ which is more suitable for fully replicating oneself.
Of course, Shawn ultimately doesn’t desire a clone of himself.
What he ultimately wants is to correct the uncontrollable ones, but the best spell for the Mind Path to implant thought and memory is Mind Demon Seed.
——Mind Link (First Ring Spell).
Shawn tried establishing a limited Mind Link with the uncontrollable one before him, and he felt a surge of madness within, which might have influenced him in the past, but now Shawn remained utterly unfazed.
This attempt had very pleasing results!
Because the uncontrollable one maintained consciousness for noticeably longer—it held a ten-minute state of clarity, engaging in brief communication with Shawn, roughly narrating some events before losing control.
However, its memory was chaotic; it seems part of the memory was lost after losing control.
"Then comes the meticulous work."
"I need to continuously try Mind Link, Mind Domination, memory alteration, and so forth, attempting to embed my cognition as a ’Thought Steel Seal’ into its brain."
"And complete the rectification of Activated Knowledge while restarting its self-awareness, freeing its selfhood from possession."
If successful.
It will act as a Mind Servant under Shawn’s Domination, being saved in another form; as long as Shawn gives up mind enslavement, it can be reborn anew.
"Then the next experiment is ’Solidified Cognition.’"
"Reshaping the uncontrollable one shouldn’t aim too high; just bringing the person back is enough."
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