The mechanic.

After Christmas and New Year's Eve, the entire Paradise Lost is immersed in a long-lost tranquility.

The old snow has not yet dissipated, and the new snow has covered a thick layer.People used the most primitive shovels and industrial salt to try to clear the snow in front of the door, and the hot breath turned into a thin layer of mist floating over the dimly colored buildings.The yelling, talking and laughing sounded more and more distant.

In front of the Lab, more than a dozen cleaning robots were spraying salt blocks while cutting off large half-frozen snow with powerful electric heating shovels, and piled them on both sides of the road.Pan’s control over the extended robot has begun to expand beyond the Lab, and some areas have even taken the initiative to purchase from the Lab a new snow-melting vehicle controlled by Pan’s extended program to remove snow from the main road.

Apparently, Paradise Lost’s acceptance of artificial intelligence and machinery has reached its peak in the past 200 years. The Institute of Life Sciences, the Department of Chemistry, the Department of Population Management, and several major hospitals all ordered a batch from Lab after a new product exhibition at Lab. An extended intelligent robot based on Pan.Including laboratory assistants, cleaning robots, butler robots, and nano robots and other categories. As a result, Lab earned the most money since its establishment, and finally had the money to repair all the facilities damaged by the mob.

People are amazed at the dramatic changes in their lives brought about by artificial intelligence that they have rejected for so long.They no longer need to do monotonous and boring trivial sundries, and can concentrate on their work and rest; they no longer need to mobilize hundreds of people to clean up the tens of centimeters of snow on the main road since the early morning; they no longer need to compare manually For complex genomes; many intractable diseases that are difficult to be cured by surgery, such as brain tumors and Alzheimer's disease, have the dawn of being cured after having nano-robots.

Fernandez rushed into Zhang Xun's office and excitedly shoved the financial statements in front of Zhang Xun, "I can't believe it! We're rich!"

Zhang Xun rolled his eyes, "Are you short of money?"

"Please! Isn't the more money the better?!" Fernandez opened his arms to show off the new uniform he made, and made a few poses that he thought were handsome but were actually coquettish. I didn’t buy clothes anymore! I’m going to wear this outfit tonight to catch handsome guys in the club!”

"Are you wearing a mechanic's uniform to 'catch handsome guys'?" Zhang Xun almost thought he was out of his mind.Although Fernandez has always been a bit crazy...

Fernandez sat on his desk with a look of sympathy, "Zhang Xun, you are outdated by locking yourself in the Lab all day. Don't you know there is a saying now? Smartisthenewsexy (1)! Now you just wear Putting on a mechanic's uniform is as amazing as speaking with a real British accent (2)." )

Zhang Xun felt that he might be really old. He never thought that he would live to see the day when mechanics became a popular profession...

Fernandez showed Zhang Xun his characteristic Italian-style charming smile, "I said brother, don't stay here with Adam all day long. Adam has been a human being for a year, and he hasn't realized much yet. What about the fun of being human. You two didn’t even have a holiday for Christmas. You’re a workaholic all day long, what if he doesn’t want to be a human any more?”

Zhang Xun sighed, looked up from the architecture diagram, "Then what suggestion do you have?"

"Tonight, some of our mechanics are going to countdown to the 'Dionysus', you come together?"

After Zhang Xun listened, he reflexively refused, "No. It's too dangerous there. Have you forgotten what happened last time I took Adam there?"

"Please, this moment and that moment. At that time, Adam was not the hero of Paradise Lost. Besides, now, who can beat Adam..."

Zhang Xun frowned and leaned back in his chair, "Is there no other healthier activity?"

"Healthy activities? Do you mean mountaineering or figure skating on the Lost Lake? Come back and have a low-carb and low-sugar dinner, drink some wolfberry tea and apply a facial mask before going to bed?" Fernandez teased in a mean tone.

Also... It seems that it is difficult to have any healthy activities in Paradise Lost...

Zhang Xun mentioned it to Adam uncertainly, asking him if he would like to participate in the New Year countdown event.

Adam hesitated and considered for a while, as if he was also worried about the situation he encountered in Dionysus last time.But soon, he nodded briskly, "Yes, I want to go!"

"Are you sure? Are you not afraid?"

"Axun, I believe that a few violent anti-social elements are far less scary than Eden." Adam raised his metal arm, "and now I have the ability to protect the two of us."

So, a few hours later, the night engulfed the entire land early, and Zhang Xun and Adam followed Fernandez, James and a group of strange combinations of mechanics and hunters, and stepped into the grotesque gate of Dionysus.The dreamy lights and shadows interlaced on the dance floor, and the music was deafening.Half of them are well-dressed and beautiful men competing for splendor, and the other half are tall, strong and handsome guys exuding strong masculine charm. The smell of alcohol and perfume tea spreads in the air, as if it does not need heating to increase the temperature.

Amid the deafening music, they found an unoccupied soft seat.A few soldiers came up and ordered a table of tequila shots, plus a standard bottle of beer per person.Zhang Xun quietly pushed Adam's cup of shot away, he didn't want to drag a humanoid computer that kept spitting out AI language all the way back to the Lab...

After sitting down for a few minutes, six or seven excited young people came over to ask Adam for his autograph and group photo.Zhang Xun looked at Adam with some distaste, showing his innocent smile that could make anyone off guard, and fulfilled the requirements of the "fans" dutifully, without any look of impatience.Obviously, the treatment of artificial intelligence this time is very different from the last time. There are more and more people around him, and they all want to see the appearance of the savior of the lost paradise.And Adam's handsome appearance is almost 1 or 0, and the enthusiasm of the crowd can be visualized as steaming tentacles.

The last few soldiers got impatient first and started to chase people away.However, there were still some beautiful men who were flamboyant and not willing to leave easily, competing to invite Adam to drink and dance.

Zhang Xun sat beside him, trying to hide his displeasure, and took a few sips of the mojito in his hand.

A young soldier named Victor sitting opposite seemed to have joined James' hunting group recently, and had been looking at Zhang Xun and Adam curiously.At this time, he suddenly poked his head forward, and said with a smile, "Is it difficult to fall in love with a celebrity?"

Zhang Xun realized that these words were spoken to himself, and said a little helplessly, "You mean me and Adam? We are not in a relationship."

"Come on you." Fernandez rolled his eyes exaggeratedly, almost rolling his eyeballs, "You two are sleeping together and you're not 'in love'..."

James took a sip of wine, "What?!"

Zhang Xun felt his face was burning, "We just... sleep in one room!"

"On a bed?" another soldier asked teasingly.

Zhang Xun: "..."

James was so choked that he couldn't speak, and Fernandez was still adding fuel to the fire, "Don't tell me you two just 'sleeped in the same bed purely, and didn't do anything'..."

When these words came from Fernandez's mouth, Zhang Xun himself felt that it seemed unbelievable.

"But...it really isn't..." He uncomfortably denied, and suddenly sullenly said, "Besides, this is my private matter!"

"Axun! Why didn't you tell me!" James couldn't believe it.

Zhang Xun only felt a headache, and was about to say something more, when he suddenly heard Adam's voice near his ear, "Axun, are you uncomfortable? Why are you blushing?"

Zhang Xun was startled, and turned to stare at him, "When did you come back?"

Adam turned his head slightly to a group of young people who were still standing in the distance and peeking this way, and said, "They wanted to buy me a drink, but I refused. I told them that I want to stay with you."

A group of old men on the opposite side began to whistle, and Fernandez yelled, "Don't see, don't see! Someone blatantly threw dog food!"

Adam seemed to hate to understand everyone's reaction, and asked innocently, "What is dog food? We don't have dogs, only a mechanical cat. But it doesn't need cat food."

Zhang Xun just wanted to find a crack in the ground to get in.Just at this time, a relatively reserved and quiet soldier was going to the bar to order some more beer. Zhang Xun hurriedly volunteered to help him, so as to break free from a group of gossiping men.

After Zhang Xun left, Fernandez and the other two also went hunting.At this moment, James suddenly turned his head, staring deeply at Adam with his deep eyes, and said in a slightly threatening low voice, "You'd better not break his heart."

Adam paused while holding the wine glass, turned his head, and met James' eyes calmly.

James narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he wanted to see through the artificial intelligence's ignorant appearance, "Axun has never been attracted to anyone. If you dare to hurt him, I will not let you go."

Adam raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and looked at him friendly and sincerely, "Are you speaking as an elder brother, or as a rival in love?"

James was slightly taken aback, then frowned and said, "Don't talk nonsense. Axun and I are brothers who grew up together."

"You hide it well, although I don't know why you hide it. If you didn't change boyfriends one after another, you would confess and pursue him sooner, let him know that he is actually loved and wanted I'm afraid I might not sit in this position now." Adam smiled half-smile, but there seemed to be some coldness in his eyes.

There was a sound in James' mind.At this moment, Adam has lost some pretense of innocence.From the cracks in his so-called angelic smile, there was a hint of evil spirit faintly leaking out.

"We are brothers! I never thought about that about Axun!"

Adam chuckled, took a sip of the Mojito that Zhang Xun had just drank, "Why didn't you express it? Do you think he is not good enough for you? Because he is a nerd? Or is it because his appearance is not as good as that of you?" Those countless boyfriends you used to have?"

James stared at Adam, the wine glass in his hand was almost cracked, "If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will smash your white teeth now."

"Oh, I see." Adam tilted his head slightly, observing his expression carefully, "You think you are not good enough for A Xun. You are afraid that if you are rejected, you won't even be able to be a friend."

James slapped the cup on the table and grabbed Adam by the collar suddenly, causing the people in the next seat to look sideways.

"What are you doing!" When Zhang Xun came back with another soldier, he happened to see the scene of swords being drawn, and his eyes widened in shock.

James is going to beat Adam?

James quickly loosened Adam's collar, but his face was as black as carbon.He grabbed his wine glass, without saying a word, passed by Zhang Xun and went to the bar.Zhang Xun looked in James' direction and asked Adam hesitantly, "What's wrong with you?"

"He's worried about you." Adam sighed with some remorse, "He warned me not to hurt you."

Zhang Xun couldn't laugh or cry, "Huh?"

"Axun, let's go dance." Adam suddenly changed the subject, stood up and grabbed Zhang Xun's arm.

Zhang Xun panicked, "I won't!"

"It doesn't matter, I just observed carefully, not many people here will." Because the music is too loud, Adam moved closer to his ear, and his warm breath blew past, "According to my analysis, dancing here is not the point. The point is to make yourself happy. You deserve to be happy, Axun."

That was Zhang Xun's first attempt at "dancing" among a half-drunk crowd.The so-called dancing is actually just dancing to the music.At first he couldn't let it go, but the effect of the alcohol gradually increased, and Adam's gentle blue eyes in front of him seemed to be hypnotizing him all the time.He gradually felt safe, gradually smiled, and let go of something.

The closer to midnight, the more enthusiastic the crowd. The DJ yelled something loudly on the stage, but Zhang Xun couldn't hear it clearly.He felt like he was in a wild, free, slightly tipsy state that felt good.No one stared at him all the time, no one judged his achievements, no one laughed at him.There is only this mechanical compound man in front of him who was created by him, but now gives him an inexplicable sense of security.In front of Adam, he always seems to be more open.

The countdown started, and Zhang Xun and Adam shouted loudly with everyone: ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one..."

When the New Year's bell rang loudly overhead, the crowd boiled.And Adam hugged Zhang Xun's waist, bowed his head and kissed Zhang Xun's lips.

Not the first kiss, but the first time it happened.

All feelings, emotions, are in the right place.Zhang Xun closed his eyes, as if all the perceptions were gathered on their touching lips.The crowd around him disappeared, Paradise Lost disappeared, the whole world disappeared.He couldn't hear other sounds, couldn't feel the vibration of the air.The only thing he could feel was the warm body opposite him.

After a kiss, Adam told him seriously, "Axun, I think I have fallen in love with you. It started a long time ago."

Zhang Xun's heart was beating wildly.If it was him in the past, I'm afraid he would continue to use the relationship between them as a mechanic and the work to prevaricate and push them away.After all, he has been doubting whether all the tenderness shown by Adam is just a disguise for survival.

But now, he began to feel tired, and he didn't want to continue to violate his inner desire, and he didn't want to deliberately ignore what he wanted.Everything is gradually getting better, maybe he can get happiness.

He is entitled to happiness.

So Zhang Xun said in a hoarse voice, "Maybe...me too."

The author has something to say: Thanks to the little angel who cast the rocket launcher~~~: Nanfeng Xu 2

Thanks to the little angels who cast mines~~~: Xia Ran Xia Ran, Xiao Jin 1

感谢灌溉营养液的小天使们~~~：翔抬头40瓶；浩滢10瓶；匆匆6瓶；myvanillaworld3瓶；枫岚、素衣、Jiasih1瓶