The mechanic.

The majestic gate of Feather Snake City opened in front of Zhang Xun and the others, and the six humanoid battle robots took two steps forward in unison.Their design is somewhat similar to Eden's humanoid mechanical police, except that the shell is translucent, and the complex devices inside and the liquid circulation lines flowing between different devices can be vaguely seen.

A tall... male human steps out from among the six robots.Looking at the face, he is about in his early thirties, and the transformed eyeballs exude a pale golden light.Except for the head, his whole body has been modified into a heavy and mighty mechanical body, with a yellow halo showing through the gaps in the pitch-black armor.

The man glanced at several humans who were two heads shorter than him with cold eyes, and finally landed on Zhang Xun, "Our high priest agrees to see you. You can come with me."

In front of such a tall reformed person, a sense of oppression is naturally frightening.Zhang Xun swallowed nervously, nodded, "Thank you."

"Don't thank me too early. You are the mechanic who destroyed our base." The golden-eyed reformer sneered, "You should be glad that Phoenix didn't burn you to ashes immediately."

Zhang Xun was uncomfortably silent.Now they are in a precarious situation, whether they can live or not depends on the mood of others, so they have to lower their eyebrows.

In the short conversation just now, a lot of information was exchanged, and Zhang Xun has already learned that the name of the main defense artificial intelligence of Feather Snake City is Phoenix.This is a very complex and mature super artificial intelligence, but its function is limited to the military. The main goal is divided into two levels: to complete under the premise of protecting the safety of the target population

Zhang Xun and Enuo looked at each other, then turned around and winked at the others, asking them to follow.

Behind the gate is an empty square, and further away, there is a transparent wall with constantly changing projections, separating them from the magnificent super city.In addition to more robots, there are two humans around, both of whom have obviously undergone extensive body modifications.A man grows eight arms from his back, each of which can transform into a weapon.The other couldn't even see the shape of the head, only the brain suspended in the liquid still belonged to a person.

James, Todd, Diego and others couldn't help looking at these "new humans" who had been severely transformed with a curious look.Even in the normal world, most people's body modifications rarely exceed 20.00% of the total, and here it seems that 50.00% is considered a small amount...

A light and long flying machine landed in front of them silently, like a snake or worm that can fly in the air.

The man with golden eyes stared at them. "Hand over your weapons."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay and had no choice but to obey.However, after Todd handed over all the guns on his body, the soldier with eight arms still stretched out one hand and raised his eyebrows slightly.

"I gave you all the weapons!" Todd said angrily.

The human soldier snorted, "When you entered the city gate, your whole body was scanned, and you still have a dagger in your boot."

Todd cursed secretly, he could only bend down and take out the dagger.

They were driven into the snake-shaped flying machine.Sitting on the soft jellyfish-like seat, Zhang Xun realized that the aircraft's suspension system was excellent, and he didn't even feel any vibration or shaking during the whole take-off process.

"When you see the high priest, don't speak unless he asks you questions. Any suspicious behavior and actions will be monitored by Phoenix, and disciplinary measures will be implemented if necessary. You are not allowed to take the initiative to talk to Phoenix without permission. Using AI language is absolutely forbidden." The golden-eyed soldier stared at Zhang Xun, his eyes full of vigilance and distrust.

Zhang Xun hurriedly said, "We will abide by the regulations."

Todd rolled his eyes, and seemed dissatisfied with Zhang Xun's complete cooperation.

The soldier or officer suddenly aimed his pupils at James, and a stream of light flashed, scanning James' body.His brows were raised slightly, revealing a look of surprise for a moment, and he sneered, "Do you know that you can live for half a year at most?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes widened in astonishment.Zhang Xun's heart skipped a beat, followed by surging panic.

"What do you mean?" Todd asked slightly tensely.

The golden-eyed man said, "He has received excessive radiation and has already started to show symptoms of radiation syndrome. Phoenix predicts that his lifespan will be around six to seven months."

Zhang Xun felt that all the air in his chest was sucked out, making it difficult to breathe.He looked at James, who had a surprisingly calm expression, and opened his mouth to say something, but couldn't say it.

"Didn't you say that your protective clothing is not damaged!" Unbelievable rejection and anger entangled on Todd's face, covering up the trembling panic.

James whispered, "I found a hole after encountering the mutant bat, but I immediately taped it up. I thought it would be fine for such a short period of time..."

"Your level of damage is definitely not caused by a short period of exposure, it is at least more than eight hours of continuous strong radiation exposure."

eight hours. . .That's about the time they encounter the mechanical police.

At that time, the breach probably already existed, but it was relatively small and undiscovered.It was only discovered when it was torn apart during the fight with the bat.

Zhang Xun only felt that the whole person was drenched in ice water.Cindy's bleeding eyes and the breath of death around him are still clearly in his mind, but now, his brother who is closer to him in the only two relatives in this world is about to face the same pain without dignity death.

"It can be saved..." Zhang Xun whispered, staring at James, "You can be saved, Jamie."

James' tone was a little too flat, "You mean nano-robots? I don't want to become a zombie controlled by collective consciousness."

"No, I said it, I will find a way to get rid of the side effects." Zhang Xun is not sure whether he is trying to convince James or himself, "In half a year, there will definitely be a way!"

Diego let out a long sigh and cursed.

For a moment, the aircraft fell into a deathly silence.

Zhang Xun felt his left hand tighten, and when he turned his head, he saw Enuo frowned slightly, looking at him as if a little sad, holding his hand, as if to give him comfort and support.

It's just that it should comfort and support James right now...

In a heavy heart, they didn't even bother to pay attention to the golden city passing by their window, they couldn't see the ribbon-shaped hanging gardens that shuttled between the buildings, they couldn't see the cyborgs flying in the air, and they couldn't see the huge buildings The robot is moving slowly.

The aircraft took them to the magnificent Mayan pyramid in the center of the city.

The internal space of the pyramid is high and wide, and the light illuminates every corner brilliantly through ingenious refraction.Almost everyone who works here has a certain degree of transformation, some transformation levels are close to 90.00%, and relatively few are 30.00% to [-]. Original humans are already very rare.

The style of renovation is also very strange.Some people's transformation is almost invisible, infinitely close to the real human body, and some have beautified and exaggerated their own body, while the other group pays more attention to practicality, and some have replaced their bodies in animal form.

It is conceivable that the lifespan of these modified humans will be much longer than that of ordinary humans. After all, the artificial body is harder and more perfect than the original body, and it can be replaced even if it is broken.The only thing that cannot be extended is their brain.Death came only when the brains began to fail and could no longer support the functioning of their mechanical bodies.

In such an environment, Zhang Xun and his group became very conspicuous, like a few black stains on the bright silk.

They were escorted by robots and soldiers, and quickly rushed to the height of the pyramid on a completely transparent elevator.Zhang Xun noticed that the second-to-last floor was No.19, but the highest floor above was not the 0th floor, but just a "[-]" written on it.

Their elevator stopped at the No.19 floor. After the door opened, there were two closed doors in front of them, carved with dense Mayan or Aztec reliefs.

The golden-eyed soldier walked up to them, raised his head and said, "Morning Star, the person the high priest wants to see has been brought here."

Morning Star is obviously the name of the main controlling AI of this pyramid. After a while, a soft neutral voice said, "Welcome to the Temple of the Sun."

The double doors opened slowly and automatically.

In the circular hall behind the door, several stone-carved chairs were spread out in a fan shape, one chair in the middle was higher than the others, and the back of the chair reached to the ceiling.

Every chair is filled with people.Sitting on the one in the center was an astonishingly young man. At first glance, no trace of his transformation could be seen. The large and gorgeous robe buried most of his skin.His complexion is dark, his face is ordinary but very attractive, but his eyes are peaceful and serene, he looks like a master of meditation.

The people sitting in the surrounding chairs have more vivid emotions, but what Zhang Xun noticed was the woman sitting in the end chair on the right.

About 35 years old, Asian face, big eyes, no signs of modification.

Zhang Xun vaguely guessed that this was the senior engineer who betrayed Eden.

A group of people stood anxiously in the center of the circle, as if they had returned to Paradise Lost and were being judged within the round table.

The young man sitting on the chair in the middle spoke with a mellow and long voice, "Zhang Xun, the mechanic of Paradise Lost, is the first person in the world to endow AI with a soul."

Zhang Xun knew that this battle belonged to him. Can they stay in Feather Snake City safely? Can't help him fight against Eden, it all depends on his performance this time.He cannot fail.

But the more I thought about it, the more nervous I became.He took an awkward step forward, but before he could take that step, he felt Enoch's fingers lightly brushing his palm.

This action inexplicably reassured him a lot.

"The Shenshen plan is not my work alone. I am just the last link." Zhang Xun lowered his eyes and said in a humble tone.

"But you are the administrator of Adam, that is, the administrator of Eden." The man smiled, "My name is Eztli, and I am one of the three main founders of Feather Serpent City. High Priest. Every time someone wants to join Feather Serpent City, I will ask them the same question, and you are no exception: You have traveled thousands of miles to Feather Serpent City, what do you want to get from here?"

Zhang Xun thought for a while and replied, "Protection."

"As Adam's administrator, you have an extraordinary status in Paradise Lost. Why did you defect? ​​Why did we take the risk of turning against Paradise Lost to help you?" asked a middle-aged man on the right hand side who also had the same extraordinary status. .

"Because you didn't intend to make friends with Paradise Lost." Zhang Xun paused, and a sharp edge flashed in his eyes, "I can understand your dislike of Paradise Lost, after all, compared to the old-fashioned antiques that are conservative and self-styled, your own A new force that claims to be more advanced and more open-minded. I didn’t expect you to work so hard to gain Eden’s approval, but in the end you were only treated as experimental guinea pigs by Eden.”

He said, sighing softly, "And it's just the mice in the control group."

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