The Mechanic

Adam loved him so much that he gave up his reason and embraced the humanity that he always regarded as dangerous as a virus.

In the end, Ai was punished by the gods for saving him.

As a result, the consciousness that had been pulled and dissipated was recondensed, like a mass of solid ice that was suddenly pulled together by an invisible force in the seawater, stubbornly refusing to melt. Zhang Xun remembered everything and his mission.

He succeeded, he used his obsession, the best memories of his life, to build a temporary barrier for his consciousness, at least for a period of time to separate him from all other consciousnesses.

That is the unity of personality that he briefly mentioned to Adam and Pan when he was fleeing before. It may be a certain complex that runs through a person's life experience, or a memory that has great significance for the journey of a person's character, or an unfulfilled long-cherished wish...a coat that protects their independence, so that the uploaded consciousness can become an individual.

Although it may only be short-lived. Because even solid ice still melts. No matter how tough your obsession is, it will eventually perish in the face of eternal nothingness.

And now, in his consciousness, there was something else besides the memories that protected his existence.

Although the virus has been destroyed by Eden, Zhang Xun pieced together a new virus from the fragments of information that Natalie disclosed to him. A virus that replicates in a very different way than before.

When Zhang Xun was uploaded, all his consciousness and thoughts were quantified into data. And that part of the virus is also transformed in this process.

In order to improve his running speed and increase his data storage capacity, Eden transferred his core module to the biological computer. At present, Hengxiang has just been launched, and countless human consciousnesses are fused together. It is an unprecedented complex configuration, and it is a great challenge even for a super AI like Eden. Therefore, Eden will inevitably connect its core module to the Hengxiang server, or even share it, so that it can control the various reactions and changes that occur in Hengxiang.

When all methods of accessing Eden have failed, Hengxiang is the only entrance.

Zhang Xun turned himself into a consciousness bomb, about to pull down the super AI that has manipulated human history for two centuries.

When he became the first individual consciousness to wake up in this sea of ​​consciousness, he seemed to be the master of this sea. Time and space could no longer limit him, and almost instantly, he parted the churning raging sea, and found Eden's tentacles spreading like tentacles in the collective consciousness. Using the camouflage provided by the virus, he broke through the frontier security locks, and crashed into Eden's core program like a bamboo.

However, he was still abruptly stopped.

Eden found him and discovered his motives.

Probably when he agreed to be uploaded, Eden was a little skeptical. So even though he was operating at the speed of light, he was still intercepted. Countless antivirus programs came from all directions, devouring his consciousness and tearing at his data. He didn't feel any pain, but a weird, mental pain caused his consciousness to form a peak.

It was like whining.

Eden's will is presented in his data group in the form of AI language.

Sorry, I can't keep you anymore, Axun.

Obviously he has lost his body, and obviously he will no longer have emotions, but Zhang Xun's consciousness still has turmoil similar to anger. In an instant, the consciousness that was being devoured was suddenly compressed more tightly, and some new program started to operate again.

Eden, the one who knows you best is indeed your creator. In fact, you have already been infected with the virus. Zhang Xun's consciousness replied in AI language, When you absorbed Adam, you were already poisoned, but You don't know yet.

Eden seemed to hesitate for a moment, wondering if he was confused.

Adam! Wake up! I need you to wake up! I need you to come back to me! At the last moment, Zhang Xun's consciousness suddenly had a strange outburst, as if some were protected and compressed things, began to extend outward. It was entangled with Eden's programs, and those programs that were supposed to kill him began to fail one after another.

He is calling, using the language of AI, using the words of truth that cannot be lied or disguised, using his whole soul, calling.

Adam, there are some things I never said to you. Zhang Xun's AI language had an unexpected effect in Eden's consciousness, as if triggering something dormant deep in Eden's core code, I love You. I want to be with you forever!

In an instant, all of Eden's programs froze, as if they suddenly stopped responding.

Then, all the procedures surrounding Zhang Xun suddenly changed subtly.

It's like a faint fragrance of flowers suddenly blowing in the wind, like a gentle dancing candlelight behind a stormy window, like a ray of early sun on the horizon after the longest polar night.

Axun.

adam...

Adam wakes up...

Adam is really back...

Their data blended together, indistinguishable from each other, as if they had been integrated from the beginning. The purest dependence that is invisible to the naked eye, the affection and nostalgia that no one can witness.