Chapter 129
Zhang Xun was just silent, staring at his father stubbornly.
Zhang Shuo approached Zhang Xun and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "You don't want to live anymore?! Hurry up and hand over Adam! Don't get involved in these things anymore!"
Zhang Xun vaguely understood that Zhang Shuo might be protecting him. To pull him out of the vortex involving AI. But it was too late, from the moment he became a mechanic, he was destined to reach this point.
"I, no, know, know!" Zhang Xun said loudly.
Zhang Shuo looked at him disappointedly, as if looking at an ignorant child. Those were Zhang Xun's familiar eyes, and they were also the eyes he hated the most.
"It's an AI, I don't care what delusions you have, it doesn't care about your life or death!" Zhang Shuo growled, his deep eyes seemed to burn through the confusion in Zhang Xun's mind, "If it Caring about you, why would you leave you alone?! You idiot!"
Zhang Xun was unmoved, "Because I let him go. He only listens to me."
Looking at Zhang Xun's obsessive eyes, Zhang Shuo knew that his son had been completely brainwashed and controlled by that Adam. He suddenly pushed Zhang Xun away in frustration, and ordered, "Cuff him and take him back to the headquarters!"
At this time, there were only two hours left before the time limit given by Eden.
The nine chiefs, several major councilors, and high-ranking military officers all gathered in the war room underground of the command headquarters. Zhang Xun's hands were handcuffed in front of his body, and he was led into a depressing and dim room. He noticed that the sixth chief now sat in the very center of the seat that the fifth chief had always occupied.
He was forced to sit on a chair with two gun barrels pointed at his head. The chilly atmosphere is filled with oppressive light, flickering screens, and dense pipes all over the walls and ceiling. He could feel that his life was tied to a thin thread, and it might break if it moved slightly.
Suppressed, smoldering hatred overflowed from many strange eyes.
"Zhang Xun, give me the controllers of all the devices on Adam." The sixth chief said calmly, "From today onwards, you are no longer Adam's mechanic."
Zhang Xun stared at him, blood stained his eyes, but he sneered, "You have been looking forward to this day for a long time."
"You traitor from Paradise Lost! The fifth chief treats you well, you have shamed your father!" The third chief slammed the table and angrily shouted, "Give over Adam's control immediately!"
"Our time is running out." Although the first chief's voice was more gentle, with a hint of persuasion, "Zhang Xun, at the critical moment, we will take extraordinary measures. You may care too much about your work, but Now if you don’t cooperate, you are asking for trouble.”
"Zhang Xun, hand over the control, and maybe you can pardon you at your discretion during the trial." The sixth chief raised his jaw slightly, although his tone was gentle, but his eyes gleamed with arrogance and complacency, "Otherwise, I'm afraid even you Father will be held accountable for his ineffective supervision of you."
After the death of the Fifth Chief, the balance of power at the Round Table was disrupted. Now the Sixth Chief seems to occupy some sort of leadership position. This is not surprising, there are many generals in the guard army whose families have close ties with the sixth chief's father. Only in this way, Zhang Shuo's position in the army would be severely shaken. Without the fifth chief to sit in the round table, Zhang Shuo would be in danger of being ostracized.
Roundtable decisions will be largely influenced by this shift in the balance of power, and the chances of convincing them are slim.
But Zhang Xun still tried in vain, "Don't you understand?! Giving up Adam is suicidal! Adam is the only weapon that can contend against Eden!"
"It's no longer your turn to ask." The sixth chief's eyes became more and more condensed, and he seemed to be losing patience. "If necessary, we can even turn over your entire Lab, and we can always find it."
Zhang Xun sneered disdainfully, "You can try."
"But..." The sixth chief paused, and his tone became darker, "I think with your level of caution, you might implant the controller into your own body, right? In that case, the search range will be smaller .Peel off the skin of your body inch by inch, and you can always find it.”
Zhang Xun widened his eyes in disbelief. In front of so many chiefs and councilors, uttering such a cruel threat, is it possible that no one cares about him?
Zhang Shuo couldn't take it anymore, "The sixth chief! Even if Zhang Xun is guilty, he still has to wait for the trial. It is not appropriate to use lynching!"
The sixth chief raised an elegant and polite smile and looked at Zhang Shuo, "Commander, I understand that you are eager to protect your son. But now this matter is related to the survival of the entire Lost Paradise, and extreme measures must be used. You don't want to be a sinner through the ages." Bar?"
As soon as the voice fell, the sixth chief raised his hand, and a soldier next to him immediately grabbed Zhang Xun's right wrist, lifted his sleeve roughly, and searched carefully for any protrusions or signs of injury on his arm . At the same time, the other hand unexpectedly took out a saber, and when he pressed the button, the sharp, gleaming blade bounced out and landed coolly on his skin.
Zhang Xun's heart was beating wildly, and he began to struggle hard, but the soldiers next to him immediately held him tightly, making him unable to move.
Zhang Shuo was shocked and wanted to go forward, but was stopped by a general and said in a low voice, "Commander Zhang, please think twice. Your son has already committed treason. Do you want to go to prison with him?"