Chapter 186: Chapter 162: Lin Qi Still Hasn’t Forgotten

Having gathered new intelligence, Lin Qi left the conference room.

Today’s weekly routine meeting of the Highest-Level Mercenary Corps hadn’t brought Lin Qi any direct profits, but it allowed him, even while in Red Fruit City, to stay abreast of the latest intelligence from the forefront of the Asian Administrative Region.

First, the Greenfield City incident seemed to have become the true catalyst. Si Pharmaceutical, having backstabbed the Big Business Alliance in an attempt to make a clean escape from the Asian Administrative Region, was now being carved up by other powers.

Already struggling to bear such a massive loss, the Si Clan was hit with another blow when the identity of their heir was exposed.

These repeated blows drove the Si Clan into a frenzy. They quickly sought out other large corporations whose interests had been harmed by the Big Business Alliance Successor Bill, directly raising the curtain on a corporate war.

Just then, a company called Ninghang Technology developed a completely new prosthetic technology.

The Asian Administrative Region, already showing signs of turmoil, instantly became a powder keg ready to explode. A corporate war poised to sweep across the entire region was on the verge of breaking out completely.

Fortunately, this crisis wouldn’t reach Red Fruit City in the short term.

Lin Qi still had time to grow stronger.

’Tier Three. In theory, as long as I can become a Tier Three Wizard, I’ll have the most basic ability to protect myself.’

’Based on past lessons, the direct participants in corporate wars are mostly those with Prosthetic Implantation.’

’Luckily, my Ability is special enough. As long as I don’t have to face a High Tier Extraordinary Professional, I’ll have no trouble protecting myself.’

He roughly organized the intelligence in his head. For the time being, Lin Qi’s life wouldn’t change much; he just needed to go to work as usual.

Having figured all this out, Lin Qi, equipped with his new Exoskeleton, walked out of the workshop.

More than two hours had passed. When Lin Qi reached the first floor, his dad, Doctor Lin, was still on a call.

Lin Qi guessed his dad had also noticed the signs of a corporate war and was making calls to gather intelligence.

If a crisis did break out, with his dad Doctor Lin’s resourcefulness, even if he wasn’t the first to get the news and evacuate, he’d find out soon after.

So Lin Qi wasn’t too worried about his dad’s safety.

Seeming to hear Lin Qi’s movements, Doctor Lin hung up the call, looked at his son, and said, "Finished with your robbery? Heading back?"

It seemed Doctor Lin was still thinking about the Prosthetic Body worth tens of millions.

Lin Qi was shameless when it came to his dad.

If it had been a hundred or two hundred thousand Credit Points, he might have been a bit more courteous with Doctor Lin.

But tens of millions of Credit Points?

They were family. Why sweat the details?

Lin Qi nodded and said, "Things have been unstable lately. If the situation in Red Fruit City gets worse, there’s no need to keep the Prosthetic Clinic open."

Lin Qi gave his dad a word of warning.

Doctor Lin nodded. In his eyes, Lin Qi had made it as a High Level corporate researcher, so it was normal for him to have certain intelligence channels. He didn’t suspect that Lin Qi had a new job on the side.

"Don’t worry, the Prosthetic Clinic won’t go under. If anyone gets any ideas about me, the gang members of Red Fruit City would be the first to object."

Doctor Lin held a rather high status in the hearts of Red Fruit City’s gang members.

Lin Qi didn’t doubt him. He nodded and walked out the door of the Prosthetic Clinic.

Not long after Lin Qi left, his dad resumed his call.

Observing through his Spiritual Vision, Lin Qi could tell that Doctor Lin wasn’t as relaxed as he let on.

Piloting his flying vehicle, Lin Qi didn’t need navigation. Relying on his near-photographic memory, he arrived at Number Eight Fortress Road.

After parking his flying vehicle, he saw that Liu Xuan’s vehicle was parked right next to his.

Lin Qi walked through the villa’s main door.

As soon as he entered, Lin Qi heard a sound coming from the first-floor living room.

It seemed to be the Red Fruit City nightly news. Stepping inside, Lin Qi saw Liu Xuan sitting in her pajamas before a holographic display, watching the broadcast.

Liu Xuan’s expression seemed very focused, and her left eye was still flashing with a blue light.

Seeing Lin Qi enter, Liu Xuan didn’t say anything, seeming to only give him a subconscious glance.

Lin Qi wasn’t sure if it was his imagination, but he felt that the blue light in Liu Xuan’s left eye dimmed slightly at that moment.

"PHEW!"

Lin Qi let out a breath.

Thankfully, Liu Xuan hadn’t said anything like, "What a coincidence."

Otherwise, Lin Qi would have had to respond.

She was the chairwoman, after all. Lin Qi had to show her some respect.

After returning to his room, Lin Qi went into the bathroom, quickly washed his face, and then lay down on his bed.

There were still a few dozen minutes left on the [Door]’s cooldown.

But today, Lin Qi wasn’t paying too much attention to the [Door]’s status.

The weapon he had spent a fortune on—even going into debt again to order it—hadn’t arrived yet, and Lin Qi didn’t want to waste the opportunity.

With the risk of a corporate war breaking out, Lin Qi needed the opportunities of the Doomsday World to strengthen himself as quickly as possible.

However, limited by the advancement time of the Tier Three Monster, Lin Qi had to restrain his impulse today and wait until tomorrow to go to the Doomsday World for the harvest.

This was a 24-hour day, the first he’d had in a long time.

Having experienced 48-hour days for so long, this rhythm of life actually felt a little strange to Lin Qi.

In other words, a dignified Tier Two Wizard was actually suffering from insomnia!

Since he couldn’t sleep, he decided to use Meditation to rest.

The extremely sparse Spiritual Particles made him feel a bit uncomfortable at first.

Compared to the Spiritual Particles here, the concentration in the Doomsday World was ten times greater...

Wait!

Lin Qi’s eyes suddenly snapped open, the comfortable, leisurely feeling completely gone.

This wasn’t a tenfold difference!

The difference between the two was now only... ninefold!

He hadn’t performed Meditation in the Cyber World for so long that he had only just now discovered the change.