Abnormal Doomsday Records

Chapter 30 30. Witness: Leaping over the Castle of the End

"What? Director Wu personally went to execute the escaped fighter?"

In a luxuriously decorated rest room high up in the Tiger's Nest, the distinguished guest who was accommodated there looked at the secretary at the door in surprise. He asked curiously:

"Didn't Director Wu say before that he had no interest in these ritualistic things? Why did he suddenly change his mind? Is that fighter dangerous? Or is he so powerful that Director Wu had to personally intervene to end this matter?"

"Not really."

Facing the distinguished guest's question, Tiger King's secretary immediately replied humbly:
"That guy named 'Zhou Ke' has some strength, but he is barely at the level of a standard biochemical warrior. Any Valkyrie can handle him if she performs normally. The reason why Tiger King wants to do it himself is because Franny Biaowei just sent a message.

Her sisters caught a group of strange fugitives in the sewers. The leader of the fugitives told the truth before being executed. The root of all the chaos tonight was the madman named "Zhou Ke".

It was he who planned and personally led people to break through the firewall entity, which directly led to the disaster of awakening disease.

More importantly, before the ceremony began, our Tiger Nation's old psychic, Lord Merck, judged that Zhou Ke was an unprecedented "perfect sacrifice" and that the Tiger King should have executed him personally, but the Tiger King was busy with work at the time and refused this request.

The reason why he has to take action personally now is probably because he also recognizes Zhou Ke's destructive power and harmfulness.

We can't let a guy like this run away any longer."

“That sounds amazing.”

The distinguished guest raised his eyebrows and said:
"How could such a person be born in this evil land where everything is in decline? But, you just said 'Old Merc'?
Is that Mr. Merck Tighe?

I remember that in the old civilization era, he was a very outstanding physicist and one of the assistants of Mr. Wood, a famous business tycoon and mechanical genius. I participated in cough cough. At that time, I was just a doctoral student and I also listened to his wonderful lectures.

After not seeing him for decades, has he become a psychic like me?
Alas, this is really a difficult career plan to judge. By the way, can we see the battle situation over there from here?
I haven't seen Director Wu do it himself for many years. I heard that he has perfectly mastered the power of the sublimation state and is seeking to advance to a higher level of power. Perhaps this time I can see some secrets that I couldn't see before."

"Yes, the legendary 'demigod'."

The secretary said with admiration:
"If this decaying world can really give birth to such a legendary individual, then it must be the Tiger King. From the window, you can see the helipad on the left wing of the Tiger's Nest Building, where the battle took place.

Do you want me to prepare a telescope for you?"

"No, I don't need that. My body has been visually enhanced, but thank you for your kindness."

The kind and pleasant guest smiled, stood up and walked to the window, and followed the secretary's instructions to observe the tarmac.

His pupils zoomed in and out several times like a lens focusing, and then he clearly captured the fight over there, and he happened to see Zhou Ke being kicked away by Wu Qinhu. Zhou Ke was dancing in the air and looked very embarrassed, but the guest's expression changed slightly at this moment, as if he had seen something incredible.

Although he regained his composure the next moment, the remaining surprise in his eyes could not be ignored.

He coughed a few times, turned to the secretary beside him and said:
"I'm leaving."

"Ah? At this time? So sudden?"

The secretary was surprised and said:
"Won't you wait any longer? Your aircraft needs a runway on the tarmac to accelerate."

"No, that thing actually has a vertical take-off and landing mode, but it can only be used in emergency situations. I saw the battle of the Tiger King and suddenly realized that if a researcher like me who is powerless continues to stay here, it will only cause more trouble for you.

For example, the guards guarding outside my room should go help other people in the End Castle instead of wasting time here."

The distinguished guest waved his hand, said something, picked up his briefcase from the table, and said to the secretary:
"Don't mind my sudden decision. When Tiger King comes back, please apologize to him for me. But I really have to leave. A gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall."

"That's what you said."

The secretary nodded and personally escorted the distinguished guest out of the room.

When leaving, this very competent secretary looked around, suddenly rubbed his hands and whispered:

"My dear guest, I heard that you came here this time to select a new batch of 'servants' for 'Heaven'?"

"Yes, in fact, it's not just servants. We also need to select a few capable grassroots managers. We are preparing to develop a new 'border town' on the outermost track to ease the population pressure in the main city of Eden Garden."

The guest glanced at the secretary and knew what he was thinking from his expression. He smiled, patted the secretary on the shoulder and said:

"Submit an application to the consortium. Director Wu is not an easy boss to deal with, but the fact that he trusts you so much already shows your ability to work. If you want to work for me, I will welcome you wholeheartedly.

你 叫 什么 名字？
I will ask my secretaries to pay special attention to your application."

"Parker, my name is Parker Tiger, distinguished guest."

"Very good, Parker, remember to follow the process and submit your application. Also, don't call me 'distinguished guest' anymore. This title is quite embarrassing. Call me 'Han Bin' from now on.

I like being called by my name.

It's a courtesy, especially in the 'heaven' you long to go to."

"Okay, Mr. Han Bin, I'll remember that. Please take care. I still have to take the guards with me to help clean up the Tiger's Nest Building, so I won't see you off. I wish you a smooth journey back to heaven."
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When Zhou Ke landed on the blazing tarmac, his entire body was wrapped in red spots of light.

It was not because of the remaining strength of Wu Qinhu, but purely because most of the damage from the kick that should have broken his spine was absorbed by the madman's mask, which directly caused the madman's mask that Zhou Ke had "refined" for many days to shatter.

According to the "Second Law of Mask", the shattered mask will return some of its energy to Zhou Ke in the form of body strengthening.

But the Tiger King's kick was filled with anger.

Although the severity of the injury was reduced from fatal to non-fatal, the pain was no less. When he fell to the ground, Zhou Ke's entire face twitched.

He could feel that several of his internal organs were probably ruptured, and his lower body was horribly numb, as if he had undergone a high amputation.

Is this guy really a powerful person in the sublimated state?

Uncle Ohm, I'm not trying to belittle you, but to be honest, in terms of destructive power, you are not even worthy of carrying shoes for others.
"cough cough"

Zhou Ke turned his head and spat out a mouthful of blood. The broken madman's mask made him regain consciousness.

Seeing that Ajie was about to rush forward after waking up, he quickly reached out and grabbed Ajie's arm. While absorbing his energy and gathering the Madman's Mask again, he said to Ajie:
"Help me up. Let's go quickly. We can't handle the two people in front of us. Don't get involved in the fight between these two monsters."

Ajie's anger and abnormal energy were sucked away, making him obedient despite being seriously injured. He stood up with Zhou Ke on his back and was about to rush towards the safe zone where all the enemies had fled.

Those city-state people still wanted to watch the fun, but the problem was that the crazy old Merck was firing at full force this time, and the dazzling psychic lightning hit Wu Qinhu like it was free. The terrible energy dissipated around and formed a dazzling thunder storm, making anyone who approached to try to watch the fun become a voluntary suicide.

They do seek excitement, but not to the extent that they are willing to give up their lives for it.

But when they saw Zhou Ke and Ajie supporting each other and trying to run away, the Tiger Nation warriors who had just knelt down to worship the Tiger King took action again. They rushed up yelling to stop them, but were hacked by Ajie who was wielding two high-frequency knives. They were about to kill the two guys with bullets, but suddenly a "lightning storm" fell from the sky.

The terrifying psychic current was like a crazy snake, jumping back and forth among the Tiger State warriors.

This dispersed spiritual energy was not lethal, but it was enough to make the Tiger State warriors burn on the outside and tender on the inside while being electrocuted. Ajie pounced on them and slashed them with two swords while they were in painful paralysis.

Zhou Ke raised his head and looked at the two people who were interacting on the roof of the safe zone.

He could clearly feel that this lightning storm was definitely not missed by old Merck, and that crazy old psychic was indeed consciously helping them escape.

As for why he did this, Zhou Ke couldn't think of any reasonable explanation in his messy mind. If he had to give an explanation, it was probably because Old Merck had said before that he was the "desired thing" of the End, and he also said some crazy things like heresy and evil god.

Zhou Ke is not a madman, he cannot understand old Merck's obviously extraordinary thoughts.

But he could probably infer that in the eyes of old Merck, the Tiger State that he had founded had now fallen into the hands of an evil god who was against the God of the End, and it was an "evil spirit" that he, a "believer", had to eliminate personally.

This was also illustrated by his previous ruthless killing of Tiger State warriors.

"You can't go there!"

Zhou Ke grabbed Ajie who was rushing towards the safe zone by stepping on the corpses.

A few seconds later, as Wu Qinhu released his power, the roof of the building shattered, causing him and Old Merck to fall to the next floor in the dust. Old Merck was also an ascended psychic, but he was obviously no match for Wu Qinhu, which meant that the battle might end soon. "Where should we go? Think of a way, Wu Neng!"

Zhou Ke roared at the device on his left arm. It was a rare moment when he lost control of his emotions.

Wuneng did not refute as usual. As a highly intelligent assistant, he fully understood that the current situation had indeed reached the most dangerous moment, so he used his remaining little computing power to frantically calculate other ways to escape.

Zhou Ke and Ajie were stuck in this awkward situation.

Neither leaving nor staying.

There are more Tiger State warriors rushing here. The engines of all the aircraft have been destroyed. There is also an angry Tiger King and a crazy psychic fighting ahead. It seems that they can't escape even if they have wings.

"It looks like our story ends here."

Zhou Ke sighed, took out a box of crushed City State District cigarettes from Ajie's back pocket, lit one for himself, put another in Ajie's mouth, and lit the two of them with a blood-stained lighter, saying:
"Wait for those Tiger Nation soldiers to rush out, then you carry me and kill them. If we kill one, it'll be enough, and if we kill two, it'll be a profit. Just like Wu Qinhu said, maybe we can really become the stepping stone for this old legend in the evil land.

I don’t think this is anything to be proud of, but I have done something that would have been unimaginable in my previous life.

In other words, my life is worth it?"

He exhaled a puff of smoke. Ajie couldn't speak and couldn't even understand his babble.

He would blow out smoke rings clumsily with a "skilled" posture. Perhaps before Ajie's personality collapsed, he, like other wastelanders, knew how to enjoy tobacco to gain a moment of peace.

Just as Zhou Ke put on the metal mask and the two were ready to attack the Tiger State soldiers who were about to rush over, Wu Neng, who had been silent all this time, suddenly screamed:
"Go to the edge of the helipad! Wait on the left side at the nine o'clock position! When this plane tells you to jump, don't hesitate, jump immediately!"

"what?"

Zhou Ke asked in astonishment:

"Let me remind you, conservatively estimated, this place is more than a hundred meters high. A muscle monster like Ajie would be turned into minced meat if he fell down. If you want me to die to prove my integrity, it's better to choose a more tragic way of death."

"Shut up! Joker, this machine exists to ensure your survival, not to send you to death. This machine has just captured a special aircraft signal. This machine has infiltrated the aircraft's control program and captured its flight trajectory. It will pass through the airspace of the left wing building in a few minutes to complete its final climb.

That's you
Do not!
That's our only hope of escape!

Jump down, grab it, subdue the driver, and then get out of here before Wu Qinhu strangles us to death. Old Merck should be able to hold out until then."

Wu Neng said a lot, which made Zhou Ke's eyes light up.

Although he didn't quite understand why there would be extra aircraft passing by here at this time, but in the current situation, he had no other choice.

When a wise man is out of ideas, he will give it a try.

"go!"

Zhou Ke patted Ajie's shoulder and asked him to carry him and limped to the direction specified by Wuneng. They crossed the safety fence of the helipad and stood on the edge of the Tiger's Nest Building. From here, they could clearly see the Castle of the End still burning in the eerie purple moonlight, as if they were watching a movie where a city was burning in flames.

Behind them, the Tiger State elites who rushed into the battle zone immediately noticed the two people on the edge. The "Biaowei" who led them over was a tall lady with a strong figure but still visible body lines.

She was wearing a Valkyrie-style biochemical combat suit, holding a mechanical double-edged battle axe in her hand, and her left eye had been mechanically modified to look like a cool T-800 electronic mechanical eye.

"Sacrifice Zhou Ke! Are you going to jump down?"

The Biaowei strode forward and smashed the bloody head in front of Zhou Ke. She roared:

"Look who this is!"

"Hey, isn't this Brother Mark? The betrayer finally got the end of throwing himself into the fire, he really deserved it."

Zhou Ke looked at the fear and despair left on the man's head. He threw the cigarette butt from the corner of his mouth into the whistling wind below, and said to the approaching Biaowei Frannie:
"I guess, before he died, he must have cried and shouted, blaming everything on me, and maybe even begged to join you to avoid death. What a loser! What a loser, what a loser!"

"I have no interest in such a wimp, but you do arouse my curiosity, 'Madman' Zhou Ke!"

Biao Wei shouted:
"Come back, come here! Perhaps you are qualified to be one of us. The Tiger Nation is lacking in people with brains right now."

“I’m sorry, I already have enough offers, and you can’t give me any conditions that can make my heart move. Besides, every feather of mine is shining with the light of flying, so how can I be trapped in this stinking cage by you?

So, bye, kind lady tigress!

Remember today, Wu Qinhu and his useless brothers tried their best and almost caught Zhou Ke. Really, they just lacked a little bit of luck. "

Zhou Ke made a "fingertip universe" gesture, and waved his hand coolly while losing the stolen domestic market. At Wuneng's reminder, he pushed Ajie hard. He opened his arms like a flying bird, and fell from the side of the building with a standard "leap of faith".

This scene made Biao Wei's face change and he rushed forward suddenly. When he looked down, he saw that while the two people were falling in the air, a unique-looking aircraft was flying past the left wing airspace.

The speed at which they fell and the speed at which the aircraft approached formed a wonderful linkage at this moment, as if they were cooperating with each other. The moment Ajie stretched out his hands, he just grabbed the support pole under the aircraft, and with a few screams, he opened the tightly closed cabin door and rushed in.

A few seconds later, the aircraft taken over by Wu Neng re-floated at a charming angle and climbed above the helipad at a safe distance.

Zhou Ke sat in the chair and fastened his seat belt.

He could feel waves of pain hitting his brain, but he still reached out his hand and waved goodbye to the incompetent and furious Biao Wei below. From this angle, Zhou Ke could clearly see the dazzling lightning flashing in the broken safety zone.

He had a feeling that it was old Merck's final counterattack.

That crazy psionicist died while pursuing his "faith".

"Let's go."

Zhou Ke said weakly:

“There’s nothing to see here.”

Just as the aircraft turned around and flew away from the Tiger's Nest Building, a tired voice suddenly sounded in Zhou Ke's mind:

"Witness me, son of the end, please bear witness to me. Although I have not been able to slay the evil spirit, please still grant me the supreme amnesty!"

"Old Merck?"

Zhou Ke, who was awakened, looked back and saw a most dazzling ball of psychic lightning suddenly exploded in the broken safety zone behind him.

Just like an impact ring, the entire safe zone building was completely destroyed, and in the ruins, Wu Qinhu, holding a broken head, stood in the smoke and dust with lightning splashing.

Somewhat embarrassed, he glared at the aircraft evacuating at high altitude, then began to run, just like a giant shooting at the sun who threw out the spear in his hand at the last moment, letting the thing whiz towards the aircraft that had already risen to a safe airspace.

However, it's too far.
The aircraft controlled by Wu Neng was traveling at maximum speed, out of the penetration limit of the spear. When the weapon was about to fall after its kinetic energy was exhausted, Ajie, who had the hatch kicked open and stretched out his hand, quickly grabbed it.

It was as if the Tiger King was very "friendly" and gave the two escapees a final "practice gift".

But both sides know that this matter is not over yet!
Still early.

"I need to sleep for a while. I only need to sleep for a few minutes. Remember to wake me up."

Amid the whistling of the cold wind in the sky, Zhou Ke lowered his head, muttered a few words to himself, and then fell asleep. Ajie seemed to sense something and reached out and pushed him clumsily.

"He is injured and needs medical attention. The blood coming out of his nose and mouth indicates severe damage to his internal organs. If no intervention is done, he will indeed die."

A voice sounded from the corner.

That was the original owner of the aircraft, the man named "Han Bin", with a bruised and swollen face, he said to Ajie who was glaring at him:
"I know a little bit of first aid and can treat him. There are medical equipment in the rear of the cabin, and we need to land to convert energy and activate them, of course, if you allow it."

(End of this chapter)