The Mechanic - Chapter 47

[Chapter 47 Machinery and Life (5)]

Zhang Xun was restless and frightened. Although the other party is not a few years older than him, he is a chief, one of the ten most powerful people in Paradise Lost. Moreover, the self-confidence and aura of powerful people naturally exuded by the other party can also have a certain impact on the spirit of the interlocutor.

Especially when the other party opened his mouth, the first sentence he said was, “You have probably already seen that, I don’t like you very much.”

Zhang Xun was half scared and half annoyed, and he didn’t know how to answer for a while.

Miller raised his eyelids and glanced at him, but there was a bit of playfulness in his expression, “But it is undeniable that you are very capable, and you are considered smart. You also played an important role in the seance plan, and now Adam can be tamed. You have contributed to this level.”

Zhang Xun froze for a moment, then squeezed out, “Thank you.”

“But…” Miller said, cutting a rib-eye steak with a sharp knife, “I’m very curious. , What are you using to control Adam?”

Zhang Xun was well prepared for such a question and answered fluently, “I have written about this in several reports. I have set up three levels to ensure that Adam cannot escape from me. As long as Adam has any behavior that may endanger the interests of Paradise Lost, I have corresponding measures to stop it, and even when things get to the point of no return, I can destroy him.”

“This is written. But judging from these photos, it’s not just that.” Miller said, lightly removed a napkin from his hand, and gracefully pushed the following photos in front of Zhang Xun.

There are a few photos, but none of them are very strange photos. Most of them are in the Lab. Zhang Xun and Adam work together to develop invisible battle suits, or eat together in a restaurant, or Zhang Xun dozed off on the sofa in the office, and Adam was waiting obediently.

Looking at the angle, it was probably taken by a mechanic or researcher working in the Lab. Zhang Xun was not surprised, he knew that there should be some eyeliners monitoring him in the Lab. He also considers himself cautious enough.

But when looking at those seemingly ordinary moments of getting along from a third party’s point of view, Zhang Xun realized that the look in Adam’s eyes turned out to be like this…

No matter how hard he tried to hide it, how hard he tried to control himself with reason, But when his eyes met inadvertently, even if he smiled, his eyes seemed to be flashing.

It made him feel inexplicably ashamed.

“The round table is worried about me, I can understand.” Zhang Xun said stiffly, “However, I don’t think there is anything wrong with these photos.” The

sixth chief chuckled and raised his glass, “You shouldn’t take this hand. Unfamiliar. There have been a lot of mosquitoes in Paradise Lost recently. Although they never fly into other people’s homes, it would be disgusting to have so many in public.”

Zhang Xun felt that the hairs on the back of his hands began to stand up, so he could only remain silent. .

“There’s nothing suspicious about these photos, but don’t you think there’s something wrong?” Miller sipped the wine sticking to his lips. The deep red of the grapes dyed his lips even redder, as if he had drank blood.

“What’s missing?”

“You are his absolute authority as a mechanic.” Miller’s eyes froze subtly, “If your method of controlling him is really like you said, you rely on fear and repression to coerce He. You should at least use some violent means to control his behavior. But you haven’t touched a finger of him. To be honest, looking at these photos, I believe you two are lovers.”

Zhang Xun explained immediately . , “I just don’t think senseless violence can’t…”

“I know what you’re saying. True tameness should be thorough, voluntary, and non-coercive.” Miller snorted. “It makes sense, but it’s too idealistic. Humans have never had such a thing as voluntary. , the decisions you think are made of your own will are formed by various influences. Just like you, you thought that it was your own choice to become a mechanic and participate in the seance program, but in fact, as early as when you were very young, Your teacher saw your possible talent and wanted to train you to be the successor of the seance plan. So he asked your father to bring some related books home to give you a chance to read, and let someone with a good relationship with you The hunters bring some toys that might pique your interest and ask the janitor at the waste plant to give you the tools you need to make the machine. You’re nothing but their creation for Paradise Lost. Like I’m my father too Works polished by everyone in Paradise Lost.”

Zhang Xun looked at him with some confusion, and his mind was a little confused for a while.

He thought of Hassan who brought him back the alloy, and the old administrator of the garbage disposal plant…

all arranged by…the teacher?

“The question now is, are you polishing Adam, or is Adam polishing you?” Miller rested his cheek with his hand, and the fingertips of the other hand circled carelessly around the rim of the glass, “You have such a weak personality. , is it possible that you have been influenced by Adam too much and cannot continue to maintain authority? Or do you want to use something else to ‘control’ Adam??”

“Sixth Chief!” Zhang Xun couldn’t suppress the anger in his heart. With shame, his voice hardened, “What exactly are you trying to say, please stop beating around the bush. I have always faithfully carried out the round table’s orders, and Adam has never missed a beat.”

“I don’t mean to blame you. I also passed After passing the mechanic’s assessment, I understand how a mechanic might have feelings for the works he created.” The sixth chief put down his wine glass, leaned back on the chair, looked at him with downcast eyes, and said with a soft expression, “It’s just that , as the head of the round table, I have to consider the interests of the entire Paradise Lost. Adam is such a complex and dangerous… compound person, if you are only controlled by one person, there are too many variables, and it is a single point of failure. Once something goes wrong with you , Adam, the bomb will be detonated.”

“…What do you want to say?”

“I want you to give me one-third of your control over Adam.” The sixth chief said firmly, “I want to control the device on his forehead, And I have to have a two-hour conversation with him once a week.”

“Impossible!” Zhang Xun refused without thinking, standing up and planning to leave.

“Impossible?” Miller laughed instead, with a hint of contempt in his laughter, “Mechanic Zhang, you are not qualified to say this word in front of the round table.”

Zhang Xun tried his best to control his expression to remain calm, even though he His heart was already burning with anger, “Sixth Chief, you asked me to come to your house today to talk about this, instead of directly issuing documents. I think it’s because the round table doesn’t agree with your proposal, right? That is to say, Whether it’s to make weapon AI or let me hand over control of Adam, it’s not the intention of the round table, but the intention of you alone.”

Miller chuckled a few times, “Don’t be smart. The reason why I didn’t directly issue the document, It’s because you don’t want to make the relationship with Commander Zhang too stiff. You should have voluntarily surrendered some control of Adam. The round table gave you a chance, but you have been slow to move. I have to say, it is very disturbing. Disappointed.”

If possible, Zhang Xun wanted to throw the glass of red wine on the table that he had not touched on the sixth chief’s face.

Fortunately, his self-control is still strong. He took a deep breath and said in a firm and steady tone, “I never tried to monopolize Adam. Anyone at the round table who wants to talk to Adam can arrange a meeting, but under certain supervision. As for those who control Adam I will never hand it over to others. If the round table wants to force me to hand it over, I will resign as a mechanic now. You can try it and see if Adam will cooperate with you.”

Miller narrowed his eyes. The application became dangerous, “Are you threatening the round table?”

“Don’t dare.” Zhang Xun replied coldly, “I’m just stating the facts.”

After speaking, he no longer waited for Miller’s reply, and strode away from the sixth chief ‘s mansion. But Miller’s voice still came from a distance behind him, “Zhang Xun, you think of yourself too special.”

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All the way back to the Lab, Zhang Xun was trembling with anger.

The sixth chief… even dared to covet Adam…

He finally understood why the sixth chief had always been hostile to him. He clearly passed the exam as a mechanic, but he gave up for unknown reasons and became a politician. He was jealous of himself, jealous of his ability to master the seance, to be Adam’s mechanic.

But is it just jealousy?

The sixth chief is a Catholic, but judging from the conversation just now, he does not believe that human beings have free will at all. This in itself contradicts Catholic teaching. But he strictly abides by the Catholic precepts, never has an affair with the same sex, cleans himself, drinks moderately, and insists on attending Mass in the Catholic Church in the eighth district every Sunday.

This is a man full of contradictions and thorns, unfathomable, but self-disciplined to the point of masochism. He couldn’t even find any handle on him.

Entering the lab with a gloomy face, he heard Pan say, “Zhang Xun, Adam said, you are going to create a new artificial intelligence.”

Zhang Xun paused and said irritably, “I can’t tell. Why did you suddenly ask This?”

“I hope I can help you.” Pan’s voice was as sweet as ever, with healing power. I don’t know if it’s his own delusion, Zhang Xun thinks that Pan also seems to be looking forward to a new artificial intelligence?

Could AI also feel lonely? Zhang Xun laughed inwardly at his romanticism.

It was probably this romanticism that made him too easily influenced. As the sixth chief said, too weak.

“Axun!” Adam got out from somewhere on the second floor, leaned on the railing and looked at him, his expression half bright and happy, half worried and curious, “You came back very late, the sixth chief told you What’s the matter?”

Zhang Xun unbuttoned his collar and let out a breath, “He asked something about you. He wants to talk to you.”

“Ah, okay,” Adam replied simply.

Zhang Xun looked up in amazement and stared at Adam, “Would you like to talk to him?”

“I like talking to humans, which helps me to learn more.” Adam’s expression was simple and eager, “The sixth chief seems to be a very interesting person. Humans.”

Zhang Xun was silent for a while, then hummed softly, walking towards the restaurant. He couldn’t tell what it felt like to have a lump in his chest.

The author has something to say: Thanks to the little angels who threw mines~~: Please call me six one, three three three one

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