#163 - Chapter 163 'Source'

Under Shen Xingyan's gaze, the doppelganger soon encountered another 'Frog God' that had slipped through the net.

This time, the conscious doppelganger, without Shen Xingyan's command, directly and proactively went to meet it. With the overwhelming power of its attributes, the 'Frog God' collapsed in less than a minute, its large eyes seemingly conveying its confusion.

It probably couldn't understand, even in death, why a small ant had suddenly transformed into something else, an invincible existence. Its own attacks had no effect whatsoever on the minuscule opponent.

The doppelganger, however, focused intently on the wisp of gas that appeared once more. This time, at Shen Xingyan's instruction, it didn't approach closely, but instead carefully observed it from a distance.

The wisp of gas simply floated quietly above the 'Frog God's' corpse, showing no intention of leaving.

Shen Xingyan had the doppelganger observe from afar again, but didn't detect any other anomalies. Seeing this, he began to ponder quietly.

From the doppelganger's perspective, the wisp of gas gradually became fainter and fainter as time passed, looking as if it was about to dissipate.

Seeing this, Shen Xingyan had the doppelganger move over and automatically collect it.

After the observation and analysis just now, Shen Xingyan couldn't help but feel a surge of certainty in his heart: "It seems it really is as I thought. This visible gas is the 'Source' mentioned in the books, something that can raise a Practitioner's original energy limit."

"It's just that I don't know what use it is for the doppelganger to absorb these 'Sources'. I can only have the doppelganger kill more minor hazards and collect more, to see what changes will occur later."

Thinking this, Shen Xingyan had the doppelganger with its own consciousness begin to independently seek out and kill hazards, while he himself exercised and quietly watched.

After nearly an hour passed in this way, Shen Xingyan saw that the progress of 'Equilibrium Force' had reached 49.3%, and knew that the doppelganger's two-hour existence time was about to end.

At this time, the movements of his hands didn't stop, but his mental attention shifted to the doppelganger's perspective.

And at this time, after this period of searching and killing, those 'hazards that slipped through the net', insignificant in the eyes of others, had become the doppelganger's primary targets for elimination.

Nearly thirty minor hazards died at the hands of the doppelganger in a muddled daze.

During this time, the doppelganger naturally encountered some hazards whose attributes, according to the data, were relatively high, but under the cover of the doppelganger's concealed form, it safely avoided them.

After all, in the eyes of those high-attribute hazards or Practitioners, such a small thing, extremely difficult to detect, wouldn't warrant special attention, as it would be too much of a waste of time.

This made Shen Xingyan, who noticed this phenomenon, sigh with emotion: So the Outer Realm is the doppelganger's paradise!

As Shen Xingyan sighed, time slowly approached.

However, just as Shen Xingyan thought that the doppelganger's existence time was about to end and it would dissipate on its own, something strange happened:

The doppelganger, which should have dissipated, was still happily killing minor hazards with lower attributes than itself, showing no signs of disappearing.

This made Shen Xingyan, who gradually realized that something was wrong, react, and his eyes began to fill with incredulous color.

Noticing this situation, Shen Xingyan stopped the movements of his hands in surprise, and subconsciously muttered to himself:

"What's going on? Hasn't the two-hour existence time already arrived? Why hasn't the doppelganger dissipated on its own? It's still killing hazards, this isn't right!"

Shen Xingyan's mind was filled with question marks at this time, and he began to recall the special circumstances that had occurred from the time he used the Doppelganger Technique until now.

The first was naturally the change in size, but in his opinion, this wouldn't be the cause of the influence. After all, it was just a change in form, and its attributes hadn't changed at all, belonging to a unique function of the Doppelganger Technique.

Then the reason must be the second one, the existence of that wisp of 'Source'!

"The doppelganger is composed of original energy, and the 'Source' is something that can increase a Practitioner's original energy limit. If these two are superimposed, could that be the reason why the doppelganger hasn't disappeared even when its time is up?"

Shen Xingyan thought speculatively in his heart, and gradually, his eyes began to become brighter and brighter.

"If that's really the case, then as long as my doppelganger keeps killing hazards and obtaining this wisp of special gas, wouldn't it be able to exist forever?"

The more Shen Xingyan thought about it, the more he felt that this conjecture was valid, and he couldn't help but clench his palm tightly, while a look of excitement appeared on his face.

Looking at the doppelganger's perspective in his mind, a smile instantly spread across his entire face.

However, after being excited for a while, Shen Xingyan slowly calmed down.

He told himself to be calm: "It's still just in the conjecture stage, and there's no way to be sure until the end. All I can do now is wait and see what happens, be steady, and calm myself down!"

Shen Xingyan kept telling himself in his heart, while restarting his exercise of 'Equilibrium Force', trying to use it to suppress his somewhat unrestrained thoughts.

But he still occasionally paid attention to the doppelganger's perspective. Although his emotions gradually calmed down with the passage of time, he couldn't stop smiling.

It wasn't until nearly three o'clock in the afternoon, when the skill comprehension was about to complete its cooldown, that Shen Xingyan stopped the movements of his hands.

And at this time, the doppelganger's perspective in his mind was still appearing, proving that the doppelganger still existed, which made the idea in Shen Xingyan's heart become even clearer.

"The doppelganger's existence time has reached nearly five hours, but it still shows no sign of dissipating. Then, when the cooldown time of the Doppelganger Technique is completed, will I be able to summon a second doppelganger?"

Thinking of this, Shen Xingyan took out the Star Origin Card and saw the Doppelganger Technique, which still had 5 hours of cooldown time on the attribute panel, and began to look forward to it:

"I hope it's really as I think, so that I can eliminate hazards without risk. As my original energy attributes become higher and higher in the future, and the doppelganger's attributes become stronger and stronger, I will gradually eliminate all the hazards in the future!

Just don't let it automatically dissipate before I summon a new one! Luck value bless me! Luck value bless me!"

Shen Xingyan couldn't help but pray in his heart, and then turned his gaze to 'Equilibrium Force', which had now reached 63.5% progress. It would definitely be able to upgrade today.

Then he quickly took out some food from the storage space, sat down to replenish his strength, and watched the doppelganger's perspective. With the scene of destroying hazards, he ate the energy-replenishing things with relish.