Chapter 156: Chapter 146: Dad Wants to Start a Company?

He kept his eyes closed, waiting for Lin Xin and Doctor Lin to come upstairs.

About an hour passed before Lin Xin and his father, Doctor Lin, came upstairs one after the other.

His father enthusiastically struck up a conversation with Baili Xueyuan.

Seeing this, a thought immediately popped into Lin Qi’s mind.

’Something’s off about Dad’s behavior!’

’Does he know Baili Xueyuan’s identity? And he’s even aware of her background?’

’Is Dad’s intel really that extensive?’

Lin Qi had a feeling that he had wasted his three million Credit Points.

"I am very supportive of Lin Xin going to Yu Chuan City, but I have one condition."

In contrast to Lin Qi’s caution, Doctor Lin went straight to negotiating.

"What condition?" Baili Xueyuan’s expression grew even more peculiar. It seemed no one in this family was a simple character.

This seemingly ordinary Prosthetic Doctor appeared to have a very wide information network.

"I need a business license to operate a Prosthetic Clinic anywhere within the Eastern Alliance. The whole alliance."

Doctor Lin’s pair of prosthetic eyes seemed to gleam, revealing at a glance the unique calculations running through his mind.

Baili Xueyuan nodded. "Done. I can approve that."

With Doctor Lin’s goal achieved, the subsequent conversation was very pleasant.

Lin Xin, on the other hand, was rather displeased to see her father so happily "sell" her off.

Unfortunately, no one paid any mind to this scene.

Doctor Lin and Baili Xueyuan chatted happily, while Lin Qi contemplated his father’s objectives and source of intelligence.

Only Lin Xin sat off to the side, looking forlorn one moment, sullen the next, and then revealing a hint of longing.

After a long while, Doctor Lin stood up to see them off. "You can take this girl with you. There’s nothing at home worth packing for her. Just have her buy new things when she gets to Yu Chuan City."

Lin Xin, still sitting to the side, stared with wide eyes.

’Is this really my own father?’

Although a storm of emotions raged in Lin Xin’s heart, things had already come to this. There was no turning back.

Her gaze shifted to Lin Qi, but he merely waved at her.

The meaning was clear: ’Have a safe trip!’

Lin Qi had already made up his mind. Once his Extraordinary Level reached Tier Four, he would personally make a trip to Yu Chuan City to get a better understanding of the situation.

That day would not be too far off.

Seeing her older brother’s action, Lin Xin felt her composure crack.

This scene was not quite what she had imagined.

’Don’t these two feel even a little bit sentimental?’

She then looked at her dear teacher.

Only to find that Baili Xueyuan had already stepped outside and was waving for her to follow.

Helpless, Lin Xin could only say one last thing to Doctor Lin and Lin Qi: "I’m leaving?"

Lin Qi nodded, his mind still preoccupied with what he would do after becoming a Tier Four Wizard.

As for Doctor Lin, he nudged Lin Xin along, escorted her out of the Prosthetic Clinic, and then casually closed the clinic’s main door.

And with that, only Lin Qi and Doctor Lin remained inside the Prosthetic Clinic.

The father and son sat on the sofa, neither speaking.

After a long silence, it was Lin Qi who spoke first. "Dad, you seem to know quite a bit about the Assassin Alliance?"

Doctor Lin nodded. "I have quite a few friends in the Asian Administrative Region. I know many Prosthetic Doctors, and I’m the one who provides them with a lot of the Liu Clan’s supplies."

Prosthetic Doctors, especially those who run underground clinics, actually have quite extensive information networks.

Coupled with the high-end, military-grade goods Doctor Lin had on hand, the expansion of his network over the years had gone quite smoothly.

Doctor Lin explained to Lin Qi, "After you came back last time, I noticed Lin Xin’s situation and asked some friends to gather intelligence."

"The Assassin Alliance isn’t as simple as an ordinary Mercenary Corps. The Assassin Alliance has countless ties to the Eastern Alliance and often handles matters for them that they can’t be seen doing themselves."

"Many of my colleagues have done related business. Recently, in particular, it seems the Assassin Alliance has clashed with an organization from outside the Asian Administrative Region. The two sides are fighting both openly and in the shadows."

"A lot of proxy battles have been breaking out in the Asian Administrative Region. With Lin Xin’s so-called Talent, going to Yu Chuan City is a good form of protection."

’Just as I thought.’ Doctor Lin’s information, while not as precise as Guang Ling’s, was more or less on the mark.

Lin Qi continued to ask, "What do you need a business license for the entire Eastern Alliance for? Are you planning to move out of Red Fruit City?"

Lin Qi couldn’t shake the feeling that his father was preparing to follow Lin Xin as soon as possible, abandoning him in Red Fruit City.

If that were the case, some of Lin Qi’s future needs for Prosthetic Bodies would become rather troublesome.

Doctor Lin shook his head. "It won’t come to that. For now, the benefits I can gain by staying in Red Fruit City and using your name are very high. Liu’s Heavy Industries is even willing to sell me some of their not-for-sale items."

Hearing Doctor Lin’s words, the muscles in Lin Qi’s face twitched involuntarily.

’This might not be because of my reputation, but Liu Xuan’s.’

’Liu Xuan must have told certain people in the company to give our family special treatment.’

Even Lin Xin had received considerable preferential treatment when she was at school.

Doctor Lin paid it no mind and continued, "A business license for the Eastern Alliance is very valuable. I asked for alliance-wide operating rights, which means if my plans go smoothly, I’ll be able to build up a network of Prosthetic Clinics of a sufficient scale."

"After that, if the right opportunity comes along, I might even be able to get a corporate-level license."

"The Eastern Alliance is the only place in recent years where a new enterprise could possibly flourish."

Lin Qi was stunned for a moment, then he finally understood his father’s thinking.

Running a Prosthetic Clinic was no longer enough to satisfy his ambitions.

He wanted to truly leap up the social ladder. He wanted to create an enterprise.

This actually coincided with Lin Qi’s own development plans.

It’s just that Lin Qi planned to first possess enough power, then acquire sufficient technology, and finally leverage his comprehensive advantages to establish an enterprise in one fell swoop.

Lin Qi wouldn’t discourage his father’s idea; in fact, he was quite supportive.

With Lin Xin joining the Assassin Alliance, his father’s plan now had both favorable geography and a network of people. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

By developing slowly, accumulating resources, and waiting for the right time, perhaps his father really had a chance of succeeding.

Lin Qi chose to wish him well.

After exchanging a few more words with his father, Lin Qi walked into the underground workshop.

On his way, he grabbed some scrap Prosthetic Bodies from the clinic’s storeroom.

Lin Xin and his father both seemed to have bright futures ahead of them now. Lin Qi needed to work hard himself.

’The Doomsday World is now the foundation for my rapid growth. The development of the Mo University Camp needs to be accelerated. At the same time, I need to figure out how to prepare L-Class Potions in the Doomsday World as soon as possible.’

’My physical attributes are about to reach the Tier One Limit. I need to research an enhanced version of the L-Class Potion soon.’

’This is also the foundation for me to seek greater benefits in the Cyber World.’

Lin Qi got busy in the workshop.

This time, Lin Qi didn’t need a reactor, but high-performance chips produced in the Cyber World.

Lin Qi needed to build a batch of new robots in the Doomsday World.

After confirming that Zombie corpses could be used to create Extraordinary Materials, the manpower at the Mo University Camp had become stretched thin.

With a mere four hundred people, there weren’t many hands that could be spared while also maintaining the camp’s stability.

Picking through the scrap, Lin Qi salvaged a total of ten chips.

He directly called up a standard smart program, completed the data entry, and now all that was left was to manufacture the robot bodies in the Doomsday World before they could be put to work.

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2:00 AM, March 12, 2089.

The cooldown for the [Door] was complete. Lin Qi immediately activated it and arrived in the Doomsday World.

Finding himself in the conference room, Lin Qi changed into his Doomsday World clothes, left the room, and headed for the production workshop.

Wang Ziru came to Lin Qi’s side at the earliest opportunity.

"Boss, what are your orders?"

Lin Qi said, "I have a design schematic here. I need you to arrange production as soon as possible. I need ten intelligent robots made."

"Also, arrange a few teams with civil engineering backgrounds. I need to modify a building within Mo University to prepare some special materials."

Wang Ziru immediately began making arrangements according to Lin Qi’s instructions.