Jian Zhaoxing

Chapter 206 Numerology and Psychology
Upon hearing this, Lu Huai's eyes lit up:
"Could it be that the crop circles you mentioned earlier were a form of trance hypnosis, and the Fibonacci sequence that followed was a form of lucid hypnosis?"

Seeing that someone understood her meaning, Lin Zhiqing smiled:
"Yes, that's the truth."

"Wait, what did you just say? What 'non-wave'?" Jiang Liuyun picked at his ear.

The others also had expressions that said, "What are you talking about?"

"The Fibonacci sequence is a mathematical concept, also known as the golden ratio sequence. It's a bit difficult, and I can't explain it in too much detail," Lin Zhiqing said, shrugging.

"Just remember that this sequence has a set of values: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, etc."

Have you noticed any patterns in this?

Lin Zhiqing looked at the others expectantly.

But only Lin Jiusi seemed to be thinking: "Starting from the third number, is each number the sum of the previous two?"

Lin Jiusi, as expected of someone who has worked in business with his second grandfather, is indeed more sensitive to numbers than others.

“That’s right.” Lin Zhiqing nodded.

0+1=1，1+1=2，1+2=3……

As the numbers increase, the ratio of one number to the next approaches the golden ratio, hence the Fibonacci sequence is also called the golden ratio sequence.

Everyone else listened attentively, but Jiang Liuyun spoke up with a smile: "Brother Lu, Qing'er's numerology skills are comparable to yours, but I can't understand any of it."

This remark elicited laughter from the table, but only Lin Yangyang truly understood it, because she couldn't comprehend it either.

Lin Zhiqing chuckled lightly: "You don't know this, but Lu Huai figured these things out himself. I just happened to know the name of it."

"What?" Jiang Liuyun looked at Lu Huai and exclaimed in surprise, "I thought Qing'er was the one who discovered something so complicated. It turns out it was Brother Lu."

“That’s right. Apart from Brother Lu, no one else would study this convoluted stuff.”

"I just happened to mention it. It's because A-Qing is smart and quick to understand. She also knows many things that I don't know." Lu Huai brought the topic back to Lin Zhiqing.

Little did they know that upon hearing the name "A-Qing," apart from Jiang Liuyun and Lin Yangyang, the expressions on the faces of everyone at the table varied.

More importantly, Lin Zhiqing acted as if nothing had happened.

When did the two become so familiar?
Lin Congli and Lin Congyan both subconsciously looked at Jiang Liuyun.

“That’s right, Qing’er is indeed smart.” Jiang Liuyun’s smile was very bright.

Seeing that Jiang Liuyun's words and actions were normal, the two were relieved.

Lu Nanyue, however, looked at her younger brother. She narrowed her eyes but didn't say anything, only lowered her head and drank.

Lin Zhiqing then recalled the circumstances of designing the level that day.

She set her sights on the housing complexes in the western part of the city.

However, because the houses in the West Market were built at varying heights and without any pattern, a good solution could not be found for the time being.

It wasn't until Lu Huai mentioned some numerological knowledge about combining houses that Lin Zhiqing realized he was referring to the Fibonacci sequence, and only then did he focus on the Fibonacci sequence when setting up the hypnotic array.

If Liu Mang wants to escape, he must find the core of the Fibonacci formation.

The key to the formation is the well at its center.

Its corresponding number is the first value in the Fibonacci sequence, 0.

However, this idea is somewhat impractical.

Because Lin Zhiqing cannot merge the housing group into other values ​​through human effort.

In this situation, she thought of using psychology to fill the gaps in mathematics.

In a hypnotic dream, the positions of all buildings or objects can be altered, but it requires a certain amount of skill. Lin Zhiqing did two things.

First, certain objects were added to Liu Mang's inevitable route in advance.

For example, flowers, willow leaves, and so on, which highly overlap with the Fibonacci sequence.

The lines of these objects will remain in a person's mind through the subconscious.

Once a person enters a hypnotic state, the house in West City will automatically form Fibonacci spiral-related content in the hypnotized person's mind.

Secondly, from the lanterns at the beginning to the violet field, Lin Zhiqing has been trying to capture part of Liu Mang's visual system by deepening his impression of colors.

Only in this way can those houses, under the obstructed visual system, be put together according to the dream created by Lin Zhiqing.

However, these objects are all contained within other levels. It is precisely because of this that Liu Mang thought he had gotten rid of the object when he passed through those levels and was no longer on guard.

Little did they know, those challenges were merely superficial.

From beginning to end, Lin Zhiqing had only two objectives.

First, it stirs up Liu Mang's emotions; this is the function of the checkpoint.

Secondly, by laying the groundwork layer by layer, the author waits for Liu Mang's emotions to erupt, triggering all the images remaining in his mind.

Thus, he was deceived by the dream and confessed his crimes.

This preparation is the process of transitioning from trance-like hypnosis to conscious hypnosis.

From the moment Liu Mang set off until he saw the crop circles in his dream, he was first exposed to various psychological suggestions and guidance, which made his subconscious mind wander before he fell into a hypnotic state.

This is called trance hypnosis.

The manifestation of this hypnosis was that Liu Mang knew he was being hypnotized.

Everything that happened afterward, such as stepping into the West Market housing complex or having hallucinations at the entrance of the market, was all filmed from the ground up, showing Liu Mang being hypnotized without his knowledge.

This is called waking hypnosis.

"So, the reason Liu Mang could openly say those things on the execution ground was because he thought I was dead?" Lin Congyan understood and figured it out.

"You could say that, but to be more precise, it wasn't that he thought you were dead, it was that you died in his dream," Lin Zhiqing replied.

"Because he didn't know he was dreaming and that what he saw was fake, he revealed his true colors."

"Brilliant, absolutely brilliant!" Lin Congyan never expected the truth to be like this.

Although Lin Zhiqing only mentioned it briefly, he could tell that the process was definitely not as simple as Lin Zhiqing made it out to be.

If Liu Mang had been one step ahead, the Lin family would all be dead today!

Moreover, Lin Congyan did witness Liu Mang's struggles on the execution ground.

He had never heard of or seen such a method of controlling people with a flute.

Lin Zhiqing and his group were facing far more than just a simple person.

That's why he felt even more moved and even more guilty.

To this day, he still doesn't understand how he could have been so tricked by Liu Mang and bewitched into taking Chun as a concubine.

Now, not only has his family been forced to run around in vain, but even his wife...

Thinking about this, he felt a little down and couldn't help but drink a few more glasses of wine.

At the same time, he secretly made up his mind that he would treat Lin Zhiqing as his own daughter from now on!