Of course, the image of Lin Zhen within Yun Ruoxi’s subconscious was not complete. Dr. Forefinger had intentionally left only a small vestige of Lin Zhen’s image, not preserving all the memories associated with him.
Doing this had two main benefits.
He could also ensure that, in a truly desperate situation, he could manipulate Yun Ruoxi to deal harshly with Lin Zhen.
Furthermore, when preparing for Yun Ruoxi to execute the beauty trap, he could release the image of Lin Zhen buried in her subconscious, making Yun Ruoxi feel an unfamiliar fondness for him.
This way, under his command, she would climb into Lin Zhen’s bed without too many reservations.
And afterwards, she wouldn’t blame him for it.
After all, personality remodeling is quite different from forced mind control. Personality remodeling creates a personality absolutely loyal to the Saints’ Hand Society, while forced mind control directly turns a person into a rigid “robot.”
Therefore, after Yun Ruoxi’s personality remodeling, Dr. Forefinger could certainly force her, who didn’t know Lin Zhen, to climb into his bed.
However, such a severe violation of the girl’s bottom line would inevitably breed resentment within her, who still possessed autonomous thought.
This resentment might not erupt in the short term, but once it did, it would absolutely not be a small matter.
He understood all too well how decisive and cruel a Yun Ruoxi with a remodeled dark personality could be.
Consider defeat before considering victory.
Dr. Forefinger was nothing if not cautious. After the lesson learned from his previous failure with Lin Zhen and the others, he had nearly been caught by the Shengcai this time.
He never imagined he wouldn’t fail on Yun Ruoxi’s end, only for personality remodeling to be his downfall. If he couldn’t pass this hurdle and was forced to perform personality remodeling on Yun Ruoxi again, it would be a complete disaster.
He had great confidence in his plan, especially the beauty trap.
The beauty trap was a tactic he learned from the Saints’ Hand Society.
Over four hundred years ago, the Saints’ Hand Society discovered a star energy user in the cosmic frontier beyond the Empire’s reach. This individual possessed supernatural power and strength of an incredibly high level.
The Saints’ Hand Society was very interested in his supernatural power. Upon learning he had no background or affiliation with any major power, being a lone wanderer, they became even more intent on recruiting him into the Society.
However, this star energy user was simply too powerful; the Saints’ Hand Society couldn’t defeat or capture him.
Left with no choice, the Saints’ Hand Society decided to use people to control the person.
If they couldn’t defeat you, couldn’t they handle the people around you?
Gritting their teeth, the Saints’ Hand Society sent people to directly abduct all of this powerful individual’s relatives, brainwashing them all into becoming their own people.
Then, based on information obtained from them and their own collected intelligence, they used a super-intelligent AI to construct an AI thought model of this powerful individual that was nearly identical to the real person, even accurately capturing his unspoken difficulties, regrets, and preferences.
Afterwards.
The Saints’ Hand Society embarked on an utterly inhuman campaign of conquest.
They continuously dispatched female trainees who matched the powerful individual’s preferences, using every means to create coincidences, making him fall in love with one of the trainees, who then became pregnant with his child.
The most ingenious part of this, and what enlightened Dr. Forefinger, was that the female trainee had genuinely fallen in love with that powerful individual.
Yet, she couldn’t sever her ties with the Saints’ Hand Society, which had raised her.
Upon discovering the truth, the powerful individual was initially furious and humiliated, pursuing and hammering the Saints’ Hand Society for nearly a year.
But in the end, now completely surrounded by his own people who had all sided with the Saints’ Hand Society, and facing the pregnant female trainee, he ultimately chose to join the Saints’ Hand Society.
Of course, at that time, he certainly wasn’t willing.
He absolutely harbored the thought of taking his relatives and family away once the child was born.
After all, the Saints’ Hand Society couldn’t stop him.
But the Saints’ Hand Society was such a powerful organization; they had a hundred ways to subdue such a person.
So, in the end, that powerful individual never left the Saints’ Hand Society. He has now become the head of the Mission Department, wielding immense authority.
While Dr. Forefinger didn’t possess the authority to mobilize the entire organization’s power to subdue a star energy user,
how could Lin Zhen possibly compare to even one-tenth of that individual?
Moreover, the feelings between Yun Ruoxi and Lin Zhen were already the greatest weapon in his arsenal.
Dr. Forefinger told a lie in front of the Shengcai.
Although his expression appeared quite calm, he felt somewhat nervous while waiting for a reply.
He really didn’t want his brilliant plan to fall through.
After listening to Dr. Forefinger’s explanation, the Shengcai didn’t answer immediately.
He silently looked at the girl in the culture tank, seemingly deep in thought. Beside him, Behemoth opened his mouth slightly, looking as if he had something to say but hesitated.
Three years ago, after Lin Zhen and the others escaped, he had reported it according to Dr. Forefinger’s account.
Although he suffered some punishment afterwards, being stripped of his position as a combat camp instructor, he had diligently carried out his duties over these three years. Now, the impact of that punishment was gone.
So now, regarding the existence of “Ye Lan,” he no longer held the same high hopes as before. He just wanted it to end peacefully without affecting him again.
And based on his understanding of Dr. Forefinger, he knew that if even one-tenth of what this guy just said was true, it would be a lot.
Should he expose him…
Behemoth was still pondering.
Meanwhile, seeing the Shengcai remain silent, Dr. Forefinger’s heart hung higher and higher. He couldn’t help but want to say a few more words to persuade the Shengcai.
But just then, the visualized mental world of Yun Ruoxi from the subconscious manifestor had reached the third act of the script.
The subconscious-projected Dr. Forefinger interrogated Yun Ruoxi.
Looking at the panicked girl on the screen, the Shengcai suddenly raised his hand and remotely controlled the subconscious manifestor.
He brought forth the anchor point that Dr. Forefinger had deliberately preserved—the remnant image of Lin Zhen embedded in the subconscious.
An ordinary comb, handmade by the girl.
Forcibly extracting the anchor point from the subconscious immediately caused the visualized mental world to collapse.
Watching the girl slump to the ground and the projection disappear, a look of dejection appeared on Dr. Forefinger’s face.
It’s over. Everything is finished.
Being able to find this anchor point meant the Shengcai had confirmed the tampering he had done in Yun Ruoxi’s subconscious.
He lowered his head, preparing to admit his mistake.
Given his status and rank, as long as he didn’t commit a major error, the consequences usually wouldn’t be too severe. It’s just that with this stain, his distance from that project would become even greater.
“This assessment… Ye has passed.”
Before Dr. Forefinger could speak, he was suddenly interrupted by the Shengcai.
Timidly, he looked up to see the projection of the tall man wrapped in a white robe looking at him with a calm expression.
“The organization accepts that members may have their own agendas, but the premise is that what members do aligns with the organization’s interests.”
“But don’t think that what you do goes unnoticed by the organization. The Saints see everything clearly.”