Transforming Succubus: Almost Doomsday

"My current situation... I've been restricted from using force and am locked in a sealed room with a madman. I'm playing chess with him... Chinese chess,"

"Luckily, I know a bit about this thing. The rule of this room is—as long as I can beat him, I can leave."

Doesn't sound too hard?

Zhou Baiyu asked:

"Is his chess skill strong?"

"No... not strong, it's actually terrible. He's a lousy player addicted to the game, but... this is an insane asylum, you know? It's full of lunatics... Every time I put him in check and he realizes he's about to lose, he wildly changes the rules of Chinese chess."

Zhou Baiyu roughly understood.

The president encountered an insane asylum escape mission but got trapped in the first room.

The rule of the room is straightforward; win the chess game against the madman. But the problem is... halfway through the game—

the madman starts using boss-like moves in a video game, entering a second phase at half-health, beginning to unleash abilities or change his attack mode.

"Damn it, his pawn can perform a substitution technique, his cannon can hit an entire row at once, telling me it's a modern weapon... His two knights combining, they spawn a new horse... F*ck his mother."

Compared to Guang Tongchen, the corruption value is obviously a bit high. Clearly, the madman's antics have affected his mental state, and he's started cursing.

This is simply unplayable.

You're playing traditional Chinese chess while they're playing Wanning Chinese chess with ultimate moves.

It seems like a sure loss. The longer time goes, the higher Guang Tongchen's corruption value rises.

The laughter in the insane asylum, if heard for too long, can potentially trap a person there permanently.

Zhou Baiyu's mind worked quickly, he simply said:

"President, calm down. Let me share my opinion..."

"You can try these few approaches. First, use the one-time mutation ability I brought you to mutate a chess piece or the board itself. Just like I mutated the gambling table at the casino."

"Second, he's not skilled. As you mentioned, he realizes he's about to lose after being put in check and then resorting to rule changes and cheating mode. So don't remind him. You could even keep praising his play to satisfy his vanity, play dirty tricks, and then take him out at the crucial moment."

"Third... with no respect for martial virtues, he uses magic, you use magic too. Have your chess pieces do whatever you want, if he's insane, out-crazy him!"

"Fourth..."

Time's up.

Zhou Baiyu was speaking as fast as he could, but still didn't manage to finish.

However, Guang Tongchen, situated in another mission, had an epiphany.

"Right... why do I have to abide by the rules?"

Amidst the madman's laughter, he seemed to have lost some of his cognitive ability, his thoughts became rigid, instinctively trying to adhere to the rules.

Thinking he must beat the madman within the rules.

But who says the rules must be set by you? The two parties on the chess board are equal!

With this thought, Guang Tongchen inside the insane asylum suddenly saw the light in his eyes.

"Jiang Xianwu is really suited to be a Mutator, the god of Mutators is a person who scorns the rules."

Guang Tongchen's mood lightened, he chose not to use the one-time mutation that Jiang Xianwu had given him.

The value of a hundred percent positive mutation was high; he planned to save it for the next sealed room.

Even though the insane laughter affected him, making his thoughts narrow, after Jiang Xianwu's explicit guidance, Guang Tongchen had already found the way to break the game.

...

...

The conversation between the two had already ended.

Zhou Baiyu prayed that the Chairman would be able to bring good news.

"But all of this, we can only know in the next hour,"

"The building is still quite empty at the moment, but it will soon become the center of the storm... I still have too few cards in my hand,"

If the nine big bosses, as well as some highly numbered criminals, all gathered in this building...

Zhou Baiyu was very aware that even if he played a good hand of muddying the waters, he still needed a certain basic ability to protect himself.

"In an hour, I hope the Chairman can bring good news. But for now... I've got to play one of my cards,"

A tool is only a tool if it's used; keeping it without using it is meaningless.

Zhou Baiyu took out the "Happy Dice with Guang Tongchen" from his tool bar.

This was Zhou Baiyu's trump card at the moment.

The remark that appeared in his eyes was still the same—when you encounter difficulties, try throwing it; perhaps interesting options will appear. This will make your experiences more varied, more chaotic.

It could only be used three times in total.

Sensing a large number of prisoners and Hunters drawing near, Zhou Baiyu didn't hesitate any longer and tried the dice once.

The twelve-sided dice made a noise on the floor; despite the light throw, it kept spinning, like a rapidly spinning top.

In Zhou Baiyu's eyes, three options suddenly appeared.

[A: You will gain the ability to positively mutate three times. However, you can only use your mutation three times today.]

[B: You can actively initiate an Absolute Moment, but during the next three summons, you cannot acquire any skills. And this option will consume two points of durability.]

[C: Remove the physical exhaustion limit of the Mutated Body, but it will greatly increase the probability of negative mutations.]

Huh?

While Zhou Baiyu was still contemplating what choices the dice would bring, he didn't expect that the dice could actually bring such joy!

"It's truly worthy of being the Chairman's Happy Dice... Although each option has very terrifying negative effects, what's most important for me is how to survive the moment!"

Zhou Baiyu, without any hesitation or concern for the huge consumption of two points of durability, decisively chose the option to actively initiate an Absolute Moment.

He still remembered how Lin described this ability—

Even as a fourth-tier Mutator like her, she did not possess Absolute Moment. Among the top abilities of Mutators, Absolute Moment also held a place!

The Saint who once had this ability even killed a god!

The moment he made the choice, the twelve-sided dice finally stopped spinning.

Zhou Baiyu felt an extraordinary and mystical sensation, as if suddenly, he could do anything!

But it was just a moment.

The pleasure made Zhou Baiyu want to initiate Absolute Moment immediately, but he had to endure.

The drama was just beginning, and not all the actors were present yet.

"This is indeed a trump card... But it's not time to use it yet,"

(Taking a break, only 5,000 words today.)