The Mechanic

Diana laughed brightly, "Teach God how to go to the toilet? Hahahaha, why haven't I encountered such a good job? You know such details, so you are the one who is responsible for training him, right?"

Zhang Xun hesitated for a moment, and said, "I do have a lot of contact with him."

"Then why did you run out? Is it because of human Eden?"

"Hey, what are you asking so much for?" Diego interjected beside him.

Diana shrugged, realizing that she had asked the wrong question, "I'm just curious, too."

Diego turned around from the high chair and looked at her with great interest, "I'm also curious, why do you engage in such a gray area business with such a high salary as an engineer at YOU?"

Diana took a pack of cigarettes from her pocket, took one out and put it in her mouth. Zhang Xun noticed that she was smoking the most primitive cigarettes, not the e-cigarettes that most people in the ordinary world would smoke. The moment she talked about this topic, the brisk smile on her face faded a lot, "Because I want to leave a way out for myself."

James finished checking all the rooms at this time, sat down next to Zhang Xun, and interjected, "The back road? What back road?"

"People in the ordinary world are too dependent on Button now. You know, when we designed Button, we got a lot of human behavior data analysis from Eden. Those data tell us what kind of design will make people more dependent on our button. product, and even step-by-step how to force everyone to use our product. I don't know how they got that data from Eden, but... over the years, I have seen people rely on Button more and less They interact with the real world in such a way that if the Button fails, they don't even remember their way home."

Zhang Xun thought to himself, as expected, he was right in guessing that Button was launched by Eden behind the scenes.

"Eden gave you data and analysis. In exchange, did it ask your company to give it any data?" Zhang Xun asked.

"My authority is not high enough, but I can almost be sure that all people's behaviors when using Button, including search keywords, places and specific times visited every day, advertisements they have seen, music they have listened to... all Feedback to Eden in real time. For those connected to the chord, even their thoughts are probably being transmitted in real time, but they don't know it. Now even if Eden doesn't take advantage of those ubiquitous cameras, he can monitor The behavior of everyone in the ordinary world."

Diana said, exhaling a long puff of smoke, "However, I noticed that the Button you bought was specially processed on the black market. The version is relatively old, but the interaction system with Eden and YOU has been blocked. You guys It is not easy to buy such Buttons, and most people who can handle Buttons have been seized in recent years.”

Diego said proudly, "Of course this kind of thing cannot be taken lightly. I have my own special informant."

"But you also have to be careful, if you are found to be using Buttons bought on the black market, you will be arrested."

At this moment, Enoch brought over the preheated lunch boxes one by one and distributed them to the four of them. Zhang Xun looked at the artificial beef that was too regular in shape, carefully cut off a small piece with a fork and put it in his mouth, and found that the taste was exactly the same as beef. Unlike the synthetic beef in Lost Paradise, it has a weird taste of soy products.

After dinner, the three of them slept briefly for a few hours. At around 2:30 in the middle of the night, Diana woke them up, stuffed each of them with a bag of food and water, and led them out through the back door of the apartment. .

In the back alley, there is a long "truck" hovering about 30 centimeters above the ground. The driver was a strong woman about forty years old. If you didn't look carefully, you would think she was a man. She opened the hatch, drove the three men and a robot to the innermost part of the warehouse like sheep, blocked them with a few big boxes, and said angrily, "If you want to go to the toilet, there are empty bottles over there. If the car stops , you better not even catch my breath."

Before the three agreed, she locked the car door with a bang.

The thick darkness engulfed the four of them in an instant, and only the sound of the aircraft starting could be heard.

A ray of light lit up, but it was Enoch's palm emitting a light yellow ray, like a smoldering candle that pushed the darkness away a few feet, illuminating his artificially handsome face.

"Looks like we're going to be bored here for hours," Diego said.

A few hours later, Zhang Xun realized that Diego was not joking when he said "boring". The air in the sealed carriage became thinner and thinner, and the chest seemed to be crushed by a boulder. Every time I took a breath, I felt that I found very little oxygen. He was drenched in sweat and his hoodie was soaked. James looked at him worriedly, pressed his shoulder, "How are you?"

Zhang Xun forced himself to be calm, "I'm fine."

As soon as the words fell, the water bottle whose cap had been unscrewed suddenly came to Zhang Xun's mouth. Zhang Xun took the water bottle from the over-enthusiastic Enoch in embarrassment, and drank half of it down his throat, feeling a little better.

Enoch handed the water bottle to James and Diego in turn. Diego said teasingly, "Why don't you help open the bottle cap when you come to our place?"

Enoch had an innocent expression on his face, "I think you have enough physical strength to open the bottle cap yourself."