Chapter 182: Chapter 159: Three Chance Encounters (Part 2)

Elder Dong acknowledged Lin Qi’s Talent, but he found such a high-intensity workload hard to accept.

This was simply the most miserable work experience he’d had since joining the company.

And he couldn’t even escape it. Liu Weicai’s current assignment for him was to act as Lin Qi’s private tutor.

He went head-to-head with Lin Qi in this high-intensity fashion until the afternoon.

Lin Qi abruptly snapped out of his terrifying state of study.

"Elder Dong, I want to try developing an A-Class Potion. I think I’ve got some ideas."

Lin Qi’s absorption of A-Class Pharmacy knowledge seemed to have reached a threshold.

Lin Qi felt confident he could now successfully create a brand-new A-Class Potion.

He just couldn’t be completely sure of its effects.

Dong Wenlong was stunned for a moment before speaking. "Are you sure? The company provides a fixed amount of resources to every A-level Researcher. You can’t get any extra before the corresponding project is completed."

"If you fail too many times, you’ll have to pay for the consumed resources out of your own pocket."

Just as he finished saying this, Dong Wenlong remembered Chairwoman Liu Xuan’s special attitude toward Lin Qi.

’What am I even worrying about?’

’Would Lin Qi be worried about something like this?’

’Not a chance.’

’With the company chairwoman backing him up, Lin Qi can do whatever he wants.’

Dong Wenlong said no more. Instead, he acted as a capable research assistant, helping Lin Qi calibrate every piece of equipment in the lab.

Most of United Pharmaceutical’s equipment was secondhand and required professional calibration.

Most Pharmaceutical Researchers didn’t possess this skill, but Dong Wenlong had been immersed in the field for decades and had long since mastered most of the skills required in the lab.

Lin Qi activated his Spiritual Vision, handling each A-Class Extraordinary Material according to the ideas he had already grasped.

Just as he thought, the core production process for an A-Class Potion wasn’t much different from that of an L-Class Potion.

It was still a matter of finding the point of maximum Spiritual Particle adhesion among a large number of materials.

However, because A-Class Materials were more complex than L-Class ones, the researcher needed a deeper understanding of the materials and had to master a large number of reaction principles.

By the end of the afternoon, Lin Qi had not managed to complete the development of the A-Class Potion.

In Dong Wenlong’s words, Lin Qi’s Talent for Potion research was immense, and he possessed an unusually keen intuition.

Multiple samples had already shown very high indices during instrument testing.

But his choice of material combinations and processing methods had not yet truly reached an A-Class level.

In other words, Lin Qi still had to learn, and still had to practice!

As closing time approached, Lin Qi observed the few samples with his Spiritual Vision and made a judgment.

’Elder Dong is right, my material and processing choices are still very crude. But my core ideas aren’t really the problem. The Spiritual Particle adhesion effect that Spiritual Vision shows me is just too direct. If I had a larger selection of A-Class Materials, I could still rely on my intuition—or rather, my Spiritual Vision—to complete the A-Class project research.’

In the Cyber World, the vast and diverse array of materials would be more than enough to support Lin Qi’s method.

This was a path completely different from that of other A-Class Pharmaceutical Researchers.

A conventional A-Class Potion generally uses fewer than forty types of materials.

But the A-Class Potion Lin Qi was researching could have hundreds of material types.

In Pharmacy research, this was completely counterintuitive.

The more types of materials used, the more it would cause instrument data analysis to be inaccurate, and the higher the probability of experimental failure.

Lin Qi’s potential success relied entirely on brute-forcing it with his Spiritual Vision.

’Unfortunately, this method wouldn’t work in the Doomsday World. The variety of Extraordinary Materials in the Doomsday World is currently very limited, or rather, very difficult to obtain. They’re not something I can get at my current stage.’

’To replicate an A-Class Potion in the Doomsday World, I need a more solid foundation in Pharmacy.’

He shook his head, clearing away the messy thoughts.

Lin Qi turned his head and happened to see Elder Dong, who looked like he didn’t have long to live.

"Elder Dong."

Hearing Lin Qi’s call, Dong Wenlong jolted.

"It’s quitting time."

Upon hearing that, Dong Wenlong felt a wave of relief.

’Is it finally over?’

’Today’s work was just too painful.’

Dong Wenlong couldn’t understand how someone could conduct experiments while their brain was running on two tracks, endlessly generating questions.

Dong Wenlong completed the lab’s shutdown procedures at the fastest possible speed.

He walked out of the laboratory doors with Lin Qi.

They took the elevator to the top floor of the company building.

Lin Qi activated his Spiritual Vision and discovered that long before he had even entered the elevator, another one was already waiting on the top floor.

Liu Xuan was standing inside it, seemingly waiting for something.

The doors of both elevators opened at the same time.

When Dong Wenlong saw Liu Xuan standing in the opposite elevator, he immediately understood.

He turned and left without even thinking of greeting his superior.

"What a coincidence."

Liu Xuan’s voice was the same as ever.

But compared to their meeting this morning, the blue light glowing in her left eye was a bit more intense.

"It is a coincidence."

Lin Qi greeted Liu Xuan as usual, and then they each boarded their flying vehicles and left the company.

Throughout the day, Lin Qi hadn’t received any emails from the company.

This meant his address hadn’t been changed. It was still No. 8 Fortress Road, and he had to continue his cohabitation with the chairwoman.

Sitting in his flying vehicle, Lin Qi thought for a moment. Instead of heading for No. 8 Fortress Road, he steered toward the No. 1 Prosthetic Clinic.

It wasn’t that he was starting to feel wary of Liu Xuan; it was that he had other important things to take care of today.

The S-Class equipment he ordered from King Arthur hadn’t arrived yet.

King Arthur had already left the Asian Administrative Region, so the delivery wouldn’t be that fast.

According to Guang Ling’s estimated time, Lin Qi would probably receive the goods tomorrow.

Which meant that tonight, Lin Qi couldn’t open the [Door] to the Doomsday World for the time being.

The window of opportunity to kill that Tier Three Limit monster was less than 24 hours, so Lin Qi had to be fully prepared before going.

The [Door] didn’t have a time-reversal function.

He was going to the No. 1 Prosthetic Clinic because he needed to give his Exoskeleton a full-scale upgrade.

’Since transferring from the Weapon Research Institute, my Prosthetic Engineering research has stalled. This will be the first time I’m using a Prosthetic Body I didn’t design myself to modify an Exoskeleton. I hope the modification goes smoothly.’

A-Class Prosthetic Bodies were strictly controlled, but not to the insane degree that S-Class ones were.

Thanks to Doctor Lin’s connections and Lin Qi’s bit of influence, the No. 1 Prosthetic Clinic had over ten A-Class Prosthetic Bodies in stock.

Even brand-new A-Class Prosthetic Bodies.

If Lin Qi considered secondhand Prosthetic Bodies, his options would expand to over thirty.

Lin Qi had a smooth trip back to the No. 1 Prosthetic Clinic. For once, Doctor Lin wasn’t working overtime.

Observing with his Spiritual Vision, it seemed Doctor Lin was on a call.

Doctor Lin ended the call as soon as Lin Qi entered the clinic.

"Why are you back again?" 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

Doctor Lin had a strange expression.

This was already Lin Qi’s third trip back this month.

"I need a few A-Class Prosthetic Bodies. It’s more convenient to come back here."

As he spoke, Lin Qi walked into the Prosthetic Clinic’s warehouse.

Grabbing a cart, Lin Qi began "stocking up."

These were all Doctor Lin’s treasures: A-Class Prosthetic Bodies manufactured by Liu’s Heavy Industries, including two flagship models.

In Doctor Lin’s words, they were the clinic’s prized possessions.

Although no one in the Edge Zone of Red Fruit City could afford them, that didn’t stop Doctor Lin from displaying them in the clinic like offerings.

"Wait, hold on! The things you’re taking are worth over ten million Credit Points! Are you just going to walk off with them?"

Doctor Lin looked at Lin Qi, a little bewildered.

’Coming back to take such valuable things without saying a word.’

’Is this son of mine an impostor, some kind of cyber-scammer?’

"It’s just Credit Points. I..."

Lin Qi was suddenly reminded of his three-hundred-thousand-Credit-Point debt.

After a pause, he said, "I’ll pay you back in a while."

More debt wouldn’t hurt. Besides, he was borrowing from his own dad, so Lin Qi felt no guilt.