Super Gene Ⅱ: Evolution

With the desire to try it out, there was no suitable subject here to experiment with.

When Ye Ya used the tombstone before, Wei had seen most of it; it seemed that the artifact needed to be activated first. Then by looking at the opponent and writing down their name, and if the power Wei injected could overpower the opponent's, there might be a chance to kill them.

The artifact could easily handle weaklings, but its effectiveness against formidable foes was not absolute, though it was not entirely negligible either.

Lin Shen could only attempt to activate it, but he harbored little hope for success.

If the miniature tombstone was of any use, why would Chi 118 have stored it in a warehouse instead of carrying it with him?

So it was very likely that even Chi 118 could not use it, or it had limited utility—it was unclear which was the case.

Lin Shen, holding the little tombstone, channeled his own strength into it, and to his surprise, the little tombstone actually responded.

The little tombstone trembled slightly, and blood-red lettering slowly began to appear on its front, as if the writing was formed from blood seeping out of the stone itself.

"Lin Shen..." Lin Shen jumped in shock, wondering how his own name had appeared on the tombstone, as he certainly did not wish to commit suicide.

Lin Shen quickly ceased channeling his strength, yet the bloody lettering on the tombstone did not stop appearing. The blood writing that kept emerging detailed Lin Shen's date of birth, down to the exact hour, all crystal clear.

Lin Shen watched with a pounding heart, but thankfully after the details emerged, they began to fade away and soon disappeared without a trace.

Lin Shen, who had prepared for a struggle with death, did not feel any abnormalities with his body.

"Wait a minute... Could it be that this little tombstone and the larger one in Ye Ya's possession are a set... The little tombstone is for checking names and birth details, while the larger one is for killing..." The more Lin Shen thought about it, the more he believed he was right. He scrutinized the little tombstone again for a good while, but couldn't ascertain its true function.

What he could confirm was that as long as he infused power into the little tombstone, it would display the user's name and birth details.

However, it was practically impossible to have an enemy channel their power into the little tombstone to obtain their name and birth details during a real battle, which seemed somewhat pointless.

"There must be more to it; I just haven't figured out the right way to use it yet." Lin Shen decided to put away the little tombstone for now, to research it more thoroughly later.

There were simply too many treasures here, many of which Lin Shen did not know how to use, and he was unsure how to prioritize them for the time being.

Fortunately, it wasn't long before Tian Xun returned, and judging by her expression, she seemed to have made a substantial find, appearing much more cheerful.

"That Ye Ya, he truly is from the Night Ghost Tribe. However, unexpectedly, he is not a pureblood Night Ghost but a hybrid," Tian Xun said.

"Hybrid? Why do I feel like Ye Ya, that hybrid, is even more formidable than the pureblood Ye Kong?" Lin Shen said with surprise.

"Who said purebloods are necessarily more formidable than hybrids?" Tian Xun gave Lin Shen a disdainful look.

"Baby, I'm not talking about you. You are the most beautiful and most powerful hybrid baby, perfectly inheriting the strengths of both races while avoiding their weaknesses. You're the most perfect woman in the world," Lin Shen's will to survive suddenly surged.

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Tian Xun chuckled, "Although Ye Ya is a Hybrid Night Ghost, he's a bit different from the ordinary hybrids. It wasn't a pureblood Night Specter that turned him into a hybrid, but he himself actively extracted the bloodline of a pureblood Night Specter, turning himself into a Hybrid Night Ghost.

The pureblood Night Specter whose bloodline he extracted was an elder of the Night Ghost Tribe, and he is not controlled by pureblood Night Specters. You could say that Ye Ya, the Hybrid Night Ghost, is actually the arch-enemy of the Night Ghost Tribe."

"However, his luck wasn't very good. Just after he became a Hybrid Night Ghost, the Night Ghost Tribe was annihilated by a coalition of races, and he, as a Hybrid Night Ghost, was also hunted by all races. He was grievously injured and fled to Giant Ring Star. Other races wanted to kill him, and the Night Ghost Tribe wanted to kill him as well.

He was even ambushed by the surviving members of the Night Ghost Tribe on Giant Ring Star and almost got killed."

"In fact, the Night Ghost Tribe thought that Ye Ya had died in that battle, which also cost the remaining pureblood Night Specters most of their numbers, leaving only Ye Xing and three others. So, the Night Ghost Tribe holds a deep grudge against Ye Ya as well, and they are not on the same side."

"That makes sense," Lin Shen mused. "Ye Kong and the others planned to turn everyone into Hybrid Night Ghosts to completely control Giant Ring Star. Ye Ya probably doesn't know about this. He's teamed up with Chi 118, probably eyeing the Utmost Darkness Domain. Both sides are unaware of each other's actions, and by some twist of fate, they collided.

By now, Ye Ya and his group should have left the seaside castle and gone to the Utmost Darkness Domain, right?"

"Most of it is correct," Tian Xun paused, then continued. "Ye Ya and Chi 118 should have gone to the Utmost Darkness Domain, but the home base was attacked by the Night Ghost Tribe, no wonder the situation at the Chi Family was so bad when we went there last time.

However, the darkness falling wasn't their doing, but the work of Ye Kong and the others to conveniently rescue Ye Xing, which is also part of the functionality of this trial site. The Little Wine Emperor's reconstruction hasn't been tampered with.

Another thing you guessed wrong, Ye Kong and the others knew making such a big commotion would be hard to go unnoticed, so they never intended to control Giant Ring Star. They planned to raid it and then leave Giant Ring Star after rescuing Ye Xing."

"Leave Giant Ring Star? Would they be willing to give up the benefits of the Utmost Darkness Domain?" Lin Shen asked in astonishment.

"Here's the good news. Ye Kong and her group have studied and explored the Utmost Darkness Domain for many years, and they know it like the back of their hands. They just waited until today to rescue Ye Xing and send her to Nirvana in the Utmost Darkness Domain to gain the Little Wine Emperor's inheritance. Then they will leave Giant Ring Star," Tian Xun said with a smile.

"I have already obtained the secret passage into the Utmost Darkness Domain from Ye Kong. If we take Ye Xing and Ye Kong with us, we should still make it in time."

"Why take them with us? Can't we go by ourselves?"

"Taking them along, if there's anything we've overlooked, we can ask them on the spot to avoid any accidents," Tian Xun said. "There's no time to delay. Let's hurry and get there before Ye Ya and Chi 118, and get the Little Wine Emperor's inheritance first."

Lin Shen had Wei and Kong Chuan stay to guard Paradise Island to avoid further incidents, and then he and Tian Xun, escorting Ye Xing and Ye Kong, headed for the Utmost Darkness Domain.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

The group arrived at the edge of the Utmost Darkness Domain. They did not take the official route into the domain but entered the trial site's deepest part directly through a secret passage that Ye Kong and her group had dug out.

Tian Xun had a humanoid Nirvana pet carry the Lamp of Life and Death in front, while Lin Shen carried the acupoint-sealed Ye Kong and Ye Xing in the middle.

"This tunnel doesn't seem to be man-made, does it?" Lin Shen observed the tunnel as they walked. Many parts of the tunnel were clearly naturally formed, with rocks that were as dark as obsidian, and their surfaces as smooth as pebbles.

"Most of it is naturally formed. They just utilized this natural underground cavern and dug out a small part of it. With their abilities, even if they wanted to directly pierce through the Utmost Darkness Domain to reach the central area, a few hundred more years would still not be enough time," Tian Xun explained.

As they conversed, the cavern ahead came to an end, and a dark underground river appeared in front of the four of them.