Memory inheritor

Chapter 120 The Attack

Wei Hongsi suppressed his excitement and resisted the urge to immediately bring up the "system" panel, continuing to listen to Director Shi's introduction of the case.

Director Shi skipped over most of the details and quickly got to the point of identifying the two suspects, Zhou Huai and Chen Xuemin, and sending them to the brigade's medical monitoring center after they were effectively apprehended.

These two arrest operations were arranged and carried out by Director Liang through other channels. Director Shi was not aware of the details and did not ask about them later. He only gave a general overview and the results.

Wei Hongsi then learned that his older brother had asked Ji Cheng for help on Thursday night and early Friday morning. During their dinner that day, Ji Cheng hadn't mentioned it at all.

The process of capturing Chen Xuemin was the most dramatic, but if you knew the outcome beforehand, it would seem rather mundane. However, it still allowed Wei Hongsi to appreciate its extraordinary nature.

After introducing the situation, Director Shi said, "In the past two days, we have launched an in-depth investigation into the cases involving the Daoguanghui gang, and have arrested and controlled many peripheral members and other involved personnel."

"Some of these cases have been confirmed to have used the 'psychological virus' you mentioned to us last time. We cannot yet determine how many people have been 'mentally contaminated,' so we hope to conduct effective screening of people at potential risk of infection as soon as possible and make an accurate diagnosis of whether they have been infected."

"That's not a problem." Wei Hongsi nodded. "Are there many people who pose a potential risk?"

"Based on the largest possible scope, the number of people affected is approximately 140. So far, there has been no indication of widespread dissemination of the 'psychological virus' among members of the Light Guide Society."

As Director Shi spoke, a look of worry appeared on his face again. "But the case is not yet closed, and we don't know if we will discover this situation in the subsequent investigation."

Wei Hongsi reassured him, "It's relatively easier to create a 'psychological virus' that targets one or a few people with many commonalities. But creating a 'psychological virus' that works on the majority of people is extremely difficult."

He didn't dare say that possibility didn't exist; he could only indirectly suggest that the probability was low by considering the level of difficulty.

Director Shi nodded: "We plan to send people to your company for diagnosis in batches starting tomorrow."

Wei Hongsi said, "If we start in the morning, 140 people can finish the job in one day."

This number is similar to the number of people Ji Cheng arranged for diagnosis before. With previous experience, the efficiency of testing and diagnosis will be higher. Moreover, the equipment and instruments are readily available, and some people from the park have been going for follow-up examinations in the past two days.

The CDU project team is still operating and has sufficient manpower. We can also take this opportunity to bring in people from the new project team.

Wei Hongsi listed the suggested number of participants and start time for each batch on a notepad.

Director Shi put the paper in the folder and said, "There's one more thing. Among the people involved in the case who have already been apprehended, there are a few like Peng Jun who were manipulated by the Guiding Light Society using special methods."

"These individuals did not have the subjective intent to commit crimes. Although they participated in criminal activities, they did so unknowingly or without their own will; they are also victims in their own right. Is there any way to help them return to normalcy?"

Wei Hongsi pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "That's almost impossible. If their brains have also atrophied like Peng Jun's, the situation is irreversible."

Director Shi nodded slightly, not too surprised, because the expert team had said the same thing.

Wei Hongsi added, "Perhaps we can find a way to remove the 'death command' preset in their brains, that is, the thing that will cause their brains to die after listening to a certain audio."

"Your naming is quite apt. It's not bad to be able to eliminate their 'death orders'!" Director Shi said with interest, then looked at Director Liang.

Director Liang nodded and said, "At least it will allow them to live a relatively normal life."

Five people have been identified as being manipulated by the light guide, and these individuals are causing the task force a great deal of trouble.

Although they are all relatively normal, only one person shows signs of multiple personality disorder similar to Li Yunxiang, which is a little troublesome.

But if we ignore these people, they might hear a "death command" at any time and die on the spot.

However, to ensure the safety of these people, they need to be isolated, which is equivalent to solitary confinement, and that is even more uncomfortable than being in prison.

Wei Hongsi said, "I can't guarantee that; we need to do thorough research first."

Director Shi smiled and said, "No problem, we support you."

Wei Hongsi said, "I think the 'death command' and the 'circuit breaker mechanism' have certain similarities; the former is more like a simplified version of the latter. If we can achieve a breakthrough in the research on the 'death command,' we might be able to crack the 'circuit breaker mechanism.'"

Director Liang said, "Go ahead and do your job with confidence. We will fully support you."

Following Wei Hongsi's advice, the task force used special methods to control the core members of the Light Guide Society, bypassing rather than breaking the "circuit breaker mechanism" pre-installed in their minds. How to deal with these people afterward became a difficult problem.

If they were to be awakened, it would likely trigger the "circuit breaker" mechanism immediately, leading to their death. Therefore, until this problem is resolved, they must remain in a coma.

But this is clearly not a long-term solution. Moreover, under these circumstances, it is impossible to conduct a trial according to legal procedures, let alone serve their sentences after the trial.

Furthermore, obtaining clues from their brains through dream interpretation is also a helpless measure constrained by this, subject to many limitations, with their subconscious firewall being the biggest obstacle.

To use a somewhat inappropriate analogy, this is essentially the same as setting a trap to deceive someone. Exploiting the victim's ignorance can indeed extract certain things. However, once those things are touched upon, they will trigger the victim's heightened vigilance, causing them to hold onto those things tightly, making it impossible to obtain them no matter how eloquently you try to persuade them.

This is the situation the task force is currently facing. Information about peripheral organization members and pawns is easy to obtain, but when it comes to the core secrets of the Guiding Light Society, such as that "cabin," there has been little progress so far.

Therefore, when Director Liang heard that Wei Hongsi's research focus was on the "circuit breaker mechanism," he immediately took it to heart. If those key suspects could be brought to justice for face-to-face questioning, there would be many more methods available.

If a younger person had said this, Director Liang would have just smiled and let Director Shi make the statement. But Wei Hongsi is different; he has already proven his abilities, not to mention he has Academician Zhou behind him.