The mechanic.

The aircraft landed on a deserted tundra, the cabin door opened, and several scout aircraft flew out first, followed by Natalie's men, who were wearing protective clothing with thermal functions, rushed out and began to build simple tents and set up signals. launcher.

Large expanses of unmelted ice and snow undulate slightly with the earth.In the distance, the arctic sea reflects a misty holy light under the sun.The air here carries a cold aura of alienation and aloofness, and a kind of toughness that has never been conquered by human beings.

Before Adam walked out of the hatch, he turned his head and glanced at Zhang Xun who was following behind him.He turned around, pulled Ladrang Xun’s untied collar, carefully pulled the zipper all the way to the top, adjusted the hat on his head, and said in a whisper, “Here, we must do a good job of keeping warm. Otherwise you will get frostbite."

Zhang Xun let him straighten his collar, his eyes were a little drawn away, as if he had pulled away from his body, and looked at the scene in front of him as a third party.

Adam still remembered the way Zhang Xun looked at him, the kind of eyes full of surprise and warmth, deeply rooted in some deeper emotions, as if Adam was the most beautiful creation in the world.

But now Zhang Xun's eyes are only left with confusion, numbness and a trace of constant fear, as if he is trying to grasp something that is passing through his mind, to grasp some human emotion, but he is doomed to fail , and became more and more frightened.

Zhang Xun would never look at him like that again.

As if wanting to make up for something, Adam held Zhang Xun's hand and led him down the steps extending from the aircraft to the frozen hard ground.

Zhang Xun raised his eyes and looked at the long line between the land and the sky in the distance.The vastness of the world was beyond his imagination when he was in Paradise Lost.Between the sky and the earth, human beings live in such a small area, like dust that moves slowly and dies in a moment of silence after a storm.

A thick sense of loneliness eroded him, making him want to grasp something bigger, more... powerful.

But he couldn't feel it, he couldn't feel anything.He was like an abandoned baby isolated from the group, at a loss as to what to do.

Natalie came out behind them, and the wind ruffled her thick and curly long hair, "The Northwest Territory is so big, it's not easy to find them."

Adam frowned slightly, looked somewhere in the sky, and then said a series of coordinate numbers.

"Go to these places and look for it, maybe you can find it."

Natalie looked at him in astonishment, "How do you know? Aren't you not connected to Eden?"

"He used his knowledge of my father and the distribution of towns and military garrisons in the northwest region to calculate the places where my father is most likely to hide." Zhang Xun quietly answered for Adam beside him, as if this was unusual However, "It's just that if Adam can deduce it, Eden may also be able to deduce it."

"So we have to find him before Eden." Adam thought for a moment, narrowed the scope, and said a definite coordinate system, "Zhang Shuo is a character who seeks stability. According to reason, he should choose to be far away from the Canadian garrison and Iraq." and because he ran in a hurry and did not have time to prepare sufficient armaments, he was likely to go to the abandoned villages of the Inuit or Metis. But what happened to Zhang Xun in Feathered Snake City The matter has probably reached his ears, so his top priority is probably to find a way to contact some forces to rescue Zhang Xun. Here, the person he is most likely to contact is No. 30 on my list. Chief of the 'Free Folk'."

Adam paused, then looked at Zhang Xun, "So enter the range of activities of the leader of the free people to find possible intersections between the two, and then consider the weather and the possibility of replenishing armaments. This coordinate is the most likely to find Zhang Shuo."

Natalie was stunned for a while.Even if she had the best engineering education, with three degrees and two doctorates, she would still be intimidated by Adam's ability.Probably because Adam is so human-like that after a while of contact with him, he will forget that he is actually Eden, just Eden polluted by human nature.

"I'll send someone to look for it right away. In addition, I have sent someone to send the nano-robot you developed to Feather Serpent City, but Eden's blockade of Feather Serpent City has not been lifted yet, and it will cost some money to get it in." thought."

Adam nodded and smiled at her decently, vaguely like Zhang Xun used to, "Thank you."

After Natalie left, Adam looked at Zhang Xun earnestly again, as if waiting for the other party's reaction.Zhang Xun realized that the nanorobots were probably sent to rescue James.

"you succeeded?"

"The thing that can save you hasn't been developed yet, but as long as James hasn't been injected with nanobots, I can fix him." Adam said, raising his hand, reaching into the hair around the hat to keep warm, using his own unnecessary A gloved hand stroked Zhang Xun's cheek, "Don't worry, James will be saved soon."

Zhang Xun knew that if he hadn't injected nano-robots, he would probably be crying with joy now.But now, he feels nothing.

This made his body tremble slightly.

"When I find your father, maybe I can cure you." Adam looked at him seriously, as if promising, "Don't give up, Axun."

Zhang Xun looked at him calmly, without any waves in his eyes, "Thank you."

Adam felt a slight pain in his heart.

Close to the polar circle, it gets dark very early.Adam sits cross-legged in his tent, a cable connecting his brain to his tablet.He stared blankly somewhere in the sky, concentrating on writing a piece of code.

Suddenly, the thermal curtain of the tent was lifted.Adam watched in astonishment as Zhang Xun came in, holding a roll of sleeping bags in his arms.

"A Xun?"

Zhang Xun glanced at him, put the sleeping bag next to his sleeping bag, and spread it out carefully.Adam was dumbfounded, and accidentally wrote a large string of gibberish characters, and quickly deleted them in his mind, "Ah Xun... you want to sleep with me?"

Zhang Xun raised his head, his eyes shone faintly in the dim light, "Yes."

"Uh...ok...okay." Adam frantically unplugged the wires at the back of his head, but didn't know what to do. "Are you hungry? I still have some energy biscuits here."

While he was looking for the food in his backpack, his wrist was suddenly grabbed by a warm human hand.Zhang Xun's breath suddenly approached, and he could even feel Zhang Xun's breath lightly falling on the surface of his skin.

When he raised his eyes, he was almost swallowed by Zhang Xun's dark pupils.

"A...A Xun?" He swallowed, his Adam's apple sliding up and down.

Zhang Xun stared at him, the skin on his neck was the color of honey in the dense light.

"I need your help." Zhang Xun said softly, "I want...to feel something...I want to connect with other people."

It was an itching sensation, as if it happened inside the skull, and the fingers couldn't scratch it no matter what.That terrible void was devouring him, consuming his soul and his sense of individual existence bit by bit.He's not even sure he's alive, and only when Adam talks to him and touches him does he feel a little bit alive.

That's why some of those injected with nanobots lose their minds.They need to connect with everyone's consciousness, and want to be sure of their existence through the consciousness of others, even if this certainty will eventually dissolve their existence.

Zhang Xun finally understood completely now, but he was powerless to resist.

He was losing his emotions, losing his feelings.He is becoming them.

Adam's heartbeat was so loud that he doubted whether Zhang Xun could hear it.He felt Zhang Xun's hand on his neck, his thumb gently stroking the skin on his chin.

How long has it been since such an intimate touch from Zhang Xun?

The last time was in Paradise Lost, Zhang Xun pretended to be sick that night, and they fell asleep hugging together.

too long.

After that, Adam pretended to be Enoch and stayed beside Zhang Xun. Every moment he wanted to really fly to Zhang Xun's side, open his arms to hug him and never let go.But he told himself that this kind of impulse is irrational and a defect of human nature, and he should resist and ignore it.

But now he doesn't have to resist.

He raised his hand and gently traced Zhang Xun's lips.Zhang Xun opened his lips slightly, and nibbled on his fingertips without pain or itchiness.

Adam groaned in his head.

"Axun... are you sure?"

Zhang Xun stared at him with an almost provocative expression, and nodded slightly.

The next moment, Adam pulled Zhang Xun into his arms.

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In the early hours of the morning, Adam opened his eyes.Her blue eyes fell on the peaceful sleeping face of the person in her arms, filled with endless tenderness and nostalgia.

Adam at this moment is completely human.But he didn't feel disgusted anymore.

Everything that happened last night seemed like a dream, he never imagined that there would be a day when he could really embrace Zhang Xun.

He knows that Zhang Xun wants to use him to feel that he still exists, and knows that the erosion of Zhang Xun by nano-robots has reached a precarious state, but he still feels the long-lost... happiness for this night of tenderness .

The happiness that belongs to human beings, the happiness that originally meant nothing to him.

But now, when he looked at Zhang Xun's overly peaceful dreamless sleep, the accompanying panic returned, becoming stronger and more dangerous than before.

He hugged Zhang Xun tightly, his eyes were swollen, and his nose was slightly sour.He was feeling the sadness, the sadness that he didn't show for anyone, the sadness that was really his own.

But at this moment, Natalie's voice came from outside the tent.

"Zhang Shuo found it!"

Hearing his father's name, Zhang Xun opened his eyes hesitantly, and looked up at Adam who was still tightly wrapped around his shoulders and refused to let go.And Adam looked down at him, showing a bright smile.

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