When half the world was thrown into chaos by the battle between the two AIs with different positions, Zhang Xun sat in the small aircraft driven by Adam and quickly swept across the islands and the icy waters.
Pan was also in the aircraft, and his green eyes were fixed at a certain point in the air, monitoring the attack of the three AIs and the movements of the bronze people.
The early morning hours here are precisely the noon in Europe, when the traffic is the busiest. Suddenly, the transportation systems of five major cities, including London and Rome, came to a standstill, and nearly half of the city's people were trapped on the road and unable to move. Widespread urban power outages soon began. People who usually rely on fully automatic or semi-automatic systems for their life and work are like flies, and they don't even know how to use a key to open a locked door. People swarmed the streets one after another, questioning each other blankly among the parked aircrafts and cars, and a certain unease and agitation roiled in the crowded places.
The mechanical police quickly rushed to all the central control systems that had been invaded by the Bronze Man to try to restore the network, but encountered a counterattack from the extended AI controlled by Pan, Phoenix and Morningstar. When explosions sounded from all over the city, the riots started completely. People were screaming, panicking, pushing each other, not knowing where to run. Eden's mechanical soldiers arrived soon to try to maintain order, but the riots had already begun, and it was not so easy to calm down.
Pan reported everything in a calm voice, and every word represented the collapse of the order.
Pan and the others seem to have the upper hand.
Zhang Xun frowned slightly and said in a low voice, "Eden... doesn't seem to be doing his best."
Pan's eyes turned slightly, and there seemed to be a trace of puzzlement in his gaze towards Zhang Xun.
Zhang Xun knew that his question was probably unfair to the three AIs who tried their best to resist Eden's counterattack, but based on Zhang Xun's understanding of Eden, he still felt that Eden kept something.
"We're almost there." Adam's eyes looked at the darkest sky before dawn, "When you arrive, you will rest first, Axun, and I will take the virus in Natalie's hand and leave immediately. If everything goes according to plan All right, I should be injecting the virus into one of Eden's main biocomputers in five hours. So if you don't hear back from Eden or me after six hours, you're going to leave right away with the others Greenland, go to the Clausen family's sanctuary."
Zhang Xun's heart had a tingling feeling that was slightly tightened, not very sharp, but continuous. He knew that it was his increasingly dull perception telling him that he was sad and afraid.
It was his losing self telling him that he didn't want to lose Adam.
If even Adam is gone, what else is holding him in this world
Does it make sense to keep going
Zhang Xun didn't dare to think about it, nor did he want to think about the last possibility.
On the vast and barren tundra of Greenland, the bases of the freedmen are like patches of white umbrellas of different sizes scattered on the gray-red earth. All the buildings look a bit like the Inuit Igloo (white semi-circular igloo), which are clustered together to form a large-scale village and town. At this time, the sun was just about to rise, and the town was silent. Only a few silent figures were standing near the apron wearing clothes made of heavy animal fur. The rays of the rising sun reflected their awe-inspiring expressions.
These freedmen include not only Inuit, Métis and Aboriginal people, but also many Canadian and even American citizens who have fled the big cities to live here. It is said that the acceptance of foreigners is very strict here. If the other party is a fugitive who has committed vicious crimes such as murder, robbery, etc., they will not be accepted here.
Since Eden began to implement consciousness uploading in the ordinary world, more and more people have fled here. They are afraid of Eden, afraid of the future of mankind, so they choose to hide on the edge of the world, trying to avoid the end of this race.
The aircraft landed one after another. Anya, Diego, and the others first came out of the hatch, followed by Natalie who appeared cautiously while being supported.
There was a very tall oriental woman in black in the crowd, and she rushed up the moment she saw Natalie. When Natalie saw her, something soft and pure suddenly appeared in her eyes, and she gave all her weight to the woman in black.
When Adam stepped out of the aircraft, all eyes were on him.
Everyone here is more or less aware of the horrors of Eden. And this man was once part of Eden.
Unspeakable hostility and fear were slowly condensed in the cold air extending from the poles.
Natalie guided the woman in black to Adam, Zhang Xun and Pan, "This is Xue Lu, my mother's adopted daughter, the deacon of the Clausen family."
The woman in black swept over the three with her delicate but sharp eyes, and nodded slightly.
Ten minutes later, everyone gathered in a large igloo near the center of the town. A three-dimensional model of the earth was projected in the air with three red dots, which were distributed in Nuremberg, Germany, Snowmass, and Nagqu, Tibet, China.
These three red dots are the three coordinates selected by Adam after careful data analysis and consequence prediction. The biological computer that carries the three most important consciousness modules of Eden should be at the positions indicated by these coordinates.
Snow Heron stood beside the sphere and looked around everyone, "Miss has told me everything, three viruses have been prepared, and the other two candidates have also been selected from the family according to the coordinates you sent. They are in They have a considerable position in the ordinary world, they are very loyal to the family, and they are most likely to be close to the core server of Eden."
She said and made a gesture, and the pictures and personal information of the two women appeared in the air.
Natalie said, "The Clawson family virus was stored in three encrypted computers, and only the previous owners had the right to unlock it. But at that time, Dr. Clawson was worried that a human government that wanted to take back power from Eden got the virus. It will be detrimental to Eden, so a replication limit is set for the virus, and it can only replicate five copies at most. We have tried to inject the virus into the Eden network twice before, but due to the failure of the action, in order to prevent the virus from being intercepted by Eden, we used the extended AI Cracked, we destroyed the virus. So this time, it was all-or-nothing."
"After this time, once Eden transfers its core module, we can't have another chance." Adam walked to the slowly rotating earth, a light blue halo flowed on his face, "If you fail this time, don't think about revenge or counterattack, accept your failure and find a place to hide. According to my estimate, when the number of uploaders reaches about 30% of the total population, uploaders and non-uploaders will The conflict between them will intensify, and Eden will obviously support the collective consciousness side. In the end, if the non-uploaders do not choose to compromise and join in, life will be very difficult. They may be forced to retreat to Live a hard life in a virgin forest or wasteland.
There are two possibilities for human development after that. One is that non-uploaders die because they can't adapt to the environment, and the other is that non-uploaders start to transform themselves to fight against uploaders. But in the end, according to Zhang Xun's new definition of human beings, the human value remaining on non-uploaders may not be very high. The boundaries between man and machine are blurring, and in the end they may become one.
So if you want to keep the original human race, hide and even find a chance to escape from Earth. "
Diego sneered, "Escape Earth? Where? Mars?"
"Eden originally planned to develop new living planets to solve the problem of the earth's energy exhaustion, and even started to build immigrant spaceships with various countries. However, after it began to implement the consciousness uploading plan, this part of the plan was no longer taken seriously. But The construction of that colony ship is nearly 80 percent complete, and if you can grab it, you have a chance to leave Earth. That ship has a well-designed auto-circulating ecosystem, enough for you to multiply 2,000 in the universe Five hundred years or so."
Seeing Adam's eloquent words, everyone was not joking, and their expressions gradually changed from surprise to solemnity.
Abandoning the earth and becoming the last human being exiled in the desolate and cruel dark universe... Such a future is too lonely and terrifying.
Anya whispered, "If you want to hide, how many people can the Clausen family's shelter hold?"
Snow Heron replied, "Our underground city has its own arable land and farms, and can accommodate up to a thousand people for long-term survival.
A thousand people... There are hundreds of people in Rhinohorn Town alone, plus the Clausen family's own people, Edenists, free people... It is impossible to put everyone in it.
"You don't have to worry too much about Feathered Serpent City. Even if we fail, Eden will not necessarily spend too much energy to eliminate the three AI systems. Feathered Serpent City may develop in the direction of Cyborg (cyborg), and maybe even in the end. Can coexist with the collective consciousness for a long period of time, until their transformation of the body goes to the extreme and loses their human identity." Adam said his prediction of the pessimistic future of mankind in a tone similar to talking about the weather, "And, although the probability Not too high, but we still have the possibility to win. Maybe in the end you don't have to run away, but you should start worrying about a series of problems of bribery, corruption and abuse of power after human beings regain control over society. Maybe You'll even start to miss Eden by then."
None of the people present even refuted.
After the meeting, the Clausen family began to prepare aircraft and weapons for Adam. Adam, on the other hand, gently held the hand of Zhang Xun, who had been silent, and said to him, "I'll take you to your resting room."
Zhang Xun looked at him and nodded silently.
Adam held Zhang Xun's hand quietly, and led him across the cold ground in the early morning. The rising sun dyed the horizon into dazzling colors, causing Zhang Xun's eyes to hurt slightly.
Adam narrowed his eyes, looked at the rising sun, and said softly, "Remember? The first time you gave me wings was at sunrise like this."
Zhang Xun certainly remembered. Facing the beautiful morning sun that made people want to cry, Adam's wings were burning with blue-purple flames, piercing the sky like the feathers of a phoenix. At that time, the overflowing love that filled his chest seemed to fill the whole world.
But now, there is only a barrenness left in his heart. Only the remaining bit of obsession that he grabbed so hard made him numb and hurt.
The morning sun shone on Adam's handsome side face, Zhang Xun raised his hand and gently touched that warm cheek. His lips moved for a while, as if hesitating for a long time, and finally said, "Come back, okay?"
Adam turned his head to stare at him, still vaguely affectionate.
Is this a goodbye
Adam held Zhang Xun's cheeks with both hands, and Zhang Xun also raised his head. The two of them brought their lips closer to each other at the same time, touching each other. They put their hands on each other's waists, clutching each other's clothes tightly, and kissing deeply.
But suddenly, Zhang Xun suddenly pushed Adam away.
Adam staggered and looked at Zhang Xun in amazement.
Zhang Xun wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, his eyes terrified, "You are not Adam..."
Adam was stunned, as if he didn't understand what he was talking about, "Axun..."
Zhang Xun didn't understand how he was so sure all of a sudden. There was always some suspicion, but later, when Pan started attacking Eden, that doubt faded away. But just now, at the moment of their first kiss after being forced to separate from the temporary base, an almost instinctive resistance suddenly broke through Zhang Xun's numb fog.
different...feeling different...
To say what is different is more like a mixed, collective difference.
From the smell, to the action, to the emotion emanating... very similar, similar to the real, but not the same.
In the past, if someone told Zhang Xun that he could tell who the other person was by kissing, he would definitely sneer and say that these were all scenes from classical romance novels.
He didn't expect it to actually happen to him.
But maybe he's nervous? Maybe he had some kind of hallucination because of the nanobots
"Tell me in AI language that you are not Eden." Zhang Xun took a step back, realizing that he had no self-defense weapon on his body.
Adam sighed and said in AI language, "I am Adam."
"What I told you to say is that you are not Eden." Zhang Xun insisted, his tone became more and more nervous, but he suppressed the panic behind him with his cold and sharp eyes.
How he wished Adam would repeat his words in AI language without hesitation: I am not Eden.
Adam has been separated from Eden, he is no longer Eden.
If it was really Adam, he would have no problem saying this.
But Adam was slow to speak, looking at him with an almost helpless, sad expression. Even a little pleading.
"Speak!!!" Zhang Xun shouted out of control. His shout caught the attention of those who had just come out of the conference hall.
Adam lowered his eyes and his shoulders slumped slightly, "Axun, why are you being so serious? Adam and Eden are one body."
"No! Adam and Eden have separated! Your weight difference has exceeded the Clausen value, and you are no longer an AI!" Although it was cold weather, Zhang Xun had a cold sweat on his body, "You ...you are not Adam..."
"I am Adam. But a more complete Adam." Facing Zhang Xun, "Adam" opened his hands slightly, as if to hug him, even his tone was gentle, "I am Eden who absorbed Adam. He has back to me."
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