Dual Worlds: I Have a Doomsday World

The elevator came to a steady stop on the fourth floor. Lin Qi had arrived at the H4-401 large-scale comprehensive laboratory.

As he pushed open the door, the gazes of numerous A-Class Prosthetic Engineering researchers focused on him.

Before they saw Lin Qi, they had been wondering.

’Who’s late?’

This group of workhorses under Department Head Wei Wutao had always lived by the philosophy that if you weren’t early, you were late.

"Divine Power Lin Qi?"

No one knew who said it, but the name was suddenly uttered.

An uproar immediately followed.

However, no one dared to approach and greet Lin Qi.

After all, compared to before, Lin Qi’s status had undergone a world-altering change.

He was no longer an ordinary A-Class researcher. He was a company director!

And a director who held the promise of leading the company to become a major corporation!

A practically guaranteed future S-Class Pharmaceutical Researcher!

Such a lofty status made everyone keep their distance.

It was hard to imagine that just ten days ago, Lin Qi had been in the same laboratory, occasionally consulting them about problems in Prosthetic Engineering...

Lin Qi looked toward the source of the voice. The moniker "Divine Power Lin Qi" was practically stuck to him now, and while he had no desire to argue against it, he still wanted to see who had shouted it.

Wherever his gaze landed, the researchers in that direction all lowered their heads, not daring to meet his eyes.

As if a supervisor was on an inspection tour, they all quickly got busy with their own work.

As the atmosphere in the laboratory shifted, Wei Wutao, who had also spotted Lin Qi, cautiously approached his side.

"Chairman Lin, now that you’re back at the company, do you still plan to participate in the joint project between the Prosthetic Engineering Department and the Pharmaceutical Department?"

Wei Wutao’s attitude toward Lin Qi was extremely cautious; he was clearly aware of the change in Lin Qi’s status.

Lin Qi replied with a smile, "Uncle Wei, there’s no need to be so formal. I also need to thank Wei Wei for his help with my father’s affair the other day. Things have been busy at the company, so I haven’t had time to see him. I figured I’d stop by and say hello to you and ask you to pass on my thanks."

Hearing Lin Qi’s tone, Wei Wutao instantly relaxed.

’What integrity!’

’No wonder Chairman Liu favors him!’

’It all makes sense. With Chairman Liu’s personality and vision, there’s no way he’d throw his full support behind Lin Qi just because of the Divine Iron Bull!’

The expression on Wei Wutao’s face relaxed considerably. "Wei Wei just relayed a message," he said. "You can hardly call that helping."

As his expression relaxed, he could no longer hide his smile.

’From now on, Lin Qi will be the Wei Family’s most important connection.’

’That kid, Wei Wei, really has a good eye. He saw Lin Qi’s potential way back at the Weapon Research Institute!’

Lin Qi dropped the pleasantries, glanced around, and asked, "Uncle Wei, how is the Ninghang Technology project progressing?"

He hadn’t come to the fourth floor just to say hello; he also wanted to check on Ninghang Technology’s activities.

Wei Wutao held nothing back. "The project is progressing steadily, but that chip is acting strangely. Its learning speed has slowed down significantly recently."

’The chip has changed?’

But on second thought, Lin Qi realized this was to be expected.

’There’s a collective consciousness behind that chip, but after the incident in Alliance City, it’s been showing signs of transferring elsewhere.’

’It’s only natural for its efficiency to drop when the sub-sample is affected.’

’If Guang Ling’s operation goes smoothly and they manage to capture the transferred personnel, this chip might even shut down completely once the mission is handed over.’

Lin Qi went on, "Unfortunately, I don’t have time to work on this project for now, even though I’m still quite interested in it. I have to start my research into S-Class Pharmacy, and I only have so much energy to go around."

Wei Wutao’s expression immediately turned serious. "The Pharmacy research is what’s important," he said. "United Pharmaceutical’s core business has always been its potion products."

Just as Lin Qi and Wei Wutao were speaking, Ning Hao from Ninghang Technology entered the laboratory, carrying the case that held the Ning Xin device.

Lin Qi instantly activated his Spiritual Vision to take a look.

However, based on its external appearance and the adhesion of Spiritual Particles, Lin Qi didn’t detect any significant changes to the sub-sample.

But on Ning Hao himself, Lin Qi saw something different.

’The S-Artemis Neuro-Driven Storage Prosthetic Body!’

’When was that implanted? I’ve observed him with my Spiritual Vision before, and he definitely didn’t have this thing on him back then.’

Lin Qi already understood the significance of this Prosthetic Body.

’It’s a device capable of importing and housing the collective consciousness behind the main sample.’

’In other words, it’s a special Prosthetic Body capable of splitting the mother-sample into individual entities for storage.’

’During this process, the Implanter themselves would suffer tremendous damage.’

’Connecting with a consciousness like that would almost certainly cause one’s Sea of Consciousness to completely collapse.’

According to Lin Qi’s limited understanding of the Spiritual Domain, the very essence of human life was hidden within the Sea of Consciousness; it was the vessel that held the soul.

Lin Qi watched as Ning Hao expertly installed the equipment, then sat down at a monitor and started his work.

’The appearance of this S-Class Prosthetic Body on Ning Hao proves that the sub-samples made into servers aren’t the only ones that can execute the transfer procedure.’

’If necessary, this sub-sample here in Red Fruit City could also be used to transfer the mother-sample.’

’So are the servers in Alliance City just a front?’

Lin Qi couldn’t quite figure out what Ninghang Technology was ultimately trying to achieve.

’He’d originally thought that using two Round Table Knights from the Round Table Conference for their grand deception was the extent of their plan.’

’But now he was discovering that even the entire Ninghang Technology Company branch in Alliance City was just a smokescreen.’