Chapter 310 The Second Thought Brand
The planet where the Super Modifiers' headquarters base is located.
The day when the second ideological branding plan was implemented.
Is it, just solved like this?
When Catherine walked out of the Super Transformer Center Laboratory, she felt like she was walking in the clouds.
She felt that there was something absurd about the whole thing, an absurdity that could not be described in words.
From the last physical examination, which was four galactic days later, to today's official second ideological imprinting, she has been like walking a tightrope in a gravity zone. Every step she takes is very difficult, but there is always a big hand behind her to hold her and protect her all the way.
The second thought imprinting experiment just now shut down most of the functions of her brain chip, and only maintained the self-cleaning and anti-rejection systems of the chip.
Then……
That’s all.
She stood in the sealed cabin of the mind-branding instrument for five minutes. The holographic helmet she was wearing was playing melodious music all the time, but there was no infrasound that made her feel a little upset during the first mind-branding.
The radio wave disturbance that should have occurred did not occur;
The strong psychological suggestion that should have happened did not happen.
After Catherine finished listening to two pieces of music, two lines of small words popped up in front of her eyes.
[Congratulations, you have completed this branding. The Empire is proud of you. ]
[Tell your people not to make a fuss. There was almost trouble before. Just go back to your own lounge quietly. I will protect the loyalists for you.]
This was all she went through during the mind branding ceremony.
She had no idea who wrote the last two lines of small words.
On the buildings on both sides, hundreds of transformers were staring at Catherine, and several sniper rifles were aimed at Catherine's tall and slender figure.
The on-site commander, Captain Grace, was staring at Catherine with a frown.
Of course Grace knew that Catherine was White Ghost's girlfriend, and he had also eaten dog food mixed with all kinds of flavors.
But the most confidential task that Grace received today was to guard against a small group of super-changers led by Catherine, who might launch a riot in resistance to the second thought imprint.
According to Grace's previous judgment, the most dangerous moment today was actually before Catherine entered the experimental center.
He was extremely impressed by Catherine's strength.
However, no conflict broke out during this process, and Catherine, like the more than 20 super-modifiers who had been the focus of their attention before, successfully completed the second branding.
This made Gris breathe a sigh of relief.
But then, Grace vaguely realized that something seemed to be wrong.
The reason why so many ordinary modified humans were mobilized here cannot be explained by the phrase "preparing for a rainy day".
The higher-ups should have received accurate information .
But now, nothing happened.
Captain Catherine, the main mission target, did not show any emotional fluctuations throughout the process and completed the thought imprinting very calmly. She had almost no reaction before and after the imprinting, which showed that she recognized the content of the thought imprinting from the bottom of her heart.
'Do you want to ask?'
This thought was running through Grace's mind.
Sudden!
Buzz, buzz!
Grace's watch vibrated continuously, and a message popped up. The sender's profile picture made Grace subconsciously raise his eyebrows.
——The profile picture is a dark historical photo of White Ghost during the period of "Celebrity Hui Saka", with a middle-parted hairstyle and an exaggerated expression.
Grace glanced at Catherine's distant back and clicked on the message.
[Hanton (White Ghost): How is my girlfriend? Is the branding experiment going well? ]
Grace signaled to the people around him to lift the alert, waved to the side, and sent a voice message.
"Your Excellency is truly powerful. How did you know I was here? This is a confidential operation."
[Hanton (White Ghost): You are now a popular figure in the military. If we don't let you do this kind of work, who else can do it? I should have persuaded her. She won't cause any trouble. In about five minutes, a group of super-modified people will enter the experimental center. They should all have problems.]
Gris glanced around and began typing a reply.
[Gris (Vice President of the Fan Club): What you said sounds very meaningful. How did you know? Is the source of the information reliable?]
[Hanton (White Ghost): This involves the internal factional struggle of the Super Modifiers. Someone wants to use the help of the higher-ups to get rid of the annoying Catherine team. Because of my sensitive identity, I cannot go directly to the Super Modifier Center, so I can only entrust these matters to you.]
This guy is lying.
Gris quickly came to his own conclusion.
But then, Grace found that he did not want to expose the white ghost, and even subconsciously felt that this matter had nothing to do with him.
The Super Modifiers and their Skywrath Fortress secret forces were not originally in the same system, and Catherine herself did not resist the branding experiment...
Grace decided not to ask about Catherine.
[Gris (Vice President of the Fan Club): Please treat me to a drink later.]
【Hanton (White Ghost): No problem.】
Grace turned around and walked back to the edge of the building, and said into the headset:
"All teams, cheer up, eliminate the possibility of Captain Catherine launching a rebellion, and continue to lock on the next batch of targets."
"yes!"
"Captain Gris, don't worry! Whoever dares to really attack Captain Catherine, she is also a fierce person who can tear the queen insect apart alive!"
"Let's just say, how could the girlfriend of an imperial hero betray the empire? If the person concerned knew about this, she would be so disheartened."
Gris smiled.
In fact, judging from what Walter White said, it is probably true that Catherine had problems before.
However, once this weird thing called thought imprinting is applied, it can instantly modify the thoughts and cognition of the imprinted person. Catherine's thoughts should have returned to normal now.
Time passes by every second.
About five minutes later, more than a dozen super-modifiers appeared under the building, most of them looking a little nervous, and entered the gate of the experimental center together.
The time that Lao Bai said is so accurate?
The corner of Grace's mouth twitched slightly, and he looked up at the sky.
Outside the thick layer of atmospheric clouds is a planetary defense system as tight as an iron barrel.
…
In the airspace slightly farther away from the planet, the Dongfeng is hiding in a meteorite belt.
clatter!
Yang Ming pressed the shell-shaped communicator and raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Done."
This guy, Gris, is the most difficult character to deal with in today's plan. Now it seems that we can almost stabilize him.
I will give Gris and the others some meat to eat later, so that they can build some achievements here and complete the counterattack of 'ordinary cyborgs' against 'super cyborgs', which can be regarded as returning the favor.
"boss!"
Lu's figure appeared beside him:
"The Super-Changer Center has completed its deployment, and the fourteen Super-Changers marked by Bligh have entered the experimental building."
"How's it going over there, Bly?"
"It's not exposed, but it will definitely leave some traces."
Lu said softly:
"The hidden danger we need to worry about now is actually my predecessor, the empire's defense system.
"If she takes action, we will lose everything in an instant. If she doesn't take action, I am confident that I can complete the cleanup steps and remove all traces."
Yang Ming exhaled lightly.
He smiled and said, "This is an unavoidable risk. When the gap in hard power is too large, all calculations and plans seem pale and powerless."
Lu continued, "Based on the details of the Emperor Star's abdication incident that you have recounted, my predecessor cannot move freely now, otherwise the contemporary emperor would not be subject to such great restrictions. The difficulty of the current plan is that we don't know how much information the emperor has already obtained."
"Just wait and see. Be patient."
Yang Ming lay on his back in the captain's chair, closed his eyes comfortably, and tapped the armrest lightly with his fingers.
He seemed to be able to see everything that was happening in that gray-based building.
…
The dozen or so super-changers marked in advance by Bligh have arrived at the branding laboratory. They have been randomly divided into three groups, with five or four people in each group.
They kept exchanging glances, their expressions becoming increasingly tense.
These people are all members of Catherine's secret group chat.
Although 'A01' sent a message last night, telling them 'everything will be fine';
Moreover, in the past few days, the medical examinations and inquiries they participated in were all completed smoothly without any trouble;
But at this moment, approaching the real branding moment, they still couldn't help but sweat.
There is actually nothing to hesitate about.
The worst outcome of accepting the brand is that they continue their previous lives, becoming the sword of the empire, performing small tasks on a daily basis, and waiting for their own dimensional experiment to come.
beep--
The green light came on, and the first group of five people entered the single-person passage in front and walked towards the five single cabins.
The instrument started successfully.
The branding experiment officially begins.
In a corner of the experimental center, Bligh looked down at the five single cabins under his feet, a strange smile on his face.
Suddenly, there were muffled groans and low growls coming from below.
These sounds lasted only briefly, and the rapid breathing of the five super-modifiers gradually calmed down.
A few minutes later, the words [Branding Experiment Successful] appeared on the projection screen in front of Bly.
Bly opened the button for the branding information, glanced at the contents, and saw a series of bright red "death" characters. He raised his hand and modified the branding content.
He likes this game.
Bligh changed the branding to 'Damn the Empire', 'Overthrow the Imperial Despotism', and 'Never Be Taken Prisoner'.
This is really interesting.
The first batch of five super-modifiers left the single cabin. They lowered their heads and retched, their eyeballs were bloodshot and their muscles were swelling.
Immediately, several medical robots stepped forward and injected sedatives into each of them.
Each super reformer's reaction to receiving the branding varies in degree.
However, most of the super reformers who have accepted the branding today are as calm as Catherine, because the content of the second branding they accepted is not much different from the first branding.
The first brand is [Be loyal to the Sherman Empire and devote everything you have].
The second mark is [to be loyal to the Sherman Empire and His Majesty the Emperor, and to devote everything to the dimensional experiment].
This kind of 'adaptability' itself is not too bad.
Of course, the five people in the lounge were branded with [Die die die die die die], which is difficult for them to accept, so it is normal for them to have a bigger reaction.
A few minutes later, another five super reformers arrived at the lounge, each breathing heavily but with a determined look in their eyes.
After about the same amount of time, the remaining four people completed the reunion.
The fourteen super reformers gathered again, and their reactions varied from big to small.
"Where's the exit?" someone asked, frowning.
Suddenly, there was a sizzling sound from the corner, and clouds of green mist quickly rushed towards their feet.
"Poison gas! It's a neurotoxin!"
"They really want to kill us!"
“Go!”
A super-changer's muscles bulged violently, and he grabbed a medical robot and smashed it against the glass above him, yelling at the top of his voice:
"Overthrow the imperial tyranny!"
Of the remaining thirteen people, four shouted excitedly in response at the same time, while the other nine looked confused.
"What are you going to do?"
"We are on the side of the Empire! We have already passed the message to the Imperial officials. We do not need to participate in this uprising!"
"Are you looking for death? If you are, don't take me with you, you bastards!"
But those five men seemed to be possessed by demons. They jumped up one by one, smashed a passage above, and quickly attacked the weapons laboratory under the experimental center.
There was poisonous gas chasing them from below, so the remaining nine super-modifiers had no choice but to jump out.
Alarm bells rang in the central laboratory.
The secret troops of Skywrath Fortress, who had been waiting for a long time, rushed in from all directions.
…
Is that okay?
Catherine still hadn't come to her senses.
During this period, Catherine clearly felt a force surging in the dark.
That force was beyond her sight and was rapidly eroding the core system of the entire Super Reformer organization.
She could even notice that many staff members who were not familiar with her at all and had only met her once looked at her with more enthusiasm and smiled unconsciously.
Just like now.
Catherine was about to reach a sliding glass door when two young girls in white coats came towards her and quickly stepped forward, pushed the glass door open, and gave Catherine a sincere smile.
"Please come in!"
"Thanks."
Catherine whispered, lowering her head even lower, and hurried towards the floor where her lounge was.
Boom——
The building suddenly shook, and tiny cracks appeared on the outer layer of glass of the floor-to-ceiling window nearby.
Catherine looked up in the direction where the explosion came from, and saw only a high wall. She immediately rushed to the safe passage on the side.
Half a minute later, Catherine appeared on the observation deck on the sixteenth floor, looking towards the direction of the central laboratory.
There were thick plumes of smoke rising up.
Swarms of drones were hovering in the air, large numbers of mechanical guards were setting up weapons and equipment everywhere, and transformed warriors equipped with flying backpacks were shuttling back and forth.
Explosions followed one after another.
Catherine suddenly thought of something and turned on her communicator.
She was just about to confirm who was conducting the experiment when she suddenly heard a chuckle from the side.
Several projection balls that had been waiting for a long time floated over, and Bligh's holographic projection appeared below.
Bly asked quietly, "Captain, who do you want to contact?"
Catherine frowned at Bray and was about to speak when Bray blinked slightly.
She understood and whispered, "Bray, why are you here?"
"Let's watch the show," Bray smiled gently, "Actually, I got an order from Director Reva . She asked me to keep a close eye on you... Isn't it ironic? You've been keeping an eye on me for several years, but now it's my turn to keep an eye on you."
Catherine clenched her fists slightly.
Bly sighed: "Everyone wants to find a tree to lean on, to get shade, to keep out the rain, and to protect against the wind."
Catherine heard a hint of sarcasm in his words.
Bly continued: "Some people are like this. They don't dare to confront the tree head-on, so they take the initiative to hide under the tree and betray their team."
"Is there any evidence?" Catherine asked.
"Evidence? You can't ask me," Bligh said, "I just heard them mention it and thought it was very interesting."
Catherine understood immediately.
If she wanted evidence that those people were traitors, she could go to the big tree she leaned against - Hanton.
"Well, it's over."
Bray said slowly:
"Take a good rest for a few days, Captain Catherine. The higher-ups will certainly continue to pay attention to you.
"I didn't expect that the factional struggle among us super modifiers would be so fierce. However, you did nothing and successfully completed the second branding, writing [loyalty to the Sherman Empire and His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire, and devoting everything to the dimensional upgrade experiment] into your subconscious. The Empire should not continue to doubt you.
"I still have a lot of work to do... Oh, what a life of hard work."
Catherine immediately took note of the contents of the new thought imprint.
Bligh's projection disappeared, and the three projection balls also turned around and flew away, quickly disappearing.
Are those people the traitors in my team...
Catherine stared at the flames coming out of the central laboratory building for a long time without moving.
Outside the planet.
The Dongfeng quietly left the asteroid belt and sailed secretly into deep space.
When Yang Ming heard Lu say "the traces have been cleared", the heavy stone hanging in his heart finally fell.
In the past few days, with the efforts of him and Bly, they successfully screened out the traitors in Catherine's small team, helped Catherine to keep the basic team, and successfully overcome this crisis.
He could only help Catherine so far.
As for whether Catherine can become a qualified leader...it depends on her.
By the way, Yang Ming also gained a little power expansion which was not worth mentioning, that is, Bligh eroded most of the high-level members of the Super Reformer organization.
"Boss, we still have a few days of free time. Should we go visit the Valkyrie or go back to Dark Star?"
Yang Ming said: "Then let's go see Posuo."
"Well," Lu said, as if listening attentively, "I suggest you go back to Dark Star."
"What's wrong?"
Lu smiled and said, "I just checked the news. Miss Hera's fleet has begun to return. Since they have a definite route and continuous jump coordinates, they will arrive at the Dark Star II base in about a day."
"Go back and check...wait."
Yang Ming thought carefully, a hint of doubt flashed across his eyes, and he whispered:
"Pick up Po Suo and go back to take a look together."
"Yes," Lu's expression suddenly became much more serious.
