Starting as a Wallfacer, his defection to the Three-Body Problem shocked the world.

Hines's thought imprint worked very well in experiments on clones.

After more than a year of experimentation, PDC was no longer so resistant to the invention.

Although mind control makes this technology seem to have many hidden dangers, in the overall strategy, Hines' mind imprint has had more advantages than disadvantages.

Every technology has its flaws, just like the fact that the lifespan of the clones created by Lin Xuan cannot be extended. Compared to the benefits it brings, PDC can tolerate this flaw.

But Hines's ambitions went far beyond that; he hoped that the Mind Imprint would be used more extensively within the Space Force, rather than being limited to merely a means of restricting clones.

“This is difficult, Dr. Hines.”

Zhang Huaimin met with Hines and frowned slightly after hearing the purpose of Hines' visit.

"I know it won't be easy to take this step, but the situation of humanity is precarious right now. Through more than a year of experiments, we have been able to preliminarily prove that thought imprinting is harmless."

"The spread of defeatism is far more terrifying than ideological imprinting. More and more people are feeling lost, which is especially evident in the space forces of the three major fleets. Moreover, didn't your Chinese space force's political director, Zhang Beihai, also propose a plan to reinforce the future?"

"In terms of goals, my plans and his plans are aligned: to eradicate the existence of escapism."

Hines presented experimental data, intending to verify his theory with Zhang Huaimin, but the latter waved his hand and refused.

“Dr. Hines, I am a politician and have no interest in scientific research. You should know what I want to see.”

Hines remained silent for a long time before finally speaking helplessly.

"Alright, I know what you're worried about. Since you think mind imprinting is a form of mind control, how about we find a compromise and have the Space Force voluntarily accept this mind imprinting modification? What do you think?"

"what do you mean……"

“I will open a facility for the Space Force to provide mind imprinting. The Space Force can choose whether or not to accept mind imprinting. If it is voluntary, it can’t be considered coercive control, right?”

Ultimately, Hines met with representatives from the island nation and the Soviet Union. Only after the three seats in the entire Asian Fleet reached a consensus was the proposal submitted to the PDC for discussion.

"I think it's a good suggestion."

Surprisingly, the American representative did not choose to refute this time. In the past, whenever someone offered an opinion, the American representative was always the first to jump up and refute it.

Even when Taylor, the Wallfacer from their own country, first proposed that insane plan, the US stood up and made a couple of rebuttals, not to mention Radiaz later on.

But upon closer examination, everyone understood.

The biggest beneficiaries of this ideological imprint are two countries: the United States and France.

The French, needless to say, may be quick to surrender in battle, but they are ruthless in bullying weaker nations. Since the Trisolaran crisis, their resource plundering has never stopped.

The US needs ideological imprinting to solve its internal problems, and it is very urgent about it.

There's no way around it; that's just the nature of their country. When things are going well, they're very stable, but once things turn against them, their internal conflicts alone are enough to tear the entire country into countless pieces, just like the Roche limit.

"Since no one objects, the resolution is passed."

“I have another question,” said the representative of the Will of the Nation.

"Regarding the proposition of the ideological imprint of Space Force volunteers, I think some changes should be made. After all, they are not clones, and the propositions between the two should be distinguished."

"This was actually considered a long time ago."

Zhang Huaimin placed a copy of Hines's psychotherapy diagnosis report on the table.

"See that? It's an interesting conclusion."

"When Hines was researching the idea imprint, he gave himself the proposition that 'water is poisonous,' which caused him to be unable to drink water normally for more than a month."

"But after nearly half a year of psychological treatment, his mental imprint has been completely removed, and now he can drink water just like a normal person."

"The ideological imprint has been erased?" Everyone was shocked.

"That doesn't make sense. If mind imprints can be cured through psychological therapy, why do they last so long on the clone army?"

"That's my main point."

Zhang Huaimin took out a copy of Lin Xuan's experiment report.

"Take a look at this. This is Lin Xuan's previous experimental report, which was conducted on clone subject 1881. The topic was: [There are six Earths in the universe]."

"The result was that subject 1881 was convinced of this, and even after we provided him with psychological counseling for a year, he still firmly believed in the hypothesis that there are six Earths in the universe."

"Then came subject number 210, whose proposition was 'God created mankind.' Like subject number 1881, psychological counseling had no effect on him."

"The result is already quite clear. If we want the effect of the 'thought imprint' to be lasting, we need to make certain adjustments to the propositions themselves. These propositions must adhere to two characteristics."

"First, the concept of the proposition must be vague. The less specific the proposition is, the better the effect of the mental imprint. For example, someone was previously imprinted with the idea that 'ghosts exist in the world,' so he was very afraid of killing. But if the proposition were changed to 'all things have spirits,' he probably wouldn't even dare to eat plants."

"Secondly, the conclusion of the proposition is very difficult to overturn, as it is something they cannot verify themselves. The reason why Dr. Hines was able to recover so quickly in a short period of time is because he deeply understands that water is non-toxic, and he has been practicing to overturn this theory for the past two months. This process is quite painful, and he will continue to struggle with his own thoughts."

"Therefore, my suggestion is that the proposition for the Space Force should be changed to 'Humanity will prevail,' which would satisfy both of the above conditions at the same time."

Everyone nodded in agreement, which was considered as their approval of Zhang Huaimin's suggestion.

Three days later, Hines's "Center of Beliefs" began operating.

In front of the center of faith stands a precisely scaled-down replica of the Statue of Liberty, the purpose of which remains a mystery.

Perhaps they wanted to use "freedom" to dilute the connotation of "control."

But Hines waited in front of the door all day, and the only person he saw was Lin Xuan.

"Why didn't you call Ms. Keiko Yamasugi to help?"

Lin Xuan was asking a question she already knew the answer to. To prevent ETO from disrupting her upcoming plans, Yamasugi Keiko is currently in hibernation on Reach.

But Hines was unaware of this; he had always believed that Keiko Yamasugi was still in the hibernation center.

"I don't know if what I'm doing is right. Perhaps altering someone's thoughts is truly an unforgivable crime. I don't want to involve Keiko. Since she's in hibernation, let her sleep peacefully. I'll wake her up when I succeed."

Lin Xuan naturally knew that Hines was not referring to the thought imprint, but rather to his upcoming plan of facing the wall.

Indeed, if we look at the situation from Hines' perspective, letting Keiko Yamasugi continue to hibernate at this point would have been the best option. If things had failed, people wouldn't have blamed Hines' mistakes on his wife.

"Your shop isn't doing well either. There's not a single customer today. If this were a restaurant, you might have already gone out of business," Lin Xuan teased.

Hines shook his head slightly.

"No, we already have guests."

"Who?"

"Myself."