infodatos Chapter 181 The Changes of Symbiosis
Chapter 181 The Changes of Symbiosis
Chapter 181 The Changes of Symbiosis
Rowling adjusted his guidance towards Ellie.
Instead of simply emphasizing the use of symbiotic energy for cultivation, she began to consciously guide her to feel and try to mobilize the original and weak energy sensations within her body that had not yet been completely covered and replaced by symbiotic energy.
Make her understand that the moonflower is an aid, a bridge, an amplifier, but not herself.
Although Ellie didn't quite understand why Rowling was suddenly emphasizing this, she still did as she was told.
She discovered that when she consciously tried to perceive those faint, almost negligible energy sensations belonging to herself, although the progress was slow and even somewhat strenuous, the sense of control and reality became clearer.
As the days passed, Heiyan Town entered a brief rainy season.
Thick, leaden-gray clouds gathered over the Ash Plains, bringing down warm rain carrying the scent of ash, washing away the dust in the air and giving rare vitality to the drought-resistant plants around the town.
The rainy season brought new challenges and opportunities to Ellie's magical plant garden.
Some magical plants grow wildly due to abundant rainfall and need pruning and energy channeling.
Some plants, however, did not adapt to the sudden increase in water, showing signs of root rot or energy imbalance.
Ellie was extremely busy, but she enjoyed it.
Dealing with these practical problems deepened her understanding of the relationship between magical plant energy and the environment, and made her more adept at using her own spiritual power and symbiotic energy.
The silver flowers in the rain appeared exceptionally verdant and vibrant, their silvery halo spreading in the moist air, creating a hazy, ethereal beauty.
Rowling noted that the rain seemed to have some beneficial effects on it as well, making the natural vitality in its energy output more apparent.
The rainy season lasted for about ten days.
After the rain stopped, the sky was unusually clear, although it was still a dark reddish hue, the visibility was much better.
That morning, as usual, Rowling performed his routine scan before Ellie began her meditation.
When the light from the Ring of Insight swept across Ellie's brow, the point where the energy of her mind and the outside world converged, he suddenly sensed an extremely faint but unprecedented energy disturbance.
The disturbance was very subtle, like an undercurrent hidden beneath the calm surface of a lake.
It did not originate from the symbiotic energy flow of the Moonflower, nor was it entirely from Ellie's own faint primal energy sensing. Rather, it was more like—an extremely rudimentary sign of spontaneous energy fusion that occurred at the edge of Ellie's mental sea.
A thought struck Roland, and he gestured for Ellie to pause, asking her to describe in detail the sensations within her mental sea at that moment.
Ellie closed her eyes, focused her senses, and after a moment said somewhat uncertainly, "It seems that—besides the cool energy flow from the Moon Silver Flower and my own faint senses, there's something warm and light, like mist, at the point where they meet. I can't quite put my finger on it, but it feels very comfortable, very—energetic?"
Spontaneous energy interaction and fusion!
This may be a crucial step for symbiotic systems to evolve from simple auxiliary energy supply to a deeper level of collaborative evolution!
Luo Lin suppressed his excitement and told Ellie to relax and not to try to guide or control the mist, but simply to observe and feel it.
He then activated all the recording equipment to document the change in detail.
This is a completely new and unexpected positive sign.
If this spontaneous fusion of energy can continue and develop, perhaps Ellie will not only be able to break through her talent bottleneck, but may even forge a unique wizarding path that combines the characteristics of natural life energy and elemental energy!
Of course, this also means more uncertainty and risks that need to be observed.
Rowling knew that the observation and guidance of Ellie and Moonflower had entered a more subtle and crucial stage.
The wisp of energy mist that spontaneously generated in Ellie's mental sea became the focus of Rowling's next observation.
He adjusted the monitoring plan, increasing the frequency of dynamic capture of energy interactions in the edge region of Ellie's mental sea, and asked Ellie to describe the state, changes, and her own feelings of the mist in the most accurate language possible after each day's meditation.
For the first few days, the fog was very thin, appearing and disappearing intermittently, as if it were just ripples caused by the convergence of energy flows.
Ellie's descriptions are often "it seems there is, but it also seems not" or "it feels warm, but it dissipates as soon as you pay attention."
Rowling wasn't in a hurry.
He instructed Ellie to continue in a peaceful meditative state, not to deliberately seek out or amplify that strange feeling, but simply to record it like an observer.
At the same time, he also strengthened the analysis of the energy output of honeysuckle.
He discovered that during Ellie's meditation, especially during deep resonance, the energy flow output by the Moon Silver Flower, in addition to stable natural vitality energy and trace amounts of basic elemental harmonizing energy, would occasionally be mixed with a very weak fluctuation with spiritual resonance feedback characteristics.
This fluctuation has a vague correlation with the occasional warm mist in Ellie's mental sea in terms of its appearance time and energy characteristics.
"Perhaps this is not a simple fusion of energy, but rather a deeper level of energy and information exchange triggered by a certain depth of spiritual resonance?"
Rowling wrote down his speculations in his notebook.
"The moonflower is not an inanimate object; it also possesses a simple life and spirit."
"A sustained deep resonance may also lead to a superficial contact and mutual influence on the spiritual level between the two."
If this hypothesis is true, it means that the symbiotic system has entered a more complex and dangerous level, involving the interaction of the soul and spirituality.
Any mistake could have an irreparable impact on Ellie's mind or the nature of the Moonflower.
Rowling became even more cautious.
He consulted the Santa's database of extremely obscure and dangerous case records on "spiritual symbiosis," "spiritual infection," and "enlightenment through magical plants."
Although most of the accounts are vague or have tragic endings, they do provide some warning signs and possible intervention methods.
He added these risk factors to his watchlist and decided to temporarily refrain from actively guiding or stimulating this spiritual interaction, opting instead for passive observation and recording.
Another week passed by with careful observation.
The wisp of warm mist gradually became more stable. Although it was still thin, it appeared more frequently and lasted for a slightly longer period.
Ellie's description also began to become clearer: "Like a small wisp of warm water vapor, hovering at the boundary between the Moon Silver Flower energy flow and what I sensed, slowly turning, feeling—very reassuring and very energetic."
"Sometimes, it seems like you can feel the comfort of the honeysuckle basking in the sun or the coolness of drinking water from the mist."
This is a positive sign!
This indicates that the interaction is gentle and benign, and is beginning to carry initial sensory information.
Rowling relaxed a little, but still reminded Ellie that if she felt anything unusual about the mist, such as it becoming cold, hot, heavy, or bringing negative emotions like irritability or fear, she must immediately stop meditating and inform him.
Ellie took notes carefully.
Just as the symbiotic observation was progressing smoothly, a minor incident occurred in Black Rock Town, unexpectedly providing Rolin with a new perspective.
A merchant family on the west side of the town, who dealt in low-grade ores and medicinal herbs, acquired a batch of associated minerals that were said to come from the Deep Gray Canyon. Among them were a few inconspicuous pieces of raw Bloodstone with dark green spots.
This type of ore is not valuable in itself, but it is often wrapped inside by a parasitic micro-magic plant spore called Soul-Eating Moss.
In a humid environment, the spores are activated and begin to absorb the weak life energy around them, causing several people in that household to feel inexplicably tired and lacking energy within a few days. Even the family's guard dog became listless.