Chapter 461: Chapter 309: Memory Deep Dive_2
They walked into a laboratory one after another, where a giant circular mechanical apparatus was placed, and over a dozen staff members were performing various adjustments.
Qi Ling: "What is this?"
Zhao Yiming walked to the front of the machine and gestured, "I’m not going to tell you what it is. Just lie down."
Qi Ling didn’t say much and climbed onto the machine.
As soon as she lay flat, metal rings snapped out at her wrists, ankles, and neck, locking her firmly in place.
Zhao Yiming: "Next, you’ll be given a dose of anesthesia. Close your eyes and take a nap. When you wake up, everything will be over. How is that? Simple, right?"
Bound by the metal rings, Qi Ling didn’t move, nor did she struggle. She just asked with a smile, "You won’t do anything peculiar or twisted while I’m asleep, right?"
Zhao Yiming said politely, "Rest assured, I promised Su Mo that I would only have you assist with the work, nothing more.
"As for these operators, I’ll be keeping an eye on them. If anyone tries to take advantage while you’re unconscious, I will deal personally with them."
The operators around nodded slightly, showing humility.
The chief operator approached the terminal computer and tentatively asked, "President Zhao? Then shall we..."
Zhao Yiming: "Go ahead."
The chief operator initiated the command, and a mechanical arm equipped with a syringe moved to Qi Ling’s side, injecting the anesthesia into her body.
Zhao Yiming: "Goodnight, Miss Qi Ling, sweet dreams."
After Qi Ling was anesthetized, the operators returned to their stations, focusing on their computers once more.
The circular apparatus began to operate, a streak of light projected onto Qi Ling’s forehead, which then spread and transformed into a mottled, shining matrix, scanning in different directions.
If observed closely, one would find that the diffusion of the light trace followed the edge of the brain, fully scanning Qi Ling’s brain.
The chief operator reported, "President Zhao, the target has entered a state of sensory disconnection. The ’Ring of Secret Gazing’ has commenced operation, and the first ’memory deep dive’ is expected to complete in two hours."
The Ring of Secret Gazing is the ultimate tool just invented this year by the research department of the Hegemony Company.
Where do the deepest secrets in the world hide?
The ruins of the Land of No Master?
The storage chips of terminal equipment?
The unfathomable dark web?
No, none of them.
The deepest secrets are hidden within a person’s brain.
As long as a person’s will is strong enough, no amount of torture can compel them to yield, not even the use of truth serums; they can forever conceal their secrets within their brain.
The brain, weighing about 1400 grams, can be sturdier than a fortress for some people, making it the hardest domain to breach in the world.
The Ring of Secret Gazing exists to breach this domain.
During the operation of this device, it can scan the brain’s electrical signals, resonating at the corresponding frequency bands, thus entering a state known as ’memory deep dive.’
As the name suggests, if a person’s memory is likened to an ocean, a deep dive is like diving into the depths of that ocean.
At that time, the most profound memory segments within the other party’s brain will be revealed, absolutely genuine, with nothing held back.
Zhao Yiming watched Qi Ling, who was in a coma, with interest, speaking slowly, "Come on, Qi Ling, let me see your hidden past. And let me see..."
"What secrets are hidden at the Edge."
The Ring of Secret Gazing continued to rotate around Qi Ling, transmitting the scanned data to various computers, where programs began to analyze it.
This process was long and all the operators focused intensely, not daring to slack off, striving to expedite the progress to save time for President Zhao.
Two hours later, as the operation of the Ring of Secret Gazing slowed, the chief operator reported, "The first phase of the deep dive is complete. The program has parsed sensory signals based on the feedback data."
Zhao Yiming signaled for everyone to take their places and sat down in front of a piece of equipment himself.
This is a type of neural device that can connect to the human brain unit, fully generating visual, auditory, olfactory, tactile, and gustatory senses via electrical signals, thereby unveiling a complete sensory panorama.
In civilian fields, it is often used as high-end gaming equipment, allowing players to become fully immersed in the game world.
In police or military fields, it can also be used for crime investigation, scene recreation, virtual training, and more.
At this moment, with the sensory signals obtained by the neural device in collaboration with the Ring of Secret Gazing, the user can perfectly immerse into the subject and view the memories fed back from the deep dive.
Soon, everyone was in place, and the first memory began to replay.
Zhao Yiming suddenly felt his consciousness sinking, surrounded by chaos and darkness, as if falling into a bottomless deep sea.
He didn’t know how much time had passed before his consciousness gradually became clear. When he opened his eyes again, he saw a depressing, cold room.
The feeling is hard to describe precisely with words...
He had now entered Qi Ling’s first-person perspective, not only were external senses like sight, smell, and hearing completely restored, but even internal emotions were resonating, distinctly feeling her helplessness and confusion at the time.
The other operators also entered the deep dive state one after another, reporting their discoveries one after another.
"At 23 seconds, look at the cigarette that guard is smoking; this type of cigarette was discontinued in Year 140 of Dawn, so this is at least childhood memories from over ten years ago."
"There are no windows in the room, the airflow is poor, and it’s somewhat damp, likely underground."
"That pen... at 1 minute and 7 seconds, look closely at its symbol, that’s the emblem of New Moon Eden."
"So, she was an artificial baby cultivated through the Eden Garden project..."
The Ring of Secret Gazing acquires the subject’s most profound memories, so it has great jumps.
One second they were being beaten by guards, impacts coming from the head and face, the intense pain making them grit their teeth and endure with difficulty.
The next second, they were curled up on the ground, numbly eating the stale food even dogs wouldn’t touch, the disgusting taste lingering in their mouths, the stench spreading in the nasal cavity.
Some couldn’t help but start to twitch at the corners of their mouths.
Later, in one scene, they were locked by the guards in a narrow room, absolutely dark, without the slightest glimmer of light.
The extreme fear and despair of the memory host transmitted through the sensory signals into everyone’s minds, causing adrenaline to secrete violently, even making breathing difficult.
"Ugh—" One operator couldn’t endure the sensory feedback, removed the neural device, and ran to the sink, vomiting profusely.
Endless pain, endless darkness, amidst numbness and despair toward life, the first memory deep dive ended.
The operators removed the neural devices, each suffering from the sensory feedback, but quickly attempted to summarize what they had seen earlier.
"From what we can see, her childhood was extremely miserable. From several attempts at self-harm and suicide, it can be judged she has a strong tendency toward self-destruction."
"According to Eden Garden researchers’ evaluations, not only is she an artificially created baby, but she is also a product of genetic engineering, extremely healthy with no congenital defects, and her brain development exceeds that of ordinary people."
"No wonder at such a young age, her expertise in software technology already surpasses many experts; her innate talent can be said to be top-notch."
"What a pity, such talent, if she could always be used by the company, should have greater achievements."
"President Zhao, what do you think?"
Zhao Yiming leaned back in his seat, squinting slightly, pondering aloud, "My focus is different from yours. She is indeed a genius, but the world is not short of geniuses."
"Even if she is unique, we can just find ten experts, a hundred experts, a thousand experts, by accumulating people and resources, we can surpass her individual expertise, so her technical prowess is secondary."
"What I want to focus on is her inner world. I’m quite puzzled, not to mention how she later escaped from Eden Garden, children who grow up abused often have distorted hearts and easily develop antisocial personalities."
"But during her tenure at the company and even now, she always exhibited a sunny and outgoing demeanor, which doesn’t match her childhood experiences."
The chief operator tentatively asked, "President Zhao, you mean..."
Zhao Yiming flashed a mysterious smile, "She must have met someone later, someone who changed her life."
"Prepare for the second memory deep dive."
