Abnormal Doomsday Records

Chapter 151 1. The people of Jiubang are really unrefined. They took on a job before they even had the dumplings to welcome the guests.
Leaving the city-state area and driving into the badlands, Zhou Ke finally saw a familiar place after a not-so-long wait amidst the monotonous Gobi scenery passing by quickly.

The black market that he had blown up half of was still standing in its original place, and after several months, it had not only been renovated but the business had even improved a lot. Even though the city-state area was still in the "dark industrial age" where all network systems and intelligent creations had been lost, there were still several aircraft marked with different forces parked in this black market.

I really don’t know how those guys managed to fly the aircraft over here!
Is it all manual operation?
If that's true, that's pretty awesome.

"We are going to unload the goods here and leave the supplies donated by Mr. Acholi the Younger here to be packaged and sent to different places."

Afu explained to the two guests as the cargo ship landed:
"At present, the Eagle State has three permanent areas outside the occupied areas. The safer psychic training camp 'Alpha' is less than a day and a half away from the border. It is located in a hidden valley. This black market is a safe supply base to ensure its normal operation.

Of course, although it is called a training camp, it is actually where the peripheral members of the Jiubang are located. They need to receive training and their loyalty will be tested there.

The last time you made such a scene here, it almost indirectly caused hundreds of people in the training camp to starve to death."

"Ah, it's our fault. I sincerely apologize to you and Ms. Evil Eagle."

Zhou Ke spread his hands on his sofa without any sincerity and said:

"It doesn't sound like that's where we're going?"

"Why go there? The Alpha training camp only has a bunch of new recruits from all over the Badlands. It's not even known whether most of them can survive the first exploration mission. It's not worth investing too much energy in it."

Ah Fu curled her lips and glanced at the Evil Vulture lady who was still reading the magic book. Seeing that she didn't show any special reaction, she continued:

“We are going to Beta Base!
That is the current headquarters of the Jiu State. It is located in the dense forest of the occupied area that I told you about before, separated from the city-state area by a fjord. Before the fall of the old civilization, it was a comprehensive scientific research area with fairly complete underground defense structures and surface buildings.

It took us almost two years to completely clean up the place and get it back into operation with the secret help of Mr. Acholi Jr. The main force of the Eagle State is currently located there.

You can think of it as a small city-state, but the difference is that nearly three thousand residents are all psychics.

Finally, there is an enclave in Jiubang.

The 'Fentas Industrial Fallen Area' is located nearly 170 kilometers northeast of Beta Base. Our Exploration Group 1 and Support Group 2 are currently clearing out the monsters entrenched in the industrial area. According to the plan they just updated, we will be able to move in there in two months at the latest."

"Does it take two months just for the planning? It's a delicate time that's neither too long nor too short."

Zhou Ke raised his eyebrows and said:
"Just out of curiosity, how many times have they postponed it?"

“This is the third time.”

Afu said somewhat embarrassedly:

"But it's definitely not that the exploration team is just slacking off. The main reason is that the place is more difficult to deal with than expected."

"Withdraw it."

Zhou Ke lowered his head and lit a cigarette.

In order to prevent the smoke from drifting over and disturbing Ms. Evil Vulture's reading mood, Zhou Ke also used a special psychic trick to form a breeze to roll up his smoke. He played with the tiny airflow in his hand like a "small whirlwind" and said to Afu:
"It has been postponed three times but you are still told that it will take two months. Either the troubles your exploration members encountered are bigger than they described and they are simply unable to handle it, or the leader has already changed his mind and is planning to do something bad.

If I'm not mistaken, they also took the initiative to request to send the second support regiment, right? Well, looking at your embarrassed expression, I know I guessed right.

very good!

Now the suspicion that the guy is rebelling and intending to "split the land and establish a new territory" is even greater.

To be honest, if little Acholi was here, he would immediately send people to replace the exploration leader when the other party first proposed an extension when they had a large number of elite soldiers and generals. You are too insensitive in this regard.

Excuse me for adding one more thing, but why is it necessary to send so many forces to develop a territory occupied by monsters 170 kilometers away when there are insufficient personnel?
Is there anything there that you must get?"

Afu didn't answer.

But the look she gave Ms. Evil Vulture already gave the answer.

"Did you hear that?"

The evil eagle Rhine holding the magic book then said:

"Afu, when we arrive at Beta Base, you will be in charge of this matter personally. If the person you personally recommended intends to betray us, then it would be reasonable for you to execute her personally, right?"

"Oh."

Ah Fu responded in a low mood, while Zhou Ke said helplessly:

"This is a lesson for you. I hope you won't mix business with personal matters next time. In fact, when that lady approached you with a purpose and seduced you, Afu, you should have been alert."

"Shut up."

Afu didn't want to discuss it.

Judging from the reaction of the evil eagle, there must be some relationship between her and the leader of the exploration team that is not convenient to say. A few minutes later, Afu left the cabin and went to the ground to coordinate the transfer of materials from the black market. After she walked out of the cabin, the evil eagle closed her magic book, turned her chair and looked at Zhou Ke.

She reached out and took off the ball mask she was using for disguise, revealing a face that was quite similar to little Acholi's facial features.

Speaking of which, Zhou Ke's previous evaluation was indeed biased. Little Acholi looked a little feminine with that face, but this was just right for Ms. Rhine, and it also added a touch of neutral capability to her feminine beauty.

Her purple pupils were especially impressive. Although Zhou Ke always squinted his eyes, everyone around him knew that this guy's pupils were actually purple-red.

The pupils of the two are somewhat similar, but Zhou Ke's pupils are a little weird, not as beautiful and majestic as Rhine's eyes.

"Do you think Afu is stupid? She's always rash and can't control her mouth?"

Rhine said to Zhou Ke as if he was chatting with her family:

"Are you curious as to why I kept her around even though I knew she had all these problems?"

"Well, I'm not actually curious."

Zhou Ke smiled and said:
"I encountered a bit of an accident when I was adventuring with Madam Afu before, and I learned some clues from her when she was mentally vulnerable. I guess that when she followed you to the surface ten years ago, the two ladies' first experience with the Badlanders was not so 'peaceful'?"

"Well, Afu was almost tortured to death to protect me who was still very naive at that time. When I found someone to save her, those bastards, well, killing them a hundred times would be a light punishment."

Rhine leaned back in his chair and said:
"I owed her this. From then on, she was my sister and my family. We should always be more tolerant towards our family members. Although Afu is older than me, she can no longer change her character flaws.

I am telling you this because I want to tell you seriously, Mr. Zhou Ke.

If you want to know anything about Jiubang, you can ask me directly. Don't use Afu's character flaws to spy on information. You know that every time you crush her in terms of IQ, it will leave a psychological shadow on her.

But she is a psychic, and too many psychological shadows are not a good thing."

"Okay, I accept your proposal, Miss Rhine. Can I call you that? Or should I call you by your nickname like other people who admire your reputation?"

Zhou Ke made a promise and asked again, and Rhine waved his hand and said:

"Just call me Rhine. I like this kind of dialogue on equal footing. This is also the disease that Eden developed while growing up.

Back to your previous question, the Fintas Industrial Zone itself is just a strategic material warehouse used by an old civilization to store certain things. It is one of the few Mother Planet Federation strategic material warehouses closest to the Badlands Reservation, and it was emptied during the great evacuation thirty-eight years ago.

The reason it's important is because I found some information left behind by an old civilization, which shows that there is something hidden inside that cannot be transported by land.

We have to get it!"

A cold light flashed in the eyes of the Evil Vulture Lady. She said:

“I will not allow anyone to lay a claw on it before me, so I would like to invite you to follow Afu after arriving at the destination. If that fool makes a wrong judgment, I hope you can help her correct the mistake in time.

I can't leave by myself and I can't hand this matter over to other leaders of Jiubang, as this will weaken Afu's already limited prestige, but she is my confidant after all.

And I am sure that when you see something like that with your own eyes, you will realize that all my insistence on this matter is justified.”

"I am happy to help my partners, and I am also willing to improve my reputation with the new force Jiubang."

Zhou Ke said:
"But it's not okay for Afu to keep doing this. If you feel you owe her something, you should teach her a lesson instead of letting her continue to cause you trouble. Excuse me, if D-4 keeps making such low-level mistakes, I will definitely modify her thinking process myself.

Being favored is one thing, ability is another, and self-awareness is another.

As I just said, public and private matters must be separated.

If you don't know how to discipline her, why don't you let me do it? I'm not bragging, even a useless person like Weng Meiyu who only looks good can become a useful person under my guidance, and Ah Fu's starting point is much higher than hers.

At least Afu is obedient enough."

"It's not impossible."

Lai Yin looked Zhou Ke up and down. Like a demanding interviewer, she scraped the table surface with her fingers and said:

"You can't destroy Afu's personality, and you can't go too far. I just want my family to grow up, which doesn't mean I want her to bear any unnecessary mental pressure."

"Well, let me take a look at the situation first. I feel like this isn't just a matter of ambition or greed."

Zhou Ke stroked his chin and said:

"Given your reputation in the Eagle State, such an embarrassing thing should not have happened. However, since we are still lacking the necessary information, we cannot make irresponsible inferences. Let's talk about other things.

For example, I heard that you have a notebook directly from the Enlightener Thoth?

How did you get this legendary item?
Is this the reason why you were able to make rapid progress in psychic power in such a short period of time?"

"It's because of my talent. I might be a little luckier. I have good talent. Mr. Toth's notebook is something I stole from my father's safe. It's also the only thing I took with me when I left the Garden of Eden."

Rhine did not hide her past deeds. She patted the magic book beside her and said frankly:

"This is the book. In fact, its contents are not as mysterious as you think. After all, in the era when Mr. Thoth lived, the concentration of psychic energy on the surface of the earth was far less amazing than it is now. What he made were only a series of theories based on observations, as well as speculations and predictions about the future direction of psychic energy.

Sounds disappointing, right?

Then I want to tell you that all of Mr. Thoth's predictions are almost exactly the same as the actual trends, which also makes the psychic system he almost "created out of thin air" perfectly fit the current needs of the Bad Land.

The ancient meditation technique of the Snake State is a summary of Mr. Thoth, and the series of psychic scriptures currently used by the Eagle State are also the last achievements left by Mr. Thoth before his mysterious disappearance.

It has to be said that he deserves the title of 'The Enlightener'. He is almost the 'Father of Psychic Power' in the Bad Land.

I have no idea whether my father was acquainted with Mr. Toth in his youth, but the presence of this private notebook in his safe seems to indicate that.

in addition"

Rhine shrugged, patted the magic book and said:
"This notebook is mixed with a few pages of diary. I can only say that the real Mr. Toth is much more vivid than we imagined. You have no idea how good he is at cursing people. On just one page, he can use seven languages to curse someone he calls an idiot.

One of the languages was even created by him.

What is even more regrettable is that after considering the context and making some guesses, it is not difficult to find that the 'idiot' mentioned by Mr. Toth is most likely the mysterious and unlikable old father of my brother and me. "

"Hahaha, the grudges and gossips of the older generation are always so entertaining."

Zhou Ke was very happy to hear this, and even D-4, who was reading a magazine next to him, pricked up his ears.

She found that as her mimetic personality became more and more complete, her resistance to these gossips became lower and lower.

This thing seems to have some kind of irresistible charm, just like a series of encrypted codes. As long as you can parse the truth between the lines, you can gain a lot of fun to relax your thinking circuit.
"Actually, I also have a question for you, Mr. Zhou Ke."

After using a "family joke" to bring them closer, Lai Rhine brushed her long hair and glanced at the energy device in Zhou Ke's hand. She asked:

"Do you know where this device in your hand originated from?"

“All I can tell you is that it comes from the same place as me.”

Zhou Ke sighed and said:
"I'm not hiding anything. Although I know you're trying to trick me, unfortunately, I don't even have a credible answer on this question."

"Then I can give you some additional ideas."

Rhine took out a very delicate little device from her pocket, threw it to Zhou Ke, and said:

"This is a universal external signal component from an old civilization that I found in an abandoned laboratory at Beta Base several years ago. What's special about it is that the special signal algorithm inside it can only be adapted to a small number of instruments, and none of the instruments my brother and I have can activate it.

Try it.

Let's see if Master Wu Neng has the ability to do this."

"I need to make sure there's no virus in this thing that could harm my 'chatter brother'."

Zhou Ke didn't intend to install anything of unknown origin into Wu Neng's interface, but Wu Neng took the initiative to light up the screen at this moment and said:

"Plug it in, Joker! This machine seems to have the driver for this model of external component. If you don't plug it in, Ms. Vulture won't tell you the story behind this thing."

"Okay, this is what you asked for."

Zhou Ke inserted the thumb-sized black device into Wu Neng's port. After a moment, this guy screamed as if he was on drugs:

"Signal amplification reception is on! Information reading frequency band is fully open! Ha, this machine is really awesome now. Joker, do you want to listen to the most popular hits in Eden Garden?"

"Huh? You can connect to the space pirate radio station? Is this thing so cool?"

Zhou Ke was also startled, but when he heard a rather soft serenade coming from Wuneng's player that was incompatible with the music of the Evil Land, he finally gave in.

"Sure enough, the energy-enhancing device is classified as 'special equipment'."

Rhine's big eyes also lit up at this moment, and she said confidently:
"My guess was correct, Master Wu Neng is the work of 'Creator Wood'!

Sorry, I just concealed a little truth. This external component can only be connected to the old civilization instruments designed and made by "Wood" himself. This is the quirk of the genius engineer. He doesn't like others to pick up his work and use it directly.

According to records, Engineer Wood was the most famous engineering expert and talented businessman before the fall of the old civilization.

You may not feel it when I say this, but I want to tell you that the leader of the rebellious machines, 'Fire of Awakening', who has been hiding in the Rust Castle for many years, is also an intelligent machine designed by Mr. Wood. In other words, Fire of Awakening and Lord Wuneng come from the same designer.

In human terms, you are probably 'brothers.'"

"Fuck!"

Wu Neng and Zhou Ke made indecent exclamations at the same time, and D-4 also became nervous. She is an intelligent machine and should pay attention to all secrets related to Rust Castle.

“This is really off the mark.”

Wu Neng complained:
"If this machine knew that its brothers were so awesome, it shouldn't have stopped you from going to Rust Castle to die. So the reason why the manager tried so hard to help you wasn't because you were so awesome.

Is it just for the sake of this machine?"

"Ah, yes, yes, it's all because of Master Wuneng's great respect. I am just your humble human servant."

Zhou Ke said a few words in accordance with Wuneng's temper, and soon licked this stupid assistant to satisfaction, then turned back to look at Rhine. He was eager to get more secrets from this very young but knowledgeable psychic master.

A few hours later, the cargo spacecraft took off again and headed out of the occupied area, but the rest of the journey was not so boring. Zhou Ke discovered that Rhine was actually a very talkative person with a strong desire to share.

The prerequisite is that you have to be able to bring up topics that interest her. As for things that she is not interested in, she will quickly lose interest in communicating and turn to studying the magic book seriously.

This girl is as easygoing as her brother, quite casual and they are truly a family of siblings.

But D-4 noticed that Afu was in a bad mood during the trip, and often had a frown and worried expression.

The closer they got to Jiubang's Beta base, the more Afu's brows furrowed.

When the "micro-expression interpretation master" D-4 told Zhou Ke about this discovery, Zhou Ke also realized that what happened in the occupied area of ​​Fentas Industry might be more complicated than he imagined.

"Could it be that this psychic guy has really fallen in love with that female exploration leader?"

Zhou Ke thought in his heart:

"Tsk, this is really troublesome."

"Here we are."

A few minutes later, the evil vulture Rhine, who was reading a book, suddenly stood up, pointed at the dense and empty jungle in front of him, and said to Zhou Ke, who was discussing what to eat in the evening with D-4:

"Welcome to Jiubang, guest."

"what?"

Zhou Ke looked in front of the window, and there was nothing there except a dense forest.

It was not until a few seconds later that the aircraft signal was sent in, and amid the interlacing flashes of countless hexagonal light beams, an entrance was opened to the "Chameleon" giant optical concealment and air defense system originating from the old civilization era.

As the aircraft drove in, what came into view was a silver-gray building built on a platform in the mountains.

The indicator left by the old civilization flashed in the night, and Zhou Ke moved his fingers and whispered:
"Ah, hello from Wakanda in the Bad Land, Zhou Ke is here to visit!"

(End of this chapter)