Memory inheritor

Chapter 77 Fishing for Dreams

Wei Hongsi talked with Wu Jie for a while, and seeing that he kept yawning and looked tired, he said, "Go back and rest. I'll keep an eye on things here."

"Alright, I'll be going now, I'll come back this afternoon." Wu Jie stood up and stretched, his joints cracking. He had been guarding here all night and was indeed a bit tired. He planned to go to the cafeteria to get something to eat first, and then go back to his dormitory to catch up on sleep.

After Wu Jie left, Wei Hongsi poured himself a glass of water, sat down at his worktable, and carefully reviewed the night's work records, the neural translation package optimization logs, and the monitoring center's feedback report on Mu Jie's status.

Jiang Haiyang's approach of upgrading and optimizing the "neural translation package" in the early hours of the morning was clearly correct. Judging from the content of the recent dream interpretations, there is likely a special memory triggering mechanism in Mu Jie's brain that can be activated. This mechanism can be further explored and utilized to find more clues for breaking through the case.

Because they had to adhere to the principle of observing without interfering, their interpretation of Mu Jie's dreams was like watching a television program. When it aired and which program aired was entirely determined by Mu Jie's brain. The interpreters could only wait quietly, passively observing and translating fragments of the dream.

The multimodal stimulation-closed-loop neurofeedback test conducted in the early morning was like sending a request email to a "TV station." Mu Jie's brain might not fully accept this request, but it would inevitably have some influence on it, and might even trigger dream fragments related to the case, providing the content they desired.

Wei Hongsi thought about it more and more and it seemed feasible. If this triggering mechanism could really work, then all the key information related to Plan B, such as key figures like Li Yunxiang and Peng Jun, special technologies like brain-computer interfaces and ability infusion, as well as the specific content of Plan B itself, could be made into multimodal stimulation packages for testing.

Once the approach was determined, he immediately organized the idea into an actionable plan. He first communicated with two experts, Zheng Han and Yu Xiufeng, who were on duty at the monitoring center, and then they reported the information to the leaders of the project team.

Not long after, Wei Hongsi received feedback from the project team, who agreed to implement the plan. He then began to collect and organize relevant materials and make preliminary preparations for the production of the stimulus package.

Around 9:30 a.m., Feng Weixu, Jiang Haiyang, and Dai Mengqi arrived at the operations room one after another. After exchanging information with Wei Hongsi, they began to implement the plan together.

The creation of the stimulus package itself wasn't particularly difficult; the key was ensuring that Mu Jie didn't exhibit any abnormal reactions during its administration. Fortunately, the monitoring center provided real-time feedback on Mu Jie's condition via an encrypted link throughout the process, confirming that he was calm and stable, with normal vital signs and no abnormalities, thus guaranteeing the successful implementation of the stimulus package.

All that's left is to wait.

The members of the decoding team are all frequent lab enthusiasts, often staying for ten days to half a month at a time, sometimes just to wait for a key data point, so they are naturally not lacking in patience.

By this time, they had transformed into expert anglers, preparing special fishing spots and using specialized bait, all in order to catch a few specific fish.

As noon approached, the dream narrative about the courtyard reappeared.

He sat listlessly on the second-floor terrace. The shadows of the Chinese toon and pomegranate trees swayed in the wind. The scent and appearance of the Chinese toon tree disgusted him, and he had a strong urge to cut it down. Outside the red brick wall, a large screen in the distance displayed changing colors, showing a female singer performing. He thought she was about to have her downfall, so he planned to have her perform in this courtyard from now on.

Upon seeing this interpretation, Wei Hongsi finally became somewhat convinced that this small courtyard was most likely the place where Mu Jie had hidden before his arrest.

The female singer appearing on the big screen should be Shen Qing, the amusement park's brand ambassador. As the mastermind behind Plan B, Mu Jie clearly understood the effect this GG would have, hence the "she's about to be in trouble" message.

This also serves as further evidence that the courtyard should be located in Yuecheng.

Therefore, when sending the report, Wei Hongsi also included his own speculations as a note.

Shortly after the report was submitted, a police officer on duty came to Wei Hongsi and asked him to answer a phone call.

Wei Hongsi went to the room where the police officers were on duty, said "feed" into the phone on the table, and immediately heard his brother's voice coming from the speaker.

"We've seen the latest dream interpretation report, and we have a few questions to discuss with you. These may involve some case details, and we hope you can keep them confidential."

"Okay, I understand."

Wei Hongsi immediately knew that there must be a leader from the special task force next to his brother.

In this case, his role differed significantly from that of Feng Weixu and others. His colleagues were merely technical experts, solely responsible for decoding. His involvement, however, was much deeper; to some extent, he acted as a police advisor, providing valuable insights.

"How can you be sure that the courtyard is where Mu Jie hid not long ago? As far as I know, the Chinese toon trees shouldn't have much of a scent at this time of year."

"The interpretation came from the subject's dream, and dreams inevitably contain content that transcends reality. Although the Chinese toon doesn't have much flavor this season, it doesn't change the subject's preconceived notions about Chinese toon, so he still felt aversion to it. I think this indicates that Mu Jie must have been to that courtyard before."

Wei Hongbo then asked, "If the female singer on the big screen is Shen Qing, shouldn't Mu Jie have left the courtyard after seeing the guy in the amusement park? The report's description of his psychological state doesn't match that."

Wei Hongsi said, "Shen Qing's appearance in the subject's dream, although related to the stimulus package associated with scheme B, does not mean that the content on the big screen in the dream is scheme B. We cannot use normal linear time relationships to view the scene in the dream."

"I would also like to remind you that the large screen that the test subjects saw in their dreams may actually be beyond the normal viewing distance in reality."

"What do you mean?"

"Take the large screen outside the shopping mall for example. It's generally not easy to see clearly beyond fifty meters, and even people with good eyesight can only see it from a little over a hundred meters away. But in a dream, as long as you can see a large screen somewhere, you can use your subjective imagination to believe that you are seeing the content on the screen."

"Okay, I understand. Alright, we have no problems." Wei Hongbo said and hung up the phone.