Super Gene Ⅱ: Evolution

Lin Shen's expression was somewhat odd because he had read books of this kind as a child.

What XX Unsolved Mysteries, XX Great Unsolved Mysteries, most of them could only be treated as stories and weren't reliable as truths.

The "Unsolved Mysteries of the World" that Vice Dean An gave him didn't feel like anything credible.

Moreover, since Vice Dean An had previously mentioned he only works based on guesses, it made things seem even less reliable.

"Dean, now that you are here, it's time for our Celestial Master Institute to hold its head high. Huo, Qiao, and Keer are all useful people. Although each of them has their own faults, they are strong in their areas of expertise. The previous dean did everything possible to bring them here, using a lot of effort, yet buried their talents here, and in a blink of an eye, a hundred years have passed," Vice Dean An said to him as Lin Shen was leaving.

"Understood." Lin Shen knew very well in his heart that these people had already shown their willingness to work with him. Explore more adventures at empire

However, Lin Shen was still unclear if there was an undercover agent from another power among them.

But just like Ouyang Yudu said, even if there were, it didn't matter, as long as they could help him work. The more they wanted to gain his trust and learn his secrets, the more attentively they would have to work. Such individuals were even more useful, but it depended on whether the leader could control them.

If well-utilized, they would be like adding wings to a tiger; if not, the Celestial Master Institute would be completely finished.

Returning to Silent Residence, he habitually looked at Lin Xiangdong's home planet arena. There was no one challenging him, nor was he challenging anyone else.

Only then did Lin Shen sit down at ease and flip through the "Unsolved Mysteries of the World" that Vice Dean An had given him.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

He had thought it would be some kind of metaphysics, but upon inspecting it, he found that it was full of mathematical conjectures.

Using language as clear and understandable as possible, the book explained these mathematical conjectures.

After reading for a long time, Lin Shen still didn't understand how these mathematical conjectures related to the guesses Vice Dean An mentioned.

Although Lin Shen didn't hate math, he didn't really have the interest or time to learn it.

It wasn't until he reached the latter part of the book that he finally understood what Vice Dean An meant.

The latter section wasn't about those conjectures anymore, nor was it actually proving them. Instead, it used those conjectures to teach readers dialectically how to discern truth from falsehood.

He thought it was a math problem, but as he read on, he realized it was actually a question about human nature.

The text later discussed using mathematical methods to calculate human nature, which, surprisingly, seemed very logical, and Lin Shen could only admire Vice Dean An's grand ideas.

And as he continued to read, it took another turn, from human nature to how to calculate opponents in combat and predict various patterns of behavior.

At first, it was more about intuition, but as it progressed, it became more academic, with various precise calculations involving theories from mathematics, physics, human physiology, and so on, written very eclectically and chaotically. Lin Shen could understand only a small part of it after reading a long while.

All the way to the end, the book was not finished, and even the last sentence ended with a comma.

This indicated that Vice Dean An had only written up to this point and that he was still writing, without having completed it.

After reading it once, Lin Shen knew he wouldn't be able to master "Unsolved Mysteries of the World"; it required too much brainpower. With his ordinary memory, it was simply impossible to accomplish.

Lin Shen felt that Vice Dean An giving him this book was like casting pearls before swine.

"It seems these individuals have high expectations of me," Lin Shen sighed. If he couldn't develop the Celestial Master Institute, their efforts would be wasted.

Of course, Lin Shen wouldn't force himself to do anything just for them, but it just so happened that their goals aligned.

The Heavenly Emperor wanted the Celestial Master Institute to rise again, so did they, and Lin Shen also needed the Institute to stand tall once more.

His older brother was already working hard to protect the family, but that wasn't enough, his strength was too limited on his own, he needed a stronger force as support.

"Elder brother, I will become a strong and reliable support for you," Lin Shen also wanted to quickly develop the Celestial Master Institute, but these things really couldn't be rushed.

In the past few days, Lin Shen had been reading and researching inside Silent Residence, occasionally making a trip to the River of Chaos to absorb the energy there, enhancing his Base Mutation rate and Life Base.

His Base Mutation rate had already exceeded ninety-five, getting very close to perfection.

The Contrarian was just one transformation away from being fully turned, while Folding Fan remained at Seventh Turn, slightly behind, but not far from completion either.

After a few more days, the ranking battles for each level had ended, and in ten days the final species ranking battle would take place. Whether Humans could ascend the billion species ranking would depend on Lin Xiangdong's performance. Judging by his feat of vanquishing Qiao Geli, breaking through should not be too much of a problem.

The first place in the Ascension Level ultimately remained with the Third Mountain, and in the Nirvana Level, it was Feng Yi from the Phoenix Clan who ranked first, while Feng 6 claimed the first place in the Immortal Level.

With two first places in different levels, many believed that the Phoenix Clan might have the potential to challenge for the title of the Cosmic's Foremost Race this time.

Lin Shen didn't pay attention to the Base Mutation level ranking and was unclear about who ranked first.

In the Immortal Level ranking list, the Celestial Race still failed to break into the top ten, placing fourteenth, with a person named Chi Er on the list.

Chi Er was naturally the second-ranked individual of the Chi Family, and it was clear that he wasn't the strongest member of the Celestial Race, from which one could infer that the Celestial Race had no intention of competing for the species ranking this time.

Surprisingly, the Di Man Tribe had surpassed the Supreme Clan in the Immortal Level ranking, securing the second position.

It seemed that this year's Di Man Tribe had its sights set on the species ranking as well.

For many years, the Supreme Clan had held the title of the foremost race, yet this time, they only managed to secure third place in the Immortal Level ranking.

Of course, this wasn't the final species ranking; the ultimate ranking could still change.

The final battle for the species rankings was to start in ten days.

With no species ranking battle to watch, Lin Shen became somewhat bored and browsed through some news on the Sky Net, suddenly discovering a trending piece of news.

The first-ranked individual from the Ascension Level, Third Mountain, had openly challenged Lin Shen on Sky Net, proclaiming that he was capable of defeating Lin Shen. It was only because he did not want to waste too much time on Lin Shen in the ranking battle that he chose to forgo the fight back then.

He had wanted to face off against Lin Shen at his peak, and was unexpected that Lin Shen would drop out, robbing him of the chance to prove himself.

Third Mountain's challenge on Sky Net was a move to let everyone know that his first place was well-deserved.

Although Third Mountain was currently ranked first, due to the withdrawals of Lin Shen, Kristin, and Di Esi from the ranking battle, many felt that Third Mountain's first place was somewhat undeserved, which was why he was so eager to assert himself.

However, Lin Shen felt that Third Mountain going to such lengths wasn't just for the sake of fame.

Because Third Mountain had made it clear that he wanted to come to Sky Pinnacle Star to challenge him, hoping the Celestial Race would grant him this opportunity.

Ordinary people had no right to enter Sky Pinnacle Star—it was the mother star of the Celestial Race, not a place just anyone could enter.

With Third Mountain's actions, Lin Shen believed there was a high likelihood he was using this opportunity to seek refuge with the Celestial Race, although it was unclear which faction he wanted to join.

Lin Shen paid no heed to Third Mountain's challenge; he had no interest in becoming a stepping stone for someone else.

But to Lin Shen's surprise, the Celestial Race's officials actually agreed to Third Mountain's request to enter Sky Pinnacle Star and challenge Lin Shen.

This development stirred excitement among those who were somewhat disappointed at not being able to witness full-powered combat from Lin Shen's group, and they demanded that the Celestial Race publicly broadcast the entire process of Third Mountain's challenge.

The Celestial Race's officials once again stepped forward, announcing that from the moment Third Mountain entered Sky Pinnacle Star, they would broadcast the event from start to finish, ensuring that Third Mountain would not receive any unfair treatment.

The idlers with no ranking battles to watch almost all shifted their attention to this matter.

Lin Shen didn't pay attention to this affair because Ouyang Yudu had told him that several candidates for assistant positions had been selected, so he could pick one himself.

Initially, Lin Shen had planned to let Ouyang Yudu make the selection alone, but after seeing the photos of the potential candidates sent by Ouyang Yudu, Lin Shen decided to personally make a trip to choose his assistant.