The mechanic.

Zhang Xun returned to his own house for the first time since the seance. The soft bed covered with old but clean cashmere blankets has always helped him fall asleep quickly, but that night he still tossed and turned in the middle of the night before falling asleep.

When he got up in the morning, he chose a clean and tidy mechanic uniform, combed his hair carefully in front of the mirror, hung off the stubble on his chin, and then pinned his usual monolithic microscope to the skirt of his clothes.The window sills in his room and the work table are full of metal parts, mostly old parts replaced from machines, some even rusted.But every once in a while he wants to relax and throw together some gadgets from the parts.

For example, the few mosquito-like micro-robots flying beside his ears now.

These mosquitoes are Zhang Xun's eyes, they can enter the ordinary world quietly and collect data and information under Eden's nose.Since it was made by him privately and was not registered in the machine list of Paradise Lost, he could quietly let them get into the backpacks or pockets of hunters, leave the Herbert barrier of Paradise Lost, and go to the ordinary world to collect information. Then follow the hunters back. There is no remote transmission function to avoid being intercepted by Eden.Zhang Xun used this thing to obtain a lot of the latest technical information in the ordinary world.That's why he's the best mechanic in Paradise Lost.

And now, he's going to use these little things to do something even more dangerous and against Eden's law: gather information about the Ten Chiefs.

No one knew about Zhang Xun's own little research, because Zhang Xun knew what a serious violation it was.If his monitoring behavior is leaked out, I'm afraid he will be dismissed as a mechanic immediately, locked in a dungeon, or even silenced by the round table.But this kind of prohibited behavior that no one knew made him feel a little bit irritated.

He felt that some of the chiefs had a strange attitude towards Adam, and they also had a strong hostility towards him.But rationally speaking, they had already spent too much on the Shenshen plan, so it seemed unreasonable to still consider giving up.And the sixth chief who just took office this year is especially inexplicable hostility towards him, why does he want to replace him so much?

If his father wasn't Zhang Shuo, I'm afraid he would have been removed.

Zhang Xun felt that his position with Adam was too passive, and he couldn't sit still.So he released these tiny robots in the shape of mosquitoes, flies, ants, spiders and cockroaches, and asked them to recognize the "super-daily" events in the life of these chiefs.

The so-called super-daily events refer to events that deviate from a certain interval of daily life after eliminating meaningless and recurring behaviors in a person's daily activity trajectory.Zhang Xun had read when he was a child that most people’s daily activities are as consistent and predictable as insects, and only those occasional out-of-the-ordinary events have great significance for a person’s experience, behavior changes and personality formation.

Zhang Xun briefly tested the performance of the micro-robots, then opened the window and let them out.Then he hurried to the Lab with his tablet and toolbox.

Unlike the Lab that was so quiet that it was almost deserted a few days ago, dozens of battle mechs waiting to be repaired are parked in front of the Lab gate today, and countless mechanics and researchers are assessing the battle damage.These mechas have all participated in the confrontation with the coalition forces a few days ago, and the already old materials look more rusty and mottled in the sunlight.In recent years, the number of mechanical parts brought back by hunters has become less and less, and many parts on the battle armor that are in urgent need of replacement can only be hung in place like a crumbling lump of iron.Soldiers who are willing to fly these things against the coalition's latest Ai drone armor obviously need to have the courage to die.

In fact, Zhang Xun has also trained several combat AIs, but Paradise Lost has too much fear and hatred for AIs, so that those AI fighters have been unable to put them into use for a long time.

Zhang Xun was a little anxious. With so many people, even if most of them were mechanics and researchers, the possible threat to Adam should not be underestimated.He knew what a fascinating and frightening thing Eden was to all mechanics.And Adam as its human carrier will arouse much curiosity and speculation.The Mechanics might even be more dangerous than the Soldiers who have an extreme hatred for Eden, as they have more knowledge and might try to read Adam's Cerebral Module, or even try to change Adam's programming.This is extremely dangerous, because after more than 200 years of continuous autonomous evolution, the complexity of Eden's core cognitive modules has already surpassed human imagination.Zhang Xun himself had peeked at it during his trance, but after only reading a few pieces of code, he knew that it was impossible for humans to understand.

If a mechanic tries to rewrite beyond his control, it may cause unpredictable or even catastrophic consequences.He must do his best to prevent this possibility from happening.

Passing through the busy crowd, many mechanics wearing a single-sided microscopic lens similar to his were nodding to him.He nodded one by one, but he also heard several passing soldiers spitting at him behind him.

Presumably one of those guardsmen who were outraged that Adam had killed the captive.

The originally empty corridors in the Lab are now full of people coming and going.This is another chapter Xun slightly melancholy and irritable.He strode towards his office, but just as he entered the door, he heard Pan tell him, "The security consultants from the round table have arrived, and Fernandez took them to the reception room."

"So fast?" Zhang Xun frowned, "Who is it?"

"It's Captain Sistine of the Guard."

Captain Hugo Sistine, Michael's immediate superior.To put it simply, his personality can be described as an upgraded version of Michael...

Even James, who has a good temper and can get along with everyone, doesn't like his colleagues...

"Understood." Zhang Xun brushed his hair with his hands, which is what he often does when he is irritable. "Tell them, I'll be right there. Then inform Adam to get him ready."

Captain Sistine sat on the somewhat old embroidered sofa, took a sip of the tea brought by a researcher, and looked impatiently at the clock on the opposite fireplace.Michael and his other bodyguard sat on either side of him.The short and noisy mechanic Giulio Fernandez, who was in charge of receiving them, was explaining the layout of the Lab to them endlessly:

"The first floor of the Lab is mainly responsible for the research and development and maintenance of weapons, military supplies and large-scale mechs of the guards. The right-hand side is mainly the factory of the maintenance department, and the left-hand side is mostly the R&D department. The semi-automatic mecha Oracle23 that I am mainly responsible for research and development recently is in the third No. R&D warehouse is equipped with an upgraded version of the stance shield, which can absorb the attack and transform it into its own energy. In addition, there are super-energy laser cannons, and my favorite optical invisibility function, a very sexy baby~ If If you have time, I must take you to see it!" As a crazy technology geek on the same level as Zhang Xun, Fernandez's madness is on another level.He regards all his works as his lover, where he is full of enthusiasm and energy every day, just like a machine version of Frankenstein Frankenstein. "The second floor is mainly responsible for the research and development of the automatic defense device of the Lost Paradise and the anti-Eden monitoring system. A group of boring 'nerds' work there. The third floor is the maintenance and development of some civilian systems, such as the one next to the Lost Lake. The drinking water purification system was designed from there, anyway, it’s all those miscellaneous things, you know. And the fourth floor is some artificial intelligence related research and development. Adam’s observation room is there.”

Sistine's only comment on this was, "When will your principal be in charge? Why can't I just go to the observation room?"

Fernandez looked exaggeratedly terrified, "Trying to enter a place he won't allow? I dare not."

"Hmph? Why? What can he do to you as a mechanic with no power?"

"Everyone knows not to mess with Zhang Xun." Fernandez leaned forward and lowered his voice, as if he was afraid of being heard, "Actually, Zhang Xun is not the scariest thing, but his artificial intelligence Pan. That thing Er is super vindictive. If anyone makes Zhang Xun unhappy, Pan seems to be fine on the surface, and he still speaks with a pleasant face, but he will always find ways to get revenge on you in some of the most tricky places. For example, when you suddenly turn on the sprinkler while you are working and say Be it detecting a fire, or accidentally locking you in the toilet on the way from get off work, or 'allowing' a mouse to get into your toolbox, or adding three times the usual amount of salt to your lunch."

Michael sneered, "Revenge? He is an artificial intelligence, dare to retaliate against humans? Just destroy it."

"Hush!!!" Fernandez looked up at the camera in the corner of the room in panic, "Comrade guard, you pat your ass and leave after saying that, and I will be the one who will eat a month's dark food in the end!"

"Can't you bring your own food?" Another guard sneered.

Fernandez rolled his eyes, "Please, my own cooking is not as good as dark cooking."

At this time the door opened, and Zhang Xun came in with his tablet in his arms, and nodded to the four people in the room, "Sorry, I'm late."

Sistine deliberately looked at his watch, "Although we came here uninvited, I heard that the working hours of the Lab are from 1:[-] am to [-]:[-] pm. According to this world, you, as the person in charge here, are still late. [-] minute. I hope the AI ​​you train won't be as unpunctual as you are."

Zhang Xun didn't make any excuses, just said simply and bluntly, "I'm sorry." Then he offered his hand to Sistine, "Nice to meet you, Captain Sistine."

Sistine shook Zhang Xun's hand casually, stood up slowly, and said in a mocking tone, "Let's go, take me to see this Frankenstein that took so much time and energy to make."

Fernandez added inappropriately at the end, "Well, Frankenstein is actually the crazy doctor who made the monster, not the name of the monster. Many people will get this wrong."

Sistine's face darkened again.

"Fernandez, shut up." Zhang Xun said from the corner of his mouth when he went out.

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There are two ways to enter and exit between different floors: through the elevator in the center of the rotunda at the end of the main corridor on the first floor or the escape ladder on the west side.Zhang Xun explained while leading the way, "Entering the Lab requires Pan's confirmation and authorization. If someone enters without authorization, Pan will automatically start the primary deportation procedure." Zhang Xun said while pressing the elevator button, "I just now The identity of Lieutenant Sistine has been confirmed to Pan."

"Pan is the AI ​​you made yourself, right?"

"Yes."

"Has your AI passed the safety test?"

"Of course it is approved, otherwise the round table would not allow us to use it."

"When did it pass?" Sistine didn't even turn his head to look at Zhang Xun when he said this.At this time, with the sound of gears turning, the elevator has arrived.A group of people walked into the elevator car, Zhang Xun replied, "It was passed five years ago."

"Five years ago? It's been too long. These AIs will evolve by themselves, who knows what they will become." Sistine sneered, and said, "I will report to my superiors and review Pan."

Zhang Xun's cheeks were slightly flushed from suppressing his anger, and Michael's gloating smile on the side added fuel to the fire.

Looking at Fernandez looking around as if nothing had happened, I knew that he must have said some nonsense again...

Compared with the noisy first floor where people come and go, the fourth floor is quiet, only occasionally one or two senior mechanics hurried past like ghosts.Paradise Lost is very wary of artificial intelligence, and most of them even report hostility, so only a few people with the most senior qualifications who have passed the senior mechanic assessment have the authority to enter and exit the fourth floor.

Adjacent to Adam's room is the observation room, and Adam's behavior can be observed through the one-way mirror behind the screen in Adam's room.For many nights before, Zhang Xun would spend the night here. This place is almost like his private room, with many of his personal items, such as water cups, microscopic mirror components, metal components and even simple furniture on the old leather sofa. Futon and pillows are provided.There are monitors of different sizes all over the walls, constantly updating Adam's physiological parameters detected by Pan.Michael looked around and mocked, "You sleep here with your dear Adam every night? Seeing that you are so serious on weekdays, you really have a weird hobby?"

Zhang Xun looked at him coldly, but still pressed the button, and the originally dark one-way mirror immediately became transparent.

"Michael." Sistine yelled symbolically and without pain, looking at the space behind the one-way mirror.

In the seemingly empty room, Adam was wearing linen white trousers and a top, and was doing some strange dancing movements.The legs seem to be fighting each other, and the hands are waving in the air, which looks very funny.

Zhang Xun was also a little surprised, frowning and looking at the one-way mirror.

"What is he doing?" Sistine asked confused.

Michael was also inexplicable, "Something went wrong?"

Zhang Xun stared carefully at Adam's serious expression, repeating some weird movements over and over again.But as the number of repetitions increased, the originally uncoordinated limbs gradually became coherent.

"He's dancing." Zhang Xun concluded, "And it's...a mechanical dance?"

Michael burst out laughing, and Sistine seemed to want to laugh too, but held back.

"Why did he do this? You taught it?" Sistine tried hard to maintain a serious expression on his face.

Zhang Xun was silent for a moment, and said, "No. But he has a lot of information stored in his brain. I think he wants to try to control the human body to practice some of his knowledge... After all, he didn't have much chance when he didn't have a body before."

"But why dance?" Michael didn't understand at all. "Don't he have better things to practice? Like fighting, wrestling or something?"

Zhang Xun shrugged his shoulders as if it should be taken for granted, "He seems to be more interested in the communication and emotional expression between human beings. But he is still adapting to the use of his own body, and occasionally he will stumble when he walks. "

Zhang Xun could clearly feel that something in Sistine and Michael had relaxed a lot.He couldn't help but glance at Adam who looked innocent again, hanging his arm in the air like a pendulum and swinging his forearm, having fun playing with his human body, feeling a little suspicious in his heart.

Adam did it on purpose.

The author has something to say: Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine~: Xia Ran Xia Ran 1

Thanks to the little angel of irrigation nutrient solution~: 10 bottles of nameless black dragon