Super Gene Ⅱ: Evolution

Lin Shen had waited for over ten hours when the pet egg he won from the Shaggy Old Celestial finally cracked open.

A small black beast broke through the eggshell and crawled out, resembling a delicate obsidian kirin.

Lin Shen immediately pointed a finger and immobilized the newly born Jade Exquisite, preventing it from moving until a pleading look appeared in its fierce eyes. Only then did Lin Shen release its pressure points.

As soon as it regained the ability to move, the Jade Exquisite bit at him. Lin Shen's finger struck its pressure points with lightning speed once more.

"Little guy, you're still trying to trick me? You're way too early, wait a few more years," said Lin Shen with an amused look.

Lin Shen pulled up a chair and sat in front of it, locking eyes with the beast. After a long while, the Jade Exquisite's gaze grew increasingly helpless.

Seeing that the time was right, Lin Shen released its pressure points. The Jade Exquisite obediently handed over its Pet Key and then pounced on the eggshell, nibbling at it one bite at a time.

Lin had thought that after the Jade Exquisite ate the eggshell, its size would increase. To his surprise, it did grow a bit after finishing the eggshell, but only slightly, just a bit larger than his palm, remaining exceptionally miniature.

Lin Shen used the Pet Key to turn it into a capsule and then reviewed its information.

Mutated Jade Exquisite: Ten-stage Ascendant.

Strength: 160.3.

Speed: 162.

Hardness: 161.6.

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Toughness: 162.

Life Base: Mutated Jade Seal.

Base Change Talent: Mutated Luck Aura, Mutant Jade Transformation, Mutant Linglong Heart.

Mutant Jade: Ten-stage Ascendant Life Base.

Base Talent: Suppressing Mountains and Rivers.

Lin Shen's mouth fell open in astonishment. This creature really was a ten-stage Mutated Ascendant. The Shaggy Old Celestial hadn't deceived him.

"Does that Shaggy Old Celestial know the grade of this pet egg? Did he try to fool someone only for me to come across a bargain, or did he know the grade of the pet egg and still willingly accepted the loss? If it's the latter, the Shaggy Old Celestial's identity might not be so simple," Lin Shen pondered in secret.

Lin Shen remembered the Shaggy Old Celestial had personally mentioned it was a Mutated Jade Exquisite, so there was a high chance he had conceded willingly.

Lin Shen tested various skills of the Mutated Jade Exquisite. The Luck Aura could be used to bless itself or others, but after receiving the aura, Lin didn't notice any change in his attributes or capabilities and wasn't sure of the exact benefits of the luck.

Mutant Jade Transformation was a skill for the Jade Exquisite's self-use, which could increase its own hardness, and only its hardness.

The increase in hardness was not simply a doubling but had directly reinforced its own hardness to one thousand.

A thousand was a substantial number; even with all of Lin Shen's skills activated, he was still far from reaching that number.

However, the restrictions of Mutant Jade Transformation were also considerable; only hardness was enhanced, with no corresponding increase in toughness. This meant that the overall strength of the body wasn't as formidable as one thousand might suggest, and it was particularly vulnerable to the impact of heavy weapons. For sharp-edged weapons like swords, however, its defense was quite effective.

Moreover, because of the excessive hardness and low toughness, the Mutated Jade Exquisite would become completely stiff after using the Mutant Jade Transformation, nearly unable to move at all.

Mutant Linglong Heart was a perceptual skill that, once activated, allowed the Jade Exquisite to sense various power fluctuations nearby, though its exact usefulness in combat was yet to be determined.

The Base Talent "Suppressing Mountains and Rivers" can weaken the Attributes and power of skills of various creatures within its range, somewhat similar to Wei Wufu's White Robe.

"This thing can only be used as a support, but even just the Suppressing Mountains and Rivers Skill alone is already worth a fortune," Lin Shen was very satisfied with Jade Exquisite, with its Ten-stage Ascension, its Attributes could be considered top-tier, and it possessed a skill like Suppressing Mountains and Rivers.

Although its own combat ability was not strong, its support capability was powerful.

"Combining Suppressing Mountains and Rivers with the sixth move of Fan Dance could greatly weaken the enemy's combat strength. If we add Wei's White Robe ability on top of that, who knows if we'll have a chance to battle a Nirvana Level powerhouse," Lin Shen knew that this kind of weakening skill was very rare.

Enhancement skills were quite common, but he had seen very few weakening skills, which is why Lin Shen found Jade Exquisite to be very practical.

After obtaining Jade Exquisite, Lin Shen planned to sleep and then set off for Giant Ring Star.

Unexpectedly, someone from the Imperial Palace came and summoned him to the palace.

Originally, Lin Shen thought it was the Heavenly Emperor who wanted to see him and went to the same place where he had met the Heavenly Emperor last time, which was the palace where the Heavenly Consort lived. However, he discovered that there was no Heavenly Emperor behind the curtain, only the Peacock Clan's Heavenly Consort.

"Celestial Master Tian of the Celestial Master Institute pays his respects to the Heavenly Consort," Lin Shen said, separated by the curtain, unable to see the Heavenly Consort. Even without the curtain, with her body pixelated, Lin Shen could not discern her appearance.

"Chief of the Heavenly Institute, you met my brother Kong Chuan, what do you think of him?" asked the Heavenly Consort, her somewhat cold voice carrying from behind the curtain.

"Magnificent and peerless among men," Lin Shen replied.

"I didn't ask you here to hear these flattering words; just answer truthfully," the Heavenly Consort said indifferently.

"If the Heavenly Consort wishes to hear the truth, then please forgive my impudence," Lin Shen pondered before speaking, "Kong Chuan is currently a tiger that has fallen to the plains, a dragon stuck in shallow waters, somewhat dispirited."

"You are just good at speaking pleasant words, not sincere at all," the Heavenly Consort said coldly: "Since you went to find him, you must want him to return to the Celestial Master Institute and accompany you to Giant Ring Star, right?"

"Indeed, I had such plans, but Kong Chuan has already rejected me," Lin Shen calculated inwardly, trying to figure out what the Heavenly Consort really meant.

"I can have my brother return to the Celestial Master Institute and go with you to Giant Ring Star to protect you thoroughly, but I have a condition," the Heavenly Consort's voice finally came through after a while.

"I really don't have any money," Lin Shen said, spreading his hands and putting on a bitter face.

The Heavenly Consort laughed with a 'pfft,' "Who said I wanted your money?"

"If it's not about money, then that's easy to discuss. May I know what your condition is?" With the mention of no money required, Lin Shen immediately turned his sorrow into joy.

"The Special Service Department of the Celestial Master Institute is now in name only and practically nonexistent, showing how incompetent its Chief is. The position of the Chief should be changed," stated the Heavenly Consort.

"After the matter of Giant Ring Star is concluded, Kong Chuan will be the Chief," Lin Shen agreed immediately.

"Don't agree so casually, do you even know who the current Special Service Department Chief is? If you agree to me and cannot deliver it when you return, I'm afraid you might not be able to bear the consequences," the Heavenly Consort warned coldly.

"Even without Kong Chuan, the position of the Chief of the Special Service Department cannot be held by someone with the An surname," Lin Shen stated calmly.

The Special Service Department was one of the Celestial Master Institute's most important departments.

Back when the Celestial Master Institute did the dirty and tiresome work for the Heavenly Emperor, it was the Special Service Department that sent people to gamble their lives; it could be said that the Special Service Department was the core of the Celestial Master Institute.

Unfortunately, the current Chief of the department is under the control of someone from the An Family First Mansion.

The previous Head of the Celestial Masters' Institute was personally killed by An1, and putting his own man in that position clearly meant he did not want the Institute to achieve anything further.

Lin Shen, as the head of the Institute, had gone out on assignments without even having his own men, thanks to the Special Service Department's contributions.

Even if the Heavenly Consort had not mentioned it, when he had the capacity, he would definitely take down the Special Service Department; otherwise, his position as the Head of the Celestial Masters' Institution would be nothing but in name.