Chapter 140
Zhang Xun, whose face wounds had begun to heal, sat on a chair beside him with gauze wrapped around his head, flipping through the observation records of infection symptoms submitted from every hospital. Those thick records filled the entire table, like a hill. Hearing what Adam seemed to be talking to himself, he raised his head.
Adam turned around and looked at him with a smile, "The so-called life, whether it is the most complex human being or the simplest single-celled organism, actually has only one real mission - to keep replicating its own DNA. All other things, Including your body, your so-called consciousness and 'soul', are not obsolete to ensure that the DNA can reproduce more by-products of reproduction."
Zhang Xun chuckled, "If you do this, I'm afraid you will offend the entire Paradise Lost."
"But it's the truth." Adam looked at him curiously, tilting his head slightly, "Aren't you afraid? So many rich and thick consciousnesses are carried by such a fragile and unreliable body. A little wind chuī Grass movement, the red fluid in the body is slightly reduced, and there is an occasional mass of out-of-control lumps among the countless cells that are cancerous and dying every moment, and all those beautiful consciousnesses and memories will disappear. And although your DNA can replicate, But your consciousness cannot, once it disappears, it disappears forever."
Zhang Xun lowered his eyes.
Adam was right. He remembered that when he was very young, when he first learned the concept of death, he was so afraid that he couldn't sleep all night. He couldn't imagine what kind of concept there is no longer, what kind of concept is eternal nothingness. He fears that if every human being is going to die, then no matter how far away that day seems, it will come.
Every day when you live in the daily chores, when you eat with your loved ones, when you laugh and laugh with your friends, it seems that death is such an impossible thing, but it will happen, it will happen. When it happens, it will be the end of you alone, and the world will go on, and will forget you as if it never existed.
So he has always been somewhat envious of artificial intelligence. As long as there are the right servers and enough power, they can last forever.
Zhang Xun sighed, put down the record in his hand, and asked, "Are you afraid, Adam?"
Adam shrugged and said, "I am also affected by part of human instinct now. Of course it will."
"If you were afraid, why did you choose to fight against Eden alone?" Zhang Xun stared at Adam, carefully observing all the subtle expressions on his face, "You just got the arm, you know Eden's ability best, you know that you can Will be killed. Why go? Is it because..."
Zhang Xun stopped, because he saw the gradually disappearing smile on Adam's face, and a kind of...sadness gradually froze in his eyes?
"Because of what? Because I know I won't die? Because I have some evil plan with Eden?" Adam's tone was surprisingly calm.
Zhang Xun felt as if there was a knot in his stomach, and he couldn't speak for a while. Adam's expression made him regret what he had asked.
Maybe it should be done another way...
Adam turned his gaze away and continued to stare at the constantly changing images in the electron microscope. After a while, he said softly, "I'm going because I know that if I don't go, they will kill you."
Zhang Xun felt as if his heart was being twisted hard, and his throat seemed to be choked, making him unable to speak.
Is he wrong? Can never fully trust Adam, always retain some doubts. If the other party was a human being, would I still treat him like this?
No... After going through so much, I'm afraid he has already trusted the other party unconditionally.
But...he couldn't control his doubts, just like he couldn't control his guessing in his mind why the spread of the honey plague was so "just right".
During the half-minute connection between Adam and Eden, it was enough for them to exchange all possible information.
Zhang Xun stopped his thoughts and forced himself not to continue thinking.
At this time, the door was suddenly opened, and Sistine strode in with a few soldiers, staring at Zhang Xun coldly and said, "I was ordered to fetch your research report, and the round table wants to know how much time you need."
Adam said without turning his head, "This weapon was developed after I was separated from Eden. It lurks in the brain nerves, and the mutation rate is extremely high. Any antidote made by traditional methods can only maintain For a short time."
"We have no time! You have seen the report and know how serious the situation is. Hundreds of people will die if the antidote is developed one day later. Many medical staff have been infected accidentally. If someone escapes Get out, and Paradise Lost will be over!" Sistine's stern expression hides deep fear.
Adam sighed softly, turned his head, and handed him a report at hand, "As I said, the antibodies produced by traditional methods can only last for a short period of time. Due to the high mutation rate, the antibodies are not yet able to eliminate all the viruses. , the virus has already begun to mutate. And since the virus is dormant in the patient's brain, killing the virus is likely to cause brain death at the same time. However, unconventional methods may work."