Abnormal Doomsday Records

Chapter 149 82. Long time no see, evil land

When Zhou Ke walked out of the factory carrying the improved weapon backpack and the black weapon box, D-4, who was leaning against the car and reading the fashion magazine, looked up at him in surprise and said in a strange tone:
"So fast?"

"It's you! It's really you!"

Zhou Ke snorted coldly and said with dissatisfaction:

"I told you, without your permission, how could Weng Meiyu dare to do such a thing! How on earth did she convince you to 'betray' your boss?"

"She said she would teach me how to flirt with men. She's very good at it. The agreement was reached earlier than you think. I've been receiving private lessons from Weng Meiyu for a long time."

D-4 answered honestly:
"And judging from your reaction last night, I think this 'tuition fee' is well worth it. But it's you who, last night, ahem, I mean, the time we had shouldn't have been so short. Is this the 'art of sex' in human legend?

Weng Meiyu actually knows this?
I thought she was just bragging and trying to trick me."

"Humph, she shamelessly said that she wanted to test the combat capability of the Ascendants, and she got what she wished for."

Zhou Ke threw his things on the back seat, sat in the passenger seat and fastened his seat belt, then glanced at the window on the second floor and said:

"It's hard for ordinary people to keep up with my current strength, well, in all aspects. But I did give her the 'emotional value' she wanted."

"How does that feel?"

D-4 started the car and asked:
"A natural beauty like Miss Weng Meiyu should be quite good, right?"

“Not as durable as you, and I’m very angry, so you’d better quickly adjust the toughness of your mental circuits and reduce the sensitivity of those super-mimetic data streams. Next time, even if you cry for mercy, I will not let you go!

You are a lunatic who actively invites wild kittens into your nest!"

This is Zhou Ke’s final comment on this issue, which makes people laugh.

But he believed that this would cause him to faint due to being too excited multiple times in a short period of time. Weng Meiyu, who was currently receiving emergency treatment from Noka Maid Head, probably came to the same conclusion.

Oh, humans, you really don’t know your own limitations!
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Two days passed in a flash. At noon on the departure date agreed with the Evil Vulture, Zhou Ke and D-4 drove a small truck to the S-14 public helipad.

This is where the consortium coordinates aircraft routes on a daily basis. However, because the energy recovery progress in the central city has not reached the level required to charge aircraft in the past few days, this place is now filled with various vehicles.

But Ms. Vulture's vehicle is still very conspicuous.

Although it looked like an ordinary cargo ship, there were several heavy-load trucks parked underneath it. The intelligent machines that had been transplanted with Qiao Sina's code were carrying various boxes onto the ship.

Those were the supplies that little Acholi gave to his sister.

Through Afu's previous introduction, Zhou Ke already knew that Jiubang was actually the "private army" raised by little Aqiaoli with his own money.

Ever since he came to the surface and contacted his sister seven years ago, a cargo spaceship has delivered supplies to Jiubang every month. The black market that was blown up by Zhou Ke was originally used to receive supplies.

This also explains why Ms. Evil Eagle is very impatient with her stupid brother, but still has to accommodate him.

Without the material support from Little Acholi, given the Eagle State's high-profile operations outside the occupied areas, they would have run out of ammunition and food within two months.

Ms. Evil Eagle is the most powerful psychic master, but she really knows nothing about business.

You also can't expect those psychic masters who generally have mental problems to do operations work. Therefore, at least from the perspective of Jiubang, their big sponsor Xiao Acholi is really qualified to say "You have learned my operations, and all you need to do is F2A to win."

"Come and give me a hand, buddy."

Zhou Ke jumped off the truck and shouted to the awakened intelligent workers nearby:
"Come and carry this thing up there. Be careful. There's someone lying inside."

The Qiao Sina code can only give the intelligent machines basic personality, and cannot immediately give them the ability to think for themselves. Therefore, when faced with Zhou Ke's call, the two stupid intelligent workers did not know how to respond. They came over and moved the biological capsule in the cabinet and sent it to the cargo spacecraft.

Zhou Ke and D-4 entered the cabin under the guidance of Afu, who had changed back into the Eagle-style robe and put on heavy makeup. The evil Eagle had not arrived yet, so Afu invited them to sit down and wait.

“It’s really luxurious.”

Zhou Ke sat on the soft sofa, crossed his legs, lit a cigarette, and said to A Fu who was making tea:

"It's like a mobile star hotel. Mr. Acholi is really good to his sister. At least he is wholeheartedly supporting her with supplies."

"You'd better not mention their relationship all the time, Zhou Ke."

Afu, who was wearing heavy makeup and green eyeliner, glared at Zhou Ke who was speaking without restraint and said coldly:
“Ms. Evil Eagle doesn’t like too many people knowing these things. It will cause trouble to her and even more danger to Mr. Acholi. Most importantly, you learned this from me by dishonorable means!

That represents a serious mistake on my part, and every time you mention it, Ms. Vulture will remember that I made a mistake.

This will eventually get me in trouble!

If you consider me as a friend, Zhou Ke, could you please think about me for a moment?"

"You seem afraid of her?"

Zhou Ke flicked the ash in the ashtray beside him and asked curiously:

"Why? According to what you said before, you grew up with her, and in the first half of her life, Ms. Evil Eagle had always lived as a carefree young lady. She really changed ten years ago, and that's when you followed her to the Bad Land, right?"

"You are prying into the privacy of the young lady. I advise you not to do this."

A Fu stuffed a cup of tea into Zhou Ke's hand and warned:
"Not only am I afraid of her, but everyone in the entire Eagle State is afraid of her. In the Second Research Institute, what the lady showed was far beyond the limit of her ability. No one even knows what kind of power the lady has learned from the psychic manuscript left by the Enlightener Thoth.

Don't jump back and forth on the edge of danger, Zhou Ke.

Becoming an Ascended does not mean you have an amulet of immortality, believe me, it is truly for your own good."

"Well, it seems that your fear is genuine, so I won't ask any more questions."

Zhou Ke smiled, drank a sip of tea, and asked:
"So, we sail directly to the occupied area?"

"Yes, starting from the central city, it will take about 11 hours to reach the destination in a straight line. Geographically speaking, the place we are going to is separated from the Badlands Reservation by a fjord. In the old civilization era, that fjord was a famous scenic spot."

Afu explained:
"But now it has become a dead sea. If you think the monsters on land are dangerous enough, then after we arrive, I can take you to the 'seaside' to have a look. If we are lucky enough, we can even see the 'dragon' with our own eyes."

"Hmm, you've aroused my interest. Is it a four-legged lizard? Or a more agile dragon?"

Zhou Ke asked curiously, and Afu said:

"There are both, and even a third and fourth type. In the classification of psychic-related derivatives unique to the Eagle State, we call all elite monsters whose individual combat power exceeds the S-level threat 'dragons'.

The ocean, which is vaster than the land, is their habitat, and only in a more complex marine ecology can those horrible individuals find enough food.

Monsters will also devour each other.

It's not just the need to eat based on hunger, but also the desire to devour and grow.

In fact, we have always felt that the Acholi Consortium has protected the Badlands Reservation too well. Even in the Badlands, those guys would be scared to pee their pants when they see the Helmeted Bull. But in the occupied areas, this kind of rubbish like the Helmeted Bull is more like a herbivore that feeds higher-level monsters.

But the good news is that the density of monsters in the occupied area is not as exaggerated as everyone imagines.

Thirty-eight years in the Badlands was enough time for a new food chain to form in the occupied areas, and the surface world had been completely reshaped into a world more suitable for the existence of monsters.

It is a pity, but the era of human domination of the world has passed for thirty-eight years. "

"How far have you explored?"

D-4 asked a question that she was more interested in. Afu shook her head while holding her teacup and said:
“The area between the Achilles Mountains and the Kangal Sea is the limit of our exploration over the years. Even if we include the Badlands Reservation, the area we have explored is less than one-fifth of this continent.

But the globe I saw in the Garden of Eden showed that the surface of the world has five continents of different sizes, and ours is not even the largest one.
But you don't have to despair.

In fact, Eden has been regularly launching intelligent observers to the occupied areas over the years. The intelligence they sent back before shutting down is enough for Eden's observation agency to keep updated on the information of various areas of the surface world.

Although there is no point in just updating the information, the people in heaven can at least pretend that everything is still under their control.

Those Omnic Observers are your kind, ma'am, but more capable and adaptable than you.

They are all robots that represent the highest level of production in the old civilization era, designed by Mr. Wood, a famous mechanical genius in the Enlightenment era. Their basic destructive power is equivalent to that of ordinary Ascendants, but they cannot be deployed to the surface world due to their high cost. "

“Is it that they can’t deploy, or that they don’t want to deploy?”

D-4 asked back:
"Perhaps for those who can make the decision, guarding the Garden of Eden is more important than protecting the surface?"

“Haha, I don’t comment on these issues.”

Apparently, Afu had no intention of making trouble. She looked at Zhou Ke and said:
"How are you learning the techniques in the book I gave you?"

"I've been busy these past two days."

Zhou Ke had just started to speak when he saw Afu rolling her eyes.

That expression was very similar to the helplessness of a teacher when he heard a bad student scratching his head and explaining that "his homework was eaten by the family dog."

But Zhou Ke was just joking. Although he was really busy, he could still squeeze out some time to study after "punishing" D-4's little actions in various ways and preparing for the next trip to the Badlands. Under Afu's gaze, Zhou Ke stretched out his fingers and placed them on the teacup. He gently rotated it and extracted the water in the cup in a "non-Newtonian fluid" way like a magic trick. He then dispersed the water into several water balls of different sizes and rotated around his wrist with his five fingers.

Then when he spread his fingers, the water ball turned into hundreds of smaller water droplets and flew away. When Zhou Ke closed his fingers, it returned to the original point in an instant, and then fell into the cup and returned to its original shape.

"Yes, accurately controlling psychic energy is an entry-level skill. It seems that you have a good psychic adaptability."

Ah Fu nodded in satisfaction and said:
"What about mind protection?"

"That's a bit complicated. I can't understand it right away. I was just planning to ask you for advice."

Zhou Ke smiled modestly at Afu, but his voice rang directly in Afu's spiritual level without moving his mouth, which really surprised Afu a little.

Zhou Ke learned the language of the spirit only a few days after becoming an ascender. Is this guy really a genius?
But only D-4, who had a "bad" time in the past two days, knew that her boss Zhou Ke had actually "cheated".

Because Zhou Ke put on a "mask" before boarding the plane. It was the trophy he got a few days ago when he accidentally killed an illegal psychic who took hostages and intended to do bad things during the chaos in the city.

This thing's combat power is very average, but it can give Zhou Ke more sophisticated psychic manipulation and some simple psychic spells.

But this isn’t actually cheating.

After all, the core of Zhou Ke’s tactics is the mask, and the ability to use it properly is also part of his strength.

Just as Afu spent more than ten minutes explaining to Zhou Ke in detail the principles and casting techniques of "mental protection", a car drove into the tarmac.

When Zhou Ke turned his head to look, he saw little Acholi, who was leaning on a crutch, getting out of the car. He enthusiastically helped his sister carry a suitcase and sent the evil vulture to the spaceship. He also kept nagging her to take good care of herself.

At this time, little Acholi had no dignity of a surface governor at all, and he just looked like a good brother who was a bit "sister-con".

Zhou Ke stood up and walked down the gangway, intending to say a few more words to little Acholi, but when he saw him coming, little Acholi's expression immediately became unhappy.

"What's going on here?"

Zhou Ke said in surprise:

"I didn't provoke you, did I?"

"You took away my pet cat of seven years."

The surface governor said rudely:
"Weng Meiyu is out of her mind! She actually took the initiative to tell me that she wanted to break up. God knows what motivated her to risk offending me and having her power taken away in order to draw a line with me.

And I also found that I was actually as despicable as other men. I had clearly made up my mind to make her suffer, but in the past few days I found that Meiyu seemed to have really changed. She became independent and no longer needed to rely on men to make a career.

You haven't seen her aura when she makes decisions.

Tsk tsk, it's like a fusion of you and me, which makes me realize that I actually like her quite a bit.

After all, if it was just pure carnal desire, it wouldn't be enough to make her stay with me for seven years. You know, although Meiyu always thought she was good at serving people, to be honest, her various skills were really average.

At least it can’t be compared with the professionals.”

"His endurance is pretty average indeed. Ah, you're trying to trick me!"

Zhou Ke rubbed his forehead helplessly, put his hands on his waist and said:

"Okay, okay, I admit that I 'crossed the line', but seeing the people around you grow is a good thing after all, right? I took away your pet cat, but I also gave you a capable adjutant, which can be considered to have reduced the mental pressure you are under.

You shouldn't be angry, there are plenty of cats around you, right, Chickadee?"

"What the hell is that name!"

Little Acholi glared at Zhou Ke and said:
"I need to borrow Moni to do some dirty work."

"He is your subordinate now. Just talk to him. I won't interfere."

Zhou Ke curled his lips and said:
"You can't hold back your anger?"

“I have a good temper, but there are always people who want to see me angry. So let them have their way. I may not be able to solve all the problems in the Bad Land, but in this apocalyptic state, solving the problem can actually achieve the same result.

Anyway, the civilians in the city are happy to see the upper echelons get into trouble, so as an archon, I have to take their emotional values into consideration, right? "

The surface governor smiled, got into his car, rolled down the window and said to Zhou Ke:
"It's a pity that you left in such a hurry that you couldn't make it to the funerals of several directors of the consortium. Zhou Ke, I have a new commission for you."

"Go ahead. Consider it my apology for the cat that learned to scratch people."

Zhou Ke held a cigarette in his mouth and said:
"But please don't ask me to help you get rid of another leader of Shunguang. Han Bin is not someone that easy to deal with."

"Not in this regard."

Little Acholi put on sunglasses and said to Zhou Ke:
"I hired you to be my sister's bodyguard. She insisted on going to Time Maze No. 11. I couldn't stop her. I could only find a way to give her a little more security."

"Are you kidding me?"

Zhou Ke sighed and said:
"If your sister is really angry, she can strangle me to death with one hand. My strength is nothing in front of a truly strong person."

“Yes, you two are not on the same level in terms of combat power, but she doesn’t have your brains. She can’t even compare to me in this aspect. That little fool who has always been independent just doesn’t want to admit her weakness in this aspect.

Just because she has an outstanding talent for spellcasting doesn't mean she is necessarily smart!
Moreover, when a person is too obsessed with something dangerous, it is difficult for wisdom to be useful at a critical moment. "

Little Acholi said very seriously:
"But you are just the opposite. Strength is just an embellishment to you. Your real weapon is your brain and your madness, which is exactly what my sister lacks. Protect her well. Not to mention Weng Meiyu, I can give you anything you want!
But you also remember it for me.

If you dare to 'cross the line' with my sister again, I will cut off your thing that is in the way."

"Well, you do know that your sister actually looks more like a gender-changed you, right?"

Zhou Ke complained:
"I admit that you are quite handsome as a man, but your feminine temperament is a little too sharp. If you look at D-4 and then at Weng Meiyu, you will know that my aesthetic taste is completely different from hers."

"Well, I hope so."

The surface governor waved his finger, and the car turned in a perfect arc and disappeared into the tarmac.

Zhou Ke narrowed his eyes at this moment.

He noticed that Acholi's driver was a female intelligent robot. Although she was well disguised, Zhou Ke still noticed that she was secretly observing him.

"Wuneng, did the omnic driver notice it?"

Zhou Ke asked softly as he stepped onto the escalator:

"Does it have a Josna code signal?"

"No."

Wu Neng replied softly:
"Your guess has come true, Zhou Ke. The man next to little Acholi is most likely from Rust Castle. This guy always does something that makes people's eyes go dark. What kind of cooperation agreement did he reach with those rebellious robots?"

"I'm not a great immortal."

Zhou Ke snorted, flicked away his cigarette butt, and said:

"But I know that Weng Meiyu and Moni have work to do next. They must figure this out, lest little Acholi drag him and us into an inexplicable crisis again."

A few minutes later, the aircraft took off.

Zhou Ke leaned back on the sofa and turned around, looking out the porthole at the central city that was getting smaller and smaller in his field of vision.

He was unconscious when he entered the city, so this was the first time he had a free time to look down at the bird's-eye view of the entire city-state from this angle. When the aircraft reached a high enough height, Zhou Ke saw the green area surrounded by the Gobi Desert, as well as the occupied areas further out on the Gobi Desert.

“So ugly.”

He whispered:

"It's like a layered rotten orange that has rotted to the core. I would normally throw this kind of thing into the trash can, which is the best place for it."

"At least there's still something that's not rotten."

The evil eagle, who was sitting on the sofa on the other side and reading an ancient magic book, flipped through the papers and said without turning his head:
"This means we have one last chance, but it's only this one. But Mr. Zhou Ke, as a new legend praised by everyone in this desert, don't you have anything to say?"

"Is escaping from Wu Qinhu twice something to be proud of? I don't know what you are going to do next, but in my next goal, Wu Qinhu must die."

Zhou Ke took the green apple from D-4, waved his finger, and said, as if making a declaration:
"After all, the first step to becoming a legend is to defeat a legend."

"click"

When the teeth bite down, juice splashes everywhere.

Well, long time no see, Badland, your Zhou Ke is back.

(End of this chapter)