Dual Worlds: I Have a Doomsday World

Lin Qi replied, "Okay."

Before long, the Floating Vehicle slowly descended and docked at the designated port.

Lin Qi said a temporary goodbye to Liu Xuan and stepped out of the Floating Vehicle.

Standing behind Lin Qi was his A-Class bodyguard, Green Hair.

"Brother Green Hair, long time no see."

Lin Qi greeted Brother Green Hair with a smile.

Brother Green Hair’s expression was flat. "I didn’t expect we’d be seeing each other again so soon."

Brother Green Hair seemed a bit exasperated.

As a professional bodyguard for the Liu Clan, he usually didn’t have much to do.

Most of his time was spent on routine training at the Liu’s Heavy Industries Headquarters.

Only when a VIP was traveling would he be assigned to a field mission.

The job was a real cakewalk.

Green Hair never imagined that just a few days after the Greenfield City incident, he’d be sent out on another field mission.

And his protection detail was the one who gave him the biggest headaches.

That’s right. In Brother Green Hair’s eyes, Lin Qi was an incredibly troublesome person to protect.

Green Hair had never met a protectee who could constantly pinpoint his hidden location. Lin Qi had even asked to borrow Credit Points from him!

If he hadn’t subtly and not-so-subtly reminded him, those Credit Points might have been a total loss.

Lin Qi smiled and replied, "Don’t worry, Brother Green Hair. You won’t need to protect me from the shadows this time. I doubt anyone in Alliance City will try to make a move on me."

Lin Qi was quite optimistic. Although Alliance City was a chaotic mix of all sorts, he hadn’t made any enemies here.

The only ones he had offended were the Si Clan, and they had no home-field advantage in Alliance City. The probability of them attacking him was extremely low.

When Green Hair heard Lin Qi mention the words "protect me from the shadows," his expression stiffened, as if the muscles in his face had been replaced with a Prosthetic Body.

He sighed. "I hope so."

After exchanging a few more words with Brother Green Hair, Lin Qi headed into the Alliance Mansion.

’First, I’ll check in. Then I need to make the most of my time to continue reading the literature on Pharmacy.’

Lin Qi was also considering whether he should find a way to contact some Capitalists and ask around for information.

The two of them entered the Alliance Mansion, one after the other.

The skyscraper was over four hundred stories tall. It was a multi-purpose complex with over a hundred floors of hotel rooms. The remaining three hundred-plus floors served various purposes, such as providing conference rooms.

Perhaps to show the Big Business Alliance’s respect for all enterprises, the building wasn’t entirely managed by an intelligent system.

Lin Qi led Green Hair to the front desk to check in.

There were quite a few people standing at the reception area.

Their setups were very similar to Lin Qi and Green Hair’s—almost all of them were a company employee accompanied by an A-Class bodyguard.

The corporate employees had a unique air about them that Lin Qi wouldn’t mistake.

"Hey, buddy. You’re a researcher too, right? Here for the summit?"

As soon as he got close, someone struck up a conversation with him in an overly familiar way.

Lin Qi nodded. "Of course. Is there something you wanted to say, friend?"

The man immediately smiled and introduced himself. "My friend, I’m an A-level Researcher from Rotor Pharmaceutical. Including us, researchers from about fifty small businesses are having a pre-summit get-together tonight. Our boards of directors have all given us the same task: stick together for warmth. Is your company interested?"

’Rotor Pharmaceutical?’

He had never heard of it, but Lin Qi quickly used his Intelligent Brain to run a search and get some information.

It was a company founded eleven years ago, not very large, with its total value probably around two hundred million Credit Points.

An A-level Researcher in a company like this would likely hold a status comparable to the chairman of the board.

’Small businesses sticking together? A get-together before the summit?’

’I might as well join. They’re all small companies, but who knows, one of them might have some unorthodox connections. I could pick up some relatively high-level, secret information.’

"Of course I’m interested. Let’s exchange contact info," Lin Qi immediately agreed.

"My name is Xiao Gu. You can add me, buddy."

"Lin Qi, A-level Researcher at United Pharmaceutical."

The overly friendly Xiao Gu froze for a moment.

It wasn’t that he’d heard of the great name of United Pharmaceutical, but that he’d never heard of the company at all.

He had been with Rotor Pharmaceutical for eleven years, pouring his heart and soul into the small company, handling both R&D and marketing.

Xiao Gu knew all the pharmaceutical-related companies in the Asian Administrative Region like the back of his hand.

Whether they were big or small, he could recite their basic information and product positioning from memory.

But... United Pharmaceutical?

’What kind of third-rate, backwater company is this? A company that even I haven’t heard of can only mean one thing: it’s completely out of the loop and has never developed a single mainstream product.’

’How did a company like this even get into the summit?’

While Xiao Gu was still in a daze, Lin Qi had already walked up to the front desk and finished checking in.

Xiao Gu inadvertently caught a glimpse of some of Lin Qi’s information.

"Lin Qi, Shareholder of United Pharmaceutical."

Seeing this piece of information, Xiao Gu became even more convinced that Lin Qi came from a fly-by-night company.

’A researcher who’s also a shareholder?’

’What does that imply?’

’It means the company has absolutely no potential and its management is a complete mess.’

Xiao Gu quietly turned away and silently added Lin Qi to his contact blacklist.

’A person like this must absolutely not be allowed into tonight’s networking event!’

’He’s just here to leech information!’

’If I invite someone like him, I’ll definitely be laughed at by my peers.’

Xiao Gu sat down on a sofa in the lobby to wait for his own boss to arrive.

At the same time, he went online and entered a group chat called "Medical Small Business Alliance."

Xiao Gu of Rotor Pharmaceutical: "Guess what kind of company I just ran into?"

He was eager to share and complain about how unreliable this summit was.

But just then, an administrator in the group chat suddenly sent a message.

Yuan Hong of Tianshui Technology: "Breaking news! Everyone, pay close attention to a company called United Pharmaceutical. It’s said that the entire reason the Big Business Alliance organized this summit is because of the unfair competition between United Pharmaceutical and Si Pharmaceutical."

"The chairman and founder of United Pharmaceutical is named Liu Xuan. She is the daughter of Liu Xingyuan, the current head of Liu’s Heavy Industries. United Pharmaceutical was established to fulfill Liu’s Heavy Industries’ strategic expansion into the Pharmacy Domain, with the intent to replace Si Pharmaceutical!"

"Although United Pharmaceutical was only registered a few days ago, it’s a hidden giant. Its strength cannot be underestimated. If anyone can provide an introduction to someone from United Pharmaceutical, we at Tianshui Technology will reward you handsomely!"

Seeing the message, Xiao Gu was dumbfounded.

’What the hell?’

’United Pharmaceutical?’

’Liu’s Heavy Industries?’

’A hidden giant?’

’Holy crap! They’re that powerful?’

’Doesn’t that mean the Lin Qi from just now was a wolf in sheep’s clothing?’

Suddenly, Xiao Gu’s face turned a little green. He scrambled to check his contacts and quickly removed Lin Qi from his blacklist.

’Please don’t contact me in the next few minutes! If he finds out I blacklisted him, I’m finished!’

’That’s a major... major... major corporation! I can’t afford to offend them, I just can’t... ’

Xiao Gu’s hands were trembling as he hastily checked his communication logs.

Thankfully, Lin Qi hadn’t contacted him, which meant he most likely hadn’t discovered that he’d been blacklisted for a few minutes.

Phew...

Xiao Gu let out a huge sigh of relief.

’Thank goodness, thank goodness!’

Just as Xiao Gu was breathing his sigh of relief, the "Medical Small Business Alliance" chat group was buzzing with activity.

"Sister Hong, you’re so generous! To think you’d share such explosive news with us."

"It’s just about helping each other out. Don’t mention it."

"By the way, I saw Xiao Gu seemed to have something to say just now. What company did you run into that got you so excited? Could it be that one of the up-and-coming major corporations agreed to join our networking event?"

"Is Xiao Gu really that impressive?"

Reading the messages, Xiao Gu felt a fresh wave of fear.

’Good thing I played it mysterious and didn’t rush to post in the group.’

’If I had been a moment sooner, if Yuan Hong’s message had been two minutes later... ’

’I’d no longer be Xiao Gu; they’d be calling me Xiao the Fool.’

’At that point, I wouldn’t just have offended a "major corporation," but all the connections my company has spent eleven years building would also go down the drain.’

But now, everything was different. He hadn’t been caught blacklisting him, and the other small businesses didn’t know he had just been about to mock United Pharmaceutical.

Xiao Gu quickly sent a message: "I’ve invited Lin Qi, the A-level Researcher from United Pharmaceutical attending the summit, to join our networking event today."