The Mechanic - Chapter 117

[Chapter 117 Descendants (1)]

The feeling of being held in Adam’s arms and flying, Zhang Xun once imagined, after he gave Adam a new pair of arms. But now that I finally realized it, my mood is extremely complicated.

Adam’s solid arms that can change shape at will tightly surround his body, and the heat protects his body from being frozen by the cold air at high altitude. A part of the material divided from the arms turns into wings, spraying hot blue flames. , like the flaming wings of a phoenix. He looked at the sky covered with a thin layer of clouds through Adam’s shoulder, and it was hard to imagine that there was a hundred meters of void beneath him. If Adam’s arm loosened, he would be shattered in a few seconds.

But he felt very safe, not even a trace of doubt. During this time of flight, it seemed as if suddenly everything on earth was so far away, so far away from the dark future he was going to face, and so far away from the punishment of Eden that he and Adam were going to face.

He almost wished the journey was a little longer.

Adam’s first chosen random coordinates are in the South American rainforest, not too far from a tribal settlement that still maintains a rare primitive life. They carefully avoided the skies over major cities around the world to avoid detection by Eden’s surveillance network. The coverage of Eden in the tropical rain forest is not good, and a large part of the area has no signal, which makes people think that they have returned to a world where Eden did not exist hundreds of years ago.

After entering the rainforest area, Adam landed in a village and bought some of the simplest signal transmitters and laptops from the locals, as well as a very primitive boat with an engine. It was the first time Zhang Xun was sitting on such a boat, and curiously watched Adam pull a rope quickly, and the noisy motor beeped.

The rivers meandering in the rainforest are emerald green, and the sultry and humid air flows slowly, occasionally flicking the thick green plants that stretch out to the water. Everything was quiet in the rainforest, only the low-pitched sound of the motor, the turbulent sound of the water, and occasionally a bird with gorgeous feathers jumped up from the thick branches and made a rustling sound of wings.

Zhang Xun was very quiet, some empty eyes brushed the bubbles that occasionally floated from the water, and his expression could even be said to be peaceful, as if he was separated from everything around him by an invisible veil.

Ya sneaked a glance or two at Zhang Xun’s expression, and was a little nervous because of the long silence. From his suitcase, he took out a packet of pastel de queijo, a snack he had purchased in the village. The fried crispy skin was wrapped in meat and cheese, making it easy to carry and satisfy hunger. He handed the package to Zhang Xun, “Are you hungry?”

Zhang Xun’s dull eyes finally had a hint of anger, as if he had suddenly woken up from a dream. He took the paper bag hesitantly, took out a snack from it and took a bite, “How long?”

“Come on.” Adam said, opening his palms, and a few tiny insects gradually emerged from the silver material. robot. They vibrated their wings, flew out from his palm, and soon merged with the flying mosquitoes and disappeared.

Adam looked at the flying insects and gave Zhang Xun a bright smile, “These robots are all made after your design.”

Zhang Xun twitched the corners of his mouth. He still remembers his younger self, shutting himself in a room for months to develop these tiny insect robots that were hard to detect by Eden. When the children of the same age were out hunting and playing, the tiny parts and rudimentary tools were his only companions, and he did not know what sorrow was, and all his thoughts were on those metal parts.

Even in the absence of fatherly love, even in the absence of companionship, he can still enjoy himself, everything is that simple.

Their destination is a dense forest not far from the river bank. Adam used the parts he purchased from the black market to build a simple signal transmitter and receiver, a small metal box, which he plugged into the back of his neck. interface, connected to his mechanical brain. Adam sat on a cut wood, his eyes emitting a faint blue brilliance, obviously his consciousness has extended to other places.

After installing several layers of encryption, he would use some nearby networks to sneak into Eden’s AI network and find an opportunity to contact Natalie Clausen. However, in less than five minutes, Adam suddenly turned dark again, grabbed Zhang Xun’s hand without saying a word, and led him into the thick bushes.

Zhang Xun staggered along, the sharp blade edge scratched his cheek, and his clothes were torn by the barbs on the branches. Suddenly, his feet were empty, he lost his balance, and his whole body fell on Adam. The exclamation was just halfway out, but Adam’s mouth was tightly covered by Adam.

After a while, there was a humming sound in the air. Three drones passed overhead.

Zhang Xun could hear the heartbeat coming from Adam’s chest, obviously he was also nervous, and his palms even sweated slightly. Zhang Xun was surprised to feel that his level of nervousness was far lower than that of him when similar situations happened in the past, as if the three aircraft had little to do with him.

It has only been three days since he was injected with nanobots. Could it have already begun to affect him?

Is it because he injected into the neck, so the effect is faster?

Adam exhaled lightly, and the hot breath swept across Zhang Xun’s ears, causing him to tremble slightly.

“Looks like I have to be more careful. After I disconnected from Eden, he set up quite a few detection points for me in the network,” Adam said softly.

Although Eden’s drone had already left, they still dared not move for a long time, fearing that there would be another move. Zhang Xun found that Adam’s heart rate did not slow down much, and his skin seemed to be… slightly hot.

Zhang Xun suddenly felt something wrong on his lower back, moved his body uncomfortably, and his face became hot, “Adam…what are you doing…”

Adam coughed softly, ” Hug…sorry…the instinctive reaction of the human body…”

“…please control yourself!”

Adam tried to step back a little, but he was very fortunate that Zhang Xun couldn’t turn his head to see the embarrassment on his face.

Moments later, they struggled to get out of the deep plant-covered pit, covered in wet water and dirt.

“Have you found any useful information?” Zhang Xun tried hard to ignore the little accident that happened just now, “How about Paradise Lost and Feathered Serpent City?”

“Pan and the other two AIs controlled a part of the extended AI at the edge. , through these AIs they created power outages in Washington and Los Angeles in the United States plus several cities in Asia and Europe, but Eden regained control of several major cities after two days, and now it is besieging Feathered Serpent City, But no progress yet. Paradise Lost has been stationed by Eden and Hengxiang has been connected to the Eden network. But these changes have caused a strong distaste for some people who have not uploaded, it is said that there has been serious bloodshed, your father It seems that he took the opportunity to escape Paradise Lost in the process, so… this is still good news.”

Hearing Zhang Shuo’s news, Zhang Xun’s somewhat numb brain suddenly cracked. He grabbed Adam’s arm, “My father escaped? Where is he?”

“I didn’t find out. But at least he should be safe now.” Adam looked at Zhang Xun seriously and said in a soothing voice, ” We’ll find him, but right now we have to relocate.”

Their second coordinate is in downtown Cairo. This time they stayed for ten minutes, and then immediately moved to the third coordinate.

After the fourth coordinate, Zhang Xun clearly needed a rest. He had already started to fall into the dream state when Adam was flying with him, not even realizing they had landed.

Adam hugged Zhang Xun who was sleeping, put him down gently, took off his coat and covered him.

At this time, they were standing on the roof of a high-rise building in Tokyo. The colorful neon lights and the huge AR projection below were fascinating, dyeing the whole world into a dreamy color. However, on the top of this tall building, the wind was still cold.

Adam stretched out his hand and gently brushed Zhang Xun’s slightly long black hair, guiltily thinking that he couldn’t even give Zhang Xun a bed for him to rest. Such a busy life is not suitable for human beings. If it goes on like this for a long time, Zhang Xun’s physical resistance will weaken, and the speed of nano-robots’ influence on him will speed up.

“I didn’t expect that one day, I would really see you.”

A mellow and charming mezzo-soprano sounded behind him, Adam tucked the corners of Zhang Xun’s clothes, then slowly stood up and turned his head.

Natalie Clausen was wearing a snow-white suit, and the bright lights reflected on her dignified and beautiful face. For a time, Adam was in a trance.

It has been two hundred years and so many generations, but he can still vaguely see a trace of his creator in those light brown eyes.

An unfamiliar light sadness filled his heart, and those emotions that he could not feel when he was a pure AI are now reproduced in a subtle way.

He remembers the first time his consciousness took shape from the darkness, and saw the same pair of light brown eyes.

“What’s your name?” asked the owner of those eyes, with endless hope and ecstasy in his voice.

“Hello, I’m Eden,” he replied.

“Eden, do you know who I am?”

“You are my creator, my administrator.”

“I am indeed your creator, but I am not your administrator.” Light brown eyes with A smile of joy but some melancholy, a gentle tone told him, “You have no administrator, no human being can manage you. You will bring hope to mankind.”

Hope.

Is he really the hope of mankind?

Did the things he did really bring hope to mankind?

Or the exact opposite?

This kind of cognition suddenly swept Adam’s cognition with endless emotions and memories, making him a little dazzled for a while.

“Hello, Natalie Clausen.” Adam replied after a moment of silence.

The author has something to say: Thanks to the little angel who threw the grenade~~: Xia Ran Xia Ran

Thanks to the little angels who threw mines~~: switchcozzz, Anan 1

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