Super Gene Ⅱ: Evolution

"How should I eat this?" Lin Shen looked at the Realm King Fruit in his hand, unsure whether to eat the skin or peel it first.

The shell of the Realm King Fruit felt very hard, likely needing to be peeled, but with such a rare treasure, who knows if it might require an unconventional approach.

If all the world's essence is concentrated in this shell, and he discards it after eating the inside, wouldn't that be like buying a case and returning the pearl?

Xiaoye and Xiaona also didn't know how to eat it. They only knew this was the Realm King Fruit but hadn't heard about its consumption details.

Another arrow appeared in the sky, signaling them to continue, though fortunately there was no countdown, so there wasn't any rush to proceed to the next stage.

"Since there's no special consumption method provided, it should follow the logic of normal fruit consumption. Peel the skin and eat the flesh inside first. If there's no effect, then think about eating the skin later," Ouyang Yudu said.

Lin Shen thought it made sense, so he didn't hesitate any longer. With his fingers shaped like hooks, he aimed to pierce the shell and peel it off.

Even when Lin Shen's Strength Attribute burst forth, making him as formidable as an Upper Divine Being, his terrifying power couldn't pierce the shell, not even leaving a mark.

"So hard!" Lin Shen was a bit surprised and thought of using the Super-Base Divine Shot to break through the shell, but feared damaging the flesh inside.

After deliberating for a moment, Lin Shen took out the Scrap Sword, intending to use it like a saw to cut through the shell of the fruit.

The hardness of the Scrap Sword was indeed impressive; even in the Celestial Court, it's hard to find anything harder.

Lin Shen suspected that the Ten Directions Ghost God Slaying Blade from Tian Zhixia was no match in hardness, possibly much inferior.

Lin Shen sawed several times but only managed to grind off a little powder, indicating that the shell of the Realm King Fruit was nearly as hard as the Scrap Sword, thus the poor effect.

Fortunately, there was some effect. Lin Shen exerted all his strength to saw, spending quite a while and only achieving a shallow white mark on the shell.

The irregular projections on the blade's edge of the Scrap Sword were polished to a glossy finish.

"Is it really this hard?" It was Lin Shen's first time witnessing the Scrap Sword being worn down. At this rate, who knows if the irregular spots on the Scrap Sword will be polished smooth.

If they're polished smooth, then the Scrap Sword's sawing action would be gone, leaving it as nothing more than a simple stick.

After much hesitation, Lin Shen decided to keep sawing. As he continued to pull the saw, the white mark on the shell deepened, and the blade's edge became shinier. It's more like they were wearing each other down rather than the Scrap Sword sawing the shell.

As the irregular projections on the Scrap Sword were smoothed out, its efficiency decreased, and the blade turned mirror-bright, losing its function without the irregular protrusions, virtually useless.

The mark on the shell reached two to three millimeters in depth, yet the flesh was still not visible.

"I can't keep going; the teeth are worn out, and it won't open." Lin Shen said with some frustration.

"The blade... no edge... open... fruit shell..." Wei Wufu spoke up.

Hearing Wei Wufu's words, Lin Shen was slightly stunned and then grew joyful as he realized the insight.

Wei Wufu's reverse thinking was indeed sensible.

Earlier, nothing could wear down the Scrap Sword, thus it hadn't opened an edge. Now that this fruit shell could wear it down, it might as well be used to sharpen the Scrap Sword.

Inspired by Wei's suggestion, Lin Shen figured since things were already this way, he might as well use the fruit shell as a whetstone to sharpen the blade.

Lin Shen positioned the fruit shell properly and reversed his actions, using it to hone the Scrap Sword.

Luckily, Lin Shen had learned some forging under Tian Zhixia, his sharpening skills not quite as good, but decent.

Lin Shen gradually sharpened, thinning the blade's edge as the fruit shell thinned too, resembling a worn-out whetstone.

He initially thought the Scrap Sword's texture was so rough, it wouldn't yield a fine edge, but any sharpening would suffice, even achieving saw-tooth edge was better than no sharpness.

However, as he continued sharpening, Lin Shen found the Scrap Sword's texture wasn't as coarse as he imagined.

As the outer particles were brushed off, the underlying particles became tightly interwoven. After continuous honing, only a mercury-like mirror finish remained that reflected external details quite clearly and finely.

The Scrap Sword was too long, the fruit shell too small, so Lin Shen only sharpened in segments. Towards the end, the fruit shell's resistance weakened greatly, and it was worn down more significantly, forming dents where the sharpening continued.

Lin Shen could only keep sharpening, less resistance under the blade, while deeper grooves formed on the fruit shell.

Suddenly, while Lin Shen was sharpening, he felt an unusual sensation in his hand, as if the blade had cut through and entered an empty part.

Instinctively lifting the Scrap Sword, Lin Shen saw a thin breach had formed in the fruit shell, releasing a spray of luminous liquid like a fountain.

The speed was so quick Lin Shen had no time to react, and he was sprayed directly in the face.

This shocked everyone; at such speed, even a droplet could explode a planet. A jet of luminous liquid spraying onto Lin Shen's face seemed sure to obliterate his head.

Fortunately, their worries didn't come true; the luminous liquid sprayed on Lin Shen's face without causing any significant destruction, merely soaking him.

Lin Shen's physical form was strong enough not to feel any pain. When he reached up to wipe the liquid off his face, he realized something was amiss.

He couldn't feel the liquid's texture; instead, it felt rubber-like. The liquid inside the fruit shell had quickly solidified into a translucent soft mask over Lin Shen's face, its uneven flow leading to a slightly irregular surface but maintaining overall facial features.

To others, it looked like a rather crudely made white plastic mask.

Lin Shen tried to peel it off his face, but when he applied force, it felt as though his skin might rip off, and the substance was stuck as if glued with super adhesive, impossible to remove.

No matter how Lin Shen twisted and pulled, the deformed mask wouldn't come off.

"Look at the fruit shell..." Di Esi seemed to discover something, pointing at the shell on the ground.

Everyone looked down to see the once hard, crimson fruit shell now soft and beginning to decay.

For a moment, everyone was left staring cluelessly at each other, unsure what was going on.

The Realm King Fruit was meant to be eaten, so how did it lead to this?

Everyone started using various abilities to help Lin Shen, aiming to remove the solidified liquid stuck on his face, originally thinking at most his skin would peel away, allowing removal of the mask.

To their surprise, they found that the hardened liquid seemed to permeate Lin Shen's flesh and skin, impossible to pull away.