Chapter 146: Chapter 141: Communication from Brother Green Hair (Part 2)

"I need them for some experiments."

With the greatest crisis at the Mo University Camp resolved, Lin Qi naturally needed to consider how to use the Doomsday World’s resources to pave the way for his own development in the Cyber World.

Extraordinary Items weren’t suitable for taking to the Cyber World; they could only be used for his own advancement.

But all the Pharmacy knowledge Lin Qi had painstakingly learned wasn’t for nothing!

He would take the Cyber World’s Pharmacy and make it flourish in the Doomsday World, creating a version of the non-compliant potions unique to this world.

These non-compliant potions would be able to leverage enough benefits for Lin Qi in the Cyber World.

Those few from the Highest-Level Mercenary Corps were plenty interested in the non-compliant versions of the potions.

"Understood!"

Wang Ziru didn’t ask why.

Whatever directive Lin Qi issued, Wang Ziru would complete it with his utmost effort.

After giving these instructions, Lin Qi entered the production workshop.

As the technical lead of the entire camp, Lin Qi needed to periodically answer questions and clear up confusion for the workhorses in the production workshop.

If one day Lin Qi could cultivate a group of L-Class, or even A-Class, researchers in the Doomsday World...

Even if they couldn’t go to the Cyber World, Lin Qi could still rely on their brainpower to gain some benefits.

After finishing up in the production workshop, Lin Qi entered the Pharmacy Laboratory, which was the room Xia Chu was in.

"Lin Qi, I feel like my Spiritual Power is increasing incredibly fast. I’ve already hit the third bottleneck of Tier One."

Xia Chu had been quiet these past few days, having thrown herself wholeheartedly into training her Extraordinary Power.

Not only had she gained more proficient control over her own Extraordinary Power, but she had also cultivated her Spiritual Power to a new level.

In the entire Mo University Camp, aside from Lin Qi himself, Xia Chu’s advancement speed in Extraordinary Power was likely the fastest.

"Not bad. What the Mo University Camp lacks most is power on the Extraordinary Side. Relying on me alone is far from enough."

Lin Qi was also surprised by Xia Chu’s rate of progress.

Just as Lin Qi said, in the apocalypse, technological power alone was far from sufficient.

Take the battle against the Tier Three Monster, for example.

If an ordinary person had been piloting the Mecha against that Tier Three Monster, they likely would have been annihilated along with the monster the moment the S-Class Ultrahigh-Frequency Acoustic Resonator was activated. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Extraordinary experts, whether in the Cyber World or the Doomsday World, were an indispensable existence for any faction.

Looking at Xia Chu, Lin Qi continued, "Right now, the officials already have Tier Three Extraordinary experts, and monsters of Tier Three and even Tier Four have appeared in the apocalypse. Our Extraordinary Power is still far from enough. We need to work hard to catch up."

He encouraged Xia Chu a bit, then gave her a few pointers on using her Extraordinary Power.

After that, Lin Qi left the Pharmacy Laboratory.

There were only two hours left until the cooldown for the Door was over.

Lin Qi couldn’t waste this time.

He changed into his Cyber World clothes and began to meditate.

Two hours of Meditation at fifty times the efficiency.

This was equivalent to four full days of hard work in the Cyber World.

The more he came into contact with the powerhouses of the Cyber World, the more Lin Qi realized that his own paltry Tier Two Wizard Level was far from sufficient.

Only upon reaching Tier Three could he be considered passable in the Cyber World, an entry-level expert.

Two hours, in a state of Meditation, passed by in a flash.

After a moment of mental disorientation, Lin Qi had returned to the Cyber World.

The Spiritual Particles were no longer in an abnormally active state, and their concentration had become incredibly thin.

Standing in front of the bathroom mirror, Lin Qi activated his Spiritual Vision.

Its coverage reached five hundred and ten meters.

’The rate of increase for Spiritual Vision’s coverage has started to slow.’

’Before I hit five hundred meters, the Spiritual Power I gained from the last two hours of Meditation was enough to increase the range by nearly fifteen meters.’

’The conversion rate has already dropped by a third. This means Spiritual Vision, a Tier One Ability, is already approaching its limit.’

He felt it was a bit of a shame, but Lin Qi had long been mentally prepared for this.

In their growth process, other Wizards always favored the newest Abilities they acquired.

Take that train conductor from before, for instance. He most frequently used only two Abilities.

One was electronic interference, similar to an EMP attack.

The other was a method similar to the Electromagnetic Force.

As Wizards grow, it’s common for their old Abilities to hit their upper limits and fail to keep up with their new tier.

The fact that Lin Qi could rely on Spiritual Vision to create a chemical reaction with his other Abilities was already a massive stroke of luck.

A person shouldn’t be too greedy.

While testing his Spiritual Vision, Lin Qi saw his bodyguard, Brother Green Hair, in the next room.

Brother Green Hair was packing his bags.

Like the other Liu’s Heavy Industries employees in Greenfield City, Brother Green Hair would be evacuating the city tomorrow.

Lin Qi watched as Brother Green Hair finished packing his luggage, then sat down by the window with a conflicted expression.

After a long while, Brother Green Hair finally made a decision.

Just then, Lin Qi received a communication request.

’How strange. Brother Green Hair was wrestling with this for so long, and it turns out he just wanted to contact me?’

’I thought he was going to call an ex-girlfriend or something.’

Lin Qi accepted the call, and Brother Green Hair’s voice came through.

"Researcher Lin, starting tomorrow, I will no longer be responsible for your security."

It seemed Brother Green Hair was calling to say goodbye.

"Brother Green Hair, thank you for your protection during this time."

Lin Qi expressed his thanks.

Although Brother Green Hair’s protection was practically useless to Lin Qi, without him, there would have been a much greater risk of his identity being exposed.

The other end of the line was silent for a long time before Brother Green Hair spoke again. "Researcher Lin, I remember you bought quite a few second-hand Prosthetic Bodies. Are your bags all packed? Do you need me to help?"

’Second-hand Prosthetic Bodies?’

Lin Qi glanced at the pile of junk in the corner of his room.

Most of the useful second-hand Prosthetic Bodies had already been used up by Lin Qi.

They had been used for disguises during several operations and stripped for parts like the reactor he took to the Doomsday World.

The ones left in his room now were genuine junk.

’Maybe they’d be worth a thousand Credit Points if I packed them up and sent them to a scrap yard?’

"No thanks, I can handle it myself," Lin Qi replied.

Brother Green Hair fell silent again.

After a long pause, Brother Green Hair finally squeezed out, "Ah, well, I won’t disturb you any longer then, Researcher Lin. I hope we can keep in touch after we get back to Red Fruit City."

Lin Qi was a little confused. Brother Green Hair’s words sounded a bit strange.

Their jobs had absolutely nothing to do with each other, so why would they need to keep in touch?

’It’s not like we’re going to team up for some side projects after work, right?’

"Okay, let’s keep in touch."

After saying that, Lin Qi waited quietly.

But Brother Green Hair didn’t hang up the call.

In the end, Lin Qi was the one who disconnected.

’Why is Brother Green Hair being so weird?’

Activating his Spiritual Vision, Lin Qi saw Brother Green Hair’s next move.

He saw Brother Green Hair sit down in front of his room’s network terminal and open a personal notes panel.

A long page appeared on the panel.

[Old Skull (Consider it a gift): 324,000]

[Car-mod Dog (Dead): 110,000]

[Cousin (Shameless): 520,000]

...

It was a long list of names, each followed by a number.

Finally, Lin Qi saw Brother Green Hair make a change to the last line of text.

[Lin Qi: 100,000]

Brother Green Hair edited Lin Qi’s name.

[Lin Qi (Forgetful): 100,000]

Seeing this, Lin Qi instantly understood the purpose of Brother Green Hair’s call.

He was here to collect a debt.

Lin Qi had indeed borrowed 100,000 Credit Points from Brother Green Hair.

But it had only been a few days, and the company hadn’t even paid their salaries yet.

Although Lin Qi had tens of millions lying in another account...

...that account couldn’t see the light of day and couldn’t be used openly.

After thinking it over, Lin Qi composed an email and sent it to his dad, Doctor Lin: "Urgent help needed. Transfer me one hundred thousand Credit Points. I’m coming back to Red Fruit City tomorrow. I’ll fix three L-Class Prosthetic Bodies for you in return."

Lin Qi didn’t plan on dragging it out any longer.

After all, it was only a measly hundred thousand Credit Points—easy enough to forget.