Abnormal Doomsday Records

Chapter 163 13. This is a plan to drive away the snake and kill the tiger!

When Qiao Ya and Mu Fang got out of the car that picked them up from school, hand in hand and humming a song, and returned to Director Mulan's extravagant city villa with their schoolbags, they saw a group of people sitting in the living room.

They seemed to be discussing something at once, and the discussion had just reached a critical moment.

Even Weng Meiyu, who always pays attention to her image, waved a fruit knife and said something very violent like "Why not take the opportunity to hire someone to kill that bastard?"

But then, Weng Meiyu was despised by everyone.

"It seems that even after all the hard work you put into learning from Zhou Ke, your brain hasn't really gotten any better."

Moni smoked a cigarette with a painful look on his face and complained:
"Do you even know what the three words 'Wu Qinhu' mean in the Badlands? Alas, that's right. You guys in the City-State have a very superficial understanding of power. Wife, explain it to this silly girl."

He patted the waist of Amanda, who was wearing white casual clothes and looked very charming today. Amanda rolled her eyes and punched Moni on the wrist, cursing:
"Who the hell is your wife? If you dare to yell again, I'll chop off your legs! As for Wu Qinhu's strength, well, it's just so-so. He can probably only fight four of us. Previously, when he teamed up with Evil Eagle and her little henchmen to fight Tiger King, they were almost beaten three by one.

Although I'm sure that Evil Eagle didn't use her full strength, to be honest, given the situation at that time, she probably wouldn't have won even if she had used her full strength, so don't come up with such a stupid idea as hiring someone to kill someone and embarrass yourself.

Unless you can afford the price and get that old man from Seven Ring City to do it, there's no way to kill him on the surface."

"What are you talking about?"

Qiao Ya dropped her schoolbag and walked over to ask curiously.

Seeing that something big was about to happen, she gave up the idea of taking out the stack of perfect test papers in her bag to show to her aunt and ask for some praise.

Because Qiao Ya was also a member of their "gang", the head maid Noka, who came to the meeting today on behalf of "Bert and Crystal Palace Housekeeping", told her what happened in the most concise tone possible.

When Qiao Ya heard that little Acholi had reached an agreement with Roger to attack Rust Castle, and that Wu Qinhu had already set out for Time Maze No. 11 to kill Zhou Ke there, she did not get anxious. Instead, she sat beside them with her head tilted, cutting fruit for others to make a fruit plate while using her clever little brain.

The others couldn't come up with a way to deal with Wu Qinhu for the time being, so they turned the topic back to the Rust Castle incident.

Little Acholi did not hide anything about this matter. He told everyone else the complete agreement he and Roger had reached, even disclosing the top secret of the "Sacred Benchmark Project".

"I've received the orders."

Mulan, the charming middle-aged man who is currently serving as the martial law commander in the central city, said with a sad face:

"Roger is really rude. He has placed an astonishingly large order with the Maca Group. Just looking at the production requirements for weapons and vehicles, I have no doubt that guy wants to plow the Badlands from south to north with missiles.

I'm not afraid of war or those rebellious robots, I'm just saying, what would happen even if we win?
According to Little Acholi, once that damned sacred benchmark project is launched, there is at least a 99% chance that we, and the entire world, will be buried along with those lunatics."

"Please don't exaggerate the fear at this time."

The maid Noka next to him sighed and said:
"What Governor Acholi said was clearly a high probability."

"It's already this late, why are you still picking on words, robot?"

Mulan slapped his thigh and shouted:

"Everyone's going to die anyway, so there's no point worrying about the odds. I finally got my faith back in life and rebuilding the world. I thought little Acholi really wanted to do something, so he came back. But just when things started to get better, it's almost over.

Who would want to do this?"

"I don't think there's any need to despair now."

Weng Meiyu, who has been enjoying a happy life recently, played with her nails and glanced at everyone in front of her with a charming look. She said:
"Why don't we first see what Zhou Ke has to say? He's sure to give us a refreshing answer or come up with a crazy plan he's prepared long ago to help us through this difficult time."

"Hey! Although everyone knows that you slept with Zhou Ke, he is not your external brain after all, sister. Isn't it a bit irresponsible to throw all the troubles to him?"

Moni, who had just been punched by Amanda, shook his head and said:
“We are all collaborators, and we have to show our role.”

"But every member of the team has his or her own responsibilities and missions. Just as Zhou Ke instructed us to stay in the City-State District to assist Little Acholi in completing reconstruction and centralization, Zhou Ke's responsibility in this team is to come up with an executable plan for everyone in this crisis situation."

Weng Meiyu snorted, took out a pack of ladies' cigarettes, took out two and gave one to Amanda, but was rejected by the red-haired motorcycle girl.

She thought the thing was not strong enough and took out a cigar from Moni's pocket, then nodded with satisfaction.

Weng Meiyu didn't care either.

She has already mastered the tricks of dealing with these guys around her. She doesn't need to be pretentious or restrained in front of her own people. Demonstrating her abilities and role is the best way to win respect.

So in the midst of the fragrant smoke, she said:
"As I just said, what we lack now is not the energy for action, but a concrete plan! Except for Moni who has some talent in this area, everyone here is just an executor, if I may be frank.

We spent two hours discussing this, and apart from eating two plates of fruit, we didn't reach any valuable conclusion, which in itself proved that both things were beyond our ability to handle.

From my bitter experience, I know that in this situation, shaking people off immediately is the best option."

"Well, your experience was indeed tragic."

Moni nodded, looked at Mulan and Noka again, and said:
"So, is everyone in agreement?"

"I think there's nothing wrong with Meiyu's idea."

Mulan said:
"My brain is not designed to think about these complicated things. He comes up with a plan and we just execute it. In addition, my buddy was transferred to the team related to Rust Castle affairs. It's really strange. Roger should know that he was a traitor but he didn't hold him accountable.

Anyway, I will go to the war zone as Little Acholi's representative to monitor the situation there, and I will inform you as soon as there is any news."

"Boss Bert has entrusted me with the decision-making power, and I think Ms. Weng Meiyu's suggestion is very reasonable."

The head maid Noka also agreed with the suggestion of calling someone, so Moni took out a communicator that could contact Jiubang and was about to dial, but before she finished pressing a string of numbers, she was stopped by a hand stretched out from the side.

He raised his head and looked at Qiao Ya who was carrying a fruit plate. The girl's eyes were filled with a light that made Moni feel a little "familiar".

Moni knew that the "idea king" in his team was about to take action.

"Although Zhou Ke believes that grassroots activists should report any thorny issues immediately, he would probably be disappointed if we became people who only knew how to follow orders. He is actually quite contradictory."

Qiao Ya put the fruit plate on the table, put her hands on her hips and said to the others:

"I think we should be more proactive. Rust Castle involves the Acholi Consortium, the Flash Organization, the Tiger State, the Snake State and other big forces. We can't intervene, but we can actually do a lot about Wu Qinhu."

"for example?"

Weng Meiyu looked at her cousin with a kind of "encouragement".

She had confidence in Qiao Ya's wisdom, although she definitely did not trust her as much as she did in Zhou Ke. However, she believed that Qiao Ya's initiative to speak at this time meant that she actually had a plan.

"For example, I don't think the 'hiring a killer' plan that Meiyu just proposed is impossible."

Qiao Ya sat next to Weng Meiyu. She looked at her aunt who was daydreaming and said:
"Aunt said that the old man from Snake Nation can deal with Wu Qinhu, so we should work hard in this direction. If we can convince the Snake Man to take action, we can join forces with Zhou Ke and Ms. Evil Eagle to set up an ambush from both ends in Maze No. 11, and work together from inside and outside to bury this scourge Wu Qinhu!

It saves him from causing trouble for us all day long."

"The problem is, we can't convince him. We don't even have a way to talk to the snake man directly."

Moni sighed, hugged Amanda in his arms, and bit her cheek while she was grumbling and struggling. He said:

“I won’t let your aunt take risks again, Xiaoya.

You know that with her personality, she will probably cause a big fuss if she returns to the Seventh Ring City. Now is not the time for both sides to completely fall out. The plan we have been promoting to transfer medical resources has just started to gain momentum, and the two sides are in the "honeymoon" period of cooperation.

The problem isn't the reclusive Parseltongue.

The problem lies with Amanda's eldest sister and second brother. Those two hold the highest power in the Seven Rings City, and they have been preventing our people from contacting the Snake Man."

"We need to take advantage of this cooperation, which will not harm the Snake Nation."

Qiao Ya said confidently:

"Even if my aunt asked me to do it, I wouldn't let her take the risk. She can be a great fighter and a great sniper, but being a lobbyist is not for her. I won't hide it! I decided to do it myself. Isn't Amei now the permanent representative of our 'Slag Medical Association' in the Seventh Ring City?
I asked her for help!
As a major shareholder of the association, I have completed a private invitation with Snake Man in the process of deepening business cooperation! "

she says:

"This is a purely business meeting. No matter how much Knight Commander Sasha and Knight Commander Levi complain, they can't stop me from meeting Snake Man, right? After all, I am visiting Seven Ring City as a major shareholder of the cooperation party. It is really unreasonable for the nominal leader of the other party not to show up.

Once we meet, the rest will be easy.

It was nothing more than trying to test the snake man's attitude, stirring up trouble, and trying to make things difficult for Wu Qinhu.

If we can find out the snakeman's bottom line during the conversation, then half the battle will be won.

This is what Zhou Ke did, and I thought I could give it a try. Even if we fail, we won’t lose much, so we can just make it a pure business cooperation.

This is a private hire after all.

We're hiring Snake Man himself, not the Snake Nation to go to war with the Tiger Nation, right?

The right to interpret is in our hands, but I need some intelligence support."

At this point, Qiao Ya looked at her aunt who was curled up in Moni's arms like a boneless person, and she said:
"Auntie! Do you know if there is any old grudge between Snake Man and Tiger King?"

"what?"

Amanda, who was never impatient to attend any tactical meetings, was now thinking about what to eat in the afternoon. When she was suddenly called, she looked a little dazed. The charm of a "confused beauty" at that moment made Qiao Ya repeat the question helplessly, and then glanced at Moni.

She seemed to understand why Moni had fallen so deeply in love with her aunt with "bad habits." In essence, Aunt Amanda was actually a very traditional woman who was very easy to satisfy.

As long as she is given a sense of spiritual security, she can really keep a low profile in life. The best thing is that my aunt has extraordinary fighting skills and can handle 99% of the troubles encountered in life by herself. Apart from spiritual comfort and physical pleasure, she does not need the man around her to do anything more for her.

What’s even more perfect is that Boss Moni is extremely talented in providing emotional value.

The pairing of these two dogs is a match made in heaven.

In response to Qiao Ya's question, Amanda tilted her head and shook her head.
"No! As far as I can remember, Dad and Wu Qinhu met no more than three times, and they always drank whenever they met. Not only did they not have any conflicts, but they actually had a very good relationship privately, at least on the surface.

But I heard from that bitch Sasha that the friendship between Dad and Wu Qinhu was only based on the mutual appreciation between strong men. In fact, he never regarded Wu Qinhu as a friend. The life trajectories and life pursuits of the two were completely different.

Apart from being born in an old civilization, they have almost nothing in common.

Oh, by the way, if Zhou Ke hadn’t boasted before, then Dad and Wu Qinhu were once colleagues in the Acholi Group.

It's not that easy to instigate a fight between them."

Amanda blew out a smoke ring and said:

"The most troublesome thing is that Dad hasn't fought anyone in at least fifteen years, and he gets drunk every day. Who knows if he's already useless. After all, he's over a hundred years old. Even if he's about to be promoted, what's the use?
Anyway, I don’t think that after so many years of alcoholism, he can fight a monster like Wu Qinhu head-on and win.

Xiaoya, you have to know that being able to fight does not mean you can win.

These are two concepts.

If he were thirty years younger, I absolutely believe he could have taken Wu Qinhu's kidney off, but now...Alas, even the sharpest person will become gentle when he gets old."

"Since they haven't fought for fifteen years, what makes you think Snake Man can still be on the same level as Wu Qinhu?"

Weng Meiyu said curiously:
"I don't know much about these things, so please don't laugh at me if I ask stupid questions."

“It’s not a stupid question actually.”

Amanda glanced at her and said:
"Don't meddle in the affairs of us soldiers! If I say we can fight, we can fight." Dad's heroic spirit has indeed faded, but his aura has not.

That bitch, Sasha, was so domineering that she held sway over Seven Ring City. Her personal strength in the Badlands was definitely in the top five, but so what? Seeing her father frown, she trembled.

Levi said that there is a whole level of difference between Sasha, his father and Wu Qinhu.

It's not just pure strength, but also the understanding of strength and the mastery of skills. You have to understand that our first five knight commanders and the subsequent candidate knight commanders were all taught by my father hand in hand.

This means we have no chance against him.”

"Yeah, that does sound impressive."

Qiao Ya nodded, then turned to Noka, who was silently recording these secret legends and converting them into internal information of "Crystal Palace Housekeeping", and said:
"Is Crystal Palace busy lately? I want to place an order."

"It's definitely very busy. The security orders from the families of directors of other consortiums alone are already fully booked for the next three months."

Maid Noka maintained a perfect business smile. The senior omnic, who was guest-starring as Crystal Palace's housekeeper and accountant, first expressed her difficulties, then changed the subject and said:
"But you are the initial investor of our Crystal Palace Housekeeping. You are our most valuable high-net-worth customer and strategic partner, so all your orders will be given priority. What kind of security or cleaning services do you need?"

"I'm going to the Seventh Ring City and have to prepare for the worst. If Sasha and Levi intend to stop me secretly, it means I'll have to face the pressure of two elemental Ascendants."

Qiao Ya stated her request, but Amanda interrupted by shaking her head:

"More than that! I just said that there are only five Knight Commanders in Snake State, but there are a lot of Knight Commanders in reserve. The Ascendants that my father has taught in the past thirty-eight years are not as rare as you think. However, most of them have not completed their own 'Riding Trials', so it is normal that the outside world does not know about them.

But if you really want to fight against Sasha and Levi, then you will have to face the pressure of at least four Ascendants."

"Press it at this intensity."

Qiao Ya said to Noka:

"Are you stressed?"

"Of course there are. They are Ascendants, after all. They are the highest-ranking military force in the Badlands Reservation. Even high-level combat omnics can be killed instantly if they're unlucky."

Noka pushed his rustic glasses and said:

"But fortunately, before leaving, Instructor D-4 shared her unique 'weapon integration' concept and design plan with us. As a result, the combat effectiveness of the thirteen S-level servants of Crystal Palace Housekeeping has been greatly improved.

With the most luxurious security team deployed, we can protect you and get away with it safely even under that kind of combat intensity.

But it is impossible to win.

At this stage, combat omnics are unable to break through their own physical limits. However, if you can call Instructor D-4 to help, that would be a different story."

"Oh?"

Mulan became interested, and the coquettish middle-aged man said curiously:
"I've seen the female robot next to Zhou Ke a few times. She's really impressive, but if you say she's really more powerful than when you were performing the joint 'Housekeeping Operation', I think that's a bit exaggerated, right? After all, she's only one person, and machines have their limits."

"Yes, machinery and steel have limits, but willpower and computing power do not."

Noka sighed, and then said in a tone with a hint of "jealousy":
"I can't tell you exactly what the difference is between D-4 and us, but the fact is, in the field of machine intelligence, the difference between D-4 and us is just like what Ms. Amanda just described as the difference between them and the Snake Man.

There is a whole level between them.

She has entered the "transcendence" and "sublimation" that belong to robots. To describe it emotionally, when we are in desperate situations, we can only hope that our incomplete mimic personalities can simulate a steely will. However, Instructor D-4's steel, which is no different from ours, has already given birth to a will.

she.
She is no longer just a robot!
I can only say that Boss Burt's evaluation of Mr. Zhou Ke is perfect. Mr. Zhou Ke is the most outstanding 'maintenance pilot' in the Badlands."

"Is it so exaggerated?"

Moni said in surprise:

"Is it because of the incomprehensible and twisted yet touching 'love' between her and Zhou Ke?"

"maybe."

Noka lowered his head and said softly:
"Boss Bert and I have privately simulated the battle that Instructor D-4 encountered in the No. 4 Research Institute. I can only say that the results of hundreds of thousands of tactical simulations tell us that under an encirclement of that scale, Instructor D-, who is at an absolute disadvantage, has zero chance of winning!

But not only did she accomplish the feat of 1V27, she even walked out of the time maze on her own.

I don't know what you humans call this kind of thing, but in the eyes of us robots, it is a true 'miracle'.

No one knows how she did it.

But the fact is, she did it and we couldn't, and I finally understood that complex emotion, that emotion called 'jealousy', it's so beautiful."

"You robots are truly twisted, but that doesn't stop me from trusting you to complete the mission."

Qiao Ya patted Noka's shoulder and encouraged him:
"I believe that you and Bert will be able to achieve the same bond in the future. Well, that's the word! Zhou Ke often uses this word to describe the special relationship between him and D-4. Compared to simple love, he thinks this word is more appropriate."

"Bond?"

Noka pushed his glasses up again and said:

"Very good, Crystal Palace Housekeeping accepts your commission. I will personally lead the team to escort you to the Seven Ring City, but we are only responsible for security and housekeeping cleaning. We can't help with the negotiations."

"Are you sure you don't want me to come with you?"

Amanda asked seriously:
"You know I won't let you go to Seventh Ring City alone to fight that bitch Sasha, right? She's the one who murdered your father! Don't think I don't know, you can be quite ruthless when you get mad."

"I will control myself."

Qiao Ya assured calmly:
"I know my father and Uncle Ohm's final wishes, so I won't throw myself into a desperate situation. Only when I am absolutely sure that everything is safe will I declare the advent of revenge or reconciliation.

not now
Zhou Ke would not want to see the medical plan collapse because of my impulsiveness.

The most important thing is, when I am busy, you, aunt, don't think of being idle. You and Boss Moni have been in love for more than 20 days. Your body and your soul should be satisfied, so please go on a long journey next.

Time Maze No. 11.
We can't defeat Wu Qinhu right there at the beginning, but we can at least let you serve as a representative to escort Zhou Ke and others into it at the critical moment.

A time maze that won't let anyone leave easily. Ha, if you want to hunt tigers, there's no better place than there!"

“But Zhou Ke will also be trapped in it.”

Weng Meiyu said:

"This puts him at risk as well."

"Have some faith in your new bed partner, Meiyu."

Qiao Ya curled her lips and said:
"If he could escape the first time, he can certainly leave there on his own the second time. Finally, I want to warn you, don't place too much emotion on Zhou Ke. He will definitely make you sad like a bastard who plays with your feelings, my poor cousin.

To borrow my aunt's words, maintaining this simple friends-with-benefits relationship is perfect, unless you plan to challenge D-4's current status.

With all due respect, I don't think D-4 will let you off the hook after she realizes this, given her current mindset. She still understands things like fire prevention, theft prevention, and best friend prevention."

(End of this chapter)