Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 256 The Birth of Adam 2.0
"Who are you now, Adam or the Angel of Fantasy?" Luo Lin naturally didn't care about the short waiting time, but just looked at Adam and asked with interest.

"What's the difference between the two?" Adam asked, then smiled faintly and said, "I'm probably still Adam now, but the humanity that belonged to the angel of fantasy has indeed revived within me."

"So is this a success or a failure?" Rowling asked, pinching his chin.

"If you want to see the resurrection of the once utopian angel, it's probably a failure. But if you just want to see an Adam with his own self, then this is indeed a success."

Adam paused here, perhaps thinking of something, and suddenly sighed. He made a prayer gesture as he spoke:

"This humanity is questioning me, questioning everything I have done in the past. I still don't regret anything I did in the past, but if I had to do it again, I would probably choose a more gentle approach."

When Luo Lin heard this, he raised his eyebrows. He realized that the Adam in front of him was indeed a combination of the human-machine Adam and the fantasy angel. He was not as cold as the human-machine Adam, but he also did not have the vitality and abundant emotions of the fantasy angel.

But after all, it was just a trial plan. Luo Lin was already very satisfied to have achieved this level, so he smiled and said, "Then will you apologize?"

Adam paused, tilted his head and glanced in a certain direction outside the chapel. Unbeknownst to him, he thought of something before he whispered:
"He probably won't need my apology."

"Then will you apologize?" Luo Lin did not deny His words, but asked again with a smile.

As for the person he was apologizing to, of course he was referring to Medici, who had been cooked with hot pot by Adam. Rowling didn't care about other people who had been cheated by Adam. He was not a guy with overflowing sympathy. Of course, he only cared about the people he cared about.

Adam finally turned his head and looked at Rowling. His golden eyes were no longer dull, but instead contained a very faint but quite complex emotion, like a sigh, like pain, and like helplessness.

He looked at Luo Lin and said, "I will go find him."

Luo Lin smiled, then suddenly thought of something and asked again, "Then let me ask you, Mr. Adam, are you trying to save the world out of self-interest, out of paranoia, or out of your heart?"

Adam was silent for a moment before he said, "I don't know. I once wanted to save the world because it was the only goal the Sun God left me, and it was also the only meaning of my existence in this world."

"And now..." Adam paused at this point, lowering his eyes. He still looked compassionate, but unlike the false expression before, this time Adam seemed more genuine.
"I still exist for this, but I suddenly realized that it's not just humanity as a whole that needs to be saved, but also every individual among those thousand faces."

"Now you finally look a bit like a human being. Maybe I should start a new chapter for you in my script." Luo Lin smiled, and then a camera suddenly appeared in his hand. He pointed it at Adam and took a lot of pictures.

When the latter looked at him with a little surprise, Luo Lin smiled at him and said:
"I'm used to taking pictures of important moments. You don't mind, do you?"

What else could Adam say? He couldn't rush over and snatch the camera from Luo Lin's hand and smash it. Naturally, he could only smile and say, "You are free to do as you please."

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Meanwhile, at a certain headquarters of the Aurora Society in Backlund—Rolin, disguised as Jack, was helping Medici sort through intelligence, primarily identifying the various recyclables within the Spirit Cult and considering how to utilize them. Suddenly, he looked up at Medici, who was reading a piece of intelligence next to him, and smiled brightly.

Medici was obviously always checking his surroundings out of the corner of his eye even when he was reading intelligence. He instantly noticed the change in Rowling's expression. He immediately raised his eyebrows, looked back at him with a look of disgust, and said, "What evil plan are you up to again?"

As far as Medici knew, the brighter Rowling, a guy with a lot of bad intentions, smiled, the more unlucky people would be.

"I don't have any bad intentions. I just did a good thing." Rowling looked at him with a smile, then stared at Medici without saying a word.

Medici felt a little creepy when he looked at him, and he almost subconsciously checked his whole body. After confirming that there was nothing wrong, he grabbed a piece of paper next to him and threw it over, saying, "Stop laughing. What do you want to do? Just tell me."

He laughed so hard that goosebumps appeared all over the floor.

"Okay, okay, I'll follow your wishes." Luo Lin shook his head, looking helpless, and then smiled and said, "I just went to see Adam."

"Huh?" Medici perked up after hearing this. He finally turned serious and looked at Luo Lin and asked, "What deal did you make with Him?"

"It's not really a transaction. I can only say that I gave him a small gift. Well, when I think about it this way, I've suffered a huge loss. If I had known earlier, I would have ripped him off first..." Luo Lin looked heartbroken.

Of course, Rowling didn't really feel that he was at a disadvantage. After all, a debt of favor is still a debt. What's more, allowing Adam to have human nature is a good thing for Rowling's side.

"Let's get to the point. What did you give Him?" Medici didn't think that Rowling would really lose anything. He knew the other party's methods very well. He might not make a lot of money, but he would definitely not lose money.

"I gave Him a mask..." Rowling didn't keep the secret any longer and told the story directly, without mentioning an apology.

"So it succeeded?" Even Medici was surprised at this moment. He never expected that Rowling would suddenly do such a big thing.

"At least Adam now does have a bit of humanity, but it's definitely not comparable to the fantasy angel he once was. It can only be said that it's a good start. After the humanity of the fantasy angel is reactivated, as long as Adam is not an idiot, he will definitely strengthen this humanity in the future." Rowling spread his hands and said.

As we all know, human nature can be strengthened. Adam in the past was simply a cook without rice, and he had no human nature so he could not be strengthened. The trace of emotion that the personality mask brought to Adam before was ultimately an external object that came out of nothing and was difficult to increase through normal anchor points.

But now it is different. Although the humanity that Adam possesses is still preserved because of the mask, it truly belongs to the former fantasy angel and is no longer a purely alien object.

In theory, this human nature can be further revived as the number of anchor points increases.

(End of this chapter)