Gene Mutation Technique

When the two returned to Blackbird Base, they found that Qi Shuheng and Wang Tianer had not yet returned.

They had been teleported to that planet earlier than Lin Shen. Lin Shen had entered later than them, and the cooldown time for their teleportation devices was much shorter than Lin Shen's, so they should have been teleported back much earlier.

The fact that they hadn't returned yet meant either they were dead and thus couldn't be teleported back, or they themselves didn't want to return because they had gained something else on that planet.

Lin Shen still hoped they could return. After all, if he were to go to Gourd Mountain again next time, he would still need the Mystic Bird guidance they carried.

The people from the Qi and Wang families became unusually quiet when they learned of Lin Shen's return. No one dared to come and inquire about the news.

They were very afraid that their own people would never return. If that were the case, the Qi and Wang families would likely find it difficult to compete with the Lin Family again.

However, the four stewards of the Lin Family all came to visit Lin Shen. Lin Shen didn't say much, only telling them to perform their respective duties and maintain the normal operation of the Lin Family's business.

After seeing off the four stewards, Lin Shen had a good chat with Wei Wufu and finally asked Wei Wufu to stay with the Lin Family.

Wei Wufu didn't need to manage the Lin Family's business; he only needed to stay by Lin Shen's side and handle matters.

There were a total of four important things the Lin Family needed to do urgently upon returning.

The first thing was to wait for the Dead Powder to complete its evolution. It was Lin Shen's main battle pet, and with it present, Lin Shen would have more safety assurance when going to that planet again.

The second thing was to acquire more pets, equipment, and fire seeds to prepare for the next trip to that planet.

The third thing was to go on blind dates and have children. Even with all the preparations, in a place like that, no one knew what dangers they might encounter. If Lin Shen couldn't return, someone in the Lin Family would still need to continue the bloodline. This was something he had promised his older siblings, and he had to fulfill it.

The fourth thing was to learn a Gene Mutation Technique suitable for him.

After gene mutation, one could begin cultivating the Gene Mutation Technique. The Gene Mutation Technique was a cultivation method that could purify and refine the Gene Mutation Body.

Simply put, it was about removing impurities within the Steel Body, Alloy Body, and Crystal Gene Body to achieve higher attributes and better absorb Gene Mutation Fluid.

Of course, this was just the human understanding. In fact, the Gene Mutation Technique was not called the Gene Mutation Technique in the universe; it was called the Evolution Technique.

In the universe, Evolution Techniques were incredibly diverse and countless in number. Almost every race had its own unique Evolution Technique.

However, Evolution Techniques also had their strengths and weaknesses. According to Tian Xin, the five most widely circulated and top-ranked Evolution Techniques in the universe were the Tian Xin Art, Myriad Things Growth, Theory of Evolution, Transformation Scripture, and Source Scripture.

These were the abbreviations for the five top-tier Evolution Techniques. For example, the full name of the Tian Xin Art was the Celestial Unity Mental Formula. It was originally an Evolution Technique created by the Celestial Race and later became extremely widespread. Many races considered the Celestial Unity Mental Formula a required course, claiming it was the foremost of the five major Evolution Techniques.

Of course, Lin Shen felt that Tian Xin was exaggerating somewhat.

Lin Shen analyzed that these five Evolution Techniques couldn't really be considered top-tier; they were just the most widely circulated and classic ones.

The principles were interconnected. Lin Shen didn't believe that the upper-class races in the universe would be so kind as to share their most cutting-edge Evolution Techniques with other races.

There were simply too many races in the universe. Races like humans, who had just entered the universe, were unlikely to attract the attention of those major races.

Many races disappeared silently soon after entering the universe, and then new races rose again.

Tian Xin said he knew about the human race, but only a very small number of humans. Those humans weren't particularly famous; he just happened to know about them.

Wei Wufu also confirmed this. Indeed, quite a few humans had already ventured out, but as for human powerhouses known throughout the universe, there really weren't any yet. There were only a few human powerhouses who were somewhat well-known.

Tian Xin said there was some kind of cosmic race ranking list, and humans didn't even qualify to be on it.

The ranking list went up to one hundred million, and the vast majority of races, like humans, were not qualified to be on the list. This showed how numerous the cosmic races were and how fierce the competition was.

As for whether there would be invasions from major races in the universe, this was actually not something to worry about too much for now.

Even for those great races, traveling through space to reach another life-bearing planet is extremely difficult and takes far too long.

Perhaps by the time they arrive, humanity will have long since been annihilated in the river of history.

The pathways between planets primarily rely on teleportation devices, like the watch device Lin Shen wore before. These devices can only be used within designated teleportation areas, and the teleportation is directional, with each device corresponding to only one planet.

Currently, no teleportation devices leading here have been discovered. Even if there were, with the gene mutation resources here being so scarce, it's unlikely many people would come.

It's like the planet Lin Shen and the others visited before; you could find mutated creatures just by wandering around. Here, the probability of encountering a mutated creature is similar to winning the lottery.

What puzzled Lin Shen was that despite the abundance of mutated creatures on that planet, not a single spark was found. This was somewhat strange.

"Could it be that only the native gene mutation creatures here possess sparks?" Lin Shen couldn't help but entertain this thought.

This point still needed to be confirmed by finding more sparks.

Lin Shen recalled the Celestial Unity Mental Formula he learned from Tian Xin. Although he had memorized it, he had no intention of practicing it.

Firstly, he didn't trust Tian Xin, and secondly, there was simply no need.

Because on their planet, not only was there the Tian Xin Art, but also the Theory of Evolution, Myriad Things Growth, Transformation Scripture, and Source Scripture.

The five classic evolution techniques of the universe were all circulated here.

Lin Shen compared the Celestial Unity Mental Formula that Tian Xin mentioned with the gene mutation technique Tian Xin Art he had read before. They were almost identical, with the general content being the same, only differing in a few minor details.

However, in the gene mutation techniques, the five classic evolution techniques were all referred to by their abbreviations.

The only difference was that the gene mutation techniques that were circulated only contained the part related to the gene mutation level, while the content Tian Xin spoke of also included the later parts.

Lin Shen had also asked Wei Wufu about this. He didn't know who first brought these evolution techniques back. Initially, there was indeed only the gene mutation part, but later, some humans also obtained the later parts, though most were incomplete.

Just as Lin Shen suspected, the five great evolution techniques were actually relatively basic evolution techniques. Even within large bases, some major families had already abandoned these five classic evolution techniques and gone to cultivate more advanced ones.

For example, Wei Wufu's family had these five gene mutation techniques, but he practiced another kind of secret evolution technique. He heard that his elder family members obtained a secret evolution technique from a great cosmic race through a certain opportunity.

Furthermore, Wei Wufu had already promised Lin Shen that he would teach him that secret evolution technique.