The Mechanic

This desolate scene always makes people feel chills, as if seeing the end of the human world.

Why did James bring them here?

A group of 18 people walked cautiously on the potholed streets with weeds, and everyone with a gun in their hands had the bullets loaded and the safety removed, guarding against unknown dangers that might rush out from any corner. Zhang Xun walked in the middle of the team, monitoring the images sent back by the insects moving within a range of 200 to 400 meters around them.

Adam looked around and said, "The last family in this town moved out one hundred and twenty-three years ago. At that time, their family of five had lived in this empty town for more than thirty years. I didn’t leave until my parents died. There are fewer and fewer natural history museums like this that existed before the Third World War.”

"You think it's a pity?" Ganon sneered, "None of us think it's a pity."

"I'm not sure what you mean by pity," Adam replied honestly.

"I think this town is empty, there is no one there." The group leader He Yuxin stopped in front of an old Wendys restaurant, and said to everyone, "Here for an hour, Ganon, Barry, you two and I Look around to see if there are any new signs and supplies."

So the group enters a chain restaurant overrun by dust and overgrown moss.

The hunters were in the kitchen, banging behind the counter, picking up the colander for French fries and the large iron pot for cooking soup to make a duel. They are all grown men, but they still look childish when they play. It's probably because I don't know whether I will be alive tomorrow, so I will take pleasure in bitterness.

Adam stood in front of a jukebox studying, fumbling buttons.

"The power here has been cut off a long time ago. It can't be ringing." Zhang Xun sat on a nearby chair, kneading his sore calves.

Adam stroked his chin and thought for a while, then suddenly opened a metal plate on the mechanical arm of his right hand, turned to the back of the jukebox and started tinkering. After a while, the jukebox that had long been scrapped suddenly made a strange noise like that of an asthma patient, and then a vinyl record was lifted by the metal bracket and placed under the probe.

In the next moment, bluesy slow rock music with a touch of the 1980s slowly flowed from the speakers, wandering in the entire restaurant. The female singer's hoarse and lazy voice is accompanied by the same lazy but clear rhythm, which immediately revives the dead restaurant.

Several team members whistled together, jumped up excitedly in a state of intoxication, and swayed wildly to the music.

Zhang Xun was stunned, stood up and turned to the jukebox, only to see Adam tear off the plug and directly connect the metal wire to the circuit in his arm.

"Are you crazy? If there is a short circuit, your hand will be useless!" Zhang Xun immediately wanted to pull Adam away, but was stopped by Adam's left hand.

"Axun, although I'm not very proficient in being a human being, you can rest assured that it has something to do with electricity." Adam stood up and looked at his hands with satisfaction, "The mechanical arm you made can ingest Solar energy and make full use of the energy produced by the body's own metabolism, even without charging, can also be used as a power source. Such a technology is very valuable."

"..." Why does Adam always praise him at such inappropriate times... Zhang Xun rolled his eyes. But seeing that Adam seemed to be fine, he no longer insisted on disconnecting the other party. But just as he was about to turn around and continue to rest his legs on the sofa seat, he heard Adam calling him.

"Axun." Adam's smile at this time was just right, even mature and attractive, obviously based on the expressions he practiced based on the information in his database. He bowed slightly like a gentleman, and stretched out his right hand connected to the wires of the jukebox, "Dance with me."

Zhang Xun inexplicably remembered that just after the seance, he used the same action to invite Adam, who was not yet able to use a human body, to practice walking...

"Boring..." Zhang Xun didn't want to go crazy with Adam.

Adam changed his expression again, and put on the pitiful expression that he is best at and has tried repeatedly on Zhang Xun, "Come on."

Zhang Xun shook the goosebumps on his arms, but when he turned his head, he saw the hunters over there were still dancing in full swing, and someone was imitating a singer over there, holding a wine glass and lip-syncing affectionately to the music. The corners of Zhang Xun's mouth are a little loose, after all, this scene is really a bit funny.

Suddenly, Adam stretched his left hand around Zhang Xun's waist and brought him into his arms. The other mechanical right hand grabbed Zhang Xun's right hand.

"Tsk! Are you done yet?"

Adam didn't speak, just looked at him with a smile, and began to shake his body lightly with the music, moving his feet lightly. However, Zhang Xun didn't know how to dance, and his footsteps were broken and messy. After a while, he stepped on Adam's at least five feet.

"I told you I can't dance!"

"I think you dance very well."

"Don't cry when your foot is crushed!"

"Relax, relax." Adam leaned into his ear and whispered, "You don't have to be nervous in front of me."

Zhang Xun was still stiff, and after stepping on Adam's foot again, he couldn't help but burst out laughing. The two couldn't stop laughing while fighting with their feet, but they didn't let go of their hands.

Zhang Xun suddenly became confused for a moment, as if they were in a normal world, as if Adam was a human being from the beginning, as if they just met in an ordinary tavern.