Liu Xuan and Liu Li

T0-level Mercenary Group—that's Guangleng's problem.

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"Highest Level" Mercenary Group?

Lin Qi didn't think a mercenary group with only five members could achieve such a feat, as its name suggested.

He piloted the flying vehicle and landed it on the top floor of the research institute.

The institute had only 17 floors, not very tall, and the number of employees wasn't as large as imagined.

This institute only housed research projects below A-level.

According to research classification, projects were generally divided into five levels: M, L, A, S, and X.

M was the general series, L the high-end series, and A the military grade. A-level research products generally didn't circulate on the market.

As for S and X, those were projects Lin Qi couldn't access yet.

It was said that X-level research projects involved planetary exploration, already capable of enabling a cybernetic body to land on the moon solo.

No rocket, mechanical ascension, cybernetic moon landing—that kind of project was pretty insane.

Just as he left the flying vehicle, Lin Qi spotted another flying vehicle landing almost simultaneously with his.

That flying vehicle bore the LOGO of Liu Heavy Industries—a premium model, one of which could buy at least a hundred of Lin Qi's.

The premium vehicle's door slowly opened, and two young ladies of the Liu family stepped out.

The first to exit was named Liu Xuan, an old acquaintance of Lin Qi's; the two had known each other for five years.

Liu Xuan wore sunglasses, with almost no cybernetics on her body, save for a faint blue glow in her left eye.

As she passed Lin Qi, Liu Xuan greeted him flatly: "What a coincidence. Good morning."

Lin Qi nodded. It was quite a coincidence.

This was his 399th day working at the Red Fruit Weapons Research Institute, and also the 372nd morning encounter.

As for evening encounters after work? Slightly fewer than the morning ones—only 371 times.

Behind Liu Xuan was her younger sister, Liu Li. Compared to Liu Xuan, Liu Li's body was even cleaner, showing no visible trace of cybernetic implants from the outside.

As Liu Li passed Lin Qi: "How do you clock in right on the dot every day? You're such a..."

Before Liu Li could finish, Liu Xuan pulled her away.

Lin Qi actually wanted to argue.

What was wrong with clocking in right on the dot? Even a cybernetic workhorse shouldn't be squeezed this hard!

In his year working for the Red Fruit Weapons Research Institute, he had developed seven models of arm and leg cybernetics, and one micro-nuclear powered heart.

Counting this H-L-023 micro-nuclear powered heart, he had already completed three L-level research projects.

Which L-level researcher was as driven as him?

Look into my eyes! Tell me! What's wrong with clocking in right on the dot!

Lin Qi didn't say that out loud, though.

The products Lin Qi developed were actually all tailored for himself. Considering the convenience of obtaining finished products for exoskeleton modification at his own cybernetic clinic, the product designs were fairly standard within the L-level classification—had highlights, but not many.

It was basically using public resources for private gain.

Watching the two sisters walk away, Lin Qi thought back to the malicious glare he had sensed in the car earlier.

Could that mercenary's target be them?

Probably not?

How many credit points would it take to move against those two ancestors? Even a million might not be enough?

Others might not know, but Lin Qi had known Liu Xuan for years, and had realized back in their school days.

This ancestor wasn't just an ordinary member of the Liu family.

Through his psychic vision, Lin Qi discovered that this ancestor had at least two bodyguards in the shadows.

And both bodyguards had A-level cybernetic modifications at over 60%—a cybernetic modification rate above 50% was already enough to be called full-body cyberneticization.

The variety of weapons they carried was also ample, enough to handle a small-scale firefight.

The combat power of those two bodyguards, taken individually, might be enough to go toe-to-toe with Master Ma, the pillar of the "Highest Level" Mercenary Group.

But that was only without considering supernatural combat power.

Master Ma's cybernetic implant level seemed to be only A-level.

Lin Qi had witnessed combat power at that level during a past mission.

Full-body A-level cybernetic modification could reach the third-tier combat power of a martial artist without any cybernetics, capable of taking on an 8-man riot control task force solo.

"Warning? Probably unnecessary. With two Master Ma-level combatants, even if our 'Highest Level' Mercenary Group showed up, we might not gain an advantage, let alone here in Red Fruit City."

"With Red Fruit City's surveillance density and smart algorithms, that mercenary squad might have already been exposed."

Targeting a member of the Liu family in Red Fruit City—even a cyberpsycho wouldn't do something like that.

Liu Heavy Industries' grip on Red Fruit City was nothing short of psychotic. Even just hiding his Wizard identity put Lin Qi under immense pressure.

He stepped into the employee elevator. The built-in system detected Lin Qi's identity and automatically headed for the 13th Floor. The research institute assigned floors from highest to lowest according to research classification.

M-level sat at the top floor, A-level at the bottom.

The weapons research institute's security system was airtight; researchers could only access their own floor.

In another elevator, sisters Liu Xuan and Liu Li were heading to Basement Level 2. Both held L-level research ranks, but their status meant their lab was more central than even A-level researchers'.

"Sis, I've had it. Every day we waste half an hour waiting!" Liu Li grabbed Liu Xuan's arm and shook it.

Liu Xuan said nothing, as if still lost in thought.

"Sis!"

Liu Li raised her voice.

"Mm, I'm listening." Liu Xuan replied flatly, the smile on her lips not yet fading.

Liu Li was frustrated: "Sis, what do you even see in him? 30% cyberization? That cybernetic lunatic Lin Qi is clearly gunning for the 95% limit—every product he develops, he installs on himself."

"He's a destined case of Cyberpsychosis. Anyone over 80% cybernetic modification goes mad."

Liu Xuan shook her head: "You don't understand."

Liu Xuan knew clearly that her feelings for Lin Qi were pathological.

But that sickness stemmed from an experiment accident she herself had caused.

That accident had forged a strange bond between two people who should never have crossed paths on a class level.

Controllable, but not fully suppressible—this was a post-accident attachment on a personality level.

Only Liu Xuan understood that if Lin Qi vanished from her life, she would inevitably become a madwoman, a cybernetic madwoman.

Even though her cyberization was less than 5%.

"I really don't know what you're after. His pile of steel cybernetics?"

"You could pick any random one from the corporate warehouse and it'd be tougher than his."

Of course Liu Li didn't understand. She was a pure natural human with zero cybernetic modification.

Someone without cybernetic modification couldn't grasp the impact of cybernetics on the human Mental Level, let alone how much that accident years ago had affected Liu Xuan.

Red Fruit Weapons Research Institute, 13th Floor. Lin Qi had barely taken a few steps out of the elevator when someone stopped him.

Clang!

The sound of metal hitting the floor was loud.

Lin Qi looked down in front of him.

A young man with only his legs cyberized knelt before Lin Qi: "Please, big shot, save my life!"