Super Gene Ⅱ: Evolution

Chapter 866: Chapter 866: The Dilemma of the Holy Shield Dragon

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Lin Shen hung Jiweis up again, this time for ten thousand Commerce Star Coins straight.

He figured, if someone dared to rush for three thousand Commerce Star Coins, why not try for ten thousand—there might be suckers to fall for it. Why settle for three thousand when you could earn ten thousand?

Unfortunately, after he put Jiweis up again, no more pets challenged him.

The only sucker, Charles, was practically going mad now. Where would you find another sucker to challenge Jiweis?

With no challengers, Lin Shen focused on buying materials. He had money in hand now, with total assets reaching over seven thousand.

“Thanks to elder brother’s generous gift, making money is truly delightful,” Lin Shen counted the money in his account. Besides the ten thousand deposit he couldn’t touch, he had another seven thousand-plus at his disposal. That ten thousand deposit was from Tian Xun for buying materials, and the over seven thousand was his own—a substantial sum. Converted to Heavenly Currency, Lin Shen couldn’t even begin to calculate how much it was.

Lin Shen saw that the prices of materials had dropped again, almost reaching the price set by elder sister and Tian Xun. He sent a message to elder sister, asking whether to raise the price and buy the materials.

However, elder sister sent a straightforward reply, “Don’t rush, it’s going to drop still.”

“Seriously? With the fighting so intense, shouldn’t the prices of materials be rising? Why would they drop?” Lin Shen, not cut out for business, was somewhat baffled.

The elder sister replied, “The Celestial Race’s rebellion this time has led the God-making Race to create so many Immortal Creatures; no one knows how many have died. The drop in the price of Immortal materials is just beginning. It’s sure to drop further. The Immortal materials we got earlier, I’ve already sold them all off at a high price. Wait for the price to drop a bit more, then we’ll buy them back. No need to rush. Just watch, and when the price seems about right, I’ll tell you to make the purchase.”

“Okay,” Lin Shen didn’t realize such maneuvers existed, selling even their own materials. Now there was no point in him buying those materials; all he could do was keep waiting.

With nothing better to do, Lin Shen continued browsing the trading district to see if there was anything worth spending money on.

Having a bit of cash and not spending any was indeed uncomfortable.

“Sigh, I wonder how Ouyang Yudu is doing. Sky Pinnacle Star has only had its communications blocked, not faced any battles, so he should be safe, right?” Lin Shen was somewhat worried about Ouyang Yudu, but visiting Sky Pinnacle Star was currently too difficult, and he couldn’t contact him either.

While Lin Shen enjoyed spending money, he wasn’t a complete spendthrift. Some things he took interest in were becoming increasingly expensive, and so he refrained from making moves.

In the trading area, he saw a pet with a one million price tag, with only the words “White Tiger” in the description. Its level was only Crystal Base Level, with an estimated value the same as Jiweis—11. He had no idea whose pet it was.

If that was the initial estimated value, then the White Tiger, like Jiweis, was very likely a Super-Base Pet.

If he had the money, he really would have wanted to buy it.

Unfortunately, he didn’t even have ten thousand, let alone one million—something he dared not even dream of.

Those who had a million Commerce Star Coins were probably from wealthy families who came specifically to trade on Commerce Star, and the money wasn’t even theirs.

The White Tiger remained listed there, but no one bought it.

“It seems the money I’ve made is still not enough!” After watching for quite a while, not buying anything, and with no pets challenging Jiweis again, Lin Shen felt somewhat frustrated.

Lin Shen’s eyes darted around, and he had an idea. He placed the Holy Shield Dragon up on the platform for assessment, hoping to replicate Jiweis’s glory and make another score.

The Spirit of Commerce Star evaluated the Holy Shield Dragon at 10 currency units, one less than the Crystal Base Level Dragon Hunter.

Lin Shen roughly understood why the Tri-Life Base Holy Shield Dragon’s evaluation was so low, primarily because it lacked the ability to evolve.

For some reason, the Holy Shield Dragon lacked the power of evolution, meaning it couldn’t undergo Nirvana and could only be an Ascension Level pet.

No matter how strong it was, being limited to Ascension Level only, its value would naturally be much lower.

“It’s a Mutation pet after all; why can’t it evolve? Could it have something to do with its Tri-Life Base?” Lin Shen had only ever seen one Tri-Life Base pet—the Holy Shield Dragon.

There were so many pets listed in the Commerce Star’s trading district, yet he had not seen another Tri-Life Base Pet; he had only seen a few Double Life Base ones.

“I wonder if there’s a way to raise the Holy Shield Dragon’s level. If it could undergo Nirvana, it would certainly not be inferior to a Super-Base Pet,” Lin Shen pondered in his mind.

Previously, Lin Shen had also fed the Holy Shield Dragon quite a lot of resources, but it remained at Tenth Turn Ascension without a hint of undergoing Nirvana. He didn’t know what the problem was.

Lin Shen glanced at the price war in the Ascension district. Apart from the Dragon Hunter with a ten thousand bet, no other pets had a bet over a hundred, and the highest was merely several tens of currency.

Having tasted big money, Lin Shen felt that fighting for just a few tens of currency was simply not worth the fatigue.

“Forget it, earning that little money and having to expose the Holy Shield Dragon’s strength is not worth it,” Lin Shen thought it over and listed the Holy Shield Dragon anyway, with a bet of one thousand.

He had originally thought that with only a ten currency unit evaluation for the Holy Shield Dragon and a listing of only one thousand, someone would surely challenge it quickly. But he waited for half a day, and still, no one came to challenge the Holy Shield Dragon.

“Why are there so many cowards?” Lin Shen sighed in resignation.

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At the Weishan Mansion on Diman Star.

Catherine sat in the living room waiting for Long Yue. She had heard Long Yue was about to leave Diman Star, so she wanted to see her before she departed.

After a while, Long Yue came out, some sweat visible on her cheeks.

Catherine was a bit surprised; Long Yue usually cared so much about her appearance, so it was strange for her to appear this way.

Catherine thought with some mischievousness, “Could Long Yue have found a man? Looking at those sweat stains… and those flushed cheeks… tsk tsk…”

“Catherine, I’m sorry to keep you waiting. I was training my pet and didn’t have time to welcome you,” said Long Yue, apologetically.

“Training a pet? What kind of pet is worthy of your dedicated training?” Catherine’s mind conjured up some not-so-child-friendly content.

“It’s an Ascension Level pet with good potential and room for growth. I initially wanted to take it to the pet price war on Commerce Star for some training, but it got badly defeated by someone. I wanted to train it and get revenge,” Long Yue was a very sincere person who didn’t seem to have anything she couldn’t discuss openly; she wasn’t one to lie or, more accurately, she disdained lying.

“Who dares to bully your pet? I’ll help you get revenge,” Catherine became a bit curious.

A pet Long Yue valued couldn’t be ordinary. What kind of pet could leave hers so badly beaten?

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