Abnormal Doomsday Records

Chapter 46. A stray dog who has lost his father should learn to show his teeth fiercely

"What? Are you sure?"

After Ohm got the news from Zhou Ke, the Ascendant who was still resting with his eyes closed immediately stood up, stared at Zhou Ke and asked:
"Where did the news come from? Is it authentic?"

"I can't reveal the source, but I think it's probably true."

Zhou Ke said seriously:

"Let's not talk about the pursuers from Tiger State for now. How far is this place from Niujiao Gorge?"

"It's not far, just a 20-minute walk. It's the only way from here to the Snake Nation. If we want to bypass it, we have to cross another barren mountain occupied by a group of venomous lizards. Those monsters are poisonous and have thick skin and flesh, so they are difficult to deal with."

Ohm said gloomily:

"Plus, with the Tiger State's pursuers approaching, it's too late to take a detour now. I have to go to Niujiao Gorge for reconnaissance."

"Let D-4 go with you."

Zhou Ke said:
"Her life signal detection is more sensitive than your perception, and I think at this point, you should put aside your distrust of robots. Xiaoya's life is the most important, right?"

"you"

Ohm glared at Zhou Ke fiercely, but did not say no. After instructing D-4 to do his job well and not to provoke Ohm, Zhou Ke watched the two of them leave the cave and disappear in the wind and sand.

"What's going on?"

Old Taff hurried over with his shotgun.

He noticed Ohm's departure and immediately felt that danger was approaching. This old man must be quite capable to have survived in the badlands for so long. At least his sense of danger was not to be underestimated.

"Call the others over, I'll have a few words with you."

Zhou Ke didn't answer, but just put a cigarette in his mouth and said something to Old Taf.

In the absence of Ohm, Zhou Ke was the undisputed backbone of the team. Old Taff turned around and ran back without saying a word. A few minutes later, he called over the guys including Ajie.

The execution is great, but the brain is a bit lackluster!
Why did you call Ajie over here, old man? With Ajie's brain, can he understand what Zhou Ke is going to say next?
But everything has come.
Zhou Ke habitually threw an energy bar to Ajie, who habitually took it, tore it open and ate it with relish. Zhou Ke couldn't help but once again express his envy of Ajie's "open-minded" attitude towards life, and then told others about the current situation.

A Miao, who was really just an ordinary person, was immediately terrified while holding her two children, and old Taf's legs were shaking a little.

Being targeted by the Tiger State is bad enough, and now there are elite members of the Acholi Group setting an ambush ahead. This is the most dangerous situation that old Taf could have imagined.

But Qiao Ya was surprisingly calm.

This visibly haggard girl no longer has her former sweet smile after experiencing the tragedy of her family being broken up, and is replaced by silence and calmness.

After Zhou Ke finished explaining the current situation, Qiao Ya turned away without saying a word. After a moment, she dragged a weapons box from her RV, threw it in front of everyone, opened it, and said in a hoarse voice:

"This is the best weapon I have. Pick one and arm yourself."

"what?"

When Old Taff saw this scene, he screamed:

"We really want to fight? How can we fight against both sides with such a small number of people? Even with Boss Ohm's support, there is no way we can win!"

"Fight or die, your choice!"

Qiao Ya replied without even looking up, and took the shotgun with the black pattern from the box. After loading the bullets, she took out two portable pistols and a backpack-type gun bag and tied them around her body. Finally, she picked up a bulletproof vest and put it on.

She looked at the people in front of her and handed an easy-to-operate shotgun to Ami.

The latter was in his hand, and he and Old Taff looked at each other in bewilderment, but the two illegitimate children were already agitated. They were not yet adults, but they were already half-grown men, at the most agitated age, and they had longed for the beautiful, bloody days of the wastelanders in the bad land.

There was no need for Zhou Ke and Qiao Ya to urge them. The two young men immediately pounced on the big treasures they loved, and they couldn't wait to rush out and fire a few shots to boost their courage.

Old Taf couldn't help but curse when he saw this scene. He stepped forward and slapped the two hooligans each, then proceeded to instruct them on how to choose weapons.

This is a chance to play, not a comic convention!

So don't cover yourself up like a weapons rack. Do you really think you are a T-800? It would be difficult for you to even roll over carrying so many weapons. If you can't even roll over, how can you dodge bullets?
"This is for you."

Zhou Ke handed three treatment injections with the Acholi Consortium logo to Qiao Ya and whispered:
"The cardiotonic used for emergency treatment can also stimulate adrenaline. You can never have too much of something to save your life."

"Thanks."

Qiao Ya replied coldly. Just as she was about to leave, Zhou Ke grabbed her wrist. She turned around and looked at Zhou Ke in confusion. The latter blew out a smoke ring and said:

"You know that keeping despair and pain inside won't make you better, right?
Especially at this time when your life is at stake, I'm afraid you deliberately want to die from a bullet that is not fatal. Even if you were in Slag Town that night, you couldn't change the outcome there. Old Joe's last wish before he died was that you could live in peace.

He definitely doesn't want you to be determined to avenge him.
To be honest, you are not suitable for this job."

"This is my business, Zhou Ke! Thank you for your concern, but..."

Qiao Ya pulled her wrist away. She was obviously not in the mood to say anything to Zhou Kedu. She just sat at the entrance of the cave with a gun in her arms, looking at the wind and sand outside the cave and the damn red moonlight in a daze.

"Look at this damn place. Another little girl has been turned into a ghost."

Zhou Ke complained in his heart:

"At this age, she is still in college in our country, worrying all day whether her boyfriend is cheating on her. Tsk tsk, why do they say that the customs and practices of this evil land are really a test of one's abilities? This dangerous society is the best university."

He did not try to persuade Qiao Ya again. It was indeed not appropriate at the moment.

After replenishing Ajie's biochemical combat suit with various strengthening injections, Zhou Ke carried a small medicine box and walked to the depths of the cave. He threw the stuff next to the dead body of Qiao Shan, then sat down cross-legged, and regardless of Qiao Shan's still weak body, forced a cigarette into his mouth.

He opened the medicine box and took out a simple IV device. He then used the "biochemical warrior treatment experience" he had accumulated in Tiger Country's medical room to add various strengthening and healing injections in the medicine box, and finally made a pack of orange-red mixture that looked deadly.

The color of this thing is just like the poisonous mushrooms in nature. It grows like this to warn those who have dirty hands not to touch it. Of course, the people of Yunnan who are eating mushrooms are an exception. The brighter the color and the more weird the appearance, the more they like it.

Zhou Ke hung this thing that could easily poison twenty curious babies above the cave, and then grabbed Qiao Shan's wrist. Before inserting the disposable needle into Qiao Shan's vein, he said:

"I don't have time to help you with post-disaster psychological intervention, although I'm quite good at it. But listen carefully, Qiao Shan, we are now ambushed in front and pursued from behind. Ohm has gone to investigate, and I don't think he will bring back any good news. Your cousin Qiao Ya is now like an idiot, full of despair and wanting to find an enemy to die with her.

But to be honest, I don't want to die yet.

So I must train all the useful warriors to the most perfect condition before the battle begins. You are the most powerful biochemical warrior in Slag Town, and you must participate in this battle.

I put at least seven kinds of strengthening hormones and four kinds of therapeutic drugs in this pack of medicine, which can definitely make you energetic and high for two hours. The problem is that I have learned about the strange creatures such as biochemical warriors during this period. If you can't hold your mind under extreme violence, then you will become the next Ajie.

You will be even worse off than Ajie!
Although this may not be a bad thing for me, after all, having an extra mobile charging station is a good thing for all car owners, but you will be in trouble.

So, I ask you, do you want to get this injection? Can you still fight?"

"bring it on."

Qiao Shan lay there and turned his head with difficulty.

With a numb face and a broken feeling in his eyes that was hard to conceal, he said in a hoarse voice:

"Treat me as a fool who is seeking death. You can do whatever you want to me. I failed to save my uncle, but I must at least save Xiaoya. I can't let my uncle down again. Maybe it wouldn't be a bad thing to become Ajie. That way I wouldn't have to endure this kind of pain now."

"Okay! You chose the path yourself, and I gave you the opportunity to refuse. If something goes wrong later, don't be like a nagging woman and blame all the problems on me!"

Zhou Ke nodded and pressed the hidden injection needle on Qiao Shan's wrist.

The thing automatically popped out of the restraint belt and got stuck, and then dangerous orange-red reinforcements were injected into Qiao Shan's blood vessels drop by drop.

He closed his eyes.

It seemed that as he said, he didn't care how shattered he would become after this battle, as if he had actually died in the night of massacre in Slag Town, and all that remained here was a rotting body that could still fight.

"He won't make it."

This thought emerged in Zhou Ke’s mind.

With Qiao Shan's current poor mental state, he is simply unable to do what the biochemical warrior must do to maintain his mental bottom line when he is in a frenzy. Once he falls into a frenzy, he will definitely lose his personality quickly, be dominated by his animal nature, and eventually end up in the same tragedy as Ajie.

This actually had nothing to do with Zhou Ke, but he didn't leave in the end. Instead, he changed his posture and leaned against the stone wall, chatting with Qiao Shan who closed his eyes and waited for death:
"Hey, since you have nothing to do right now, do you want to hear how I escaped from Castle End with Jack and Old White? You will never guess what I did in the Tiger Kingdom to make the Tiger King so angry that he sent out his guards to kill me.

It's hard to keep this kind of legend to myself, so I'd like to trouble you to be my audience and listen to my boasting."

Regardless of whether Qiao Shan was willing to listen or not, Zhou Ke just talked about what happened after they and Qiao Ya parted in Huzhua Town.

Originally, for a dying person who has experienced life and death and has become indifferent to everything, all descriptions from the outside world cannot affect their already withered soul, but Zhou Ke’s eloquence is indeed good.

This escape story was exciting and tense to begin with, and with a few exaggerated embellishments, it slowly attracted Qiao Shan's attention when told by Zhou Ke.

In the end, even old Taf and his cheap sons gathered around. A bunch of fully armed and dying idiots just sat in a row and listened to Zhou Ke talk about everything.

"Fuck, is Wu Qinhu so awesome? He almost killed the mighty Ajie with one kick?"

Old Taff's eldest son exclaimed, but Zhou Ke glared at him fiercely and scolded him:
"Don't swear! You're not even an adult yet and you're already swearing. You'll definitely be a great diplomat in the future."

"Yeah, stop swearing, you have no manners at all." Old Taf also cursed.

It can be seen that this guy is really not very good at teaching a son he has in his old age.

However, the two boys are very close to this "weird uncle". In addition to the fact that they know that their mother and boss Taft have maintained an improper relationship for many years, it is probably because they really have no awe for their cuckolded father.

"Wu Qinhu is so powerful. I think Boss Ohm can't last more than fifty rounds against him."

Zhou Ke blew out a smoke ring and said with a curled lip:
"It is said that he is the strongest man in the Badlands, and perhaps the strongest man in the surface world. As for whether there is anyone stronger than him in Eden, I don't know."

"Brother Zhou Ke, does the Garden of Eden really exist? Uncle Taff said it was just a silly joke."

Old Taff's youngest son asked with blinking eyes, Zhou Ke curled his lips and said:

"Of course it exists. I can tell you 100% that there is a real paradise city among the stars above our heads. Remember Moni I just mentioned? That guy even invited me to go there with him in the future.

And why do you call old Taff 'uncle'?
That’s your dad!”

"I know, but I've been calling it that for so many years, I can't change it all at once."

The younger son felt quite aggrieved. He held the melta gun for a while and complained:
"When I was a kid, I saw my mom and Uncle Taff going into the basement. I called Uncle Taff "Dad" and got beaten up by my dad. My mom also didn't let me call him that and beat me up, saying it was not the right time yet."

"Zhao! Can you please stop talking about this kind of thing? Isn't it embarrassing?"

Old Taft looked desperate.

He suddenly felt that this was probably the end of his two sons' lives. He could only helplessly reach out his hand, pat his youngest son on the head, and then take out the candy he had hidden from his pocket and give it to the two of them.

The old guy's eyes were full of guilt at this moment.

Perhaps it was because of his incompetence as a father that his sons were in such a dangerous situation.

"What are you afraid of?"

Zhou Ke snorted and said:
"When the fight starts, let your two sons follow Qiao Shan. Did you see that? Qiao Shan is receiving powerful treatment and will soon be able to transform into Mr. Mighty. With his protection, your two sons will be fine."

"That won't work!"

Old Taf, who was eager to protect his son, shook his head hastily and said:
"Look at Qiao Shan's current stupid and desperate look. I'm afraid he can't even protect himself. What if he loses control and strangles my son to death?"

"If I don't follow Qiao Shan, then what am I going to do with you, an old loser?"

Zhou Ke cursed:

"You'd better protect your Ah Miao. Uncle Qiao Shan is the best warrior in Slag Town. As the captain of the gunners, doesn't he have to protect the people of Slag Town? I thought he could do it, but I forgot, he didn't do it!

He ran away like a coward.

Not to mention me and Ajie who fought their way in and out of the End Castle seven times, even Old Joe, who is a brave and fighting man, can't compare to them.

Forget it.

Let your two sons follow Qiao Ya.

At the very least, he could help Qiao Ya block the bullet. I think she will not survive tonight if she wants to die. The Qiao family is really talented. The two who survived with great difficulty turned out to be useless. The Qiao family is really a failure as a parent.

The daughter is spoiled like this, and the nephews and nieces are not brought up well.

how?

And you’re still glaring at me!
Not convinced?

Or am I wrong? "

Zhou Ke turned around and looked at Qiao Shan who was glaring at him. He said bluntly:

"Don't scare people with that deadpan face. Do you really think anyone is afraid of you? Ajie and I killed so many people in End Castle. We were in desperate situations at least three times, but we didn't see anyone as desperate as you. Ask old Taff. He has lived in the Bad Land for more than 30 years, and has experienced the collapse of the old civilization until now. What kind of shit hasn't he seen?

Do you think that what you have experienced are tragedies in the world so you have the right to seek death and that others have to coax you and go along with you?
Don't be silly, kid.

This is not the old civilization!
There is no nursing home for you to live in, and no big-assed nurse chicks to take care of you with soft words all day. You must have done something extremely evil in your previous life, so being born in the evil land is your retribution!

If you want to live an easy life, your parents should have thrown you into the chamber pot and drowned you when you were born, but now that you've survived you have to learn these things.

Listen to me carefully!

Saving people from the sea of fire and swords is a matter of life and death. You have to save old Taf’s two sons and also save Qiao Ya!
No one will help you tonight.

Everyone here has to earn their own living from now on!

You are the one who failed to save Slag Town, but you saw these two boys. They are the last few living people in Slag Town. You have failed once. If you fail again, no one will remember Slag Town.

You can also go crazy and strangle everyone in front of you or behind you, and then die from a bullet shot by some bastard, and walk away with the hatred of Old Joe and Slag Town.

Although Qiao Ya didn't say it, I knew she wanted revenge.

I think that instead of letting her take on this responsibility, it would be better to find someone who is more likely to accomplish it. Your spoiled cousin is not suitable for this kind of thing, and you know it better than anyone.

So, Qiao Shan, I’ll ask you one last time.”

Zhou Ke's tone softened, and he stared at Qiao Shan's bloodshot eyes like a professional psychologist, and said:

"Can you protect the two children? Can you protect Qiao Ya? Can you avenge the more than 700 people in Slag Town like a true Badlands man?"

"I can!"

Qiao Shan gritted his teeth and said something, but Zhou Ke sneered and cursed:

"You're nothing! Everyone can brag. Just survive this fight tonight. If you really have talent, I'm not afraid to spend a little more effort to help you."

After saying this, he turned to the three men beside him and said:

"What are you still doing here? Go and prepare. It's time to fight for your lives. Brothers, is it okay for you to be in this state of being a hanged ghost looking for a substitute?"

"Yes, we are going to risk our lives. We can't do this now!"

Old Taff threw away the cigarette butt from the corner of his mouth fiercely and shouted to his two serious sons:
"Go! Check your equipment again. Bring a few more smoke bombs and incendiary canisters. We can't count on your aim, but at least don't fall behind."

The father and his two sons just turned around and left.

Zhou Ke did not stop and left the depths of the cave.

He knew that Qiao Shan needed to calm down, and he had to regain the state of a biochemical warrior before the war began. The medicine he gave Qiao Shan could help him recover physically, but whether the anger in his heart could really be ignited depended on Qiao Shan himself.

When Zhou Ke reached the entrance of the cave, Qiao Ya suddenly stood up and said to him:

"Thank you, cousin."

"No need to thank me. I was actually saying those words to you. I just spoke so loudly because I was too lazy to repeat them."

Zhou Ke said something that blocked Qiao Ya's thanks.

"But I can get revenge!"

She raised her head, clenched her fists and screamed at Zhou Ke:
"Just watch carefully, I can definitely do it."

“It’s not a question of whether you can do it, but a question of whether you should do it! I have always believed that people should fully understand their talents and use them in the right place.”

Zhou Ke shrugged, looked at Qiao Ya's red eyes and her chest rising and falling with anger, and said:

"So, I still think you're not suitable for this kind of thing, but at least you're alive and no longer a dead tree waiting to die, so that's cause for celebration. Come on, smile."

他 说:

"It's times like this that make us laugh. Death will even make way for those soldiers who charge forward with a smile. We have to do great things, but we can't be so serious. Look, isn't your uncle Ohm laughing too?"

Zhou Ke raised his finger, and Qiao Ya turned and looked outside the cave.

After finishing his reconnaissance, Ohm walked into the cave. There was indeed a hint of smile on his rough face. Although it might not be because of Qiao Ya's transformation, it did make the desperate atmosphere a little better.

"The Snake State's reinforcements are on the way."

Ohm said to Zhou Ke:

“We just have to hold on until they get over.”

"But I don't plan to do that. I don't want to hand my life over to anyone else. Others are not my father, so why would they go to such great lengths to help me? Since other people are unreliable, I can only rely on myself now.

I am trapped in this desperate situation and cannot escape it, and neither can you."

Zhou Ke lowered his head and lit a cigarette for himself, shaking his head and blowing smoke rings. He looked up at Ohm, whose smile was frozen on his face, pointed outside the cave and said:
"So, I have a better, but more dangerous idea. Want to hear it?"

(End of this chapter)