Abnormal Doomsday Records

Chapter 74 7. You, old Joe with thick eyebrows and big eyes, actually have a trick up your sleeve?
Weng Meiyu left the apartment at noon to attend the memorial service for her "good friend" and to reconnect with other fake sisters who had not yet been sent into some fatal place by her to test the waters.

Without considering the "unique" cause of death of the poor girl Anna, this is now a classic "funeral diplomacy".

Weng Meiyu was a woman with a good memory. Before she left dressed up beautifully, she told Zhou Ke that she had secured the "transfer student" spot in the Acholi Consortium School that she had sought through the connections of Weng Mingyue. She also left a payment account and asked Zhou Ke to deposit 150,000 Consortium coins into it. After that, he could go to the Consortium College to choose his major.

“It’s really dark.”

Watching Weng Meiyu's aircraft take off, Zhou Ke complained to Moni beside him:

"This 'school selection fee' is really too high. Slag Town only makes a few dollars a year, and this will eat up one or two months' income. It's not easy to live in a city-state."

"Aren't you talking nonsense?"

Money felt that this was nothing unusual. He shrugged and said:

"At present, the only formal educational structures on the surface world are the Acholi Foundation Academy and the Eagle State's Psychic Training Camp. The latter only recruits psychics and they must go through a strict selection by the Eagle State. I heard that the damn place is suspected to be near the occupied area. Which normal person would go there to die?

In comparison, the consortium college is much more approachable.

It only wants your money, not your life.

If you don't want to spend money on admission, you can participate in the social recruitment held every three months. As long as you can pass the exam, you can obtain student qualifications, and after graduation you will be assigned to work as a diligent screw in various departments of the behemoth Acholi Group.

You and I certainly look down on such corporate dog positions, but for the lower class in the city-state area, with their upward path blocked, this is their only chance to achieve a change in their lives.

However, even though this place calls itself a "civilized area", in fact, just like the Badlands, people in the city-state area do not think that knowledge is a necessity in life.

It is not easy to find a decent job here, but if you just want to survive, it is too easy. Even if you go to the garbage disposal plant to pick up food, you can get a good meal. Let's not talk about how it tastes, and don't ask what the ingredients of the food are. Anyway, since the day the city-state was established, no one has starved to death. "

"Tsk, who asked you this?"

Zhou Ke squinted his eyes and said:
"I'm not as concerned about these social phenomena as you think, and I'm not as enthusiastic about building a government as you are. I just feel sorry for the money. Xiaoya is holding the inheritance that Old Qiao has saved for most of his life. Every penny must be carefully calculated. This is something that I, as the 'temporary guardian', must worry about."

"As for it?"

Moni snorted, and the rich man who had just been "kept" by his old classmate said generously:
"I paid for her. It just so happens that everyone in the team knows how to shoot, but I still have to do the bookkeeping. When Xiaoya graduates and has nowhere to go, she can be my accountant. This wave of money is my own money to train my technical talents."

"Well, I helped her get an offer, so congratulations."

Zhou Ke decisively took advantage of this.

A few minutes later, Zhou Ke received a call from Old Taf. That guy said that they had almost finished setting up the store last night, and were going to sort out the supply of alcohol today. They were going to have a trial opening in the evening, and he invited Zhou Ke and Moni to come over for a visit.

Opening a store in the Badlands is so simple and pleasant. You don't even need to decorate the store. Being able to sell goods means you can open the store. Old Taft is not in the business of pretentious corporate dogs, and the lower-class people in the city-state area don't have such high requirements for drinks and environment.

Old Taf had connections in Snake Country, so it was easy for him to get some cheap moonshine from smugglers.

This shop acquired from Xiaoya will become the open base of Moni's violent gang in the future. Therefore, whether there are customers or whether the business can be expanded are not the most important issues that Old Taf needs to pay attention to.

Set up the stall first!
The most important thing is to allow Moni, a not-so-small force, to officially take the lead in the central city where all kinds of people come together.

"The location of Old Taff's bar is right near the former Black Dog Gang's territory. It's a very good location and it will be very convenient for us to take over the Black Dog Gang's business next."

Moni took this matter very seriously. Before returning to his apartment to catch up on some sleep, he took the time to discuss it with Zhou Ke.

他 说:

"I have roughly calculated before that there are about 20 underground clinics that the Panis Group has entrusted to the Black Dog Gang to operate, accounting for about one-tenth of the underground medical care in the central city. This is the initial resource we can mobilize.

With the connections and relationships of these clinics, I can quickly mobilize a batch of medical resources that the Badlands urgently need, and then spread them to the Badlands before Weng Meiyu submits the plan."

"Don't be so petty."

Zhou Ke yawned, waved his hand and said:

“Move all those clinics out!
Let the doctors, along with their equipment, medicines and apprentices, go to the Bad Land to "develop the market". This is very simple and convenient with the help of the Border Monitoring Bureau, but we still have to deal with the Snake State and place our doctors in their territory towns first.

At least there you can be sure of your safety.”

"Then doesn't this mean that we are handing over the territory we just seized in the city-state area to the Weng family?"

Moni frowned and said:
“Don’t underestimate the one-tenth share of the underground medical market in Central City. It took the Panis family a long time to grab it.

Once we close those clinics, the Weng family will be able to open a new clinic within ten days.

The medical needs of the residents of the city-state are there, and we cannot stop the sick and drug addicts in our territory from seeking medical treatment."

"Why are you so stupid? If no one is available, just go and recruit them!"

Zhou Ke looked at Moni in surprise and said:

“Doesn’t the Acholi Consortium College have a medical school?
I have asked Weng Mingyue about this. The official medical system of the Acholi Group only recruits the most outstanding medical graduates, and there are only a limited number of places each year. It is simply not enough to absorb all the medical school graduates each year. The rest are all taken away by the Panis Group and the Weng family.

We don’t need many people in the early stage, just to set up the stall. We can find a few dropouts with decent skills to meet daily needs.

After Weng Meiyu has dealt with little Acholi and obtained official support, we can openly recruit those high-quality graduates who have nowhere to go.

What kind of compensation do you think monopoly groups like Panis and the Weng family can offer to those graduates?
Even if they don't want to do it, there are plenty of people willing to do it!
In this situation, it would be a miracle for the poor students to get a reasonable salary. When the time comes, you just need to offer good treatment and there will naturally be plenty of medical students with nowhere else to work for you.

It is true that not many people are willing to take the initiative to risk the rest of their lives to make a living in a bad land, but if this is just a "labor dispatch" with contractual constraints and working hours requirements, then it is another matter.

What you need to do now is not to grab territory, Moni.

We need to build an entire industry chain as soon as possible and transfer the "high-quality medical resources" in the city-state to the Badlands. Anyone with a bit of brains in the Snake State will actively cooperate with you. Their towns are in urgent need of reliable doctors, and every town in the entire Badlands has similar needs.

That is the real blue ocean market!"

"Well, it does sound very simple when you put it like that."

Moni thought about it, patted his thigh and said:
"I'll go meet the smugglers from Snake State this afternoon."

"This matter is not as complicated as you think. The demand is there. As long as you are willing to work, there are many people who will take the initiative to help you pave the way and build bridges. You don't have to spend time running around. Invite him to the old Taff's bar. Tonight is like inviting a 'partner' to attend the opening ceremony.

If you have any problems in the future, go there to contact them. Give old Taf a heads-up in advance, and he will take care of such small matters naturally."

Zhou Ke rubbed his forehead and said:

"But this matter also needs a leader from the Snake State to coordinate with you. It doesn't matter now in the early stages, but there will definitely be a person in charge when it is launched on a large scale. At that time, you can appoint Ms. Amanda, the fourth knight commander of the Snake State, to be in charge.

Let me tell you the truth, he is one of our own.

Although the Knight Commander himself may not know that she is one of us, for us, she is indeed the most trustworthy senior official in the Snake State."

"Ok?"

When hearing the name "Amanda", Moni's expression suddenly changed, but Zhou Ke was going to catch up on some sleep after staying up all night, so he didn't notice the complex emotions in Moni's eyes.

After Zhou Ke went back to his room to sleep, Moni was still sitting on the sofa in the living room.

He was already very tired, but now he had no intention of resting.

He took a bottle of wine from the wine cabinet and poured himself a glass, then leaned alone in the corner of the sofa, like a lonely stray dog who had lost its home, holding the glass and immersed in memories of the past.

On the other side, in the bar shop that Old Taff is about to open.

Qiao Ya, who had stayed up until the early morning last night, woke up in her room yawning. This shop was originally the property left to her by old Joe. After it was transferred to Mr. Taft, she still enjoyed "privileges" here.

There was a small room reserved specifically for her. After being busy for several days, Ah Miao still took the time to cook her a meal that was neither good nor bad in taste, but was edible, and put it on the table.

After washing up, Qiao Ya opened her portable tablet while eating.

This thing is the most popular "integrated workstation" in the city-state area, and every corporate dog in the Acholi Consortium has one.

Its functionality is quite powerful, integrating communication, daily work, personal accounting and even simple medical testing functions. It is very similar to the smartphone in Zhou Ke’s “hometown”, but of course its technological level is even higher.

This was the gift Moni gave her after she "joined the gang" and decided to go to school. Qiao Shan and the others also each had one. Of course, Qiao Ya's was a brand new one, so the others could only use second-hand ones.

The appearance of this integrated tablet is very similar to the energy-enhancing device, and it can indeed be fixed on the arm with a special device. No wonder old Taf used this thing to determine that Zhou Ke was a city dweller in distress.

These people have special identities and certainly cannot use the network communication of the city-state area directly. Wu Neng has specially built a communication group similar to a "work group" for these guys, using an encrypted frequency band to avoid eavesdropping. Qiao Ya was watching the popular brainless skits in the city-state area as a side dish while eating, when she saw a message pop up on the tablet.

That was sent by the Wuneng device on behalf of Zhou Ke, asking Qiao Ya to take time to go to the Consortium Bank to open an account of her own to be used for various expenses in the Consortium Academy in the future. It also reminded her that preparations for admission had been completed.

"Oh, I'm going to school soon. Why am I a little nervous? It's like my first time walking in the badlands as a businessman. Sigh, maybe I'm not cut out for this."

Qiao Ya sighed and suddenly she didn't even seem to be in the mood to eat, but the girl who grew up in the badlands did have strong execution ability, and she soon found Qiao Shan and prepared to set off.

The two said something to Old Taff, drove away from the bar where they were still busy preparing, and headed towards the nearest consortium bank site.

The city-state area's technological level naturally has the means of "mobile payment". The financial system here does have a set of operating logic inherited from the old civilization. Of course, the population size of the surface world certainly cannot support exaggerated things like the stock market, but Qiao Ya heard that as long as a brain-computer interface and chip are implanted in the brain, various trivial aspects of life can be easily skipped.

"It is said that many students in the consortium college use this method to assist their studies."

Qiao Shan, who was driving, chatted with Qiao Ya next to him and said:

"Ahong told me that he had a relationship with a girl who dropped out of school. That girl had several chips in her brain that were used to record knowledge of different subjects, which was equivalent to a walking database. But even so, she couldn't keep up with the exaggerated teaching progress there.

It is said that the girl was laid off after failing four courses in a row, and was bullied at work, and was helped by Ahong. After living with him for a few months, she ran away with the money that Ahong earned with his life. However, Ahong said that he did not suffer any loss, and various ways of playing were unlocked. Ahem, in short, Xiaoya, I'm afraid your life will not be easy in the future.

Although Zhou Ke probably doesn’t care about your academic performance, it would be a bit too much if you were really expelled because of failing a course.”

"Tsk, you underestimate me too much, don't you?"

Qiao Ya, who was wearing a baseball cap, curled her lips and said:
"My mother told me when I was little that knowledge needs to be understood, and memorizing by rote will definitely cause problems.

This is a simple truth. Don't robots have better memory? Then why does the Acholi Consortium recruit so many employees to work there? There is no intelligent robot in their middle and senior positions. Excluding the reason of racial discrimination, I think this may mean that thinking is the most beautiful quality of human beings. "

"Nonsense! When bad things happen, the omnics can't be blamed."

Qiao Shan obviously has his own understanding of this. He said to his cousin in a very simple way of thinking:

"There are so many people in the city-state. If they are all replaced by machines, how will these people live? The Acholi Consortium is the ruler. They can't kill so many people for the sake of work efficiency. This will definitely cause trouble."

"Well, I don't think that's the reason, but as long as you're happy."

Qiao Ya rolled her eyes, feeling that it was difficult for her to keep up with the simple and crude thinking patterns of these biochemical warriors.

She was in a good mood at the moment, so she hummed the tune of a pop song coming from the car's device and turned her head to look out the window. All kinds of strange advertisements were constantly playing on the billboards on the exterior walls of high-rise buildings.

In the past few days, Qiao Ya has become accustomed to these fancy things. There are similar things in the Badlands, but the billboards are all broken. The City-State District maintains these things quite well.

But soon, she discovered something incredible.

"Qiao Shan! Look! Zhou Ke and Ajie are on TV!"

She exclaimed, causing Qiao Shan, who was lighting a cigarette, to turn around in surprise.

The two saw from the car window the opening of a new movie being played on the building next to them. In the movie, a guy who looked very similar to Zhou Ke was leading a "70% new" Ajie and performing all kinds of exaggerated and cool moves in a hail of bullets. There was also information about this thing below the promotional video.

"'Silver Shotgun' Mullan's new film, 'Raiders IV: Get Out', is it based on a true story?"

Qiao Ya read out the words and then complained:

"The title alone suggests it's a terrible movie, but that must be Zhou Ke's image, right?! Look at the barcode on the actor's neck, it's exactly the same as Zhou Ke's. No one else has this weird makeup style.

So, this incident is actually adapted from the story of Zhou Ke and Ajie escaping from the Castle of the End?"

"It is said that this thing contains behind-the-scenes footage from the original film in its Easter eggs."

Qiao Shan also showed interest and said:

"How about going to see it some other day? If it's really what you think, then Zhou Ke will probably become famous soon."

"He doesn't want to be famous! He said fame is not a good thing, especially in the situation we are facing now. He has provoked so many people in the Bad Land and lurked in the City-State District. As a result, once this film is released, doesn't it mean that the whole Bad Land knows about it?"

Qiao Ya frowned and said:

"I think I need to discuss this with Zhou Ke and try to find a way to stop the release of this film."

"He's coming to the bar tonight, you can talk to him then."

Qiao Shan parked the car on the side of the road, rolled down the window, flicked off the ashes, and said to Qiao Ya:
"Go and handle your account. I'll wait for you here. If you need anything, run out the door and I'll pick you up."

"I don't think anything will happen here."

Qiao Ya glanced at the four black-painted military robots standing guard at the bank entrance and said:
"This damn place is probably the most heavily guarded place in Central City besides the Consortium Building. Even when Moni and his gang were at their lowest point, they never thought of robbing a bank. You can imagine how 'safe' this place is. I'll be out in a minute, please wait a moment."

After saying that, Qiao Ya pressed down her baseball cap, picked up the box at hand and got out of the car.

She wanted to deposit the consortium coins left by her father into her own account. She couldn't carry a box of money with her wherever she went. That would be too arrogant.

Weng Meiyu had already used her connections to get clean identities for everyone, so Qiao Ya had no problems along the way. She did not choose to go through the manual process but completed the registration and deposit at the self-service counter. The process was very simple and even brainless, and all she needed was official documents to complete the process.

However, before leaving, Qiao Ya thought about it and decided to open another account with her real information and deposit some money into it to avoid falling into a terrible situation of having no money after her disguised identity expired.

Zhou Ke taught her to hold back when doing things, and she did learn it.

But the problem was that when Qiao Ya planned to open an account using her own identity information, she unexpectedly discovered that she already had an account, and that it was registered eighteen years ago!
"Isn't that the time when I was born? Did I have a city-state hukou at that time?"

The girl frowned when she discovered the problem. She looked around but didn't take any immediate action. Instead, she sent a message to Wuneng using her tablet.

A few minutes later, Wu Neng sent back a message:

"The internal cameras and surveillance devices of the bank site you are at have been taken over. Plug your tablet into the self-service machine you are using. The machine can help you encrypt your information. Then you can try to log in. All traces of this login will be erased by the machine.

Well done, Xiaoya!
Remember to do this in the future. When connecting to any unknown machine, be sure to notify the machine in advance."

"Well"

After Wuneng completed the information takeover, Qiao Ya moved her fingers and tried to log into her account. The password was very simple and she entered it correctly after three tries.

It is indeed a simple combination of my birthday and my mother’s birthday.

However, there has been no change in the funds in this account in the past eighteen years. It only has a basic deposit of 20,000 yuan. This is not the point of the problem. The point is that Qiao Ya's mysterious account has something stored in the vault of the consortium bank headquarters.

You have to go there in person to take it out!

This made Qiao Ya frown. She checked the storage information of the stored items again and found that there was only a simple label of "Literary Works·Three Volumes" on it.

If this account was specially opened by Old Joe when she was born, then these three volumes of "literary works" must have been deposited by Old Joe at that time. So the question is, did Old Joe take the risk to come to Central City just to open a bank account for his daughter and deposit a few fairy tale books into it?

Obviously impossible!
"It's probably the research materials that my mother said she threw away!"

Qiao Ya's heart was pounding at this moment.

Zhou Ke had previously suspected that if Weng Yafen decided to give up her research and return to her family life after finding the "answer" in Rust Castle, what would happen to the research materials she brought with her? Was it really burned by Ms. Fen?
Now the answer is revealed, the thing was saved by Old Joe!

It is kept in the consortium bank vault in the central city, the most heavily guarded place on the surface world.

Old Joe may not understand what these things mean, but he knows that they are the result of his wife's life's work, so they must be very important. Therefore, the "little lord of the evil land" tried his best to find the safest "treasure place" he could find, intending to leave it to his daughter.

Qiao Ya did not make an appointment to pick up the money, but left the bank station as usual.

She got into the car without saying a word and urged Qiao Shan to drive. After driving several blocks, she confirmed that there were no stalkers before contacting Zhou Ke using her tablet.

The latter was sleeping soundly at the moment, but after hearing Qiao Ya's description, Zhou Ke woke up immediately.

"I'm going to old Taff's bar now. I'll talk to you later."

He warned:

"Besides you and me, this must not be known to anyone else!"

(End of this chapter)