Chapter 128: The Existence That Subverts Human Behavioral Psychology!

Amidst the frantic screams of a crowd of fangirls, Chu Chen continued to speak slowly:

"Except for those whose names I just called, everyone else, leave through the main entrance. As for the specific time to act, wait for my orders then."

After Chu Chen finished this sentence, everyone present was stunned!

The next second, an older hostage standing at the very front suddenly asked:

"You mean, you're going to let us go?"

Chu Chen did not directly deny his statement; he nodded and said, "You can think of it that way."

Upon hearing this, all the hostages were bewildered, having no idea what medicine was in Chu Chen's gourd, and immediately began whispering to one another!

Although they had never left the Yinchaochang from the very beginning.

But with just a little thought, they knew that the situation outside right now was certainly not optimistic!

This Yinchaochang was, after all, no ordinary Yinchaochang.

With such a major incident occurring, the authorities must have already taken action!

Without a doubt, every exit of the entire building had already been tightly surrounded by the police.

If he just let them go like this, Chu Chen's situation would surely become extremely dangerous.

Those people might storm in at any moment!

Thinking of this, many hostages began to worry for him.

"We... if we leave, what will happen to you?" a blonde girl wearing a mask suddenly asked.

"That's right, there are police everywhere outside now. If there are no more hostages, they might storm in at any time..." a short middle-aged man chimed in.

"We can't leave!"

"Right, we can't leave!"

At this moment, the scene unfolding here was being presented in the livestream without missing a single frame!

Seeing this, many viewers were shocked!

【Big brother, you guys are still hostages right now! Can you have some self-respect!】

【Holy crap, there's such a move?】

【Good heavens, even movies wouldn't dare film it like this!】

【Is this even a robbery? The hostages are worried about the robber's safety?】

【I'm speechless!】

【Truly heaven-defying!】

【The hostages are actually speaking up for the robber, can you believe this?】

It is actually not strange for the hostages to behave this way.

This is typical Stockholm Syndrome!

So-called Stockholm Syndrome, also known as hostage identification syndrome, is a form of emotional identification that hostages develop toward their captors in critical situations.

The earliest Stockholm Syndrome also occurred during a bank robbery.

In that bank robbery, all the hostages not only did not blame the robbers, but instead stood on the same side as them.

When the case went to trial, all the hostages appeared in court to defend the robbers, asking the judge to release them; some even developed romantic feelings for the robbers, which was quite absurd and sparked intense discussion in the relevant academic circles.

This was the initial prototype of Stockholm Syndrome.

The reason hostages develop Stockholm Syndrome is related to human worship of the strong and self-preservation mechanisms.

Especially when life is threatened, this self-preservation mechanism is amplified infinitely!

On Earth in the previous life, Stockholm Syndrome was a very common psychological disorder.

Its presence could be seen in many literary and artistic works related to crime!

But in this world, due to the backward level of crime, many people do not know of the existence of Stockholm Syndrome, and even some professional psychologists cannot understand why these hostages have become like this.

At this moment, at the live broadcast site of "The Art of Crime"!

Seeing this scene, all the experts were stunned on the spot!

Especially the famous social science expert Zhao Tianhe!

When he was teaching at Qingbei University, he once conducted a very famous psychological experiment on hostages and robbers, with the goal of studying whether the psychology of hostages and robbers would change under specific environments!

This experiment lasted for more than ten days.

The final result was that no matter the circumstances, hostages would not develop psychological emotional identification with the robbers!

Based on this research, he had always firmly believed that hostages and robbers would not develop an emotional bond!

But today, the actions of these hostages made his jaw drop!

Right now, not only did they develop an emotional identification with Chu Chen, but they were even speaking up for him?

This scene immediately piqued Zhao Tianhe's interest, leaving him unable to let it go for a long time, until the host reminded him and he came back to his senses!

The next second, he calmed his emotions slightly and said directly: "It's truly incredible..."

As he spoke, all the cameras were directed at him under the guidance of the director!

Following that, Zhao Tianhe continued:

"Back when I was teaching at Qingbei University, I once led a team to conduct a psychological experiment on hostages and robbers. At that time, we recruited 50 volunteers and divided them into two groups: one group played the robbers, and one group played the hostages. We had them spend 15 days in a relatively enclosed space. During the experiment, the robbers would, according to our requirements, exert various pressures on the hostages. The reason for doing this was to study the psychological changes that occur between hostages and robbers under specific circumstances."

"The conclusion drawn from this experiment was that no matter the circumstances, hostages would not develop emotional identification with the robbers, and the same was true for the robbers. Throughout the entire experiment, many of the behaviors they exhibited confirmed their absolute opposition! Regarding this conclusion, I remained firmly convinced until just now!"

"But today, everything happening in the livestream is very surprising! After three days of contact, we can clearly see that the hostages' fear of Chu Chen has completely turned into gratitude and worship! This is very much like a psychological phenomenon that only occurs in specific environments!"

"Although Chu Chen is not a real criminal, everything he has done fits the traits a criminal should have. I can tell you very responsibly that this is definitely an excellent psychological research topic. If possible, it might even become a brand-new field of psychological research, completely overturning our understanding of human behavioral psychology!"

Zhao Tianhe explained every word clearly.

After he finished speaking, the barrage in the livestream exploded!

【Holy crap!】

【Hostages developing admiration for their kidnapper?】

【Psychological phenomenon: Chu Chen Syndrome?】

【Lmao, what the hell is Chu Chen Syndrome!】

【Impressive, my brother!】

【I am a university graduate with a major in psychology; to be fair, this topic is truly worth researching!】

【I also really want to be a hostage of my husband Chu Chen!】

【If there were such a handsome kidnapper to kidnap me, I would be willing too!】

【Exactly, exactly!】