The Mechanic

Zhang Xun knew that if he hadn't injected nano-robots, he would probably be crying with joy now. But now, he feels nothing.

This made his body tremble slightly.

When I find your father, maybe I can cure you. Adam looked at him seriously, as if promising, Don't give up, Axun.

Zhang Xun looked at him calmly, without any waves in his eyes, Thank you.

Adam felt a slight pain in his heart.

Close to the polar circle, it gets dark very early. Adam sits cross-legged in his tent, a cable connecting his brain to his tablet. He stared blankly somewhere in the sky, concentrating on writing a piece of code.

Suddenly, the thermal curtain of the tent was lifted. Adam watched in astonishment as Zhang Xun came in, holding a roll of sleeping bags in his arms.

A Xun?

Zhang Xun glanced at him, put the sleeping bag next to his sleeping bag, and spread it out carefully. Adam was dumbfounded, and accidentally wrote a large string of gibberish characters, and quickly deleted them in his mind, Ah Xun... you want to sleep with me?

Zhang Xun raised his head, his eyes shone faintly in the dim light, Yes.

Uh...ok...okay. Adam frantically unplugged the wires at the back of his head, but didn't know what to do. Are you hungry? I still have some energy cookies here.

While he was looking for the food in his backpack, his wrist was suddenly grabbed by a warm human hand. Zhang Xun's breath suddenly approached, and he could even feel Zhang Xun's breath lightly falling on the surface of his skin.

When he raised his eyes, he was almost swallowed by Zhang Xun's dark pupils.

A...A Xun? He swallowed, his Adam's apple sliding up and down.

Zhang Xun stared at him, the skin on his neck was the color of honey in the dense light.

I need your help. Zhang Xun said softly, I want...to feel something...I want to connect with other people.

It was an itching sensation, as if it happened inside the skull, and the fingers couldn't scratch it no matter what. That terrifying void was devouring him, consuming his soul and sense of individual existence bit by bit. He's not even sure he's alive, and only when Adam talks to him and touches him does he feel a little bit alive.

That's why some of those injected with nanobots lose their minds. They need to connect with the consciousness of all people, and want to be sure of their existence through the consciousness of others, even if this certainty will eventually dissolve their existence.

Zhang Xun finally understood completely now, but he was powerless to resist.

He was losing his emotions, losing his feelings. He is becoming them.

Adam's heartbeat was so loud that he doubted whether Zhang Xun could hear it. He felt Zhang Xun's hand on his neck, his thumb gently stroking the skin on his chin.

How long has it been since such an intimate touch from Zhang Xun?

The last time was in Paradise Lost, Zhang Xun pretended to be sick that night, and they fell asleep hugging together.

too long.

After that, Adam pretended to be Enoch and stayed by Zhang Xun's side. Every moment he wanted to really fly to Zhang Xun's side, open his arms to hug him and never let go. But he told himself that this kind of impulse is irrational and a defect of human nature, and he should resist and ignore it.

But now he doesn't have to resist.

He raised his hand and gently traced Zhang Xun's lips. Zhang Xun opened his lips slightly, and nibbled on his fingertips without pain or itchiness.

Adam groaned in his head.

Axun... are you sure?

Zhang Xun stared at him with an almost provocative expression, and nodded slightly.

The next moment, Adam pulled Zhang Xun into his arms.

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In the early hours of the morning, Adam opened his eyes. Her blue eyes fell on the peaceful sleeping face of the person in her arms, filled with endless tenderness and nostalgia.

Adam at this moment is completely human. But he didn't feel disgusted anymore.

Everything that happened last night seemed like a dream, he never imagined that there would be a day when he could really embrace Zhang Xun.

He knows that Zhang Xun wants to use him to feel that he still exists, and knows that the erosion of Zhang Xun by nano-robots has reached a precarious state, but he still feels the long-lost... sense of happiness for this night of tenderness .

The happiness that belongs to human beings, the happiness that originally meant nothing to him.

But now, when he looked at Zhang Xun's overly peaceful dreamless sleep, the accompanying panic returned, becoming stronger and more dangerous than before.

He hugged Zhang Xun tightly, his eyes were swollen, and his nose was slightly sour. He was feeling the sadness, the sadness that he didn't show for anyone, the sadness that was really his own.

But at this moment, Natalie's voice came from outside the tent.

Zhang Shuo found it!

Hearing his father's name, Zhang Xun opened his eyes hesitantly, and looked up at Adam who was still tightly wrapped around his shoulders and refused to let go. And Adam looked down at him, showing a bright smile.

The author has something to say: Thanks to the little angel who cast the rocket pào~~: Mercury

Thanks to the little angels who cast mines~~: switchcozzz, Xia Ran Xia Ran, chūn Lai Kikyo