The Mechanic [BL]

[51]

Chapter 51 - Conversation with God (1)

When Zhang Xun and Adam arrived at the Headquarters it was already in chaos. All the Generals had come to discuss countermeasures and even seven of the ten Chiefs had come. For the first time, the long, large table in the conference room was packed and there was even a second circle of chairs.

On the huge screen at the front of the Headquarters, as well as on the screen in the conference room, the same image appeared: a constantly swirling light that circled through the clouds with constantly changing colours that were soft and comfortable. After watching for a while there was a feeling of vertigo.

Adam stood in front of this halo with a calm expression. The halo circled in his eyes, as if it were the colours radiating from his soul.

Zhang Xun saw Adam's expression and knew that this halo was the image Eden used when showing himself in front of humans. Generally speaking, artificial intelligence would try to use images that were similar to the characteristics of the target population, but Eden never used appearances with human characteristics, in order to show his status above human rules.

And this cluster of light wasn't a random choice. The waveband and transformation speed of the halo was precisely set to subtly hypnotise the human brain and affect human judgement. So Adam didn't wait for the soldiers who brought them in to arrange seats for them and didn't greet any of the Chiefs, only saying loudly, "Turn off the screen."

Everyone was stunned and without waiting for others to speak, Adam continued to say quickly, "This image is hypnotic. The longer the exposure to it, the more serious the effect. Eden may communicate with us only with his voice."

At this time, the dialogue with Eden hadn't been formally connected. After receiving the dialogue request sent to them by Eden, they only received these images and didn't hear any sound and Eden couldn't see or hear them until the connection was established.

Everyone whispered uncomfortably. After a while, the Fifth Chief calmly ordered, "Then turn off the video."

Soon the two screens went dark. In an instant, there was an unnoticed, low-frequency vibration-like feeling in the room that disappeared. Everyone had a weird, waking lightness, as if something had been removed from their consciousness.

In the ordinary world, many people had reported that after talking with Eden, they would have a strange feeling of rebirth, as if they had been blessed and baptised by the Holy Spirit. This even led to the development of a religion that worshipped Eden as a god and the number of adherents developed in just one century to a point where it was even comparable to that of ancient Christianity.

Adam nodded to the Fifth Chief, "Thank you."

The Fifth Chief waved his hand and let them both sit down. Everyone also noticed that Adam's arm was different from before and understood that Zhang Xun had made a new type of material. However, due to the interference of various tedious affairs, most of the Chiefs hadn't read the report on the new material that had been jointly submitted by the Life Science Department, the Chemistry Department and the Lab, so they weren't aware of the mystery of Adam's new prosthetic limb.

Only the Sixth Chief's gaze froze for a long time on the cold-coloured metal hands that were exposed from his sleeves.

On the other hand, Zhang Shuo looked at Zhang Xun with a worried look on his face.

Eden's request was to talk to Zhang Xun and Adam without anyone monitoring them.

He could understand the dialogue with Adam, but why even Zhang Xun? Not to mention the possibility that Eden might suddenly attack and trap the two during the negotiation process. Even if Eden kept his promise and retreated, even if they were safe and sound, no matter what they said, Zhang Xun would definitely be carefully questioned by the Round Table afterwards. Every word would be repeated and the slightest inadvertent conversation with Eden could cause problems. After all, a human being with two super artificial intelligences may be dragged into a trap at some point. If these traps were included in Zhang Xun's confession and sent to the Round Table and after being misinterpreted by some chiefs who were hostile to Zhang Xun and Adam, he didn't know how they would be enlarged and distorted.