Super Gene Ⅱ: Evolution

"You are indeed a sensible person; no wonder the Emperor appointed you as the Dean." The Heavenly Consort said, then lifted the curtain and stepped out.

Lin Shen finally got to see the Heavenly Consort in person, but unfortunately, still couldn't see her face, which was obscured behind thick mosaic.

"Your journey to the Giant Ring Star is bound to be fraught with difficulties. With your strength, although my brother will protect you, the situation there is complicated, and he alone might miss something in his defense.

I will give you something—it is of no consequence if you do not need to use it, but should you face a life-and-death moment, it might save your life." The Heavenly Consort waved her hand, and immediately a Celestial Maiden brought over a box.

Lin Shen couldn't help but feel elated: "I wonder what the Heavenly Consort is going to give me, a pet or a Spirit Base?"

As if she had seen through Lin Shen's thoughts, the Heavenly Consort's lips curled into a smile. As she opened the box, she said meaningfully, "Do you know what the strongest weapon in the world is?"

"Please forgive my ignorance," Lin Shen replied, shaking his head.

"There are thousands of weapons in the world, each with its own features, and it's hard to say which is the strongest. However, if we're talking about the strongest weapon, it can only be this." The Heavenly Consort said, taking out the object from the box.

Lin Shen saw clearly what the Heavenly Consort held in her hand and was startled.

In her hand was a scroll. Although he didn't know what was inside the scroll, how could a piece of paper be called the strongest weapon?

The Heavenly Consort slowly unrolled the scroll to reveal a portrait of a Celestial being, God-like in appearance.

The Celestial being looked down upon all living things as if a fatherly god, his aura extraordinary, his majesty unparalleled.

"This is..." Lin Shen immediately guessed who the person in the portrait was.

"This is a self-portrait hand-drawn by the Heavenly Emperor. Keep it with you. If someone recognizes this portrait, I doubt anyone would dare to touch it. This is your protective talisman." The Heavenly Consort rolled up the painting again, placed it in the box, and let the Celestial Maiden hand it to Lin Shen.

Lin Shen finally understood what the Heavenly Consort meant. The world's strongest weapon she referred to must be authority.

Although the painting was flimsy and easily destroyed, if anyone dared to damage it, given the nature of the Heavenly Emperor, he might annihilate their entire lineage.

However, this item would only be useful to those of status, position, and reason. If he encountered someone who didn't play by the rules, the painting would be useless.

If An 117 and An 118 were driven to a dead end, even with the painting present, it might not be enough to quell their murderous intent.

"Thank you, Heavenly Consort." Lin Shen took the box with both hands, feeling it was better to have it than not.

"Take this little thing as well. It might be of some use." The Heavenly Consort said as she plucked a feather from her headdress and flicked it towards Lin Shen.

Lin Shen caught the feather and saw it was a true white feather, one finger in length—not made of gold or jade, and he wondered what use the Heavenly Consort intended for it.

"Go now. My brother will report to the Celestial Master Institute first thing tomorrow morning," The Heavenly Consort said, without intention to explain further, and waved for Lin Shen to leave.

Not wishing to pry further, Lin Shen carefully pocketed the feather and left the Imperial Palace with the box in hand.

After Lin Shen left, a male from the Peacock Clan emerged from a side hall; it was none other than the tall and thin Kong Chuan.

"Little sister, do you truly believe he can revitalize the Celestial Master Institute?" Kong Chuan asked, doubt written on his face.

"I don't just believe in him; I know the Heavenly Emperor needs the Celestial Master Institute," the Heavenly Consort sighed. "Brother, you must not act recklessly on your journey to the Giant Ring Star. If you can protect him thoroughly, that would be best. If you can't, then don't bother returning to the Sky Pinnacle Star."

"I understand," Kong Chuan nodded, a somber look on his face.

"Any move the Chief makes there must be reported to me in a timely manner. He is too young and knows too little of the Celestial Race, so he is bound to overlook something. I must be able to remedy the situation promptly," the Heavenly Consort instructed Kong Chuan once more before finally letting him leave.

After Lin Shen returned, he examined the feather, but found nothing unusual about it.

It seemed to be just an ordinary bird feather, leaving him clueless about why the Heavenly Consort had given it to him.

Lin Shen put the feather into a small plastic bag and then into his backpack.

Though uncertain of its use, he didn't believe the Heavenly Consort would give him a common feather without any purpose.

Seeing that it was still early, Lin Shen practiced his skills for a while. As dusk approached, he hugged the conch shell and went to sleep.

He slept until the break of dawn. When Lin Shen awoke, the mosaic on the conch shell had vanished, leaving it to seem like an ordinary shell, without any hint of exceptionality.

In Lin Shen's mind, however, a new Fire Seed skill had emerged.

An imperfect Super-Base Evolutionary Seed—War Song: "In my BGM, no one can defeat me."

"Damn!" Lin Shen exclaimed, both shocked and thrilled upon seeing the introduction to this Fire Seed.

After so long, he had finally found another imperfect Fire Seed; the previous one was Sacrifice to Heaven.

There was no doubt about the power of Sacrifice to Heaven, and unexpectedly, this unassuming conch shell also contained an imperfect Fire Seed.

Just reading the first line of the War Song's introduction sent Lin Shen into an ecstasy of joy, his blood boiling with excitement.

With the War Song reverberating, unrivaled under the heavens, speakers blaring, with me comes invincibility.

But as he continued to read on, Lin Shen realized that things were not as simple as he had imagined.

An imperfect Fire Seed, after all, is not perfect, and couldn't possibly be that invincible; otherwise, it wouldn't be considered imperfect.

The ability of the War Song, like Sacrifice to Heaven, was limited; it wasn't simply about being unbeatable.

Sacrifice to Heaven required offerings, and the more there were, the stronger it became.

War Song didn't need offerings but required numbers. The more people singing the War Song together, the stronger its effects would be.

"What the hell is this? I can't possibly bring a choir with me every time I fight someone, right?" Lin Shen couldn't help but complain inwardly.

However, upon further thought, if he could turn this War Song into the battle anthem of an army, and have the soldiers chant it together during combat, wouldn't that make him invincible?

"Promoting the art of music, cultivating the sentiment of the nation—this vital responsibility cannot be delayed." While Lin Shen thought this way, the promotion of the War Song was easier said than done.

Within the information of the War Song was the song's lyrics and score.

Although Lin Shen was talented in many areas as a child, he was truly tone-deaf when it came to music; the more serious issue being that he was somewhat tone-deaf.

He could read the lyrics without a problem, but singing them was completely beyond him; he simply didn't know how.

"I need to find someone who understands musical scores to sing this War Song first," Lin Shen said as he approached Wei Wufu to ask if he could understand the scores.

After asking, Lin Shen immediately regretted it. Wei Wufu couldn't even speak properly and was a martial fanatic—how could he possibly understand such things?

Asking Wei these things was somewhat humiliating.

"Understand." The response from Wei Wufu stunned Lin Shen on the spot.

"Do you really understand musical scores?" Lin Shen asked incredulously, looking at him.

"Understand." Wei Wufu reaffirmed his answer with conviction.

With a mix of belief and doubt, Lin Shen sketched the War Song's score from his mind, and then he proceeded to write down the lyrics.

However, Lin Shen encountered a problem while writing the lyrics.

The lyrics were just a single line, repeated over and over again.

Moreover, the lyrics were somewhat bizarre, so much so that Lin Shen found it somewhat embarrassing to utter.