The mechanic.

With Adam's help, the Chemistry Department quickly configured the female pheromone spray to confuse the mechanical soldiers.The problem is that they don't have mechanical soldiers in their hands, so they can't test the combined effectiveness of the spray and the stealth suit made by Zhang Xun.

Unless... Let Adam create a detection device installed on an external mechanical soldier.

Zhang Xun submitted the report to the military department. To his surprise, Zhang Shuo agreed this time.But the requirement can only be a detection device, not a complete mechanical soldier.And the entire manufacturing process must be supervised by a safety consultant.

So now Sistine comes to the Lab every morning to supervise Adam's work.

Zhang Xun could see that Sistine really didn't want to sit here and waste time, but the orders from his superiors had to be carried out.And he himself has no intention of continuing to compete with the captain who has been pinned down by him, so he treats him with courtesy all the time. In order to prevent him from getting bored, he specially invites the noisy Fernandez to chat with him.

Although most of the time Sistine sat on the sofa in the observation room with his hands on his forehead with a headache, while Fernandez was talking non-stop.

In the afternoon, when Adam's work came to an end and Sistine left, Zhang Xun would find some excuse to take Adam out of the Lab and go to the garbage disposal plant to continue learning fighting skills from Diego.

Both of them tacitly did not mention what happened in the reference room on the second floor that night...

Only occasionally, such as now, when Zhang Xun inadvertently raised his head, he saw Adam not far away concentrating on beating the sandbag in front of him, repeating the attacking action tirelessly over and over again, and the muscles on his shoulders and back swelled with force , the sweat in the hair swayed in the increasingly yellowish sunlight, refracting crystal colors.Unknowingly, he was a little lost in thought.

The touch of that kiss stayed vividly on his lips.

His first kiss, he never expected to give it like this... It was almost as if it had been brutally snatched away...

A little annoyed, but not as angry as I thought.He just didn't understand what Adam's purpose was.

Maybe it was Adam who saw that Zhang Xun was a lonely, sad, middle-aged otaku longing for warmth.And after Adam has been in contact with more people these days, he gradually understands that he has a strong attraction to many people, so he speculates that using this abrupt kiss to express intimacy breaks Zhang Xun's psychology The line of defense further deepened his emotional dependence on Adam.

This is Zhang Xun's own rational analysis.But the less rational side kept asking: Could it be true?

But even if it is true, it is not the same as the so-called "like".Mature artificial intelligence usually has some degree of dependence on its own administrators, just like Pan has some differences between him and others.Could it be this dependence that made Adam think he liked him?It's just because he was the first person he saw after he became a human being, and he was also the one who taught him how to live in a human body.

While wanting to believe that Adam really has a special dependence on him, he kept telling himself that it was impossible.Zhang Xun felt more and more that he was really pathetic.

At this time, as if feeling Zhang Xun's fiery gaze, Adam turned his head.Zhang Xun immediately turned his eyes away, pretending to concentrate on looking at the tablet computer in his arms, never raising his head.

Adam's eyes were softer, and the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned.

"Don't look at it, don't look at it, don't you feel tired of watching you all day long?" Diego urged Adam impatiently, "Hurry up and finish practice, I'm going back to watch the ball."

"Judging from the frequency of your watching football after I met you, you have watched the replay of the World Cup final at least 120 times or more. Don't you bother?"

"Shut up, brat, believe it or not, I'll beat you until you find your teeth all over the floor?"

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After Adam's scouting instrument was completed, Zhang Xun asked James to put on his newly developed stealth combat suit and a helmet made of the same material, and then sprayed a circle of pheromone reagent made by the Department of Chemistry on his body.James walked around the scouting instrument three times, but the red warning light on the scouting instrument did not light up.

"It really works!" James laughed loudly, his voice was a bit dull but full of excitement from the communication port on the mask, "Then we can swagger through the mechanical soldiers?"

"We still have to be cautious. We don't know if Eden will upgrade the mechanical soldiers after the God's descending plan." Compared with the excitement of the pharmacists, researchers, and mechanics around him, he seemed full of concerns, "You still have to Try to avoid the mechanical soldiers, it is best to maintain a safe distance of at least two hundred yards."

"Okay! I listen to you!" James gave Zhang Xun a big hug, "You are the hero of our hunting group!" Zhang Xun also smiled and patted him on the back, but through James' shoulder, Seeing Adam frowned slightly.

Zhang Xun pretended not to see anything, and broke free from James' bear hug, "I have to finish writing the use report quickly, and see you at the headquarters this afternoon."

In the afternoon, Zhang Xun rushed to the headquarters with the report he had finished during lunch time.Zhang Shuo only had half an hour to see him at 02:30, so he had to run all the way there.When I arrived at the headquarters, I was already sweating.He waited in Zhang Shuo's office for 15 minutes before Zhang Shuo came in in a hurry. He didn't even look up at him when he entered the room. Evaluation report.Zhang Shuo flipped through the paper quickly, his shrewd eyes quickly scanned the rows of forms.

After a while, he finally said, "That detection device was made by Adam."

"Yes."

"How do we know if he cut corners and deliberately misled us?"

"Commander, Adam has passed the assessment."

Zhang Shuo raised his head and glanced at his son who was standing respectfully.Then he threw the report in his hand on the table, sat down on the leather armchair, leaned back and examined Zhang Xun, and tapped the table with his fingertips a few times.

"Okay, you test a few more times, and if the results are consistent, I will approve the hunting group to use these equipment next month."

Zhang Xun was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect his father to agree so simply this time, that he didn't ask any more problems to make things difficult for him.He quickly answered yes, and then planned to run away quickly.

But when he was about to open the door to go out, Zhang Shuo suddenly said, "I heard people say that you and that Adam are very close?"

Zhang Xun's shoulders stiffened, and he turned to look at his father.

Zhang Shuo didn't show any expression, it was hard to see if he was being sarcastic or angry.

"I'm his mechanic, and I'm in charge of controlling all his actions, that's all." Zhang Xun replied calmly.

"Preferably." Zhang Shuo picked up the pen on his desk and began to review another document, "You are weak and trustworthy, and you like things like machines. I hope you remember that what you are facing is A thing that was able to play with billions of human beings 100 years ago, sometimes you think you are in control, but you have actually become its puppet unknowingly. In short, remember your position.”

Zhang Xun lowered his eyes and replied respectfully, "I understand."

Zhang Shuo ignored him.He left in a hurry.

Rumors... Rumors have spread against them.He must pay more attention to his and Adam's behavior in front of people, and don't follow the truth.

Now he began to regret that he chose such a beautiful body for Adam... A good appearance will always attract disputes...

However, this was just the beginning. When the female pheromone spray was included in the munitions, many soldiers blew up their nests.

"Let us spray women's scent today, maybe tomorrow we will all be turned into women!"

"Fuck, why don't you just send us skirts and wigs?"

"What good ideas can these artificial intelligences have! They are obviously boiling frogs in warm water and slowly assimilating us!"

Such extreme and indignant speeches were circulated everywhere in the barracks. Interestingly, most of the angry ones were ordinary soldiers, not members of the hunting regiment who used the spray most often.Hunters know how dangerous it can be out there, and anything that increases their chances of survival is good for them.

Zhang Xun completely ignored those mindless comments, stepped up and perfected his new hunting uniform, and handed it over to the military factory for production.After that, I have to go to the factory to check the quality from time to time.I'm so busy every day that I don't even have time to eat.In this way, he and Adam have fewer chances to meet. Most of the time, Adam stays in his own room, doing some strength training by himself, and then occasionally plays chess with Pan, and speaks some AI language inadvertently Give Pan a reference.

Soon, one month's time is up.The hunting group put on Zhang Xun's new battle uniform, sprayed with pheromone spray, and was ready to go behind the huge city gate in the first district.

Zhang Xun stuffed a few bugs and a microscopic mirror into James' hands, "If the bugs detect mechanical soldiers, you can see them in the microscopic mirror. I'd rather walk a little longer than avoid them, you know?"

James, who was wearing a helmet and hadn't put down his goggles, smiled brightly at him, "Don't worry! I'm not a rookie who went out for the first time!"

The tall and heavy steel gate of Paradise Lost slowly opened amidst the rumbling sound of countless gears rubbing against each other. The forest outside that was destroyed by air bombs had turned into a piece of scorched earth, and the remains of trees were lying on the ground in disorder. After such a long time, there is still a faint burning smell.James finally counted the number of people in the team, a total of 15 people, lined up and walked towards the gap opened by the giant door.

Zhang Xun stood where he was, watching their figures disappear outside the gate, his heart seemed to be hung by a thin thread.

In the next few days, Zhang Xun was restless and lost his mind repeatedly.Once I even burned my hand when I was welding a conductor with a small electric welder.He let out a low cry of pain, only to see Adam who was sitting next to him helping Alloy to replace the hind leg parts jumped up, pulled Zhang Xun up and dragged him to the sink, turned on the water pipe and grabbed Zhang Xun to be scalded Wash hands under ice water.

"I know how to deal with it myself!" Zhang Xun wanted to break away from Adam's hand in embarrassment.

Adam then looked at Zhang Xun seriously, "Okay, you continue to rinse yourself, and you have to rinse for at least 10 minutes."

"Too much waste of water..."

"Ten minutes is a must." Adam's tone was unquestionable, and then he turned to find the first aid kit on the shelf. "The risk of infection of scalded wounds is very high, and there will be serious consequences if they are not handled correctly."

Zhang Xun had no choice but to bathe in cold water for 10 minutes, only to feel that his fingers were numb from the cold, but he didn't feel much pain.Back at the table, Adam carefully applied ointment to Zhang Xun's wound and wrapped it up with gauze.Zhang Xun looked at Adam's expression of concentrating on it as if there was only one thing left to do in the world.

Somehow, my heart melted, like snow was melting.

"Are you worried about James?" Adam finished dressing, put his hand down gently, and raised his head to ask.

Zhang Xun nodded, "It's been seven days, hunting groups rarely go out for so long..."

"But we didn't observe any changes, and we didn't hear the sound of firefighting."

"They're going to meet with that arms dealer, and they may even leave the range of Rocky Mountain." Zhang Xun frowned tightly, and he hasn't let go these days. Disappeared, like Diego's team."

Adam was about to say something when Pan's voice suddenly sounded.

"Zhang Xun, a messenger left a message from the headquarters, asking you to take Adam there as soon as possible."

Now?

Zhang Xun stood up and asked, "Did you say what it is?"

"The members of the hunting group just came back." Pan paused, and continued, "but James Kugel didn't come back."