Abnormal Doomsday Records

Chapter 27. You can’t stop a bird that wants to fly

Faced with the "mechanical rebellion" that came suddenly and spread across the country in a short period of time, Hubang's response cannot be said to be slow.

They obviously had a rough plan for this type of accident. At least when the chaos was going on in Fort End, the Tiger State's top leaders had a clear idea, and a large number of elite biochemical warriors were gathered near the Tiger's Nest Building in a short period of time to block the crazy machines around it.

But the quick reaction could not change the predicament of End Castle at this time. It was already very difficult to keep tense when the weapons originally used to defend against the outside world were turned to attack their own people. What was worse was that there were many machines inside the Tiger's Nest Building that were killing people madly. The "evil ghost" hidden in the information system was doing its best to spread its venom throughout this not very stable area.

All machines are no longer trustworthy, and to make matters worse, in order to ensure the absolute safety of Tiger's Nest on a daily basis, Tiger Gang members have deployed a crazy number of firepower points on every floor of the building, including many automatic turrets.

Tiger State has encountered the most embarrassing and difficult situation of all the bad things that could happen to the city. No external enemy can break through this building, but in order to stop the rampage of crazy robots, they now have to "break through" their own nest with their own hands.

There was an exchange of fire on every floor of the entire building. The most ferocious biochemical warriors, carrying simple, reliable weapons that did not have chips and would naturally not betray them, quickly shuttled between buildings under the command of several "Biao".

They started from the top and cleared out the rebellious machinery almost layer by layer.

You can't take the elevator at this time, because that thing has also "rebelled"! Half an hour ago, several soldiers fell to their deaths in the elevator for unknown reasons. Fortunately, for the biochemical soldiers with plenty of physical strength, walking up the stairs is not a difficult task.

But time is short and the task is heavy. These real elites who can withstand bullets with their bodies must deal with the chaos inside the Tiger's Nest Building as soon as possible before they can go out to support the battlefield of End Castle which has been "ignited".

Naturally, no one cared about those fighters at this time. Although the command had received news of the fighters' resistance before the "mechanical rebellion" occurred, looking at the concrete battlefield that has now become a meat grinder, those rookies have probably already died under the slaughtering claws of the machines.

"Is it bad?"

In the office at the highest point of the Tiger's Nest, the "distinguished guest" who was personally received by the Tiger King stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window, seemingly admiring this evil land city burning in the eerie moonlight. He was dressed quite simply, without overly exaggerated decorations, but in a plain robe similar to that of a researcher from the Acholi Foundation.

However, the simpler it is, the more dignified it appears, especially when personal identity no longer needs to be set off by appearance, simplicity becomes the most "fashionable" dress.

The moment the door opened, he turned around and asked in a gentle tone, and Wu Qinhu, who walked into the office wearing a tiger-skin cloak, had an ugly look on his face. This evil giant didn't want to discuss this embarrassing issue with the guy with a "unique" identity in front of him.

But the facts were there, and he had no choice but to speak.

Therefore, under the guest's worried gaze, Wu Qinhu said calmly:
“It’s still under control.”

"Really? You don't sound very happy."

The distinguished guest gave a regretful smile, as if to say, "I don't believe you." He pointed to his feet and said,

"The awakening virus program can break through the firewall and infect your city. This shows that there are terrible security loopholes in your management. Considering that this Castle of the End was designed and renovated with the help of the consortium, with the current management level of the executive officer of surface affairs, the designers under his command will not leave such terrible hidden dangers.

After all, I was the one who set the standards for regular inspection and update of firewall entities many years ago.

I can only say that your soldiers are really terrible in terms of obedience and safety awareness. In the current situation, in addition to cleaning up the rebellious machines, you also have to restart the firewall entity that has been shut down as soon as possible.

Although it has been updated and iterated many times, after all, I participated in the original design, so I am confident that I can restart it in a short time.

Do you need my help?
I'm happy to help, and you know I hate chaos in all its forms."

"Please rest here. I dare not trouble you with such a small matter."

Wu Qinhu refused decisively and said:
"The rebellious sacrifices did not kill the staff of the firewall device. Those frightened guys have already started working and will restart the device soon. I came here to ask you to go to the city-state area for shelter. There will be a short period of chaos in the End Castle. I am afraid that it will offend your eyes."

"Going to kill someone?"

The distinguished guest frowned and said softly with some reluctance:
"You know very well that this is not their fault! There are only a few of our compatriots left in the Bad Land. Please don't destroy our only remaining hope with your own hands, Director Wu!"

"Hope? It's really touching to hear that word from you. Also, call me Wu Qinhu, or Tiger King! The so-called 'supervisor' was a thing of the past."

The leader of the Tiger State sneered, made a "please" gesture, and said:

“You should go!
Although you are in a high position, please do not interfere in the internal affairs of Tiger State. I have arranged guards for you. They will escort you into the city-state area by land. The consortium’s troops there have also been dispatched. They will wait for you at the border. "

"No need, I'll go there by aircraft."

Seeing that Tiger King was so indifferent, the distinguished guest stopped trying to persuade him. He rejected Wu Qinhu's request for an escort and said:
"There is a micro firewall center on my aircraft. I have updated it before. The awakening virus will not be able to infect it for a while. You can continue to work here. I will not disturb you. As for the things that were not discussed this time, we will continue to discuss them after your city is stable."

"boom"

Just as the guest was about to leave, the office door was pushed open again.

The officer who had talked to Zhou Ke before appeared at the door fully armed. From the marks on his body, it was clear that he had also participated in the battle with the machines. He said breathlessly to Wu Qinhu and the guest:

"The helipad is temporarily closed, sir.

The three aircraft lost control. They crashed onto the platform just after they took off. The upper-class people from the city-state district who came to watch the ceremony were frightened. They hid in the safe zone and demanded that we give them an explanation, otherwise they would give us an explanation when they returned."

"Humph, a bunch of trash."

Wu Qinhu didn't care about this ridiculous threat at all. He waved his hand and said coldly:
"Since they think Tiger Nation cannot protect their safety, then withdraw our people! Let those security guards join the cleanup of Tiger's Nest. Don't those 'upper class' think we are not protecting them well enough?

Let's just pray that they are brave enough.

As for you, guest, it seems that you have to stay here for a while. Can you leave after my people have cleared the tarmac?"

"I also can."

The guest patted his arms and said gently:
"Go ahead and do your work. Don't worry about my safety. This is just a temporary container for 'surface travel' anyway. You know, even if I die here, I will wake up at home in the next moment."

"That being said, it is not decent to let a distinguished guest like you from heaven be frightened in my territory."

Wu Qinhu glanced at the lifelike body of the distinguished guest and said with a sneer:

"I know you have a good temper, are kind and gentle, and are good to others, but your junior brother who is in charge of various experimental projects in the City State District is not a good person. I heard that you two are as close as brothers, so I don't want to offend him who holds the lifeblood of Tiger State because of this trivial matter."
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"Are you awake? Applejack, wake up! Let's burn Castle End to ashes."

In the dark medical room, Zhou Ke looked at Ajie who had opened his eyes, then took off his sunglasses and did some classic COS, but unfortunately Ajie neither understood his joke nor could he understand what Zhou Ke was saying.

This poor fellow with a collapsed personality was reborn from the ashes after taking the new medicine from the Acholi Consortium. Not only were his previous injuries completely healed, but even the fragmented scars and rough skin on his body looked like they had been "beautified" by medical treatment. Judging from his appearance alone, Ajie now had the temperament of a "handsome guy".

Unfortunately, the violence and anger in those eyes seriously ruined his temperament.

Old Merck's previous warning came true perfectly. Ajie's poor mental state was unable to control his increasingly violent body. After being strengthened into a "super-evolved" form, as soon as he woke up, he roared and grabbed Zhou Ke, ready to give him a hard time.

But Zhou Ke, who was well prepared, reached out and pressed Ajie's forehead first. Then the evil succubus activated the magical ability of "sucking your vitality". As the "abnormal energy" dissipated from Ajie's body was absorbed and transformed to strengthen the madman's mask in Zhou Ke's hand, Ajie, who was tied to the hospital bed with chains, calmed down little by little.

Just as he used brute force to break the last chain, Dr. Zhou Ke's "calming and brain-awakening surgery" was successfully completed.

Ajie changed from an angry mad dog back into a loyal and well-behaved family dog. After Zhou Ke stuffed an opened energy bar into his mouth, he began to chew it as before to replenish his insatiable hunger.

Zhou Ke glanced at him. His poor eating habits made him give up the idea of finding some midnight snack. He then lowered his head to look at the red madman's mask in his other hand.

He found that the black lines used as "decoration" on the red mask became more and more obvious. They were not random lines, but looked like they were painted by a skilled artist.

A stroke here and a stroke there.

The seemingly imaginative strokes can eventually form a very abstract but visually impactful picture.

Although Zhou Ke still doesn't fully understand the principle of this mask, it does not prevent him from confirming that his mask ability has been strengthened again through these growing lines and changes.

It's thicker, but still breakable.

"I don't know when I can get the permanent power mask." Zhou Ke complained, put the thing in his arms, and looked at Ajie who had eaten five energy bars and was still unpacking the sixth one. He sighed and said:
"Go and put on your 'new clothes'! Let's get going quickly. We've been delayed for quite some time. God knows what's going on inside the Tiger's Nest. We have to get to the helipad on the top floor before the malice of the Tiger Nation attacks us two unfortunate guys.

There we will find a craft that can take us flying freely."

Under his scolding, Ajie, who was chewing an energy bar in his mouth, clumsily put on the Valkyrie biochemical warrior armor he brought out from underground. This thing not only has extremely strong bulletproof and puncture-proof properties, but also as a tights style is very suitable for the combat mode of biochemical fanatics.

Most importantly, there are built-in injection devices in its arms, legs, lower back, heart and neck, which can inject pre-prepared strengthening or therapeutic drugs into the body of the biochemical warrior at critical moments.

When Ajie was unconscious, Zhou Ke had already used various medicines looted from the medical room to fill Ajie's armor with strengthening and healing drugs. This would ensure that Ajie, who was always on the front line, would not die inexplicably in a critical situation.

In addition to the brutal cutting saw, he also equipped his little brother with a Tiger State-style beheading sword, which was also the standard weapon of the Tiger State Valkyries.

It was a high-frequency sharp blade with a rough appearance. The texture was not fine and it was visibly rough to the naked eye. It might break after a few uses.

"go!"

Zhou Ke was also fully armed. He waved his hand and took Ajie away from this temporary hiding place.

Their advantage is that they have the "awakening signal camouflage" of the energy-comprehension device, which allows them to take the out-of-control elevator without having to climb the stairs. This way they can also avoid the fierce warriors who are still clearing out the machines on each floor of the Tiger's Nest Building.

This was a plan that had been made earlier. Although it was delayed for a few hours due to Ajie, the plan is still feasible.

The two men rushed to the nearest elevator, roughly disassembled the elevator's call control panel, connected it to the energy-comprehension device, and soon made the elevator parked at the bottom sway and rise to the 27th floor. But when this thing was turned on, Zhou Ke almost vomited on the spot.

There was a pile of "mud" lying all over the place inside.

These poor Tiger State warriors were "murdered" by the sudden free-falling elevator crashing to the ground from a great height, as if they had experienced an "unprotected bungee jumping". Their fate can be imagined.

At the moment of falling to the ground, the terrifying force of gravity instantly destroyed the tough bodies of these biochemical warriors, smashing their bones and internal organs into pieces. They were bleeding from all seven orifices and no longer human.

"Damn it, these killing machines are really creative in their killings, it's just like watching a horror movie. Ajie, can you please be a little discerning? Why don't you clean these things out! How can we take the elevator when it's so dirty?

The locals really have no manners at all!"

Zhou Ke pinched his nose and gave Ajie an order. Ajie, who was hardworking and never complained, naturally would not complain about his bad boss.

He walked forward, dragged the corpses and threw them aside, and quickly cleared the elevator, but the disgusting smell of blood and the remaining minced meat and blood still made Zhou Ke feel uncomfortable all over. He felt like he had walked into the stomach of a monster and was about to be digested.

"Bad news, Joker."

Under the control of the energy-comprehension device, the elevator, which was in tatters due to free fall, slowly rose with a creaking friction sound. A few seconds later, Zhou Ke's mentally retarded assistant reported to him:

"The Tiger Nation fighters have physically blocked the elevator shafts on the top three floors of Tiger's Nest. I can't take you directly to the top floor. You have to climb up the last three floors by yourselves. And the worse news is that I just checked a few cameras that are still working and found that the top three floors have been completely under martial law.

The ones guarding there are high-level biochemical warriors with extremely exaggerated combat power estimation readings. They should be the absolute elite of the Tiger State Gang. Conservative estimates show that if you encounter more than four of them at the same time, you will most likely be wiped out.

We recommend that you abandon your plan to escape by aircraft and instead leave Tiger's Nest via the surface.

Now the entire End Castle is under attack by the rebellious machines. This machine's camouflage signal can help you avoid those dangers and go to the station! After starting the train, this machine can send you to the Badlands or the City-State District. This plan is safer than forcibly breaking through the top three floors. "

"No! Castle End is too large. If the two of us leave Tiger's Nest in this state, there will be too many unknown risks."

Zhou Ke shook his head and said:
“I can judge for myself which is more dangerous: staying here and breaking through the last three levels, or running out and escaping from the pursuit of 100,000 violent biochemical warriors.

Wu Neng, help us plan a safe route."

"Wait a moment. Tiger Nation has shut down the information system center of the Tiger's Nest Building. This machine can only calculate the safe breakthrough path under the three-dimensional structure through the cameras that have not been destroyed. This will take some time."

Wu Neng replied:
"Please both of you be prepared to fight if attacked."

"Hey, isn't it just a matter of risking your life? Have I not been risking my life every day since I came to the Bad Land?"

Zhou Ke laughed, quite free and easy.

He pushed up his sunglasses, checked his armor one last time, and then waited for his fate to come again as the elevator swayed upward.

At this moment, he suddenly wanted to chew gum or something.
Well, that damn traitor Mark took away all his supplies and didn't even leave him a pack of cigarettes. He had a lighter given by Moni in his pocket, but the dilemma of having fire but no cigarettes was really frustrating.

A few minutes later, the screen of the energy-enhancing device lit up again.

A complex three-dimensional perspective diagram appeared in front of Zhou Ke. A green line ran through it, representing the safe path that Wu Neng had drawn for them. But after reading it, Zhou Ke frowned and asked:

"Why don't we go straight up, but instead make a big detour to the left wing of the Tiger's Nest Building? Is it so safe over there?"

"Yes! This unit just discovered a strange security blind spot when it was traversing the camera records!"

Wu Neng explained:
"There are no signals from Tiger Nation fighters in the area marked as 'safe zone' on the left wing of Tiger Nest Building leading to the rooftop helipad. It's as if Tiger Nation deliberately gave up the defense there, but there are obviously many life signals gathering there.

The camera over there is turned off, and it is difficult for this machine to force it open without alerting other people. Therefore, this machine thinks you can try your luck there. The life signals there are most likely not from Tiger Country, which means you will encounter unknown situations there.

There is a small chance that we will encounter a more dangerous guy and be wiped out instantly, so the decision is in your hands, Joker. After all, this machine is only responsible for making suggestions. "

"Just go there."

Zhou Ke thought for a moment and said:
"Is there anything more dangerous in this mess than crazy machines and Tiger Warriors? Take a chance and turn a bicycle into a motorcycle.

The door is open, go!"

After the tattered elevator stopped and opened, Zhou Ke and Ajie rushed out. Almost at the moment they left the elevator, the elevator, which had already been overloaded, began to freely fall again with a roar.

If dropped from this height, even real steel alloy would be shattered.

"Should I thank you for not killing me?"

Zhou Ke looked back at the dark elevator shaft and couldn't help but complain:

"You are such a heartless person, you let us ride on something that could fall at any time?"

"Don't worry, Joker. This machine is here to protect you. According to its calculations, the probability of you falling to your death is only 27%. Compared to other forward action modes with a mortality rate of over 70%, this thing is really very safe, okay?
Stop complaining and being hypocritical, just go!"

Wuneng urged Zhou Ke, just like waving a whip to spurr a horse or an ox, asking him and Ajie to follow the safe path all the way to the left wing of the Tiger's Nest Building.

It took them more than 20 minutes to reach the closed area. Just as Zhou Ke raised his gun and prepared to break through the blockade of the alloy door in front of him, he suddenly heard a voice coming from behind the door:
"Damn those Tiger State barbarians! They actually withdrew their guards just because of our little complaint. I will definitely report these barbarians to the consortium when I return. Damn the End of the World Festival, damn it! I won't come again next time!"

"That's right! What's the fun of watching the barbarians from the Bad Land killing each other? It's more enjoyable to hunt for beauties in the bars of Happy Street. Those Bad Land girls who sneaked into the City-State District work very hard to get a full meal. They are not picky about customers and are really enthusiastic."

The two men grumbled as they moved closer.

As the alloy door opened, Zhou Ke, who was hiding in the dark, saw two effeminate men with extravagant attire, slicked-back hair and perfume walking out.

They stood behind the door and took out cigarettes to share. Just as one of them was looking for a lighter, with a crisp sound, a ball of flame came out from behind him and helped him light the high-end cigarette with a filter at the corner of his mouth.

"Hey, man. Want one?"

(End of this chapter)