Abnormal Doomsday Records

Chapter 47: The dead memories jump up again to attack Old Ohm
"This place is very close to the territory of the Snake State. Those Badland Rangers noticed the actions of the Acholi operators and the Tiger State. They left some marks near the Bullhorn Gorge in advance. D-4 lacked sufficient information to decipher the secret code, but Mr. Ohm understood the information."

In the temporary rest cave, D-4 honestly described to Zhou Ke what happened during the reconnaissance. She glanced at Ohm who was checking on Qiao Shan in the depths of the cave and whispered to Zhou Ke:
"In addition, D-4 has completed the reconnaissance. The Acholi operators have laid induction mines throughout the Niujiao Gorge, completely blocking the way forward. They have prepared three blocking positions in advantageous locations, and will immediately launch an attack if we get close.

D-4 detected the weapons they were carrying, and the firepower was very abundant, and all of them were lethal force.”

"With our current situation, can we break through?"

Zhou Ke asked as he played with the mask in his hand.

D-4 shook his head and said:
"D-4 used logic circuits to simulate thirty-seven breakthrough scenarios. Even with many favorable factors added, the probability of our breakthrough will not exceed 10%. If we want to protect the safety of every individual, then this probability will be infinitely close to zero.

The only viable option at the moment is for you and Lord Wuneng to surrender voluntarily and fulfill Operator Acholi's capture mission.

This will save the rest of the people.

But this is also based on the premise that the Acholi operators abide by their commitment to engage and capture prisoners, so D-4 thinks you shouldn't do this!
D-4's database contains all the misdeeds of the Acholi Consortium's biological laboratories. Even if you use the mildest 'research methods', the chances of you leaving there alive are quite slim.

However, D-4 must remind you!
Originally, you could have taken the approach of provoking a conflict between Tiger State and Acholi Operators to increase your chances of survival, but now with the unexpected factor of Snake State, the possibility of Mr. Ohm fighting with you will be greatly weakened.

All his current actions were centered around "protecting Miss Qiao Ya", so waiting for reinforcements from Snake State was obviously a better choice for him.

You and he have entered into an unconventional 'prisoner's dilemma', and the common interests of both parties have been broken.

Even worse, the two sides may face the dilemma of alienation.”

"Thank you for your reminder, D-4. Every time I hear your careful thinking and logic, I will further refresh my understanding of 'highly intelligent machinery'."

Zhou Ke exclaimed, saying:
"Go and rest now and prepare for battle. I must have a heart-to-heart talk with Ohm, but if the situation is not favorable to us, then we must prepare early. In addition, do you have a 'guerrilla warfare' mode in your tactical options?"

"No, but D-4 can learn. D-4 always learns quickly."

The white-haired robot said this very confidently, and this confident look made Zhou Ke sigh and waved his hand for her to go and rest.

After a while, after checking Qiao Shan's condition, Ohm returned to the cave entrance and said to Zhou Ke:

"What did you want to talk to me about?"

"Go out and talk."

Zhou Ke pointed to the outside where the wind and sand were blowing and the scarlet moonlight was shining, and he said:

"There are some things that I think it's better for both parties to talk openly and privately before they officially part ways."

"Ah."

Om glanced back at Qiao Ya and A Miao who were taking care of Qiao Shan, made a "remain alert" gesture to Lao Taf, and then left the cave with Zhou Ke.

The two of them stopped in the wind and sand only after they were far enough away that they could not be overheard.

It was wishful thinking to enjoy tobacco in this environment, so Zhou Ke threw away the cigarette butt and said to Ohm directly:

"Do you really think that sending Qiao Ya to Snake State is the right choice?"

"Or else?"

Ohm held the psychic sword and had the demeanor of a "Yellow Sand Warrior" master. He probably guessed Zhou Ke's thoughts, and said coldly:
"With enemies everywhere, how can I trust you three if I don't trust the Snake Nation that gave birth to me and raised me? I want Xiaoya to survive. This is my duty and my mission!"

"I can find a way to send her to the Polis District and fulfill Old Joe's last wish."

Zhou Ke was obviously thinking at high speed. His speech was much slower than usual but more powerful. He said:

"I've already succeeded once. I was able to send a piece of trash like Lao Bai over, so Qiao Ya can certainly be sent over as well."

"Say something useful, Zhou Ke! I believe your eloquence is not so bad."

Ohm shook his head and said:
"You are trying to get me to accompany you to fight a battle that may cost everyone's life, including Xiaoya's, so the promise you can make should not and must not be limited to this!"

"Okay, then if I tell you that I will find a way to send Xiaoya to the 'Garden of Eden' in the future, will you believe me?"

Zhou Ke pointed to the sky and said seriously:

"My 'good friend' Moni, who I met in the Castle of the End, is from the Panis family. They have the 'ticket' to the Garden of Eden. All I have to do is help Moni kill the current head of the family. The best part is that Moni is waiting for me in the City-State District to do great things with him!

That is also the option I have for settling down in the future.

At the moment, this might be the best plan, provided I can survive the simultaneous capture of Tiger State and Acholi Operators.

To be honest, Boss Ohm.

Just now, Rust Castle sent me a strange message. As long as I make up my mind to reply to them, organic hunters that you can’t imagine will rush over to protect me immediately.”

"Protect?"

Ohm said sarcastically:

"Isn't 'arrest' more appropriate? You are really a hot commodity, Zhou Ke. Several major forces in the Bad Land want you, but this also proves that the secrets you have are so terrible that even I am afraid of it. As a reliable elder, do you think I will hand the children over to you and let them bear such risks with you?"

"So, Qiao Ya is indeed your biological daughter, right?"

Seeing that Ohm spoke so directly, Zhou Ke lost his patience to play along.

He risked being killed by the Yellow Sand Warrior in front of him, staring at Ohm with a burning gaze, and told him the 'truth' he had pieced together based on a series of clues.
"Ms. Weng Yafen was once your lover. Perhaps she followed you, a former prodigal son of the Snake Nation, to the Bad Land. However, due to some internal reasons within the Snake Nation, an indescribable disaster occurred between you. Ms. Fen was rescued by Old Joe at the critical moment because of your distress.

By the time you found her, Xiaoya had already been born.

Old Joe said that she was his and Ms. Fen's daughter. You accepted this fact perhaps to protect the child, and as a result, you completely cut off contact with Shebang and have been with Xiaoya all these years.

The silent love from an old father is really touching."

"Swish"

The faint green light flickered, and the sharp blade was pressed lightly and fatally against Zhou Ke's neck. The murderous intent in Ohm's eyes caused the surrounding wind and sand to become chaotic.

He said nothing, but the silence at this moment was deafening amid the noise of the wind and sand.

"How is it? Is my inference without any evidence brilliant enough?"

Zhou Ke had no awareness of the knife being pressed against his neck; on the contrary, he acted as if he was the one who had the upper hand in this conversation between men.

He said loudly:

"You don't trust the people of Snake Country at all, Ohm! Your smile just now was somewhat insincere. If Snake Country was really that trustworthy, you would have recommended your hometown when Old Joe was planning a way out for his daughter.

Given the complicated family relationship between you and Lao Qiao, Lao Qiao would definitely agree as long as you ask. His adoptive father absolutely believes in Xiaoya's biological father's determination to protect his daughter.

But you let Lao Qiao find a way for Xiaoya to go to the city-state area.

Obviously, in your mind, even the worst place in the city-state is much safer than the current Snake State.

So, stop pretending!
Not only are our common interests not threatened by the arrival of Snake State reinforcements, on the contrary, I think those guys' interference has strengthened the possibility of us reaching an agreement!

Of all your options at this moment, the priority of fighting with me is much higher than handing Xiaoya over to Snake Nation, to those who once betrayed you and now hypocritically call you "brother".

If Ms. Fen's weakness and early death are also related to them, then the Snake Kingdom is not your ally, but your enemy.

Am i right?
I think what I said is right
Otherwise, this sword would have pierced my heart just now."

"Shut up!"

Ohm scolded, but retracted his sword the next moment.

As the blade sheathed, Zhou Ke's pounding heart calmed down. He knew that the "truth" he and Wu Neng had pieced together had taken effect at that moment. He had grasped the truly important point in the seemingly chaotic information, even the one that determined life and death.

"That's basically right. This guy who's good at talking does have some skills!"

Ohm stared at Zhou Ke with a subtle look and said in a hoarse voice:

"But it's still doubtful whether Xiaoya is my daughter. After all, it took a year between the time Afen and I were separated in the attack and the time I met her again in Slag Town. At that time, Afen was already married. She and Lao Qiao loved each other and were much happier and safer than when they were with me.

perhaps
That child is really Old Joe’s daughter.”

"Before you say that, check your conscience. Do you believe it? I don't mean to belittle you, but with Old Joe's genes, even if he mutates ten thousand times, he can't give birth to a girl as pretty as Qiao Ya."

Zhou Ke said rather venomously:

"There's no need to hide anything now, Boss Ohm. We're all going to fight for our lives soon. Who knows if we'll have a chance to talk about the past again. Let's take advantage of this short time to talk about it. My intuition tells me that Ms. Fen's past is very important. She seems to be a lady from the City-State District, right?"

"A scholar."

Ohm corrected:
"About twenty years ago, A-Fen came to the Badlands alone to study some psychic phenomena. She hired Shebang as her bodyguard. My father had some connections with the Weng family during the old civilization, so he sent me to accompany her throughout the trip.

I won’t go into details about what happened in between. At that time, I was still an ignorant and fearless prodigal son who relied on the fact that I was awakened and therefore had nothing to fear.

Until the incident that changed the lives of the three people happened. He fell into memories, and it was not until Zhou Ke reminded this middle-aged man with a sense of story to continue describing it with a nasal tone that Ohm said with little interest:

"To put it simply, twenty years ago, I escorted Afen to Rust Castle."

"Ok?"

Zhou Ke raised his eyebrows in surprise and said:

"Is it the 'Rust Castle' I know? Or is it a small village with the same name but safer?"

"There is only one place in the evil land with that damn name, so you don't have to doubt it, it's the place you are thinking of!
I still don't know how Afen managed to get the 'manager' of Rust Castle to allow her to enter the 'Flame Library' deepest in the city of rebellious machinery to look up information from the old civilization period, but I remember very clearly that when we left Rust Castle, Afen was in a very bad mental state.

She was in a daze and no longer had her usual confidence and optimism.

It was at that time that we were ambushed by the Acholi Syndicate's decapitation force."

Ohm flexed his fingers and said:

“You can’t imagine the scale of that ambush. Even with the assistance of the organic hunters from Rust Castle, Afen and I were eventually separated in the chaotic ground bombing.

I was devastated and thought she was dead.

After all, an ordinary person would not be able to survive under that scale of firepower bombing."

"Wait, Ms. Fenn is a normal person? Isn't she a psionicist who studies psychic powers?"

Zhou Ke asked:
"You just said it yourself."

"I mean, she's a scholar who studies psionic phenomena, not a psionicist! The two are different concepts, and Afen isn't studying the details of power enhancement or psionic spells. She has no interest in these desired powers.

She's looking at something deeper than the surface."

Ohm hesitated and said:
"Afen's research is considered heretical even today. She stubbornly believes that psychic power is just the 'tentacles' of something more dangerous reaching into the material world. When everyone is attracted by the magical psychic power, someone has to tear open this gorgeous curtain to see what is really hidden in the darkness.

Afen calls it.
chaos!

All her observations and research on the Badlands revolved around this center. It was for this reason that Afen felt that the history of the Badlands had been tampered with by the chaotic forces behind psionic power.

She had to go to Rust Castle because the data on the old civilization preserved by the robots was the most comprehensive, and in theory, the influence of chaos on the rebellious machines was definitely much smaller than that on the fragile flesh and blood creatures, so the conclusions obtained from them were the most trustworthy. "

"Chaos. I've heard of this term."

Zhou Ke immediately thought of the crazy old Merck, and said to Ohm:
"One of the founders of Tiger State, the psychic master Merc Tiger, told me personally before he went completely crazy that he believed that all the disasters in the Bad Land were caused by Chaos. The 'End' that the Tiger State people believed in was definitely not the God of Destruction. He just took the blame for Chaos."

"Ha, is that really the case?"

Ohm suddenly laughed, somewhat relieved, and shook his head.
"If Afen knew that there would be another 'comrade' many years after her death, she would definitely be very happy, even if that person was a guy who went too far in the field of psychic power and became crazy. Unfortunately, I am not a scholar.

I was too young, too naive and too stupid at that time. During the time I traveled with Afen, I was completely immersed in the charm of this unique woman and had no interest in the obscure knowledge she was studying.

After being separated from her, I was rescued and brought back to the Seventh Ring City. It took me several months to recover. It was also a very chaotic time before I met Afen by chance during one of my trips in the Slag Town, which had just prospered because of the slag furnace.

She had just given birth and Old Joe was with her.”

The Yellow Sand Warrior's tone darkened.

Perhaps because the things that had been buried deep in his heart for many years were dug up, his emotions became a little deep. He didn't want Zhou Ke to see his weakness, so he turned his head and said:

"I almost lost control and killed Lao Qiao. I really did it. Ah Fen stopped me when Lao Qiao's head was about to fall. That's when I realized that it was Lao Qiao who happened to pass by the battlefield and risked his life to save her.

It was also at that time that I learned from Afen's guess who betrayed us.

After all, only a few knights of the Snake State, that is, my "brothers and sisters", knew about that secret journey.
I realized that Snake State is not as independent as it claims to be!
It has always been shrouded in the shadow of the Acholi Consortium. Perhaps Afen's research affected their interests, so the betrayal and assassination happened. "

"This is normal."

Zhou Ke snorted and said:
"Tiger King and Snake Man were once high-ranking officials of the Acholi Consortium. Well, look at the surprise on your face. You don't know this secret, right?
But I know!

I also know that the so-called confrontation between several parties in the Badlands is actually manipulated by the Acholi Consortium behind the scenes. Perhaps it is related to the internal struggle of that behemoth, but the fact is that all the proud wastelanders who claim to be free in the Badlands are idiots.

Everyone and everything on this surface of the earth are puppets and playthings of the Acholi Consortium.

free?

Freedom is just the most hypocritical wind in this evil land, it can't even keep people cool in the sun!

But compared to these clichés, I am more curious about the follow-up of Ms. Fenn and your story? So, your family of four just got along like this?"

"Shut up! Zhou Ke, don't think I can't hear the dirty malice in your words. Please realize that you are asking me for help now, so you'd better not irritate me."

Ohm scolded:
"After realizing that A-Fen and Lao Qiao really had feelings for each other, I chose to withdraw. I realized that compared to my despicable lust for beauty, the hardships that Lao Qiao and A-Fen had shared were truly worthy of her love. I chose to cut ties with Snake Nation not only because of that betrayal, but also because I could not allow A-Fen to be hurt again.

But what is surprising is that after the assassination, Afen seemed to have given up her research, which had been her life's ideal, and instead began to take care of her husband and children like a perfect wife.

She helps Lao Qiao plan the development of Slag Town and takes care of Xiaoya.

This peaceful life lasted until Afen's death. She never recovered from the aftereffects of the assassination, but I don't think it's a pity.

For Afen, perhaps this is the most perfect ending."

"But why did she suddenly give up?"

Zhou Ke asked:
"From your description, I don't think Ms. Fenn is a coward who was frightened by the assassination. A coward would not have the courage to go to Rust Castle to check the information. She must have seen some truth about the Bad Land, right?"

"I don't know, but I asked her the same question."

Om pulled at his face towel and said in a hoarse voice:
"I remember very clearly that her answer was to tell me to stop dwelling on those truths and just live my life well because those truths were 'meaningless'."

"Meaningless? That doesn't sound like something a scholar would say."

The energy device on Zhou Ke's arm suddenly said something, causing Ohm to glance down in surprise and wonder:

"So this thing can talk?"

"It will, and sometimes it can be very noisy and neurotic. I just don't want a talking iron box to scare you, a bunch of wastelanders who have never been to school and have never seen the world."

Zhou Ke sighed and said:

"Then it's time to get down to business, Boss Ohm. Now that we understand the whole story, it's clear what choice you should make. If the guy who betrayed you is still in a high position in Snake State, you're pushing Xiaoya into the fire!

Even if it is to prevent the scandal from being exposed, they will try their best to kill you, the person involved, and Xiaoya, the unstable factor.

To be even more vicious, are you so sure that the ones rushing here are 'reinforcements' and not 'silencers'?

The Acholi Group and Tiger State fought each other, and Om and Joya died unexpectedly
Listen, it’s so catchy!
It seems that you have been prepared for my invitation and you are looking forward to the price I can offer."

“It turns out that your price is very good.”

Ohm snorted and said:
"I don't expect Xiaoya to go to the legendary Garden of Eden to enjoy life, but you must send her away from this vortex. This quagmire called 'Evil Land' has already swallowed up Lao Qiao and Afen. I can't allow it to drag Xiaoya into the quagmire again.

I will do my best to help you, but you have to take Xiaoya away before those "silencers" from Snake Nation arrive. As for the others,
If you can save it, save it; if you can’t save it, let it go.

Do you have a plan?"

"Of course! The Acholi operators didn't just run here to set up an ambush on foot. They have flying vehicles that can fly through the Mad Moon environment as deployment tools."

Zhou Ke stretched out his hand and drew a line in the scarlet air above his head, saying:
"You wait here. D-4 and I will lure the Tiger State's pursuers over here, and then we will join forces to lure those violent people into the trap at Niujiao Gorge. Operator Acholi has set up induction mines there. As long as the Tiger State soldiers step into them, we don't need to get involved in the rest. The two sides can just beat the dog brains out.

The rest is easy.

Find the aircraft, and then escape before the silencer arrives. Don't doubt our ability in this kind of thing. Wu Neng has done it once before, so this time he is very familiar with it."

"We need to add more fuel to the fire!"

Ohm snapped:
"The cooperation between the Acholi Consortium and the Tiger State is very deep. If we want to make the two sides fight, we have to use some powerful materials. Leave it to me. Don't participate in the battle. Take the others to find the aircraft directly!"

"Are you not going to live anymore?"

Zhou Ke raised his eyebrows and said:
"Actually, there's really no need to do this. You can stay with your daughter and give her a ride."

"I just want to see who betrayed me and A-Fen back then, but if I'm not on the battlefield, I'm doomed to not see the end of the feud. Do you understand? Zhou Ke, I will never forgive myself if I don't pull out the thorn called 'the past'.

I had endured it before because A-Fen, Old Joe, and Slag Town were more important to me than ever before, but now they were gone.

The chains that bound me were loosed.

This is my private matter, please don’t get involved.”

(End of this chapter)