The Mechanic - Chapter 57

[Chapter 57 Doom (3)]

Zhang Xun watched Adam’s figure move away quickly in the blue sky, and just let it go in one breath, suddenly the collar was grabbed.

He came to his senses and found himself surrounded by an angry crowd. The man holding him was yelling something, but the voice was too loud for Zhang Xun to hear. Looking at his mouth, he seems to be saying: You are going to kill us all! Kill my child!

Countless hands stretched out and scratched at his hair, clothes, arms, fists landed on his face and body, and when he was about to fall, he was pushed by another force, as if to shred him . In a trance, he thought that he was surrounded by ferocious beasts, and his terrified desire to survive made him struggle constantly, but like a worm entangled in a spider web, he couldn’t move at all.

His cheeks were scratched with blood, and he was kicked a few times on his stomach, so he couldn’t tell who did it. He almost thought he might be beaten to death.

At this moment, many anesthesia needles suddenly shot at the mob like a torrential rain. The irrational populace began to fall one by one. It turned out that Pan had activated the No. 3 protection system without authorization. Zhang Xun felt that he had broken free from countless hands, but he was confronted with a cold muzzle.

It was Zhang Shuo, looking down at him coldly.

Zhang Shuo grabbed Zhang Xun’s arms with strong hands, and forcibly lifted him up, who was kneeling on the ground in a state of embarrassment, but there was no anger in his awe-inspiring eyes, but only suppressed worry, “Mechanic Zhang Xun, where is Adam?! The

blood left on his forehead flowed from the corner of his eyes, but Zhang Xun sneered in a hoarse voice, “I don’t know either.

” Tracking device!”

Zhang Xun was just silent, staring stubbornly at his father.

Zhang Shuo approached Zhang Xun and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, “You don’t want to live anymore?! Hurry up and hand over Adam! Stop participating in these things!”

Zhang Xun vaguely understood that Zhang Shuo might be protecting him. Want to pull him out of the vortex involving AI. But it was too late. From the moment he became a mechanic, he was destined to reach this point.

“I, no, know, know!” Zhang Xun said loudly.

Zhang Shuo looked at him in disappointment, as if he was looking at an ignorant child. That was Zhang Xun’s familiar look, and the look he hated the most.

“It’s an AI, no matter what delusions you have, it won’t care about your life or death!” Zhang Shuo roared, his deep pupils seemed to burn through the confusion in Zhang Xun’s mind, “If it I don’t care about you, how could I leave you alone?! You idiot!” Zhang Xun was unmoved

, “Because I let him go. He only listens to me.”

Fascinated eyes, Zhang Shuo knew that his son had been completely brainwashed and controlled by that Adam. He pushed Zhang Xun away suddenly in frustration, and ordered, “Cuff him and bring him back to the headquarters!”

At this time, there were only two hours left before the time limit given by Eden.

The nine chiefs, several key members of parliament, and high-ranking officers were gathered in the war room below the headquarters. Zhang Xun’s hands were handcuffed in front of him, and he was led into a depressed and dimly lit room. He noticed that the sixth chief was now sitting at the very center of the entire seat that the fifth chief would have always occupied.

He was forced to sit in a chair with two gun barrels pointed at his head. The cool ambience pervades the muted light, the flickering displays, and the dense pipes that line the walls and ceiling. He could feel his life as being tied to a thin thread that could snap at the slightest movement.

Suppressed, smoldering hatred overflowed from many unfamiliar eyes.

“Zhang Xun, give me the controllers for all the devices on Adam’s body.” The sixth chief said calmly, “From today onwards, you are no longer Adam’s mechanic.”

Zhang Xun stared at him, his blood stained red He looked at him, but he sneered, “You’ve been looking forward to this day.”

“You traitor in Paradise Lost! The fifth chief treats you well, you shame your father!” The third chief slammed the table and scolded, “Hand over Adam’s control right now!”

“Our time has run out . Not much.” Although the first chief’s voice was milder, with a hint of persuasion, “Zhang Xun, at critical moments, we will take extraordinary measures. You may care too much about your work, but now if you don’t cooperate , is asking for trouble.”

“Zhang Xun, hand over control, and may be able to pardon you at the trial.” The sixth chief raised his chin slightly, his tone was gentle, but his eyes flashed with arrogance and pride. , “Otherwise, I’m afraid even your father will be held responsible for your poor supervision.”

After the death of the fifth chief, the balance of power in the round table was broken. Now the sixth chief seems to occupy some kind of leadership position. It is not surprising that there are many generals in the guards whose families are closely related to the father of the sixth chief. Only in this way, Zhang Shuo’s position in the army was seriously shaken. Without the fifth chief sitting in the round table, Zhang Shuo would be at risk of being overthrown.

The roundtable’s decisions will be largely influenced by this shift in the balance of power, and there is little chance of convincing them.

But Zhang Xun still tried in vain, “Don’t you understand?! Handing over Adam is self-destruction! Adam is the only weapon that can compete with Eden!”

“It’s not your turn to ask questions.” His eyes became more and more cold, and he seemed to lose his patience, “If necessary, we can even turn over your entire lab and we can always find it.”

Zhang Xun sneered disdainfully, “You can try.”

“But…” The sixth chief paused, and his tone became darker, “I think with your degree of caution, I’m afraid you will implant the controller into your own body? In that case, the search range will be narrower. If you peel off the skin inch by inch, you can always find it.”

Zhang Xun widened his eyes in disbelief. In front of so many chiefs and councillors, with such brutal threats, how could no one care about him?

Zhang Shuo couldn’t listen anymore, “Sixth Chief! Even if Zhang Xun is guilty, he has to wait until the trial. It is not appropriate to use lynching!” The

sixth chief raised an elegant and polite smile and looked at Zhang Shuo, “Commander, I understand. You are eager to protect your son. But now this matter is related to the survival of the entire Paradise Lost, and extraordinary measures must be used. You don’t want to be a sinner through the ages, right?” As soon as

the voice fell, the sixth chief raised his hand, and a soldier next to him immediately Immediately grabbed Zhang Xun’s right wrist, rudely lifted his sleeve, and carefully searched his arm for any signs of protrusion or injury. At the same time, the other hand actually took out a saber, and when he pressed the button, the sharp blade that shone with cold light bounced out, and it fell coolly on his skin.

Zhang Xun’s heart was beating wildly and he began to struggle hard, but the soldiers next to him immediately held him down, making him unable to move.

Zhang Shuo was startled and was about to go forward, but was stopped by a general and whispered, “Commander Zhang, please think again. Your son has already committed treason, do you want to go to jail with him?”

Zhang Shuo There was suppressed anger in his eyes, his hands clenched into fists, and a decisive color began to condense. He was about to draw a gun when another officer quickly and quietly held his hand and said softly, “If you go in too, no one can save Zhang Xun.”

At this time, it seemed that his father wanted to do something for himself. Impulsively, Zhang Xun shouted suddenly, “I won’t give it to you! Adam is mine! I created him!” He stared fiercely at the sixth chief, and said in a venomous voice, “You greedy mediocrity, don’t even think about it!”

The anger in the sixth chief’s eyes finally couldn’t be suppressed, and pure hatred filled his eyes. He stood up suddenly and ordered fiercely, “Cut the inside of his arm and let me find it carefully!”

When the blade pressed into the flesh and the first ray of blood flowed down Zhang Xun’s wrist, a soldier suddenly hurried He rushed in and reported loudly, “Report Chief! We found Adam’s trace, and he is rushing towards the hole in the protective shield that was bombed by Eden in the fifth district!

” The sixth chief hurriedly ordered, “Turn on the monitoring screen!”

Zhang Xun’s mind also squeaked. Didn’t he tell Adam to stay away from the Fifth District? What is he doing there? !

The big screen behind Zhang Xun was turned on, he also turned around and stared at the blue bird that appeared on the screen with wide eyes.

Adam fluttered his silver wings and rolled his icy blue flames, like a goshawk rushing towards the huge discs above his head. Eden had obviously seen him, and almost immediately, several nearby aircraft began to emit ominous red light, followed by countless high-energy rays pouring down one after another like skyfire, interwoven into a chaotic web of death. And Adam was like a light and flexible feather in the fire, drawing a faint blue arc to brush past the god of death again and again, facing the fire and rushing towards the aircraft closest to him.

What is he doing?

Zhang Xun opened his eyes wide, his mind went blank.

Is he committing suicide, or is he running away?

Are all of Eden’s threats fake, to create this opportunity for Adam to escape?

Is it true that he was brainwashed and controlled by Adam, as his father said, to make such a mistake?

Or is Adam trying to take back control, trying to save the whole of Paradise Lost? save him too?

He doesn’t know, he doesn’t know anything. Anything is possible, but nothing is within his control.

No, he has control, he can put Adam on standby right now, the distance between them is still within his controllable distance. But he can also choose to continue to believe, to believe blindly.

“What is he doing?!” someone asked out loud, but no one could answer him.

The moment Adam landed on the nearest aircraft, a door on the fuselage opened, and countless small aerial robots flew out and started firing in Adam’s direction. However, Adam extended one wing wider to protect his body, and the other wing quickly deformed into some kind of sharp blade, cutting the hull of the aircraft. Then he drilled through the gap.

What followed was three minutes of silence.

Those three minutes were too long, and everyone took their breath to their hearts, not sure if they could survive the next second. Not sure if this counts as “handing over Adam” and whether it will bring peace.

And Zhang Xun was just praying, praying that Adam didn’t die.

Praying it wasn’t suicide.

He doesn’t even know which possibility he prefers between self-sacrifice and ruthless betrayal. Which one will make him less painful.

After three minutes, they noticed that all the craft began to turn slowly, and the hull tilted strangely. Just when everyone didn’t know what happened, all the aircraft suddenly fired at the same time.

It’s just that they are firing on each other.

In the most powerful high-energy death light, the aircraft exploded one by one. The entire sky outside the shield became a sea of burning fire. The transpiring flames rolled the heat waves and spread in all directions along the arc of the shield, and there was an extremely gorgeous beauty.

what happened? Eden lost control of those flying machines?

When the crowd gradually changed from shock to ecstasy and excitement after the catastrophe, Zhang Xun was the only one, staring at the screen with wide eyes at the sky, which had been swallowed by black smoke and demonic fire, and he tried to find a blue light from it. , but the smoke was so thick that he could see nothing.

Tears began to gather in his eyes, and he felt like he was falling into an ice cave.

“Adam…no…”

The author has something to say: Of course Adam will not die~

Thanks to the two little angels who threw the mines~~~: Oh, three three three

[End of This Chapter]