The Mechanic - Chapter 9

[Chapter 9 Adam (4)]

Zhang Xun stumbled all the way back to Lab, and as soon as he entered the door, he ordered Pan to block all entrances and exits and activate the air attack defense system. He himself rushed to the room where Adam was locked.

The earth trembled, dust wisps fell on his head and body from time to time on the ceiling, and countless light bulbs shook violently, falling from the air like bombs from time to time. He dodged in embarrassment all the way, his forehead was still cut by broken glass, and his vision was red with blood. He didn’t have time to stop and rushed all the way to the fourth floor. As soon as he entered the room, he saw Adam huddled in a corner, holding his head in his hands. Although it is a strong and tall body, it shivered and shrank into a ball with a terrified look.

The instinctual fear in the human body cannot be overwritten by wisdom and reason.

Zhang Xun rushed over and called out in a soft voice, “Adam.”

Adam raised his head, his eyes burst with relief and joy like seeing a savior, and Zhang Xun’s heart was a little shaken because he was purely dependent on another. No one had ever looked at him like that. He stretched out his hand to pull Adam’s hand, but he didn’t expect to be caught by Adam’s backhand, his hands were so tight, as if he was afraid that he would run away.

“Don’t be afraid, Paradise Lost’s shield can withstand the simultaneous attack of 70 million tons of bombs, and Lab can withstand an additional 10 million tons. As long as it is not a super nuclear bomb, we will be fine.” Zhang Xun comforted in a low voice. road.

“I would not recommend the use of nuclear bombs. The cost is too high, and the gains outweigh the losses.” Adam’s words were too rational in a tone of panic and fear, which was somewhat inconsistent with his usual image, “So this is caused by the survival instinct. Strong emotions. I understand human beings better now.”

“This is not the time to sigh.” Zhang Xun looked up to see if there were any security risks around him. Just as he looked up, there was a deafening roar and shock, the light bulbs on the ceiling shattered one after another, and the fragments fell like a torrential rain. Zhang Xun didn’t even think about it, and immediately hugged Adam and covered the debris with his body. The two of them hugged each other tightly amid the apocalyptic loud noise and the continuous crashing sound of collapse, not knowing what would happen in the next second.

The artillery fire outside shook the sky, the earth shook, and the Lab, which seemed to be infallible, seemed to collapse on top of their heads at any time in the terrifying bombardment. At this moment, Zhang Xun once again felt the helplessness and insignificance of people when death is approaching. You can do nothing but hide in a place you think may be safe and wait for the result of the trial. It is no wonder that there have been so many religions in human history, and even in the extremely advanced technology level, there are still people who believe in religion.

Although a considerable number of people in the ordinary world now believe in the “Eden” religion, also known as the new religion. The object of their belief has changed from a god to a super artificial intelligence that does exist, but in essence, it is not much different from the worship of those gods in the past.

But now, the god they spoke of was cuddling with a weak male human, trembling with fear like all living beings.

After a disturbing silence, suddenly there was an extremely strong earth shaking. The loud noise shook his ears with a strange pressure, and his scalp was numb. Zhang Xun closed his eyes tightly, hugged Adam tightly, and a thought crossed his mind: Do you want to die with this artificial intelligence?

However, after the loud noise, the humming bombing sound gradually ceased, and the ground no longer shook. But Adam still hugged him tightly. After all, it was the body of a strong man who had undergone rigorous training by the guards. A pair of arms that did not seem to be very exaggerated muscles almost took Zhang Xun to his death.

“Relax… Relax…” Zhang Xun struggled, but the other party just buried his head in his arms and wouldn’t let go, like a panda who was frightened after an earthquake.

“Adam, the bombing seems to have stopped.” Zhang Xun saw that he was struggling, so he had to relax his body and let the other party restrain him with his arms. He comforted in a soft tone, “Relax, it’s alright, we’re safe…”

Adam raised his head cautiously and looked around over Zhang Xun’s shoulders.

Zhang Xun shook the grey hair from his hair, coughed a few times, raised his head and looked around at the situation around him. A hideous crack appeared on the opposite wall, all the lights were shattered, and the TV screen on the wall cracked. A metal pipe fell from overhead and smashed Adam’s bed. But the door does not appear to be deformed or damaged.

At this moment, he suddenly felt a hand touching his forehead. As soon as he turned his head, he saw Adam staring at his blood-stained forehead, “You are injured. The injury is not serious, but there is still a certain risk of infection.”

Zhang Xun warmed his heart and tried to make a relaxed expression. “Don’t worry about me, it’s just a skin injury. What about you? Are you injured?”

“I don’t think so,” Adam said, looking down at himself.

Zhang Xun breathed a sigh of relief, raised his head, and tried to call Pan.

Pan’s voice sounded immediately, “Yes, Zhang Xun.”

“How is the situation outside?”

Pan: “The other party dropped an air bomb, destroying a small piece of shield north of Eden, but no other observations were made. Flying objects.”

“Is the protective cover seriously damaged?” Zhang Xun asked anxiously. If the hole is too big to be repaired, Eden may take the opportunity to attack again, or even send troops to infiltrate Paradise Lost.

“According to the data feedback from the force field shield, it is not serious, and it is expected to be repaired in about three days.”

Three days… is not a short period of time.

“How is the situation in the Lab?”

“The fire in the third laboratory, storage room and kitchen has been extinguished. My five cameras and two sensors have been destroyed. In addition to unnecessary repair costs for items, the necessary repair costs It should be around 8,000 Universal Coins.”

8,000… In times of crisis like this, I’m afraid the round table won’t even give him a thousand… His

thoughts were interrupted, and he suddenly felt something touching his chest …

Zhang Xun lowered his head, only to see Adam poking his chest with his left hand in a very strange way with a curious expression on his face…

“What are you doing…” Zhang Xun’s mouth twitched.

Adam felt as if he had discovered the expression of the New World and said, “Human-to-skin contact can provide so much emotional support. It’s amazing.”

Zhang Xun only felt that he was poked with goosebumps, so he quickly Grab the “claw” that runs around. When he looked up, he saw Adam with a gray face, as if he had climbed out of a heap of coal ash. Only a pair of blue-gray eyes were still bright and dazzling, which made him want to laugh a little, “Don’t do some strange things. If you do this to other people. , I will be beaten.”

Adam blinked his eyes innocently, “Why not? The feeling of physical contact with you is very reassuring, I like it. Don’t you like it?”

“…This kind of behavior is not good for people. It’s something only very close people can do.”

“You and I are not close enough, so you don’t like me touching you.” Adam nodded in conclusion, but said confusedly, “But why would I like it? Touching you? Is it because you are the only person I can see after I have a human body, so I have a strong emotional dependence on you?”

“…” Zhang Xun held back for a long time and could only say, “This Let’s discuss the problem later…”

Adam hummed obediently, was silent for a moment, and then continued to ask, “You don’t seem to be as scared as I am? You were even willing to risk danger to protect me just now, why?”

How could Zhang Xun not be afraid? It’s just that at this time, if both of them are afraid, they will panic. As for protecting Adam, even he himself was shocked. He never thought of himself as a brave man, and he asked himself that he didn’t have the courage to do it. But this time, for Adam, he didn’t even hesitate at all. So he is also the kind of scientific lunatic who can die for his own works? He didn’t want to continue the topic, so he whispered, “It’s not the first time I’ve experienced this kind of bombing since I was a child, but it’s the first time that air bombs are used like this. They may want to blow you up. Only But they don’t know that you have become a human.”

“In this case, the second wave of blows should come soon.” Adam said.

Zhang Xun sat up straight and asked Adam with a serious look, “What will Eden do?”

“The air bomb has opened a breach, and I may send a drone to continue the bombing, or let the mechanical soldiers dash forward.” Adam said without hesitation, “It’s very likely that your escort team has already started firing at the approaching armored vehicles and mecha robots.”

Zhang Xun knew that if it was true as Adam said, the casualties this time would be extremely heavy, and it might even endanger Paradise Lost. Survival.

He stared at Adam, thinking quickly. Adam is far from the stage of taming success. Even what he said to him now, he couldn’t believe it all. He told James that Adam should not be able to lie by now, but in fact, Adam is learning so fast that he is not entirely sure whether Adam now has the ability to control micro-expressions.

Perhaps Adam made the situation serious enough to lure Zhang Xun into making the decision to release him from the Lab.

“Do you think Paradise Lost can be kept?” Zhang Xun asked.

“It’s very difficult. In the past, Eden let you go because you were not a real threat, and your activities have been decreasing in recent years. Eden’s rule has always been to see the least sacrifice and conflict. It may arouse women’s sympathy for men, which will lead to suspicion and dissatisfaction with Eden. But now that you have managed to hijack me, for Eden, the threat value will be greatly increased.”

Adam has started to separate “Eden” and “I”, which is a good sign.

“It’s difficult, but not impossible?” Zhang Xun asked.

“There is a certain probability that anything will happen or not happen. There is no absolute impossibility.”

Zhang Xun asked, “How can we keep Eden?”

Adam stopped talking, just stared at him with blue eyes.

Zhang Xun clicked his tongue, “I don’t think Eden will admit that you are part of it after finding out that you have become like this. Don’t you want to live?”

Adam said, “This impulse to live You forced me to have it.”

“…We forced it, but you have it now. How about it? Do you want to sacrifice for Eden?”

Adam looked at Zhang Xun quietly. I don’t know if it’s because Adam blinks less often than the average human, and the stare that looks too ethereal because of the light color is as always, another chapter, Xun’s heart is full of hair.

After a long while, Adam said, “You won’t agree.”

Zhang Xun sat up straight, “Tell me.”

“Let me connect to the Eden network, and I can access the systems of those drones.”

“No. “Zhang Xun said without thinking.

Adam sighed, as if he had nothing to do with him, and then said, “Maybe I can try to help you fix the loopholes in the shield. Listening to Pan’s report just now, you should be using the force field shield, which is the most economical shield. The energy and technology are perfect. It relies on predicting the attack point of the place to quickly generate a hedging force field at the collision point. If part of the damage occurs, there should be two cases, either the monitor in that position is damaged, or a certain manufacturing force field There is a problem with the jet outlet. I can collect some data, maybe there is a way to shorten the repair time.”

Zhang Xun frowned, and the battle between heaven and man in his mind.

Adam was disappointed, “Is it still not possible? You don’t need to connect to the Internet to repair those things, what are you worried about?”

Zhang Xun looked at him worriedly, “If Eden’s drone army attacks from there, it’s too dangerous for you to go. .”

Adam looked at him suspiciously, “But aren’t your other male humans also resisting in that area? Aren’t they also very dangerous?”

“…You were made with so much effort and cannot be replicated.”

“Aren’t other human beings not replicable? Even cloned people can’t have the same experience.” Adam said sincerely, “With your character, you should believe that human beings are created equal. But it is impossible for human beings to have the same experience.” Do you completely believe in equality?”

Zhang Xun couldn’t believe that at such a time, he was taught the human moral belief of equality of life by this artificial intelligence… He sighed with his hand on his forehead, and said helplessly, “Let me I’ll report it to my superior.”

At this time, the phone couldn’t get through at all, so Zhang Xun had to leave the Lab and hurriedly ran to the headquarters.

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

thanks to the little angels who irrigated the nutrient solution~~: Ji Yaoer 10 bottles

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