Mutated Steel Tail Scorpion

Lin Shen's heart filled with joy. He quickly went to the incubation chamber and looked through the glass cover. He saw a crack appear on the Steel Tail Scorpion's Gene Mutation Egg.

Crack!

With another crisp sound, several more cracks appeared on the steel-like Gene Mutation Egg. These cracks all spread outwards from a single point.

Crack!

The center of the cracks was suddenly pierced through. A slightly curved, pitch-black steel stinger emerged, its tip flashing with a terrifyingly sharp chill.

Before Lin Shen could get a clear look at the black steel stinger, it suddenly retracted the next second.

Crack!

Almost the instant it retracted, the black steel stinger shot out again. Under continuous piercing, the eggshell couldn't withstand it and completely shattered. A black metal scorpion, entirely black and about the size of a palm, crawled out.

"Is this a Steel Tail Scorpion?" Lin Shen stared at the Steel Tail Scorpion that was currently gnawing on the eggshell, feeling a slight surprise.

Steel Tail Scorpions are a type of Gene Mutation Creature that are abundant near Blackbird Base and reproduce quickly. Their Gene Mutation Eggs aren't worth much; you can basically get one for the price of a meal.

Many Gene Mutators have Steel Tail Scorpions as pets, and even many ordinary people who haven't undergone gene mutation own Steel Tail Scorpion pets.

Lin Shen had seen so many wild and pet Steel Tail Scorpions, but he had never seen one like this.

Typically, Steel Tail Scorpions have a steel-colored shell, and most have some rust-like spots on their shells.

However, this Steel Tail Scorpion was entirely black, as if forged from dark iron. Its size was also slightly larger than a typical newborn Steel Tail Scorpion.

With no time to think further, Lin Shen quickly acted, taking out a few larger pieces of the eggshell. This greatly annoyed the Steel Tail Scorpion, which flailed its pincers and tail, trying to attack Lin Shen and reclaim the eggshell.

After trying a few times and realizing it couldn't attack Lin Shen at all, it angrily ate the remaining smaller pieces of eggshell first.

After eating, the Steel Tail Scorpion circled a few times, then leaped up and shot towards Lin Shen's face like a cannonball.

Lin Shen was prepared. He raised a metal shield he had already prepared and blocked it in front of him.

With a clang, the Steel Tail Scorpion's tail stung the metal shield, actually piercing a small hole. If its tail hook hadn't been long enough, the metal shield might have been completely pierced through.

Lin Shen was both surprised and delighted. The shield in his hand was forged from Alloy Creature materials. Logically, ordinary Steel Grade creatures shouldn't be able to break through its defense.

The Steel Tail Scorpion's strength and hardness shouldn't be enough to damage such a shield. Let alone a newly hatched Steel Tail Scorpion, even an adult Steel Tail Scorpion couldn't do it.

The fact that this Steel Tail Scorpion could directly pierce the Alloy Grade shield could only mean that its strength and hardness were much greater than those of a typical Steel Tail Scorpion.

"A Gene Mutation Egg with a Fire Seed is indeed different," Lin Shen blocked the Steel Tail Scorpion's attacks repeatedly until it gradually ran out of strength.

When Gene Mutation Creatures are first born, they need to eat their eggshell to replenish the energy consumed during hatching, which gives them strength.

This Steel Tail Scorpion only ate a little eggshell, so its energy wasn't replenished much, and it quickly became exhausted.

The Steel Tail Scorpion, no longer having the strength to attack Lin Shen, circled a few times and then suddenly arched its tail forward as much as possible, exposing its abdomen.

Its abdomen was also gleaming with a cold light like dark iron armor. A spot on it suddenly popped out, transforming into a small dark iron key that flew towards Lin Shen.

Lin Shen reached out and grabbed the key, letting out a slight sigh of relief. He put down the shield in his hand and placed the remaining eggshell in front of the Steel Tail Scorpion.

A Gene Mutation Creature that has just broken out of its egg is in a懵懂 state and has little energy. Luring it with the eggshell is the easiest opportunity to tame it. If this opportunity is missed, taming it will be much more troublesome.

The Steel Tail Scorpion quickly ate all the eggshell. Its body became even darker and colder, and a cold glint flickered on its tail.

With the Gene Mutation Key in hand, the Steel Tail Scorpion seemed to sense Lin Shen's thoughts. It crawled in front of Lin Shen, turned around, raised its tail, and aimed the keyhole under its abdomen at Lin Shen.

Lin Shen inserted the key and gently turned it. The Steel Tail Scorpion's body immediately underwent an incredible transformation.

Various parts of the Steel Tail Scorpion's body rotated, changing and contracting at the same time. Before long, it transformed into a small black metal capsule, only the size of a quail egg.

Lin Shen reached out and caught the Pet Capsule. He casually pulled out the key and looked at the information displayed on the side of the capsule.

Mutated Steel Tail Scorpion: Steel Grade Creature (Evolvable)

Strength: 10.

Speed: 9.9.

Hardness: 10.

Toughness: 10.

Gene Mutation Talent: Enhanced Armor-Piercing Sting.

Lin Shen was overjoyed when he saw the Steel Tail Scorpion's attributes.

Its four main stats were almost at the maximum for Steel Grade. Its Gene Mutation Talent was the Armor-Piercing Sting, which enhances armor-piercing ability, and it was even the Enhanced Armor-Piercing Sting. The Armor-Piercing Sting talent is common, but the Powerful Armor-Piercing Sting talent seems to only be possessed by some special Gene Mutation Creatures. This Mutated Steel Tail Scorpion was undoubtedly a top-tier offensive pet.

These things alone weren't enough to make Lin Shen so ecstatic. What truly surprised him was that this Mutated Steel Tail Scorpion actually had the evolvable attribute.

This meant that the Mutated Steel Tail Scorpion had a chance to advance to Alloy Grade or even Crystal Gene Level, and its value was incomparable to that of ordinary Steel Grade pets.

Although Superspeed Gunslinger is Alloy Grade, its potential is limited; there's no possibility of advancement. While it's a powerful helper for Lin Shen now, it's destined to be phased out in the future.

If this Mutated Steel Tail Scorpion is properly nurtured, its future role might be much greater than that of Superspeed Gunslinger.

"Fire Seed Gene Mutation Eggs are indeed extraordinary," Lin Shen put away the Mutated Steel Tail Scorpion capsule and looked at the other two Gene Mutation Eggs that hadn't hatched yet.

"Unfortunately... I don't have time..." Lin Shen shook his head with a bitter smile.

Gene mutation takes time, not just a day or two. If it weren't for the trip to Gourd Mountain, Lin Shen could have chosen one of the remaining two Gene Mutation Eggs and completed the gene mutation to advance to Steel Grade.

But now it was too late. The Qi and Wang families wouldn't wait for him to complete his gene mutation before going to Gourd Mountain.

So far, Bai Shenfei's allegiance is still unclear. Her actions have many contradictions, making it truly difficult to guess her intentions.

The Super Gene Evolution Seed on her makes her origin even more of a mystery, which Lin Shen finds truly difficult to judge.

Adding to that, there must be spies within the Lin Family, so it's a situation of both internal and external troubles.

Lin Shen found a backpack, put the remaining two Gene Mutation Eggs inside, and planned to take them to Gourd Mountain. If there was an opportunity, he might be able to complete the gene mutation there.

"These things are temporarily difficult to become true combat power. The abilities granted by the Fire Seed are more practical, but where can I get Fire Seeds? Where are there large numbers of Gene Mutation Eggs that I haven't seen?" Lin Shen pondered for a moment, then his eyes suddenly lit up. He thought of where there were large numbers of Gene Mutation Eggs that he hadn't seen.

The Gene Mutation Eggs in that place were not normal Gene Mutation Eggs; they were all dead eggs that had failed to hatch.

These Gene Mutation Eggs not only failed to hatch into Gene Mutation Creatures, but they also completely solidified during the hatching process and could no longer be used to extract Gene Mutation Fluid. Most of them would be melted down and used as industrial materials.

Although they were dead eggs, they were still Gene Mutation Eggs, and Lin Shen decided to try his luck.

The three major families have warehouses specifically for storing dead eggs. If Lin Shen wanted to see the warehouses of the other two families, he would have to find a way. He could look at his own family's warehouse whenever he wanted without any reservations.

"I hope the most recent batch of dead eggs hasn't been sent to the factory yet," Lin Shen didn't want to wait a moment longer. He left immediately and headed towards his family's warehouse for storing dead eggs.