Dual Worlds: I Have a Doomsday World

Chapter 325: Chapter 229: Tier Three Wizard (2)

But the chat wasn’t completely silent.

King Arthur: "I’ve arrived at the Asian Political Union City. Ah, that familiar smell! Master, what are you busy with? How about we meet up and catch up?"

King Arthur had sent this message a while ago, but it took a long time for Master Ma to reply.

Master Ma: "I’m being watched. A bit busy."

As soon as Master Ma’s message appeared, King Arthur replied instantly.

King Arthur: "Are you being targeted by the Tier Four Blood Robe again? By the way, the Asian Administrative Region is super strict about managing Tier Four Extraordinaries. Looks like I’ll have to find a place to hide, too. I don’t have your skills, Master. It’ll be a huge pain if I get spotted."

Master Ma: "Cyber-smile.emoji"

After that message, the chat went silent again.

When Lin Qi saw this, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he barely managed to suppress a grimace.

’Speaking of which, where could King Arthur possibly hide?’

’It couldn’t be... again, could it?’

Lin Qi’s guess was correct. Knight Professionals didn’t really have many ways to conceal themselves.

But the status of a Tier Four Professional was far too sensitive, and King Arthur wasn’t sure just how precise the Eastern Alliance’s intelligence network was.

In theory, since she had only just broken through to Tier Four, no intelligence agency should be paying her too much attention.

But the Eastern Alliance’s power was deeply ingrained in people’s minds. It was said that the Eastern Alliance had even been involved in the end of the last worldwide corporate war.

Under these circumstances, King Arthur chose the safest play.

...

Alliance City, East District, the sewers.

"Hiss... It’s been a while since I was in Alliance City. It really lives up to its name. The smell in these sewer pipes is truly intoxicating."

The smell in the Alliance City sewers was even more potent than in Greenfield City.

And in a similar vein, they were littered with the broken packaging of addictive potions.

Needles, vomit, trash, debris, and even decaying bodies...

Outside its core districts, Alliance City was synonymous with chaos.

In a place like this, the stench of the sewer system was absolutely overwhelming.

But King Arthur hadn’t entered the sewer system just to hide; she was on a mission.

"These big corporations have no originality. They always like to put their hidden routes in places like this."

"Guang Ling, can you hear me? I’m counting on you to jam their network devices."

"Speaking of which, isn’t this kind of reconnaissance work usually for Wizards? Why’d you give this mission to me?"

King Arthur muttered to herself under her breath.

But the email Guang Ling sent in response immediately made her expression freeze.

[I suspect a Tier Four Extraordinary Professional from the European Administrative Region is hiding in Alliance City. I need your help to investigate suspicious locations. The target may possess High-Level Holy Light, making it inconvenient for a Wizard to act. Master Ma needs to negotiate with that Tier Four Blood Robe, and Jingang’s identity is public knowledge. That leaves only you to take action.]

Hiss!

’Guang Ling screwed me over!’

’We agreed I was just supposed to scout out Ninghang Technology’s hidden routes, didn’t we?’

’How did it turn into a city-wide search for a Tier Four Extraordinary Professional?’

She had only just been promoted, after all. Her Prosthetic Body hadn’t been fully upgraded to match her new Extraordinary Level, meaning she couldn’t be considered a complete Tier Four Extraordinary combat unit.

If she really ran into a veteran Tier Four Extraordinary, her chances of winning weren’t high.

"Guang Ling, I think you’re screwing me over!"

King Arthur might look small, but she wasn’t a three-year-old.

And right on cue, another email from Guang Ling arrived.

[The target is most likely one of the nine Round Table Knights, and in all likelihood, not the Grand Knight Commander.]

Upon seeing the content of this email, King Arthur’s pupils constricted sharply. She then said in a low voice, "Leave the mission to me. Don’t you worry. For the success of the Mercenary Corps’ mission, this is what I must do!"

’Round Table Knights?’

’Not a single one of them is any good!’

’They all deserve to die!’

’So what if they’re veteran Tier Four Knights? They’re just a bunch of faithless hacks!’

’With my [Transcend] Knight’s Will Badge, my power is on the rise. My—King Arthur’s—sword is not without its edge!’

...

Lin Qi didn’t know his guess had been right. He was already back in his room, and after composing himself, he began his Meditation.

Currently, the special reaction of his Spiritual Power had fully adapted to his body. As long as he analyzed a new Extraordinary Item, Lin Qi could advance to Tier Three at any time.

As for the Transformation Ability he had just mastered...

’I won’t experiment with it for now. As long as I don’t transform, there’s no reason for Guang Ling to know my specific Extraordinary Level.’

’As for the Ability I’ll gain at Tier Three, as long as I don’t say anything, Guang Ling won’t be able to tell which tier I acquired it at.’

’I have many Abilities I’ve never used in the Cyber World. No matter how formidable Guang Ling is, there’s no way she knows everything I can do.’

’With a high-risk mission coming up, it’s never wrong to hide some of my strength.’

Although he didn’t think Guang Ling would screw him over, Lin Qi habitually held something back.

This was due to both Lin Qi’s personality and the predicament of a Wizard Professional.

He kept a close watch on the time. The moment the clock ticked over to 12:31 AM on March 22, 2089, Lin Qi’s [Door] finished its cooldown.

With a mere thought, Lin Qi arrived in the Doomsday World.

After changing his clothes, Lin Qi took out three boxes.

The first box contained the first Tier Three Crystal Stone Lin Qi had ever obtained. It came from the Tier Three Aggregated Monster in the Beining District. Lin Qi couldn’t accurately determine its ability, but he speculated it was something along the lines of mental seduction.

The Beining District rescue team had disappeared without a trace of a fight, and he himself had felt a sense of Charm when he went to destroy it.

But the monster’s condition at the time had been unusual, and its ability hadn’t been fully deployed, so Lin Qi could only make a preliminary guess based on these clues.

The Tier Three Crystal Stone in the second box came from Shuining City. Lin Qi was a bit clearer on this monster’s ability. It was also a mental technique, one that could induce intense fear in him.

It was an extreme, soul-deep terror. If sustained for long enough, it could very well strip away one’s life.

But as things stood, this ability would be difficult to combine with Lin Qi’s existing abilities.

’The ability best suited for me at my current stage is probably from this Tier Three Crystal Stone, the one that was easiest to get.’

Lin Qi’s gaze fell upon the last box.

This Crystal Stone came from the Changpu District. Back then, Ding Yang’s call for help had sent Lin Qi on a trip to kill the Tier Three Monster there, saving the Changpu District Survivor Camp.

At that time, Lin Qi had just received the "Special Merit" and didn’t yet know what kind of buff this power gave him.

But after encountering that monster, the buff’s power revealed itself for the first time.

That Tier Three Monster, which could only attack using Spiritual Power, was completely unable to shake the buff, and Lin Qi killed it with ease.

But before the buff activated, Lin Qi had felt the monster’s full ability.

Spiritual Power Extraction.

Spiritual Power was a power that many Extraordinary Professionals depended on heavily.

Even for professions like Knights and Martial Artists, known for their physical prowess, Spiritual Power became a necessity in the later stages.

Without the support of Spiritual Power, they couldn’t unleash the full might of an Extraordinary Professional.

It could be said that in the realm of Extraordinary Professionals, it was precisely the existence of Spiritual Power that made them distinctly stronger than common Prosthetic Implanters.

Spiritual Power was practically the foundation of all Extraordinary Power.

Given this premise, the ability of Spiritual Power Extraction appeared extremely powerful.

It didn’t need to be combined with other abilities; it was powerfully functional on its own.

’As for the suspected Charm and the fear-implanting mental techniques, I’ll only consider analyzing them later if no more suitable Extraordinary Items turn up.’

’For now, Spiritual Power Extraction is the most suitable for me. Moreover, it could become the core of my ability combinations after Tier Four. With this ability, the effects of all my Spiritual Power-related techniques will be enhanced, more or less.’

Having made his decision, Lin Qi didn’t delay.

He immediately took the Crystal Stone out of the box.

The Tier Three Crystal Stone didn’t look much different from a Tier One or Tier Two.

But with his Spiritual Vision, Lin Qi could "see" that the higher the Level of an Extraordinary Item, the stronger its Spiritual Particle absorption effect.

He placed the Crystal Stone on the table.

The Wizard’s tentacle-like Spiritual Power began to extend and analyze.