Modifying the control program in the Consciousness-Reading Device was easy for Shen Bing, especially with Qiuqiu helping. Everything was done in just a few minutes.
If the Consciousness-Reading Device had previously been able to read someone's entire life experience, it could now only read scattered fragments.
Well—that wasn't entirely accurate. The data it read was still complete, but only fragments would be displayed, all under Qiuqiu's control.
This would let him find the information the police needed without making the device seem too outrageously powerful. It would also give him an opportunity to show the authorities that his villa-style laboratory really did possess advanced technology and formidable research capabilities, so they wouldn't wonder why Shen Bing spent all day holed up in his villa.
The Consciousness-Reading Device was now connected by numerous circuits to much of the laboratory's impressive-looking equipment. In reality, though, this was all window dressing, arranged to fool people.
Before long, Vice Mayor Qiao personally led a team to Dragon Lake Ring Island.
It was his first visit, and he, too, was stunned by the extravagant scale of Shen Bing's villa complex.
The beautiful lakeside setting created from five of Dragon Lake Ring Island's finest villas looked even more magnificent at night.
Lu Xian was already waiting at the entrance and immediately led Vice Mayor Qiao and his party to Villa No. 2.
By the time they met, Shen Bing had changed into a white lab coat and certainly looked the part.
"Mr. Shen, this really is extravagant, using a luxury villa as a laboratory. I hear this villa alone cost at least a hundred million," Vice Mayor Qiao remarked.
Shen Bing smiled. "That's about what the villa is worth, but the equipment is what really costs money. The equipment in this laboratory alone is worth at