Break out of the courtyard

In early June, a group of wealthy Hong Kong women gathered again at the Peace Hotel in Shenzhen.

As is customary, they would play mahjong and chat here for two or three days before returning to Hong Kong Island to continue enjoying its prosperity.

However, an unexpected incident occurred this time, causing them to linger in Shenzhen for a few more days.

The incident occurred on the night of June 2nd, the Dragon Boat Festival, the day Zhang Heping returned to Shenzhen.

A group of wealthy young people were racing on Tsuen Kam Road near Tai Mo Shan on Hong Kong Island, resulting in a multi-vehicle collision.

When the ambulances arrived at the scene, three people had already lost vital signs, seven others were seriously injured, and nine others sustained minor injuries.

Those rich kids weren't really interested in racing. Even though they had bought sports cars, they couldn't find suitable routes to race on Hong Kong Island because of the low chassis of the sports cars.

However, after a Japanese manga called "Initial D" began serialization this year, a group of young people in Hong Kong Island began to develop a strong interest in modified race cars and mountain road racing.

In addition, the 12-kilometer-long Tsuen Kam Road next to Tai Mo Shan has many curves, which is very similar to the racing mountain road of Mount Akina in the manga.

Thus, guided by those with ulterior motives, a web of nighttime racing gambling ensnared those wealthy second-generation individuals who wanted to stand out from the crowd.

Normally, those who organize these events, in order to maximize their profits, shouldn't let those rich kids actually participate in the races; they should just let them place bets.

Just like horse racing in Hong Kong, wealthy people will only pay for jockeys, and rarely will they ride as jockeys themselves.

But when young people get together, it's inevitable that some jealousy and hot-blooded behavior will occur.

On the night of the 2nd, this was the case. Two groups of rich kids got into an argument, then made a bet on racing, and later drove recklessly on a mountain road, deliberately colliding with other vehicles, which resulted in tragedy.

What kept those wealthy women here were the three seriously injured younger members of the Tang, He, and Guo families who had been transferred overnight to Shenzhen Peace Hospital for emergency treatment.

Therefore, Zhang Heping's father-in-law Tang Ming, Chairman He, Chairman Guo and others also rushed over, asking Zhang Heping to help save the person while also learning about the World Advanced Technology Research Institute.

In fact, the three seriously injured juniors were basically saved after being sent to Hong Kong Island Peace Hospital and placed in surgical nutrition fluid. All that was left was some reconstructive surgery, which did not require Zhang Heping's personal intervention or the use of regenerative repair fluid.

On the contrary, two of the other four seriously injured young people may face the risk of amputation because they were not sent to Hong Kong Island Peace Hospital for treatment immediately.

Around noon on June 4th, Zhang Heping arrived again outside the intensive care unit of Shenzhen Heping Hospital.

"Brother-in-law!"

"Uncle!"

"Mr. Zhang!"

When the people waiting outside the glass partition saw Zhang Heping arrive, they all greeted him.

Zhang Heping simply nodded to them, then went to wash up and disinfect himself, put on a white coat and mask, and entered the intensive care unit.

The intensive care unit here only has two wards with standard monitoring equipment and beds; the rest of the wards are equipped with surgical nutrition chambers.

These horizontally placed capsule-shaped surgical nutrition chambers, after being upgraded and iterated according to the needs of medical staff, are no longer the ordinary chambers that could only hold nutrient solutions.

Modern surgical nutrition chambers, in addition to holding nutrient solutions and patients, are also equipped with instruments for monitoring vital signs and scanning, as well as small robotic arms to assist in surgery, eliminating the need for doctors to reach inside to perform operations as before.

In addition, the nutrient solution in these nutrient tanks is supplied centrally, and the wastewater discharged is also collected and treated in a unified manner.

When you first come to the intensive care unit here, it feels like something out of science fiction.

Because apart from the two unused regular intensive care wards, the other wards all contain a large surgical nutrition chamber and an equipment control panel.

With its transparent glass partitions and white curtains, it looks nothing like a hospital on Earth.

Zhang Heping went inside, listened to the on-duty medical staff introduce the patient's condition, and looked at the monitoring data displayed on the external side of the relevant surgical nutrition chamber before going out to meet the family.

When Tang Yun, the fifth son of the eldest brother-in-law, saw Zhang Heping come out, he rushed forward and asked anxiously, "Uncle, how is Xiao Kun?"

Tang Kun was one of the three young people involved in the car accident. He was Tang Yun's son and Zhang Heping's grand-nephew.

Zhang Heping said in a relaxed tone, "The vital signs of the three of them are stable. Once their internal injuries have healed, they can be woken up and sent to a regular ward."

"That's good! That's good!" Mrs. He and her family members were overjoyed.

Chairman Guo was still somewhat angry, "Once these brats are discharged from the hospital, they're not allowed to touch the steering wheel again!"

Zhang Heping looked up at the information display screen on the door frame and realized it was past 12 o'clock, so he said, "It's lunchtime, let's go to the restaurant across the street to eat first."

Chairman He followed Zhang Heping out of the hospital, and only after they left did he ask Zhang Heping, "Mr. Zhang, those high-speed rail experts are learning from you. When the high-speed rail is being built in China, will Heping Group invest in high-speed rail projects?"

"No!" Zhang Heping replied simply. Seeing his brother-in-law Tang Ren and Chairman Guo approaching, he added, "High-speed rail is not like highways. It involves too many things and is not suitable for private enterprises to invest in."

Zhang Heping didn't mention the potential financial loss, mainly because saying so would make him seem mercenary to outsiders.

As news spread that domestic high-speed rail experts and technicians were studying at the World Advanced Technology Research Institute Library in Shenzhen, news came from Japan, Germany, and France that they wanted to continue cooperating with China on high-speed rail construction and even dreamed of entering the World Advanced Technology Research Institute for joint discussions and learning.

Zhang Heping ignored their nonsense and didn't respond at all!

As for whether domestic high-speed rail experts and technicians will cooperate with foreigners in the future, that's none of Zhang Heping's business, and he can't control it.

Chairman He, Chairman Guo, and his brother-in-law Tang Ren stayed in Shenzhen for three days. Although they visited the World Advanced Technology Research Institute twice during that time, they were not allowed to enter many places because they did not have the necessary permissions.

The only lasting memory they had was of the large number of people experiencing virtual dreamscapes in libraries and indoor stadiums.

Old Zhang kept Tang Ming, his father-in-law, in the army. Tang Ming joined Old Zhang's aid-to-Korea team and fought there all day long, drinking brain-boosting liquid like water.

Mother-in-law Xu Jiefeng also stayed here, and occasionally she would go out to buy groceries or go shopping with Ma Xiuzhen, and they got along quite well.

With summer vacation approaching and the upcoming Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony, the holiday season is drawing near.

Vice Dean Deng discussed it with Zhang Heping and decided to hold the graduation ceremony for this year on June 15th.

Therefore, Zhang Heping confirmed with the Peace College in Hong Kong and arranged for their graduation ceremony as well. Since the number of gaming headsets in the libraries of both schools had increased to 2000, Zhang Heping did not build any additional brain-computer interface devices, allowing the teachers and students to enter the virtual learning dream on the first and second floors of the library to hold their graduation ceremony.

As for the upcoming 7th Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony, Hua and Li wanted Zhang Heping to hold the ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Zhang Heping did not give a clear answer, mainly because his imitation of the Ruomu server had not been successful, and the existing multi-species gene regeneration brain server could not meet the needs of the virtual dream conference for 10,000 people proposed by Hua Lao and others.

Multi-species gene regeneration of the brain can actually be used on servers with tens of thousands of users, provided that the growth volume of the regenerated brain is not limited.

However, Zhang Heping has always had a concern: if the regenerated brain is too big and the mental power is too strong, will it directly transform into uncontrollable situations such as mental power or willpower?

However, when Hua Lao told Zhang Heping that China should negotiate with foreigners to exchange technology for markets and increase export trade, Zhang Heping finally agreed to give it a try.

In previous years, China used the market-for-technology approach to introduce some foreign companies and equipment, only to find that the technology they received was outdated and unwanted by others.

Even if it's technology that others don't want, it's still technology that's lacking in China.

Now that the mainland is exporting outdated technology for money, Zhang Heping says this must be supported, especially since he can also earn some technology licensing fees from it.

Therefore, after handling the graduation ceremonies of colleges in Shenzhen and Hong Kong, he chartered a plane to the capital with his wife, children, bodyguards, Zhang Yi's brain-computer interface research team, and a lot of supplies.

With such a high ceiling and unique design, it's impossible for a gaming helmet to be suspended from the ceiling of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Therefore, only temporary steel and iron frames could be erected, and then gold wire could be laid.

The construction of brain-computer interface devices and the creation of 10,000 gold miniature brain-computer interfaces are the easiest things to do. The difficulty lies in how large a multi-species gene regeneration brain needs to be cultivated to support 10,000 people entering a virtual dream world at the same time.

Because of this uncertainty, the location for this year's 7th Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony has not yet been announced online.

Hua Lao and his group had confidence in Zhang Heping, and directly spread the news that the 7th Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony would be held at the Great Hall of the People in the capital.

According to Hua and Li, it doesn't matter if the training fails; at worst, fewer people will be allowed into the Great Hall of the People.

Zhang Heping brought two large-sized multi-species gene regeneration brains from Shenzhen, each one bigger than the last, and the amount of nutrient solution and brain-boosting solution consumed also increased proportionally.

The slightly smaller multi-species gene regeneration brain is four times larger than the virtual learning dream regeneration brain in Shenzhen.

According to data measured last year, the maximum capacity of the virtual learning dream regeneration brain in Shenzhen is 3150 people.

Therefore, theoretically, increasing brain tissue by four times is equivalent to increasing brain capacity by four times, which should be able to support 10,000 people entering a virtual dream at the same time.

But when the game helmets in the Great Hall of the People were hung one by one on the 2.5-meter-high bracket, and Hua Lao gathered 10,000 people to participate in the test, the first test of multi-species gene regeneration brain failed.

To be precise, it wasn't that the chain was malfunctioning, but rather that Zhang Heping's logistics couldn't keep up. The nutrient solution and brain-boosting solution in the tank were being consumed too quickly, and the original method of delivering the nutrient solution in tanks couldn't keep up with the speed at which this brain regeneration machine absorbed nutrients at 4 times the speed.

As a result of a mishap, the first brain undergoing regeneration in the test suffered from insufficient nutrition and excessive mental strain, leading to the loss of most of its brain tissue.

The volume of the second multi-species gene regeneration brain is eight times that of the virtual learning dream regeneration brain in Shenzhen.

To ensure the activity of this regenerated brain, Zhang Heping set up a nutrient pool in the next room, allowing Zhang Yi's brain-computer interface research team to monitor the proportion of nutrients in the pool in real time.

In this way, it is possible to allow 10,000 people to enter the virtual dream at the same time, and there is even extra space to carry them. However, the consumption rate of nutrient solution and brain-boosting solution is too high.

When this large-scale regenerative brain server is in operation, it consumes more nutrients in one minute than all the regenerative brains in Harbin, Nanjing, Shenzhen, and Hong Kong combined consume in one minute.

Fortunately, the nutritional solution and brain-boosting solution were all homemade. Although the cost was a bit high, it was still within Zhang Heping's budget.

This only made Zhang Heping even more determined to crack Ruomu's server.

Although the Ruomu server requires a lot of energy, Zhang Heping has controlled nuclear fusion technology, which can easily provide the power.

However, the Ruomu server is made of neither metal nor wood, and no similar substance has been found on Earth. Therefore, if we want to replicate the Ruomu server, we need to find a substitute. Zhang Heping is currently stuck on finding a substitute.

Hua and Li ignored Zhang Heping's research. After confirming that the Great Hall of the People could support 10,000 people entering the virtual dream world at the same time, they began to let the guards in.

At the same time, the various foreign affairs departments also sent over the lists of foreign guests they wanted to invite.

Zhang Heping only oversaw the 2700 award winners, paying little attention to the additional 7 attendees or the venue's security.

If security issues arise at this awards ceremony, or if brain-computer interfaces are stolen, it's likely that Professor Hua and his colleagues will no longer participate in brain-computer interface conferences organized by Zhang Heping.

Although the number of award winners is slightly less than last year, last year's winners were a cumulative total of research papers published in 1993 and 1994, so the number of awards this year is actually not small.

In addition, after Zhang Heping received the bacterial data about Unit 731 on the Japanese island from the Americans, he no longer restricted the Americans from receiving awards.

Even so, of the papers published by Americans in the past two years, only 10 were selected by Zhang Heping.

I don't know whether to say that the United States' technological level is lagging behind, or that their development is too slow!

Before the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony began, Hua and Li did not leave the large regenerative brain server idle. After communicating with Zhang Heping, they organized teachers and students from universities near the capital to come and experience it.

Because of this, Zhang Heping had to keep guarding the large Regenerative Brain server, just like he had done in the computer room of the Peace Academy library in Hong Kong before, constantly filling the Regenerative Brain with technical data, and building it into a Regenerative Brain server just like the virtual learning dream in Shenzhen.

From then on, Zhang Heping had no leisure time at all, and was tied up next to the Great Hall of the People like a laborer.

However, the response to this virtual learning dream experience has been very positive.

After all, the number of out-of-towners who can actually travel to Hong Kong Island, Shenzhen, and Suzhou to experience the virtual learning dream world is not as large as one might imagine.

The only regret is that virtual learning dream games are only popular with academics. If they were war-themed virtual dream games like the fall of Nanjing or the Korean War, the response from users would likely be much more enthusiastic.

Time flew by and it was July 6th. At the request of the award winners from various countries, the public experience at the Great Hall of the People was suspended and replaced with an internal technical exchange among the award winners.

At this point, Zhang Heping naturally no longer needed to play a supporting role in the background.

As the director of the World Advanced Technology Research Institute, when he stands on the stage, he must represent the mainland to showcase some advanced technologies to all the foreigners attending the conference, in order to attract foreign experts to immigrate to the mainland... (End of this chapter)