Chapter 506 - 317: King Arthur and Master Ma Arrive at the Prosthetic Clinic (Part 2)

As a Mercenary, Lin Qi was a bit of an oddball.

He was already a Tier Three Extraordinary, yet he’d fought head-on only a handful of times.

Most of the time, Lin Qi just bullied newbies.

The combination of his Spiritual Vision and Blood Manipulation was enough to handle ninety percent of his problems.

Shaking his head slightly, Lin Qi muttered to himself, ’To hell with combat experience! Who needs it? With the accelerated Cultivation speed of the Doomsday World, I shouldn’t be looking for risks.’

’With my combination of Abilities, I don’t believe anyone could defeat me by fighting above their rank.’

’I don’t need to take risks by fighting those of a higher rank. I just need to make sure my Extraordinary Level is higher than everyone else’s!’

’This is the Cyber World, not some hot-blooded manga!’

Lin Qi’s gaze grew firmer. He swore to himself that he had to avoid anything as risky as what happened today from ever occurring again.

Even if it involved the Cyber World’s Blood Moon crisis, he should leave the fighting to front-line combatants like King Arthur and Master Ma as much as possible.

Wizard?

Everyone in the Highest-Level Mercenary Corps knew the Wizard was an intel guy!

Thinking of King Arthur and Master Ma, Lin Qi finally opened the temporary chat window for the Highest-Level Mercenary Corps.

While he was making his escape, King Arthur and Master Ma had also started running.

Lin Qi scrolled through the chat history.

King Arthur: "@Guang Ling, mission failed. Master Ma and I are being targeted by a Tier Four Peak. Quick, help us figure out an escape route!"

Guang Ling: "I’m accessing the Eastern Alliance’s data interfaces now. Just a moment ago, the Eastern Alliance dispatched a large number of Tier Fours to Red Fruit City as reinforcements—no fewer than nineteen of them. Almost all routes are blocked."

King Arthur: "Then what do we do? This Tier Four Peak ’auntie’ is bad news. The look she gave Master Ma as we were leaving was not right at all. It was like she wanted to eat him alive."

King Arthur: "The mission may have failed, but you can’t give up on us, Guang Ling! If she takes out Master Ma, it’s definitely not going to end well for me."

Guang Ling: "I suggest you hide out in Red Fruit City for now. Wait until the people from the Assassin Alliance and the Eastern Alliance complete their handover, then pull out."

Master Ma: "Stay in Red Fruit City? No way. She has a device that detects Tier Four Extraordinaries. King Arthur and I won’t be able to hide. If it were just one or two Tier Fours searching for us, we might be able to play cat and mouse and get away. But like you said, there will soon be more than twenty Tier Fours gathered in this city. That’s enough to fight an intercontinental war!"

King Arthur: "Guang Ling, you have to think of something!"

Reading up to this point, Lin Qi could tell King Arthur was panicking. At the same time, he was glad that he hadn’t become a Tier Four yet.

If he were a Tier Four, he feared it would be difficult to hide from Baili Xueyuan.

Frowning, Lin Qi thought, ’Although I won’t be exposed for now, Tier Four isn’t that far off for me. How am I supposed to hide myself then?’

After a moment of thought, Lin Qi realized that he probably needed to understand the principles behind the Eastern Alliance’s device for locating Tier Four Extraordinaries, but getting his hands on a sample would be difficult for the time being.

He continued reading the log.

Capitalist: "I’ve gotten the gist of the situation. @King Arthur, @Master Ma, if you can hide in Red Fruit City for 12 hours, the Big Business Alliance’s teams will arrive. I can arrange an opportunity for you to escape then."

Guang Ling: "Capitalist’s proposal is reasonable. Red Fruit City is already under heavy surveillance by the Eastern Alliance. To escape safely, we’ll have to forge new identities for you as other Tier Four Extraordinaries, and we’ll need to use the Big Business Alliance’s teams to do it."

King Arthur: "12 hours? Easy for you to say! That old hag has an instrument for finding Tier Fours! And that crone is a Tier Four Peak!"

Guang Ling: "I can use Red Fruit City’s cyber network DNS devices to continuously generate interference signals and reduce the accuracy of all her instruments. You and Master Ma need to be careful and stay away from Eastern Alliance personnel—maintain a distance of over three hundred meters, preferably."

Master Ma: "That shouldn’t be a problem. I guess this is our only option. @Capitalist, King Arthur and I owe you one."

King Arthur: "No problem? Master, did the Wizard treat you differently? Did he install your Prosthetic Body properly? Our combat power right now is probably worse than a Tier Three’s, right? I feel like my implants are going rafting inside my brain!"

Master Ma: "That is a problem. To evade the Eastern Alliance people, we need to get our Prosthetic Bodies reintegrated quickly. @Guang Ling, can you search for a reliable underground Prosthetic Clinic in Red Fruit City for us?"

Guang Ling: "I’ve already sent the information on Red Fruit City’s underground Prosthetic Clinics to your inboxes. You can choose one yourselves."

King Arthur: "Thanks!"

Reading the chat log to this point, Lin Qi’s expression suddenly changed.

’A reliable underground clinic in Red Fruit City?’

’It couldn’t be, right?’

’King Arthur and Master Ma wouldn’t actually come to the No. 1 Prosthetic Clinic, would they?’

’If they show up here, that’s going to be a huge problem...’

Lin Qi didn’t have his Spiritual Vision active, so he had no idea that at this very moment, in an underground tunnel in Edge-12 District, King Arthur and Master Ma were talking.

"Master, is Capitalist’s intel reliable? I just checked the cyber network. The most famous scheduled procedure at that Prosthetic Clinic recently is the Divine Iron Bull implant."

King Arthur’s expression was conflicted. No matter how she looked at it, this underground clinic called "No. 1 Prosthetic Clinic" seemed completely unreliable.

Master Ma’s gait was a little unsteady. He put away a bracelet-like communication device and said to King Arthur, "Capitalist’s intel is very accurate. And she mentioned something else interesting."

King Arthur rolled her eyes. "This is no time to be mysterious. What’s the interesting intel?"

The golden-haired girl was very impatient at the moment. That Wizard was such a piece of work. So damn strong, yet he ran so fast. And before he left, he just haphazardly slapped her Prosthetic Body parts on!

He didn’t care if they worked or not; he just installed them.

But after thinking about it more carefully, she couldn’t really blame the Wizard. After all, he wasn’t a professional Prosthetic Doctor. King Arthur knew full well how difficult it was to install her S-Class Prosthetic Body.

Master Ma’s expression became intriguing. He said, "Do you remember that new Potion the Wizard gave us?"

King Arthur tilted her head to look at Master Ma. "The Potion? What does the Potion have to do with this Prosthetic Clinic?"

Master Ma said, "According to Capitalist, the Wizard asked her for a favor before, regarding United Pharmaceutical."

"It seems United Pharmaceutical has some connection to the Wizard. Capitalist suspects the development of the new Potion is closely related to this up-and-coming, high-potential company."

"And the son of the underground Prosthetic Doctor at the clinic we’re going to is one of the directors of United Pharmaceutical."

"In other words, this Prosthetic Clinic might also have a connection to the Wizard."

"If I remember correctly, you have some way of contacting the Wizard, right? Why don’t you ask him for a favor? According to Guang Ling’s intel, the Prosthetic Doctor named Doctor Lin has skills that rank in the top three among the underground clinics in this city."

’A connection to the Wizard?’

Hearing this, King Arthur felt a sudden impulse to take out her bracelet.

But after a moment’s thought, a sliver of worry appeared in King Arthur’s mind.

’If I contact the Wizard like this, will he suspect I’ve been investigating him?’

King Arthur immediately dismissed the idea of contacting the Wizard. Instead, she said to Master Ma, "There’s no need to owe the Wizard another favor for something so small. He’s just an underground Prosthetic Doctor. As long as we have enough Credit Points, he won’t refuse us."

"Besides, we’re Tier Four Extraordinaries. If we force a Prosthetic Doctor to help us, he won’t be in any position to refuse."

King Arthur, as always, was considerate of others’ feelings. It wasn’t that she was thoughtless; most of the time, she was just too respectful of other people.

Master Ma nodded and didn’t say anything more.

It would indeed be impolite to contact the Wizard so rashly, especially since he had just risked himself to save them.

That was precisely why Master Ma hadn’t tried to contact the Wizard in the Highest-Level Mercenary Corps’ temporary chat, thinking it would be better for King Arthur, who was closer to him, to do it.

Unfortunately, this Golden Knight, King Arthur, was still too young and too shy!

Following the cyber network’s navigation, the two of them hurried through the underground tunnels. After about twenty minutes, they successfully arrived near the No. 1 Prosthetic Clinic.

The streets were empty. The commotion from the earlier fight had been significant, and everyone was holed up in their homes, waiting for instructions from the HGPD.

The pair easily found the sign for the No. 1 Prosthetic Clinic.

Although the sign outside the clinic read "Temporarily Closed," the two of them walked up and rang the doorbell anyway.

...

On the second floor, Lin Qi heard the sound and instantly activated his Spiritual Vision.

’Holy crap, they’re really here!’