Class A Wanted Fugitive

This blood-stained metal fragment and Lu Haisheng's biological chip were first sent to the Wucheng branch of Xinghe Company, and the personnel translating the biological chip held a rank even higher than Professor Xu. As for the content, it was classified as the company's highest secret.

In a secret meeting room of the Xinghe Company branch, a high-ranking executive was reporting the situation via a secure video conference to other executives and decision-makers of the company worldwide.

“This is the intelligence we currently possess. We utilized the unique biological characteristics and super-matter energy of the second-dimensional world to manufacture a metal fragment box replicating the Yuanqi Card. Upon coming into contact with that Wu Ming's blood, an unbelievable reaction occurred. Things that originally could not exist in our world have been successfully replicated—namely, those black shadows in the video just now, which we call death wraiths. In the second-dimensional world, they belong to second-tier Yuanqi creatures. Most of our personnel were killed by those wraiths. However, what happened next caught us by surprise. The person who looked like Wu Ming actually possessed physical attributes nearly ten times greater than an ordinary human, killing all those possessed by the wraiths and annihilating the wraiths themselves. All of this was recorded in Lu Haisheng's biological chip, and its authenticity is unquestionable.” The executive finished his report and waited for the reactions of the other executives.

Sure enough, the executives of Xinghe Company were extremely shocked, especially the most mysterious leader of Xinghe Company, who was the first to ask a question.

“Who is that Wu Ming?” The speaker had no video feed; this was a special arrangement designed to protect all key figures of Xinghe Company. Even the company's high-ranking executives did not know what their mysterious boss looked like. However, without a doubt, their boss was the wealthiest and most powerful person in this world, capable of almost anything.

The manager of the Wucheng branch immediately said respectfully, “Wu Ming is a tier-one temporary employee of the experimental department at the Wucheng branch. His clone in the second-dimensional world performed reasonably well and successfully awakened. According to the company's talent recruitment plan, any human clone who successfully awakens in the second-dimensional world will be hired by the company based on their awakening level and strength. In this way, Xinghe Company can control the most outstanding people in the world.”

“I am asking, who is the Wu Ming in the memory of Lu Haisheng's biological chip? As far as I know, our tier-one temporary employee has been under control and surveillance for several days now. So where did this Wu Ming on the outside come from?” The Chairman of Xinghe Company questioned. This time, cold sweat dripped from the forehead of the Wucheng branch manager. He didn't know the answer either. Wu Ming was clearly under the company's control and surveillance, yet Lu Haisheng's memories could not be faked.

Could it be a 'clone?'

Thinking of this possibility, the executive immediately dismissed the speculation. Obviously, clones could not exist in this world; all human clones only existed in the second-dimensional world. This was the highest secret of Xinghe Company.

“What? You don't know the situation? The person who looks like Wu Ming possesses powerful strength, and his blood can even activate Wu Ming's test subject, bringing the formidable power of the second-dimensional world back to the real world. Do you understand what this means? It means we might discover a way to perfectly replicate powerful weapons and biological abilities from the second-dimensional world. It means we can use this to become the rulers of the real world. By then, the so-called major nations and superpowers will be worth nothing in front of our Xinghe Company. Therefore, immediately dispatch personnel to study the blood we have obtained. Furthermore, no matter the cost, capture the person who looks like Wu Ming alive. This is what I expect to see. Do not disappoint me!” After saying this, the Chairman of Xinghe Company left the meeting, and the other branch executives also disconnected one after another.

The Wucheng branch manager was drenched in sweat, but he knew this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If he seized it, his status would rise. Currently a level-five manager of the company, if he handled this well, he might be promoted to level-six.

At this moment, he made a phone call.

“Use all connections to immediately issue a warrant for Wu Ming's arrest and put out a bounty. Remember, failure is not an option!”

After speaking, the level-five manager hung up. Following his command, a tempest immediately swept through Wucheng. Both the underworld and the authorities received the wanted poster at the first opportunity, and all of it was targeted at Wu Ming.

In a budget hotel, Wu Ming sat on a chair and took out several Lingyuan Cards he had painstakingly obtained. Excluding the one he had used, only five cards remained. These five cards were clearly different from the Yuanqi Cards Wu Ming was familiar with. They were covered in a layer of soft light, but because this world lacked Yuanqi, they acted like batteries; over a long period, the Yuanqi on the Lingyuan Cards would slowly dissipate.

Currently, Wu Ming wanted to craft some weapons and even Yuanqi creatures. He planned to make a trip to Xinghe Company for two purposes: one was to find 'himself' of this world, and the other was to see if Mentor Kerrigan was among the other 'infected' individuals. Of course, the young boy who had merged with the A Mu consciousness would likely also return to look for 'himself,' which was another reason Wu Ming wanted to go. Although Wu Ming was confident in his own strength, he never underestimated his opponents. Even a security guard from Xinghe Company possessed weapons, equipment, and training comparable to regular special forces. From this alone, Xinghe Company was clearly not simple. Facing such a colossus, Wu Ming naturally wanted to plan ahead and make proper preparations.

He took out a dagger and a pistol confiscated from the enemy, then tested the material, hardness, and sharpness of the dagger. It was a success; Wu Ming was quite satisfied with the dagger. He then ejected the pistol's magazine and examined it. It had decent power, but currently, Wu Ming lacked the tools and parts to modify it. If he used Lingyuan Cards to enhance the bullets' power, although the lethality would be astonishing, he didn't have that many Lingyuan Cards. And if he only applied Yuanqi runes to the gun itself, once the ammunition was depleted, replenishing it would be a hassle.

After some thought, Wu Ming gave up on applying runes to the pistol. That thing was only good for intimidating people. For the current Wu Ming, its practicality was far inferior to a well-crafted combat dagger. As long as Yuanqi runes were engraved on the dagger, unless it was completely destroyed, its power would persist indefinitely.

This time, Wu Ming planned to consume two Lingyuan Cards to engrave a 'Primary Frost Rune' on the dagger. This was a Yuanqi method used by the High Priests of the Orc Empire, similar to the 'blessings' of Empire knights; blessed weapons and armor were far more powerful than unblessed ones, sometimes even carrying special effects. True to its name, the frost rune could add freezing damage and grant the dagger the ability to harm Yuanqi creatures.

He watched as the two Lingyuan Cards in his hand dissolved into a ball of pure Yuanqi. Then, like a red-hot iron touching wax, a sequence of sixteen runic symbols was engraved onto the dagger. At first, wisps of blue smoke rose, and once the sixteen runes were fully engraved, the Yuanqi from the two Lingyuan Cards completely merged into them. The once-ordinary dagger, which was at most made of good material and very sharp, now emitted a faint blue glow along its blade.

Wu Ming picked up the dagger, twirled it with great familiarity, and suddenly slashed.

A mineral water bottle sitting nearby was sliced in two. Normally, the water inside would splash out and cover the floor. However, the moment Wu Ming's dagger cut through the bottle, it fell to the ground with a thud without a single drop of water escaping, because the water inside had been frozen into a block of ice the instant the blade sliced through.

“Not bad, it can reach the standard of a tier-two weapon!” Wu Ming looked at the dagger in his hand and nodded. Honestly, Wu Ming would have disdained to use such a weapon in the Yuanqi world. If his WanShu Sword stabbed into a six-story building, the destructive Yuanqi on it could reduce the entire building to rubble in a single second—a power vastly superior to this dagger. However, the WanShu Sword was a tier-seven weapon, and currently, he had no way to retrieve it. Without Yuanqi, Wu Ming couldn't use the World Card. Right now, the Skeleton King World Card was like a powerful smartphone with no battery; activating it and making it run was definitely not something a few Lingyuan Cards could achieve.

Understanding the logic behind this, Wu Ming had no intention of trying to activate the World Card.

With a weapon in hand, Wu Ming still needed a subordinate capable of holding their own—a creature servant. Sometimes, having such a capable assistant was truly necessary. With only three Lingyuan Cards left, Wu Ming had already made plans. Earlier, he had taken a detour to a pet market and spent eighty yuan to buy a toad. The money on Wu Ming had been taken from the Xinghe Company security personnel. It wasn't much, but barely enough. The shop owner selling the toad swore up and down that this hand-sized, rather ugly, wart-covered toad was imported from Brazil. However, in Wu Ming's view, this toad's place of origin was at most a pond in the suburbs of Wucheng, making it a local resident.

But that didn't matter. Wu Ming knew a simple mutation method; three Lingyuan Cards were enough to turn this ordinary toad into a ferocious 'Voodoo Spirit Toad.'

Just then, the entertainment program playing on the television was suddenly interrupted by an emergency broadcast, showing a wanted notice.

“Early this morning, a series of vicious homicides occurred in our city. Twenty-nine temporary employees of Xinghe Company were murdered. According to reports, the suspect is also a temporary employee of Xinghe Company, named Wu Ming, male... The police have listed him as a Class A Wanted Fugitive. Anyone who provides relevant leads will receive a handsome reward...”