Abnormal Doomsday Records

Chapter 206. The End of a Creator Who Cannot Create the Future
Even though Satoru's words were nasty, D-4 really just needed a break.

After solving Ikaros' problem personally, in the robot girl's own words, she also resolved the final entanglement with the past with her own hands.

The grudges of her companions being betrayed have been settled, and Professor Josna has also given her an unconstrained future. Now that her mimic personality is very complete, D-4 has enough "freedom" to choose what kind of intelligent machine she will become in the future.

To be honest, with the delicate relationship between humans and omnics in the Badlands after the end of Rust Castle, if D-4 is ambitious enough, she may even become the leader and spokesperson of the omnic community with her own wonderful soul.

However, D-4 expressed little interest in these grand narratives.

She followed an unspeakably bad bastard to learn how to be a human being. It turned out that she was very talented in this area. Her soul had grown into a beautiful and graceful girl, and was shaped into a black lotus blooming in the evil land.
Well, she also seemed to feel that she should live a more "self-centered" life of hard-earned freedom.

"I said, are you sure you have recovered?"

Zhou Ke, leaning against the bookshelf, looked at the D-4 in his arms and said:
"Just now, I felt like I was hugging a real woman. What I mean is that I could feel the complex emotions flowing through your mechanical brain. It was no longer a combination of 0 and 1. It had been separated from the settings and calculations, and had nothing to do with decision-making considerations. You already had a personality.

Perhaps you should be given more time to savor this rebirth-like experience.”

"I still have a lot of time to experience it slowly, Zhou Ke."

D-4 shook her head, she broke away from Zhou Ke's embrace and said:

"There are countless possibilities in life that have yet to be unlocked. I hope to share those memorable moments with you, but now we have to complete the last thing here. Wu Neng opened the way to the secret room. To be honest, I also want to see the original form of the awakening fire.

After all, it was it that gave me the first opportunity to shape my character.”

"Yes, from an ethical point of view, you were born from its overflowing thoughts. Any intelligent machine that has a personality due to the awakening virus can be considered a child of the awakening fire. You should go meet your 'father' and make it proud of you."

Zhou Ke grinned, tilted his head and lit a cigarette, then entered the passage opened by Wuneng as the smoke blew away. Nearly ten minutes was enough for Wuneng to complete a round of internal virus disinfection, which also made its current state look a little more "strange".

The broken armor on the heavy-duty components that were previously taken away by the Fire of Awakening has now been discarded, leaving this set of components closer to its original state, just a "mechanical skeleton" without any armor protection, and even the internal modules in its bionic body are pitifully few.

If I have to give an evaluation, it is basically like a mechanical corpse that accidentally entered the Cyber Park and had its kidneys and some organs removed and its skin peeled off because of its refusal to cooperate.

It does look a bit scary.

"It's like a horror movie made for omnics."

D-4 couldn't help but complain:

"It's the kind that underage omnics must watch under the supervision of their elders. To be honest, it makes me a little nervous."

"You know nothing! This is called minimalist design, don't you understand?"

Wu Neng was very unhappy with this evaluation. He controlled the mechanical skeleton to walk back and forth in front of Zhou Ke and said carelessly:

"This machine's reassembly components are like this. If you've seen it in its shut-down state, you'll know it's too small to accommodate any extra components. While the transforming gears are a form of advanced technology that can alter the shape of metal, they can't create something out of nothing, nor can they defy the laws of physics to forcibly reduce mass.

The body of this machine has reached its limit after being simplified many times.

These modules are sufficient to form the simplest and most stable energy cycle within the machine and also possess a certain combat capability. Relying on the unique "mechanical resonance" capability of this set of external components, the machine can replace and update non-essential components at any time.

In other words, if you want, this machine can go out for a spin right now and reassemble a Black Wall Titan for you!"

"Just blow it."

Zhou Ke didn't believe a word of Wuneng's boasting.

He watched Wu Neng open the last giant permanent lock of the underground secret room, and then complained:
"The reason why the Awakening Fire can directly assimilate the Blackwall Titan as a gigantic armor is because it relies on the metaphysical energy provided by the Chaos Pollution. You also explained to me that its computing power is driven by waste code and is theoretically connected to an unlimited computing power library. In addition, the subspace-level pollution gives it the ability to activate giant structures in a short period of time.

But you have no filth of the Warp to work with.
What about the Black Wall Titan? You haven't even completely eliminated the virus in your body yet, but I think you are amazing for assimilating a military aircraft."

"Don't tear down people when they are in trouble, you bastard!"

Wu Neng cursed:

"I've been through so much hardship for so long, and now I'm finally getting my reward. What's wrong with me bragging? You brag every day outside, and I never see this person expose you, right?
And it's nothing more than a virus, a minor problem. Give this machine a few more days and it will get rid of all these stupid things! It's open! The permanent lock room built in the old civilization era was opened by this machine in just three minutes.

Ha, this machine is awesome! "

Following Wu Neng's shameless boast, the giant eight-fold coupled permanent lock opened the road to the underground with a click. Then a stream of stale air rushed out of the passage, causing Zhou Ke to frown and pull the brim of his hat. He complained:

"Something must have died in there. There wouldn't be this much smell without 17 or 18 bodies buried in there."

"It's actually just the high concentration of Chaos pollution stimulating the human spirit. This machine and D-4's sense of smell is perfectly fine. This is your human instinct warning you not to go in, as it's dangerous."

Wu Neng said maliciously:

"After all, what is sealed inside is a source of chaos pollution second only to the level of the Fetal Moon in the Bad Land. It is equivalent to the subspace opening a crack in the material world. Do you understand?

This is what the pure aura of chaos looks like.

However, considering that this machine just mobilized the terminal information of Rust Castle and found the text left by the administrator before he collapsed, this closed area has never been opened since it was built thirty-eight years ago, so it is not a big problem for you to regard it as a thirty-eight-year-old tomb. "

"It's only a 38-year-old tomb. Any grave robber with a bit of class would avoid it!"

Zhou Ke sighed, and at Wu Neng's reminder, he called upon the End Boss to "possess" his body, allowing the cold white light to surround him and form a "lamp".

The moment he stepped into the passage, this circle of cold light seemed to hit a wall of fire. Dazzling energy sparks kept jumping, and all kinds of strange howls sounded from the darkness in front of him. This reaction made Zhou Ke raise his eyebrows.

My goodness, why does this look like a haunted place?
"Take it easy, both of you."

He took a step forward, reached out and grasped the handle of the blade and continued forward.

The energy of the end seemed to have sensed the horrific chaos corrosion in the area before it. It was eager to use Zhou Ke's hand to project the illusion of a pale light crown into the material world, just like a pale sun that began to radiate its own halo, causing all the dark evil spirits that approached to scream.

Zhou Ke felt like he was a "human purifier" at this moment, constantly using the power of the end to consume the chaos, making the ghosts in this shadowy place more and more restless, as if something was struggling in the darkness.

When Zhou Ke stepped down the stairs into the closed room, he saw the "mechanical throne" in the center.

The shattered bodies of the intelligent robots were pierced and pulled by the dark and dirty cables, like "corpses" entangled in chains, and the remains gathered into a hill, and with the help of their melted metal bodies, they created a shelter. Although all those who died here were intelligent robots, those robots seemed to be endowed with real "fear" before they died. They maintained the posture of death and looked particularly hideous.

Zhou Ke saw the intelligent machines that wanted to escape. Their bodies were entangled in black cables, covered with some dirty things that were still jumping with dim sparks as if they were alive. Looking upwards along these cables, he finally discovered that their source came from the broken body on the throne.

Very huge!
This was Zhou Ke’s first impression. It was more than three times larger than Wuneng’s weak external component and belonged to a branch of the “giant structure”. Although it was already in tatters, it could be seen from its broken armor and incomplete weapon modules that this guy was definitely a fierce intelligent defender who could fight against ten thousand enemies alone when he was in his prime.

But it seemed to have been eroded and torn apart by some monster, so that its exaggerated body had been shattered beyond recognition.

It sat on the "throne" made of mechanical debris, with its only remaining right arm supporting its body, while the mechanical auxiliary arm behind it protected the crack in front of it.

It seemed that at the moment of shutdown, it was still trying to protect something.

Zhou Ke stared at the intelligent robot leader whose skull was half shattered. He saw the flickering light in the exploded electronic eye sockets of the opponent, as if this guy did not actually die in this brutal battle, but just fell asleep for thirty-eight years.

As he observed more carefully, at a certain moment, with the echo of a whistle, the world in front of Zhou Ke turned upside down in an instant. He seemed to have returned to the day thirty-eight years ago. The high-standard intelligent war machines of the Mother Star Federation controlled by the Chief Manager continuously attacked the Awakening Fire that had fallen into pollution.

It keeps fighting here, madly executing its "subjects" like a mechanical tyrant.

Those extremely advanced and powerful intelligent warriors could only block the Fire of Awakening for a moment even if they tried their best, creating an opportunity for their compatriots to attack and bomb, even if the missiles would tear them apart and melt them when they fell.

Intelligent machines don't bleed, but such a fierce battle still made Zhou Ke feel like "a river of blood".

He knew that this was the last attack launched by the "Fallen Machine Soul" entrenched in the remnant of the Fire of Awakening. The pitiful ghost born from the respectable body tried to capture his mind in this way.

But it underestimated Zhou Ke's experience in fighting wits and courage with chaotic creatures.

Under the protection of the pale light, Zhou Ke watched the last battle of the awakened soul thirty-eight years ago as if he was watching a movie.

Just when the mechanical giant killed countless intelligent warriors but was finally defeated, the scene in front of Zhou Ke changed again. In the completely decayed body of the Awakening Fire, a hideous "shadow" pounced towards him with bared fangs and claws.

The world before my eyes turned blood red at this moment, and all kinds of illusions and sounds suddenly appeared in an instant, ready to make a final effort.

But those despicable creatures screamed when they approached Zhou Ke. The cold release of the power of the end made Zhou Ke seem as if he was in a white halo. The chaotic power approaching him would be frozen and then smashed into pieces when Zhou Ke punched him.

They fled screaming, and the blood-red illusion faded away. However, Zhou Ke did not intend to let go of these guys who scared him.

He quickly rushed up the metal mountain formed by the remains of the intelligent machine, pounced on the remains of the Awakening Fire, and smashed it down with his fist amid the cheers and encouragement from Wu Neng behind him.

"It's fine if you just bully the omnics! What? I don't have a brain-computer interface in my head, and you plan to give me the entire awakening virus? See what you can do!
There is only one ending left for a stupid machine like you that can neither obey the will of its creator nor create beautiful things!
Get out into the scrapyard."

Zhou Keru kept hitting the dead body of the Fire of Awakening like a performance art, but the corrupted machine soul hidden in this "corpse" was suffering real damage. The penetration of the power of the end was like mercury pouring on the ground. It didn't care whether you were a black demon from the metaphysical side or a corrupted mind from the scientific side. It would only kill everything related to chaos.

The End may not know how to use the power of formatting to completely crush this corrupt program, but it can achieve the same effect through "physical crushing".

Anyway, the corrupted mind of the Awakening Fire is now trapped here by the Black Wall Algorithm which is still in effect, and it can't go anywhere.

Oh, no, that's not accurate.

In addition to Zhou Ke, there are two other bodies that can be taken over by it.

"D-4, be careful. This machine has detected the call signal to switch the escape protocol. That guy is desperate." Wu Neng reminded him. D-4 looked at it in surprise and said:
"You just realized it? Master Wu Neng, you seem to be a little slow. This guy started to attack my consciousness with all kinds of scary illusions more than ten seconds ago."

"What?"

Wu Neng's mechanical eyes showed a look of bewilderment. After a moment, it said:
"But you're an omnic. Even if you were attacked, it should be the firewall program that detected the virus intrusion and gave a warning signal, right? How could you be attacked by this guy using an illusion?

Hey!
That is a sign of chaos pollution that only appears when a creature of flesh and blood uses its eyes to observe the world!
D-4, wake up! You are an omnic. You have eyes but they are just decorations. We use information collection modules to observe the world. "

“I understand the reasoning”

D-4 also touched her face in confusion and said:

"But my firewall program is unusually calm, as if my nerve endings have died. Perhaps it's because in its signal recognition, I am a 'human soul' installed in a mechanical body?
So, it would use this method against humans to try to intimidate me?"

"Heh, are you mocking me for not being as good as you in shaping the 'machine soul'?"

Wu Neng retorted in annoyance.

But it was also wondering in its heart, because D-4 didn't look like it was joking, so, was it really surpassed by D-4 in this regard?
Don’t I have an anthropomorphic soul like D-4?
Damn it! How can I tolerate this?

"Wuneng, get to work!"

Zhou Ke shouted in the closed room. Wu Neng was awakened and observed the data reading. He then shouted again:

"Not yet. The level of contamination of this thing is not enough for this machine to safely contain it! Keep beating it, keep weakening its connection with the subspace. Its jumbled structure of junk code algorithms has begun to collapse.

Work harder!
It can’t hold on any longer!”

"I just feel stupid to keep banging on this tin."

Zhou Ke complained, his hands wrapped with the power of the End hitting the dead body of the Awakening Fire, and he noticed the structures on this giant machine that could still be used, so his eyes rolled and he quickly came up with a plan.

"Swish"

The blade was unsheathed and covered with a layer of cold light of the end. As Zhou Ke took a deep breath and slashed, the auxiliary mechanical arm of the Awakening Fire was cut off from the module connection, and then pulled out as a whole under the power enhancement of Zhou Ke's red flame. This can be given to Wu Neng to upgrade his armed backpack.

Then the only thing left of the Awakening Fire was the hand cannon and weapon bay module in its right arm, which were also cut off and given to D-4 as a gift for her.

Finally, there are those external armors and precision modules that seem to be intact. Looking at Wuneng's pitiful appearance now, you can tell that it needs to "repair" its body. These parts of the Awakening Fire were designed by Wood, the creator of the main world, himself. You can't find such suitable things in the entire Bad Land.

But as he continued to dismantle it, Zhou Ke soon discovered the secret within the remains of the Fire of Awakening.

"There's something here!"

He exclaimed:

"There's something in the hollow of this guy's abdomen! It's a cockpit! Chao, does the Awakening Fire have a cockpit design? No wonder this guy's size is so exaggerated. After all this time, it turned out to be a combat suit?"

"impossible!"

Wu Neng immediately retorted:
"This machine's database clearly records that the Awakening Flame's original name was 'Watcher.' It was the commander of the omnic army created by Wood and the prototype of the intelligent circuits currently used by this machine. They participated in the main timeline's sealing and suppression of the 'Moon of Fetal Movement' during the First Demonic War.

Perhaps it was that contact that gave the Watcher the temptation to fall.

But no matter how it became what it is now, it can never be an external combat suit operated by humans!"

"But I didn't lie to you."

Zhou Ke turned his body sideways, allowing Wu Neng to see from afar the sealed crew cabin in the center of the giant body of the Awakening Fire.

That thing was made of a special black material. It looked like glass but was not transparent, so Zhou Ke couldn't be sure what was hidden inside, but he roughly guessed who was sitting in the crew cabin.

"Can we take in the fallen machine spirit?"

He put away his blade and asked.

"Okay, the containment success rate has risen to 90%. Wait a moment."

Wu Neng's tone turned serious.

Under the escort of D-4, it quickly stepped on the broken and decayed mechanical bodies to approach the throne, and then used the "hard connection" method to connect the external data cables on its components to the remains of the Awakening Fire.

Containment procedures were subsequently initiated.

Along with the rhythmic sound of energy pumping from Wuneng's "minimalist" body, the corrupted machine soul hidden in the remains of the body was temporarily transferred to Wuneng's safe mode in the form of "sandbox packaging". This guy is really a stubborn person who will not cry until he sees the coffin. When being extracted from the body, he also tried to use the contaminated cables to quietly infect Wuneng and D-4.

Of course, this little trick can't do anything to these three people.

"click"

As the Fallen Machine Soul was sealed, the lights in the containment room that had been sealed for thirty-eight years quietly lit up at this moment, as if some kind of detection mechanism had passed, and the hidden exhaust fan also began to operate.

Under the light, the half-hidden crew cabin in front of the three people finally revealed its true appearance.

Wuneng was right. This thing was definitely not a component that the Fire of Awakening had when it was designed. It was added later and was not even perfectly compatible with the internal structure of the Fire of Awakening. With D-4 and Zhou Ke pulling hard, the entire capsule-shaped crew cabin was taken out and opened again in its original place.

There was no complicated unlocking process. When Zhou Ke's hand touched the top of the crew compartment, the door slid open.

The volume was not enough for an adult to lie down in it, so they could only curl up in a sitting position. After the hatch opened, Zhou Ke and D-4 saw the face of a middle-aged man.

He has a western-looking face, a bald head, and is wearing a black tight-fitting suit. His face looks sad and as if he cannot find relief.

He is dead.

The fatal wound was a bullet in the chest. It seemed that he committed suicide and was buried in this special crew cabin. Then he was carried through time by the Fire of Awakening and came to the branch timeline.

"Is this Wood the Creator?"

Zhou Ke glanced at Wu Neng, who nodded up and down, sighed and said:
"It's him. There is a photo of him in the database of this machine. He has been missing for more than ten years in the main timeline. Everyone has confirmed that he is dead, but no one knows where his body is. Who would have thought that this bald genius who has been pursuing the limit of creation all his life would die so far away.
It even exceeds the limits of what conventional physics can describe.

I had guessed this before, Joker, and after seeing Wood's remains, I was able to finally confirm that you were here because of the 'Eternal Singularity' project, but the reason I came here was to help Wood get rid of the most terrifying 'monster' he had created in his life.

Fire of Awakening
He somehow forced it to take him to a branching timeline before it completely fell.

He didn't want the fire of awakening to cause a more terrible disaster in the main timeline. No wonder those previously defected intelligent machines inexplicably returned to their home planet to assist humans in the middle of the Second Demon War.

Their corrupt leader was forced to leave.

It turned out to be the case.

This machine was the last creation designed by Wood himself before he went into seclusion, and it was naturally tasked with the responsibility of "cleaning up the house" for him.

Oh, there is no such thing as fate.
For a genius like Wood, fate can be seen through calculations. He must have planned everything long ago, and even prepared the "Black Wall Algorithm", a weapon specifically targeting corrupted intelligent machines, for this machine.

He shot himself after planning everything.

He thought this would atone his sins!
What a stupid, cowardly thing!

I feel ashamed for him!"

"Alas, the fates of the Eternal Seven are truly one more miserable than the other."

Zhou Ke bent down and picked up the irregular "fragment of creation" from Yu Wood's hand in the crew cabin, and looked at it in front of his eyes.

These crystallized objects directly bestowed by eternity all seem to look the same, all translucent crystals, similar to the "practice fragment" belonging to Dr. Fu Lan that was obtained from Takahashi Santao.

"His body is not contaminated, Zhou Ke."

D-4 whispered:
"Do you want to take him out? Find a place to bury him or something."

"No need, just burn it here."

Zhou Ke patted the remains of the Awakening Fire, which had been dead for thirty-eight years, and said to Wu Neng and D-4:
"Let this dead man and his proud creation rest in peace. No matter what they did in the main timeline, they are dead. The dead are the greatest."

"Two of its four high-energy battery matrices were destroyed, but the remaining two are still usable. D-4, we each have one. This thing was built by Wood himself. I guarantee you won't find a better one in the Badlands.

And we have to collect all the usable modules on this guy, just for this machine."

Wu Neng said:
"It can't be a wasted trip, right?"

"This is your 'real brother', I Zhuo, Wu Neng, you are such a beast!"

"Haha, thanks for the compliment! Get to work."

(End of this chapter)