Superspeed Gunslinger

No need to say it—it was definitely the way he addressed Little Fei Fei that had gone wrong.

If Lin Xiangdong had not spoken of Bai Shenfei back then, calling her Little Fei Fei so naturally every time, and even saying that Bai Shenfei liked being called that, that she would get upset if he did not call her that, Lin Shen would never have addressed Bai Shenfei that way.

All he could say was that Lin Xiangdong was a real trap-setter, the kind who could get someone killed and never pay for it.

Now, Lin Shen could only be thankful that when he called her Little Fei Fei, he had not reached out to pinch Bai Shenfei's cheeks. Lin Xiangdong had sworn that Bai Shenfei had a little baby fat, that her face was especially adorable, and that given his relationship with Bai Shenfei, he had pinched her chubby little cheeks plenty of times.

Thank goodness. From what Bai Shenfei means, she does not seem to intend to expose me. Lin Shen's thoughts raced, twisting through seven or eight turns in an instant. He immediately sat ramrod straight, eyes on his nose, nose on his heart, like an old monk in meditation.

"Who exactly are you? Why are you impersonating Senior Brother Lin?" Seeing that Lin Shen actually said nothing, Bai Shenfei frowned and asked again.

"What did you say? It's far too noisy here; this isn't a place to talk. Why don't we have a proper chat at my place after the Recruitment Assembly ends?" Lin Shen would rather die than admit here that he was not Lin Xiangdong.

As long as he did not admit it, no matter what Bai Shenfei said, he still had room to maneuver.

If he admitted it here, and Bai Shenfei happened to have ill intentions and made some kind of recording, then he would not even have room to argue. That would truly be the end of him.

Bai Shenfei glanced at Lin Shen but said nothing more.

While the two were speaking in low voices, Qi Shuheng and Wang Tianer on the other side were also whispering privately.

"Looks like there's an eighty or ninety percent chance we guessed wrong. Lin Xiangdong never left the base." Qi Shuheng glanced at Lin Shen and Bai Shenfei, who were leaning close together and appeared very intimate.

Wang Tianer frowned. "With that move he showed just now, there really aren't many people in the Lin Family besides the Lin brothers who could pull it off. Even if someone else could, they could not possibly look so much like Lin Xiangdong. But I still feel that something is off."

"What is off?" Qi Shuheng asked.

Wang Tianer looked toward Lin Shen, then shook his head. "I can't say exactly what is off either. Since there's such news, even if Lin Xiangdong did not leave, there must still be some problem."

Qi Shuheng also looked in Lin Shen's direction before lowering his voice. "That's no matter. Aren't there still the demonstrations of strength by our three families later? We can test him then."

"With the speed he displayed just now, wouldn't the ordinary Alloy Creatures we prepared beforehand be unable to test anything?" Wang Tianer said thoughtfully.

"That is why we need to switch to another one." Qi Shuheng said confidently, "I recently obtained a rare Alloy Grade Pet. It will be perfect for testing him."

"Will an Alloy Grade one work?" Wang Tianer frowned.

"Other Alloy Grade Pets will not, but mine certainly will. So long as we arrange it properly, unless he truly is Lin Xiangdong, even Lao Ye would fail if he stepped in. The Lin Family's other Alloy Grade fighters would be even less capable." Qi Shuheng said with confidence.

"What pet is it?" Wang Tianer was also curious. What sort of pet could make Qi Shuheng so certain?

"Have you heard of the Alloy Grade Superspeed Gunslinger?" Qi Shuheng asked.

Wang Tianer was startled at first, then overjoyed. "That Superspeed Gunslinger with a speed attribute of twenty, known as the fastest among Alloy Grade?"

"That's right. That Superspeed Gunslinger." Qi Shuheng nodded with a smile.

"Then that's perfect. Make the Superspeed Gunslinger his opponent. Unless he truly is Lin Xiangdong, he will definitely reveal a flaw under all those restrictions." Wang Tianer was ecstatic.

The strength demonstration segment of the three families had always prohibited the use of all kinds of equipment and Gene Mutation Pets. Only one's own Gene Shift Power could be used.

Barehanded, with Third Master of the Lin Family absent from the base, aside from Lin Xiangdong, probably no one could easily deal with the Superspeed Gunslinger.

Although Lin Shen's striking speed displayed earlier had already been very fast, in Wang Tianer and Qi Shuheng's eyes, it was still far slower than the Superspeed Gunslinger. It was simply impossible for him to contend with the Superspeed Gunslinger in speed.

Even if the real Lin Xiangdong came, he would likely find it difficult to clash head-on with the Superspeed Gunslinger in terms of speed. He would probably win by some other method.

Among the Alloy Grade, the Superspeed Gunslinger was a top-tier speed-type Gene Mutation Creature. One could hardly find anything faster than it.

"But as you can see, that fellow may very well be Lin Xiangdong. If he really is Lin Xiangdong, my Superspeed Gunslinger may end up like a meat bun thrown to a dog—gone and never returned. You know how rare the Superspeed Gunslinger is... its value..." Qi Shuheng did not finish, but his meaning was perfectly clear. If he was to bring out the Superspeed Gunslinger, Wang Tianer would have to share the risk.

"You and I naturally advance and retreat together. If anything happens to the Superspeed Gunslinger, the two of us will bear it together." Wang Tianer did not hesitate much and directly gave Qi Shuheng a reassuring promise.

"Then it's settled." Qi Shuheng made the final decision.

The Recruitment Assembly proceeded in an orderly fashion. The Gene Mutators displayed their abilities one by one. Aside from striving for a bit of fame, their main purpose was to show the three great families of Blackbird Base what they could do.

The stronger one's strength, the more likely one was to receive better treatment and benefits. If all three families took a fancy to someone at once, they might even secure a sky-high contract.

Of course, those Gene Mutators also had the right to choose which family to join. They did not need to decide on the spot which Lineage they would enter.

Blackbird Base was merely a small base, with truly scarce talent. At the Recruitment Assembly held once every half year, only a dozen or so new Gene Mutators appeared. Adding the old Gene Mutators who had entered the Recruitment Assembly again, there were only thirty or forty people in total. Of those, only four or five truly caught the eyes of the three great families. As for someone especially outstanding, there was only one Alloy Gene Mutator named Wei Wufu.

In a small place like Blackbird Base, an Alloy Gene Mutator already counted as high-end combat power. Even without attending the Recruitment Assembly, he could join any family at will and receive excellent treatment.

It was only because Wei Wufu had moved to Blackbird Base not long ago and practically no one knew him that the people from the three great families had not long since come knocking to invite him.

Wei Wufu's performance was also astonishing. Without using his Alloy Body, he easily lifted a thousand-jin barbell with one hand and waved it about casually. Such effortless control was absolutely not something a Steel Grade could achieve.

All three families extended olive branches to him, but Wei Wufu did not make an immediate decision. He merely said that he would consider it.

All the Gene Mutators who had registered for the Recruitment Assembly had already displayed their abilities. At last, it was time for the representatives of the three families to demonstrate their own strength.

"I did not expect an Alloy Gene Mutator to attend the Recruitment Assembly today. With someone like Wei Wufu here, the demonstration segment we arranged beforehand seems rather childish. If we bring it out now, it will only invite ridicule. I have a proposal. I wonder whether you two would be interested in hearing it?" Qi Shuheng said as if speaking to himself.

"Brother Qi makes sense. With Wei Wufu here, the preparations we made earlier truly seem unfit to be shown. What proposal does Brother Qi have?" Wang Tianer immediately chimed in.

"I recently acquired an Alloy Grade Pet. How about using it as a touchstone? What do you two think?" As Qi Shuheng spoke, he took a Pet Capsule from his coat pocket and tossed it out.