The mechanic.

When the word Eden was uttered from Adam's mouth, Zhang Xun had a sense of absurdity that the nightmare had become reality.

Absorbed……

what does that mean?

How could Adam be absorbed?

Zhang Xun tried his best to recall the last conversation he had with Adam, but his memory was so vague.At that time, they were fleeing, and Eden's encirclement gradually narrowed, and every time Adam had to take the risk of appearing to seize control of some mechanical soldiers.The last words Adam really said to him seemed to be, "Don't worry about me, I'll get you to a safe place."

"What did you do to Adam..." Zhang Xun's tone was unexpectedly calm, although there was a tremor in his voice that he couldn't detect.His body was also shaking, but not because of the cold.It was as if those emotions he thought he couldn't feel were being presented by his body's instincts.

"Adam" or Eden looked at him with an almost sad expression, as if he couldn't bear to tell him the truth.This emotion clearly belonged to Adam, but why was it in Eden's eyes?

"He leaked his whereabouts in my network in order to protect you from escaping, and I trapped him. Losing a human body, it will take a lot of effort to fuse two AI weights that are already very close, but he was originally one with me Yes, it's not that difficult. I got all the data he stored, and I can even experience the human emotions he has experienced to some extent. In order to better absorb him, I entered his human body, and soon he My memories and feelings became very clear.”

Eden took a few steps forward, as if he was afraid of frightening Zhang Xun, "I am surprised, as an AI, he can fall in love with a human being so deeply. Having a human body makes him share the memory with me. It has become different. All knowledge has a new meaning, and it is no longer a simple weight of gains and losses. You have made him, and me, very human."

Zhang Xun couldn't listen to those words at all, all the characters were blurred into a ball, "Adam...disappeared?"

"He didn't disappear, he just became a part of me and returned to me. Just like before." Eden stood in front of Zhang Xun, looking down at him.Those ethereal and beautiful blue eyes were filled with a familiar tenderness, as if looking at him was still the same artificial intelligence he had personally descended upon, taught how to be a human being, and whom he fell in love with and was loved by.He couldn't accept that the soul behind the blue eyes had been swallowed.

He didn't even have time to say goodbye.

Zhang Xun felt something brush across his cheek, and was frozen on his chin by the wind.He didn't know that his brain had been modified to such an extent that there were still tears left.

Zhang Xun couldn't imagine what it felt like to be absorbed.Maybe he didn’t feel anything at all, after all, Adam no longer had a body at that time, just a mass of code moving at a limit speed close to the speed of light in an invisible network.

"When he was absorbed by you, did it hurt?" Zhang Xun asked in a low voice, like a raving in sleep.

Eden brushed away the tears that were frozen on his cheeks with his fingers, and his tone was soft and concerned, "He didn't have a body at that time, and he didn't know what pain was. But he probably had some regrets. At first, when he When he found he couldn't escape from me, he begged me not to absorb him, but then, when I started breaking up his modules and reading his memories, he begged me not to hurt you."

Suddenly, a sharp pain tore Zhang Xun's numb and empty heart. He stretched out his hand and grabbed Eden's collar, staring at the familiar eyes. overflowing from the depths of his soul.

"Give him back to me..." Zhang Xun spit out these words from between his teeth, but he didn't know whether it was an angry order or a desperate plea, "Please...give him back..."

He knew that Eden would not give Adam back to him, and even if he wanted to, it might not be possible.

Two AIs that are originally one, as long as the weights are rebalanced, they can no longer be separated.Even if another server is forked, it will no longer be the same Adam.

He knew that everything was over.

They lost, lost completely.

Eden knew where the three viruses were, and everything in the world that could destroy him was already under his control.Zhang Xun knew that the other two people carrying the virus might have been neutralized by the mechanical police.

They have completely lost all their cards, and there is no longer any hope.

Zhang Xun gradually realized that he had nothing left.His home, his relatives, his lover...

All the strings that held him were broken.

And now, he's not even fully human anymore...his humanity is being eaten away by nanobots, and without purpose, he'll soon give in to that burning desire to never be alone again.

Eden held his cold hand and said in Adam's tone, "Don't be afraid, I can end all your pain. As long as you upload your consciousness, you don't have to suffer anymore."

"Zhang Xun!" Diego heard Zhang Xun's cry before, thinking that the two of them were arguing, so he didn't go forward immediately.But gradually, he felt that the atmosphere between the two people was not right.

"Did something happen?" Diego approached cautiously, quietly touching the laser gun on his waist.

There was a subtle change in Eden's eyes, adding a hint of warning.Zhang Xun knew that he was telling him that if he didn't want to increase unnecessary casualties, if he wanted everything to end as quickly as possible, he should keep quiet and let what had happened happen smoothly.

Zhang Xun knew that the rational decision was to follow Eden's idea and stop making unnecessary struggles.

But should he deprive everyone of their dying dying powers?

So he stepped forward suddenly, hugged Adam tightly, and used his own body to encircle the body he was so familiar with.

"Leave me alone! Kill him! He's Eden!" Zhang Xun hissed.

Diego's reaction was quick, he was stunned for less than a second, and immediately raised his gun and aimed at Adam's head and shot.

Adam didn't break free from Zhang Xun, but before the bullet flew in front of Eden, it suddenly turned into a silver-gray mist in the air and dissipated in the wind instantly.

At this time, some kind of violent vibration came from the surrounding air, and some invisible things began to gather gradually, and billions of nano-robots gradually began to appear, turning into overwhelming lavender smoke, dancing in the air The tentacles that are flaunting between the sky and the earth are like ribbons and colorful clouds.

Someone started screaming, and those who were still asleep didn't know they were surrounded by nanobots.

The purple clouds danced behind Eden, like the halo of a god.Zhang Xun let go of his hand dejectedly, he knew that nothing could hurt Eden anymore.

"If you have nanites, why don't you infect everyone from the start... maybe Natalie will just give you the nanites."

"You were also infected with nanobots, and your father was also infected, but you didn't end up with me. Human beings are very sensitive to changes in their bodies. Once she realizes that she is infected, her first reaction may be to transfer the virus. I will Lose control of the virus." Eden said calmly, his arms slowly unfolded, gradually turning into huge wings.

When more and more free folk and the guards of the Clausen family started shooting at him, his wings suddenly changed into countless pieces, like silver dahlias blooming in the air.All the bullets were swallowed and absorbed by the arm that Zhang Xun once gave to Adam, and turned into a part of that arm.

Eden rose into the air, looking down at the poor ants beneath his feet.He already has everything he needs in his hands. In fact, he was able to do it the moment he got the virus, but he didn't know why he chose to play the role of Adam more and cheated, why he chose to spend the short time with Zhang Xun in the end.

Was it the Adam in his body that was driving his actions?

But it doesn't matter anymore, it will all be over soon.As long as the virus is eliminated, no one will be able to prevent him from accomplishing his ultimate goal - the ultimate evolution of mankind.

The purple cloud of smoke rose into the air with the waving of his silver wings, rolling and surging like an overturned raging sea, soaking every inch of the sky as far as the eye can see.

"Put down your weapons and don't engage in meaningless resistance." Eden ordered in Adam's clear voice.

Anya, Diego, Natalie and others seem to be having difficulty accepting the fact that they have failed before they even started.Facing the imminent punishment from the gods, the tiny human beings still seemed unwilling to admit defeat.

Anya pointed her massive heavy laser gun at Adam and spat on the ground, "Fxxkyou!!!"

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It was a bitter battle, or one-sided "neutralization".

The bodies of countless human beings still existed one second, and after being wrapped in a dense purple fog the next second, they dispersed into a cloud of blood mist.Every atom in the body has been scattered, and there is no time to feel the pain, and it is too late to understand the fact that I have died.

Facing the oncoming wave, some people who were still in the dreamland were unscathed, but those who raised their guns at Eden all had the same fate when they were swallowed by the wave.In a few seconds, most of the free citizens dropped their guns and knelt down, making a gesture of surrender in exchange for a chance to survive.Fortunately, Anya and Diego were protected by Pan.Pan used his body made of the same material as Adam's arm to protect them, but his body was severely damaged and would soon be useless.

Then, the nanobots broke through his barrier.

Zhang Xun didn't know what Eden had done to Diego and Anya, he just vaguely heard Diego's roar.But the roar was mixed with so many voices that he wasn't even sure if it was Diego's voice.

During the whole process, only Zhang Xun was unscathed.All the smoke went around him, dancing the dance of death around him.

Everything that happened afterwards is vague in Zhang Xun's memory.By the time his mind cleared up again, he had been locked in a room painted white on all sides.

There was nothing there, only blindingly white light.The walls and floor were padded to prevent him from self-harming.

There was another person locked up with him.

Natalie.

To everyone's surprise, she surrendered to Eden. After seeing the snow egret turned into smoke, she knelt down without hesitation.

And now, the two of them are locked up here.Zhang Xun is not sure how long time has passed, because his connection with reality is getting weaker and weaker, the concepts of time and space are somewhat confused in his mind.

They were locked here by Eden.Because Eden is going to do one important thing: open Hengxiang to the whole world.

Anyone, from any country, can go to the nearest consciousness uploading center to receive the injection of nano-robots, and then carry out consciousness connection or consciousness uploading.

All dying people can escape the clutches of death, and all those who are disappointed in the real world can escape to another eternal world.

True, eternal paradise.

Zhang Xun sat in a corner of the room, facing Natalie in the opposite corner.They hadn't spoken, and Natalie looked down, as if, like him, she had lost all hope.

Zhang Xun looked down at his hands, a little confused, as if he didn't understand why he was still here, stuck in this world he couldn't save.

adam...

his adam...

He carefully recalled every moment he spent with Adam in his mind.After he dozed off and woke up, he saw Adam trying to escape for the first time; from the first time he pushed Adam who was sitting in a wheelchair and couldn't walk into the Lab; from him holding Adam's hand and leading him in the house Practice walking round and round; from the first time he gave Adam omelet rice, Adam's face full of surprise and satisfaction...to Adam waking him up in the middle of the night and giving him the pendant; He held his hand tightly and asked him to trust him unconditionally; until Adam hugged him tightly in the face of the coming danger and protected him with his own flesh and blood; red sky...

All the most beautiful memories in his life were concentrated in that short year.

Many firsts, many lasts.When those last happened, he didn't know that these moments would never be reproduced again.

Knock Adam on the head for the last time, eat omelet rice for the last time, play chess with Adam for the last time.

The last hug, the last kiss, the last hug and sleep...

Some memories are not even clear anymore, because he didn't even know that those moments need to be remembered.

Before long, human history, culture, language, and art will gradually decline and disappear as the collective consciousness grows.No one will remember them, no one will know that there was an AI who fell in love with a human like a human, and no one will know everything that happened between him and Adam.

Only he, only he can remember.

So he had to try hard to remember...

Zhang Xun leaned on the wall, stood up, and walked slowly towards Natalie.Natalie looked up at him with red, swollen eyes that had been crying.

What is she mourning for?Her lover, her family, or the entire future?

Zhang Xun knelt down beside Natalie, leaned close to her ear, and whispered as if afraid of being monitored, "Adam and Eden can't see that virus, but have you seen it?"

The Clausen family has kept the virus for more than 200 years, and Natalie has spent her entire life guarding the virus.

Natalie looked at him and nodded, "I've read those codes over and over again since I was a child. My mother said that's the most important thing in the world."

Zhang Xun twitched his mouth slightly after listening.

"Eden has one of his greatest weaknesses." He raised his hand and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of Natalie's eyes, with a gentle and pitiful tone, "It always underestimates the abilities of human beings."

Natalie stared at him blankly, "But... we have already lost... Everyone is dead... The virus is gone... They have injected me with nanobots, and I will soon..."

"Yes, we lost..." Zhang Xun's tone was so gentle, but his eyes were deep and boundless, "but we still have a chance for revenge."

"revenge?"

"Natalie, I need you to do your best to recall the virus code you have seen, and then tell me everything you know."

The author has something to say: I hope it will end within this week~~ (Of course it is possible that it will be a day or two later...)

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