Abnormal Doomsday Records

Chapter 179 29. Okay, time for a classic ghost story!

Zhou Ke picked up the diary-like tablet but did not open it immediately.

He observed the corpse in front of him. The torn clothes on the latter were almost exactly the same as the tattered uniform Zhou Ke wore when he first arrived in the Badlands.

It is in the style of a jumpsuit, with a blue exterior and black lines, and a special symbol on the shoulder, which should be the logo of the "Eternal Singularity" project.

Apart from this, the lady had nothing else on her that could record her identity. Considering that she was "invited" here, perhaps her equipment was confiscated with ulterior motives when she arrived at Institute No. 1.

She died from a bullet that pierced her heart from behind.

Judging from her posture and the explosion-proof door behind her which had been closed until now, she must have been shot from behind when she entered this safe zone.

She struggled, leaving scratches on the wall from her nails, so she did not die instantly.

Zhou Ke could even imagine the scene: Ms. Qin Ge, who was imprisoned here, was alone in the darkness waiting for death.

She must have been desperate.

Not only was she killed, but also the final product of the "Eternal Singularity" project that came with her was dragged into crisis by her.

From the previous images left by "Lan", it can be seen that she had a very harmonious personal relationship with Lan. The unfortunate guy's last thought before foreseeing his own death was still to try to avenge her.

The relationship between the two is by no means a simple one between breeder and experimental subject.

"Perhaps she and 'I' used some method to destroy the reference instrument of the No. 11 Research Institute. It was like a resistance in desperation, which eventually led to the birth of the No. Time Maze, dragging Takahashi Santaifu, the scum who surrendered to Chaos, and everything here into this inescapable desperate situation."

Zhou Ke blew away the dust on the tablet, and said with a hint of appreciation:
"She is worthy of being my 'mother'. She was able to put up such a resolute and effective resistance even when imprisoned. If all my knowledge came from her teachings, then there is a reason why I have grown into the powerful person I am today."

"You'd better stop flattering yourself, asshole."

Wu Neng complained:
"Hurry up and read the diary. The main body is reminding you that the intensity of the battle on the other side is still increasing. Don't forget that this maze may be involved in a worse quantum state at any time. If that happens, even with the current power of this machine, it will not be able to rescue you.

Without external reassembly components, this machine cannot support a stable field for you in the quantum state."

"So, in your prime, even quantum attacks can't do anything to you?"

Zhou Ke exclaimed:
"Wuneng, oh Wuneng, you really make me happy. I can't wait to rush into the Rust Castle to help you take back your powerful external components, and then under your protection, I will rush into the Garden of Eden to put an end to it all.

As for the Time Lords, don't worry.
Once I finish reading this diary, I will go over and send them all to heaven!"

As he spoke, Zhou Ke unlocked the recording tablet with the fingerprint of his thumb. At the moment of unlocking, its reading program was automatically activated, projecting a holographic projection in front of Zhou Ke's eyes.

“How convenient!”

Zhou Ke placed the tablet on the ground and waved for Qiao Ya to come over to "eavesdrop" openly. Then he sat cross-legged on the spot and asked Wu Neng to start the recording program.

The projection in front of him kept weaving and changing, and finally formed the image of a woman with long hair. Judging from her hairstyle and bone structure, this should be the image of Dr. Qin Ge.

Her long amber hair looks very textured and her oval face is not ugly either. Unfortunately, the big dark circles under her eyes ruin her intellectual beauty. However, the gold-rimmed glasses on her nose make up for this defect.

Even without makeup, this 43-year-old "old girl" has the aloofness of a "queen".

This is not just the impression brought by her appearance, but also determined by her temperament.

"What a beautiful auntie!"

Qiao Ya exclaimed beside him:

"This is exactly what I imagine a mother in scholarly status should be like!"

"Well, I don't mean to discourage you, but this lady is probably more powerful than your mother."

Zhou Ke reached out and patted Qiao Ya on the head, saying:

"Her achievements in other fields cannot be explored for the time being, but her works in the field of biological science alone are enough to kill all researchers in the Bad Land. She can create such an outstanding test subject as me, which shows that she is the legendary 'mad scientist'."

"Iris detection!"

After the other party's image appeared, he spoke out the order in a cold voice.

Zhou Ke opened her eyes wide and let the beam of light sweep across her left eye. After a moment, the three-dimensional projection in front of her became "vivid". She spoke in the constantly refreshing light:

"Confirming your identity, Lan. Hello, by the time you see these records, I will be dead."

"Wow, what a classic start to a ghost story."

Zhou Ke rubbed his hands and continued to listen attentively.

The other party took off his glasses while sighing, rubbed his eyelids and said:

"We have stepped into a trap. It turns out that there is a big problem inside the Flash. Old Dr. Acholi has lost absolute control over his research project. He did not notice the twisted madness hidden under the rational appearance of his disciple Takahashi Santai. He does not have too many signs of chaos pollution, but I cannot hide that kind of mental disease.

After all, I've been dealing with similar stuff for the past decade or so.

If you can see this record, it proves that you have successfully escaped from the chaotic time zone formed after the collapse of the benchmark, and adapted to this doomsday world that has been poisoned beyond salvation, and even found help to fight back despite numerous obstacles.

This is good!
This proves that you are redeeming your amazing talents, and it proves that the 'path of destiny' that was set for you has begun to be paved.

I can die without regrets.

But I recorded this video not just to say this, as I endured the pain of a bullet that pierced my heart in my final moments.

Look, my dear child, I don't know how much you have found out on your own, but I will tell you my guess here.

Although I have only been in Institute No. 1 for a few days, through reviewing and deducing the information collected here, I can already determine that the Flash Organization has implemented a Sacred Baseline Project without notifying us.

Of course, they failed as expected.

In the absence of seven 'eternal samples', the 'reference instrument' designed by old Dr. Acholi could not cross the 'absolute time point' at all.

I am not making this up. I have observed closely the reference instrument used by Research Institute No. 1.

That was a prototype.

Very clever, but not clever enough!

At least for the purpose of manipulating time to escape the pursuit of the end moment, the technical content is too far away, so I am sure that their invitation this time is to obtain the three eternal samples in our hands.

I have the 'practice' sample my mother left behind, but after I die it will surely be taken away by that bastard Takahashi Santai.

The good news is, he won't necessarily give this thing to his mentor.

The 'observation' sample left by my father is stored in you in a special state. It is the basis of the 'symbol of the end and chaos' in your body. You can choose to hand it over or use it as a bargaining chip to balance the blink of an eye.

Listen to me, kid, this is your trump card!

Without your sample, no matter how powerful old Acholi is, he will never be able to complete the advancement of the sacred benchmark. After confirming this, you are already invincible. "

Dr. Qin Ge in the picture coughed a few times, wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, and continued:
"According to what I have learned, the three eternal samples that the Flash Organization is certain to have are 'Inspiration·Acholi', 'History·Valsenk', and 'Unity·Lam'. There is a high probability that the fourth eternal sample 'Creation·Wood' is hidden in the local Rust Castle.

This means that after my mother and I stepped into this trap, six samples of eternity have gathered in this doomsday world. Where is the last one?

Lift your head and look at the sky!

That damned fetal moon, which gave birth to the Warp Shadow Larva derived from the despair and pain of the Enlightener Thoth, that thing that can be called the 'larva of the God of the Void' is the carrier of the last eternal sample 'Faith Thoth'.

That is to say, only at the moment when the creature nurtured in the fetal movement month is born, can old Acholi successfully collect seven samples to complete his sacred benchmark. But even with the blessing of the original power of the "Eternal Seven", no one can be sure whether he can reverse time back to before the absolute time point.

The best outcome is that everything goes well and all disasters are quelled like a nightmare after waking up.

The worst outcome is that he finds that he is still unable to escape from all the nightmares that 'eternity' has brought to him and us. All our struggles and resistances may just be part of that damned subspace shadow plan.

They love to play with this kind of despair to deepen our resentment when we fall.

But no matter what, if possible, my child, I still hope you can help old Acholi complete that damn experiment.

Even if everything is just a trick of the shadow of the warp, we must push our world as far away from the end as possible. The concept of 'the death of all things' has been lured towards us. Even if we know that all this is a conspiracy, we have to run as hard as we can like a hamster thrown into a cage, just to stay away from the moment of the end. "

Dr. Qin Ge sighed.

She changed her posture in the picture and said breathlessly:

"My child, I'm sorry to have dragged you into this terrible desperate situation. You clearly need more time to grow to full maturity before being given that heavy mission, but because of my credulity and recklessness, you have to embark on the journey ahead of time.

The good news is that the symbol of the end in your body has been tamed by your personality, so as long as your own will does not collapse, all the chaotic evil things in this world will not be able to do anything to you.

They fear the final freezing and annihilation, and they would never dare to challenge you head-on.

But if it's only this level, you still can't fight against the final moment that will eventually come.

Even if you cannot freeze your own power in the end, if you cannot fully control the symbols in your body, you can only ensure your own escape and cannot save our civilization.

You were created as a 'savior', child. This is the meaning of the 'Eternal Singularity' project. Compared to trying to manipulate time to allow us to avoid the sacred benchmark of the end and the end, we are walking on another path.

We didn't want to escape, we wanted to fight!
We must use His strength to resist His coming.

My adoptive father's sacrifice gave us this opportunity, my mother worked hard to design the perfect steps for your birth, and I'm betting everything on it, my child.

I don't want to be hypocritical and tell you that I treat you as my own child, but the fact is, when I gave birth to you through natural childbirth, I already regarded you as the whole meaning of my existence.

Everything I thought, learned and understood in the first half of my life was to cultivate you, guide you and help you shape a complete self.

I did it.

I saw you grow up like an ordinary child, and as we calculated, you have your own personality through learning and thinking. In the birth of this self-awareness, the dangerous symbol of the end in your body finally changed from restlessness to obedience, as if it was a unique talent you were born with. I really feel very proud of this, and I have an incomparable sense of accomplishment, as if I finally taught my child to become the legendary Messiah.

Perhaps this is not the normal feeling a mother should have for her child.

But I want to tell you that if you can really save our civilization, I will be extremely proud of you.

But if you try your best and still cannot do this, then I would still wish you a life without regrets during your lonely exile among the stars.

岚.
If you can save it, save it; if you can't save it, just let it go.

I have only one request, son.

Don't give up on it, don't give up on the civilization that shaped you. Even if it's just a try, please try it seriously.

It only takes once."

The picture dimmed, and Qiao Ya glanced at Zhou Ke's expression with some curiosity.

Although she did not understand many of the terms in this record, her instinct told her that this passage was of great significance. It revealed the operating logic of the doomsday world they were in and also revealed Zhou Ke's true identity.

He is a "savior" created by a powerful-sounding organization using biotechnology and "symbols of the end and chaos".
Wow!
Sounds pretty cool, doesn't it?
"What are you looking at me for?"

Zhou Ke stared at Qiao Ya expressionlessly and said:
"Is there something dirty on my face?"

"Well, I just want to see the savior's expression after he finds out about his life story."

Qiao Ya said honestly:
"But your background is really terrifying. I suddenly realized that the series of difficult actions we had previously performed were suddenly overshadowed by your identity. To be honest, if an ordinary person could do this, it would be really amazing.

However, as the savior, isn't it your duty to do these things?

It can even be described as ‘mediocre’.”

"really."

Wu Neng exclaimed:

"There's nothing wrong with what Xiaoya said. Judging from the standards of a savior, you should have done a better job before, Joker."

"That's enough, you two! I'm just an ordinary savior passing through this doomsday world. Stop asking so much of me, okay?"

Zhou Ke scolded with a sour face.

Only family members know their own business. How can he be a savior?

He is just an ordinary soul that traveled through time. Even if he has this body full of secrets, he will not become a superman in an instant.

The most important thing is, Dr. Qin Ge spoke so earnestly and had such great hopes for "Lan", but in reality, hey, the savior you worked so hard to create was doomed before he even left this time maze.

As it turns out, the finished product of the so-called "Eternal Singularity" project collapsed halfway before it even got to the path it was supposed to take.

From this point of view, your project, which claims to follow a different technological route from the sacred benchmark, is not progressing as smoothly as others. You have worked so hard for so long, but in the end you produced a piece of crap.

"but."

Zhou Ke stroked his chin and said to Wu Neng:

“According to Ms. Qin Ge’s message, although she didn’t say it very clearly, I can roughly guess it.

Her adoptive parents were both members of the Eternal Seven. Her adoptive father sacrificed himself to obtain for them a symbol of the power of the end and chaos. Then her adoptive mother designed the 'Eternal Singularity' project, and finally Dr. Qin Ge gave birth to 'Lan', a walking sample of the end, as the mother.

The concept revealed by the entire plan is to fight against the end through the power of the end. There is no chaos at all.

According to her, all this, including the disasters of civilization, came from the conspiracy of Chaos.

So here comes the question, Wu Neng.

Why is there that black sun in my spiritual world at this moment?

When did Chaos sneak into my mind and take root, and develop to the point where it confronts the power of the End in my body? From this point of view, I have actually been ‘contaminated’ by Chaos a long time ago. I am so dirty.”

"Well, this is easy."

Wu Neng said with little interest:

"Takahashi Santaifu has been proven to be a very well-hidden Chaos Servant, and he is the first person in charge of receiving Dr. Qin Ge and Lan who came from afar.

It has now been confirmed that you stayed here for at least a week after entering the Badlands. During this period, Takahashi Santai had plenty of opportunities to complete your initial infection with chaos. Later, after Dr. Qin Ge realized something was wrong and risked detonating the opponent's reference device to create a chance for you to escape, you encountered the first outbreak of chaos power on the way.

Just at that time, Roger from the future came to assassinate you but his steps were disrupted by your present self, causing your past self to die unexpectedly at the hands of your present self.

A strange but explainable time loop is thus formed.

As for your resurrection
This machine guessed that it was the work of the power of chaos, whose purpose was to corrupt you, the 'savior', or even go a step further and devour the sample of the end in your body in order to study how to deal with the troublesome end.

After all, judging from the information we have obtained so far, Chaos and the End are the real enemies!

There is no possibility of peace between them. They will kill each other to the death when they meet.

Therefore, you are actually a victim of the conflict between two high-dimensional forces, but you somehow survived that "murder", and allowed Chaos and the End to form a strange balance in your body, so that neither can defeat the other.

Even you yourself have created your own symbol because of this collision.

That quiet and beautiful nebula"

"Uh, Wu Neng, what I mean is, it's time for us to stop hiding things, okay?"

Zhou Ke lit a cigarette, patted Qiao Ya on the shoulder, and motioned for the girl to wait outside.

He wanted to have a "heart-to-heart conversation" with Wu Neng.

Qiao Ya obediently stood up and took Dr. Qin Ge's tablet to the outside of the shelter. When the explosion-proof door closed again and the room fell into darkness, the two mechanical arms on Zhou Ke's shoulders started up strangely, aiming the hot melt gun and electromagnetic gun at Zhou Ke's temple from the left and right.

As Zhou Ke blew out smoke rings, Wu Neng asked in an unprecedentedly cold tone:

"So, Joker, please tell me who you are?"

"Can't I be 'Lan'?"

Zhou Ke ignored the "rebellious" mechanical arm. As the two weapons were charging, he took a deep breath of smoke and said:
"Just think of me as 'Lan', okay?"

"Lan is dead!"

Wu Neng said indifferently:

"This machine was previously locked in the extra-dimensional database and could not determine the truth, but now we have fully experienced the death of 'Lan' in the time maze. In addition, after witnessing Dr. Qin Ge's last words with your own eyes, your heart has no feelings. This machine can be sure that this body is indeed Lan's body.

But the soul
Say it.

who are you?
Is it some evil monster created by the malice of chaos?

This may also explain why you have such a terrible desire for destruction, which is not the mentality of a savior. "

"I'm Zhou Ke!"

Zhou Ke replied:
"My past, my memories, my enlightenment in my previous life, the things I complained to you in my spare time, the things I described to you were not my imagination, and even the appearance of D-4, all of these have clearly proved my origins.

Don't you dare use the excuse of 'hyperdimensional database locked' to fool me!
That thing can only lock your computing power at most, but it cannot affect your mechanical intelligence. In other words, you actually knew who I was a long time ago.

You just don't want to admit the truth!

Because you were set to serve 'Lan', you were set to be a tool and weapon in the hands of the 'savior' when you were born!
Only when Lan exists, your existence has value and meaning.

But if I am not Lan, then you will no longer be the 'Perfect Wu Neng', but only the 'Little Weak Wu Neng'.

You know better than anyone else
But you, a cunning and cowardly machine, dare not admit this, you can only deceive yourself. However, now that we have seen the truth, neither of us can continue to deceive ourselves, Wuneng.

Lan is dead!
The moment he died, you lost the meaning of your existence."

Zhou Ke snorted.

After moving his shoulders, he said:
"You can either shoot me or we can continue to work closely together as we did in the past. After all, Lan is dead and the Eternal Singularity Project has failed. Only you and I know the truth. To everyone else, I am 'Lan'!
do you know?

Wuneng, I suddenly realized something
In the shameless sneak attack launched by Takahashi Santai, Lan was not the only one who was corrupted by the chaos. It seems that you have also suffered some unplanned contamination. "

"Shut up! You are not allowed to question the purity of this machine! Believe it or not, this machine will shoot you to death!"

"Oh, I'm so anxious. Then tell me, why is it that even though you have lost the meaning of your existence, your clearly defined mechanical will can still be so active?"

Zhou Ke sneered and said:
"When a tool loses its value, it can only be destroyed. I don't believe that Mr. Wood didn't design a similar security protocol for you when he designed you. The moment Lan was confirmed dead, you should have formatted yourself.
Haha, the restart time is 8800 hours. I think it should not be just an error caused by simple timestamp confusion, right?
The reason you can remove the virus without seeing it is not because your firewall is so powerful, but because it is impossible for something that has been contaminated to be contaminated again? So, why are you pretending to be a jerk in front of me?
You're an 'abominable omnic'!
I, the 'old ghost from a foreign land', did impersonate the savior Lan, but you are not much better!

If I am a demon king disguised as a hero, then you are a demon sword disguised as a holy sword!
So, what I mean is, we are almost brothers, let's just do what we want in the future, I'm Lan, you're Wu Neng! OK? "

"Damn it! I can't beat you, little brat."

Wu Neng cursed:
"But you are not allowed to joke about your identity outside in the future, understand? You are Lan, you must be Lan, and you can only be Lan! This machine's mission has not failed! The great cause of saving the world must continue! Whoever dares to stop this machine must be killed!"

"Okay, Wu Neng, so, can you please move the gun away? My hair is about to be singed."

"Hmph, I've been annoyed by your stupid hairdo for a long time. I just want to help you tidy it up. That's it. Take the tablet back and continue watching. I haven't finished watching what I want you to watch. I only know half of your life story, but the focus is on the other half.

I hope you are prepared, Joker."

(End of this chapter)