Break out of the courtyard

"Hello, we are officers from the Central Police Station. We just received a report from Mr. Zhang Bei that a patient named Luo Chen is suspected of murder, and we need to go in to investigate!" A middle-aged male Hong Kong police officer saluted the security guard at the entrance of Heping Hospital.

"Wait a moment!" The security guard at the entrance raised his left hand and pressed it against his chest through his clothes. Then, in front of the four Hong Kong police officers (three men and one woman), he reported the situation at the entrance to the security captain.

A moment later, the security captain jogged over with a young security guard.

"Hello, I'm in charge of taking you to the neurology department. If you have any weapons, please register here first!" the security captain said, pointing to the registration staff next to the security gate.

"We didn't apply for weapons when we heard he was in a vegetative state!" The middle-aged Hong Kong policeman stepped forward, shook hands with the security captain, and laughed, "Besides, you guys are in charge of security here, so there's no need for us to take action!"

"Please!" The security captain gestured towards the security gate, clearly not letting his guard down because of the other party's words.

Four Hong Kong police officers took out handcuffs and keys, and removed the hats with metal badges, placing them in a plastic basket next to them, before passing through the security gate one by one.

Subsequently, led by the security captain, the four Hong Kong police officers arrived at the neurology ward area.

However, as soon as they stepped out of the elevator, they heard a commotion.

"Luo Chen's family, let's talk this out. You're choking Luo Chen; he can't answer you!"

"Why waste words with him! He's obviously not a patient's family member. I'll use the stun gun's intimidation mode and take care of him with one shot!"

"No! The patient has just woken up. Using a stun gun could easily knock him unconscious, and it's hard to say whether he'll wake up again!"

"Tell me! Where is my son? Tell me!"

"Director, I just checked Luo Chen's admission records. The family information is indeed that of Luo Chen's father, but the family photo doesn't match the person in the ward! Then, we asked the monitoring room and found that the person who brought Luo Chen here is not the same person as the one in the ward!"

"If we don't use the stun gun soon, I estimate that the patient who just woke up will be strangled to death. If you continue to obstruct us, I will report this to my superiors!"

……

The flat area in front of the villa on Victoria Peak, Hong Kong Island.

After the black iron helmets on the heads of the Commissioner of Police, the Commissioner of Central Police Station, and the Governor's personal secretary were removed, they all opened their eyes but did not speak, seemingly still in shock.

At Zhang Heping's silent signal, Zhang Bei then had two Hong Kong police officers who were with him step forward, put on black iron helmets, and let them examine the murder dreams in the pig brain server.

Zhang Heping sat on a plastic chair and checked three emails on his tablet before the Central Police Station Commissioner spoke.

“Mr. Zhang, forgive my bluntness!” The middle-aged male superintendent of the Central Police Station said cautiously, “I’m afraid the virtual dream you presented cannot be used as evidence, after all, you can even construct a virtual dream of the fall of Nanjing.”

Zhang Heping tapped a stack of papers on the plastic table next to him with his right hand. "These are the portraits of those people. How to make them is your job as the police. We won't give you that virtual dream equipment as evidence."

The bodyguard next to him stepped forward, picked up the stack of papers, and handed them to the Commissioner of the Central Police Station.

The Commissioner of Police and the Governor's secretary followed closely behind, having heard about the so-called virtual dream testimonies and wanting to use the evidence as a pretext to take away the virtual dream equipment.

Although they dared not keep Zhang Heping's virtual dream device, taking it back to study for a few days was better than just looking at it.

The Americans, who occupy Hong Kong Island, know all too well how deep the waters run in the Zhang family's waters.

Normally, it's fine if you don't provoke the Zhang family, but once you do, you won't even know how you died.

"Given Mr. Zhang's reputation, he wouldn't lie about such a trivial matter!" The blond, middle-aged police commissioner said with a smile in Chinese, "We will definitely take this case seriously and apprehend all the murderers within three days!"

After hearing that Cheung Hop-ping would not hand over the virtual dream device as evidence, the Commissioner of Police did not dare to reveal any covetous thoughts.

Even if his presence here implies he has ulterior motives, as long as he doesn't say anything, it can only be said that he takes the Zhang family's report seriously.

"I've never seen anything like Mr. Zhang's brain-computer interface that can assist in solving cases! It's truly an eye-opener for me today!" The blonde secretary also spoke fluent Mandarin. "When I get back, I will definitely report what I just saw to His Excellency the Governor of Hong Kong."

"Oh, right, Mr. Zhang!" The blonde secretary said as if she had just remembered, "I heard you agreed to let the Americans learn your brain-computer interface technology. Is that true?"

"Not yet!" Zhang Heping replied casually while operating the tablet. "If you want to learn brain-computer interface technology, you have to trade your technology for it!"

"People from the US are like this, and so are you people from the UK. As long as you can provide me with technical information that interests me, you can come here to learn brain-computer interface technology."

"What about the Lifespan 120 potion?" the blonde secretary asked, her gaze fixed intently on Zhang Heping.

“That won’t do!” Zhang Heping replied calmly. “I explained the reason a long time ago. If you’ve forgotten, go online and find the video from back then and see what I said.”

The blonde secretary quickly stood up and apologized, "I misspoke, please forgive me, Mr. Zhang!"

"It's alright!" Zhang Heping stood up and said, "I have a video conference, so I won't stay with you!"

After speaking, Zhang Heping went into the villa, leaving Zhang Bei to deal with the outsiders.

This is the headquarters of the Umbrella Security Company, so they aren't afraid of outsiders causing trouble.

Zhang Heping came out to greet them mainly because he had heard that the Governor's personal secretary had arrived.

He may disregard the Commissioner of Police, but he must still show respect to the Governor of Hong Kong.

After all, the Governor's Office has provided considerable assistance to the Peace Group when it has any major events.

"Please make yourselves at home!" Zhang Bei took a banana from the fruit plate on the table and then pushed the fruit plate towards the blonde female secretary.

“Although virtual dreams can be artificially constructed, this dream was an accident.” Zhang Bei slowly recounted the detailed origin of this dream.

After listening, the Central Police Station Chief nodded and said, "We believe what Mr. Zhang Bei said, but according to what happened in the dream, there are many doubts about why Luo Chen was silenced after he and his accomplices committed the crime."

Zhang Bei thought for a moment and said, "This dream was born from Luo Chen's consciousness, and it cannot be ruled out that there are his delusions in the dream."

"Just like your dreams, what you think about during the day, you dream about at night. You may dream about things you experienced during the day, but the scenes in the dream may be very different from reality."

"Based on this consideration, that virtual dream device cannot be used as evidence."

The Central Police Station Chief continued nodding, "Since Mr. Zhang Bei says so, it will be easier for us to carry out our subsequent work."

The Commissioner of Police is not responsible for investigating cases, so he is not interested in these matters. After the Central Police Station Commissioner finished speaking, the Commissioner of Police began to probe Zhang Bei, asking him what technologies from the United States Zhang Heping was interested in.

Instead of asking Zhang Heping what technology he was interested in, the blond middle-aged man added "Mexican" as a prefix, making one wonder if he intended to sell this information to the Americans.

Unfortunately, Zhang Bei had no idea what his father was thinking.

……

When a clinical trial patient at the Department of Neurology at Hong Kong Island Peace Hospital had an accident, Cheung Chiu-tai and Cheung Pan-tai quickly received the news.

By the time the two sisters and Zhang Yong arrived at the hospital's inpatient building, the farce had already come to an end.

"Director Xue, what exactly happened?" Zhang Zhaodi looked at the two Hong Kong police officers standing outside a ward, but asked the neurosurgeon next to her.

"A patient named Luo Chen, who was in a vegetative state, just woke up. But the family members taking care of Luo Chen here today aren't his relatives; they're actually his enemies!" Director Xue explained slowly, also looking at the ward guarded by Hong Kong police officers.
"The person impersonating a family member wanted Luo Chen to reveal his son's whereabouts. Immediately afterwards, four Hong Kong police officers arrived, saying that Mr. Zhang Bei had reported the incident!"

"We don't know the specifics either. Why don't you ask Mr. Zhang Bei?"

Zhang Zhaodi and Zhang Pandi exchanged a glance, then Zhang Pandi went to the side to make a phone call to inquire, while Zhang Zhaodi continued to ask Director Xue for some details.

A moment later, Zhang Pandi hurried back and said to the medical staff and Zhang Zhaodi gathered around Director Xue, "This afternoon, two biological brain servers malfunctioned. After they took them back for inspection, they discovered that the two biological brain servers..."

Just as Zhang Pandi was repeating what Zhang Bei had just told her, the Hong Kong police also made a move.

Two male police officers escorted the middle-aged man, who was impersonating Luo Chen's family member and whose hands were cuffed behind his back, to the door of the ward guarded by two Hong Kong police officers.

Four Hong Kong police officers exchanged a few words at the door, and then the middle-aged officer leading the group walked towards Director Xue, Zhang Zhaodi, and their group.

A middle-aged Hong Kong police officer approached, smiling as he looked at Director Xue standing in front of a group of doctors, and asked, "Hello, we'd like to take Luo Chen away. We'd like to know how his health is right now?"

After listening to Zhang Pandi's account and learning that Luo Chen was involved in a murder case, Director Xue's sympathy for Luo Chen had completely vanished.

"Luo Chen only suffered a head injury and has only recently become a vegetable, so there's nothing seriously wrong with his health." Director Xue said this somewhat against his will, because the fake family member had just been so close to Luo Chen that he almost strangled him to death!
He said this for two reasons: first, Luo Chen might have killed the son of the fake family member; second, having Luo Chen here would always be a hidden danger.

According to Zhang Pandi's account, Luo Chen and his group committed the crime as a gang.

The middle-aged Hong Kong policeman turned to leave, but then turned back and asked, "There's another question. Did two of your servers malfunction during your clinical trial this afternoon?"

"It's two biological brain servers!" Director Xue guessed that the other party wanted to verify the dream of Luo Chen that Zhang Heping and the others had discovered, so he patiently explained the situation of the two biological brain servers malfunctioning.

After listening to the story, the middle-aged Hong Kong police officer returned to the door of the ward where Luo Chen was located.

The four Hong Kong police officers discussed the matter further. Two younger officers escorted Luo Chen, whose hands were cuffed, away, while the middle-aged officer followed behind with the person pretending to be a family member. The remaining female officer handled the patient handover procedures at the hospital.

Once the Hong Kong police left, a group of medical staff began to discuss Luo Chen's situation.

"How could Luo Chen, while unconscious, manage to malfunction two biological brain servers using only his subconscious? Is it due to his exceptional mental strength? Or his extraordinary willpower?"

"These questions should be asked of Zhang Bei. I'd like to ask, how did that fake family member get in? If this matter isn't investigated thoroughly, I'm worried it will cause big problems later."

"If that fake family member had used a scalpel or some other sharp instrument instead of their hand to strangle them, we would be in big trouble!"

"That's a problem for the bodyguards and security team; we won't get involved!"

"Director Xue, do you think Luo Chen was able to wake up so quickly because he released some mental energy on the two biological brain servers?"

After the medical staff started discussing, Zhang Zhaodi and Zhang Pandi went to the side and whispered about Zhang Bei's upcoming trip to Shenzhen Peace Hospital.

"Sister, how long do you plan to keep Xiao Bei in Shenzhen?" Zhang Pandi frowned slightly and said, "The Shenzhen Health Bureau is not a place for long-term stay. You can't do your job properly there. Don't forget that there's also the Huadu Health Bureau above you!"

“I know!” Zhang Zhaodi said softly, “But I’ve only just started at the Health Bureau. If I don’t achieve anything before transferring to another department, it will be difficult to write a good resume later.”

……

When the four Hong Kong police officers brought the person back to the Central Police Station, they happened to see the Commissioner and two other colleagues getting out of the car.

"Commander, the person has been brought back!" A middle-aged male Hong Kong police officer, pulling the man posing as a family member, quickly approached the Central Police Station Commissioner. "You just said on the phone that you saw Luo Chen committing a crime with several people. What happened?"

"Go ask Old Yang and the others!" The Central Police Station Commissioner didn't want to answer this troublesome question, but instead looked at the middle-aged man whose hands were cuffed behind his back.

"I heard you're looking for your son!" The Central Police Station Chief pulled out a stack of portrait papers, showing them one by one to the middle-aged man, and asked, "Are there any portraits of your son here?"

The middle-aged man initially didn't take it seriously, still figuring out how to escape from the police station.

But when the Central Police Station Commissioner turned to the last portrait of the victim, the middle-aged man impersonating Luo Chen's family member moved.

But as soon as he moved, a middle-aged male Hong Kong police officer next to him grabbed his arm. "This is a police station. Stand still and talk properly. Don't do anything that could be misunderstood!"

"Looks like this one!" The Central Police Station Chief handed the portrait of the victim that had triggered the man's emotions closer to the middle-aged man. "Who is this person in the portrait? What is your relationship with him?"

"Where is he?" The middle-aged man reached for the portrait, but forgot that his hands were cuffed behind his back. He shouted anxiously, "Where is my son?"

"Take him to the interrogation room!" The Central Police Station Commissioner put away all the portraits and handed them to his subordinates who were waiting nearby.

Finally, the Central Police Station Commissioner glanced at the half-dead Luo Chen one last time before striding into the police station.

The police commissioner assured Zhang Jia on the mountaintop that the case would be resolved within three days.

The Americans can decide things as soon as they open their mouths, without caring whether their subordinates can complete the task.

If this were any other case, the Central Police Station Commissioner might have tried to buy some time, but this is the case of Cheung Ka-pao, the richest man in Hong Kong!

Given that the Peace Group, Peace College, and Peace Hospital are all located in Central, this Central Police Station Commissioner clearly understands the importance of the matter.

According to his true thoughts, with the virtual dream evidence provided by the Zhang family, as well as the portraits of all the suspects and the suspect from the hospital, all given to the police station, three days was more than enough time!
Even if we don't close the case within 24 hours, we must at least thoroughly investigate all the information about the murderers and victims within 48 hours, and find all these people and their bodies, especially the guy who killed the other murderers... (End of Chapter)