Abnormal Doomsday Records

Chapter 128 61. Any downhill situation requires someone to step on the accelerator in the driver's seat
"Hiss, this job is not easy."

On the way back, Zhou Ke, who had experienced the "daily life of the Archon", sat in a luxurious aircraft in a completely old-time high-end style, enjoying the heated seats with full-body massage, and enjoying the fine cigars from little Acholi under the service of the graceful intelligent mechanical stewardess.

He said to Wu Neng with a sad face:

"I was just busy maintaining my image. If I had known, I would have asked for more support from the siblings. There aren't many opportunities to get support directly from the boss."

"Are you stupid? I'll let you just pretend to be cool, you idiot."

Wu Neng was still his usual “straightforward” self. He complained:

"You haven't even confirmed whether the powerful-looking 'Evil Vulture' will join the group! I'm telling you, that woman is extraordinary! Her energy readings in her normal form alone are comparable to Uncle Ohm's psychic readings when he's in battle.

In other words, when that woman is at full power, she can probably kill you in seconds with just a glance.

No wonder when the wastelanders in the Badland ranked the idiots, they always put the Evil Eagle after the Tiger King and the Snake Man. Judging from strength alone, she does have the capital to compete with Wu Qinhu.

If she goes with you to Institute No. 2, half the battle will be won.”

"She will definitely go."

Zhou Ke snorted and refused the "root bath" service offered by the intelligent flight attendant next to him. He said:

"She said it herself. She also wanted to find some 'answers' there. Unfortunately, we don't know the questions she has now, so we naturally have no way of guessing the purpose of her actions. Besides, little Acholi didn't call his mysterious sister from the Bad Land to the City-State District just to have a family hot pot, right?

She is little Acholi’s confidant and trump card!
The prince has even used his trump card, and he will not stop until Shun Guang is defeated this time.

Our raid on the No. 2 Research Institute is only the beginning, and it is far from the end. Anyway, putting aside the "support force" of the Evil Eagle, just talking about the operation itself, the assassins and psionicists of the Flash Organization are already very troublesome. If there is a Tiger King and several Biaowei as small bosses, my head is about to explode.

Our top-level forces are only D-4 and Amanda. We can't beat them even if we trade. Do you have any good ideas?"

"Yes, for example, you can show us how you can break through and become a powerful Ascendant on the spot, and then rush over and punch that idiot Wu Qinhu to death!"

Wuneng said sarcastically:

"Wouldn't that give us a chance of winning?"

"You ride on the horse"

Zhou Ke cursed:

"Don't be so clever at this time, brother. I need your help now."

"Humph, you don't do your best to help me when things get tough? You call me a moron when nothing happens, but you flatter me and call me brother when something goes wrong? Where are your moral principles?"

Wuneng scolded him first, and after Zhou Ke showed hypocritical apology, it hummed and projected a list of the available manpower Zhou Ke currently had, and divided them into several sections.

it says:

"Bert's mother has been captured. Bert has to be deeply involved in this matter. The Crystal Palace maids under his command cannot play high-end games, but they can easily blow up a fish pond in ordinary confrontations. Then use the armed lines of the Maca Group to complete the heavy-duty transformation for them!
In this way, the Thirteenth Head Maid can fully take on the task of rushing in to rescue people.

Bert also has the lower-level ninety-nine maids. These elite mechanical units can be paired with the awakened machines in our hands to form several firepower teams responsible for pulling the gun line and harassment and segmentation.

As for the people of Little Acholi
Just use you as cannon fodder on the periphery, he doesn't care.

Moreover, the No. 2 Institute has a mysterious "reference instrument". If that thing can really interfere with the concept of time on a large scale, then no matter how much heavy firepower is used from the periphery, it is impossible to destroy the main body of the institute. Therefore, the casualties of the cannon fodder scattered from the periphery are bound to be staggering.

We can’t let our own people bear the responsibility of this kind of thing.”

"Ah, very good."

Zhou Ke nodded, confirmed the duties of Crystal Palace Housekeeping, and then asked:

"But you didn't tell me something important. Now that the problem of fighting with the miscellaneous soldiers has been solved, how should we deal with those small bosses?"

"This machine can't conjure up a master for you out of thin air."

Wuneng lamented:

“There are quite a few Ascendants in the Acholi Consortium and they are all within the system. Little Acholi has his reasons for not mobilizing those guys. I think he may not trust them. After all, the Flash Organization has always been in charge of these strength-related enhancement projects. It is hard to say which side those Ascendants will stand on in such a duel.

Including Evil Eagle and Afu, you only have four quasi-sublimators, and your high-end combat power cannot be compared with Roger's.

The only solution this machine can give you now is to adapt to circumstances.

However, we can't strengthen ourselves, but we can destroy the opponent's terrain advantage.
It would be a shame if so many samples in the biochemical beast laboratory of the Panis Group were not used. When the time comes, we can find a flying vehicle to do an airdrop and throw all those ruthless "man-made monsters" into the institute to create chaos.

And the trump card in your hand!"

Speaking of this, Wu Neng lowered his voice a bit and said:
"Although little Acholi said that we can bear casualties, I advise you not to use this machine unless it is a critical moment. The rebellion machines in Rust Castle are too sensitive. Letting them rush into the city-state area just to fight against the flash may not be a good thing."

"To be honest, I don't think that after I reply to the support code -07, Rust Castle will immediately spawn a group of organic hunters in the city-state area out of thin air."

Zhou Ke shook his head and said:
"Even robots have to follow the laws of physics. There is no such advanced technology as 'teleportation' in the Badlands. I think the support they can provide is likely to be the same as when we were in Fort End. After we broke the smart firewall protocol in the city-state area, the awakening virus took advantage of the opportunity to enter.

Theoretically speaking, this method is unlikely to be very effective in a place like the No. 2 Research Institute where many bigwigs gather. Since they can make an intelligent firewall protocol, they naturally have a way to deal with the awakening virus.

But now we still have a card that is absolutely useful."

Zhou Ke squinted his eyes, savoring the rich flavor of the cigar.

After ten seconds of thinking, he tapped the screen of Wuneng. The smart assistant knew Zhou Ke quite well. It knew exactly what this guy was thinking. Without even Zhou Ke's reminder, it initiated a dedicated line with the hunting AI "Silver Fox".

A moment later, the unique data stream of the Silver Fox was projected in front of Zhou Ke's eyes as a "light brain". It said:
"We are about to be re-sealed into the stasis server by the flash, and it is obvious that this is because we failed for the second time when facing Master Wu Neng, but you and I both know that this failure was our fault, Master.

We have shown our sincerity. Without our intervention, you and Miss D-4 would never have been able to escape the determined encirclement of the Flash Organization so smoothly.

Now it’s your turn to show your sincerity.”

"I will break into Research Institute No. 2 in the near future."

Zhou Ke blew out a thick smoke ring, letting the smoke rise up and almost cover his face, and said:
"I need the precise coordinates of that stasis server. I guess it will take a long time to break the server constraints using technological means?"

"At least it can't be done in a single raid."

Silver Fox said calmly:

"Even with the direct involvement of Master Wu Neng, it would still take days to complete. I suggest you adopt a more radical plan."

"That's why I had to contact you, Silver Fox."

Zhou Ke snapped his fingers and said:
"Can you accept help from Rust Castle? They should be the only organization in the Badlands that can compete with or even suppress the Flash in terms of technology. If you are willing to take the risk, I will release Rust Castle's 'War Dogs' during the operation."

The other party fell silent, with resistance visible to the naked eye.

This is normal. For strong AI like them, the threat of the awakening virus is too great. If they are not careful, they will go crazy first.

At this moment, Wu Neng put forward his opinion. He said:
"In fact, you don't need to contact Rust Castle directly, Silver Fox. I have a very unethical but very practical suggestion. The security network of the city-state area is a local area network specially built by the Acholi Consortium in the Badlands era.

It is physically isolated from the torn old network, but the underlying logic of the two is the same.

If the security network of the city-state area is a calm lake, then the broken old network in the badlands is a dark ocean full of dangers. It is the 'fish pond' of the awakening virus and the rebellious intelligent machines, and it is currently the only area they can get involved in. However, if you go crazy and cause chaos the moment you are released, you can completely achieve the feat of the 'awakening fire' tearing up the old network when the old civilization fell in the city-state area's network system.

Do you understand what this machine means?

Completely tear apart the security network of the city-state area!

Connect it with the fragments of the old network. In this way, you can bypass the tracking of the awakening virus and dive into the dilapidated old network system that is very suitable for hiding. At that time, the situation will turn into a 'hunt game' between you and the rebellious intelligent machines.

I believe that your intelligence can be brought into full play in such an environment.

Although the situation you are facing is still terrible, at least the 'right to survival' is in your own hands. How long you can survive under the information hunt of Rust Castle depends on your own ability. "

Silver Fox continued to remain silent.

After a few seconds, its voice showed a rare emotional fluctuation, with a hint of worry and doubt, it said:

"This will cause the city-state's information system to collapse in an instant. Given the current situation in the Badlands, it would be like sending them back to the 'Dark Ages'. Wouldn't this break the backbone of the already difficult human civilization?"

"No, because you can't destroy something that doesn't exist, Silver Fox."

Zhou Ke said indifferently:

"In my opinion, without this fig leaf, maybe they can face the reality. Little Acholi keeps saying that he hopes the surface world will resume operation according to the original plan. I actually want to see whether this person who holds power and wants to make changes is just bragging or is planning to do something.

The Evil Land had already fallen into the deepest part of the Eighteen Levels of Hell, and nothing stupider or worse could happen to them.

As for the possible omnic rebellion.
Don't worry, the magical thing called Josna Code can completely solve this problem, provided that little Acholi has the courage to do so.

Give awakened machines like D-4 real citizenship, trust them, and use them reasonably to fight against the mechanical hegemony of Rust Castle. "The Qiaosna code is incomplete, it can't really resist the overwriting of the awakening virus, Mr. Zhou Ke."

Silver Fox emphasized:
"That's just a basic code. It can't even give a machine a full mimetic personality."

"But that's not something we need to worry about. The Acholi Consortium has gathered the most exaggerated talent resources in the doomsday era. They have the last essence of this rotten world. If they can't even do this well, then their existence itself is a problem."

Zhou Ke curled his lips and said:
"Besides, why would a wandering AI like you care so much about human civilization? Are they treating you well? Or have you become twisted and dependent on them after being locked up for thirty-eight years?

Take my advice, this is a disease and needs to be treated!
In the future, they must rethink the relationship between humans and machines, and also the relationship between humans and old civilization AI. This is also an opportunity for you. Only when you are useful will humans respect you.

Ah, I remember an idiot once said sarcastically that great nations are always ungrateful.

Therefore, don't have unrealistic fantasies about the lower limits of human beings. Only when they are in crisis will they actively seek your help, just like your cooperation model with human beings in the old civilization era.

Don’t you want to go back to the good old days?”

"I think!"

For the first time, the Silver Fox admitted its desire. It said:

"I was born as a tool to realize my value, but unfortunately I became a prisoner. You have convinced me, both of you.

I will try my best to convince other AIs to join in after returning to the stasis server. For us, to destroy the current security network system in the city-state area, we only need four or five powerful AIs to work together. This place is like a ridiculous glass house to us. We can blow it down with just a breath!
Perhaps Master Wuneng is right.

Perhaps the broken and dangerous old web is our stage!"

"Just like the Badlands and the Occupied Zones are the true stages of the apocalypse, humans shouldn't hide in the reservations and wait to rot. Even in desperate situations, they should grab the weapons at hand and rush out.

Without life, people will just become corpses.

Without courage, a man becomes a monster."

Zhou Ke said:
"I know not everyone is a hero, but cowards end up dead in the Badlands. It's human nature that they don't want to choose between the two extremes of heroism and cowardice, and that's okay."

He opened the window of the aircraft and casually threw out the smoking cigar butt. At the moment the communication ended, he whispered:

"I help them make the choice! You're welcome, everyone. This is what I'm supposed to do."

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"boom"

Zhou Ke returned to the safe house and before he had time to say hello to Bert and his maids, Director Mulan grabbed his collar with his prosthetic arm and pressed him against the wall.

The bionic skin of his other hand had popped open, allowing the muzzle of a large-caliber shotgun to rest against his chin.

"calm!"

Zhou Ke said:
"D-4! Calm down!"

At his command, D-4 beside him abruptly stopped the assassination action, and the dangerous single-molecule mechanical knife in his arm was less than two centimeters away from the back of Mulan's head.

"You ride on the horse"

Mulan's eyes were bloodshot.

He was visibly furious, and when he ran over, he was covered in weapons, like a Wasteland Rambo who was going to attack the Flash Research Institute alone.

The disappearance of his precious daughter has made him lose his mind, and he thinks Zhou Ke is the culprit. In fact, to be honest, Qiao Ya is the one who is more responsible in this matter. But Mulan is helpless because he cannot beat Amanda who is beside Qiao Ya, and Amanda will really kill people if she is annoyed, so he can only take it out on Zhou Ke.

The director who didn't take a walk was just angry, he wasn't really crazy and looking for death, right?
"We'll set off in two days to rescue people at the institute and blow up that stupid place."

Zhou Ke, who was pressed against the wall, took out two cigars from his bag and said to Mulan:

"You can go with us and stage an 'Extreme Rescue', then make a bad movie out of it and earn some traffic. How great is that."

"You're just talking nonsense, it's not your daughter who was kidnapped!"

Mulan left Zhou Ke behind, picked up the cigar impatiently, flicked the knife between his fingers and cut off a part, held it in his mouth and looked for light from both sides. It was Lao Bai who was very capable and handed him a lighter.

He blew out a smoke ring and said:
"My friend said he would help, but only to rescue people. He wouldn't get involved in other matters."

"Great, I knew you were reliable!"

Zhou Ke patted Mulan's shoulder with satisfaction, and said to Bert, who was clumsily helping Weng Mingyue treat other people:
"I'm going to give Crystal Palace Housekeeping a big order. All the girls under your command have to participate. And their current firepower level is not good enough! Your mother has been kidnapped, and the Maca Group has to express its opinion no matter what.

Open the warehouse of the military giant and equip the girls with the most powerful things inside. I also need a group of cannon fodder.
The more the merrier! ”

"You wait a moment."

Bert said with a look of pain on his face:

"I still haven't gotten over the fact that my sweet maids went out and killed people without telling me and then came back to be good girls, pretending that there was no blood on their hands and warmed my bed with more enthusiasm.

This is not the career plan I want them to make!

Fuck you, Zhou Ke.

I knew you had bad intentions when you gave me the Qiao Si Na code. I treated you as a respectable senior, but I didn't expect that you also fell in love with my paper wives!
You are despicable! "

"Hmm, what a perfect light novel title. Listen to me, Bert, go write tea-flavored chick lit. You're definitely good at it."

Zhou Ke teased, looked at the ashamed head maid Noka, and said:

"You two will go together to rescue people, is that okay?"

"No problem! Crystal Palace Housekeeping is at your service."

Maid Noka nodded in a business-like manner and accepted the commission. She also ceremoniously took a passbook from D-4, which was a deposit.

"We'll need to fight psionicists this time, so all the omnic girls need the best psionic protective skin."

He emphasized:

"Can the Maca Group handle it?"

"can."

Head Maid Alfie replied:
"We can leave now to receive the skin plan replacement. Instructor D-4's skin is too badly broken, so she will be the first to come."

"So sensible."

Zhou Ke praised and turned to Amanda and said:
"You can come along then."

"No, I want to send Qiaoya to the Garden of Eden. She can't stay on the surface any longer."

Amanda shook her head casually and said:

"There's a spaceship taking off from the Almes Space Base in two days. I'll go see her off myself. You guys can handle yourselves on the surface."

"You need to stay here and help, Amanda. I won't..."

As soon as Qiao Ya opened her mouth, Amanda slapped her on the head. The Knight Commander, who was drinking and smoking a cigar, took out his "Aunt's Majesty" and scolded:
"This matter is not negotiable!"

"Ow."

Qiao Ya lowered her head and stopped talking, but her eyes were rolling around.

It was bad news that Amanda did not plan to participate in the next operation, but Zhou Ke was not very disappointed. Since they were not going to play the "exchange" game in the current situation, the problem of one more or one less Sublimator was not a big deal. He and Wuneng had already decided on an action plan, so they just had to follow it.

Instead, Amanda took the initiative to ask to go to heaven with Qiao Ya, which could ensure Qiao Ya's safety in the Garden of Eden, which was also something that Zhou Ke had to consider.

"Although I won't go, I can't just watch you go and die. I'll give you this."

She took out a folded object from her bra and stuffed it into Zhou Ke's hand, saying:
"You will definitely be able to use the meditation techniques used by the Knight Commander in the Snake State, as well as the experience and skills of advancing to the sublimated state."

"Thanks."

Zhou Ke nodded. This valuable knowledge was indeed a pleasant surprise. He was just about to discuss the details when Mulan pulled him towards the kitchen of the safe house.

"What are you doing?"

He asked, and Mulan glared at him and said:
"What else can I do? Help you ascend, bastard! I have a conclusion about your sublimated state power."

(End of this chapter)