Memory inheritor

Chapter 66 Peeping into Dreams

Zheng Han and Yu Xiufeng pondered for a while, exchanged a few words in hushed tones, and then began a discussion with Wei Hongsi.

Wei Hongsi had some foresight regarding the difficulties in enforcing the plan, but these were not fully addressed in the plan itself.

He knew that Mu Jie's coma was quite unusual, and that everyone's brain was unique, so he didn't know how to solve those problems before he understood them better.

During the discussion among the three, Zheng Han pulled up Mu Jie's EEG and showed it to Wei Hongsi on the big screen.

After observing for a while, Wei Hongsi discovered that before and after the appearance of that abnormal neural signal, there would sometimes be low-voltage, high-frequency "desynchronization" waves, which were very similar to the beta waves during wakefulness. This is the most important electrophysiological indicator for judging REM sleep.

A coma is an unconscious state caused by severe brain damage or functional inhibition. During this time, brain activity is greatly reduced, and dreams are usually not experienced. Dreams may only occur during certain specific periods, such as when one is about to wake up.

Therefore, Wei Hongsi found it somewhat strange and asked, "Does that person also dream frequently?"

"Yes," Zheng Han nodded. "We confirmed it using electromyography and electrooculography. That's why we felt that particular nerve signal was so important."

Wei Hongsi nodded slowly, tapping his fingers lightly on the table. After a moment of contemplation, he said, "Teacher Zheng, Teacher Yu, I'm afraid we need to find a gentler approach."

"Why?" Yu Xiufeng asked.

"This person's condition is clearly very different from a typical coma," Wei Hongsi said, looking at the large screen. "I'm worried that too much stimulation will worsen his condition, and it's possible that before we've established a deciphering mechanism, his brain will fall into a true coma."

Zheng Han frowned, and the nasolabial folds on her face appeared even deeper, like ravines eroded by a torrential rain.

Yu Xiufeng switched between looking at the brainwave monitoring graphics on the large screen and fell silent.

Director Shi and Yu Zhenjian realized that the three of them were silent and had encountered a thorny problem. However, they were completely unable to help in this regard and could only continue to play a supporting role.

Wei Hongsi stared at the screen for a long time, then suddenly said, "Perhaps the situation is better than we expected."

Everyone in the conference room looked at him.

Wei Hongsi said, "Since his coma is so unusual, perhaps we don't need to stimulate him when the target's brainwaves appear."

Zheng Han's brow furrowed, and he slammed his hand on the table, saying, "That's right, we can try a stimulation test when his brainwave activity is low!"

"Oh, we can try this now!" Yu Xiufeng said, looking at Director Shi.

Director Shi raised his hand and said, "You can decide this."

Yu Xiufeng immediately took out his phone, made a call, and gave some instructions.

About ten minutes later, he received feedback and said with a beaming smile, "Professor Wei's prediction was correct!"

Zheng Han smiled and said, "This is indeed better than we expected."

Director Shi and Yu Zhen exchanged a smile. Director Shi nodded, implying that the young expert Yu Zhen had recommended was indeed quite capable. Yu Zhen's smile then became even more smug.

Upon hearing the news, Wei Hongsi fell into deep thought again.

Seeing that he remained silent, the others stopped smiling and watched him quietly.

After a moment, Wei Hongsi said, "Teachers, I have a suggestion. We could broaden our focus; perhaps there's more hidden in his dream."

Zheng Han was surprised to find that his "ambition" was so great, and said, "This is not just expanding it a little, the difficulty is completely different."

"Yes, I know." Wei Hongsi nodded. "But as long as we can build a 'neural translation package,' we can find a way to 'translate' the neural signal flow that he spontaneously generates during his dream state."

Yu Xiufeng pointed to the large screen and said, "But it's just too complex. Combined with the background brainwave noise, it's like a chaotic mess. How can we possibly identify it?"

Wei Hongsi said, "Technological upgrades are necessary. First, we need to synchronously integrate multimodal signals such as EEG, MRI, EMG, eye movement, and facial micro-expressions to provide a more comprehensive data dimension for decoding."

"Then, the signals from the brain regions activated during the dreaming period, such as those related to vision, hearing, tactile sensation, and emotions, are converted into a series of probabilistic descriptive labels in real time. Finally, AI is used to integrate the continuous stream of labels into a dream narrative outline, and we can obtain an analysis report on his consciousness activities in the dream world."

Yu Xiufeng pondered for a moment, then couldn't help but feel excited about Wei Hongsi's bold idea: "It's at least theoretically reliable, and the technical difficulties should be overcome."

Zheng Han nodded slowly, then shook her head and said, "But the workload is just too huge. Even with the help of AI, there is still a lot of work that needs to be done by people."

Wei Hongsi said, "Then let's find a few more helpers."

Seeing his matter-of-fact manner, as if he were adding water to noodles or adding noodles to water, Zheng Han and Yu Xiufeng couldn't help but look at each other in bewilderment.

The people who can do this job are almost all top experts in the industry. They are all very busy people. It is not easy to find even one in a hurry, let alone find several.

Wei Hongsi looked at Yu Zhen and asked, "Chief Yu, have you discussed cooperation with Yuecheng University?"

Yu Zhen paused for a moment, then realized what Wei Hongsi was talking about. "We did talk about it, but I didn't get involved after that."

He then said to Director Shi, "Director Shi, it's about commissioning Yuecheng University to produce the feasibility study report."

"Oh!" Director Shi nodded.

"I'm the one who handled this," Zheng Han continued. "Does Professor Wei mean to ask Professor Feng from Yuecheng University for help?"

"Okay, is that alright?" Wei Hongsi asked.

"It's possible, but I don't know if Professor Feng will be available," Zheng Han said, looking hesitant.

Wei Hongsi thought for a moment, not having heard Feng Xiaoxu mention anything about being busy lately, and said, "Teacher Zheng, why don't you give him a call and ask?"

"Okay." Zheng Han nodded, took out her phone and started making a call.

Wei Hongsi then asked the other leader, "Bureau Chief, can we hire a few more?"

Director Shi said, "Sure, as long as you can get them to come."

He also knew that if Wei Hongsi's idea could be realized, they could get a lot of clues from Mu Jie, so this matter should be strongly supported.

However, Director Shi was also puzzled. Judging from Wei Hongsi's expression, it seemed like finding experts was easy; where did his confidence come from?