Memory inheritor

Chapter 64 Brainwaves

Wei Hongsi had arranged to meet the task force at 2 PM.

After he finished talking with Zhang Shengyong, it was almost time, so he went to the fifth floor to find Yu Zhen.

The door to the detachment leader's office was open, and two people were sitting on a small sofa inside. Yu Zhen, who was closer to the door, was leaning to the side and talking to the other person.

The man was about forty-seven or forty-eight years old, with a square face, thick eyebrows, and slightly graying hair. He glanced at the figure in the doorway and turned his gaze over.

Upon seeing this, Yu Zhen stopped talking, looked towards the door, and quickly stood up, saying, "Hongsi is here!"

"Hello, Yu Zhi." Wei Hongsi greeted him with a nod as he entered the room.

Yu Zhen turned to him and introduced him: "This is Director Shi from our Municipal Bureau."

Wei Hongsi then said, "Hello, Director Shi."

"Hello." Director Shi stood up and shook hands with him, a look of surprise on his face. "Expert Wei is so young!"

"A promising young talent!" Yu Zhen said with a smile. "Chief Shi, shall we begin?"

"Okay, let's go." Director Shi said, raising his hand.

The three of them came out of the office and were led by Yu Zhen to a conference room next door.

There were two men in the conference room, both around forty years old, chatting as they sat near the large screen. Upon seeing Director Shi and his two companions enter, they stopped their discussion and stood up.

Yu Zhen introduced Wei Hongsi.

The thinner man with half-rimmed glasses is named Zheng Han, and he has deep nasolabial folds on his face; the man with messy hair and a full beard is named Yu Xiufeng, and he seems to have neglected his appearance for quite some time.

"You're Wei Hongsi?" Zheng Han made no attempt to hide his surprise, and after speaking, he glanced at Director Shi as if seeking confirmation.

Yu Xiufeng didn't speak, but her gaze towards Wei Hongsi revealed a great deal of distrust.

"Yes, that's me." Wei Hongsi nodded slightly. Judging from the voice, the person he last spoke to on the phone last night was Zheng Han.

Director Shi shared their skepticism. In all his years of work, he had met many experts from various industries, the youngest of whom were in their thirties. He had never seen anyone like Wei Hongsi, who, in his casual attire, looked like an undergraduate student who hadn't yet graduated.

To be considered an expert, one must not only have in-depth industry knowledge, but also rich practical experience, verifiable results, and industry recognition, all of which require time to accumulate.

Zheng Han and Yu Xiufeng are both experts, and relatively young ones at that. This comparison highlights Wei Hongsi's inexperience, which explains their skepticism.

However, Wei Hongsi was strongly recommended by Yu Zhen. When the case reached a stalemate, the branch office found a breakthrough, reportedly thanks to this young expert.

With Yu Zhen right there beside him, what could Director Shi possibly say? He smiled and said, "Everyone, please sit down and let's talk."

Wei Hongsi sat down opposite Zheng Han, took out a roll of printed A4 paper from his chest bag, folded it slightly along the diagonal to make it flatter, and handed it to Zheng Han.

Zheng Han frowned; he'd never seen anyone bring materials like this before. He took it, read a few lines, and a look of suspicion crossed his face: "Did you write this?"

Wei Hongsi nodded: "I just wrote it this morning."

Zheng Han then looked down and started reading again. After finishing a page, she pondered for a moment, handed the page to Yu Xiufeng, and continued reading the rest.

The two took turns looking at the materials, remaining silent for a long time, but their expressions had changed from suspicion to doubt and contemplation.

Upon seeing their reactions, Director Shi knew that the material was of very high quality and couldn't help but look at that young expert, Wei, with new respect.

This not only demonstrates Wei Hongsi's competence but also his wisdom. He had likely anticipated Zheng Han and Yu Xiufeng's attitude during their meeting, so he neither got angry nor argued, responding to their questions with a pre-written document and avoiding wasting time on unnecessary formalities.

After reviewing the plan, Zheng Han pondered for a moment and said, "This plan still lacks some specific steps. Professor Wei... is it because the direction hasn't been determined yet?"

He didn't know what titles Wei Hongsi had, and academic titles weren't commonly used as social titles in Chinese academia, so he chose a more common form of address. However, seeing that overly young face inevitably made him feel a little awkward.

"Yes." Wei Hongsi nodded. "Those steps should be chosen based on the specific circumstances."

Zheng Han glanced at Yu Xiufeng.

At this moment, Yu Xiufeng had also finished reading the proposal written by Wei Hongsi, and nodded, saying, "Okay, then let me introduce the specific situation."

He opened his notebook and projected the prepared content onto the conference room's large screen, delivering his presentation simultaneously.

Mu Jie has been in a coma for nearly a week, and the police have been treating and monitoring him in hopes of waking him up and obtaining more clues.

During routine monitoring, they discovered that Mu Jie's EEG showed a highly regular and repetitive specific waveform pattern periodically, which was completely different from unconscious background EEG noise and was easily distinguishable to experts.

Based on the special circumstances of Mu Jie falling into a coma, Zheng Han speculated that this specific waveform likely means that there is a pre-set or reinforced "information loop" operating autonomously in Mu Jie's brain, which may correspond to a command or code.

If this information can be read and deciphered, it may provide a crucial clue.

So Zheng Han then brought in his old partner Yu Xiufeng. After discussing it, the two began to perform high-density electroencephalography (EEG) monitoring on Mu Jie to accurately locate the brain region from which the ripples originated. At the same time, they performed functional near-infrared spectroscopy imaging to confirm that the brain region was accompanied by active oxygen consumption when the ripples appeared, thus ruling out the possibility of instrument artifacts.

They monitored the phenomenon for several days and confirmed that the appearance of that particular wave pattern had an inherent rhythm, ruling out the possibility of a non-random event, thus obtaining a conclusive report of "abnormal neural signals".

However, how to interpret this "abnormal neural signal" proved to be a challenge for the two.

It was at this time that Yu Zhen's men returned to the task force. After learning about the situation, they strongly recommended Wei Hongsi to their superiors.

In fact, Zheng Han and Yu Xiufeng didn't really want others to interfere. When unfamiliar experts came in, their differing opinions often affected work efficiency and progress.

However, Yu Zhen had the support of Director Shi, so they couldn't object. They gave Yu Zhen some instructions and had him make the phone call from last night.

After hearing the situation, Wei Hongsi immediately proposed a first-step plan, which was implemented in exactly the same way after discussions with Zheng and Yu.

For this reason, Zheng Han and Yu Xiufeng believed that "Expert Wei" was a capable person and that their thinking was in sync with theirs.