My Dream Connects to 3000 Years in the Future

’What if he engaged in a limited degree of cautious cooperation... and, to a certain extent, obtained some assistance from the officials?’

’Wouldn’t things be better that way?’

The enemy was simply too strong, and the pressure of facing them alone was immense for Chu Bamboo. Having one more ally—an ally who could add their strength to the fight—could drastically change the future outcome for him.

Xing Long was still skeptical, but after everything Chu Bamboo had said, he naturally chose to verify it.

And once he ran the verification...

"A seventy percent success rate?!" Xing Long was floored. A seventy percent success rate might not sound that high at first glance.

But the key was that he had deliberately withheld parts of the information he provided. After all, he was using the Nanyun Street random murder case as a benchmark!

So even though he possessed the complete case files, he had fed the AI incomplete intelligence. He had deliberately held back information, to a degree comparable to what was missing in the Li Family’s Mouth dismemberment and Nanyun Street murder cases.

Under these conditions, it could still maintain an accurate judgment in seven out of ten cases! This wasn’t just terrifying... it was practically a super detective!

After a brief, dead silence.

When Xing Long looked at Chu Bamboo again, his attitude had completely changed.

"Sir, Z Company, correct? I... uh, we hope to establish a collaboration with your company!" Xing Long gripped Chu Bamboo’s hand tightly, his voice trembling slightly as he looked at him.

"Captain Xing." Chu Bamboo shook his hand firmly, his expression sincere, but his voice held a hint of unease. "Actually, I’m a little anxious about this myself."

"? Please, speak freely." Captain Xing’s brow furrowed.

Hearing this, Chu Bamboo seemingly casually introduced his true objective.

"Because... I have a friend. She’s also a high school student, and she’s from a single-parent home. The last time we spoke, she mentioned that she thought she was being followed. Of course, she wasn’t sure. It could just be a teenager’s wild imagination or a hallucination..."

"...Oh?" Xing Long was starting to get a sense of where this was going.

"But then, not long after, I ’just so happened’ to dig up information related to this! You know, a coincidence like that... it’s a little too much. So I’m worried." Chu Bamboo sighed softly. "Tomorrow, she and her mom are going to Jinling Third High School... so I was thinking, what if... just what if!"

’Perfect!’

Chu Bamboo ran through the logic in his head one more time, confirming it was sound.

Although people in the Divine Continent were generally materialists, when faced with such a frighteningly perfect coincidence, it was hard not to overthink things.

After the dust settled, even if the police reviewed the case, they would only conclude that Chu Bamboo had been very lucky. It wouldn’t lead them to suspect anything strange.

"I understand what you mean. I’ll take this seriously." Xing Long nodded gravely. "Don’t worry. Protecting our citizens is our solemn duty as police officers. Tomorrow, we’ll dispatch a few plainclothes officers to follow them and keep an eye out..."

In truth, he didn’t think it was possible for it to be such a coincidence... that the killer would target this specific mother and daughter on their way to the school.

After all, a full eight years separated the two cases. It was highly likely the killer had already fled Jinling.

But he couldn’t ignore the fact that the crime-solving AI this man controlled was simply too incredible.

He figured that if they escorted the mother and daughter tomorrow and actually caught a stalker, it would be a win-win. They would have fulfilled their duty as police officers.

And even if they didn’t catch the wanted man and it turned out to be a false alarm, wouldn’t it help smooth the way for future cooperation with Z Intelligent Company?

The man was a general manager, after all.

Yes, Xing Long’s initial assessment was that there was a twenty to thirty percent chance they’d run into a stalker. The remaining seventy to eighty percent probability was that it was just the girl’s imagination...

But the actual murderer from the case?

’Impossible. Absolutely impossible.’

’If it’s really him, I’ll eat my hat!’

...

「Nine o’clock at night.」

Chu Bamboo returned home and glanced at the intel Lin Xia had sent over. According to his investigation, the factory had indeed concealed a few things... but nothing major. It was still viable for purchase. Lin Xia was asking for Chu Bamboo’s final opinion.

After a moment’s thought, Chu Bamboo replied with a message: "I’ll give you an answer tomorrow."

’First, I’ll check in my dream to see if there are any major pitfalls.’

After washing up, Chu Bamboo opened his notebook again. He hesitated for a moment, then began writing in his diary using a minimalist method—interspersing dream script with real-world text.

This two-script encryption, combined with abbreviating many events, ensured that anyone who could only read one of the scripts would find it nearly impossible to decipher the diary’s true meaning.

’If something still goes wrong this time, then I’m really out of ideas.’

After patting his cheeks, Chu Bamboo got into bed.

’Alright then... initiate dream!’