Memory inheritor

Chapter 193 Cutting Dreams

Chapter 193 Cutting Dreams (Part 1)

Yu Xiufeng said, "Teacher Wei, please explain your thought process."

Wei Hongsi nodded and said, "Okay, that's how I see it. Based on today's interpretation of Mu Jie's dream, we can basically conclude that there are two consciousnesses in his brain."

"I believe one of them was formed under his long-term indoctrination with the memories of the Light Guide Society, and its outward manifestation is Mu Jie as a member of the Light Guide Society. This consciousness is quite strong and occupies a dominant position in his brain, which can be considered Mu Jie's main personality."

"The other consciousness is a second personality that separated out when Mu Jie received the memory implantation in his early years. This consciousness is relatively weak; if it has an original form, it should be Mu Jie in his childhood, and perhaps it is Mu Jie's true self."

Zheng Han and Yu Xiufeng both nodded, agreeing with the analysis.

Wei Hongsi then explained his analysis of the bug in Mu Jie's "circuit breaker mechanism" and said, "Therefore, I believe that Mu Jie's two consciousnesses are in a game of wits, and the entanglement between the two consciousnesses will not stop until a winner is determined."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Han and Yu Xiufeng exchanged a glance. They both knew what this meant: the outcome of the game was already decided, so waiting would be pointless and would only mean losing their last chance.

This game, which began with the application of new semantic stimuli to Mu Jie, has been going on for a whole day.

At this moment, the buzzer on the control panel sounded, and everyone turned their attention to the large screen. Zheng Han glanced at the number and code and said, "It's Mu Jie's."

About ten minutes later, the narrative reconstruction AI output was displayed on the big screen.

Yu Xiufeng looked at the text and said, "It seems more organized than the previous ones."

Wei Hongsi's gaze sharpened slightly, and he gently shook his head: "This is not a good thing."

Yu Xiufeng immediately realized what was happening. The dream narrative displayed on the large screen contained several well-organized phrases that all belonged to Mu Jie's "dominant personality," indicating that the balance of the two consciousnesses had been severely tilted.

He ruffled his messy hair and said with some frustration, "We don't have much time left!"

Zheng Han gently patted him: "Don't say that carelessly, it has a bad connotation. Let's listen to Teacher Wei finish explaining his thoughts."

Wei Hongsi said, "Professor Zheng, please contact the monitoring center to see if the experts there can reduce Mu Jie's brain activity level, ideally maintaining it at the boundary of desynchronization waves when entering REM sleep."

Zheng Han nodded and said, "Okay." He then called the person in charge at the monitoring center and described the requirements accurately.

Controlling Mu Jie's brain activity level can ease the struggle between the two consciousnesses in his brain, reduce the pressure on the weakened "id" consciousness, and allow it to hold on for a while longer. However, it should not be suppressed too much, lest the "id" consciousness be completely lost.

As for the degree of control that Wei Hongsi requested, Zheng Han did not fully understand, but did not ask any further questions at this time.

After Zheng Han finished her call, Wei Hongsi said, "I speculate that because the two stimulation packages applied to Mu Jie today were related to both of his egos, they awakened his 'id' and also made his 'main personality' aware of it. Therefore, I think we can create a few stimulation packages specifically for Mu Jie's 'id' consciousness."

Zheng Han now understood why Mu Jie's brain activity needed to be kept at the edge of desynchronization, and said, "Oh, so it's about stimulating his id to generate dream narratives while keeping his main personality in a relatively inactive state?"

Wei Hongsi nodded and said, "Yes, but this will probably require several attempts."

Zheng Han smiled and said, "That's not a problem, we still have that much time."

Yu Xiufeng understood Wei Hongsi's line of thinking, clenched his right fist and punched his left palm, excitedly saying, "If we can obtain a separate dream narrative of 'Mu Jie's id,' the problem can be solved!"

Zheng Han looked at Guo Weiran and said, "Guo Da, we're counting on you."

Guo Weiran had been involved in the case since its inception and had been following it closely. After listening to their explanation for a while, he understood the general outline and asked, "Are you teachers planning to create a 'stimulus package' using Mu Jie and Chen Xuemin's childhood information?"

Zheng Han said, "That's right, the more detailed the information you can provide, the better."

Guo Weiran said, "That's not a problem. But isn't Mu Jie's 'id' narrative still about his childhood?"

He didn't finish his sentence, but what he implied was that Mu Jie's childhood information before he came into contact with the Light Guide Society probably wouldn't be of much help to the case.

Zheng Han said, "That's not necessarily true. Although Mu Jie's other personality has been hidden all these years, it can still obtain information from the outside world. His situation is different from that of a typical multiple personality disorder."

Wei Hongsi nodded. Based on his own experience, it did indeed align with Zheng Han's analysis.

Yu Xiufeng said, "However, if Mu Jie's 'id' appears in the narrative of the 'dominant personality' in his dreams, it might stimulate the 'dominant personality,' triggering a conflict between the two. But this isn't a problem, as long as we can obtain a separate narrative from his 'id,' we can analyze the brainwave signal characteristics belonging to this consciousness, thus dismantling the narratives of the two consciousnesses intertwined."

Guo Weiran nodded and said, "I see, that's good! The materials are all here. Please take a look, and I'll add any questions you may have."

He took the materials out of his bag and sorted them on the table. The materials didn't seem like a lot, but they represented the results of his investigation over the past two days.

Zheng Han called back all the experts who were resting. They needed to race against time to prepare stimulus packages and implement new interpretation plans, all of which required sufficient manpower.

The experts who received the call were very excited and rushed over without saying a word. Although Zheng Han didn't mention anything on the phone, working overtime at this time clearly meant that a new direction had been found.

While waiting for the experts to arrive, Wei Hongsi also reviewed the investigation materials regarding Mu Jie and Chen Xuemin. As a specially invited expert of the task force, his responsibilities were not entirely technical; he also had the right to know about the case.

Children who grow up in orphanages generally have unhappy childhoods, and this was true for Mu Jie and Chen Xuemin as well. The former was an orphan who lost both parents, while the latter was abducted and rescued but could not find her original family.

In addition, the two have something in common: when they were in the orphanage, they both had excellent academic performance and were among the best in their age group.

It seems that accepting the indoctrination of memories requires a relatively high level of intelligence?