Memory inheritor

Chapter 210 Long Line

Chapter 210 The Long Journey (Part 2)

Upon hearing his brother's suggestion, Wei Hongsi said, "I plan to talk to Zhang Shuqiu again tomorrow, but if I want to get some key information from her, I'll have to get her drunk. I have to go back to the company tomorrow afternoon, so I can only go to her in the morning. I can't exactly let her start drinking first thing in the morning, can I?"

"This is really troublesome." Wei Hongbo was also a bit troubled by this problem. Making a young girl drink in the morning, and even get drunk, is indeed going too far. He was a drinker himself and knew very well how uncomfortable it was to be drunk.

He shook his head and said, "Xiao Qiu's method of bypassing the subconscious firewall is quite unique. Haven't you considered using it on those people in the Light Guiding Society?"

Wei Hongsi said, "It's worth a try, but we can't have too high hopes. As far as I know, Mu Jie and Lucas Finch both drink frequently, and their subconscious firewalls haven't been weakened by it. Zhang Shuqiu's case is very special; this method may only work for her."

Wei Hongbo stopped dwelling on issues he wasn't good at and asked, "Do you really want to go back tomorrow afternoon?"

"Yes," Wei Hongsi nodded. "Tomorrow afternoon's test is directly related to cracking the 'circuit breaker mechanism'."

Knowing the importance and urgency of this matter, Wei Hongbo clicked his tongue and said, "Then let's put a two-day break on Xiao Qiu's side. I'll investigate other clues first."

Wei Hongsi revealed his plan: "If she has time tomorrow morning, I will go see her again to see what information she can reveal when she is sober, and also to give her an update on the current situation."

Wei Hongbo considered it for a moment and nodded, saying, "That's good. As long as she's willing to cooperate, our work will be much easier, and it will save her from living in fear all the time."

Wei Hongsi said, "I'll come over again after things are settled in Yuecheng. I need to figure out whether Zhang Shuqiu's anchor point of consciousness has changed; this is very important to us."

Wei Hongbo asked, "Do you think there are clues about Uncle Zhang's organization hidden here?"

"Yes!" Wei Hongsi nodded and sat up straight in the rattan chair. "If her original anchor point of consciousness was her psychological representation of her mother, this means that in the memory implantation technique used by Uncle Zhang, the anchor point of consciousness can be set freely and largely depends on the person being implanted with it."

"I speculate that Zhang Shuqiu, due to a long-term lack of security during her childhood, used her mother, whom she had never met, as a psychological support. After being instilled with memories of her mother, the image of her mother in her imagination became concrete in her mind and became her anchor point of consciousness."

"This is quite similar to my situation. When I was little, I wanted to be a hero, and Uncle Zhang used the idea of ​​becoming a hero to guide me. Then, that night you took me to the Martyrs' Cemetery, which helped me develop a clear concept of a hero. I had a clear goal, and that became my anchor point."

"This is fundamentally different from the practices of the Light Guide Society. So we must figure out whether this was Uncle Zhang's personal act, where he privately modified the memory implantation technique, or whether his organization does this, intentionally choosing a different path."

"I think it's Zhang Shu's personal behavior," Wei Hongbo said, rubbing his chin. "If each member can freely set their own consciousness anchor, then the organization's control over its members will definitely be much weaker than that of the Light Guide. After all these years, it should have been exposed long ago."

"That possibility is indeed quite high, but we can't rule out another possibility," Wei Hongsi said, offering his analysis. "Neither the memory implantation device nor the implanted memories can be solved by a few individuals. That organization can effectively control its members by controlling the resources."

"To prevent members from leaking secrets, a subconscious firewall is enough; there's no need for identical conscious anchors. Moreover, from a holistic perspective, I think this option is actually more sophisticated than using light-guided methods."

"Oh?" Wei Hongbo asked, puzzled. "Why is that?"

Wei Hongsi said, "Think about it, we now basically control the common consciousness anchor point of the Light Guide Society members. If we announce this and publicize it everywhere, what will that mean for those members who have the consciousness of elder avatars?"

Wei Hongbo understood: "It will trigger their circuit breaker mechanism," resulting in a total wipeout. This wouldn't happen if everyone's anchor point of consciousness was different.

Wei Hongsi said, "That's right. Although we've only caught members of the Daoguang Society in Yuecheng, and we can't conclude that other members have adopted the same ideological anchor, the probability is very high. Their religious-style management means they can only make minor adjustments on a small scale, and their core beliefs won't change much."

Wei Hongbo nodded, agreeing with his younger brother's analysis.

The members of the Light Guide Society who operate outside are merely higher-level tools; even if they were all lost, it wouldn't affect their true core members. However, cultivating those high-level tools takes a long time, and if they were wiped out, it would be enough to keep the Light Guide Society quiet for ten or twenty years.

However, simply dealing with the "tools" is not enough to completely eliminate the Light Guide Society. In fact, it will only cause the Light Guide Society to change its strategies and methods, making it more difficult to deal with, and rendering some of the current reconnaissance results ineffective.

He pondered for a moment and said, "According to your analysis, the members of the organization Uncle Zhang belongs to have a high degree of freedom, and each person's anchor point of consciousness is different, making it difficult to connect an entire group through one person. This is more secretive and more difficult to deal with than the Light Guide Society."

Wei Hongsi said, "But there are still clues to follow. If Zhang Shuqiu's anchor point of consciousness really changed, I think it's very likely that it was caused by someone. And only someone who knows what her anchor point of consciousness is could do this. This should have happened after Uncle Zhang's death, so it must have been done by someone from their organization."

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Wei Hongbo asked, "You mean, that organization wants to get rid of Xiao Qiu?"

Wei Hongsi said, "I can't be sure. But based on the situation of the members of the Light Guiding Society, causing Zhang Shuqiu's anchor point to collapse is equivalent to triggering her 'circuit breaker mechanism,' which is no different from murder."

Wei Hongbo said, "But Xiao Qiu didn't die. Surely the person who did it would have noticed that? Why didn't that organization strike again during the three years she was in Xicheng?"

Wei Hongsi said, "So I think what that organization wanted to erase was probably not Zhang Shuqiu herself, but the memories of her mother that had been implanted in her brain. Perhaps they were sure that Zhang Shuqiu's original anchor of consciousness had been destroyed, and that their goal had been achieved."

Wei Hongbo asked疑惑地问道, "What's so special about her mother that she even wants to erase the memories left in Xiao Qiu's brain?"

Wei Hongsi reminded him, "You forgot about that book, 'The Story of Time,' which predicted Uncle Zhang's death."

Wei Hongbo was very surprised: "You don't mean to say that her mother has the ability to predict the future, do you? That's too unscientific!"

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"No, it's definitely not about predicting the future." Wei Hongsi shook his head, recalling the contents of the book as he spoke. "She may have discovered some drawback or mechanism of memory implantation technology. Where is that book now? I want to take another look."

Wei Hongbo said, "It should be in the physical evidence section of the brigade. You can borrow it when you get back."

Wei Hongsi nodded.

Wei Hongbo pondered for a moment and said, "If that's the case, then Xiao Qiu's mother is also a member of that organization. It seems that this line of investigation is crucial, and I need to put more effort into it."

Wei Hongsi said, "Yes, if you can find information about her mother, it will help me unravel the mystery of Zhang Shuqiu's anchor point. If I can figure out what happened before and after her anchor point collapsed, it should also be helpful to your investigation."

Wei Hongbo felt his younger brother was being overly optimistic: "According to Xiao Qiu, that was at least three years ago. What else could you possibly find out?"

Wei Hongsi said, "Zhang Shuqiu was a firsthand witness, so she would always retain some memories. As long as she agrees to cooperate, even if those memories are deeply hidden and she can't express them herself, they can be reconstructed through dream narratives."

"Furthermore, I want to figure out how she shifted her consciousness anchor. If this can be replicated in members of the Light Guide Society, it would completely dismantle their totems and beliefs, allowing them to be interrogated and judged while fully conscious."

Upon hearing this, Wei Hongbo couldn't help but get excited and said, "Then I wish you success soon."

Wei Hongsi laughed and said, "Don't just wish me well, brother, you should too! I'm waiting for your support."

The two brothers chatted about the case for a while longer, discussing how to help each other, when their mother's voice came from outside: "Dinner's ready! Come out now!"

The two then left their father's study, washed their hands in the bathroom, and sat down at the dining table.

Zhou Jing cooked a table full of dishes, a total of ten dishes including meat and vegetables, almost reaching the scale of a New Year's Eve dinner.

Wei Guangzhi took out a bottle of baijiu (Chinese liquor) and asked his two sons, "Do you want some?"

Wei Hongbo said, "I have a mission to complete and cannot drink alcohol."

Wei Hongsi said, "I haven't learned it yet. I'll wait two years."

Zhou Jing then chimed in, "It's good not to drink, what's there to learn?!"

Wei Guangzhi poured himself a small pot, about two ounces, and said, "Drink less, what's the problem? Hongsi is working now, and when he eats out with people, he'll have to have a few drinks, right?"

Zhou Jing rolled her eyes at her husband: "How many dinner parties have you attended while you were working? It's like you can't do without drinking. Let me tell you, if Hongsi doesn't drink outside, then he can stay abstaining. But once he picks up a glass, he can't control himself anymore."

Wei Guangzhi said, "Okay, okay, Teacher Zhou is right. If he doesn't want to drink, then he doesn't have to."

The brothers Wei Hongbo and Wei Hongsi were already used to their parents' way of communicating. If they didn't bicker a few times, it felt like something was missing from the house. So neither of them took it seriously and just focused on putting their favorite dishes into their mouths.