"In fact, we considered the possibility that you mentioned before. After I discovered that Wuying Qi grasped the remarkable brainwashing technology that was similar to the Covenant Alliance's, I speculated that he might do something insane and infuriating with such evil technology. But it was too difficult to do."
Li Yao pointed at his head and said, "The key is energy. As the saying goes, 'the commander of an army can be changed, but not the will of an ordinary man'. It refers to the firmness of the soul, will, and feelings of human beings. They are not easily obliterated or reversed.
"As a matter of fact, it is a hundred times more difficult to change someone's mind and make them accept ideas that are contrary to their own beliefs than it is to kill them directly.
"Don't you understand? For example, an Immortal Cultivator can kill an ordinary person easily with only a wave of his saber or a snap of his fingers. It is almost effortless. But think about it. How much spiritual energy does he have to consume and how many techniques does he have to use to change the ordinary person's mind? For example, asking the ordinary person to kill the person he loves the most?
"Assuming that the energy cost for an Immortal Cultivator to kill an ordinary person is one, the energy cost for him to hypnotize the ordinary person and ask the ordinary person to kill the person he loves the most is at least one hundred, right?
"Furthermore, what if he does not simply ask the ordinary person to kill the person he loves but also convince the ordinary person that he is a rabbit? How many illusions does he have to build? How many ideas does he have to implant? How does he have to resolve the conflict between the ordinary person's inherent memories and the brand-new concepts so that the idea can be fixed forever? Even if the ordinary person enters society and gets in touch with countless people, will he still believe in the 'fact' that he is a rabbit? To achieve that, the energy cost must be at least ten thousand, right?
"Besides, the so-called hypnosis, psychological cues, and even violent brainwashing all involve the deepest mysteries of the soul. The brain and the soul are the most mysterious, mysterious, and dangerous things. Even the unparalleled experts in the Divinity Transformation Stage dare not say that they have grasped one percent of the secrets.
"After every deep hypnosis, a mental bridge will be built between the brain of the hypnotized and the brain of the hypnotized. It is equivalent to a weakened version of possession. One moment of carelessness, and a counterattack will be triggered. Even the strongest Meditation Healer may fail miserably and be affected by the soul of ordinary people. In the end, they will not be able to distinguish reality from illusion and their own brain from other people's, turning into a lunatic who wanders among thousands of dreams.
"Even the simplest operation of memory cell removal, think about it. From the doctors to the nurses, the operating room, and the drugs, how much energy, if all the resources are converted into energy, will be consumed to make a person lose his memories? But if it is to kill the person, one bullet will be enough. "
Li Jialing was stunned for a long time. But the energy cost was ten times, a hundred times, or even a thousand times more than killing. "" That is true.
"That's exactly the case. The uncertainties of the soul are too high. Even the seemingly weak ordinary people may boast an extremely strong mind and will. Not only are they unlikely to be brainwashed, they may also raise a 'brainstorm' that will swallow the caster."
"I know that 'brainwashing' can be found in many fantasy novels and games. It seems that the brainwasher can brainwash countless people and turn them into his puppets by waving his hands or pressing his fingers to his temples and saying a few uncanny words or releasing a few thoughts that look like fishing lines from his head.
"But novels and games are just novels and games after all. Nothing is so convenient in reality. Everything comes with a price. For example, Wuying Qi's brainwashing attack on me in the Seven Seas Grand Market cost the brain of a high-level Meditation Healer. But the Meditation Healers of Wuying Qinxin's level are one in ten thousand if not rarely-seen. How can they be used as' ammunition 'casually?"
"What about the Imperial Guards?"
Li Jialing asked, somewhat unconvinced, "Haven't the Imperial Guards all been brainwashed by Wuying Qi?"
"There are conditions."
Li Yao explained patiently, "The Imperial Guards worshipped Wuying Qi in the first place and were willing to die for him. It is very possible that they walked into … If such a facility does exist, let's call it a 'brainwashing factory' for now. They were implanted with certain ideas willingly.
"Also, the ideas that Wuying Qi implanted in them did not completely violate their conscience. People are always willing to believe what they want to believe. The Imperial Guards craved Wuying Qi's victory deeply in the first place. Wuying Qi merely 'pushed' their minds slightly.
"But according to what you said just now, if Wuying Qi's brainwashing targets were the ace fleets of the four Kurfürst families, it wouldn't have been so easy.
"Ninety-nine percent of the soldiers of the ace fleets are the core members and the direct descendants of the four families. They have been inculcated with absolute loyalty to their families since they were little. Their wariness, disgust, and even hatred for Blackstar the Great have reached the peak.
"If Wuying Qi wants to implant the idea of 'be loyal to Blackstar the Great and destroy the four families' into their heads, he is going to reverse their beliefs that they have held for decades by force. He is going to completely change their mindset and worldview, and he is going to turn their thoughts against their interests in reality. How is it possible? How much energy will it consume to break the 'solid fortresses' in so many heads?
"Can you understand it? For example, if I implant an idea into your head — you are a tall, strong, and handsome man, and all the women in the world will kneel before your boots and be conquered by you, and then Long Yangjun implants an idea into your head — you are actually a woman, and a masochist.
"Which idea do you think is easier to accept?"
Li Jialing pondered for a moment. "Huh …"
"Seriously? Faced with such a choice, you are still 'hesitating' and 'huh'?"
Li Yao was stunned. "Is there really a certain unknown tendency deep inside your heart?"
"Of course, I believe in the first idea more!"
Blushing, Li Jialing said, "I understand what you mean, Brother Yao. People always believe what they want to believe. It's easy for Wuying Qi to brainwash the Imperial Guards, but it's ten times more difficult for him to brainwash the elite warriors of the four families. It's barely possible for him to gather astronomical energy to brainwash so many brains that are highly wary and hostile of him.
"Wait, what about the Holy League? What about the Holy League's brainwashing?"
"The brainwashing of the Holy League mostly begins when they are babies or even embryos. The newborn children are like blank pieces of paper. Naturally, it's easy for them to accept all the absurd ideas."
Long Yangjun said, "Besides, the Holy League does not just perform 'hard brainwashing' on the qualitative changes of the brain. They also have all kinds of educational and religious institutions that make people carry out psychological suggestions in their daily life, strengthening their belief in the extinction of feelings and their unparalleled loyalty to the Pangu."
"Even so, the facilities for the brainwashing of the Holy League still require an enormous supply of energy."
Li Yao added, "At the edge of the cosmos, we once discovered a military base of the Pangu named 'Kunlun Land'. There was a factory that manufactured human beings. Naturally, it was also responsible for brainwashing the newborn human beings. The source of energy that supported the operation of the entire 'Kunlun Land' was a neutron pulsar nearby.
"Only an enormous and special celestial body such as a pulsar could supply the energy required for the factory that manufactured human beings and brainwashed them incessantly.
"There doesn't seem to be any celestial body such as a neutron pulsar in the entire Empyreal Terminus Sector, right?
"Therefore, although I can't estimate the specific number, I'm certain that even if Wuying Qi drained the entire capital planet and turned the high-temperature core into dead ice, he still wouldn't be able to squeeze enough energy to purge all the enemies in space!"
"Even if he finds a way to get enough energy, the other unsolvable problem is distance."
Long Yangjun continued, "Assuming that Wuying Qi does have a 'brainwashing factory' deep below the ground, it will be easy for him to get the Imperial Guards down. It will be easy for him to perform brain surgeries, magnetic interference, or radiation puncture. But how will he trick the enemies that are all over the sea of stars into entering his brainwashing factory obediently? If he can really achieve that, there will be no need for brainwashing at all, right?
"All in all, be it hypnosis or brainwashing, there is always the problem of 'attack radius'. With billions of enemies, it is naturally unrealistic to brainwash them with minimally invasive brain surgery. So, we can only resort to certain intense magnetic fields that can amplify brainwaves by thousands of times, right? However, brainwaves, waves of spiritual energy, and even radiation and high-energy particles will all be greatly damaged during transmission. Chances are that Wuying Qi's power will be exhausted and obliterated before it passes through the atmosphere. How can he attack so many enemies in every corner of the sea of stars at the same time?
"Generally speaking, to perform large-scale mental attacks on a battlefield, a certain piece of magical equipment such as an 'amplifier' or an 'amplifier' has to be used. It's like the riot that the Nepenthe believers raised in the Great Iron Plants half a year ago. At that time, they got a brainwave amplifier from the primeval war and planned to drive it with the abundant geothermal energy deep inside the Great Iron Plants in order to launch a large-scale mental attack.
"But such an awesome 'amplifier' can only expand the range of mental attacks to a hundred square kilometers, right? It's fine for a battlefield on the ground, but in a space battlefield, a hundred square kilometers is not even the tip of a needle. "
"Yes. The riot of the Nepenthe believers was a very typical large-scale mental battle."
Li Yao counted on his fingers and said, "There are two conditions. Firstly, abundant geothermal energy, and secondly, a brainwave amplifier. Both are indispensable.
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