Samuel Quinn's shop was at least two or three times bigger than his, and Henry Lincoln's shop only had a dozen or so claw machines, while this place had forty or fifty. The gene mutation eggs inside were even more varied, and many of the machines contained high-quality gene mutation eggs.

Suddenly, Henry Lincoln's heart skipped a beat, because in one of the claw machines, he saw a gene mutation egg wrapped in all kinds of colorful mosaics—a fire seed gene mutation egg.

Chapter 004 Claw Machine

"Henry Lincoln, I'm talking to you, didn't you hear me? Calling you 'Little Fifth Master' is giving face to your Third and Fourth Uncles, but you really think you're a master now?" Seeing Henry Lincoln ignore him, Samuel Quinn said angrily.

"Today I really am a master. Exchange all of this for claw machine tokens." Henry Lincoln pulled out a stack of hundred-yuan bills from his pocket and slapped them on the counter.

"You think you can be a master with just this little money? Who do you think you're looking down on? I'm not doing business with you, get lost." Samuel Quinn was stunned for a moment, then snorted coldly after realizing what was happening.

"Is it that you don't want to do business, or are you afraid I'll find out there's something fishy with your claw machines?" Henry Lincoln said calmly.

"Who are you saying has something fishy with their claw machines? My claw machines have strong claws and high-quality gene mutation eggs. What do you know?" Samuel Quinn flew into a rage at these words.

The way the two of them were talking had already drawn the attention of the customers in the shop. Naturally, Samuel Quinn couldn't take the blame, especially since Henry Lincoln was indeed falsely accusing him.

"If there's nothing fishy, what are you afraid of? Just exchange the tokens." Henry Lincoln pressed the money forward with three fingers, pushing it toward Samuel Quinn.

"Fine, if you want to play, I'll let you play as much as you want." Samuel Quinn glared fiercely at Henry Lincoln, grabbed the money, and took out a box of claw machine tokens, shoving it heavily in front of Henry Lincoln.

Henry Lincoln took the tokens and, without another word, walked straight to the claw machine with the fire seed gene mutation egg.

At that moment, there was no one in front of that claw machine. Henry Lincoln inserted a token and started operating the joystick.

"Boss, that kid Henry Lincoln is getting too cocky. Should we loosen the claw and let him see how tough the world is?" The shop assistant came over to Samuel Quinn and whispered.

"We can't do that. I know that brat all too well. He looks like a harmless, sunny boy, but he's actually a sly dog. He definitely didn't come here with good intentions." Samuel Quinn felt he had already seen through Henry Lincoln, and snorted, "He came in just to provoke me. If I loosen the claw and all these customers see him spend so much money and not win a thing, and then that brat starts making a scene, it'll definitely affect our business. Playing these little tricks in front of me is useless. Let him play as much as he wants. How much can he win? It'll just be free advertising for us."

"You're the best, boss." The shop assistant said admiringly.

"Cut the flattery. Keep an eye on things here." Samuel Quinn scolded with a smile, then walked out from behind the counter and stood behind Henry Lincoln to watch him play.

Henry Lincoln knew Samuel Quinn had come over, but didn't turn to look at him, just kept playing the claw machine on his own.

It had to be said, the gene mutation eggs in Samuel Quinn's claw machines were indeed better than those in his own shop. This particular claw machine had eight gene mutation eggs in total. Although they were all steel-type gene mutation eggs, there were still differences in quality among steel-type eggs.

Strength, speed, hardness, and toughness were the key stats for evaluating gene mutation creatures. Although the maximum stat for steel creatures was ten, most steel creatures couldn't reach that. If they could get to eight or nine, that was already pretty good—almost a little gem.

Most of the gene mutation eggs in Henry Lincoln's shop were from iron-horned beasts. An adult iron-horned beast could reach a speed of about eight, strength around seven, but hardness was only a bit over five, and toughness, at best, a bit over six. These stats were only below average among steel creatures.

The gene mutation eggs in this claw machine were from tempered steel-armored beasts. Their speed was a bit lower, only a bit over five, but their strength and hardness were both above eight, some even reaching nine, and toughness was above seven. Their combat power was much higher than that of iron-horned beasts.

An adult tempered steel-armored beast was as big as an elephant, but much heavier. It could be used as a mount or a battle pet, and was also great for transporting large equipment and supplies—a very practical pet.

In fact, many bases used materials from tempered steel-armored beasts during construction, and their value was much higher than that of iron-horned beasts.

Different claw machines required different numbers of tokens. This one, with tempered steel-armored beast gene mutation eggs, required four tokens per play—forty yuan a try—making it one of the more expensive machines in Samuel Quinn's shop.

Henry Lincoln tried a few times, and each time, just as the gene mutation egg was being lifted and the claw moved toward the exit, the egg would drop. After five tries, he still hadn't won anything.

"Little Five, your luck isn't so great," Samuel Quinn teased from the side.

"Only those without skill need to rely on luck," Henry Lincoln replied, not even looking at Samuel Quinn, as he put in another four tokens and started the claw machine again.

"Tch, if you don't rely on luck, what do you rely on? The Jade Emperor's blessing?" Samuel Quinn scoffed.

"You can rely on skill," Henry Lincoln said, shaking the joystick repeatedly.