Dual Worlds: I Have a Doomsday World

He hurried to begin his Meditation.

’I’m not far from the Tier Three Third Stage. I should reach my limit in about two more days. I hope Ding Yang comes through. I need to be careful when choosing the remaining two Tier Three Abilities.’

After finishing his daily Meditation, Lin Qi opened his eyes and carefully assessed his current state.

He then stood up and muttered to himself, "I can still get Tier Three Extraordinary Items through trade, but I’ll have to work for Tier Four Extraordinary Items myself. I hope Wang Qiang doesn’t disappoint me either."

Leaving the conference room, Lin Qi found Wang Ziru and gave him an order. "Have Wang Qiang come to the sixth-floor infirmary. Tell him the Prosthetic Body we agreed on yesterday is ready."

Wang Ziru was a bit surprised.

’It’s finished already?’

’The boss works that fast?’

’He’s the leader of the Mo University Camp, after all!’

Wang Ziru nodded quickly and then ran off to deliver the message himself.

Lin Qi, meanwhile, returned to the conference room. He used his materialized Spiritual Tentacles to carry the S-Class Prosthetic Bodies to the infirmary.

About ten minutes later, Lin Qi and Wang Qiang met in the infirmary.

As is standard practice for any Prosthetic Doctor, Lin Qi explained the pre-operative risks before starting the implantation. "I need to warn you beforehand. S-Class Prosthetic Bodies are extremely corrosive to the nervous system. While they can give you the power to fight and even kill a Tier Four Monster, you risk developing cyber psychosis..."

As he listened to Lin Qi list the risks one by one, Wang Qiang’s resolve remained firm.

It was as if he couldn’t even hear the warnings that followed.

He only heard one phrase: "give you the power to fight and even kill a Tier Four Monster."

Wang Qiang said resolutely, "Giving me the power to fight is enough! For the future of the Dragon Country and human civilization, I am willing to give anything, just like when I had that Extraordinary Item implanted before."

Hearing this, Lin Qi nodded again and casually emphasized another point. "To prevent you from getting cyber psychosis and causing some extreme incident, I will be system-locking the functions of these S-Class Prosthetic Bodies."

"You’ll need a physical key to unlock them. One key only grants you three hours of unlocked access."

"Is that acceptable to you?"

Lin Qi’s reasoning seemed sound, but in reality, he was just being defensive.

Wang Qiang was, after all, from Headquarters. Lin Qi couldn’t possibly trust him completely.

’Grant access during combat, and revert to basic functions when the fight is over.’

This was a necessary restriction.

It was also the key to ensuring he would get his Tier Four Extraordinary Items.

’One Tier Four Extraordinary Item for one key!’

’This will keep Wang Qiang from double-crossing me.’

Lin Qi always thought with the logic of the Cyber World, concerned only with profit.

Even if his methods seemed petty and lacked the magnanimity of a "benevolent leader."

Wang Qiang nodded. He wasn’t stupid; he understood the purpose of Lin Qi’s restrictions.

The reason of "preventing psychosis" was sufficient enough that he didn’t need to call it out.

Besides, even Headquarters was willing to trust Lin Qi. He could help Lin Qi obtain Tier Four Extraordinary Items with a clear conscience.

After getting final confirmation from Wang Qiang, Lin Qi officially began the implantation surgery.

Just like the last time he had personally performed surgery, the medical students from the infirmary rushed over to observe.

Lin Qi explained the procedure as he performed the implantation on Wang Qiang.

This was also a way of improving the overall strength of the Mo University Camp.

...

「Five hours later.」

The surgery was over. It had taken a long time. After all, this was a Prosthetic Implantation from scratch. The fact that Lin Qi could move so quickly was only because he was using his Extraordinary Power to interfere.

Without convenient Abilities like Rapid Growth and Spiritual Power Materialization to assist him, the surgery would have taken at least ten hours.

After waking Wang Qiang, Lin Qi explained, "I’ve given you one hour of unlocked access for now. Use it to get accustomed to this Prosthetic Body."

Lin Qi felt that Wang Qiang should be able to handle it. After all, he hadn’t even gone mad after having an Extraordinary Item implanted.

’His capacity for Prosthetic Bodies must be more than enough!’

Unfortunately, the Doomsday World lacked professional large-scale diagnostic equipment. Lin Qi could only estimate many of the data points, at best combining his predictions with the Prosthetic Body’s own self-diagnostic program.

"I feel... very powerful right now."

As a Tier Three Extraordinary, Wang Qiang possessed considerable Spiritual Power, as well as what could only be described as an off-the-charts capacity for Prosthetic Bodies.

His very first implantation was a full-body S-Class conversion.

Wang Qiang’s feeling was no illusion. He was truly powerful now!

He now had the ability to deal with the very Tier Four Monsters that the Dragon Country Command Headquarters was currently helpless against.

"Don’t worry about the Prosthetic Body’s functions for now. What you need to do is constantly monitor the Suppressor’s power level."

"This Prosthetic Body is paired with an S-Class Suppressor. If its power level stays above 70% for an extended period, it means you’ve entered the danger threshold. You could succumb to cyber psychosis at any moment."

"If it stays above 80% for long, you must tell me immediately. We’ll need to downgrade your Prosthetic Body."

Lin Qi wasn’t in a rush to send Wang Qiang out to work for those Tier Four Extraordinary Items. Instead, he was explaining the basic knowledge every Implanter had to know.

When Wang Qiang heard this, his expression turned a little strange. "Seventy percent? Are you talking about the number in the bottom left of my vision? It’s only showing eleven percent. That’s a long way from seventy."

Wang Qiang showed none of the life-or-death struggle that Mercenaries in the Cyber World went through after getting High-Level Prosthetic Bodies implanted.

Wang Qiang just felt that his body was completely at ease!

Hearing this, Lin Qi fell silent.

He looked at the number in his own vision.

Forty-seven percent!

Lin Qi only had an A-Class Prosthetic Body. And while his Suppressor wasn’t as strong as Wang Qiang’s, generally, the average power level of a Suppressor doesn’t stay the same after a full-body prosthetic upgrade.

It usually increases by ten percent or more.

By that calculation, if Wang Qiang were to switch to an A-Class Prosthetic Body, his Suppressor might not even need to activate at all!

’What kind of insane capacity for Prosthetic Bodies is this?’

Lin Qi was reminded of Jingang from the Mercenary Corps.

He had no idea which of the two had the superior Talent for Prosthetic Bodies.

"Some people are just born to have only a brain and replace the rest of their body with prosthetics!"

Lin Qi glanced at Wang Qiang and said no more.

"Get familiar with it as soon as possible, then use the training program loaded into the Intelligent Brain to run combat simulations."

"Once you’re familiar with the combat style, you’ll need to head to the most dangerous places in the Dragon Country to face Tier Four Monsters."

Lin Qi patted Wang Qiang’s metal shoulder, gave him these final instructions, and then left the infirmary.

’I shouldn’t have worried!’

It was obvious. How could a man who dared to implant an Extraordinary Item into his body without going mad, who could still converse normally, possibly go crazy over a mere S-Class Prosthetic Body?

’This kind of person is naturally immune to cyber psychosis!’

’Above S-Class Prosthetic Bodies are S-Class Immortal Prosthetic Bodies, and above that is X-Class. With his capacity, maybe he really could handle an X-Class Prosthetic Body...’

Lin Qi thought to himself as he walked back to the conference room.

But he quickly shook his head.

’What am I thinking?’

’X-Class Prosthetic Bodies are completely useless in the Doomsday World.’

’S-Class is more than enough.’

’Unless one day I have to formally confront that Blood Moon in the sky of the Doomsday World...’

Thinking no more of it, Lin Qi returned to the conference room and began a forced Meditation.

Forced Meditation was only half as effective, but it was still nearly fifty times more efficient than in the Cyber World.

’No time to waste. Get stronger, get promoted, as fast as possible!’

...

「Cyber World.」

Lin Qi’s head was throbbing slightly when he returned.

It was a side effect of excessive Meditation, but it would fade on its own in five or six hours.

Matters of Spiritual Power were never a concern for Lin Qi. With the existence of the [Door], his Sea of Consciousness was stable enough.

He tidied up his workshop, grabbed the containers for the S-Class Prosthetic Bodies, and prepared to take them upstairs to the old man for disposal. They were still worth a bit of money when recycled.

But just as Lin Qi walked out of the workshop, his eyes suddenly widened.

His Intelligent Brain popped up an email notification!

It was from five hours ago!

The sender was Liu Xuan!

It wasn’t long, just four words.

But it was a message from Liu Xuan showing a change in attitude, an attempt to smooth things over!

[Get some rest soon]

’Damn it!’

’I didn’t reply to this email. When we meet in the morning, isn’t that going to be...’

Lin Qi’s head began to ache.