Lin Qi left half the plaster fragments behind before leaving Hongshan Camp.

After Lin Qi left, Ding Yang, Cao Xian, Ouyang Shangde, and the other senior leaders of Hongshan Camp immediately started talking.

"Old Ding, you’ve seriously violated the rules. How could you leak information about that thing to an outside force?"

"Mo University Camp can’t be considered an outside force. It’s a special camp established by modern-day university students. Besides, Lin Qi is a special talent, and when it comes to special talents, we must show sufficient resolve."

"Sigh, let’s not talk about that anymore. What do you all think about this matter of the man-made Extraordinary Items?"

"As far as we know, the only ones capable of creating man-made Extraordinary Items are at Headquarters. God knows how this thing appeared. There’s absolutely no way a traitor came from Headquarters."

"It might not be a problem with Headquarters. If Headquarters can research and develop man-made Extraordinary Items, then so can outside forces. We need to relay this intel back to Headquarters quickly and await their response."

The senior leaders of Hongshan Camp were all feeling overwhelmed.

The survivor rescue was not yet complete, and now this new mess had appeared. God only knew what other strange things would happen in this apocalypse.

...

Lin Qi returned to Mo University Camp and went into his laboratory.

After half an hour, he walked out of the lab and found Wang Ziru.

"Have your people follow this blueprint and produce at least twenty small Guard Robots as soon as possible. I need to use these robots to investigate some anomalies in Beining District."

At Hongshan Camp, Lin Qi had publicly stated that he would not get involved in the Beining District incident.

But how could he tolerate such an anomaly developing unchecked on his own doorstep? Lin Qi had to nip any event that could potentially harm Mo University Camp in the bud.

Mo University Camp was Lin Qi’s power base in the Doomsday World, and he could not allow any mishaps.

"Understood, Boss. Did you find something?"

Wang Ziru was a little worried.

Lin Qi had rushed to produce these blueprints the moment he got back to camp. The trouble in Beining District was most likely worse than he’d anticipated.

Lin Qi nodded. Wang Ziru was a high-ranking member of the camp; there was no need to hide it from him.

"A large number of man-made Extraordinary Items have appeared on the outskirts of Beining District. It’s suspected they’re related to the source that triggered the apocalypse—that crimson moon in the sky."

"Furthermore, there’s human activity in the lost territory of Beining District. For now, their identities and methods are unclear."

"I’ve already been to Hongshan Camp and reached a certain consensus with the official rescue team, but we can’t completely rely on the official camp. After all, Mo University Camp is closer to Beining District."

"We must prepare our surveillance and defenses. The small Guard Robots can use cellphone chips to run algorithms, making a round trip to send back footage every 12 hours."

The principle behind the Guard Robots was simple, and their design and production weren’t difficult either.

Before the apocalypse broke out, many private enterprises in Dragon Country could design and manufacture them.

But in the current post-apocalyptic environment, I’m afraid only certain large Survivor Camps would have the necessary design and production capabilities.

Wang Ziru grew even more worried. "Do we need to arrange for teams to set up surveillance?"

Lin Qi hesitated. That plaster moon model Extraordinary Item could induce widespread auditory and visual hallucinations. An ordinary person might not be able to withstand it.

But if he didn’t assign people to monitor it, it would be difficult to track the expansion of its effective range, unless Lin Qi went to check on it himself every day.

"Arrange for multiple squads to rotate in shifts. Set up several perimeter lines. If they experience auditory or visual hallucinations, they are to immediately fall back one perimeter. Every six hours, report to the camp on the degree to which the hallucinatory area has spread."

"The final perimeter will be three kilometers from Mo University. If it’s breached, report to me immediately."

In the end, Lin Qi made up his mind.

He had established Mo University Camp for precisely this kind of moment.

If Mo University Camp was to truly stand firm in the apocalypse, it needed to face more trials. Lin Qi couldn’t personally take the field every single time.

Worrying too much about potential casualties would be getting his priorities backward.

"Right." After receiving his orders, Wang Ziru immediately took action.

Twenty small Guard Robots wouldn’t take too long; they could be done in half a day at most.

The students from the mechanics department had already honed their manual dexterity to a speed unimaginable to ordinary people.

In fact, thanks to their enhanced physical constitutions, these students, who had been working around the clock on the production line for days, had all developed skills on par with those of a master machinist from the pre-apocalypse era.

Lin Qi returned to the conference room.

The matter of Beining District could not be rushed. Right now, Lin Qi’s most important task was still to increase his Spiritual Power as quickly as possible.

If he currently possessed the power of a Tier Three Wizard, the situation in Beining District wouldn’t be nearly this troublesome.

He could just steamroll through, capture the people operating in Beining District, and torture them for information. He’d be bound to get the intel he needed.

Time to get back to Meditation!

With the two Tier Two Crystal Stones from Ding Yang, the only thing now limiting Lin Qi’s advancement was his Spiritual Power.

He closed his eyes and activated his Spiritual Vision.

As soon as he began his Meditation, Lin Qi sharply noticed that the activity of the Spiritual Particles had increased again!

’So it really is related to the officials.’

’According to Ding Yang, the high-level Extraordinary Item that Headquarters possesses can increase the rate at which an Extraordinary grows stronger.’

’Although I haven’t earned any so-called third-class or second-class merits yet, the first time I noticed the Spiritual Particle activity increase was right after I helped Jiang Zhenlong.’

’Looked at this way, does that mean the Extraordinary Item is intelligent? Or maybe not so intelligent?’

’Regardless, the Level of that Extraordinary Item must be absurdly high. It has to be beyond Tier Four... could it be Tier Five?’

Lin Qi had mixed feelings.

On one hand, he didn’t fully trust Dragon Country’s government in the Doomsday World. On the other, he was somewhat tempted to experience the effects of that Extraordinary Item for himself.

Although the people at the Hongshan Command Center hadn’t said so explicitly, Lin Qi could tell just by observing their states with his Spiritual Vision: Tier Threes definitely existed.

It had only been about ten days since the apocalypse began.

Headquarters had already produced Tier Three Extraordinaries.

They must have been relying on that Extraordinary Item.

A leveling speed like that was simply terrifying.

He shook his head, clearing away the distracting thoughts.

As long as Mo University Camp continued to develop step by step, leveling up was only a matter of time. There was no need to get overly envious and lose his cool.

He immersed himself in a state of Meditation.

Until the cooldown for the Door was finished, his consciousness traveled through the darkness and returned to the Cyber World.

...

2:00 AM, March 9th, 2089. That was the time displayed on the mirror in front of Lin Qi.

Setting aside the unexpected situation in the Doomsday World for now, Lin Qi still had to face the mess at Liu’s Heavy Industries in the Cyber World.

Yesterday, Liu Xuan had arranged for Liu Yue to be sent to his death.

’So what about today?’

’Will she arrange for Liu Heng to be next?’

Lin Qi didn’t know Liu Xuan’s plan; he could only react to her moves as they came and adapt to the situation.

He walked out of the bathroom and lay down on the bed.

Time to rest!

’Everything else can wait until work.’

Just as he got comfortable in bed, Lin Qi suddenly began to ponder. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

’Counting the money in my wallet... It seems I have enough to upgrade my Intercontinental Stability Trauma Emergency Company membership again.’

’Isn’t the ten-million-a-year tier a bit too extravagant?’