Super Gene Ⅱ: Evolution

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Lin Shen chopped at his own body with one slash after another, while actually enjoying it.

It wasn't that his mind had gone bad, nor was it because he was so unable to achieve Nirvana that he'd given up on himself, but because he had finally discovered why he couldn't achieve Nirvana.

There was a serious discrepancy between the strength of his body and his Attribute, with the numerical values for hardness and toughness remaining the same as before, yet his actual strength was far greater.

His own full-strength strike couldn't even leave a scar on his body, at most it would leave a red mark.

It should be known that he was using a Scrap Sword and employing the Scrap Sword Skill.

Even the bodies of Nirvana Creatures couldn't withstand the sawing damage of a Scrap Sword. With such destructive power unable to even harm his skin and flesh, how could that strength possibly be reflected in just a minor numerical value in his Attribute?

Lin Shen pondered, coming to the conclusion that the only possibility was that during his time on the Jade Level, Thunderfire had repeatedly baptized his body, enhancing its strength.

However, since he was just an Ascender and Thunderfire was designed for creatures on the brink of becoming Immortal or those already Undying, his body had been strengthened beyond the capabilities of an Ascension Level. This kind of enhancement was difficult to reflect in an Ascender's Attributes, which might have caused the watch to produce incorrect test results, leading to the discrepancy between the numerical values and the actual properties.

The reason he couldn't achieve Nirvana was that his physical strength was too high – even the power of Dual Nirvana was insufficient to bring his body into the Nirvana state.

There might be deeper reasons than just strength, but the root cause was definitely the abnormal changes his body underwent due to the baptisms of Thunderfire.

After a series of tests, Lin Shen realized that his current condition was somewhat bizarre.

His hardness and toughness were extremely high, far exceeding the numeric display, but his strength and speed hadn't changed noticeably compared to before.

All these were not the problem, the problem was how to achieve Nirvana.

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The most direct method was to absorb more Power of Nirvana until his body could enter the Nirvana state.

But now, there were no Nirvana Powers of the same Attribute left for Lin Shen to use. If he were to absorb Nirvana Powers of other Attributes, the mixture would likely cause him to turn into something non-human upon entering the Nirvana state, something he feared.

But other than that, there were no other options.

"I can only take a gamble; I can't simply never achieve Nirvana," Lin Shen said as he took out a God-making Egg he had brought and started selecting one.

The Primeval Egg he had used before was one he had chosen from among the Nirvana Level God-making Eggs.

Considering the materials used to create the God-making Eggs, the one Lin Shen had selected should have been quite suitable for him.

Now, having failed to achieve Nirvana with one God-making Egg, Lin Shen didn't know if using another would be too much.

If he used a lower-grade God-making Egg and it wasn't enough, he might still be unable to achieve Nirvana. Would he need another one then?

Lin Shen wasn't sure he could withstand three Attributes, and with four, it would likely be worse.

After much hesitation, Lin Shen still chose a God-making Egg made from Nirvana materials and swallowed it.

Strange energy spread out in his stomach and quickly filled his entire body.

Lin Shen hurriedly activated the Evolution Theory, while also entering Super Base Form to prepare for Nirvana.

As the seconds and minutes ticked away, the peculiar energy went from calm to tumultuous, then from tumultuous back to calm, and then there was nothing.

The power of this God-making Egg had disappeared, and Lin Shen's body remained completely unresponsive; there was no reaction indicating the onset of Nirvana.

At that moment, Lin Shen was dumbfounded; he hadn't reached Nirvana yet, and if he continued, that would make it four Attributes.

Now that things had come to this, there was no other way. Lin Shen picked another God-making Egg made with Nirvana materials, gritted his teeth, and swallowed it once again.

The eerie energy spread through his body like an electric current, erupting violently before finally calming down.@@novelbin@@

"Still no Nirvana reaction... This is bad..." Lin Shen's heart began to tremble.

The more types of Attributes he had, the higher the risk of becoming inhuman when entering the Nirvana state. Now with four Attributes, Lin Shen dared not imagine the repercussions he would face once he entered Nirvana.

By now, Lin Shen felt like he was riding a tiger and couldn't get off.

If he didn't continue eating, he wouldn't be able to enter the Nirvana state. Surely, he couldn't remain at the Ascension Level forever.

If he ate the Nirvana Egg, the chances of becoming non-human were just too high.

"No, I can't eat any more. I need to figure out a way to save Wei first," Lin Shen gave up on the idea of continuing to eat the Nirvana Eggs.

He feared that if he didn't succeed, there would be nobody left to rescue Wei.

Packing up his belongings, Lin Shen returned to the Golden Buddha Temple, bid farewell to Master Chao Du, and used his mechanical wristwatch to return to the Human Mother Planet.

Since he couldn't reach the Nirvana Level to enter the Human Mother Planet, Lin Shen could not seek external help. He could only hope that Death Powder would quickly complete Nirvana so that he'd have the chance to deal with that damned snail Little Star.

Although he hadn't achieved Nirvana, his bodily strength was already comparable to top-tier Nirvana Creatures. Combined with Death Powder's destructive power, unless that snail was at the Immortal Level, Lin Shen still had a good chance of winning.

Lin Shen felt the likelihood of Little Star being at the Immortal Level was low. If it were, there'd be no need to bother transporting them to Ancient Temple Star; it could have just killed them directly.

Back in Tiancheng, Lin Shen didn't mention his Nirvana problem, so Wei Changqing and the others thought he had successfully achieved Nirvana.

Originally, Wei Changqing and the others wanted to accompany Lin Shen to the Sea of Blood, but Lin Shen persuaded them not to go.

With the indescribable creatures in the Sea of Blood, which could almost certainly be classified as Undying Creatures, no matter how many of them went, it wouldn't be enough to face that creature.

If Lin Shen went alone, Little Star might be curious about how he escaped from that planet and might let the Undying Creature take him there again.

If too many people went, who knows what accidents might happen.

If Little Star had the Undying Creature kill the others and only left Lin Shen alive, their deaths would be in vain.

Lin Shen was betting that Little Star's own strength wasn't very strong and had not reached the Immortal Level. He was planning to achieve victory through surprise.

The key was when Death Powder would complete Nirvana. Although eager to head to the Sea of Blood, Lin Shen had no choice but to wait patiently for Death Powder to achieve Nirvana.

Fortunately, Death Powder didn't make Lin Shen wait for too long. In less than five days, Death Powder completed his third Nirvana.

Death Powder's Attributes did not change, but his Nirvana Attributes underwent a new transformation. His ability evolved from True Extreme Evil-Slaying Destructive Death Ray to True Extreme Evil-Slaying Destructive Ruination Death Ray.

In addition, Death Powder also acquired a new Super-Base Innate Skill, "Super Base Demonization."

Super Base Demonization was an Attribute-doubling enhancement skill, somewhat similar to the Super Base Form, but with a larger side effect. After using Super Base Demonization, there would be a noticeable period of weakness.

Nevertheless, Super Base Demonization was already a very powerful Innate Skill.