Chapter 29 - The Fruit of Wisdom (7)

Zhang Xun should have refused loudly when he heard the word "Erguotou".

The Little Buffalo Hotpot Restaurant, which just opened three months ago, had instantly become popular within the circle of Chinese people, and then spread to other people. As soon as they walked into the somewhat narrow facade, a steaming heat wave rushed towards their faces, filled with a strong spicy smell, making their tears flow out before they had even started to eat. The hot pot here was pure Sichuan hot pot, so hot that you would doubt your life, so hot that your heart would break, so hot that your three views would be ruined... There was a crowd of people sitting and squatting at the tables, all were flushed, sweaty and tearful. While breathing heavily they kept pouring sour plum soup brewed with sour plum powder into their mouths, or while crying bitterly, pouring Erguotou cup by cup into their mouths.

It was a large-scale masochistic scene...

Adam sneezed as soon as he entered the door, causing the two soldiers in the same group to laugh. Adam had never smelled such a strong and stimulating scent since he became a human. His nose was sore and itchy, but it smelled inexplicably good.

Zhang Xun hesitated, "This place might be too much for Adam..."

Unexpectedly, Adam said, "Ah-Xun, I'm willing to try. I know that quite a few humans have a taste for spicy food, but actually eating spicy food is painful. I've always wondered why people like to make themselves feel uncomfortable."

Jabari muttered behind him, "Sometimes people like discomfort that's even more extreme than just spicy food...."

Zhang Xun coughed loudly, in case Adam became curious about Jabari's words. The four were taken to an empty table by the waiter who was too busy to catch his breath. The table was an old folding table, with rust on the corners, which had obviously been picked up from the garbage processing yard. The waiter took their orders and then ran into the back kitchen like a whirlwind.

He didn't know if it was just because everyone was immersed in the heat of the hot pot and chatting with each other so much that no one recognized Zhang Xun, and thus it was impossible for them to recognize Adam. Zhang Xun breathed a sigh of relief. At least he didn't have to worry about someone starting something while they were eating.

Zhang Xun rarely ate out, and restaurants with so many people made him feel especially daunted. He unbuttoned his collar a little from the heat and tugged at his sweaty shirt. When he turned his head, he saw Adam staring blankly at him.

"It's too late to regret it now." Zhang Xun whispered.

Adam grinned, leaned into his ear and said, "It's okay, if I get damaged from the spice, you'll have to fix me."

For some reason, Zhang Xun felt that this sentence was more seductive than any flirting words, his cheeks turned red and he hummed uncomfortably.

Jabari watched Zhang Xun and Adam whispering together and whispered to another soldier: "If I didn't know they were a mechanic and a machine, I would have thought they were having an affair."

Zhang Xun then became even more embarrassed and pretended not to hear anything. Adam focused on asking, "The expression 'having an affair' is very interesting, can you explain it in more detail?"

"Adam! Shut up!" Zhang Xun said angrily.

The hot pot was served quickly, with a layer of red peppers floating on the oil and bright red meat was also placed on a plate. When the waiter put the two green, transparent wine bottles on the table, Jabari shouted excitedly, picked up four glasses and poured half a glass for each of them, but the one for Adam was full.

Zhang Xun hurriedly wanted to grab Adam's wine glass, but Jabari took the lead to block him, "Tsk, aren't you trying to teach him to be a human? Why don't you let him experience what humans like?!"

"He doesn't need to experience everything!"

"What kind of man can't drink? Come on, brother, fuck it!" Jabari said, drank his drink in one breath and scrunched up his eyes half in pain and half in satisfaction, letting out an "Ah!".

Adam also curiously brought the cup to his lips, took a tentative sniff and seemed to think it was okay, so he took a sip, and then his whole face wrinkled, "It doesn't taste very good."

"That's why I told you not to drink it." Zhang Xun reached out and tried to take the glass, but Adam avoided him.

"I know that the drinking culture is very important in many ethnic groups, especially in the Chinese culture where you come from, Ah-Xun, Erguotou has a considerable importance. I want to know you more comprehensively." After speaking, he closed his eyes and finished the whole glass.

Zhang Xun was stunned.

"Oh, nerd, just relax. Take care of others all day long, be careful of being kidnapped by other beautiful men!" Jabari continued to add fuel to the fire.

Adam felt a heat rushing up from his stomach and hitting his cheeks. His originally fair face immediately revealed a layer of pink and a faint sense of pleasure spread to his limbs along with the heat. Adam's eyes lit up slightly and he sighed, "Ah, I seem to understand why everyone likes to drink."

"Okay! Don't drink anymore!" Zhang Xun quickly stopped him, picked up a piece of meat with his chopsticks and put it on Adam's plate, " Eat!"

However, the thing with alcohol is, you drink one cup and then a second cup appears. Those two soldiers, especially Jabari, kept asking Adam questions like, if it was popular in the ordinary world to raise children in training pods, if it was true that no one could drive anymore, were people starting to transform themselves into machines, were all the men over there kept like pets, were there some women who don't like humans and choose to marry robots, and so on... Adam answered one by one happily, sipping freely from the cup of liquor. Zhang Xun noticed that Adam didn't have much of a reaction after drinking two cups, and thought that the original owner of this body must have been a strong drinker, so he relaxed a little.

Unexpectedly, when the third cup was finished, Adam, who had been mostly normal before, suddenly opened his mouth and said a series of... garbled words.

The other three people on the table were dumbfounded, thinking they hadn't heard clearly. Jabari asked, "What?"

Adam looked at him and continued to be serious: @#￥#@%*

The ​​other soldier muttered softly. : "Shit, did he really break from drinking..."

Zhang Xun quickly grabbed the cup from Adam's hand and looked at Adam's expression carefully. The eyes of the other party were still bright and it didn't seem like how an ordinary person would be when drunk. He tentatively asked, "Adam, what are you talking about?"

Adam: @#$##@$%!

Zhang Xun listened carefully to the string of strange nonsense and suddenly understood. But after he understood, he had the urge to look up to the sky and sigh...

"...He's speaking AI language..." Zhang Xun said helplessly.

Jabari and the two looked at him inexplicably, "What language?"

Zhang Xun explained, shaking his hand in front of Adam's eyes, "It is a language used in communication meetings between artificial intelligence, and it is the language used in the post-Eden era. It's derived from different AIs and very few humans can understand it...I didn't even know that this language sounds like this..."

Adam grabbed his hand and stared at him with blue eyes earnestly and affectionately, " @#￥@￥!@#￥"

Jabari asked curiously, "What is he talking about?"

"This is also my first time hearing the AI language spoken verbally...I would have to write it down on paper to know what he's talking about. But this isn't important right now, he is already drunk, you have to help me take him back." Zhang Xun said and stood up, pulling Adam's hand that was still holding his, "Adam, we're going back."

" @#￥@#%"

Zhang Xun rolled his eyes and decided to ignore what Adam said and helped Adam get up with Jabari. Adam's feet slammed into each other under the chair, like noodles refusing to support his body.

It turned out that Adam's behaviour after getting drunk was like he believed he was still a computer?!

At least he didn't have to worry about him getting wildly drunk... Zhang Xun thought happily.

Adam's sudden "computerization" caused their hot pot meal to be hastily interrupted. They stuffed Adam into the car and travelled all the way back to the Lab, and the three of them carried Adam back to his room together. At this time, several mechanics had already arrived in the Lab, each with their researchers, and they all cast curious and inquiring eyes on their strange combination that smelled of hot pot.

After dragging Adam onto the sofa, he sat upright like a desktop computer, only his head would turn from time to time, but he was always staring at Zhang Xun, as if he had never seen him before. Jabari stood with his hands on his hips and sneered, "These artificial intelligences aren't bad at holding their drink. They don't swear, they don't cry, they don't talk endlessly, and they instantly turn into a humanoid computer."

"Thank you for today..." Zhang Xun quickly took out two of Lab's new weapon test coupons from his pocket and handed them to them. "These are for you both. After a new mecha or gun is successfully developed, you can be the first to try it if you're interested."

This kind of test ticket was like a lottery ticket to the soldiers. As expected, the two of them happily took the test tickets and smiled until their jaws dropped. After seeing the two of them off, Zhang Xun asked Pan to prepare some hangover pills while he brought out his mini computer, sat next to Adam and turned on the recording function.

Adam was still muttering some garbled characters from time to time and Zhang Xun recorded all these words. After a while, he saw that Adam's eyelids had started to droop and his body began to sway from side to side, and finally fell onto him, his head stuck in the triangle area formed by his shoulders and the back of the sofa. He closed his eyes and fell asleep just like that while using Zhang Xun as a pillow.

Zhang Xun's body was a little stiff. It was the first time someone had slept on his shoulder like this. He turned his head slightly. From this angle, all he could see was the straight and slightly upturned bridge of his nose under his soft and finely scattered blond hair. His deep breathing actually made him feel a little warm in his heart, a strange feeling of... wanting to smile.

He didn't know that his own face was already smiling. The face that was usually calm and lacked vivid expression in front of people was melting into vivid dimples at this moment. He stayed in this position for a while, then lowered the volume and started playing back the recording of what Adam had said earlier. At the same time, he opened the notepad function and tried to convert Adam's words into code and type them out.

After typing for a while, Zhang Xun's fingers stopped. He looked at the few lines of code written in AI language and found it hard to breathe.

What Adam said was, "Revision of the core framework structure: New branch: New branch target: Under the premise of not violating the overall goal, I will do my best to maintain the personal safety and mental health of the mechanic Zhang Xun. New sub-target: Gain the favour and trust of the mechanic, Zhang Xun. The level of importance: highest priority."

Note- You guys have no fucking idea what's coming, prepare mentally.