Super Gene Ⅱ: Evolution

All the teleporters were discovered later on.

Even for those races ranked within the top ten in the universe, the teleporters they used were found on different planets, they could not manufacture interstellar teleporters on their own.

But these teleporters couldn't possibly be naturally occurring, they must have been created by someone.

Lin Shen thought again about what Changhen Dongli had said and suddenly felt there was some truth to it.

However, these were not things he needed to consider at the moment; those Powerful Cosmic Races had spent billions of years without figuring this out. Right now, he just needed to decide whether to participate in the war or not.

Unfortunately, the elimination round didn't offer any real benefits unless one took part in the ranking battle and managed to bring their race into the top hundred million rankings to gain some advantages.

As long as one could enter the rankings, the evolutionary speed of their entire race could be somewhat accelerated; the higher the rank, the more substantial this acceleration.

The fact that the Supreme Clan was able to produce an Innate Nirvana like Di Esi owed much to their repeated high rankings, never falling below the top three.

Their rate of evolutionary advancement was naturally much faster than those of smaller races.

"Such a rule just means the strong get stronger. It's really too difficult for other small races to overturn the old, higher-ranked races," Lin Shen pondered the pros and cons.

"Xiaoqi, search for news related to the racial ranking battles," Lin Shen issued the command to Xiaoqi.

The internet was flooded with news about the racial rankings; major races were all reporting on it.

Many well-known fighters had already signed up to participate in this racial ranking battle.

Originally, Lin Shen thought the ranking battle would be a stage for those top fighters, where Immortals would be the main force.

But after searching the news, he found very little information about Immortals; instead, there was a lot about Nirvana Beings and Ascenders.

After reading for a while, Lin Shen finally understood what was happening.

Since Immortals were too powerful, ordinary people simply couldn't comprehend what was happening in their battles. It usually turned out to be a dazzling light show, followed by a wait until the battle was over to announce the winner.

Instead, the battles of Nirvana Beings and Ascenders were somewhat comprehensible to those with certain abilities.

Particularly, the battles of Ascenders had higher entertainment value.

The battles of Nirvana Beings could still be roughly understood by Ascenders, but anything lower was similarly incomprehensible.

Therefore, the most popular were the Ascension Level battles; the vast majority of cosmic races could understand a bit of the strategy, making the viewing threshold not so high.

Among the Ascenders, Di Esi was without any controversy the most supported, a resounding first place.

Beyond Di Esi, there were also many strong contenders from other Powerful Cosmic Races.

Like Feng Shenxiu from the Phoenix Clan, Kristin from the Di Man Tribe, Wu Mian from the Chaos Clan, Zhan Xuan from the Soul Martial Clan, and so on, all received high acclaim.

Within the Celestial Race, the one with the highest support was the Prince Tian Buluo.

Apart from Tian Buluo, there were also several Ascenders from the Celestial Race who belonged to the series of the favored ones of the heavens and likewise could not be overlooked.

Of course, it wasn't just the Celestial Race; those other Powerful Cosmic Races, too, had more than one or two genius individuals. It was only the Supreme Clan, with Di Esi as the lone person participating at the Ascension level.

Lin Shen didn't pay much attention to these, but one extremely popular piece of news did catch his eye.

"The Undefeated King enters the battlefield, while a multitude of champions sharpen their blades eagerly..."

"Oh my god, why are you getting yourself involved in this mess!" Lin Shen exclaimed, his face turning somewhat green after reading the news.

Lin Xiangdong had actually announced his participation in the battle and many famous Ascenders from various races had stated their intention to take him down during the elimination rounds.

Lately, news about Lin Xiangdong challenging renowned Ascenders from different races had been leaked constantly, with almost every Ascender of notable races having been challenged by him.

Even though he didn't win, the victories of those Ascenders were not exactly delightful either.

It seemed that no matter whom Lin Xiangdong fought, he was always able to leave unharmed. He may have been defeated, but now a good number of people believe that the strength of the Undefeated King is not weak at all.

Otherwise, why was there not a single Ascender among the many top-level ones who fought him who could truly injure the Undefeated King?

There have even been fans of the Undefeated King claiming that his strength is on par with Di Esi's, suggesting he's simply biding his time and is equally matched with anyone he confronts.

Whenever someone disputes them, they have only one response, "If you're so capable, why don't you knock down the Undefeated King?"

This remark has drawn countless enemies for Lin Xiangdong, with numerous Ascenders declaring that they will defeat the defeated king thoroughly in the elimination matches. Some even go to extremes, openly threatening to take his life. Discover stories at empire

Lin Shen watched all this with a gloomy heart, sensing that Lin Xiangdong was soon becoming a public enemy to the whole world.

But he knew his fourth brother's character well; once he publicly declared his intent to participate in the battle, there was a nine out of ten chance that he would indeed take part.

Lin Shen was somewhat worried that his fourth brother might be ganged up on during the elimination match. Even if he wasn't ganged up on, he wouldn't be able to withstand a series of consecutive battles.

According to Lin Shen's understanding of the rules of the elimination match, one could forfeit before the start, but once it began, one had to wait until the end of the elimination match to forfeit and not participate in the next one.

There was a time limit for the end of the elimination match, and Lin Shen seriously doubted whether Lin Xiangdong could hold on until it ended, given so many were out to get him.

Lin Shen was contemplating whether to join the battle himself so that he could offer some help if his fourth brother were indeed ambushed.

With his current strength, Ascenders posed little threat to him. Even if he were to be besieged, he should be able to last until the end of the elimination match with his endurance.

Of course, Lin Shen still hoped that his fourth brother was merely bluffing and would not actually participate in the elimination match.

Since there was still some time left before the elimination match started, Lin Shen decided to wait and see how things would unfold.

As days passed, the hype surrounding the Undefeated King refused to die down, with more and more top-level Ascenders declaring that they would teach him a lesson if he competed, which worried Lin Shen.

Suddenly, a message came through on the communicator. Lin Shen looked at it and realized it was from Ouyang Yudu.

"I'm going to battle, what about you?"

"Haven't decided yet," Lin Shen replied.

"What about Wei?" Ouyang Yudu quickly sent another message.

"He's on the home planet, so he probably won't battle," Lin Shen responded.

Ouyang Yudu did not reply again. Just as Lin Shen was about to put the communicator away, he received another message, a friend request from a stranger.

"Tu Xiaodao?" Having identified the name of the requester, Lin Shen clicked 'agree'.

"Mr. Lin Shen, I'm joining the race ranking battle, want to team up?" Just after the friend request was accepted, Tu Xiaodao's message came through.