Memory inheritor

Chapter 73 Translating Dreams

Wei Hongsi greeted the police officer on duty, verified his identity according to procedure, and entered the decoding operations room.

The wall on the left side of the room is a large screen displaying a data visualization interface.

The middle section displays the multimodal monitoring data of the test subjects; the upper left section displays the computing power and scheduling status, and the lower section is a dual-point linkage panel for monitoring and decoding; the right section is a separate window used to display the interpretation content of the narrative AI.

After entering the room, Wei Hongsi glanced at the large screen and knew that Mu Jie was currently in a state of silence.

Jiang Haiyang and Wu Jie were sitting at the worktable below the large screen.

Hearing someone enter, Jiang Haiyang braced himself on the counter, turning his swivel chair around, a look of surprise on his face: "Why are you here so early?"

He is 27 years old, quite tall, with a slightly parted hairstyle and distinct facial features. He has a bit of a celebrity vibe and is the most "trendy" among his peers.

Wei Hongsi said, "I had nothing better to do, so I thought I'd come and take a look."

Wu Jie turned around, smiled, and said, "Good morning!"

He held a half-eaten multigrain pancake in his hand, and strands of his medium-length hair hung down in front of his forehead, whether from washing his face after getting up or from sweating after his morning exercise, it was hard to tell.

Wu Jie is currently a second-year doctoral student. Because he started studying under Professor Zhou later than Wei Hongsi, he always called Wei Hongsi "senior brother" when he first enrolled.

This made Wei Hongsi feel strange, because Wu Jie was two years older than him and looked older than his age, like a thirty-year-old uncle. Fortunately, Wu Jie soon discovered that his fellow disciples only called each other by their names, so he changed his way of addressing them.

"Any new developments?" Wei Hongsi sat down next to Jiang Hailan, asking as he flipped through the log.

"The target's brainwaves have appeared three times since midnight, and we've been able to decipher some of the information. The 'neural translation package' has been automatically optimized." Jiang Haiyang marked the relevant information for him. "If the target's brainwaves continue to appear at the same frequency as before, we expect to get a high-confidence interpretation today."

Wei Hongsi nodded slowly. If this result could be achieved, it would be roughly in line with his initial estimate when he formulated the plan.

They completed the initial phase of building the "neural translation package" yesterday morning, but this is not the end of the work.

This is because the data obtained through the semantic comparison of neural signals established by active stimulation is isolated, equivalent to individual words, each of which may have multiple meanings.

Observing and interpreting the target's brainwaves is equivalent to listening to someone speak a complete sentence; the data is continuous. This is similar to how a single word may have multiple meanings, but when embedded in a sentence, its meaning becomes relatively fixed.

Therefore, building a "neural translation package" is an ongoing task. By attempting to interpret the target brainwaves, it is like a toddler who has learned some words observing adults speaking. It is a process of learning and optimization.

The three chatted for a while when the alert device started flashing, indicating that the target's brainwaves had appeared. They immediately stopped talking and focused on the changes in various parameters.

Ten seconds later, the target's brainwaves disappeared.

The neural signal characteristics observed in this study revealed strong and synchronous high-frequency oscillations in the gamma band in the occipital visual cortex and fusiform gyrus facial area of ​​the subjects, while the parietal spatial perception area was also active. The eye trajectory exhibited a locked pattern of "gaze, saccade, and then gaze again."

"Same as before," Jiang Haiyang said, arms crossed. "What do you think he 'saw'?"

Wei Hong thought for a moment and said, "It could be a badge, a symbol, or a symbol with special significance."

"Couldn't it be a person?" Jiang Haiyang said thoughtfully. "Could it be someone gazing at their partner?"

Wei Hongsi felt that this was unlikely. Although he knew very little about Mu Jie, given his private life while running the bar, it was unlikely that he would have a lover he was deeply in love with.

Wu Jie said, "I think it's more likely to be a totem, something like spiritual worship."

Jiang Haiyang asked, "Is your guess or is there evidence?"

"I have evidence," Wu Jie said with a smile. "In my hometown, many people who worship the God of Wealth jar have this reaction."

"What's a 'God of Wealth Jar'?" Wei Hongsi asked curiously. "Isn't it for worshipping the God of Wealth?"

"That's different." Wu Jie shook his head. "Who would stare at the God of Wealth when they worship him? But they would stare at the God of Wealth jar. People who worship him hope to have one themselves, so they will stare at it."

The three chatted for a while, then changed the subject. Their current state was like that of fishermen; they only had something to do when a fish bit the hook.

The target's brainwaves reappeared four more times in the afternoon, at a frequency similar to before. This was good news, indicating that after this period of stimulation and observation, Mu Jie's brain had not undergone any adverse changes.

On two occasions, after the target brainwave appeared, a low-voltage, high-frequency "desynchronization" wave appeared. Combined with electromyography and electrooculography, it can be determined that Mu Jie entered a relatively long dream.

This gave Wei Hongsi a sudden idea: if his dreams contained some kind of information that he didn't know, should he also interpret it in this way?

However, the thought of being watched by a crowd during his dream made him abandon the idea. No one can control what dreams they have, and who knows what terrible things might happen?

Around 5 p.m., the target's brainwaves reappeared.

Seeing the stream of AI-decoded semantic tags popping up, the three of them couldn't help but feel excited.

—Visual focus/symbol: 92% confidence. A high-contrast, geometrically complex symbolic image was detected entering the central visual field.

—Visual attributes: Confidence level 88%. The main components are a combination of radial lines, circles, and flat ovals, with a color tone of silver and dark blue.

—Semantic extraction: 85% confidence level. The symbols are strongly associated with the concepts of "sublime", "guidance", and "light".

—Text recognition attempt: 79% confidence level. The symbol may contain Latin letter characters below it, and the preliminary outline match is: "DUX……LUM……".

[Narrative Reconstruction AI Output]

He gazed at a logo that shimmered with a silver and deep blue light. The logo, composed of radiating lines and circles and flat ovals, gave him a strong sense of "belief" and "light." It seemed to contain text, its form resembling "DUX LUMINA."

"This should be considered a totem, right?" Wu Jie said softly.

"Dux Lumina? What is that? The Duke of Light?" Jiang Haiyang asked, somewhat puzzled.

"It could also mean 'guiding the light'," Wei Hongsi said thoughtfully.