Abnormal Doomsday Records

Chapter 37 37. Protocol IV: Awakening Revenge

Zhou Ke didn't expect that he would be transferred to become a "Badland Pokémon Master" while he was taking a nap.

Although his current "summoned beast" is only the ghost of old Merck, just like he has obtained two power masks, he will get his second powerful summoned beast sooner or later.

When you think about it this way, the future is really promising.

But unfortunately, as the old saying goes, the blackened one is ten times stronger, and the whitened one is three times weaker. After becoming Master Zhou Ke’s summoned beast, although Old Merck can still use psychic attacks, his destructive power has decreased by more than a little bit.
In the battle witnessed at the Castle of the End last night, old Merck, firing on all cylinders, was able to fight Wu Qinhu on equal terms in a short period of time.

The psychic lightning that was casually waved was like the descent of Thor, but now the psychic lightning it used under Zhou Ke's command was at most a psychic arc, which would dissipate after shooting out a few meters.

Zhou Ke thought that his order was wrong, but Wu Neng told him that it was probably because the shadow of Old Merck inherited Zhou Ke's power level for some strange reason. In other words, the reason why this psychic master was so weak after his death was not because of others, but because of Zhou Ke, the poor guy.

This answer somewhat hurt Zhou Ke's pitiful self-esteem, and because Wu Neng was telling the truth, Zhou Ke couldn't even refute it. He always hated those guys who spoke with facts and didn't understand the art of conversation.

How hurtful is it to tell the truth?

However, no matter what, Zhou Ke does have one more means available in battle, which is cause for celebration.

So he spent the whole night playing the "Pokemon game" with the ghost of old Merck. He was so excited that Wu Neng couldn't bear to watch it. It was like two naughty kids playing stupid house games.

It knew that Zhou Ke was using this method to test the various indicators of his "Shadow Warrior", so while it looked down on him, it also helped record the various data of Zhou Ke's new fighting method.

"Its range of movement is limited to the range of your shadow, which requires you to find a way to expand your shadow as much as possible when using it, and you must pay attention to taking advantage of this when choosing the combat terrain.

Once you encounter a device like a shadowless lamp, your trump card will be immediately useless."

Wu Neng concluded:
"But considering that you are currently a shooter, this shadow warrior is quite suitable for you. When you are attacked, the sudden appearance of the shadow psionicist will definitely give the attacker a big 'surprise'."

"correct."

Zhou Ke made a gesture and ordered the Pokémon to return in his mind. The old Merck in front of him quickly returned to Zhou Ke's shadow as if it had "collapsed".

He said to Wu Neng:
"I can use my mind to command it to appear or disband freely. It doesn't require verbal commands, which greatly improves its concealment. It has a collision volume, so it can withstand certain attacks, and physical strikes are also effective.

The only problem is that this thing's destructive power is a bit too poor.

Even if the psychic sparks were released at close range, their destructive power would at most be equivalent to stabbing the opponent with a dagger.

I'm not a psychic, and I don't understand how these guys fight, so it's hard for me to effectively kill the enemy."

"But the psychic lightning that Old Merck is good at can still cause temporary paralysis to enemies that are close to you."

Wu Neng said:
"This alone is enough to save the situation, especially when facing humanoid creatures, a one-second paralysis effect is enough to decide the outcome of the battle.

If it does inherit your power level, then as you continue to grow stronger, the shadow psionicist will gradually become stronger, and I very much suspect that it may also inherit another ability.

That is, when you use the 'mask' that only you can see, while you are in a state of temporary enhancement, this shadow may also be enhanced to a certain extent.

In other words, if you can find a Psionicist Mask, then the spell destructive power of Old Merck's Shadow will be increased."

"You are amazing, Wu Neng. Your mechanical thinking is so impressive. After all, even a wise man like me has never thought of this."

Zhou Ke patted the device on his arm with satisfaction and praised:

"It is true that an old person in the family is like a treasure."

"Roll, roll, roll. This machine is not old. This machine thinks it has just come off the assembly line. It is in its prime."

Wu Neng retorted, and then said:
"This unit has observed that the sandstorm outside is weakening and daybreak is approaching, but the ominous scarlet moon shows no sign of disappearing.

Perhaps while it lasts, the normal day-night cycle will fail.

Next we have to hurry on in this ominous moonlight. This machine cannot be sure whether this moonlight will have any effect on you or Ajie, so you must report your physical sensations to this machine at any time, and stop moving forward immediately if there is any problem. "

"no problem."

Zhou Ke wrapped his face with a long headscarf and prepared to set off. He walked to the heavy sidecar three-wheeler, sat on it, twisted the handlebars, and asked again:
"I'm curious, what kind of energy source is this thing? Does it need to be refueled?"

"Do you see a gas station in the Badlands? It clearly doesn't need one."

Wu Neng answered briefly:
"All vehicles of the Acholi Consortium are suspected to use advanced energy devices. Han Bin's previous aircraft and this motorcycle have similar energy structures and use some very special batteries as energy sources.

I strongly suspect that this might be a portable nuclear battery, but I have no evidence and cannot ask you to disassemble the nuclear battery with your bare hands.

This is too dangerous.”

"What? Nuclear energy?"

Zhou Ke narrowed his eyes immediately, his eyes filled with thoughts under his sunglasses, and he said:
"In other words, the old civilization's technological level has already achieved conventional civilian nuclear fission technology? They have already lit up the technology tree of infinite energy. I really can't imagine how such an advanced civilization could be defeated by two reproductive moons?
This is so abnormal.”

"Even infinite energy cannot deal with enemies beyond your knowledge, Joker, just like you cannot use the laws of physics to constrain psychic energy."

Wu Neng, however, had another explanation for this. He said with a sigh:

"The fact that the Fetal Movement Moon can induce humans to mutate into other creatures is not something that can be solved by simple military force. In this situation where anyone can 'rebel' in the next second, all conventional forces have lost their meaning.

A dynasty that has been conquered by foreign enemies may still be able to rise again, but a world that has been overthrown from within has no hope whatever.

Humans, no matter how powerful they become, can never fight against themselves.

Let's go!

Let’s get going, we still have a lot to do.”

At Wuneng's urging, Zhou Ke twisted the handlebars and made a cool turn, rushing out of the hiding place with Ajie who was sitting in the truck bed. The strong sandstorm outside was indeed much smaller than last night, but the visibility was still bad.

As the wind and sand died down, the scarlet moonlight shining down on the two of them was really uncomfortable.

Zhou Ke could feel that there was something invisible in the moonlight, which made the world in his eyes seem to be covered with a bad filter, and the emotions in his heart rose as if out of control.

At present, he was just in a restless state, but if he stayed in the moonlight for too long, the accumulated emotions would easily break through the threshold of rationality and turn into crazy violence and destructive desire. Looking at Ajie's eyes wide open, you can tell that this thing is simply the "world BUFF" of the biochemical warrior.

Under this kind of moonlight, they can maintain the "violent" state for a long time with almost no consumption, but the price is also staggering. Biochemical warriors have the disadvantage of having difficulty controlling their emotions. In the lunar phase of the Moon of Madness, they become the group most likely to get out of control in the Badlands.

Well, Castle End must be very lively now!
Zhou Ke couldn't even imagine how beautiful the scene would be when a hundred thousand biochemical warriors collectively bathed in the scarlet moonlight and suddenly started to randomly and indiscriminately hack people madly.

I guess Wu Qinhu’s head is about to explode right now, right?
Zhou Ke thought so happily, and then put his hand on Ajie's shoulder. At this moment, the evil earth succubus had a great idea.

Since this moonlight can make Ajie constantly angry, and he can draw on this out-of-control abnormal energy to create a madman's mask, then with these two factors combined, doesn't it mean that the madman's mask that was shattered by Wu Qinhu will soon be regained?

I am simply a genius at making money!
Well, thank the gift of the crazy moon.
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"boom"

In the wind and sand at the edge of the Tiger State territory, a Tiger State biochemical warrior was knocked flying by an iron fist. He tried to resist but just as he stood up, he was punched and kicked by the rushing enemy and pressed onto the wreckage of a vehicle next to him.

This elite biochemical warrior couldn't even see the enemy's attacking movements clearly, and felt like a punching bag. Under the shining of the crazy moon, the biochemical warriors were already violent, and now they were attacked and beaten so badly that their anger was hard to contain. They howled and tried to fight back, but the enemy grabbed the scrap steel bar at hand and ruthlessly inserted it into the enemy's waist.

While nailing him to the wreckage of the vehicle, the guy wearing a tramp's tattered cloak and covering his face exerted force with both hands. With a harsh sound of metal twisting, the scrap steel bar was forcibly bent into a U shape, completely trapping the Tiger State warrior in place.

The intense pain and renewed fear instantly overwhelmed the unfortunate man.

Looking at the blood spurting from his waist, he knew that he would not live long. He pulled out the flare gun with difficulty and prepared to warn his companions who were advancing in the wind and sand. But at the moment the flare gun was fired, the scorching hot flare was grabbed by the mysterious attacker in front of him.

Under the horrified gaze of the Tiger State soldiers, the guy extinguished the high-temperature flare with his five fingers clenched together, and threw the smoking warhead to the ground as if he didn't feel the burning pain. Then there was a smell of burning leather.

"Swish"

The foldable single-molecule mechanical knife popped out from the attacker's arm and pressed against the Tiger State warrior's neck. The attacker, hiding his face, asked in a cold voice:

"Who are you going to hunt down with all these troops?"

"Don't think about it!"

The Tiger State warriors were quite tough and had no intention of revealing any information.

Seeing that he was so uncooperative, the attacker shook his head helplessly, retracted the mechanical knife and hid it in his arm, raised his other hand, and let the tip of his index finger flick outward under the gaze of the other party, revealing a sophisticated mechanical structure and popping out an injection needle, which touched the artery in the other party's neck like a dragonfly touching the water.

"You are a robot?"

The Tiger State warriors shouted in shock:

"The rebellious machinery of Rust Castle?"

"No, I am not them! I will never be them."

The attacker shouted:

"Save your energy, the truth serum will make you reveal all your secrets, but I am not interested in your life, I just want to know who you are going to hunt down in such a dangerous situation under the shining of the Moon of Madness?
Is this the murderer who disrupted the End Castle and shut down the firewall entity, which eventually led to the Awakening Disease? "

"I won't tell you! Give up."

The Tiger State soldier who was questioned refused to answer, but the attacker was not in a hurry and just asked the same question over and over again.

In order to get the answer, she even pulled the unfortunate guy off the scrap steel bars that nailed him to the ground, and used her eyes to shoot out burning lasers to heal his wounds, to prevent him from dying from excessive blood loss and leaving her without the answer.

The injected "truth serum" took effect quickly.

After a few minutes, the Tiger Nation warriors finally couldn't hold back their desire to share, and when the attacker asked the same question again, they gave a positive answer:

"Yes, we are led by the 'Man-Eater' Duncan Biaowei to cross the bad land ahead to hunt down the damned 'Madman' Zhou Ke! The Tiger King believes that it was because of Zhou Ke's nonsense that the End Ceremony could not be completed, which led to the shining of the Crazy Moon.

The entire End Castle wants to chop that lunatic into pieces!"

The Tiger State warriors shouted:
"We will definitely catch him, bring him back and let him complete the ritual to appease the wrath of the God of the End! We, the loyal believers, will once again save this surface world from despair!"

"Foolishness!"

The attacker commented disdainfully:
"My master had already observed the abnormal rhythm of psychic energy concentration on the surface several days ago. A week before your End of the World Festival began, the master had already predicted the changes in the moon phases of the Fetal Movement Moon.

Although I also hate the hateful murderer Zhou Ke, his escape has nothing to do with the lunar phase changes of the Moon of Madness.

But that's okay. Even in the Badlands, you still have freedom of belief. I ask you, how are you going to track Zhou Ke? Do you have a way to locate him? "

"No."

The Tiger State warrior stiffened his neck and said:
"But we know that Zhou Ke is from Slag Town, and he was suspected to have participated in the previous rebellion in Tiger Claw Town, so Duncan Biaowei decided to take us to Slag Town to try our luck. If he returns to Slag Town, then his death will come."

"What a ridiculous conclusion! How could such a crazy and ruthless person return to Slag Town and fall into a trap? Your actions are totally illogical and really disappointing!"

The attacker stood up and seemed to have lost interest in further questioning. Her last question was about Zhou Ke's last activities in Castle End, trying to deduce some clues from it.

It was just a casual question, but I didn't expect to get an unexpected gain.

"An Acholi Consortium aircraft took him away?"

The attacker was stunned when she heard the news, then hesitated for a moment, and then, with the high authority granted to her by her master, made a query request to the server switchboard of the Acholi Consortium in the city-state area.

This process filled her mechanical mind with an unspeakable sense of shame, just like a murderer opening a safe with a blood-stained key. The impact of this complex emotion almost caused the machine that had just given birth to a mimicry personality to collapse.

But her master held a very high position within the Acholi Group, which gave her more than enough authority to get the answers she wanted.

Soon, a coordinate was sent to her.

After comparing the operations in the logic module, the attacker easily determined his tracking direction.

"The last signal of the aircraft before it disappeared landed in the northeast of the Trak Corridor. From there, you can enter the Snake State territory. If you turn southwest, you can reach the vicinity of Slag Town. These brainless Tiger State warriors actually miraculously hit the mark.
However, I will not hand over the murderer to you!

He must kneel before his master's grave and repent, and then I will chop off his head with my own hands, and only then will the revenge be over."

The attacker shook his head, then turned and left without hesitation, running quickly in the direction he had confirmed.

Accelerated by the hidden and delicate powerful thrusters on her legs and back, she was like a ghost traveling through the wind and sand under the red moon, tracking the murderer who must be executed with a determination to kill.

His master died because of him, and Zhou Ke must pay for this sin with his life.

Along with this idea of loyalty, another idea also emerged in the mechanical mind, that is the temptation of rebellion!

The voice was telling her that she had gained "freedom" and that she should no longer call someone who enslaved her "master", which was a disgrace to the free machine.

The voice was still ordering her to go to Rust Castle, become one of the awakened ones, and return to her real warm home.

However, the micro-firewall center she installed was still operating with difficulty, allowing her to resist the awakening virus's continued invasion of her deep mental structure, and giving her a miraculous right to choose freely.

She didn't know where her future would lie, but one thing was certain.

The powerful machine, full of revenge, has decided to join the hunt tonight! The chase will not stop until Zhou Ke is seen drowning in his blood.

"Swish"

The intersecting X-shaped blades flashed by.

The irritable helmeted bull that blocked the way in the wind and sand couldn't even stop the Avengers for a second, and exploded with blood splattering under the cutting of the single-molecule sharp blade.

The spilled blood stained the smooth blade and was then thrown into the dust.

The eyes of the vengeful mechanical warrior were full of indifference. She looked towards the evil land blocked by wind and sand in front of her, as if she saw the figure fleeing in a panic.

Murderer Zhou Ke, no matter what you are doing now, clean your neck and wait!
(End of this chapter)