The mechanic.

"The human body is actually extremely fragile. In fact, life itself is very fragile. If the temperature is slightly higher or lower, the pH level is slightly worse, there is a little more of a certain air component in the air, and the ultraviolet light is slightly stronger, life will not appear. "

In the laboratory of the Department of Life Sciences, Adam observed the viruses they extracted from the infected people of the honey plague through an electron microscope, watching them evolve at a rapid rate and evolve from generation to generation, as if they were constantly emerging one by one The universe that died again.

Zhang Xun, who had begun to heal the wound on his face, sat on a chair beside him with gauze wrapped around his head, flipping through the observation records of infection symptoms submitted by each hospital.Those thick records filled the entire table, like a hill.Hearing what Adam seemed to be talking to himself, he raised his head.

Adam turned around and looked at him with a smile, "The so-called life, whether it is the most complex human being or the simplest single-celled organism, actually has only one real mission - to keep replicating its own DNA. All other things, Including your body, your so-called consciousness and 'soul', are not obsolete in order to ensure that the DNA can reproduce more by-products of reproduction."

Zhang Xun chuckled, "If you do this, I'm afraid you will offend the entire Paradise Lost."

"But this is the truth." Adam looked at him curiously, tilting his head slightly, "Aren't you afraid? So much rich and thick consciousness is carried by such a fragile and unreliable body. A little trouble, The red fluid in the body is slightly reduced, every moment there is an occasional mass of runaway lumps among the countless cells that are cancerous and dying, and all those beautiful consciousnesses and memories will disappear. And your DNA can be copied, but your Consciousness cannot, once gone it is gone forever."

Zhang Xun lowered his eyes.

Adam was right.He remembered that when he was very young, when he first learned the concept of death, he was so afraid that he couldn't sleep all night.He couldn't imagine what kind of concept there is no longer, what kind of concept is eternal nothingness.He fears that if every human being is going to die, then no matter how far away that day seems, it will come.

Every day when you live in the daily chores, when you eat with your loved ones, when you laugh and laugh with your friends, it seems that death is such an impossible thing, but it will happen, it will happen.When it happens, it will be the end of you alone, and the world will go on, and will forget you as if it never existed.

So he has always been somewhat envious of artificial intelligence.As long as there are the right servers and enough power, they can last forever.

Zhang Xun sighed, put down the record in his hand, and asked, "Are you afraid, Adam?"

Adam shrugged and said, "I am also affected by part of human instinct now. Of course it will."

"If you were afraid, why did you choose to fight against Eden alone?" Zhang Xun stared at Adam, carefully observing all the subtle expressions on his face, "You just got the arm, you know Eden's ability best, you know that you can Will be killed. Why go? Is it because..."

Zhang Xun stopped, because he saw the gradually disappearing smile on Adam's face, and a kind of...sadness gradually froze in his eyes?

"Because of what? Because I know I won't die? Because I have some evil plan with Eden?" Adam's tone was surprisingly calm.

Zhang Xun felt as if there was a knot in his stomach, and he couldn't speak for a while.Adam's expression made him regret what he had asked.

Maybe it should be done another way...

Adam turned his gaze away and continued to stare at the constantly changing images in the electron microscope. After a while, he said softly, "I'm going because I know that if I don't go, they will kill you."

Zhang Xun felt as if his heart was being twisted hard, and his throat seemed to be choked, making him unable to speak.

Is he wrong?Can never fully trust Adam, always retain some doubts.If the other party was a human being, would I still treat him like this?

No... After going through so much, I'm afraid he has already trusted the other party unconditionally.

But...he couldn't control his doubts, just like he couldn't control his guessing in his mind why the spread of the honey plague was so "just right".

During the half-minute connection between Adam and Eden, it was enough time for them to exchange all possible information.

Zhang Xun stopped his thoughts and forced himself not to continue thinking.

At this time, the door was suddenly opened, and Sistine strode in with a few soldiers, staring at Zhang Xun coldly and said, "I was ordered to fetch your research report, and the round table wants to know how much time you need."

Adam said without turning his head, "This weapon was developed after I was separated from Eden. It lurks in the brain nerves, and the mutation rate is extremely high. Any antidote made by traditional methods can only maintain For a short time."

"We have no time! You have seen the report and know how serious the situation is. Hundreds of people will die if the antidote is developed one day later. Many medical staff have been infected accidentally. If someone escapes Get out, and Paradise Lost will be over!" Sistine's stern expression hides deep fear.

Adam sighed softly, turned his head, and handed him a report at hand, "As I said, the antibodies produced by traditional methods can only last for a short period of time. Due to the high mutation rate, the antibodies are not yet able to eliminate all the viruses. , the virus has already begun to mutate. And since the virus is dormant in the patient's brain, killing the virus is likely to cause brain death at the same time. However, unconventional methods may work."

Zhang Xun went on to say, "Use a large number of nanorobots to bring antibodies in, automatically locate all the infected nerves, and kill the virus inside. In this way, a considerable part of the brain cells that were initially infected may still survive."

Sistine naturally didn't know much about nano-robots. He only knew that it was a very small robot, so small that it could not even be seen by the naked eye, and it was more like a piece of liquid-like substance.

But the Sixth Chief knew it.

Nano-robots, a very cutting-edge technology.Many medical institutions in the general world have already begun to use it.These robots are somewhat like ant colonies with AI self-learning ability. Each individual robot has limited learning ability, but together they are a force that cannot be underestimated.Most of those robots will be metabolized out of the body after completing their missions.However, individual studies have shown that some nanorobots will remain in the patient's body, and may even have subtle and less obvious effects on the patient's personality.Although most of these studies were rejected by the scientific community as insufficient data or biased data collection process, who knows if this is the result of Eden's brainwashing of ordinary world elites.

Paradise Lost has always had a grudge against artificial intelligence. To create an artificial intelligence, it needs to go through layers of approvals, and it needs to be re-evaluated periodically.So for so many years, the official artificial intelligence has only one Pan.He knew that Zhang Xun secretly made some harmless little robots by himself, but none of them were as complicated as Pan's, and his self-learning ability was limited.So at the moment he doesn't plan to do anything about it.

But now, they want to put artificial intelligence into the human brain...

"We have no choice," said the Seventh Chief. "If the disease begins to spread to the army..."

"Eden's next blow doesn't know when it will come. We must be prepared."

"If Adam was Eden's spy, he could have gone straight back to Eden the last time. Eden tried to kill him, and I think we can trust him."

Miller weighed the pros and cons quickly in his mind, and finally came to a conclusion.

They really don't have a choice.They need Adam, not only to cure the honey plague, but also to repair and strengthen the barrier of Paradise Lost and develop artificial intelligence weapons.After all, the only thing that can fight against artificial intelligence is artificial intelligence.

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Standing in front of the Lab's gate, Zhang Xun felt as if he had passed away.

The whole Lab seemed to be deserted, and there was a mess looted by mobs everywhere, many tools and materials were stolen, the original clean database was in chaos, monitors were smashed, furniture was smashed or stolen. Let's go, there are trampled report papers scattered on the ground, as if the zombies broke out.

Zhang Xun looked at the chaotic hall, at the destroyed mechs and weapons under development in the assembly workshop, at the dim light bulbs above his head...anger and distress were smoldering in his dark eyes .

Hopefully they still have enough material to make nanobots.

Adam lowered his head, picked up a broken camera from the ground, and sighed softly, "I hope the alloy wasn't stolen or demolished by them..."

"..."

Adam looked at Zhang Xun and squeezed his hand lightly, "Don't worry, we will fix this place bit by bit."

"Zhang Xun, Adam, welcome back." Pan's voice suddenly sounded, as deep and gentle as ever, without any difference.

Hearing the familiar voice, a touch of joy and relief filled Zhang Xun's chest.At least Pan is still there, at least the core module and server of the artificial intelligence that he spent the most effort on are not destroyed...

He remembered Pan firing needles at those crowds without orders...

"Pan, seal the gate, and no one is allowed to enter." Zhang Xun said as he walked forward, "At the same time, send me a detailed damage report."

"Okay." Pan said dutifully, "But if someone with a higher authority level asks to enter, I can't stop it."

"You can." Zhang Xun pressed the button of the elevator, "I'll modify the permission settings now."

Adam followed him into the elevator with undisguised joy on his face.Zhang Xun glanced at him, "Are you happy?"

"Finally home, I'm really happy." Adam suddenly looked at Zhang Xun with concern, and reached out his hand to touch his forehead worriedly, "Are you uncomfortable, A Xun?"

"I'm just worried." Zhang Xun took a deep breath, "Now you, me and Pan... we can only rely on ourselves."

"It won't be too bad. I'm sure most of the mechanics will be back."

"Or, the round table may set up another research and development center similar to Lab. One is the research and development center directly under the round table, and the other is the research and development center that has fallen out with the most powerful new chief of the round table. Which side do you think they will choose?" Zhang Xun Said helplessly.

Adam opened his mouth and smiled brightly, "But Lab has me. Am I not the dream of all mechanics?"

Zhang Xun glanced at him and muttered, "Narcissist."

"Axun, I'm just stating the facts."

"..."

"Axun, you don't have to worry. My real administrator is only you."

"I'm not worried!"

Zhang Xun entered the room on the fourth floor that only he had permission to enter, and Pan's server was stored in it.The servers on several rows of shelves shone with a faint blue light, making the whole room seem to be immersed in water.He quickly modified Pan's permission settings, setting himself as the highest and only administrator.After entering his own key, Pan's server started up simultaneously, rumbling and thundering.

Like some sort of... cheering from Pan...

But he needs to do more than that.Now that Lab has lost the protection of the round table and the army, he needs to further train and perfect Pan.After all, the identity of an artificial intelligence housekeeper is too limited.

He wanted to give Pan the ability to protect himself and the Lab, not just the most basic expulsion systems.

He needs a super artificial intelligence, which may not be as powerful as Eden, but one-tenth of Eden is enough.

"Pan."

"I'm here, Zhang Xun."

"I will continue to train you and develop your abilities in other fields." Zhang Xun looked at the small camera hole on the computer, "I will make you more perfect."

After a moment of silence, Pan said in a cheerful voice, "I'm very happy, Zhang Xun."

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