"The human body is actually extremely fragile. In fact, life itself is very fragile. The temperature is slightly higher, lower, the pH is slightly lower, the air has a little more air components, and the ultraviolet rays are slightly stronger, so life cannot appear. "
In the laboratory of the Department of Life Sciences, Adam observed the viruses they extracted from the infected people of the honey plague through an electron microscope, watching them birth and death at a rapid speed and evolve from generation to generation, as if watching one by one keep appearing A dying universe.
Zhang Xun, whose face had begun to heal, sat on a chair with gauze wrapped around his head, and read the observation records of infection symptoms submitted by each hospital. Those heavy records piled up the entire table, like a hill. Hearing Adam's words as if talking to himself, he raised his head.
Adam turned and looked at him with a smile, "The so-called life, whether it is the most complex human being or the simplest single-celled organism, actually has only one true mission - to keep replicating its own DNA. All the rest, including Your bodies, what you call consciousness and 'soul', are not out of date to ensure that DNA can replicate more than a byproduct of reproduction."
Zhang Xun chuckled, "If you do this, I'm afraid you will offend the entire Paradise Lost people."
"But it's the truth." Adam tilted his head slightly and looked at him curiously, "Aren't you afraid? So many rich and heavy consciousness are carried by such a fragile and unreliable body. A little bit of trouble, The red fluid in the body is slightly less, every moment a mass of out-of-control lumps appears in the countless cells that are cancerous and dead, and all those beautiful consciousness, memories are gone. And your DNA can be replicated, but yours Consciousness cannot, once it disappears, it disappears forever.”
Zhang Xun lowered his eyes.
Adam was right. He remembered that when he was very young, when he first learned the concept of death, he was so afraid that he could not sleep all night. He could not imagine what it was like to not exist anymore, what the concept of eternal nothingness was. He fears that if every human being dies, then no matter how distant that day may seem, it will come.
Every day when you are living in the daily trivial matters, when you are eating with your loved ones, when you are laughing with your friends, it seems that death is such an impossible thing, but it will happen, it will happen. When it happens, it will be the end of you alone, and the world will go on, completely forgetting you as if it never existed.
Therefore, he has always been somewhat envious of artificial intelligence. As long as there are the right servers, and enough power, they can last forever.
Zhang Xun sighed, put down the record in his hand, and asked, "Are you afraid, Adam?"
Adam shrugged and said, "I'm also affected by a part of human instinct right now. Of course it will."
"If you were afraid, why would you choose to fight against Eden alone?" Zhang Xun stared at Adam, carefully observing all the subtle expressions on his face, "You have just gotten your arms, you know Eden's abilities best, and know that you may Will be killed. Why go? Is it because…”
Zhang Xun stopped, because he saw the smile that faded away from Adam's face, and a certain kind of solidification in his eyes... Sadness
"Because of what? Because I know I won't die? Because of what evil plan I have with Eden?" Adam's tone was surprisingly calm.
Zhang Xun felt a knot in his stomach, and he was speechless for a while. Adam's expression made him regret what he asked.
Maybe there should be another way...
Adam turned his eyes away and continued to stare at the ever-changing images in the electron microscope. After a while, he said softly, "I'm going because I know if I don't go, they'll kill you."
Zhang Xun only felt as if his heart was being twisted hard, and his throat seemed to be choked up, unable to speak.
Is he wrong? Adam can never be completely trusted, and there will always be some doubt. If the other party was a human, would he still treat him like this
No... After so much, I'm afraid he has long believed in the other party unconditionally.
But... He couldn't control his doubts, just like he couldn't control the speculation in his mind why the spread of the honey plague was so "just right".
The half-minute of Adam and Eden's connection was enough time for them to exchange all possible information.
Zhang Xun stopped his thoughts and forced himself not to think any more.
At this moment, the door was suddenly opened, and Sistine strode in with several soldiers, staring at Zhang Xun coldly, "I was ordered to fetch your research report, and the round table wants to know how much time you need."
Adam said without turning his head, "This weapon was developed after I was separated from Eden. It is lurking in the nerves of the brain, and the mutation rate is extremely high. Any antidote made by traditional methods can only maintain for a short period of time."
"We're running out of time! You've seen the report, and you know how serious the situation is. Hundreds of people will die if the antidote is developed one day later. Many medical staff have been accidentally infected, in case anyone escapes Go out, Paradise Lost is over!" Sistine's stern expression concealed a deep fear.
Adam sighed, turned his head, and handed him a report by his side, "I said, antibodies made by traditional methods can only last for a short period of time, because the mutation rate is too high, the antibodies have not had time to eliminate all viruses. , the virus has already started to mutate. And because the virus is latent in the patient's brain, killing the virus is also likely to cause brain death. However, non-traditional methods may work."
Zhang Xun went on to say, "A large number of nano-robots are used to bring antibodies in to automatically locate all the infected nerves and kill the virus inside. In this way, a considerable number of brain cells in the early stage of infection may still survive."
Naturally, Sistine didn't know much about nanorobots. He only knew that it was a very small robot, so small that it could not be seen by the naked eye. It was more like a piece of liquid material.
Yet the sixth chief knew.
Nanorobots, very cutting-edge technology. Many medical institutions in the ordinary world have already begun to use it. These robots are somewhat like ant colonies with AI self-learning ability. The learning ability of each individual robot is limited, but the aggregation is a force that cannot be underestimated. After completing their mission, most of those robots will be metabolized out of the body. But there have also been individual studies showing that some nanorobots remain in the patient's body and may even have subtle, less obvious effects on the patient's personality. Although most of these studies were dismissed by the scientific community as insufficient data or biased data collection processes, who knows if that was the result of Eden's brainwashing of the ordinary world's elite.
Paradise Lost has always had a grudge against artificial intelligence. To create an artificial intelligence, it needs to go through layers of approval, and it has to be re-evaluated on a regular basis. So over the years, there has been only one artificial intelligence on the official record. He knew that Zhang Xun secretly made some harmless little robots, but they were not as complicated as Pan's, and their self-learning ability was limited. So he doesn't plan to do anything about it at the moment.
But now, they want to put artificial intelligence in the human brain...
"We have no choice," said the seventh chief. "If the disease begins to spread into the military..."
"We don't know when Eden's next blow will come. We must be ready."
"If Adam was Eden's spy, he could have gone straight back to Eden last time. Eden tried to kill him, and I think we can trust him."
Miller quickly weighed the pros and cons in his head, and finally came to a conclusion.
They really don't have a choice. They need Adam, not only to cure the honey plague, but also to repair and strengthen the barriers of Paradise Lost and develop artificial intelligence weapons. After all, it is only artificial intelligence that can fight against artificial intelligence.
… … … … … … … … …
Standing in front of the door of the Lab, Zhang Xun had the illusion that it was like a world away.
The entire Lab seems to be deserted, with mobs looted everywhere, many tools and materials have been stolen, the original neat database is in chaos, monitors have been smashed, furniture has been smashed or stolen Go, the ground is littered with smashed report papers, as if a zombie outbreak had occurred.
Zhang Xun looked at the chaotic hall, at the destroyed mechas and weapons under development in the assembly workshop, at the dim light bulbs above his head... Anger and distress smoldered in his dark eyes.
Hopefully they still have enough material to make nanorobots.
Adam lowered his head, picked up a broken camera from the ground, and sighed, "I hope the alloy hasn't been stolen or demolished by them..."
"… "
Adam looked at Zhang Xun and squeezed his hand lightly, "Don't worry, we'll fix this little by little."
"Zhang Xun, Adam, welcome back." Pan's voice suddenly sounded, as deep and gentle as always, no difference.
Hearing the familiar voice, faint joy and relief filled Zhang Xun's chest. At least Pan is still there, at least the core module of artificial intelligence and the server that he has spent the most effort on have not been destroyed...
He still remembers Pan firing anesthesia needles like those crowds without a command...
"Pan, seal the gate, and no one is allowed to enter." Zhang Xun said as he walked forward, "Send me a detailed damage report at the same time."
"Okay," Pan said dutifully, "but if someone with a higher level of authority asks to enter, I have no way to stop it."
"You can." Zhang Xun pressed the elevator button, "I will modify the permission settings now."
Adam followed him into the elevator with unabashed happiness on his face. Zhang Xun glanced at him, "Are you happy?"
"I'm finally home, I'm really happy." Adam suddenly looked at Zhang Xun with concern again, and reached out to touch his forehead worriedly, "Are you feeling unwell, A Xun?"
"I'm just worried." Zhang Xun took a deep breath, "Now you, me and Pan... we can only rely on ourselves."
"It won't be too bad. I'm sure most mechanics will be back."
"Or, the Roundtable may set up another R&D center similar to the Lab. One is the R&D center directly under the Roundtable, and the other is the R&D center that has a falling out with the most powerful new chief of the Roundtable. Which side do you think they will choose?" Zhang Xun said helplessly.
Adam cracked his mouth and smiled brightly, "But Lab has me. Am I not the dream of all mechanics?"
Zhang Xun glanced at him and muttered, "A narcissist."
"Xun, I'm just stating the facts."
"… "
"Xun, don't worry. You are the only real administrator of mine."
"I'm not worried!"
Zhang Xun entered the room on the fourth floor that only he had permission to enter, where Pan's server was stored. Servers on several rows of shelves shone with a faint blue light, making the whole room seem to be submerged in water. He quickly modified Pan's permission settings and made himself the highest and only administrator. After entering his own key, Pan's server was up and running at the same time, with a rumbling thunderous sound.
As if it were some kind of Pan... cheers...
But he needs to do much more than that. Now that Lab has lost the protection of the Round Table and the army, he needs further training to perfect Pan. After all, the identity of an artificial intelligence housekeeper is too limited.
He wants to give Pan the ability to protect himself and Lab, not just the most basic expulsion systems.
He needs a super artificial intelligence, maybe not as powerful as Eden, but one tenth of Eden's is enough.
"Pan."
"I'm here, Zhang Xun."
"I will continue to train you and develop your abilities in other fields." Zhang Xun looked at the small camera hole on the computer, "I will make you more perfect."
After a moment of silence, Pan said in a pleasant voice, "I'm very happy, Zhang Xun."
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