The Mechanic - Chapter 124

[Chapter 124 Descendants (8)]

The escape of Zhang Xun and others depends entirely on the game between Adam and Eden. Eden’s robots blocked all the way out, but Adam was always able to temporarily lose control of the robots in several key positions at the most suitable time, allowing Anya and her men to use their weapons as cover to break through the encirclement.

But at the same time Adam can’t be online all the time. He was an extremely complex and huge code group at this time, and it was easy to find it moving in Eden’s network. He had to break himself up and regroup from time to time to escape Eden’s siege. Fortunately, Pan, Phoenix, and Morningstar on the other side of the world were also constantly grabbing new extension robots to disperse Eden’s computing resources, which gave them time to breathe.

Zhang Xun thought about what Natalie said.

A virus that can paralyze Eden…

It’s almost impossible to get close to Eden’s core servers. Since the success of the seance, Eden has completely overhauled the way he keeps his core servers. No one in the world knows where they are. Even the extended robots responsible for maintaining it are regularly formatted and replaced.

Moreover, Zhang Xun was very suspicious that Eden had quietly put himself into a carrier that was several times more advanced than the biological computer owned by Feathered Serpent City. It has such resources, and it has been slow to upgrade itself before, also because of its public image. But since no one can see its core server anymore, there is no reason to stay in those ancient boxes.

In that case, how do they get to Eden’s core servers? It’s almost impossible… The

blistering wind slashed his cheeks so hard that he couldn’t keep his eyes open. In a trance, lasers are swirling around, overhead is the roar of drones, and death rays are falling like a torrential rain. He could hear screams, not sure who fell off the locomotive, or whose blood left a long trail on the ground.

But even so, Eden’s robots still surrounded them. Adam also never reappeared, wondering if he had been trapped somewhere in the network by Eden.

The giant robots gathered them together like a mountain, as if a fire from the sky was about to fall and burn them to ashes.

At this moment, the driver of Zhang Xun’s locomotive was hit by a laser on the head, and a neat gap was shot from his forehead to the back of his head. The driver’s brain splattered on Zhang Xun’s face, the sticky and slippery touch made him unable to understand what it was, and then the locomotive’s body tilted, Zhang Xun’s whole body seemed to lose weight and was thrown into the air. .

Are you going to die?

The moment of landing became very long, and he could almost feel the death rays crisscrossing the net beneath him. For a moment, his eyes could see that the blue sky was dipped in the light pink by the gradually slanting sunlight, just like the color that spread across his cheeks when Adam laughed.

Yet he did not die. His body was grabbed by a strong arm and brought back to the co-pilot of another two-person aircraft.

Zhang Xun turned his head, but saw Zhang Shuo lowered his body, but his old but still strong and powerful body was lying on the driver’s seat in a ready-to-go attitude. Their craft was passing through the countless steel feet of a giant steel robot, the heavy metal cylinders pressing down on them, smashing cobweb-like fissures across the frozen ground.

“Don’t look up, don’t open your eyes.” Zhang Shuo’s voice was extraordinarily calm and steady, still full of unquestionable deterrence as before.

Zhang Xun knew that their lives were on the verge of death at this time, and if Zhang Shuo’s judgment was slightly wrong, they would turn into meat mud under the robot’s feet. He obeyed his father’s orders to close his eyes and lower his head, not to look around at the chaotic dance of death that would terrify even the bravest of men.

For the first time, he stayed by his father’s side on the battlefield. Although he was still useless, inexplicably, his father’s protection injected a warm spring into his dry heart, just like drinking a cup when his hands and feet were almost frozen in the cold winter. The feeling of warmth in the stomach when a person milks. He seemed to have a sudden support, and suddenly the strength to persevere.

Although Zhang Shuo was already a high commander, he had been trained to drive mechas before. As long as any machine or vehicle could be driven, it would be easy for him. The two-person flying machine seemed to merge with him, turning into a flying bird dragging blue-purple flames, rushing through the interwoven flames and steel forest with incredible agility.

Under his leadership, the convoy was like a sea snake traversing the raging sea, forcibly carving out a way out in the impossible net. Zhang Xun didn’t open his eyes as his father ordered, and was clinging to whatever he could. But he could hear the screams of dying people, smell the blood and the smell of laser-scorched flesh. He knew they were dead and wounded.

They have left the land and are rampaging across the ocean. The robots of Eden seem to be endless, no matter which direction they turn. Even if Zhang Shuo’s driving skills were brilliant, he would not be able to cope with so many tireless fighting robots.

Suddenly, all the robots surrounding them started to fire at each other, the roaring explosion almost tore Zhang Xun’s eardrums, and the pain exploded in his mind. He covered his ears with his hands, unaware that he was screaming in horror.

Then, everything suddenly became quiet. The sound of the explosion gradually became distant, and there was only the steady and constant sound of the aircraft running. Zhang Xun tried to open his eyes and took his hand off his ear, but found blood on his palm. Apparently the ear has been injured. But when he looked around, he realized that he was the luckiest of all.

There were only four cars left in the convoy when they fled, and the rest were gone. Anya and Diego, who shared a locomotive, were all painted. Diego had a terrifying blood hole on his shoulder, and he was still gurgling blood. He was spraying hemostatic agent on the wound.

And Natalie seemed to be seriously injured and fell into a coma. If it wasn’t for Anya’s men holding her, I’m afraid she would have turned over already. The other two townspeople of Rhinohorn Town were also in a state of embarrassment, escaping from death.

Zhang Xun turned to look at Zhang Shuo, but saw that there was blood on Zhang Shuo’s face, but he didn’t know if it was someone else’s blood splattered on it. But his expression was calm, without any distressed expression, and he was probably safe and sound.

Zhang Xun breathed a sigh of relief.

Turning his head, he found that there was still a rising cloud of explosive smoke spreading on the sea in the distance, as if the sea was burning, very terrifying and magnificent.

He understood that Adam used some means to suddenly control all the mechanical soldiers who were chasing them, causing them to destroy each other and creating an opportunity for them to escape.

If Adam is one step behind, I am afraid that they will be wiped out. Eden was dead.

Presumably because Adam had appeared, they were all useless.

They escaped to a frozen island in the Arctic Circle, where the ice and snow have never been trodden by humans, and the only animals they might see are polar bears. The extremely cold weather was enough to make everyone shiver through the cold jackets on them.

They were forced to stop to treat their wounds, and all were silent, struggling to get off the aircraft. Anya supported Diego and limped to a huge ice rock and sat down. She took out a black machine that could automatically heat up as a temporary heat source from her backpack, put it on the ground, and began to carefully examine Diego’s wound.

On the other side, Natalie was also carried off the aircraft and placed near the heat source.

When Zhang Xun’s legs touched the ground, he realized how soft his legs were. He held the aircraft to stabilize his body, and stretched his hand into his pocket… His

heart suddenly fell into an ice cave.

The chip that contained Adam’s restored DNA model was gone.

When did it fall? Eighty percent of the time, the aircraft he was riding in was bombed and he flew out.

At that time, it was a miracle that others did not die, and there was no need for a chip.

Maybe Adam still has a backup, at least Adam himself must have remembered it… It doesn’t matter, there is still hope…

Zhang Xun turned to look at his father, only to see Zhang Shuo still sitting in the driver’s seat, not moving.

“dad?”

The unfamiliar words seemed to have not been called for a long time.

Zhang Shuo raised his head to look at him, his eyes filled with exhaustion that he could no longer hide. In an instant, Zhang Xun realized how old his father was, and the wrinkles on the corners of his eyes and forehead were already so deep.

“Dad? Are you injured?”

Zhang Shuo shook his head, his movements were so slight that he could hardly tell.

However, Zhang Xun noticed Zhang Shuo’s bleeding arm, which was obviously scratched by the laser. He took a few steps forward, “Your arm has to stop the bleeding…”

“Stand still and don’t move.”

Zhang Xun frowned, but stopped obediently.

Zhang Shuo’s words were not the same as before. They didn’t have a commanding tone, but were rather tired and pale. But Zhang Xun had long been used to obeying his father’s orders, and he always tried his best to do whatever his father asked.

“Xun Xun, listen carefully to what I say.”

Xun Xun…

This somewhat feminine nickname, Zhang Shuo didn’t call him after he was six years old. So much so that his body trembled slightly when he heard it.

“I’ve been too strict with you since I was a child. I know you’re very hardworking and smart, but it’s not what I expected. It’s not your fault.” Zhang Shuo sighed and raised his head. A strand of gray hair fell from his forehead and fell between his eyebrows, adding a bit of softness to his cold and hard lines.

Zhang Xun never expected to hear such words from Zhang Shuo’s mouth.

It’s not that he didn’t look forward to it, but he didn’t expect to hear it one day…

The question is, why now? Why would you suddenly tell him at such a time?

An ominous premonition filled the low sky not far away like a black cloud, rolling and roaring about to approach.

“You did a good job.” Zhang Shuo said, twitching the corners of his mouth, as if trying to give Zhang Xun a smile.

“Dad… what’s wrong with you?” Zhang Xun’s wide eyes were filled with terror, he knew something was wrong.

Zhang Shuo picked up the laser gun he had carried with him for more than 30 years and aimed it at… his own chin.

“Dad!!! What are you doing!!!”

“Listen to me, Eden injected me with a new type of weaponized nanobot during the first three hours when I was being held hostage to hold you. This kind of robot doesn’t seem to be like the one in your body. It’s sending messages to Eden in real time, so it can know where you are and where Adam will be. At the same time… those robots will control little by little My thoughts and actions are like those of Natalie’s renegade subordinates. I don’t know how much time I have left.” Zhang Shuo’s tone was so calm that he seemed to be talking about something that had nothing to do with him, full of mechanical Reason, “They are changing my brain, I can feel it.”

“Dad, Adam can cure you! He will find the antidote!” Zhang Xun’s voice was shaking, he took a step forward, Zhang Xun Shuo’s finger on the trigger moved slightly. Zhang Xun’s heart seemed to jump out of his throat, and his whole body froze in place.

“There’s no time. As long as I’m still with you, Eden will find you.” Zhang Shuo said in a tone of unquestionable authority, “Besides, I don’t want to become Eden’s puppet. I’ve been cautious all my life, and Eden fought all his life, and finally wanted to die

as a human.” Die as a human, the last dignity of the soldiers of Paradise Lost.

Zhang Xun unknowingly burst into tears, and the tears were frozen on his cheeks by the cold air, “No… No! Give me some time! I’ll think of a way!”

Anya and several others were also slowly approaching, she He said carefully, “Commander Zhang, calm down, maybe…”

“I’m calm. I’ve been thinking about it for nearly five hours. This is the best and most effective solution.” Zhang Shuo kept his eyes on Zhang Shuo. Xun, solemnly passed the weight of his soul to his only descendant, “After I shoot, you don’t need to worry about my body, get out of here as soon as possible. Do you understand?”

“Dad, don’t…” When the

laser gun shoots, it doesn’t make a loud noise like a physical gun. It’s quiet, and you can only hear the barely audible subtle sound of flesh and bone being burned through, and see a beam of light shoot out from the top of the skull.

Everything was quiet, and the sound of Zhang Shuo’s body lying on the steering wheel was the only sound.

[End of This Chapter]