The Mechanic - Chapter 5

[Chapter 5 Paradise Lost (5)]

Zhang Shuo sat behind his desk, examining a dozen paper reports on the desk. Zhang Xun stood in front of him, his eyes were downcast, and there seemed to be a rabbit hopping around in his heart, and he could not rest in peace.

Zhang Shuo was fifty-seven years old this year. He was tall and broad-shouldered. He had an animalistic aura that only appeared in men who had fought. His brows were somewhat similar to Zhang Xun’s, but more stern and deep, his sword eyebrows were always slightly wrinkled, and his solemn eyes always seemed to be critical of something.

The other half of Zhang Xun’s genes came from the donation bank of the egg factory in Paradise Lost. Curry’s thousands of handpicked skin cells with high-quality DNA could have come from any elite man in Paradise Lost, as all donations are anonymous, lest the donor claim support from the “father” who provided the sperm right. Thirty-five years ago, experts in the egg factory transformed one of those skin cells into embryonic stem cells and cultivated them into artificial eggs, which were then combined with Zhang Shuo’s sperm, and Zhang Xun was born. Although it is reasonable to say that the genetic influence of both parties on Zhang Xun is half and half, but Zhang Xun’s temperament and physique probably follow the donor. Zhang Xun suspects that this is why Zhang Shuo doesn’t like his only son so much. If it is not for the limited resources, a person can only have one child (but can donate skin cells anonymously for unlimited times), maybe Zhang Shuo will want to re-select a skin cell donor. , raise a child more like him.

After closing the report, Zhang Shuo raised his falcon-like eyes to look at his son, “You asked for an extension of the adaptation period for Adam? Do you know if you waste another day, our danger is increasing exponentially? Eden’s North America The server was hijacked, and the United States is likely to declare war on us.”

“Canada will try to mediate to prevent this from happening. After all, we are in their territory, and no one wants to have a war on their own. And after so many years of our war on Eden Analysis of decision-making observes that it has always regarded unnecessary war as a dangerous activity that wastes resources and exacerbates environmental degradation, especially reluctance to use nuclear weapons. Our current protection system has been able to withstand at least one nuclear attack. In addition, our The threat isn’t big enough for it to use a nuclear weapon either.”

“Stealing one of his servers isn’t a big enough threat? According to the tip, the whole US is panicking.”

“The US government has backups of all data, they just have to copy a copy of the Core Cognitive Moduler from any other server to the new server. Even if we get their data, in Eden’s view we can’t use those What to do with the data, after all, the shallow data is open and transparent. As for the deeper data, if the server does not cooperate, we can’t get it at all. The US government may make a big fuss about this, instilling the values that we are a threat to the people .But the normal world has not had major conflicts and wars for a long time. As long as Eden does not support them, they will not go to war easily. And Eden has always been very cautious about war, and he is very concerned about the fact that we have human-machine technology I don’t know anything.” Zhang Xun’s tone was steady and compact, obviously he had practiced how to deal with his father’s questioning in advance,

“On the other hand, Adam has infinite value to us, and even Eden himself may not understand it. It was originally Eden. He knew all of Eden’s plans and thinking patterns. From my current contact with him, Eden’s knowledge of human beings is limited to those data, and the standard man image constructed from the data is aggressive. impulsive, irritable, arrogant, thirsty for power, prone to extreme thinking, advocating rationality but often irrational, slow to emotional sensitivity, etc. That is to say, any decision made by a man who does not conform to this stereotype, he It’s hard to predict. If we can use this individual difference to successfully tame Adam, we can use Adam to influence Eden.”

“Men who don’t fit this stereotype, huh, you mean yourself?

” In Zhang Xun’s heart, a delicate pain stretched out. It stands to reason that he should have gotten used to hearing such unreasonable reprimands since he was a child, but Zhang Xun could always feel the pain of being pricked by needles. But he has at least learned that if he hides his inner sensitivity and responds with a calm expression, “That’s right. You should be able to see that the standard of ‘pure man’ advocated by Paradise Lost is still not far behind. Less.” His words also carried a trace of irony that was not easily discernible.

Anger flashed in Zhang Shuo’s eyes, but he controlled it. Leaning back in the wide leather chair, he looked at his son, “How much time do you need to domesticate Adam?”

Zhang Xun thought for a while, “Three months.”

“Three months is too long. I can only give you one month.”

“One month?!” Zhang Xun regretted the words. Expressing protests or dissatisfaction with one’s own father is always useless, it will only make him look down on himself even more. All he could do was try to complete all the tasks his father gave him, no matter how impossible that task might be. So he took a deep breath and controlled the expression on his face, “Okay, a month.”

Zhang Shuo waved his hand a little irritably, “Go ahead, I still have something to do.”

After leaving Zhang Shuo’s office, Zhang Xun He exhaled a long breath, as if tired from a battle just now. Outside the door is the office area of the headquarters. People come and go, and when they pass by him, they always cast curious or hostile glances at him. For the first time in his life, he, a mechanic with a weak sense of existence, became a man of influence in Paradise Lost, because he not only successfully completed the seance, but also served as Adam’s mechanic.

Since the day before yesterday, Zhang Xun had not allowed anyone other than him to approach Adam, which aroused the dissatisfaction of many people who hoped to avenge Eden. But since he was the son of General Zhang Shuo, he couldn’t say much.

“Hey! A Xun!” A loud and enthusiastic voice was heard, and a strong arm wrapped around his shoulders. James grinned at him while chewing gum, and let out a mouthful of white teeth that could blind his eyes, “I haven’t been able to catch you since the day before yesterday, and I’m willing to leave today? Why do you look so hurt?”

“You It hurts…” Zhang Xun rolled his eyes, “I have something to do with me?”

“I can’t play with you if I’m fine? We got a good wine when we went out for ‘hunting’ last month, do you want to go tonight? Where am I for a drink? My brothers are going to play cards at my place tonight.” James smiled, and there was a magical illusion that the sun had become brighter. His handsome face made him quite popular, especially those new recruits and alternate hunters who joined the command, just like a group of fanboys looking for various excuses to talk to him all day long.

In a country without women, after a few generations, even straight men often begin to accept love-like relationships or sex with same-sex men. To this day, although in order to emphasize their masculine identity, Paradise Lost still generally advocates the characteristics of the so-called “real men”, but having sex with the same sex has been regarded as a normal thing, not as shameful or ashamed. Not enough of a “man” thing.

And James is a standard “real man”. Zhang Shuo hopes that James has all the qualities that Zhang Xun has, and the little boyfriends around him also change one after another, and they never break. The latest one seems to have just broken up last month. And Zhang Xun, now in his thirties, is even a virgin.

When Zhang Xun saw James, his heart was always a little sour and envious. The two of them are about the same age, they can even be considered young. But he will never be the kind of man he’ll ever be, and he’ll never be able to get a look of approval or even a compliment from his father like James.

“No, I have to go back to train Adam. He can’t be alone for too long.” Zhang Xun replied.

James’ face fell down, “Is this excuse again? How many times has it been since the seance plan? I said Axun, are you avoiding me because of the last time you played?”

“I’m really busy . , don’t guess.” Zhang Xun reassured half helplessly and half guilty.

It’s not that Zhang Xun doesn’t want to hang out with James and his group of friends, but their hobbies are completely different from his. In the late winter of last year, he was dragged out to hunt with a group of James. Wearing heavy leather boots and wading through the snow, he stumbled and sweated profusely. After seeing the roaring bear, he fell into a panic. In a snow pit, he hadn’t climbed out of the pit until the others had finished hunting the bears. Made James’ group of friends keep laughing at him as a goblin (because he would get into the ground). Another time James dragged him to an Oktoberfest, and he vomited more than he drank, and James carried him back to his house. Not to mention that the last time James took him to play basketball, when he was fighting for the ball, he was hit by a group of burly men who were a head taller than him.

But James still didn’t give up saving his ten thousand years dead house. He would take him to play with him whenever he had the chance, euphemistically, he would take him to participate in social activities and outdoor sports that were beneficial to the body and mind… and Zhang Xun was terrified. Now, although James is kind, he doesn’t want to be teased by those soldiers as James’s nerdy sidekick all the time, so recently he was just preparing for a seance.

In order to make his excuse sound more real, Zhang Xun continued, “I only have one month to domesticate Adam, and I can’t wait to sleep. Oh, I thought it would be easier after serenity.”

“One month?! It’s so short?” James patted him on the shoulder sympathetically, “General Zhang is

embarrassing you again?” With a confident look, he patted James’ arm stiffly and awkwardly, imitating the way the soldiers pat each other’s shoulders, “I’ll go first. I’ll find you for a drink another day.”

Seeing Zhang Xun, he almost fled as fast as he could. Walking away, James shouted reluctantly and added, “How about we bring wine to your place to drink?”

Zhang Xun didn’t look back, just raised his right hand and waved, “Next time!”

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Zhang Xun went to see Yapian and took a bath first. In front of Adam, he wants to be as clean and tidy as possible.

Wiping the mist off the bathroom mirror, he looked at his body. Compared to the soldiers in the battalion, he was indeed a little too thin, but not to the point of being skinny, with slender bones and firm flesh, which was quite attractive. Although his face was similar to Zhang Shuo’s, with sword brows and phoenix eyes, his cheekbones, nose, and the corners of his lips were a little warmer and more bookish. His appearance was considered popular in the military camp, but he was only popular with pure 1s who preferred weak boys, but because he always locked himself in the lab, nothing was pursued or pursued by others. Chance. When he started to think a little bit later, he was a little too old.

Although today’s human lifespan can be extended to one hundred and twenty years with the advancement of genetic technology, the cognition of age is still lagging behind. Thirty-three years old is considered an “uncle” level in the eyes of many young people. More beautiful than him, handsomer than him, younger than him, outgoing and outgoing boys, he has become a chicken rib, unwilling to compromise, but often feels lonely.

Up to now, he has given up this kind of thinking and just immersed himself in his work.

After drying his hair and changing his uniform, Zhang Xun picked up the materials needed to train Adam, left the independent hut where he lived, and walked to the Lab where only he can enter.

Adam was still waiting for him.

The author has something to say: Thanks to the little angels who threw the mines~~~: Ji Ge Buffalo, Ming Dove, Chain Chain Chain, Xia Ran Xia Ran 1

thanks to the little angels who irrigated the nutrient solution: every test must pass 5 bottles

, so my Shoujun has the problem of lack of fatherly love as always _(:з”∠)_. . .

[End of This Chapter]