The mechanic.

Lab, located not far from Warehouse No. 8, is one of the few places in Lost Paradise that has more advanced technology. It seems that several huge rusty iron boxes of different shapes are randomly stacked on top of each other, and the outside is wrapped like a spider web. A typical pipeline system, huge solar panels lined up on the roof, and several chimneys that keep emitting steam.The inner structure is even more complicated, with many narrow fork roads branching off from the main corridor, and the fork roads branching off again, and the structure of each of the upper three floors is quite different.Even the mechanics and researchers who work here need to be familiar with most of the areas after a year.All entrances are protected by pupil identification locks, and the two doors are made of heavy alloy, driven by countless huge gears spliced ​​together.This Lab can be regarded as Zhang Xun's real "home". The time he spent here far exceeded the time he spent in his humble hut.

After the success of the trance, Zhang Xun's first arduous task was to find a way to safely transfer Adam to the Lab.The countless soldiers outside who were eager to tear Eden into pieces were simply countless roadblocks, and he couldn't even trust the so-called guards assigned by the Round Table.In the end, he wrote dozens of pages of application form, and then contacted James to help him talk, and finally got approval from his father and the round table to build a temporary airtight passage from Warehouse No. 8 to the Lab with parts of discarded pipes.In this way, from the warehouse to the Lab, no one will encounter anyone who may pose a threat to Adam, minimizing the possibility of a loss of control.

Zhang Xun took out the woolen coat he had prepared in advance from the locker, and wrapped Adam who shivered into a heap of fear or cold.Adam sat on the operating table, allowing Zhang Xun to pull his arm into the sleeve, and looked down at Zhang Xun carefully buttoning him up.

"What are you going to do next?" Adam's voice sounded much calmer than before, but probably because he is not used to using human vocal organs, his articulation is very strange, as if there is an eggplant in his mouth, so listen carefully in order to understand.

Zhang Xun raised his head and met Adam's wide-open eyes.It's really strange, when the original owner of these eyes occupied this body, they were just a pair of pretty eyes.But now that Adam has settled in, he somehow feels more ethereal.

"I will take you to your new home Lab. I will study you there and domesticate you."

"Taming me means turning me into your slave?"

"..." Zhang Xun frowned, "I don't like the term slave."

"You'll dictate my actions, dictate my fate, have the right to do anything to me or forbid me to do anything, and I won't be able to resist, will you?" Adam asked in a matter-of-fact tone.

"... I guess..."

"Then I am your slave." Adam concluded with satisfaction.

Zhang Xun sighed, "It's up to you... Now, stand up."

Adam hesitated for a moment, then moved awkwardly to the edge of the operating table, stretched his feet tentatively, as if those legs did not belong to him.He carefully put his feet on the ground and leaned forward...

He fell headlong on Zhang Xun in front of him.

Zhang Xun, who was single and frail, was knocked down to the ground, so heavy that he almost couldn't get up.He struggled to push Adam aside, looked at Adam lying on the ground sprawled, and glanced at him innocently, without any temper... He stretched out his hand and pulled Adam up vigorously, holding Adam's arm with both hands to help him keep balance.Adam's hands are spread out, as if the earth is a balance beam to him, and he looks like he's tottering, falling forward or backward.

A tumbler that will really fall... Zhang Xun complained.

"Hold on... Hold on... Okay, now lift your right leg and put it forward on the ground. Like this. Wait, wait! Don't rush to move your left leg!" Zhang Xun helplessly tried his best to hold on again Adam, who fell forward, felt that he was sweating all over, and he was even more tired than James dragging him to the gym.

Adam complained frustrated and aggrieved, "The human body is too difficult to control."

"Do you think it's easy to be a human?" Zhang Xun rolled his eyes and pushed Adam's body straight.There is no way to go on like this, so I had to push him to stand next to a server rack, "You lean here, don't move."

Fortunately, he considered the possibility that Adam could not quickly adapt to the human body, so he prepared a wheelchair in advance and placed it in the temporary passage from the warehouse to the Lab.He still found the wheelchair from the storeroom, used by his mentor when he was still alive.

So Adam sat in the wheelchair and was comfortably pushed by Zhang Xun towards the exit of the warehouse.Before leaving, Adam turned his head and looked at the servers that had been emptied by Zhang Xun.I don't know if it's Zhang Xun's illusion, but he thinks that Adam looks a little sad.

"What are you going to do with these servers?" Adam asked.

Zhang Xun said, "I will recycle a small part for research, and destroy most of it." As he spoke, he suddenly raised the corner of his mouth slightly, "Why? Reluctant?"

"I'm not sure what it's like to be reluctant," Adam replied seriously.

The temporary corridor was built with the replaced old drainage pipes, filled with the stench of sewage.Every few steps a limp bulb casts a ghostly glow, illuminating rusted metal, clumps of dirty water and moss.Zhang Xun pushed Adam and walked quietly. Except for the creaking sound of the wheels rubbing against the uneven pipes, the only sound left was the breathing of the two of them.

Adam was moving his fingers, focusing on comparing the mechanical right hand and left hand, "This bionic arm is very finely made, did you make it?"

Being praised by Adam, Zhang Xun felt a little happy in his heart.But with a blank face, he still said in a flat voice, "Well, I prepared it for you before the seance."

"Sentence, you think of me as a god." Adam said in that unclear but very calm tone, "Some people in the ordinary world like to call me that. Humans are a race that likes to create gods."

"Because people are too small and their abilities are too limited. This universe is too big and too confusing." Zhang Xun lowered his head and looked at Adam's golden head, "What does it feel like to be regarded as a god?"

"You forgot, I didn't have feelings similar to humans before."

"What about now?" Zhang Xun didn't realize that his voice was very light, and his eyes were shining, "Now you recall the admiration and fear that humans have for you, how do you feel?"

Adam was silent for a while, as if thinking seriously, then shook his head blankly, "I don't quite understand."

Zhang Xun sighed softly, reached out and pressed Adam's shoulder, "It's okay. You will have a lot of time to experience it."

Said that they have come to the back door of the Lab.The copper-colored circular hatch was closed tightly, and there was a circular camera and a scanning hole beside it.Zhang Xun stood in front of the scanning hole, and a moment later, accompanied by a clear and gentle male voice, the door rose upwards.

"Welcome back, Zhang Xun."

Adam's eyes widened in astonishment, "Is there artificial intelligence here?"

Zhang Xun found himself enjoying seeing Adam's expression of surprise or admiration, but he carefully concealed it, with a serious face, as if it was only natural, "Well, this is Pan I designed and trained. Paradise Lost The only artificial intelligence in the world."

Zhang Xun lied.There is more than one artificial intelligence he designed, but this is the only one that has passed the review and approval of the round table and registered.

Adam looked back at Zhang Xun, as if he was very interested in him, "I thought you male humans have fear and hatred of artificial intelligence beyond the normal value range."

"Many people are indeed. But I also said that there are great individual differences between people." Zhang Xun pushed Adam into the gate, and at the same time raised his head and said, "Pan, this is Adam. He is descended The fruit of God's plan."

Pan's gentle voice sounded again, "Welcome to the Lab, Adam."

For the first time, an expression similar to a smile appeared on Adam's face. He looked around, as if looking at some amazing new world.The air was filled with the heat of water vapor, and water droplets condensed on the copper-colored walls.Stacked floors, metal stairs and railings, huge unfinished mechs, steaming engines, rumbling generators, hills of parts and gears, winding and narrow passages .Countless energy-saving light bulbs were dropped in the air by intricate cobweb-like threads, shining like a nebula.It's like a labyrinth where countless secret treasures are buried, and it has a surreal aesthetic feeling full of rust.

"This is your new home." Looking at the expression on Adam's face, Zhang Xun smiled proudly.

"New home?" Adam tilted his head slightly, "Isn't it a prison?"

"..."

"I think you have a good impression of me. This is very unusual." Adam looked at him as if he was very worried. "Will you be isolated by other male humans like this? Are you not very popular?"

Zhang Xun regretted being so gentle to him just now, and tried hard to control the twitching of the corners of his mouth.

Adding fuel to the fire, Pan said from the side, "Indeed, I have to activate the No. [-] Expulsion System once a month on average to drive away those who don't like Zhang Xun, Lab, and other mechanics."

"Shut up both of you. From now on, you can only talk within the scope of the topics I allow." Zhang Xun said coldly, pushing Adam into the elevator, "Also, I don't have any affection for you, only curiosity .”

"Oh, that's how it is." Adam nodded with a blunt movement as if he understood very well.Apparently he was practicing some of the more appropriate human behaviors in his database, but because of the lack of control over his body, he looked a bit silly...

Adam's "cell" has two layers of gates and no windows, but the layout can even be described as comfortable.The spacious room even looks a bit retro.The air vents continuously deliver wind at a suitable temperature.The most basic beds, tables, chairs, and bathrooms are all available, but the furniture is all fixed on the floor, and there are no sharp objects that can be used as murder weapons.The three walls of the room are covered with soft sponge pads, and a layer of European-style wallpaper is laid on the outside, which is intended to make the room look closer to a human residence.On the opposite wall is inlaid a screen that is somewhat incompatible with the whole room. At this moment, it is imitating a window according to Zhang Xun’s setting before leaving, projecting a pine forest with drizzle, and occasionally there are deer shadows Wandering past, birds with wet feathers sometimes stop on the treetops.The screen is also an invisible one-way mirror, and Adam's actions can be observed from the observation room next door.There is a slightly faded leather sofa in the middle of the room, and there is even a soft wool carpet on the floor.

Zhang Xun wanted Adam to live a life as close to a human as possible and help him adapt quickly.However, the comfortable layout of the cell was obviously beyond Adam's imagination.

"Maybe I'm wrong, you really don't want me to be your slave." Adam tilted his head, looking confused.

Zhang Xun restrained his urge to roll his eyes again, "I let you live comfortably because it can help you adapt to your body as soon as possible. There is no point in using an uncomfortable living environment to torture you at this time."

Although other people don't think so.Zhang Xun never let another person enter this room, and all the furniture was moved in by himself at night.If the people in the guard knew how well he treated the captives they hated so much, he might be dismissed the next day.

But what good is torture?Apart from venting the hatred and unwillingness in their hearts, besides making human beings uglier, what else can it do?

Even so, Zhang Xun's eyes were still a little cold, and he stared at Adam's pupils seriously and solemnly, and suddenly his sharp eyes penetrated into Adam's soul, "However, I can give you comfort, and I can also take it away. You That's right, from today onwards, I am your master, your administrator, and your mechanic. I can be tolerant to you, or I can be strict with you. When necessary, I can even destroy you. This is our The only possible relationship between them, I hope you remember this and don't forget your identity."

Adam was stunned for a moment, feeling some kind of vigor hidden by Zhang Xun who had been very patient and even gentle to him after the trance, and shrank slightly.He opened his innocent eyes wide and said hesitantly, "I understand."

The author has something to say: Thanks to the little angels who threw the mines~~: Xia Ran Xia Ran, Chain Chain Chain Chain Chain 1;

Thanks to the little angels who irrigate the nutrient solution~~: 50 bottles of Little Snake and Mu Ai; 1 bottle after taking a bath for the old A;