The mechanic.

Adam successfully passed the psychological assessment, and this incident caused another big wave in Paradise Lost.

The attitude of the roundtable is still unclear, but for several days in a row, there have been unauthorized phobic people protesting and clamoring outside the Lab, holding huge banners full of curse words.Some people even threw rotten vegetables and wine bottles at the entrance of the Lab, making quite a few mechanics and researchers afraid to come to work at all.

On the third day, when a mecha being repaired was destroyed by several protesters, the military finally sent people to drive the troublemakers away.

At the same time, Zhang Xun locked himself in his personal research and development room, trying to create the first nano-bendable screen material that is almost as thin as ordinary cloth.If the manufacture is successful, he hopes to put such a thing on the hunting uniform of the hunting group.When necessary, as long as the soldier wraps himself completely under this material without gaps, the surrounding environment can be projected onto the clothes through the miniature cameras all over the body, making people invisible to a certain extent.This technology may not be able to completely deceive the human eye, but it should be enough to deal with relatively simple mechanical police.

He took off the microscopic lens on his right eye and rubbed his sore eyes.Turning to look at another computer screen showing the condition of Adam's room.Adam was practicing push-ups on the ground. From the perspective of the monitor, he could see through his sweat-soaked undershirt the muscles on his back that were protruding due to exertion, with vivid light and shadow.

Zhang Xun quickly turned his eyes away, and after a while, he couldn't help but look up again.His throat was suddenly a little thirsty, so he hurriedly picked up the water glass and took a few sips of water.

"The protest crowd has been dispersed by the guard."

Pan's sudden voice startled Zhang Xun, choked water into his nose, and coughed for a long time on the table in embarrassment.

Pan asked with concern, "Zhang Xun, do you need support?"

"Pan! How many times have I told you not to speak like this suddenly!"

"Sorry." Pan replied gently.

"No, you won't be sorry..." Zhang Xun muttered, these artificial intelligences are so good at acting...

But when I think that their "acting" skills are also trained by themselves, I feel that I really have no position to complain.He relented and said, "If anyone comes back to work, let them in."

"Zhang Xun, if there are troublemakers who come back after the guards leave, can I activate the No. [-] expulsion system?"

Zhang Xun sighed, looked up at the camera in mid-air, "You seem to want to activate the No. [-] expulsion system?"

When the protesters first arrived, Pan asked him almost every day if he wanted to activate the No. [-] expulsion system... Among all the expulsion systems, the No. The most exciting and uncomfortable for human beings.Some people who have heard that noise can develop earworms, screaming in their head for days, can't stop even in sleep.

No wonder James and Fernandez often complained to him that Pan was too evil, but he didn't think so.Pan is the most complex and successful butler AI he has trained, and he will try his best to execute all actions that meet the goal of "maintaining the safety of the Lab and the owner of the Lab".Zhang Xun thinks that these people don’t know enough about artificial intelligence, or they are biased, or they don’t know how to use it.People always like to project their thoughts on the things around them. They don't understand that the consciousness system of AI is completely different from that of humans, and there is no such thing as likes and dislikes.It only executes and does not execute.

But now it seems... what they said is not groundless...

"This is for the safety of you and all the researchers." Pan's tone was still brisk and healed, "The high-frequency noise of the No. Muscle soreness, nausea, headaches and other side effects, I think it is a very mild punishment."

Zhang Xun leaned back on the chair, thought about it seriously, and finally made up his mind and nodded, "It's better to give some punishment appropriately, lest they think we are soft persimmons."

"Okay." There was no obvious joy in Pan's tone, it was still peaceful and magnetic, but I don't know if it was an illusion, I could feel a little lightness...

At this time, Zhang Xun felt a thin tingling pain on his arm.When installing the "probe" on Adam's forehead, Zhang Xun made some improvements on the microcomputer implanted in his arm that was originally used to remotely control the miniature bomb on the back of Adam's neck.Normally, his arm looks the same, but when he activates the controller, a control interface will appear in his microscopic mirror, which not only shows Adam's current brain wave condition and coordinate position, but also the needle of the probe. Everything captured by the hole camera.When Adam's brain activity spikes, such as when he's concentrating on something and causing a mood swing, the controller implanted in his arm vibrates slightly.

He looked up at the monitor screen, and saw that Adam was stretching the muscles of his arms. While stretching, he raised his head slightly, smiled at the camera, and waved his hands.

Adam seems to be "calling" him in this way a lot lately...

But Zhang Xun didn't plan to talk to him.

In the past three days, due to the unevenness outside, Zhang Xun was worried that someone would rush in, so he never allowed Adam to leave his room.The first time this kind of call happened, Zhang Xun didn't even look at the monitor, left the work in his hands at a critical moment, and rushed to Adam's room in a hurry, thinking that Adam had some sequelae of the simulator.As a result, the other party looked at him innocently and told him that he just wanted to test the sensing ability of the "probe".

Zhang Xun was so angry that he almost wanted to put him on standby...

When it happened the second time and the third time, Zhang Xun gradually understood that Adam was testing his bottom line.Test how much you care about him.

The relationship between people is often a process of testing each other's bottom line.In the past month since the seance, Adam has been trying to push his bottom line, whether it was intentional or not, but Zhang Xun suspected that it was more intentional.

This time, Zhang Xun made up his mind to ignore him.

After a while, he looked up again and saw Adam sitting on the sofa with his back straight, his hands neatly placed on his lap, and his eyes looking eagerly at the camera.And the sensor under the skin of Zhang Xun's arm has been vibrating slightly.

The overwhelmed Zhang Xun dropped the materials in his hand irritably, walked towards the elevator and went straight up to the fourth floor with his whole body burning with flames, scanned his pupils impatiently and entered Adam's room.

"As I said, you can ask Pan to notify me if something happens." Zhang Xun's voice was cold and without warmth, "I'm very busy."

"Axun, are you angry with me?" Adam tilted his head slightly, his ethereal eyes looked innocent, "What did I do wrong?"

"You didn't accidentally increase your peak brainwaves and interrupt my work, do you think you did the right thing?"

"I'm sorry. But sometimes my peak brainwaves are out of my control." Adam spread his hands and explained earnestly and helplessly, "You rarely show up these days, and I'm not allowed to go out to find you. So when I hope When I see you, there will naturally be a peak. Human emotions are still very foreign to me, and it is difficult to manipulate."

Adam is doing things like this again...

Zhang Xun realized that Adam had probably found some kind of weakness in himself, and he had been putting pressure on this weakness in his character to counter-control himself.But Zhang Xun has no evidence, only speculation.

The more there is no evidence, the more Zhang Xun feels uneasy and feels... depressed.

He hoped he was wrong.

He still didn't have an answer to the questions Adam asked him the night he passed the simulator test.He didn't know what he wanted Adam to be more like a machine or more like a person.Zhang Xun doesn't like most of the human beings he has encountered or learned about, and he doesn't like the narrowness, selfishness and irrationality in human nature.But he also expects to find something related to these characteristics from the machine that has shaved these things, such as desire, care, and dependence... While knowing rationally that he can't find it, he can't help wanting it at the same time.

This is probably why he is willing to spend ten years of hard work on the séance plan.He wants a creation that can fulfill all his wishes, a fusion of machine and human, a new race created by himself.

"Adam, if you want to go out, you can walk around as you like from now on. Now that the protest is over, as long as you don't leave the Lab, I won't restrict your activities. Satisfied?" Zhang Xun finished speaking, turned around and wanted to leave.But just after walking a few steps, his wrist was suddenly pulled.

Adam's hand was still strong, but it obviously relaxed immediately.Zhang Xun turned to look at Adam impatiently.

"Axun, I'm sorry, I will try my best to control my emotional activities." Adam looked at him without blinking, and his tone was steady and sincere, "Please don't be angry."

Zhang Xun wanted to pull his hand away, but Adam didn't let go.Zhang Xun frowned, feeling that Adam was getting more and more presumptuous, showing his wrist watch threateningly.Adam immediately let go obediently, with a slightly frightened expression on his face.

I probably didn't expect that Zhang Xun would really consider using an electric shock collar?

Originally, it was just to scare him, but seeing Adam's reaction, Zhang Xun also felt a little guilty.He sighed and said, "I'm not angry. I'm worried about the hunting group, and I'm a little irritable."

"Hunting group? I remember you chatting with James, the round table has suspended all hunting activities."

"No. James and the others will go out next month." Zhang Xun's hair is disheveled, and his eye circles are dark. He obviously hasn't slept well these days. "Now there are traces of mechanical police in the area of ​​Rocky Mountain. Eden wants Catch it alive."

"Ah." Adam said clearly, "He wants to find out about me."

"You know yourself best, don't you?" Zhang Xun smiled sarcastically, and felt that this matter had nothing to do with Adam, so he restrained his sharp attitude and spoke softly, "Don't worry about this. You have passed the test , when the limelight passes, I can take you out of the Lab. You can continue to practice fighting skills with Diego. We will also have the opportunity to design some new systems and mechanisms. Overall, your situation is safe too much."

"Axun, I can help you." Adam took a step forward.Being much taller than Zhang Xun made him look down at his mechanic slightly, his eyes were as soft as unpolluted lake water, "I am afraid that no one in Paradise Lost understands mechanical police better than me."

This is...

Zhang Xun looked back into Adam's eyes, considering the feasibility of Adam helping him.Now that Adam passed the test, although he knew that Adam had "cheated", no one else knew.This kind of situation always feels a little unsafe.

But as he himself said, wouldn't it be too stupid if they didn't dare to use Adam's ability after spending so much effort?Although the empathy simulator has failed on Adam, his control over Adam is still there. There are three controls in total, from the collar, to the probe, to the miniature bomb that Adam himself doesn't know... If so many insurances can't Reassure yourself, wouldn't you be as stupid as those neurotic mechanophobes?

Zhang Xun then raised his jaw and said provocatively, "Yes, but all your ideas and designs must be clearly told to me. The real hands-on and manufacturing must be done by me, and you can only observe. "

Adam then grinned, the smile was so bright that people had the illusion that they couldn't open their eyes.

"Yes, my mechanic."