Chapter 482 - 306: Trading with Master Ma and King Arthur Again

After leaving Wei Yue, Lin Qi returned to the sixth-floor conference room of the Club Activity Building.

When Lin Qi returned, the large hole in the wall was gone, but it hadn’t been painted white.

Lin Qi naturally didn’t mind. After all, this was the Doomsday World; there was no need to be so particular.

Lin Qi spent the rest of his time in Meditation, not wasting a single moment.

...

At 4:40 AM on March 31, 2089, Lin Qi opened his eyes in his own bed.

To an outside observer, Lin Qi hadn’t changed at all. But compared to a minute ago, an S-Class Potion and a Holy Light Bead had appeared inside his prosthetic arm.

’The Holy Light Bead is to prevent any accidents related to the Blood Moon. As for this S-Class Potion, I need to ’deliver’ it to King Arthur soon.’

’Hmm... it doesn’t have to be King Arthur. Master Ma would work too.’

Although Lin Qi personally preferred dealing with King Arthur, the S-Class Potion was, after all, extremely valuable. He even hoped to trade it for Tier Four Extraordinary Items.

Even though this first S-Class Potion of his required experimentation, Lin Qi still wanted to maximize his profit.

If he contacted King Arthur privately to give it away, the benefits Lin Qi could gain would be limited.

Lin Qi decisively closed his eyes and then operated the projection on his retina via his Intelligent Brain.

Opening the temporary chat window for the Highest-Level Mercenary Corps, Lin Qi began to type.

The timestamp on the chat log in the window was still from before Master Ma and King Arthur left to pick up their rocket packs.

Based on the timing, the two of them had likely already reached low-earth orbit and were preparing for their orbital drop mission at any moment.

Text input complete, Lin Qi hit send!

Wizard: "I have an S-Class Potion here."

The moment the message was sent, nearly everyone was blown out of the woodwork.

Capitalist: "?"

King Arthur: "?"

Master Ma: "?"

Jingang: "?"

Only Guang Ling didn’t send a message. The mysterious corps leader never seemed very interested in Lin Qi’s potions.

After the long string of question marks, King Arthur was the first to ask a question.

King Arthur: "A standard S-Class Potion, or that new type of potion?"

It seemed King Arthur had been thinking a lot about Lin Qi’s potions, immediately connecting this to the new type.

Wizard: "The new type, of course. If it were a standard potion, I have other sales channels."

Lin Qi’s words were naturally a bit of a bluff, and also a way to conceal his identity.

No one would imagine that an A-Class Pharmaceutical Researcher who had just obtained S-Class Pharmacy Literature and hadn’t even managed to produce a standard S-Class Potion would have the ability to create an over-spec version.

Lin Qi figured that Guang Ling was probably lurking and frantically searching for clues right now.

But Guang Ling would inevitably find nothing, only concluding that he was "mysterious."

Capitalist: "Wizard, your new potion technology is progressing too quickly. I’m afraid this potion might have some problems, right?"

That was Capitalist for you—always the same. Although Lin Qi had only said two sentences, she had already deduced at least five layers of implications.

According to Capitalist’s speculation, if there was nothing wrong with the potion, Lin Qi would have had no reason to drop such a random, out-of-context sentence in the Mercenary Corps’ temporary chat.

Perhaps Wizard needed to entrust this potion to someone, but it most likely wasn’t for free.

This was also why Lin Qi disliked dealing with Capitalist; she loved to get to the bottom of everything.

Wizard: "This is the first breakthrough with the new technology, and also the first S-Class Potion sample. I need a Tier Four Extraordinary to participate in testing this potion."

Wizard: "According to current instrument data, the efficacy of this S-Class Potion is quite astounding. We can’t rule out the possibility that a Tier Four Extraordinary’s body might not be able to withstand it. Furthermore, the Willpower contained in the potion might be affected by the efficacy, leading to uncontrollable enhancement or weakening."

Lin Qi’s words were very tactful. First was the issue of Spiritual Particle concentration.

Observed through his Spiritual Vision, the concentration of Spiritual Particles adhering to this thing was nearly on par with Tier Three Extraordinary Items.

Directly consuming or injecting this potion would be almost the same as directly consuming or injecting a Tier Three Extraordinary Item.

The last person Lin Qi knew who had injected a Tier Three Extraordinary Item was Wang Qiang from the Doomsday World. Although he had grown stronger, he wasn’t far from death.

Even if he didn’t die, he would sooner or later become a cyber madman, and it wouldn’t take long for that to happen.

And you have to remember, Wang Qiang himself was a Tier Three Extraordinary; his body was by no means weak.

As for the second tactful point in Lin Qi’s message, it concerned the Willpower.

Lin Qi had never seen an S-Class Potion from the Cyber World!

Lin Qi had absolutely no idea how much Willpower a genuine S-Class Potion was supposed to contain!

In any case, the current concentration was definitely much weaker than the original Blood Moon Will.

This was a purified version; a massive amount of Holy Light had annihilated the Blood Moon Will, transforming it into pure Will Power within the S-Class Potion.

Lin Qi didn’t know if this concentration was higher or lower compared to the Cyber World’s version.

So Lin Qi had to use the term "uncontrollable" to explain it away.

As for the reason?

He would just blame it on the Spiritual Particle concentration, of course!

In any case, none of the members of the Highest-Level Mercenary Corps were Pharmaceutical Researchers. Moreover, even Pharmaceutical Researchers in the Cyber World had not yet established a systematic understanding of something like Spiritual Particles.

Master Ma: "Based on Wizard’s description, only Extraordinary Professionals like Martial Artists would be able to help with the test. Extraordinary Professionals like Wizards don’t focus on physical enhancement and most likely couldn’t withstand it. I am willing to help with the test and provide a full report on the results. And I can pay a sum of Credit Points."