Free Web NovelChapter 198: Chapter 168: You Are the Blood Moon
Wang Qiang’s expression was taut, showing no apparent change from before.
But a closer look at his breathing and heart rate would reveal his visible tension.
Nearby, Ding Yang quickly stepped forward to mediate, first addressing Wang Qiang.
"Major Wang Qiang, you don’t need to question Lin Qi’s technical abilities."
"The Tier Three Monster in Beining District before wasn’t much weaker than this one."
"Wu Peihe witnessed the power of Lin Qi’s weapon firsthand. The monster was annihilated—nothing left but scraps and meat paste everywhere."
As he spoke, Ding Yang had a sudden thought. "Wait a minute. Lin Qi, how come the effect of this weapon is different from what Wu Peihe saw?"
According to Lin Qi’s description, the S-Class Oriented Energy Release Device should have incinerated the monster.
That had nothing to do with the meat paste Wu Peihe had seen.
Lin Qi glanced at Ding Yang.
’The old fox is doing this on purpose, isn’t he?’
’He knows I want to show off my muscle, so he’s bringing this up on purpose?’
Lin Qi smoothly took the cue from Ding Yang. He lowered his hand and pointed to the S-Class Ultrahigh-Frequency Acoustic Resonator on the M-Class Mecha.
He continued, addressing Wang Qiang, "Director Ding must be talking about that one. It’s also an S-Class weapon: the S-Class Ultrahigh-Frequency Acoustic Resonator. You can probably guess what it does from the name."
"It has a conical kill zone and is exceptionally effective against carbon-based life forms. It automatically analyzes the enemy’s biological data to select different resonant frequencies, allowing it to turn carbon-based organisms into meat paste without causing widespread structural damage."
"Of course, it’s an S-Class weapon, so I don’t need to elaborate on its destructive power. Even a Tier Four Monster would likely be toast if it took a direct hit."
"This one’s pretty fun, too. The power is adjustable. How about I dial it down to an A-Class or L-Class lethality level and let Major Wang have a little taste?"
Two S-Class Weapons. This was the source of Lin Qi’s confidence when facing the Dragon Country’s official Extraordinaries in the Doomsday World.
Currently, the strongest known Extraordinaries in the Doomsday World were only Tier Three. An S-Class weapon wouldn’t even need half its power to kill them.
In a fight between equals, an Extraordinary would certainly have the upper hand. But Lin Qi had access to S-Class Weapons.
He even had a connection through Guang Ling. If the Extraordinaries in the Doomsday World started advancing even faster in the future, Lin Qi could grit his teeth, swallow his pride, and borrow from Liu Xuan. Getting his hands on X-Class weapons wasn’t out of the question.
In contrast, the most powerful tech-based weapons in the Doomsday World were merely strategic nuclear weapons.
In the Cyber World, those would only merit an S-Class rating, and they were far more difficult to use in practical combat than conventional S-Class Weapons.
Trying to nuke an Extraordinary would only work if they were idiots, like that bunch of Knights in Greenfield City.
Success was only possible through a calculated ambush against an unsuspecting target.
Before he knew it, Lin Qi had walked right up to Wang Qiang.
As an elite of the Dragon Country, Wang Qiang was not short, standing a solid 1.82 meters tall.
But Lin Qi was wearing an A-Class Exoskeleton, which boosted his 1.81-meter frame to over two meters in height.
To meet Lin Qi’s gaze, Wang Qiang had to tilt his head back.
The angle alone put him at an immediate disadvantage.
Especially since he had no legitimate reason to try and intimidate Lin Qi.
His Momentum weakened even further.
He forced a smile onto his stiff face and said to Lin Qi, "You’re joking, Mr. Lin. How could such a powerful weapon be aimed at our own people? It’s a tradition in our Dragon Country that you should never point your weapon at a teammate."
Lin Qi smiled back. "So now I’m a teammate?"
To be honest, Lin Qi didn’t have a very good impression of Wang Qiang, or of anyone from Headquarters for that matter.
’Where did these people get off being so arrogant?’
’Couldn’t they accept the idea of an independent powerhouse or scientist emerging from outside their official ranks?’
On second thought, maybe that arrogance wasn’t entirely unfounded.
Across the entire Doomsday World, besides himself, there really didn’t seem to be any other exceptions to the rule.
The so-called independent experts were most likely Moon Worshipers.
Otherwise, without the Dragon Country’s official methods for enhancing Spiritual Particle activity, how could any unaffiliated Extraordinary possibly keep pace with the officially backed ones?
And as for independent scientists?
’Don’t be ridiculous. Who’s doing scientific research in the middle of the apocalypse?’
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’Do they think scientific breakthroughs just fall from the sky?’
Lin Qi was only able to do this because he could travel between two worlds. The knowledge in his head wasn’t from his own research; he was simply standing on the shoulders of giants.
Wang Qiang was taken aback by Lin Qi’s retort, but he wasn’t angry. Or rather, he didn’t dare to be.
Could he really make a move against Lin Qi?
No!
He had no legitimate reason to. If he rashly offended Lin Qi, forget about Director Ding—even when he got back to Headquarters, he would face severe disciplinary action.
He couldn’t make a move against Lin Qi, but Lin Qi wasn’t an official, government-affiliated person. frёewebηovel.cѳm
If he really pissed Lin Qi off, what if the kid decided to use those two S-Class... things... on him? A couple of shots...
He wouldn’t even know what hit him.
Wang Qiang didn’t believe for a second that his Tier Three Extraordinary body was any tougher than the Tier Three Monster that had been on the verge of evolving into Tier Four.
Wang Qiang could only swallow his pride and force another smile. "Mr. Lin, you really know how to joke. The Mo University Camp is a unit recognized by Headquarters. We’re sister units. We’re all goddamn brothers!"
Hearing this, Lin Qi instinctively glanced over at Ding Yang.
Those words sounded a little familiar.
Lin Qi’s expression was odd, as if to ask, ’Do all you official types talk like this?’
Ding Yang could only pretend not to notice.
But seeing that look, Ding Yang knew the matter was closed. Lin Qi wouldn’t fall out with him over a few thoughtless remarks from Wang Qiang.
