Memory inheritor

Chapter 208 Long Line

Chapter 208 The Long Journey (Part 1)

After leaving Zhang Shuqiu's house, Wei Hongsi walked outside the residential area and bought a bottle of mineral water at the nearest convenience store. He opened the cap and drank some, immediately feeling much better.

He was thirsty after eating hotpot at noon, but his attention was focused on Zhang Shuqiu, so he didn't pay attention. While she was sleeping, he couldn't find a cup of water or a drink at her house, so he could only endure it.

Wei Hongsi slowly finished the bottle of water, screwed the cap on, threw it into the trash can, and walked slowly home.

It only takes about fifteen minutes to walk from here to his house, which is a good time to sort out his thoughts. Zhang Shuqiu has revealed a lot of information, so he needs to process it carefully and think about how to explain it to his older brother later.

Uncle Zhang and his daughter had lived under the same roof for over a decade, and some things were difficult to completely hide from each other. To prevent Zhang Shuqiu from intentionally or unintentionally leaking important information, the most effective method for Uncle Zhang was to implant a subconscious firewall, so he would almost certainly implant memories into his daughter.

Wei Hongsi had already considered this point. Zhang Shuqiu's behavior during this encounter undoubtedly confirmed his speculation.

Zhang Shuqiu not only knew that he had been implanted with memories, but he also likely knew what effects the memory fusion would have on a person.

Moreover, she had no memory gaps and possessed more information, so Wei Hongsi remained relatively passive during their mutual probing after meeting.

However, Zhang Shuqiu clearly had no ill intentions towards him. The main purpose of the test was probably to confirm whether his "main personality" was affected by the fragments of consciousness in the implanted memories.

Simply put, it's about whether Wei Hongsi has become a different person.

That's understandable. From Zhang Shuqiu's perspective, someone who had forgotten her for seven or eight years suddenly remembered her again. This must have been caused by some kind of change, and this change might not be a good thing, which is why she felt both happy and sad.

Wei Hongsi couldn't help but wonder, if he really changed and was no longer or not entirely the person he used to be, what would happen to Zhang Shuqiu?

It didn't seem like anything was wrong. From the moment they met, Zhang Shuqiu seemed prepared to get drunk.

Wei Hongsi was genuinely surprised by this. He had thought Zhang Shuqiu was a bit of a drunkard, the kind who couldn't be happy unless she was drunk. He later discovered that this was actually her way of bypassing the subconscious firewall in her brain.

Alcohol can suppress the function of the prefrontal cortex, affecting rational thinking and decision-making, and making people more impulsive. Theoretically, the subconscious firewall also relies on the brain's own mechanisms to operate, so impaired prefrontal cortex function could potentially cause the firewall to fail.

It's likely that Zhang Shuqiu discovered this by accident; perhaps she filmed or recorded herself while drunk one of her occasions.

So when she decides to get drunk, she's already prepared to reveal something. However, what she says while drunk is probably beyond her control, and there are likely still some limitations.

Zhang Shuqiu always held back her words, even when she was drunk. This was not only due to the effect of her subconscious firewall, but also the influence of her long-term living environment.

This puzzled Wei Hongsi. If Zhang Shuqiu would reveal things he wanted to know regardless of whether he had changed or not, then what was the point of all those previous tests?

He considered one possibility.

The memories that Uncle Zhang instilled in his daughter may have been fragmented, but the most core part should be his wife's memories, which may very well be Zhang Shuqiu's anchor point of consciousness.

Zhang Shuqiu once said while drunk that her mother was in her mind, which is very obvious evidence, similar to the totem and creed of the Light Guide Society.

But then she said her mother was missing. Does this mean her anchor point has collapsed? If so, shouldn't she be dead or become an idiot?

"Because you are the ray of light I saw in the darkness!"

Remembering Zhang Shuqiu's words, Wei Hongsi suddenly understood something.

What she's trying to express is probably more than just the companionship during her childhood; it's also the coordinates that guided her to find herself again after her anchor point in consciousness collapsed.

So, I've become her anchor point of consciousness?

Wei Hong thought about it and felt that this description was very inaccurate. He was a real person; how could he become a point of consciousness in someone else's mind?

It should be said that Zhang Shuqiu's psychological representation of Wei Hongsi became her current anchor point of consciousness.

(Note: A psychological representation is an integrated psychological model of one person’s entire cognition, emotion, memory, evaluation, and implicit reactions to another person.)

So Zhang Shuqiu might visit him once a year to solidify his anchor point of consciousness, which is similar to the principle that members of the Light Guiding Society need to receive memory infusion every now and then.

However, for Zhang Shuqiu, such a mental anchor poses a great risk.

Wei Hongsi is still very young and will continue to grow and change. If some of his changes break through Zhang Shuqiu's fixed psychological perception of him, it is very likely that her anchor point of consciousness will collapse again.

Thinking of this, Wei Hongsi couldn't help but feel a little worried, because Zhang Shuqiu's condition after sobering up was somewhat strange.

He took out his phone and sent a message to Zhang Shuqiu, asking if she wanted to come over for dinner that evening.

After a while, Zhang Shuqiu replied. Seeing that she said she was going to write 20,000 words and seemed very motivated, Wei Hongsi felt that he might be overthinking things.

However, he still replied with a message: "Take it easy. I've heard that it's already very impressive for an online novel author to write 10,000 words a day."

Zhang Shuqiu quickly replied: "I still have ambitions. I'll stop here for now, gotta get back to writing!"

Wei Hongsi didn't reply after reading the message. He had already reached the entrance of his residential compound, so he called his older brother.

The call was answered quickly, and Wei Hongbo asked, "Did you just finish talking with Xiao Qiu? That took quite a while!"

Wei Hongsi said, "We did talk quite a bit, and I learned a lot. Where are you now?"

Wei Hongbo said, "I'm at the Xicheng Criminal Investigation Detachment, just about to leave."

Wei Hongsi said, "Why don't you go home first? I'm already at the entrance of the community. Also, could you arrange for some people to keep watch around Xiao Qiu's house? We might be able to catch a big fish through her."

"Really?" Wei Hongbo paused for a moment, then said, "Then wait for me at home, I'll be back in a little while."

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After talking to his brother on the phone, Wei Hongsi felt a little more at ease. With police officers watching nearby, it wasn't just surveillance, but also protection for Zhang Shuqiu; at least the incident of strangers suddenly breaking in wouldn't happen again.

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