The Capitalist’s explanation made it clear why the Si Clan used a reactor manufactured by the Modi Group.

First, for the sake of secrecy, and second, because they were pressured by their own high-level employees.

If Lin Qi remembered correctly, the Asian Political Zone Big Business Alliance had indeed seen incidents where workers from Reid City were collectively ostracized.

At one point, these low-cost laborers had done something that soured all the corporations against them.

Nowadays, cheap labor from Reid City was a rare sight in any major corporation.

The channel went silent for a few seconds.

Then, King Arthur sent a text: "Our plan isn’t to blow up the Iron Curtain train, is it?"

It wasn’t just King Arthur; Master Ma and Lin Qi also immediately guessed part of Guang Ling’s plan.

It seemed like blowing up was the only logical end for a Modi Group product.

Guang Ling replied: "Correct guess. This assassination mission doesn’t require a direct confrontation. The main operatives are still King Arthur and Wizard, with Master Ma providing backup from the sidelines."

"The operation has three key points. First, acquire a legitimate identity to board the train. Second, leave the train immediately after destroying the cold fusion reactor. Third, distract the Si Clan during the operation, preventing them from trapping the operatives after the explosion."

"I’ve prepared a detailed plan. Read it as soon as possible."

Guang Ling sent the email to Lin Qi and King Arthur. As for Master Ma, he only needed to go to a designated location and provide cover for the two of them.

The Iron Curtain train involved Si Pharmaceutical, so there was a chance an S-Class Implanter might intervene.

Master Ma’s job was to ensure the Si Clan played by the rules and didn’t deploy combatants they shouldn’t.

Lin Qi carefully read through the plan.

This plan was extremely detailed, breaking down the operation’s timeline to the minute and second.

The first part of the operation required Lin Qi to immediately go to Twin Towers A Tower to intercept and kill an A-Class Implanter in advance.

This A-Class Implanter was the onboard engineer for the Iron Curtain train. The intel mentioned that he was not an Extraordinary.

As long as he appeared within Lin Qi’s Spiritual Vision, Lin Qi was confident he could kill him instantly.

After the kill, Lin Qi had to dismantle the A-Class Implanter’s Prosthetic Body in the shortest time possible, then modify it to disguise himself.

Then, with Guang Ling’s help, he would obtain boarding credentials for the Iron Curtain train and completely replace the engineer.

As the engineer on the Iron Curtain train, Lin Qi could operate any device on board without raising suspicion.

No one would suspect an engineer with the proper authorization.

Even if Lin Qi openly walked back and forth on the train carrying a toolbox, those Tier Three Knights would rationalize it in their own minds.

As for King Arthur, her mission was much more troublesome than Lin Qi’s.

She didn’t need to board the Iron Curtain. Guang Ling’s plan for King Arthur was to create a diversion by feigning an assassination attempt on Si Li, drawing the Si Clan’s attention.

The risk was much greater than Lin Qi’s.

In the temporary channel, Guang Ling sent a message: "I’ve set up the network block. You can all move out now."

After receiving Guang Ling’s confirmation, Lin Qi quickly put on a simple disguise and walked out of his apartment building’s main door.

All devices had been blocked by Guang Ling. The bodyguard, Brother Green Hair, was standing at the floor-to-ceiling window, gazing at the distant neon lights.

It was unclear what was on his mind, but Brother Green Hair sighed and quietly shed a tear.

Once again, under Brother Green Hair’s "watchful protection," Lin Qi slipped out of the apartment to carry out a Mercenary Corps mission.

...

「Half an hour later, outside Si’s Twin Towers A Tower.」

Lin Qi’s target appeared. The target was moving alone, with no one following.

According to the intel, the target’s identity was covert. Besides the Si Clan’s upper management, no one knew his identity as the engineer of the Iron Curtain train.

And no one would have thought that someone would bother to assassinate a mere engineer.

The engineer walked into the range of Lin Qi’s Spiritual Vision. The next moment, the engineer suddenly felt an itch all over his body.

He hadn’t felt a sensation like this in a long time, not since his body had undergone massive prosthetic implantation.

It was a unique sensation that belonged to human flesh, a neural signal that a Prosthetic Body could not replicate.

’But my arms and legs have been prosthetics for ages. How can I suddenly be feeling this?’

Just as he was about to take another step forward, the engineer suddenly fell to the ground.

His prosthetic legs remained in place as he fell. Looking down, the engineer was horrified to see flesh sprouting from his own legs.

’I’m being attacked?’

His brain instantly pieced together what was happening.

He immediately tried to use the chip embedded in his brain to call the Si Clan for help.

But the engineer discovered in horror that his brain suddenly couldn’t control the embedded chip, as if the signal had been cut.

Then, a discomfort spread from his heart, and his brain grew numb.

A heart attack and a stroke occurred at the same moment.

An A-Class Implanter who could be considered a top talent, the onboard engineer of the Iron Curtain, died quietly tonight, unseen and unknown.

Lin Qi walked over to the engineer’s corpse.

His Spiritual Power materialized into tangible tentacles, three meters long, that coiled around the engineer’s mangled body and the scattered pieces of his Prosthetic Body.

Lin Qi lifted a metal cover leading to the sewer and entered.

In less than twenty minutes, Lin Qi reappeared on the surface, completely transformed.

His height reached 2.6 meters.

Lin Qi had disguised the massive prosthetic implants by grafting them onto his own Exoskeleton.

An A-Class Prosthetic Body was far more complex than an L-Class one. Fortunately, he had Guang Ling’s blueprints to help; otherwise, with his current L-Class skill level, Lin Qi wouldn’t have been able to handle this A-Class Prosthetic Body so easily.

From the outside, Lin Qi was now indistinguishable from the original engineer.

Lin Qi walked confidently into Si’s Twin Towers A Tower.

The Si Pharmaceutical company system responded immediately:

[Clock-in successful. A-Class Engineer, Jiang Wenming]

Guang Ling’s control over the network was impressive. Combined with the disguise of the Prosthetic Body, Lin Qi had practically become the engineer Jiang Wenming himself.

Unless someone spoke with Lin Qi and the conversation turned to past experiences, there was almost no chance of him being exposed.

’The Iron Curtain is currently on the nineteenth basement level of Twin Towers A Tower. That’s the Si Clan’s hidden platform.’

’It seems my search of Greenfield City’s underground tunnel system wasn’t thorough enough. I didn’t find this underground train.’

’In other words, the Iron Curtain System was designed with two final failsafes from the start: one is the Iron Curtain Void, and the other is this underground train.’

Arriving at the elevator, Lin Qi took it to the nineteenth basement level.

The elevator doors slowly opened, revealing an extremely spacious area. This was the platform for the Iron Curtain.

Beside the platform, the train was parked steadily.

His Spiritual Vision expanded, and the figures of several Knights appeared.

They had already boarded the Iron Curtain early, preparing to evacuate Greenfield City.