Super Gene Ⅱ: Evolution

Lin Shen arrived at Commercial Island, where the number of shops was limited, totaling about a dozen or so.

These shops mainly operated two types of businesses. One was selling items from the outside world to those pioneering on Giant Ring Star, and the other was purchasing materials obtained by the pioneers.

To transport items into Giant Ring Star required going through multiple layers of scrutiny. Those who could conduct such trades there all had powerful backgrounds and connections.

There weren't many shops on Commercial Island, because typically only Ascenders, and a few Mutators with flying pets, could come here, and even those were very few in number.

Each shop had an agent on the mainland, and most trades weren't completed inside the physical shop, except for a rare few high-level items.

Although there were quite a few high-tech items in these shops, they seemed quite backward in comparison to Meidu Star.

A Gallic shop assistant, upon seeing Lin Shen come in, hurried over to greet him warmly, "Esteemed guest, how may I assist you?"

"Do you have any mutant spirit bases?" Lin Shen asked directly.

"Yes, please look at this." The assistant brought out a device capable of projection and displayed a holographic image of a mutant spirit base in front of Lin Shen.

"This is a First Turn Mutated Mountain Axe from an Ascended Creature known as Axe Demon. Its innate skill is Skull Opening, which greatly enhances strength. The Attribute scores in all four areas are high, especially strength and hardness, both exceeding 75…" The assistant robustly introduced the item.

"What's the price?" Lin Shen wasn't concerned with the attributes of the Mutated Mountain Axe since he planned to absorb them anyway.

Ascenders generally bought mutant spirit bases for use, not for absorption; that would be too extravagant, something most Ascenders wouldn't do.

"Two million four hundred thousand Heavenly Currency," the assistant quoted a price.

Lin Shen silently calculated; he had previously exchanged Supersource Dragon's Ascension Liquid for Heavenly Currency. The Ascension Liquid found in the body of a First Turn Pterosaur could typically be traded for about eight thousand to twenty thousand Heavenly Currency, depending on the amount of Ascension Liquid collected.

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Two million four hundred thousand Heavenly Currency equated to needing over a hundred First Turn Pterosaurs, collecting their Ascension Liquid perfectly, in order to afford one mutant spirit base.

However, in Lin Shen's view, this was already relatively cost-effective, considering he had killed several hundred Supersource Dragons and only obtained one mutant spirit base.

The mutant spirit base could sell for this price mainly because it had few reincarnation turns, its attributes and skills weren't remarkable, marking it as a poor quality mutant spirit base.

Truly high-quality mutant spirit bases with good attributes, beneficial skills, or a high number of reincarnation turns would certainly cost more than this.

"Do you have other mutant spirit bases?" Lin Shen casually inquired.

"If you are not satisfied with this Mutated Mountain Axe, we have several other mutant spirit bases here…" The Gallic person projected another mutant spirit base and introduced them one by one to Lin Shen.

Essentially, these were all poor quality mutant spirit bases with low reincarnation turns, ranging between First to Third Turn. Some had acceptable attributes, but the innate skills were truly lacking, mostly being of little use.

A person's Life Base after undergoing multiple turns would be stronger than these mutant spirit bases, so it wasn't worth spending money on them, making them somewhat superfluous.

Their prices ranged from a little over a million to three million Heavenly Currency, not overly expensive but certainly not cheap.

Lin Shen estimated that if he were to purchase what was needed, the cost to enhance his Life Base to Tenth Turn would be an astronomical sum.

"No wonder so many Ascenders, despite knowing that higher turns could slightly increase the success rate of Nirvana, still choose to attempt it after the Fifth Turn. Resources are a major issue.

It's one thing for ordinary people to use common Spirit Bases, but for me to use Mutated Spirit Bases for rebirth, the consumption is just too terrifying." Lin Shen realized that earning enough money to purchase Mutated Spirit Bases and enhance his Life Base to Tenth Turn seemed somewhat unrealistic.

"It seems more reliable to head to places like the Ascension Pool." After pondering, Lin Shen asked the store clerk, "Do you accept Ascension Level Pet Capsules?"

"We do, customer. May I see what Attribute your Pet Capsule has?" the clerk said eagerly.

Lin Shen took out a Pet Capsule of a Supersource Triceratops with relatively low attributes, and after the clerk checked its attributes, he only offered a purchase price of 500,000 Heavenly Currency.

"Isn't this price a bit too low?" Lin Shen frowned slightly, the purchasing price for Ascension Pets was lower than he had expected.

The chances of finding Pet Eggs, though somewhat higher than encountering Mutated Creatures, were still low. Plus, Mutated Creatures had many other materials on them, not just a Spirit Base. When put together, the materials could sell for much more.

The value of Pet Capsules should not be lower than that of these worthless Mutated Spirit Bases.

"Customer, we need to make a profit too. We need a decent margin. Moreover, Pet Capsules sit in the store, and who knows when they might sell. The capital tied up in stock is a loss in itself..." the clerk was quite patient in explaining to Lin Shen, and finally raised the price a bit, willing to buy the Supersource Triceratops for 580,000.

"If I exchange this pet for Mutated Ascension Liquid, how much can I get?" Lin Shen thought it over, the cost of Mutated Spirit Bases was too high; buying a few wouldn't enhance much. He'd better increase his Base Mutation rate first.

When Lin Shen left the store, he carried several bags of Mutated Ascension Liquid and his pockets were significantly heavier with Heavenly Currency.

After visiting the other stores, he found that Mutated Spirit Bases were indeed rare. Those sold in the stores were mostly poor quality, with few exhibiting good Innate Skills or high-turn rebirths.

Ordinary Spirit Bases with high-turn rebirths or good Innate Skills could sell for even more than these worthless Mutated Spirit Bases.

Lin Shen didn't buy any Mutated Spirit Bases, opting instead for Mutated Ascension Liquid, which was considerably cheaper than Mutated Spirit Bases.

After all, Mutated Spirit Bases could also be used as weapons, and the general demand for Mutated Ascension Liquid was a bit lower among Ascenders, thus the price was more affordable.

Lin Shen planned to check one last store and then head back, no longer intending to purchase Mutated Spirit Bases, but a Mutated Spirit Base recommended by a clerk caught his attention.

In this store, there was a Fourth Turn Mutated Spirit Base which possessed an Innate Skill that intrigued Lin Shen.

The Fourth Turn Mutated Spirit Base was a Spirit Bee Ring, boasting the Innate Skill "Cohesion Wave Ring." To an average Ascender, Cohesion Wave Ring might seem somewhat superfluous.

Once activated, the oscillations from the Spirit Bee Ring would be condensed to a point, demonstrating the ability to stabilize oscillations.

But it only stabilized and condensed the oscillations without amplifying them.

It was similar to using a magnifying glass to focus sunlight for starting a fire—somewhat useful, but not particularly so.

Because average Ascenders couldn't externalize their strength, they could only use Cohesion Wave Ring to condense the power fluctuations from collisions—quite superfluous indeed.

Because it was deemed superfluous, even though it was a Fourth Turn Mutated Spirit Base, Lin Shen managed to acquire it by trading only two First Turn Pet Capsules.