Break out of the courtyard

Chapter 958 Mental Force Incident

"Next!"

Old Yang's voice, through the glass, was clearly transmitted into the spacious factory building via several loudspeakers inside and outside.

Immediately afterwards, two soldiers in green uniforms came in from the other end of the factory and carried the blindfolded soldier who had fallen unconscious to the ground out.

As they went out, another soldier, blindfolded, stepped in, listening to the instructions coming from the loudspeakers around him.

"stand at attention!"

"To the left!"

"Forward march!"

"stand at attention!"

"turn right!"

"Take two steps forward!"

"Attention! At ease!"

"There's a mask in front of your head. Put it on and tell us what objects you sense around you!"

Upon hearing the latest instructions from the loudspeaker, the blindfolded soldier raised his hands without hesitation and touched the cold metal mask that was right in front of him.

Without the slightest hesitation, the blindfolded young man put the mask, which was clearly suspended by a rope, on his face.

“I feel something, from my…” The blindfolded young man encountered the same problem as the others before him, not knowing how to describe his mental power, “Something is extending from between my eyebrows, through this mask, to the surrounding area.”

"What items are around you?" Old Yang's voice rang out again, but the blindfolded young man didn't know who was speaking.

"A hammer!" the blindfolded young man said, somewhat excitedly but also puzzled. "How could I see a hammer when my eyes aren't open?"

Elder Yang asked again, "Anything else?"

"And..." The young man was about to extend his mental energy outwards when he suddenly swayed, "I... I feel a little dizzy!"

"I feel that if I explore the surroundings any further, I will faint like those people before me, I don't know why."

"Continue the investigation! Tell me what you've sensed!" Elder Yang continued to give orders, showing no sign of stopping.

The experiments they are currently conducting, testing the first generation of brain-computer interfaces, are aimed at finding soldiers with mental abilities exceeding those of ordinary people.

When Zhang Heping handed over the first-generation brain-computer interface mask to Hua Lao, he said that this first-generation brain-computer interface was the key to making the second-generation brain-computer interface.

It's like the world's first chicken; only after it was born could there be eggs and chicks.

Therefore, after discussing with Elder Hua and Elder Yang, they split into two groups. One group stayed in the capital to use the first-generation brain-computer interface to screen soldiers with strong brainpower.

They don't seek to find someone with brainpower as strong as Zhang Heping; they only hope to find a few more reliable soldiers who are two or three times stronger than ordinary people to assist in subsequent brain-computer interface research.

Another group, led by Hua Lao, rushed to the Sanxingdui underground base with the second-generation microcomputer.

The second-generation micro brain-computer interface consumes half the brainpower compared to the first-generation brain-computer interface mask, which is the main reason why Professor Hua brought it over.

This is because there are more senior researchers at the underground base here, unlike the underground base of the Shenzhen Peace Academy, which has a large number of young assistants.

It's easy to see from this that the Shenzhen Peace Academy has greater potential.

Not only does Zhang He often answer questions for those young people, but the research projects there are also broader, allowing experts, professors, assistants, and others to exchange and discuss ideas across multiple disciplines.

Unlike the Sanxingdui underground base, which is also a top-secret research unit, it only has immature research projects such as controlled nuclear fusion, room temperature magnetic control, and mental illusion.

The key issue is that the equipment there is far inferior to that of the Shenzhen Peace Academy and the two sides of the Dapeng Peninsula.

Take the Ruomu Brain Machine as an example. If it were disassembled at the underground base in Shenzhen, Qian Lao judged that it would only require one Ruomu Brain Machine to analyze the internal structure, which would be more detailed than the existing internal structure diagram of the Sanxingdui underground base.

This is also why Elder Yang and his team agreed to exchange Ruomu's brain-computer interface and related research data with Zhang Heping.

They hoped that Zhang Heping could use the Ruomu brain-computer interface to analyze the internal structure in more detail, and preferably even create a 3D model.

Based on Qian Xuesen's understanding of Zhang Heping, 3D modeling was a piece of cake for him.

On the contrary, the older researchers like Qian Xuesen were still working hard to learn the constantly updated computer software. They felt that if they didn't work hard, they would really be surpassed and eliminated by the younger assistants.

If those young assistants were to rise to the top and start leading various research projects, given Zhang Heping's prestige among them, even if Zhang Heping said a project was confidential, it would be impossible for even Qian Xuesen or Hua Rong to find out. They would have to apply to Zhang Heping first!

After watching yet another soldier fall, Old Yang solemnly called out, "Next!"

The elderly man surnamed Liu stood to the side, looking through binoculars at the soldiers being carried out from the other end of the factory. He said with a hint of worry, "Old Yang, with such a large-scale screening, it's going to be hard to keep our research on mental power a secret!"

"They started digging over there 70 years ago. Do you really think Baldy's side will keep it a secret for us?" Old Yang frowned and said, "Don't forget, who gave the Jianmu Divine Tree to Old Mei!"

“This time it’s different!” Old Liu put down his binoculars, looked at the surveillance footage on the four monitors in front of him, and said, “None of the supernatural smoke bombs we released before could be confirmed, so they didn’t cause much of a stir.”

"Now that Advisor Zhang has released his analysis on the conversion of brainwaves into mental power, and we've put on such a high-profile screening, the Americans are probably going to increase their espionage efforts!"

……

In contrast to the personnel selection process in the capital, Zhang Heping was hesitant about whether to continue the monkey experiments.

Because on this flat area, eight experimental monkeys have already been rendered cerebral palsy by him.

Zhang Heping is not yet certain about the cause of the cerebral palsy in these experimental monkeys, but he is certain that his mental power remains within the Ruomu brain-computer interface and has not extended into the monkey brain to cause damage.

Therefore, Zhang Heping suspected that after his mental power invaded Ruomu's brain, it triggered some other changes, which in turn affected the monkey's brain.

However, he was puzzled that he could not even perceive this change with his mental power.

"Boss, do you think we still need experimental monkeys?" Wei Chunqiao asked, glancing warily at the gold mask on the plastic table.

He truly couldn't understand why the monkeys would lose consciousness after wearing the golden mask, and no matter what he did, he couldn't wake them up; it was as if they had lost their souls.

"Never mind!" Zhang Heping pulled himself out of his thoughts and decided to first let his mental energy use skills idle, then carefully study the internal structure of Ruomu's brain-computer interface, and finally make those unknown structures separately and disassemble and analyze them one by one.

Of course, the reason Zhang Heping temporarily gave up was because his mental power did not detect any changes in Ruomu's brain or find any impact on the monkey's brain.

He believes that only by improving his mental abilities and understanding the changes at a more microscopic level can he find the root of the problem.

Another major problem is that when Zhang Heping used the Bao Jinyu Guanyin to assist in releasing his mental energy to probe the Ruomu Brain Machine, there were no relevant skill prompts. It's unclear whether this was due to the AFK priority of mental energy application skills, or because the Ruomu Brain Machine, whether in its complete form or a fragment, only provides skills like "Ruomu Brain Machine Principles," "Brainwave Converter Repair," and "Ruomu Brain Machine Repair."

But considering the repair of the brainwave converter, Zhang Heping believes that the complete Ruomu Brain-Computer Interface must contain more than just the brainwave converter module.

Otherwise, why doesn't the brain-computer interface he created have the ability to create illusions like the Ruomu brain-computer interface?
After figuring this out, Zhang Heping instructed Wei Chunqiao to send the eight cerebral palsy monkeys to the Shenzhen Peace College, where their laboratory would attempt to treat them with a regenerative repair fluid, in preparation for potential subsequent human trials.

If those monkeys with cerebral palsy can be cured, he can proceed more freely with human experiments; otherwise, he will have to find some people who deserve to die to try them on.

However, he had just calmed down for a while when he received a call for help from Elder Hua that evening.

"Didn't I tell you not to use your mental power to contact people? Didn't they listen to you?" Zhang Heping stood up abruptly, left his desk, and walked out of the study.

Zhang Bei and Zhang Nan were stunned for a moment before they stood up, wanting to go over and hear what was going on.

Now, anything related to mental power is considered a major issue by Zhang Bei and his group.

The siblings believe that we are now in the Internet age, and once communication networks are widely deployed, we will enter the mobile phone age.

Looking ahead, they firmly believed that the era of virtual dream games would definitely begin!
Why wasn't it an era when mental power was widely used?

That's because mental energy is too dangerous. If you're not careful and use your mental energy to scan someone, even if you don't see through them completely, if your mental energy lingers on a certain part of the person for even a moment, it can easily cause damage to the body, especially the brain.

"Send a plane to Shenzhen Heping Hospital!" Zhang Heping said with a frown into the phone, "I just happened to be doing an experiment on eight monkeys today, and they also developed similar cerebral palsy problems. I was just about to have them try treating the monkey brains with a regenerative repair fluid in Shenzhen!"

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, then Hua Lao's voice changed, "Should we bring the Ruomu brain-computer interface that caused the problem along with it?"

“Okay, I’ll get them going through the approval process right away. After all, it concerns Professor Luo’s life. Temporarily mobilizing one of Ruomu’s brain-computer interfaces shouldn’t be a problem.”

Hearing Hua Lao's serious tone, Zhang Heping couldn't help but smile. This old man was trying to find a way to mess with Ruomu's brain.

So Zhang Heping decided to return the favor, "Professor Hua, could you bring a few more trustworthy researchers over to assist with the brain-computer interface testing in Shenzhen? I don't have time to handle those things myself."

The two exchanged a few more words on the phone before Zhang Heping hung up and looked at his children who had followed him out.

"In that lab over there, someone used the second-generation micro-brain machine I made to release mental energy to investigate another person who wore a brain machine, which resulted in that person falling into a coma."

After hearing Zhang Heping's brief explanation, his sixth son, Zhang Hu, asked first, "Dad, are you sure he's unconscious and not like those eight experimental monkeys this afternoon, who developed cerebral palsy?"

Although the eight monkeys with cerebral palsy could not move or make any noise, their eyes were still open, but their pupils were dilated, indicating brain damage from the side.

"That's what Elder Hua said. We'll go check it out tomorrow morning to find out the specifics," Zhang Heping said before returning to his study.

The next morning, Zhang Heping returned from his morning run and found all his children eating at the dining table.

Judging from their expressions, they probably all want to go to Shenzhen to see what's going on.

Although Zhang Heping had warned them not to use their mental energy on people unless absolutely necessary, he still had them test its power on experimental monkeys.

But they haven't seen anyone who has truly been hurt by mental energy, so they all want to go there.

The first wife, Tang Xin, was going to send her eighth son, Zhang Hao, to first grade, but she left the seventh daughter, Zhang Nuo, behind and wouldn't allow her to take leave to go.

Seeing this, Zhang Nuo's concubine Chen Shuting ignored his pleading look and went to the company, not paying much attention to the matter of mental energy causing harm.

After Hua Lao made the phone call to Zhang Heping last night, the base did not send the person directly to Shenzhen, but instead sent him to the Chengdu Military Region General Hospital first.

After a consultation, the cause of the illness could not be found. Only then did the person in charge of the base apply for a special plane to send Professor Luo, along with the Ruomu brain-computer interface he was wearing when the accident happened, as well as Elder Hua and several other professors, to Shenzhen overnight.

When Zhang Heping and his group arrived at Shenzhen Peace Hospital, Hua Lao and others were still yawning and whispering something.

"Mr. Hua, would you like to rest in the medical staff's on-call room?" Zhang Heping approached and called out.

"Peace has arrived!" Old Hua smiled and glanced at Zhang Heping, then nodded in response to the six of Zhang's children who greeted him before introducing the five professors he had brought with him.

After the group introduced themselves to each other, Zhang Heping entered the ward.

The medical staff notified each other, and soon a group of medical staff gathered over.

The professor who caused the problem was a 69-year-old man.

When Zhang Heping took his pulse, the attending physician carefully placed the patient's relevant examination data on the bedside where Zhang Heping could reach it with his left hand.

"Judging from the pulse alone, it's just a common symptom of physical weakness." Zhang Heping withdrew his hand and picked up Professor Luo's electroencephalogram to take a look.

With just one glance, Zhang Heping frowned, because the slow waves, sharp waves, and spikes on the image were chaotic and disordered, as if Professor Luo's brain was engaged in a battle of wits.

"Teacher Zhang, this shouldn't be epilepsy, right?" the attending physician asked uncertainly. The main reason was that such a chaotic EEG pattern was similar only to that of an epileptic patient.

Zhang Heping did not answer. Instead, he put down the EEG, reached out and touched Professor Luo's forehead, and began to examine it using his Qigong.

Yesterday, he also used this method to examine the brains of the eight monkeys, but found nothing abnormal.

Zhang Heping hadn't held out much hope when he used his qigong to investigate.

But the next second, Zhang Heping suddenly stopped. "Xiao Bei, leave your pendant here. Everyone else, get out immediately!"

He just used his qigong to detect that Professor Luo's blood flow in his brain was very fast, but there was no brain hemorrhage.

Of course, that's not the point. The point is that it suddenly occurred to him.

Could the chaotic EEG be caused by external brainwaves conflicting with Professor Luo's own brainwaves?

If that's the case, could Zhang Heping's second-generation micro-brain computer convert the excess brain tissue in Professor Luo's skull into mental energy and release it?

Looking at the crowd leaving, the sixth son, Zhang Hu, asked with a hint of reluctance, "Dad, are we going out too?"

"Get out!" Zhang Heping frowned as he took the gold-plated jade Guanyin from his eldest son Zhang Bei and said seriously, "I'm going to try to release any excess brainwaves that might be in his head."

"We don't even know how much this quantity is yet. Tell the people outside to get back!"

Zhang Bei asked with concern, "Dad, what are you planning to do? Will there be any danger?"

"Dad, how about we use a rope to operate it remotely?" Zhang Nan suggested.

Zhang Heping took out the gold-plated jade Guanyin pendant from around his neck and calmly said, "It's alright. I'll stand by the window and use my spiritual power to send the pendant over. It shouldn't be a problem!"

Upon hearing this, Elder Hua, who hadn't left yet, said "Be careful" and then went out with Zhang Bei and the others...

(End of this chapter)