Monsters Are Coming

But these attempts were fruitless, with no effect whatsoever.

The mysterious independent space, no matter how hard it tried, remained unreachable.

This ability, in terms of soul fire, seemed to have some value.

External space items faced the risk of being lost and could even be damaged during intense combat, rendering them unusable.

But an internal independent space could avoid these issues.

This was another important ability it wanted to explore and understand.

Just as the soul fire was looking for the next hunting target.

In the livestream, the discussions among the gossiping players continued, noticing that the "Xia Sheng" on screen showed no intention of resting.

Just finished hunting, quickly transitioning to the next area.

Some sharp-eyed players began to notice some peculiarities.

In terms of dedication, the player faction wasn’t lacking.

Especially during the rush of opening activities, every player was like the Liver Emperor.

𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

There were also many streams with titles of "Liver Emperor" constantly hunting and growing.

Their curiosity mainly stemmed from the differences between Xia Sheng’s abilities and those demonstrated by the player system.

Old players in Xia Sheng’s stream noticed that Xia Sheng’s combat style had completely switched, with no resemblance to before.

Although the title said "fully automatic substitute", players generally believed it was just clickbait.

After all: I’ve been reborn, I’ve reincarnated, the war god is back... These titles often appear, meant to catch a traveler’s eye.

They came to Xia Sheng’s stream, mainly due to word-of-mouth among players, hearing of a new rising Magic God.

So, they came to see the new Magic God’s impressive performance.

Yet in the streaming footage, many puzzling issues arose for the players.

"The broadcaster is really stingy, isn’t he? If your spiritual power consumption is high, drink a potion! Using Energy Absorption + casting to gather qi for blue recovery is such a silly move. Can’t you afford Spirit Potions with your hunting efficiency? You’re the stingiest among the top masters I’ve seen."

"Question: The broadcaster’s operations are indeed very slick, but why does he occasionally experience brief stuttering during spell casting? It feels like midway through releasing a skill, he suddenly forgets how to do it, and then suddenly remembers. Isn’t the release of Life Soul characteristics supposed to go smoothly? Never seen it get stuck like this, worse than a newbie! Like stopping halfway through peeing on purpose, isn’t this just increasing your own difficulty?"

"Seeing it makes you dizzy, too many problems, can’t compare to the big players in Rebel Throat. Saying you’re unskilled yet your operations are indeed slick, with strong control over timing, but constantly making errors in small issues. Yet, your hunting enthusiasm is inspiring; I’ll go hunting for an upgrade once resurrection comes."

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The players in the stream generally noticed a series of issues occurring during Xia Sheng’s hunting.

But they still didn’t attribute these problems to the "substitute."

After all, in the stream footage, they couldn’t see the soul fire parasitizing Xia Sheng, assuming these were habitual problems with Xia Sheng’s operations.

However, these issues seemed completely avoidable, more like deliberate actions.

Such as: natural recovery state.

In the players’ eyes, this was an extremely inefficient bad habit.

When in poor condition, taking a potion to swiftly recover to full state and continue fighting is one of the most basic operations in players’ eyes.

Yet, the "Xia Sheng" in the stream would rather slow down the pace, waiting for natural recovery, and absolutely would not use any supplies.

In the players’ eyes, this behavior wasn’t about economy, but more like foolish stinginess.

At this moment, Xia Sheng and his brothers were happily watching the continuously soaring sacrificial power gains.

The discussions in the stream were naturally seen by Xia Sheng.

"Guys, everyone’s complaining that I don’t use potions, saying I don’t know how to play." Xia Sheng joked in the team channel.

"We’d like to give, but worry about causing problems." The Sports System sighed helplessly.

As the Sports System mentioned, Xia Sheng was also considering this aspect.

Providing potions is naturally not a problem for him.

Spending some sacrificial power, a thought could purchase them in bulk from the store, then supply them to the soul fire from the Space Bag.

But the problem is, he couldn’t do that.

The soul fire was currently immersed in the illusion of "perfect control" over this body.

It believed all the abilities of this body were gradually mastered and controlled through its own efforts.

Suddenly appearing unfamiliar potions it cannot comprehend, might cause it to suspect, suspecting external interference.

Currently, the soul fire was like a donkey led by a carrot.

Working happily, believing all its current interests belong to itself.

Suddenly offering something unexpected might lead to it pondering other issues.

Once it starts suspecting, the substitute might be interrupted, and the soul fire might be scared away.

Then, this diligent, incredibly efficient, free labor would be gone.

So some "benefits" seemed better not given.

But Xia Sheng also considered that providing potions could indeed significantly enhance the soul fire’s hunting efficiency.

Faced with this issue, he ultimately decided to consult Guidance.

Hoping to get help from Guidance.

"Brother Guide, will directly offering potions cause issues?"

Facing the inquiry, Guidance’s voice directly resounded in the team channel:

[There are issues. Directly offering potions will surely cause soul fire to suspect... but maybe in another way. Currently, the soul fire has a theory, believing this body possesses adaptability creation ability, meaning it can cause some changes according to its ideas. So you could provide potions when soul fire has the thought of wanting to restore state; then soul fire will be firmly convinced that its theory was confirmed, that this body can indeed generate possibilities according to its ideas.]