Dual Worlds: I Have a Doomsday World

’How is this possible? Could he be more familiar with the McCarthy Science-140 Base Potion than I am?’

’This is absolutely impossible! Unless he personally concocted this Base Potion, no one could prepare it this quickly!’

’Unless... his Inspiration Talent surpasses that of almost every S-Class Pharmaceutical Researcher!’

For a moment, Kaven forgot to even read the data analysis of his own Base Potion, staring at Lin Qi in a near daze.

When the surrounding S-Class Pharmaceutical Researchers who had bet heavily against Xu Qinghe saw this, they could no longer sit still.

They all started shouting:

"Kaven! What are you spacing out for? That kid’s speed must be luck. The real test of Ability is when the number of materials exceeds 150!"

"Kaven, don’t forget you placed a heavy bet on yourself!"

Hearing these voices, Kaven snapped back to his senses. He quickly and carefully read the data from the instrument’s analysis and began selecting the corresponding Extraordinary Materials.

Meanwhile, Xu Qinghe stood with her hands on her hips, glaring in dissatisfaction at the group of middle-aged men around her.

"Cheating! You’re cheating! How can you remind Kaven? This is a Gentleman’s Race, a sacred duel in your European Administrative Region’s Pharmacy Domain! You’re not being gentlemen at all!"

Xu Qinghe was very unhappy. Even though she felt Lin Qi had the advantage, she didn’t want Kaven’s fighting spirit to be reignited by outside interference, giving him even a one percent chance of a comeback.

The crowd of "veteran" researchers spoke up:

"Xu, we didn’t interfere. It was just a normal conversation."

"Exactly. We didn’t guide Kaven on how to handle any of the Extraordinary Materials!"

"At least we didn’t tamper with the Potion in Kaven’s hands."

This group of "veteran" researchers remained poker-faced. Some wore fashionable hats from the European Administrative Region, some had the characteristic red necks of America, and others had faces so dark their expressions were impossible to make out.

Xu Qinghe was furious, but she was too young. When it came to composure, she was no match for these old bastards.

Just as Xu Qinghe was about to start cursing, a gentle voice spoke up. "Qinghe, don’t be angry. That’s just how they are. They were shameless three hundred years ago, and they’re shameless now."

A middle-aged man in gray clothes walked up to them. His jacket had five exposed buttons on the placket and four patch pockets. It looked like an old-fashioned style from the Eastern Alliance, completely outdated by today’s standards.

Hearing this voice, Xu Qinghe immediately turned her head, her face lighting up as she called out, "Dad!"

Then, Xu Qinghe glanced smugly at the surrounding "veterans," many of whom were even older than the middle-aged man.

But after being so passive-aggressively rebuked by the middle-aged man, not a single one of them talked back.

Instead, one of them took the initiative to speak. "Mr. Xu Zhengming, long time no see. How is your father these days? Will he be attending this conference?"

His tone held a hint of apprehension.

Xu Zhengming glanced at him and said, "My father will be here, of course. But he is getting on in years, so it isn’t convenient for him to make an appearance before the conference officially starts."

As he answered the man’s question, Xu Zhengming’s gaze fell upon Lin Qi in the distance.

’A Pharmaceutical Researcher with such an outstanding Talent... truly a rare sight!’

’Even among the very founders who laid the groundwork for Pharmacy, was there anyone whose inspiration reached such heights?’

Seeing this, the many "veteran" researchers in the crowd fell silent and said no more.

The Credit Points they had wagered were a trivial matter. The truly important event was the upcoming conference.

Xu Zhengming’s father, the second-generation pioneer of the Eastern Alliance’s Nanyun Potion, was here too!

’He’s still alive?!’

’That old bastard must be nearly a hundred years old, right?’

A sense of gloom instantly fell over the crowd.

With an old monster like that still around, how could they possibly compete for the highest Weight in the Pharmacy Domain?

Regardless of how the conference ultimately decided to allocate Weight, a researcher’s own Ability would inevitably be the most important factor.

Many of them began praying in their hearts for the old man to hurry up and die of natural causes.

’How can people from the Asian Administrative Region live so damn long? And be so full of energy?’

The older generation from the other administrative regions had long ago retired to their Life Support Pods, living out their days around the clock in the virtual space of the cyber network.

As a thousand different thoughts raced through their minds, they all became lost in their own worlds for a moment.

They were so preoccupied that they failed to notice Lin Qi, who, at the 30-minute mark of the Gentleman’s Race, had just added the 149th Extraordinary Material.

Kaven, in contrast, had only just begun processing his second Extraordinary Material.

A huge gap had opened up between them.

"Dad, you’re backing Lin Qi too, right?"

Xu Qinghe seemed to be deliberately provoking the surrounding "veterans," making conversation by pointing out the enormous gap that was already obvious to everyone.

Xu Zhengming was about to speak but suddenly paused, his eyes fixed on the Potion in Lin Qi’s hands.

A second later, Xu Zhengming spoke. "Barring any surprises, Lin Qi has already won."

This sentence was simultaneously translated by everyone’s Intelligent Brain.

’Already won?’

The S-Class Pharmaceutical Researchers all looked toward Lin Qi in unison, but they couldn’t see anything out of the ordinary.

Compared to Xu Zhengming, their Inspiration Talent was considerably weaker.

Hearing this, Xu Qinghe furrowed her brow for a moment. Two seconds later, her expression suddenly cleared.

’It’s true!’

’Lin Qi is about to win!’

And he had once again triggered that mysterious number in the Pharmacy Domain.