Failed Evolution Creature

"Fifth Brother, what brings you here?" Cang Yun, who was guarding the warehouse, seemed very surprised to see Lin Shen.

Cang Yun was also an old member of the Lin Family. He was said to be over eighty years old. When Lin Shen's parents were still alive, he was already guarding the warehouse gate.

Later, when the Eldest Miss took charge, Cang Yun still guarded the warehouse gate.

According to the Eldest Miss, when their parents were still alive, Cang Yun often came to their house to have a couple of drinks and chat with Lin Shen's father. Their relationship was quite good.

After his parents passed away, Cang Yun didn't come to their house for meals as often.

"Uncle Cang, are there any Dead Eggs left in the warehouse? I'd like to take a few back," Lin Shen stated his purpose directly.

"The Eldest Miss hasn't been back for several months. Without her signature, the Dead Eggs haven't been transported to the factory for smelting yet, so there are quite a few," Cang Yun paused, then continued with a strange expression, "But Fifth Brother, the Lin Family has always conducted business with integrity for so many years. We've never done anything deceitful. Even if there are difficulties, they are only temporary. If we ruin the Lin Family's golden reputation, it will be hard to rebuild it later."

Lin Shen was slightly taken aback, then he understood that Cang Yun had misunderstood.

Cang Yun must have thought he wanted to take the Dead Eggs back to the Egg Catching Store to pass them off as good ones and compete with Qi Tianfu.

"Uncle Cang, you're overthinking it. I just want to take a few Dead Eggs back to make some small gadgets," Lin Shen explained casually.

"Alright, but you can't take too many, and you need to sign for them. Otherwise, the Eldest Miss won't be able to account for them when she returns," Cang Yun said, then took out a bunch of keys. After fumbling for a while, he picked one out, opened the warehouse door, and led Lin Shen inside.

Generally, Dead Eggs were weighed according to their grade and then piled together by different grades, as they could only be used as materials.

However, Cang Yun was very meticulous. Even the Steel Grade Dead Eggs were neatly arranged, and each one had a label indicating its type, storage date, and so on.

Lin Shen glanced over and saw nearly a thousand Steel Grade Dead Eggs. There weren't as many Alloy Grade ones, only a little over a hundred.

Unfortunately, these Dead Eggs didn't have mosaics on them, which disappointed Lin Shen a little.

"Is that all?" Lin Shen asked Cang Yun.

"The Steel Grade ones are all here. There are still some Alloy Grade ones in the small storage room, and there's also one Crystal Gene Level one in the small storage room. However, the material value of that thing is also very high. Without the Eldest Miss's signature, even Third Master can't take it," Cang Yun said.

"Take me to see the remaining Alloy Grade Dead Eggs," Lin Shen said noncommittally.

Cang Yun didn't say anything more and led Lin Shen to a special small storage room inside the large warehouse. The small storage room was like a vault made of alloy. Cang Yun opened several locks before opening the heavy alloy door.

The metal used to build the small storage room was not ordinary alloy, but had Alloy Grade Gene Mutator materials added to it. Although it wasn't pure Gene Mutator alloy, its thickness was terrifying. Even an ordinary Alloy Grade expert wouldn't be able to break open the door of the small storage room in a short time.

"These Alloy Grade Dead Eggs have top-notch hardness and toughness, all above eighteen. If used to forge equipment, they can give Steel Grade Gene Mutators a slight ability to protect themselves or resist when facing Alloy Creatures. The Eldest Miss wanted to forge a set of Scale Armor for you before, but unfortunately, she couldn't find a suitable blacksmith, so it was delayed," Cang Yun said, pointing to a row of shelves against the wall.

On the shelves were Gene Mutation Eggs of different sizes and colors. Most people couldn't really distinguish between Dead Eggs and live eggs.

"Are they all here?" Lin Shen glanced over and was greatly disappointed. He didn't see any mosaics at all.

"The Alloy Grade ones are all here. That Crystal Gene Level one is over there," Cang Yun pointed to the other side and continued, "But you can't take that one now."

Lin Shen turned his head and saw a Gene Mutation Egg that was entirely like a sapphire, emitting a mesmerizing glow under the light, placed on a special shelf with a glass cover outside.

Although it was a Dead Egg, it was still incredibly beautiful, as if there were countless blue facets emitting a faint light within.

Unfortunately, it still didn't have a mosaic on it.

Lin Shen shook his head and sighed, feeling a little disappointed, but on second thought, it made sense. How could Fire Seed Gene Mutation Eggs be so easy to find?

In Lin Shen's own understanding, Fire Seeds were like bugs in this world. The abilities of those Fire Seeds were pseudo-scientific or even anti-scientific.

Any Fire Seed ability could be said to be a bug-like existence. If they were really that easy to find, he wouldn't need to mutate at all; he could be invincible just by relying on Fire Seed abilities.

Just as Lin Shen was feeling disappointed and preparing to grab a couple of dead eggs to take back, his gaze inadvertently swept across a corner of the small storage room, and his heart suddenly leaped.

"What is that?" Lin Shen forced himself to suppress the excitement in his heart, pointing at the object in the corner and asking Cang Yun.

Lin Shen really couldn't tell what it was, because the object was blocked by a mosaic, making it impossible to see clearly.

What was certain was that it wasn't a Gene Mutation Egg; no Gene Mutation Egg was elongated. That thing was at least three or four meters long, so it definitely wasn't a Gene Mutation Egg.

"Oh, that thing? That's a Gene Mutation Creature similar to a snake," Cang Yun looked in the direction Lin Shen was pointing, recalled for a moment, and then continued, "That thing was brought back by Third Master. I heard Third Master say it should be an Alloy Creature with the ability to evolve. When it was promoting to Crystal Gene Level, it failed and died for some unknown reason."

"When Third Master found it, it was already stiff and encased in a terracotta figure, with only its head exposed; its body was completely solidified. Third Master broke the terracotta figure and brought it back, originally thinking of melting it down to forge something. However, after several attempts, he couldn't melt the thing. It was truly unusable, so he put it here."

"Third Master said this thing should have been close to completing its Gene Mutation promotion to Crystal Gene Level. He doesn't know why it failed, but its body might have partially crystalized, so its hardness and toughness can rival the Crystal Gene Level. It's just unknown why it's difficult to melt. If there's a chance in the future to go to bases with ultra-high temperature furnaces, we can try to see if something can be forged..."

Lin Shen walked to the side of the object while listening to Cang Yun, reaching out to touch the dead Gene Mutation Creature.

As his fingers touched the object, he immediately felt a hint of coolness from his fingertips, but it wasn't exactly icy cold.

He reached out and grasped it, finding that although the object was long, it wasn't very thick. With the length of Lin Shen's fingers, he could easily wrap his hand around it.

His fingers slowly traced its body. The surface was smooth with some fine lines, somewhat like intricate patterns carved onto mirror-polished metal.

Cang Yun said this thing resembled a snake, but Lin Shen felt it wasn't really that similar. A snake's body is usually thicker in the middle and tapers at both ends. This thing's body, except for the very pointed tail at the end, was roughly the same thickness throughout.

Moreover, a snake of this length couldn't possibly be this thin. As a Gene Mutation Creature, its body length and thickness were somewhat disproportionate, resembling a roughly made, elongated javelin.

Lin Shen reached out and gripped the middle section, lifting it slightly with a bit of force.