Chapter 575: The Cyber World’s Moon is Dead?
Chapter 575 -352: The Cyber World’s Moon is Dead?
This also confirmed why Lin Qi had only sensed a malicious gaze from half of these Spiritual Particles.
The malice originated from one of the two terrifying existences.
As for the other half…
‘The other half of the Spiritual Particles might have been looking at me too, but that malice was so bone-chilling it consumed my senses entirely.’
Lin Qi couldn’t help but think of the Doomsday World’s Dragon Country Command Headquarters.
Lin Qi subconsciously believed that the Dragon Country Command Headquarters might have an undeniable connection to that terrifying existence.
The miraculous Military Merit System, the buff corresponding to the Special Merit, and the Holy Light autonomously triggered by the Dragon Country Medal…
Lin Qi no longer dared to rashly conduct a deep observation of the Doomsday World’s Spiritual Particles.
‘When I gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes back into me…’
But the abyss seemed to exist only in the Doomsday World. No such accident had occurred when Lin Qi observed the Spiritual Particles in the Cyber World.
The “Phase State” of the Spiritual Particles—this seemed to be the biggest difference between the two worlds.
Sitting in his chair, Lin Qi was still reeling from the lingering fear.
This wasn’t the first time Lin Qi had felt that terrifying gaze. He had experienced something almost identical back in the Doomsday World when he used Mimicry on Ning Xin’s sample.
Thankfully, he had decisively broken the connection both times. Otherwise, Lin Qi wasn’t sure what kind of crisis he would have faced.
Suddenly, Lin Qi’s gaze shifted, landing on a corner of the conference room.
There lay the Tier Four Extraordinary Item he had brought from the Cyber World.
It was a “cup,” acquired from his deal with the Capitalist.
‘After an Extraordinary Item from the Cyber World is brought to the Doomsday World, does the ‘Phase State’ of its Spiritual Particles change?’
Frowning, Lin Qi pondered for a moment before deciding to use his Spiritual Vision to observe it again.
But he didn’t dare inject too much Spiritual Power, merely maintaining enough focus for a preliminary perception of its “Phase State.”
As long as he didn’t observe too deeply, he wouldn’t trigger that overwhelming gaze.
After Lin Qi finished observing the Tier Four Extraordinary Item, his brow, instead of un-furrowing, knitted even tighter.
A change had already occurred…
A large number of active, ordinary Spiritual Particles were gathering, exhibiting a state of aggregation as they swirled around the Extraordinary Item.
Its own complex, embedded Spiritual Particles were further interlocking with these active Spiritual Particles, causing its own activity to increase even more.
If things went as expected, Lin Qi was certain that if he dared to observe any deeper, he would once again trigger that overwhelming gaze.
Retracting his Spiritual Vision, Lin Qi inadvertently glanced up, but he quickly lowered his head.
The Blood Moon!
The source of the mutation pointed to the Blood Moon!
‘The difference in the state of the Spiritual Particles implies a difference in the state of the Blood Moon.’
‘The ‘dead’ versus ‘alive’ states of the Spiritual Particles in the two worlds might represent the state of the Blood Moon.’
‘Could it be that the moon of the Cyber World is already… dead?’
A multitude of questions exploded in Lin Qi’s mind as various events and details started to connect.
Perhaps there were more hidden truths about the Cyber World’s development that Lin Qi didn’t know.
If the moon in the Cyber World was fundamentally the same as the one in the Doomsday World, how could *It* possibly allow the people of the Cyber World to build a Cyber City on *Its* body?
It would have stared them all to death long ago!
The reason It hadn’t mutated, the reason the Cyber World’s S-Class Potions could evolve into pure Will Power, might mean that the Cyber World’s Blood Moon had already fallen.
How did It die?
Could it be that the predecessors of the Cyber World killed It?
Lin Qi sucked in a sharp breath.
Lin Qi felt that the Cyber World was far more complex than he had ever imagined.
But on second thought, Lin Qi realized this was a good thing.
‘If the corporations of the Cyber World really did kill the Blood Moon, then that means the Blood Moon isn’t invincibly powerful. My strategy in the Doomsday World might need to change.’
‘My original plan was to take a short-term approach in the Doomsday World, grabbing as many benefits as I could. After all, the Blood Moon would fully awaken in a year. The Doomsday World would be finished then, and once I had secured enough gains, I could just abandon this place.’
‘But now, it seems that since the powerful predecessors of the Cyber World might have very well killed their Blood Moon, I might be able to find a way to defeat the Blood Moon in the Cyber World.’
‘Even monsters on Earth can drop Tier Four Crystal Stones. If I killed the Blood Moon, what tier of Extraordinary Items would I get? Tier Five? Or maybe… above Tier Five?’
Lin Qi, who just moments ago had been too terrified by the overwhelming gaze to even lift his head, quietly raised his chin. His gaze seemed to penetrate the ceiling and fix upon the moon in the sky.
After a moment, his gaze slowly lowered, extending to the distance beyond the window.
A being as strong as the Blood Moon… the Doomsday World had two of them!
If he could kill them all…
‘Tier Five might not be the limit for Extraordinary Professionals.’
‘But I have to take this one step at a time. For now, I need to strive for a greater say in the Cyber World.’
‘United Pharmaceutical’s influence isn’t enough. Even if it becomes a major corporation, or even a top-tier one, it’s still not enough.’
‘I can’t even get close to the truth about Ninghang Technology’s mother sample. Perhaps the Ninghang Technology incident and the Witch Hunting in the European Administrative Region are all ultimately connected to the fall of the Cyber World’s Blood Moon.’
‘The path I’ve chosen so far is the right one!’
‘By relying on the Eastern Alliance and leveraging the revolution in the Pharmacy Domain, United Pharmaceutical’s future potential might not stop at just being a major corporation.’
‘If United Pharmaceutical can become an Intercontinental Giant Corporation, only then will I have truly entered the upper echelon of the Cyber World.’
Lin Qi had originally been a little worried about his decisions, thinking they might be too radical and that moving too fast might cause problems.
But now, it seemed worth it.
Time was limited. There was only one month until the next awakening of the Doomsday World’s Blood Moon.
Even if they sent all the Tier Five Extraordinary Items that Headquarters was about to deliver to the sky, they could only buy another eleven months.
Lin Qi had to make good use of this limited time to gain enough influence in the Cyber World.
‘If my goal is an Intercontinental Giant Corporation, then Tier Four strength isn’t enough.’
‘Someone as powerful as Baili Xueyuan, a Tier Four Peak, is merely the head of a single department under the Eastern Alliance.’
‘One can only imagine how powerful the top-tier forces of the Cyber World truly are.’
‘If I were a Tier Five Extraordinary… it might still not be enough. The Cyber World has never been defined by personal combat strength. I need help from other sources of power.’
Lin Qi’s thoughts drifted a bit.
The names of several people appeared in Lin Qi’s mind.
Liu Xuan, Lin Xin, King Arthur, Master Ma, the Capitalist, even Jingang, Xu Qinghe…
At that moment, another name couldn’t help but surface in Lin Qi’s mind.
Guang Ling!
What Guang Ling was doing was very similar to what Lin Qi wanted to do.
This meant that their ultimate goals were most likely the same.
To create a powerful enough faction to achieve their own desired objectives.
Lin Qi needed to use the power of the Cyber World to clear the Doomsday World.
So what about Guang Ling?
What was it that Guang Ling wanted to do?
His thoughts returned to the present. Lin Qi sat up straight and began his Meditation.
No matter what others wanted to do, Lin Qi’s only recourse was to make himself stronger!
With the existence of the Doomsday World, Lin Qi was confident he could gain sufficient power at the fastest possible speed.
Supreme individual power might not be able to change the grand scheme of things in the Cyber World, but it was definitely enough for self-preservation.
Moreover, a supremely powerful individual could often attract other powerful experts to follow them.
Supreme experts and ordinary experts who controlled sufficiently powerful factions would gather together, ultimately forming a superpower.
This was the core logic behind the birth of Intercontinental Giant Corporations in the Cyber World.
‘Time to get back to thinking about Pharmacy. How can I present the ‘Puzzle Mosaic’ theory in a scientific way?’
‘Spiritual Particles? Maybe Spiritual Particles are the key, but how can they be detected?’