From troll tribes to elf empires

Chapter 8 ‘Research’ on the Growth of Mental Power

Quantifying mental power can only be done to this extent for the time being. Strictly speaking, these data, which have not undergone any testing, have no credibility at all and can only be regarded as an early reference.

Although Banya had reached the Ph.D. stage in his previous life, he was not actually a scientist, and his academic performance was very average. He barely scraped together a graduation thesis. Furthermore, he studied law after his undergraduate degree and had no research experience related to natural sciences.

Therefore, I am not very sensitive to the 'research' itself. Many things can only be thought of one by one, lacking coherence and rigor.

However, there is no other way, so I have to bite the bullet for the sake of 'magic'.

"I can only do the initial 'research' by myself. Once I figure something out and at least have a clear direction, I can discuss it with other witch doctors. They are actually no stupider than me, in terms of brain power.

Even far stronger than me, all he lacks is knowledge and imagination."

"Anyway, let's consider possible directions first..."

"First of all, since mental strength affects memory ability, will exercising memory accelerate its growth? It seems a bit reliable, but the only way I know to improve memory seems to be 'eat more walnuts'"

I deeply realized that "the books will be used only when they are used", and I regretted why I didn't memorize Baidu back then. After racking my brains for a while, I reluctantly came up with something that felt a little bit scientific.

practical methods.

"Just like muscles can be progressively exercised with five kilograms, ten kilograms, ten times, and twenty times, the brain can also be exercised in this way."

"It shouldn't be possible to just memorize the text, it's too mechanical. Graphics that go from simple to complex and have correlations between each other should be designed to assist training."

To describe it more specifically, if 'exercise' refers to using the complexity of visualization diagrams to 'exercise' brain and mental strength, it is similar to exercising muscles in logical principles and is a 'realistic' exercise method; then 'practice',

Just like practicing 'Ape Demon Fist' through 'Ape Demon Visualization', it is more inclined to the 'fantasy' practice method.

"Aren't there some 'meditation methods' and 'contemplation methods' in previous life novels? The former is too general to be clear, but the 'contemplation method' seems to be imagining a specific image like a 'white tiger' or 'Guanyin' in your mind.

I don't necessarily need to visualize these things, but it seems that the 'contemplation method' and complex graphics, called 'graphic meditation method,' can be related."

Secondly, there is the principle of simplifying things while making them difficult.

Blade Ya came to this conclusion a little unconfidently. He had never specifically studied biology in his previous life. The period of systematic study of biology in his life was limited to the second and third years of high school. Since it was a liberal arts subject, the content he studied was not very deep.

In addition, it has been too long since I graduated from high school, and I can only remember the general knowledge.

The "targeted method" he refers to here is mainly about "cultivation" rather than "exercise".

"Well, be confident, it must be true. In short, cells have a certain degree of independence. Individual cells have life attributes. No matter how weak they are, only when they come together can they have human life. In the same way,

Thinking, spirit, etc. should also be the product of gathering sand into a tower."

The things you visualize must be related to the things you need. For example, if you practice "Ape Demon Fist", then the content of your visualization should include "Ape Appearance".

"As far as the theory of previous lives is concerned, complex life evolved step by step from single-celled organisms, and the human body is also composed of many cells. After countless years of co-evolution, cells have clearly divided functions, but

This does not deny that there is independence between them. That’s how it should be.”

"Perhaps we can start here as a targeted method. Although the cell theory is a theory from the previous life, the troll body in this life has various signs that it also has a similar structure. The cellular structure of 'troll cells' is similar to that of the human body.

There must be huge differences in cells, and even the basic elements at the microscopic level are different. But as long as there is a rough correspondence at the cell level, it will be fine."

Ben Ya feels that the above three stages are enough in terms of concept alone. If they are followed step by step, there is absolutely no problem in terms of training memory. However, the theory that is too similar to that further stimulates his

Ambition'. He felt that by using this 'scientific' theory of visualization, he could also create a set of methods specifically for the growth of spiritual power.

After initially determining the direction of progress, Banya began to think about more specific things, such as combination methods, meditation content, etc.

First, there is the content of the visualization.

The first stage should be to start from scratch. Take the 'Ape Demon Fist' as an example. In the beginning, you have to be able to visualize the 'ape'. Even if it is just a simple drawing, it is actually not easy.

Not to mention lifelike.

After having a general direction, Blade Ya started to conceive of the meditation method again.

As for whether he can succeed, to be honest, he doesn't care much. If it works, it won't work. Even if the 'practice' is not successful, the 'exercise' part of the process has not been compromised, and he has still achieved the goal he envisioned. Furthermore,

Having said that, this has already happened in time travel, why don’t you have more imagination?

“How exactly do you do that? Just leveraging complexity is too wasteful.”

Stop your habitual random thoughts and return to the problems you face in reality.

In the first step, he needs to imagine a roughly equivalent troll body;

In the second stage, it seems that you can move from stillness to movement. Using the 'Ape Demon Boxing' as an analogy, since you are a boxing practitioner, do you also have to let the imagined 'ape shape' punch?

The third stage, maybe from form to god? It's still the 'Ape Demon Fist'. Since your boxing method explains the word 'Demon', rather than 'Ape God, Ape Saint', then your visualization diagram is not

Should they also be given corresponding spiritual attributes?

To be honest, when I think about this, I can't tell whether this 'contemplation method' comes from online novels in my previous life, or does such an exercise method actually exist in my previous life? Because he feels that this 'contemplation method' he imagined

It's just too much of a theory.

The second step is to perfect the organ structure of the imaginary body;

The third step is to use cells to reconstruct the body;

The fourth step is the integration of body, organ structure, and cell structure;

The fifth step is to impart spiritual attributes from the body to the cells;

The sixth step is to graft your own thinking consciousness onto the meditating body.

This is roughly the idea. Starting from the third step is a big project. How to operate it can only be explored slowly in practice.

(End of chapter)