The Mechanic - Chapter 73

[Chapter 73 The New God (2)]

Single cell, the highest level of guards. The room has all the necessary furniture, the bed is soft, the sheets are clean, and there are even some books on the shelves to prevent the prisoners’ life from being too monotonous.

Zhang Xun knew that this was the cell Adam prepared for him, and it had been prepared for a while. Adam sensed his doubts and anticipated that one day their relationship would come this far.

Adam has had private dealings with the Round Table, and may even collaborate. Zhang Xun wondered who was the inner responder in charge of connecting with Adam, was it Jian Mo?

Zhang Xun didn’t want to recall, because after knowing the truth, all memories were tainted by suspicion. He was lying on the bed, staring blankly at the white-painted ceiling, pressing his hand lightly on his chest.

Across a thin layer of shirt, the box pendant was still lying in his heart.

He didn’t want to think about the past, so he could only replay in his mind the last words Adam said to him over and over again.

Could Adam be right? Is the future of human beings losing individuality and evolving into a huge collective consciousness?

How to reconcile conflicting consciousness? Will the weaker consciousness be swallowed and obliterated, or suppressed in the deepest darkness,

and, is that still alive? No longer able to perceive the world, no longer able to make independent choices, no longer able to experience life, no longer have personal memories, no longer be aware of the self. Friends, lovers, family, all the joys and sorrows that may be experienced, all disappear. What’s the difference between that and dying?

Moreover, without the support of the body, emotion and survival instinct, pure reason cannot survive for long. The structure of human consciousness is completely different from AI consciousness. It is a phenomenon that has been gradually formed and perfected in hundreds of millions of years of continuous evolution and is based on various chemical reactions in the body. It is a mysterious mandala that emerges from chaos and randomness. Without emotion and instinct, human consciousness cannot generate desire, there is no purpose, there is no motivation, and there is no meaning to exist.

Who can make such a decision?

Zhang Xun didn’t understand that Adam had gone through so much with him, is there nothing that Adam likes to miss? Is it because he did not do well enough that he only saw the suffering of being a human being? That will make him want to let all human beings get rid of the human body and become something else.

Isn’t everything between them worth mentioning to Adam?

Zhang Xun clenched his hands tightly and tugged his shirt into a ball. He didn’t want to think about it, but he couldn’t help thinking about it. Thinking back to every moment of their tenderness, every kiss they exchanged… Thinking back to the trusting, focused and tender look in Adam’s eyes when he looked at him, as if Zhang Xun was the most important person in the universe, as if Zhang Xun was his whole world .

Zhang Xun swallowed the pain of the blockage in his throat with difficulty, and his eyes were sore again.

He still has one last line of defense, although he doesn’t know if Adam has lifted that one too. He has not taken the last step because he has not been able to make up his mind yet.

He is a coward.

At this time, the sound of gears turning came from the steel plate door of the cell. Zhang Xun immediately sat up from the bed, wiped his eyes with his sleeves, took a deep breath, and prepared for whatever he might face.

After the door opened, the person standing at the door was not the Adam he thought.

Sixth Chief Miller smiled at him in a neat white suit. The two guards entered the room first, tied one of Zhang Xun’s wrists to the iron railing at the head of the bed, brought a chair and placed it opposite Zhang Xun, then stepped back. Miller then paced up to Zhang Xun and looked down at him, like a victorious general looking at his defeated general with contempt.

“If you had surrendered control obediently, you wouldn’t have reached this stage now.” Miller sat down on the chair, his knees crossed, his head slightly tilted and Zhang Xun’s expression on his face.

Zhang Xun’s eyes burned with cold anger, “You agree with what Adam did?! You are destroying Paradise Lost!”

The sixth chief raised his hand. The two guards exited the house at the same time, then locked the door. When Miller heard the sound of the lock, he hummed, “Destroy Paradise Lost? Is there anything left to destroy in Paradise Lost?”

Zhang Xun stared at him in disbelief, not sure if he really said this from now on. From the mouth of the most powerful chief in the round table.

Miller leaned back in his chair and raised his head to look at a light bulb hanging from the ceiling, his eyes were a little tired, “Paradise Lost has no future. You should also see that Eden wants to destroy us at any time. We humans are too weak and too limited to be Eden’s opponents.”

“So you took refuge in Eden? So you used the civilians that you should have protected as test subjects?!”

“It’s not a refuge, just a temporary cooperation You may not understand, this is actually our opportunity.” Miller said in a tone of contempt for simple-minded primitive people, “I’m fed up with the powerlessness of being born human, no matter what we do, we will always be better than Not on AI. Because they are more precise and ruthless than us, and they do not need to eat and sleep to waste time. Only by creating a super consciousness faster than Feathered Serpent City, a super consciousness belonging to human beings, can we truly communicate with Eden, Fight against artificial intelligence.”

Zhang Xun had previously suspected that Eden’s spy had infiltrated the top management, he had also suspected the sixth chief, and even investigated him. But he couldn’t find anything, and later gave up on this speculation. Looking at it now, it is not that Eden deliberately arranged any spies, but this long-term, slow resentment and dissatisfaction will prompt the emergence of leaders like the sixth chief who have lost confidence in the whole of mankind.

Zhang Xun knew it was difficult for him to convince Miller, but he still had to try.

“What did Adam tell you? Do you know what he’s going to do to humans?”

“Nanobots will partially modify the structure of the brain slowly and gradually, making the human mind more…open. In preparation for the creation of a cloud of consciousness in the future. In the future, everyone can connect to the cloud of consciousness and receive it anytime, anywhere. And upload your own information. This cloud of consciousness will bring us closer to God and make us more complete.” Miller’s words later became religious, with the uniqueness of Catholics when they talk about God The color of awe.

Zhang Xun sneered, “What do you think the cloud of consciousness is? When people’s consciousness is connected to your so-called cloud of consciousness, it will be swallowed up by the cloud of consciousness. All your self-consciousness will disappear, and you will become… all Humans.”

“What’s wrong with that? Human beings were driven out of the Garden of Eden because of their sins. We are all sinners. Only together can we wash away our imperfections.”

“It doesn’t matter if you lose your self-awareness?” Zhang Xun asked, “It doesn’t matter if it becomes something like a trivial cell?” , you have deep feelings for your father. If one day a thief rushed into your house and stabbed your father to death while he was still alive, you could only watch it. When you see that When you’re a thief, what would you want to do to him?” The

sixth chief’s expression changed subtly when he mentioned his father, and he became obviously irritable, “This assumption doesn’t exist.”

“I mean if.”

Sixth Chief The chief sighed and closed his eyes for a moment, as if he was really imagining that scene. Then he said in a dangerous voice, “…he stabbed my dad a few times, and I’ll multiply that number by three and give it back to him.”

“But if you’re integrated into the collective consciousness, you don’t do that. Zhang Xun said, “Because other people don’t have such a strong hatred of this person, after all their father was not killed by him. Killing is immoral, irrational and civilized in the consciousness of most people. The reason of others will completely obliterate your desire, and you may even smile at him or even help him.” The

sixth chief frowned slightly.

Zhang Xun hurriedly continued, “All your decisions are no longer your own, but decisions made by everyone for you. You won’t be any different. And this is just

the beginning.” Consciousness fusion is not allowed, just like the Ascension Project, in the conflict between collective consciousness and individual consciousness, people will go crazy. That’s why Adam wants to use nanobots to modify the human brain so that the self-consciousness can more easily obey the powerful collective consciousness, which is what he calls ‘more openness’. This is just the first step for him, and then he will start to really try to build a collective consciousness, and none of us know if the tragedy of the Ascension Project will be repeated with us. Even if we get past that, Adam is going to want to completely ‘free’ us from our imperfect bodies. All of us, humans, will become a giant AI without a definite goal like AI. Having

said that, Zhang Xun cut it off and let all the information settle into the ears of the sixth chief, “At that time, can we still be considered human?” Even if you insist that we’re okay, or that it’s pointless to dwell on definitions. So… no ego, no desire, just an invisible mass of consciousness floating in a human server, with no past and no future. Is this the ‘heaven’ you want? ”

If Adam can’t understand human beings’ obsession with individual independence, then Miller can always understand?

The sixth chief smiled slightly at this moment, and raised his head indifferently, “It sounds like this is exactly what God wants us to be. look. No more sins, like returning to the original carefree state of Eden. Zhang Xun couldn’t believe it .

He said so much, but the sixth chief used God to prevaricate him. He wanted to get up, but his wrists were restrained by handcuffs, making a dry metal friction sound, “Okay, even if you want to change Be like that, but you have no right to make decisions for everyone! The

sixth chief squeezed his eyebrows as if he had a headache, and then stood up, “I’m here today because I want to give you a chance to leave here for Commander Zhang’s sake.” I’m not here to talk to you about the ethereal stuff. Zhang Xun ‘s

clenched hands trembled slightly. He understood that the sixth chief was determined to take the entire Paradise Lost to this road that would never return.

“Although I’d love to expel you, obviously Adam has some kind of…very human dependence on you. He wants you to stay with him. So, if you’re willing to continue to cooperate, we can keep you Lab Supreme The position of teacher, retain all your privileges. You only need to hand over all control of Pan, be an obedient pet, help Adam complete his research, and report Adam’s actions and status to me every week. At the same time, do not Divulge any secrets. Of course, we’ll send people to watch you around the clock, but at least you don’t have to live in a slum area and look for food from the trash can.” The sixth chief said in a charitable tone, as if giving him something very precious thing.

Zhang Xun glared at him, silent.

“What? Are you speechless with joy?” Miller hummed, turning around and said, “Of course, only the two of us know about our conversation today, and Adam doesn’t have to know about our little transaction.”

“I refuse.” Zhang Xun said coldly.

Miller paused, frowned and turned his head, “What?”

“I said, I refuse.” Zhang Xun’s face was pale, but he said very firmly, “Take whatever you want, I will not continue to make mistakes.”

Miller narrowed his eyes slightly, and the gloomy color overflowed. But then, he hummed and said nonchalantly, “Alright, then I don’t need to be polite to you anymore.”

When the iron door closed again, Zhang Xun made up his mind.

If no one is going to stop Adam, he can only play the last move, whether it still works or not.

He had to destroy Adam completely.

The author has something to say: Today is 3:30 at night (jet lag party)

to thank the little angel who threw the grenade~~: whoever 1

thanks the little angels who threw the landmine~~: 2 Anan; bastards are natural Curled four-cornered strawberry, Xia dye, Xia dye, gg 1

thanks to the little angel who irrigated the nutrient solution~~: 5 bottles of whoever

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