Lin Qi didn’t sleep soundly that night, constantly on guard for any potential crisis.
His nerves only settled slightly when his Intelligent Brain announced it was six in the morning. He went to the bathroom to quickly wash up.
He activated his Spiritual Vision. His bodyguard, Green Hair, was still in the next room.
He checked his Intelligent Brain again. There were still no ssages from the company. It seed the Greenfield City branch of Liu’s Heavy Industries hadn’t collapsed yet.
As he walked to the bathroom, his head throbbed slightly. He hadn’t gotten enough rest lately; shuttling between two worlds often left him with only a few hours to sleep.
He splashed his face with water, dried off, and changed into the respectable attire of a corporate employee before walking out the door.
When he arrived at the public transit platform, he activated his Spiritual Vision.
Lin Qi hadn’t forgotten his promise to King Arthur: to help her find the entrance to the Iron Curtain Void.
But...
’I originally thought the Iron Curtain Void was supposed to be an ergency escape route reserved by the Si Clan. But judging from the gangs’ movents, the network of underground tunnels connected to the Void is likely crawling with gang mbers.’
’The Void may have beco the regular base for whichever Si Clan mber is controlling the gangs. That person, the one in control, is most likely the true heir to the Si Clan—Si Ying’s sister, Si Ranran.’
While waiting for the transport to arrive, Lin Qi sorted through his thoughts, carefully unraveling every piece of information to reconstruct the truth.
The transport arrived at the platform, and Lin Qi boarded. His bodyguard, Green Hair, who had been following at a distance, slipped inside through another door.
This ti, Lin Qi chose to travel in the complete opposite direction from the day before, but his destination was the sa: the outskirts of Greenfield City.
He was once again heading to the Prosthetic Clinics on the outskirts to do so shopping, using his Spiritual Vision to scan every underground tunnel along the way.
After a new round of ditation in the Doomsday World, the range of his Spiritual Vision had expanded to nearly one hundred and eighty ters.
If he wasn’t so concerned about arousing suspicion, Lin Qi could have just made a single lap around the periter of Greenfield City and would have undoubtedly found the exact location of the Void and its entrance.
The transport moved quickly, reaching the terminal station on the outskirts in about forty minutes.
The mont Lin Qi stepped off, he had a feeling he’d co to the right place.
The number of Prosthetic Clinics, scrap prosthetic recycling depots, and weapon exchanges here far exceeded that of the area Lin Qi had previously explored.
This ant that there were more gang mbers here, and they were more concentrated.
As he walked down the street, dozens of gazes, each with its own agenda, focused on him.
To a gang mber, a corp dog was no different from a fat sheep.
The law and order in Greenfield City was nowhere near as good as in Red Fruit City.
A weapon compartnt in his left arm popped open. Lin Qi withdrew the Short-Handled Tang Blade and used the Exoskeleton on his spine to magnetically attach it to his back.
So of the encircling stares instantly vanished.
The gang mbers couldn’t identify the A-Class material of the Short-Handled Tang Blade, but they knew that anyone who dared to openly carry a weapon in a lawless area was not to be trifled with.
But not all eyes looked away. A few bolder, more direct gazes—the kind that looked tough but were all bark and no bite—locked firmly onto Lin Qi’s prosthetic limbs.
They couldn’t tell it was an Exoskeleton disguised as a Prosthetic Body—it was, after all, the result of Lin Qi’s own design and modifications.
All they could see were high-quality Prosthetic Bodies from Liu’s Heavy Industries.
Practically new. Very valuable.
He felt the malice in certain stares intensify.
Lin Qi silently retracted the Short-Handled Tang Blade into its weapon compartnt.
’He chickened out?’
That was the gang mbers’ first reaction.
Just as soone was about to step forward and start sothing—to rip off an L-Class prosthetic arm or two in exchange for so Credit Points,
Lin Qi had already turned and started walking in a certain direction.
’Trying to run?’
The gang mbers quickly closed in on Lin Qi.
But Lin Qi had already walked right up to Green Hair, who thought he was hiding quite stealthily.
Green Hair looked bewildered. ’When exactly did I give away my position?’
Seeing Lin Qi et up with Green Hair, the gang mbers who had just quickened their pace imdiately turned away.
’Those are so high-grade Prosthetic Bodies!’
’If I’m not mistaken, those arms, those legs... they’re all flagship products from Liu’s Heavy Industries’ A-series.’
’This damned corp dog! If you weren’t alone, you should’ve said so! Why pretend to be a weakling? If we’d actually ssed with him, who could possibly withstand the fury of an A-Class big shot?’
The gang mbers scattered, leaving a wide-open space around Lin Qi.
But even so, Lin Qi could still feel several intense stares on him.
’I’m being watched again?’
Lin Qi could sense a strong malice in these gazes; they were aid directly at him.
He scanned the area with his Spiritual Vision. Taking a closer look, he saw they still appeared to be gang mbers.
But unlike the regular gang mbers, these few wore uniforms, and their Prosthetic Bodies were of higher quality.
While not flagship models from a major corporation, they were at least standard-issue, not secondhand junk.
On the upper-left part of their clothing, over the chest, was a strange symbol.
’The biggest gang in Greenfield City, the one King Arthur ntioned... Endorphin?’
Lin Qi guessed their identity from the symbol.
King Arthur had gotten the S-Class Potion from them.
Gangs and S-Class Potions—these two keywords were enough to point to Si Pharmaceutical.
Being targeted by mbers of Endorphin was as good as coming under the scrutiny of the Si Clan.
’It seems Si Ying and Si Ranran were really in love. Si Ranran controls the gang, and now she’s using its mbers to conduct a full-scale search for Si Ying’s killer.’
’Ostensibly, I didn’t have the power to kill Si Ying, but I did have a conflict with him right before his death.’
Lin Qi quickly deduced the reason he was being tailed.
More trouble from Si Ying.
’I should be safe for now. On the surface, Liu’s Heavy Industries hasn’t collapsed, and I have an A-Class bodyguard. As long as Si Ranran isn’t insane, she won’t make a rash move against .’
’But it’s hard to say what will happen if this drags on. Once the Liu Clan collapses completely, she’ll probably be the type to kill a thousand innocent people rather than let a single suspect get away.’
Lin Qi had never t Si Ranran, but he had no qualms about assuming the absolute worst of her.
Si Ying was insane. How much better could his lover and sister, Si Ranran, possibly be?
For two people like that to get together, they must have had similar personalities at their core.
Beside Lin Qi, Green Hair seed to have an idea. "Bro, I’m out of Credit Points. I’ve already lent them all to you."
Lin Qi waved his hand. "I’m not here to borrow Credit Points. I just ca to see if I’d found the right spot. And old bro, your hiding skills could use so practice."
Green Hair’s expression darkened at Lin Qi’s words.
’What do you an, "could use so practice"?’
’I clearly ranked in the top three of all Liu Clan bodyguards in the comprehensive assessnt.’
’But when he thought about how Lin Qi had pinpointed his location every single ti he tried to hide, Green Hair was at a loss for words.’
’Am I really that bad at this?’
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