Ring Toss

It was about as Lin Shen had estimated; the length of this thing should be a little over three meters, less than four. The grip felt quite good. He swung it a couple of times, and it was surprisingly easy to handle, truly like a specially shaped javelin. The weight wasn't very heavy at all, only about ten-odd catties, which was unexpectedly light.

For an average person, swinging something weighing over ten catties would be quite strenuous. Fortunately, Lin Shen had been using Gene Mutation Fluid to strengthen himself. Although he hadn't undergone gene mutation, his strength was far beyond that of an ordinary person, so swinging it wasn't a problem.

"Uncle Cang, can I borrow this?" Lin Shen looked at Cang Yun and asked.

"Sure, sign for it and take it," Cang Yun was unexpectedly straightforward.

"You're really just letting me take it?" Lin Shen confirmed again, somewhat disbelievingly. After all, this was a semi-crystal base material, quite valuable.

Cang Yun smiled and said, "Our base doesn't have the equipment to melt this material at all. It's useless for you to take it; you'll have to send it back later."

"Alright, then I'll take it." Lin Shen signed the papers and borrowed the item.

On the way back, Lin Shen was still thinking about whether or not to go take a look at the warehouses of the Qi and Wang families. Unfortunately, he couldn't find a suitable excuse, and there was no way they would let someone from the Lin Family into their warehouses.

To have this kind of gain is already a stroke of immense luck. I wonder what kind of spark it can bring me? Lin Shen couldn't wait to get home immediately, lie on his bed, and sleep with it in his arms.

Passing by his own shop, he noticed many people gathered in the open space next to the Qi Tianfu Colored Egg shop, not knowing what they were doing.

Lin Shen originally didn't want to get involved and just wanted to go home as quickly as possible, but he found that Qi Tianfu was also in the crowd, cursing and looking very unhappy.

"What's going on over there?" Lin Shen came to the front of his shop and saw Zhao Li standing on the threshold, craning her neck to look over there, so he asked.

"Fifth Brother, someone set up a ring toss stall next to the Colored Egg shop and stole a lot of Fatty Qi's business. That guy is practically dying of anger," Zhao Li said with a smile.

"Ring toss?" Lin Shen was slightly surprised.

He certainly knew about this street game. You find a spot, set up various prizes, and people who want to play pay money to buy plastic rings. They stand at the spot marked by the stall owner and toss the plastic rings. If they ring a prize, they can take it.

This kind of street game wasn't uncommon; many markets had them. Some stall owners even used Gene Mutation Eggs as prizes, which wasn't enough to surprise Lin Shen.

What truly surprised Lin Shen was that someone dared to set up a stall next to Qi Tianfu's shop, and the person setting up the stall was truly bold.

What was strange was that with Qi Tianfu's arrogant personality, he hadn't smashed the person's stall.

Moreover, how could a ring toss stall attract so many people to play? It wasn't like no one had ever played ring toss before.

Curious, Lin Shen put the Gene Mutation Creature's corpse into the storage room, then went out and squeezed into the crowd to take a look.

Upon seeing it, Lin Shen was greatly surprised.

This was indeed a ring toss street stall, but there was only one prize.

A person was sitting on a chair with a Gene Mutation Egg on their head. That was the only prize at this ring toss stall.

Many people who had bought plastic rings stood outside the rope pulled by the stall owner, stretching out their hands to throw at the person's head, hoping to ring that Gene Mutation Egg.

At least seven or eight people were constantly throwing plastic rings, but even though the distance was only four or five meters, not a single person could ring the Gene Mutation Egg on that person's head.

After someone finished throwing their rings, they immediately took out money and put it into the box the stall owner had placed, then took more rings to throw.

Lin Shen saw that the box had "Ten yuan per ring" written on it. The price wasn't cheap.

The reason so many people were willing to spend money to play was that the Gene Mutation Egg on that person's head was an Alloy Gene Mutation Egg.

Even an Alloy Gene Mutation Egg with not-so-good attributes could sell for roughly a five-figure sum. Compared to that, this small amount of money was naturally nothing.

Among the people constantly throwing rings was Qi Tianfu. He was muttering curses while throwing rings, but he couldn't ring it no matter what, always just missing.

What truly astonished Lin Shen wasn't any of that, but rather the stall owner sitting there with the Gene Mutation Egg on his head. It was none other than Wei Wufu, who had been quite eye-catching at the Recruitment Assembly earlier.

For a dignified Alloy Gene Mutator, making a little money was actually quite easy. Hunting some Steel Creatures casually would earn money without much risk, which was much better than earning this small amount by setting up a stall.

To put it another way, he only needed to join a certain force, and the money he would receive each month would not be less than five figures.

For such a person to be setting up a stall on the street, Lin Shen couldn't figure out what he was thinking.

Qi Tianfu hadn't attended the Recruitment Assembly, so he clearly didn't recognize Wei Wufu. He kept throwing rings while muttering curses.

If he knew Wei Wufu was an Alloy Gene Mutator, he would probably have acted more gracefully.

The more Lin Shen watched, the stranger it felt. Ring toss was indeed challenging.

It wasn't easy to toss a ring with a diameter of twenty centimeters onto a target from four or five meters away, but it wasn't too difficult either.

Accuracy, in fact, had little to do with the strength of one's power. First, it relied on practice. With enough practice, skill naturally improved with time, and accuracy would be much better.

Second, it relied on talent. To be accurate, one only needed to practice. To be exceptionally accurate, one needed talent.

Ring toss at such a close distance didn't require exceptional accuracy. With a little practice and a few more throws, even guessing should result in hitting the target once.

However, Lin Shen had been standing there for a while, and those people had thrown at least a hundred rings, yet not a single person had managed to hit the target. Each time, they were just a little off.

Qi Tianfu alone had thrown at least twenty rings in this short time. A few times, the rings had landed on the Gene Mutation Egg, only to bounce off again, making Qi Tianfu so angry that he threw the rings in his hand onto the ground.

In the past, when Lin Yin took Lin Shen to the market, Lin Shen had spent a lot of money at ring toss stalls but rarely managed to hit anything.

Later, he asked his second brother to buy him some rings, and he practiced constantly at home. Within a few days, he could hit the target about eight or nine times out of ten.

When he went to the market to play ring toss again, the stall owner was almost in tears.

Once he could hit the target, Lin Shen felt it wasn't as interesting anymore, and he rarely played after that.

Lin Shen was also an experienced veteran. After watching for a while, he felt there must be a problem. Under normal circumstances, someone should have hit the target by now; it was impossible to keep missing.

"This Wei Wufu is really interesting. He could clearly just rob people, but he insists on putting on such a show," Lin Shen thought to himself.

"Screw you, are you cheating?" Qi Tianfu took another twenty rings, but still missed every time. Several times, he had clearly hit the target, but it bounced off again. Finally, he couldn't hold back and pointed at Wei Wufu's nose, cursing loudly.

"Your technique is so bad, and your luck is terrible. Now you don't even have any character left." Given the opportunity to mock Qi Tianfu, Lin Shen naturally wouldn't miss it.

Qi Tianfu turned around and saw it was Lin Shen. He was about to curse, but then seemed to remember something and swallowed the vulgar words that were on the tip of his tongue. He stared at Lin Shen and sneered, "Your Little Fifth Master's technique is great, and your luck is good. If you're so capable, hit one for me to see. If you can hit it, Master Fu will call you master every day from now on."