Dream Raider (獵夢特工)

Unit Two calling 0508. 0508, do you copy?

We have a Code A3

500m south of Riverside Road.

Please attend to it right away.

0508 copy, heading over with 0634 now.

I picked up my kid from school today.

She said my ex had been practising steaming fish.

You think she's trying to get back with me?

Just because she's been steaming fish?

How does that make any sense? —It does!

Steamed fish is the easiest dish to prepare

and it's my personal favourite.

All the screwed up things you've seen as a cop

have made you so jaded and cynical

you don't understand

basic human sentiments anymore.

Yeah well, I certainly didn't see

your divorce coming.

Which department are you from?

Northern District Criminal Investigation Bureau.

This is under Southern District's jurisdiction.

Yeah, we'll talk about jurisdiction later.

Brief us on the case. —Yes, madam.

We have a drunk truck driver

who crashed into the car in front of him.

He slammed on the brakes

and his truck flipped, hitting...

The victim by the river is dead.

Get an IV going on this girl.

Is that injury from this accident?

No, it doesn't look like a fresh wound.

It's already scabbed over.

Her vital signs are stable.

Send her to the hospital. —Wait!

It's OK. I'm a police officer.

You're safe now.

Save them.

Save them.

Save...

So why did you ask me to come in?

You were out cycling at this hour?

My doctor said I have fatty liver disease.

There was a truck accident on Riverside Road.

The victims are sisters who were reported missing.

Wang Yuxuan is in the hospital right now.

Wang Mengqi is dead.

We're waiting for the autopsy report.

I noticed something unusual.

These wounds weren't caused by the accident.

Hey, wait a minute. Riverside Road?

That's under Southern District's jurisdiction.

Not if it's on this side of the river.

Wang Yuxuan collapsed on Riverside Road

and Wang Mengqi died by the river.

Exactly! Since she died by the river

leave it to the Southern District.

We don't have the resources like they do.

Let them have the case.

Wang Yuxuan grabbed my hand

before she passed out.

"Save them." That was what she said.

I suspect there are other victims.

Just give me three days to look into it.

You have 48 hours.

Thanks, Captain.

Can I get back to my cycling now?

Take care of that fatty liver of yours.

Dr Qin, when will Wang Yuxuan come to?

She's a seven on the coma scale.

She might end up in a vegetative state.

Any explanation for the wound on her nape?

Beats me. But it will leave a permanent scar.

Is it so important to you

that she wakes up right now?

I have something very important to ask her.

I suspect there are other victims

besides her and her dead sister.

We had a spate of girls going missing

and it could be related.

Listen.

As a doctor, I shouldn't be telling you this

but I have a daughter myself.

Here's the thing.

Years ago, I attended a lecture by a professor

from Northern District University.

He invented a machine

that seemed to allow people

to communicate through the subconscious.

I think it might be helpful to you.

How do I contact him?

I don't know.

I remember seeing him in the news once.

There was an accident in his laboratory

and he was sent to jail, if I'm not wrong.

Do your own research.

Control Centre, open the door to Block 9 cell #4.

4894, you have a visitor.

Cheng Tianli, I'm Detective Li Xiao.

I agreed to this meeting

so I could say no to your face.

This is Wang Yuxuan and this is Wang Mengqi.

These girls were reported missing.

Not interested?

Does this pique your interest now?

I need your dream raiding technology

to communicate with Wang Yuxuan who's comatose

so I can save the other missing girls.

I'm never using that technology again.

People have been killed by it.

Sir, the visit's over.

Dr Cheng, I'm Detective Li Xiao.

Can you spare me five minutes of your time?

Did something happen to my dad?

No, he's fine.

I'm in the middle of a case

involving many missing girls.

The only lead I have right now

is a girl who's comatose.

What has that got to do with me?

You got your PhD in neural engineering

at the tender age of 24.

You're studying noetic science

in California now, right?

Since you did your homework

you should know I'm not a doctor of medicine.

I can't help you.

I might be able to communicate with

the girl who's comatose

using your father's dream raiding machine.

That was his research on the impact of

dendritic properties on synaptic integration.

It revolutionised the academia's

long-held understanding

of the human thought and consciousness.

But the machine itself was a disaster.

Those missing girls might be in grave danger.

I haven't seen him in ten years.

He wouldn't even let me visit once.

I can't help you.

Can you operate his dream raiding machine?

That wonderful invention of his

killed two people I loved.

And it ruined his life.

Dr Cheng.

Call me, if you change your mind.

Our thoughts produce

electrical impulses in the brain.

So, if my brain can receive

the electrical impulses from your brain

I'd be able to know what you're thinking

and how you're feeling.

What the dream raiding machine does

is read the electrical impulses from the brain.

Although it's not developed enough

to establish a direct two-way communication

it allows you to enter the subject's dreamscape

and experience what the subject is feeling.

This is a huge breakthrough

in the field of neural engineering.

When was the last time you operated the machine?

Last month. I came to warm up the machine.

I learnt to do it all by myself

using Professor Cheng's manual.

So you weren't present during his experiments?

Come on, that was ten years ago.

I was still in junior high school.

Thank you for agreeing to help me.

I'm doing it for the missing girls.

Can you operate the dream raiding machine?

I was around for most of his experiments.

I think I remember the steps.

He's Xie Xiaoyu, an assistant from

the Department of Neural Engineering.

She's Professor Cheng's daughter, Dr Cheng Anya.

I can't believe I'm shaking hands with

Professor Cheng's daughter.

It's great to see you!

Dr Cheng, I bet you'd want to see this.

I ran the calibration and simulation tests

before you got here.

According to the manual

the results indicate the machine is working fine.

So this is the disaster you were saying?

Li Xiao, Wang Yuxuan's family

has given their consent.

She's on her way to you.

Remember, safety first.

Don't do anything risky.

I don't want to be writing

another report to the brass.

My goodness!

Have you seen anything like this before?

No, but the wound looks bone-deep.

So how do we do this?

We'll plug this into her brain stem.

You're jamming that thing into her brain?

We're just puncturing the skin

not going through the skull.

The circle of pins you see

are electrodes to conduct electrical impulses.