Chapter 120: Sorting Memories

March.

Omid Abbott from the Mind Magic Research Group and Holdan from the Spell Research Group approached Murphy.

"Director, we'd like to recruit a wizard skilled in Legilimency to test some theories," Holdan said.

"A wizard proficient in Legilimency?"

Such wizards were hard to find.

Legilimency wasn't considered an illegal spell, but reading someone's thoughts without permission was highly offensive. Most wizards refrained from using it, and even among those who might, like the Aurors, very few achieved proficiency.

"That's right, Director. You mentioned memory duplication before. After thorough discussion, we believe that to duplicate memories, we first need to solve the issue of extracting them," Holdan explained.

"Legilimency typically works by indexing, searching for specific answers in the subject's brain, similar to finding an entry in an encyclopedia. This method makes it difficult to extract systematic knowledge," Omid added.

Murphy nodded.

Legilimency was like using a search engine, providing quick results but fragmented information.

"But we've noted that some wizards can extract their memories into Pensieves for storage. Pensieves seem capable of generating scenes, allowing wizards to sort and study their memories repeatedly."

"We're quite curious about this mechanism and believe it could help extract knowledge-based memories."

Murphy understood, "Let's see what experiments you have in mind. If possible, I'll try it myself."

Perhaps due to his higher magical power level in the mental dimension, Murphy was quite adept at Legilimency, partly because he had practiced on classmates during school.

Omid and Holdan were surprised but found it more convenient with Murphy's direct involvement, especially since the "memory duplication" research was clearly intended for his use.

"Your direct participation would be ideal," Omid said.

"We primarily want to test if Legilimency can extract knowledge-based memories. This might involve sorting and integrating memories."

"In practice, you could use Legilimency on yourself, guiding the spell to see if it can sort your memories and extract specific scenes or types of knowledge."

"If possible, start with a Pensieve for practice."

"Using Legilimency to sort memories?"

This was an intriguing idea; Murphy had never used Legilimency on himself before.

After they left, Murphy took out his wand and aimed it at his head, "Legilimens!"

Immediately, he felt a unique sensation as if his brain had been opened, memories flowing out. At the same time, he felt like he had gained another perspective, trying to sort through the incoming information.

This disorienting feeling almost made him vomit, but he ended the spell after a few seconds.

"Phew..." Murphy took a few deep breaths to calm the rolling dizziness, "I didn't expect using Legilimency on myself to feel like this."

It felt like a split personality.

Yet, he wasn't deterred, especially interested in sorting his memories.

Seeing the diary list all its knowledge categorically had made Murphy envious.

Human memory is indexed and linked, connecting concepts, knowledge, and scenes into a network, not a linear explanation like a book.

Recollection is the brain's process of retrieving these indexed images, emotions, and concepts.

This memory method facilitates association and rapid recall of common information but hampers memory preservation. Infrequently used concepts and knowledge gradually sink into the depths of memory.

No one else could perform this task for him, and regardless of Omid's findings, the ultimate user was Murphy. Both memory sorting and duplication likely required Legilimency practice.

Feeling better, he attempted Legilimency on himself again.

This time, prepared mentally, he tried to adapt to thinking in two streams.

Gradually, he felt his consciousness split into two: one as the subject enduring the invasive memory search and the other as the caster trying to find something amidst the chaos.

This split sensation was uncomfortable, but as he focused more on the caster's perspective, the discomfort lessened, as if the scrutinized brain wasn't his own.

Emotions like sadness, joy, pain, and anger surged unbidden, overwhelming his consciousness, alongside a flood of random thoughts.

"Gods are just powerful wizards..."

"Voldemort is just a brainless lunatic; I'm much stronger..."

"I want Naizi..."

"I can't solve this problem..."

"What kind of game is this, not even a dog would play..."

"Munching on melons, haha, everyone munch on melons..."

Soon, Murphy ended the spell again.

Headache.

What was all that in his mind? Even those adolescent thoughts were dug up.

"It's probably because I didn't specify what to search for, so random stuff just popped up..."

"Let's try again."

Since he was planning to adapt movies and such, he decided to search his memory for information about blockbuster hits.

"Legilimens!"

A myriad of thoughts emerged, ignored as he found one thread and pulled.

Avatar, Avengers: Endgame, Titanic...

No, big productions won't work.

Suddenly, a memory fragment surfaced: a box office ranking list.

It was a webpage he had browsed at some point. As it emerged from memory, its content gradually clarified, transitioning from a mosaic to readable text. Soon, he saw the top few movies, all big hits as he had thought.

But as more content appeared, he discovered other things.

"The Lion King?"

"This... might work..."

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