Mortal Aura.
"Was the strongest effect... produced by the type with the greatest amount of information contained per unit of material?"
Benjamin frowned deeply and sank into thought.
"No, that's not quite right..."
If ranked by sheer information volume, Incense Poison was undoubtedly the most bloated and heavy, for it carried the most complex malice of countless living beings.
Unrefined Power of Faith came next. This ranking roughly matched the actual combat results.
"But if we're only looking at information volume, Mortal Aura should be second. Yet Information Beings had the calmest reaction to Mortal Aura among all these materials."
"And if it were simply about information volume, the Wizardry Models of high-level spells would certainly contain no small amount of information either. Yet even when advanced spells struck those creatures head-on, they remained remarkably calm."
He tapped on the laboratory bench, continuously filtering through various possibilities in his mind.
Suddenly, a sharp glint flashed through Benjamin's eyes.
"No..."
Benjamin suddenly remembered something.
What did those Information Beings normally come into contact with?
The Information Plane itself—a "pure" information environment, regulated, clear, and logically rigorous.
From the Plane's structure to their own composition, everything was filled with order.
And the five materials before him shared one thing in common.
They were all "irregular."
Mortal Aura was mixed with desire, deathly baleful aura brimmed with destruction, Incense Poison twisted belief, Power of Faith was tainted by stray thoughts, and magic spirit fragments erupted with emotion.
They were all "chaotic" information.
"Could it be..."
A flash of inspiration struck Benjamin.
"What triggers their stress response isn't the amount of information, but the degree of chaos within the information itself."
He abruptly rose to his feet and began pacing back and forth through the laboratory.
Yes, that was it.
Those Information Beings were