Break out of the courtyard

Tang Xin welcomed the Xie twins' arrival.

Because once they arrive, Tang Xin will have a reason to kick Zhang Long and Zhang Hu out and let them go out and meet outsiders.

However, after Zhang Long and Zhang Hu went out in the afternoon, Zhang Feng and Zhang Nuo, the two girls, were hiding in the basement playing virtual dream games.

The only saving grace was that Zhang Hao was not allowed to play the virtual dream game because he was still young.

After lunch break, Zhang Heping brought Director Wang to the college library again.

Zhang Yi and Luo Yi, along with Li Tong and four other researchers, were already waiting in the first-floor rest area.

The suggestion from the neurosurgeon at the neighboring hospital to use brain-computer interface (BCI) to screen other unsigned vegetative state patients was not accepted by Zhang Heping, which gave Zhang Yi and Luo Yi ample time to study in the afternoons and evenings.

However, they had not yet realized the importance of mental strength, thinking that it was enough to control their mental strength so as not to harm others. Therefore, they abandoned the mental strength training in the basement of the villa on the mountaintop and chose to go to the dream library to memorize the series of moral education books in order to learn brain-computer interface technology.

Zhang Heping didn't say much about it, but simply told Zhang Yi to make the arrangements himself.

As Zhang Heping re-entered the computer room in the corner, Zhang Yi greeted Director Wang and then led the team members to lie down in the learning pod.

Director Wang Sumei originally wanted to enter the virtual learning dream as well, but was stopped by the two teachers in charge.

"Director Wang, there's something I'd like to ask Dean Zhang if you can persuade him."

"Those Americans are stealing technology from the Dream Library. You can sit here and wait for them to come out."

"After we reported the situation here to the authorities back home, the response we received was that we should ignore it!"

"We can't ignore this! They've already climbed to the 33rd floor of the Dream Library to copy information!"

The two teachers in charge of the group chatted back and forth, and invited Director Wang to the rest area on the side.

Not long after, just as the two teachers in charge had said, several learning hatches opened one after another, and five Americans, four adults and one child, emerged.

The younger one was naturally the American prodigy, and the other four were his entourage, three of whom had only been discharged from the hospital a few days prior.

After they came out, they saw a middle-aged man pull out a black notebook and a pen from his back and write something in the learning pod.

After the other Americans took the food and drinks, they also gathered around, chattering in their own language, which made the middle-aged man write much faster.

“After leaving the virtual dream world, many things will be forgotten.” Director Wang frowned as he looked at the group of Americans and asked softly, “What kind of information do you think they can copy? What is their accuracy rate?”

The gray-haired teacher leading the group replied, "I heard them mention a set of molecular formulas before, which seemed to be related to some kind of material!"

Another teacher leading the team said, "I've looked at the materials on the 33rd floor, and the technology that impressed me the most was the 36-axis machine tool!"

Director Wang had previously seen the 5-axis machine tool information that Zhang Heping had provided, and knew that it was equipment and technology that foreigners were heavily restricting in mainland China.

When she first heard about the 36-axis machine tool, which has 31 more axes than the original 5-axis machine tool, her first thought was, "What if foreigners steal this technology? That would be terrible!"

However, Director Wang then realized that Zhang Heping wouldn't give benefits to foreigners for no reason, especially not to Americans.

Therefore, Director Wang did not impulsively go to Zhang Heping to ask questions. Instead, she sat in her chair until the five Americans crawled back into the learning pod. Only then did she stand up and say, "Find three more people to try copying a few more technical documents."

After Director Wang finished speaking, he walked towards the learning cabin.

Although Zhang Heping has publicly announced many technologies, such as the Lifespan 100 potion.

However, he has never disclosed many key technologies, which shows that he knows what he's doing.

Director Wang has known Zhang Heping for many years and knows that there's no need to keep asking Zhang Heping questions. It's not only annoying, but it also delays Zhang Heping's scientific research.

So she asked the two teachers in charge to find three more people to copy the data like the Americans, and to test in practice whether the Americans could steal the technology.

Director Wang himself went to the Dream Library to audit Li Tong's ideological and political education class so he could report to Professor Hua that evening.

……

The Magnesium Embassy in Hong Kong, Central, Hong Kong Island.

"Director, an urgent encrypted telegram from back home!"

A black folder was placed on Curator Alex's desk as the blonde female secretary spoke.

Curator Alex, who was looking at a document, asked absentmindedly, "What's it about?"

"You'll need to translate this using your codebook!" the blonde secretary whispered a reminder.

"Understood," Curator Alex replied, then fell silent, continuing to read his documents and not noticing when his female secretary left the office.

About five minutes later, the blonde secretary knocked on the door again and put another encrypted file in a black box on the desk, but it still didn't attract the attention of Curator Alex.

It wasn't until 10 minutes later, after a transoceanic phone call came into the curator's office, that Curator Alex, looking displeased, examined the two encrypted urgent telegrams on the table.

After reading these two coded telegrams, Curator Alex was completely baffled!
The two coded telegrams conveyed only one message: to conduct a full investigation into methods to inhibit the growth and reproduction of the regenerating bacteria!

The so-called regenerating bacteria in the secret message originated from the regeneration and repair fluid developed by Zhang Heping.

Last year, the Americans bribed a mole in mainland China to steal some regeneration and repair solution from Zhang Heping's biological laboratory.

Although this happened before Director Alex came to Hong Kong Island to take up his post, it did not prevent him from knowing the inside story. He also knew which biological laboratory had received the regeneration and repair solution.

Of course, these are not the main points.

The key point is that the regeneration and repair essence that was stolen with great difficulty should have been used to vigorously promote its growth and reproduction, so why were they asked to investigate ways to suppress it?
Just as Curator Alex was wondering if the person who sent the coded message had made a mistake, his secretary transferred him to another transoceanic call.

The call came from the same damn superior who had just berated him.

……

Peace College Library, Central, Hong Kong Island.

The museum explicitly requires mobile phones to be silenced and not to vibrate. The first offense results in a warning, the second offense results in expulsion, and the third offense results in a permanent ban from entering the museum.

Therefore, the five Americans who were busy copying technical data did not notice the call from the US embassy in Hong Kong immediately.

With bodyguards blocking the entrance to the library, the people sent by the US embassy in Hong Kong to find them were unable to get the message in.

This delay stretched until after 7 p.m., when Zhang Heping and the other mainlanders had left, and only then did the French and Northern Soviets emerge.

The American asked the French to help him bring out the five Americans who were still studying hard in the dream library.

Once all the gifted teenagers left, the bodyguards, security guards, and medical staff began their countdown to going home. However, for some inexplicable reason, the Americans returned today, expressing a desire to continue studying in the Dream Library.

However, after consulting with Zhang Heping, the bodyguard captain directly refused them.

A group of foreigners, instead of following Zhang Heping's whiteboard assignments, want to do this and that. Is that possible?
The next day, the Americans arrived at the library early in the morning to wait for it to open.

Once they re-entered the learning pod, they used the four hooks on the stairs to climb up one floor at a time, searching for keywords: regenerative bacteria, regenerative repair fluid.

Unfortunately, when they climbed to the 49th floor and discovered that the hook staircase could not extend to the 50th floor, they realized that this seemingly towering library actually had its limits.

Unbeknownst to them, Zhang Heping was still filling the library with materials, but his efficiency was somewhat slow, and he had only managed to complete 50 floors by today.

Since the data for the 50th floor isn't ready, isn't it perfectly normal to prohibit outsiders from entering the 50th floor?

The five Americans couldn't find any technical information about the regenerative bacteria and regenerative repair fluid, so they assumed that Zhang Heping hadn't put this technology in the Dream Library for the sake of secrecy. They then changed their keywords to search.

Their previous task was relatively simple: to record the book catalog of each floor of the dream library.

This task was devised because they would forget most of what happened in the dream after leaving it. The last resort was to copy the book list back so that the think tank in the United States could assess the value of this virtual learning dream.

But last night they received an urgent task, requiring them to find relevant technical information on regenerative bacteria and regeneration repair fluid, or to find ways to inhibit the growth and reproduction of regenerative bacteria.

Zhang Heping didn't pay much attention when they searched for keywords like "regenerative bacteria" and "regenerative repair fluid".

It wasn't until they searched for the keyword "inhibit regeneration bacteria" that Zhang Heping began to pay attention to those five Americans.

As these five Americans searched for regenerative bacteria, regenerative repair fluid, and inhibitors of regenerative bacteria in the morning, and then came to search for inhibitors of pathogens, viruses, and cancer cell growth in the afternoon, Zhang Heping secretly calculated the time when the regenerative repair fluid had been stolen, only to find that it had been more than a year.

So, it seems the Americans are conducting clinical trials with the regeneration and repair fluid, and they must have encountered some uncertainties regarding regeneration.

Zhang Heping also had no good way to deal with this problem, and could only rely on medical staff to stay by the bedside and remove excess regenerated tissue in a timely manner.

As for the cancer cells that are induced by the regeneration and repair fluid to divide and metastasize wildly, in addition to surgical removal, it is also necessary to use the Life 120 drug to limit the division of cancer cells, thereby eliminating cancer cells.

This is Zhang Heping's method of suppression, but unfortunately he won't tell those thieves in the United States.

The Americans probably realized that Zhang Heping wouldn't tell them, so no one was foolish enough to go and ask him.

However, Zhang Heping was still very dissatisfied with the fact that these thieves were searching for related technologies without any restraint.

That afternoon, they found an excuse to kick the four accompanying people out of the library.

Anyway, they've seen enough, which is enough to pique the interest of some Americans.

……

The Magnesium Embassy in Hong Kong, Central, Hong Kong Island.

Director Alex frowned as he looked at the four intelligence officers standing in a row, took a puff of his cigar, and then asked, "Did Mr. Zhang give a reason why he forbids you from entering the library again?"

All four intelligence officers looked at the American teenager named Luca, because when Zhang Heping had his bodyguards kick them out, he didn't even glance at them, let alone explain anything to them.

American prodigy Luca scratched his head and said nervously, "Mr. Zhang said they're interfering with my mission."

"They also said that if I don't complete the mecha mission before the 20th, I don't need to go anymore!"

Curator Alex frowned and asked, "Did Pierre from France build the mecha all by himself?"

"Yes!" young Luca replied softly.

"Find the basic mecha blueprints I gave you before, and memorize them!" Curator Alex said impatiently. "I'll report this back home. You'd better pray that the country can persuade the French to help you, otherwise..."

At this point, Curator Alex remembered that some important figures back home were eyeing the lifespan potion prepayment card in the boy's hand, so he swallowed back the meaningless harsh words that followed.

“You four!” Curator Alex frowned as he looked at the four intelligence officers’ haggard faces, but his tone softened. “Summarize the intelligence you’ve gathered recently, compile a report, and send it to me. Then you’ll have three days off.”

"Thank you, Your Excellency!" The four intelligence officers hurriedly expressed their gratitude, feeling that they had escaped blame for their incompetence, even though the other party was not their direct superior.

……

The fact that Zhang Heping had dismissed four members of his US entourage was not discovered by the mainland teachers and assistant teachers until the next morning.

The incident started when the American boy approached the mainland boy, presenting him with a poorly drawn mecha blueprint, asking him to build a mecha for him.

Let's not even talk about how many confidentiality regulations these mainland teenagers memorized when they left the border.

The mere fact that the teachers and assistant teachers leading the group were worried that the Americans would steal the Dream Library's materials was enough to influence these mainland teenagers to ignore the Americans.

Besides, they have their own things to do!
The fourth task issued by Zhang Heping, although it did not specify what to make, made these young men and women from the mainland want to do even more.

Besides the kid who didn't give up on building a spaceship, other kids emerged who built airplanes, ships, tanks, and computers.

On the girls' side, besides large textile machines, some even wanted to build a Ferris wheel.

Therefore, Zhang Heping privately mentioned to Director Wang that after the genius training camp ended, they could arrange for these kids to go to the amusement park for a day.

As for whether Director Wang and his group took people to play at the Hong Kong Island amusement park or went back to Shenzhen, no one told him, and he didn't have time to care.

With the four American entourage members dismissed, the five teachers who had been assigned by Director Wang to try recording data from the Dream Library also gave up.

"Director Wang, we've discovered that to bring technical data out of the Dream Library, we need to learn the technology in the virtual dream world and master it so that we don't forget it after leaving the dream."

"We were wrong before. We only saw the superficial copying actions of the Americans without actually verifying them."

"However, on the other hand, there are factories and laboratories around the Dream Library, and with the acceleration of perception, as long as the method is right, it's not difficult to learn a skill in a short time. Look at those kids, many of them have welding skills that are comparable to those of a level four or five welder!"

"Fang Jing, a student from Class 2, has surpassed some of our college's vocational students in computer graphics skills. Director Wang, could you talk to Dean Zhang and get a set of this virtual dream learning equipment for our Shenzhen Peace College as well?"

Director Wang was reading Mao's Selected Works when he was interrupted by the cacophony of voices from these people. Suddenly, he understood the feeling of Zhang Heping being forced to explain.

"What's the name of the college here? What's the name of the college in Shenzhen? Think about it yourselves!" Director Wang slammed his book shut, meeting the expectant gazes of the group of men, women, and children, and said helplessly:

"What majors does the Peace College offer here? What majors does the Peace College in Shenzhen offer? Don't you even have that much discernment?"

"Peace spends all his time in this computer room, busy from morning till night supplementing the materials in the library. You've all seen that!"

"When you're asking for this and that, can you at least choose the right time?" (End of Chapter)