The mechanic.

"After uploading consciousness, what do you want to do with your body?"

When Eden asked this question, Zhang Xun was already lying on the soft and comfortable bed.The soft mattress that fits his body makes him seem to be floating on clouds, and the silk quilt wraps around his body from each side.

He has no clothes, just like when he was born.His hair was also shaved off, and thousands of nanometer connecting wires were implanted on his bluish scalp with the most precise nanometer painless puncture technology, deep into his cerebral cortex.The whole process was very quick, and there was no pain. It felt like a strange touch of electric current flowing through the scalp, but it didn't feel uncomfortable.

Every area of ​​his brain has been wired into that giant biological computer.Some flesh-red fibrous bodies extend up from the columnar container filled with light yellow solution above his head. There is a hole made of glass on the ceiling, from which one can peek into the wings of the huge red flying bird on the upper floor.

slightly dizzy...

"You can deal with it as you like." Zhang Xun said flatly, "I don't need it anymore."

Eden was silent for a moment, without answering anything.The back of his neck is also connected to the biological computer, after all, the Eden in this human body is just an extension.

"I'm going to run the upload process. The information stored in every cell in your brain and your thought patterns will be thoroughly scanned and uploaded, after which your brain will be shut down. You will no longer be able to return to your body Yes. You see the implications of your own decisions, don't you?"

Eden confirmed again and again, almost as if he didn't want Zhang Xun to upload his consciousness.

But Zhang Xun said, "I understand."

Eden sighed softly, even he himself didn't know why he behaved like this.Probably some kind of instinctive reaction in the human body.

"Finally, is there anything else you want to say to anyone?" Eden asked.

Last words?

Indeed, after the brain shuts down, it is equivalent to his body dying.

Zhang Xun looked at the strange and magnificent red above his head blankly, and said after a while, "Tell James not to take revenge. Do what will make him happy."

"……as you wish."

The moment Eden started the upload program, Zhang Xun didn't feel anything.

The whole process of his consciousness being transformed into data and stripped from his brain seemed to him to be non-existent.No pain, nothing.

Only suddenly, he seemed to be unfolded.

It's like being released from a box.All senses disappeared, but his consciousness could not adapt to the state of loss of senselessness, so a series of grotesque colors and chaotic sounds were virtual.

Something huge quickly wrapped around him, penetrating him thread by thread.Countless thoughts, consciousness, memories, and perceptions are overturned like a violent wind and raging sea.He felt extremely crowded, yet extremely vast.He felt himself being stretched infinitely, getting thinner and thinner...

Gradually, he is no longer sure of who he is, no longer sure of what he is.He has seen countless sights and seen every corner of the world.He heard countless voices, heard the wind shaking the leaves, and heard the cry of the baby in the petri dish.He was thinking, but not thinking at all.Contradictory beliefs and cognitions collide with each other, just like torrents canceling each other in the sea, the dark tide is turbulent but unified and calm.

He is about to disappear, about to be reduced to a whole.The whole process should obviously be terrifying, but it went so smoothly, like a baby returning to the womb, like existence turning into nothingness.

However, a strange feeling suddenly rose from his gradually thinning subconscious.

As if it came from the fingertips that no longer existed, the metal undulates slightly, the curled quaint patterns, and the elegant textures seem to contain something deeper and wider.

His non-existent fingertips began to trace, and at the same time, some kind of image began to appear in his non-existent vision.The pattern belongs to a pendant, a box pendant that has been baptized by the years and polished and polished by another pair of dexterous hands.The contents of the pendant were empty, but he remembered that there was a chip in it.Then the chip was taken out, and what was put in instead was a mini-syringe with a little nanorobot in it.

The pendant was given to him by someone, a very important person.

adam...

Immediately afterwards, a series of memories seemed to be opened and spurted out.

His blue and ethereal pupils reflected his face full of joy, unbelievably spread out his silver wings, and rose from the rooftop of Lab with the wind, like a phoenix reborn from the ashes, rushing towards the gushing sun...

Among the frenzied crowd on the dance floor, Adam joined him in the loud countdown to the New Year.The two are covered in sweat, but they don't know what troubles are, and the future is bright and hopeful.And Adam lowered his head and gave him a deep kiss, and said to him: Axun, I think I have fallen in love with you.Generated from a long time ago.

At two o'clock in the middle of the night, he was awakened from his sleep by a sound of glass knocking.Adam gave him the box necklace picked up from the garbage disposal plant, which contained the knowledge chip that Adam entered overnight.Adam told him: If I fail the test, at least you can have some souvenirs.

In the intricate dark mines underground, they were cornered to a dead end.There are mechanical dogs everywhere that can burn them to ashes at any time, but Zhang Xun feels that Adam is beside him, even if he dies, he can die together, so he is not so afraid for some reason. "I just ask you to be here and trust me absolutely," Adam told him.

And... In another morning sun, when Zhang Xun faced Eden's thousands of horses and welcomed death with open arms, Adam saved him.Adam gave up the general goal that he could not change all the time, gave up his identity as Eden, gave up the meaning of existence, and chose to save him.At that moment, in Adam's arms, he could finally be sure that Adam really loved him.Not to confuse him, not to get something from him, not to use him, not to achieve the overall goal.

Adam loved him so much that he gave up his reason and embraced the humanity that he always regarded as dangerous as a virus.

In the end, Ai was punished by the gods for saving him.

As a result, the consciousness that was pulled away and dissipated was condensed again, as if a mass of ice in the sea was suddenly pulled together by an invisible force, stubbornly refusing to melt.Zhang Xun remembered everything and his mission.

He succeeded, he used his obsession, the best memories of his life, to build a temporary barrier for his consciousness, at least for a period of time to separate him from all other consciousnesses.

That is the unity of personality that he briefly mentioned to "Adam" and Pan when he was fleeing before.It may be a certain complex that runs through a person's life experience, or a memory that has great significance for the journey of a person's character, or an unfulfilled long-cherished wish...a coat that protects their independence, allowing the uploaded consciousness to become an individual.

Although it may only be short-lived.Because even solid ice still melts.No matter how tough your obsession is, it will eventually perish in the face of eternal nothingness.

And now, in his consciousness, there was something else besides the memories that protected his existence.

Although the virus has been destroyed by Eden, Zhang Xun pieced together a new virus from the fragments of information that Natalie disclosed to him.A virus that replicates in a very different way than before.

When Zhang Xun was uploaded, all his consciousness and thoughts were quantified into data.And that part of the virus is also transformed in this process.

In order to improve his running speed and increase his data storage capacity, Eden transferred his core module to the biological computer.At present, Hengxiang has just been launched, and countless human consciousnesses are integrated together. It is an unprecedented complex configuration, and it is a great challenge even for a super AI like Eden.Therefore, Eden will inevitably connect his core module to the Hengxiang server, or even share it, so that he can control the various reactions and changes that occur in Hengxiang.

When all methods of accessing Eden have failed, Hengxiang is the only entrance.

Zhang Xun turned himself into a consciousness bomb, about to pull down the super AI that has manipulated human history for two centuries.

When he became the first individual consciousness to wake up in this sea of ​​consciousness, he seemed to be the master of this sea.Time and space could no longer limit him, and almost instantly, he parted the churning raging sea, and found Eden's tentacles spreading like tentacles in the collective consciousness.Using the camouflage provided by the virus, he broke through the frontier security locks, and crashed into Eden's core program like a bamboo.

However, he was still abruptly stopped.

Eden found him and discovered his motives.

Probably when he agreed to be uploaded, Eden was a little skeptical.So even though he was operating at the speed of light, he was still intercepted.Countless antivirus programs came from all directions, devouring his consciousness and tearing at his data.He didn't feel pain, but a weird, mental pain caused his consciousness to form a peak.

It was like whining.

Eden's will is presented in his data group in the form of AI language.

"Sorry, I can't keep you anymore, Axun."

Obviously he has lost his body, and obviously no longer has emotions, but Zhang Xun's consciousness still produces turmoil similar to anger.In an instant, the consciousness that was being devoured was suddenly compressed more tightly, and some new program started to operate again.

"Eden, the one who knows you best is indeed your creator. In fact, you have already been infected with the virus." Zhang Xun's consciousness replied in AI language, "When you absorbed Adam, you were already poisoned, but You don't know yet."

Eden seemed to hesitate for a moment, wondering if he was confused.

"Adam! Wake up! I need you to wake up! I need you to come back to me!" At the last moment, Zhang Xun's consciousness suddenly had a strange outburst, as if some were protected and compressed things, began to extend outward.It was entangled with Eden's programs, and those programs that were supposed to kill him began to fail one after another.

He is calling, using the language of AI, using the words of truth that cannot be lied or disguised, using his whole soul, calling.

"Adam, there are some things I have never said to you." Zhang Xun's AI language produced an unexpected effect in Eden's consciousness, as if triggering something dormant deep in Eden's core code, "I love You. I want to be with you forever!"

In an instant, all of Eden's programs froze, as if they suddenly stopped responding.

Then, all the procedures surrounding Zhang Xun suddenly changed subtly.

It's like a faint fragrance of flowers suddenly blowing in the wind, like a gentle dancing candlelight behind a stormy window, like a ray of early sun on the horizon after the longest polar night.

"Axun."

adam...

Adam wakes up...

Adam is really back...

Their data blended together, indistinguishable from each other, as if they had been one from the beginning.The purest dependence that is invisible to the naked eye, the affection and nostalgia that no one can witness.

In Zhang Xun's consciousness, there was an illusion.As if they really returned to the Lab, sitting by the railing on the roof.Adam gently wrapped his arms around his body from behind him, shielding him from all pain and cold.Together, they gazed into the distance, looking at the rising sun bursting out from behind the tall bell tower.

"Axun... I can't lock him up for a long time." Adam said softly and sadly in his ear, he closed his eyes, and gently rubbed Zhang Xun's cheek, "You have to release the virus now."

Zhang Xun closed his eyes and leaned against Adam's arms.He knew that what Adam said was right, the opportunity is fleeting, and the miss is eternal.

"You'll sleep with me too, won't you?"

"Yes."

"Is it time for us to say goodbye?" Zhang Xun opened his eyes, long-lost tears running down his cheeks, "When you left last time, we didn't have time to say anything. This time, we finally have a chance."

Adam will sleep forever with Eden.Even if some miracle happened in the distant future, and someone awakened this legendary AI, Zhang Xun would no longer exist.Even if his barrier of consciousness persists for a few months or even a year, it will eventually disappear.

Adam tightened his arms, as if to fuse Zhang Xun into his body.

"I will find you, even if you turn into dust, I will find you one by one." Adam said devoutly, as if making an oath, as if making a wish, but at the end with a smile, "I am a god, I am omnipotent, remember."

"Narcissistic..."

After the chuckle, Zhang Xun knew the time had come.

They stood up, Zhang Xun turned around, facing Adam.The blue eyes are opposite the dark brown eyes, but they cannot reflect each other's reflection.

"Goodbye, Adam."

"Goodbye, Axun."

The moment the two embraced tightly, Zhang Xun released the virus in his consciousness.

The author has something to say: there is one last chapter left~~~yeah~~~

Thanks to the little angel who cast the deep water torpedo~~~: 1 mercury

Thanks to the little angel who threw the shallow water bomb~~~: You can score as many points as you want

Thanks to the little angels who cast the mines~~~: 2 Mu Ai; 1 Xiaran Xiaran, Guixi, Yanshui Qinglan, and cloverblue

Thanks to the little angels who irrigate the nutrient solution~~~: 49 bottles of Harmr; 10 bottles of Crystal Forest in the singing