The Mechanic [BL]

[25]

Chapter 25 - The Fruit of Wisdom (3)

The corridor on the fourth floor of the Lab was like a huge and tortuous pipe. Sensor light bulbs that would only light up with sound and movement, hung from the vaulted ceiling. The dim light illuminated a silent figure sitting on a bench.

James followed Fernandez out of the elevator and saw Zhang Xun sitting on the padded bench outside the door of Adam's observation room, looking down at the tablet in his arms and using a pen to write and draw on the screen.

"You're not going to sit here all day, are you?" Fernandez made a fuss. "I heard this simulation will last until ten o'clock in the evening. Do you plan to sit here all day without eating or drinking?"

Zhang Xun raised his head and was slightly surprised to see James, "Why are you here?"

"Today is a 'big day' for you and Adam, how could I not come and see~" James joked.

Zhang Xun rolled his eyes, not wanting to pay attention to the other party's ridicule, "Are you here to sponge a meal? Don't worry, I've already told Pan not to cook you dark dishes anymore, you can go directly to the cafeteria."

James smiled dryly, "I wouldn't dare to eat in the cafeteria without you..."

"Lieutenant James, I apologise again for the fried broccoli with oranges last time." Pan's sincere and magnetic voice sounded in the air, "Please rest assured, in the future I'll prepare food that suits your taste more."

James turned pale when he heard this and quickly raised his hands towards a camera in the air, "Don't, don't, don't! I was wrong, Brother Pan! I shouldn't have complained to Ah-Xun!"

Zhang Xun laughed a few times and asked, "Pan, how's the situation in the room?"

"Lieutenant Sistine is resting on Adam's bed and Dr. Guzberg is watching the readings displayed on the simulator screen." Pan replied.

"How is Adam's condition?"

"From the physical readings, Adam's heart rate increased significantly for a while half an hour ago, and the secretion of his sweat glands increased, probably because he encountered a stressor in the virtual reality, but the readings have already started stabilising."

Zhang Xun sighed. Throughout the day, Adam's heart rate increased several times and he didn't know what kind of situations had been set up in the simulated environment. He suspected he would appear in the simulator too, and just hoped that those people hadn't set him up to be a jerk...

Aside from that, the last thing Patty said to him earlier had annoyed him. Under the bug's monitoring, he determined that the other two hadn't mentioned his "little tricks" to Patty, but Patty had guessed something. Was it based on the looks, language and behaviour of those two people? Or according to his own behaviour?

The taciturn psychologist gave him an oddly creepy feeling, quite different from the well-managed comfort he usually had when talking to other psychiatrists.

Fernandez looked at the door curiously. As a scientific madman who had deeper feelings for artificial machines than people, Adam was like a legendary relic. Every mechanic wanted to take a look at him, and preferably to say a few words and ask some questions... It was a pity that Zhang Xun kept Adam very close so even his deputy didn't have the chance to chat with Adam. With some lament, he said, "If Adam doesn't pass, will I never have a chance to talk to the greatest invention in the world?"

"He will pass." Zhang Xun's tone was beyond doubt.

"If you're so confident, why are you still sitting here?"