Chengdu, outside the interrogation room of a certain place in Guoan.

The interrogation experts who had arrived from the imperial capital stood opposite Li Xiang, nodding their heads again and again while listening to his speculation.

So I judged that what they really cared about was not the 'death' itself, but the aftermath of death."

"The psychological damage caused to them by the death of an immediate family member is enormous, whether it's Paul or Jace, but the problem is, we don't know exactly what the psychological damage actually manifests itself in."

"However, there is reason to believe that it is impossible for them to completely desensitize it."

"Otherwise, their lives wouldn't have gone this way."

"So, let's just be simple and straightforward, directly filter out the iconic symbols in this event, and conduct a comprehensive test on them."

"As long as a reaction is observed, further in-depth exploration is carried out."

"I understand, this is a psychodynamic theory-—— we did use the theory of the behavioral school before, and there should be some deviation in this point."

The expert nodded slightly, and then continued:

"So if we need to start from a psychodynamic point of view, the first thing to do is to create enough 'elements' to elicit a subliminal response."

"At this point, the intelligence services need to be deeply involved."

"We need a lot of symbolic images and sounds to test him in a semi-conscious state."

"These images and sounds include"

"We're ready."

Li Xiang interrupted the expert's words, and then asked:

"What are the requirements for a semi-lucid state? In a trance? What medications are needed? ”

The expert hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke:

"Hallucinogens are fine, but the problem is that if hallucinogens are used, the continuity of his mind will be interrupted."

"Or to put it bluntly, he doesn't think that his hallucinating self and his awake self are the same person, and if the principle of 'can't speak' is not broken, you want to continue the in-depth interrogation, which is impossible."

"So, my advice is that it's better not to do anything, just continue to wear off his physical strength and keep him in a state of exhaustion."

"Yes."

Li Xiang replied decisively.

"So let's get started?"

"No problem."

After a brief exchange of follow-up notes, this special interrogation continued.

Paul and Jace were sent into two new interrogation rooms, and in front of them was a large screen, and on the large screen, there was a multi-function camera that locked their faces at all times, and even the slightest change in their pupils could not escape the eyes of the interrogators.

And on his head, he also wears a hood with complex sensors, monitoring the changes in his brain's electrical signals in real time.

"Let's start playing."

Li Xiang took a deep breath and gave an order.

In fact, after entering the core of the intelligence department, he has not been trained in interrogation and counter-interrogation, and has even personally participated in more than ten interrogations, but it is the first time to face such a hard bone and such an extreme situation.

He didn't have 100% confidence, and the reason why he wanted to try it was only because Chen Nian really gave him inspiration.

"Breaking bones and scattering ashes"?

This trick may not necessarily be useful, but the kernel revealed behind it may indeed be useful.

"Destroy what a person really values."

And to do this, the first thing to do, is to find what he values.

The footage kept flashing, and through the surveillance camera, Li Xiang carefully observed Paul's reaction.

"Is the face recognition system connected?"

He took the moment to ask the technician next to him.

"With access, the AI analysis library has been launched, but our white database is relatively small, and the analysis accuracy is not necessarily enough."

"It's okay, just turn down the sensitivity and then do a manual re-screening."

As he spoke, the system issued the first warning.

"Pupil changes, lips micro-expressions change. What is the content of the photo? ”

Li Xiang asked immediately.

"The photos of the jumping scene, as we judged, he was not completely desensitized to the incident itself, and the direction was right."

"It's too broad. Theoretically, he would react to all such photographs. ”

Li Xiang is not in a hurry, at this time, the progress of the material library scrolling is only 10%, and the directivity of the follow-up materials will be higher and the excitement will gradually increase.

"The second warning, the funeral -—— experts gave feedback, and this time the fluctuations are relatively obvious."

"Obviously normal."

Li Xiang nodded slightly.

In fact, the human experience of death itself is not too strong, because in the face of huge mood swings, the human brain will automatically activate the shielding mechanism to prevent physiological damage caused by overload.

On the contrary, after death itself becomes a thing of the past, its consequences are gradually intensified and solidified into the subconscious mind in contrast after comparison, forming indelible traces.

So it's not uncommon for the response to the funeral to be stronger than the response to the death itself.

The following images continue this logic.

His father's relics, from the family portrait to the photo of him with his mother, to the photo of his doctoral graduation alone, to the family portrait of his mother's new formation.

Paul's reaction frequency reached a peak, but soon began to decrease rapidly.

It seems that his memories are indeed fading.

"Filter out the creative groups that have strong reactions and use AI to expand them."

Li Xiang gave the order without hesitation.

A whole new set of images was then inserted into the group.

The funeral scene has been expanded into a pictorial record of the whole process of burial, and these pictures even contain detailed scenes of the body saying goodbye and closing the coffin.

Paul's reaction frequency reached its highest level since the test.

"Keep expanding!"

The level of detail in the material was once again enhanced, but to Li Xiang's surprise, this time, Paul's frequency of reaction did not increase.

There was no problem with the general direction, but the weakness that was buried deep in his subconscious did not seem to have been found.

Why don't you really try to break the bones and scatter the ashes?

Li Xiang scratched his head and instructed the technical team to quickly generate a brand new picture.

The graves that had already been buried were re-dug up, the bodies were dragged out, and the ashes were scattered into the air

This time, without even the help of technology, the change in Paul was clearly visible.

His breathing visibly became rapid, and his brow furrowed.

According to the data, the body temperature of his whole body has risen suddenly, and the frequency of pupil contraction is also increasing rapidly.

It's not something that can be disguised.

"That's it-—— wait a minute, what he cares about is indeed the corpse, but it doesn't seem to be the case that the corpse is desecrated. The AI expands one more time and continues to make a fuss out of the corpses. ”

More of the picture unfolded, and Paul was already trying to close his eyes, but the restraints wouldn't allow him to do so.

And when the scene progresses to a man dragging the body out of the grave and placing it with the other bodies, Paul's spirit breaks.

At this moment, Li Xiang finally saw through the essence of the "live photo" that made him react slightly.

The point is not on the corpse itself, but on the "corpse next to the corpse".

He confidently turned on the microphone and spoke to Paul in the interrogation room:

"You don't have to bury your father's body."

A few hours later, in Chen Nian's office.

Li Xiang sat on the sofa with a tired face, drinking water with a frown, while quickly flipping through the latest information.

"So what is the end result? Wait, tell me first, how did you get him to speak? ”

Chen Nian asked curiously.

"Actually, it's very simple, just like you said, break bones and scatter ashes."

"He saw his father's body with his own eyes, but what hit him the most was not the corpse itself, but the scene where 'the corpse and the corpse became one'."

"If you think about it, it's such a total destruction. To be honest, I used to watch the news and say that Mrs. Kennedy went to pick up a skull or something, and I thought it was an exaggeration, but now it seems that it is normal to make irrational actions in the case of an emotional breakdown. ”

"-—— don't talk about this, in short, it's not as difficult as we imagined to get him to speak, especially with the blessing of new technology."

"First through a powerful click through his psychological defense, let him take the initiative to speak, everything is basically over."

"The next thing to talk about is the exchange of interests at various levels."

"We promised to give him asylum, we promised not to hold him accountable for past events, we promised not to reveal his whereabouts to other powerful American agencies, and in exchange he would give us what information he had about that organization."

"Isn't it nice that the deal is negotiated?"

Looking at Li Xiang's expression, Chen Nian couldn't help but be a little puzzled.

He doesn't look like he's just finished a big thing, but more like he's encountered an intractable problem.

"You didn't get what you wanted?"

He continued.

"No, on the contrary, we have a lot of available intelligence."

Li Xiang shook his head and continued:

"But here's the problem-—— if all this information is true, then things are a bit of a problem."

"Involving a third country?"

Chen Nian immediately asked.

"Not involved. If a third country is involved, it will not be a big problem. ”

Li Xiang sighed and explained:

"Let's start directly with intelligence-—— first of all, according to the information we have, this Paul created the previous Musk assassination, and Jace created the Falcon-9 rocket recovery explosion."

"The two of them shouldn't have any information at the same time, because the two missions, although they seem to be continuous, are completely separate missions."

"But their superiors, after considering the particularity of the task, packaged the two tasks into one and handed them over directly to the two of them."

"And the two of them, starting from zero, made all the plans."

"This includes how to procure guns and ammunition that cannot be tracked, how to set up underwater floating beacons, how to determine the final landing point of the Falcon-9, and how to destroy the locking system of the offshore platform"

"We can be sure that they did not receive any help from any third party during the implementation of this series of plans, and they did everything themselves."

"It's scary. Do you know what that means? ”

"It means that they have a completely severed relationship with the parent organization."

Chen Nian replied subconsciously.

"It's not just that."

Li Xiang's expression was extremely solemn, he looked at Chen Nian fixedly, and said:

"That means they don't get paid and they get to work."

"This means that the members of this organization are not bound together by interests."

"Their superiors only provide support in terms of resources and information, and even very few resources are provided."

"In the case of Musk, for example, the superiors provided a way to buy guns, but according to Paul, the process of buying guns was still extremely difficult, and even almost exposed, because he had never been in contact with such arms smugglers before."

"He had to prepare for this for half a year, during which he tried to ask the organization's liaison for help, but the liaison rejected him outright."

"So do you see that? The overall structure and mode of action of this organization"

"It's very similar to us."

Chen Nian said in a deep voice.

"Yes, it's a lot like us in the early days, and even more secretive."

"And it's terrible that they can maintain a fairly close connection with such a structure, and they can launch three successful operations."

"I don't understand how the hell they're going to keep this organization going."

"You wait."

Chen Nian interrupted Li Xiang, and after thinking for a moment, asked:

"If this organization is not sustained by profits, then what about the resources they enjoyed when they were arrested in Qatar?"

"That's another question."

Li Xiang went on to explain:

"Their billing method is one-time."

"At the end of the task, the person who has successfully completed the task can make a request, and the organization will do its best to ensure that their request is met."

"Both of them put forward the condition that they can live in Qatar for a long time, so that they want to witness human development up close – especially those developments that the United States wants to do but can't."

"It's one of their organization's agendas — but let's not talk about that."

"Again, back to the original question: they made a request and it was met, but they didn't know how it was done organizationally."

"Someone has done these things for them, but it's another 'task bearer' who has done them, not a core member of the organization."

"In other words, the connection between the core layer and the executive layer is completely severed, even if we catch the subordinate personnel, it will be even more difficult to go along the way."

"Awesome."

Chen Nian couldn't help but sigh.

"It's an upgraded version of us — or an upgraded version of the blockchain."

However, such a decentralized operation must always have a low-level credit foundation, right? What is their credit base? ”

Having said this, Chen Nian suddenly shivered.

He kind of understood what the source of that expression on Li Xiang's face was.

Yes, this organization may not have any credit base for the time being, and the reason why the current three events can be carried out can be basically said to be accidental.

But soon, the foundation will take shape.

Not only because of the successful cashing out of the three mission rewards-—— but also the cost of cashing out, and the cost problem will return to that underlying foundation again.

They are bound to the main line of "development".

Or rather

"Damn! Are they bound to us? ”

"That's right."

Li Xiang nodded and replied.

"They're a radical version of us."

(End of chapter)