Era of the transmigrating earth-Chapter 1991: Enormous Adventurer Population

"A new mission has appeared, look, there’s a powerful Assassin killing our people all around the area, it’s causing quite a stir," a group of people said while watching the task panel in front of them.

"Such an impressive person, they don’t seem like a native. Could they be someone like us?"

The task isn’t just on the military panel; what they really care about is the mission in their minds. In these opposing missions, hunting down opposing adventurers often occurs.

And the rewards are usually very generous, unless they’ve formed a team with each other.

This results in these adventurers being almost impossible to unite as a cohesive unit; they usually hold some grudges against each other.

"Who knows, but with so many rewards, how could we not go for it."

"Of course we go, why not? First, let’s get prepared; this time, the danger might be significant."

While these people were discussing, they didn’t notice a few individuals around them behaving oddly. Not only did they not join the discussion, but they had peculiar expressions on their faces. If looked at closely, one could even see some pity.

Indeed, these people were the enemy adventurers previously controlled by Du You and have been consumed by the Shadow Doppelganger, marking them as a unique doppelganger of Du You. They maintain independent thoughts, bearing no direct link to Du You himself.

As a result, the moment these people accepted the mission, Du You was already informed.

"I didn’t expect there to be so many adventurers. Did they all enter the Otherworld on the same day, or are there just too many adventurers?" This world, not needing Law Formalization as a foundation, allows everyone to become an adventurer.

However, due to being overly dangerous, most people die too many times, losing their adventurer qualifications, relegating to ordinary people. Compared to them, these people have it far worse and more pitiful.

Some people even voluntarily give up due to fear of death, or special reasons lead to them being too old to transform, ultimately becoming ordinary people; such people are relatively few, of course.

"Since you’ve come, let’s fulfill your wish," Du You said calmly.

First, Du You pre-arranged a trap. The trap was simple: a large group of Shadow Doppelgangers directly merged underground. Du You deliberately exposed a flaw for these people to discover his location.

That night, a large group of figures gathered in this direction. They didn’t expect Du You was no longer there, having relocated to the other side, watching from a cliff. The night posed no barrier to Du You, seeing everything as clearly as he would in daylight. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Having an insider certainly makes things easier. As long as the insider releases some information, these guys will take the bait themselves."

Du You watched the group silently approaching, as if they were performing a soundless play. It’s hard to know what to say about it, but it doesn’t matter; just watch.

Once they entered, spreading out gradually. Suddenly, a shadow appeared, merging into one person. As the essential difference was too vast, the person was immediately controlled, standing still in place.

Without any struggle, not even showing any special sign, just pausing a moment with a bewildered gaze.

The next second, the soul was devoured, becoming a unique doppelganger.

Du You closed his eyes, slowly sensing the peculiar changes on this aspect. "You’ve already gone through two worlds? Luckily, it just underwent some strengthening, yet to purchase any special abilities, so it’s clean, no need for cleansing."

Purchasing special abilities leaves a World Will imprint on one, and the more purchased, the stronger the imprint. Ultimately, they become puppets of the world. Yet, they remain ignorant, believing all actions are under their own will, truly pitiful and tragic.

But this has nothing to do with Du You. For now, he aims to expand his doppelganger count, that’s all.

Shadows appeared suddenly and vanished quickly, people here being controlled one by one. With Du You’s selection process unnecessary, anyone appearing in this place is an adventurer.

Because there’s only one target, these adventurers didn’t want natives vying for their objective, so not a single native was summoned. The adventurers simply came ahead, with the native army lagging behind.

Even Du You didn’t anticipate, just from this wave, a few dozen adventurers came. Though the number isn’t large, it’s spread over countless worlds as a fraction.

This indicates that the number of these adventurers is truly staggering.

Elsewhere, Du You sensed his first Shadow Doppelganger entering another world. Over there, signs of many adventurers similarly appeared. Thus, many Shadow Doppelgangers were released there as well, creating new doppelgangers.

Overall, just this once, Du You realized the number of his doppelgangers had significantly increased, numbering at least a few hundred. Once these spread, the rate of expansion will be even more terrifying and faster.

Over an hour later, with the control of the last individual completed, everyone originally searching for Du You in the Dense Forest suddenly halted, collectively turning away in uniform movements.

If witnessed, it would definitely be unnerving, as their display was truly eerie.

Everyone left, Du You didn’t return either, but instructed the doppelgangers to mislead the tailing soldiers.

"Seems I need to establish some power of my own. Solely relying on myself to acquire points isn’t easy," a gleam appeared in Du You’s eyes. It’s time to pick up some past matters.

But for now, it’s wise to gain military credit first; it makes acquiring soldiers easier later.

Everything is in a Derived World, hence more peculiar than the real world, sometimes resembling a game.

That night, Du You discerned the position of soldiers encamping to siege the Assassin, spread across three different locations. Meanwhile, those who returned didn’t do nothing.

Following Du You’s plan, these people drugged their original comrades. By dawn, everyone was unconscious, marking the perfect moment for action. Du You entered the military camp without hesitation.