Dual Worlds: I Have a Doomsday World

The real plan had been in motion from the very beginning.

It was likely that every Ninghang Technology employee who took sub-samples to partner with Prosthetic Body companies across the globe was also carrying an S-Artemis Neuro-Driven Storage Prosthetic Body.

After the incident in Alliance City, they became the backup plan and had this prosthetic body implanted.

As for when to begin the transfer, they were likely waiting for instructions from Ninghang Technology Headquarters.

Lin Qi remained impassive. After chatting a few more words with Wei Wutao, he said, "Uncle Wei, I’m heading upstairs now. If you need me for anything, just contact me directly."

Lin Qi bid farewell to Wei Wutao and walked out of the large integrated lab area, H4-401.

Ning Hao, sitting by the monitor, gave him a curious glance and paid no further attention.

Divine Power Lin Qi?

He’d heard of him, but he didn’t care.

Pharmacy had nothing to do with Ninghang Technology’s interests.

Lin Qi was just a company executive participating in the project to pad his resume.

...

Inside the elevator, as it ascended, Lin Qi composed an email.

[I’ve discovered new intelligence. The Ninghang Technology members carrying sub-samples to collaborate with Prosthetic Body companies are suspected of also carrying S-Artemis Neuro-Driven Storage Prosthetic Bodies. I suspect all the sub-samples sent by Ninghang Technology to the various Administrative Regions can run the algorithms from the server.]

This discovery meant that the master sample might have been split into more than just twelve parts.

But dozens, even hundreds!

For the Mercenary Corps’ mission, this more than doubled the difficulty.

It wasn’t just because of the quantity, but also the geographical spread.

Scattered across the globe, in different Administrative Regions, in different Cyber Cities!

This wasn’t the old era of centralized nations, where all you needed was a visa to travel to different places.

In the Cyber Era, every Administrative Region, every Cyber City, had its own distinct rules of operation.

Any Mercenary Corps undertaking a mission had to consider the differences between various Cyber Cities and create a detailed, customized plan of action before setting out.

Guang Ling’s email was slower than usual, but a reply still came before the elevator reached the thirteenth floor.

[I will investigate this lead. I’ll let you know if I find any new information.]

Lin Qi glanced at it, then turned his attention away.

After a short while, the email automatically vanished from Lin Qi’s inbox.

’I hope Guang Ling’s investigation gets results soon. Having an S-Artemis Neuro-Driven Storage Prosthetic Body Implanter working downstairs from me every day... I have a bad feeling about it.’

Lin Qi mulled it over and ultimately decided not to tip his hand.

The root of this matter was the European Political Zone Big Business Alliance’s scheme; he could only follow the trail of clues, one step at a time.

The Big Business Alliance of any Administrative Region could not be underestimated.

Especially since the truth of this matter was very likely related to a large number of Tier Four, and even Tier Five individuals, as well as the Cyber World’s Moon.

It was impossible to figure out the whole story in one go.

Lin Qi temporarily suppressed the chaotic thoughts in his mind and arrived at the thirteenth floor.

This was the floor where the Pharmaceutical Department was located.

After returning to the company, it was only natural to pay a visit to Liu Weicai.

Liu Weicai had always treated Lin Qi well, so it was only right to go and say hello.

Lin Qi went straight to Liu Weicai’s office.

After seeing Liu Weicai, the two exchanged pleasantries.

Liu Weicai also made a few jokes, mentioning memes like "Divine Power Lin Qi."

The two had a pleasant conversation but didn’t waste too much time.

After about ten minutes, Lin Qi walked out of Liu Weicai’s office.

He continued on to his own laboratory.

Dong Wenlong was working inside.

Lin Qi thought for a moment and felt that Dong Wenlong probably wasn’t that eager to see him. Besides, they had already met last night, so there was no need to make a special visit.

In the end, Lin Qi decided not to look for Elder Dong and went straight back to the elevator. He took it to the seventeenth-floor server room, preparing to formally access and read the S-Class Pharmacy Literature.

His Pharmacy research had reached a point where no one could help Lin Qi anymore.

Unless an S-Class Pharmaceutical Researcher was willing to discuss it with Lin Qi.

Unfortunately, among the S-Class Pharmaceutical Researchers in the Asian Administrative Region, Si Li had already been arrested and was awaiting trial.

The remaining S-Class Pharmaceutical Researcher worked for the Eastern Alliance’s Nanyun Potion; their identity was a mystery, and Lin Qi had no way of making their acquaintance.

If he wanted to become an S-Class Pharmaceutical Researcher, Lin Qi could only rely on his own research and solitary effort.

The elevator ascended smoothly, arriving at the seventeenth floor.

Just as he arrived on the seventeenth floor, Lin Qi saw a familiar face.

The area was guarded by a group of A-Class Prosthetic Implanters, one of whom was none other than Brother Green Hair.

Brother Green Hair was already wearing a United Pharmaceutical security uniform.

Lin Qi greeted Brother Green Hair, then walked to the server room door.

[Verifying permissions]

[Biometric identification successful]

[Identification code verification successful]

[Access granted]

The server room door slowly opened, and Lin Qi strode inside.

Lin Qi scanned his surroundings, looking at the server equipment inside the United Pharmaceutical server room.

A good portion of it was brand new, while some had "Liu’s Heavy Industries" printed on their casings. It looked like these were server resources requisitioned from Liu’s Heavy Industries.

Server resources were tight recently, and Cyber Network Company was intentionally controlling the circulation of servers on the market.

Although United Pharmaceutical had the Big Business Alliance’s backing, the new servers still hadn’t arrived.

Lin Qi activated his Spiritual Vision and located the level-ten network security device with the serial number "Cyber Network Company-Asia-10-091."

The device had already been deployed and connected to the server; Lin Qi could verify his authorization and access it at any time.

Without hesitating, Lin Qi pulled the connection cable for his Intelligent Brain from his arm.

This device only accepted a wired connection.

[Connection complete. Device "Cyber Network Company-Asia-10-091" detected.]

[Identifying biometrics]

[Verifying authorization]

[Performing secondary security verification]

[Verification complete]

[Attention: User is accessing S-Class Pharmacy Literature. Ownership of this data belongs to the Asian Political Zone Big Business Alliance and the Asian Administrative Region’s Eastern Alliance. User is required to sign a security and confidentiality agreement...]

’Another contract to sign. You can’t do anything in the Cyber World without getting tangled up in contracts.’

But while signing the contract, Lin Qi also noticed that this S-Class Pharmacy Literature didn’t actually belong to the Si Clan itself.

The Si Clan had only ever possessed usage rights!

And they were restricted usage rights at that!

Lin Qi carefully read the so-called security and confidentiality agreement.

The agreement was a full 29 pages long and detailed the scope of use and confidentiality after viewing the materials.

’The confidentiality clause is normal enough, but the usage clause is incredibly strict.’

’It restricts me to working only for United Pharmaceutical, and I’m forbidden from revealing any content from the materials to anyone else in the process. If I violate the agreement, I’ll be handed over directly to the Big Business Alliance court. And whoever illegally obtains the content from me will bear the same liability...’

After reading the agreement, Lin Qi understood the deeper implications behind it.

The Big Business Alliance and the Eastern Alliance were intentionally controlling the dissemination of S-Class Pharmacy knowledge and S-Class Potions.

United Pharmaceutical was merely the new enterprise chosen to take on the responsibility of producing S-Class Potions.

Although as long as he didn’t violate the terms, this authorization had no fixed expiration date.

But in the end, the ultimate authority over everything from the production to the sale of S-Class Potions was held firmly in the hands of the two major alliances.

However, Lin Qi didn’t know if the situation was similar in other Administrative Regions.

’Looks like, even if I manage to whip up some S-Class Potions, it won’t be easy to use them for private gain.’

’The number of S-Class Pharmaceutical Researchers is limited. If an unknown S-Class Potion appeared on the market, it wouldn’t be very difficult to trace it.’

’But if I don’t sign this agreement, it’s not entirely impossible for me to deduce further Pharmacy knowledge on my own...’

After a moment of contemplation, Lin Qi went ahead and signed.

The reason was simple. Having come this far, not signing would inevitably attract suspicion.

But as for the contents of this agreement...

Lin Qi didn’t believe for a second that the Big Business Alliance and the Eastern Alliance had any jurisdiction in the Doomsday World!

’Let them try and find proof that I violated the agreement in the Doomsday World!’

’If they can’t find any, then everything I do is perfectly legal!’