Psychic power is an intangible and formless force. Once released, ordinary people find it hard to detect, making it an insidious threat.
Through scientific investigation, it has been discovered to be a peculiar type of brainwave.
Once a person awakens their psychic gene, they can emit this brainwave like an echo wave. When it strikes an object, it rebounds, and the pituitary gland receives the brainwave. In that back-and-forth, the body naturally perceives information about the world—much like a dolphin's echolocation.
Moreover, when this brainwave grows powerful enough, it can take on a tangible quality, interfering with a person's thoughts, hypnotizing them, or even creating hallucinations as vivid as reality.
This is the principle behind a gene hypnotist.
A gene hypnotist awakens their psychic gene and uses psychic power to hypnotize others. This can treat psychological disorders, induce deep sleep, and nurture the mind.
However, some hypnotists also use this ability to manipulate people's hearts and minds for ill-gotten gains.
In short, the gene hypnotist is a very niche profession among gene masters. Its abilities aren't particularly formidable or versatile, but they are undeniably eerie.
Yet Feng Lin found himself intrigued.
The human heart is often the hardest thing to fathom.
If he could master this psychic hypnosis ability, he could invisibly peer into people's minds—that would be formidable.
It would allow him to know what others were thinking in advance, giving him a massive edge in psychological battles.
Within Giant Pharmaceutical, things were deeply strange, with hidden currents and treacherous hearts.
He might be able to use this psychic hypnosis ability to uncover various secrets, get to the truth, prevent trouble before it happened, and thus keep himself invincible.
With that thought, Feng Lin began searching for information about gene hypnotists.
Although Giant Pharmaceutical was just a gene potion company, its training materials provided very detailed information about gene masters, including gene hypnotists.
"Hypnosis is a form of mental control. A hypnotist must first have a strong mind, then use language, actions, and body language to radiate their charisma, creating powerful suggestions and influence. This makes the other person's brain susceptible to your influence, ultimately controlling their subconscious... Hypnotist certifications are divided into hypnotist apprentice, junior hypnotist, intermediate hypnotist, advanced hypnotist, and then hypnotist master. Hypnotist apprentices earn little; anyone who awakens their psychic gene can learn hypnosis techniques. But hypnotists are different—they must pass many rigorous exams, achieving the ability to control people's minds through hypnosis, to become official hypnotists. A junior hypnotist can induce deep sleep and heal mental trauma! The monthly salary for a junior hypnotist ranges from tens of thousands to a million star coins..."
The training material was very thorough on gene hypnotists.
Feng Lin browsed through it: "What? The monthly salary for a junior gene hypnotist is that high?"
He was tempted. If he became a gene hypnotist, his psychic power would gain lethal potential. Not only would he have another means of self-defense, but he could also use it to earn a lot of star coins—it would be a valuable skill.
Once he made up his mind, Feng Lin acted on it.
Although Giant Pharmaceutical's courses were just basic knowledge, they were more than enough for Feng Lin at this point.
Feng Lin opened the holographic projection, and a middle-aged man with a long beard appeared. He wore a robe, sat cross-legged in meditation, his expression as calm as an ancient well, serene and natural. He began to speak slowly.
He introduced the topic gradually.
"To learn hypnosis, you must first understand the life magnetic field!"
"Life magnetic field?" Feng Lin pondered, feeling the term sounded profoundly mysterious.
At that moment, the gene hypnotist on the holographic screen explained in detail.
"The life magnetic field is an elusive thing, hard to grasp with scientific instruments. It must be sensed with keen psychic power. The life magnetic field is a special field composed of a living being's breathing, heartbeat, pulse, and even brainwaves, with a unique frequency of fluctuation. Each person's life magnetic field is one of a kind, like a fingerprint. Among a thousand people, there are a thousand different life magnetic fields. Across the vast, boundless starry expanse, it's impossible for two life magnetic fields to be identical—even identical twins would have clear differences. What a gene hypnotist must do is keenly perceive the life magnetic field of a person or other living being, then use language, body language, and actions to create a mental resonance, eventually numbing the other's consciousness and leaving them under your control. This sounds mysterious, but the logic is simple. For example, before a war, a general's speech, singing military songs, or passionate addresses can inspire soldiers into a fervent state, fighting fearlessly to the death—that's also a form of hypnosis..."
Feng Lin's eyes sparkled with fascination as he committed every precious word to memory.
"In hypnosis, being subtle and leaving no trace is the mark of a master. If it's too deliberate, it will stir resistance in the other person's mind. Therefore, modern hypnotists commonly use three methods: hand seals, mantras, and props. Hand seals are a special martial art that stimulates one's own psychic power to bewitch and hypnotize the other's consciousness. Mantras use specific vocal rhythms to vibrate and influence a person's mind—for instance, the Buddhist mantras from ancient Earth are the most famous hypnotic sounds, with an enlightening effect. Props involve using peculiar items like pocket watches, coins, or playing cards to divert the other's attention, achieving silent hypnosis... Though the methods differ, the principle is the same. At its core, hypnosis is about using your own mind to break down another's. There are three key points: first, grasp the other's life magnetic field—this relies entirely on your intuition and sensitivity. Second, you must project your spirit through body language and voice, creating rich influence. Third, seize the moment to shatter the other's mental defenses. Master these three points, and you can become a qualified hypnotist..."
At this point, Feng Lin paused the tutorial and began to reflect.
These three key points of hypnosis sounded easy but were far from simple in practice.
A person might have great physical strength, but they need to learn fighting techniques to unleash it; otherwise, they're just a clumsy ox.
Similarly, a person might have a strong mind, but they must also learn how to project it.
Releasing physical strength is simple; releasing the mind is a hundred times harder.
How exactly should it be done?
With this question, Feng Lin continued watching.
"Projecting the mind takes many forms. Here, I'll introduce only the simplest trick: smiling. A genuine smile from the heart, shown on the face, has an intangible infectious quality that brings joy to others. A smile makes people trust you. If you keep a cold, poker-faced expression, others will subconsciously resist you from the first glance, greatly reducing your hypnosis success rate. The mind, matter, and body—the body is the bridge connecting matter and mind. Through changes in the body, you can more easily enter another person's mind..."
The tutorial ended abruptly there.
Projecting the power of the mind begins with a smile.
Hearing this, Feng Lin had a sudden epiphany. He finally understood what body language meant and how to project the mind's power.
This was the simplest, most straightforward truth.
He now grasped the general principles. Next, he needed to learn how to become a gene hypnotist.