Dual Worlds: I Have a Doomsday World

Ever since he started working in the same lab as Dong Wenlong, Lin Qi no longer had to set a quitting time reminder on his Intelligent Brain.

Elder Dong would always clock out right on the dot, not a second off from the time Lin Qi used to set.

Seeing Elder Dong getting ready to leave, Lin Qi glanced at the time and got up to leave the lab.

Dong Wenlong left the lab a step ahead of Lin Qi, then deliberately waited at the door for a couple of seconds.

Lin Qi joined Dong Wenlong at the lab’s main entrance, and together they walked down the corridor, took the elevator, and arrived at the company’s rooftop docking bay.

The moment their elevator doors opened, the doors of the elevator opposite them also slowly opened, just as they always did.

Liu Xuan was standing inside, alone.

"What a coincidence."

"Quite the coincidence."

Lin Qi and Liu Xuan spoke to each other naturally.

Elder Dong tactfully excused himself, leaving space for the two young people.

Unfortunately, Lin Qi and Liu Xuan lacked the romantic air that Dong Wenlong had imagined.

As usual, the two simply exchanged a nod and a greeting before boarding their respective flying vehicles and heading home.

It was just that their routes home were now nearly identical.

As he piloted his vehicle, Lin Qi could see Liu Xuan’s vehicle as well.

However, Liu Xuan seemed to deliberately speed up, arriving at their destination two minutes before Lin Qi.

By the time Lin Qi parked his flying vehicle, Liu Xuan was already back inside her villa.

It seemed Liu Xuan was deliberately managing the frequency of their "chance encounters" to avoid bumping into Lin Qi too often.

Lin Qi couldn’t guess what Liu Xuan was thinking.

But Lin Qi didn’t have the mind to guess right now; he had more important things to do.

Back in his room, Lin Qi immediately spotted the new object that had appeared.

An S-Class Oriented Energy Release Device. It was a Prosthetic Body designed for arm implantation.

The Prosthetic Body housed a miniature S-Class power supply, making it far more cost-effective than the S-Class Weapons Lin Qi had installed on his M-Class Mecha.

Lin Qi still hadn’t replaced the Nuclear Battery.

As a result, the S-Class Ultrahigh-Frequency Acoustic Resonator on his M-Class Mecha could now only perform with the strength of an A-Class weapon.

Theoretically, though, the power of an A-Class weapon was already enough.

Lin Qi had procured this new S-Class weapon just to be on the safe side.

’An S-Class Prosthetic Body with bedside delivery... must be Dongfang Logistics again.’

’For the security at Number 8 Fortress Road to have completely missed a delivery from Dongfang Logistics... Truly the work of an intercontinental mega-corporation.’

Lin Qi sighed to himself.

The Lin Qi of today was no longer the greenhorn he once was; he had learned a great deal about the Eastern Alliance.

He knew that multiple intercontinental mega-corporations operated within the Eastern Alliance.

No wonder the entire Asian Administrative Region, while nominally governed by the Asian Big Business Alliance, secretly had to play by the Eastern Alliance’s rules.

You could say that if the Eastern Alliance didn’t exist...

...corporate wars would have erupted in the Asian Administrative Region long ago. There’s no way the Si Clan would have held back this long.

Lin Qi picked up the S-Class Prosthetic Body and placed it on his desk.

Then, he rummaged through his belongings and found a simple tool kit.

When Liu Xuan had transported his personal belongings for him, she had packed these inexpensive tools as well.

She hadn’t left a single one of Lin Qi’s personal items behind.

Using the simple tools, Lin Qi installed the semi-implantable Prosthetic Body onto his A-Class Exoskeleton.

Lin Qi’s A-Class Exoskeleton had kept all its semi-implant interface ports, making the installation incredibly simple.

It was as simple as installing a Mantis Blade, requiring none of the skills of a professional Prosthetic Doctor.

Once the installation was complete, Lin Qi packed the simple tools back into their case.

Carrying the case, he plunged his consciousness directly into his Sea of Consciousness.

The ancient, unadorned [Door] stood there.

With a mental push, the [Door] instantly transported Lin Qi to the Doomsday World.

「...」

"Huh?"

Inside the M-Class Mecha, Wei Yue jumped in fright.

Lin Qi, who was right next to her, had suddenly changed his appearance.

His clothes were different, his Exoskeleton was different—it was even noticeably extended on his left arm—and a case had appeared in his right hand.

Lin Qi hadn’t left the Mecha when he returned to the Cyber World. So now, arriving back in the Doomsday World, the change happened right in front of Wei Yue, creating an effect like a transformation sequence from a special effects drama.

"Don’t be surprised. It’s one of my Abilities."

Lin Qi explained casually.

In any case, Lin Qi’s stance regarding Wei Yue was simple.

As long as she remained bound by her nature as a Wizard and stayed obedient, she wouldn’t run her mouth.

But if one day she stopped listening, then thanks to the Blood Moon, Wei Yue—a person deeply bound to it—would no longer need to exist.

"Ability?"

Wei Yue still seemed shaken.

In all her time since the apocalypse began, she’d never seen someone transform out of thin air like that.

After all, Lin Qi’s A-Class Exoskeleton was a full size larger than an L-Class model.

Even the coating was a different color, now a pure black.

The shock of such an instantaneous transformation was, naturally, immense.

Although she had muttered the word aloud, Wei Yue knew better than to ask questions she wasn’t supposed to ask.

This wasn’t born from her obedience to the Blood Moon Envoy, but from her own instincts.

"Blood Moon Envoy, are we going to purge the Moon Worshipers in Shuining City now?"

Wei Yue had a feeling that the time Lin Qi had spent resting with his eyes closed after his reconnaissance mission had all been in preparation for this moment.

Although Wei Yue didn’t know that Lin Qi had returned to the Cyber World for two days, the logic behind his actions was perfectly clear.