Dual Worlds: I Have a Doomsday World

That was enough.

As for Lin Qi’s opinion of Headquarters?

To hell with Headquarters!

Ding Yang himself was a little unhappy with Headquarters.

Ding Yang continued, "You’ve had a tough time on this trip, Lin Qi."

"Next, Major Wang Qiang will lead a team to Shuining City to sweep for any loose ends and prevent any further incidents. Is there anything you’d like to add, Lin Qi?"

"After Major Wang Qiang completes the cleanup, I will personally write a letter for him to take back to Headquarters. I will apply for a First-Class Merit—no, a Special Merit for you!"

Ding Yang was starting to make empty promises.

Headquarters would never approve a Special Merit. According to inside information, this Special Merit was no longer a simple matter of achievement or a Merit Medal.

The thing had mutated.

The few Tier Three Extraordinaries at Headquarters all carried a Special Merit.

It was precisely the power of the Special Merit that allowed them to become Tier Three Extraordinaries in such a short amount of time.

Headquarters could accept cooperating with Lin Qi, but they would never allow him to surpass them on the path of an Extraordinary.

Judging by the current progress of the apocalypse, the future potential of Extraordinaries was far greater than that of technological products.

"Then thank you, Director... Ding."

Lin Qi paused abruptly while speaking with Ding Yang.

Within his Spiritual Vision, Lin Qi saw Wei Yue open her eyes.

She had become a Tier Two Extraordinary.

After thanking Ding Yang, Lin Qi quickly continued, "I’ll leave the rest to Director Ding and Major Wang. I need to return to Mo University Camp as soon as possible. The construction of the reactor back at camp requires my personal supervision."

"If anything goes wrong—a leak or an explosion—it would be a huge problem."

Hearing this, Ding Yang quickly replied, "That is indeed more important. You should hurry back, Lin Qi. Don’t let it be delayed."

Ding Yang could see that Lin Qi was distracted and took the excuse he’d been offered to end the meeting.

Lin Qi nodded to Ding Yang, then looked down at Wang Qiang, who was right beside him, and gave a reluctant nod as well. He then immediately went to the M-Class Mecha, opened the cockpit by connecting with the Mecha’s core collection robot, and climbed inside.

He quickly piloted the Mecha away from Hongshan Camp.

During this time, Wei Yue, now awake, didn’t say a word, sitting quietly beside Lin Qi.

Only after they were far from Hongshan Camp, when the Tier Three Extraordinary was beyond the range of his Spiritual Vision, did Lin Qi stop the Mecha and turn to speak to Wei Yue.

"Tell me your current state, and your thoughts."

Lin Qi activated his Spiritual Vision, observing Wei Yue’s every move.

Even her breathing and heartbeat.

Lin Qi had read psychology books in the Cyber World. Under the cover of his Spiritual Vision, he could roughly discern whether she was lying.

Wei Yue hesitated for a moment, but that hesitation alone was enough to convince Lin Qi.

Wei Yue’s resistance to his Wizard’s Spiritual Power now seemed even higher than that of the middle-aged man.

"I have obtained an incomplete Blood Moon characteristic. Theoretically, I’ve gained the qualification to become a Blood Moon Envoy, but it’s not complete." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"But even in my current state, I can still feel a strong suppression from your Spiritual Power. You are not a Blood Moon Envoy, or rather, your affinity with the Blood Moon is even higher than that of a Blood Moon Envoy."

"My perception might not be clear enough, but in my eyes, you are like another Blood Moon—a nascent, independent Blood Moon."

Wei Yue wasn’t lying. At least, Lin Qi didn’t detect any falsehoods.

Lin Qi continued his questioning. "Can you defy my commands now? And I want to know your current thoughts. If I didn’t interfere, what would you want to do?"

Lin Qi had asked two questions, and they were the ones that concerned him most.

They determined whether Lin Qi could still keep Wei Yue at Mo University Camp.

After all, Wei Yue was no longer a simple Tier One Moon Worshiper. She was a Tier Two Extraordinary, and not even an ordinary one at that. She was a half-Blood Moon Envoy who had obtained that incomplete characteristic.

Wei Yue fell silent for a moment again. It was unclear if she was organizing her thoughts or trying to resist Lin Qi’s command.

This sight made a flicker of killing intent rise in Lin Qi.

In the Doomsday World, stability was everything. Lin Qi didn’t want any accidents to happen in the Doomsday World.

Wei Yue seemed to just be gathering her thoughts. She continued, "Within the range of your Spiritual Power, I still cannot disobey your commands. But it’s not like before, where even my thoughts were severely affected."

Lin Qi frowned.

’Still no lies.’

’How should I decide?’

Wei Yue hadn’t finished. She went on to answer Lin Qi’s second question. "My current state has also changed from before. It seems to be an issue with this Blood Moon characteristic. It’s incomplete, and the part it’s truly lacking seems to be... the Blood Moon Will."

"Only by gaining the Blood Moon’s approval and merging with a part of Its will can one become a true Blood Moon Envoy, Its proxy on earth."

"All my previous actions were aimed at becoming a Blood Moon Envoy, a part of the Blood Moon."

"But now... I don’t think I count as a Moon Worshiper anymore. I think I’ve returned to being a normal person? Or, a conditionally normal person."

’Still the truth?’

Lin Qi found it hard to believe his own judgment.

’A Moon Worshiper can turn back into a normal person?’

In Lin Qi’s previous understanding, Moon Worshipers were human traitors whose very souls had mutated.

But Wei Yue, after obtaining this incomplete characteristic—this key to becoming a Blood Moon Envoy—was saying she had become a normal person?

Lin Qi found it difficult to understand. After all, his knowledge of the Extraordinary Side was even less than his knowledge of the technological side.

Following Wei Yue’s line of thought, Lin Qi asked, "What do you mean by ’a conditionally normal person’?"

This time, Wei Yue didn’t pause. She immediately answered his question. "In the absence of the Blood Moon Will, I am a normal person—and one who has grasped power close to the essence of a Blood Moon Envoy."

"But if the Blood Moon were to descend and Its will were to appear, I would most likely be unable to defy any of Its commands. I might even become a complete Blood Moon Envoy, a part of It."

Her words sounded a bit dizzying, but they were easy enough to understand.

To put it in simple terms, Wei Yue was now someone who had stolen the Blood Moon’s power.

Moon Worshipers, even the first-generation ones, weren’t actually that deeply bound to the Blood Moon.

They were just ordinary people who had been influenced by the Blood Moon, gained a trace of its weak power, and been bewitched.

But this time, through a strange twist of fate and with the ritual still incomplete...

The middle-aged man had forcibly detonated thousands of Blood Moon Descent Objects, causing an incomplete Blood Moon characteristic to appear.

This Blood Moon characteristic contained a more essential power of the Blood Moon, but it was missing the most crucial link.

The Blood Moon Will!

From beginning to end, no Tier Four Monster was born, the ritual was never truly completed, and the Blood Moon never truly descended.

This characteristic was like a portion of power stolen from the Blood Moon using the Blood Moon Descent Objects.

If the Blood Moon didn’t discover it, Wei Yue could naturally use it however she pleased.

But what if she was caught red-handed by a descending Blood Moon?

Then, too bad. The descending Blood Moon would complete this characteristic.

The person who stole the Blood Moon Power would completely become a Blood Moon Envoy, a part of the Blood Moon, Its proxy in the mortal world.

Lin Qi’s understanding was a bit roundabout, but he still grasped the full meaning of Wei Yue’s words.

And so, a new problem arose.

Within the range of his Spiritual Power, Wei Yue could not defy his will.

And after the Blood Moon descended, she could not defy the Blood Moon’s will.

’So if we were both present at the same time, whose orders would Wei Yue follow?’

’Or would she just suffer from Splitting?’

He carefully recalled the important information in Wei Yue’s account. She seemed to have said that in her eyes, he was another Blood Moon?

’I admit that the Wizard class is pretty monstrous, but comparing me to a celestial-body-sized monster like the Blood Moon is a bit much, isn’t it?’

After thinking it over, Lin Qi tentatively asked a question: "If I were to master the appropriate method, could I replace the Blood Moon Will and complete this so-called characteristic myself?"