Lin Qi rushed back to his apartment.

Liu Xuan slowly raised her head, her gaze following the direction Lin Qi had gone.

A faint smile touched the corners of her lips.

Beside her, Liu Heng caught a glimpse of Liu Xuan’s expression. He immediately shivered and hastily looked away.

’So scary!’

’Can’t look!’

’I could be silenced for seeing that!’

...

On the cyber network, in the meeting room of a Highest-Level Mercenary Corps.

Within a hidden data archive.

A new encrypted file appeared.

[Date: March 11, 2089]

[Codename: Wizard]

[Title: A Legend’s First Step, Firmly Taken]

In addition, there was another encrypted file.

[Date: March 11, 2089]

[Codename: King Arthur]

[Title: The Legendary Pauper Knight Has Scraped Together Funds for Her Tier Four Advancement]

At the very bottom of the data stack, new text appeared in a file titled *Log*. The text was encrypted and unreadable, seemingly with a special method that didn’t belong to the cyber network.

It could not be deciphered by any means available on the cyber network.

...

By the time Lin Qi returned to his apartment, it was already close to 1:00 a.m. on March 11, 2089.

’The Greenfield City business is finally over. I won’t have to worry about my safety for a while.’

’That’s really good news.’

’And the email from Dad didn’t have any surprises. That fool Lin Xin is safe and sound at home, so the Greenfield City Assassin Alliance’s operation most likely has nothing to do with her.’

Lin Qi’s thoughts shifted from the Cyber World to the Doomsday World.

The big problem in the Doomsday World was still unresolved, but he had managed to get his hands on a weapon to deal with it.

He opened the weapon bay on his left-arm Exoskeleton.

Inside was the S-Class Ultrahigh-Frequency Acoustic Resonator from King Arthur.

Lin Qi gave it a quick inspection while mentally planning the installation.

’Installing this thing on my own body is definitely not realistic.’

’According to the Liu Clan’s internal research papers, this thing has some serious recoil.’

’The attack it unleashes is close-range and has a wide area of effect.’

’Although it generally projects in a forward cone, the user still faces severe resonance issues.’

’Only a Tier Four Extraordinary could possibly withstand its recoil.’

’But for a Tier Four Extraordinary, who would even need this thing to deal damage?’

’You could say this weapon’s design was a major failure in the S-Class Prosthetic Body weapons project at Liu’s Heavy Industries.’

’It also reflects the procedural flaws in the company’s design acceptance process for Prosthetic Bodies.’

’This thing is mainly designed for carbon-based monsters. The ultrahigh-frequency vibrations can easily pulverize flesh and blood.’

’But its lethality is greatly reduced against targets protected by an Exoskeleton or a Prosthetic Body.’

’This thing must be an embarrassment among the products from Liu’s Heavy Industries. Its flaws are practically unavoidable.’ 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

’Fortunately, my target is a purely carbon-based monster, and it’s only Tier Three.’

As a Prosthetic Body researcher, Lin Qi had a complete understanding of this weapon’s strengths and weaknesses.

’If I mount it on a Mecha, I can negate the recoil. Besides, the monsters in the Doomsday World don’t have Exoskeleton or Prosthetic Body protection.’

’In the Doomsday World, this thing is a truly god-tier weapon.’

The only thing that annoyed Lin Qi was the weapon’s power source.

It used a Nuclear Battery with an instantaneous, super-high discharge rate.

’It’s a one-time use item. Once it’s depleted, I’ll need to buy a new one.’

’The standard reactors used in Prosthetic Bodies can’t meet the instantaneous discharge demand. If I switch the power source, the weapon’s lethality will drop.’

’It’s not a huge problem, though. I don’t need it to maintain its S-Class power. After I take care of the Tier Three Monster, using a reactor to maintain L to A Class power will be enough.’

’The Liu Clan’s batteries are too expensive. A single one costs over a million Credit Points.’

Lin Qi felt a familiar pang of regret.

He almost wished he hadn’t refused King Arthur’s five-million-credit refund.

’Five million!’

’That’s enough to use this weapon four times!’

Credit Points had a lot of purchasing power.

An ordinary person in the Cyber World earned less than ten thousand Credit Points a year.

After roughly sketching out the installation plan for the Ultrahigh-Frequency Acoustic Resonator in his mind, Lin Qi washed his face with clean water, then thoroughly rinsed his Exoskeleton.

Just like King Arthur, Lin Qi also reeked of the sewers.

He quietly waited, and soon, it was 2:00 a.m.

The Door’s cooldown finished. Lin Qi immediately activated it and crossed over into the Doomsday World.

Lin Qi wasted no time. After changing his clothes, he walked out of the conference room and went to the first floor, where the M-Class Mecha was docked.

This M-Class Mecha had been standing here for a long time, ever since Lin Qi had last used it.

Some of the more recently rescued survivors had never even seen the Mecha start up.

Some even suspected it might just be a giant model kit.

Among those who held this belief were the few Moon Worshipers Lin Qi had brought back from the Beining District.

The moment Lin Qi arrived on the first floor, Wang Ziru, who had been notified, hurried to his side.

Every time Lin Qi prepared to go out, Wang Ziru would rush over the moment he got word.

Wang Ziru always made a point of demonstrating his loyalty in front of everyone at the camp.

He, Wang Ziru, was by no means the number-one figure in the Mo University Camp. Lin Qi was.

This was also why Lin Qi felt comfortable entrusting matters to Wang Ziru; the man’s insight, befitting his master’s degree, was sharp enough for him to make the right decisions.

"Boss, is there anything you need help with?"

Seeing Lin Qi climbing onto the upper section of the Mecha and looking like he was about to open up its outer casing, Wang Ziru hurriedly shouted up to him.