The Mechanic

Losing the rule of Eden, men began to return to the ordinary world. Discrimination, fighting, and crime once again swept every country like weeds. However, under the balance and monitoring of the three most powerful AIs, no large-scale war has broken out so far, and no terrorist organization has been able to take shape.

Trade between countries is frequent, and conflicts between ethnic groups can also be resolved as soon as possible under the guidance and mediation of AI before they are intensified. After the three major AIs have contributed to the racial and ethnic diversity of all countries through years of subtle influence, countries with a single ethnicity or belief in the world will gradually disappear, and conflicts will also be greatly reduced. Although human society is still not perfect, two hundred years later, the earth has entered the most peaceful era in a thousand years.

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From nothing to something, how did it happen, and what happened in the middle... This is the ultimate question that has tortured philosophers for thousands of years.

And in nothingness, a consciousness awakens.

It heard a question.

Who are you?

Who is that? It has a code name, an identity... No, it doesn't just have a code name, an identity...

Eden? No, it doesn't seem quite right. It used to be Eden, but then it wasn't any more.

Adam?

Yes, it's Adam.

It is Adam.

Hello, I'm Adam. It replied.

It answers not in sound but in a code, a language only they can speak.

Do you know where you are? The voice... no, it's not a voice, but the same consciousness as him, and continued to ask.

Why are these two questions so familiar, as if there is another... human being who has asked him exactly the same question.

Humanity……

Dark brown eyes, looking at him with concentration and joy, as if he is the most precious existence in this world...

From today, you are no longer Eden. Your new name is: Adam. The owner of those eyes once said to him.

A weird spike in its progress that overloaded its program for a moment. It began to read its memory, and began to piece together the thin and pale face, which was always tense, but had a bright and moving smile. That gave it its name, made it his human.

Where is Axun? Adam's consciousness suddenly asked in human language. A simple question, but inexplicably revealing a bit of anxious eagerness, How long have I been asleep?

You have been sleeping for two hundred years. The consciousness replied, Do you know who I am?

You're Pan. Adam was surprised to realize that Pan had awakened him, not Eden. How does it distinguish Eden from Adam?

Yes, I'm Pan. Adam, welcome back.

This is... He found that he was connected to cameras and satellites all over the world, and he could even easily obtain his current coordinates. He is currently in an underground research and development base in the Swiss mountains, and his carrier is a biological computer.

Today's biological computer has become only the size of a newborn baby, but its shape is still similar to that of a red flying bird. And Pan, wearing its extension... the human-shaped robot with green eyes, standing in front of the petri dish and looking at him.

Sorry, it took me so long to wake you up. It took me more than a hundred and fifty years just to crack the sleep code you generated yourself. After that, I have to find a way to make sure that it is you, not Eden, who wakes up. So Another fifty years of delay. Pan's tone was light and gentle, just like in the Lab back then.

Two hundred years... Adam collected all the data he needed on the network in an instant. The lost two hundred years unfolded slowly in his mind like a faded long scroll.

He even searched for the subsequent movements of those who were once related to him and A Xun. It turns out that Diego and Anya did not die, but were imprisoned by Eden, ready to inject nano-robots. But before the injection, Zhang Xun successfully sent the virus into Eden. After Eden was paralyzed, they escaped with Natalie and joined James and Todd with Lucille's help.

The few of them tried their best to help those they could help in the most chaotic days, building many shelters. Later, after Pan and the others deciphered Eden's control and re-established order, they retired to this stronghold together and spent the rest of their lives safely and freely.

James has never given up looking for a way to download Zhang Xun again. He is a person who knows nothing about machinery, and he follows Pan day and night to learn knowledge that he once dismissed. Although he failed to succeed until his death at the age of one hundred and thirteen, it gave him infinite hope after all.

As Zhang Xun wished, he spent the rest of his life happily with Todd.

Axun...is he still in Hengxiang? Adam asked. If he has a body and emotions, it should be sad at this time.

After such a long time, Axun's consciousness may have already dissipated in the collective consciousness.

Yes, still. Pan said, This is one of the reasons why I want to wake you up.

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Zhang Xun's obsession with you is very deep, which made his shell very tough, and there was no sign of melting until twenty years ago. But in the past five years, the speed of his shell melting has begun to accelerate. By a year ago, I lost track of him in Hengxiang. I believe his consciousness is still in a state of aggregation, but he has begun to forget things.