Dual Worlds: I Have a Doomsday World

Though it was called an emotion, it was actually somewhat similar to the power of willpower.

The emotion attached to this small knife was called "impatience." The knife itself could perhaps be called the Impatient Knife.

’Using the Emotion Weapon requires me to draw upon my own emotions. It’s a bit complicated to use.’

Lin Qi frowned deeply.

It wasn’t that Lin Qi didn’t want to use the power of "fear." The problem was, he couldn’t materialize a weapon from the emotion of fear at all.

Lin Qi himself didn’t feel much fear, so how could he possibly turn it into a weapon?

Left with no other choice, Lin Qi had materialized this "Impatient Knife." The emotion stemmed from his anxiety about the current state of the Cyber World.

Lin Qi had been quite agitated these last few days, and this negative emotion was just what he needed to materialize this special knife.

The knife silently made contact with Wang Ziru. As Lin Qi observed the process of using the Ability, he also sensed the changes in Wang Ziru.

...

Wang Ziru was writing furiously, reviewing and approving the action reports from the past two days.

The contents required careful reading; the special alert status at the Mo University Camp a couple of days ago had exposed numerous problems within the teams.

Their ability to execute under pressure was somewhat lacking.

A strange sense of anxiety suddenly welled up inside Wang Ziru. He scratched his head, feeling an immense pressure.

This was a familiar feeling for Wang Ziru. Long before the Doomsday World began, back when he worked in the corporate world, this was the exact emotion he would feel whenever a deadline loomed.

Along with the anxiety, even more negative emotions began to surface.

’This absolutely can’t continue!’

’If our ability to execute doesn’t improve, the Mo University Camp is doomed!’

’And that dim-witted Wang Qiang... I have to find a way to make him obey my orders. Otherwise, he’ll always be a liability for the Boss.’

’Damn it all, he actually dared to try and run the Boss off before. I have to find a way to deal with him!’

Under this extreme anxiety, Wang Ziru showed no signs of a mental breakdown. On the contrary, he erupted with a powerful drive to act.

He grabbed a few sheets of A4 paper and began drafting a reform plan.

...

As Lin Qi observed Wang Ziru’s condition, his frown deepened.

’The Impatient Knife can’t even break through Wang Ziru’s Sea of Consciousness...’

’He’s clearly just an ordinary person. I could instantly kill him with my other Abilities, but using this one actually had the opposite effect. It’s like I gave him a shot of adrenaline.’

Theoretically, every new Ability a Wizard obtains upon breaking through should be their most powerful one for that tier.

A Tier Three Ability should be stronger than a Tier Two, and a Tier Two should be stronger than a Tier One.

But to Lin Qi, this "Emotion Weapon" Ability seemed unacceptably weak.

’It feels even less useful than the Hardening Ability I got before!’

Hardening could at least be considered a control-type skill, but if you used this "Emotion Weapon" incorrectly, it would just end up buffing your opponent!

’The Emotion Weapon requires using different emotions to first shatter the opponent’s psychological defenses—or, you could say, their willpower. Only then can it deliver a killing blow, piercing their Sea of Consciousness and annihilating them on a mental, even spiritual, level.’

’But the hard part is shattering their psychological defenses. To do that, I first need to possess an extreme emotion myself.’

Lin Qi wasn’t a cyber madman; where was he supposed to get all these extreme emotions?

Besides, even if he were a cyber madman, it would probably be difficult to break the psychological defenses of a High-tier Extraordinary Professional with emotional power alone, right?

Frowning, Lin Qi directly commanded the Impatient Knife to withdraw from Wang Ziru’s body.

The instant the Impatient Knife withdrew, something incredible happened.

Wang Ziru’s adrenaline-fueled state vanished instantly. The emotion that had been plaguing him, fueling his endless anxiety, seemed to have been siphoned away.

His motivation to draft the reform plan vanished in the blink of an eye.

The hand that had been writing so furiously paused, and his gaze grew vacant.

The next second...

’The camp doesn’t seem to be facing that great of a crisis... Am I being too sensitive?’

Wang Ziru was puzzled, feeling that perhaps he had been overreacting.

But in the very next second...

SLAP!

Wang Ziru slapped himself across the face.

’I’ve already started, so I have to finish it! How can I give up halfway?’

’The Boss trusts me so much. I have to show my dedication to be worthy of that trust!’

’Only by enduring the bitterest of hardships can I lead the Mo University Camp to glory under the Boss’s protection!’

Although the anxiety was gone, a sense of responsibility welled up inside Wang Ziru in the blink of an eye. He had instantly found himself a new source of motivation.

Once again in that adrenaline-fueled state, Wang Ziru refocused his attention on the reform plan he was drafting.

Lin Qi witnessed this as well and couldn’t help but be amazed. ’What a guy!’

After observing the changes in Wang Ziru’s state, Lin Qi turned his attention back to the Impatient Knife.

Within his Spiritual Vision, the Impatient Knife appeared to have become slightly more solid.

’This knife... it can absorb the emotions of others? It uses external emotions to strengthen the Emotion Weapon itself, and then unleashes even greater power?’

Lin Qi got it!

He had been using the Ability the wrong way all along.

This Ability wasn’t weak; it just needed to grow.

His own emotion was merely the seed used to create the "Emotion Weapon." Only by planting that seed in the emotions of others could the Ability grow stronger.

’No wonder that monster from before used the emotion of fear. In the Doomsday World, the one emotion that’s never in short supply is fear. An entire city’s destruction, creating a terrifying Tier Three Monster on the verge of ascending to Tier Four... that level of fear is the most extreme kind there is.’

Lin Qi withdrew the Impatient Knife.

The Impatient Knife returned to Lin Qi’s Sea of Consciousness.

The "Emotion Weapon" is an Ability, but the weapon it creates is a real, existing object.

All it took was a tiny supplement of Lin Qi’s Spiritual Power to make it last for a long time.

Eventually, once the emotional power was abundant enough and the weapon’s structure became sufficiently solid, Lin Qi wouldn’t even need to supplement it with Spiritual Power anymore; the Emotion Weapon would be able to exist permanently.

’This is a growth-type Ability. It has a lot of potential.’

Where he had just been disdainful, Lin Qi now felt it was almost a shame.

Lin Qi felt he had acquired this Ability a little too early.

For a Wizard Professional, the earlier an Ability is obtained, the lower its ultimate ceiling.

If he had acquired this Ability not at Tier Three, but at Tier Four or even Tier Five, its potential would have been terrifyingly high. It would have become his first Ability capable of fighting opponents of a higher tier.

’A Wizard Professional can’t judge an Ability’s true ceiling until it’s close to reaching it.’

’I hope this Ability’s ceiling is high enough. It would be best if I could still rely on it as a primary combat tool at Tier Four, or even Tier Five.’

Lin Qi had already decided: he now had one more task to focus on in the Doomsday World.

He wouldn’t just be using Meditation to enhance his Spiritual Power; he also had to find opportunities to create and strengthen his Emotion Weapons.

This Ability would become Lin Qi’s new trump card—his first trump card in the Extraordinary Domain.

Lin Qi closed his eyes, temporarily suppressing the ripples of emotion in his heart.

Time to continue his Meditation.

He hadn’t reached his limit for today’s Meditation yet. First, he would continue strengthening his Spiritual Power.

The Emotion Weapon was certainly a good thing, but his Extraordinary Level was what truly mattered.

Lin Qi needed to develop in all areas, strengthening both his core power and his trump cards.

In the future, when facing enemies of a lower Level, a single glare would be enough to kill them.

If their Level was higher, he would unleash a dozen different Emotion Weapons.

And not just ordinary Emotion Weapons, but ones on par with the extreme emotions of that amalgamation monster from Shuining City.

The "Thrombosis Combo," plus weapons of pure ecstasy and utter despair...

Lin Qi felt he was already heading down the path of mastering the powers of the Underworld, and there was no turning back.

Several more hours passed, and Lin Qi completed his Meditation.

Opening his eyes, Lin Qi "saw" the arrival of an acquaintance through his Spiritual Vision.

Ding Yang. He was here again!

And it seemed he had brought something special with him.