Memory inheritor

Chapter 85 Removing the Fuel

After receiving Yu Zhen's instructions, Wei Hongbo immediately relayed them to Zhang Shengyong.

"Has the situation been discovered?" Zhang Shengyong said excitedly, turning the steering wheel to merge into the left-turn lane and immediately adjusting his course.

Wei Hongbo said, "I think so."

Yu Zhen didn't explain the reason on the phone, presumably because he was busy coordinating other personnel. Their action plan had already been reported to the task force leadership, so the sudden and urgent adjustment must mean that new problems had been discovered.

For "Operation Chop Off the Hand," any news is a good thing. Their biggest fear is that after all that effort, they'll find nothing, which would be a real mess.

The Red Leaf Hotel is located along the route to Lucas Finch's residence, a location that was clearly chosen with careful consideration.

Zhang Shengyong drove his car into the hotel's underground parking lot. As soon as he turned a corner, he saw someone pointing out the way. He then drove the car into a corner, and someone immediately came over and lifted Lucas Finch out of the car and into an MPV next to it.

Two plainclothes officers scanned Lucas Finch's car with equipment and then installed surveillance and tracking devices inside.

At this point, Yu Zhen gave them new instructions, telling Zhang Shengyong to drive the car to the destination and then leave on an electric bike, following the normal procedure for designated drivers.

Wei Hongbo then followed the MPV carrying the guests to the monitoring center to report back.

Twenty minutes later, Lucas Finch was taken to his destination and escorted to the prepared box (monitoring room).

Wei Hongbo watched as the guest he had invited was wheeled inside, and then went to the command room of the monitoring center.

When Yu Zhen saw Wei Hongbo come in, he waved to him and said, "Come on over!"

Seeing that Yu Zhen was clearly excited, Wei Hongbo couldn't help but feel a little expectant as well. He walked up to him and said, "Chief Yu."

"Sit down." Yu Zhen gestured, pointing to the display screen in front of him, and said, "Look, this is William Finch's EEG, and this is Evan Finch's EEG. These two sets of images show that there are highly regular and recurring waveform patterns in their brains!"

"The same situation as Mu Jie?" Wei Hongbo asked in surprise.

"That's right!" Yu Zhen said, flashing a peace sign. "These two people have appeared twice since they were brought in!"

William and Evan arrived here less than three hours ago, and based on this time interval, the frequency of their recurrence is similar to that of Mujer.

This highly regular, recurring waveform is likely the "totem" and "creed" of the Light Guide Society emerging in their minds.

Although this has not yet been confirmed, Wei Hongbo still felt extremely excited, and his tense nerves were somewhat relieved.

Strictly speaking, the task force's "Operation Chop Off the Hand" was nothing short of a high-stakes gamble. They had no substantial evidence whatsoever, and based solely on the fragment of "Professor Finch" in Mu Jie's dream, they used unconventional methods to bring in three foreign professors from universities. If their judgment was wrong, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Therefore, in addition to the plan to invite people, the three action teams also prepared a plan to send the guests away. However, no matter how they deduced it, it was difficult to have a perfect ending.

Fortunately, the adventure seems to have been a success, at least the other two groups no longer need to consider sending their guests away.

Thinking of this, Wei Hongbo couldn't help but feel a lingering fear, and said with some emotion, "Director Liang's prediction was indeed correct; there is more than one suspect."

Yu Zhen thought to himself, "The first person to think this way isn't Director Liang, but your little brother."

He stopped himself from revealing the secret and said, "Since both of these Finches have problems, it means there's more than one suspect. So we can't rule out the possibility that the Finch you invited is innocent."

Wei Hongbo suddenly realized, "So you wanted us to drive Lucas's car back to prepare for this fishing?"

"That's right." Yu Zhen smiled rather smugly. "Whether there are fish or not, you won't know until you cast the hook, right?"

Compared to William and Evan, Lucas's schedule was not very regular because he had a strong businessman's nature and often received last-minute invitations, and it was common for him not to return to his residence at night.

Lucas usually drives himself when he goes out. So Wei Hongbo and his team originally planned to bring him and his car along, which would be convenient and less likely to attract attention.

Now, if Lucas's car is driven back, and if he has any followers or assistants from the Light Guide organization with him, they will definitely react when they see the car is there but he is not.

So far, the task force has no clue about the round-faced "student," so it's normal for Yu Zhen to try his luck.

Wei Hongbo admitted that the idea made sense, but first they had to confirm that Lucas was a member of the Light Guide Society. Although he also hoped for this outcome, he was not as certain as Yu Zhen.

Yu Zhen seemed to see through Wei Hongbo's thoughts and said with a smile, "Haven't you noticed a very strange thing that these three Professors Finch have in common?"

Wei Hongbo thought for a moment and said, "You mean, they all continue to live alone?"

“That’s right!” Yu Zhen nodded. “They’ve been working in our country for quite some time now, especially William and Evan, who have settled here long-term. But they have neither partners nor children.”

Wei Hongbo said, "That is indeed suspicious. But there are quite a few foreign staff members in this situation, so does that mean they are all suspects?"

"Who knows?" Yu Zhen scoffed. "Putting aside others, this Lucas you invited is highly suspicious. He's a businessman at heart, and he prefers to enjoy life. Do you think someone like that would be single for no reason?"

"That's true." Wei Hongbo agreed with this point.

"We don't need to guess," Yu Zhen waved his hand. "We should know the exact result in a few more hours."

Later events unfolded exactly as he had predicted.

Less than half an hour after Lucas entered the "box," a very peculiar brainwave pattern appeared. More than two hours later, the same pattern reappeared.

Around the same time, William and Evan's characteristic brainwaves appeared for the third time.

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In the decoding operations room located in the supercomputing center of Yuecheng University, all the team members have been replaced by police experts.

The successful experience of interpreting Mu Jie's dream in the past has paved the way for the second round of decoding work.

The basic semantic stimulation library, tailor-made for Mujie, can be used on the three Finches with only minor adjustments, and then neural translation packages can be built for each of them.

Medical experts at the monitoring center conducted in-depth research on Mujie's condition and used drugs and equipment to put the three Finches into the most suitable state of sleep. This created a wider range of possibilities for the decoding work and greatly improved the efficiency of constructing the neural translation package.

The first thing deciphered was the highly regular and recurring neural signals in the three people's brains. The output of these three narrative reconstructions was highly consistent and completely matched the content of the Light Guide Society's "totem" and "creed".

With this result, the team members could finally relax a little, and Director Liang could also report the details of "Operation Chop Off Hands" to his superiors.

As the dream interpretation work continues, new clues keep emerging, but there is still no dream narrative about the round-faced "student".