"Hypnosis...a city?" The fox repeated Jiang Shu's words, and he thought about that scene.

Although these simple five words have magic power that makes people think of it, as a hypnotist and the best hypnotist in Lone City, he naturally knew that it was impossible to do such a thing.

However, when such words came out of Jiang Shu's mouth, the fox had to think about the possibility.

"Collective subconscious?" So the fox remembered what Jiang Shu had just said.

According to his understanding of the degree of hypnosis, there is no so-called collective subconscious at the highest level, but he has studied this psychological concept.

"Yes, you should know what this is." Jiang Shu nodded affirmatively.

"Well." The fox began to search for information about the "collective subconscious" in his mind, but the more he thought about it, the more confused he became, so that he began to doubt whether what he had learned was the same as the concept mentioned by Jiang Shu.

"There are three levels of human personality structure. The first layer is consciousness, that is, the 'self'; the second layer is the personal subconscious, that is, the 'complex'; the lowest layer is the collective subconscious, that is, the 'prototype'." The fox briefly explained it, and then asked Jiang Shu, wanting to determine whether the two's knowledge systems are consistent, "Is this the collective subconscious you are talking about?"

"Yes." Jiang Shu answered without hesitation, but this answer made the fox a little stunned.

"This kind of thing..." the fox murmured.

"Can't change it, right?" Jiang Shu smiled.

The fox looked at him with a frown. He stopped talking, but just waited for Jiang Shu's next words.

"What do you think is the reason why you cannot hypnotize the entire city?" Jiang Shu suddenly directed the topic to the content that was just beginning.

"Individual Difference." The fox replied without hesitation.

Everyone has different levels of hypnosis, and their subconscious minds protect them differently, so it is impossible to hypnotize everyone by relying on video or audio.

Using the most classic island theory to describe it, if a person's personality level is described as an island, then the part of the island exposed to the water is the personal consciousness. What is revealed from time to time with the tide is the personal subconscious, and what is always underwater is the collective subconscious.

The high-level hypnosis process is actually communicating with the subject's personal subconscious, making the second-level "personal subconscious" of personality over the first-level "main consciousness", thereby achieving some fantastic hypnosis effects.

This is also the reason why no matter how powerful a hypnotist is, they can only hypnotize themselves. At most, they can only suggest themselves.

As performers, they must maintain the leadership position of the main consciousness; and as recipients, they must let the subconscious mind float above the main consciousness, which is a contradictory thing.

Of course, there are ways to complete self-hypnosis. It is very simple. Just record a hypnosis audio yourself and play it to yourself when the appropriate time is right.

Everyone has individual differences, so their personal subconscious minds are different. From this perspective, it is impossible to hypnotize the entire city at the same time.

"Yes, individual differences." Jiang Shu nodded, and his tone changed and summarized, "But the collective subconscious is different. It is a trace of the lifestyles of generations, including ancestors, and their experience library left in our minds. That is to say, at this level, the entire ‘human population’ will have commonalities and have the same hypnotic feeling."

"This..." the fox showed an incredible expression, and he instinctively retorted, "This is completely different. The collective subconscious is just a congenital experience or universal psychological activity."

???

At this time, the fox's heart was filled with question marks. If Jiang Shu hadn't been the kind of person who didn't know how to pretend to be famous, he would have wanted to turn around and leave.

This is almost the same as Minke discussing with rocket scientists about the feasibility of using coal as rocket fuel. If scientists take it a look, the scientists have a smaller structure.

"I understand what you mean." Jiang Shu nodded, "You are right. The kind of hypnosis you imagine cannot be done in a city."

The collective subconscious is like something hidden in human genes, such as instinctively fearing poisonous snakes, believing that extremely bright fruits in the wild are poisonous, etc. These are all things buried by humans in ancient times in the human experience library.

They are completely different from their personal subconscious minds. If they take a step back, what will happen if they use these things to hypnify?

Furthermore, for example, some characteristics that a nation carved into its bones, even if children of this nation grow up on another continent, they will reflect some characteristics like self-learning.

This is the collective subconscious, something buried deep in the human genes.

but……

People in the lonely city are different. They live in the lonely city from beginning to end and live here since history. Their collective subconsciousness is stronger than the human population in Jiang Shu's previous life and has a greater influence in all aspects of society.

"We can constantly use psychological hints to create a new collective subconscious." Jiang Shu had a sharp look in her eyes, "and then use this group subconscious to override the main consciousness... No, it is not override the main consciousness, but is integrated with the main consciousness. Everyone is still the same as everyone. However, once they encounter content related to this collective subconscious, they will directly enter the top level of the hypnotic state - hallucination."

"You mean..." The fox frowned slightly. He seemed to understand a little, but this new method of hypnosis was really a bit imaginative.

"This is a kind of hypnosis like an attic in the sky. There is no deepening of the hypnosis feeling, nor the deepening of the hypnosis level. We cannot hypnotize the people of the Lone City to reach the hypnosis state in the first, second, third and fourth levels, but they can directly enter the 5 and sixth levels and achieve hallucination." Jiang Shu continued.

"What are you... planning to do?" The fox looked at Jiang Shu, feeling strange.

At this time, Jiang Shu's face still had the usual smile, but his eyes were different, completely different from before.

It's like discovering some interesting toy.

"Make up a true logically self-consistent history." Jiang Shu said slowly, "Just let them believe in one thing."

"What's the matter?" The fox felt that he could not keep up with Jiang Shu's thinking at all.

In the past, no matter what the plan was, Jiang Shu could immediately understand it as long as he started, and he could complete the deduction and planning of the whole thing.

But now, what Jiang Shu said is becoming increasingly difficult for him to understand.

"Let them believe that the lonely city under their feet is just virtual data, just an "immersive game" created by the main brain, and in reality they are just 'players' held in the nutritional cabin." Jiang Shu continued, and he slowly spoke out the horrifying thoughts, "and then one day... 'awaken them, and that time is the time when the main brain is most vulnerable."

"You..." The fox swallowed his saliva. Originally, he just thought that what Jiang Shu planned must be terrible, but he did not expect that both Jiang Shu's goals and the process were so terrible.

He just murmured, "But...why would anyone believe you?"

"Because the history of your lonely city is too weak." Jiang Shu shrugged, "Although history is written by the winner, it is obvious that the people who write your history are not of standard."

Jiang Shu remembered the history books she saw in prison, and the crazy historian Duan Xun.

The history of the lonely city has been beyond recognition under large-scale tampering. In this case, it is not impossible to replace it with another logically self-consistent history.

"No, just you... can you make up another real and credible history without the historical framework of the lonely city?" The fox understood what Jiang Shu said and what he wanted to do.

Construct a new history and put it into the minds of the lonely city people as a collective subconscious, and then make a reasonable modification at the end of this history.

Combined with Jiang Shu's words about "virtual", "game", "reality" and "main brain" just now...

The end of this history is likely to be:

Humans who have completed the technological revolution have created the complete body of artificial intelligence - the main brain, and then the consciousness of all human beings is forced to enter the false world constructed by the main brain.

When everyone believes it, it is time to complete this hypnosis.

By then, with a snap of your fingers, virtuality and reality will be completely reversed.

The people of the Lone City will regard everything about the Lone City as virtual, and when they open their eyes, they will see the illusion of facing and negative vision constructed by Jiang Shu.

"Create history? I'll do it." Jiang Shu didn't answer the fox directly, but just smiled faintly.

history……

Do you still need to make up?

The six million years of history of the evolution of human civilization on Earth is a period of logically absolute self-consistent history, because it is a real existence.

"Even if you don't consider the success rate of your making up history, the success rate of this matter..." The fox's brow was still deeply frowning.

Judging from his current deduction, this matter is even more difficult than directly using war to destroy the three major groups and their main brains.

"It's very low." Jiang Shu said that he understood, "but the winning rate of using war is zero."

Clow has told him this with his practical experience that the easiest means of war seem to be impossible.

The natural character card system has fundamentally eliminated the possibility of violent revolution, the entire battle sequence is in the hands of the enemy, and they do not have enough military equipment to produce poor generations.

Moreover, he was still self-aware of this by his ability.

Even Clow (although he was self-proclaimed), who was a military leader, failed. What qualifications does he have to follow Clow's old path?

The essence of magic is deception, and the magician can do well is just deception.

Such gentle and non-violent methods are more suitable for him.

"But I don't have only one chance." Jiang Shu suddenly said something that made the fox even more confused.

"Huh?" The fox was stunned when he heard this. He blinked in confusion and looked at Jiang Shu in front of him.

"What is the process of hypnosis?" Jiang Shu interrupted the fox's thinking with another question.

"Hypnosis is introduced, induced, deepened, and confirm the hypnosis level. If the hypnosis level is not enough, continue to deepen until the hypnosis level reaches the level where 'treatment' can be started, 'treatment' and finally hypnosis is relieved." The fox answered without thinking, completely blurting out.

This is his daily work as a hypnotist.

"This is what I'm going to do next." Jiang Shu continued, looking into the far sky.

Perhaps, it can be a magic trick that deceives everyone.

It's interesting and difficult, but it's not impossible.

Now, he began to understand what Clowe said, "Only you can do it" means.

Some things may really be done by him, a magician from another world.

"Just call it...'Castle in the air'." Jiang Shu murmured, and then he smiled at himself.

The fox didn't hear it clearly and subconsciously asked, "What did you say?"

"Nothing." Jiang Shu shook her head and did not say it again.

"Then what are we going to do next." The fox continued to ask.

Jiang Shu turned around, he raised a finger on his lips and made a gesture of silence, and then he said softly: "As before, everything is carried out according to the previous plan, and we cannot make the master's brain have any doubts. We must continue under its rules."

"So--" he looked at the fox and said, "Now, you must completely forget what I just said. I need to hypnotize you and modify this memory."

"Why?" The fox was stunned again, "Don't you need my help this time?"

"I need it, but you can't continue to have this memory until I confirm something." Jiang Shu said, and then apologized first, "Sorry."
To be continued...