Endless Clone Emperor

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"Eliminate all distractions."

"Dive down, dive down, and dive down again... I see it, black fog, two groups of black fog, that's them!"

Su Zhan "saw" those two groups of black fog in his consciousness.

These two groups of black fog represented Little Black No. 1 and Little Black No. 2!

"Enter!"

Without hesitation, Su Zhan selected one of the groups of black fog and rushed toward it with his consciousness.

In the next second, a picture suddenly appeared in front of Su Zhan's "eyes."

It was the first-person perspective of Xiao Hei No. 2, who was constantly swinging his hoe to mine!

"It worked!"

Su Zhan was filled with excitement.

This was the second new feature he discovered: he could take over the perspective of the black shadow clone!

Last night, Su Zhan happened to get the spirit stone and thought he might as well splurge and use it to practice and improve his strength. Unexpectedly, he found this new feature in his consciousness.

When Su Zhan first discovered the black mark, he tried various methods, including entering the state of consciousness, but found nothing.

Until last night.

The clone's perspective after touching the black fog scared him.

His emotions fluctuated too much, making it difficult to enter the perspective state again.

Now, after sleeping and calming down, he tried again and succeeded perfectly on the first try.

Even when he was slightly excited, he was still not kicked out of the state. In the future, when Su Zhan becomes more proficient, entering the perspective will be easier and simpler, without restrictions.

"Xiao Erhei, come here."

Su Zhan issued an order in his mind.

Xiao Erhei stopped and came directly in front of Su Zhan.

The picture Su Zhan saw also changed to himself meditating with his eyes closed, still a bird's-eye view.

"Go back and continue mining."

Su Zhan gave another order, and Xiao Erhei faithfully followed it, returning to the wall and hitting it with a hoe.

*Ding.*

The thick rock broke, and a thumb-sized, mottled spirit stone rolled down.

"Perfect."

"Xiao Erhei, if you find this kind of spirit stone again, put it in front of me."

Xiao Erhei understood the meaning of Su Zhan's words.

Xiao Erhei stretched out his hand, picked up the spirit stone accurately, put it in front of Su Zhan, and continued working.

"It's good that the intelligence has been improved!"

Su Zhan couldn't help but smile.

He hadn't taught Xiao Erhei what spirit stones were, but Xiao Erhei could recognize them on his own.

"Xiao Hei, you should also pay attention. If you dig out spirit stones, put them in front of me." Su Zhan also instructed Xiao Hei.

As soon as the words left his mouth—

*Ding!*

Xiao Hei also found a spirit stone.

Like Xiao Erhei, Xiao Hei picked out the spirit stones accurately, put them in front of Su Zhan, and continued digging.

"This feeling of lying down and hanging up... is so cool!"

Su Zhan felt comfortable.

The smile on his face couldn't stop.

Before today, he had to work hard in the mine for more than ten hours every day with a hoe.

The dullness, tedium, fatigue, and hardship... If he hadn't become a cultivator with the strength of the first level of the mortal realm and his physical and mental qualities far exceeded those of ordinary people, he would have given up long ago.

"Their efficiency is about the same as mine. The advantage is that they don't need to eat or rest, and they can dig 24 hours a day. At least 200 spirit stones can be collected in a day!"

"Two clones, that's 400 spirit stones, equivalent to the income of four low-grade pure spirit stones!"

It's four times what he had before, and he doesn't have to do it himself. He can get it by lying down!

Thinking of this, Su Zhan felt even more pleased.

In just a few moments, there were a few more spirit stones in front of him.

"I underestimated this thing."

Su Zhan exited the clone's perspective, opened his eyes, and looked at the black mark on his palm, "Adding new spirit stones not only gave me a new shadow clone but also other unexpected functions!"

The emergence of new features represents endless possibilities!

If 3 spirit stones are the first stage and 9 spirit stones are the second stage, then 27 spirit stones can reach the third stage… I wonder what new functions and surprises there will be in the third stage?

"The only drawback is that we need a lot of spirit stones for the follow-up!"

"The third stage is not difficult. There are only 24 low-grade spirit stones left. Now I earn 4 stones every day. With a little saving, I can reach it in about seven days."

"But in the fourth stage, a full 81 spirit stones are needed, which is not easy to handle."

Although the third stage can increase the number of shadow clones to three, the efficiency increases by 50%, and the number of spirit stones produced every day reaches 6.

But excluding Su Zhan's food and drink, it would take at least half a month to collect 81 spirit stones.

As for the fifth and sixth stages that will follow…the time required is so long, it's overwhelming just to think about it.

"Unless… I imitate Li Lichang and kill people for their spirit stones?"

After testing the waters last night, this method is indeed feasible in the mine.

As soon as the idea emerged, Su Zhan's mind had already popped up several names of people who deserved to be killed… all of them were worth getting rid of.

"No, I almost forgot the more important point."

Suddenly, Su Zhan realized something, and his face turned serious, "If I redeem 4 or 6 pure spirit stones every day, it will be fine for a day or two. Over time, it will definitely attract attention!"

"I only thought of this important thing now!"

What is the mine?

There are too many people, eyes are everywhere, and it's full of people who would kill for a little gain!

There are so many guys who would kill just to get some spirit stones… Anyone with more spirit stones will definitely be targeted by these guys.

If Su Zhan exchanged so many spirit stones every day, he'd be like a sheep among wolves.

Perhaps ordinary miners wouldn't dare to attack him.

But what if they reported him to other old miners and supervisors who are at the second or third level of the mortal realm?

The consequences would be dire!

"It seems the only choice now is to kill people and steal their goods…"

Su Zhan began to think deeply, figuring out how to kill and who to start with.

At this time, Xiao Hei and Xiao Er Hei continued to place the dug-out spirit stones in front of Su Zhan.

In just one hour, the number of spirit stones reached more than twenty. After excluding some that were not up to standard, at least twenty could be exchanged normally.

"Twenty in one hour, one hundred in five hours, which is equivalent to a low-grade spirit stone… huh?"

"Wait!"

Su Zhan suddenly exclaimed, causing Xiao Hei and Xiao Er Hei to stop their movements and tilt their heads in confusion.

Su Zhan's eyes brightened: "Now… why should I go to the mine to exchange for low-grade spirit stones?"

"The mine is imprisoning and kidnapping me, forcing me to exchange at a ratio of 100:1. They are exploiting me. In the outside world, the normal ratio of spirit stones to pure spirit stones is 10:1!"

"Because I can't get out of this place, I can only be exploited and enslaved, but… they may not have to!"

Su Zhan looked at Xiao Hei and Xiao Er Hei.

The two clones tilted their heads, obviously confused, but the smile on Su Zhan's face became brighter, more arrogant, and even crazy!

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"Buy it and leave it! Buy it and leave it!"

"Big! Big! Big!"

"Big, my foot! Little! Little! Little!"

"It's open!"

"Damn it, why is it so small!"

"Hahaha, give me money, give me money. Today is my lucky day, I have to win big!"

Under the shade of a tree, four or five foremen were having a great time gambling.

On the ground beside them, there were hundreds of blue stones scattered around.

When the miners in nearby mines saw this scene, envy, jealousy, and hatred were all written on their faces. But seeing the blue stones on the ground, they could only look away and dig obediently.

The management mechanism of the mine is very lax.

There are only four or five foremen in charge of hundreds of miners, and they stay in one place. They don't need to patrol around at all. It's extremely relaxed.

Logically, with this level of supervision, it would be easy for miners to escape.

But no one dares to escape!

The reason lies in these blue stones.

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