The Mechanic - Chapter 15

[Chapter 15 Waste Treatment Plants (1)]

For the first time since his trance, Zhang Xun returned to his own room. The soft bed with an old but clean cashmere blanket had always helped him fall asleep quickly, but that night he tossed and turned in the middle of the night before falling asleep.

When he woke up in the morning, he chose a clean and tidy mechanic uniform, combed his hair carefully in front of the mirror, hung the stubble on his chin, and then pinned his usual one-piece microscopic mirror to the placket of his shirt. The windowsills of his room and the work table are littered with metal parts, mostly old parts that have been replaced from machines, and some are even rusted. But every now and then he wants to relax and cobble together gadgets from the parts.

For example, the few mosquito-like micro-robots flying beside his ears now.

These mosquitoes are Zhang Xun’s eyes. They can enter the ordinary world without a sound and collect data and information under Eden’s nose. Since it was made privately and not registered in the list of machines in Paradise Lost, he can quietly let them get into the backpacks or pockets of hunters to leave Paradise Lost’s Herbert barrier and go to the ordinary world to collect information, Then follow the hunters back, there is no remote transmission function to avoid the signal being intercepted by Eden. Zhang Xun used this thing to obtain a lot of the latest technical information in the ordinary world. That’s why he’s the best mechanic in Paradise Lost.

And now, he’s going to do something more dangerous and against the Law of Eden with these little things: gather intelligence about the ten chiefs.

No one knew about Zhang Xun’s own little research, because Zhang Xun knew what a serious violation it was. If his surveillance behavior leaks out, I am afraid that he will be immediately dismissed as a mechanic, locked in a dungeon, or even silenced by the round table. But this kind of illegal behavior that no one knew about made him feel a little stimulated.

He felt that some of the chiefs had a strange attitude towards Adam, and they also had strong hostility towards himself. But intellectually speaking, first of all, they have already spent too much for the seance plan, and it is unreasonable to consider giving up now. And the hostility of the sixth chief who only took office this year is particularly inexplicable. Why do you want to replace him?

If his father is not Zhang Shuo, I am afraid that he has already been removed.

Zhang Xun felt that the status of himself and Adam was too passive, and he could not sit still. So he unleashed these tiny robots, shaped like mosquitoes, flies, ants, spiders, and cockroaches, to recognize “super-everyday” events in the chief’s life.

The so-called super-daily events refer to events that deviate from a certain range of daily life after eliminating the meaningless repeated behaviors in a person’s daily activity trajectory. Zhang Xun had read when he was a child that most people’s daily activity trajectories are as consistent and predictable as insects, and only those occasional events that are beyond the norm are of great significance to a person’s experience, behavior change and character formation.

Zhang Xun briefly tested the performance of the micro-robots, then opened the window and let them out. Then he hurried to the Lab with his tablet and toolbox.

Different from the quiet and almost deserted Lab a few days ago, today’s Lab door is full of dozens of combat armors waiting to be repaired, and countless mechanics and their researchers are assessing the battle damage. These mechas have all participated in the recent confrontation with the coalition forces, and the old materials have become more rusty and mottled in the sunlight. In recent years, hunters have brought back fewer and fewer mechanical parts, and many parts on the armor that are in urgent need of replacement can only hang in place like a crumbling iron block. Soldiers willing to fly these things against the coalition’s latest Ai drones obviously need to have the guts to do so.

In fact, Zhang Xun has also trained a few combat AIs, but Paradise Lost has too much fear and hatred for AIs, so that those AI warriors can’t be used for a long time.

Zhang Xun was a little anxious, so many people, even if most of them were mechanics and researchers, the possible threat to Adam must not be underestimated. He knew what a fascinating yet terrifying thing Eden was to all mechanics. And how much curiosity and speculation will Adam, as its human carrier, arouse. The mechanics may even be more dangerous than the soldiers who have an extreme hatred of the Eden, because they have more knowledge and may try to read Adam’s central module or even try to change Adam’s program. This is extremely dangerous, because after more than 200 years of continuous autonomous evolution, the complexity of Eden’s core cognitive modules has long exceeded human imagination. Zhang Xun himself had peeped at the time of his trance, but after only reading a few pieces of code, he knew that it was something that human beings could not understand at all.

If there is a mechanic who tries to rewrite it out of their own strength, it may cause unpredictable or even catastrophic consequences. He must do his best to prevent this possibility from happening.

Passing through the busy crowd, many mechanics wearing unilateral microscopic mirrors similar to his were nodding to him. He nodded one by one, but also heard several passing soldiers spit at him behind him.

Probably one of those guards who were extremely frustrated and angry that Adam had killed the captive.

The originally empty corridor in the Lab is now full of people coming and going. This another chapter Xun is slightly melancholy and irritable. He strode to his office, but just as he entered the door, he heard Pan say to him, “The security consultants sent by the Round Table have arrived, and Fernandez took them to the reception room.”

“So soon?” Zhang Xun frowned, “Who is it?”

“It’s Captain Sistine of the Guards.” Captain

Hugo Sistine, Michael’s immediate boss. To put it simply, his personality can be described as an upgraded version of Michael…

Even a colleague like James who has a good temper and who can get along with everyone doesn’t like it…

“Got it.” Zhang Xun folded his hand. Hair, which is what he often does when he is irritable, “Tell them I’ll be there soon. Then notify Adam and let him get ready.”

Captain Sistine sat on the somewhat dated embroidered sofa, sipped a sip of tea served by a researcher, and looked impatiently at the clock on the opposite fireplace. Michael and his other bodyguard sat on either side of him. The short and noisy mechanic who was in charge of receiving them, Julio Fernandez, was gushing about the layout

of the Lab: “The first floor of the Lab is mainly responsible for the development and maintenance of all the guards’ weapons, quarters and large mechs. The right side is mainly the factory of the maintenance department, and the left side is mostly the R&D department. The semi-automatic mecha Oracle23, which I was mainly responsible for recently, is in the R&D warehouse No. 3. It is equipped with an upgraded version of the stand shield, which can absorb attacks and convert them into their own. Energy. In addition, there are super laser cannons, and my favorite optical stealth function, a very sexy baby~ If you have time, I must show you!” As a level similar to Zhang Xun The crazy tech nerd, Fernandez’s madness is on another level. He considers all of his work a lover, where he’s full of energy every day like a robotic Frankenstein Frankenstein. “The second floor is mainly responsible for the research and development of the automatic defense device and anti-Eden monitoring system of Paradise Lost, and there are a group of boring ‘nerds’ working there. The third floor is the maintenance and research and development of some civilian systems, such as the one next to the Lost Lake. That’s where the drinking water purification system was designed, and that’s all that stuff, you know. And the fourth floor is where some AI-related R&D takes place. Adam’s observation room is right there.”

Sistine’s only comment on that was , “When will your main person in charge arrive? Why can’t I go directly to the observation room?”

Fernandez looked exaggeratedly horrified, “Entering the place he doesn’t allow him to enter without authorization? I dare not.”

“Huh? Why? What can a mechanic like him do to you?”

“Everyone knows not to mess with Zhang Xun.” Fernandez leaned forward and lowered his voice, as if he was afraid of being heard, “Actually, Zhang Xun is not the most terrifying, but his artificial intelligence Pan. That thing Er is very vengeful. If anyone makes Zhang Xun unhappy, Pan seems to be fine on the surface, and his words are still pleasant, but in the future he will always try to get revenge on you in some of the most tricky places. For example, when you suddenly turn on the sprinkler and say It’s detecting a fire, or accidentally locking you in the toilet when you’re off duty, or ‘allowing’ a rat to get into your toolbox, or adding three times more salt to your lunch than usual.”

Michael He sneered, “Retaliation? He is an artificial intelligence, dare to take revenge on humans? Just destroy it.”

“Shh!!!” Fernandez looked up at the camera in the corner of the room in panic, “Comrade guard, slap your butt after you say it. Let’s go, it’s me who will have to eat dark food for a month in the end!”

“Can’t you bring your own food?” Another guard sneered.

Fernandez rolled his eyes, “Please, my own cooking is not as good as dark cooking.”

At this moment, the door opened, Zhang Xun walked in with his tablet in his hand, and nodded to the four people in the room. , “Sorry, I’m late.”

Sistine deliberately looked at his watch, “Although we are uninvited, I heard that Lab’s working hours are from nine in the morning to six in the evening, according to this world Look, you are still a minute late as the person in charge here. I hope that the artificial intelligence you trained won’t be as unpunctual as you.”

Zhang Xun did not argue, but simply and bluntly said, “I’m sorry.” Then he took the initiative to extend his hand to Sistine, “Nice to meet you, Captain Sistine.”

Sistine shook Zhang Xun’s hand casually, stood up slowly, and said in a mocking tone, “Let’s go, Take me to see this Frankenstein that took so much time and energy to get out.”

Fernandez added inappropriately later, “Well, Frankenstein is actually the crazy doctor who made the monster, isn’t he? The name of the monster. A lot of people get this wrong.”

Sistine’s face darkened again.

“Fernandez, shut up.” Zhang Xun squeezed out a sentence from the corner of his mouth when he went out.

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There are two accesses between the different floors: through the elevator in the center of the rotunda at the end of the main corridor on the first floor or the escape on the west side ladder. Zhang Xun explained while leading the way, “Entering the Lab requires Pan’s confirmation and authorization. If someone enters without authorization, Pan will automatically start the primary expulsion procedure.” Zhang Xun pressed the elevator button and said, “I just The identity of Lieutenant Sistine has been confirmed to Pan.”

“Pan is the AI you made yourself, right?”

“Yes.”

“Has your AI passed the security test?”

“Of course it passed, Otherwise, the round table will not allow us to use it.”

“When did it pass?” Sistine didn’t even turn his head to look at Zhang Xun when he said this. At this time, with the sound of gears turning, the elevator has arrived. The group walked into the elevator car, Zhang Xun replied, “It was passed five years ago.”

“Five years ago? Too long. These AIs will evolve by themselves, who knows what they will become.” Sith Ting sneered and said, “I will report it to my superiors for a review of Pan.”

Zhang Xun’s cheeks were slightly red as he held back his anger, and Michael’s schadenfreude smile on the side added fuel to the fire.

Seeing Fernandez looking around with a nonchalant look on his face, he knew that he must be talking nonsense again…

Compared with the noisy first floor, the fourth floor is quiet, only occasionally there is a The two senior mechanics hurried past like ghosts. Paradise Lost is very vigilant about artificial intelligence, and most of them even report hostility, so only a few people with the most seniority who have passed the advanced mechanic examination have access to the fourth floor.

Next to Adam’s room is the observation room, and you can observe Adam’s behavior through the single-sided mirror behind the screen in Adam’s room. On many previous nights, Zhang Xun would spend the night here. It was almost like his private room, with many of his personal belongings, such as water glasses, microscopic mirror components, metal elements and even simple items on an old leather sofa. Futon and pillows. The walls were littered with monitors of various sizes, constantly updating the physiological parameters of Adam that Pan had detected. Michael looked around and mocked, “You fall asleep here every night with your dear Adam? Seeing how serious you are on weekdays, it really is a weird hobby?”

Zhang Xun looked at him coldly, or pressed the button , the original black single-sided mirror immediately became transparent.

“Michael.” Sistine scolded meekly and symbolically, looking at the space behind the one-way mirror.

In the seemingly empty room, Adam was wearing linen white trousers and a top, and was… doing some strange dance moves. The legs seemed to be fighting each other, and the hands were waving in the air, looking extraordinarily funny.

Zhang Xun was also a little surprised, frowning and looking at the one-way mirror.

“What is he doing?” Sistine asked in confusion.

Michael was also inexplicable, “Something went wrong?”

Zhang Xun stared at Adam’s focused expression carefully, repeating some weird movements over and over again. However, as the number of repetitions increased, the limbs that were not well coordinated gradually became connected.

“He’s dancing.” Zhang Xun concluded, “And it’s… a mechanical dance?”

Michael burst out laughing, and Sistine seemed to want to laugh, but held back.

“Why did he do it? You taught it?” Sistine tried to keep the serious expression on his face.

Zhang Xun was silent for a moment, then said, “No. But the information stored in his brain is very rich. I think he wants to try to control the human body to practice some of his knowledge… After all, he didn’t have a chance when he didn’t have a body before.”

“But why dance?” Michael didn’t understand at all, “Doesn’t he have better things to practice? Like fighting, fighting, etc.?”

Zhang Xun shrugged as if he should, “He seems to be interested in the relationship between human beings. He is more interested in communication and emotional expression. But he is still getting used to the use of his own body, and occasionally he will trip his front feet and back feet when he walks.”

Zhang Xun could clearly feel that there was something in Sistine and Michael. Relaxed a lot. His eyes couldn’t help but once again glanced at Adam, who had a naive face, his forearm dangling like a pendulum in mid-air, playing with his own human body, and he was a little suspicious in his heart.

Adam did it on purpose.

The author has something to say: Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine~: Xia Ran Xia Ran 1

thanks to the little angel who irrigated the nutrient solution~: 10 bottles of Wuming Heilong

[End of This Chapter]