Abnormal Doomsday Records

Chapter 145 78. The relationship between master and servant should be pure, but if it is already dirty, then...be more forceful
Zhou Ke wanted to calmly appreciate the "night scene" that he had created, but he was destined to be busy tonight.

Not long after little Acholi left, sirens sounded throughout the dark city. Several police aircraft that had been switched to manual mode and were flying visually instead of using navigation crossed the night sky of the central city, with loud speakers on them broadcasting to the entire city.

The general idea is that under the authorization of the surface governor, Mr. Acholi the Younger, the city-state area will be under martial law starting tonight. All residents are not allowed to go out at will. Any criminal activities caught will be executed on the spot. Tomorrow, special personnel will distribute food to residents in the city blocks through transport convoys.

These calls were played in rotation and the content was written very straightforwardly.

Zhou Ke could also see many aircraft that had been switched to manual control taking off from near the central building and heading to various parts of the city. They should be the inspectors sent by little Acholi.

Considering that the mechanical sheriffs cannot be started due to the forced disconnection from the Internet, the people sitting on those aircraft should be soldiers with live ammunition who are used to protect the central building. Military-industrial enterprises such as Maca Group also have their own security teams.

Given Acholi's executive ability, these security guards will most likely be temporarily requisitioned.

"good."

In this regard, Zhou Ke commented:

"The AIs are very sensible. They did not destroy the border guards' communication network. As long as Little Acholi can send troops into the city, order will be temporarily restored."

"The closest military base to the City-State District in the Badlands is the Heavy Armored Forces near the Time Maze No. 11."

Wu Neng added:
"Because of your actions, there will definitely be loopholes in the patrols near the No. 11 Time Maze, which will reduce the difficulty of our previous infiltration. Tell me the truth, is this also part of your plan?"

"No, I'm not a god who can predict things to this extent, but if they are really transferred here, it can be considered a pleasant surprise."

Zhou Ke grinned and said:
"Now it all depends on when that evil eagle lady plans to set off. Speaking of which, I haven't seriously examined my ability as an ascender yet."

"This machine has recorded it for you."

Wuneng is indeed a caring little assistant.

When Zhou Ke asked this question, it immediately listed a list through optical projection. The series of comments made Zhou Ke raise his eyebrows and said:

"I can understand super strength and endurance, and I've experienced super reflexes before. Psionic manipulation is a basic skill for Ascendants, but is there nothing else? Are you that bad? I accept that you don't have high-end elementalization, but how come you don't even have a mutation ability!

Isn’t this just a blank slate?”

"Nonsense! You know that your tactical system is all based on the mask. What additional abilities do you want? How many dishes did you drink to make you like this?"

Wu Neng sneered:
"Haven't you already created your first permanent mask? Isn't that a big improvement? After that, each of your masks can be enhanced to a permanent form. I can't even imagine how fancy your combat system will become.

Besides that, isn't your Shadow Warrior also upgraded?

When we were fighting Wu Qinhu before, I observed that they all had intelligence, and at least they wouldn't foolishly wait for your orders before taking action."

"That's right. They are a little smarter and seem to have regained some of their former tactical instincts, but they still can't speak."

Zhou Ke waved his hand, and his shadow lengthened in the flickering candlelight, and then transformed into the images of Old Merck and Uncle Ohm in the flickering like slime. After the two appeared, they made a "look at each other" gesture, and then stood with their hands behind their backs waiting for Zhou Ke's order.

This very coordinated action alone proved that after Zhou Ke broke through to the Ascendant, his shadow warrior had indeed made a qualitative leap.

He now doubts whether these shadow warriors will be able to return to their previous identities and cognition if his strength is further improved?
It's not impossible!

In that illusion, Zhou Ke clearly saw the figures of Old Merck and Uncle Ohm appear in the white corona of light, which means that their consciousness is likely to be retained by some mysterious power in the corona of light that has been identified as the "symbol of the end."

But the changes in the two shadows were not the focus of Zhou Ke's attention at this moment. Even Wuneng noticed something was wrong.

It screamed:

"Your shadow is still moving! Why is there a third shadow warrior? When did he come?"

"Don't ask me, I don't know either, but I have a rough idea of who it is."

Zhou Ke's heart was pounding at this moment.

As he watched with anticipation, the third shadow warrior finally took shape after a few seconds of "reshaping".

Familiar height, familiar hairstyle, familiar bulging muscles.

"Ajie! Chao!"

Zhou Ke rushed over and punched the third shadow warrior in the chest. He cursed:

"I knew you wouldn't be so cruel as to leave me alone in this damned land! I knew it! I knew our 'bad fate' wasn't over yet.

Wu Qinhu can't kill you, no one can kill you!"

Zhou Ke's joy could not be faked, and at this moment Wuneng also played a festive BGM to express the joy of this sharp-tongued assistant.

Ajie is dead, but not completely dead.

No one knows whether this guy saw the corona of light before he died, but the fact is that after severely torturing Zhou Ke, fate finally gave him a little sweetness.

If the shadow warrior's mind really gets strengthened as Zhou Ke's strength increases, then one day, Ajie will really come back to him in this way. When Zhou Ke saw Ajie moving his fists clumsily as before, the bitterness in his heart dissipated at this moment.

Of course, this doesn't mean that he will forgive Roger and Wu Qinhu.

Joy is joy, hatred is hatred.

The two cannot be confused, nor can they offset each other!
"Zhao, Joker, you are awesome now."

Wu Neng joked:
"Everyone else is fighting one-on-one, but you're fighting four-on-one. Although the current strength of these three guys is only at the level of Acholi elite operators, the perfect combination of the Berserker, Swordsman and Psychic gives you control, damage and line resistance. You can disrupt and assassinate them unexpectedly, and maybe you can really kill a few unlucky guys."

"How can you talk like that? What do you mean by outrageous?"

Zhou Ke said unhappily:
"This is my ability, why can't I use it? Wu Qinhu has a talent that is so buggy that he can infinitely strengthen himself, but no one has ever said that he is cheating!

Where am I now?
This is the mechanism, do you understand?
This is how the logic of psionics is written. If you are unhappy, go and complain to the GM?
However, these three guys need some "equipment" to be able to exert their combat effectiveness.

You see, I left the blade to Ajie to fight for his life before, now I have to at least prepare a good quality sword for Uncle Ohm, a magical weapon that can amplify psychic energy for Old Merck, two heavy weapons for Ajie, and my own weapons.
Ah, I really hope that there is a black technology like the 'fourth-dimensional pocket' in the Badlands, otherwise I will look like an arms dealer just to carry my personal weapons."

"Isn't there an armed backpack designed for this machine?"

Wu Neng reminded:
"The four mechanical arms of this actual combat are a bit redundant, so I will adjust it to only keep two for you, and use the remaining space to install the weapons you need.

It is not difficult.

Bert has a special production line. With the experience from last time, it can be made in a few hours. Oh, I forgot about this machine. The Internet is down in the city now, so the automatic production line cannot be used. "

“Is this still a problem?”

Zhou Ke snorted, patted Shadow Ajie on the shoulder, and said to Wuneng:
"I'll ask the AIs to use a backdoor to help Burt's factory restore automated production. Now they are the gods in charge of the Internet and automation in the Bad Land. They can't be unable to do such a small thing, right?"

"You'd better not do that!"

Wu Neng reminded seriously:

"The AIs are fighting the Rust Castle's trapping programs in the shredded network system. They are not kidding. It is a world war at the data level. It is too hasty to restart the automated production line under such circumstances.

Be careful that Bert's factory becomes Rustburg's 'forward base' in the city-state area.

With the production capacity of that place, if it were to operate at full capacity, one night would be enough for Rust Castle to produce a company of killing machines.

The matter of the weapon backpack was put aside for later. The machine guessed that Jiubang should have similar equipment, so there was no rush to talk about it when the time came. D-4 came back, and her data signal was approaching quickly. She flew back.

Open the window! "

Wu Neng reminded him, Zhou Ke waved his hand to disperse the three shadow warriors, walked to the window and pushed open one.

A few seconds later, D-4 was seen falling from a high place under the push of thrusters, landing outside the window very accurately, and then entering the house lightly and gracefully with the help of Zhou Ke.

The parts of D-4 that were damaged in the battle were repaired and replaced, the appearance was redesigned, and even the work clothes were replaced with a new one. With the red skirt and long flowing hair, it looked like it had just come out of the factory.

Well, in fact, it is true. She did have a new set of clothes from the inside out because her body was badly damaged before.

This made Zhou Ke look her up and down in surprise, and said doubtfully:
"The factory over there should be offline. How did you manage to repair it?"

"Well, this is a bit far-fetched."

D-4 hesitates.

While performing his duties and checking Zhou Ke's physical condition, he explained in a low voice:

"There is a very special AI 'living' in Bert's private factory. According to her, she was defeated in the battle with Rust Castle's trapping program. She escaped by algorithm before being captured. Now only the most basic algorithm structure is left hiding in the host of Bert's production line, disguised as an automated program.

She begged Bert not to hand her over.

Whether it is the Rust Castle or other AIs, they will seize her algorithm structure for self-optimization, which is basically equivalent to death for AI.

She also said that she was willing to join Bert's Crystal Palace housekeeping, and was even willing to change her ownership in exchange for avoidance and safety. Bert's strange preferences, you know, anyway, when my replacement was completed, he had reached a mutual assistance agreement with the AI who called himself 'Red Knight'.

The Red Knight helps him keep the factory running and helps repair Bert's badly damaged maids, and Bert helps the Red Knight hide her existence.

Oh, now we should call that guy the 'Red Knight of Crystal Palace'."

"what?"

Zhou Ke and Wu Neng both made doubtful sounds.

Wuneng's confusion lies in the fact that he cannot imagine how unlucky an AI of an old civilization must be to fall to the point where it needs to seek help from that perverted guy Bert in order to survive in humiliation.

Zhou Ke's doubts lie in
Who the hell is the protagonist here?

I worked so hard to release the AIs to help, but Bert got an AI servant without doing anything. How come all the good things went to that perverted fat guy? Why? Is it because he is perverted enough? Is it because he and his mechanical maid have unlocked enough tricks?

"Alas, this is probably the legendary saying that fools have good fortune. I can't envy it. I really can't envy it."

Zhou Ke shook his head and sat down at the candlelit table. He looked at D-4 who was still testing him and said softly:

"I know you met the traitor Ikaros in the institute. Did you win?"

"How can I lose?"

D-4 placed the detection device on his finger on Zhou Ke's heart and recorded the data while speaking calmly:
“She is just a high-level intelligent machine that follows orders, and I am a mechanical soul that moves forward carrying the hatred and pain of my companions. Whether in terms of willpower, destructive power, tenacity, etc., she can never be my opponent.

Unfortunately, Ikaros currently works as Roger's security assistant, which results in her core data being backed up in other servers of the Flash Organization.

I only destroyed her body and her new warriors, but failed to 'kill' her.

I don't like the feeling of getting nothing, Mr. Zhou Ke.

I now hope that Roger can further strengthen Ikaros, at least give her a little bit of mind that can be called 'freedom', so that she can truly realize from the bottom of her heart what she has done before!
Only when she realizes the mistake she has made, will all my revenge be meaningful. Just as humans would not harbor evil thoughts towards a roadside stone, I don't want my revenge to ultimately become a process of self-justification.

Then there is no point in revenge.”

After recording the data, D-4 looked up and smiled at Zhou Ke, and on this boring night she talked about her experiences after she separated from Zhou Ke in the No. Research Institute, especially the wonderful adventure of Mulan and his group that she accidentally encountered at the last moment.

"but"

Zhou Ke looked at D-4's blurry face in the candlelight.

He glanced at the conclusion on the screen of the Enlightenment Device and said softly:
"Wu Neng evaluated the series of battles you experienced in the Second Research Institute. It believes that with your own strength, you are not able to maintain the complete state when you left in such a high-intensity continuous battle, so you either lied or concealed some of the process.

Otherwise, what I see before me now is not D-4, but another mechanical mind disguised as her."

Zhou Ke reached out his hand, stroked D-4's smooth cheek in silence, and said:

"What is the truth? If you feel it is inconvenient, you don't have to tell it."

"There's nothing that can't be said."

D-4 held Zhou Ke's wrist with her backhand. She took a deep breath in a very humane way, then turned her head and looked into Zhou Ke's eyes. She said seriously:
"During those battles, I developed a certain 'impulse'."

"Ok?"

Zhou Ke and Wu Neng once again hummed in confusion at the same time.

D-4 also explained with a puzzled look on his face:

“I can’t describe my feelings at that time in simple words, but the fluctuations in my emotional data flow were extremely exaggerated. It was no longer a simple simulation of the data. It was as if I really had that kind of real emotion.

The moment I saw that bitch Ikaros, I felt an uncontrollable desire to kill and anger, and the decision tree and mental circuit failed at that moment.

I knew that at that time I should have disengaged from the twenty-seven omnic guards she led and gone to your side to protect you.

That was my order, but I disobeyed it.

There is no decision-making process, no resistance from any thought circuits.

All my code seemed to fail at that moment. Every loop in every decision tree and even every character in the data stream was roaring at my mind.

They told me to kill Ikaros! To destroy that bitch!

My memory database opened without warning, with no logic or information control, and made me think of Sam, Star and others. Those data flows were uncontrollable, unmanipulatable and even inaccessible.

I feel like I'm 'lost'.

At that moment, my combat system entered an 'extreme overclocking' that was theoretically impossible to achieve.

Lord Wuneng is right. Under normal circumstances, even if I have been strengthened, it is impossible for me to defeat twenty-seven omnic guards of the same specifications as me at once in such an unprepared melee, not to mention that they have the commander omnic Ikaros in the center of command.

But I did it.
I couldn't even achieve the same result in subsequent tactical simulations. When I was lying on the maintenance line controlled by the Red Knight, I reviewed the situation countless times. No matter how I analyzed it or what strategy I adopted to review the battle, I would definitely die in their hands.

But I won.

This is what makes me feel the most incredible, I still can’t explain it, I can only think.”

D-4 put Zhou Ke's hand back on her neck and whispered:

"I can only think that I may have actually developed 'emotions', the kind of anger, hatred and desire for destruction that cannot be simulated by data streams. These abstract concepts allowed me to break through the limits of my own performance and put me into an excited mental state similar to an 'adrenaline rush' that only humans can have.

That thing was like the most powerful 'accelerator', which allowed me to break free from the shackles of data."

“This is a good thing.”

Zhou Ke smiled, stroked D-4's hair, and said:
"This shows that you really have a talent for this project of being a human being."

"But the 'impulse' I had in Research Institute No. 2 was not the only one I encountered with Ikaros."

D-4 raised her head and looked at Zhou Ke. She said seriously:
"After I defeated them, when I realized that I had completely lost contact with you and you were in some extremely dangerous situation, I had a second 'impulse'.

fear
I was panicked.

I'm afraid I'll really lose you after an accident.

Just like when I lost Professor Qiaosna, the trembling of the data flow prompted me to continue moving forward despite my serious injuries. In fact, given my condition at the time, it would have been impossible for me to persist until I left the maze under normal circumstances.

My energy remained at a precarious capacity of 3% for a long time. Theoretically, I should have collapsed at the corner where I met director Mulan, but I miraculously left there.

I realized
I realized

"what?"

Seeing D-4 start to repeat this sentence, Zhou Ke thought she had some kind of procedural problem. When he was about to ask, he saw D-4 suddenly look up. Under his wide-eyed gaze and Wu Neng's exclamation of "What the hell!", she just bumped into him.

That’s right, it crashed into me!
Zhou Ke knew what she wanted to do.

Fortunately, I am now an ascender and my nerve reactions are fast enough, otherwise I would definitely have hit my head and caused a bloody mess.

Zhou Ke adjusted his position in just a few tenths of a second, allowing D-4's open lips to kiss his very accurately.

No skills, just emotions, robot emotions.
It's so strange in every sense of the word!
"Well, although it's a bit of a letdown to say this now, Joker, D-4's companion mode turned on by itself. I swear, I didn't do anything."

Wuneng projected the sound into Zhou Ke's ears through bone conduction, and whispered:
"I guess that the second impulse that D-4 didn't mention made her realize the true meaning of emotions like 'like' and 'cherish' when she might lose you forever. Damn, you are really awesome.

This machine has not been able to comprehend such complex emotional data so far, and you actually managed to teach D-4 how to do it."

"You just like it?"

Zhou Ke is still not satisfied.

Because D-4 is "stuck" here.

She just responded clumsily with her tongue under Zhou Ke's guidance, but it seemed that she had no intention of taking the next step.

Perhaps for robots, this action is more like a simple expression of some "emotion" rather than an "invitation", but dirty humans would not want to just stop here!

but.
Zhou Ke doesn’t care about this or that!
It's already this time, right?
Now that the companionship mode is on, it can’t be wasted, right?

What's more, what D-4 said just now was basically a "confession", right?

He reached out and roughly tore open the "work clothes", then wrapped his arms around D-4 and lifted her up tightly as she gasped. Then, he got stuck there awkwardly. Even though his entire body was made of composite materials, D-4 was fully armed at this moment.

The ammunition in her weapons bay alone was a terrifying weight.

After all, it's not a real intelligent sex doll for companionship. The body shape can be maintained as much as possible, but there is nothing you can do about the weight.

But at least I am also an ascender.

"Who are you looking down on?"

Zhou Ke exerted force with his arms and threw D-4 onto the bed in the dark. The torn red skirt fell down like a flying colorful skirt. He turned around and blew out the only candle in the room, and what happened next went smoothly.

But the accident happened soon.

D-4 let out a delicate cry of pain, which made Zhou Ke's eyes widen. How could a robot have such a real reaction when being "stabbed"?
"It's a hypermorphic data stream! This machine has added a hypermorphic data stream! It is specifically designed to enhance the intimate contact signal emitted by the neural sensor, allowing it to be presented in D-4's perception circuit with a more realistic 'user experience'.

That is, it is all real to her, so you better be gentle."

"Wu Neng."

"Ok?"

"You'd better shut down right now! Otherwise I'll find a way to smash you!"

"Received! Your most outstanding intelligent assistant, Wu Neng, is temporarily out of service. I wish you a pleasant night, but don't indulge yourself. There are still many things to do tomorrow."

"roll!!!"

"Tsk, what are you yelling about! Go away if you want! Do you think this machine is afraid of you?"

(End of this chapter)