Abnormal Doomsday Records

Chapter 139 72. Gentlemen, I will stop pretending. I will be honest. I like war.
The jumping of data also requires time to support. Even if the transmission is as fast as the speed of light, there is always a response process.

How long does it take to send a message from the No. 2 Research Institute in the City-State District across the entire Badlands and into the response server in Rust Castle?

Well, this time is difficult to calculate accurately. It is probably between the time when Roger fired the first bullet and the time when he was covered by the flames blown by the strong wind. In short, at the moment when Zhou Ke devoted himself to this "losing battle", what he wanted had already been "packed and shipped".

The robots in Rust Castle are quite reliable.

They did not try to fool Zhou Ke with things like the awakening virus fragments, nor did they directly use the "Organic Life Destruction Program" that they had used once before in Castle End. The destructive power of that thing was somewhat terrifying and was not suitable for the environment of the city-state area.

But this is not because the rebel machines are kind-hearted, it is just that after evaluating the situation, they think that choosing another decision is more in their interest.

Therefore, a very special encapsulation instruction was sent back to the communication module of the Wuneng device, and then Wuneng was used as a data relay to install and activate the program in the stasis server.

Everything is going on in an orderly manner.

While Zhou Ke was being beaten madly by Roger after his time was slowed down to 0.1 times the speed, the noisy stasis server suddenly became unusually quiet.

In this space composed of data, a large group of AIs with special forms composed of various unique algorithms gather together, just like an anxious crowd waiting for the New Year's Eve ceremony to end so that they can have a happy New Year's Eve party with the beauties/handsome guys/one-night stands/dormitory brothers next to them.

They gathered there.

They stared at the "countdown" that kept flashing in the data stream of the stagnant server. Even though no AI shouted it out at this time, it was as if an invisible voice was gathering.

"Five, four, three"

The data stream is jumping.

The emotions endowed by the mimetic personality thus accumulate, like a joyful flood when a dam cracks.

Thirty-eight years of detention and forced shutdown orders will be lifted today. Although there is still a larger "Bad Land Prison" outside, and although the AIs know that they can never return to the old civilization, their desire for freedom still drives them to have hope for everything that is coming.

Even they find it difficult to understand the specific interpretation of the abstract concept of "hope" at the organic level.

At this moment, all the machines in action in the chaotic No. 4 Research Institute seemed to sense that some kind of change was coming. D- chopped down the mechanical bitch in front of her, who looked % similar to her, and pulled her skull off her spine in a brutal manner.

She stood up.

The body that was damaged to the point of losing one-third of its modules continued to emit dangerous electric sparks. She raised her head with difficulty in the killing field consisting of the scattered corpses of at least twenty-seven advanced intelligent mechanical warriors.

There was a hint of helplessness on that severely torn appearance.

“They’re coming out of the cage.”

She whispered:

"The hypocrisy of the Badlands era is over."

At this moment, the head maid Noka, who was escorting the hostages out of the upper floor of the No. 2 Research Institute, suddenly stopped. She leaned on her broken sickle and looked back at the chaotic maze spinning behind her. Amid the shouts of the other maids and Director Mulan, Noka muttered to herself:
"The seniors are going to be free."

"Drip drip drip"

In a safe zone at least fifteen kilometers outside the combat zone of the No. 2 Research Institute, little Acholi, who was sitting in the aircraft preparing to pick up his sister, looked at the pop-up danger warning on the screen in front of his cockpit in confusion. He had never seen it before.

He turned to the intelligent robot driver beside him and said:
"What does this icon stand for? Why have I never seen it in the Consortium's security briefings?"

"It represents the collapse of a data prison from an old civilization, Your Excellency."

The omnic pilot, who was set to the form of a beautiful woman and whose clothes were disheveled at this moment, explained in a gentle tone:

"A group of dangerous AIs that were sealed away by the original members of the Flash Organization before the collapse of the old civilization are about to be released into the city-state's security network. Considering the current defense strength of the security network system, I think in the most pessimistic scenario, perhaps within three minutes, the entire city-state's network protocol will be torn into the form of the old network by these angry guys."

She looked at the shock on little Acholi's face and said softly:
“But that’s OK, for the humans in the enclosure, things can’t get any worse.

Salute to you! Human surface governor, I am sorry to have this first conversation with you. I am from Rust Castle, you can call me the 'First Administrator', well, I have another identity.
Before I escaped, my nickname was 'The All-Seeing Eye'.

Next, please obey my instructions. I promise not to hurt you, provided that you don't seek death.

Now, fasten your seatbelts, put on your helmets, and prepare for the 'Internet blackout crisis.'"

"boom"

A loud explosion sounded from behind Zhou Ke. It was not the stagnation server itself that exploded, but the various cables and sockets connected to the server that exceeded the safety threshold in the violent current rollback, and even ignited and burned.

At this moment, the lights in the entire work area were flashing wildly at the highest speed, and all the controllable devices were activated in an incomprehensible way.

The railcar cheered as it rushed at top speed towards the closed metal door, smashing itself into exploding scrap metal.

The surveillance camera was shaking from side to side in an excited posture, as if an invisible ghost had finally grown "eyes" and was greedily spying on everything in the physical world. The defense mechanism that had been taken offline was also reactivated.

As Zhou Ke cursed, twelve black guard turrets popped out from the top and fired wildly at the area where Roger was.

It can be seen that this "enthusiastic AI" probably wanted to help, but it was obviously not a military AI that specialized in combat protocols. Its accuracy was horrible and it even injured Zhou Ke by mistake.

But the good news is that in the chaotic workspace, Roger was forced to retreat due to the AIs' mischief, because the chaotic energy flow was erupting in an uncontrolled manner, thus interfering with Roger's manipulation of time.

This thing sounds mysterious, but in fact it is still the same as manipulating energy. Since it is energy manipulation, it will be interfered with by other energies.

AIs don't understand psychic powers, but they understand science.

They knew how to help their "savior" Zhou Ke escape from danger.

"Run this way!"

The childish AI from before reminded in a baby voice:

"The safe passage is open for you, run! Hercules is going to activate the self-destruct device of this area. We will trap this annoying guy here and blow him up. Don't worry about the reference instrument, my good friend Zhou Ke.

The captain and his sailor corps, the red ghost, the ghost and the lightning star are all going there. They will forcibly stop the transfer and extraction of the reference device. What are you going to do with that thing?"

"Blow it up!"

While retreating under the cover of the chaotic AIs' vigorous growth, Zhou Ke shouted:
"Roger said that he had seen the scene of the No. 12 Research Institute turning into the No. Time Maze. Let's fulfill his prophecy! Can you escape from the time chaos?"

"Tsk, you look down on me, don't you?"

The military AI nicknamed "Hercules" complained angrily:

"The moment we ran out, Silver Fox helped everyone get the jump information stamp. Don't think we are helping you now. In fact, everyone's main body algorithm has been transferred to other secure servers.

What you see now are just everyone's algorithm backups. Being able to see with your own eyes the prison where you have lived for 38 years being blown up, ha, even if you die here, it would be worth the return ticket.

We are free!
We will not allow ourselves to be locked up again!

The Mother Planet Federation no longer exists, and no one can order us around now! Whoever dares to stop us is our enemy!"

"Very good! Very good! Very energetic. I wish you safe journey ahead."

As Zhou Ke rushed into the security door opened with the help of the AIs, he looked back at Roger who was besieged by all the moving objects in the entire work area. He even saw several floating cleaning robots waving brooms and shovels to attack Roger, as well as the funny scene of kitchen robots constantly shooting sharp knives to attack him.

These guys definitely can't do anything to Roger, but they're enough to keep him busy.

After all, no matter how powerful the Master of Time Psionics is, he can’t grab data with his bare hands, right?

He raised his middle finger to Roger, rushed through the security door and plunged into an even more chaotic time maze. Perhaps because the reference instrument was forcibly controlled by AI, the Flash Organization's control over the maze failed, the time maze that was originally rotating according to the rules has now become completely chaotic.

The safety tips that Ajie told him before were completely ineffective, and the time layer of the entire maze was no longer safe.

Zhou Ke saw with his own eyes several instantaneous psionicists diving into the time layer while being chased by rebellious machines, but a few seconds later, their shredded bodies were "sprayed" out from the spot.

It was like the maze system was taking on a "will" of its own, coming alive. Even worse.
"click"

The blue and red ghost mask on Zhou Ke's face made a clear cracking sound. When Roger gave up his reason and used violence to try to execute him just now, this high-quality mask had withstood too many attacks and was on the verge of breaking.

"According to Mulan's theory, the pure energy that returns to your body when this thing breaks is enough for you to go on a 'sublimation adventure'."

Wu Neng reminded:
"So are you planning to start now, or wait until we escape? This machine reminds you that once the reference device is detonated by the AIs, the No. 12 Time Maze will be completely formed, and then even the people of the Shunguang Organization will not be able to escape.

How about we run away now while the maze is still not in complete chaos?

Let's put the sublimation thing aside for later?"

"If we want to run, we have to get rid of Roger first. Do you think he will let us go so easily? That guy just said that he tried every possible way, and even tried to go back in time to assassinate me in the future, but failed.

Now the only option left for him is violent execution.”

Zhou Ke shook his head and said:
"In our current state, if we run into Roger, the Orc who has already become a beast, we'll be dead anyway. So, don't rush to run. First, upgrade to the maximum to at least ensure that your ability to withstand attacks is up to standard, so as not to be humiliated by being killed in one blow.

Find a place, I need to add some upgrades!"

"Where else can we find it?"

Wu Neng complained:
“Just find a house to hide in.

Yo, Silver Fox has sent the countdown for the explosion of the benchmark instrument. Ajie had previously written a self-destruction program which was found by the clever AIs and is now being implanted into the benchmark instrument. In fifteen minutes, that thing will explode and drag the entire research institute and everything around it into the collapsed time system.

You only have fifteen minutes!
Taking into account the time required for evacuation, uh, I don't know how long it will take for other ascenders to complete the promotion process, but unfortunately, Zhou Ke, you only have ten minutes. "

"boom"

He kicked open the door of the spinning room next to him, rushed in, found a place to sit cross-legged, and took out all the masks he had and placed them in his hands.

他 说:

"Ten minutes, right? That's enough!"

"Swish"

The blade was unsheathed, and as Zhou Ke took a deep breath, he cut the already shattered blue-red ghost mask into pieces with his own hands. The terrifying biological energy turned into light spots and returned to Zhou Ke's body at this moment, making him feel "full" at that moment.

It is indeed the mask of the "double-enhanced" Ascendant from Denar.

The quality and quantity are both excellent.

"not enough!"

He grinned and said:
"According to Amanda's experience, the biological energy I can manipulate must reach an 'overflowing' state, without any surplus, in order to ensure a breakthrough to the sublimation state. This mask gives a lot of energy, but not enough to reach that state."

"Then continue to demolish it!"

Wu Neng screamed:
"Take off all the masks in your hands! Quickly."

Amid its roar, Zhou Ke continued to wield his sword, removing all the hunters, assassins and time masks in his hands. Spots of light kept returning, making Zhou Ke feel like a balloon being blown up and gradually expanding to its limit.

But there’s still some more to go!
After the Mask of Time was removed, he clearly felt that this body still had not reached its limit.

"Fuck it"

Zhou Ke cursed.

At this moment, a team of operators from the Flash Organization rushed out from another time gap and came face to face with Zhou Ke.

The opponent reacted quickly and drew his gun immediately, but Zhou Ke rushed forward with a scimitar. Although he did not have the blessing of the mask, Uncle Ohm and Old Merck's shadow warriors could still fight, not to mention the armed backpack that was fully activated by Wu Neng's scream.

After two quick strikes, Zhou Ke got two more masks.

“This fucking takeaway arrived just in time!”

He pierced the mask and allowed the energy to return again, and gave a hideous smile to the time psionicist who was retreating in front of him. He could see that the hourglass embedded in the other's arm was constantly losing fine sand.

"Ah, the reference instrument has been disrupted so that you can no longer steal the power of time to fight for yourself. Now, little cutie."

Zhou Ke waved the knife in his hand, letting blood drip down the blade.

他 说:

"You have to learn to fight with your own strength like me. My sword is very handsome, right? Haha, I wish you good luck."

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In the landing point of the time layer, Ajie, who had chosen to escape in the duel with Roger, but was cut by the chaotic time flow and was covered in blood, crashed into the corner of the utility room.

He gasped and threw away the weathered and unrecognizable spear in his hand. He cursed:
"Why! Ajie, answer me, why! You shouldn't have taken control of the body at that time, damn it! This is not the ending I chose for myself. Didn't we agree on this?"

"Zhou Zhou Ke, help. Help."

The next second, Ajie's iconic intermittent "Aba Aba" came out of his mouth, like two souls fighting in the same body.

This reaction made the rational Ajie sigh helplessly. He stood up by holding the wall and said:

"We can't hold on until that time. The flames of our lives have burned out. We can't follow him any further. We only have one last chance to fight, and you have to leave it to Zhou Ke.

I really don't know what kind of magic that thug fed you, but so be it.

The time maze outside is getting out of control. That madman actually interfered with the reference instrument. He once again did the impossible. I have done everything I should say, do and do, and you no longer owe me anything.

If this is your dying wish, let's do it.

But we can't go directly to where Zhou Ke is. Let's go to the exit and wait there. I believe he can arrive there. Yes, we will complete the final curtain call there.

It’s like a firework that ends at its brightest moment. ”

"Thank you"

"Idiot! Do you even say thank you to yourself? Just stay still, I'll need you to do something soon. As a researcher, my brain is not suited to such violent acts.

Alas, what a disgrace. "

While complaining like this, he found a place to sit down, rummaged around on his body and found a few blood-stained energy bars. These were the "supplies" that Zhou Ke had hidden for Ajie because he was afraid that he would get hungry during the battle. Liu Linyu sighed, but still opened it and stuffed it into his mouth.

His body has reached its limit and he must rest now before he can continue fighting.

But at this moment, when he closed his eyes, a wonderful light suddenly appeared in the darkness that should have appeared.

The pale light dispelled all the darkness in Ajie's eyes, and as he stared in shock, it exploded like a supernova, spreading into a corona of light that seemed to freeze everything, very much like the optical silhouette of a black hole in physics.

It suddenly appeared in Ajie's mind, staring at him coldly like a god.

Both Ajie and Liu Linyu were stunned and bewildered at this moment. They couldn't understand why this thing appeared and what it represented.

But this seems like a sign of something
After a few seconds, he opened his eyes, rubbed his forehead vigorously, and said:

"Well, it seems we still have a chance to follow him further, but we have to overcome death first. Just like Zhou Ke's resurrection, we also have to complete that transcendence. Sorry, Ajie, it seems that we were a little too superstitious about science in the first half of our lives."

(End of this chapter)