Li Jialing thought through all the procedures himself, but he couldn't figure out how Wuying Qi's trick should be changed. He said in embarrassment, "That explains a lot. It seems that I underestimated the difficulty of large-scale brainwashing and wasted everybody's time."
"That's not necessarily true. Your idea is very valuable."
Thinking carefully, Li Yao tapped his knees and said, "Although it is hard for me to imagine what appalling methods Wuying Qi can unleash brainwashing waves that cover the entire space zone, the whole scheme is indeed getting closer and closer to brainwashing. So, I highly suspect that Wuying Qi has a secret base that is similar to a 'brainwashing factory' not far away from us below the ground.
"The brainwashing methods in the secret base, on the other hand, can at least launch powerful mental attacks on the enemies nearby even if they cannot cover the entire space zone.
"It explains why the defense on our way down was not very strict. On one hand, Wuying Qi did not expect that other people would know the secrets of the underground base. More importantly, Wuying Qi firmly believed that any unauthorized intruder would be brainwashed and reduced to his puppets the moment they approached his secrets!"
"I agree with this view."
Long Yangjun also said, "Whether or not Wuying Qi's methods work in space, he can launch mental attacks blatantly below the ground. Last time in the Seven Seas Grand Market, he launched mental attacks at Li Yao across hundreds of Sectors and almost succeeded. This time, if he attacks face-to-face, with his enormous mental power in the Divinity Branching Stage, the three of us might not be able to resist him even if we join our hands."
"Then, what do we do?"
Li Jialing grew anxious all of a sudden. He felt that Wuying Qi's soul-stirring eyes were everywhere, and brainwashing waves that looked like viruses were floating in the air. "If we continue moving forward, will we be brainwashed by Wuying Qi without us knowing it? Or is it possible that we have already been brainwashed without knowing it?"
"Well …"
Li Yao thought for a moment and said, "Then, think about it carefully. Do you want Wuying Qi to eat sh * t right now?"
Li Jialing frowned and said, "I do, but he has to leave my mother's body first."
"Of course."
Li Yao said, "I think so too. What about Long Yangjun?"
"I don't have a problem either. It seems that we haven't been affected for the time being, but that's not necessarily the case in the future."
Long Yangjun said, "It will be especially so when we enter the core of the brainwashing factory and are about to reveal Wuying Qi's most critical secrets. Should we be controlled by him, the so-called 'secret infiltration and precise sabotage' will be nothing more than a joke that we have walked right into."
"Therefore, to deal with Wuying Qi's pervasive and invisible mental attacks, we must build a solid protective shell for our brains in advance."
Brilliant sparks were bouncing in Li Yao's eyes, and he put on an excited smile. "In terms of mental attacks, your Brother Yao is an expert too. It's very simple to resist Wuying Qi's brainwashing. All we need to do is to brainwash ourselves and implant certain unwavering ideas into our heads first. Everything will be fine.
"Of course, there is no need for us to imprint our own hypnosis on the cerebral cortex and cause serious organic changes. We only need to maintain it for three to five days at most, and it will be enough to deal with the battle!"
"Brother Yao, are you saying …"
Li Jialing hesitated and said, "Let's stick to our beliefs first and implant some ideas such as' Wuying Qi is too heinous to be trusted 'in our heads. Then, we won't be brainwashed by him, right?"
"No, no, no. It's not that simple."
Pacing back and forth, Li Yao scratched his chin and said, "Such ideas exist in our heads without self-hypnosis in the first place. Is there anybody who thinks that Wuying Qi is not evil enough and that they will believe what he says?
"If such an idea can be resisted, what kind of brainwashing is it?
"The most important thing is that those ideas are too superficial and do not form a vivid and intense stimulus. They can't wake us up from the trance with a shudder."
"Also, Wuying Qi probably thought of that a long time ago. He knew that his enemies would hate and be wary of him and would never believe what he said."
Long Yangjun further said, "Then, in Wuying Qi's mental attacks, he must've constructed all kinds of methods of attack to disintegrate or bypass our mental defense."
"Yes. When I was in the Seven Seas Grand Market, wasn't I disgusted and wary of Wuying Qi too?"
Li Yao recalled what happened a month ago and still felt scared. "As it turned out, I was almost hit without my knowing it, and an irreparable flaw was left in my mind. The flaw is still there right now, making it difficult for me to condense a flawless mental shield.
"With Wuying Qi's high Cultivation, as long as we meet, it's very likely that he will scan the flaw in my mind and take advantage of it. I won't be able to resist him at all!"
"What do we do?"
Li Jialing was dumbfounded. "According to what you said, Wuying Qi's mental attacks are invincible, and we can't defend ourselves at all?"
"No, no, no. The battles in the mental world are different from the battles in the material world. In many cases, strength is not important; creative ideas are the most important."
Li Yao paced back and forth faster and faster, and his glittering eyes were brighter and brighter. "As long as we can find a way to construct a very simple and intuitive image, we can immediately disintegrate Wuying Qi's image of 'the destined, invincible, the light of the future of mankind, the commander of the universe, and the sacred and inviolable dominator' and completely subvert and deconstruct him into some sort of … clown, it will be enough.
"Most importantly of all, the image must be something that Wuying Qi didn't expect at all. So, there can't be any attack that targets such an image in his arsenal of mental attacks …"
"What are you talking about, Brother Yao?"
Li Jialing asked in confusion, "I don't understand. Is there any way to disintegrate his image immediately other than to construct the image of 'Wuying Qi is unbelievably evil and untrustworthy'?"
"I'm thinking. I'm thinking!"
Li Yao's forehead was covered in sweat. His eyes immediately collapsed, as if half of his brain cells had been burnt up in only ten seconds.
"You'd better hurry up. It won't take long for the few anti-epidemic soldiers to deal with the bodies. If they don't return to the team, somebody will grow suspicious and come to investigate."
Long Yangjun said, "Also, it's possible that new lunatics will show up, and more bodies will need to be dealt with. Then, this place will be quite lively."
"I know. Don't rush me. How can I come up with such a difficult image so easily? This is an invisible battlefield against Blackstar the Great!"
Li Yao scratched his hair and bent his back in pain. Catching his breath for a moment, he suddenly shouted, "Wait, there's an idea that might work. Jialing, do you have a portable crystal processor with you? Give it to me now!"
"My crystal processor?"
Li Jialing immediately took off the crystal processor on his wrist.
"No, no, no. Not the tactical crystal processor that is specially prepared for this mission. I'm talking about the one that you use all the time and don't even take it off when you sleep at night!"
Li Yao extended his hands anxiously. "Hurry up and give it to me, including the boot password and the search password!"
"About that …"
Li Jialing hesitated for a moment. Looking at Li Yao's aggressive eyes and Long Yangjun's solemn face, he still took out the portable crystal processor that he had been using all the time from his Cosmos Ring and gave Li Yao the boot password and the search password.
Li Yao put Li Jialing's portable crystal processor on his wrist and operated on the virtual light beam smoothly. He turned it on, unlocked it, and opened the search interface to search for all the high-definition videos that were played most frequently! Shua!
Shua! Shua! Shua!
Thousands of high-definition videos immediately popped up, all of which were battle videos of all kinds.
Half of them were fierce battles with real swords and spears, and the other half were also 'real swords and spears, close combat with real swords and spears'. It was truly a scene of high mountains, deep valleys, deep caves, the roaring of apes on both sides of the river, and the surging turbid waves. The great harmony of life and the great mysteries of the universe were demonstrated in the ebb and flow of the tides.
"Hey, hey, hey, hey!"
Li Jialing was dumbfounded. His blood was all condensed on his face, as if it were about to spurt out of his golden hair. "Brother Yao, what are you doing?"
Li Yao turned a deaf ear to him. Focusing his attention, he hid the first half of the battle videos and only left the second half.
He clicked on a random video of a fierce battle, and the end of the branch was immediately filled with endless spring scenery. The voices of women were echoing, and all kinds of suspicious noises were heard.
"You have quite a strong taste!"
While appreciating the videos, Li Yao scanned the shocking names on the list of videos and exclaimed, "You've even collected such morally corrupt, twisted movies and played them 472 times in total. You are almost walking on the edge of the law, do you know that?"
"You are a pervert!"
Li Jialing was both embarrassed and angry. He couldn't help but curse aloud, trying to take back his portable crystal processor. "You are watching the videos in my crystal processor when a great enemy is right in front of you? What … What's wrong with you? "
"Hehe. Ignorant young man, don't think that Brother Yao is as depraved as you are. With my level and imagination, I don't need the fun anymore."
Li Yao pushed Li Jialing away and calmed himself down. Emotionlessly, he selected the most exciting, twisted, shameless, and unbelievable materials from the young man's collection and imported them into his own crystal processor.
Then, he found a lot of standard portraits of Wuying Qi from the library of materials on his crystal processor.
As the founding emperor of the Imperium of True Human Beings, Wuying Qi's statues and portraits were naturally everywhere, even in the virtual world. There were too many of such materials.
In the end, Li Yao activated the most advanced image modification and correction module in his crystal processor. He cut the head of Wuying Qi's standard portraits and pasted them on the necks of the actresses in Li Jialing's fierce battle videos. After minor adjustments and beautification, a flawless, brand-new video was born!
It was almost like Blackstar the Great was having the most intense life-and-death battle with a bunch of delinquents, unemployed uncles, plumbers, and anesthetists!
Li Jialing's eyes bulged out, and he felt that he was going blind.
"What … What are you doing exactly?"
The young man shouted himself hoarse and howled in disbelief.
"Impressive. What a marvelous mental defense!"
Long Yangjun, who had been holding her arms and leaning against the wall without saying anything, said with her eyes glittering with heartfelt admiration for Li Yao. "However Wuying Qi performs his mental tricks, his ultimate purpose is to implant the ideas of 'holiness, greatness, justice, and invincibility' into our heads so that we will worship and be loyal to him.
"However, if our head is filled with the picture of Wuying Qi being savaged by eighteen muscular men until he is singing aloud, how can we have the slightest reverence for him?
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