Don't you have your own identity?
Xiao Linlin frowned: "You have to copy other people's ways."
"No."
The mimic shook his head, his tone gentle.
Xiao Linlin was a little uncomfortable, so she took a few steps back and walked to Su Lin's side: "Brother, let me see the data of the new follower."
"Um."
Su Lin nodded and pulled up a data interface for Xiao Linlin to review.
"A mimic?"
Xiao Linlin was also slightly surprised, marveling at the amazing state of the creature.
But soon, she looked up at the mimic and asked, "To what extent do you perceive things, and what behaviors does that include? What minimum standard do you need to meet to mimic a stranger?"
She asked the question that Su Lin cared about most, probably because she was thinking about how to mimic Xu Zhiyi or one of the other survivors.
"Perception is a concept that includes seeing, smelling, and even eating."
The mimic spoke softly, uttering rather chilling words in a gentle tone, but after a pause, it added, "Of course, relationships like becoming friends or enemies can also be achieved, it just takes a little longer."
"Understanding is necessary in order to mimic."
Xiao Linlin nodded, and the mimic continued, "The minimum requirement for mimicking a stranger is that you must at least be able to see them. If you want a more basic and perfect simulation, you must have a thorough understanding of them."
"If you want to achieve perfect mimicry quickly, you can let me eat some of the other person's things; that's the fastest way."
The reason why the mimics were able to perfectly simulate Sulin and his followers was because Sulin himself had a thorough understanding of himself and his followers.
The mimics fully understand Su Lin through the mechanism, and then fully understand the others through Su Lin.
Su Lin does not yet fully understand people like Xu Zhiyi, so he cannot perfectly simulate them.
"A rather novel follower, quite capable."
Xiao Linlin glanced at Su Lin but didn't say anything more. However, Su Lin, who understood her perfectly, nodded and said, "Linlin, it's yours now, just like the others."
"good."
Xiao Linlin smiled sweetly, looked at the mimic, and tilted her head: "Since you don't have your own original body and must exist in a mimicry way... well, then you can mimic the pure-blooded elves."
"Of course, don't try to imitate Lyanna without your brother's orders. She's not someone to mess with."
“I know your simulated strength will be stronger than your original strength, but I don’t want to see two Lyannas going head-to-head in the team.”
"To avoid making the others feel uncomfortable, do not simulate the other members of the team unless necessary. However, you should also get to know each person well, because you will need to use your simulation skills to provide the team with more flexible and varied escape methods in certain situations."
Xiao Linlin's understanding of mimics is very accurate. Their minimum role is that of a support member in a team. They can fill any gaps in information, combat, healing, assistance, intelligence, etc., through mimicry.
Its upper limit is that it can perfectly simulate people outside the enemy and the squad to achieve efficient collection of external information and secrets, or infiltrate the enemy to become a key piece.
Of course, the effects that mimics can achieve are far more than these; this is only what Xiao Linlin had anticipated after their initial contact.
She was very satisfied with her new attendant and believed he would be of great help in the future.
"Any more questions?"
Xiao Linlin looked at the mimic, who shook its head: "No."
“Great, you can go to the training room with Jia Zhengyi. He will introduce you to the other members.”
Xiao Linlin gestured for Jia Zhengyi to step forward. Jia Zhengyi walked towards the mimic with a grin. He had recovered now and looked at the mimic with a more serious expression: "Hey buddy, that joke you made earlier was really big... By the way, it shouldn't be a problem if I call you buddy, right?"
"It's alright, I don't have a specific gender."
The mimic shook his head, which reassured Jia Zhengyi. He smiled and said, "I'm fine. Although the joke just now went too far, I don't care. I can take a joke!"
"Well, to avoid Ellie feeling uncomfortable, why don't you just imitate me when you enter the room? I don't mind, we're all family, feel free to imitate me."
Jia Zhengyi patted his chest, full of pride, and expressed the senior's tolerance towards the newcomers.
"good."
The mimic nodded in agreement, and its form changed to Jia Zhengyi.
"Wow, that's really something."
Jia Zhengyi chuckled, seeing himself looking exactly the same again. This time, he wasn't panicked; he was more curious.
Jia Zhengyi pulled "himself" over, asking him curiously in a low voice as he led him toward the training room.
As they approached the door, the mimic (Jia Zhengyi) suddenly turned around, looked at Xiao Linlin who was whispering to Su Lin, and said, "Linlin, there's something."
"Um?"
Xiao Linlin looked up at him, puzzled.
The mimic pointed at Jia Zhengyi and, speaking in Jia Zhengyi's voice, dug a pit: "This guy was looking for you when he came out of the room just now. It seems like he had something to brag about to you."
"What's up?"
Xiao Linlin was puzzled, but seeing Jia Zhengyi's shocked expression, she tried to raise her hand to stop the mimic from speaking, but failed and was exposed by the mimic: "He just said... he cracked the thing you set in the room, he seems to have found some bug."
"Oh, I understand."
Xiao Linlin nodded: "I'll put those toys away later. Thank you for reminding me."
The mimic smiled slightly: "You're welcome, it's what I should do."
"Grass!"
Jia Zhengyi stood by, on the verge of tears, staring resentfully at the mimic.
He had just learned just how powerful the mimic was, almost perfectly replicating the personality of the person being mimicked.
But the question is... am I really that sarcastic and sharp-tongued?
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