86: Chapter 86 The Perfect Imposter

A genius! A true super genius! A genius even more terrifying than Lin Mo!

I must find a way to recruit her! I absolutely cannot let this opportunity slip by!

Li Chengxi was too excited...

He had stayed in Yanjing for so many years and had seen countless genius Awakeners, but he had never seen anyone so outrageous.

An ordinary female student who looked to be eighteen or nineteen years old actually possessed the strength to kill a Rank 5 in an instant?!

This completely exceeded the scope of his understanding.

"This is impossible..." he muttered.

"Unless..." Suddenly, he thought of a possibility.

His pupils contracted sharply. But immediately, he dismissed his own thought.

"No... impossible..."

"Lin Mo can see through a Mimic's disguise. If she were a Mimic, Lin Mo would have discovered it long ago..."

"Besides, if she were an enemy, we would have been the target of that palm strike just now..."

"So..."

He took a deep breath.

"Therefore, she must be some super genius hiding her strength!"

It must be so! Only this could explain everything! A super genius even more talented than Lin Mo!

Li Chengxi felt his heart trembling.

Lin Mo was already terrifying enough.

At Rank 3, Stage 1, he could fight a peak Rank 4 to a standstill.

This talent was enough to crush all the young generation in Lingwu City.

But now, an even more terrifying existence had appeared compared to Lin Mo!

Killing a Rank 5 in one palm strike! This kind of strength was simply unheard of!

He couldn't help but look at Shen Yi, his eyes becoming burning hot.

If... if he could bring this girl under his command...

No! He must seize this opportunity!

He rushed in front of Shen Yi in a few steps, his face full of smiles.

The previous dishevelment had completely vanished, and his attitude was almost fawning.

"This... this young lady..." He rubbed his hands, his attitude respectful to the extreme.

"It was really thanks to you just now."

"If it weren't for you, we might have..."

Shen Yi just glanced at him indifferently.

"No matter."

"It was just a small effort."

Li Chengxi became even more enthusiastic.

"How can you say it was just a small effort?"

"You saved all of our lives!"

He paused and then added.

"May I ask the young lady's name?"

"Shen Yi."

Li Chengxi's eyes lit up.

"Shen Yi... What a good name! A wonderful name!"

"Miss Shen Yi is not only beautiful, but her name is even more beautiful!"

After a round of flattery, Li Chengxi hurriedly introduced himself.

"I am Li Chengxi, the acting battalion commander of the Seventh Battalion. On behalf of the entire Seventh Battalion, I thank you for your help just now!"

"Miss Shen Yi, seeing that your strength is so great, I wonder which faction you come from?"

However, Shen Yi remained calm and didn't want to engage with Li Chengxi at all.

"Sorry, I have no faction, and I have no interest in joining your faction."

Shen Yi saw through Li Chengxi's intentions at a glance and exposed his little scheme before he could even speak.

Li Chengxi was taken aback for a moment, but soon piled on a smile again.

"It doesn't matter if you're not interested!"

"Whenever Miss Shen Yi becomes interested, we can chat slowly then!"

As he spoke, he looked at Lin Mo.

"Lin Mo, hurry and help me persuade Miss Shen Yi!"

"We are all on the same side, let's talk things over!"

Lin Mo, however, gave a wry smile.

"Battalion Commander, this... I'm afraid I can't persuade her."

Li Chengxi simply wouldn't listen.

"You're being too much of a stranger!"

He turned to look at Shen Yi, lowering his posture even further.

"Miss Shen Yi, I know your strength is great, and you might look down on a small battalion commander like me."

"But I, Li Chengxi, guarantee with my character that as long as you are willing to become my follower, you can name your own terms!"

"As long as it's something I can do, I will never refuse!"

Shen Yi glanced at him.

"I said, I'm not interested."

Li Chengxi wanted to say more, but was held back by Lin Mo.

"Battalion Commander, stop talking."

"Shen Yi... has her own plans."

Sweat began to form on Lin Mo's forehead. He grabbed Li Chengxi and told him to stop. He was genuinely afraid that Shen Yi might suddenly get annoyed and kill Li Chengxi on the spot...

Although Li Chengxi was unwilling, he knew he couldn't be too hasty.

He had to nod.

"Well... alright then."

"Miss Shen Yi, if you need any help in the future, feel free to come find me!"

As he spoke, he took a business card out of his pocket and handed it over.

"This is my contact information..."

Shen Yi didn't take it.

Lin Mo had to take it.

"I will accept the Battalion Commander's kindness on her behalf."

Although Li Chengxi was a bit disappointed, he had no choice but to accept it.

...

On the way back to the camp, Yi Xiaoyu and the other girls couldn't wait to find Lin Mo, wanting to get to the bottom of the situation with Shen Yi.

"Lin Mo..."

"What exactly is going on?"

"Shen Yi... who exactly is she?"

Yi Xiaoyu looked at Lin Mo impatiently.

Lin Mo glanced at Shen Yi.

The latter nodded and began to explain softly.

After Yi Xiaoyu and the other girls finished listening, they were completely stunned.

"You... you mean..."

"You are a Perfect Mimic?"

"And one of the twelve Perfect Mimics?"

Shen Yi nodded.

Lin Sisi felt a wave of dizziness.

A Perfect Mimic.

Judging by what Shen Yi meant, this was a more powerful existence than an ordinary Mimic.

Shen Yi continued:

"That afternoon, after Lin Mo left the camp, I followed him. Actually, at first, I wanted to kill him."

"Ah?" The three girls were all shocked and couldn't help but break into a cold sweat.

"Don't look at me like that. Later on, I changed my mind, didn't I..."

Shen Yi felt uncomfortable under the girls' gazes and explained in a low voice.

"I am the youngest and weakest among the twelve Perfect Mimics, with a cultivation of only early Rank 5."

"Perfect Mimics are different from ordinary Mimics."

"Ordinary Mimics need to devour their own kind to increase their power, but we don't need to."

"We can cultivate by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, which is no different from normal Awakeners."

"Moreover, we are the products personally selected by the gods, known as First Generation Seeds, so our potential is greater and our strength is stronger."

"This is why, even though we are both early Rank 5, I could easily kill Zhou Xiong."

The three girls all gasped.

They didn't expect that the background of a Perfect Mimic was so significant, and it even involved gods?

"Then what about Cao Shen?" Lin Mo asked.

"Why did he want to deal with you?"

Shen Yi's eyes turned cold.

"Cao Shen is Zhou Xiong's master and also one of the twelve Perfect Mimics. He controls a large number of ordinary Mimics under him."

"His cultivation is at peak Rank 5, only one step away from Rank 6."

"And the reason he was willing to shelter me is because he wanted to absorb my power when he breaks through to Rank 6."

"What?!" The three girls exclaimed.

"Absorb your power?"

"This... this is too cruel, isn't it?"

Shen Yi sneered.

"For us, the law of the jungle is only natural."

"As long as one can increase their strength, what does it matter to betray a companion?"

Lin Mo nodded and asked the question he cared about most.

"You just said that you are the weakest among the twelve Perfect Mimics. How is the strength of the other Perfect Mimics?"