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In the night, when the entire company was empty, Guan Qing made her way out of the kitchen through the central ventilation duct in the ceiling.
What a crawl it was! Ever since leaving the police academy, Guan Qing had rarely practiced crawling.
As she entered the third level of the basement, she caught a glimpse of two security guards changing shifts through the grille of a ventilation shaft on the wall.
She moved quietly, slipping into the Testing Ground through the vent.
As soon as Guan Qing descended from the ceiling and her feet touched the ground, she heard someone behind her say, "Who are you?"
Turning around, she saw a man in a white lab coat.
Guan Qing suddenly flashed a charming smile. Seizing the moment of his bewildered hesitation, she pulled out a small spray canister and sprayed it directly into his face.
He collapsed instantly.
Guan Qing had used a specialized instant incapacitating spray designed for law enforcement personnel.
At that moment, thoughts of Jack inevitably crossed her mind.
Jack often joked about this spray, saying it was nothing more than high-tech knockout gas.
Dragging him into a room, Guan Qing donned his white lab coat. As she straightened up and surveyed the room, she noticed there was an inner chamber emitting a soft blue light.
Curious, she walked inside.
What she found left her astonished!
The inner chamber was much larger than Guan Qing had imagined—almost as big as a football field—neatly arranged with nearly a hundred hospital beds.
Each bed held a naked person, countless wires connected to their brains on one end, while the other ends were uniformly linked to a massive Central Monitoring Device in the ceiling.
Guan Qing approached and took down a folder from one of the bed's headboards. Upon opening it, she gasped in shock.
The original memories of these individuals had long been erased; they were now undergoing memory implantation experiments!
Implanting memories!
"Memory deletion" had long become a thing of the past. They had moved beyond that step.
But what kind of memories were they implanting in these people? Were these individuals willingly participating in the experiment? Could this be what Jack referred to as a conspiracy behind a conspiracy?!
At that moment, the monitor in the room detected Guan Qing.
A piercing alarm blared loudly. Just as Guan Qing burst out of the room, a heavy punch struck her face, and her vision went dark as she instantly lost consciousness.
She sank into a dark abyss, face up, limbs spread wide, plummeting rapidly.
She tried to grasp something around her but only caught a cold void. Then, that void penetrated her skin and bones, sending a bone-chilling cold through her. And so, she awoke.
She opened her eyes, droplets of water blurring her vision. She saw a rugged man standing beside her, holding an empty bucket and glaring at her intently.
Gradually, Guan Qing regained her senses.
She realized she was in a dark interrogation room, bound to a chair.
Aside from the man who had splashed cold water on her, there was no one else in the room.
From a speaker mounted on the wall came a man's voice: "Why did you break into the laboratory?"
Guan Qing replied, "Why shouldn't I? Do you have some unspeakable secrets?"
There was no response. After a moment of silence, the voice continued, "What did you discover?"
"A lot," Guan Qing answered.
"Go on."
"You not only possess the technology to delete human memories but have also developed techniques for implanting memories."
"Memory has always been an unsolved mystery of the human brain. Now that we have unveiled this mystery for all humanity, isn't it better that we can manipulate it freely and use it?"
"I'm afraid your intentions go beyond that, don't they?"
"What do you mean..."
"Deleting human memories is the first step. Planting new memories is the second step. Controlling all of humanity is the third step."
"Hahaha! You are a clever one. If you weren't a police officer, I might consider hiring you. Yes, humanity cannot progress and achieve global unity because we possess memories. The human heart is narrow; it only unites within its own kind and does not bond with other races.
For example, the Jewish people have endured so much fragmentation and dispersion across the world, yet they cling tightly to their culture, stubbornly resistant to change. What binds them together? It is memory. Only by erasing unwanted memories and planting new ones can the world achieve true unity."
"So, you designed this technology. Once you can implant fabricated memories into the human brain, you will have built a prison of thought for humanity, allowing you to establish a dictatorship. I guess you are Lin Sheng."
"Yes, I am Lin Sheng. High technology serves humanity. Our thoughts are too complex; there have been so many wars, especially between different beliefs and political views. Extremists' prejudices against races have claimed too many lives. Without a thorough cleansing of human memory, peace and tranquility will forever elude us.
Why did China's Qin Shi Huang burn books and bury scholars? Why did the Qing Dynasty have literary inquisition? Why did America massacre the Native Americans? Why did Germany’s Nazi regime under Hitler seek to eliminate the Jews? There are many such examples throughout human history. I withdrew from politics because I saw through the impact of politics and culture on humanity.
Killing is bloody and unnecessary. If we can master memory, everything can start anew."
"If human thought loses its diversity, if thoughts and memories can be designed, deleted, or implanted, what difference is there between us and robots? World peace is merely your excuse.
Your true aim is dictatorship. You wish to dominate humanity, forcing people to live according to your demands."
"Think what you will. However, your time to think like this is running out. Soon, I will delete your memories and plant new ones for you. By then, what you will remember is a pleasant experience visiting Mei Xu Company."
The burly man holding the bucket smiled cruelly and left the room.
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