The mechanic.

The hijacking of Eden's North American server became major news in the ordinary world, and the Internet was full of reports and speculations about it for several days.For a time, the ordinary world was burning with fear, anger and hatred towards China, a country where male refugees concentrated, such as Paradise Lost. Men were further portrayed as cruel, cunning, wolfish ambitions, trying to regain their privileges and trying to put all women in slavery again. savage creatures.Many people in the United States even took to the streets to protest, demanding that the government and allied forces carry out air strikes and bombings on Paradise Lost.

But at the same time, there are also many human rights activists and environmentalists who sympathize with them, and even a considerable number of academic elites advocate not to use nuclear bombs, such terrorist weapons that almost kill everyone.

Canada, which has accepted Paradise Lost, has become the target of accusations from the United States and ridicule from Asia and Europe. However, Paradise Lost has long been out of the control of the Canadian government, and it is no longer much different from an independent country.But Paradise Lost is after all in Canada. If the air strikes are tantamount to invading the territory of another country, coupled with the discord between the US President's cabinet and the Congress, it is difficult to make any decision quickly.On the other hand, Paradise Lost has many advanced weapons, and there are even rumors that they have terrifying biochemical weapons and even nuclear reactors in their hands. Therefore, neither Europe nor Asia really wants to go into this muddy water, fearing reprisals.

And what kind of advice the other servers of Eden have given to the leaders of various countries has not yet been announced.

This bought Paradise Lost time to deploy the defense system.

For a while, the entire Lost Paradise entered a tense state that can only be seen during the preparation period. A cloud of anxiety hovered over everyone's heads, and the number of fights and troubles increased several times than usual.This kind of tense period is no stranger to Paradise Lost. Surviving in the cracks, it is very likely that the day before the festival was celebrated with decorations and decorations, and the next day it was razed to the ground by the nuclear bombing of the coalition forces.

But in the Lab, it seems to be still calm.But Zhang Xun felt that there was an invisible sword hanging over his head in danger.He didn't even dare to go out these two days, because too many unfriendly and reproachful eyes were peeping at him all the time like thorns.Although he should have gotten used to this sight by now, it would be bad if someone hijacked him and coerced him into the Lab.For safety, he even lived in the Lab.

Adam has made rapid progress. Through continuous practice, he can already hold chopsticks or a pen with his hands.Zhang Xun stood in the monitoring room next to Adam's room, watching Adam through the one-way mirror as he tried to repair an AR projector with simple tools.With tweezers in his hand, he bent down on the table intently. The hand that used to hold the gun is now doing extremely precise and meticulous work.Apparently Adam's hands were still trembling a little, but the dexterity and firmness of his fingers had already surpassed that of most guards.

While watching, Zhang Xun tapped the computer keyboard quickly, recording all his observations.He thought that Adam had become more or less used to his body.

At least when it comes to physical controls.

He still wasn't sure how Adam would react in various emotionally stimulating situations.Emotions are probably more difficult for Adam to adapt to than a physical body.It is obviously some simple hormone changes, but it can drive people to make choices that they would never make under rational circumstances.

For human beings, emotion and reason cannot exist independently, and they are naturally blended in the evolution process.But to a machine, emotions are like a collapsing dam, like a catastrophe, like a gale coming in, something completely out of control and unnecessary.

And this is the entry point used to domesticate Adam in Zhang Xun's plan.

Zhang Xun turned off the monitor, picked up his folder and walked into Adam's room.Seeing him, Adam stopped moving.

"Did you sleep well?" Zhang Xun asked formulaically.

Adam replied, "I was dreaming."

Zhang Xun raised his eyebrows slightly, and sat down beside Adam, "What did you dream about?"

"I dreamed that I was in a narrow place, like a box. I saw it open with a saw, but there was nothing outside."

Zhang Xun asked, "Do you have any special feelings? For example, disappointment? Fear?"

Adam asked rhetorically, "Many humans believe that dreams have meaning. Some believe that they can predict the future, some believe that dreams can reflect inner desires, and some believe that this is an evolutionary mechanism. What do you believe?"

Zhang Xun thought for a moment, then replied, "I don't think the definition of dreams is necessarily accurate. Maybe we just refer to many illusory experiences that seem to have a commonality as dreams, but in fact they are not necessarily the same thing. And the mechanism is naturally not all the same. So as long as those theories are supported by enough experimental data, I think it is possible. As for your dream, maybe it is more inclined to fulfill your wish. You want to escape from the human body because You feel limited and unknown. Or maybe you want to escape this lab, but you don’t know what’s out there.”

Adam said, "I don't really want to escape. Now I feel that having a human body is a necessary experience. If you can't experience human perception, you can't really understand people."

Zhang Xun nodded slightly, opened the folder, and put a few photos in front of Adam.

The first photo is a photo from a long time ago. A scrawny and dying child is lying on the ground about to die. A vulture has been squatting beside him waiting for his last breath.The second photo shows an old man in his dying years wearing tattered clothes, holding a piece of steamed bun with his hands like a dead tree, and devouring it hungrily, his eyes are only empty because of the pressure of loose and wrinkled skin. The photo in Chapter 3 is a scene of a couple kissing. The couple is none other than James and his ex, a delicate and delicate young man. This is the photo of him and his ex that Zhang Xun obtained from James.

"Looking at these pictures, how do you feel?"

Adam glanced over three chapters of photos, and said simply, "The first two are in my database, I've seen them."

"I know you may have seen it, but how do you feel?" Zhang Xun tried to guide, "For example, do you feel tightness in your chest? Or a sore nose? Any feeling that is different from the normal neutral situation. "

Adam looked at him and shook his head in confusion, "No."

"Don't you feel anything?"

Adam looked at Zhang Xun for a while, and said in confusion, "How do you want me to feel?"

Zhang Xun thought for a while, and suddenly ordered Pan to play a movie called "Artificial Intelligence" from a long time ago.When Zhang Xun watched this movie for the first time when he was a child, he cried so hard that he couldn't believe that anyone in the world could watch this movie without crying.

A small robot crosses the space and the distance of the world, goes through countless dangers, and bids farewell to each friend, just to see his human "mother" who has long abandoned him.

At the end of the movie, the little robot is sleeping on the bottom of the sea. After thousands of years, human beings are extinct. He is awakened by a group of alien visitors.Those benevolent aliens used his mother's remaining DNA to duplicate a mother for him, but due to various reasons, this mother could only survive for one day.The little robot finally played hide-and-seek with his mother, and listened to his favorite story told by his mother. The long night was approaching, and he watched his mother fall asleep, calmly waiting for the eternal parting.

Zhang Xun pretended to be calm and took out a tissue to wipe away the tears and snot that accidentally overflowed. When he turned his head, he saw that Adam still had no expression on his face.

Seeing Zhang Xun's expression, Adam realized that he should give some comments, so he commented solemnly, "If the central hardware of this robot is still made of silicon materials, it is impossible to have similar hormone changes to humans. His behavior of looking for his mother It's just a normal reaction according to the initial programming, not the "love" defined by human beings." He paused, then looked at Zhang Xun in confusion, "You were crying before, which means you felt sad. Why did you Feel bad about the robot's programming?"

Zhang Xun: ...

That night, Zhang Xun received a message from James asking him to go out for a drink, and this time he agreed.Among all the taverns in Paradise Lost, the one he and James go to most often is a bar called Hawaiian Sunset. The owner is an uncle in his 50s. He doesn’t talk much and doesn’t try to chat with customers. A hand-rolled cigarette.There is no resident singer, and the music played is old-fashioned slow rock. Many young people in the guard think it is too old-fashioned and boring, so they seldom come here.Most of the people sitting at the bar drinking, reading and playing card games are regular customers.

James ordered a large glass of beer, gulped down half of it, and talked about the latest purchases his group of hunters had made from the arms dealer.Zhang Xun twirled the martini glass in his hand, and occasionally gave a few polite responses and feedback, but James, who knew him well, could still see that he was absent-minded.

"How about you? Is that Adam cooperating?" James grinned and teased, "Looking at your unlucky face, did he cause trouble for you?"

Zhang Xun was a little surprised that he would ask about his work, but he still sighed softly, "There is no trouble. He is very cooperative, but... I am starting to worry about my omissions in the process of séance... because I I suspect that he doesn't have the emotions that normal humans would have."

James looked very interested, put his face in his hands and asked, "Oh? Why are you so suspicious?"

So Zhang Xun told him about all the failures he had tried to arouse Adam's emotional response in the past two days.Speaking of the last "Artificial Intelligence", I was a little angry, "He only had such a comment, can you believe it? This was my favorite movie when I was a child!"

James sighed, "Yeah, you cried so much that it scared me..."

Zhang Xun glared angrily, "That happened when I was nine years old! Can you stop mentioning it?"

"You said it first, brother!" James even more exaggeratedly imitated the way he wiped his tears when he was a child, which attracted the attention of people around him.Seeing that Zhang Xun was about to pour a whole glass of wine on his face, he put away his indecent look, said "I was wrong, I was wrong" repeatedly in Chinese, and raised his hands in surrender.

"However, to be honest, I don't think it's necessarily because he doesn't have human feelings. After all, a considerable part of his brain is connected to the human brain. Could it be because...he hasn't experienced those situations, So I can’t empathize with you?” James said while stuffing a French fries into his mouth, “For example, if you have never been in a relationship, don’t you think it’s strange to see those who have lost their love crying hysterically? ?”

After finishing speaking, I realized that Zhang Xun had never been in a relationship...

Zhang Xun glanced at him, but he didn't seem to be offended, but fell into some kind of contemplation.

There is some truth to what James said.

Even with the "hardware", Adam lacks the experience of being a human being, and it is difficult to understand the meaning of those sad scenes.Drawing emotional responses and meaning from events experienced is an important way for people to understand the world. Without this step, character is naturally incomplete.

But how to make Adam experience more?Should he be released from the Lab?

That's too dangerous...

Seeing that Zhang Xun really started to seriously think about his proposal, James was a bit of a scumbag, and he was delighted by the affirmation of the top student.But soon he showed a hint of hesitation, "But I said brother, are you sure that robot is not lying to you?"

"Lied to me?"

"He has collected so much data on human behavior, he can even predict group behavior and it is very accurate every time, he should know what kind of reaction you expect to see from him?"

Zhang Xun nodded, "I have also considered this possibility, but he is still in the adaptation period to his body, and the control is not so precise. If he wants to lie, his micro-expression will be very obvious, and Pan can detect it. So for now, he can't lie. He also knows that his disguise is useless, at least at this stage."

James nodded, but there was still haze hovering in his eyes, and he said seriously, "You must be careful. That thing... can play with the entire human being among the chiefs."

Zhang Xun knew that James, like most people in Paradise Lost, had a strong wariness and fear of machines.He smiled slightly at James. Contrary to James, once the machine was mentioned, a bright spark would ignite in Zhang Xun's always cautious and somewhat depressed eyes.

However, no one expected that in the next moment, there was a deafening loud explosion on the ground, and the whole ground trembled violently. The wine bottles and glasses on the wine rack shattered all over the floor, and the lime on the ceiling was poured down like a torrential rain.The originally quiet bar became a mess, and people rushed out screaming.James lifted a fallen table, while Zhang Xun helped an old man in his 60s who was pressed by the table to stand up and stumbled towards the exit.

Outside the bar, the originally dark night sky was burning.

That is the protective shield covering the entire Lost Paradise, which is constantly bearing the impact of the super bombs dropped by the stealth bombers whizzing past in the high altitude.The fire rippled along the surface of the shield like ripples, as if the sky had turned into a sea of ​​flames.

"They're starting an air raid!" James' voice tightened.

Zhang Xun said to the old man, "Go to the air-raid shelter!"

The old man ran away in a hurry.Zhang Xun turned around to run, but was grabbed by James, "Why are you going? Why don't you go to the officer's shelter with me!"

"No." Zhang Xun said, "Adam is still in the Lab."

"What do you care about Adam at this time!! Do you want to be blown to death?"

"I am his mechanic, and he is my responsibility." Zhang Xun looked at him seriously and calmly, "Don't worry, Lab has a certain protection system, and I will be fine. You go first!"

After speaking, he ignored James' call behind him, and strode towards the direction of Lab against the fleeing crowd.

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