The Mechanic - Chapter 67

[Chapter 67 The Antidote to Human Nature (5)]

After Christmas, on New Year’s Eve, the entire Paradise Lost is immersed in a long-lost tranquility.

The old snow has not dissipated, and the new snow has covered a thick layer. People used the most primitive shovels and industrial salt to try to clear the snow in front of their doors, and the heat they exhaled turned into a thin layer of fog that floated over the dimly-colored buildings. The shouting and laughter also seemed more distant.

In front of the Lab, more than a dozen cleaning robots sprayed salt blocks and used powerful electric heating shovels to cut the semi-frozen large pieces of snow and piled them on both sides of the road. Pan’s control of the extension robot has already begun to expand beyond the Lab, and some areas have even taken the initiative to purchase from the Lab a newly-built snowmelt vehicle controlled by Pan’s extension program to clear the snow on the main road sections.

Apparently Paradise Lost’s acceptance of artificial intelligence and machinery is at its peak in two hundred years, and the Life Sciences Institute, the Department of Chemistry, the Department of Population Management, and several major hospitals have all ordered one from Lab after a new product exhibition at Lab. A batch of extended intelligent robots based on Pan. Includes categories such as lab assistants, cleaning robots, housekeeping robots, and nanorobots. As a result, Lab has made the most money since its establishment, and finally has the money to repair all the facilities damaged by the mob.

People are amazed at the huge changes in their lives that the artificial intelligence they have rejected for so long has brought to their lives. They no longer need to do monotonous trivial chores and can concentrate on their work and rest; they no longer need to mobilize hundreds of people to clean the snow that is dozens of centimeters thick on the main road since the early morning; no need to manually compare For complex genomes; many intractable diseases that are difficult to be cured by surgery, such as brain tumors and Alzheimer’s disease, have the dawn of being cured after having nanorobots.

Fernandez rushed into Zhang Xun’s office and excitedly shoved the financial statement in front of Zhang Xun, “I can’t believe it! We’ve made a fortune!”

Zhang Xun rolled his eyes, “Are you short of money?”

“Please! Isn’t the more money the better?!” Fernandez stretched out his arms to show his new custom-made uniform, and put on a few poses that he thought he was handsome but was actually arrogant, “I have been for half a year. I don’t have any clothes to buy! I’m going to wear this outfit to go fishing for handsome guys in the club tonight!”

“You’re wearing a mechanic’s uniform to ‘fish for handsome guys’?” Zhang Xun almost thought he was out of his mind. Although Fernandez has always been a bit crazy…

Fernandez sat on his desk with a look of sympathy, “Zhang Xun, you are out of date by keeping yourself in the lab all day. You don’t know there is a sentence now. Words? Smart is the new sexy(1)! Now you just put on a mechanic uniform, and the effect is as amazing as speaking in a pure British accent(2).” (Note 1: Smart is the new sexy, from the big life Explosion; Note 2: Having a British accent is considered attractive in North America)

Zhang Xun felt like he was probably getting really old, didn’t expect him to live to see the day when mechanic became a popular profession…

Fernand Ci showed Zhang Xun his characteristic Italian-style charismatic smile, “I said brother, don’t hang out with Adam all day long. Adam has been a human for a year, and he has not experienced much of the joy of being a human being. What? You two didn’t even take a vacation for Christmas. You live with a workaholic like you all day long. What if he doesn’t want to be a human anymore?”

Zhang Xun sighed and looked up from the architecture diagram, “Then What advice do you have?”

“Tonight our mechanics are planning to go to the ‘Bacchus’ to count down, will you come together?”

After listening to Zhang Xun, he refused reflexively, “No. It’s too dangerous there. You forgot What happened last time when I took Adam there?”

“Please, this is the time. Adam wasn’t the hero of Paradise Lost at that time. Besides, now, who can beat Adam…”

Zhang Xun frowned. Leaning back in the chair, “Isn’t there any other healthier activity?”

“Healthy activities? Do you mean hiking in the wild or going figure skating on the Lost Lake? Come back and have a low-carb, low-sugar dinner, drink some wolfberry tea, and put on a mask before going to bed?” Fernandez teased in a cheap tone.

Also… It seems that it is difficult to have any healthy activities in Paradise Lost…

Zhang Xun mentioned it to Adam uncertainly and asked him if he wanted to participate in the New Year’s countdown activity.

Adam hesitated for a while, as if he was also worried about the situation he encountered at Dionysus last time. But soon, he nodded briskly, “Yes, I want to go!”

“Are you sure? Are you not afraid?”

“Axun, I believe a few violent sociopaths are far less scary than Eden. Adam raised his metal arm, “and now I have the ability to protect the two of us.”

So, a few hours later, the night engulfed the whole earth early, Zhang Xun and Adam followed Fernandez and James and other groups A strange combination of mechanics and hunters stepped into the bizarre gate of Bacchus. The dreamy light and shadow on the dance floor are intertwined, and the music is deafening. Half of them were all well-dressed and beautiful men competing for beauty, and the other half were tall, strong, handsome men exuding a strong masculine charm. The smell of alcohol and perfume spread in the air, as if the temperature would rise without heating.

Amidst the deafening music, they found a soft seat that had not yet been occupied. Several soldiers came up and ordered a table of tequila shots, plus a standard bottle of beer per person. Zhang Xun quietly pushed Adam’s shot away. He didn’t want to drag a humanoid computer that had been playing ai language all the way back to the Lab… Before

he sat down for a few minutes, six or seven excited young people were already running over. Looking for Adam to sign and take a photo. Zhang Xun looked at Adam with some uneasiness as he showed his innocent smile that was enough to let anyone off guard, and dutifully fulfilled the requirements of the “fans” without any impatient expression. Obviously, the treatment of artificial intelligence this time is very different from the last time, and more and more people surround him, all wanting to see the appearance of the savior of Paradise Lost. And Adam’s handsome appearance is almost all-in-one, and the enthusiasm of the crowd can be visualized as transpiring tentacles.

The last few soldiers became impatient at first and began to chase people away. However, there are still some handsome and beautiful men who are reluctant to leave easily, vying to invite Adam to drink and dance.

Zhang Xun sat next to him, trying to hide his unhappiness, and drank a few mouthfuls of the mojito in his hand.

A young soldier named Victor who was sitting across from him seemed to have joined James’ hunting group recently, and had been looking at Zhang Xun and Adam curiously. At this moment, he suddenly leaned forward and said with a smile, “Is it very hard to fall in love with a celebrity?”

Zhang Xun realized that this was speaking to himself, and said at a loss, “You said that I and I Adam? We’re not in a relationship.”

“Come on, you.” Fernandez rolled his eyes exaggeratedly, almost turning them over, “You two are sleeping together and ‘not in a relationship’. “…”

James spit out a sip of wine, “What?!”

Zhang Xun felt his face burning, “We just…sleep in the same room!”

“In the same bed?” Another soldier asked teasingly .

Zhang Xun: “…”

James was speechless, Fernandez was still adding fuel to the fire, “Don’t tell me you two just ‘sleep innocently in the same bed and do nothing. I’ve…”

These words came out of Fernandez’s mouth, and Zhang Xun himself felt that it was very unbelievable.

“But…it really didn’t…” He denied uncomfortably, his face suddenly sullen, “Besides, this is my personal business!”

“Axun! Why didn’t you tell me!” James couldn’t believe it.

Zhang Xun only felt a headache. Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly heard Adam’s voice close to his ear, “Aren’t you feeling well, Axun? Why is your face so red?”

Zhang Xun was startled and turned around. Staring at him, “When did you come back?”

Adam tilted his head slightly to a group of young people who were still standing in the distance peeking over and said, “They wanted to invite me for a drink, but I refused. I told them that I would accompany you.”

A group of old men opposite began to whistle . , Fernandez shouted, “No eye, no eye! Someone is blatantly throwing dog food!”

Adam seemed to be unable to understand the reaction of the crowd, and asked innocently, “What is throwing dog food? We don’t have a dog, only a machine. Cat. But it doesn’t need to eat cat food.”

Zhang Xun just wanted to find a hole to crawl into. Just at this time, a relatively quiet and introverted soldier was going to the bar to order some more beer. Zhang Xun hurriedly volunteered to help, so as to break free from the group of men who were unable to gossip.

After Zhang Xun left, Fernandez and the other two also went hunting. At this moment, James suddenly turned his head, stared deeply at Adam with his deep eyes, and said in a low voice with a slight threat, “You better not break his heart.”

Adam took the glass and turned his head. Come, meet James’ eyes calmly.

James narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he wanted to see through the unworldly appearance of artificial intelligence, “A Xun has never been tempted by anyone. If you dare to hurt him, I will not let you go.”

Adam slightly raised the corner of his mouth , looked at him kindly and sincerely, “Is this said as a brother, or as a rival in love?”

James was stunned for a moment and frowned, “Don’t talk nonsense. A Xun and I are brothers who grew up together. ”

You hide it well, although I don’t know why you hide it. If you don’t switch boyfriends one by one, you confess earlier, go after him earlier, and let him know that he is actually loved and desired.” I’m afraid I won’t necessarily be sitting in this position now.” Adam was half-smiling, but there seemed to be a little bit of coldness in his eyes.

There was a sudden groan in James’ mind. At this moment, Adam has lost some kind of innocence disguise. From the cracks in his so-called angelic smile, there was a faint hint of demonic aura.

“We’re brothers! I’ve never thought about A Xun like that!”

Adam chuckled, took a sip of the mojito that Zhang Xun had just drank, “Why didn’t you express it? Do you think he deserves it? Not with you? Because he’s a nerd? Or because he doesn’t look like your countless boyfriends?”

James glared at Adam, the wine glass in his hand almost cracked, “If you dare to Nonsense, I’ll break your white teeth right now.”

“Oh, I see.” Adam tilted his head slightly, observing his expression carefully, “You think you’re not worthy of A Xun. You’re afraid of being rejected. After all, I can’t even make friends.”

James slapped the cup on the table and grabbed Adam by the collar, causing the people next door to look at him.

“What are you doing!” When Zhang Xun followed the other soldier back, he just saw the scene of swords being drawn and his eyes widened in astonishment.

James is going to beat Adam?

James quickly loosened Adam’s collar, but his face was as black as carbon. He grabbed his wine glass, and without saying a word, passed by Zhang Xun and went to the bar. Zhang Xun looked in James’s direction and asked Adam hesitantly, “What’s wrong with you?”

“He’s worried about you.” Adam sighed with a bit of self-reproach, “He warned me not to hurt you.”

Zhang Xun couldn’t help laughing, ” Huh?”

“A Xun, let’s go dancing.” Adam suddenly changed the subject and stood up and grabbed Zhang Xun’s arm.

Zhang Xun panicked, “I won’t!”

“It doesn’t matter, I just observed carefully, not many people here will.” Because the music was too loud, Adam leaned into his ear, and a warm breath blew past, “According to In my analysis, dancing here is not the point. The point is to make yourself happy. You deserve to be happy, Xun.”

That was Zhang Xun’s first attempt to “dance” among a half-drunk crowd. The so-called dancing is actually just jumping along with the music. He couldn’t let go at first, but the effect of the alcohol gradually came up, and with Adam in front of him, the gentle blue eyes seemed to be hypnotizing him all the time. He gradually felt safe, gradually smiled, and let go of something.

The closer it gets to midnight, the more enthusiastic the crowd grows. Zhang Xun couldn’t hear the DJ shouting loudly on the stage. He felt like he was in a wild, free, slightly drunk but feel good state. No one is watching him all the time, no one is judging his achievements, no one is laughing at him. There is only the mechanical compound person in front of him who was created by him, but now gives him an inexplicable sense of security. In front of Adam, he always seemed to be more open.

The countdown started, Zhang Xun and Adam followed everyone and shouted loudly: ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one…”

When the New Year’s bell roared overhead , the crowd boiled. And Adam put his arms around Zhang Xun’s waist and lowered his head to kiss Zhang Xun’s welcoming lips.

It wasn’t the first kiss, but it was the first time it came naturally.

All the feelings and emotions were in the right place. Zhang Xun closed his eyes, as if all his perceptions were gathered on the lips they touched. The crowd around him disappeared, Paradise Lost disappeared, the whole world disappeared. He couldn’t hear other sounds, couldn’t feel the air. The shock. The only thing he could feel was the warm body on the opposite side.

After a kiss, Adam told him seriously, “Axun, I think I have developed a love for you. It has been produced since a long time ago. Zhang Xun ‘s

heart was beating wildly. If it was him before, I’m afraid he would continue to use the relationship between the mechanics and the work between them to prevaricate and push things away. After all, he has always been suspicious of Adam’s warmth. , is it just a disguise for survival.

But now, he is starting to feel tired, and he doesn’t want to continue to violate his inner desires, and he doesn’t want to deliberately ignore what he wants. Everything is getting better, maybe he can be happy.

He is entitled to happiness.

So Zhang Xun said in a hoarse voice, “Maybe… me too.”

The author has something to say: Thanks to the little angels who threw the rockets~~~: Nan Fengxu 2

thanks to the little angels who threw the landmines~~ ~: Xia Ran, Xia Ran, Xiaojin 1

thanks to the little angels who irrigated the nutrient solution~~~: 40 bottles of Xiangliu; 10 bottles of Haoying; 6 bottles of Hurry up; 3 bottles of myvanillaworld; 1 bottle of Fenglan, Suyi, Jiasih

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