Dazzling lights, deafening music. The tightly packed crowd danced wildly in the demonic realm of light and sound, shouting hoarsely. On the high-rise circular stage, the dancers with perfect body stretched their limbs wildly, and the dance full of power and wildness made one's throat heat up just by looking at it.
There are too many people, almost turning around and bumping into someone else. In this case, it is normal to be separated from his companions, but he can't be separated from Adam, it would be too risky.
If Adam tried to get rid of him at this point, it would be easy to do. Maybe that's why Adam wanted to come to District 4 so much. In an instant, Zhang Xun's suspicion of Adam rose again. When James wasn't paying attention, he grabbed Adam's wrist and pulled him to a slightly less crowded area in the corridor formed by several pillars.
"No, there are more people here than I thought, and we have to leave immediately." Zhang Xun, who refused Adam to talk to him again, pulled back his sleeves like a threat, exposing the watch tied around his wrist like a watch. Collar Controller. Adam vaguely knew that what he had done this time had touched Zhang Xun's bottom line, so he settled down and nodded obediently.
Just as he was holding Adam in one hand and trying to squeeze past the door against the crowd, suddenly the crowd cheered and rushed over even more violently. Zhang Xun was forced to take a few steps back, but when he turned around, he saw a muscular man holding a metal stick high, with a long rope hanging from the top of the stick, and the end was tied into a hanging knot that often appeared in medieval film and television works. And in the circle that represents death, there is a robot's neck spliced out of scrap copper and iron.
And the chest of the "robot" was painted with "Adam" and "Eden" with spray paint.
The dancer was raising the robot into the air, and the metal arm and body collided with a clanging sound, all drowned in the cheers of the crowd.
Zhang Xun reflexively wanted to prevent Adam from seeing, he wanted to pull Adam to turn around, but it was too late. Everyone shouted in unison: Hang Eden! Hang Adam! Hang Eden! Hang Adam!
As if engulfed in a huge whirlpool of hatred, the rational-deficient hatred unleashed by the crowd was twisted into an atmosphere of excitement and ecstasy. But Adam, the object of hatred, experienced for the first time how terrifying the collective reaction of human beings can be. In fact, all the people here were born after the "Great Escape", and they did not see how male humans were captured, castrated, or neutralized in the first place. It stands to reason that there should not be such a strong hatred of Eden. But when everyone is crusade against the same goal with one voice, people will feel the unquestionable and unrejectable power. As if you were in a righteous, invincible force, as if you were part of it.
People even fantasized about rushing out of Paradise Lost, burning down the four remaining Eden servers, hanging all the enemies, and trampling the heretics and women who dared to resist.
In this case, if they knew the artificial intelligence they hanged in their fantasy was on their side, I'm afraid Adam would be torn to shreds by the mob in no time.
Zhang Xun saw consternation and panic flashing in the eyes exposed in the holes of Adam's mask, and the curiosity and excitement from before disappeared instantly. He didn't want Adam to see this, to see the most primitive and real human beings.
"It's alright, we'll go back now." Zhang Xun whispered in his ear, took Adam's hand, shook it lightly, and gave him some comfort. He grabbed Adam's hand hard, squeezed through the crowd, and finally found an emergency exit. In the dimly lit corridor, many shadowy figures hugged each other and kissed hotly. Adam looked at the intoxicated expressions of those people and seemed a little curious, but Zhang Xun quickly pulled him away.
The exit of the escape stairs was also guarded by two security guards with sex. But they are only responsible for not letting people in, but no matter who goes out. As soon as he touched the outside air, Zhang Xun breathed a sigh of relief, feeling as if he had broken free from the quagmire.
And Adam was by the side, looking down at the two of them holding hands tightly.
Zhang Xun followed his line of sight to see how tightly the two of them held hands. The sweat from the palms seemed to stick the skin together. He hurriedly released his hand and coughed slightly awkwardly, "Are you alright?"
Adam smiled and nodded, "Very interesting."
"What's the point? You were so frightened just now." Zhang Xun rolled his eyes, "I blame me for indulging you too much..."
"I can understand what they did. It's just the first time I saw it in a different capacity, and my emotional reaction was a little out of control." Adam saw Zhang Xun let go of his hand, and looked at the left hand that had just been pulled with a bit of disappointment. "I love that you hold my hand."
"…don't take anything."
The back alley is narrow and long, and the previous feasting and feasting condensed into a spot of light in the distance, leaving only the lights and the noisy residual temperature here. There were still people in the alley, but they were either drunks sitting beside the wall covered in vomit, or they were talking about some kind of deal in twos and threes. Although there were not many people, they were all suspicious... Zhang Xun was obviously nervous, with Adam avoided everyone as much as possible, lowered the brim of his hat, and looked like he didn't want to make trouble and just wanted to leave quickly.
But sometimes, the more you show weakness, the more predators will stare at you.
A group of people came from the other end of the alley, laughing loudly, and their words obviously smelled of alcohol. They were all tall and big, with arms as thick as Zhang Xun's thighs. Even if they weren't soldiers, they were probably men who worked as heavy machinery repairmen. The alley was originally narrow, so it was blocked.
Zhang Xun was almost sticking to the wall, trying to take Adam through the gap. But Rao was like this, but the other party blocked his way. Zhang Xun wanted to turn his head and retreat, but found that his back path was also blocked. A man with tousled blond brown hair and a sleeveless waistcoat with tattoos all over his arms was leaning against the wall, with a malicious smile on his maskless face.
"Borrowed." Zhang Xun's heart beat fast, trying to keep his tone steady and confident.
"Look, what the hell kind of dress is this." The man with long blond brown hair lifted Zhang Xun's hat and put it on his head, "What kind of Sherlock Holmes are you wearing?"
Zhang Xun didn't try to get his hat back, but said calmly, "We just want to go over there."
"Where are you going in such a hurry? The hotel is open?" a bald man next to him teased and stretched out his hand, "I think you are dressed like this, your life is very nourishing, right? Borrow some money to spend."
Without saying a word, Zhang Xun took out the money bag from his arms and handed it directly to the other party. Fortunately, before he came to the fourth district today, he specially prepared this bag of money in case he was robbed...
Seeing that Zhang Xun is so sensible, it stands to reason that ordinary gangsters will be released. It's just that these few people didn't mean to ask for money, but to ask for trouble.
On weekdays, life is depressing, so I always hope to use a pretext to find a soft persimmon who looks easy to bully. This is a habit that many people are more or less aware of or not aware of. It's just that some people choose to lose their temper at the waiter, and some people go to the back alley to block people...
The five men in front of them obviously did not intend to let Zhang Xun and Adam go easily, they still surrounded him and Adam, with malicious smiles on their faces, like a cat looking at the mouse trying to escape, "I see that your watch is not bad. ."
Zhang Xun's face changed slightly, "This can't be done. This is... my family..."
It looks like an ordinary watch, but it actually contains a controller for Adam's collar. Of course, this kind of thing cannot fall into the hands of others.
"I want your family heirloom today." The man with long blond hair pressed towards them. Zhang Xun suddenly raised his cane and pointed at the man, trying his best not to make his voice tremble because of panic, "I've already given you money, it's not good for anyone to keep making trouble like this."
"Hahaha, what do you want? Hit me with this little stick?" The man grabbed Zhang Xun's cane. At this moment, Zhang Xun's thumb pressed somewhere on the head of the ball-shaped stick, and the long-haired man who had been showing off for a second suddenly began to convulse violently all over his body, his eyes rolled back, and he was obviously getting a serious electric shock. After a few seconds, he fell to the ground and continued to twitch, even foaming from his mouth.
It turned out that the cane was a "gadget" that Zhang Xun made by himself in the past. He was often bullied because he was not strong enough as a teenager. He had to rely on these gadgets to scare away bastards like Michael. After those people had been electrocuted a few times, he finally didn't have to worry about finding dead mice on his desk, or staying up late to help his football school draftsman with his homework.
The unexpected development caused the other four to be stunned. A man in a denim shirt immediately crouched down to check his buddy's condition. The expressions of the other two changed from playful at first to burning anger. They pressed towards Zhang Xun, who, while protecting Adam behind him, grabbed his cane and swept in front of him to make a threat, "Don't come here if you don't want to be electrocuted into an idiot."
"You he | Grandpa's courting death!" The black-haired man crouching on the ground raised his head viciously, "Hit me!"
The four men exuded the aura of furious beasts and rushed towards Zhang Xun and Adam. Zhang Xun shouted at Adam, "Run!" while waving his cane indiscriminately, trying to block everyone and give Adam time to escape. Amidst the screams, a man was electrocuted again, but the other man grabbed the upper part of the cane, grabbed Zhang Xun's weapon from his hand, and threw it to the ground far away. The man punched Zhang Xun on the stomach, and Zhang Xun felt that he could not breathe, stomach acid rushed up his throat, and his body curled up uncontrollably. Immediately after he kicked in the same position again, he immediately felt that all his strength was taken away, and he collapsed to the ground.
Just when the third foot was about to step on him. Suddenly hearing a loud roar, Adam swooped down unexpectedly, knocked one person away, and threw a random punch, hitting the other person in the face, causing him to slam into the wall with gold stars in his eyes. Although the boxing is chaotic, some rules are vaguely visible. But unfortunately Zhang Xun couldn't see it, he was so in pain that he could only roughly realize that Adam was protecting him.
Adam has countless knowledge about fighting, fighting and martial arts in his head, but knowing and using it are two completely different things. It's like you know what swimming is, but if you're untrained, you'll drown if thrown into the water. Stuff like boxing requires years of training, allowing the body to form a conditioned reflex before consciousness, but not completely separate from consciousness, an extremely complex and subtle integration. So the current Adam is no different from not being able to fight, and the first two attacks were just a surprise attack and a deadly momentum.
So after the two fell to the ground, when Adam wanted to slap a man again, he was easily avoided by the other party, and at the same time, a right hook hit Adam's temple directly.
For a moment, Adam only felt a buzzing sound in his head, his eyes darkened, and his body instantly lost strength and collapsed.
Zhang Xun, who was still unable to recover, saw Adam fall, and his entire figure seemed to be thrown into the ice cave on the lake in winter, which captured him in horror. He wanted to rush over to protect Adam, but his body wouldn't obey, and he couldn't even hold up. He could only watch the four men crowd around Adam, punching and kicking at the huddled artificial intelligence, and the mask was also kicked. Adam only felt the chaotic pain and shock pouring down like a torrential rain, but his mind couldn't think, as if it was poured into a liquid and caused a short circuit. He felt vaguely, a deep fear of not being immortal, of possibly dying.
He is no longer free, and if this person cannot be repaired, he will disappear.
The original Eden is not afraid to disappear. In fact, every shutdown is like a death, and every restart is a rebirth. But now, he is no longer immune to this most primitive fear.
"Don't hit him! Stop!" Zhang Xun tried to crawl forward with all his strength, trying to back away from those who were kicking Adam hard. If any of them's foot strength is not well controlled and damages the central brain, the consequences will be disastrous... But those people refused to stop, so he could only try to block some punches and kicks for Adam with his body.
But at this moment, another figure flew over, roaring with rage.
Adam only felt that the intensive attack finally stopped, and then Zhang Xun's breath enveloped him. Zhang Xun, who had a bruised nose and a swollen face, hugged Adam, whose face was covered in blood, and raised his head to look at James, who was as angry as a lion. The key point, the last person standing screamed and rushed up, and was thrown to the ground by a shoulder.
"A Xun!!!" James rushed over, "How are you guys!"
James has been looking for them since he separated from Zhang Xun and the others in Dionysus just now. Later, I guessed that Zhang Xun might not like the occasion when so many people came out, so he went out to look around, and he saw a terrible scene. If he comes later, Xun and the other mechanic are afraid...
and many more…
The other mechanic seems to be...
"A... Adam?!" James widened his eyes in shock.
The author has something to say: Thank you for the little angel who threw mines~~: Fight to know me 1
Thanks to the little angels who irrigated the nutrient solution~~: 9 bottles of Qimingfei; 1 bottle of Yiminansheng
Special thanks to the little angels who have been leaving messages to encourage me~~I have read every one of them carefully~Thank you~~Mom!