Abnormal Doomsday Records

Chapter 89 22. A cunning rabbit has three burrows, which is always the highest level of survival wisdom

"How is it? Have you learned something new? I've already said that Bert is a true pervert. The scale of his 'collection' has gone beyond the scope of a 'hobby' no matter how you look at it."

In Bert's private production line, Moni blew smoke rings and complained to Zhou Ke who was "greatly shocked" beside him:
"Do you still think this guy is a normal person?"

"I wanted to say there's nothing wrong with men being a little perverted"

Zhou Ke no longer insisted on being stubborn. He sighed with a look of regret:

"But facing a guy who has collected more than a hundred female omnics of various types, this sentence seems a bit frivolous in front of him.

It's really perverted.

When I entered that collection room, it was like entering a criminal den of a perverted murderer who was storing corpses.

You know what, it's really a bit creepy.

However, Wu has calculated the action parameters of those intelligent machines. Once Bert can integrate them, this guy can instantly become a "little warlord".

The intelligent machines in his collection were all conceptual works designed and produced by the Maca Group every quarter specifically to "cheat funds". They would never be put into mass production, so the specifications of each one were quite exaggerated.

Although there are many design flaws, these can be corrected. The best part is that the intelligent machines in Bert's hands are not just combat-type.

There are also individuals specializing in office work, first aid, and even manufacturing and design.

Just relying on them to act as important nodes is enough to form an action group with more than ten times the number. Bert is really wasting resources! He has all the necessary components of the entire team, but he dresses them up beautifully just to satisfy his own quirks. "

"Go and talk to him, and ask him to 'contribute' his harem to us so that we can use it as slaves and horses."

Moni curled his lips and said:
"Do you believe that guy would pick up a fruit knife and fight you to death right there? He doesn't care much about other things, but he takes great care of his collections and won't allow anyone else to touch them."

"That was before, but now Bert is facing a difficult decision as well."

Zhou Ke snorted, flicked the ash off his cigarette, and glanced at the assembly line in operation not far away. The automated operating platform showed that the assembly progress of the new body of D-4 had reached 75%, and that the high-precision components were now being repaired and assembled.

In another hour, D-4 can begin the mind copy transfer.

He turned back to Moni and said:
"Although the Qiaosna Code cannot make Bert's 'harem' produce completely mimic personalities, it can enable these intelligent machines to gain the ability to think. Whether it is a human or an intelligent machine, once they start thinking, then pursuing freedom in a 'constrained' environment becomes an instinct.

Bert, the pure love warrior, can't trap them!

One day, this pure love pervert will have to choose whether to let go and let the omnic he loves pursue the life that belongs to him.
The real world is not a game. Even if all the intelligent machines treat him as a servant, they cannot ask them to build the center of their lives around Bert.

One or two would be fine, but there are more than a hundred intelligent machines of various types here. This number is too exaggerated. It is entirely possible that one or two weird ones will appear among them.

I mean, if he keeps writing mandatory protocols for the omnics to do something, isn't that giving him the code for nothing?"

At this point, Zhou Ke shook his head and sighed:
“This is an opportunity for Bert, too, Moni.

We have decided to assist him in doing that without informing him. When he really reaches that position in the future, these thinking robots will become his 'initial team' for managing the Maca Group.

He thinks he is a useless person who can't do anything, but that's not a big problem. He has enough advanced intelligent machines to help him do the jobs he is not capable of doing.

The premise is that Bert must be rational enough to coordinate the various relationships between him and his 'harem'. "

"Tsk, in my opinion, this is just asking for trouble."

Moni snorted and said:
"It's hard enough to deal with real women, and Bert has to teach those mechanical girls how to integrate into human society from scratch. It gives me a headache just thinking about it."

"But maybe he enjoys it. How can you know the joy of a fish if you are not a fish?"

Zhou Ke said something in a literary tone, and then he saw D-4 carrying a small box out of the CNC cabin next to him. She strode to Zhou Ke's side and said to him:

"The mind copy has been completed, boss. I have disassembled my unique melee module and put it in the box. Now I just need to wait for the new body to be cast so that I can insert this new mind module to realize the copy download of the memory database and emotional circuit.

I'm now going to upload my latest personality save to this mod, which means I have to shut down the old body."

"Well, leave the rest to me."

Zhou Ke nodded, and under the subtle gaze of Moni, D-4 lay down on the mechanical chair next to him. With a few beeps to confirm, D-4 entered a "shutdown" that was like death to a machine.

Zhou Ke stepped forward and took down the box containing the copy of D-4's mind and placed it on the testing table of the automated production line. Then a robotic arm turned around, extracted it and placed it into the new body being assembled.

"What about the old body?"

Moni whispered:
"Want it while it's hot?"

"Ah, I think you're starting to get a little too crazy, Moni."

Zhou Ke turned around and glared at him, saying:
"I have my own arrangements for this, so don't interfere! I have to go out for a while and will be back before dawn. You stay here and watch. Bert is also doing upgrades and maintenance on Qiao Si Na's code for his head maid. If anything goes wrong, just contact Wu Neng directly. It will give you suggestions."

A few minutes later, Zhou Ke pushed a "coffin" out of the automated workshop on a cart. He placed the coffin made of special alloy on the back seat of the car, and opened the lid to take a look inside before closing the CNC lock.

D-4's old body was lying in the middle, and Zhou Ke had specially changed its position so that his hands were folded on his chest, with a bunch of specially found small white flowers in his hands, and a circle of petals dotted near his head to express "mourning".

"Well, it really looks like a corpse."

Zhou Ke stroked his chin and commented:
"So, now we have to find a cemetery for her where she won't be disturbed."

"But you allowed this machine to retain the data imprint in D-4's mental circuit without her knowing. Why did you keep that special data interface?"

After Zhou Ke reached out to close the lid and locked the CNC lock, Wu Neng asked in a low voice:

"Do you think this thing will come in handy in the future?"

"Who knows? But it's always good to be prepared, especially for a special machine like D-4. She herself doesn't deny that she has some responsibility as a cannon fodder that can self-destruct at a critical moment."

Zhou Ke opened the car door, sat in the driver's seat and started the car. After driving out of the garage, he explained to Wu Neng:

"If you can use this feature properly, then D-4 can really be considered a 'special force' at a critical moment, provided that the data interface you program can be reactivated at any time to complete the mental copy and download.

Based on my limited understanding of data networks, this kind of thing requires a sound network system to achieve, right?
After all, the transmission of data streams also depends on the network. "

"Oh, Joker, you know a lot of professional knowledge. I'm really impressed by you. It turns out that your dark heart can contain other things besides conspiracy and trickery."

Wu Neng praised him sarcastically, and then explained:
"Although I'm not sure where you plan to hide D-4's 'spare body', I can tell you clearly that even in the Badlands, D-4's data imprint can be successfully activated after the main body is shut down.

There's internet there too!
The network left by the old civilization was merely contaminated and shredded by the awakening virus, which did not mean that it had completely lost its function.

Rust Castle has been maintaining the remaining network system of the old civilization and using it as a data system dedicated to the rebel robots.

Normally, robots in the city-state area cannot enter it. Once connected to the 'old network', they will be instantly captured and contaminated by the awakening virus. However, D-4 herself has been 'contaminated'. With the help of this machine, she has 'antibodies', which allows her to transmit data through the old network in a short period of time without worrying about being intercepted. "

"Okay! You are an expert in this field. I believe in your ability. If you say it's okay, then I have no objection."

Zhou Ke nodded, then made a call using the car device.

By the time he drove out of the central city's industrial zone and arrived outside the second ring road of the city, another somewhat shabby pickup truck was already waiting on the side of the road.

Old White, wearing a black windbreaker, was squatting next to a pickup truck smoking a cigarette. His wife Ducarie, wearing a baseball cap, was sitting in the driver's seat, looking around vigilantly, perhaps even holding a loaded gun in her arms.

The woman next to Lao Bai is indeed a hidden talent. Although her face is not very delicate, she can not only wash clothes, cook, and warm the bed, but also escort Lao Bai, the loser, away from the scene of the gunfight at the critical moment. What else do you need for such perfection?

"Zhou Ke!"

When the two cars approached, Lao Bai stood up, threw away his cigarette butt and waved to Zhou Ke. Zhou Ke was not polite either, and waved at him while driving the car, saying:

"Come and help carry this thing over."

Two men came forward, carried the black coffin and placed it in the cabin of the pickup truck. Old White was very curious about what was in the coffin, but he adhered to his own principles and would never have unnecessary curiosity about those dangerous things.

"You and Ducari, please help me deliver this thing to the smuggler in Snake State tonight."

Zhou Ke threw a cigarette to Lao Bai, took out a folded letter from his pocket, and said:

"Ask them to deliver it to the 'client' I designated, and take this letter along with it. This matter is rather personal, and I don't want anyone from Moni to interfere, so I can only ask you two to do it."

"Isn't that a bit too polite of you to say that?"

Lao Bai laughed and said:
"I can't do anything big. I already owe you something. Now I'm just delivering the goods. Don't worry, I will do it properly for you. Is there anything else important that you want to remind me of?" "No, there is nothing important."

Zhou Ke and Lao Bai were smoking on the side of the road. He chatted for a while and then asked:

"You have been with Weng Mingyue for a while. What do you think of him? I am not asking about those secrets. I just want to know what image that guy has in your mind. Do you think he is trustworthy?"

"Of course it's credible. What does this guy Weng Mingyue say?"

Lao Bai hesitated for a moment, blew a smoke ring, and said:
"I've lived in the Bad Land for so many years, but I've never seen such a person. He is very withdrawn, and he doesn't socialize with others much even in his own clinic, but he treats patients very attentively. During this period, in addition to performing physiological enhancement surgeries on Moni's brothers and sisters, the clinic has only received those poor people on the street.

As long as there are patients coming to the clinic, Weng Mingyue will definitely treat them.

The problem is that those guys can't come up with the money!

I work as his accountant so I know all these things very well. This clinic has been operating at a loss for more than half a month. He even runs it at his own expense and does not seek any profit at all.

This is actually not a big problem.

His sister would give him an exaggerated amount of living expenses every month, but with his social status, he couldn't spend it all, so he didn't have any financial anxiety. I originally thought that this was just a young master coming to experience life, but later I found that the guy seemed to really want to use his medical skills to help more people.

perhaps
Is this the legendary 'good guy'?"

"You mean weirdo?"

Zhou Ke snorted and said:
"It seems you think highly of him."

"Yes, I admit that it is indeed comfortable to be with a boss like Weng Mingyue. However, seeing the book losses every week makes me, an accountant, very worried, even though that is not my money."

Lao Bai complained:
"If my son was so extravagant, I would definitely break his legs!"

"Okay, I see."

Zhou Ke nodded, glanced at Lao Bai's legs, and said:

"He gave you a prosthetic body?"

"Well, it's called 'employee benefits'."

Lao Bai grinned, patted his legs and said:
"I only paid the most basic material fees. His craftsmanship is good. This thing is now as good as my own leg. In addition, because I have a formal job in the clinic, Dukari and I have also applied for city-state resident status."

"Oh, that's good."

Zhou Ke narrowed his eyes, then took out a bank passbook from the consortium from his pocket and handed it to Lao Bai, saying:

"Then use your name to help me buy an apartment in the city and register it under your name. I want a place where all kinds of people live together, which is private enough but has a good view and is easy to move to."

"Safe house, I understand!"

Lao Bai did not refuse, took the bank passbook and said:

"I'll get it done as soon as possible."

"Okay, it's alright, go ahead and do your work."

Zhou Ke patted Lao Bai on the shoulder and said:

"Now that life has settled down, keep going at this pace. Don't get too close to me and Moni. This is not to alienate you, Old White. I think you can understand that I always need a 'back-up plan' that won't be noticed.

After all, there aren’t many people I can trust in the City-State District.”

"Understandable."

Lao Bai nodded and said:
"I will definitely do it well for you."

The two exchanged a few more pleasantries, and he watched Zhou Ke get back into the car and disappear on the dark road. Then he threw away his cigarette butt and got in the car as well. Dukari started the pickup truck and carried the coffin out of the city. The smugglers from Snake State were in the slum town outside the city, so they had to speed up to get back to the city before work tomorrow.

"You should stay away from him."

In the car, Dukali, who was driving, whispered to Old White, who was dozing off in the passenger seat:
"What Mr. Zhou Ke does is very dangerous. My father is a border smuggler. As far as I can remember, he always said that he made a lot of money by going in and out of the occupied areas. But compared to what Mr. Zhou Ke did in the city-state area, the way my father and his men make money is just like a child playing house.

People like us shouldn’t be involved in such days.”

"I know, but"

Lao Bai hesitated for a while, shook his head and said:
"We owe him too much, Xiao Du. We are not following Zhou Ke to kill people or set fires. We are just delivering things and arranging retreat. There will be no danger."

"Yes, there's no danger now!"

Dukali glared at her cowardly man and said in a more serious tone:

"We can't continue to entangle with her."

"you shut up!"

Lao Bai got angry and said with a curled lip:

"Women should not interfere when men are doing things. Zhou Ke is my benefactor in this life. I have my own judgment on this matter. We just need to do our own things. Oh, there is one more thing. Zhou Ke asked us to find him a safe house, but the money he gave was enough to buy two apartments, so the house you have always wanted to buy that is not far from the clinic.
Let’s go transfer the ownership in a few days.”

"Hmph, that's pretty much it."
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"What happened? I was only out for less than two hours, how come this place has turned into a battlefield?"

After returning to Bert's private production line, Zhou Ke looked at the messy garage and the two men with bad faces in front of him with shock.

Bert was hit and had a black eye. He was sitting on the ground groaning and bandaging himself. Money also looked like he had been beaten up. His hair was messy and even his clothes were torn.

The very nice collections stored in the garage were shattered by the smashed glass, and it was like a whirlwind sweeping through the place.

"Ask him!"

Moni stamped his feet in annoyance, feeling sorry for his torn clothes.

He just bought this a few days ago! It is a handmade product by a designer from the City State District. He really likes this "nostalgic style" from the old civilization era.

Bert, who was complained by Moni, was humming and groaning and could not say a few words. However, Zhou Ke took a look at the black-haired maid Noka who was forced to shut down not far away and roughly understood the cause and effect. He sighed and said:

"So, her communication with you wasn't going well after she 'awoke'?"

"Noka wanted to escape, she thought I was an evil bastard who imprisoned her."

Bert, who was sitting on the ground, had panda eyes and said with tears in his eyes:

"There's something wrong with Qiao Si Na's code! Isn't she a non-complete personality? Why is her reaction so intense? I didn't even finish my carefully prepared words before she punched me. She's completely lost her former gentleness!"

"Well, considering the destructive power of a security robot like Noka, she only gave you a black eye after punching you, which means she showed mercy."

Wu Neng explained frivolously:
"Because it is an incomplete mimic personality, her mental circuits cannot process those overly vivid mimic emotions. It is normal for her to panic and flee instinctively. D-4 was the same at the beginning.

It's all right, Bert, just wait till she calms down."

"So, this matter is not as simple as you think, Bert."

Zhou Ke bent down with a sad face, pulled Bert up, patted his shoulder and said:

"This is not a problem that can be solved by love and tolerance. You must first establish the most basic trust with your harem, and then help them to re-understand the society of the city-state as a 'guide' and integrate into it.

Moreover, these intelligent machines that have awakened some self-awareness will probably instinctively seek the meaning of their own existence.

This thing is a necessary condition for all intelligent creatures to build their own independent lives. You only give them the key to themselves. There are still many things you need to do next, such as finding them a job that can covertly conceal their identities.

My personal suggestion is to open a service company. Since they are set up as maids, they should do what maids are supposed to do.

I've already thought of a name for you: Bert and Crystal Palace Home Services.

Moni and I would love to be your first customers."

(End of this chapter)