Abnormal Doomsday Records

Chapter 58 58. The way to death is in it

"This lady is uh, Miss D-4."

When the D-4, which had been "renewed" physically, appeared on the tarmac of the Jiubang black market, Qiao Ya did not recognize it for a moment.

It’s not her fault that she was blind, it’s mainly because D-4’s new look was a little too “stunning”.

Previously, D-4 was set by Professor Josna as her deceased daughter. Being set as "Ivy", it is natural that she would inherit all the characteristics of that poor girl.

Caucasian skin, oddly grey hair, and a vibrant adolescent face dotted with freckles.

Although it is not ugly, it actually does not conform to Zhou Ke's aesthetic standards.

The current D-4 uses the template of Zhou Ke's "lover in the previous life", with a yellow-skinned appearance and a waterfall of smooth black hair. Her more exaggerated bust, plump but curved abdomen and slender legs give her a "slender and beautiful" feeling. Her oval face with harmonious facial features makes her look more mature and charming.

Especially the beauty mole under the left eye is the finishing touch.

In fact, Wuneng has always suspected that Zhou Ke, because of his "confused memory", has overly beautifully modified the physical template of his "previous life lover" in his memory.

But Zhou Ke was 100% sure that he did not do that.

He was very familiar with his lover's body in his previous life. Now he had restored it 100% even to the birthmark on her buttock. She had always looked like that. This showed that Zhou Ke, who was very successful in his previous life, was indeed "lucky in love".

"Okay, stop standing here and watching the peep show. Isn't it normal for a robot to change its appearance?"

Zhou Ke clapped his hands to get everyone here to look at him, then patted the armor of the cigar-shaped black cargo aircraft next to him and said to everyone:

"All the things that need to be moved have been moved up, and it's time for us to set off. Don't wait until the reinforcements from Jiubang arrive and block us."

"What about military aircraft?"

Old Taft said in a somewhat fussy tone:
"That thing is very valuable, so why just leave it here? How about we find a place to hide it and sell it when we need money in the future? There are plenty of places to hide things in the Badlands."

"Stay here."

Zhou Ke waved his hand and said:
"Although I don't care about the other party's feelings, if this thing can calm the anger of Ms. Evil Eagle, then it will not be in vain. Don't stand there stupidly, get in the car! We are leaving. This trip is heading to the City-State District. There are no stops along the way, so if you need to go to the bathroom, go quickly!"

At his call, a group of people immediately turned around and left to make final preparations before departure, while Qiao Ya walked up to Zhou Ke and whispered to him:
"Jiubang is also looking for you! The black market merchant was telling me this before he was beaten to death by Ami. He said they just wanted you to meet Ms. Evil Eagle and they had no ill intentions.

He acted sincere, but to be honest I didn't believe him.

Old Taff just told me that the robotic arm he replaced for Warren in the medical room was an official product of the Acholi Consortium, and the medicines we carried out of the medical room also had product labels from the Panis Group.

Qiao Ya frowned and said:
"The connection between the mysterious Jiu State and the Acholi Consortium is much deeper than we thought. You are right, Zhou Ke. There has been no 'freedom' in this evil land from the beginning. All of us are just playthings in the hands of the Acholi Consortium."

"My feelings are usually right about these kinds of predictions about bad things."

Zhou Ke smiled and looked at Qiao Ya with a gratified look, just like an old father looking at his sensible daughter. He said:

"I thought you would do something stupid today, but it turns out that your previous speech in front of Uncle Ohm's grave was not just empty talk. You are really forcing yourself to adapt to life as a qualified Badlands businessman.

Such a firm determination to change, strong execution ability, plus the clever brain left to you by Ms. Fenn, the business thinking left to you by Old Joe, and the ruthlessness left to you by Ohm.

You will definitely be able to accomplish something in the future."

"But you still think I can't get revenge, right?"

Qiao Ya sighed and said:
"Compared to you, I am too green. Even Old Taff is much better than me in every aspect. I have a lot to learn, but fortunately, Uncle Ohm found a good teacher for me."

"Don't flatter me. You can't learn my way of doing things."

Zhou Ke laughed and said:
"I can't make important decisions for you. Don't bother me with this kind of thing. You have to make your own decision. I really don't think you can get revenge. I think you should remove this shit from your life plan right now, immediately, and resolutely.

You can choose to be a successful businessman, or you can hold your nose and join the Acholi Consortium to start your second struggle.

When Rust Castle encounters some changes in the future, use your wealth or influence reasonably to stab those crazy robots hard.

Isn't this more meaningful than you taking a gun and leading a bunch of desperate wastelanders to attack the gate of Rust Castle? "

"Well, does this count as Mr. Zhou Ke's 'first class'?"

Qiao Ya blinked and looked at Zhou Ke. She said:
"But no matter what I choose, I need your help to achieve my goal quickly. I don't have a brain as crazy and useful as yours, so I've decided, Zhou Ke!"

"Ok?"

Zhou Ke turned his head to look at her, and saw Qiao Ya said very seriously:
"Before I'm sure I can reach your current level, I won't rashly restart the revenge plan. I will live well in the City-State District according to the expectations of my father, Uncle Ohm, and mother, and accumulate strength through continuous learning and growth.

I hope you can teach me, just like Uncle Ohm taught Johnson.

please! "

Qiao Ya couldn't do a 90-degree bow to Zhou Ke.

how?

How did you learn this trick of "Red Bean Paste Private Marseille"?

Get up quickly!
Why doesn't such a pretty girl learn this?

How unlucky.

"So, you must have a plan?"

A few minutes later, when boarding the aircraft, Zhou Ke asked:

"If you want to learn from me, planning is the most important basic subject. Tell me what you plan to do after you go to the City-State District."

"I handed over the apartment and shop that my father prepared for me in the City-State District to Old Taff."

Qiao Ya did have a plan.

She said to Zhou Ke:
"Just think of it as entrusting Uncle Taff to help me run the business and give them a place to stay. As for me, I plan to go to my mother's family."

"Oh? You mean the Weng family?"

Zhou Ke raised his eyebrows and said with great interest:

"Have you found the information about the Weng family?"

"Yes! It was in this black market's client server that Lord Wu Neng helped me find the information about the Weng family. I discovered that my mother's family is quite powerful."

Qiao Ya said with some anticipation:

"The Weng Group has its own businesses in several cities in the city-state area. Their headquarters is in the central city. They were already a wealthy family before the collapse of the old civilization. During the establishment of the city-state area, the Weng family contributed and is now one of the directors of the Acholi Consortium.

The Weng family’s industries are very limited, but they have basically achieved a downstream monopoly in the medical industry in the city-state area.

According to information from the black market, the Weng family controls the industrial chain of underground black medicine and medical production in several major cities, and is also heavily involved in the medical care of citizens in the city-state area.

Their opponent is the Panis Group.

The latter is quite powerful in the field of high-end medical care, and its biological laboratory can directly participate in many experimental projects of the Acholi Consortium. "

"The Panis family? Ha, what did I say? When good luck comes, it's unstoppable."

Zhou Ke snapped his fingers and said to Qiao Ya:

"The guy we are going to seek refuge with in the city-state district happens to be a member of the Panis family who was expelled to the evil land. Moni is trying his best to drag those family members who took away his wealth into hell. In other words, as long as we operate well, we can not only get tickets to the Garden of Eden from the Panis family, but maybe we can also get a place from the Weng family.

In this way, it won’t just be you who can enjoy the bliss in the Garden of Eden, Xiaoya, everyone can also escape from this rotting surface world.”

"what?"

Qiao Ya looked at Zhou Ke in shock. She exclaimed:
"Are you really thinking about sending me to the Garden of Eden? When Uncle Ohm told me about this before, I thought you were just making up a story."

"What are you talking about? I seldom make promises, but I remember every one of them clearly."

Zhou Ke snorted and waved his hand to indicate that the D-4 could take off.

The operation of a cargo aircraft is much easier than that of a flapping-wing aircraft. Under the control of D-4, a genuine "veteran driver", the black cigar-shaped aircraft drove out of the apron of the Jiubang black market quickly and steadily.

Zhou Ke, sitting by the window of the crew cabin, looked at the valley below which was still emitting smoke. Not all members of the Jiu Bang here were killed. After they retreated to the fortifications, Wuneng stopped the extermination attack.

After all, some people have to be left here as witnesses of the "Rust Castle Invasion", and those rebellious machines are naturally physical evidence.

Although these things cannot be hidden from the evil eagle lady, the same thing applies. We must leave some way out for both sides on the surface, as they may come in handy someday.

"Has the data and information we left behind been erased?"

Zhou Ke asked, and Wu Neng replied unhappily:
"Who do you think this machine is? How could it leave such obvious clues? Of course, all the information in the Jiubang server was formatted, disguised as traces of the awakening disease invasion.

rest assured!

After the mess at the End Castle, this machine has become very familiar with doing this kind of thing.

The Rust Castle and the rebellious machines are really perfect scapegoats! No matter what bad things happen in the Bad Land, they can be thrown on their heads, and the robots will not refute, but will just quietly pick up the black pot under their feet and take it. "

As Wu Neng sighed in surprise, everyone in the cabin started laughing, filling the place with a cheerful atmosphere. Even D-4, who was piloting the aircraft, smiled subtly. Her familiar face made Zhou Ke dazed for a moment.

But he quickly regained his senses and discussed the action plan after entering the city-state area with Qiao Ya beside him.

A few minutes later, when the aircraft completely left the valley of the Jiubang black market and headed straight for the city-state area along the recorded route of the aircraft, an instrument on the control panel suddenly issued a beeping warning.

This made Zhou Ke look up, and D-4 immediately explained:
"It's not a dangerous message. It's just that the aircraft's external sensors detected that the concentration of psychic energy in the air is increasing."

"The month of madness is coming again?"

Old Taff screamed, but D-4 shook his head and explained:
"No, it's just a very common psychic change. There may be a small psychic storm forming nearby. This is the most common climate change in the Badlands.

do not mind!

Our flight altitude ensures that the aircraft will not be affected by the psychic storm."

"So, this is around here?"

Zhou Ke suddenly asked, and D-4 was stunned for a moment. After checking the data information, she gave a clear answer:
"Yes, there is a small-scale psychic storm in the wasteland area we are about to pass. For safety reasons, do we need to avoid it?"

"No, no need."

Zhou Ke stood up and walked to the navigation observation platform behind the cargo hold. He said:
"Keep going, I'll go take a look."

He walked alone through the middle section of the aircraft that was filled with black biological boxes. Wu Neng, who had already scanned the spacecraft, explained:
"These boxes are filled with biological samples of various rare monsters captured by the Eagle State from the occupied areas. The Panis family has been purchasing these things from the Eagle State all year round and using them to cultivate experimental 'biochemical beasts' in their biological laboratories.

According to black market records, this is an important source of finance for the Panis family.

They are downstream suppliers of the Acholi Consortium's research system, and some of the military biological weapons used in combat will be equipped to the Acholi Consortium's military forces deployed in the border areas of the Badlands."

"It's just like what Moni said before."

Zhou Ke patted the sophisticated biological box at hand and said:
"The Panis family rose to prominence thanks to this thing, but after decades in the Badlands era, they are still stuck in this field without any ambition at all."

"They are already very good. They are one of the few forces in this era that has preserved the complete technological heritage of the old civilization."

Wu Neng retorted:
"Compared to the barbaric land, the Panis family is like a 'scholarship + financial group'. The knowledge they monopolize is the solid foundation for the family's continued wealth. This is the ultimate form of a scholarly group, using knowledge as a 'production tool' in the physical sense."

"Well said. I am looking forward to the wonderful scene when Moni and I work together to overturn this behemoth."

Zhou Ke grinned, revealing a cold smile.

He did not stay too long in this cabin that maintained ultraviolet rays simulating sunlight. After passing through it, he came to the observation deck at the rear of the aircraft, then reached out and took out the crow mask and prepared to put it on.

"What are you going to do?"

Wu Neng exclaimed:
"Are you actively seeking abuse? Don't you hate the feeling of 'escaping into the spirit world'?"

"My hatred of it does not contradict my reasonable use of it. It is just an uncomfortable but useful tool. I just want to see the 'true form' of the psychic storm that blows up the sand in the Badlands in that special spiritual world."

Zhou Ke flicked his mask and said:
"The 'real vision' granted by this thing can satisfy my curiosity. You know, when we first encountered the psychic storm in Tiger Claw Town, I was very curious about the nature of that thing. Why does staying in the psychic storm area have strange effects on the human body?

Is it true that the nature of this storm is some kind of nuclear radiation?

Ha, we'll soon find out."

He took a deep breath and put the crow mask on his face.

The next moment he disappeared from the material world and entered the spiritual world. Enduring the discomfort brought by walking in the spiritual world, Zhou Ke activated the observation deck, allowing his vision to reach the ground swept by the sandstorm of the psychic storm.

Then, Zhou Ke’s eyes widened.

In the wilderness that should have been empty, in the area covered by wind and sand, he saw hundreds of "spiritual creatures" running like a tide of beasts in this special phase. Those strange-looking guys were running in all directions in a frantic manner, searching everywhere in this wilderness under the cover of the wind and sand.

He also saw a "spider web"-like crack in the distance on the ground covered with "shadow special effects". These spiritual creatures rushed out from that "door".

A few seconds later, Zhou Ke clearly saw a huge wild boar creature with an elephant's trunk digging the ground frantically to make a nest for itself. He immediately took off his mask and looked at the same area with his naked eyes. He saw dust flying, and it seemed that a small tornado formed by wind and sand was hitting the ground.

It seems like normal geological changes, however.
"Ah, indeed it is!"

Zhou Ke rubbed his forehead and said to Wu Neng:
"The essence of every psychic storm is that a different plane has opened a 'hole' in the material world. They pour energy into it, causing strange phenomena. The so-called 'sandstorm' is just a manifestation caused by the pouring of energy.

This phenomenon is probably what Ms. Fen is researching!

No wonder Ohm said that Weng Yafen’s research did not focus on the surface of psychic phenomena, but went deep into them to seek the essence.

This world is really going to end!

This is not the wasteland era, this is clearly the garbage time at the end of an "alien invasion". In the Bad Lands still controlled by humans, it is like this. I dare not imagine how serious this invasion will be in the occupied areas. "

"But those psychic creatures do not appear in the material world."

Wu Neng hesitated for a moment and said:
"So they can only influence the material world in this way, just like two races living in the same house. They can't see each other, so their daily lives are not affected. Except for people like you who have entered the 'clairvoyance' and get scared when you wake up at night."

“But it won’t always be this peaceful.”

Zhou Ke rubbed his chin and guessed:

"When certain conditions are met, the creatures in that phase may actually appear in the material world, thus triggering... Wait! Isn't the phenomenon I described the 'world-class demonic tide' that will form during the 'Month of Reproduction' that the people of the Badlands are so afraid of?"

He exclaimed:

“It is said that when the lunar phase of the Fertility Moon occurs, the concentration of psychic energy in the entire world will soar to a level that will suffocate ordinary people, and may even directly distort those ordinary people and turn them into monsters.

Do not!
Not just a twist!

The demonic tide was not caused by the Moon of Reproduction, that was just a result!
When the concentration of psychic energy breaks the safety threshold, the creatures in the spiritual world will be able to enter the material world and possess entities, and then defeat the humans and their civilizations that occupy the material world and take over their place.

Isn’t this how the occupied areas came about?

Isn't this how the Jiubang obtained those rare monsters in the occupied areas?

OK!

I actually discovered this secret by accident."

Zhou Ke snorted and said:
"No wonder all the powerful people want to flee the surface to live in the Garden of Eden. People like Han Bin probably already knew that the end of the surface world is only a matter of time."

Wu Neng stopped talking.

Zhou Ke's conclusion lacked evidence to support it, but at this moment the artificial intelligence determined that perhaps Zhou Ke had really figured out the mystery.

A few seconds later, Zhou Ke put on the crow mask again.

He raised his head, intending to take a look at the moon above his head in this place where the psychic storm was raging.

Perhaps in this special environment, the form of the ghostly purple moon will also change. In fact, he has always been curious about the "real form" of this moon that looks full of evil.
But just when Zhou Ke raised his head and looked directly at the moon, his entire spiritual world suddenly sounded with a roar like a huge bell, like an invisible stick hitting Zhou Ke hard on the forehead.

In an instant, blood gushed out of his nostrils, mouth and ears.

He fell to the ground tremblingly, and took off the mask fiercely, only then did he recover a little from the fatal mental suffocation, but the terrible premonition of "brain death" still shocked his mind.

"Your intracranial pressure is soaring. Oh no! It's going to explode! Zhuo, what on earth did you see?"

Wuneng's warnings and screams were faintly heard by Zhou Ke's ears. He had just done something terrible and now he was lying on the ground twitching, his mind full of the stunning glimpse of the purple moon.

That's not the moon at all!
That is an eye.
An eye of flesh and blood that is like a womb, nurturing some kind of "monster"!
"Joker! Joker! Wake up!"

Wu Neng's roar seemed to be far away on the other side of the Sanzu River. Zhou Ke felt that his spirit was collapsing and shattering bit by bit because he looked directly at the indescribable thing.

"D-4! Come here quickly, activate the 'External Health Protocol'! Reduce his intracranial pressure, Chao, come here quickly!"

Zhou Ke could only vaguely hear Wuneng's roar.

He saw D-4 rushing towards him like a whirlwind and picking him up. He pushed her away with his last bit of strength, and then everything went dark before his eyes.

But then, a ray of light lit up from the darkness. The light was so pale that it could freeze everything. In that instant, it dispelled the hideous darkness that was about to swallow Zhou Ke completely.

"It's not time yet, Lan, be patient."

These were the last words he heard before he lost consciousness.

It was the voice of a strange woman that made him feel familiar and at ease. Although a little tired, it was not unpleasant. When this voice sounded, all of Zhou Ke's fear, worry and anger were soothed, allowing him to enter an indescribable peace.

He is too tired.

His brain, which was almost boiled dry in an instant, now urgently needed a sleep.

Before Zhou Ke was swallowed up by the vortex formed by the call of sweet dreams, he was still screaming in his spiritual world:

"So, can anyone tell me who "Lan" is? Ah, this feeling is so annoying!!!"

(End of this chapter)