BXBX NOVEL Chapter 69 - 69 Base Mutation Box
The Mutators brought by Xu Tiange also swarmed behind the two men, confronting the Mutators of the Lu Family.
Lu Qing and the others were somewhat dumbfounded, at a loss as to what was happening. How had it suddenly become as if they were trying to bully Lin Shen, and Xu Tiange had come to help Lin Shen stand up to them?
Originally, they had all thought Xu Tiange came for Lin Shen. Zheng Yan had already made up his mind that when Xu Tiange dealt with Lin Shen, he must stop Lu Qing from intervening.
But now, it seemed like the complete opposite. Not only was Xu Tiange not troubling Lin Shen, but he also adopted a stance of ‘This is my big brother, mess with him and you mess with me to the death,’ catching Zheng Yan and the others off guard and unable to understand the situation.
“You all…” Lu Qing was also surprised, looking back and forth between Xu Tiange and Lin Shen, and only then began to believe that Lin Shen’s earlier claim of having resolved the issue was the truth. However, she had no idea what means Lin Shen had used to make the Xu Family protect him instead, it was baffling.
“There’s no trouble here, you can all go do what you need to do,” Lin Shen told Xu Tiange.
“So it was a misunderstanding, then that’s good. You go ahead, I need to talk to Shen about something, I’ll come find you later,” Xu Tiange instructed his people to leave first, while he stayed behind.
“We should go too,” Zheng Yan, worried the Xu Family would get ahead of them, hastily urged Lu Qing.
“Go ahead,” Lin Shen nodded to Lu Qing.
Seeing that all Xu Tiange’s people except him had left, Lu Qing finally believed that Xu Tiange wasn’t just putting on an act. It seemed his relationship with Lin Shen was truly out of the ordinary.
“Lin Shen… till we meet again…” Lu Qing didn’t know what else to say, sighed lightly, and rode off on the White Gold Beast with Zheng Yan and the others.
Once Lu Qing and the rest had gone far, Xu Tiange said to Lin Shen in a low voice, “Shen, someone found a Base Mutation Box near Jinshui Lake, we’re rushing over there. Didn’t expect to run into you. Want to join us?”
“There’s a Base Mutation Box here?” Lin Shen responded with some surprise.
Since encountering Wei Wufu and Tian Xin, Lin Shen was no longer the stay-at-home who knew nothing of the world.
The Base Mutation Box and Mutation Point could be considered as one and the same thing, the origin of Base Mutation on this planet.
Before, Lin Shen only knew that Mutation Points were source sites of spread, infection, and Base Mutation. Some Mutation Points were discovered nearby Base Mutation Boxes, though most were damaged.
Piecing together the intelligence he gathered from Tian Xin and Wei Wufu, Lin Shen now knew that the Base Mutation Box was essentially a cosmic transport container.
Because space travel requires a lot of time, life forms need to hibernate within the transport container during their journey, to endure the long voyage.
Of course, some transport containers are used for storing goods, like the Base Mutation Eggs that required these containers for transport.
The Base Mutation Boxes that crashed all over the world over two hundred years ago were these transport containers, carrying Base Mutation Eggs, origins unknown, as well as the reason why they crashed onto this planet.
One thing was certain: the spacecraft carrying these containers had not crashed on this planet. Something likely went wrong in outer space, scattering the containers all around.
Most of the containers were damaged in space. After crashing to various parts of the world, the Base Mutation Eggs fell out, becoming sources of infection – the well-known Mutation Points and Base Mutation Zones.
Those referred to as Primeval Eggs are, in fact, alien Base Mutation Eggs.
What puzzled Lin Shen was that since that incident two hundred years ago, no other transport containers had fallen. If there were any near Yashen Base, they should have been discovered earlier, so why was it found only now?
There could only be two possibilities. One was that this transport container was from the batch that fell two hundred years ago.
Its contents were sealed because it wasn’t damaged, so the Base Mutation Eggs inside didn’t turn into a source of infection. Plus, due to the crash site being hidden, it remained undiscovered by anyone.
There was another possibility, that this transport cargo had fallen recently and wasn’t from the same batch as those over two hundred years ago.
“The Mushroom Beasts in the Blue Tree Sea are rampant; could it be related to that transport cargo?” Lin Shen wondered but then felt something was off, as the Blue Tree Sea and Jinshui Lake were in two opposite directions. If the rampant Mushroom Beasts in the Blue Tree Sea were related to the transport cargo, then the cargo should be located in the Blue Tree Sea as well.
“Intact? Damaged?” Wei Wufu obviously thought of this too and asked Xu Tiange.
“The Base Mutation box is intact.” Xu Tiange actually understood what Wei Wufu meant, but he didn’t know the Base Mutation box was actually the transport cargo.
“Lead the way,” Wei Wufu said directly.
Lin Shen slightly frowned, but seeing the expression on Wei Wufu’s face, it seemed he was set on going.
After pondering for a moment, Lin Shen also nodded to Xu Tiange.
“With Shen and Elder Brother Wei involved, those bastards from the Lu Family don’t stand a chance. The Base Mutation box will definitely be ours. If there are Primeval Eggs inside, how about I purchase them at a high price?” Xu Tiange said.
“Alright,” Wei Wufu didn’t seem to care whether the Base Mutation box contained Primeval Eggs or not.
Xu Tiange was overjoyed, hesitated no longer, mounted his steed, and led the way at the front.
Lin Shen and Wei Wufu also summoned their mounts to follow, but it was a pity that they were still riding Iron-horned Horses and couldn’t keep up with Xu Tiange. Thinking it over, Xu Tiange said, “Shen, Elder Brother Wei, I’ll go ahead first to prevent my brothers from suffering at the hands of the Lu Family. You can head straight to Jinshui Lake from here. You’ll see us when you get there.”
“Go ahead,” Lin Shen said, as he actually had something to ask Wei Wufu that he couldn’t when Xu Tiange was around. This arrangement suited him well.
Xu Tiange repeatedly urged Lin Shen and Wei Wufu to come quickly, then galloped away on his fast horse.
“Elder Wei, why go?” Lin Shen looked at Wei Wufu and asked.
He knew their current situation, and Wei Wufu was well aware that the Black-Capped Mushroom Beasts must be watching them in the shadows; it really wasn’t the time to get involved in other matters.
With a determined look in his eyes, Wei Wufu said, “Base Mutation box, unknown, need to ascertain, risk, nip in the bud.”
Lin Shen understood what Wei Wufu meant and said with a wry smile, “Haven’t you thought about the danger to yourself?”
“For me, it is a duty that cannot be shirked.” Wei Wufu paused, then added, “You, go back, I’ll go.”
“I might as well go with you,” Lin Shen could tell from Wei Wufu’s expression that persuading him would be futile.
Thinking that Jinshui Lake wasn’t far from the base, and so far from the Blue Tree Sea, if there was danger, he was confident that he could escape back to the base. It was a good idea to accompany Wei Wufu to see the Base Mutation box, as he had never seen one before.
If there were Super-Base Primeval Eggs inside, there was hope for advancing to Alloy.
When the two arrived at Jinshui Lake, they could see from afar the people from the Lu Family and the Xu Family. Surprisingly, there was no friction, as both groups stood by the lake, staring at the surface of Jinshui Lake.
Seeing Lin Shen and Wei Wufu coming over, Xu Tiange quickly called them over.
The Mutators from the Lu Family were somewhat puzzled to see Lin Shen and Wei Wufu riding the Iron-horned Horses. Everyone there knew about Lin Shen’s background, and to both the Lu and Xu families, the Lin Family of Dark Bird Base didn’t amount to much. What puzzled them was why Xu Tiange was so polite to these two.
Lin Shen stood by the lake and saw a strange oval device floating on the clear surface. It resembled a metallic football, about a meter high, and less than half a meter in diameter. It was surrounded by rings of crystals that glowed and intertwined, constantly rotating, giving off a mysterious and high-tech aura.