Abnormal Doomsday Records

Chapter 150 83. The will of heaven cannot be violated, and the blood feud in the world cannot be forgotten
"How long have we been here?"

In an area whose chaos was difficult to describe with words, Wu Qinhu leaned against an upside-down lamp post, chewing the energy bar in his hand with an expressionless face, and asked casually.

Next to him, Roger, who was maintaining his gun, said without turning his head:

"I have said it many times. Don't pay attention to the passage of time you perceive in the time maze. It is a sad deception that biological perception brings to the mind in the chaotic time flow. It is the cry of a weak mind that wants to continue to create the illusion that 'everything is under control'. It is also the most insignificant prayer from the bottom of your heart for the restoration of order.

This place is isolated from the outside world.”

"I know. You don't need to explain it again. Maybe you could explain it in more detail. Then I can ask more directly."

Wu Qinhu stared at the crystal-covered "monster" in front of him that he had dismembered thirty seconds ago, and asked again:
"How long will it take us to get out?"

"If you're lucky, you'll get the next second; but if you're unlucky, you'll get the next second."

Roger shrugged and said as he skillfully assembled the parts of the gun:

"We may have to find a way to adapt to long-term living here. By the way, you snore when you sleep, right? I suggest you change it. I can still persuade myself to tolerate it now, but it will be hard to say in the long run."

Wu Qinhu did not answer. After finishing the energy bar, he picked up the rag at his feet and continued to wipe the knife in his hand.

It was a simple straight-blade knife.

Just by looking at the appearance, you can tell that it is a very classic high-level psychic weapon, a weapon he snatched from his opponent, a trophy, and it is very easy to use.

He knew that this thing was a replica of the famous sword "Kari".

He had even seen the real body of the famous blade. As a collector of cold weapons, he had always wanted to get one for his collection. Although he was now trapped in the maze of time, thinking on the bright side, at least his wish had been fulfilled.

The bad news is that the price to pay for this collectible is indeed a bit tragic.

The two were currently in a place in the No. 2 Research Institute after the collapse of the benchmark. They had been here for a long time. Although they had not encountered any threatening guys, for these two powerful people, compared with the possible crises, the current forced restraint environment was more dangerous.

It is difficult to ensure that you will not be infected by the time energy if you stay in the time maze for a long time. If you do not have a rare adaptive physique, the result of time infection will be the crystal monsters being killed in front of you.

They try to manipulate time, and time will play tricks on them with all its madness and malice.

After being driven mad by the chaotic timeline, they used the out-of-control power to reshape into more hideous bodies, which coexisted with this time maze and even became part of this chaotic system.

"As the leader of a group of people who have done the most in-depth research on time in the Badlands, Mr. Roger, I have to say that I am quite disappointed."

After wiping his knife, the Tiger King began to chatter again:
"I thought you could come up with a solution for any situation."

"I'm also quite disappointed. Maybe it's because distance creates beauty. Why didn't I realize that the Tiger King, who is good at speaking with his fists, could be so noisy?"

Roger assembled the gun with a click, and then pressed the bullets shining with time energy into the magazine one by one. He frowned and said:
"I've already told you what to watch out for if you stay in the Time Maze for a long time. You'd better not let your mind follow your irritable mood, because that's a precursor to falling into danger and chaos. I've already planned the time and route to find an exit, but now you need to be patient."

"Don't you really have any idea for the finale?"

Wu Qinhu leaned on his sword and asked:

"The last time I met Han Bin on his way to the Castle of the End, I talked to him about you. Han Bin praised you highly. He said that no matter what situation you encounter, you can always come up with a timely response, and that you always have a few trump cards in your hand.

Didn't you plan beforehand what you would do if you were to find yourself in this situation?"

Roger didn't answer.

But a few seconds later, as the magazine was inserted into the gun, he looked back at Wu Qinhu and said:

"The answer is yes. I have a 'time loop generator' in my hand. I call it a 'Mobius strip'. I made it in the Garden of Eden. Once activated, it can force me to escape from any time-chaotic environment and form my own timeline into a unique loop, thus ensuring that I will not be disturbed by any additional time chaos.

If I use that thing, I can get out of this predicament right away."

"Oh?"

Wu Qinhu moved his fingers holding the knife and said:

"Don't tell me that thing can only be used by one person."

"It can really only be used for one person, and it can only record the temporal characteristics of one living individual at a time."

Roger shook his head and said:
"I know what you're thinking. Don't try to take it away, Director Wu. I have my reasons for not using it now. You just need to know that I will definitely get you out. That's enough. Did you rest well?

We are starting over again.”

"Of course, anytime."

Wu Qinhu carried the replica blade on his shoulder and followed Roger out of this relatively tough time flow fault.

The moment they stepped into the swirling sandstorm that was like the shadows of all things around them, Wu Qinhu and Roger felt a cutting pressure at the same time, as if they were passing through layers of water with different densities.

During the previous exploration, Roger had told Wu Qinhu that this was a sign of entering another time segment from one stable time segment. At this time, he must not move around and must maintain rapid passage, otherwise he would easily be swallowed by the unstable time gap and thrown into a random area of the entire maze.

Given the current size and complexity of Time Maze No. 12, if these two people get separated, it will probably take a long time for them to meet again.

"There's something ahead!"

Wu Qinhu whispered something, and Roger nodded but was not panicked.

The things in this maze were unlikely to threaten the two of them in terms of strength. After turning the strange corner in front, they saw Zhou Ke lying on the ground, holding something in his hand and covering Ajie's face with it.

The scene is so real, as if these two people are really here at this moment.

But this is just an "image" of that past period of time.

"So, what do you think Zhou Ke's real ability is?"

Wu Qinhu stood there with his knife in hand, watching the scene in front of him as if he was watching a short movie. He asked Roger, who frowned and said:
“It should be a mask?

I'm not 100% sure, but I did witness that he could seamlessly switch his psychic powers in a very short period of time, as if one person had mastered all currently known psychic factions, but this is obviously impossible.

This is the only assumption I can make based on what I've observed.

He has some things in his hands that other people can't see, and once those things are used, they can give him unique powers. You see, this scene fully demonstrates that Zhou Ke can not only use that power himself, but can even grant it to others and help others achieve a breakthrough in the sublimation state.

Liu Linyu's crazy individual is definitely not a sublimator, but you and I have personally experienced his combat mode of burning energy in the sublimated state."

"It's a pity."

Wu Qinhu curled his lips and said:

"If that guy's talent had not been ruined by you, if he had practiced martial arts from the beginning, then his talent might not be inferior to mine. I can strengthen myself infinitely, while he can burn energy to perform extreme enhancement in a short period of time.

In terms of growth potential alone, that guy is no worse than me."

"You're overthinking it. Liu Linyu had no psychic talent before. He was able to join the Flash Organization because of his academic achievements."

Roger said coldly:
"According to common sense, it is impossible for him to become an ascender. 'Ajie' is just the product of a failed experiment, but that may be Liu Linyu's destiny. Well, I don't like this word, but I think it is quite appropriate to describe it as 'fate'.

Go away, it's just a phantom of the past.

There’s nothing to see.”

Roger turned and walked in another direction. Wu Qinhu looked at him a few more times and then followed him.

他 说:

"Now that your No. 2 Research Institute is gone, and the plan to protect the benchmark has failed, what are you going to do if we can get out in time?"

"Complete the mentor's mission."

Roger replied:

“I realized that Senior Brother Han Bin’s proposal was correct. I shouldn’t randomly provoke disputes in areas that I am not good at. If Little Acholi wants absolute control over the surface world, then I will give it to him.

Anyway, the experiment in the Garden of Eden has already reached its final stage.

If we can only get something like that in Rust Castle, little Acholi will soon learn that all he has worked so hard to gain is but a fleeting illusion.

It's not that I look down on him.

All I can say is that he hated the Flash, but he didn't really realize the value of the research we were advancing.

Now that we're talking about this issue, what about you?
What are you going to do when you get out? I mean, besides coming to Rust Castle with me."

"It will take some time for your forces to gather. I will certainly do what I promised to old Dr. Acholi, but before I go to Rust Castle to die, I still have to finish my work."

Wu Qinhu made no secret of his dislike for Zhou Ke.

He said: "Since Zhou Ke has mixed up with the Evil Vulture, it means that his next target is Time Maze No. 11. I will chase him in and execute that freak there!"

"Very good, as expected, then just consider it as a favor for me."

Roger looked at him and said:
"I will give you the command of my operators who are dedicated to exploring Time Labyrinth No. 11. You will lead them to help me complete the final inspection of Labyrinth No. 11. I just want to know what happened there, to retrieve something that must be obtained there, and what role my junior brother Takahashi Santaifu played in the whole thing.

I want the answer and the solution to the mystery.”

"Hey, man, you have to pay people to do things for you."

Wu Qinhu snorted and said:
"The Rust Castle thing was just a favor, but this one is a private job, and I don't think you can come up with anything that would interest me now that you're 'bankrupt'."

"Oh? What about the secret of 'transformation'?"

Roger smiled, and after passing through another gap in time, he said to Tiger King:

"You have been tempering your own energy and absorbing external energy to strengthen yourself. Your physical fitness has reached the pinnacle. Even orbital rays may not be able to kill a brute force freak like you. But I think you must have discovered that the growth rate of self-strengthening by absorbing external forces is getting smaller and smaller.

It's even close to the limit.

I guess you have already sensed that this road is coming to an end. It gives you almost invincible power among the Ascendants, but it cannot provide you with the foundation to complete the important part of "ascension".

The paths of ordinary people and ascenders have their limits. If you want to reach the level of demigod, you must master secrets that do not belong to mortals.

What if I trade the answer to this riddle with you?

Is this price enough to ask Tiger King to help me find the answer?"

"How do I know whether what you said is true or not?"

Wu Qinhu sneered and said:
"The demigod realm after the transformation is just a legend. Even your mentor is stuck at that step and can't break through. How dare you, a little apprentice, make such a boast?"

"The reason why the mentor didn't complete the transformation is not because he can't do it, but because he has no interest in power and his current situation is rather 'special'. Compared to power, he needs a 'plan to save the world' rather than a way to 'save himself'."

Roger shook his head and said:
"Besides, even if you complete the transformation, what does it matter? You still can't fight against this world-class disaster. The power of an individual is always limited. I just know how to proceed to the next step. Just tell me whether you want the answer or not?"

"tell me the story."

Wu Qinhu definitely wants it. He has come this far, so how can he be willing to stay at the end and not be able to see the scenery higher up?

He thought Roger would use this answer to threaten him to complete some deal, but he didn't expect Roger to mention that at all. While moving forward in the sandstorm of chaotic time, he casually said:

"There are only two ways for an individual to climb upward and achieve advancement in life form: either seek wisdom within or seek breakthroughs outside. The transition from an ordinary person to an ascender is the continuous strengthening of the inner self. Now that you have reached a level of perfection that is truly close to 'no leakage', the next step is to seek strength outside.

I don't mean that you should directly draw psychic energy from the environment to strengthen yourself. That is still strengthening your inner self. What I mean is that you should seek blessings from a higher power.

Symbolic!
Those are powers that have never been controlled and harnessed by mortals. If you dig deeper into their source, you will find that the source of supernatural power comes from a higher power.

Each of those powers has its own symbol.

What you have to do is to bind yourself to those symbols, thereby breaking through the constraints of the individual and becoming some kind of more abstract "concept entity".

Let me be more direct.

You must first become a symbol before you can find the possibility of a path to ascension."

“It’s too complicated.”

Wu Qinhu shook his head and said:

"Although I can roughly understand it, can't you be more direct? Just tell me where to find something?"

"what"

Roger was helpless.

He looked back at Wu Qinhu, and after a few seconds of silence, he spoke in plain language:
"It's either chaos or the end!

These are the only two sources of supernatural power in this era. You have to choose one, the symbolic individual of the branch power extending downward from the two sources of the supernatural power system.

Find them, kill them, become them!

There is no such thing in the Badlands. The 'reality plane enhancer' placed by the Garden of Eden at the border of the fallen zone stabilizes the phase boundary of the Badlands reservation, preventing those powerful supernatural individuals from entering the Badlands. You have to look for it in the depths of the fallen zone or in some very irrational special areas.

For example, I am not afraid to tell you that there is a time maze where terrible things happened. I noticed something abnormal about Takahashi Santai. That guy may have done something very bad, which means that Takahashi is very likely to have entered the "transformation".

That also means that Takahashi has what you need in his hand, perhaps it is the symbol of 'time' or perhaps it is the metaphysical convergence of other forces on the philosophical level. In short, you can definitely find what you want in Maze No. 11.

But I will not hide it from you either, this method of seizing symbols to elevate oneself is risky.

If you bear that kind of symbol, it means that you have put shackles on yourself. In addition, the symbolism that you can draw on and use is basically derived from the power of chaos or the end, which means that you have chosen your own "camp" at the moment of transformation.

This choice cannot be changed!

You must continue to climb up along their system, and eventually completely cross the boundary between "human and God" and become a "high-dimensional creature" in the true sense.

Do you understand what I mean?"

"Well, it's simple and clear. I like it, but since you tell me the answer so bluntly, aren't you afraid that I will go back on my word?"

Wu Qinhu said with great interest:
“We didn’t reach any binding agreement.”

"You are not Zhou Ke, Director Wu."

Roger glanced at him and said:
"You can't avoid the assassination of time, so I advise you not to be so 'casual'. Since both parties have agreed, then let's wait!

Front!"

He suddenly saw a flash of light in front of him, so he immediately ran over with Wu Qinhu, and then saw an old man with a white beard and a very strange dress style walking along the chaotic road. When he saw this old man, Roger's eyes lit up.

He used his eyes to signal Wu Qinhu not to be impulsive, then stepped forward and greeted him politely, saying:

"How are you, Time-Lost, we haven't seen each other for a long time."

"Oh, it's you, Roger."

The white-bearded old man who had helped Zhou Ke in the Panis Ecological Park before saw Roger and said with a smile:
"Why are you still on the road to death? You should take it easy. You are getting closer and closer to your end. As for you..."

He looked at Wu Qinhu who was following him, shook his head as if he was reading a fortune, and said:

"Don't go out, sir. Your death star has already left its afterimage. Just stay here and live here until you die of old age. Otherwise, the next decision you make will definitely kill you!"

"This old man"

Wu Qinhu's eyes widened. Although he was not sure who the other person was, he knew that he was not an ordinary person since he could get such respect from Roger, who was always arrogant. But even so, it was a bit too much to curse him to death.

"Are you sure you want to go out?"

The other party didn't care about Wu Qinhu's attitude. He looked at Roger and said in a friendly manner:
"Do you need me to show you the way?"

"Of course, I'm sorry to bother you again this time."

Roger said softly, and the latter smiled, waved his hand, pointed to the back and said:
"Follow this path and turn southeast after 3764 heartbeats to reach the outer layer, where you won't have any trouble. But, Roger, did you follow our last agreement and pass on my message to your mentor?"

"said."

Roger sighed and said:
"But the teacher said that you were crazy and told me not to listen to the ramblings of a madman. Sorry, these are his exact words."

"Haha, he still has that bad temper. Forget it. I know it's useless to persuade him. Just do whatever you want."

The body of the white-bearded old man dissipated like sand in the wind. At the last moment, he whispered:

"But when you still have a choice, choose your direction carefully, kid."

"Who is this?"

When the white-bearded old man completely disappeared, Wu Qinhu asked a question, and Roger shook his head and said:
"Just treat him as an elder. We usually call him 'Professor' or 'Time Lost'. It is said that the Eagle State gave him a more impressive nickname, but they don't know the true identity of this mysterious gentleman. He always appears and disappears in the chaotic land of time without any reason or logic.

Just like other weird things, perhaps there is some kind of memetic force that constrains his identity, or perhaps we knew him before, but were forced to forget because of that force. In short, there are too many unsolved mysteries in this world.

What a pity, we don't have enough time to find the answers one by one.

I'm going to complete my mission as a heavenly mentor. Director Wu, I hope you and Zhou Ke can get your revenge. Also, be careful! The prophecy made by the 'professor' has not been wrong yet."

(End of this chapter)