I am the Clone of a Death Row Inmate

Chapter 150: Chapter 142: Mr. Ya Goes Out to Collect Dung

”Impossible!” Su Ze immediately denied it, afraid the old lady would ask for her greeting gift back.

He explained, ”I’m still young, and I won’t be an adult for a few more months. It’s a little too early to talk about this stuff. My family doesn’t support me dating so young.”

”Your family?” Ning Yushen glanced at him. ”The family you chose for yourself?”

Su Ze coughed. ”Grandma, Miss Ye and I are both still young. Please don’t be in such a rush. Young people need some time to get to know each other to see if they’re a good fit.”

Only then did Ning Yushen’s expression soften. She said, ”Then go ahead and spend some time together. But you, kid, your evolution level is rising too fast. It’s best to make a decision soon. Once you’re sure, have a child early. It’ll be difficult to have children once you become Saint-level.”

Su Ze blinked. ’How did we end up on the topic of having kids?’ he thought.

He had heard of this before, though. The higher one’s life form level, the harder it was to bear offspring.

As evolvers advanced in level, their genes diverged further and further from the ordinary human range. Moreover, each evolver followed a different evolutionary path, so it was really a matter of luck for a high-level evolver couple to conceive.

It was said that Saint-level evolvers who had evolved more than four times even had reproductive isolation from ordinary people.

After finally getting off that topic, Su Ze didn’t forget Liou Wenxin’s request.

”Grandma, my sister asked me to bring back some Coral Insect corpses for her research. Do you have any here?”

Ning Yushen nodded. ”Dongli University has already notified me about this. I’ve prepared everything. You can take it with you on your way back.”

She took a box out of her storage bracelet and opened it to show Su Ze. ”This box contains the corpses of Tier One, Tier Two, and Tier Three Coral Insects, as well as their coral stones.”

Then, she took out a separate metal box. ”The Saint Envoy gave this to me. It’s the corpse and coral stone of a Tier Four Coral Insect, but it’s only a small part. You must keep it safe. This stuff is very precious!”

Su Ze looked into the metal box. It contained only a single Coral Insect tentacle and a piece of coral stone the size of a fingernail. He could naturally tell how precious it was.

The greeting gift Ning Yushen had given him was a Tier Three coral stone, which had the miraculous effect of increasing bone density. This Tier Four coral stone could only be more powerful.

For some reason, when Su Ze saw the Tier Four Coral Insect’s tentacle, an inexplicable instinct surged within him. The tentacle seemed to have a strange attraction for him, making him want to touch it involuntarily.

Su Ze suppressed the impulse, wondering why he would have such a dangerous thought. A Tier Four beast, even just its corpse, was still dangerous, especially a creature like a Coral Insect covered in stinging cells.

Su Ze closed the lids on everything and stored them in his Storage Pendant. ”Did the Saint Envoy destroy that Coral Island?” he asked.

Ning Yushen shook her head. ”It wasn’t completely killed. There was more than one Tier Four Coral Insect on that Coral Island. The Saint Envoy killed a large number of Coral Insects below Tier Three, but only managed to kill one of the Tier Four ones. A few others escaped.

”For a beast like this, as long as you don’t kill all the Tier Four individuals, it doesn’t have much of an impact on them. They can reproduce again quickly. The next time it appears, it might be an even bigger Coral Island.”

Su Ze also felt that these Coral Insects were a significant threat. They didn’t even need to evolve to Tier Five; as long as they increased their population size, they could possess the strength to fight above their tier.

Ning Yushen continued, ”The Saint Envoy pursued them into the deep sea and discovered that some sort of change might be happening in the ocean, causing many Marine Beasts to act abnormally. Some animals that originally had no hope of evolving into beasts have started to evolve. He couldn’t track down the cause, but this matter needs to be taken seriously. Remember to relay this to Dr. Liou Wenxin when you get back.”

Su Ze nodded repeatedly. When he was talking with Liou Wenxin yesterday, she had speculated that some external force might have caused the Coral Insects to evolve to the Saint level.

Now, the Saint Envoy’s discovery in the deep sea confirmed Liou Wenxin’s speculation.

...

Su Ze left Ning Yushen’s office but didn’t see Ye Jin or Jia Yuan outside. He figured Jia Yuan had probably gone to the training room to be Ye Jin’s sparring partner.

Of course, he wasn’t going to look for Ye Jin. If he rescued Jia Yuan, he might just get himself trapped in his place.

Su Ze sent a message directly to Ye Jin, saying he was in a hurry to get back to Dongli University and was leaving now. He also told her he would wait for her at the university.

Then, he took the next flight and was back at Dongli University by the afternoon.

The first thing he did upon returning was to give the Coral Insect corpses he was carrying to Liou Wenxin. However, when he asked, he learned that she wasn’t at the university but had gone to a meeting with ”the higher-ups.”

He had no choice but to return to his villa first and practice the Swan Dance with Mrs. Yun for a while.

A short while later, Mr. Ya contacted him. Hearing Su Ze was back, he immediately came over to say goodbye.

He was preparing to go on a trip.

The reason was that the Tier Three Dung-eater he was raising in Liou Wenxin’s lab was stuck on the threshold of its fourth evolution and showed no signs of advancing.

After Liou Wenxin studied it, she came to a conclusion: the Dung-eater hadn’t stored enough genetic fragments in its body, and it lacked some high-level genetic fragments to use as a reference, preventing it from proceeding to the next stage of evolution.

In other words, its previous diet wasn’t good enough, nor was it varied enough.

To put it simply, it hadn’t eaten enough poop.

So, Mr. Ya was planning to go out and forage for his Dung-eater. That’s right, he was going out to collect dung.

”Where are you planning to go?” Su Ze asked.

”The Blood Earth Forest. There are a lot of beasts there, it’s close by, and as long as I don’t go too deep, it’s not too dangerous.”

”Want me to go with you?”

”No need. How could I bother you with such a small matter, Boss? I’ve already found someone to go with me,” Mr. Ya said with a toothy grin.

”Oh? Besides me, who else would be willing to go collect dung with you?” Su Ze asked curiously.

”Haha, it’s a student from the university. I paid to hire him to go with me. The guy’s nickname is ’Dung Beetle.’ He once absorbed an extract from a giant scarab beetle and is unusually sensitive to the feces of various beasts. He’s an expert at finding shit!” Mr. Ya said proudly. ”With him around, this trip will definitely go smoothly.”

Su Ze was dumbfounded. ”That’s a real ability?”

”That’s nothing. I heard the guy has a skill where he rolls a ball of dung to run people over. Even if it doesn’t kill them, it’ll gross them to death.”

”But... what if there’s no dung? Does he make it on the spot?”

”Haha, they say he has some special method for storing dung to make sure he always has some on hand. I don’t know the details, and it’s not really something you can ask about.”

Su Ze could only marvel at how the world was full of strange and wonderful things.

”Let’s go.” Su Ze grabbed Mr. Ya. ”I’ll treat you to a meal as a send-off. This might be the last time we eat together. After you come back, you won’t be clean anymore.”

”Don’t say that, big brother! I paid him. I’m letting ’Dung Beetle’ handle everything. I won’t be touching it myself,” Mr. Ya said with a chuckle.

...

After finishing their meal, Mr. Ya immediately set off for the Blood Earth Forest.

Su Ze, on the other hand, went home and practiced the Swan Dance for a while. Since he hadn’t slept the previous night, he went to bed early.

When he woke up, it was the next morning. He opened his phone and saw that the Dongli government had issued a public notice highly praising the outstanding performance of the Dongli Navy’s soldiers in the great defensive battle.

It also specifically commended the individuals who had made outstanding contributions in the battle.

The first person mentioned was Ning Yushen. The second was Su Ze.

”Comrade Su Ze, for his outstanding performance and significant role in this battle, is hereby awarded one B-rank merit.”

Su Ze’s name appearing in this notice sparked heated discussions throughout the Dongli Kingdom.

Although there had been small-scale rumors that Su Ze had participated in the defensive battle and made a significant contribution, it had never been confirmed.

After all, while at the scene, Su Ze had never shown his face or admitted his identity from beginning to end.

But now, this official notice undoubtedly confirmed it, especially since Su Ze’s contribution was ranked second only to Ning Yushen’s.

This showed that he hadn’t just participated in the war, but had played a crucial role and made an exceptional contribution.

Su Ze scrolled through the comments and found that at least six or seven out of every ten were about him.

[TattooOnADungEater: Su Ze is only in the Cocoon Stage. What on earth did he do to be ranked ahead of a group of Butterfly Stage military experts?]

[SpiralDickMallard: Extraordinary people do extraordinary things. How can mortals like us possibly comprehend a genius like Su Ze?]

[ize: My hubby is so handsome!]

[ManEatingSheep: I think we shouldn’t hype him up too much. No matter how amazing a genius is, as long as they haven’t reached the Saint level, they can still end up as just another face in the crowd.]

[PassionateKeyboardWarriorRuthlessKeys: To the person above, even if Su Ze never becomes Saint-level in the future, his contributions to our Dongli Kingdom are real. He’s still our Dongli’s hero. And you? Eat my key-press!]

[NationwideDrop-in: Su Ze completely deserves this honor. I was there on the scene, I saw it with my own eyes!]

[PassionateKeyboardWarriorRuthlessKeys: You’d better have really been at the scene, and not ’offering your intestines.’]

...

Su Ze closed the webpage and logged into the Dongli University campus forum, only to find they were all discussing him there too.

[SuZesLegHair: Awesome, awesome! Getting a B-rank merit while still a student. That’s Su Ze for you!]

[Dorm506Traitor: The bootlicking from the user above is just pathetic. You’re a senior. How can you suck up to a junior like that?]

[Dorm506sRichest: The traitor above has been expelled from our dorm room.]

[SuZesLittleKitten: I fucking transferred my major to Evolution Class 2 just for Su Ze, only to find out he’s never even been to class!]

[Dorm506Traitor: It’s just a B-rank merit. Look at you all getting so worked up.]

[Dragonfly Captain (Admin): A B-rank merit is already amazing. There aren’t many living recipients of an A-rank merit in all of Dongli.]

Just as Su Ze was basking in everyone’s praise, a message suddenly arrived.

”My reward from the Dongli Kingdom has arrived!”