Chapter 122: Chapter 122: Dividing 32 Million in Spoils, Action from the Doomsday World Headquarters

Lin Qi quietly watched Master Ma tease King Arthur in the temporary channel until Guang Ling sent a message.

"Congratulations, everyone. This Mercenary Corps mission has been successfully completed."

"The Black Market has confirmed the deaths of the four Tier Three Knights and has credited our Highest-Level Mercenary Corps with completing the mission."

"I will transfer the mission reward to your accounts shortly."

Guang Ling’s message quieted the temporary channel for a moment.

But it wasn’t long before King Arthur started spamming the chat.

"Let me tell you, I just faced five members of the Si Clan all by myself..."

Her confidence seemingly bolstered by Master Ma, King Arthur once again started bragging about her combat achievements.

Fortunately, Guang Ling showed up just in time.

"Thank you all for participating in the operation. This temporary channel will now be closed. It will remain active for another five minutes if you have any other matters to discuss."

Seeing this message from Guang Ling, Lin Qi prepared to close the temporary channel.

From the looks of it, nothing of substance was going to be said in the channel anymore.

But to avoid missing any valuable intelligence, Lin Qi ended up watching King Arthur brag about her achievements for a full five minutes.

If Lin Qi hadn’t witnessed King Arthur’s actual combat prowess with his own Spiritual Vision, he might have actually believed her.

In King Arthur’s telling, she had become an unstoppable force who could take on five opponents at once.

If not for Guang Ling’s plan, she would have solo-killed Si Li...

Thankfully, the temporary channel closed just in time.

Lin Qi felt the world become much quieter.

Soon, a piece of news arrived that truly woke him up.

The reward had been deposited!

Adding to the sixteen million from yesterday, a massive sum of forty-eight million Credit Points now sat in the Mercenary Corps account that Guang Ling had provided Lin Qi.

This huge sum was almost enough to cover an S-Class Prosthetic Body implantation and modification procedure.

’Calm down. Money like this is useless if I’m not alive to spend it.’

’I’m still in Greenfield City right now. It wouldn’t be wise to use too much money through conventional channels; I’d be easily targeted.’

For the time being, Lin Qi could only let these Credit Points sit in the account, untouched.

He checked the time. It was just past 1 AM on March 10, 2089.

There was less than an hour until the Door’s cooldown finished.

Lin Qi went to the bathroom, stood before the mirror, and gently scooped up some water as he pondered his next move in the Doomsday World.

’I’ve gained a preliminary understanding of how to prepare Extraordinary Materials. It’s time to try making them in the Doomsday World.’

’I’ve now taken ten above-spec M-level Potions, and my physical strength is about to reach the Tier One Limit.’

’Theoretically, it’s enough for me to disguise myself as a Tier One Martial Artist, but since I haven’t encountered any danger yet, I can keep this cover hidden for now.’

’By my next trip to the Doomsday World at the latest, I’ll have finished the full series of above-spec M-level Potions. I should start the next phase of my research as soon as possible.’

Once his body reached the Tier One Limit, Lin Qi had two options. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

First, take an L-Class Potion and continue to improve steadily.

Second, find a Cultivation Method for the Martial Artist profession and make his cover a reality.

However, these two options weren’t mutually exclusive; Lin Qi could pursue both simultaneously.

’Besides my research on Potions and Extraordinary Materials, the monsters in Beining District are also a problem.’

’But luckily, I have a new set of gear.’

Lin Qi looked to a corner of the bathroom, where a complete A-Class Prosthetic Body was placed against the wall.

This was a giant Prosthetic Body that, with Lin Qi’s modifications, could be fitted as an external rig over his Exoskeleton—an exoskeleton for his Exoskeleton, in other words.

The operational delay would increase by about 7 milliseconds, which was well within an acceptable range.

Lin Qi would never dare to use this Prosthetic Body in the Cyber World. After all, it was the equipment of a Si Clan employee, Jiang Wenming.

Using it rashly would expose Lin Qi’s identity, drawing the attention of those searching for the assassins of the Tier Three Knights.

But if he could bring it to the Doomsday World, the situation would be completely different.

No matter how powerful the major factions of the Cyber World were, they couldn’t extend their reach into the Doomsday World.

The Cyber World had not mastered the technology to traverse parallel worlds.

Walking over to the giant Prosthetic Body, Lin Qi got busy again.

Back in Red Fruit City, Lin Qi had already tested the carrying capacity of the Door.

Given the size of the giant Prosthetic Body, he definitely couldn’t take it through all at once.

But Lin Qi could dismantle it and bring some of the important components, like the A-Class Particle Weapon Generator, to the Doomsday World first to put them to use.

The trouble in Beining District could perhaps be solved using this Prosthetic Body’s weapons.

The power of an A-Class weapon was enough to injure a Tier Three Monster.

A nuke? That was a last resort.

If he used it rashly, even if it took care of the monsters in Beining District, Lin Qi would lose a Tier Three Extraordinary Item.

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「Doomsday World. The conference room.」

Lin Qi removed numerous parts from his Exoskeleton and reassembled them. These were some of the Energy Weapons from the A-Class Prosthetic Body.

After finishing the assembly, Lin Qi changed into his Doomsday World clothes.

Then, he immediately began to Meditate.

After the last two operations, Lin Qi felt that his own strength was still far from sufficient.

He didn’t even need to face a Tier Three Extraordinary; even if a Tier Two Knight stood before him, Lin Qi would have a hard time inflicting any effective damage.

His combination of abilities might seem insidious, but in reality, it was of limited use against an Extraordinary.

Raising his Extraordinary Professional Level as quickly as possible was Lin Qi’s most pressing need.

He began to Meditate.

The surrounding Spiritual Particles became extremely active, and Lin Qi’s Spiritual Power grew rapidly at a visible rate.

He had only been Meditating for about two hours.

Suddenly, Lin Qi felt something strange, and the activity of the surrounding Spiritual Particles surged once again.

It was a terrifying fifty percent increase.

Opening his eyes, Lin Qi had a rough idea of what had happened.

Most likely, the Extraordinary Item that Ding Yang had mentioned was taking effect.

This meant that the intelligence about him had been passed on to Headquarters.

Headquarters had most likely approved the "merit" that Ding Yang had spoken of.

’No wonder Headquarters can produce Tier Three Extraordinaries. The effect of this so-called ’merit’ is incredible.’

Lin Qi felt a little relieved. It was a good thing he had chosen to cooperate with the Dragon Country officials to some extent.

If he were fighting alone in the apocalypse, his own promotion speed wouldn’t necessarily be much faster than that of an official Extraordinary.

The importance of information was laid bare in that moment.

Whether in the Cyber World or the Doomsday World, whoever controlled the information advantage could quickly gain the overall upper hand.

He closed his eyes and continued to Meditate.

The efficiency of his Meditation had increased once again.

He estimated that at his current speed, it might not even take three days. Perhaps by his next visit to the Doomsday World, his Spiritual Power would hit a new barrier, allowing him to begin a new round of analysis.