01x02 - Episode 2

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Hey, Shen Dapeng, Wang Lei.

What are the school's top six kids doing here?



Jump!

Hey!

Shen Dapeng!

Shen Dapeng!

Help!

Turn it off...

Hey buddy, it's all right now.

Thanks, I know that was rough.

Looks like not anyone can join your team.

You're free to go back to the US, you know.

You need me here.

You're doing this for your father.

You got me.

His sentence can't be reduced

even if he assists us in dream raiding.

All we can do is bring him out on occasion

so you can spend some time together.

Where's the next candidate?

Is it my turn?

—Go buy something for me. —Coffee?

Adult diapers.

There was a mass suicide at Yanghu High School.

Four of their six best students are dead.

The remaining two are still unconscious.

Their parents are powerful folks.

The Police Commissioner is under pressure

to find out what made these boys jump.

Was it stress from school

or did the boys have some personal issues?

He entrusted this case to me

and I'm bringing it to...

the Dream Raider Special Task Force

a collaboration between

the Northern District CIB

and the Northern District University.

In short, you guys.

That's quite a mouthful.

I know you won't be able to remember it.

So I'll just call you guys the Dream Raiders.

Anyway, the brass has given their approval.

You have one day to get me answers.

I haven't found a detective who can raid dreams.

This task force is not ready yet.

—I can do it. —You're not with the police.

That's all right.

We appreciate any help we can get.

Even assistance from civilians.

Just remember to sign a letter of consent.

We'll reimburse your travelling expenses.

What is he doing here?

He did a good job on the missing girls' case.

This is a similar situation.

I need more than just one day.

I have faith in you.

Do your best.

I'll see myself out.

I want access to the computer

that was destroyed in the last case.

The missing girls' case is being handled

by the Special Investigations Unit [SIU] now.

I want to find out more about that woman in red.

I might be able to salvage

some data from the computer.

I've been meaning to ask

who's that woman and how does she know you?

Beats me. That's why I'm looking into it.

If you hadn't been in jail for the last ten years

you would've been on my list of suspects.

I'm on that list anyway, aren't I?

I only believe in evidence.

They stole my technology.

You're a cop, you should be arresting them!

Who are you to be giving me orders?

Yes, Dr Qin?

OK, thank you.

Both students are still in critical condition.

They can't leave the ICU.

The dream raiding machine is too bulky

for us to bring to the hospital.

I've been researching

dream raiding technology for the past two years.

I think we can make the machine smaller.

How much time do you need to do that?

With Professor Cheng's help, about a month.

We only have a day.

We don't need a month.

I've had a lot of time on my hands

rotting behind bars.

I spent that time trying to work out a way

to make the machine portable.

And I figured it out.

Now's my chance to put my plan to work.

Here.

This new design of the dream raiding machine

is small enough to fit in a car.

Promise me you'll arrest those crooks.

I'll do what I can.

Not good enough. I want your word on it.

Fine, I promise.

But I really can't guarantee anything.

You know all the red tape we have.

Unless new evidence surfaces

the case remains with SIU.

If you don't like it, keep the diagram.

I took a photo of it anyway.

I'm sure we'll find new evidence. Right?

We have a backup crystal here.

As for the rest of the items

I'm sure you can get it

from either the IT Department

or the Electrical Engineering Department.

OK, I'll go gather the items.

Che Na, go with him.

Let's go.

I'm getting a coffee.

Why didn't you go back to California?

How did you know I'm based in California?

So you did read my letters to you?

You shouldn't have given up your research

on mind-machine integration.

It could very well earn you a Nobel Prize.

Why did you switch to noetic science?

Noetic science is the key

to unlocking human consciousness.

You can't explore human consciousness

through meditation.

Tell me, can you communicate with someone

who's comatose through meditation?

Do you have to use such an extreme example?

There are many ways

to study human consciousness.

You shouldn't shove your way

down everyone's throats.

Why are the police using

my dream raiding method then?

My technology is robust enough to be used

even in the most extreme cases.

This is what makes it science.

There's a heavy price to pay

for the kind of science that you pursue.

I've never regretted

inventing the dream raiding machine.

I just want to help Li Xiao save lives.

You're wasting your time!

You're walking away from a bright future.

You've changed!

This is what happens

when you abandon me for ten whole years

Is there something you're not telling me?

Professor Cheng, I got all the items.

Here, coffee.

We can't have the dream raiding machine in ICU

in case of electromagnetic interference.

I've asked the hospital to transfer

the students to a general ward for now.

You have half an hour.

Roger that. Thanks, Captain.

What do you think you're doing?

I'm going in too.

Did you forget how dangerous

dream raiding can be?

You almost didn't make it back the last time.

Then why are you doing it?

You certainly look like you're enjoying yourself.

I'm a convict. I don't have a choice.

They're ready.

What do you want me to look for?

We have six kids who jumped off a building

and we don't know why.

Be it stress from school or relationship problems

I need to know everything there is to know.

I can do this by myself.

Their condition isn't stable.

If you enter their dreamscapes and they...

I'll take the second student.

It will save time and lower the risk.

Two pairs of eyes is better than one.

Does the machine support that?

It has two ports, they can work concurrently.

The second port is for backup.

—What if something goes wrong? —All right.

We'll go with Anya's suggestion.

It's less risky and saves time. Let's do it.

Dream Raiding Programme initiated.

In five, four, three, two, one.

Excuse me.



Six students...

six soldiers!

Shen Dapeng?



Shen Dapeng, why did you attempt suicide?

There's a shelter 100m from here.

Go hide there.

Shen Dapeng!

How did you get in here?

That's what I want to ask you.

I'm connected to Shen Dapeng's mind

while you're connected to Wang Lei's.

We're in different minds

so why are we in the same dreamscape?

They dreamt of the same b*ttlefield?

Yes.

Is that possible, Professor Cheng?

Of course not.

There must've been a glitch in the machine.

It's probably a signal interruption of some sort.

But Professor...

the two ports are not connected at all.

The portable dream raiding machine

is an untested prototype.

It's not stable.

Maybe their minds are connected

like the minds of those girls we found

in the basement laboratory.

No way.

None of the boys had any wounds on them

other than those caused by the fall.

And they most certainly don't have

that F-shaped wound on their napes.

When did those girls first started going missing?

Three years ago.

That's more than enough time

for them to advance the technology

and achieve remote connection for mind control.

Are you saying the 103 girls who went missing

and the six students who jumped

are part of someone's experiment to connect minds

and achieve unlimited mind control?

You catch on fast.

Attention, students.

Shen Dapeng was involved in an accident

with five other students.

We're investigating the case.

Please come to us if you have any information

no matter how trivial it might seem.

Did they get into a fight

or an argument with anyone

before they attempted suicide?

Please come forward if you know anything.

They're your classmates.

Students, have you come across

a game or a movie

about aliens and humans

fighting in an abandoned city?

I'm talking about man-eating aliens battling

paratroopers that descended from the sky.

Aliens.

Aliens.

Man-eating aliens.

And human paratroopers.

Hey, kid.

Hey.

I don't know anything.

They just jumped off the building.

You mean you saw them do it?



Shen Dapeng... Shen Dapeng!

Do you know something we don't?

Hey, don't worry.

I'm not with the police.

So, do you know of any game or movie

about fighting aliens like I described

back in the classroom?

It's called Sky Trooper.

Here are the personal effects

of the six students from Yanghu High.

It's passcode-protected.

—0301. —0301.

You're right.

How did you know the passcode?

That's what they called their team in the game.

I was thinking they're in Class 301.

This is the game.

I found the same game on this phone.

Same here.

I see what they have in common.

It's all made by the same company...

called Rhyzen.

Their CEO is a Japanese.

Do you have your translator earpiece?

—Yes. —Dr Cheng.

I didn't expect to see you again so soon.

It's good to see you again.

I'm Detective Li Xiao.

I have some questions about Sky Trooper.

I'm not sure if I'll be able

to answer your questions.

The game is still in development.

We'll only be conducting beta testing

six months from now.

In that case, how did six students

who attempted suicide

have the game on their phones?

I have no idea.

It's just one of the many games we're developing.

But the fact that our intellectual property

is available out there

means we have a leak somewhere

in the company.

Mr Watanabe, we suspect that this game

might've caused six students to attempt suicide.

That's a serious accusation.

I have to reiterate.

I know nothing about this.

Who's the lead developer for this game?

I need to speak with him in person.

Go ahead.

I want to buy over your game company.

How much do you offer?

How about one billion dollars?

It's a deal.

Welcome to the Rhyzen family.

Thank you, Boss.

Sir.

Zhang, take your man in hand.

Li Xiao, what are you doing at Rhyzen?

Well, what is SIU doing here?

I'm following protocol here.

Are you trying to go behind my back?

Yeah, yeah... SIU is the best.

A small fry like me can't get you any answers.

Why not let SIU have this case too?

Oh, I'm so sorry. Did I bruise your ego?

Do you need therapy now?

Or a long vacation, perhaps?

Are you done with the dream raiding?

Did those students attempt suicide

because they were stressed out at school?

No. Our preliminary investigation

indicates that it wasn't about school.

I suspect it has to do with a game by Rhyzen.

Since it's determined the school is not to blame

your job is done.

If you go rogue on me again

I'm transferring you to highway patrol.

But...

Who was that police officer just now?

Wang Jixian from SIU.

They've taken over our case.

I can knock off now.

And you can go back to the US.

Don't lose heart.

What is it?

There's a mass suicide video going viral.

Eight people jumping off a building.

Just like what happened with the six students.

It's a new case. Are we looking into it?

Are you a police detective now?

Of the eight female factory workers

who jumped, only one survived.

Her name is Xiao Fengjiao.

If Li'an were still around

she'd want you to go back to the US and

continue your work on mind-machine integration.

Don't drag her into this.

We don't even know where she is now.

Li Xiao can't find any suitable candidates

to raid dreams.

They need me here.

Anya, they have me to help them.

The dream raiding machine was designed to work

using Mo Qifeng's nerve impulses and mine.

Other people would find it hard to adapt

much less secure a connection.

Qifeng's dead, no one else is compatible.

You only managed to enter dreamscapes

because you share my genes

and our nerve impulse patterns are similar.

I have to stay.

Why?

Let's just say I'm doing this for Aunt Li'an.

Look, I got all A's.

May I continue with gymnastics then?

—Of course not. —Why not?

You almost broke your leg.

But practising gymnastics makes me happy.

Those feelings are nothing more than

nerve impulses created by the cerebral cortex

after receiving information

from sensory receptors

through the central nervous system.

It's part of a primal reward mechanism

for mindless animals to survive.

You're talking about the sensory system.

That's not the same as actual feelings.

Very well.

Tell me the difference between the two

and I'll let you continue with gymnastics.

One... two... three.

German or English?

English.

I'm back!

Uncle Mo!

I missed you so much.

Here you go. Black tea, chocolate

and a Jojo makeup kit.

The triple-colour lip gloss was sold out

so I got you the five-colour set.

Thank you!

—Does your foot still hurt? —A little.

You lost again?

I have faith in you.

Lose a few more times

and you can co-author my papers.

I have another piece of good news to share.

I got married in Japan!

Watch your step.

Hello!

This is my dear Li'an.

This is my mentor and boss

Professor Cheng Tianli.

This is his daughter, Anya.

I've heard so much about you.

I'm so glad we've finally met.

Qifeng only told me how smart you were.

I had no idea you're so pretty.

I think you're pretty too.

We have the same hairstyle.

Yeah!

All right, Qifeng. Send your wife home

and report back to the lab.

Dad, Uncle Mo and Aunt Li'an just got back.

We should ask them out for lunch.

All right, lunch's on me.

—OK? Let's go. —Let's go.

What do you want for lunch?

I don't care if you're a cop!

We have two kids.

There's no way my wife tried to k*ll herself!

We think there's more than meets the eye.

That's why we hope to communicate with your wife

through this dream raiding technology.

How are you going to communicate with her

when she's unconscious and barely alive?

Don't take me for a fool!

I don't trust any of you.

You guys must be up to no good!

Just what are you plotting? Tell me!

You're being selfish.

What did you say? What did you just say?

Calm down!

You don't know if your wife will ever wake up.

For all you know, she wants you to let her go.

She cannot leave me!

If she leaves

what do the kids and I do?

I have a friend who is like your wife.

She had an accident because of me

and slipped into a coma ten years ago.

I'd do anything for her to regain consciousness

but I can't

because I don't know where she is.

So please, let us help your wife.

I'm not hoping for a miracle.

I just want to know

if she can hear me.

I just want some sign that she hears me.

Let us do this then.

OK.

Xie Xiaoyu.

Kun, come over here.

Excuse me

Will that... device hurt her?

No, it won't.

Is this OK?

All set?

Dream Raiding Programme initiated.

In five, four, three, two, one.

Xiao Fengjiao...

—I'm going to die! —Calm down!

—I'm dying! —I know your husband, Kun.

—Kun... —They're waiting for you at home.

This is a dream. You need to wake up.

—A dream? —Yes.

Fire!

Tell me. Why did you jump off that building?

I did what?

You don't remember doing that?

I don't want to jump off any building.

Xiao Fengjiao!

You again?

I go wherever I want.

I can be here...

or here.

Just what do you want?

Stay here.

It will be just you and me.

Who are you?

Why did you steal my technology?

You might've invented dream raiding

but we're the ones

who can realise its full potential.

Our technology has already surpassed yours.

Join me and open the gate.

What gate?

You know what I'm talking about.

Xiao Fengjiao!

This is a dream. None of this is real.

You're lying in a hospital right now.

I want you to think of your husband, Kun.

Come on, wake up!

—Kun... —Yes, Kun!

He's bleeding! Hurry!

Pull my dad out!

That hurts, doesn't it?

Think of your two kids.

My babies...

Hurry!

Are you hurt?

I'm fine.

I got stabbed in the dreamscape.

This is a first for me.

I need to observe and take notes.

Did you find Fengjiao?

Your wife is stuck in her dreamscape.

Her dreamscape is a b*ttlefield.

The very same one as those students'.

Why would she be in their dreamscape?

Beats me.

But the woman in red appeared again.

She was the one who stabbed me.

Fengjiao, I'm here.

You can hear me, can't you?

I've been waiting here for you.

Fengjiao.

Fengjiao, you have to wake up.

Why is the woman in red following you?

I don't know.

She said she wanted me to join her

but then she tried to k*ll me.

Dream raiding is getting dangerous.

We can't be getting you out

only when we see you bleed.

What if we can't get you out in time?

Actually, I'm quite curious to know

what would happen if I die in a dream.

I have so many questions about

that woman in red.

And also how the two students and Xiao Fengjiao

are sharing the same dreamscape.

Yeah.

Maybe we'll find the answers

in Xiao Fengjiao's phone.

These look like the earbuds the students had.

They're the same.

Check if there are any apps on it.

Yes, just one.

Get a good night's sleep with Theta.

It's a sleep app to help with insomnia.

It's Rhyzen again.

Theta?

Theta Workshop?

Both apps are funded by Rhyzen.

The director of Theta Workshop

is someone called Donald.

He was at Rhyzen this afternoon too.

What if he has destroyed the information we want?

That'd make him and Watanabe suspects.

The students and Xiao Fengjiao

dreamt of the same b*ttlefield.

That goes to show that human consciousness

is more than just nerve impulses in the brain.

It's a stream that can flow across minds.

We'll have our answers soon.

Did you find anything?

It's odd. I haven't seen anyone.



Requesting backup at 37 Yuanqu Road.

Look, I think they are transmitting data.

No data here.

Get down!

I'll go after him.

We'll split up. Let's go to Donald's office.

Anya, what are you doing?

I want to send their data

to Northern District University.

There's a b*mb!

Anya, run!

Go help Che Na!

Cheng Tianli, you have two minutes.

Anya, let's go. We only have two minutes.

I have to send the data over.

Is the data more important than your life?

—Let's go! —I only have six months left!

What did you just say?

I have brain cancer, it's spreading.

I have to find a way before I die.

Brain cancer?

FInd a way to do what?

To transfer consciousness.

So it was a crossover.

A crossover?

These servers host the data for both

Sky Trooper and Theta's sleep app.

There's a crossover of data.

So that's why those students and Xiao Fengjiao

shared the same dreamscape.

Yes, not quite what I expected.

We need to go!

Come on, we have 20 seconds left.

This data might lead us to the crooks...

—No time for that. Let's go! —Come on.

Run!

Next time when I tell you to run

you run.

What if something were to happen to you?

Which stage is your brain cancer?

Stage four.

Are you undergoing any treatment?

I was getting treated in California.

I see why you switched to noetic science.

Can human consciousness survive death?

According to DNA collected from the scene

the medical examiner confirmed that

the deceased is Donald.

Among the data that Cheng Anya sent

to Northern District University

we found the development logs

for Sky Trooper and the Theta sleep app.

With detailed records of everything Donald did

including how he slipped

a programme code in those apps

without Rhyzen's knowledge.

Anything that links to the missing girls' case?

No.

So everything leads to Donald

and then the trail goes cold

letting Rhyzen completely off the hook.

I've passed the data to SIU.

Thank you, Captain.

The higher-ups are very interested in

any discovery your team makes raiding dreams.

I told you, I haven't found

any suitable candidates.

Keep looking.

All I have right now are two scientists.

One's in jail, the other's going back to the US.

Oh yes, plus a geeky research assistant.

You handle the one going back to the US.

I'll handle the one in jail.

As for the geek...

Che Na can handle him.

And this motley crew is my team?

Whip them into shape.

Learn to be a fine leader like I am.

Have some tea.

Be careful, it's hot.

I told you it's hot.

David took us out

for French food again yesterday.

It's so lame.

So his name's David?

Mum wants me to call him Uncle Dai

but he said I could just call him David.

You wouldn't have told me

he's wooing your mum

if I hadn't bumped into all of you, huh?

I didn't want to give you a stroke.

I won't. We're divorced.

David said he'd give me a pony

for my birthday.

Come on, he can't be serious.

A toy or the real thing?

A real pony.

Hell, this dude must be seriously loaded.

I'm your dad and I'm saying this

with your best interests at heart.

You don't want a pony. Think about it.

With a pony at home

you'll be shovelling horse poop everyday.

Just think about how smelly it'd be.

You really don't want a pony.

You're so ignorant.

Ponies are kept in stables.

Who'd keep a pony at home?

Why did you destroy Theta?

Thanks to you, the board of directors

lost NT$100 million!

The data crossover was an accident.

Do you know you nearly

landed Watanabe in hot water?

Watanabe's too resourceful to let that happen.

Some of the board members want you fired.

Can you bear to fire me?

What exactly are you planning?

Well, this and that.

Was the data crossover really an accident?

Would I dare lie to you?