Super Gene Ⅱ: Evolution-Chapter 968: Mistaken Identity

The approaching figure was clad in black, followed by hundreds of others, all dressed similarly. Their daunting demeanor gave Lin Shen the impression they were part of the underworld, ready to draw their blades at a moment's disagreement.

"Could it be... I've been exposed... are these people here to get me..." Lin Shen felt uneasy inside.

He had been stealthily testing whether he could use his mechanical wristwatch to teleport away from here, yet for some reason, it still wouldn't activate.

If a fight broke out now, he didn't think he could escape.

Lin Shen looked at Duo and noticed that she also seemed a bit tense, guessing she probably hadn't remembered who this person was—it seemed her mind hadn't fully recovered yet.

"Could this person be an enemy of Duo's?" Lin Shen wondered, but then he saw the man walking straight towards him, not towards Duo.

"It's over; I've definitely been spotted." Lin Shen's mind raced, but he couldn't think of any way to get out of this situation.

Fight his way out? Kuafu Star was the stronghold of the Sun-Chasing Clan with no shortage of Upper Gods. Even if Lin Shen were given three extra lives, it wouldn't be enough.

But what could he do if not fight his way out? He certainly couldn't just sit and wait for death, right?

All sorts of possibilities flashed through Lin Shen's mind, even considering whether he should take the guy in front, who seemed like an underworld boss, hostage.

Ultimately, Lin Shen abandoned the idea and decided not to resist, planning to drag Duo down with him.

Only by dragging Duo into this could he possibly save his own life.

As Lin Shen was thinking, the man with the air of an underworld boss had already reached him, opened his arms wide, and moved towards Lin Shen.

Lin Shen had already decided not to resist and let himself be captured by the other party, but to his surprise, the man embraced him tightly and said, "Sixth, we finally meet, your brother has missed you so much."

Lin Shen was dumbfounded and couldn't react immediately. What in the world was happening?

Duo was also dumbfounded, not understanding the situation herself.

As far as she knew, the person whose body she had taken should be Deng Aduo, the sixth son of the Deng Family. So what was this all about?

"What's wrong? Not happy to see your second brother?" The man with the air of an underworld boss, after embracing Lin Shen, took a step back to look him over. Noticing Lin Shen's odd expression, he frowned and said.

"Um... I think you've got the wrong person... I'm not Deng Aduo..." Lin Shen cautiously said.

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Even though he felt it was unlikely that this man would not recognize his own brother, other than that, he couldn't think of any other possibility.

"You're not Sixth? What a joke. If you're not Sixth, then who here could be? You're not suggesting that he is Sixth, are you? Sixth, you really are mischievous, playing jokes on your brother again, aren't you?" The underworld boss-like Second Elder of the Deng Family, with one arm over Lin Shen's shoulder, spoke cheerfully.

Standing nearly 1.9 meters tall, Lin Shen still seemed rather slender next to the Second Elder of the Deng Family, whose actions indicated a close relationship with Duo.

Of course, Lin Shen couldn't possibly be his Sixth Brother; the real Duo was standing right in front of him, yet he failed to recognize her, which was rather embarrassing.

Seeing Lin Shen not laughing, the opposite Duo also kept her gaze on him. The Second Elder of the Deng Family seemed to sense that something was amiss, slowly releasing his embrace of Lin Shen, looking at him with a puzzled expression, and asking, "You... really aren't... Sixth Brother...?"

"Second Brother, you've truly become more foolish, mistaking even your own younger brother. That really takes the cake," a voice that was neither too harsh nor too flippant sounded.

The crowd turned their heads and saw a man in white walking over while swinging a Folding Fan.

With a face like jade and an upright posture, he exuded a dashing elegance swinging his Folding Fan.

But for some reason, Lin Shen always felt that this man was too effeminate; holding a Folding Fan, he still thought he had more of a manly aura than himself.

Behind the man in white, likewise followed several hundred people, all dressed in the same white outfits. In stark contrast to the black-clad men brought by the Second Elder of the Deng Family, they lined up clearly on either side, the difference between them glaringly obvious.

"Eldest Brother, mind your own business. Stop spouting nonsense over there," sneered the Second Elder of the Deng Family at the man in white, turning away from Lin Shen with a grin and reaching to drape his arm over Duo's shoulder while saying, "Duo, I've been working so hard lately that my vision has blurred, and missing you so much, I mistook someone else for you. I'll take you to the Immortal Gate to have a grand time as an apology."

Duo placed one hand on the Second Elder's arm, preventing him from embracing her: "I appreciate the thought, but I'm still injured and would like to go rest first."

The Second Elder of the Deng Family had a thick face and didn't seem bothered, naturally retracting his hand and looking at Duo with concern, saying, "Duo, where are you injured? Tell me, and I will have someone treat you right now."

Duo had not said anything yet when the Eldest of the Deng Family said with a sneer, "Second Brother, stop acting already. How could you not know about Sixth's injury?"

"How could I know Duo has just returned?" Second Brother's face darkened.

"Didn't you always keep an eye on Sixth's Chrysanthemum? Uncle Xue didn't come back with her; could you really be unaware of what happened?" the Eldest of the Deng Family sneered.

"Eldest Brother, don't make slanderous accusations; who has been spying on Duo's spacecraft? Sounds like you're talking about yourself," the Second Elder of the Deng Family retorted immediately.

But the Eldest of the Deng Family ignored him and turned to Duo, saying, "Sixth, Uncle Xue didn't come back with you, which certainly means something unexpected happened on your trip, right?"

"We encountered the Purple Rosy Nether Butterfly on a planet, Uncle Xue sacrificed himself to save me," Duo sighed in reply.

Both the Eldest and the Second Elder of the Deng Family's expressions changed, with the Eldest saying, "The Purple Rosy Nether Butterfly is an Upper Divine Beast; the fact that you returned alive is already great fortune. Uncle Xue sought benevolence and died a benevolent death; there's no need for you to be too heartbroken. You mentioned being injured just now; were you hurt by the Purple Rosy Nether Butterfly? If so, we must treat you immediately. Injuries from the Purple Rosy Nether Butterfly are not so easily dealt with, and if treatment is not prompt, it could leave endless troubles."

"Injuries from the Purple Rosy Nether Butterfly cannot be cured by ordinary Art of Healing. I have someone under my command with the Extreme Yang Divine Skill, which is the nemesis to that Purple Rosy Nether Butterfly..." the Second Elder of the Deng Family immediately chimed in.

"If indeed injured by the Purple Rosy Nether Butterfly, Sixth Brother might not have even survived to receive your eager attentions here and would have died en route," a woman in green approached, casting a scornful glance at both the Eldest and the Second Elder of the Deng Family, and without further ado, took Duo's hand and said, "Sixth Brother, come with me."

Lin Shen saw that the expressions on the faces of the Eldest and the Second Elder of the Deng Family weren't very pleasing, but they made no move to stop the woman.

Lin Shen kept looking at the woman's hair, noticing something inserted among her locks that seemed to be either a hairpin or a clasp, which to his astonishment was covered with thick mosaic.

"Even Celestial Court has mosaics?" Lin Shen thought with surprise, and quickly followed after them.