Whispers of the Machine Age
Chapter 4120

The Doppelgangers' Purpose

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The [Doppelganger] marker floated clearly above the head of the woman who looked almost identical to the owner of the room. After the [Fate Manual] underwent further changes due to divinity, things that originally had nothing above their heads would now reveal some information before Shade.

"Ha, a doppelganger."

This was merely a low-level doppelganger, so naturally it had failed to notice anything wrong with the angel statue standing by the wall. After arriving on the 2nd Floor, it stood motionless in the living room for over ten minutes before finally walking toward the sofa.

It lifted the heavy sofa with one hand and took out the suitcase underneath. It seemed to know what was inside and had no intention of checking. Carrying the suitcase, it intended to leave, only to find Shade blocking the entrance to the 2nd Floor.

The doppelganger's six eyes stared at Shade. A moment later—

[Outlander, external information is being transmitted.]

"She" suddenly spoke, displaying the filtered information to Shade. Shade only felt as though he had connected to one corner of a vast network of consciousness, and he understood everything.

"Doppelgangers" were a special form of collective life. All doppelgangers shared a collective consciousness, though individual units also possessed a certain capacity for storing information and thinking.

Likely because he had consumed the "Imposter Mother Fluid," Shade was actually regarded by this low-level doppelganger as a High-Level False Man. In some respects, that was not wrong.

When a High-Level False Man encountered a low-level doppelganger, the information possessed by the latter would automatically become known to Shade. This sort of information exchange with a relic was exceedingly dangerous, so "she" had helped Shade retain only the most crucial details.

"The main body of the [House of False Men] has actually come to Arcadia City?

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