Chapter 440 - 287: Lin Qi: I’ll Listen to You
At Mo University Camp, on the sixth floor of the Club Activity Building, Wang Ziru watched Lin Qi and Wang Qiang come down from the rooftop, his gaze filled with anticipation.
Although the commotion just now had been several kilometers away, the blinding flash was something anyone who wasn’t blind could have seen.
"There are a few who got away, but it’s unlikely there will be any more trouble."
Lin Qi briefly explained the situation to Wang Ziru, but after a moment of thought, he added, "Have everyone in the camp remain on standby. We need to guard against a desperate counterattack from the enemy."
Although Lin Qi believed the danger was mostly gone, there were, after all, still six Tier Threes remaining.
While Lin Qi himself wasn’t afraid, the others at Mo University Camp would be no match for those Blood Moon Envoys, not even for a single exchange.
Hearing Lin Qi’s words, Wang Qiang, who stood to the side, opened his mouth and then clamped it shut.
He had been on the verge of saying that the six remaining enemies were all Tier Three!
One of the most dangerous threats in the Doomsday World!
Even for Headquarters, six Tier Three hostile targets would require an all-out response.
But for Mo University Camp, and for Lin Qi, that didn’t seem to be the case...
’The Tier Three Blood Moon Envoys... more than half of them wiped out in just a few short minutes.’
’Over a hundred Tier Twos, annihilated in the blink of an eye.’
’Were the six remaining Blood Moon Envoys really that big of a threat to Lin Qi?’
’Probably not.’
Wang Qiang had clearly seen that when Lin Qi’s Prosthetic Body fired the mini-nuke, it seemed to have other types of weapons mounted internally as well.
’A wide variety—enough for each of the six remaining Blood Moon Envoys to choose their own unique way to die.’
’Headquarters was right to trust him.’
Lost in thought, Wang Qiang stuck close to Lin Qi.
The two of them took the elevator down from the sixth floor.
Lin Qi planned to have a word with Wei Yue, hoping to get a more complete understanding of the powers the Blood Moon Envoys might possess.
...
「Half an hour later.」
Lin Qi returned to the sixth-floor conference room, with Wang Qiang standing guard outside the door.
Lin Qi mused quietly, ’Wei Yue still doesn’t know the specific abilities of the Blood Moon Envoys. It must be because she never accepted the Blood Moon Will.’
Having failed to gather more intelligence, Lin Qi could only resort to a passive strategy: wait for the enemy to make the first move.
He would make no unnecessary moves, just stay within Mo University Camp and wait for the enemy to take the initiative.
While in Meditation, he kept his Spiritual Vision active, observing any movement within the Mo University Camp’s perimeter.
The moment a Blood Moon Envoy appeared within a thousand-meter radius, Lin Qi would be able to act immediately.
But twelve straight hours passed, and by the time Lin Qi finished his daily Meditation, he still hadn’t detected any trace of the Blood Moon Envoys in the Mo University area.
’I’m just one step away from Tier Three, Second Stage. If I kept meditating today, it would take another eight or nine hours, but now’s not the time.’
’Where the hell did those Blood Moon Envoys go? Their landing site wasn’t far from Mo University Camp. There’s no way they’d still be this quiet.’
Lin Qi opened his eyes, stood up, and began to think carefully.
’First, one thing is certain: the Blood Moon Envoys’ target is definitely me.’
’This group of human traitors wants to hasten the Blood Moon’s revival.’
’And I’m the key person obstructing its revival.’
’They know this.’
’So why haven’t they made their move yet?’
’Could it be that they were too badly injured in the first wave of attacks and are temporarily unable to fight at full strength?’
Lin Qi shook his head slightly, dismissing the idea.
’I don’t know the physical strength of a transformed Blood Moon Envoy, but since the ability is very similar to a Wizard’s, I can use the strength of a Tier Three Wizard as a substitute.’
’Getting hit by a Little Flying Stick, but outside the core blast radius—only taking the shockwave.’
’A transformed Tier Three Wizard would only suffer minor injuries from that level of attack, not enough to affect their combat effectiveness.’
’The Blood Moon Envoys’ failure to appear so far definitely isn’t due to a lack of combat strength.’
Lin Qi shook his head again, changing his line of thinking.
’Let me put myself in their shoes. If I were a Blood Moon Envoy on this mission, with the ultimate goal of ensuring the Blood Moon’s revival proceeds unhindered and the immediate objective of assassination, what would I do?’
’There’s more than one way to achieve the final goal. If a Highest-Level Mercenary Corps suffered a setback in a frontal assault, they would never recklessly send people like Master Ma or King Arthur to continue taking risks. They would inevitably change their approach.’
’Mo University Camp didn’t launch that rocket on its own. The Tier Five Extraordinary Items were delivered by Headquarters via the railroad.’
’If I were carrying out this mission, I’d most likely go after the other camps.’
’And the closest camp to Mo University Camp is... Hongshan Camp?’
Lin Qi shot to his feet. If his reasoning was correct, then after their initial setback, the remaining Blood Moon Envoys would very likely switch targets!
Ding Yang could be in danger!
Lin Qi’s brow furrowed.
’Should I intervene?’
According to his usual way of thinking, if others were in danger, what did that have to do with him?
But Ding Yang was one of the few people Lin Qi could call an old acquaintance in the Doomsday World, and maintaining his relationship with Headquarters depended heavily on Ding Yang as well.
Without Ding Yang, Lin Qi might not have been able to acquire those Extraordinary Items so smoothly, nor would he have received credit from Headquarters. The efficiency of his Meditation certainly wouldn’t have reached its outrageous hundredfold multiplier.
’I have to go take a look. In this confrontation with the Blood Moon Envoys, I must hold the initiative.’
’Although Tier Threes pose a limited threat to me, there’s a Tier Three Top Level among them. If he manages to become a Tier Four, that would be a huge problem.’
Having figured this out, Lin Qi walked right out of the conference room.
Wang Qiang, who was by the door, tensed up instantly and asked, "What’s happening?"