The Mechanic [BL]

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Chapter 102 – Feathered Serpent City (8)

When Zhang Xun saw the two miniature robots, when the truth was clearly laid out in front of his eyes, it wasn't only the anger of being deceived and played that came up with it, but also the memories that kept coming back.

He remembered all the times the robot had been by his side along the way. He remembered his first conversation with Enoch in that dimly lit bar, the paper cranes Enoch had given him and the stupid things he had said to Enoch.

A thousand paper cranes for a chance to meet again......

When Adam heard those words, was he laughing at him in his mind?

A pathetic human being who had been played by him and still remembered him.

Was it Adam's plan for them to come to Feathered Serpent City? Was there something else Adam had planned, something he needed to do?

Was Adam expecting the damage to James' suit? Even if Adam had lost control of Enoch in the high radiation zone, who knows if the suit could have been tampered with before?

A whirlwind of emotions erupted in Zhang Xun's mind, tearing at his heart.

Enoch stared at him blankly, not saying anything for a long time. One second was enough time for the AI to make a million decisions, but now he could not make this one.

But this hesitation was enough to confirm everything.

Finally, a look of helplessness and sadness crept in. Enoch whispered, "This isn't a game, Ah-Xun."

Ah-Xun.

The two words that Zhang Xun had heard more than once in his dreams now echoed in his ears, but they only cut his heart from his chest. Anger boiled in his blood, overriding the darkness of grief in his heart. He wanted to hurt Adam, wanted to make him feel the same pain he had felt.

But he couldn't, because Adam wasn't here. This robot was just a puppet under his control.

"What more do you want from me?" Zhang Xun asked in a dry, hollow voice, "Why don't you just kill us?"

"I'm not going to hurt you." Adam looked at him with what appeared to be a few moments of trepidation in his eyes.

"Why?" Zhang Xun raised his eyes, bright with anger and looked at Adam, "You've already done it to James, haven't you?"

Adam whispered, "I didn't hurt James, I wouldn't hurt anyone important to you! I have no way of knowing what happened in the dead zone, I could only program Enoch to protect you for me before you entered."

"You're lying." Zhang Xun squeezed those words out of his teeth, but there was a trembling in his trailing voice, "You arranged for us to enter Feathered Serpent City, didn't you? What else do you want to use me for?"

Through Enoch's eyes, Adam gazed longingly at Zhang Xun. In the presence of this human, all decisions became so difficult, became so...... irrational.

"You said you wanted to stop me, didn't you." Adam said, pulling the corners of his mouth up into a fleeting smile, "I can't stop, I have to finish what I have to do, but I can protect you, I can help you, help you to do what you want to do."

Zhang Xun's eyes widened slightly, he couldn't believe that at a time like this Adam was going to lie to him with such a poorly thought out lie.

Help him to do what he wanted to do? What did he mean? Was he going to help Zhang Xun against himself?

Zhang Xun's body trembled with rage as he reached out and tugged at Enoch's collar, almost taking the robot's face in front of him for Adam's. He stared at Adam at close range and said, word for word, "Do you really think I would believe such nonsense? Tell me...... what exactly do you want to use me for? Help you build nanobots here? Or trying to modify Pan's core modules? And what did you do to my father in Lost Paradise......? What have you and Eden done in Lost Paradise?"