Abnormal Doomsday Records

Chapter 146 79. There is always a living legend in the Slag Bar

The next morning, when Zhou Ke opened his eyes, clothes that suited his aesthetic taste were already placed beside the bed. The not-at-all-warm sunlight was shining through the window. It seemed very noisy outside, but this did not affect Zhou Ke's good mood.

Perhaps it was because the pressure was released, or perhaps it was because he finally accepted the embarrassing fact that he was in love with a robot, and thus accepted his perverted nature and became frank.

Once the mood changes, it will naturally affect the external state. Zhou Ke got up humming a song, changed his clothes, and after a quick wash, he saw D-4 walking out of the elevator with a very simple breakfast. It was really simple, just a few packs of heated bread and a sausage that little Acholi liked the most.

Simple and warm, but if Zhou Ke was not mistaken, the bread and sausage should have been heated by D-4 using the heat rays from his hands.

It's really thoughtful.

"Supplies in the central city have begun to be controlled. Little Acholi ordered the security of the Maca Group to seize various warehouses. The backup energy of the central building has been activated, but the electronic distribution is quite tight. The kitchen here cannot be used. You can only eat these in the morning."

D-4 said something apologetically, and then pushed the breakfast in front of Zhou Ke. The happy man shrugged and showed no dissatisfaction.

After all, he had eaten worse things in the Bad Land, and he was already full from tasting grapes and peaches last night. The taste of doomsday-era bionic fillings wasn't as bad as he had imagined. The way they got along hadn't changed much because of what happened last night.

At least not on the surface.

Zhou Ke, who was relaxed, asked while eating bread:

"So, is little Acholi busy now?"

"Busy? I don't think this word is enough to describe little Acholi's current state."

D-4 stood beside Zhou Ke with her hands behind her back. She said softly:
"He seemed full of energy. Even though he hadn't slept all night, he was still summoning managers from various departments in the central city with great energy. He recruited the think tanks of all the directors of the consortium and established a large-scale temporary decision-making structure.

From last night till now, a total of 74 department heads have been sacked on the spot, but not all of them have been replaced by Acholi Jr.’s cronies.

On the contrary, he got a special list from Weng Meiyu, which was said to be a list of "talents" compiled based on the work efficiency of various departments in the City-State District in the past few years.

The directors of the consortium gave unconditional support to any decision made by little Acholi. Obviously, they did not expect that the surface world would see such changes as it has now. And as you said, in the current crisis, a strong leader can always bring some comfort to people.

Their most urgent task at present is to restore the city's energy supply.

The good news is that Bert has a conceptual intelligent machine designed specifically for emergency repairs. I can't understand why Bert would install a technical manual for manually repairing super-large transformers into his maid's database, but the fact is that Bert has now become an 'expert' that little Acholi relies on very much.

Finally, our collaborator Ms. Weng Meiyu finally got what she wanted.

She is now the chairman of the 'Post-Disaster Restart Committee', and Moni has also become an official in it, responsible for managing the city's medical units and getting them back up and running as soon as possible."

"Hmm, sounds like a position designed for flower vases."

Zhou Ke commented harshly:
"I don't think she can hold on to this position. Her unevolved brain will mess things up sooner or later, and then she will be kicked out by little Acholi. I think it's just a matter of time. What do you think?"

“I think your evaluation of Ms. Weng Meiyu is too hasty. She does not make decisions alone. In fact, she has also formed her own decision-making body in conjunction with the senior executives of the Weng Group and the Parnis Group.

She also plans to take this opportunity to promote the merger of the two companies."

D-4 shook her head and spoke a fair word for her "sister". She said:

“And according to what I heard from the experts, the current chaos in the city-state area will not last long. The collapse of the network system only forced the intelligent machines to shut down, but did not damage the structures. Once the transformation and restart of the energy system is completed, this area will return to order faster than you think.

Except that there will no longer be network systems forced to activate older communication and information exchange systems, perhaps the city-state area will return to the decadent state of "closing your eyes and waiting for death" that you hate in the next few months.

You know, some bad habits are not so easy to change once they are formed, especially since my current shallow understanding of "human nature" makes me honestly not have much confidence in the future of this area."

"But what does that have to do with me?"

Zhou Ke finished the last bite of bread, looked back at D-4, tilted his head and said:
"I will only 'play' here this once. If the little Acholi can't seize this opportunity, then they deserve to die. After all, I have never been from here. Have I ever told you this?"

"You said that last night, during the third break, you whispered a lot in my ear, even though I was in the process of repairing my thought circuits after my second 'mental collapse' and didn't care whether I wanted to listen or not.

Fortunately, my information collection module was still functioning at that time."

D-4 responded in a rather tactful way:
"You described a place you called 'homeland' for me. My poor imagination makes it difficult for me to construct the social system and natural ecology of that world, but I think the place you are talking about is not an old civilization.

In other words, your background is actually more 'big' than Shunguang imagined."

"Tsk, I thought you would be scared by the fact that I'm an 'alien', but I didn't expect that a well-trained robot would have a strong ability to accept things.

Not interesting. "

Zhou Ke snorted, picked up a cigar from Little Acholi's collection and put it in his mouth, stood up and pinched D-4's smooth face, and said:
"Pack your things, let's get out of here.

Staying in this "presidential suite" for one night is enough to bring back some vague memories of the past. We don't belong here after all. Look at our country bumpkin temperament, which is incompatible with the decorations placed here by little Acholi.

Even that trash can is classier than me.

First, go to the Slag Bar.

Help me contact Moni, Qiao Ya and Weng Meiyu. I want to discuss the next steps with them during the few days I am waiting for the summons from the evil eagle."

"Ok."

D-4 nodded, but there was actually nothing to pack. Zhou Ke didn't have much stuff to begin with, and his original armed backpack was already damaged. This made D-4 a little confused. Until Zhou Ke walked into the elevator humming a song while holding a genetically modified apple, the robot girl looked around and didn't know what to take away.

Then, she noticed the unlit cigar that Zhou Ke seemed to have "accidentally" dropped on the edge of the table. D-4 blinked immediately, as if she realized what Zhou Ke meant by "clean it up".

Just like some diligent family members, when staying in a hotel, they will always subconsciously take away those small packets of bath cream and disposable slippers.

This has nothing to do with wealth or poverty; it is purely a frugal mentality based on not wasting.

The most important thing is that this is to prevent unscrupulous merchants from irresponsibly repackaging used items and leaving them to the next unsuspecting customer. Leading by example and supervising business ethics is the moral obligation of every good customer.

Zhou Ke waited for a long time at the entrance square of the central building, which was as busy as a school recruitment site, and saw D-4 dragging a large suitcase and walking towards him in high heels. He smiled with satisfaction, and Wu Neng on his arm said in a mean way:
"Ha, the training was a great success! Congratulations, Joker, you have successfully turned a robot girl who could have developed a dignified and elegant temperament into a petty and tasteless person like you."

"Shut up!"

Zhou Ke complained:
"It would be a waste to keep those things in little Acholi's hands. Can he use them all by himself? I was kind enough to help him solve the consumption pressure so that he wouldn't be overwhelmed by the affluent life. I didn't even ask him for labor fees. Why are you, a robot, complaining to me here?"

"This machine just thinks, you have completed the commission, why don't you do something serious?"

Wu Neng said:
"Do you really want little Acholi to owe you a favor? You know, if the debt is too heavy, he might have the urge to kill you one day because of some psychological reaction."

"We have obtained a lot of information in the Second Research Institute, Wu Neng. One day we will go to the Garden of Eden and kill old Acholi."

Zhou Ke threw the cigarette butt into the trash can next to him and said:
"I just hope that little Acholi won't come out to cause trouble at that time. If a favor can make him watch us kill his father without doing anything, then I will make a fortune.

Don’t always think about the present when doing things, always look to the long term.”

D-4 dragged the suitcase to Zhou Ke's side. Just by looking at the bulging suitcase, one could tell that D-4 had filled it with things. Before Zhou Ke could speak, he saw the robot girl take out a box of cigars and a washed genetically modified peach from the pocket of her windbreaker and handed them to him.

This made Zhou Ke even more satisfied.

Just as the two were about to find a car to leave, they heard the hum of an engine coming closer and closer.

Zhou Ke turned around and saw a black official car slowly approaching and stopping in front of them. The car window rolled down to reveal Afu's face still covered with bandages. She took off her makeup and turned from a non-mainstream psychic master back into a "classy" urban girl.

She is still yawning.

"I haven't said thank you yet."

Afu threw the car keys to Zhou Ke, and after getting out of the car, she took a cigar from Zhou Ke's "stolen goods" and played with it, then whispered:
"Ms. Evil Vulture will leave the city in two days. We will meet at the public helipad S-14 in the central city. We will only wait for you for an hour. The Time Maze No. 11 is very dangerous, so don't bring too many people."

"I finally bought this 'ticket'. It was not easy."

Zhou Ke smiled, handed the car keys to D-4, and said to Afu:
"Shall we go directly to Time Maze No. 11 then?"

"No, let's go back to the Eagle State's base first to prepare some things. We can't just go there with the Time Beast." Afu explained:
“You have witnessed the formation of Time Maze No. 12 with your own eyes, but I want to tell you that the dangers between the two are not at the same level at all.

The collapse of the benchmark in the No. 2 Research Institute was simply a result of its damage. However, some terrible things had happened in the No. 1 Research Institute, and even the collapse of the benchmark was not the most dangerous thing that had happened there.

When I, a psychic master who has seen a lot of things, tell you that it is "terrible" there, you'd better be mentally prepared in advance. Don't think that the Ascendants are invincible. If you are really thrown into the depths of the occupied area, you will be lucky if you can survive there for a month, not to mention the inner ring of the No. 11 Time Maze which is more dangerous than the occupied area.

We've lost three men there."

"Only three?"

Zhou Ke raised his eyebrows and said:
"Given the Bad Land's habit of treating human lives as consumables, what's the difference between this loss and no loss?"

"I mean three Ascended Psionic Masters! Geniuses."

Afu rolled her eyes and said:
"In your eyes, do those stupid apprentices who are not even Ascended still count as human beings? Well, you really have humanistic concerns."

"You really deserve a beating in the way you talk, Afu."

Zhou Ke opened the car door and got in, then said to Afu:

"I really should let little Acholi find an opportunity to teach you a lesson. By the way, do you have any psychic secrets notebooks or something like that that are special to the Eagle State? After all, I am an ascender, so I have to learn a few spells to show off my style."

"It will happen even if you don't say it."

Afu took out a special tablet from her arms and handed it to Zhou Ke, saying:
"Before we go to the maze, you have to learn everything listed above. It's not a complicated psychic spell, but it's very useful for protecting the spirit. I left my own practice experience on it. It's my personal support for you.

at last.
Thanks again for not abandoning me, you could have done that, and I know some of my behaviors are annoying.

Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.”

She smiled and waved goodbye to Zhou Ke, then turned and left.

Zhou Ke sat in the passenger seat and opened the tablet, browsing the analysis of those very obscure and complex psychic spells. D-4 drove away from here, but found along the way that the entire first ring of the central city had been under military martial law.

The security forces that were summoned overnight even drove out the six-legged heavy vehicles used in the city to guard every intersection.

At first she thought that little Acholi was making a big deal out of nothing, and that his eagerness to show off his authority in this way was a bit too blatant. However, less than a few minutes after the car drove out of the first ring, she heard intensive gunfire in the city and even the echo of explosions.

D-4 looked up and saw several fast-response aircraft speeding in that direction.

Afterwards, a team of "awakened intelligent machines" under Moni carried out an airborne landing above the street where the gunfight took place. After another burst of rapid gunfire, peace was restored there.

"Look, the people here are very honest and simple. Usually they don't dare to make a big fuss due to the order, but as long as there is a slight opportunity, some impatient guys will jump out and make trouble."

Zhou Ke, who was sitting in the passenger seat, complained:

"The style here has rapidly moved towards that of the Badlands overnight. If little Acholi can't control the situation, within a week the entire city-state will be in a state of 'kings everywhere' and full of life, with everything competing for development.

But the good news is that due to the collapse of the communication system, these ambitious guys are unable to quickly connect, and the only outcome that awaits them is to be wiped out one by one."

"But the collapse of the network system also caused the already unhealthy economic system in the city-state to collapse."

D-4 said with some concern:

"The money deposited in the consortium bank was wiped out overnight. Not to mention ordinary people, I don't think the directors of the consortium will let it go. Mr. Acholi is now sitting on the crater of a volcano."

"Are the soldiers and guns in his hands just for show? Besides, it's already the apocalypse, why would we still want to study finance? I don't think there's anything wrong with using bottle caps as trading items."

Zhou Ke grinned, shook his head and said:
"Look at it from a positive perspective, D-4. It's not just one or two people whose wealth has been reduced to zero and everyone's savings have been lost. This means that the most 'fair' wealth distribution has ended and everyone is back on the same starting line.

Can you say that this isn't the absolute fairness that many people dream of?
Why are they still so sad when this day comes? Could it be that what they really want is not equality for all, but that they can represent and decide whether others are 'equal' at will? "

"You keep saying you hate keyboard politics, but you're actually pretty good at it, boss."

D-4 curled her lips and said:
"Let's not talk about this topic anymore, let's change it."

"Okay, how was it last night? I know it was an important moment for women, but I'm curious if it has some special meaning for robots? Especially the words you said in a daze during the three 'mental breakdowns', which were really 'meaningful'.

I found that your robots' sensitive points are really different from humans.
So, do you want me to repeat it for you?"

"Well, how about we continue the previous topic? I suddenly think it's quite interesting to discuss 'absolute fairness' and 'relative fairness' with you. At least it's much more interesting than you repeating my most embarrassing gesture."

"Well, what's embarrassing about that? On the contrary, I think you are really beautiful in that state. And I don't want to discuss this issue. It seems that you are not satisfied with the 'entertainment' last night. It seems that Miss Robot Girl has very high requirements."

"No, no, no, that's not what I meant! I am very satisfied, I just got my train of thought tangled, Boss, please don't use your cunning talent in this kind of place, okay?"

Half an hour later, the car stopped at the intersection of Slag Bar.

This damn place has become a "dangerous building" ever since it was raided by the Flash Operator last time, but Old Taf has no intention of giving up on it. He hired a construction team to repair his shop, and even during the chaos last night, he and A Miu lived in the construction site.

When Zhou Ke got out of the car, he saw Old Taf squatting vigilantly on the second-floor balcony with a shotgun in his hand. He looked out in the direction he was looking and saw the bodies of four or five young men lying in a mess on the street opposite.

"How many did you kill last night?"

Zhou Ke leaned against the car, lit a cigar and asked, and Old Taf cursed:
"I feel like I've been back to hell in my dream! The excitement last night really gave me a great time. The network in the city went down for no apparent reason. No one can tell what happened, but I know this damn thing has something to do with you, the unlucky star.

Don’t come up yet!

Tell me what good things you have done. "

"You should come down. I brought you a gift. Do you want some cigars specially supplied by the Archons on the surface? I have thirteen boxes of them here, as well as a few boxes of wine. They should be handed down from the old civilization."

Zhou Ke shouted while blowing out a smoke ring, and Old Taf said "Wait", and quickly ran down in his slippers.

He and Zhou Ke sat on the shelf next to the construction site. They opened a bottle of good wine and clinked glasses. When Old Taf groaned in comfort, Zhou Ke said to him:
"You said before that you were going to name your drinks after those legendary figures you knew, right?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

Old Taff asked.

"Ajie is dead."

Zhou Ke poured him a cup and whispered:
"So, let's call the first wine 'Ajie'. Leave a glass of 'Ahong' for Moni. And mix two more wines, one called 'Wu Qinhu' and the other called 'Luo Jie'. We'll release it later. Wait for my news."

"Zhao, I sell wine, not a funeral home! Are you placing an order here so you can kill it right after you order it?"

Old Taff complained.

But he didn't drink the glass of wine in his hand. Instead, he spilled it on the dusty ground in front of him. He sighed and said:
"Alas, this is our fate. This is the fate of the people of the Bad Lands!"

"Yes, this is fate."

Zhou Ke raised his head and blew out a smoke ring, saying:

"But don't worry about more deaths. I'm not bringing anyone else with me back to the Bad Land this time. It's just me and D-4. I'm also bringing Qiao Shan with me. That guy hasn't woken up yet, so he might need some psychic stimulation.

Moni is an official in little Acholi, and your two boys have made a name for themselves by following him.

You've suffered all your life, old man. Now you're old and lucky. You'll be rich soon. When I come back to visit you, if you give me watered-down wine again, I'll shoot you with a few bullets."

"We'll talk about it later. With the current state of Central City, who knows if little Acholi can keep his throne. Hey, we haven't finished drinking yet, what are you doing?"

"I'm hungry. I brought the freshest ingredients, which were taken directly from the refrigerator of the surface governor. I quickly asked Ah Miao to make something for me. I ate a few peaches and two grapes last night.
Blanch.

It’s not a life for human beings.”

(End of this chapter)