The Mechanic - Chapter 116

[Chapter 116 Sacrifice the Lamb (7)]

AI’s cognition of time is different from that of human beings, but Adam, who has a human body, although the speed of thinking is still at the level of AI, but the body is limited to the time range of human beings.

Therefore, the moment Zhang Xun pressed the button of the nanorobot syringe, in Adam’s consciousness, was quite a long period of time. In an instant, countless thoughts emerged from Adam’s mind, and there were countless ways to stop Zhang Xun.

But his body was too late to move.

He seemed to be abruptly confined to an ever-extending unit of time, and watched helplessly as the nano-robots poured into Zhang Xun’s veins.

When he finally snatched the mini syringe from Zhang Xun’s hand, he found that the blue liquid inside had been emptied. Adam’s eyes widened, all the thoughts in his mind stuck together for a while, and the huge sense of panic made him chill.

Tears welled up from his eyes, and he stared at Zhang Xun as if something terrible would happen to Zhang Xun in the next second.

But no, the transformation of the brain by nanorobots is gradual, and Zhang Xun will not even have any obvious changes in the first few days to ten days.

Adam stared at Zhang Xun in a daze, suddenly dropped the syringe in his hand, and hugged Zhang Xun in his arms. He could feel that Zhang Xun was trembling slightly, obviously he was also afraid, afraid of what would happen to him.

“I’ll fix everything…” Adam whispered in a no longer calm, almost neurotic way, not sure if he was comforting Zhang Xun or himself. His embrace was so tight that Zhang Xun could hardly breathe.

But Zhang Xun still let him hold it because he didn’t want to let go. Adam was the only one who could save him, his only salvation and comfort.

What will happen next? Will he hear something that doesn’t exist? What will it feel?

Still…not feeling anything, he will lose his personality little by little.

He grabbed Adam’s shirt, speechless.

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Adam knew that from now on they had to be very careful every step of the way.

Eden knew him as he knew Eden. According to the current situation, Paradise Lost is likely to have given up on him and turned to Eden. In that case, Hengxiang will also fall into Eden’s control. But when making Hung Township, Adam, for some reason, left himself a back door.

And Eden probably predicted that he left the back door, so that back door may have been discovered and repaired by now.

However, Adam also predicted the possibility that Eden anticipated and patched the loophole he left, so when the loophole was patched, another loophole in the dormant state would be activated…

The game between Adam and Eden is like this It quickly becomes complex, layer upon layer and ring upon ring, almost incomprehensible to the human mind. After descending more than a dozen layers of game analysis, Adam decided to abandon this current mode of thinking. Because this mindset has no end.

He has to make a completely random decision. Only random decisions are unpredictable by Eden.

After Zhang Xun fell asleep, he walked to a huge rock on the beach, sat up straight, closed his eyes, and turned off all the influence that perception might have on his thinking. This is very difficult for a human being to achieve, and the ability that only some practitioners who have practiced meditation for years and months is not so difficult for him to achieve, but it cannot be maintained for a long time.

Listening to the white noise made by the waves, he gradually began to shield all the tactile sensations on the body surface and all the signals received by the five senses from the mechanical brain.

A series of random land coordinates were generated in his mind.

According to his prediction, Eden will probably crack the loop he created in the satellite surveillance system around the early hours of the morning, and he and Zhang Xun must leave the island before then.

He got up and walked towards the house in the depths of the island that was abandoned by the islanders seventy-five years ago. A two-story wooden house that was mostly engulfed by vines and plants, most of the furniture in it was decayed, and the smell of damp sea salt filled the air. Zhang Xun curled up on the black rattan sofa, with his eyes closed and his brows furrowed, as if he was not at ease in his sleep.

Adam did not wake him up immediately, but squatted down beside the sofa, carefully examining every detail on Zhang Xun’s face. He knew that nanorobots were quietly infiltrating every cell in Zhang Xun’s body at this time, modifying the base pairs on a few specific chromosomes. After rounds of cell metabolism, Zhang Xun will become more and more collective consciousness, and his personal consciousness will become weaker and weaker.

The whole process will last from sixteen days to three months depending on the individual’s constitution.

But reversing the effects that nanobots have already caused… is almost impossible. The modified cells have a lower mutation rate and are more viable than ordinary cells. Even if all nanorobots are forcibly excluded from the body, those modified cells will still metabolize more slowly than the original cells, and will eventually become dominant. , gradually occupying the entire body, affecting the corpus callosum.

After all, people are not machines, nor are they deliberately revoked and updated programs. Once the DNA has been modified, it is almost impossible to change it back in a seamless manner.

But he will not give up Zhang Xun, he must find a way to minimize that influence.

Zhang Xun asked him, “If other people can be reformed, why can’t I?” He couldn’t answer. He just knew that he couldn’t accept… I couldn’t accept it anyway… I

couldn’t accept that Zhang Xun became… them…

At this moment, Zhang Xun’s eyes suddenly opened, and he gasped, as if he saw something extremely terrifying. thing. He opened his mouth wide, as if it was hard to breathe, his hands were scratching in the air, but the screams were stuck in his throat. Adam immediately took Zhang Xun’s hand, pulled him into his arms, and wrapped Zhang Xun’s twitching and struggling body with his own strength.

“Shh…shh…you were dreaming just now…” Adam said softly in Zhang Xun’s ear, repeating it over and over again.

Zhang Xun’s body, which was tense as if it was about to break, finally relaxed a little bit and stopped struggling. He was gasping for breath, as if someone suffocating in the water had finally grabbed a piece of driftwood.

“I saw it…” Zhang Xun whispered, with a trembling ending in the bytes.

Adam rubbed Zhang Xun’s back lightly with his hand, “What did you see?”

“Collective consciousness…” Zhang Xun pulled the distance between the two of them a little bit, and his face covered in cold sweat had a ghostly expression of horror, ” They can feel me… they… want to eat me…”

Adam knew that Zhang Xun probably had this dream because he was too afraid of the changes that were about to happen to him. After all, the injection time was so short, the brain should Not affected.

But Zhang Xun’s fear was real. Adam then asked in a low voice, “Do they…refer to Hengxiang?”

“You can’t control them… You thought that the fusion of human consciousness would be more rational, but you are wrong…” Zhang Xun’s eyes were empty, and he muttered. He said, “It will eat everything…including you…including Eden…”

“Shh…it’s just a nightmare…Hengxiang hasn’t finished yet, and most people haven’t uploaded it yet.”

“Button…” Zhang Xun gently pushed Adam away, his face still pale, “Eden can connect everyone to the Internet through Button, as long as the brain is modified, these people will be sucked into Hengxiang. So many complex human consciousness, lost Limitations and individual limitations, all the suppressed subconscious will burst out…you will soon lose control of Hengxiang.”

Adam frowned, Zhang Xun seemed to believe that what he saw was not just a dream, but a real of existence.

But it is impossible. He has already determined that any form of signal is blocked here. How could Zhang Xun, a human being, be connected to Hengxiang, which is far away in Paradise Lost?

He knows that human beings have some philosophies and theories of mind that believe that there is some kind of invisible and intangible common consciousness among all human beings, and each person has a part of it connected to it, which subtly affects all people’s behavior. But these theories are extremely old and lack the support of research evidence, so they have long been discarded.

“You don’t believe me.” Zhang Xun looked at Adam’s expression and came to a conclusion. But he didn’t show any anxiety or anger, only blank blankness spread in his eyes, “You think I’m crazy.”

“Xun, you just had a nightmare. The amount of nanobots you injected is much smaller than the average dose. , it’s impossible to affect your brain now.” Adam reassured Zhang Xun carefully, as if he was a sex.

Zhang Xun gradually calmed down and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hands. He took a deep breath, as if trying to convince himself.

It was probably just a dream.

But why does it feel so real, why is he so tired as if he hadn’t fallen asleep?

Seeing that Zhang Xun seemed to calm down a bit, Adam took a step forward and looked down at the mechanic slightly, “We have to get out of here, Xun.”

“…Where?”

“Go to a random coordinate point. As soon as we gather resources there, we head to the next random location in Eden before finding us. This is the safest and surest way.”

“Eden will use the entire Feathered Serpent and Paradise Lost as hostages to force us to stop. ”

We can’t stop. Once we stop, we’ll be neutralized immediately. We need to figure out a way to connect with a few key humans as we move. They’ll help us attract Eden’s attention, drain its resources, and give I regain control of Paradise Lost and the opportunity to obtain necessary supplies.”

“Key Humans?”

“Eden has enemies, and always has. Eden is like a ubiquitous web that takes away a lot of the absolute power that should have been held by a small number of humans. These forces have always existed, but because Eden is too Strong, they have no chance to act and will be destroyed by Eden all plans. But now, you have created a network of three AIs that is enough to hold Pan, plus me, enough to consume a considerable part of Eden’s attention. This is for those human beings It’s a perfect opportunity, they won’t let it go.”

Zhang Xun didn’t say anything.

Adam suddenly stretched out his hand and gently touched Zhang Xun’s cheek. Zhang Xun’s body trembled slightly, but he did not escape.

“I know that you have contacted a very important person… the offspring of my creator, Natalie Clausen.” Adam said softly, “She may have some… unexpected things in her hands, you can Help us to further weaken Eden.”

Zhang Xun was not surprised at all, “You know?”

“Anything about you, I will do my best to understand. I have arranged a few informants around Feathered Serpent City, and I know that there are Some mobs are investigating the Eden religion, but I didn’t share this part with Eden.” Adam said, grinning, as if there would be a faint light in the darkness.

Zhang Xun looked at that smile, and a touch of sadness filled his heart.

Adam, did you really finally choose him?

After he destroyed himself…

The author has something to say: Happy Chinese New Year to everyone~~~

Thanks to the little angels who threw the grenades~: Xia Ran Xia Ran 2; Chasing the Moon, Water Moon 1

Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine You~: Yiyidu hides a pity flower, and 2 natural curly strawberries; Anan, Xia Ran, Xia Ran, A Chi, Qingwei baby, Liao Liao, Chasing the Moon and Water Moon, Silent Stone, myvanillaworld 1

thanks to the little angels who irrigated the nutrient solution~: 42 bottles of chasing the moon, water and moon; 10 bottles of Ryo; 1 bottle of Lili

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