"Experiment 7632, energy injection begins..."
A massive surge of energy once again flooded into the experimental subject's brain. This time, however, he did not become a Zombie.
The bewildered subject opened his eyes. Several completely different items had been placed before him.
An Apple, Chinese cabbage, chocolate, a standard nutrition bar, and... Edible liquid made from kitchen waste.
Ordinarily, as a death row inmate who had spent many years in prison, there might not have been anything here that he liked to eat, but there was certainly something he hated—the edible liquid.
Because he had received "direct injections" of this stuff every day in there. It could satisfy physical hunger, but psychologically, it brought nothing but "disgust."
But the problem was that it contained an abundant amount of... Quantum Energy.
He clearly loathed the stuff, yet his subconscious kept wreaking havoc, endlessly making excuses for himself: perhaps Osborn was testing whether he would obey; perhaps the seemingly delicious food was what would cost him his life; perhaps...
As long as someone wanted excuses, they could always find them.
An imperceptible obsession completely altered his way of thinking. He chose the thing that disgusted him most and, with trembling arms, brought it to his mouth. Amid the revulsion was a trace of pleasure, enough to drive someone mad.
Besides the Food Choice Test, the tests also used his life experiences to infer the events he feared, dreaded, worried about, and loved most, then tested them in a virtual world.
The Tendency Test was manageable, but when it came to the Resistance Test, Hank immediately frowned.
This test required selecting the criminal's favorite activity and, under certain circumstances, using objects containing Quantum Energy to gradually alter his way of thinking.
The test was very successful. In the end, the criminal chose to