Break out of the courtyard

After Zhang Bei and his group came out, a group of brain-computer interface experts who were waiting outside immediately surrounded them.

With Zhang Long giving instructions, the bodyguards no longer stopped the dozen or so middle-aged men and women from approaching.

Just as Zhang Bei and his group were discussing issues related to the virtual dream device at the entrance, the Japanese islanders who were still waiting outside the library seemed to recognize Zhang Bei and Zhang Nan.

However, when two of the Japanese islanders approached Zhang Bei's group, intending to convey their goodwill through Zhang Heping's children, they were unexpectedly met with a sudden stun gun raised by the surrounding bodyguards.

At the same time, many surveillance cameras around the library started moving, and there were also spherical devices of unknown function in and around the library that were turning towards the Japanese islanders.

Meanwhile, Zhang Bei and Zhang Nan, the siblings, started wearing gold-rimmed glasses one after another.

"Step back!" the bodyguard captain said indifferently, holding the pulse cannon.

"We mean no harm!" The leader of the Japanese islanders quickly took two steps back with another Japanese islander beside him. "I just want to say a few words to Mr. Zhang Bei!"

After he finished speaking, the bodyguards from the Umbrella Corporation did not lower their guns, so the two Japanese islanders had to take a few steps back again. Only after the bodyguards lowered their guns did the group of Japanese islanders retreat back to where they had been gathered.

Zhang Bei and Zhang Nan, along with their siblings, ignored the Japanese islanders, simply taking off their gold-rimmed glasses and continuing to whisper among themselves.

"Lord Sato, could it be that they have already figured out our intentions?"

"Things have come to this point, and regardless of whether the other party has discovered our intentions, we must express our goodwill. Otherwise, domestic military factories will have no choice but to dismantle chips from mainland electronic products!"

“There is no death penalty in Hong Kong, and the attackers did not cause any casualties to the Peace Group. On the contrary, the attackers killed or injured 34 people. Therefore, as long as our Japanese government extradites the attackers back to Japan and then imposes severe punishment, it will demonstrate our position.”

"However, the Americans are not allowing us to extradite the attackers unless the Peace Group agrees!"

Several Japanese islanders were whispering amongst themselves, unaware that their conversation was being recorded by the Umbrella Security Company's audio monitoring device, which would be sent to Zhang Heping's email address later for his review.

Inside the library, only Mr. Hua and Zhang Heping, who was standing quietly in the corner, remained.

Hua was pondering how to communicate with Zhang Heping...

They didn't want Zhang Heping to attack the Japanese islanders, because once this opening was made, there was no guarantee that he wouldn't turn against others if he was ever unhappy in the future.

However, they didn't want Zhang Heping to take action, but they also couldn't help Zhang Heping avenge himself.

Even dealing with the captured Japanese island attackers is currently impossible for them, because Hong Kong Island is still under the jurisdiction of the United States.

So this incident has returned to the same situation as last year's truck bomb incident. Due to various concerns, they can only verbally condemn the attackers and demand an answer from Japan!

The so-called answer is nothing more than finding a reason that satisfies the world.

If Zhang Heping were just an ordinary researcher without any connections, this matter would have simply passed, and he could have just stayed in the lab from now on.

But Zhang Heping is not a pushover!
The burning and destruction of the Imperial Palace in Toto, Japan, by a plane, and the unexpected deaths of the Mitsui Group's head and his family, demonstrate just how strong his desire for revenge is!
Considering the brain-computer interface expert team that was turned away, Hua Lao actually lacked confidence in persuading Zhang Heping.

While Hua Lao was looking at the ceiling with his arms crossed, deep in thought, Zhang Heping had already moved the regenerative brain server into the corner of the iron-plated private server room.

"Professor Hua, let's go!" Zhang Heping casually called out as he reached the door, and only walked out of the library gate first after Professor Hua got up and followed him.

"Mr. Zhang!"

When Hua Lao came out, he heard a Japanese islander shouting and saw several Japanese islanders waving their hands in this direction.

In contrast, Zhang Heping not only ignored the Japanese from the island, but also nodded expressionlessly to the dozen or so brain-computer interface experts from the mainland, as if responding to their greeting.

"There are 287 typos in the book that Xiao Nan typed in. Go back and try typing with your mind focused again. If it really doesn't work, then don't do it this way!"

"When Xiao Bei was typing up the book Principles of Mechanical Design, he mixed in some parts of Computer Principles, and his thoughts weren't properly organized!"

"Xiao Nian included her own interpretations in the finance books she typed in, and changed a lot of the original authors' content. That's disrespectful. If you have new insights, you can publish your own book and then type them in!"

With bodyguards clearing the way in front and his children and others following behind, Zhang Heping casually mentioned the problems his children had just encountered, causing everyone else to remain silent.

After Zhang Heping and his group arrived at the teaching building, Zhang Heping asked the others to wait outside while he went into the computer room next to the virtual dream lecture hall to observe the condition of the regenerated brain.

Under Zhang Heping's mental probing, the brainwaves of this regenerated brain, which had been operating at full capacity for 5 days and 5 nights, were still very active.

However, in its dream, the behavior of the NPCs who had been possessed by the player gradually deviated from their original behavioral patterns.

For example, a family of four who were originally hiding under the floor of the photo studio's bedroom unexpectedly jumped out of their original plan and died outside without any player possessing them.

Zhang Heping did not interfere with this. This full-load limit test was originally intended to test whether the regenerated brain could generate intelligence.

Therefore, after Zhang Heping discovered that the regenerated brain had no physiological problems, he closed the door to the computer room.

Zhang Heping came outside and saw Hua Lao talking to a group of senior experts who had just arrived. He casually asked, "Hua Lao, would you like to go in and experience it?"

Old Hua glanced at the noisy crowd in line and shook his head, saying, "This isn't urgent!"

"Peace, are you free right now? They want to talk to you about brain-computer interface technology!"

Zhang Heping looked at the old experts who had complex expressions of hope, scrutiny, and dissatisfaction, and said indifferently, "You've been researching brain-computer interfaces for a while now. Tell me, what do you want to collaborate with me on?"

The experts, who initially harbored many negative feelings towards Zhang Heping, were all stunned when they heard his question!

Although Zhang Heping phrased it tactfully, the underlying meaning was clear: What do you have to offer for cooperation with me?
Just as Zhang Heping turned to leave, a middle-aged expert was pushed forward and shouted at Zhang Heping's back, "Advisor Zhang, we can collaborate on research into brain-computer interface amplification, how to reduce mental exertion, and..."

These so-called collaborations did not stop Zhang Heping from moving forward.

The first and second generation brain-computer interfaces have been in the underground base of Shenzhen Peace Academy for so long, and these people have not only failed to figure them out, but they also cannot see the current situation clearly. They think that if they rush over in a swarm, Zhang Heping will give them a second look.

Little did they know that in Zhang Heping's eyes, these so-called brain-computer interface experts were no different from a group of elementary school students.

Hua Lao didn't stop Zhang Heping from leaving, and Director Wang, because of the experts' misbehavior yesterday, didn't want to bother Zhang Heping with their affairs. Zhang Yi, however, must have received some kind of assignment before arriving; he pulled Zhang Bei aside and asked, "Xiao Bei, these are all domestic experts and professors..."

Although Zhang Yi didn't finish his sentence, Zhang Bei still understood what he meant and gave him some face.

Zhang Bei patted Zhang Yi's hand, and after Zhang Yi let go, Zhang Bei looked at Elder Hua and Director Wang and smiled, "Grandpa Hua, Grandma Wang, brain-computer interfaces, mental power, and virtual dreams are all new disciplines. Let young people learn them."

As Zhang Bei spoke, he looked at Zhang Yi and Luo Yi, "You two should settle the team members first. I'll arrange a car to pick you and your second aunt and uncle up and take you home for dinner later."

After speaking, Zhang Bei quickly walked to the convoy parked by the roadside and went home with the cars.

A new discipline!
Let young people learn!
Although Zhang Bei didn't mention the cooperation, he silenced the experts by using three new disciplines: brain-computer interfaces, mental power, and virtual dreams, because these three disciplines were not their areas of expertise.

To be precise, they can only be considered to be researching brain-computer interfaces, and they haven't even gotten started yet.

The last sentence, "Let young people learn," was like a bucket of cold water, waking up most of the experts. A group of laymen had no right to cooperate except to learn from Zhang Heping!

As semi-outsiders, Mr. Hua and Director Wang were thinking more deeply at this moment.

They recalled the group of experts, professors, and assistants at the underground base of the Peace Academy. When they saw Zhang Heping, they would call him either Teacher Zhang or Dean Zhang, unlike these experts who still called him Consultant Zhang.

Did they think that by calling him "advisor," Zhang Heping would necessarily answer their questions?

Little did they know, the good old days of asking and answering questions were long gone!
As Zhang Heping and his group left, everyone's attention gradually turned to Elder Hua and Zhang Yi and his group of young people.

"I'll go and experience it first!" Professor Hua pointed to the teaching building, looked at Director Wang, and asked, "Do you know the person in charge here?"

Hua Lao had only heard that Zhang Heping had made a major breakthrough in brain-computer interface technology and had started playing 600-player online games, but he had not actually experienced it yet, so he did not have a concrete concept of it and did not want to discuss cooperation or learning with these experts for the time being.

“I’ll take you there!” Director Wang walked toward the bodyguard captain holding a pulse cannon in front of the teaching building and said to Elder Hua who followed him, “They saw that we came with He Ping, so they shouldn’t stop us from going in to experience it.”

"I heard that experts aren't allowed to experience virtual dream games here anymore?" Old Hua looked at the weapons of the bodyguards around him, imagining the scene of them taking down all the Japanese island attackers in the early morning of the 22nd.

"They wouldn't listen to advice. On their first day here, they stayed and refused to leave, staying for over seven hours straight." Director Wang glanced at the several senior experts who had followed him, ignoring their embarrassment, and continued:

"Later, the bodyguards forcibly pulled them out, and after I questioned them repeatedly, some of them said they were feeling unwell."

"When they arrived at the hospital, the doctors examined all of them, and 57 of them were hospitalized for observation overnight."

"How could peace possibly welcome people like this who don't listen to orders!"

Director Wang had already reported this matter to Elder Hua earlier.

When asked by Professor Hua, Director Wang naturally understood the underlying message and made a sarcastic remark to make the leaders of the two expert teams understand what mistakes they had made.

Watching Hua Lao and Director Wang leave, Luo Yi leaned close to Zhang Yi and whispered, "Honey, Zhang Bei said he'd arrange a car to pick us up later. Should we take Xu Ning and the others to a restaurant for dinner now?"

"No rush!" Zhang Yi replied softly, "There are still more than 40 minutes until Dad gets off work, so it won't take long to experience it here."

"In addition, I guess Mr. Hua has something else to tell us."

The views expressed by Zhang Bei when he left gave Hua Lao a lot to think about. In particular, after experiencing the virtual dream game "Nanjing Falls", Hua Lao realized more directly that Zhang Heping's research speed in brain-computer interface technology was something that domestic expert groups could hardly catch up with, let alone cooperate with.

To put it bluntly, having those experts follow Zhang Heping to learn from him would slow down Zhang Heping's research and development in brain-computer interfaces.

Therefore, Zhang Yi did not wait for Hua Lao to talk to him in the end, and took his wife Luo Yi and went to Victoria Peak with his parents.

……

As the Zhang family banquet began, the sky gradually darkened.

The Japanese islanders, who hadn't spoken to Zhang Heping and Chen Shuting during the day, set their sights on the Heping Big Health Medical Research Institute at night.

The Peace Big Health Medical Research Institute is located on the north side of the college, bordering the water, with Victoria Harbour on the opposite bank.

With the Umbrella Corporation's bodyguards scattered around several intersections of the academy, as well as the library to the west and the teaching building to the east, the defenses of the Peace Health Medical Research Institute to the north were relatively weak.

Importantly, the Peace Big Health Medical Research Institute also has many foreign experts!
While not all of these foreign experts are spies, most of them certainly have connections with their respective countries' intelligence agencies.

In an international metropolis like Hong Kong Island, there is no shortage of spies from various countries.

So, with the help of some people and the cooperation of some foreign experts, several Japanese islanders dressed in black bodysuits emerged from the water.

In fact, these men in black were detected by the Hong Kong Island Smart City monitoring system of the Computer Research Center as soon as they swam over from 500 meters away underwater.

Tang Wei, who had been on duty at the single bed here recently, immediately contacted Zhang Heping, Wei Chunqiao, Zhu Chengguang and others after receiving a report from his subordinates.

Then, something happened that gave the people of Japan a huge boost in confidence!
The three men in black from the Japanese island, tasked with infiltrating the rooftop laboratory of the Peace Big Health Medical Research Institute, narrowly escaped the patrolling bodyguards and security guards, successfully climbed up the north exterior wall, and then sneaked into the rooftop laboratory through an open window.

However, the three men in black from the Japanese island were completely bewildered after entering the laboratory!
Because there were no markings in Zhang Heping's laboratory, only Zhang Heping knew what was in those bottles and jars.

The main purpose of these men in black from the Japanese islands was to investigate whether Zhang Heping had developed any biological weapons targeting the Japanese islanders.

If there is!
Congratulations to Zhang Heping on being charged with all sorts of crimes!
Whether they have the ability to bring Zhang Heping to an international court for trial is another matter. It will certainly require cooperation from multiple countries to snatch Zhang Heping away from the protection of the Umbrella Corporation and the mainland!

I wonder if the people they sent will have any chance of survival after they meet Zhang Heping.

Of course, none of that is possible!
The three men in black from the Japanese island searched the huge laboratory for a while, and finally determined that what they wanted might be in three small cubicles that were lit with red, green and blue fluorescent lights, as well as a small cubicle covered with a black cloth.

The three fluorescent cubicles provided light, which made it easier for them to steal the unknown liquid from the culture tank.

The small cubicle covered by a black cloth was shone with a small flashlight by one of the Japanese men in black. After confirming that there was a culture tank inside, he didn't care whether the liquid inside could be exposed to light. He took out a plastic bag he had brought with him, filled it with some of the liquid from the culture tank, and stuffed it into his bag.

The theft mission went quite smoothly. After bringing back the four liquids, the men in black from the Japanese island were not only rewarded but also sent on a vacation abroad… (End of Chapter)