Memory inheritor

Chapter 102 Looking for traces

On their way to Yuecheng University, Zheng Han and Yu Xiufeng communicated online with members of the expert team, sharing Wei Hongsi's proposed solution.

After listening, the experts on the other end of the line were silent for a moment, and then various exclamations came through, full of emotions such as sudden realization and enlightenment, just like Yu Xiufeng's previous reaction.

Someone said, "Teacher Zheng, it's fortunate that you thought of this method, otherwise we don't know how much time we would have wasted."

Someone else chimed in, "Yeah, I never thought there was such a shortcut."

Someone immediately corrected: "This is not a shortcut, but a different path."

Someone immediately agreed: "That's right, this method isn't actually that surprising, but we just couldn't think of it."

"Stop praising me, this was the idea of ​​a specially invited expert from the leading group," Zheng Han quickly clarified, not wanting to take credit for nothing. Out of respect for Wei Hongsi's privacy, he also refrained from mentioning Wei's name.

"Let's quickly determine the implementation steps!" Yu Xiufeng reminded him.

The experts quickly calmed down from their euphoria and began to discuss specific implementation plans.

After this period of dream interpretation work, everyone is very familiar with the entire workflow and the details that need attention, so the efficiency is very high. In just over ten minutes, the work content and division of labor were determined.

When Zheng Han and Yu Xiufeng arrived at the decoding operations room set up in the supercomputing center of Yuecheng University, all the work was already proceeding in an orderly manner.

Their previous work has not lost its value; the detailed analysis of Mujie's original multimodal signals can more vividly depict his state in the relevant dream narratives.

Mu Jie's dream narrative about the "round-faced student" consists of two parts, corresponding to two scenarios. Their current task is to adapt and process these two scenarios, then create a multimodal stimulus package, and apply it to the three Professors Finch in order to extract detailed information about the "round-faced student."

[Original Dream Narrative] - 1 (Chapter 78 [Narrative] - 1)

He sat in a bamboo recliner, looking at the young man before him, who was trying so hard to appear serious, his heart filled with disdain and a touch of anger. This was a clumsy, unqualified student, a lowly student unworthy of being a guide—this was an insult! Why not a professor? Why?

—Dream Scene Environment: Second Floor Room of Mu Jie's Safe House

[Multimodal Stimulation Package] - 1

—Mu Jie suddenly stood up from his chair, glaring angrily at Professor Finch, and loudly questioned, "Why did you send that clumsy, low-level student, unqualified to be a guide, to see me? This is an insult! Why didn't you come yourself, Professor?"

——Scene 1: Professor William Finch's office at the School of Foreign Languages, Yuecheng University

——Scene Environment 2: Professor Evan Finch's office in the Condensed Matter Physics Laboratory at Yuecheng University of Science and Technology

Because Lucas Finch did not provide effective feedback to the stimulus package containing the basic information about Mojer, no specific scenario about him was constructed.

In previous dream interpretations, it was determined that Mujie communicated with William and Evan primarily in E language. Therefore, when constructing the multimodal stimulus package scenario, the use of third-person pronouns by Mujie was deliberately avoided.

(Note: E is a major constituent country of B, and its language E is widely used in both A and B.)

[Original Dream Narrative] - 2 (Chapter 78 [Narrative] - 3)

He stood up from the "pod" and saw that the young man before him had changed: his short black hair had turned into medium-length light brown hair, his comical round face had lengthened to reveal a broad forehead, and his brown eyes had turned blue-gray. This was Professor Finch, someone qualified to be a guide.

—Dream setting: Mu Jie's safe house, but details are unknown.

[Multimodal Stimulation Package] - 2

—Mu Jie stood up from his chair, his gaze falling on Professor Finch's side and slightly behind him, and loudly mocked, "Professor Finch, do you really think this young man with short black hair, a ridiculous round face, and brown eyes is qualified to replace you as the guide?"

(The scene and environment are the same as those in Stimulus Pack-1)

Experts still don't know what the "cabin" is, so they can't add it to the scene. Otherwise, the effect would be exceptionally good, and it might even be possible to use it to directly fish out important clues.

The three Finch individuals remained subconsciously wary, and the stimulating package of vague narratives was essentially ineffective for them, yielding no valuable feedback.

But in dreams, imagination exists. If Professor Finch believed that Muggie had indeed seen the "round-faced student," then when he turned to look, details of the "round-faced student's" appearance would appear.

Zheng Han and Yu Xiufeng effectively implemented Wei Hongsi's suggestions into the construction of the multimodal stimulus package, making Mu Jie's emotions more outward.

Having Mu Jie somewhat awkwardly "speak" out the physical characteristics of a "round-faced student" only served a supporting role. They had already tried it before, but it had no effect whatsoever.

Their main tactic this time was to exploit the intensity of emotions within dreams. People tend to have stronger psychological reactions when faced with emotionally charged individuals.

The experts worked together, building on their existing work, and spent over an hour constructing two multimodal stimulation packages, which they then began to attempt to apply to William Finch and Evan Finch.

About half an hour later, William Finch entered a dream, and lines of AI-decoded semantic tags began to appear on the screen.

The experts in the decoding command center all stepped forward to watch. More than a dozen pieces of information quickly passed before their eyes, and finally, decoding semantics related to Mu Jie began to appear.

[Narrative Reconstruction AI Output]

He looked around, then at Jesse, and said in a dissatisfied tone, "Jesse, I don't understand what you're talking about. You shouldn't be here looking for me at a time like this. Go where you should be."

Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. The newly constructed stimulus package had some effect, but it didn't lure out the content they expected.

William Finch's dream continues, with a constant stream of AI-decoded semantic tags popping up.

A few minutes later, another narrative related to Mu Jie appeared.

[Narrative Reconstruction AI Output]

He looked at Jesse with a serious expression and said in a dissatisfied tone, "Jesse, your opinion of him is mixed with too many other factors. Alright, you should go back."

This dream narrative immediately attracted the attention of experts.

Yu Xiufeng said, "This 'he' might be that round-faced student. It's just a pity the description was too brief."

"Yes, the problem is still unresolved," one expert said regretfully.