Abnormal Doomsday Records

Chapter 13 13. Hey! Don’t play with the bad friends in your mind

Zhou Ke finally got what he wanted, and all the expenses at the Snake State Merchants' shop were paid for by Miss Qiao Ya.

She spent more than half of the money she had received to pay for the items in Zhou Ke's "shopping cart". To be honest, if you don't know the background of this story, just the description of it can outline the terrible image of a handsome bad boy who lives off rich women.

But in fact, this time both sides really got what they wanted.

"Cool, high-frequency sword. I finally have this cool thing, but it's a pity that it's only 30% new."

In the hut where they were resting temporarily, Zhou Ke looked at the black sheathed sword in his hand with great satisfaction.

This thing is obviously an old item, which was recycled from somewhere by a merchant from Shebang and then repaired. Its style is very similar to the Shebang sword in Uncle Ohm's hand.

The standard and simple straight-blade knife is very intimidating in battle, but the two are not on the same level in terms of appearance or destructive power.

According to Qiao Ya, even if Uncle Ohm's knife was thrown in the City State District, it would be sold at a staggeringly high price. However, such a valuable item was given to Ohm for free by the people of Snake State through Old Taf.
Tsk tsk, could it be that this cold-blooded Badland warrior is the legendary "gigglemonger"?
In addition to this 30% new high-frequency sword, the weapon box in front of Zhou Ke also contains a melta rifle, an under-slung high-explosive grenade launcher that can be assembled on the Wolverine rifle, two polymer combat daggers that can be used as throwing knives, and three sets of lightweight bulletproof vests that are said to be made using nanotechnology.

Of course, all of the above are 30% new. To put it simply, they can only be guaranteed to be usable, but not easy to use.

After all, Miss Qiao Ya only paid that much, and Snake Country is not doing charity. They had to have Ohm's connections to get these things at such a price.

"If Dad knew I spent the money on this, he would be so mad."

Miss Qiao Ya looked confused, but Zhou Ke, who was wearing the black nano bulletproof vest, comforted her:
“If Old Joe knew what you did, he would only say with satisfaction that his good daughter has finally grown up. I don’t know much about Old Joe’s past, but as the Bad Land Lord who was able to lead Slag Town to a firm foothold, you should not really regard him as a gentle old father.

Please trust me!

If Old Joe were here, he would do something even more extreme. "

"Are we really going to do this?"

Even though Old White has woken up, he still looks like he's about to be beaten.

He already knew Zhou Ke and Qiao Ya's plan. Now he was holding the melta rifle with his neck shrunk. The weapon and protective gear were obviously very impressive, but they made him look like a cowardly puppet soldier.

Compared to his lame reaction, Ajie's is much better.

This guy is currently eating and drinking with a cutting saw that was installed with a battery by the Snake State craftsmen and can rotate at high speed. This thing is his new weapon. Wu Neng's judgment is correct. This brutal thing that can cut everything into pieces when it rotates is indeed suitable for the style of the biochemical warrior.

As for the injuries on Ajie's body, don't worry about them.

The good thing about biochemical warriors is that as long as their bodies can withstand it, all kinds of strengthening hormones can be produced at will to ensure that they can recover their combat effectiveness in a short period of time.

This method will certainly harm Ajie's physical health, but he is a madman with a broken personality, so why would he care about these things?

"We have to do this, Old White, if you still want to escape."

Faced with Lao Bai’s timidity, Zhou Ke’s answer was very simple.

He inserted the polymer dagger into his belt, and installed the under-bar grenade launcher on the Wolverine rifle, then turned back to Old White and said:
"You can only escape if Tiger Claw is in chaos. Let me tell you the truth. I have no intention of taking you to the Castle of the End. If I must go there, I will find a way to send you out first. Based on my observations over the past few days, I must tell you pessimistically that at this stage you do not have all the qualities to become a warrior who can survive from death!
Carrying you with me would just be a burden, but I promised you that I would help you escape, so I kept my word.

You performed well in the fighting cage before, and I need you to muster up the courage to perform again. Finally, I ask you, if you can escape from Tiger Claw Town, what are your plans next?

These cultists from Hu Bang will never give up hunting down you as their sacrifice.

You have to understand that this pursuit based on fanatical cult beliefs will continue until the Tiger Nation is destroyed or you die.

Relatively speaking, if I were you, facing such a fearful life, I would rather shoot myself here, so."

"click"

Zhou Ke loaded the Wolverine pistol, turned it around in his hand, handed it to Lao Bai, and said:

"When you yelled at Ohm before, you said you wanted to make your own decision, so now, make your own decision."

Lao Bai looked at the gun in front of him.

With trembling hands, he put a cigarette in his mouth and tried to light it three times with a lighter but failed. In the end, Qiao Ya helped him light the cigarette with an exquisite lighter.

After taking a deep breath, Lao Bai blew out a smoke ring and did not take the gun.

Like a wild dog at the end of its rope, he took a deep puff of smoke, trembled, and said through gritted teeth:

“Done!
I'm going to die anyway, so I might as well give it a try. As for what to do after I escape? It's simple. Being hunted by Tiger Nation means there is no place for me to stay in the Bad Land. Snake Nation and Eagle Nation will not protect a loser like me. Not to mention Rust Castle, which is the territory of crazy robots. There is no need to consider the occupied areas outside the Bad Land.

The only place I could go was the City-State area.

That's the territory of the Acholi Consortium. No matter how crazy Tiger State is, it wouldn't dare to do anything there. I can survive as long as I escape there.

As for what to do next.
I have no idea!

Take it one step at a time. "

"Then how do we escape to the city-state area?"

Joeya says:
"It's the End of the World Festival now, and the Tiger State has blocked the road to the City State District. You can't get through alone."

"Kill Old Chen and use his identity."

Old White was quite aggressive when he risked his life. He gritted his teeth and said:

“The biochemical warriors of Tiger State don’t bother to remember the faces of the hundreds of mayors in their territory. Those guys’ brains have been damaged by hormones. The train from Tiger Claw Town goes through the entire territory all the way to the border of the City State District. As long as I can get on that train, everything will be easy.

I've heard here before that the mayors of Tiger State have special privileges in that train. They can enjoy separate rooms, but they can only be opened with their own keys.

That.
That’s our only chance.”

"So, what's the train schedule?"

Zhou Ke looked at Qiao Ya, and the merchant lady immediately replied:

"Every day at noon and midnight, a train leaves Tiger Claw Town. This is the starting point of that section of the railway in the Bad Land. It stops at the End Castle to unload goods, and then loads goods to be sent to the City-State District. It does not stop at other places.

But you can only stay in Tiger Claw Town for two days.

It's already past midnight tonight and it's too late. When other fighters arrive the day after tomorrow, you will all be sent to the Castle of the End."

"So, it's only tomorrow night."

Zhou Ke snorted and said:
"Very good, it saves me from the boring time selection. I like the single answer. What about Boss Ohm?"

"Uncle Ohm said he would cooperate with you, but he had to get me out of Tiger State first."

Joeya says:
"Tomorrow night, Uncle Ohm will just sneak back in. He's fast enough to bring the captured dangerous monster back on time, but there's only one chance."

“It’s a bit extreme.”

Zhou Ke frowned and was about to discuss with Qiao Ya when he saw Ohm walking in. He looked at the three fully armed men and nodded, then said to Qiao Ya in a hoarse voice:

"You have to leave immediately. Just now, the Snake State merchant told me that their psychics sensed the rapid gathering of psychic energy. There may be a psychic storm blowing around here in the next few days. Judging from the speed at which psychic energy is gathering, it should only be a small storm, but I don't want to take too many risks. I will send you to a safe place first."

"Wait! What is 'Psychic Storm'? It sounds cool." Zhou Ke asked. Ohm glanced back at him, seeming helpless about this "amnesiac" and said briefly:
"It's just an intensified version of the sandstorm that night, except that a large amount of psychic energy has been injected into the sandstorm. Since the appearance of the Fetal Movement Moon, the psychic energy concentration of the entire world has been increasing. You are not a psychic so you cannot sense it. For us, we can hear whispers from the subspace almost every time we fall asleep.

The month of fetal movement is the gathering of the forces of chaos and madness in the material world.

You don’t understand, right?

It’s okay, it’s normal not to understand.

These things can only be understood by psychics, because only we can feel the pain and weight of every groan of this world in every dream that is so depressing that it drives people crazy."

"Psionic storms are not uncommon, and the scope of each occurrence is not too large."

Qiao Ya also explained:

"It happens several times a year in every part of the Bad Land. The real trouble is the rare psychic tide. It is a huge storm that sweeps across the entire Bad Land. Everyone has to stay in the house and cannot be exposed to the air full of psychic energy frequently, otherwise it is easy to go out of control and mutate.

What's worse is that when the psychic storm blows, the monsters in the evil land will go into a frenzy.

The Badlands back then were the real Badlands, and what you experienced along the way was only the gentlest form of this cruel land.

But small storms are fine.

They won't last long and will dissipate in a day or two, but to be on the safe side, everyone will still hide in the house to avoid being eroded by psychic energy.

Psychics really like this kind of weather."

"No, Xiaoya, we don't like it! Just because the power of psykers will be enhanced in the storm, it doesn't mean we are willing to face the wail of the world of pain."

Ohm said faintly:

"No one wants to experience the feeling of having their body and soul torn apart. If you are unlucky enough to open your psychic vision and see it, forget it. I hope you will never have that experience in your lifetime. Pack up your things, Xiaoya, we are leaving now.

If you can reach a safe town at night, the mayor there is from Snake State, and you will be safe there."

"When will the psychic storm start?"

After Qiao Ya left, Zhou Ke asked, and Ohm said casually:
"Tonight or tomorrow, no one can tell."

"Then tomorrow night, when the psychic storm starts, we will start working and we must finish the work before midnight."

Zhou Ke said with finality:
"Do you have a question? Boss Ohm."

"No."

The grim old uncle covered his face with a scarf and said:

"It's best not to let me do too much. Every psychic has his own unique psychic residue, which ordinary people can't see. But Tiger Nation also has some crazy psychics who lead their crazy beliefs. Once they lock on to the psychic residue in their eyes, the next thing will be more troublesome."

"I understand. Let's take care of Old Chen, and you go take care of the slag furnace."

Zhou Ke snapped his fingers and said:
"If we can't handle it, you will be responsible for the cleanup. To be honest, I think we can handle it. No matter how difficult he is to deal with, he is not more dangerous than the organic hunter."

"I'm actually very curious, how do you plan to bypass the defenses inside Tiger Claw Town?"

Ohm took out a folded paper from his arms, handed it to Zhou Ke, and said:
"I asked someone to get this. This is my last help to you. If the truth is revealed and I have to kill people to silence them in the worst case scenario, I hope you won't blame me. More than 700 people and Xiaoya's life...
I can’t gamble.”

Zhou Ke did not answer, but just spread out the paper and took a look. The paper marked the terrain of the entire Huzhua Town with very detailed symbols, as well as the secret sentries and defense arrangements in the town, and also highlighted the place where Old Chen was.

This old man is quite afraid of death.

He also keeps a Tiger Bang gun like Old Joe's and lives next to his yard.

"Tsk, a big bunk bed for more than a dozen people. I like it."

Zhou Ke narrowed his eyes and pointed at it, then looked at Ajie who was eating and drinking beside him and the bloodstained polymer cutting saw in his arms, which could cut everything into pieces as long as it turned.

"What about me? What do I do?"

Lao Bai mustered up the courage to ask, Zhou Ke looked at him and said:
"Ohm said that he is not allowed to do this, and the car key on Old Chen is your only chance to escape, so what do you want to do?
You follow me!
Don't feel pressured, just do whatever I tell you to do. There's only one thing, if you hold me back, I'll have to give up on you.

To quote Ohm, if things get to the worst because of you and I need to kill you to silence you, I hope you won’t complain.”

"No, I've come this far. I'm just grateful to you, Zhou Ke."

Lao Bai clenched his fist and said:
"If I can escape, if I can make a living in the future, every bite of rice I eat will be a bite of soup you drink, I promise!"

"I am really touched by your words. I will be even happier if you can give me a bite of the meat instead of letting me drink the soup. Now, go and have a rest, gather your strength and wait for tomorrow!"
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The psionicists in the Badlands were quite capable. As Ohm had predicted, a sandstorm started outside the town in the early hours of the morning, making the already bad environment even more like a hell on earth.

However, Ohm said that it was difficult for ordinary people to feel the dangerous power contained in this psychic storm, so Zhou Ke simply covered his eyes and fell asleep. But when dawn came and the scale of the psychic storm expanded, he felt something was wrong.

Zhou Ke sat up from the bed, holding a loaded Wolverine pistol in his hand.

He looked at the dark surroundings. The only sounds he could hear were the whistling of sand hitting the windows and the snoring of Lao Bai and Ajie. But Zhou Ke felt that there seemed to be something else in the house.

The healed wound on the back of his head began to hurt again, in waves like a nerve twitch.

After waking up, the twitching became more distinct, and soon Zhou Ke clenched his fists. He tried not to make any sound, but his clenched teeth showed that he was in pain.

The pain in the back of his head quickly turned into numbness, and this numbness quickly spread to most of his body and even took away control of his body for a moment, as if his body had turned into a cage that trapped his soul and spirit.

At that moment, Zhou Ke had a hallucination. He vaguely saw the black sun covering the world quietly staying in the deep space.

The curtain that swallowed up the light seemed to swallow up the planet in front of it completely, but soon a dazzling light lit up outside the black curtain. The strange corona of light confronted the black sun, and there seemed to be thousands of voices echoing in the corona.

The confrontation between the two made time seem to lose its concept at this moment. Beyond the aftermath of black and white, Zhou Ke looked up and saw the quiet and beautiful nebula hovering in the black abyss of the starry sky like an eternal object, pointing out a third kind of brilliance beyond black and white like a guiding light.

"What the hell is this horse?"

He asked in his heart, reaching out his hand towards the nebula, and the next moment, the strange numbness disappeared as mysteriously as it appeared.

Zhou Ke also regained control of his body. Covered in cold sweat, he looked around while panting.

It was still that dark room, with only the violent howling of wind and sand hitting the windows, and the incessant snoring of two bastards that disturbed my sleep.

Everything seems to be just an illusion
He seemed to have had a nightmare and reached out to touch the back of his head which no longer hurt. However, when he placed his fingers in front of his eyes, the sticky liquid with a fishy smell told him that this was not a dream.

The wound on the back of the head was bleeding due to increased intracranial pressure, but fortunately it was just bleeding.

Zhou Ke lay back on the pillow, he sighed and whispered:

"But I think I know how you died. Your skull really exploded. Tsk, tsk, poor creature. So miserable."

"Joker, this machine has just detected an abnormal increase in your intracranial pressure. Are you having a nightmare?"

The sound of the energy-comprehension device sounded at the right moment, with a sense of inquiry and doubt. Zhou Ke had no way of explaining his illusion to an intelligent assistant. He made up a few words and then closed his eyes again, but his left hand was still on the back of his head.

Although it is unlikely that something dangerous will happen again, what if?
If the skull really explodes, at least I can hold it together for a while, right? At least I can leave a whole body!

(End of this chapter)