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When the Sandworm arrived at the Weaving Net, unsurprisingly, it was entangled by the net, unable to move.
Everyone waited for a moment, wanting to see if there would be any change in the Sandworm, and whether the Infant Spirits would come over.
Time passed by minute by minute, and after several minutes, everyone exchanged glances, each with doubt in their eyes.
The Infant Spirits did not come, and aside from being trapped and unable to move, the Sandworm showed no other changes for the time being. It was still alive, and showed no signs of wilting.
So, is the purpose of this Weaving Net just like a spider web, purely existing to capture prey? But in the world of energy, what is the crimson light emitted by the Weaving Net? It couldn’t just be an atmospheric ornament, right?
Everyone turned their eyes to Dox, hoping to get an explanation from him.
Dox’s expression was somewhat peculiar, his eyes slightly narrowed, seemingly pondering or sensing something. After a good while, Dox spoke: "The effect of the Weaving Net... could be energy absorption."
As for why Dox made this judgment—
"Even the tiniest bit of energy I left inside the little bug was absorbed."
Angel: "If the effect of the Weaving Net is to absorb energy, then why is it still alive?"
Life energy is also a type of energy. Whether in the Southern Domain or in surrounding areas, many Magical Creatures that feed on life energy have been discovered.
For instance, Gomito, known in folklore as the Heart-devouring Ghost, feeds on energy. However, its absorption and transmutation efficiency are not very high, so it devours both flesh and meat together.
Among the same type, there are creatures even more powerful than Gomito, such as the Sheep Demon in the Abyss or the Chupacabra in the Void. When they capture Blood Food, they don’t need to ingest it; they can absorb the life energy completely with just a breath.
And the prey whose life energy has been absorbed would become like decaying wood, and die painfully due to insufficient energy for all organs.
Life energy is the most fundamental energy of organisms, even ordinary people possess this energy, it’s only a matter of quantity.
Yet now, the Sandworm is quite healthy, without the slightest change in its plump state. To say it has had its life energy absorbed away is absolutely impossible.
Even if it was like Greya’s original body, a mountain of flesh, having its life energy absorbed would still turn it into a skin-and-bone state. So, if the Sandworm truly had its life energy absorbed, how could it still be so well nourished?
Dox also hesitated for quite some time before speaking: "Perhaps the Weaving Net doesn’t absorb life energy?"
Even as Dox said it, he didn’t quite believe it.
Because what he left inside the Sandworm was Magic Power and spiritual power, and what the Sandworm had absorbed was these. If the Weaving Net was only meant to absorb Magic Power, then why isn’t it absorbing even a bit while surrounded by Primordial Magic?
Or does the Weaving Net only absorb refined pure Magic Power?
What about spiritual power then?
Although the Sandworm pup is very weak, it possesses a certain amount of spiritual power, but the Weaving Net hasn’t absorbed its spiritual power. This can be seen with the naked eye, because if the Sandworm’s spiritual power disappeared, it would immediately become listless, falling into a coma, akin to death.
But now, the Sandworm can struggle, its vitality hasn’t dwindled, it just can’t move, which is not the appearance of spiritual power being absorbed.
Black Earl: "Then we’ll tentatively assume that one of the Weaving Net’s effects is the absorption of non-self energy."
Dox thought about it and considered it barely accurate. However, he still didn’t feel that the Weaving Net was just excluding alien energy.
If it truly was as Black Earl stated, then the Weaving Net wouldn’t be a trap at all, but rather a special boon that can dispel alien energy within the body.
And this, to many wizards, could be a very beneficial effect. Like when a wizard is cursed, or suffers from alien energy erosion and can’t dispel it; wouldn’t using the Weaving Net perfectly solve the problem?
This totally glamorizes the Weaving Net.
But is the Weaving Net really without any other negative effects aside from confinement? Dox was skeptical, and the others present were skeptical too. But for now, the conclusion is indeed like this, and they can only set their doubts aside temporarily.
"You should have other Sandworms, why not try the red wax on the ground this time?" Black Earl looked at Dox.
Although the red wax can be avoided by climbing the walls, Black Earl had a hunch that the appearance of the red wax couldn’t be so simple, if they truly could bypass it and only face the Weaving Net, then what was the point of the Infant Spirits creating these red wax?
So even if the red wax can be bypassed, Black Earl hoped to determine the approximate effect of the red wax.
Dox: "I have some guesses about the effect of the red wax."
Black Earl: "Oh?"
Dox simply recounted his rise and fall of control over the Sandworm in detail; even though the little bug hadn’t touched the red wax. However, once it entered the area where the red wax was located, it experienced fluctuations in control. I believe this should be influenced by the red wax."
Angel: "You mean the red wax can influence your control over the Sandworm? That is to say, it influences spiritual power?"
Dox nodded, then shook his head: "It indeed affects my control over the little bug, but my control isn’t solely through spiritual power; there’s also Bloodline Power."
"The little bug’s Bloodline is closely connected to me, even receiving nourishment from my Bloodline, allowing it to survive."
"Therefore, through Bloodline Power, I can control all actions of the little bug, even replace it when it loses self-awareness."
"Personally, I believe the effect of the red wax isn’t to deprive or weaken my control over the Sandworm; rather, it impacts the Sandworm’s own spiritual power. But this influence doesn’t cause its spiritual power to vanish, rather it becomes chaotic or imbalanced."
"It’s like..."
Angel chimed in at a suitable moment: "Mental illness."
Dox nodded: "Exactly, like a lunatic with mental illness, the spirit is extremely unstable. But it doesn’t destroy its spiritual power."
Black Earl: "But this is just your conjecture."
"It is conjecture, indeed, but..." Dox originally wanted to say his inspiration matched this, but after considering it, using inspiration as evidence seemed unreasonable, even if his inspiration rarely failed him, it ultimately couldn’t serve as proof.
"Forget it, I’ll try again, this time I’ll directly touch the red wax on the ground."
This time, Dox didn’t spit out a Sandworm from his mouth. Instead, he lightly stomped on the ground, and a small bump appeared on the surface.
The small bump on the ground broke open, and a tender-white Sandworm pup crawled out.