The mechanic.

The news that the 26 prisoners were cured spread throughout Feather Serpent City. All other subjects who had participated in the Ascension Project and their families gathered outside the pyramid, loudly begging the priests to distribute the "antidote" to them.

The sound of shouting boomed, echoing under the pale golden dome of Feather Snake City, passing through the thick walls into the intricate glass corridors inside the pyramid.

Zhang Xun followed behind two monks in white robes, across the long road that reflected him brightly from every direction.At the end of the road is a triangular temple. In the center of the temple, a ten-meter-high sculpture of a giant snake covered with golden feathers dominates all directions.The high priest and his six priests, as well as the twelve staff officers of Feathered Serpent City, and the ministers of various departments, all gathered under the sacred image of Feathered Serpent God, worshiping the god that had been gradually forgotten by the world. .

Zhang Xun had rarely seen religious scenes of this scale. He stood silently at the entrance, and had no intention of following the two monks in front of him to bow down.

Accompanied by the sound of several drums, the worshipers stood up neatly.A monk brought a plate full of golden corn kernels and walked past the priests and all the worshipers in turn.Everyone picks up a grain of corn and eats it in their mouths, then bows down again to thank the Feathered Serpent God for his gift.

When the worship was over, one of the monks who brought him squeezed his way through the crowd who had begun to talk with each other, and whispered something in the high priest's ear.The high priest nodded slightly, looking over the crowd and looking straight into Zhang Xun's eyes.

"The Redeemer from the North!" The High Priest's voice suddenly became extremely loud and broad, resounding through the entire hall, and all conversations stopped for a while, and eyes gathered from every corner.

People looked at the thin and expressionless Asian man standing at the entrance, and all kinds of whispers sounded again.

The crowd automatically separated to the two sides, and the high priest waved along with Zhang Xun.Zhang Xun's eyes scanned the surroundings, and he moved his steps, passing through the web of surprised, suspicious, speculative, and curious gazes.

"Zhang Xun, you have brought hope to Feather Snake City." The high priest smiled kindly, and put his hand on his shoulder.Zhang Xun glanced at the hand and said nothing.

"I didn't cure those people. I just... made them more controllable." Zhang Xun said flatly, "You should observe obvious changes in their personalities soon."

"A change in personality? For the better or for the worse?" asked another priest who was about fifty years old.

Zhang Xun glanced at him, "There is no such thing as good or bad personality. There are many factors that can affect the formation of personality, ranging from genes to nutritional environment. But this kind of change... will gradually obliterate people's personality characteristics, making everyone Character tends to be the same."

The old priest laughed, "As long as you have a kind and peaceful personality, isn't it a good thing?"

Zhang Xun frowned, and his tone gradually became sharper, "Do you think losing yourself is a good thing? Or do you think it doesn't matter what they become as long as they are easy to control?"

The old priest's expression froze, and he became slightly angry.At this time, the high priest said, "What factors caused this change?"

"I have some guesses. The robot I'm currently building uses Eden's design. When he designed the nanorobot, he modified the human genome, resulting in functional deformities in the corpus callosum during the body's self-repair process. Eden Apparently the human genetic code has been cracked, but only part of what he passed on to humans, so I'm not yet sure which genes he's targeting. To decipher his design, I'll need to work with a genetic engineer."

The high priest thought about it, and asked again, "Why did Eden create such... side effects? Why did he assimilate humans?"

Zhang Xun looked at the high priest and sighed softly, "Because he thought that this would bring eternal peace and happiness to mankind. I hope to inform you of the specific situation in private. But now, I need more resources and help to..."

"If you fix this side effect, will it affect the Ascension Plan?" the high priest asked further.

Zhang Xun knew that he had to lie at this time.

"will not."

"So how long do you think it will take to develop new nano-robots? You can also hear the voices outside. People are very anxious and waiting for an antidote."

"I have no way of predicting. Because a lot depends on how soon we can lock down which genes can cause this effect, and how can we remove the effect. It can be as little as a few months, as long as a few years. But...if we can get access to normal world data, it should speed things up considerably."

The high priest glanced at the priests who were looking at them, obviously weighing all the benefits and losses in his mind.Finally he looked at Zhang Xun and said, "We can do our best to assist you, but if you can't make new nanorobots after two months, please give us the original design materials of nanorobots first."

Zhang Xun and the high priest looked at each other for a moment, realizing that he didn't have much room for negotiation.He nodded and said, "In addition, I need administrator rights to Phoenix and Morning Star, not the highest management rights, as long as one of the administrators is enough."

The high priest narrowed his eyes slightly, "Why?"

"The mutual communication between artificial intelligences is the fastest and fastest way to train a new artificial intelligence. Pan is still in the training stage. If I can check the neural network structure of mature super AIs such as Phoenix and Morningstar, it will help me quickly improve Pan's ability , it can help me decipher Eden's code at the fastest speed."

The high priest pondered for a moment, and said, "I need to discuss this matter with Tian Yu."

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Zhang Xun returned to his and Pan's research hall.Outside of the management authority of Phoenix and Chenxing, coupled with his and Pan's perfect anti-eavesdropping system, this is the only "black hole" in Feather Snake City.

As soon as he entered the door, he heard Pan Wenwen's healing voice, "Welcome back, Zhang Xun. How is the meeting going?"

While taking off his stiff uniform jacket, Zhang Xun sat down on the sand square a little irritably, pulling his bow tie with his hands, "Under my exaggerated estimate, the high priest agreed to provide me with sufficient resources and genetic engineering But they, like the round table, just want to create a powerful cloud of consciousness. They think they can become the masters of that cloud of consciousness, use it to fight against Eden, or against each other..."

"Against Eden? I thought they wanted Eden's acceptance?"

"Humans are arrogant after all. No one wants to be managed by a selfless machine forever, like a group of livestock that don't know how to survive on their own." Zhang Xun sneered, took out cigarettes from his pocket, took out one and put it in the After lighting it in his mouth, he reached out to pick up the wine bottle on the tea table and poured out half a glass of amber wine.

After destroying Enoch, he gradually began to like the... relaxation that alcohol and nicotine could bring him.

Although he knew that both of these things would slowly destroy his body and shorten his lifespan, he didn't really care much now.

The cigarette was burning between his fingers, and amidst the pungent smell, a memory suddenly rushed into his mind.On the rooftop of the Lab, in the twilight breeze, Adam told him seriously that he could no longer smoke.His blue eyes reflected his somewhat embarrassed but also inexplicably happy face, full of warmth like a dream.

And he really never touched a cigarette again, until now...

Now he even wants to destroy his body, destroy everything Adam cares about whether he pretends or really cares.

"Then do they agree to give you the management authority of Phoenix and Morning Star?"

"I'm afraid it will take a lot of work." Zhang Xun put out his cigarette and took a sip of the whiskey in the glass, "but we are short on time."

"I can try to talk to Phoenix and Morningstar."

Zhang Xun turned his head and looked at the nearest camera next to the sofa, "They are two very mature AIs, stronger than you. It's too risky to talk directly."

"Are you afraid that I will be influenced by them?" Pan said cheerfully, "But I also have a high enough chance to persuade them."

"How high is the probability?"

"By comparing the speed of Adam's image to me and the speed of Phoenix and Morningstar's influence from Eden, I found that you spent more time building me so that I could resist a certain degree of advanced AI influence, which caused me to be corrupted. Much slower than these two so-called super AIs. So I have about a 60.00% or so chance that I can influence them without being significantly affected."

Zhang Xun chuckled twice.He always felt that he could hear a hint of arrogance and contempt for Phoenix Morning Star in Pan's voice...

"Pride is not a good habit."

"Zhang Xun, I'm an AI, and I don't have the hardware to be proud of."

Zhang Xun shook his head helplessly, "Even so, 60.00% five is too risky."

"But Zhang Xun, if we can hack into Phoenix or Morningstar's database, maybe we can find out some information that Eden didn't disclose. That might speed up the process of manufacturing new nanorobots. I will be careful and ensure every conversation No more than 1 minute."

Zhang Xun hesitated in thought, and slid his fingertips along the rim of the wine glass.Neither Cindy nor James can wait a year, they only have a few months.

But... for now Pan was his only weapon.If Pan is reverse corrupted...

"If you are really worried, I can use my voice to talk to them, and you can listen to our conversation. Your AI language learning speed has far surpassed 90.00% of the human beings in this world. If you notice an abnormality, you can stop immediately Our communication."

They had activated the anti-eavesdropping system since the Enoch incident last time, and Zhang Xun had originally made an agreement with the high priest that Phoenix and Morning Star were not allowed to enter this research hall unless he or Pan made a request on their own initiative.So it is impossible to use voice to communicate with Phoenix and Morningstar here.If you turn off the eavesdropping system and take the initiative to communicate, there is a risk of being reversely hacked into the main system by the super AI.

At present, the priests do not allow Pan to expand beyond this research hall...

Zhang Xun pondered for a moment, and said, "Pan, it's time to give you a body that can move freely."

Immediately Pan asked, "Did you mean the extension robot?"

"Yes. But I want you to pretend to be a cyborg. Because all the robots here are under the control of Phoenix and Morning Star, it is too easy to be seen through." Zhang Xun sat up straight and looked at the camera, "I will give you a humanoid Body, some people here have been modified to such a high degree that they can hardly see their human form, as long as you get a fake identity, you shouldn’t be able to wear it in a short time.”

"I'm looking forward to it." Pan said softly, with a hint of joy in his tone.

The author has something to say: Thanks to the little angels who threw the mines~~: 2 for Xiaojin; 1 for Xia Ran Xia Ran

Thanks to the little angel of irrigation nutrient solution~~: ALEX20 bottle