Dual Worlds: I Have a Doomsday World

The driver of the cargo vehicle returned to the entrance of No. 8 Fortress Road. He stared at Lin Qi’s antique vehicle and was lost in thought.

On the way here, he had been transporting millions worth of luxury goods.

On the way back, he was taking...

’Is this thing even worth ten thousand?’

Although the driver was shocked, he still took the access identification chip from Lin Qi.

That’s right, this vehicle still required a physical chip for identification!

After watching the driver take away the old antique, Lin Qi immediately used his Intelligent Brain to establish an access link with the U107.

[Auto-Docking Initiating]

[Docking Complete]

The U107 guided itself into a parking spot, stopping next to Liu Xuan’s genuine Mische.

Liu Xuan’s vehicle cost around three million when new, and it didn’t look as impressive as Lin Qi’s. But then again, Lin Qi’s wasn’t genuine...

After sending the vehicle to its parking spot, Lin Qi turned and walked toward the villa.

It was not even nine o’clock, still before work hours.

Lin Qi hadn’t even washed up yet.

Just as he entered the front door of the villa, Lin Qi saw Liu Xuan coming down the stairs.

When Liu Xuan saw Lin Qi, she froze and asked, "You didn’t go to work?"

Lin Qi shook his head. "It’s not time yet. I ordered a new flying vehicle yesterday and just went to pick it up."

Liu Xuan nodded, then turned and started walking back upstairs.

Lin Qi found it a little strange. ’Based on her outfit, she’s clearly ready for the office. Why is she going back upstairs?’

Not giving it too much thought, Lin Qi just went back to his room, washed up, and changed into a clean outfit—one that was identical to the one he’d just taken off.

He then sat down in a chair and browsed some articles on Cyber Media.

Keywords like "Divine Iron Bull," "United Pharmaceutical," and "Divine Power Lin Qi" were still topping the trending charts. It looked like the hype wouldn’t die down for at least another week or two.

Lin Qi casually clicked on a few articles and skimmed through them.

Finally, he left home just in time for work.

When Lin Qi left, Liu Xuan’s flying vehicle was already gone. It seemed she had already left for the company.

Lin Qi got into his "brand-new" flying vehicle.

The Mische brand logo immediately popped up on the vehicle’s Intelligent Brain. Although the vehicle was a knockoff, the Intelligent Brain seemed to have genuine access, with not a single function missing.

Lin Qi selected manual piloting mode, increased altitude, and then headed toward the H4 Skyscraper.

...

At 9:57 AM on March 26, 2089, Lin Qi arrived at the H4 Skyscraper.

Lin Qi usually arrived at 9:59 AM, so today he was much earlier than usual.

’I’m still not used to the new vehicle’s performance. Even though I deliberately kept the speed down, I still got to the office two minutes early.’

’The company squeezed more free work time out of me again. What a loss.’

Even though Lin Qi was a company director, he only owned ten percent of the shares, after all.

Of these two minutes of overtime, only twelve seconds were for his own benefit. The remaining one hundred and eight seconds were all free labor for everyone else.

Stepping out of the flying vehicle, Lin Qi looked up and was greeted by a familiar sight.

Directly across from Lin Qi’s parking spot, Liu Xuan was getting out of her own flying vehicle.

"What a coincidence."

Liu Xuan had said those words nearly a thousand times.

The scene was practically etched into Lin Qi’s brain.

Just as Lin Qi was about to respond to Liu Xuan, he suddenly saw an old man with his head down, quickening his pace and heading for the elevators.

Dong Wenlong was in a very bad mood!

’What the hell! Doesn’t Lin Qi always show up at 9:59? How did he get here two minutes early? Then what’s the point of me coming in three minutes early every day?’

’Damn it! This is so damn annoying!’

’This won’t do! Starting tomorrow, I’m getting to the office at 9:55!’

’Damn it all! Now I have to work an extra two minutes every day! My life...’

Dong Wenlong may have been old, but he walked quickly.

In the moment it took for Lin Qi to register what was happening, the old man had already run into an elevator.

From start to finish, he never once glanced up at Lin Qi or Liu Xuan.

Lin Qi looked at Liu Xuan and said, "It is quite a coincidence."

After completing their daily "chance encounter," the two of them walked toward the company elevators together.

But because Dong Wenlong had already taken an elevator down, Lin Qi and Liu Xuan ended up sharing one.

As the two entered the elevator, the company system immediately clocked Lin Qi in.

[Clock-in successful. Lin Qi, Board Director, A-Class Pharmaceutical Researcher. Welcome to United Pharmaceutical.]

Compared to the usual cold message, perhaps because of his added status as a board director, even the intelligent system’s clock-in voice had become much more polite, even welcoming him.

As for Liu Xuan, the company system didn’t respond after scanning her. The Chairwoman didn’t need to clock in.

As the elevator descended, Liu Xuan spoke up. "Regarding yesterday’s matter, I’ve already issued a warning at the Liu’s Heavy Industries board meeting. My father is also preparing a round of internal personnel changes, but due to board regulations, it will take some time to see results."

Liu Xuan brought up the aftermath of last night’s incident, seemingly wanting to give Lin Qi an explanation.

Lin Qi wasn’t particularly interested in the Liu Clan’s internal affairs. "Actually," he said, "if United Pharmaceutical wants to escape the Liu Clan’s influence, it just needs to obtain a big business license as soon as possible. I don’t think that will take too long."

Liu Xuan agreed with Lin Qi’s assessment, but the internal problems of the Liu Clan still needed to be resolved.

After all, Liu Xuan wasn’t just the one steering United Pharmaceutical; she also held a portion of the Liu Clan’s shares, a gift from Liu Xingyuan.

Lin Qi watched the elevator floor display in front of him and continued, "I will finish studying the S-Class Pharmacy Literature as quickly as possible. As long as United Pharmaceutical produces its first S-Class Potion, the Big Business Alliance will surely expedite a big business license for us."

Becoming an S-Class Pharmaceutical Researcher was a goal Lin Qi needed to accomplish as soon as possible.

Although Lin Qi’s Extraordinary Level was rising, the value of his public identity needed to keep pace.

Otherwise, if many public problems couldn’t be solved with his public abilities, and Lin Qi wanted to stay out of trouble, the chances of his Wizard identity being exposed would increase.

The status of an S-Class Pharmaceutical Researcher would earn him the attention of the Big Business Alliance, indirectly allowing him to avoid many problems.

Hearing these words, the flickering blue light in Liu Xuan’s left prosthetic eye changed.

Just as she was about to say something, the elevator came to a smooth stop and the doors opened.

Liu Xuan could only say, while stepping out of the elevator, "Fourth Uncle has already finished deploying the servers. You can go to the server room on the 17th floor of the company and access the specific literature through a wired connection."

For now, Liu Xuan had only given Lin Qi access privileges to the S-Class Pharmacy Literature.

The other A-level Researchers in the company had absolutely no chance of being promoted to S-Class.

According to their agreement with the Big Business Alliance, there were strict restrictions on granting such access, so Liu Xuan couldn’t afford unlimited trial and error.

Lin Qi nodded, watching Liu Xuan walk down the hallway as the elevator doors slowly closed.

It continued its descent.

Lin Qi didn’t rush to the server room on the seventeenth floor, nor did he go straight to the Pharmaceutical Department on the thirteenth. Instead, he went to the fourth floor first.

From what Lin Qi understood, the company’s joint project with Ninghang Technology was still ongoing.

In the Alliance City incident, the only ones who ended up in trouble were Jin Yuanxi and those two Round Table Knights from the European Administrative Region.

Ninghang Technology hadn’t imploded yet. Ninghang Technology was still unaware that a Highest-Level Mercenary Corps was already targeting the personnel who had been successfully transferred.

But Lin Qi wasn’t going to the fourth floor to continue participating in the company’s cross-departmental research project. He was going to greet Wei Wutao, the head of the Prosthetic Engineering Department.

The fact that Lin Qi had managed to get ten million Credit Points from the old man yesterday was largely thanks to the help of Wei Wutao’s son, Wei Wei. He had contacted other department heads at Liu’s and secured a supply chain for the No. 1 Prosthetic Clinic.

With a favor like that owed, even though Lin Qi didn’t have time to see Wei Wei, he still had to meet with Wei Wutao to thank him indirectly.

In the Cyber World, necessary social obligations were something Lin Qi’s public identity couldn’t avoid.