Chapter 128 - Phantom Plan (8) (1/2)

Chapter 128: Phantom Plan (8)

Jin Xingdong had consulted Professor Fang Yu about Lu Jia’er’s situation.

After listening to Jin Xiangdong through the phone, Professor Fang said. “The things that you propose are possible. There is a type of amnesia—posthypnotic amnesia in hypnotherapy. The hypnotist could then induce the hypnotized person to do something that she would never do normally when she was conscious. After the hypnotized person is awake, she would not realise that she has been hypnotized. The most amazing thing is the post-hypnotic suggestion effect. The hypnotized person would still execute the suggestion that she received during the hypnosis, without fail, for a period after she regained consciousness. The effect could last for several days or even up to a year.”

Professor Fang Yu spilled out a bunch of jargon that Jin Xiangdong did not understand.

“You are saying that this could happen?” JIn Xiangdong asked.

“I wouldn’t be able to draw a conclusive diagnosis as I have never seen her in person. A lot of people seem to have a misunderstanding when it comes to hypnosis. In fact, hypnosis is a very effective treatment for clinical medicine nowadays. However, it is not as omnipotent and mysterious as it sounds in legends and myths. Also, there is an eternal principle in hypnosis. If the hypnotized person ever felt the slightest distrust toward the hypnotist, the hypnosis would fail.” Professor Fang Yu answered.

“One must trust the hypnotist to get hypnotized?” Jin Xiangdong asked.

“Yes, the hypnotized person must trust the hypnotist entirely for the hypnosis to happen. If the hypnotized person does not trust the hypnotist, naturally, she would not tell the hypnotist her secret. Even if she were hypnotized, she would still be alert and keep her guard up.” Professor Fang Yu explained further.

“After the hypnotist gains their trust, he would make the hypnotized person relax her mind and concentrate through a set of pre-designed processes and then deliver his suggestions. Once the hypnotized person accepts the suggestions, emotion, cognition and behaviour of the hypnotized person would change.”

Jin Xiangdong still needed some time to understand the jargon. The only thing he wanted to know was whether Lu Jia’er was truly hypnotized.

“Professor Fang, although I am only guessing, is there any way to confirm whether my guess is true?”

“There are a few ways to determine whether a person is hypnotized—to check whether the person has lost her subconscious, she could not resist the hypnotist’s suggestions or she does something she never did previously,” said Professor Fang Yu.

“If a person were truly hypnotized, how would you get rid of it?” Jin Xiangdong had learned a few things about hypnosis after consulting with Professor Fang, but it had not solved the doubts in his heart.

“It would be to either get the hypnotist to stop the effect or the hypnotized person realises that she has been hypnotized. If you suspect that a person is hypnotized, talk to her and wake her subconscious up, make her realise that she has been hypnotized,” Professor Fang responded.

“Alright, thank you Professor Fang. Sorry for disturbing you at this hour,” said Jin Xiangdong.

“You’re welcome,” Professor Fang answered.

“Well, I hang up now. Have a good rest!” said Jin Xiangdong.

After hanging up the phone, Jin Xiangdong turned on the computer to look for some information about hypnosis.

Most people were introduced to the idea of hypnosis through films where the hypnotist would swing a pendulum or used various gestures as well as tricks to deliver their suggestions. The hypnotist induced the hypnotized person falling into different stages of trance and forced her to do all sorts of things that were against their will. It was truly incredible!

Jason leaned over and saw the line on the computer screen—light hypnosis stage was capable of controlling an individual’s muscle activity, second stage hypnosis could affect an individual’s senses and perceptions while the deep hypnosis could further control an individual’s mind and consciousness. The deeper the stage of hypnosis, the stronger the impact on an individual.

“If Professor Lu is truly being hypnotized and she could remember everyone but you, she is most probably falling into the deep hypnosis,” Jason guessed.

Jin Xiangdong disregarded Jason and continued reading.

“Look at you! You have really lost your mind over a woman!” Jason took a glance at Jin Xiangdong.

“He won’t be able to hack the company’s system,” Jin Xiangdong said.

“How do you know?” Jason stared at him.

“We could hardly locate the IP address if the hacker invades my notebook. However, he would surely leave a trace if he were invading the company’s system,” Jin Xiangdong said calmly.

“Yeah, you are right. No matter how powerful the hacker is, he could hardly break the company’s security system in just a few minutes. Unless he wants to get exposed,” hearing Jin Xiangdong, Jason had finally came to his senses.

“Go home and get some rest,” said Jin Xiangdong.

“It’s late, I am staying here tonight.” Jason disregarded all his ethics and said forthrightly.

“Did you contact Su Han this week?” Jin Xiangdong asked when Jason was about to leave the study.

“I did, but I didn’t dare to have much contact with her after this incident.” Jason paused his steps to answer.

It was natural that Jason would do that as the relationship between Jason and Su Han was not too strong.

The next day, Jin Xiangdong went directly to Lu Jia’er’a apartment after he got to know that Lu Jia’er was at home through Jason and Su Han.