Chapter 006 Doppelganger
Mo Xuanji jumped forward nimbly on each tableware.
His other skills may not be impressive, but his balance is truly excellent, and despite being light, he can sprint quickly. He discovered this by accident while climbing a tree as a child. While his peers were still struggling to climb the trunk, he could already nimbly scramble onto branches and leap from one tree to another.
The double body was chasing closely behind him.
Mo Xuanji silently calculated in his mind. He was in the fruit section at the time, and Zhu Changan greeted him and then went to the staple food section to the west. The two areas were not far apart; they only needed to pass through the dipping sauce section in front...
A faint smile played at the corner of Mo Xuanji's mouth. After passing several dipping sauce bowls, he leaped onto the edge of one, pausing for a second, his doppelganger following closely behind. Now on its ability's cooldown, it chose to leap towards Mo Xuanji alone, striking out with a clenched fist.
Just as it was about to touch him, Mo Xuanji suddenly turned around and kicked the fruit fork like before—only this time with downward force. The doppelganger was unable to dodge in the air and was kicked into the bowl.
The doppelganger struggled in the golden sesame oil.
Mo Xuanji didn't even pause, turning and running. He knew his doppelganger would soon be able to break free, but it didn't matter; his goal had already been achieved.
The whistling of the wind echoed behind him. The doppelganger soared into the air, dripping with oil. Its expression was grim, as if on the verge of exploding.
While it looked intimidating, the Wind Control skill consumed the most energy and had a long cooldown. Mo Xuanji was well aware of the strengths of her ability, but also its flaws. Since the doppelganger was a 100% replica of the original, the three-minute cooldown for Wind Control must have existed.
Three minutes is enough.
After dodging another attack, Mo Xuanji spotted what he was looking for. His eyes lit up, and he leaped down without hesitation. The chopsticks rested on the chopstick holder, one end raised and the other on the ground, a perfect lever. Mo Xuanji jumped to the raised end, using inertia to lift the chopsticks up. With a push of his foot, he spun the chopsticks 184 degrees. His doppelganger was caught off guard and spun by the raised chopsticks, sending it hurtling towards the hot pot.
Seeing that the direction seemed a little off, Mo Xuanji used something beside him to gain leverage and jumped up, appearing right above the double body. He raised his foot and kicked hard, and the double body flew into the small stove under the hot pot like a meteor.
In order to maintain the temperature inside the hot pot, the small stove is usually set to a timer switch, and this is the time to turn it on.
Mo Xuanji didn't hear any screams, but he could feel the strength slowly returning to him.
He finally breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the ground, his legs trembling slightly.
His physical strength had long been exhausted.
"Fortunately...I remember the time correctly."
......
In the open space, there was a piece of ice standing quietly, and a red figure seemed to be sealed inside.
“Shen Liuxue” slowly walked to the ice and stretched out his hand tentatively.
“Crack…”
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The sword flashed, and the ice exploded instantly. Using the fine ice fragments as cover, Shen Liuxue stabbed the imposter's heart with the sword.
The tip of the sword hit the ice, making a clang sound.
“Shen Liuxue” condensed a small ice shield in front of his heart, blocking her attack.
"Tsk!" After failing to hit the target, Shen Liuxue quickly retreated. Three ice spikes appeared at her previous position. After briefly accumulating power, they suddenly collided with each other and forcibly pierced out an ice ball.
Both sides fought to the death.
From now on, it seems that Shen Liuxue has the upper hand.
The only moves the doppelganger could master were those the original body could use. This was what Shen Liuxue discovered during the battle.
Shen Liuxue's supernatural powers had only been awakened a year or two ago, but she had been practicing swordsmanship since she was a toddler. Shen Liuxue's focus had always been on swordsmanship, and supernatural powers were merely the icing on the cake for her.
"You're just a replica, and you think you can beat me?"
Shen Liuxue stood with his sword in hand, no longer suppressing his own strength. Even though his supernatural power was gone, his swordsmanship and sword energy were still there.
A person who looked like her took a few steps back, looking at her coldly. The blue ice crystals condensed in his hand quietly dissipated, and then an ice sword appeared in his hand.
For some unknown reason, the doppelganger gave up his special powers and rushed forward with the ice sword in hand.
Shen Liuxue's eyes fixed, and her sword skills were sharp, with each move aimed at the opponent's death point - after all, the opponent also wanted to kill her.
For a moment, the scene was a little strange. Two identical girls were fighting each other, and the swordsmanship they used was as if copied and pasted. Shen Liuxue had the illusion that she was dancing with a sword in front of a mirror.
"Such a poor imitation, are you trying to make me laugh to death?" Shen Liuxue pressed forward step by step, her swordsmanship as sharp as she was.
"Chen Liuxue" is like another her. What Shen Liuxue can do, "Chen Liuxue" can also do. As if deliberately provoking her, this faker deliberately used the same moves as her, even imitating the subtle angles exactly.
Shen Liuxue suddenly found it a little funny. A flash of inspiration came to her mind, and the sword suddenly turned an unfamiliar arc, and the moves changed. "Shen Liuxue" was unable to respond, and the sword was picked up and flew out.
You can imitate everything I can do, so I have to innovate a little.
"Chen Liuxue" seemed stunned. It looked at the sword that was picked up and flew away, and for the first time, something other than murderous intent appeared on its face.
Shen Liuxue felt that this expression looked familiar. To be honest, she had seen this expression in the mirror many times.
That was reluctance. The reluctance to be someone's shadow, the reluctance to not be able to own one's own self, the reluctance to never be recognized no matter how hard one tried.
In a trance, she thought she saw her past self.
"But, as a doppelganger, what qualifications do you have to show me this expression?" Shen Liuxue kicked the doppelganger to the ground and stretched out his hand to strangle its neck.
"Why would you be so unwilling? You're just like that guy, using despicable means to steal everything from me. Just because of one thing... you can easily negate all my efforts over the past eighteen years..."
The doppelganger's "stealing" ability was like a sharp ice spike, picking open the darkest and most painful memories in her heart. Now, what was reflected in her eyes was no longer the doppelganger, but that despicable and shameless guy.
It's obvious that you lost to me because of your own incompetence, but why am I always the one who is abandoned?
The force in his hands gradually increased. The doppelganger's expression grew increasingly ferocious. It summoned an ice blade and fiercely stabbed it into Shen Liuxue's abdomen. Immersed in her memories, Shen Liuxue didn't notice its movements until a stinging pain in her abdomen pulled her back.
Without further hesitation, Shen Liuxue snapped the doppelganger's neck cleanly and efficiently.
She watched the double body turn into streams of light and dissipate in her hands, then slowly clenched her fists, not knowing what she was thinking.
......
Only a minority of people could kill a doppelganger. Most freshmen were just ordinary people before their powers awakened. They didn't possess the impressive strength of Shen Liuxue, nor the formidable intelligence of Mo Xuanji. After losing their powers and being hunted by their doppelgangers, almost everyone panicked.
How can an ordinary person possibly defeat a person with super powers?
Even if it is just a seemingly harmless superpower, it is enough to take a person's life when controlled by a doppelganger.
He was hunted by his doppelganger who had stolen his special powers, his companions died tragically before his eyes, and death was always around him.
The black-robed man listened to the heart-wrenching screams, a look of delight on his face. He suddenly stood up, closed his eyes, and then raised his hands, as if holding an invisible violin, playing it with ecstasy.
"It's so beautiful! Listen! This is the most beautiful and moving music in the world!"
Someone heard his voice and cursed in despair, but he didn't care and just told a story about raising a Gu.
"Do you know how to raise a Gu? Put all the poisonous insects in a sealed jar and let them kill each other. The one that survives is the Gu." He stretched out his hands in a hug gesture. "Whether the superpower wins or one of you wins, I don't care. I just want a final result."
"Have fun. Don't worry, my little cuties, I won't interfere until the final Gu King is decided."
Upon hearing these words, Zhu Changan, despite his refined manners, couldn't help but curse inwardly. However, he didn't dare speak aloud. By then, he and Ji Sheng had finally managed to shake off their doppelgangers. As for how they'd escaped from the meat-in-a-sesame-pancake situation, Zhu Changan didn't want to recall it.
The man and the grass moved forward cautiously and stealthily. Suddenly, a man came out from behind the cup, looked at the two with surprise, and quickened his pace to run towards them.
"Great, it's another student... Woooa ...
The boy took advantage of Zhu Changan's unpreparedness, grabbed his arm and threw him towards his doppelganger. The doppelganger collided with Zhu Changan and paused briefly.
"Hahaha, you unlucky guys, this thing is for you!" The boy ran very fast.
"Chang'an!" Just when Ji Sheng thought that Zhu Chang'an was going to be killed on the spot, the doppelganger passed by Zhu Chang'an without even looking at him, and continued to chase the boy.
The boy's smug smile froze on his face: "How could it be!"
"He actually wants to drag others to be scapegoats! Such a bastard can actually be recruited!" Ji was so angry that he jumped up and down, but in the plant state, he could only stomp on his roots angrily.
Zhu Changan got up from the ground in a daze and rubbed the back of his head which was hurt by the collision.
He watched for a moment and said, "It seems the doppelganger is only after the original."
"Just hunt down the main body... Got it! Jisheng! I have a plan!"
"What method?"
"Didn't we assume that only by killing the doppelganger can we get the power back? Perhaps we can defeat them one by one, using the original as bait to distract it while the other one takes the opportunity to kill it. I've observed our doppelgangers, and they always have flaws when using their powers. If we seize the opportunity, it's not impossible for them to kill us."
"Every time yours releases its vines, its body will uncontrollably enter a state of stiffness for a second, during which it cannot move. Mine has a longer readout time. After releasing its power once, it has to wait twelve seconds before it can launch its next attack. During these twelve seconds, it is no different from an ordinary person..."
"Then let's take a gamble."
Zhu Changan's face suddenly flushed, and he felt a little embarrassed: "We need to get your superpower back first. I can't control my own superpowers smoothly most of the time. If I take mine first, it may not be of much use."
"Aren't you afraid that we'll just ignore you after we get our powers back?"
Zhu Changan scratched his head and said with a smile, "No, I believe you are not that kind of person. If I get cheated, just consider it my bad luck."
Ji Sheng silently turned the flower crown aside. After a few seconds, he said, "Let's prepare a plan for what to do next."
"We do this, then that..."
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