"We seem to be a bit of a stretch.... Speaking of which, about Mr. Paul's treatment plan. Dr. Agnes and Chord ended their mysterious conversation, Xian still looked worried, she looked up at ZAx in front of her, and her expression didn't look like the average human looking at this machine, maybe as she said before, the Shi people all have different feelings for this super AI.

"Although I am very confident that I will achieve the purpose of the operation, there are some precautions that I need to explain to his relatives, and which of you can make a decision on behalf of Mr. Paul, who is not very sane at the moment?" ZAx's words made the three of them stunned, what ZAx said before made them think that this treatment was as simple as drinking water, who would have thought that there would be a disclaimer to sign when it came to the end.

Xian frowned and looked at Paul, who was crouching on the ground with a demented face, she didn't know much about this man, except that he was Dr. Agnes' closest student and also Dr. Agnes's teaching assistant.

Because of this man's usual high self-esteem + cynicism and some unsightly eccentric behavior, Paul's popularity is relatively poor.

"Uh.... I guess it's impossible to get in touch with his family now, but do we still need to go to the transmitter in Dogtown and send a telegram to his parents in New California? About your son's upcoming supercomputer-run dangerous operation at a pre-war facility in the easternmost part of the NcR Eastern Special District, 108,000 miles away? Andy shrugged and thought it was funny, but Dr. Agnes didn't laugh, she just paused, and then took a step.

"That's not true... Paul's family.... Anyway, he didn't have the family to be able to reach, I can do .... Substitutes. But what exactly are you trying to convey about the risks? As you said, that machine should be enough with you to fully restore Paul to health. ZAx was silent for a moment, then suddenly emitted some strange noises that no one could understand what it meant, but intuitively they seemed to be malicious whispers.

[It seems that countless people whisper strange voices with extremely fast speech speed and very low voices]

“ZAx！ What happened to you? String shouted anxiously, and Andy stood aside with a puzzled face, not knowing what to do, but it didn't take long for him to feel bad.

All the brain-controlled robots responsible for maintaining the memory facilities stopped what they were doing, and their electronic eyes looked at the few normal humans standing here, and with the strange voice of ZAx, Andy's hair stood on end.

He reached for the two large pistols at his waist, knowing that this little resistance was nothing in the face of the overwhelming automatic security facilities here, but at least they would give Andy some security.

He lifted the beep-beep boy on his arm slightly, adjusting to stealth detection mode, and the results seemed to confirm his uneasiness.

[Danger] Andy sighed in his heart, the beep boy has never missed it, this time it seems that he is going to suffer, how can he escape in such a desperate situation?

First of all... He saw the string still yelling at ZAx and reached out to pull her behind him.

"String, after I get to me, I'm afraid that the head of this machine is going crazy..."I didn't think that Xian didn't bird him at all, and shook off his pull, and shouted more eagerly.

Things didn't work out of a miracle, the ZAx's weird noises grew louder and louder, and the brain-controlled robots that maintained the equipment began to slowly move in a surrounding position.

The blue glowing pipes of the ZAx also gradually extinguished as if they were stuck. With an indescribable mechanical bass, the entire machine room went completely black.

At that moment, Andy felt something indescribable appear in the hollow darkness in front of him.

He made a quick decision, and instantly turned on the light of the Pip-Boy, the green fluorescence illuminated his side, and at the same time, the two weapons that accompanied him in his expedition to the wasteland had been pointed forward by him.

The darkness was instantly illuminated, and Dr. Agnes let out a female scream that could not be suppressed. Close at hand was the brain-controlled robot that circled the four of them, densely extending into the distance beyond the reach of the dim fluorescent green light of the Pip-Boy, and the huge display used by ZAx to demonstrate the data in front of them was a huge eyeball full of terrifying bloodshots.

The eyeballs reveal a deep emotion, exhaustion, pain, violence, and despair. It's scary to watch, but it's also a little disgusting for some reason, as if the strong emotions have an invisible flavor.

".........." string stood at the front of everyone, Andy could only see her back, he wanted to pull the string over, but he was afraid that the reckless action at this time would cause more serious consequences.

There was a deathly silence in the air.

"You're trying to kill me... ZAx？ Why? Standing in front of the surging brain-controlled robots, she twitched slightly, even choking, as she stared at the terrifying eyeball pattern that appeared on the ZAx screen.

....................................... The screen of the monitor with the huge eyeballs suddenly fluctuated, and the whole picture moved downward in a loop, first downward, then down from above, and after five or six minutes, the monitor turned off again.

"Hum-" The sound of the long machine running and turning on came from all directions one after another, and the brain-controlled robots retreated to their original maintenance posts like a tide.

The surroundings became bright again, and the ZAx display flickered a few times before reverting to the blue background pattern of the three letters of the triangular ZAx.

Dr. Agnes let out a prostration-like sound, drenched in cold sweat. Andy put away a pistol and walked over to pull the string up as he fell to the ground.

Paul was lying on the ground as if no one was around, making a dream-like sound, but his eyes were so calm that people couldn't understand what kind of state he was in now.

After a long time, ZAx began to speak again.

"I'm sorry, string." It didn't explain exactly what had just happened, but Andy was curious to know.

"I think you'd better tell me what happened, ZAx, and I've seen enough crazy machines in a sense, but they're probably not as deceptive as you, I thought you were a friendly being..... Looks like you have a side that you don't know too much? ZAx was silent for much longer, until Andy realized that it was really unwilling to answer his question.

String regained her form, and she looked at ZAx with complicated eyes, as if this was the first time she had encountered such a situation.

"Can you tell me what the hell is going on in your mind? ZAx..... We've always gotten along very well, and you know what kind of existence I think of you in my heart, right? Answer me, I'm ZAx...."The screen jumped, and it scared that the giant eyeball would roll out again in a moment.

But in the end, ZAx did get back to normal.

"I understand, strings... Even though I don't have a biological brain, I know that you've always seen me as an elder friend... I don't know why you see me differently than anyone else, but I cherish the bond between us because it's something I've had so little since I was born. ”

"I know better than any being what I am, I'm just a complex machine made of metal and other materials... But I want to ask you, do you think I'm... Are you alive? Xian looked at ZAx steadily, her fists clenched.

"I don't think about what others think, I always think from the bottom of my heart that all super artificial intelligence metal shells hide a simple soul, even if you don't have a heartbeat and breathing, at least in personality.... Of course you are a living being. ZAx let out a friendly chuckle that lightened the mood a bit.

"Maybe what I'm going to say isn't so emotional, not so touching, but thank you, thank you." Some programming information swiped across the screen, and this information kept flowing, and finally more and more dense, to the point that the whole screen was a light and it was impossible to distinguish the content.

"This is my original program, it is very complicated, it is the brainchild of many super scientists at SA back then, especially Mr. Greenway.... All ZAx share this suite of programs because it's perfect.... Its existence has given me the ability to constantly self-correct, and as I process more data, I am constantly growing and evolving. ”

"Just as a human being experienced, my mind, who I am, is living with time, I am changing, and change gives me life."

"I think I do... Indeed alive. As soon as the string wanted to say something, it was interrupted by ZAx's next sentence, which said.....

"It pains me a lot."