Lin Qi flatly refused.
Xia Chu glanced at Lin Qi with some suspicion. Usually, Lin Qi was clearly the more eager one.
Lin Qi straightened his expression, unwilling to dwell on these matters.
He took out the five remaining Crimson Crystals. After the experiment just now, Lin Qi could be sure that Crimson Crystals were harmless to Wizards.
Taking them directly would most likely have an even stronger effect on strengthening the body.
Lin Qi thought the method mentioned on the broadcast—placing one under the tongue—was worth trying.
He put a Crimson Crystal in his mouth and held it under his tongue.
He entered Psychic Vision and observed how the Crimson Crystal changed.
Spiritual Energy Particles seeped out at a steady rate, entering his body through the blood vessels beneath his tongue and flowing throughout him with his blood.
"Judging by the total amount of Spiritual Energy Particles in one Crimson Crystal, its effects are almost on par with an M-level enhancement serum."
"Twelve doses of M-level enhancement serum can help a Martial Artist reach First Rank. Does that mean I only need twelve Crimson Crystals to gain a Martial Artist's physique?"
A First Rank Martial Artist had two and a half times the strength and stamina of an ordinary person without cybernetic implants. Their combat ability was comparable to someone implanted with a full set of M-level cybernetics.
Second Rank Martial Artists matched L-level cybernetics, while Third Rank ones matched A-level Cybernetic Bodies.
The Martial Artist was the most common Extraordinary Profession in the Cyber World, and Martial Artists were the primary consumers of enhancement serums produced by the major corporations.
"Absorption is a little slow. It takes about six hours to absorb one crystal. If I could develop the crystals into an enhancement serum, perhaps I could improve the absorption rate."
A careful calculation showed that absorbing Crimson Crystals would take at least three days to reach First Rank combat strength.
Before the Gate finished cooling down, Lin Qi could absorb no more than three and a half more Crimson Crystals.
"Xia Chu, take this. Hold it under your tongue, like the broadcast said."
Lin Qi had more or less figured out what the Crimson Crystals were for, so he handed the remaining ones to Xia Chu.
Xia Chu obediently accepted them.
"Stay in the room and don't go anywhere. Absorbing the crystals can strengthen your body. Keep your hammer close. These Zombies aren't very strong, so I'm going to keep clearing them out of this building."
"The broadcast must have had a reason for advising survivors to clear out the Zombies as soon as possible. I need to eliminate any potential risks."
Lin Qi made arrangements for Xia Chu.
Xia Chu started to speak, but Lin Qi immediately cut her off. "If you follow me around, I'll have to worry about keeping you safe. It'll distract me."
It was just an excuse.
If Xia Chu kept following him, Lin Qi was worried she would notice something was off.
After all, he wasn't the Lin Qi from this parallel world. The little habits were bound to give him away.
"Okay."
Xia Chu's quiet response put Lin Qi more at ease.
He left the room and closed the door. The moral burden weighing on Lin Qi lifted a little.
"There aren't many people in the Cyber World with as much decency as me."
With a self-deprecating remark, Lin Qi set off to clear out the Zombies.
The building had twenty-two floors. In his Psychic Vision, Lin Qi saw that seventy-one Zombies and three survivors remained in his section of the building.
A Zombie with its head blown off still lay in the hallway on the fifteenth floor.
It looked like Xia Chu had come up from the fifteenth floor.
Lin Qi didn't understand why a couple would rent separate apartments in the same building.
Living together, but not quite living together. He didn't get it, but he was glad it was that way.
Otherwise, Xia Chu would have caught him red-handed the first time he came through the Gate.
If something like that had really happened, Lin Qi couldn't guarantee his "decency" would have survived—especially after learning that the Doomsday World still had a government.
His L-level Exoskeleton probably couldn't withstand concentrated heavy fire.
He quickly cleared the Zombies from the building. The survivors didn't seem inclined to follow the broadcast's advice. Perhaps they didn't know how to use a radio in the Doomsday World.
Lin Qi fought his way down from the twenty-second floor to the first, then wrapped seventy-two Crimson Crystals in a bedsheet and returned to the twenty-second floor.
The extra one came from the Zombie Xia Chu had decapitated. Lin Qi didn't let it go to waste.
After all that, he had enough Crimson Crystals for the time being.
As for the other two sections of the building, Lin Qi left them alone for now.
Lin Qi wanted to find out why the broadcast had urged survivors to clear out the Zombies as soon as possible.
Would stronger Zombies appear? Or other kinds of monsters?
Would other kinds of Extraordinary Items appear?
As a Wizard, Lin Qi needed a variety of Extraordinary Items more than he needed large quantities of them.
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