Chapter 310: Chapter 224: Tier Five Danger
Servers were in high demand, the Cyber Network Company was tightening its surveillance, the Eastern Alliance could acquire servers, and Guang Ling was undergoing a large-scale technical upgrade...
This series of statements seemed to hint, both overtly and covertly, that Guang Ling might be connected to the Eastern Alliance.
But Lin Qi had interacted with Capitalist enough times to see that this wasn’t a clear insinuation, but a probe.
It was just like how Capitalist had tried to probe his own identity before.
This showed that Capitalist was impartially curious about the identity of every single person in the Mercenary Corps.
Lin Qi looked at Capitalist’s ID and thought to himself, ’At this rate, has Capitalist already figured out everyone’s identity except for mine and Guang Ling’s?’
Lin Qi had never seen Capitalist use such probing tactics on Master Ma or King Arthur, which confirmed his suspicion.
In the temporary chat window, Guang Ling’s response was concise.
Guang Ling: "Once the technical upgrade is complete, the Highest Level secure conference room will reopen. It will take about another week."
The simple probe ended quietly, and they quickly moved on.
Naturally, it was time to get to the main topic.
Guang Ling: "Master Ma has already arrived in Alliance City, and King Arthur will be arriving soon. Based on current intelligence, the opportunity to acquire the mission objective is right around the corner."
Guang Ling’s purpose in creating the temporary chat was always for the Mercenary Corps’s mission; that was the group’s top priority.
Capitalist’s message followed immediately, corroborating Guang Ling’s intelligence.
Capitalist: "According to my sources in the Big Business Alliance, Ninghang Technology has outwardly deepened its cooperation with companies in the European Administrative Region. In reality, however, their key members have already begun to relocate. In other words, they’re planning to evacuate Alliance City, and possibly even the entire Asian Administrative Region."
Master Ma: "This is actually related to my operation in New Reid City. The public appearance of a Tier Four Extraordinary seizing one of Ninghang Technology’s products put them on high alert."
Capitalist: "There is a connection, yes, but the main reasons are the sudden shift in the stances of the two permanent council members, Aishwarya and Jin Yuanxi, as well as the Eastern Alliance’s movements. That Tier Four Blood Robe from the Assassin Alliance seems to be acting more high-profile than usual. For existences at the permanent council member level, this is no longer a secret."
Lin Qi read through the messages and realized that Ninghang Technology’s decision to flee seemed to be related to his own recent activities.
Aside from Master Ma’s heist in New Reid City, Lin Qi had been the one pulling the strings behind almost everything else.
But for now, it didn’t seem to be a bad thing.
Guang Ling’s next statement confirmed this.
Guang Ling: "Ninghang Technology’s reaction was expected. However, there’s a rumor circulating in the Black Market’s special intelligence channels. This time, the public mission’s objective—the prototype sample of Ninghang Technology’s new product—is likely dangerous."
"The source of this information is the same as Master Ma’s: they successfully acquired a sub-sample and have begun preliminary research."
"Based on my deductions, the reason the European Big Business Alliance is cooperating with companies in the Asian Administrative Region and basing their experimental products there is because of the prototype sample’s inherent danger. Therefore, it’s highly unlikely that Ninghang Technology will evacuate to the European Administrative Region."
"Furthermore, if a large enough commotion occurs, they won’t keep the prototype sample in Alliance City either."
Danger?
This was a point Lin Qi could verify. He had felt it before when using his Decomposition Mimicry Ability.
The sub-sample possessed living characteristics, and there seemed to be a vast hive mind network behind it.
The synesthesia-like pressure Lin Qi felt during the Mimicry was overwhelming. He even suspected that the source of this hive mind might be a Tier Five existence.
With the Mercenary Corps’s mission having reached this stage, Lin Qi decided not to hide his findings any longer.
After Guang Ling finished deducing the prototype sample’s location, Lin Qi sent a message.
"I have come into contact with a sub-sample and have conducted some research on it."
He sent this line first to grab everyone’s attention and to signal to Guang Ling not to rush into making a plan.
He immediately followed up by describing the potential source of the danger: "First, I can confirm that the Ning Xin sub-sample has living characteristics, but it is not a conventional lifeform. It also possesses Extraordinary traits without being an Extraordinary Item."
"I also conducted targeted research based on its biological properties, focusing on the core question of whether it possesses ’consciousness.’ Based on data feedback from Extraordinary methods, I suspect there’s something like a hive mind behind the sample."
"The source of this thing is terrifying. Even a moment of mental contact is enough to destroy the consciousness of a Tier Three Extraordinary."
Most of what Lin Qi sent was based on his own perceptions and deductions.
As for instantly destroying the consciousness of a Tier Three Extraordinary, Lin Qi wasn’t just making things up.
Back then, his Mimicry hadn’t fully completed. If it had, and he’d made direct contact with that terrifying sense of being watched, Lin Qi feared he would have been instantly crushed into a mindless fool.
Moreover, Lin Qi knew in his heart that this thing shared the same origin as the Blood Moon from the Doomsday World. Its source in the Cyber World was absolutely an existence on the same level as the Blood Moon.
Tier Five?
That might not even be the limit.
Therefore, Lin Qi could guide their perception of the danger toward the scope of Tier Five.
The content Lin Qi sent instantly caused every person behind their ID in the temporary chat to fall deep into thought.
Jingang might not have fully grasped the implications, but King Arthur, Master Ma, and Capitalist all understood with perfect clarity.
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