The Mechanic [BL]

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Chapter 112 – Sacrificial Lamb (3)

Some of the development data from the upgraded version of the nanobots had been copied and entered into Pan's bio-computer, but it had been set in a locked state. After all, he wasn't entirely sure what modifications Adam had made to the original nanobots and opening up the data to Pan might affect the weighting of Pan's core modules, which were not very mature at the time.

He had spent so much time and energy training Pan and assimilating the two super-AIs over the past month that he hadn't had time to deal with weaponizing the nanobots and now he knew what a grave mistake he had made.

It should have occurred to him that even if he didn't agree with Adam's research, Adam wouldn't really listen to him. After all, his title as a mechanic was nothing more than a farce that Adam had played along with.

"These nanobots are different from the ones we have. Normally nanobots operate in the microscopic realm, but this version can have a significant impact in the macroscopic world. The size of the individual nanobots has entered the quantum dimension and it will be difficult for the shields and weapons that normally work at the microscopic scale to counter them. Perhaps we could try using EMP weapons." Phoenix said.

Zhang Xun looked at the gorgeous mists enveloping the four directions and said in a dry, hollow voice, "It won't work. The new nanobots, made from a composite of protein polymers and high entropy alloys that I developed with the Life Sciences and Chemistry Departments in Lost Paradise, bear some resemblance to your biocomputers, which are semi-biological..... They are made and designed very differently from normal electronic devices so an EMP will have no effect on them."

Zhang Xun still vividly remembered the nanobots that were dancing on Adam's palm and constantly changing form. A colony of robots with a collective AI consciousness like an ant colony, as if they were a prophecy of the future of humanity.

"Once they've hacked into our systems we'll all be destroyed. We should start copying the core modules to outside of Feathered Serpent City immediately, although that would risk a reverse invasion by Eden." Dawn Star's voice remained smooth, as if stating facts that had nothing to do with it.

Even if this method might save the robots, what about everyone in Feathered Serpent City?

It was too easy to kill a person when the nanobots were weaponised. There were enough holes all over a human body for the nanobots to infiltrate, to enter the bloodstream and destroy the human organs, to disintegrate the body from within.

Zhang Xun was now unsure if Adam would take it this far, but he knew that if he was a big enough threat to Eden, Eden would do such a thing.

Unless...... those nanobots found their target - himself - in the shortest possible time.

There wasn't much time for hesitation or consideration, even the decision of whether or not to go and die was so abrupt that it was as if he was being pushed with a sharp knife.

note- !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Before deciding to start invading Eden's system, Zhang Xun had already considered this possibility and prepared himself for it. He had already fed Pan several scenarios of the subsequent plan and planned many more steps backwards after Pan's analysis and prediction of several directions respectively. Even if he died now, he believed that there was a certain chance that Pan could finally save some of the humans from being uploaded.

He had barely closed his eyes during these recent days in order to complete these last steps. He hadn't had time to leave the temple when all these things were happening, despite James' worsening condition and Cindy starting to show violent tendencies. He didn't dare see James, not wanting to see the blood that was beginning to seep out of his body, the blisters that looked like burns and the greenish scalp that was beginning to show.