Abnormal Doomsday Records

Chapter 136 69. Great, it’s Ghost Rider, we are saved!

Ajie's "return" lasted for about five minutes. After the inhuman torture was over, Ajie lay there as if he had lost his soul, twitching from time to time.

The sweaty body and lifeless eyes made him look like a "steel wool warrior" who was played by a rich woman.

Zhou Ke sat on the side, holding a cigarette and observing it carefully. The four mechanical arms of the armed backpack locked and aimed, and would immediately open fire if Ajie made any unusual movements.

"His energy readings are now on par with Uncle Ohm's."

Wu Neng reminded quietly:
"And it's not a temporary increase during an explosion. The readings observed by this machine in the previous one minute and thirty seconds were very stable. Mulan's theory has been verified. You can indeed create an Ascendant through the mask, Joker. You are really awesome now!"

"Not yet. We still don't know what's going on with Ajie. Have you finished resetting your coordinate system? Where is this place?"

Zhou Ke asked while blowing smoke rings, and Wu Neng answered after a few seconds:
"The spatial system of the time maze has been changing all the time. Roger must have deliberately manipulated it to become the current chaos. This machine can only tell you that this should be somewhere on the fourth floor of the No. 2 Institute, but the spatial structure is already a tangled ball of wool. Even the best tailor can't untangle it.

The good news is that the signal from the stasis server is still sending guidance, and this machine can try to find a way to get there.

But what about Ajie?
Can't we just leave him here?"

"I"

Before Zhou Ke could say anything, he saw Ajie, who was lying dead in front of him, suddenly roll over and sit up.

His eyeballs moved in a very strange way and finally focused on Zhou Ke again, but the personality reflected in his eyes was no longer confused. This should be good news, but Zhou Ke pulled out the blade wrapped in time psionic energy with a bang.

he asked:
"Who are you? Ajie? Or Liu Linyu?"

“Both.”

Ajie in front of him rubbed his forehead and gave a clear answer in a hoarse voice with smooth logic and no flaws. It was definitely not a situation that could be described by Ajie's Aba Aba, which made Zhou Ke feel unfamiliar.

"The two memories are like two people's lives entangled together. Now they are fighting on my spiritual level. The winner is still unknown, but there is no need to be so vigilant, Zhou Ke. I won't hurt you."

He paused and said:

"Ajie won't allow me to hurt you. That is a mark in his single-threaded mind like an instruction. In addition, your 'artificial sublimator' experiment failed, or in other words, it did not achieve 100% success."

This guy pinched the exaggerated tendon meat on his arm and sighed:

"But it's not that the theory is wrong. It's that this body accepted the return of energy when it was exhausted. As a result, although it has completed the breakthrough to the sublimation state, it still cannot change its current situation of dying.

But think on the bright side, in the limited time left, I can at least wield this destructive power at will.

But I suggest that we should not travel together.”

He stood up, holding the mechanical spear beside him, and said to Zhou Ke very rationally and calmly:
"Ajie trusts you, but Liu Linyu is very resistant to contact with strangers. I am a contradictory individual who cannot control the explosive power well. Next, I will act on my own and have a 'chat' with Chief Roger. You go and do your thing.

You are targeting a stagnant server, right?
Go out and head east. Forget it. In this chaotic time and space structure, direction perception has lost its meaning. Remember, when you encounter a fork in the road, if you want to go left, go clockwise, and if you want to go right, go counterclockwise.

Jump or climb up and down to the end of a passage with no forks.

Roger has his own logic when manipulating the time maze. That guy has severe obsessive-compulsive disorder and he will not change his habits casually. Carefully observe every time layer you encounter. If there is a rose sign at the entrance, it is safe.

If not, don’t come near!”

He closed his eyes and carefully sensed the degree of time chaos around him, and said to Zhou Ke who was taking notes:
"There are still twenty minutes left. They have already stripped away at least 70% of the time jammers, and the reference device is about to be stripped and packaged. You'd better leave here before it's over.

The completion of the packaging of the benchmark will render the time maze ineffective, but since Roger has decided to run away with the things, he will not leave the research data here to little Acholi.

There must be some kind of self-destruct device installed here."

"Thanks, Ajie."

Zhou Ke raised his head and looked at him. When the other party turned to leave, he asked:
"So, what exactly is Project SOS-404?"

"I can't say. That answer is protected by some memetic force."

"Ajie" stopped and hesitated. Considering that this was probably the last time in his life that he would talk to others in such a rational manner, he decided to say a few more words.

He leaned on his spear and looked back at Zhou Ke, saying seriously:

"I took a look at Ajie's confused memory fragments. I know you are investigating the matter of Weng Yafen and Professor Qiao Sina. I can tell you with certainty that the suffering we three have experienced stems from the same tragedy.

But I'm sure there are other people besides us victims who are after this stuff.

There are in the Garden of Eden, on the surface, and in the Bad Land. You can try to find them. Zhou Ke, don't go alone! Not only is the Acholi Consortium blocking and hunting you, the answer itself is also very dangerous.

Go to Time Maze No. 11.

You will definitely find valuable clues in the ruins of the former No. 1 Research Institute. Maybe you can get the answer directly here. I hope you can accept that answer. "

"what about me?"

Zhou Ke stood up and said:
"You were Roger's senior assistant. You must have heard of the name 'Lan'? What does it stand for?"

"A plan, a project called 'Eternal Singularity'. I only know that the final product of the project was named 'Lan'."

Ajie frowned and said:
"But the project promoted by the Flash Organization is called 'Sacred Benchmark'. The two projects are not consistent in terms of purpose, research methods, and even technical paths. In addition, the Eternal Singularity Project does not have any verifiable entity organization in the Badlands.

I once suspected that they were hiding in the occupied area, but I lacked the means to verify it, and I didn't have that much time.

Now you know what happened to me after I figured out the truth about SOS-404.

I volunteered to participate in this intensive program with a 11% chance of survival just to try my luck, but unfortunately I lost the bet. My experience of exploring the No. time maze was a mess, and there were many details that Ajie's mind could not remember at all.

All I can tell you is that the inner ring is dangerous, but the structure there remains generally stable.

The state of the No. 1 Research Institute when it collapsed is still preserved there, which is probably why Roger must find out the truth there. There may be something in there that he or the Sacred Benchmark Project must get.

He is a very curious person.

He also wants to know what the 'Eternal Singularity' that you are strongly related to is studying."

"Can you at least tell me what the ultimate goal of the 'Sacred Benchmark' project that the Flash Organization has spent thirty-eight years promoting is?"

Zhou Ke asked:

"If you say you don't even know this, then I really think you are very insincere."

"I just think that with your intelligence, you must have already come up with a vague answer. You just need my confirmation as the 'surprise factor'."

Ajie stroked the mechanical halberd in his hand, and after examining it for a few seconds, he seemed to have figured out the trick of the mechanical structure of this thing. Under Zhou Ke's surprised gaze, he pressed two special places with his hands and rubbed them hard, and the long-handled halberd separated, becoming a short halberd and a javelin in Ajie's hand.

He waved his hands around to get a feel for the situation, then stared at the wrinkled face and gave Zhou Ke a smile that Ajie would never give.

他 说:

"I don't have much time, so I'll keep it short. Do you know why the records of old civilizations in this era always seem out of place, as if they cover up a lot of things?

Because it is.

The records of the old civilization have been modified. It's not that the Acholi Consortium wants to hide something, but they don't know how to explain those strange changes. They can only try their best to revise and cover them up, but there are always sharp minds that can find clues that can be traced from those cover-ups.

The Sacred Benchmark Project has not been without progress in the past thirty-eight years. Zhou Ke, we have launched it once! More than twenty years ago, when I was just a student of the consortium, the Flashlight Organization carried out a very risky project promotion in the Garden of Eden.

They failed!
Old Dr. Acholi tried to save the world by bringing the world's timeline back from the Badlands to before the appearance of the Fetal Moon.

This is a brief summary of the Sacred Benchmark Project. Theoretically, it is feasible. After all, the Flash Organization has mastered the technology to manufacture benchmark instruments. However, manipulating the time of an area and manipulating the time flow of the world as a whole are two different concepts.

That attempt failed, forcing them to cover it up by 'modifying collective memory'.

The specific situation is difficult to explain because I am not the operator. I can only tell you that the old civilization was destroyed twice, once by a years-long war caused by the fetal movement month, and the other time was destroyed in an instant.

The reason why this evil land looks strange today is because it is "pieced together" from two histories.

The price of that failure was heavy. Human civilization, which had been able to survive on the surface of the world and even occupy local advantages, was forced to be compressed to the point where only the Badlands Reservation remained.

We tried to play with time, so time punished us. And now, the old man in the sky is preparing to start the second experiment of the sacred benchmark project. Guess what will happen to this world that has already reached the end of the world if it fails this time? "

Ajie smiled and sighed:

"I am happy. I am destined to die here today, which means I don't need to worry about what happens next. But Zhou Ke, now that you know this, it will be your trouble.

I'm really happy to see you in trouble. There's no other reason. It's probably because you always give Ajie energy bars.
I hate the taste of energy bars!
Bye now.
No, goodbye, I wish you a safe journey on the rest of your journey, and I will make sure Roger doesn't give you too much trouble in the next twenty minutes.

I try my best. ”

After saying that, Ajie rushed out of the dark place, and under Zhou Ke's gaze, he jumped gracefully and disappeared into the rotating time maze.

He used to be a senior researcher in the Shining Organization and also served as a senior assistant to two of the three Shining Masters. His understanding and control of the time maze is naturally unmatched by others.

But the "truth analysis" he left for Zhou Ke was so shocking that Zhou Ke, a guy with a pretty big imagination, was stunned for a long time.

"Fuck it!"

Zhou Ke cursed:

"I knew this secret organization would never do anything good."

"So what are you going to do?"

Wu Neng asked, and Zhou Ke said:
"Find the stasis server, blow it up, and release the AI."

"That's not what I'm asking you! Don't change the subject."

Wu Neng screamed:
"This machine is asking you"

"Is it interesting to ask about things that I can't get involved in now?"

Zhou Ke responded:

"You expect me to make you a plan on how to destroy the sacred benchmark in a few minutes? Do you want me to take off my underwear and turn into Superman and fly to the Garden of Eden to grab old Acholi and throw him to the ground, so that he can experience what it feels like when a Jo-level creature gives up thinking?
Do not be silly!
Focus on the present.

Have you contacted D-4?

I feel my intracranial pressure rising again, maybe it's time to try your stupid external health treatment plan."

"Here? You really have a good appetite."

Wu Neng complained:
"D-4 just sent back a message that was severely interfered with. She was blocked by an 'old friend'. Do you remember Ikaros, the original captain of Professor Qiaosna's security team?
The intelligent machine spy planted by the Flash Organization next to the professor.

The good news is that she is also in Institute No. 2 and is currently a member of Roger's security team.

The bad news is that D-4 won't be able to take her down anytime soon."

"Send a message for me, tell D-4 to cheer up and kill that omnic bitch! There's a reward if you win, and no punishment if you lose, so don't feel any psychological pressure."

Zhou Ke snorted, flicked away the cigarette butt and strode out of his hiding place.

Faced with a maze system that was so chaotic that even his mother couldn't recognize it, in this place where up and down were misplaced and left and right were reversed, he kept in mind the hint given by "Ajie" and moved quickly in the direction of the signal sent by the stasis server.

"The time layer with the rose symbol is safe."

Zhou Ke looked at the time layer in the broken toilet in front of him and cursed:
"This must be Roger's bad taste. That dog thing and the toilet really match each other."

Having said that, he plunged in.

After a few seconds of weightlessness, Zhou Ke rolled over and landed lightly on the ground, holding guns in both hands and standing guard together with four robotic arms. However, this luxurious laboratory was empty, with only the flashing red warning lights that were still rotating in the broken space system.

Everyone here has evacuated.

"It's boring. When I'm upset, why don't two bastards come and shoot me in the head to relieve the mental pressure? They are so tactless."

He cursed and prepared to leave for the next time layer, but Wu Neng reminded him:

"Don't worry! The energy reading in the sealed experimental chamber ahead is quite alarming! Open it and see what's locked inside?"

"Is it time for you to go treasure hunting now?"

Zhou Ke complained, but still stepped forward and pulled open the sealing structure of the experimental cabin. Then he saw an "old acquaintance" who was bound by strange energy shackles in the experimental cabin that looked like a large fish tank.

"Hey, look who this is!"

Zhou Ke narrowed his eyes and looked at the violent "Ghost Rider" in front of him.

He didn't know why Ghost Rider Denard, who was driven out of control by Uncle Ohm, appeared in the laboratory in front of him, but now was not the time to think about "Ghost Rider's Fantasy Journey".

This guy was obviously trapped by the Flash Organization in some way. He was unable to break free, and the high-end experimental equipment placed around him, which Zhou Ke couldn't understand, was obviously used to study this guy's unique form.

How do two completely different powers of the Ascendant maintain a basic balance in this guy?

Not to mention the Shunguang Organization, even Zhou Ke was curious about the answer.

"Wuneng, do you still remember the advice that charlatan Mulan gave me before?"

Zhou Ke looked at the irritable Ghost Rider Denard in front of him, at Uncle Ohm's enemies and brothers, and at the Knight Commander who betrayed Weng Yafen twenty years ago. A dangerous smile appeared on his face, and he said:

"I always thought that I could only try the first chapter of the deep advancement of the mask ability today, but I didn't expect that I would have the opportunity to try out what it's like to become an ascender today."

"Joker! You saw how much pain Ajie, the man without a sense of pain, was in when the mask returned. Are you sure you want to take the risk?"

Wu Neng tried to stop it, saying:
"This machine does not recommend you to do this. This machine believes that such an adventure may put you at risk."

"But I'm very unhappy now! Perhaps the explosive growth of my psychic organs has put pressure on me, and I have to do something to please myself."

He stepped back a few steps and aimed the mechanical arm of the armed backpack at the lock of the experimental cabin in front of him and fired. As the bullets flew, he said:
"I'm very upset. Why should I let the other flash bastards in the institute be happy? I used to have doubts about little Acholi's determination to destroy the benchmark, but now I know what little Acholi's ultimate goal is.

He did have issues with his father.

But it's not all about the bad relationship between father and son. Do you think little Acholi knows the truth about the Sacred Benchmark Project?"

"perhaps."

Wu Neng replied:
"The probability is more than 60%. This can also explain the overly indulgent lifestyle of little Acholi. He knows that everything he has can be shattered at any time. In that case, it would be foolish to talk about living a good life.

Well, this machine understands what you mean.

In an external environment that may become invalid at any time, continuing to abide by social rules and public order and morality is the least cost-effective option. At this time, we should really learn from little Acholi's attitude towards life."

"Since you understand, why don't you help open the restraints?"

Zhou Ke said:
"Don't open its locks. I can't deal with a Ghost Rider who has both wind and fire powers. But I guess the mask this guy can give me will be quite powerful."

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"It will take at most twenty-five minutes to complete the encapsulation, sir."

In the processed benchmark hall, Roger put the six proton bombs that were forcibly returned to the unexploded state into the weapons cabinet at hand and locked them up. Amid the reports of his subordinates who were wiping their cold sweats, he glanced coldly at the main body of the benchmark in the cylindrical structure behind him which was still in effect.

He nodded, signaling them to continue working, and then he opened a mezzanine passage leading to somewhere in the time maze, ready to continue hunting Zhou Ke.

However, when Roger stepped in, he was surprised to find that he did not arrive at the scheduled landing point, but appeared in a dormitory for senior members that had been sealed for more than a year.

On the chair right in front of him.

After changing back into his old clothes, Ajie seemed to have returned to the role of Liu Linyu. He was typing quickly on the console with both hands, running a series of complex commands into the main server.

"Wait a moment, Captain Roger."

With several blood-stained hourglasses at hand, Ajie used them to precisely interfere with Roger's time layer landing point. Without turning his head, he said to Roger who raised his gun behind him:
"I'll kill you myself once I finish writing the baseline self-destruct code, but we still have some time, so how about a cup of your favorite black coffee?
The kind that makes the poison worse.”

(End of this chapter)