Mancianima Research: Stabilization Ritual

Recorder: Illager Research Division

File No.: MA-S-001

Subject: Mancianima Stabilization Ritual - First Mass-Production Feasibility Test

Lead Researcher:

I. Abstract

This experiment aims to verify the feasibility of mass-producing the controllable high-tier weapon "Mancianima",

built around the remains of a "Spirit Realm Lord" as its core,

through a three-step process: reverse analysis -> Evolution Stone implantation -> energy stabilization.

II. Materials

  1. Subject No. 07: a human host already stabilized at the Familiar stage

  2. Spirit Realm Lord remains extract (ID Delta-019)

  3. Evolution Stone primordial embryo

  4. Stabilization Collar - Prototype

  5. Mind-Welding Apparatus

III. Environment

New moon night, altar chamber. All life cleared within a 12-block radius of the ritual circle, except for the subject and its keeper.

IV. Procedure

  1. Implant the Evolution Stone embryo into the subject's heart chamber with a silver needle.

  2. The keeper witch links her own consciousness to the subject's spirit-mind.

  3. Slowly introduce the Spirit Realm Lord remains extract and begin the first round of "stabilization".

  4. After each stabilization pass, observers record spiritual-energy fluctuations and the keeper witch's reactions.

  5. Continue until the subject can complete all items on test-task list ■■■■■, which is considered successful stabilization.

V. Results

Stage 1: The instant of Evolution Stone implantation, the subject lost consciousness and nearly went rampant.

The witch's mental link held; the subject's state is stabilizing.

Stage 2: First round of remains-shard infusion. Silver fluid seeped from the edges of the subject's skull,

and the irises turned a deep violet. The witch's brainwaves produced the first "stabilization"

  • a successful instance of conscious resonance.

Stage 3: 312 consecutive mental welds were performed over 6 hours and 41 minutes.

The witch suffered four bouts of consciousness rupture, all immediately taken over by backup witch-casters,

with no backlash incidents.

Stage 4: After weld #313, the subject regained consciousness.

It opened its eyes, knelt to the Head Witch of its own accord,

and requested its next orders in a calm, precise tone.

Combat instinct test: killed 8 prisoners in one engagement,

with no emotional fluctuation and no wasted motion.

Stage 5: With the "Stabilization Collar" fitted,

the subject accepted remote commands with response latency < 0.3 seconds.

It showed near-instinctive non-aggression toward Pillager Faction entities.

VII. Analysis

The first Mancianima stabilization succeeded. The cost, however, far exceeded estimates:

  • The keeper witch's assessed mental age has aged by approximately 11 years.

  • Two of three backup operators permanently lost autonomous consciousness,

and are now semi-permanently grafted into the subject's consciousness as "stabilizers".

  • Spirit Realm Lord remains extract consumption was 3.2x the predicted value;

at current reserves, only six more Mancianima can be produced.

What alarmed the research team most:

A Mancianima's "loyalty" does not originate from the collar,

but from the fragment of witch-consciousness branded into its soul during stabilization.

In other words, deep within every Mancianima's soul,

a sliver of witch-consciousness still whispers, eternally imprisoned.

When asked "why do you serve",

Subject 07 replied:

"Because she is still inside me."

VIII. Recommendations

  1. Postpone mass-production until a stable supply of Spirit Realm Lord remains is secured.

  2. Strictly restrict autonomous combat authorization for Mancianima units --

the moment the witch-fragment in its soul is externally cleansed or naturally fades,

the Mancianima will instantly enter an undefined "free state",

and no known means currently exists to re-establish control.

  1. Establish a "Mancianima Observer" post to continuously monitor

the stability of each Mancianima; once it falls below threshold, destroy immediately.

Lead Researcher Signature:

Status: Partial Success - Top Secret - Project Continues

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Appendix · Subject 07's First Self-Account (Excerpt)

"I remember her name, but I cannot speak it.

I remember she once smiled, but I do not know why.

She told me to kill, and I killed.

She said I did well,

and I... was happy.

Whether that happiness was hers or mine,

I can no longer tell."