Adam blinked, staring blankly at the empty space in front of him. Several slender wires extend from the interface at the back of his cervical spine, and several of them are connected to the huge copper-colored machine behind him.
It was a signal booster he made from materials already in Paradise Lost that would help him connect to Eden's satellite system in space. He started to make this machine while Zhang Xun was under house arrest. After the last conversation with Zhang Xun, he made an interface extending to the mechanical brain on his cervical vertebra to facilitate his connection with all external devices. He used this device to communicate with Eden, and at the same time determined Zhang Xun's position, thereby controlling Enoch.
Zhang Xun didn't make any interface on his body at first, in order to make him more human-like, so that he could not easily connect to other devices like a robot. But now, he is changing himself back little by little.
In addition to the lines connecting the signal boosters, other lines extend overhead, connecting to countless servers that are constantly flashing on and off. They were densely spread out from the ceiling and hung in several layers.
This is the world's first cloud of human consciousness. The hardware is a bit rudimentary and primitive. After all, the resources available in Paradise Lost are limited, but the functions are very complete. In a short period of time, several cell towers have been built in Paradise Lost, and the network covers all ten urban areas. In each urban area, old buildings have been transformed into consciousness uploading centers. All the people who want to undergo nanorobot transformation and consciousness uploading will go to those centers and be infused with nanorobots. While the brain is being transformed, the nanorobot will also enable the function of sending and receiving data, recording all the conscious activity data of the brain, converting it into signals and transmitting it to the cloud.
None of the current uploaders have chosen to completely detach themselves from their bodies. Nanobots are constantly uploading and downloading their consciousness, and everyone is sharing everything they see, hear, feel, and even think. Privacy no longer exists, everything is unfolded naked in front of all sharers.
According to the plan, the first batch of uploaders to be completely out of the body will be those who are terminally ill and die soon.
Adam has been staying underground in the Lab. In this huge space transformed from three-story underground space, he connected himself to these servers to monitor the activity status of all uploaded data. Lab has a complete defense system and is the safest place. The server used to store the awareness cloud is the most suitable. Until one day Paradise Lost opens, he can begin to transfer his consciousness to countless servers around the world.
In the days when Zhang Xun left, he hardly left this space. He can monitor the situation in every corner of every urban area in Paradise Lost at any time through Pan's extension robot. In the fabrication of machines, nanorobots, and uploading devices, most of the actual operations are done with the assistance of Pan and other mechanics, who are only responsible for providing specific design and operation methods, and verifying the results after the hardware is fabricated.
He divided his attention into two parts. Part of it stayed here, but part of it has traveled across North America with Zhang Xun.
He thought he could hide it for a longer time and spend more time with A Xun, but recently, there are too many places that need his attention, probably because of Paradise Lost. The controlled and irrational decision slips out, causing Xun to suspect.
At the same time as the connection was severed, a feeling of gigantic emptiness crept silently in his mind. It was a feeling he had never experienced before, as if all of a sudden everything went dark, and for a moment, he wasn't sure the meaning of what he was doing.
Meaning... that's something humans only cling to...
The body does not feel cold, but only cold can describe how he feels at the moment. If he'd been more human, if he'd been human longer, maybe he'd understand the feeling of loneliness.
He raised his hand numbly and unplugged the cables connected to the signal booster. Part of his consciousness was still constantly monitoring the flow of all data in the cloud, while another part, another part of consciousness that should now begin to deploy the next move, was floating empty.
He remembered the way A Xun looked at him.
He knew that A Xun was in pain, not physically, but mentally. Because he deceived him again.
A Xun didn't believe that she followed him all the way, she just wanted to protect him, she just wanted to be with him.
I'm afraid A Xun will never believe it again... I won't believe that I just want to be by his side for a longer time. Even in another identity, under another name. A Xun will never look at him with those helpless but doting eyes again, never lie lazily on his chest and refuse to get up, never smile gently and reach out to wipe his mouth again side of chocolate.
All those little actions, those routines between the two of them, those memories that belonged to him and Zhang Xun, are all in the past and will never come back again. And he didn't even know it was the last kiss, the last hand, the last tenderness.
This kind of cognition suddenly made him very uncomfortable, as if the air in his chest was sucked out and poured into the gravel. His mechanical heart was hurting as if he could feel it. Maybe it wasn't his heart that was hurting, but his spirit was hurting.
He felt like he was being torn apart a little bit.
Is this what it's like to be human? Out of control, fear, helplessness...
It was as if everything had returned to its starting point, back to the early morning when he had just been seduced. But Zhang Xun never comforted him with a gentle voice, supported him with warm hands, and stared at him with dark eyes.
At this time, the gear combination next to the metal gate directly opposite began to rotate, driving the heavy gate to slowly open. The sixth chief, Jian Mo, and psychologist Patty came in.
In an instant, all expressions on Adam's face disappeared. He sat up straight, raised his head slowly, curved the corners of his mouth, smiled gracefully and politely, "Good evening."
The sixth chief didn't look very good, and said coldly, "After Eden announced to reduce our threat level today, there have been riots in the tenth, eighth, and second districts."
Adam kept smiling, "Any change will stir up ripples. This is what I expected, and now several of the troublemakers have been controlled, and the rest can't stir up any waves. After all, most people are still I want to live in peace with the outside world.”
Patty whispered, "We have been calling ourselves the last bastion of men for two hundred years, and until not long ago we were promoting hostility to women and AI. If there is no honey plague I believe this situation will not change now. I Think we're going too fast, and it's very likely that people will lose their sense of belonging and their place."
Adam looked at the psychologist who was always so low-key that he couldn't find it in the crowd, "Do you have any advice?"
"If we want to open Paradise Lost, we need to do it step by step. We can start by opening up trade and exchanges. First, we should introduce some technology and entertainment products from the outside world to break some stereotypes. At the same time, we should export some things that we have but the outside world does not have. After all, the ordinary world The impression of us is equally extreme."
"Your suggestion is very valuable, and I will consider it carefully," Adam replied formulaically, although he had already thought of these details.
The sixth chief continued, "There are still quite a few people in the guards who have sympathy for Zhang Shuocun. You have repeatedly emphasized that Zhang Shuo can't be touched, but if you don't deal with him, it's not legal. After all, he did spread about the cloud of consciousness. Rumors and blatant disobedience to the Round Table's orders have had a bad impact. Also, he is Zhang Xun's father, and we should take advantage of that."
"Zhang Xun is not a threat to us yet."
"But he will definitely be a threat to us." The sixth chief said solemnly, "You don't think he will disappear after he escapes, right? Zhang Xun tried to kill you, and it was he who completed your seance. Even Pan It's all designed by him. He knows too much inside information, and it's hard to say whether he will join forces with certain forces to deal with us."
"Sixth Chief, I think we have reached a consensus on this issue." Adam's smile narrowed slightly, his expression slightly condensed, "Zhang Xun and Zhang Shuo are people within my responsibility, you will not ask."
"If they're going to be a threat to Paradise Lost, of course I'll ask!"
The smile on Adam's face disappeared. He slowly got up from the armchair, taking a few steps forward regardless of the various lines connected to the back of his head. Obviously the height is similar to the sixth chief, but the sixth chief, who is watched by Adam, has the illusion of being overlooked.
A feeling of suffocation that is mentally suppressed.
"If you question my decision, we can terminate all plans at any time," Adam said in a calm, emotionless voice.
Terminating all plans means that the Consciousness Cloud plan and the plan to open Paradise Lost are stagnant, Eden may re-raise the threat level of Paradise Lost, and those mechanical soldiers will come back... Everything that was done before is in vain.
This is the most obvious threat.
The sixth chief has begun to feel that Paradise Lost has become too dependent on Adam and Pan, and Pan has been influenced and controlled by Adam. The voice and prestige of the round table is rapidly diminishing.
Without Zhang Xun, it seems that no one can control Adam anymore. Although Jian Mo is nominally Adam's mechanic, he is more like Adam's puppet.
Feeling the tension in the atmosphere, Jian Mo stepped forward and said in a slow voice, "Adam, how is your headache?"
He had a headache, a symptom that had appeared since Zhang Xun detonated the micro-bomb that almost killed him, but Jian Mo found no problems after examining his human and mechanical brains.
"Nothing has changed," Adam replied simply, "but I'm used to it."
"Do you think we should continue to increase the number of uploads? When will you stop monitoring?"
"At the moment we have a small number of people on the cloud, and I hope I will not let it run automatically until at least 30,000 people are reached. Based on the growth rate of uploaders, I expect to reach this number in about a month." Adam said, looking at the sixth chief again, "Have you made up your mind about who to meet with the President of the United States?"
The sixth chief nodded, "I will go in person."
"Are you sure? This journey will be risky."
"This is the first time Paradise Lost has appeared in front of the media in the ordinary world, it can only be me."
Adam nodded, and after a while, he continued, "After a month, when the cloud of consciousness stabilizes, I will go to Feathered Serpent City."
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