Encountering Mutation Again

The ground was littered with the corpses of Steel Thorn Turtles, and the Heavy Armor Demonic Beasts and Meteor Iron Swallows had also become lifeless metal statues.

The Heavy Armor Demonic Beast was too large to carry back, which was probably impossible. The Meteor Iron Swallow could be taken back, but Lin Shen was afraid it carried that kind of toxin, so he didn't touch it.

"If I had known this, I should have let Dead Powder deal with the Poison Thorn Turtle." Lin Shen had been afraid that Dead Powder would also be poisoned to death, so he hadn't dared to use it before.

Now, seeing that guy directly devour the Poison Thorn Turtle's corpse and not only be fine but also evolve, he knew his worries were completely unnecessary.

"The mutated Poison Thorn Turtle is a mutated creature, but it doesn't have a fire seed. Is it because of the location, or does it mean that mutated creatures don't necessarily have fire seeds?" Lin Shen didn't have time to think too much. After collecting as much Gene Mutation Fluid from the Steel Thorn Turtles as possible, he walked along the coastline.

Outside the white beach was the Steel Jungle. Unlike the area near the Blackbird Base, there were no green plants here at all; all the plants were in a metallic state.

Lin Shen didn't dare to venture into the Steel Jungle rashly. With his weak body, if a Gene Mutation Creature suddenly popped out of the grass, he wouldn't even be able to run.

Looking along the coastline, there were large reefs and cliffs in the distance by the sea, where the visibility was clearer.

Lin Shen wanted to see if he could find a place to hide there. As long as he lasted for seventy-two hours, he could activate this damned teleportation device and go back.

After walking a few meters, Lin Shen felt that he couldn't continue walking. Otherwise, he would never reach the Reef Area and would die of exhaustion.

He called the Superspeed Gunslinger over, told him to squat down, and Lin Shen lay on his back, letting the Superspeed Gunslinger carry him.

It wasn't that Lin Shen didn't want to challenge himself, but after walking those few meters just now, he was already drenched in sweat and aching all over.

"What kind of place is this? Is it inside that mysterious Gourd Mountain? If the inside of Gourd Mountain can form this world on its own, then what kind of existence is Gourd Mountain itself? Did Third Brother and Fourth Brother both come here? Is it possible that the missing Second Brother is also here...?" Lin Shen thought a lot while lying on the Superspeed Gunslinger's back.

He also knew that Third Brother and Fourth Brother might still be alive, but the possibility of Second Brother being alive was very slim.

The Superspeed Gunslinger's speed was clearly affected, but he could still walk briskly without much trouble.

After walking along the coastline for about two or three kilometers, Lin Shen suddenly saw someone lying on the beach ahead.

That person was lying on the beach, and small waves of the sea occasionally washed over his body, but the person remained motionless.

"He's not dead, is he?" The distance was too great for Lin Shen to see the person's appearance clearly, so he told the Superspeed Gunslinger to speed up and go over.

He was wondering if the person was from the Qi Family or the Wang Family. As he got closer, Lin Shen immediately recognized the clothes on him.

"Wei Wufu? He's dead?" Lin Shen was slightly startled.

Although he knew that this Wei Wufu had followed him with a purpose, when Lin Shen was in danger, Wei Wufu had stepped forward to help him. Seeing him die here, he felt a little sad.

Walking up to Wei Wufu, the Superspeed Gunslinger put Lin Shen down.

Lin Shen had the Superspeed Gunslinger drag Wei Wufu's body out a bit, to a place where the waves couldn't reach.

Wei Wufu's clothes had several torn places, but he didn't seem to have any injuries on his body. His hair was disheveled and soaked by the seawater, sticking to his scalp in strands.

Lin Shen reached out and checked for breathing, then felt for a pulse. To his surprise, he found that this guy was still alive; he seemed to have just fainted.

This discovery made Lin Shen a little conflicted. If Wei Wufu hadn't helped him before, Lin Shen would have immediately had the Superspeed Gunslinger shoot him now to avoid future trouble.

However, influenced by his older brothers and sisters, Lin Shen always distinguished clearly between gratitude and grudges. He really couldn't bring himself to kill someone who had helped him.

Just as Lin Shen was considering how to deal with Wei Wufu, the guy actually woke up.

He opened his eyes and saw Lin Shen, and was slightly startled, but didn't say anything. He pressed his hands into the sand, trying to get up.

But as he moved, his face suddenly changed drastically. Something seemed to be wrong with his legs; he couldn't stand up, only sit up with his upper body.

"Are you alright?" Lin Shen asked, looking at his leg.

"My leg can't move," Wei Wufu replied.

Lin Shen fell silent upon hearing this. If his leg was crippled, his life was over. For a Gene Mutator, without legs, it was impossible to fight Gene Mutation Creatures anymore.

"It just can't move, it's not crippled," Wei Wufu said expressionlessly, as if he had seen through Lin Shen's thoughts.

Lin Shen felt this was just Wei Wufu's last bit of stubbornness. His leg looked completely numb; what else could it be but crippled?

However, Lin Shen didn't want to dwell on this issue right now. He noticed that Wei Wufu had the same watch on his wrist as he did, so he asked, "After you covered my escape, what exactly happened? Why were you all gone when I returned to the canyon, and how did you end up here?"

"Met a monster, couldn't beat it, ran, slow ones died, ran into the mountains, Mystic Bird led the way, found Gourd Mountain, there's a cave on the mountain, entered the cave to get here, got an extra watch on my hand, fell into the sea, there were Gene Mutation Creatures in the sea, couldn't beat them, fought desperately, Gene Mutation Creatures retreated, fainted, woke up, saw you."

Lin Shen was stunned by Wei Wufu's concise way of speaking. Most people's speech follows a cause-and-effect structure with transitions and embellishments, often containing a lot of useless information in a single sentence.

This Wei Wufu, on the other hand, spoke without any unnecessary words, every point was useful information, as if he was reading an outline.

"What kind of monster?" Lin Shen noticed Wei Wufu's choice of words. He used "monster" instead of "Gene Mutation Creature."

"Don't know, looks like a person, but not like a person, looks like a Gene Mutation Creature, but not like a Gene Mutation Creature," Wei Wufu replied.

"That... could you describe what that monster looked like..." Lin Shen felt like he had heard something, and yet he hadn't.

Just as Wei Wufu was about to answer, he suddenly heard the sound of surging seawater. Both of them couldn't help but turn their heads to look, and their faces instantly changed.

A monster with a body made of blue metal, eyes like rubies, a human-like shape but with fish scales on its body, fins on its back and head, and gills under its cheeks, emerged from the sea. It was holding a red metal trident in its hand, staring menacingly at Lin Shen and Wei Wufu, and approaching the beach step by step through the water.

"You go, can't beat it, mutated Alloy Creature," Wei Wufu said.

"Nonsense, if I could walk, wouldn't I leave?" Lin Shen's physical condition was a big problem; he couldn't even run away. He could only quickly tell Superspeed Gunslinger to come and carry him.

But as soon as Superspeed Gunslinger moved, it immediately attracted the attention of that Gene Mutation Creature. It didn't care whether Superspeed Gunslinger was heading towards it or not. Its scaled legs erupted with terrifying strength and speed, and its figure instantly crossed a distance of over ten meters, rushing towards Superspeed Gunslinger and thrusting its trident at it.

"Are you f*cking crazy!" Lin Shen wanted to cry but had no tears.