The Mechanic

He even felt a little tightness in his chest.

Your choice is right. Zhang Xun finally squeezed out such a sentence, but his voice seemed a little dry.

Adam said seriously, It may be right for the person who made the question. But it's not right for me.

Zhang Xun looked at him with some confusion.

Adam put down his teacup and reached out to pinch the pendant on Zhang Xun's palm, When I was Eden, every decision I made was not necessarily correct, but after simulation and calculation, it was the closest to my final decision. The purpose. I think that one of the biggest differences between humans and machines is that machines have a purpose, a definite and unchanging purpose. But people do not necessarily have a purpose. Even if they do, the purpose can be changed, and the mood You can change, you can change your character. You can believe contradictory concepts at the same time, and act against your principles in one situation and in another. I think I've learned that.

Zhang Xun frowned, What do you mean?

Adam leaned forward slightly, and whispered in his ear, In the simulator, when you asked me to put down the shield and expose the air defense shelter where the civilians were hiding, I knew that I was in the simulator. It’s in. So all the decisions I made after that were just to pass the test.”

Zhang Xun was completely stunned. For humans, this is almost impossible. Because under the influence of drugs and hypnotic brainwashing, even if the testees notice certain abnormalities, they will not doubt the authenticity of reality.

Obviously, human drugs and brainwashing methods are not completely suitable for me. Adam said, smiling slightly, with a sense of cunning, But I have to say that the simulator I designed when I was Eden is still very Perfect, even if I know everything is a simulation, when I see them arresting you and going to execute you, I will feel scared, afraid that it is actually real.

Is that why there are those two peaks?

Zhang Xun looked at Adam and said in a low voice for a while, So you cheated. All the performances in the simulator were designed by you?

I don't think it's cheating. They didn't ask me to show anything when I realized the hypocrisy of the simulator. Adam shrugged. And, I know you cheated too.

Indeed... Threats and blackmail are not an honorable method...

Co-author or did he teach Adam badly?

Zhang Xun's previously stagnant feeling became clearer, but a new hidden worry arose. He realized that maybe Adam already knew how to lie. His lies can't even be detected by the machine he designed himself, let alone these mortals?

So when is Adam lying and when is he not? How much should he believe? How much do you question?

Adam, why did you tell me? Zhang Xun asked, You know that if you tell me, I will be wary of you.

Adam tilted his head and thought for a while, then replied, Because you are an important human being to me. You are my mechanic, and I hope to establish a relationship of trust with you. I hope you can trust me.

Why? Why do you want me to trust you? Does my trust do you any good? Zhang Xun sat up straight, slightly distanced himself from Adam, and asked in a somewhat alienated tone.

Adam looked at him innocently, as if he didn't understand what he did wrong. He was obviously fine just now, and what he said was the truth?

As expected, there are still many places beyond common sense in human behavior...

Axun, do you want me to be a human being, or do you want me to be the original Eden? Adam asked in confusion, If it is a human being, isn't trust a normal thing that happens between close people? A purposeful emotion?

Zhang Xun couldn't answer.

He didn't know what he expected from Adam, he didn't know that he wanted Adam to be a human or a machine. Or maybe neither, but a different... entirely different creation.

Chapter 27 Fruit of Wisdom (5)

Adam successfully passed the psychological assessment, and this incident caused another big wave in Paradise Lost.

The attitude of the round table is still unclear, but there have been unauthorized phobic people protesting and clamoring outside the Lab for several days, holding huge banners full of curse words. Some people even threw rotten vegetables and wine bottles at the entrance of the Lab, making quite a few mechanics and researchers afraid to come to work at all.

On the third day, when a mecha being repaired was destroyed by several protesters, the military finally sent people to drive the troublemakers away.

At the same time, Zhang Xun locked himself in his personal research and development room, trying to create the first nano-bendable screen material that is almost as thin and light as ordinary cloth. If the manufacture is successful, he hopes to put such a thing on the hunting uniform of the hunting group. When necessary, as long as the soldier wraps himself completely under this material without gaps, the surrounding environment can be projected onto the clothes through the miniature cameras all over the body, making people invisible to a certain extent. This technique may not be able to completely fool the human eye, but it should be enough to deal with relatively simple mechanical police.

He took off the microscopic lens on his right eye and rubbed his sore eyes. Turning to look at another computer screen showing the condition of Adam's room. Adam was practicing push-ups on the ground. From the perspective of the monitor, he could see through his sweat-soaked undershirt the muscles on his back that were protruding due to exertion, with vivid light and shadow.