Original Seed Egg

Lin Shen had completely adapted to Wei Wufu's way of speaking. He knew that Wei Wufu meant that this egg had great potential and would lead to rapid gene mutation.

Their current situation was difficult. Lin Shen had to undergo gene mutation for them to survive. If he failed, given their current circumstances, it would definitely be a dead end.

"Are you really sure this thing is a Gene Mutation Egg? Are you sure you didn't grab the wrong one? This isn't just a small boiled egg you brought, is it?" Lin Shen confirmed again.

Because no matter how he looked at it, this was just an ordinary bird egg, completely unrelated to a Gene Mutation Egg.

"You scared... give back..." Wei Wufu said.

"Then I'll give it a try." Lin Shen thought to himself, If this is just an ordinary bird egg, then he won't lose anything. If it's really as Wei Wufu said and this bird egg has great potential, then he'll profit. A guy as strong as Wei Wufu saying a Gene Mutation Egg is strong means it shouldn't be ordinary. But why haven't I heard of any gene egg that can allow someone to complete gene mutation in such a short time?

Since he had made up his mind, Lin Shen no longer hesitated. He was not a person who procrastinated.

He glanced at the mutated creature that was completely unable to move, picked up the Gene Mutation Egg that looked like a bird egg, opened his mouth, and swallowed it whole.

That's right, he swallowed it whole.

Humans who haven't undergone gene mutation cannot directly swallow Gene Mutation Fluid or the gene fluid within a Gene Mutation Egg. Generally, they need to first refine and produce gene fluid needles, and then inject them into the body according to the dosage.

Humans who have undergone gene mutation can directly swallow some Gene Mutation Fluid, but there is still a certain risk.

The nature of Gene Mutation Fluid is more like a virus. Humans infected by it gradually coexist with the virus and try to master control over it, making it a part of themselves.

Of course, this is just a metaphor. In reality, the nature of Gene Mutation Fluid is still somewhat different from a virus.

Humans who haven't undergone gene mutation and want to complete gene mutation need to swallow a complete Gene Mutation Egg, including the shell, to change their body structure through its "infection."

Because a large amount of Gene Mutation Fluid injections had been used before, which was roughly equivalent to having received many vaccinations, the risk of this "infection" was actually not great.

After all, they were using the lowest-grade Steel Grade Gene Mutation Egg. The worst outcome of a failed gene mutation would be a headache or fever, similar to catching a cold.

Seeing Lin Shen swallow the "bird egg," Wei Wufu's eyes showed a hint of approval. He thought to himself, Six people who used the Fourteenth Original Seed Egg have already died. So far, no one has succeeded. This Lin Shen, knowing that failure means certain death, can still be so calm and composed. He is indeed an extraordinary person. Perhaps he can truly succeed.

Wei Wufu himself didn't realize that his damned way of expressing himself had misled Lin Shen.

The reason Lin Shen was misled was that he had never heard of dying from a failed gene mutation. He had no concept of this in his mind and didn't realize the problem at all, which led to his misinterpretation.

Of course, if Lin Shen had known, he might have been even more interested.

His third and fourth brothers had always advised him not to rush into gene mutation, meaning they intended to find him a Gene Mutation Egg with sufficient potential. If Lin Shen knew the origin of this "bird egg," he would probably still make the same choice in the end.

Of course, there was another important reason that prompted him to make this decision: he no longer had any usable pets. Relying solely on this body, he had difficulty even walking. If he didn't immediately enhance his own survival ability, he would still die.

Under normal circumstances, swallowing a Gene Mutation Egg could be processed first, but naturally, there were no such conditions now. Fortunately, the egg wasn't large, and Lin Shen managed to swallow it whole.

As soon as the egg entered his stomach, Lin Shen knew that this was truly not an ordinary bird egg, but a Gene Mutation Egg.

Almost immediately after the Gene Mutation Egg entered his abdomen, a coldness that could almost freeze a person spread from his stomach, instantly reaching his entire body.

Lin Shen immediately lost control of his body and fell straight to the ground, but his nerves became incredibly sensitive. Even a single strand of hair falling on his skin would make his skin feel painful.

Even dust falling and touching his skin would cause his skin to immediately become red and swollen.

"Pain... it's really damn painful..." Lin Shen had never realized before that there was so much dust in the air.

The dust that he usually couldn't feel, falling on Lin Shen, made him feel as if his entire body was being pricked by needles.

Wei Wufu looked at Lin Shen, who was lying motionless on the ground, and many thoughts ran through his mind.

The reason the Fourteenth Original Seed Egg is called an Original Seed Egg and not a Gene Mutation Egg is because its origin is fundamentally different from ordinary Gene Mutation Eggs.

Over two hundred years ago, various Gene Mutation Creatures suddenly appeared all over the world. These Gene Mutation Creatures initially all came from the Gene Mutation Zones.

Most people have no concept of the Gene Mutation Zones, only knowing that they are areas where Gene Mutation Creatures gather.

What they don't know is why Gene Mutation Creatures gather in the Gene Mutation Zones, nor do they know why Gene Mutation Creatures started appearing from the Gene Mutation Zones.

People like Wei Wufu, however, are very clear that the reason the Gene Mutation Zones became Gene Mutation Zones is because of the existence of Original Seed Eggs.

It is because these Original Seed Eggs, whose origins are unknown, fell in various places around the world, infected nearby creatures, causing those creatures to undergo gene mutation, that Gene Mutation Creatures came into existence.

After over two hundred years of effort, a small portion of the Original Seed Eggs in the Gene Mutation Zones fell into human hands.

The Base Alliance has statistically recorded a total of sixteen known Original Seed Eggs. Eleven of them have already been used for gene mutation by humans. The number of unrecorded ones is unknown.

Every human who undergoes gene mutation using an Original Seed Egg is much stronger than those who use Gene Mutation Eggs, practically monsters among Gene Mutators.

Excluding the two who have already died, all other humans who underwent gene mutation using Original Seed Eggs have, without exception, become the cream of the crop among human Gene Mutators, truly standing at the pinnacle of the pyramid.

However, undergoing gene mutation using an Original Seed Egg is inherently highly dangerous. Almost every known Original Seed Egg has claimed human lives.

The Original Seed Egg in Wei Wufu's hand, codenamed Fourteen in the Base Alliance's records, is the fourteenth Original Seed Egg to be discovered and documented.

The Fourteenth Original Seed Egg was discovered over seventy years ago. Six humans have attempted to use it for gene mutation, and without exception, they all died.

The previous six individuals had all made thorough preparations, and their physical condition, etc., had already reached the peak state of ordinary humans, yet it still didn't work.

Wei Wufu could tell that Lin Shen's physical condition had also reached the limit of ordinary humans. This is the most basic requirement for undergoing gene mutation using an Original Seed Egg.

Without such a condition, failure is almost certain. Even with such a condition, the possibility of failure is still very high.

Lin Shen has such physical condition and hasn't undergone gene mutation at this age. In Wei Wufu's opinion, isn't this just waiting for an Original Seed Egg?

For some reason, Wei Wufu felt that Lin Shen might succeed, because some of the things Lin Shen did made even him feel unbelievable, seeming somewhat unscientific.

"It's spinning silk..." Wei Wufu's eyes lit up when he saw white threads, countless times finer than hair, like fine downy hairs, drilling out from within Lin Shen's skin.