Dual Worlds: I Have a Doomsday World

After all, Lin Qi had used similar methods once before. He needed to make the process more logically sound this time.

Not long after he sent the email, Lin Xin replied.

It was practically an instant reply. After all, not everyone was like Guang Ling, online 24/7.

As for why she replied instantly at this hour—whether Lin Xin hadn’t gone to sleep yet or was already awake—Lin Qi had no way of knowing.

[Cyber psychosis? Don’t tell me you and the old man got it? I told you two not to get obsessed with prosthetic implants...]

Apparently finding the email lacking in detail, Lin Xin’s call request quickly popped up.

Lin Xin’s face appeared in Lin Qi’s vision, the image projected directly onto his retinas.

Lin Xin immediately asked, "Lin Qi, be honest with me. Are you just ’asking for a friend’? Did you get cyber psychosis?"

Lin Xin was very worried. She was afraid Lin Qi was the one who was actually sick.

This so-called "friend"?

It was probably just Lin Qi’s clumsy attempt to hide the truth.

"Are you questioning my skills?"

Lin Qi shot back a question. He couldn’t use too gentle a tone with Lin Xin, or she would be even more convinced he was lying to her.

After his retort, Lin Qi continued, "The patient is a friend of mine, an A-Class Prosthetic Implanter who was assigned to protect me back in Greenfield City. Before he came to our Prosthetic Clinic, he went to one of the Liu Clan’s medical centers but was diagnosed as healthy."

"Thanks to the old man’s in-depth research on cyber psychosis, we found non-standard indicators and were able to confirm the diagnosis."

"I can’t find much information on my end, which is why I thought of you. If it’s convenient, help me look into it. This shouldn’t involve any classified information. If we can solve this new type of cyber psychosis, it might make the old man famous overnight. You know how he is—he’d love to show off in front of his old buddies."

Lin Qi passed the buck to the old man.

Lin Qi was already quite used to screwing over his dad.

Hearing Lin Qi’s tone, Lin Xin was only half-convinced.

But Lin Xin still grasped the main point.

"What new type of cyber psychosis? Isn’t this all because of prosthetic bodies?"

"If people didn’t get prosthetic bodies installed, there wouldn’t be any ’new type of cyber psychosis’!"

Hearing Lin Xin’s logic, Lin Qi couldn’t even be bothered to argue with her.

Classic irrationality.

Thankfully, after her rant, Lin Xin still agreed to help. "But you’re right, this isn’t really classified. With my position, helping family with legal business activities within my authorized access won’t get me into trouble. I’ll look up the information for you this afternoon and get back to you when I’m done."

As long as it wasn’t Lin Qi or Doctor Lin who was sick, Lin Xin was relieved.

It was just looking up some information. All she had to do was ask her mentor a few questions; it wasn’t a big deal.

Lin Qi was much more satisfied. He said to Lin Xin, "Now that’s more like it. I’m leaving this to you. Don’t you dare forget!"

With that said, Lin Qi ended the call directly, with no intention of making small talk with Lin Xin.

With that, Lin Qi’s objective was mostly achieved.

By the afternoon, Liu Xuan would surely have finished gathering intelligence on the security personnel with cyber psychosis. Lin Qi could then use that opportunity to give Lin Xin more information and leak the matter to the Assassin Alliance.

The Assassin Alliance getting involved was tantamount to the Eastern Alliance getting involved, which would greatly alleviate the pressure on Lin Qi.

With the Assassin Alliance’s channels, if they were to specifically investigate this type of cyber psychosis, Lin Qi might not even need to give Lin Xin any more hints.

They might be able to quickly identify the commonalities of this new cyber psychosis and deduce Ninghang Technology’s plan.

After all, Ninghang Technology’s methods weren’t exactly subtle.

After ending the call, Lin Qi received another email from Lin Xin.

The email’s content was very simple.

[????]

A bunch of question marks.

Immediately after, the next email appeared before his eyes.

[You’re not even going to say thank you? Is that how the old man raised you? Lin Qi, where are your manners? Your upbringing?]

’Manners? Upbringing?’

Lin Qi thought back on his experiences over the years.

Every time he went home and saw Lin Xin, he had never seen any trace of such things in her.

’How could someone who grew up on the fringes of a Cyber City possibly have qualities like that?’

Lin Qi considered his own character to be far superior to Lin Xin’s.

He selected the two emails from Lin Xin, sent them to the trash, and pretended he hadn’t seen them.

He couldn’t be bothered to curse her out!

Without an Advanced Language Application Chip installed, Lin Qi didn’t want to argue with Lin Xin.

Looking at the time, Lin Qi was pleasantly surprised to find he still had an hour to rest.

Eyes closed, rest!

He needed to store up his energy; there was still a lot to do today.

...

「At 9:59 AM on March 28, 2089, Lin Qi arrived at the top-floor docking bay of the H4 Skyscraper just in time.」

There was no chance encounter with Liu Xuan today.

He glanced at the vehicle’s front trunk, where his new equipment—worth over fifty million Credit Points—was stored.

Given the security conditions in Red Fruit City, it was highly unlikely anyone would dare to steal from United Pharmaceutical’s headquarters.

Reassured, Lin Qi walked into the elevator, clocked in, and then headed straight for the server room on the company’s 17th floor.

After the elevator doors opened, Lin Qi scanned his surroundings.

Just like before, the high-security server room was guarded by six A-Class full-body Prosthetic Implanters.

A few of them looked familiar to Lin Qi; he had probably seen them during missions in Greenfield City and Alliance City. They were all personnel transferred from Liu’s Heavy Industries.

Lin Qi’s expression remained neutral as he walked straight toward the server room without observing them for too long.

[Verifying Access]

[Biometric Identification Successful]

[Identification Code Verified]

[Access Granted]

While the system was verifying his access, Lin Qi quietly opened his Spiritual Vision and began a detailed observation.

’Sure enough, Brother Green Hair isn’t an isolated case...’

Inside the heads of two of these security guards, Lin Qi clearly detected the presence of Exotic Spiritual Particles.

Their condition was almost identical to Brother Green Hair’s.

But they had probably believed the medical center’s diagnosis and hadn’t sought further treatment at a Prosthetic Clinic.

As for whether they could restrain that urge like Brother Green Hair, Lin Qi couldn’t be sure.

Perhaps, like the targets King Arthur had observed, they had already secretly committed crimes in Red Fruit City.

It was only because of their status as the company’s A-Class security personnel that they hadn’t been flagged for their crimes by Red Fruit City’s smart system.

After confirming the condition of these security guards, Lin Qi quietly withdrew his gaze and entered the server room.

While accessing the S-Class Pharmacy Literature through a wired connection, he continued to use his Spiritual Vision to look at more distant locations.

Lin Qi’s gaze fell upon the fourth floor, on the H4-401 large-scale comprehensive experimental site of the Prosthetic Engineering Department.

The head of the Prosthetic Engineering Department, Wei Wutao, was still diligently leading the A-Class Prosthetic Engineering researchers in their work.

Lin Qi’s gaze fell on Wei Wutao—or more accurately, inside his head.

Everything was normal. The colleagues in the Prosthetic Engineering Department spent the most time with Ning Hao, a full eight hours a day, yet none of them showed any abnormalities.

’This is consistent with the intel from Guang Ling. The ones with problems are all core security personnel for city management corporations. It’s the result of deliberate, targeted selection.’

This was Lin Qi conducting his own preliminary screening using his abilities before Liu Xuan completed her investigation.

After screening all the targets, only the final, high-value target remained.

The leader of the joint project between Ninghang Technology and United Pharmaceutical, Ning Hao!

When Lin Qi had previously scouted Ning Hao, he hadn’t noticed anything unusual, only discovering the S-Artemis Neuro-Driven Storage Prosthetic Body on him.

At this moment, Ning Hao, just like Lin Qi, entered the H4-401 large-scale comprehensive experimental site right on the dot.

Unlike the last observation, this time Lin Qi clearly perceived an immense Spiritual Power emanating from Ning Hao.

A Spiritual Power far exceeding his own!

It was a sensation similar to when he had observed a Tier Four Extraordinary like Aishwarya.

’His Spiritual Power is even stronger than Aishwarya’s. Is this the Third Stage of Tier Four? Or the Fourth Stage?’