After just two minutes of thought, Lin Qi made his decision.

’It’s not necessary!’

At its core, the Intercontinental Stability Trauma Emergency Company was a medical insurance agency.

Violence was just one method of rescuing patients.

To use the trauma team’s violent services, three conditions had to be met: injured, not dead, and being actively hunted.

Lin Qi was now a Tier Two Extraordinary. Any Extraordinary below Tier Three, even an A-Class Prosthetic Implanter, posed no threat to him.

And if a Tier Three Extraordinary were to attack him, Lin Qi wouldn’t even have the chance to call for a trauma team.

Just like the Tier Three Knight who had died a few hours earlier.

He had been killed instantly. Unless a trauma team was standing right there, survival was impossible.

Spending ten million to upgrade his membership was worse than just buying supplies and planning for the next stage of development in the Doomsday World.

But despite his thoughts, Lin Qi still dialed the exclusive communication line for Black Gold Members of the Intercontinental Stability Trauma Emergency Company.

"Hello, Mr. Lin Qi. Do you require a trauma team to be dispatched?"

The customer service agent answered instantly. Their attitude was excellent, as expected of a service that cost a million a year.

Lin Qi asked, "I’d like to upgrade to a Black Gold Pro membership. How many Credit Points would that be?"

Hearing the mention of Credit Points, the agent’s tone grew even more pleasant. "One moment, Mr. Lin Qi. I’ll look that up for you."

"Our records show that when you upgraded to your Black Gold Membership, you used a special clause to remove the security alert. The system is conducting a new assessment for you now."

"Congratulations, Mr. Lin Qi! The system has assessed that you won’t have to pay any extra Credit Points for the Black Gold Pro upgrade. It will only require the annual fee of ten million. However, as per the user agreement, the upgrade will overwrite your current membership level, which means..."

Before the agent could finish, Lin Qi hung up.

’What was all that nonsense about?’

’Who actually wanted to upgrade?’

Lin Qi had only heard those six words: "won’t have to pay any extra."

’This means that according to the Intercontinental Stability Trauma Emergency Company’s assessment, my risk level isn’t high. There aren’t any strange people trying to get me killed.’

"The Intercontinental Stability Trauma Emergency Company never makes a losing deal. If I upgrade now, I’d be no different from a sucker."

His mind at ease, he closed his eyes to rest. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

...

「Intercontinental Stability Trauma Emergency Company, Greenfield City Branch.」

The agent stared blankly at the disconnected call.

The call was disconnected, and its contents were automatically uploaded to the company’s servers.

Before long, the customer service department supervisor appeared beside the young agent.

His face was grim. "You triggered a corporate training alert. You leaked information worth four hundred thousand Credit Points, resulting in a loss for the company."

"However, considering the user’s actions were heavily manipulative, you’ve been judged to hold secondary liability. You’ll only have to compensate the company for forty thousand Credit Points."

"Let this be a lesson. If you run into a similar situation again, request a system asset verification before you respond!"

The young agent had just been taught a harsh lesson by Cyber Society.

Meanwhile, the perpetrator, Lin Qi, was sleeping soundly, as if he had never committed such a scummy act.

...

He woke up a little after eight in the morning.

According to Lin Qi’s plan, there was no need for any procurement today. The remaining used Prosthetic Bodies in his apartment were enough to keep him busy for another two days.

The first thing he did after waking up was open his company email and check for new messages.

The inbox was empty. Lin Qi wasn’t sure if the company had been quiet today, or if Liu Xuan had simply blocked his emails again.

After a moment of thought, Lin Qi decided to leave for work early.

He wanted to avoid arriving right on the dot and running into that "kind-hearted" Liu Weicai again.

He took the public rail transport.

Standing in the railcar, he watched Greenfield City shrouded beneath the Iron Curtain and felt his sense of time in the Cyber World slipping away.

Greenfield City was enveloped by the Iron Curtain twenty-four hours a day. All he could ever see were the countless, alternating red and blue neon lights.

The only things that reminded him of time’s passing were his daily clock-ins at work and the Door’s scheduled cooldown.

At half past nine, Lin Qi arrived at the company.

As expected, the sisters Liu Xuan and Liu Li were nowhere to be seen.

’Looks like I won’t be seeing them until after the Iron Curtain closes.’

Lin Qi had already expected this, so he felt no disappointment.

He clocked in on the first floor, then took the elevator up to the thirteenth floor, home to the Pharmaceutical Department.

Upon entering the lab, he saw that the two L-Class workhorses had already left.

According to the lab’s Log, the research findings for two L-Class Potions had completed corporate verification at four in the morning.

The L-Class project Lin Qi had registered was now settled.

The bonus had been transferred to his account.

With the project concluded, the assisting personnel had naturally returned to their original labs.

Using the system, Lin Qi applied for a new A-Class research project.

According to Liu Weicai, he would arrange for an A-level Researcher to collaborate with Lin Qi.

It was called a collaboration, but in reality, it was just Liu Weicai using his authority to arrange an A-Class private tutor for Lin Qi.

He had barely submitted the project application before it was immediately approved by Liu Weicai.

Then, Lin Qi saw the name of his collaborating researcher.

A-level Researcher in Pharmacy, Dong Wenlong.

Judging from the photo provided by the system, he appeared to be an old man.

Lin Qi recalled seeing the old man at the top-floor conference hall yesterday; their seats had only been two apart.

When the attack happened, the old man had been quick to run.

It wasn’t that his Prosthetic Body was particularly good for running; it was that he had stood up and started to flee the very instant the impact occurred.

Lin Qi sat in the lab, waiting, with no idea when the old man would arrive.

While he waited, the time reached ten o’clock, his official start time.

Suddenly, he received a company-wide email.

[Per a Liu’s Heavy Industries personnel transfer, Liu Heng will assume the role of Executive President of the Liu’s Heavy Industries Greenfield City Branch, effective today.]

’Just as I thought,’ Lin Qi mused. ’After Liu Yue’s death, the remaining target, Liu Heng, has been pushed onto the stage.’

Although they didn’t hold a company-wide, high-level meeting like yesterday, he was sure Liu Xuan had made other arrangements.

Who knew when the company would face another attack.

’Given what happened yesterday, Liu Xuan’s plans most likely won’t endanger me.’

’Besides, Liu Heng is just a target. The company can at least hold on until he’s assassinated.’

’I don’t need to worry too much about the company. I should just focus on acquiring A-Class Pharmacy knowledge and figuring out the true nature of Extraordinary Materials as quickly as possible.’

’As long as I can replicate a complete pharmaceutical production chain in the Doomsday World, I’ll have an escape route even if the Liu Clan collapses in the future.’

Power on the Extraordinary Side is just the foundation for survival.

To truly establish a foothold in the Cyber World, you have to master core technologies.

Use technology to acquire enough capital, eventually build your own corporation, and ensure steady growth.

Entrepreneurs and Capitalists—those are the true Legends of the Cyber Era.