The mechanic.

The corridor on the fourth floor of the Lab is like a huge and winding pipe. From the vaulted ceiling hangs a sensor bulb that will only light up with sound and movement, and the dim light illuminates a silent figure on the bench.

James followed Fernandez out of the elevator, and saw Zhang Xun sitting on the cushioned bench outside the gate of Adam and the observation room, looking down at the tablet computer in his arms, using a pen Write and draw on the screen.

"You haven't been sitting here since the morning, are you?" Fernandez fussed. "I heard that this simulation will last until ten o'clock in the evening. Do you want to sit here all day without eating or drinking?"

Zhang Xun raised his head and was slightly surprised when he saw James, "Why are you here?"

"Today is your and Adam's 'big day', how can I not come to see~" James joked.

Zhang Xun rolled his eyes and didn't want to pay attention to the other party's teasing, "Are you here for dinner? Don't worry, I've told Pan not to cook dark dishes for you anymore. You can go directly to the cafeteria."

James laughed dryly, "I wouldn't dare to go to the cafeteria by myself without you..."

"Lieutenant James, I apologize again for the orange fried broccoli last time." Pan's sincere and magnetic voice sounded in the air, "Don't worry, I will prepare more ones that suit your taste in the future gourmet food."

James turned pale when he heard that, and quickly raised his hands towards a camera in the sky, "Don't, don't, don't! I made a mistake, Big Brother Pan! I shouldn't have sued Axun!"

Zhang Xun chuckled a few times and asked, "Pan, how is the situation in the room?"

"Lieutenant Sistine is resting on Adam's bed, and Dr. Guzberg is watching the readings displayed on the simulator screen," Pan replied.

"How is Adam?"

"Judging from the readings of physical signs, Adam's heart rate increased significantly half an hour ago, and the secretion of sweat glands increased, probably due to some stressful situations encountered in virtual reality. But the readings have now begun to return to stability."

Zhang Xun sighed.During this day, Adam's heart rate soared significantly several times, and he didn't know what kind of situation was set in the simulated environment.He suspects that he himself is also within the settings of the simulator, and he just hopes that those people don't set him up as a jerk...

In addition to this incident, the last words of Pati, whom he had talked to before, also irritated him.Under Bug's monitoring, he was sure that the other two hadn't mentioned his "little trick" to Patty, but Patty guessed something.Is it based on the look, language and behavior of those two people?Or by his own actions?

There was an odd sense of creepiness about the taciturn psychologist, quite different from the well-managed comfort he usually had with other therapists.

Fernandez looked at the door curiously.As a scientific madman who has a deeper affection for man-made machines than for humans, Adam is like a legendary sacred object. Any mechanic wants to take a look at it. It is best to say a few words and ask some questions... It's a pity that Zhang Xun took care of Adam very closely. Even his deputy didn't have much chance to chat with Adam.He said with some pity, "If Adam fails, will I never have the chance to talk to the greatest invention in the world?"

"He will pass." Zhang Xun's tone was beyond doubt.

"If you are so confident, why do you still stay here?"

Zhang Xun glanced at Fernandez and said haughtily, "I am willing."

Since Zhang Xun was unwilling to leave the fourth floor no matter what, James had to follow Fernandez to the Lab cafeteria for a dinner in fear (fortunately, Pan didn't put Mexican peppers in his curry rice), and packed a bag by the way. Bring a pulled pork roll to Zhang Xun.After spanking Zhang Xun casually for a while, Fernandez went back to the first floor to tinker with his new semi-automatic "human weapon" Oracle23.Zhang Xun absently nibbled on the burrito, while James held a can of beer and chatted while drinking, "We're going hunting next month."

Zhang Xun's chewing paused for a second, and his brows were frowned, "Hasn't all hunting activities been suspended recently? The new server in North America is almost completed, and a large number of mechanical policemen are allowed to enter the country by the Canadian government, even if you are only active around the Rocky Mountains The risk is too great."

"The last air bomb destroyed the ecological environment around here. We don't have enough wood. Many of the damaged fighter planes in the army still lack essential parts. In addition, we finally got in touch with the group of Russian arms dealers. Now, the round table wants more weapons, and also wants to find an opportunity to inquire about the situation in several other refugee countries. After all, the situation is getting more and more tense, and isolation is not the way." James squeezed the empty beer can, from He took out a cigarette from his pocket and put it in his mouth, but he didn't light it, it just smelled like chewing tobacco.He knew that Zhang Xun did not allow anyone to smoke in the Lab to avoid a fire.

Zhang Xun looked at him worriedly, "How many groups are the Round Table planning to send out?"

"This time there is only one of our regiments. The fewer people there are, the less likely it is to be discovered."

It's too dangerous... Zhang Xun feels more and more that the balance of power in the round table seems to have changed slightly, from the previous passive policy of protecting oneself to becoming more and more aggressive.

"Before you leave, I can probably make the bulletproof suit I told you about last time." Zhang Xun thought about all the preparations he could make for James, "I can use bugs to help you find the way, and once I find the mechanical police You will know the trace immediately."

"Okay, okay, I'll just mention it to you casually, it's not the first time I've led a group out."

"The situation is different now. You must be careful!" Zhang Xun lowered his voice, as if he was afraid of being overheard, "I was asked by the round table to test and evaluate the neutralizer program of the Seventh Regiment last week, so I know This matter: the last time the [-]th regiment went out to the robot police to try to capture them, and finally three people were caught. The captain started the prisoner confirmation process in time, but only the neutralizers on two people were successfully activated, and the neutralizer on the remaining one There was a communication failure. The round table refused to report this matter, only saying that all three people died.”

In order to prevent those who went hunting from being captured by Eden to extract the internal information of Paradise Lost, a "neutralizer" was implanted in the neck aorta of every member of the army, including members of the hunting group.When a member is captured by the robot police, the member can choose to activate the neutralizer on his body, the micro-explosion will destroy the aorta, and the captured person will die of massive hemorrhage shock in the shortest possible time.If the captive does not actively activate, the captain can activate the captive's neutralizer through the "captive confirmation" program carried on his body.If the captive is the captain, three other team members need to start the capture confirmation process at the same time to activate the neutralizer.But because they dare not use satellite signals to activate the neutralizer, they are afraid that Eden will control the signal, so they can only use electromagnetic waves to control it.But because of this, this kind of neutralizer has a certain distance limit. After exceeding the limit, it can no longer be activated even if the prisoner is confirmed.After returning from hunting each time, if the number of hunting groups decreases, the round table will check the recorder video and member records on each person. If the captain or team members maliciously confirm the captives, the entire hunting group will be sent to a military court.It could end up with the death penalty or brainwashing into exile.

Most of the time, the captives will initiate the neutralization process themselves, because everyone knows what happens after being captured by Eden.Eden does not use torture to force information like humans, but it uses some so-called "painless" methods to directly stimulate the captive's brain, and the captive has no way to lie or remain silent, but these methods usually irreversible damage to the brain.After extracting all the information, Eden will castrate the captive whose personality has been completely destroyed, and then send him to a "sanatorium".

Even so, neutralization failures still occasionally occur.For example, the entire hunting group led by Diego lost contact more than ten years ago. No one knew whether the entire group was captured or wiped out, nor did they know how many neutralizers were activated. The plan is only known to a small number of mechanics in the round table and the Lab, so the secrets will not be leaked.After Diego came back, he was also sent to the empathy simulator, and underwent a series of complex assessments to confirm that he had never been captured or instigated, so he was kept.

In recent years, because Paradise Lost has been in a dormant state, it has formed a certain degree of coexistence with the surrounding Canada and the United States. There are fewer mechanical policemen near Rocky Mountain, and it is almost no longer necessary to activate neutralization condition of the device.But after the latest bombing, apparently the Robo-Police are trying to catch people again.

James looked at him in astonishment, "What?! It's been a long time since the robot policeman tried to capture someone alive! And how could the neutralizer have a communication failure?"

"There is no problem with the confirmation device itself. I suspect that Eden has developed some new method that can block the signal sent by the confirmation device to the neutralizer." Zhang Xun looked solemn, "In any case, the hunter was captured alive .With Eden's means, it must have known about the seance plan. From now on it will try to capture or eliminate all members of Paradise Lost, because it is not yet sure which one is Adam."

James ran his hands through his hair irritably, "Damn it, what the hell is Eden trying to do?!"

Eden needs an enemy, an external enemy to maintain stability... It needs Paradise Lost, but it can't allow Paradise Lost to get out of control, so it wants prisoners, and it needs to know what Paradise Lost is doing with its servers.

"In short, bring the bugs. Once you find traces of the mechanical police, evacuate immediately, and don't try to fight them." Zhang Xun pursed his lips, "I will go talk to my dad, now is really not a good time to go out... "

Both he and James knew that the probability of persuading Zhang Shuo was too low... Especially when James was his student, Zhang Shuo would never favor others.But even if he would not be selfish, Zhang Shuo would not deliberately let his favorite student die... It seems that someone is eyeing Zhang Shuo, and it is likely to be a rising chief...

The more Zhang Xun thought about it, the more worried he became, and he couldn't eat anymore.Seeing this, James sighed, "I shouldn't have told you about this..."

"No, thank you for telling me. Haven't you noticed that someone at the round table is following us? I'm not sure why, but I'll definitely figure it out." Zhang Xun's eyes were smoldering with anger, and something strange Perseverance and perseverance to achieve the goal.The expression at this moment is almost the same as that of Zhang Shuo.James thought to himself, Commander Zhang still said that Zhang Xun was not like him all day long, as if he was carved out of the same mold...

But at this time, Pan suddenly said, "The assessment is complete, and they are opening the empathy simulator."

"Already finished?!" Zhang Xun said in amazement, looking at the time, it was only less than nine o'clock.

Haven't heard from Pan's report that Adam has any abnormal physical readings?

At this time, the closed door of Adam's room was slowly opening.

The author has something to say: Yesterday, I put up the V entry notice, and today I would like to tell everyone that Wenwen will enter V tomorrow, and there will be three updates~

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