Dual Worlds: I Have Chapter 86: Liu Xuan Is Not at the Company

Chapter 86: Chapter 86: Liu Xuan Is Not at the Company

After provoking Brother Green Hair, Lin Qi got down to business.

He had to continue purchasing secondhand Prosthetic Bodies. Power supply reactors and high-performance chips were also on his list.

The Modu Camp in the Doomsday World was currently short on power, and a lack of manpower was also a problem.

Lin Qi planned to build a batch of AI sentinels for the camp to compensate for the personnel shortage.

While searching for suitable Prosthetic Bodies, he also activated his Spiritual Vision to investigate.

This time, Lin Qi hit the jackpot.

About forty meters underground, the complex work of pipes suddenly became much simpler.

Several conduits connected to a main pipe with a radius of over four meters.

Inside the main pipe, there were even flying vehicles.

Judging by the main pipe’s direction, he could deduce that it connected to the area inside the Iron Curtain—most likely the Iron Curtain Void Lin Qi had predicted.

However, contrary to his expectations, the pipe was teeming with people, bustling with activity.

Numerous M-Class and L-Class Implanters were moving through the area, all wearing clothes of the same style.

Endorphin, the largest gang in Greenfield City.

Their base was located right inside the underground pipe system.

The gang’s core location might even be inside the Iron Curtain Void.

’It looks like it’ll be difficult for King Arthur to find a temporary safe house.’ The Si Clan had already put the Iron Curtain Void to use, with no intention of using it as an escape route.

"This means the Greenfield City crisis didn’t put much pressure on the Si Clan at all. In fact, this whole crisis was likely just a show they put on."

Seeing this, Lin Qi’s mind raced with connections.

It was just a glimpse, but it was enough to guess a part of the Si Clan’s plan.

From the very beginning, there was no assassination of a Si Clan heir.

The entire crisis was just a performance. But for whom?

Liu’s Heavy Industries. Liu’s Heavy Industries was the only lamb to the slaughter in this game.

’This isn’t good...’

Lin Qi suddenly realized the situation might not be as optimistic as he had thought.

He purchased a batch of Prosthetic Bodies as quickly as possible, then immediately boarded a rail transport vehicle to his company.

It wasn’t even nine in the morning, but Lin Qi had already arrived at the base of the Si’s Twin Towers.

This was a required route to get to the Liu’s Heavy Industry Branch.

Looking up, Tower B of the Twin Towers was almost a complete ruin. The top half had collapsed but, thanks to the strength of its A-Class armor, was still tenuously connected to the bottom half, folded over and hanging down its side.

To outsiders, this signified that the Si Clan had suffered a severe blow, with even their most important landmark and headquarters destroyed.

For a long time to come, the Si Clan would be crippled in the intercontinental financial markets.

But only insiders knew that the Si Clan hadn’t suffered any serious losses.

In the end, it was just a building.

The company that had truly been hit hard last night was definitely not the Si Clan.

Lin Qi calmed himself, took a deep breath, and walked toward his company at a normal pace.

The Liu’s Heavy Industry Branch was just as it always was, as if nothing had happened.

It was just nine o’clock, not yet the official start of the workday, but the employees were already used to the rat race of coming in early.

The first floor of the company was bustling, and Lin Qi rarely saw the ground floor this busy.

After arriving on the first floor, Lin Qi stood there for a full two minutes.

Nothing unexpected happened, but that in itself was the most unexpected thing of all!

’Where is Liu Xuan?’

Why hadn’t Liu Xuan appeared?

In the past, whenever Lin Qi set foot in the company, he would "coincidentally" run into Liu Xuan within a minute.

’The train conductor’s death wasn’t unknown; it’s just that only a select few know about it.’

In other words, the impact of Liu Xingzhou’s death had not yet reached the middle and lower-level personnel of Liu’s Heavy Industries.

With a complicated mix of feelings, Lin Qi first clocked in, then took the elevator to the 13th floor and made his way to his lab.

The two L-level Researcher assistants assigned by the company hadn’t arrived yet. It seemed they had figured out Lin Qi’s habit of clocking in right on time.

Sitting in front of his lab bench, Lin Qi initiated a communication request to Liu Xuan.

The call connected after just two seconds.

Liu Xuan’s upper body appeared on the screen.

A faint purple light emanated from Liu Xuan’s left eye, but it dimmed within seconds of the call starting.

The brightness of the purple light represented the power level of the Suppressor Liu Xuan was wearing.

"What is it?"

Liu Xuan’s voice was the same as ever, betraying no emotion.

"I was just wondering why I didn’t ’happen’ to run into you when I came to work today," Lin Qi asked.

Liu Xuan was silent for a moment, and a faint purple light once again glowed in her left eye.

"I have some things to take care of. I won’t be coming to the company for a while."

As far as Liu Xuan was concerned, Lin Qi was just an ordinary L-level Prosthetic Engineering researcher. There was no need to tell him too much.

"Is it serious?"

"Yes."

"Will it affect..."

"Yes."

"You haven’t been dealing with this all night, have you?"

"Yes."

...

Lin Qi asked many questions, but Liu Xuan’s replies were concise. If she could answer with a "Yes," she wouldn’t say another word.

The only thing worth noting was that during her conversation with Lin Qi, the purple light from her left eye’s prosthetic flickered on and off until, by the end, it stopped lighting up altogether.

The Suppressor had almost stopped working, which meant Liu Xuan’s condition was returning to normal.

"I won’t disturb you any longer. Make sure you get some rest while you’re handling company matters."

Lin Qi prepared to end the call. He had already gotten the information he wanted from the first two sentences of their conversation.

The person in control of Liu’s Heavy Industries’ Greenfield City branch had most likely changed to Liu Xuan.

How to keep the company running normally, how to hide the identity of the true heir, Liu Li—all this pressure now rested on Liu Xuan’s shoulders.

’I’m not sure if Liu Xuan has guessed the Si Clan’s betrayal. If she doesn’t know, the Liu Clan is bound to suffer a huge loss.’

’Before the Iron Curtain is lifted, Liu’s Heavy Industries absolutely cannot fall. If I lose their protection, I’ll be in immediate danger.’

Lin Qi couldn’t give the information to Liu Xuan directly, as it would expose his own identity.

But there were other ways for Lin Qi to pass on the intelligence.

Lin Qi planned to use King Arthur to relay the information.

Moreover, it had to be a precise transfer of intelligence. He couldn’t let the news of the Si Clan’s betrayal become public knowledge, which would only escalate the conflict and force everything out into the open.

At that point, the situation would only become more troublesome.

He sat in the lab for a long time before the two L-level Researchers finally sauntered in. It was already nine-thirty.

The two of them clearly froze for a second when they saw Lin Qi, then hurriedly apologized.

Offending an A-level Researcher—and one who was clearly well-connected at that—was enough to get them fired from the company and blacklisted.