Chapter 305: Chapter 221: Tier Five Extraordinary Items (2)
His attitude toward Lin Qi was now quite mild, a stark contrast to how he had treated Wang Ziru.
"According to this..."
Wang Qiang glanced at Wang Ziru but couldn’t seem to recall his name.
He paused for a moment before continuing, "According to this student’s description, the rocket Lin Qi has prepared should roughly meet the mission’s requirements."
"This USB drive contains the specific details of the mission, as well as the basic transport coordinates. Headquarters ordered me to deliver this drive to the Mo University Camp at all costs. As for the final decision, that is for the Mo University Camp to make on its own. Headquarters will not force your hand."
Wang Qiang held out a USB drive to Lin Qi.
Lin Qi did not immediately take it. Instead, he sat upright, his expression grave.
"Director Ding, Major Wang, to be honest, although I’ve made basic preparations, I must have more information before I act on Headquarters’ request."
"I need to know what exactly Headquarters needs this rocket to transport. I can’t launch an item I know nothing about into space. I can’t even be sure if the Extraordinary Item in the case you brought is meant to delay the Blood Moon mutation, or to be sent up there to provoke the Blood Moon."
Lin Qi’s gaze fell on the case Wang Qiang and Ding Yang had brought.
His expression was more serious than ever before.
This was a worry that came from the bottom of Lin Qi’s heart.
To Lin Qi, Headquarters was far too mysterious.
The impression Headquarters gave him felt completely out of place in the modern world.
It was as if they had made ample preparations the very moment the apocalypse broke out.
They were even able to obtain items far beyond what should appear at this stage of the apocalypse.
The case most likely contained a Tier Five Extraordinary Item.
Although Lin Qi had never seen a Tier Four Extraordinary Item, his gut feeling told him that a Tier Four item wouldn’t warrant such a grand display.
For this very reason, Lin Qi couldn’t blindly help Headquarters while knowing nothing.
Even though Lin Qi had managed to acquire the T2-class Spacecraft and put it into production right away, he was still preparing for two different outcomes.
If Headquarters was still unwilling to give him more information under these circumstances...
...then Lin Qi would rather not make a move. He might not even step foot in the Doomsday World again until his Extraordinary Items were completely depleted.
Faced with Lin Qi’s intense questioning, Ding Yang felt helpless.
Ding Yang faced Lin Qi and gave his assurance, "Lin Qi, I give you my personal guarantee. Although many of Headquarters’ methods have left us grassroots Warriors dissatisfied, we know in our hearts that Headquarters has always persisted in the fight against the apocalypse. Headquarters will never betray the human race."
Ding Yang’s words sounded heartfelt, but Lin Qi didn’t look at him this time.
His gaze remained aggressive, fixed squarely on Wang Qiang.
Wang Qiang seemed to have expected Lin Qi’s question. He fell silent for a moment, sighed, and then explained, "I cannot leak Headquarters’ core secrets to you without authorization. Of course, my own knowledge of these secrets is incomplete."
"But I can tell you that Headquarters is indeed working for the survival of human civilization."
"This time, besides entrusting this to you, Lin Qi, Headquarters has also activated several pre-apocalypse launch sites. They have ordered Tier Three Extraordinaries to act as astronauts and manually pilot their craft for the delivery."
"It’s a one-way journey with no return. Including your team, Lin Qi, there are a total of four teams in this operation."
"There are four Tier Five Extraordinary Items in total. If just one team can complete the mission, the Blood Moon mutation can be delayed for two months."
"If all four Tier Five Extraordinary Items are successfully deployed, the Blood Moon mutation will be delayed for more than a year."
"Whether you believe it or not, Lin Qi, my mission to escort this Extraordinary Item is complete. Headquarters is willing to trust the Mo University Camp, a civilian rescue force. I hope that you can also place a little more trust in Headquarters."
’A total of four Tier Five Extraordinary Items?’
Lin Qi fell silent. Staring at the case before him, he found himself unable to make a quick decision.
Whatever Headquarters was thinking, Wang Qiang had indeed delivered this Tier Five Extraordinary Item right to the Mo University Camp, without any intention of taking it back.
In a way, this was truly a show of trust in the Mo University Camp from Headquarters.
Or perhaps, it was an experiment Headquarters was conducting.
With all means of communication lost, all signals gone, there was no way to get real-time data feedback.
At the Doomsday World’s current technological level, completing a space mission was incredibly difficult.
Even with three other teams trying besides Lin Qi, the probability of them all failing was still very high.
A choice now lay before Lin Qi.
He could trust Headquarters, use the T2-class Spacecraft provided by King Arthur, complete its production and assembly, and carry out the mission. This might delay the Blood Moon mutation.
Or, he could pin his hopes on the other three teams and see whether the Blood Moon mutation actually happened in seven days.
After all, Ding Yang wasn’t the only one who had brought him intel on the Blood Moon mutation.
Wei Yue, the "Quasi-Blood Moon Envoy," had brought the same information.
If the Blood Moon mutation didn’t occur in seven days, it would mean Headquarters’ efforts had succeeded, and that this plan could indeed delay it.
But there was a huge risk involved.
The probability of all three teams failing was not low—definitely over fifty percent.
Lin Qi’s T2-class Spacecraft, however, was a choice that guaranteed mission success.
Of course, besides the two options above, Lin Qi had a third choice.
He could take all the Extraordinary Items he had obtained in the Doomsday World, run back to the Cyber World, and not return for a long time.
He could turn the continuous stream of profits from traveling between the two worlds into a one-time deal.
The value of a single Tier Five Extraordinary Item was unimaginable in the Cyber World, especially for a special Extraordinary Profession like Wizard.
A Tier Four Extraordinary could already become a magnate in the Cyber World. A Tier Five Extraordinary... a being of that level was transcendent in the Cyber World. Lin Qi had never even heard a trace of a Tier Five Extraordinary.
Even when a permanent director of Alliance City colluded with the European Administrative Region, the person sent to handle the matter was merely the Tier Four Baili Xueyuan.
’If I take the two Tier Three Extraordinary Items and the one Tier Five Extraordinary Item, the only things I’ll need to become a Tier Five Extraordinary are two more Tier Three items and four Tier Four items. Although that’s extremely difficult, it’s still simpler than finding a Tier Five Extraordinary Item on my own.’
’Take Director Aishwarya, for example. With the support of the European Administrative Region, she was able to obtain Tier Four Extraordinary Items.’
’That proves that items of at least Tier Four are far from extinct in the Cyber World.’
It was a significant temptation.
But if he chose this path, his journey to becoming stronger before reaching Tier Five Extraordinary would be much more arduous, and he would lose too much.
The hundred-fold Meditation speed, the readily available Extraordinary Items—he would have to say goodbye to all of it for the time being.
There wasn’t much time left for Lin Qi to make his choice.
At his side, Wang Qiang seemed to notice Lin Qi’s struggle. But no matter how smart Headquarters was, they would never have guessed that Lin Qi had the option to just "run."
Wang Qiang spoke up, "You can take some time to think, Lin Qi. If you reach a decision, you can act on your own."
"There was one thing I failed to make clear to Ding Yang earlier. The exact time of the mutation should be in about six days from now."
"When the time comes, regardless of whether Mo University acts, or whether that action succeeds or fails, I hope you will be sure to inform Ding Yang, so that Headquarters can be notified and make new decisions."
With that said, Wang Qiang stood up, preparing to leave.
Ding Yang looked at Lin Qi, then at Wang Qiang.
Then, he actually gave Lin Qi a slight bow before leaving with Wang Qiang.
Lin Qi didn’t rush to a decision. He remained seated, watching the two of them leave the conference room.
Then, his gaze fell upon the case containing the Tier Five Extraordinary Item, and he did not move for a long time.
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