The mechanic.

Adam smashed the needle containing the new nanorobot with one punch.

Failed, and he failed again.

It is not difficult to make nanobots that do not deform the brain. The difficulty is to restore those who have already been infected.

At the beginning, the nano-robots he/Eden designed transformed human beings at the genetic level. Countless robots spread along the blood to the human body at an extremely fast speed, modifying a small segment of genes on the chromosomes in each nucleus. sequence.After the old cells are metabolized, a human individual can no longer find the gene sequence information it once had.

If the DNA in each nucleus is the blueprint for the self-construction of the human body, it means that all the old blueprints have been destroyed, and only the new blueprint remains.However, due to individual differences and the influence of mutations in DNA, the injected nanorobots do not know what the original "blueprint" looks like, and it becomes very difficult to change it back.

Adam tried to reverse the operation of the nanobots, but the infected mice who were injected with the new nanobots developed various syndromes, and a third of them suffered major systemic breakdowns. , organ failure and other fatal symptoms, even if they did not die, it was obvious that dementia, paralysis and other conditions appeared.

Human genes are too sophisticated, and a small change will affect the whole body, causing irreversible consequences.Eden also spent many years of continuous experimentation before finally finding a relatively stable method of modifying the gene sequence.

Adam tried dozens of possible reverse modification methods, none with a survival rate of more than 70.00%, and none with a cure rate of more than ten percent.

He couldn't take the risk of injecting Zhang Xun. If he failed, Zhang Xun would probably be hopeless.

Annoyance eroded his calm along with a constant panic that hovered in his head.He knew panic wasn't going to help him, it would only slow him down, but he couldn't help himself.He still remembered Zhang Xun's eyes looking at him empty after he woke up yesterday, without any echo of the soul.Every time he thinks about it, it makes him shiver.

His Zhang Xun, the silent Zhang Xun with bright and enthusiastic eyes, shouldn't be like this.He didn't want to see Zhang Xun become like this.

Even though this was his goal, this was the fate he designed for the entire human race.

"It seems that human nature has really influenced you a lot."

Adam didn't turn his head.He took a deep breath, adjusted his emotions, and started picking up the broken syringes from the table.

Natalie leaned against the door frame, looking at Adam's back with an almost curious look.Adam is too human to imagine Eden inside his head...

"There is news about the person you said you were looking for. Someone who is suspected of Zhang Shuo has been seen near Baixiong Town near the Arctic Circle. We are now flying to the Northwest Territories of Canada."

Adam paused for a moment, then turned his head to look at the descendant of his creator, "What happened to Eden?"

Natalie's expression froze slightly.Adam saw some bad news from the slightest change in expression, "According to my guess, has an important president died of an accidental myocardial infarction recently, and another king suddenly announced his abdication?"

Natalie opened her eyes slightly, "Did you see the news?"

"I don't have time to watch the news." Adam turned his head away, his tone brisk and steady, "But you and I have so many resources, it's impossible not to have sponsors behind us, and our consciousness uploading plan is not in the interests of those in power. We're deploying to take out these key plan-breakers before you even have an appointment with them."

"If that's the case, why are we still allowed to talk? Why don't we catch us all while we talk?"

"If we kill several of the most important humans in the world at the same time, it will arouse human vigilance and hostility towards artificial intelligence, which is not conducive to the implementation of our plan. Moreover, letting you contact each other will also facilitate us to intercept some important information." Adam turned on the gene editing program again, carefully staring at the double helix structure molecules rotating on the screen, "I have a list in my hand, which contains all the harmless values ​​in the world that are higher than the harmless value to Eden and me during the monitoring process. of human beings. Two of the top ten on the list will be neutralized, but the cause of their death will be drawn to other forces, and the rest will be in the hands of Eden. We will list several important The character 'removed' to a more obedient leader. At least that was my plan before I and Eden were completely separated. Now, it has probably changed its tactics, so it only neutralizes one person, and does not try to blame others, This reduces the chance of leaving an unanticipated trace. Even if I wanted to expose it, I would have no evidence."

"Since you separated from it recently, you should know its next plan. Who is its next target?"

"Your correspondence records with the recently deceased President of the United States will be found over the years, and the several Eden terrorist attacks that you were behind the scenes will also be found out. Two-thirds of the top 1000 people on the list will be attacked. implicated. You will be 'packaged' as corrupt rulers trying to destroy Eden to prevent consciousness uploading and restore the previous social structure. After that, you will be skillfully neutralized one after another. As for the sequence and timing, it is very It might be random, and I can't predict it." Adam paused, then chuckled, "Over the years, you have used various methods to discredit Eden's image, and Eden is just using your methods to deal with you. .”

Natalie's face turned pale, and she turned around to leave quickly.But Adam said behind her, "It's too late. You're going to lose all financial support very soon. So now, you better find a place to hide as soon as possible. Any of your co-conspirators may try to get Iraq Dian's forgiveness and confession."

Natalie's footsteps paused slightly, and when she turned around, she still looked at Adam with bright eyes, "We haven't lost yet. As long as you stand on the human side, we won't lose."

Listening to the sound of her high heels going away, Adam turned his head to look at the densely floating codes on the screen.If Zhang Xun's parents can be found, perhaps enough references can be found in their DNA to restore Zhang Xun's DNA.Although the other half of Zhang Xun's father was randomly selected by Paradise Lost, he collected the DNA data of most people in Paradise Lost during the construction of Hengxiang, so he has already targeted a researcher from the Department of Chemistry.Just according to his memory, the researcher died accidentally in several riots against Adam and the round table shortly after Zhang Xun escaped from Paradise Lost.

His only hope is Zhang Shuo.

Looking at the time, it was already dinner time.He turned off the computer screen and asked the steward AI on the aircraft to prepare dinner for two for him.

Now Zhang Xun often forgets his own hunger, he must always pay attention to urge the mechanic to drink water and eat...

He stood in front of their room with their dinner plates in hand, and the electronic door that recognized his facial features opened automatically.

He saw Zhang Xun sitting by the bed, holding a fruit knife in his hand.On the sheets, on the clothes...there was blood everywhere.And the sleeve of his left arm was pulled away, the flesh was bloody, and even the bright red muscles under the raised skin could be seen.

The dinner plate fell to the floor with a clang.

Adam rushed to Zhang Xun's side and snatched the fruit knife from the bloody Zhang Xun.Zhang Xun didn't struggle, but raised his head awkwardly, as if he didn't understand what happened.

Adam couldn't speak, he immediately called AI to send a medical extension robot, and at the same time picked up Zhang Xun and took him to the bathroom to find out the first aid kit and sterile water to clean the horrible wounds on his arms.Adam's movements were sensitive and quick, but his body was trembling slightly.

Zhang Xun sat on the edge of the bathtub and said blankly, "I'm sorry...I...I just want to make sure I still feel...I shouldn't do this..."

Adam's lips trembled, and the blood in his eyes made him seem to have some kind of respiratory disease, and it seemed that oxygen could not reach his lungs.When the medical robot arrived and quickly disinfected Zhang Xun's wound to stop the bleeding, Adam still stood aside, unable to calm himself down.

I don't know when Zhang Xun started to stop taking his own life seriously.He consumes his health to create three AI networks, he uses his life as a bargaining chip to buy time, he injects himself with nano-robots to threaten Adam... It seems that for Zhang Xun, he himself can be given up at any time, there is no need at all Don't care about it.

He should have thought that Zhang Xun might commit self-mutilation... But he was negligent, and he left such a dangerous fruit knife in the room.

Those extended robots acted quickly, and quickly completed the hemostasis work. Even the outer sheets were changed, the blood stains were cleaned, and the room was even disinfected.Soon, there were only the two of them left in the room, one sitting on the bed, the other standing opposite to the wall, the silence became thicker and suffocating.

Adam suddenly squatted down, covered his eyes with his hands, and grabbed the hair on his forehead, as if he couldn't bear something.

Zhang Xun doesn't care about himself, because he thinks himself unimportant.

Since he was a child, he was rejected by his father and was not taken seriously.Although he has become the best mechanic in Paradise Lost and maybe even the world by virtue of his talent and persistence, the feeling of being rejected by his only relative, the inferiority complex that he is not good enough, and the feeling that he is not good enough The important sense of detachment may never have left his heart.

It is because of grasping this weakness of Zhang Xun that Adam can successfully gain Zhang Xun's trust.Zhang Xun needed love, so he gave it to him.

Even though Zhang Xun is full of guard against people and everything, even if Zhang Xun is so unwilling to fall, he tries to resist his temptation time and time again.

He still succeeded, because all the people who refused to love were secretly yearning, longing for a day when someone would spend his thoughts and time breaking through their walls, rushing into their dry hearts, and infusing them with souls.This is especially true for Zhang Xun, because he has never been in love.

Adam succeeded, but he did not expect that in the process, he was also infected by human love.

But everything is a lie.When Zhang Xun knew the truth, and knew that his sincerity and hard work were just chips in the hands of Adam, he realized that the only person in this world who really cared about his life and death was his friend James, and James now also hovering on the brink of death.So to him, there were so few ties that tied him to this world, so few that even if he disappeared, it would not cause too much trouble.

On the other hand, he wanted to leave something, keep something, and save something.So he stood his ground, so he rebuilt Pan, leaving humanity with a glimmer of hope, so he asked Adam to save James.

A person who tries to protect humanity is the one who cares the least about this world.

And now Adam could no longer convince him, it was too late.

A warm hand gently wrapped around his shoulders, and he felt Zhang Xun's breath wrapping him gently.Adam raised his red eyes, but what he saw was Zhang Xun's downcast, gentle eyes, just like the scene when they looked at each other for the first time two years ago.

"Don't be sad." Zhang Xun gently touched his cheek with his hand, "It doesn't really hurt."

"I don't want to lose you..." Adam finally opened his slightly trembling lips. For the first time, he no longer tried to suppress the ferocious surge of humanity in his heart, gushing out emotions, "I can't lose you... this is all My fault..." He said, putting his forehead on Zhang Xun's shoulder, sniffing deeply the smell on the mechanic's neck, trying to imprint all the smell and touch of the mechanic into the depths of his memory.

He was so scared, afraid that he would not be able to fix the black hole he and Eden had torn out in Zhang Xun and in human beings.

"It's okay... I've forgiven you, Adam." Zhang Xun gently stroked Adam's blond hair with his uninjured right hand, his tone was so calm, a kind of detachment that lacked vividness, "I understand, you have no choice. "

Adam closed his eyes.

No, actually he has a choice.

As Zhang Xun said, he can not choose the so-called "most efficient, most stable and highest success rate" solution to solve all human problems, he can explore and try all other possibilities.Even those possibilities take more time, even with more variables.

Perhaps he could have been forgiven if he had never tasted humanity, never understood humanity.But Zhang Xun gave him everything, gave him the opportunity to feel and love like a human being.

He just didn't choose Zhang Xun.

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