Dual Worlds: I Have a Doomsday World

"Prosthetic Engineering isn’t United Pharmaceutical’s core business, after all. I plan to approve the proposal in a few days to get some people on the board to settle down."

"The Liu Clan is about to undergo some internal changes. Before that starts, I need to make some concessions."

Lin Qi was a little surprised; he hadn’t realized the Liu Clan was dealing with internal matters like this.

’Take the project back to Liu’s Heavy Industries?’

’In other words, the people of the Liu Clan are still unaware of the risks involved.’

Lin Qi paid no mind to the Liu Clan’s internal affairs and continued, "According to my special sources, Ninghang Technology has gotten involved in an extremely high-risk incident. A considerable number of the liaisons they assigned to various big businesses have had accidents and become a special type of Tier Four Extraordinary."

"Ning Hao, the liaison for United Pharmaceutical, is one of them."

"This type of Tier Four Extraordinary suffers from severe mental abnormalities and is extremely dangerous."

"I want you to be prepared. If you can’t guarantee your safety, you should work remotely for the next few days."

"I will report this information to the Eastern Alliance through special channels. We won’t know the outcome for a few days."

The main reason Lin Qi had met with Liu Xuan was her safety.

Lin Qi didn’t want anything to happen to Liu Xuan.

Aside from personal feelings, Liu Xuan was extremely important to Red Fruit City.

She wasn’t just connected to a major corporation like Liu’s Heavy Industries; she also represented a future corporate giant, United Pharmaceutical.

If the European Big Business Alliance’s goal was truly to ignite a corporate war, then Liu Xuan would be an excellent target.

Liu Xuan’s expression finally changed. Her brow furrowed as she asked, "Tier Four Extraordinary? Is this information... reliable?"

The moment the words left her mouth, Liu Xuan shook her head.

Changing her tone, she said, "I can stay out of the public eye for now, but what are you going to do?"

After the incident in Alliance City, Liu Xuan already knew that Lin Qi was no simple man, and was even connected to the Eastern Alliance.

Lin Qi’s information was most likely accurate; otherwise, he wouldn’t have bothered telling her.

For this reason, Liu Xuan’s thinking was crystal clear: as long as it didn’t violate her principles, she just had to cooperate with Lin Qi.

Lin Qi was gratified by Liu Xuan’s trust and briefly stated his plan: "While ensuring your own safety, I want you to persuade your father to have the core personnel of Liu’s Heavy Industries take security precautions as well."

"And, using Red Fruit City’s network system, identify and quarantine all A-Class corporate security personnel who were at the same locations as Ning Hao."

"Focus on isolating personnel who show symptoms similar to cyber psychosis..."

Lin Qi’s request was simple.

’Red Fruit City must not fall into chaos!’

No matter what happened to the other Cyber Cities, Red Fruit City had to remain stable.

Liu’s Heavy Industries was the bedrock of the city’s administration, even if corporations were the source of all exploitation.

But corporations also symbolized the stability of a Cyber City.

All Lin Qi needed was a stable environment.

As long as Liu’s Heavy Industries didn’t run into problems, Red Fruit City wouldn’t descend into chaos, and the corporate war wouldn’t easily entangle the city.

"Is that all?" Liu Xuan asked, puzzled.

Lin Qi hadn’t mentioned how to handle the situation from start to finish, especially not how to deal with the anomalous Tier Four Extraordinary.

Lin Qi nodded and continued, "Whether it’s United Pharmaceutical or Liu’s Heavy Industries, the top priority right now is self-preservation, not trying to solve the problems this incident has caused."

"The web of connections behind this problem is extensive. A single major corporation doesn’t have nearly enough power to contend with it."

"The only ones who can truly solve this problem are the Big Business Alliance or the Eastern Alliance."

Lin Qi’s thinking was very clear. He didn’t need to clash head-on with a Tier Four Extraordinary.

Neither did the Liu Clan. They just needed to protect themselves.

They would wait for the incident to develop, for the Big Business Alliance and the Eastern Alliance to react.

Of course, in the meantime, Lin Qi would offer what guidance he could.

’For example, I could send Lin Xin an email...’

Liu Xuan listened quietly to Lin Qi’s explanation, while a rare emotion flickered in her right eye.

The look in her eyes changed.

Lin Qi had seen that look before.

He had seen it in Greenfield City, and in Alliance City.

Liu Xuan said, "I’ll adjust your work schedule through the company system later. Don’t go to the office during this time..."

Liu Xuan was also considering Lin Qi’s safety.

If Lin Qi’s information was accurate, it meant there was a Tier Four Extraordinary with malicious intent inside the United Pharmaceutical Building.

If their target was United Pharmaceutical, then the likelihood of Lin Qi being in danger was even greater than her own.

An S-Class Pharmaceutical Researcher was the very foundation of United Pharmaceutical.

In other words, Lin Qi was even more important to United Pharmaceutical than Liu Xuan herself.

Lin Qi decisively rejected Liu Xuan’s suggestion. "Don’t worry about my safety. I have ways to protect myself. My work location doesn’t need to change. If both of us leave the United Pharmaceutical Building at the same time, it might arouse suspicion."

Avoiding detection by Ning Hao, the mother sample Bearer, was only part of his reason for refusing.

The bigger reason was that Lin Qi wanted to keep an eye on Ning Hao personally.

Only by watching him with his own eyes could Lin Qi find more clues, especially clues about the Blood Moon.

Lin Qi had not yet observed the specific state of a mother sample Bearer through his Spiritual Vision.

Ning Hao was a good specimen.

Liu Xuan frowned, looked into Lin Qi’s eyes, and then unobtrusively glanced at his arm.

Liu Xuan continued, "You must be careful. You are... very important to United Pharmaceutical."

When Liu Xuan spoke, she hesitated. Before saying the words "United Pharmaceutical," the shape of her mouth faltered, changing slightly.

After saying this, Liu Xuan continued, "There’s a batch of Liu’s Heavy Industries’ experimental products in the villa’s basement. Most are single-use weapons that can interface with a Prosthetic Body without causing neural erosion. You can take some, just in case."

"I’ll grant you access now. You’re a Prosthetic Engineering researcher yourself, so I won’t arrange for anyone else to help you."

After speaking, Liu Xuan paused again, and finally added, "You absolutely must stay safe."

With that, Liu Xuan stood up and walked towards the terminal in the safe zone.

As she operated the terminal, she said, "I’ll be staying here. I’m starting to make arrangements for the Liu Clan and United Pharmaceutical now."

"Your access has been granted. You are free to take any of the equipment in the basement."

Just as she was speaking, the door to the safe zone opened quietly.

Lin Qi froze for a moment when he saw this.

Liu Xuan was far more decisive than he had imagined.

She took action immediately, without needing much discussion.

Soon, a smile appeared on Lin Qi’s face.

He turned and walked out of the safe zone.

Activating his Spiritual Vision, Lin Qi looked towards the villa’s basement area that Liu Xuan had mentioned.

Inside the basement, numerous weapons and pieces of equipment were neatly displayed.

Among them were many unreleased products from Liu’s Heavy Industries.

’A pleasant surprise!’

Lin Qi had originally planned to procure a batch of weapons and equipment through Guang Ling’s channels.

He didn’t expect Liu Xuan would provide them to him first.

These weapons and equipment were far more advanced than anything Lin Qi could buy.

Moreover, the value of these weapons and this equipment far exceeded the amount of Credit Points Lin Qi had.

’But when was this batch of equipment brought to the villa?’

’When I first moved in, I did a quick scan with my Spiritual Vision. None of this was here then...’

His Spiritual Vision locked onto the basement. Lin Qi felt that the basement seemed a little... new?

As if it had just been renovated, and the equipment had only just been moved in.

Lin Qi walked out of the safe zone, and the door closed silently behind him.

In the center of the reception area, a hidden spiral staircase had appeared out of nowhere, leading straight to the basement.